fix(messages): normalize escaped markdown newlines

src/renderer/components/communication/SearchResults.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { formatMessageTime } from "../../lib/formatters"
 import { EmptyState, useReducedMotion } from "../ui"
 import { useRovingTabIndex } from "../../lib/keyboard"
 import { useT } from "../../i18n"
+import { normalizeMarkdownText } from "@shared/markdown-text"
 
 type ChannelConfig = { labelKey: string; icon: React.ElementType; color: string }
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export function SearchResults({ results, query, loading, agents, onNavigateToRes
             const message = results[virtualRow.index]
             const agent = agentMap.get(message.fromAgentId)
             const config = channelConfig[message.channel]
+            const normalizedBody = normalizeMarkdownText(message.body)
             const ChannelIcon = config.icon
 
             return (
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ export function SearchResults({ results, query, loading, agents, onNavigateToRes
 
                     {/* Row 3: Body snippet */}
                     <div className="mt-0.5 line-clamp-2 break-words text-[13px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
-                      {highlightMatch(message.body, query)}
+                      {highlightMatch(normalizedBody, query)}
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>

src/renderer/components/communication/ThreadPanel.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import WaitStateIndicator, { type WaitStateInfo } from "./WaitStateIndicator"
 import { MessageComposer } from "./MessageComposer"
 import { formatMessageTime } from "../../lib/formatters"
 import { useT, type TranslationFn } from "../../i18n"
+import { MarkdownBody } from "../ui/MarkdownBody"
 
 interface ThreadPanelProps {
   threadId: string
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ function EventItem({ event, agents, t }: { event: ConversationEventRecord; agent
           <span className="text-xs font-medium text-foreground">{actorName}</span>
           <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{time}</span>
         </div>
-        <p className="text-sm text-foreground/80">{event.body}</p>
+        <div className="text-sm text-foreground/80">
+          <MarkdownBody body={event.body} />
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   )

src/renderer/components/ui/MarkdownBody.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { memo } from "react";
 import ReactMarkdown from "react-markdown";
 import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
+import { normalizeMarkdownText } from "@shared/markdown-text";
 
 /**
  * Read-only markdown renderer used by message bubbles, comment bodies, and
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
  * wrapping container.
  */
 export const MarkdownBody = memo(function MarkdownBody({ body }: { body: string }) {
+  const normalizedBody = normalizeMarkdownText(body);
+
   return (
     <ReactMarkdown
       remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm]}
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ export const MarkdownBody = memo(function MarkdownBody({ body }: { body: string
         hr: () => <hr className="my-2 border-border" />,
       }}
     >
-      {body}
+      {normalizedBody}
     </ReactMarkdown>
   );
 });