diff --git a/strix/interface/tui/renderers/proxy_renderer.py b/strix/interface/tui/renderers/proxy_renderer.py
index 9645bad9..410372a3 100644
--- a/strix/interface/tui/renderers/proxy_renderer.py
+++ b/strix/interface/tui/renderers/proxy_renderer.py
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@ class RepeatRequestRenderer(BaseToolRenderer):
         if _has_result(status) and isinstance(result, dict):
             if not result.get("success", True) and result.get("error"):
                 text.append(f"\n  error: {_sanitize(str(result['error']), 150)}", style="#ef4444")
+            elif not result.get("success", True):
+                # A replay that never reached DONE carries no `error`; report the
+                # replay status rather than rendering an empty response as if the
+                # request had come back.
+                replay_status = _sanitize(str(result.get("status") or "unknown"), 40)
+                text.append(
+                    f"\n  replay did not complete: {replay_status}",
+                    style="#ef4444",
+                )
             else:
                 elapsed_ms = result.get("elapsed_ms")
                 response = result.get("response") or {}
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy_renderer.py b/tests/test_proxy_renderer.py
index 0d0be9f0..f0a35165 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy_renderer.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy_renderer.py
@@ -85,6 +85,43 @@ def test_tool_status_from_result_maps_failure_to_failed() -> None:
     assert _tool_status_from_result({"success": True}) == "completed"
 
 
+def test_incomplete_replay_says_so_instead_of_showing_an_empty_response() -> None:
+    # _format_replay_tool_result sets success=False with no `error` key when the
+    # replay never reached DONE; it must not render as a returned response.
+    tool_data = {
+        "args": {"request_id": "req-1"},
+        "result": {
+            "success": False,
+            "status": "TIMEDOUT",
+            "session_id": "s-1",
+            "elapsed_ms": 30000,
+            "response": None,
+        },
+        "status": "failed",
+    }
+    text = _plain(RepeatRequestRenderer.render(tool_data))
+
+    assert "replay did not complete: TIMEDOUT" in text
+    assert "<<" not in text, "rendered a response line for a replay that never returned"
+
+
+def test_successful_replay_still_renders_its_response() -> None:
+    tool_data = {
+        "args": {"request_id": "req-1"},
+        "result": {
+            "success": True,
+            "status": "DONE",
+            "elapsed_ms": 12,
+            "response": {"status_code": 200, "body": "ok"},
+        },
+        "status": "completed",
+    }
+    text = _plain(RepeatRequestRenderer.render(tool_data))
+
+    assert "200" in text
+    assert "replay did not complete" not in text
+
+
 def test_successful_result_still_renders() -> None:
     tool_data = {
         "args": {},