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Map assistant content {type:'output_audio', transcript} to {type:'output_text', text: transcript}\n2. Keep MCP items untouched\n3. Call updateHistory()\nExpected: History update succeeds\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"e3c6d9c0-fb35-4f2a-8e8e-84d81bc00175","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Convert assistant audio items to output_text using their transcript and leave existing MCP items unchanged (or remove them) before calling updateHistory().\n\nOption: Rewrite audio items as text [evidence: documented_workaround]\nSteps:\n1. Map assistant content {type:'output_audio', transcript} to {type:'output_text', text: transcript}\n2. Keep MCP items untouched\n3. 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