diff --git a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/bridge/SessionEventBridge.kt b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/bridge/SessionEventBridge.kt
index 1dd4331e..9492e5b0 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/bridge/SessionEventBridge.kt
+++ b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/bridge/SessionEventBridge.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ import com.correx.core.events.types.SessionId
 import com.correx.core.kernel.orchestration.OrchestrationRepository
 import com.correx.core.tools.registry.ToolRegistry
 
+// How many of a session's events the reopen snapshot carries. The full log lives in the event
+// store; this bounds the snapshot frame while being generous enough that a normal session's event
+// list isn't truncated on reopen (was 7, which dropped most of a 100+ event run).
+private const val SNAPSHOT_EVENT_LIMIT = 200
+
 class SessionEventBridge(
     private val eventStore: EventStore,
     private val artifactStore: ArtifactStore,
@@ -53,6 +58,16 @@ class SessionEventBridge(
 ) {
     private val approvalProjector = ApprovalProjector(DefaultApprovalReducer())
 
+    /**
+     * Resolves the last stage's inference output from CAS so a reopened session restores its output
+     * panel. Returns empty if there's no completed inference or the artifact is unavailable.
+     */
+    private suspend fun resolveLastOutput(events: List<StoredEvent>): String =
+        events.lastOrNull { it.payload is InferenceCompletedEvent }
+            ?.let { (it.payload as InferenceCompletedEvent).responseArtifactId }
+            ?.let { artifactStore.get(it)?.toString(Charsets.UTF_8) }
+            .orEmpty()
+
     suspend fun replaySnapshot() {
         val lastGlobal = eventStore.lastGlobalSequence()
         eventStore.allSessionIds().forEach { sessionId ->
@@ -122,7 +137,10 @@ class SessionEventBridge(
 
             val recentEvents = events
                 .mapNotNull { eventToEntry(it) }
-                .takeLast(7)
+                .takeLast(SNAPSHOT_EVENT_LIMIT)
+
+            // Restore the output panel on reopen (otherwise the snapshot carries no output).
+            val lastOutput = resolveLastOutput(events)
 
             // Re-register pending approvals so the ApprovalCoordinator can route responses
             // from clients that connected after the ApprovalRequestedEvent was emitted.
@@ -143,6 +161,8 @@ class SessionEventBridge(
                 pendingApprovals = pendingApprovals,
                 tools = toolRecords,
                 recentEvents = recentEvents,
+                lastOutput = lastOutput,
+                lastResponse = lastOutput,
                 lastSequence = lastGlobal,
                 lastSessionSequence = lastSession,
             ))
diff --git a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/protocol/ServerMessage.kt b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/protocol/ServerMessage.kt
index 1258cb94..b8395047 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/protocol/ServerMessage.kt
+++ b/apps/server/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/server/protocol/ServerMessage.kt
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ sealed interface ServerMessage {
         val pendingApprovals: List<ApprovalDto>,
         val tools: List<ToolRecordDto> = emptyList(),
         val recentEvents: List<EventEntryDto> = emptyList(),
+        // Last stage's inference output, resolved from CAS, so a reopened session restores its
+        // output panel instead of showing blank until new activity arrives.
+        val lastOutput: String = "",
+        val lastResponse: String = "",
         val lastSequence: Long,
         val lastSessionSequence: Long,
         override val sequence: Long? = null,
diff --git a/apps/tui-go/internal/app/server.go b/apps/tui-go/internal/app/server.go
index 5cf66f7a..30aa5c98 100644
--- a/apps/tui-go/internal/app/server.go
+++ b/apps/tui-go/internal/app/server.go
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ func (m *Model) onSnapshot(msg protocol.ServerMessage) {
 	if msg.State != nil && msg.State.CurrentStageID != nil {
 		sess.CurrentStage = *msg.State.CurrentStageID
 	}
+	sess.LastOutput = msg.LastOutput
+	sess.LastResponse = msg.LastResponse
 	for _, e := range msg.RecentEvents {
 		sess.Events = append(sess.Events, EventEntry{formatTime(e.Timestamp), e.Type, e.Detail})
 	}
diff --git a/apps/tui-go/internal/protocol/protocol.go b/apps/tui-go/internal/protocol/protocol.go
index 87bd31ac..d661af62 100644
--- a/apps/tui-go/internal/protocol/protocol.go
+++ b/apps/tui-go/internal/protocol/protocol.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ type ServerMessage struct {
 	Reason        string  `json:"reason"`
 	Summary       string  `json:"outputSummary"`
 	Response      string  `json:"responseText"`
+	LastOutput    string  `json:"lastOutput"`   // session_snapshot: last stage output (reopen)
+	LastResponse  string  `json:"lastResponse"` // session_snapshot: last stage response (reopen)
 	Content       string  `json:"content"`
 	Diff          *string `json:"diff"`
 	Tier          string  `json:"tier"`