diff --git a/agent/turn_api_call.py b/agent/turn_api_call.py
index b6a2e05f19..0aa3519289 100644
--- a/agent/turn_api_call.py
+++ b/agent/turn_api_call.py
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ def nous_rate_limit_guard(
             _nous_remaining = nous_rate_limit_remaining()
             if _nous_remaining is not None and _nous_remaining > 0:
                 _nous_msg = (
-                    f"Nous Portal rate limit active — "
-                    f"resets in {_fmt_nous_remaining(_nous_remaining)}."
+                    f"Nous Portal rate limit active — resets in {_fmt_nous_remaining(_nous_remaining)}."
                 )
                 agent._buffer_vprint(f"⏳ {_nous_msg} Trying fallback...")
                 agent._buffer_status(f"⏳ {_nous_msg}")
diff --git a/agent/turn_empty_response.py b/agent/turn_empty_response.py
index a840cc2f68..d018f4d4a1 100644
--- a/agent/turn_empty_response.py
+++ b/agent/turn_empty_response.py
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ def _retry_empty(
         if budget < _empty_guard.DEFAULT_EMPTY_RETRY_BUDGET else ""
     )
     agent._buffer_status(
-        f"⚠️ Empty response from model — retrying "
-        f"({n}/{budget}) "
-        f"in {wait_time:.0f}s{_budget_note}"
+        f"⚠️ Empty response from model — retrying ({n}/{budget}) in {wait_time:.0f}s{_budget_note}"
     )
     _interrupted = interruptible_backoff_sleep(
         agent, wait_time, None,
@@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ def _retry_empty(
         api_call_count=api_call_count,
         abort_message="Interrupt detected during empty-response retry wait, aborting.",
         interrupt_text=(
-            f"Operation interrupted: retrying empty response from model "
-            f"(retry {n}/{budget})."
+            f"Operation interrupted: retrying empty response from model (retry {n}/{budget})."
         ),
         activity_label=f"empty response retry backoff ({n}/{budget})",
     )
@@ -100,8 +97,7 @@ def _terminal_empty(agent: Any, assistant_message: Any, finish_reason: str, mess
     _streak_cost = _empty_guard.streak_cost_usd(agent)
     if _streak_cost is not None:
         agent._buffer_status(
-            f"ℹ️ Estimated cost of these empty attempts: "
-            f"~${_streak_cost:.2f} (input tokens are billed "
+            f"ℹ️ Estimated cost of these empty attempts: ~${_streak_cost:.2f} (input tokens are billed "
             f"per attempt even when no answer is produced)"
         )
     agent._flush_status_buffer()
@@ -235,8 +231,7 @@ def recover_empty_response(
             agent._thinking_prefill_retries,
         )
         agent._buffer_status(
-            f"↻ Thinking-only response — prefilling to continue "
-            f"({agent._thinking_prefill_retries}/2)"
+            f"↻ Thinking-only response — prefilling to continue ({agent._thinking_prefill_retries}/2)"
         )
         interim_msg = agent._build_assistant_message(assistant_message, "incomplete")
         interim_msg["_thinking_prefill"] = True
diff --git a/agent/turn_overflow.py b/agent/turn_overflow.py
index 1e059194c7..dca76b10a4 100644
--- a/agent/turn_overflow.py
+++ b/agent/turn_overflow.py
@@ -272,10 +272,8 @@ def _clamp_output_cap(st: _Recovery, _retry: TurnRetryState, available_out: int,
         safe_out = max(1, available_out - 64)
     agent._ephemeral_max_output_tokens = safe_out
     agent._buffer_vprint(
-        f"⚠️  Output cap too large for current prompt — "
-        f"retrying with max_tokens={safe_out:,} "
-        f"(provider_available={available_out:,}, "
-        f"estimated_request_tokens={request_input_estimate:,}; "
+        f"⚠️  Output cap too large for current prompt — retrying with max_tokens={safe_out:,} "
+        f"(provider_available={available_out:,}, estimated_request_tokens={request_input_estimate:,}; "
         f"context_length unchanged at {old_ctx:,})"
     )
     # Still count against compression_attempts so a recurring error can't loop forever.
diff --git a/agent/turn_truncation.py b/agent/turn_truncation.py
index 38ff9a7b90..8dd7ba548c 100644
--- a/agent/turn_truncation.py
+++ b/agent/turn_truncation.py
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ def _content_filter_fallback(st: _Trunc, _retry: TurnRetryState) -> Optional[Tru
     ):
         return None
     agent._vprint(
-        f"{agent.log_prefix}🛡️  Content filter terminated "
-        f"stream — activating fallback provider...",
+        f"{agent.log_prefix}🛡️  Content filter terminated stream — activating fallback provider...",
         force=True,
     )
     agent._emit_status("Content filter terminated stream; switching to fallback...")
@@ -187,8 +186,7 @@ def _content_filter_fallback(st: _Trunc, _retry: TurnRetryState) -> Optional[Tru
         _retry.restart_with_rebuilt_messages = True
         return st.done("break")
     agent._vprint(
-        f"{agent.log_prefix}⚠️  No fallback provider "
-        f"configured — retrying with same provider "
+        f"{agent.log_prefix}⚠️  No fallback provider configured — retrying with same provider "
         f"(may re-hit filter)...",
         force=True,
     )
@@ -221,9 +219,7 @@ def _continue_text(st: _Trunc, _retry: TurnRetryState, assistant_message: Any) -
         if st.is_stub and _dropped_tools:
             agent._vprint(
                 f"{agent.log_prefix}↻ Stream interrupted mid "
-                f"tool-call ({', '.join(_dropped_tools[:3])}) — requesting "
-                f"chunked retry "
-                f"({n}/4)..."
+                f"tool-call ({', '.join(_dropped_tools[:3])}) — requesting chunked retry ({n}/4)..."
             )
         elif st.is_stub:
             agent._vprint(f"{agent.log_prefix}↻ Stream interrupted — requesting continuation ({n}/4)...")
@@ -241,8 +237,7 @@ def _continue_text(st: _Trunc, _retry: TurnRetryState, assistant_message: Any) -
     # The one-shot reasoning-off override must not leak into the next turn.
     agent._ephemeral_reasoning_off = False
     agent._vprint(
-        f"{agent.log_prefix}⚠️  Response still truncated "
-        f"after {n} continuation attempts — "
+        f"{agent.log_prefix}⚠️  Response still truncated after {n} continuation attempts — "
         + ("keeping the partial response received so far." if partial_response
            else "no visible text was produced."),
         force=True,