diff --git a/codex-rs/code-mode-host/tests/grpc_notifications.rs b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/tests/grpc_notifications.rs
index 86a361fda6..c3590ef43b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/code-mode-host/tests/grpc_notifications.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/code-mode-host/tests/grpc_notifications.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ async fn termination_cancels_pending_notifications() -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
-async fn oversized_notification_text_is_truncated_at_a_utf8_boundary() -> Result<()> {
+async fn oversized_notification_text_is_delivered_unchanged() -> Result<()> {
     let host = HostHarness::start("grpc://127.0.0.1:0").await?;
     let provider = GrpcCodeModeSessionProvider::new(host.endpoint);
     let delegate = Arc::new(RecordingDelegate::default());
@@ -292,17 +292,13 @@ async fn oversized_notification_text_is_truncated_at_a_utf8_boundary() -> Result
     );
     timeout(TEST_TIMEOUT, delegate.notification_delivered.notified())
         .await
-        .context("truncated notification was not delivered")?;
+        .context("oversized notification was not delivered")?;
     assert_eq!(
         *delegate
             .notifications
             .lock()
             .unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner),
-        vec![(
-            "call-1".to_string(),
-            cell_id("1"),
-            format!("{}... [truncated]", "🦀".repeat(252)),
-        )]
+        vec![("call-1".to_string(), cell_id("1"), "🦀".repeat(512),)]
     );
 
     session.shutdown().await.map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
diff --git a/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/callbacks.rs b/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/callbacks.rs
index daf5f09b06..27714a836a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/callbacks.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/code-mode/src/grpc_session/callbacks.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ use super::conversion;
 use super::deadline;
 use super::state::CallbackAdmission;
 
-const MAX_NOTIFICATION_BYTES: usize = 1_024;
-const TRUNCATED_NOTIFICATION_SUFFIX: &str = "... [truncated]";
-
 impl SessionInner {
     pub(super) fn spawn_session_events(
         self: &Arc<Self>,
@@ -197,15 +194,8 @@ impl SessionInner {
 
     fn handle_notification(
         self: &Arc<Self>,
-        mut notification: grpc::Notification,
+        notification: grpc::Notification,
     ) -> Result<(), String> {
-        if notification.text.len() > MAX_NOTIFICATION_BYTES {
-            let boundary = notification
-                .text
-                .floor_char_boundary(MAX_NOTIFICATION_BYTES - TRUNCATED_NOTIFICATION_SUFFIX.len());
-            notification.text.truncate(boundary);
-            notification.text.push_str(TRUNCATED_NOTIFICATION_SUFFIX);
-        }
         let admission = self
             .state
             .lock()