diff --git a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output.rs b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output.rs
index 7cafba696f..9dbdcf9093 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output.rs
@@ -134,16 +134,9 @@ impl EventProcessorWithJsonOutput {
             ThreadItem::AgentMessage { text, .. } => {
                 ThreadItemDetails::AgentMessage(AgentMessageItem { text })
             }
-            ThreadItem::Reasoning {
-                summary, content, ..
-            } => {
-                let text = if content.is_empty() {
-                    summary.join("\n")
-                } else {
-                    content.join("\n")
-                };
-                ThreadItemDetails::Reasoning(ReasoningItem { text })
-            }
+            ThreadItem::Reasoning { summary, .. } => ThreadItemDetails::Reasoning(ReasoningItem {
+                text: summary.join("\n"),
+            }),
             ThreadItem::CommandExecution {
                 command,
                 aggregated_output,
diff --git a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output_tests.rs b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output_tests.rs
index c614207dd0..ad1b6803ca 100644
--- a/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/exec/src/event_processor_with_jsonl_output_tests.rs
@@ -194,6 +194,37 @@ fn command_execution_started_and_completed_translate_to_thread_events() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn reasoning_items_emit_summary_not_raw_content() {
+    let mut processor = EventProcessorWithJsonOutput::new(None);
+
+    let collected =
+        processor.collect_thread_events(TypedExecEvent::ItemCompleted(ItemCompletedNotification {
+            item: ThreadItem::Reasoning {
+                id: "reasoning-1".to_string(),
+                summary: vec!["safe summary".to_string()],
+                content: vec!["raw reasoning".to_string()],
+            },
+            thread_id: "thread-1".to_string(),
+            turn_id: "turn-1".to_string(),
+        }));
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        collected,
+        CollectedThreadEvents {
+            events: vec![ThreadEvent::ItemCompleted(ItemCompletedEvent {
+                item: ExecThreadItem {
+                    id: "reasoning-1".to_string(),
+                    details: ThreadItemDetails::Reasoning(crate::exec_events::ReasoningItem {
+                        text: "safe summary".to_string(),
+                    }),
+                },
+            })],
+            status: CodexStatus::Running,
+        }
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn web_search_completion_preserves_query_and_action() {
     let mut processor = EventProcessorWithJsonOutput::new(None);