diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.test.ts
index f89a9aefd3..7bb62a9d1f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.test.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,18 @@ describe("@gotgenes/pi-subagents adapter", () => {
         .filter((event) => event.event.type === "upsert")
         .map((event) => (event.event.type === "upsert" ? event.event.status : null)),
     ).toEqual(["running", "completed"]);
+    expect(
+      events.flatMap((event) => (event.event.type === "timeline" ? [event.event] : [])),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        type: "timeline",
+        id: "call_502323",
+        item: {
+          type: "assistant_message",
+          text: "Agent completed in 4.7s (1 tool uses, 9.0k token).\nAgent ID: 848583f5-6749-4a1\n\nThe workspace is empty.",
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
   });
   test("correlates a background notification and result collection", async () => {
     const source = readSubagentFixture(new URL("./fixtures/background.json", import.meta.url));
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.ts
index 7d1b4c325c..9383911c3d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/pi/extensions/gotgenes-pi-subagents/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
+import { extractTextFromToolResult } from "../../tool-call-mapper.js";
 import { outputFileFromToolResult } from "../child-session.js";
 import { GOTGENES_CHILD_SESSION_MARKER, gotgenesRuntimeBridge } from "./runtime-bridge.js";
 import type { PiExtension, PiExtensionToolCall } from "../contract.js";
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ export const gotgenesPiSubagents: PiExtension = {
         outputFileFromToolResult(call.result) ?? pendingFilesByAgent.get(details.data.agentId);
       pendingFilesByAgent.delete(details.data.agentId);
       const childSessions = childSession(call.callId, file);
+      const childStatus = status(details.data.status);
+      // Without a session file, as on replay, the child's answer is the tool result.
+      const answer =
+        !file && childStatus !== "running" ? extractTextFromToolResult(call.result)?.trim() : "";
       return {
         detail,
         subagents: [
@@ -101,8 +106,17 @@ export const gotgenesPiSubagents: PiExtension = {
             title,
             description,
             toolCallId: call.callId,
-            status: status(details.data.status),
+            status: childStatus,
           },
+          ...(answer
+            ? [
+                {
+                  type: "timeline" as const,
+                  id: call.callId,
+                  item: { type: "assistant_message" as const, text: answer },
+                },
+              ]
+            : []),
         ],
         childSessions,
       };