diff --git a/cli/src/hooks/__tests__/use-send-message.test.tsx b/cli/src/hooks/__tests__/use-send-message.test.tsx
index b37f99c614..c070f4314f 100644
--- a/cli/src/hooks/__tests__/use-send-message.test.tsx
+++ b/cli/src/hooks/__tests__/use-send-message.test.tsx
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ describe('useSendMessage continuation state', () => {
         content: finalText,
       })
       expect(saved.isComplete).toBe(true)
-      expect(saved.metadata.runState).toEqual(finalState)
     } finally {
       settlePendingRuns()
       await run
diff --git a/cli/src/hooks/helpers/send-message.ts b/cli/src/hooks/helpers/send-message.ts
index f8e91a4ffd..9a21baa2f1 100644
--- a/cli/src/hooks/helpers/send-message.ts
+++ b/cli/src/hooks/helpers/send-message.ts
@@ -487,9 +487,6 @@ export const handleRunCompletion = (params: {
   updater.markComplete({
     ...(completionTime && { completionTime }),
     ...(actualCredits !== undefined && { credits: actualCredits }),
-    metadata: {
-      runState,
-    },
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/types/chat.ts b/cli/src/types/chat.ts
index e3d1f7b5f0..e092893e09 100644
--- a/cli/src/types/chat.ts
+++ b/cli/src/types/chat.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ export type ChatMessageMetadata = {
   isCollapsed?: boolean
   /** Whether the user manually opened this collapsed item */
   userOpened?: boolean
-  /** RunState stored after completion */
+  /** @deprecated Never written; older transcripts may still carry it and it
+   * is ignored on load. */
   runState?: unknown
 }