diff --git a/.changeset/tool-rendering-display-sanitation.md b/.changeset/tool-rendering-display-sanitation.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cabfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tool-rendering-display-sanitation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@eleith-pi/tool-rendering": patch
+---
+
+Strip terminal escape sequences and non-printing controls from tool-result bodies, edit diffs, legacy listing details, and write-content previews before applying theme styling. Keep stored and model-facing tool data unchanged.
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/bash.test.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/bash.test.ts
index e99aabc..08273a1 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/bash.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/bash.test.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,34 @@ describe("bash renderers", () => {
     expect(text).not.toContain("unused");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    { isPartial: false, isError: false },
+    { isPartial: true, isError: false },
+    { isPartial: false, isError: true },
+  ])("sanitizes stdout before styling in $isPartial/$isError states", ({ isPartial, isError }) => {
+    const { render } = fixture();
+    const dirty = "\x1b[31mvisible\x1b[0m\x1b]52;c;cHJpdmF0ZQ==\x07\x1b[2J\x00\x85";
+    const output = result(dirty + (isError ? "\n\nCommand exited with code 7" : ""));
+    const original = structuredClone(output);
+    const coloredTheme = {
+      ...theme,
+      fg: (_color: ThemeColor, value: string) => `\x1b[36m${value}\x1b[39m`,
+    } as unknown as typeof theme;
+    const renderContext = context({ isPartial, isError });
+    const component = render(output, { ...collapsed, isPartial }, coloredTheme, renderContext);
+    const rendered = component.render(120).join("\n");
+    expect(rendered).toContain("visible");
+    expect(rendered).toContain("\x1b[36m");
+    for (const control of ["\x1b[31m", "\x1b[0m", "\x1b]", "\x1b[2J", "\x00", "\x85"])
+      expect(rendered).not.toContain(control);
+    expect(rendered).not.toContain("cHJpdmF0ZQ==");
+    if (isError) {
+      expect(rendered).toContain("\x1b[36mvisible\x1b[39m");
+      expect(rendered).toContain("✗ exit 7");
+    }
+    expect(output).toEqual(original);
+  });
+
   it("uses actual painter widths on call/result and terminal resize", () => {
     const { call, render } = fixture();
     const component = call({ command: "echo hello" }, theme, context());
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/edit.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/edit.ts
index d0bf58d..bc3b510 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/edit.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/edit.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   frameTop,
   resultLabel,
 } from "./frame.ts";
-import { normalizeLineEndings, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
+import { normalizeLineEndings, sanitizeDisplayText, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
 import { previewLines } from "./preview.ts";
 
 type BuiltinEditTool = ReturnType<typeof createEditToolDefinition>;
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ function renderEditResult(
   const status = frameStatus(context);
   if (context.isError) return frameToolError(textFromResult(result), expanded, theme, width);
 
-  const diff = normalizeLineEndings(
-    result.details?.diff || result.details?.patch || textFromResult(result),
-  );
+  const rawDiff = result.details?.diff || result.details?.patch || textFromResult(result);
+  const sanitizedDiff = sanitizeDisplayText(rawDiff);
+  const diff = normalizeLineEndings(sanitizedDiff);
   const stats = diffStats(diff);
   const label = `+${stats.added} -${stats.removed}`;
   const lines = diff
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/file-renderers.test.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/file-renderers.test.ts
index 1045b6a..6542429 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/file-renderers.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/file-renderers.test.ts
@@ -372,24 +372,82 @@ it.each(names)("colors partial/error %s frames and limits error previews to five
   ).toContain("row-14");
 });
 
