diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts
index 3d1eb012ec6b3ab09dea7d076f0f009ce5fab8d4..a365da1d47a7409a47b01e8675605d6f26ad6dd5 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/Layers/ProviderRuntimeIngestion.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
         threadId: input.threadId,
         messageId: input.messageId,
         ...(input.turnId ? { turnId: input.turnId } : {}),
-        text: "",
         createdAt: input.createdAt,
       });
       yield* clearAssistantMessageState(input.messageId);
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
index 98acd091ac051e131b2b5efe09ed9385b3838faf..91e7d756e9e8913d99b4f2667061d0e29e68bb6c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ export const decideOrchestrationCommand = Effect.fn("decideOrchestrationCommand"
           threadId: command.threadId,
           messageId: command.messageId,
           role: "assistant",
-          text: command.text ?? "",
+          text: "",
           turnId: command.turnId ?? null,
           streaming: false,
           createdAt: command.createdAt,
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/orchestration.ts b/packages/contracts/src/orchestration.ts
index 2148179d3fa3b0501fed2eb88d4ed527752169a9..c2f25d4e02b27fe263520642212042c3aa791b50 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/orchestration.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/orchestration.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ export const ThreadMessageAssistantCompleteCommand = Schema.Struct({
   threadId: ThreadId,
   messageId: MessageId,
   turnId: Schema.optional(TurnId),
-  text: Schema.optional(Schema.String),
   createdAt: IsoDateTime,
 });