diff --git a/packages/zcode-tui/src/events.ts b/packages/zcode-tui/src/events.ts
index 2e80d3d..448c4f7 100644
--- a/packages/zcode-tui/src/events.ts
+++ b/packages/zcode-tui/src/events.ts
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ export function normalizeEvent(value: unknown): StreamEvent | null {
       ?? (params && asString(params.eventId))
       ?? asString(value.id)
       ?? (params && asString(params.id))
-      ?? asString(body.eventId)
-      ?? asString(body.id),
+      ?? asString(body.eventId),
     inputSource: envelopeString("inputSource"),
     taskId: envelopeString("taskId")
       ?? envelopeString("taskID")
@@ -228,6 +227,41 @@ export function isModelCancellationEvent(event: StreamEvent): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+export interface StreamEventRedeliveryFilter {
+  duplicate(value: object, event: StreamEvent): boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The runtime forwards every session event to each live subscription (the
+ * active prompt, steers, watchers kept open around background-task
+ * notification turns), so one event can reach the TUI several times.
+ * Streamed deltas are appended rather than replaced, so each redelivery
+ * would render again — exact redeliveries of an already-seen event
+ * (same eventId, or the same delivered object when no id is attached)
+ * must be dropped. Distinct events never share a key: separate deliveries
+ * are separate objects, and legitimately repeated delta content produces
+ * new event objects each time.
+ */
+export function createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter(capacity = 256): StreamEventRedeliveryFilter {
+  const recent = new Map<string | object, true>();
+  return {
+    duplicate(value: object, event: StreamEvent): boolean {
+      const key: string | object = event.eventId ?? value;
+      if (recent.has(key)) {
+        recent.delete(key);
+        recent.set(key, true);
+        return true;
+      }
+      recent.set(key, true);
+      if (recent.size > capacity) {
+        const oldest = recent.keys().next().value;
+        if (oldest !== undefined) recent.delete(oldest);
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 const toolCancellationValues = new Set([
   "aborterror",
   "cancelled",
diff --git a/packages/zcode-tui/src/index.ts b/packages/zcode-tui/src/index.ts
index 7cb036f..26ad46f 100644
--- a/packages/zcode-tui/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/zcode-tui/src/index.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import {
   type ZCodeThemePreference
 } from "./color-scheme.ts";
 import {
+  createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter,
   historyText,
   isModelCancellationEvent,
   isToolCancellation,
@@ -648,6 +649,9 @@ class ZCodeTui {
   private readonly attachmentBar: AttachmentBar;
   private editor: PlanEditor;
   private readonly assistantStream: AssistantStream;
+  // Subscription callbacks each forward every session event; only the
+  // onEvent channel appends streamed content, so only it needs the guard.
+  private readonly deliveredStreamEvents = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter();
   private readonly notifications: TurnNotifier;
   private readonly skillCatalog: SkillCatalog;
   private readonly done: Promise<void>;
@@ -2319,6 +2323,7 @@ class ZCodeTui {
     if (turnEpoch !== undefined && turnEpoch !== this.activeTurnEpoch) return;
     const event = normalizeEvent(value);
     if (!event || this.isForeignSessionEvent(event)) return;
+    if (this.deliveredStreamEvents.duplicate(event.raw, event)) return;
     if (runtimeContextRefreshNeeded(event)) this.runtimeContextCache.invalidate();
     if (this.handleDynamicWorkflowEvent(value, event.type)) return;
     const taskScoped = this.backgroundTaskEvents.isTaskScoped(event);
diff --git a/test/events.test.ts b/test/events.test.ts
index c8dc971..64db68c 100644
--- a/test/events.test.ts
+++ b/test/events.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 
 import {
+  createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter,
   isToolCancellation,
   historyText,
   isModelCancellationEvent,
@@ -76,6 +77,24 @@ describe("ZCode event adapter", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("does not treat a payload message id as a stream event id", () => {
+    const first = normalizeEvent({
+      type: "model.streaming",
+      payload: { id: "message_1", kind: "text_delta", delta: "hello" }
+    });
+    const second = normalizeEvent({
+      type: "model.streaming",
+      payload: { id: "message_1", kind: "text_delta", delta: " world" }
+    });
+
+    expect(first?.eventId).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(second?.eventId).toBeUndefined();
+
+    const filter = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter();
+    expect(filter.duplicate(first!.raw, first!)).toBe(false);
+    expect(filter.duplicate(second!.raw, second!)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("uses the official assistant message identity and result duration", () => {
     expect(normalizeEvent({
       type: "model.streaming",
@@ -523,3 +542,56 @@ describe("ZCode event adapter", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("stream event redelivery filter", () => {
+  test("flags an exact redelivery of the same delivered object", () => {
+    const filter = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter();
+    const delivered = { kind: "text_delta", delta: "방", messageId: "message_1" };
+    expect(filter.duplicate(delivered, normalizeEvent(delivered)!)).toBe(false);
+    expect(filter.duplicate(delivered, normalizeEvent(delivered)!)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("keeps legitimately repeated deltas with identical content", () => {
+    const filter = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter();
+    const first = normalizeEvent({ kind: "text_delta", delta: "-", messageId: "message_1" })!;
+    const second = normalizeEvent({ kind: "text_delta", delta: "-", messageId: "message_1" })!;
+    expect(filter.duplicate({}, first)).toBe(false);
+    expect(filter.duplicate({}, second)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("flags redeliveries that carry the same eventId in fresh objects", () => {
+    const filter = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter();
+    expect(filter.duplicate(
+      {},
+      normalizeEvent({ eventId: "event_1", kind: "part.delta", partId: "part_1", field: "text", delta: "!" })!
+    )).toBe(false);
+    expect(filter.duplicate(
+      {},
+      normalizeEvent({ eventId: "event_1", kind: "part.delta", partId: "part_1", field: "text", delta: "!" })!
+    )).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("renders a triple-delivered notification-turn stream once per token", () => {
+    const filter = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter();
+    const tokens = ["방", "금", "완", "료"];
+    let rendered = "";
+    for (const token of tokens) {
+      // Each subscriber forwards the same event object, back to back.
+      const delivered = { kind: "text_delta", delta: token, messageId: "message_1" };
+      for (let delivery = 0; delivery < 3; delivery += 1) {
+        const event = normalizeEvent(delivered)!;
+        if (!filter.duplicate(delivered, event)) rendered += event.delta;
+      }
+    }
+    expect(rendered).toBe("방금완료");
+  });
+
+  test("forgets the oldest keys once capacity is exceeded", () => {
+    const filter = createStreamEventRedeliveryFilter(2);
+    const first = { kind: "text_delta", delta: "a" };
+    expect(filter.duplicate(first, normalizeEvent(first)!)).toBe(false);
+    filter.duplicate({}, normalizeEvent({ kind: "text_delta", delta: "b" })!);
+    filter.duplicate({}, normalizeEvent({ kind: "text_delta", delta: "c" })!);
+    expect(filter.duplicate(first, normalizeEvent(first)!)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});