diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.test.tsx
index b5f82bcbff6..2b704f357dd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.test.tsx
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ describe('useGeminiStream', () => {
       queuedPrompt,
     );
     const queuedPromptAddItemIndex = mockAddItem.mock.calls.findIndex(
-      ([item]) => item.type === MessageType.USER && item.text === queuedPrompt,
+      ([item]) =>
+        item.type === MessageType.NOTIFICATION && item.text === queuedPrompt,
     );
     expect(queuedPromptAddItemIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
     expect(recordMidTurnUserMessage.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
@@ -636,7 +637,7 @@ describe('useGeminiStream', () => {
       mockSendMessageStream.mock.invocationCallOrder[0],
     );
     expect(mockAddItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      { type: MessageType.USER, text: queuedPrompt },
+      { type: MessageType.NOTIFICATION, text: queuedPrompt },
       expect.any(Number),
     );
     expect(mockSendMessageStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ describe('useGeminiStream', () => {
     });
 
     expect(mockAddItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      { type: MessageType.USER, text: queuedPrompt },
+      { type: MessageType.NOTIFICATION, text: queuedPrompt },
       expect.any(Number),
     );
     expect(mockSendMessageStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
index d6f937ee8a7..8f8ca1db9c7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
@@ -2347,8 +2347,7 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
           config
             .getChatRecordingService()
             ?.recordMidTurnUserMessage(midTurnUserMessage, msg);
-          // Record in UI history so the transcript stays complete.
-          addItem({ type: MessageType.USER, text: msg }, Date.now());
+          addItem({ type: MessageType.NOTIFICATION, text: msg }, Date.now());
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/types.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/types.ts
index d6433524f8f..95b1e8ed244 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/types.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/types.ts
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@ export enum MessageType {
   ARENA_SESSION_COMPLETE = 'arena_session_complete',
   INSIGHT_PROGRESS = 'insight_progress',
   BTW = 'btw',
+  NOTIFICATION = 'notification',
   DIFF_STATS = 'diff_stats',
   GOAL_STATUS = 'goal_status',
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/historyMapping.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/historyMapping.test.ts
index 8f6426a6d95..dff57ece75d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/historyMapping.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/historyMapping.test.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,45 @@ describe('computeApiTruncationIndex', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('mid-turn user messages (notification type)', () => {
+    it('skips notification items so btw merged into functionResponse does not cause mismatch', () => {
+      // Mid-turn messages are type 'notification' in UI (not counted by
+      // isRealUserTurn) and merged into tool_result in API (skipped by
+      // isUserTextContent). Both sides agree → correct truncation index.
+      const ui: HistoryItem[] = [
+        userItem(1, 'first prompt'),
+        geminiItem(2),
+        {
+          type: 'notification',
+          id: 3,
+          text: 'btw side question',
+        } as HistoryItem,
+        userItem(5, 'next prompt'),
+        geminiItem(6),
+      ];
+      const btwMergedIntoToolResult: Content = {
+        role: 'user',
+        parts: [
+          {
+            functionResponse: { name: 'tool', response: { result: 'ok' } },
+          } as unknown as Part,
+          { text: 'btw side question' } as Part,
+        ],
+      };
+      const api: Content[] = [
+        userContent('first prompt'),
+        modelContent('response with tool call'),
+        btwMergedIntoToolResult,
+        modelContent('response after btw'),
+        userContent('next prompt'),
+        modelContent('response 5'),
+      ];
+      // notification is not counted → uiUserTurnCount=1 before 'next prompt'
+      // API has 2 user text entries (idx 0 and 4) → finds idx 4 correctly
+      expect(computeApiTruncationIndex(ui, 5, api)).toBe(4);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('with slash-command items in UI history', () => {
     it('ignores slash-command items when counting user turns', () => {
       const ui: HistoryItem[] = [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.test.ts
index 7fae821e4fa..7d35afa549b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.test.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ describe('resumeHistoryUtils', () => {
       20,
     );
 
-    expect(items).toContainEqual({ id: 21, type: 'user', text: 'save logs' });
+    expect(items).toContainEqual({
+      id: 21,
+      type: 'notification',
+      text: 'save logs',
+    });
   });
 
   it('marks tool results as error, captures thought text, and falls back when tool is missing', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.ts
index edb0ac6a487..3809a00eaed 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/resumeHistoryUtils.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ function convertToHistoryItems(
             payload?.displayText ||
             extractTextFromParts(record.message?.parts as Part[]);
           if (text) {
-            items.push({ type: 'user', text });
+            items.push({ type: 'notification', text });
           }
           break;
         }