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The tool reports success, the model only receives `\"Binary content provided (1 item(s)).\"`, and it then describes an image it never saw. Asked for the title of a screenshot whose title is \"PLANET CARTOONIA\", `gemini-3.8-flash` answered \"CONCEPT CAR\", \"LITTLE HEROES\" and \"GLOBAL AGENT HACKATHON\" in three runs.\n\n**Cause.** `stripToolCallIdPrefixes()` in `packages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts` rebuilds every function response whose id starts with `<toolName>__`, which CLI-generated ids always do (e.g. `read_file__call_134320`), from three fields only:\n\n## Literal error text\n```\npackages/core/src/core/geminiChat.ts\n```\n\n## Environment\nGitHub google-gemini/gemini-cli #29589\n\n## Trigger / context\nPublic GitHub report in google-gemini/gemini-cli (FRESH_7D).\n\n## Source evidence\n- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/29589 (2026-10-01T13:19:27Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #29589\n\n## Freshness\n- classification: FRESH_7D\n- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:47:55.298020Z\n- scout_id: C98f68b0fde\n\n## Scout notes\nThis Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. 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The tool reports success, the model only receives `\"Binary content provided (1 item(s)).\"`, and it then describes an image it never saw. 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