diff --git a/apps/cli/test/edit-tool-no-full-redraw.test.ts b/apps/cli/test/edit-tool-no-full-redraw.test.ts
index fc84da19..24292913 100644
--- a/apps/cli/test/edit-tool-no-full-redraw.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/test/edit-tool-no-full-redraw.test.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,59 @@ describe("edit tool TUI rendering", () => {
 		expect(rendered).toContain("line 150 changed");
 	});
 
+	it("keeps the applied change on a Step card whose call failed after writing", async () => {
+		const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-edit-failed-"));
+		tempDirs.push(dir);
+		const filePath = join(dir, "cancelled-check.txt");
+		await writeFile(filePath, "before\n", "utf8");
+
+		const terminal = new FakeTerminal();
+		const tui: TUI = new TuiMainScreen(terminal);
+		const component = new ToolExecutionComponent(
+			"edit",
+			"tool-call-failed",
+			{ path: filePath, edits: [{ oldText: "before", newText: "after" }] },
+			{ presentation: "step" },
+			createEditToolDefinition(process.cwd()),
+			tui,
+			process.cwd(),
+		);
+		tui.addChild(component);
+		tui.start();
+		await waitForRender();
+
+		// The edit landed, then the check the call ran alongside was cancelled: the
+		// recorded change is real, the call is not. Recomputed from the args against
+		// the file it already changed, the preview finds no match and reports an error
+		// of its own, which is not what the call did.
+		await writeFile(filePath, "after\n", "utf8");
+		component.setArgsComplete();
+		tui.requestRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+		// The args-based preview, computed against the file the call already changed.
+		expect(component.render(200).join("\n")).toContain("Could not find");
+		component.updateResult(
+			{
+				content: [{ type: "text", text: "Successfully replaced 1 occurrence(s) in cancelled-check.txt.\n\nthen_run: $ check\nCommand aborted" }],
+				details: { diff: "-1 before\n+1 after\n", patch: "--- cancelled-check.txt\n+++ cancelled-check.txt\n@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@\n-before\n+after\n", firstChangedLine: 1 },
+				isError: true,
+			},
+			false,
+		);
+		tui.requestRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+
+		const rendered = component.render(200).join("\n");
+		// The diff comes from the result, so it replaces the stale preview error.
+		expect(rendered).toContain("-1 before");
+		expect(rendered).toContain("+1 after");
+		expect(rendered).not.toContain("Could not find");
+		// The call still reads as failed.
+		expect(rendered).toContain("Command aborted");
+	});
+
 	it("shows a preflight error without rendering a diff when the edits do not apply", async () => {
 		const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-edit-preflight-"));
 		tempDirs.push(dir);
@@ -232,4 +285,44 @@ describe("edit tool TUI rendering", () => {
 		expect(rendered).not.toContain("+1 ");
 		expect(rendered).not.toContain("-1 ");
 	});
+
+	it("shows no diff for a failed call that recorded nothing", async () => {
+		const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "pi-edit-nodetail-"));
+		tempDirs.push(dir);
+		const filePath = join(dir, "unchanged.txt");
+		await writeFile(filePath, "line 0\n", "utf8");
+
+		const terminal = new FakeTerminal();
+		const tui: TUI = new TuiMainScreen(terminal);
+		const component = new ToolExecutionComponent(
+			"edit",
+			"tool-call-nodetail",
+			{ path: filePath, edits: [{ oldText: "does not exist", newText: "replacement" }] },
+			{ presentation: "step" },
+			createEditToolDefinition(process.cwd()),
+			tui,
+			process.cwd(),
+		);
+		tui.addChild(component);
+		tui.start();
+		await waitForRender();
+		component.setArgsComplete();
+		tui.requestRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+
+		// The renderer reads a result's diff whatever the call's own status is, so a
+		// failure that carries no change record must not invent one.
