From d1637409e90ca26cc8d201c6fc285ce104bceaac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kshitijk4poor <82637225+kshitijk4poor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:25:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] docs(gateway): silence-marker retraction no longer implies an
 empty send

---
 gateway/stream_consumer_fallback.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gateway/stream_consumer_fallback.py b/gateway/stream_consumer_fallback.py
index 283fc02df1..12c42699e6 100644
--- a/gateway/stream_consumer_fallback.py
+++ b/gateway/stream_consumer_fallback.py
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ class StreamFallbackMixin:
     # completed response (#71643/#95382 content-vs-flag contract).
     async def _suppress_silence_marker(self) -> None:
         """Retract any streamed preview when the final reply is a bare silence marker.  Flags
-        stay False: the gateway's whole-response filter turns the marker into "" so no
-        fallback send happens either."""
+        stay False so the gateway's whole-response filter owns what goes out next: "" for a
+        machinery turn, the visible fallback for a human one."""
         # A native-stream bubble isn't a deletable message — close an open one
         # (e.g. from an eager re-seed) with an empty finalize so it doesn't hang.
         if self._native_stream_opened: