diff --git a/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py b/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py
index 186da719ef..96f7bb821a 100644
--- a/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py
+++ b/agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py
@@ -3678,9 +3678,21 @@ def sanitize_api_messages(messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]
     # tool result. This is the final pre-API chokepoint, so dedup defensively
     # here even though repair_message_sequence also consumes matched ids.
     #   (a) collapse duplicate tool_calls WITHIN an assistant message
-    #   (b) drop later tool result messages reusing an already-seen id
+    #   (b) drop tool results that answer no OUTSTANDING tool call
+    #
+    # (b) tracks outstanding calls rather than every id ever seen, because
+    # ``tool_call_id`` is NOT globally unique in practice: llama.cpp emits a
+    # single constant id for every tool call it ever returns (verified: three
+    # separate completions from one server all carry the same id). A
+    # seen-once-drop-forever rule reads the SECOND legitimate tool result of
+    # such a session as a duplicate and deletes it, so from the second tool
+    # call onward the model never sees any result — it announces its next
+    # action and the turn dies with the work unfinished. Outstanding-call
+    # semantics keep both protections intact: a re-emitted result still
+    # answers no pending call and is still dropped, while a genuine new call
+    # that reuses the id re-arms that id first.
     seen_assistant_call_ids: set = set()
-    seen_result_call_ids: set = set()
+    outstanding_call_ids: set = set()
     deduped: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
     removed_dupes = 0
     for msg in messages:
@@ -3694,6 +3706,7 @@ def sanitize_api_messages(messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]
                     continue
                 if cid:
                     seen_assistant_call_ids.add(cid)
+                    outstanding_call_ids.add(cid)
                 kept_tcs.append(tc)
             if kept_tcs:
                 msg = {**msg, "tool_calls": kept_tcs}
@@ -3702,11 +3715,15 @@ def sanitize_api_messages(messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]
             deduped.append(msg)
         elif role == "tool":
             cid = (msg.get("tool_call_id") or "").strip()
-            if cid and cid in seen_result_call_ids:
+            if cid and cid not in outstanding_call_ids:
                 removed_dupes += 1
                 continue
             if cid:
-                seen_result_call_ids.add(cid)
+                # Answered: this id is no longer outstanding, so a second
+                # result replaying it is still caught above.
+                outstanding_call_ids.discard(cid)
+                # A reused id must be re-armable by the next assistant call.
+                seen_assistant_call_ids.discard(cid)
             deduped.append(msg)
         else:
             deduped.append(msg)
diff --git a/tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py b/tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py
index 39fae300c5..17a9f78a3c 100644
--- a/tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py
+++ b/tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py
@@ -336,6 +336,75 @@ def test_sanitize_preserves_distinct_tool_call_ids():
     assert sorted(m["tool_call_id"] for m in out if m.get("role") == "tool") == ["call_A", "call_B"]
 
 
+# ── tool_call_id reuse by local servers (#70724) ────────────────────────────
+# llama.cpp emits ONE constant tool_call_id for every tool call it returns, so
+# ``tool_call_id`` is not globally unique in practice. The #58327 dedup pass
+# must key off outstanding calls, not "seen at any point", or every result
+# after the first is deleted and the agent stops mid-task.
+
+
+CONSTANT_ID = "ZsSt4SkIFMRz0HtqT7MTlimNvzlKM896"
+
+
+def _call(cid, name="terminal"):
+    return {"role": "assistant", "content": None,
+            "tool_calls": [{"id": cid, "type": "function",
+                            "function": {"name": name, "arguments": "{}"}}]}
+
+
+def _result(cid, content):
+    return {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": cid, "name": "terminal",
+            "content": content}
+
+
+def test_sanitize_keeps_results_when_server_reuses_one_tool_call_id():
+    """Every answered call survives even when all of them share one id.
+
+    Contract: a tool result is dropped for being unanswerable, never for
+    reusing an id that an earlier call already retired.
+    """
+    from agent.agent_runtime_helpers import sanitize_api_messages
+
+    messages = [{"role": "user", "content": "do three steps"}]
+    for i in range(3):
+        messages.append(_call(CONSTANT_ID))
+        messages.append(_result(CONSTANT_ID, f"step {i} output"))
+
+    out = sanitize_api_messages(list(messages))
+    results = [m for m in out if m.get("role") == "tool"]
+    assert [m["content"] for m in results] == [
+        "step 0 output", "step 1 output", "step 2 output",
+    ]
+    calls = [m for m in out if m.get("role") == "assistant" and m.get("tool_calls")]
+    assert len(calls) == 3
+
+
+def test_sanitize_still_drops_replayed_result_for_retired_call():
+    """The #58327 protection holds: a second result for an already-answered
+    call answers nothing outstanding and is still dropped."""
+    from agent.agent_runtime_helpers import sanitize_api_messages
+
+    messages = [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "hi"},
+        _call(CONSTANT_ID),
+        _result(CONSTANT_ID, "real"),
+        _result(CONSTANT_ID, "replayed by a retry/resume glitch"),
+    ]
+    out = sanitize_api_messages(list(messages))
+    assert [m["content"] for m in out if m.get("role") == "tool"] == ["real"]
+
+
+def test_sanitize_drops_result_with_no_preceding_call():
+    """A tool result that never had a call is an orphan regardless of id."""
+    from agent.agent_runtime_helpers import sanitize_api_messages
+
+    out = sanitize_api_messages([
+        {"role": "user", "content": "hi"},
+        _result("id_never_requested", "orphan"),
+    ])
+    assert [m for m in out if m.get("role") == "tool"] == []
+
+
 def test_sanitize_drops_empty_tool_calls_array():
     """sanitize_api_messages strips ``tool_calls: []`` from assistant messages.