+const sanitationCases = names.flatMap((name) => [
+  { name, isError: false },
+  { name, isError: true },
+]);
+it.each(sanitationCases)(
+  "sanitizes $name display bodies (error: $isError) without stripping theme styling",
+  ({ name, isError }) => {
+    const { tool: captured } = capture(name);
+    const tool = erased(captured);
+    const dirty = "\x1b[31mvisible\x1b[0m\x1b]52;c;cHJpdmF0ZQ==\x07\x1b[2J\x00\x85";
+    const contentOverride = name === "write" ? { content: dirty } : {};
+    const args = { ...presets[name].args, ...contentOverride };
+    const result = { content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: dirty }], details: undefined };
+    const original = structuredClone({ args, result });
+    const coloredTheme = {
+      ...minimalTheme,
+      fg: (_color: string, value: string) => `\x1b[36m${value}\x1b[39m`,
+    } as unknown as Theme;
+    const renderContext = context(args, { isError });
+    const component = tool.renderResult!(result, options, coloredTheme, renderContext);
+    const output = text(component);
+    expect(output).toContain("visible");
+    expect(output).toContain("\x1b[36m");
+    if (isError || name === "edit") expect(output).toContain("\x1b[36mvisible\x1b[39m");
+    for (const control of ["\x1b[31m", "\x1b[0m", "\x1b]", "\x1b[2J", "\x00", "\x85"])
+      expect(output).not.toContain(control);
+    expect(output).not.toContain("cHJpdmF0ZQ==");
+    expect({ args, result }).toEqual(original);
+  },
+);
+
 it.each(["ls", "find"] as const)("keeps legacy %s details.rendering.text readable", (name) => {
   const { tool: captured } = capture(name);
   const tool = erased(captured);
   const result = {
     content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "model-facing text" }],
     details: {
-      rendering: { text: "src/old.ts\nsrc/next.ts" },
+      rendering: { text: "\x1b[31msrc/old.ts\x1b[0m\nsrc/next.ts\x1b]52;c;private\x07" },
       entryLimitReached: 2,
       resultLimitReached: 2,
     },
   };
-  const output = text(tool.renderResult!(result, options, theme, context(presets[name].args)));
+  const original = structuredClone(result);
+  const renderContext = context(presets[name].args);
+  const component = tool.renderResult!(result, options, theme, renderContext);
+  const output = text(component);
+  expect(output).not.toContain("\x1b");
+  expect(result).toEqual(original);
   expect(output).toContain("old.ts");
   expect(output).toContain("next.ts");
   expect(output).not.toContain("model-facing text");
   expect(output).toContain("limit reached");
 });
 
+it.each(["diff", "patch"] as const)(
+  "sanitizes edit details.%s before parsing and styling",
+  (field) => {
+    const { tool: captured } = capture("edit");
+    const tool = erased(captured);
+    const result = {
+      content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "model-facing fallback" }],
+      details: { [field]: "\x1b[31m+visible\x1b[0m\x1b]52;c;private\x07\x00" },
+    };
+    const original = structuredClone(result);
+    const renderContext = context(presets.edit.args);
+    const component = tool.renderResult!(result, options, theme, renderContext);
+    const output = text(component);
+    expect(output).toContain("+visible");
+    expect(output).toContain("+1 -0");
+    expect(output).not.toContain("model-facing fallback");
+    expect(output).not.toContain("\x1b");
+    expect(output).not.toContain("\x00");
+    expect(result).toEqual(original);
+  },
+);
+
 it("renders an incomplete streamed edit title without throwing", () => {
   const { tool } = capture("edit");
   // During argument streaming, runtime input is legitimately less complete than the schema.
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/find.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/find.ts
index ffd2366..4918166 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/find.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/find.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   frameTop,
   resultLabel,
 } from "./frame.ts";
-import { normalizeLineEndings, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
+import { normalizeLineEndings, sanitizeDisplayText, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
 import { previewLines } from "./preview.ts";
 
 type BuiltinFindTool = ReturnType<typeof createFindToolDefinition>;
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ function renderFindResult(
   const status = frameStatus(context);
   if (context.isError) return frameToolError(textFromResult(result), expanded, theme, width);
 
-  const text = normalizeLineEndings(result.details?.rendering?.text ?? textFromResult(result));
+  const rawText = result.details?.rendering?.text ?? textFromResult(result);
+  const sanitizedText = sanitizeDisplayText(rawText);
+  const text = normalizeLineEndings(sanitizedText);
   const paths =
     text.trim() === "No files found matching pattern"
       ? []
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/ls.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/ls.ts
index bf933f0..d0f6578 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/ls.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/ls.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   frameTop,
   resultLabel,
 } from "./frame.ts";
-import { normalizeLineEndings, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
+import { normalizeLineEndings, sanitizeDisplayText, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
 import { previewLines } from "./preview.ts";
 
 type BuiltinLsTool = ReturnType<typeof createLsToolDefinition>;
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ function renderLsResult(
   const status = frameStatus(context);
   if (context.isError) return frameToolError(textFromResult(result), expanded, theme, width);
 
