diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts
index 22fcebd25a..5bac8a4fd3 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,22 @@ describe('toChatMessages', () => {
     expect(chatMessageText(message)).toBe('@file:tsconfig.tsbuildinfo\n\nwhat is this file')
   })
 
+  it('hides a persisted Discord triggering-message note but keeps the reply pointer (#114719)', () => {
+    const note =
+      '[Triggering message id: `1550380365858865156` — use as `message_id` for reply/react/pin via the discord tools.]'
+
+    const [plain, , replied, assistant] = toChatMessages([
+      { role: 'user', content: `${note}\n\nCreate a project plan for Q4`, timestamp: 1 },
+      { role: 'assistant', content: 'ok', timestamp: 2 },
+      { role: 'user', content: `[Replying to: "Create a project plan for Q4"]\n\n${note}\n\nyes do that`, timestamp: 3 },
+      { role: 'assistant', content: note, timestamp: 4 }
+    ])
+
+    expect(chatMessageText(plain)).toBe('Create a project plan for Q4')
+    expect(chatMessageText(replied)).toBe('[Replying to: "Create a project plan for Q4"]\n\nyes do that')
+    expect(chatMessageText(assistant)).toBe(note)
+  })
+
   it('renders MEDIA tags as assistant attachment links', () => {
     const [message] = toChatMessages([
       {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts
index f6bd0da5dd..59e539130f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ const ATTACHED_CONTEXT_MARKER_RE = /(?:^|\n)--- Attached Context ---\s*\n/
 const CONTEXT_WARNINGS_MARKER_RE = /(?:^|\n)--- Context Warnings ---[\s\S]*$/
 const CONTEXT_REF_RE = /@(file|folder|url|image|tool|terminal):(?:"[^"\n]+"|'[^'\n]+'|`[^`\n]+`|\S+)/g
 
+// Gateway routing note for Discord turns (gateway/run_inbound.py::discord_triggering_note).
+// Current gateways persist the authored text; this heals rows written before that fix. Only
+// the note is model-facing — the `[Replying to: …]` pointer next to it is kept.
+const DISCORD_TRIGGERING_NOTE_RE =
+  /(^|\n)\[Triggering message id: `[^`\n]*` — use as `message_id` for reply\/react\/pin via the discord tools\.\]\n*/
+
 /**
  * Reply text from a Responses-API `codex_message_items` sidecar (#68321), for rows
  * whose `content` persisted empty. `commentary` / `analysis` items are mid-turn
@@ -88,12 +94,14 @@ function codexMessageItemText(message: SessionMessage): string {
 }
 
 function displayContentForMessage(role: SessionMessage['role'], content: unknown): string {
-  const textContent = textFromUnknown(content)
+  const rawText = textFromUnknown(content)
 
   if (role !== 'user') {
-    return textContent
+    return rawText
   }
 
+  const textContent = rawText.replace(DISCORD_TRIGGERING_NOTE_RE, '$1')
+
   // A `/skill` turn is stored expanded (the whole skill body). Current
   // gateways project it to the invocation before it ever reaches us; this is
   // the fallback for an older backend that still ships the raw payload.