diff --git a/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.test.ts b/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.test.ts
index 9ae5d1a99be..ae8efb8f194 100644
--- a/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.test.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ describe('describeToolInput', () => {
 
   it('truncates an overlong path like any other preview', () => {
     const path = `/very/${'long/'.repeat(30)}file.ts`
-    expect(describeToolInput({ file_path: path }).length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(80)
-    expect(describeToolInput({ file_path: path })).toContain('…')
+    const label = describeToolInput({ file_path: path })
+    expect(label.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(80)
+    expect(label).toContain('…')
+    // A bounded JSON preview also satisfies the two assertions above, so pin the
+    // label to the path itself or this passes with path-labelling deleted.
+    expect(label).not.toContain('file_path')
+    expect(label.endsWith('/file.ts')).toBe(true)
   })
 
   it('keeps the filename when trimming an overlong path', () => {
@@ -115,6 +120,17 @@ describe('Codex JSON-string tool arguments', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('isStructuredToolInput', () => {
+  it('does not offer an expander whose detail would repeat the row label', () => {
+    // `{}` formats back to `{}` — the label itself.
+    expect(isStructuredToolInput({})).toBe(false)
+    expect(isStructuredToolInput([])).toBe(false)
+    expect(isStructuredToolInput('{}')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isStructuredToolInput({ command: 'ls' })).toBe(true)
+    expect(isStructuredToolInput([1])).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('summarizeToolInput bounded preview', () => {
   it('collapses depth beyond the bound instead of serializing the whole tree', () => {
     const deep = { a: { b: { c: { d: 'buried' } } } }
diff --git a/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.ts b/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.ts
index b625373a242..4418fd767f3 100644
--- a/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.ts
+++ b/src/shared/native-chat-tool-summary.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ export function formatToolInput(input: unknown): string {
  *  the row label — i.e. whether expanding the row is worth offering. */
 export function isStructuredToolInput(input: unknown): boolean {
   const normalized = normalizeToolInput(input)
-  return normalized !== null && typeof normalized === 'object'
+  if (normalized === null || typeof normalized !== 'object') {
+    return false
+  }
+  // An empty object formats back to the row label verbatim, so offering the
+  // expander would promise detail and then repeat the row.
+  return Array.isArray(normalized) ? normalized.length > 0 : Object.keys(normalized).length > 0
 }
 
 export function toolFilePath(input: unknown): string | null {