-  const text = normalizeLineEndings(result.details?.rendering?.text ?? textFromResult(result));
+  const rawText = result.details?.rendering?.text ?? textFromResult(result);
+  const sanitizedText = sanitizeDisplayText(rawText);
+  const text = normalizeLineEndings(sanitizedText);
   const lines =
     text.trim() === "(empty directory)"
       ? []
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.test.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69da8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { sanitizeDisplayText, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
+
+it.each([
+  ["SGR styles", "\x1b[31mvisible\x1b[0m"],
+  ["cursor controls", "\x1b[2J\x1b[Hvisible\x1b[?25l"],
+  ["BEL-terminated hyperlinks", "\x1b]8;;https://private.test\x07visible\x1b]8;;\x07"],
+  ["ST-terminated hyperlinks", "\x1b]8;;https://private.test\x1b\\visible\x1b]8;;\x1b\\"],
+  ["clipboard commands", "\x1b]52;c;cHJpdmF0ZQ==\x07visible"],
+  ["title commands", "\x1b]0;private title\x1b\\visible"],
+  ["APC commands", "\x1b_private payload\x1b\\visible"],
+  ["C1 OSC strings", "\x9d0;private title\x9cvisible"],
+  ["C1 APC strings", "\x9fprivate payload\x9cvisible"],
+  ["binary controls", "\x00\x01\x07\x08\x0b\x0c\x1f\x7f\x85\x9evisible"],
+  ["interlinear annotations", "\ufff9\ufffa\ufffbvisible"],
+  ["unterminated escape", "visible\x1b"],
+  ["unterminated OSC string", "visible\x1b]private payload"],
+  ["unterminated APC string", "visible\x1b_private payload"],
+])("removes %s before display", (_kind, input) => {
+  const actual = sanitizeDisplayText(input);
+  expect(actual).toBe("visible");
+});
+
+it("preserves visible text following cursor-visibility controls", () => {
+  const actual = sanitizeDisplayText("\x1b[?25lvisible\nmore output");
+  expect(actual).toBe("visible\nmore output");
+});
+
+it("bounds malformed-sequence handling without blocking the test runner", () => {
+  const moduleUrl = new URL("./tool-result.ts", import.meta.url);
+  const moduleSpecifier = JSON.stringify(moduleUrl.href);
+  const script = `
+    import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+    import { sanitizeDisplayText } from ${moduleSpecifier};
+    for (const token of ["\\x1b]", "\\x1b_"]) {
+      const input = token.repeat(50_000);
+      const unterminated = sanitizeDisplayText(input);
+      assert.equal(unterminated, "");
+      const terminated = input + "\\x07visible";
+      const result = sanitizeDisplayText(terminated);
+      assert.equal(result, "visible");
+    }
+    const csi = "\\x1b[".repeat(50_000);
+    const result = sanitizeDisplayText(csi);
+    const hasEscape = result.includes("\\x1b");
+    assert.equal(hasEscape, false);
+    console.log("ok");
+  `;
+  // A subprocess deadline catches synchronous stalls in sanitation code or the Node helper.
+  const output = execFileSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    ["--no-warnings", "--experimental-strip-types", "--input-type=module", "-e", script],
+    { encoding: "utf8", timeout: 5000, killSignal: "SIGKILL", maxBuffer: 1024 },
+  );
+  const status = output.trim();
+  expect(status).toBe("ok");
+});
+
+it("preserves ordinary Unicode, spaces, tabs, and line endings", () => {
+  const text = "  中文 👩‍💻 é\tvalue\r\nnext\rline\n";
+  const actual = sanitizeDisplayText(text);
+  expect(actual).toBe(text);
+});
+
+it("sanitizes text blocks without changing model-facing results or image data", () => {
+  const result = {
+    content: [
+      { type: "text" as const, text: "\x1b[31mone\x1b[0m" },
+      { type: "image" as const, data: "unchanged-image-data", mimeType: "image/png" },
+      { type: "text" as const, text: "\x1b]52;c;private\x07two\x00" },
+    ],
+    details: { raw: "\x1b[31mkeep stored details\x1b[0m" },
+    structuredContent: { raw: "\x1b[31mkeep structured data\x1b[0m" },
+  };
+  const original = structuredClone(result);
+  Object.freeze(result);
+  Object.freeze(result.content);
+  for (const item of result.content) Object.freeze(item);
+  Object.freeze(result.details);
+  Object.freeze(result.structuredContent);
+  const actual = textFromResult(result);
+  expect(actual).toBe("one\ntwo");
+  expect(result).toEqual(original);
+});
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.ts
index 0be7374..3565e23 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/tool-result.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,52 @@
+import { stripVTControlCharacters } from "node:util";
 import type { AgentToolResult } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
 
