diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/dispatcher.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/dispatcher.py
index 1557cf206ac..2b713646d50 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/dispatcher.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/dispatcher.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.asyncify import asyncify
 from litellm.types.llms.anthropic import AppliedEdit
 
+from ..convertible_blocks import drop_non_string_tool_result_texts
 from .constants import CLEAR_TOOL_USES_EDIT_TYPE, COMPACT_EDIT_TYPE
 from .editors import (
     CheckedEdit,
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ async def apply_context_management(
 
     Every ``clear_tool_uses_20250919`` edit is validated before any editor runs, so a malformed one raises its 400
     before a ``compact_20260112`` summary call is paid for, or runs without its malformed fields under
-    ``drop_invalid_edits``.
+    ``drop_invalid_edits``, which also drops non-string ``tool_result`` text first, as the provider never receives it.
 
     The dispatcher is async so async editors (``compact_20260112``) can
     ``await`` the configured summarization model. Sync editors run in a
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ async def apply_context_management(
         raise first_error
     well_formed_edits: Final = tuple(check.edit for check in checked)
 
-    current_messages = messages
+    current_messages = list(drop_non_string_tool_result_texts(messages, drop_invalid_edits))
     current_system = system
     aggregated_applied: Final[list[AppliedEdit]] = []
     aggregated_compaction_block = None
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/test_dispatcher.py b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/test_dispatcher.py
index b79e33b0c3b..537f059d192 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/test_dispatcher.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/anthropic/messages/context_management/test_dispatcher.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Unit tests for the context_management polyfill dispatcher.
 from litellm.llms.anthropic.messages.context_management import (
     apply_context_management,
 )
+from litellm.llms.anthropic.messages.convertible_blocks import drop_non_string_tool_result_texts
 
 MODEL = "xai/grok-4"
 
@@ -159,3 +160,57 @@ async def test_sync_editor_counts_tokens_off_the_event_loop():
 
     assert result.messages == messages
     assert_loop_stayed_free(took, lags)
+
+
+def _history_with_null_text_beside_a_short_first_result():
+    return [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Hi"},
+        {
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "content": [{"type": "tool_use", "id": "t0", "name": "f", "input": {}}],
+        },
+        {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {
+                    "type": "tool_result",
+                    "tool_use_id": "t0",
+                    "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "ok"}, {"type": "text", "text": None}],
+                }
+            ],
+        },
+        *_history_with_two_tool_pairs()[1:],
+    ]
+
+
+async def test_drop_invalid_edits_clears_as_if_malformed_tool_result_text_was_never_sent():
+    spec = {
+        "edits": [
+            {
+                "type": "clear_tool_uses_20250919",
+                "trigger": {"type": "tool_uses", "value": 2},
+                "keep": {"type": "tool_uses", "value": 1},
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+    history = _history_with_null_text_beside_a_short_first_result()
+
+    from_raw = await apply_context_management(
+        model=MODEL,
+        messages=history,
+        tools=None,
+        system=None,
+        context_management_spec=spec,
+        drop_invalid_edits=True,
+    )
+    from_sent = await apply_context_management(
+        model=MODEL,
+        messages=list(drop_non_string_tool_result_texts(history, True)),
+        tools=None,
+        system=None,
+        context_management_spec=spec,
+        drop_invalid_edits=True,
+    )
+
+    assert from_raw.applied_edits == from_sent.applied_edits
+    assert from_raw.messages == from_sent.messages