diff --git a/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize.go b/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize.go
index 2e7dcc1..481492d 100644
--- a/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize.go
+++ b/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var leakedAgentXMLBlockPatterns = []*regexp.Regexp{
 	regexp.MustCompile(`(?is)<new_task\b[^>]*>(.*?)</new_task>`),
 }
 
+var leakedAgentWrapperTagPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?is)</?(?:attempt_completion|ask_followup_question|new_task)\b[^>]*>`)
 var leakedAgentResultTagPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?is)</?result>`)
 
 func sanitizeLeakedOutput(text string) string {
@@ -50,5 +51,13 @@ func sanitizeLeakedAgentXMLBlocks(text string) string {
 			return leakedAgentResultTagPattern.ReplaceAllString(submatches[1], "")
 		})
 	}
+	// Fallback for truncated output streams: strip any dangling wrapper tags
+	// that were not part of a complete block replacement. If we detect leaked
+	// wrapper tags, also strip sibling <result> tags to avoid exposing agent
+	// markup in user-visible text.
+	if leakedAgentWrapperTagPattern.MatchString(out) {
+		out = leakedAgentWrapperTagPattern.ReplaceAllString(out, "")
+		out = leakedAgentResultTagPattern.ReplaceAllString(out, "")
+	}
 	return out
 }
diff --git a/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize_test.go b/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize_test.go
index 90ce9d1..1898289 100644
--- a/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize_test.go
+++ b/internal/adapter/openai/leaked_output_sanitize_test.go
@@ -41,3 +41,19 @@ func TestSanitizeLeakedOutputPreservesStandaloneResultTags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected sanitize result for standalone result tag: %q", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSanitizeLeakedOutputRemovesDanglingAgentXMLOpeningTags(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := "Done.<attempt_completion><result>Some final answer"
+	got := sanitizeLeakedOutput(raw)
+	if got != "Done.Some final answer" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected sanitize result for dangling opening tags: %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSanitizeLeakedOutputRemovesDanglingAgentXMLClosingTags(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := "Done.Some final answer</result></attempt_completion>"
+	got := sanitizeLeakedOutput(raw)
+	if got != "Done.Some final answer" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected sanitize result for dangling closing tags: %q", got)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/prompt/tool_calls.go b/internal/prompt/tool_calls.go
index 718c48b..d8a2df9 100644
--- a/internal/prompt/tool_calls.go
+++ b/internal/prompt/tool_calls.go
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+var promptXMLTextEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(
+	"&", "&amp;",
+	"<", "&lt;",
+	">", "&gt;",
+)
+
 // FormatToolCallsForPrompt renders a tool_calls slice into the canonical
 // prompt-visible history block used across adapters.
 func FormatToolCallsForPrompt(raw any) string {
@@ -82,8 +88,8 @@ func formatToolCallForPrompt(call map[string]any) string {
 	}
 
 	return "  <tool_call>\n" +
-		"    <tool_name>" + name + "</tool_name>\n" +
-		"    <parameters>" + StringifyToolCallArguments(argsRaw) + "</parameters>\n" +
+		"    <tool_name>" + escapeXMLText(name) + "</tool_name>\n" +
+		"    <parameters>" + escapeXMLText(StringifyToolCallArguments(argsRaw)) + "</parameters>\n" +
 		"  </tool_call>"
 }
 
@@ -122,3 +128,10 @@ func asString(v any) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+func escapeXMLText(v string) string {
+	if v == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return promptXMLTextEscaper.Replace(v)
+}
diff --git a/internal/prompt/tool_calls_test.go b/internal/prompt/tool_calls_test.go
index 8ad4407..3eb2c1e 100644
--- a/internal/prompt/tool_calls_test.go
+++ b/internal/prompt/tool_calls_test.go
@@ -26,3 +26,16 @@ func TestFormatToolCallsForPromptXML(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected formatted tool call XML: %q", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFormatToolCallsForPromptEscapesXMLEntities(t *testing.T) {
+	got := FormatToolCallsForPrompt([]any{
+		map[string]any{
+			"name":      "search<&>",
+			"arguments": `{"q":"a < b && c > d"}`,
+		},
+	})
+	want := "<tool_calls>\n  <tool_call>\n    <tool_name>search&lt;&amp;&gt;</tool_name>\n    <parameters>{\"q\":\"a &lt; b &amp;&amp; c &gt; d\"}</parameters>\n  </tool_call>\n</tool_calls>"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected escaped tool call XML: %q", got)
+	}
+}