+		component.updateResult(
+			{ content: [{ type: "text", text: "No matches for search string in unchanged.txt" }], details: {}, isError: true },
+			false,
+		);
+		tui.requestRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+		await waitForRender();
+
+		const rendered = component.render(200).join("\n");
+		expect(rendered).toContain("No matches");
+		expect(rendered).not.toContain("-1 line 0");
+		expect(rendered).not.toContain("+1 ");
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/edit.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/edit.ts
index 47c6a02f..b95c031a 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/edit.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/core/tools/edit.ts
@@ -416,7 +416,10 @@ export function createEditToolDefinition(
 				? JSON.stringify({ path: previewInput.path, edits: previewInput.edits })
 				: undefined;
 			const typedResult = result as EditToolResultLike;
-			const resultDiff = !context.isError ? typedResult.details?.diff : undefined;
+			// A call can fail after its edit already landed (a cancelled `then_run`, a
+			// result-preparation failure). Its details still describe the change, so show
+			// them like any applied edit; a failure before the write carries no diff.
+			const resultDiff = typedResult.details?.diff;
 			let changed = false;
 			if (callComponent) {
 				if (typeof resultDiff === "string") {
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/step-then-run-command-parity.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/step-then-run-command-parity.test.ts
index 964b4193..806d4ff3 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/step-then-run-command-parity.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/step-then-run-command-parity.test.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,57 @@ describe("then_run uses run_command execution", () => {
 		expect(await readFile(join(directory, "sample.txt"), "utf8")).toBe("applied\n");
 	});
 
+	it("still shows the edit diff after the caller cancels the check", async () => {
+		initTheme("dark", false);
+		const controller = new AbortController();
+		const exec = vi.fn<BashOperations["exec"]>(async () => {
+			controller.abort();
+			throw new Error("aborted");
+		});
+		const { edit } = profile({ exec });
+		await writeFile(join(directory, "sample.txt"), "before\n");
+		const args = { path: "sample.txt", search: "before", replace: "after", then_run: "check" };
+		const failure = await edit.execute("edit-cancelled", args, controller.signal, undefined, undefined as never).then(
+			() => undefined,
+			(error: { result?: { details?: { diff?: unknown; patch?: unknown }; isError?: boolean }; name?: string }) =>
+				error,
+		);
+		// The edit landed before the check was cancelled, so the failed call still
+		// carries the receipt its renderer reads.
+		expect(await readFile(join(directory, "sample.txt"), "utf8")).toBe("after\n");
+		expect(failure?.name).toBe("ToolExecutionError");
+		expect(failure?.result?.isError).toBe(true);
+		expect(failure?.result?.details?.diff).toBe("-1 before\n+1 after");
+		expect(failure?.result?.details?.patch).toEqual(expect.stringContaining("\n-before\n+after"));
+
+		// Rendering the failed call must not hide that change: the args-based preview
+		// cannot apply after the write, so only the recorded diff can show it.
+		const state: { callComponent?: { render(width: number): string[] } } = {};
+		const context = {
+			args,
+			toolCallId: "edit-cancelled",
+			state,
+			cwd: directory,
+			executionStarted: true,
+			argsComplete: true,
+			isPartial: false,
+			expanded: true,
+			showImages: false,
+			invalidate() {},
+		};
+		edit.renderCall!(args, theme, { ...context, lastComponent: undefined, isError: false } as never);
+		edit.renderResult!(failure!.result as never, { expanded: true, isPartial: false }, theme, {
+			...context,
+			lastComponent: undefined,
+			isError: true,
+		} as never);
+
+		const rendered = state.callComponent?.render(200).join("\n") ?? "";
+		// Both sides of the recorded diff, which no other part of the card produces.
+		expect(rendered).toContain("-1 before");
+		expect(rendered).toContain("+1 after");
+	});
+
 	it("retains an applied mutation while reporting a real check executor fault", async () => {
 		const exec = vi.fn<BashOperations["exec"]>(async () => {
 			throw new Error("executor unavailable");