diff --git a/packages/color-diff-napi/src/index.ts b/packages/color-diff-napi/src/index.ts
index 779e23b65d..afaf924eae 100644
--- a/packages/color-diff-napi/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/color-diff-napi/src/index.ts
@@ -528,19 +528,20 @@ function highlightLine(
     // hljs throws on unknown language despite ignoreIllegals
     return [[defaultStyle(theme), code]]
   }
-  if (!hasRootNode(result.emitter)) {
+  const emitter = result._emitter || {};
+  if (!hasRootNode(emitter)) {
     if (!loggedEmitterShapeError) {
       loggedEmitterShapeError = true
       logError(
         new Error(
-          `color-diff: hljs emitter shape mismatch (keys: ${Object.keys(result.emitter).join(',')}). Syntax highlighting disabled.`,
+          `color-diff: hljs emitter shape mismatch (keys: ${Object.keys(emitter).join(',')}). Syntax highlighting disabled.`,
         ),
       )
     }
     return [[defaultStyle(theme), code]]
   }
   const blocks: Block[] = []
-  flattenHljs(result.emitter.rootNode, theme, undefined, blocks)
+  flattenHljs(emitter.rootNode, theme, undefined, blocks)
   return blocks
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/fileStateCache.ts b/src/utils/fileStateCache.ts
index c7bb2f1dd6..165b3fa1d7 100644
--- a/src/utils/fileStateCache.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fileStateCache.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,18 @@ export class FileStateCache {
     this.cache = new LRUCache<string, FileState>({
       max: maxEntries,
       maxSize: maxSizeBytes,
-      sizeCalculation: value => Math.max(1, Buffer.byteLength(value.content)),
+      sizeCalculation: value => {
+        const c = value.content
+        const s =
+          typeof c === 'string'
+            ? c
+            : c === null || c === undefined
+              ? ''
+              : typeof c === 'object'
+                ? JSON.stringify(c)
+                : String(c)
+        return Math.max(1, Buffer.byteLength(s, 'utf8'))
+      },
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/queryHelpers.ts b/src/utils/queryHelpers.ts
index 520588b549..c1c82bb6e4 100644
--- a/src/utils/queryHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/queryHelpers.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ export type PermissionPromptTool = Tool<
 // during permission prompts or limited tool operations
 const ASK_READ_FILE_STATE_CACHE_SIZE = 10
 
+/** Transcript JSON may deserialize Write tool `content` as a nested object — LRU needs strings. */
+function coerceToolContentToString(value: unknown): string {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') return value
+  if (value === null || value === undefined) return ''
+  if (typeof value === 'object') return JSON.stringify(value)
+  return String(value)
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if the result should be considered successful based on the last message.
  * Returns true if:
@@ -402,14 +410,18 @@ export function extractReadFilesFromMessages(
         ) {
           // Extract file_path and content from the Write tool use input
           const input = content.input as
-            | { file_path?: string; content?: string }
+            | { file_path?: string; content?: unknown }
             | undefined
-          if (input?.file_path && input?.content) {
+          if (
+            input?.file_path &&
+            input.content !== undefined &&
+            input.content !== null
+          ) {
             // Normalize to absolute path for consistent cache lookups
             const absolutePath = expandPath(input.file_path, cwd)
             fileWriteToolUseIds.set(content.id, {
               filePath: absolutePath,
-              content: input.content,
+              content: coerceToolContentToString(input.content),
             })
           }
         } else if (