diff --git a/static/messages.js b/static/messages.js
index de414ff3..3e3a39d8 100644
--- a/static/messages.js
+++ b/static/messages.js
@@ -4386,7 +4386,7 @@ function attachLiveStream(activeSid, streamId, uploaded=[], options={}){
     s=s.replace(/<(?:\s*｜\s*DSML\s*[｜|]\s*)?function_calls(?:>|$)[\s\S]*$/i,'');
     // Remove malformed DSML tag fragments like "<｜DSML |" that can leak in tokens.
     s=s.replace(/<\s*｜\s*DSML\s*[｜|]\s*/gi,'');
-    return s.trim();
+    return s.replace(/^\s+/, '');
   }
   function _streamDisplay(){
     return _extractInlineThinkingFromContent(_stripXmlToolCalls(assistantText), liveReasoningText, {streaming:true}).content;
diff --git a/static/ui.js b/static/ui.js
index 56af87da..96ca5bce 100644
--- a/static/ui.js
+++ b/static/ui.js
@@ -7496,7 +7496,7 @@ function _stripXmlToolCallsDisplay(s){
   s=s.replace(/<(?:\s*｜\s*DSML\s*[｜|]\s*)?function_calls(?:>|$)[\s\S]*$/i,'');
   // Remove malformed DSML tag fragments like "<｜DSML |" that can leak in tokens.
   s=s.replace(/<\s*｜\s*DSML\s*[｜|]\s*/gi,'');
-  return s.trim();
+  return s.replace(/^\s+/, '');
 }
 
 function _sanitizeThinkingDisplayText(text){