diff --git a/packages/core/src/session/runner/to-llm-message.ts b/packages/core/src/session/runner/to-llm-message.ts
index f4e1d7ca01..23de369102 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/session/runner/to-llm-message.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/session/runner/to-llm-message.ts
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ const assistant = (message: SessionMessage.Assistant, model: ModelV2.Ref) => {
   const content = message.content.flatMap((item): ContentPart[] => {
     if (item.type === "text") return [{ type: "text", text: item.text }]
     if (item.type === "reasoning")
-      return sameModel
+      return reuseProviderMetadata
         ? [
             {
               type: "reasoning",
               text: item.text,
-              providerMetadata: reuseProviderMetadata ? providerMetadata(model.providerID, item.state) : undefined,
+              providerMetadata: providerMetadata(model.providerID, item.state),
             },
           ]
         : item.text.length > 0
diff --git a/packages/core/test/session-runner-message.test.ts b/packages/core/test/session-runner-message.test.ts
index b34d0e9918..fb79b35d11 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/session-runner-message.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/session-runner-message.test.ts
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ Recent work
     ])
   })
 
-  test("drops provider-native continuation metadata from failed assistant turns", () => {
+  test("lowers failed assistant reasoning to text", () => {
     const messages = toLLMMessages(
       [
         SessionMessage.Assistant.make({
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ Recent work
     )
 
     expect(messages[0]?.content).toEqual([
-      { type: "reasoning", text: "Partial thought", providerMetadata: undefined },
+      { type: "text", text: "Partial thought" },
       {
         type: "tool-call",
         id: "hosted-failed",