+/** Sanitize untrusted display text before the renderer adds its own theme styling. */
+export function sanitizeDisplayText(text: string): string {
+  const withoutStrings = stripOscAndApcStrings(text);
+  const plain = stripVTControlCharacters(withoutStrings);
+  // Preserve tabs and line endings; remove binary controls and interlinear annotations.
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line no-control-regex -- Match non-printing terminal controls explicitly.
+  return plain.replace(/[\x00-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x7F-\x9F\uFFF9-\uFFFB]/g, "");
+}
+
+// Pi 1.5's stripper can rescan unterminated strings quadratically. Consume each
+// control string once, then let Node handle CSI/VT sequences without losing text.
+function stripOscAndApcStrings(text: string): string {
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  let copyFrom = 0;
+  for (let index = 0; index < text.length; index++) {
+    const char = text[index];
+    const next = text[index + 1];
+    const escapedString = char === "\x1b" && (next === "]" || next === "_");
+    const c1String = char === "\x9d" || char === "\x9f";
+    if (!escapedString && !c1String) continue;
+
+    const visible = text.slice(copyFrom, index);
+    parts.push(visible);
+    index += escapedString ? 2 : 1;
+    for (; index < text.length; index++) {
+      const terminator = text[index];
+      if (terminator === "\x07" || terminator === "\x9c") break;
+      if (terminator === "\x1b" && text[index + 1] === "\\") {
+        index++;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    // An unterminated string consumes the remainder instead of rescanning it.
+    copyFrom = Math.min(index + 1, text.length);
+  }
+  const tail = text.slice(copyFrom);
+  parts.push(tail);
+  return parts.join("");
+}
+
 export function textFromResult(result: AgentToolResult<unknown>): string {
-  return result.content
+  const text = result.content
     .filter((item): item is { type: "text"; text: string } => item.type === "text")
     .map((item) => item.text)
     .join("\n");
+  return sanitizeDisplayText(text);
 }
 
 export function normalizeLineEndings(text: string): string {
diff --git a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/write.ts b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/write.ts
index 9da36bd..f843528 100644
--- a/extensions/tool-rendering/src/write.ts
+++ b/extensions/tool-rendering/src/write.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   frameTop,
   resultLabel,
 } from "./frame.ts";
-import { normalizeLineEndings, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
+import { normalizeLineEndings, sanitizeDisplayText, textFromResult } from "./tool-result.ts";
 import { previewLines } from "./preview.ts";
 
 type BuiltinWriteTool = ReturnType<typeof createWriteToolDefinition>;
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ function renderWriteResult(
   const status = frameStatus(context);
   if (context.isError) return frameToolError(textFromResult(result), expanded, theme, width);
 
-  const rawContent = normalizeLineEndings(context.args.content);
-  const content = rawContent.replace(/\n$/, "");
-  const lines = rawContent ? content.split("\n") : [];
+  const sanitizedContent = sanitizeDisplayText(context.args.content);
+  const normalizedContent = normalizeLineEndings(sanitizedContent);
+  const content = normalizedContent.replace(/\n$/, "");
+  const lines = normalizedContent ? content.split("\n") : [];
   const { shown, hidden } = previewLines(lines, expanded, 10);
   const body = shown
     .map((line, index) => {