From 4bcb72f951dd753770783aaa0a6150aea97b866f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alex-clawd <alex@crewai.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 12:31:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use _safe_render for system messages to preserve Rich
 markup

---
 lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/agent_tui.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/agent_tui.py b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/agent_tui.py
index 6923d616c..23e623c9c 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/agent_tui.py
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/agent_tui.py
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ class AgentTUI(App[None]):
             markup = f"[bold #e8e8e8]You[/]\n{_safe_render(content)}"
             return ChatBubble(markup, classes="user-bubble")
         if sender == "system":
-            markup = f"[dim italic]{_rich_escape(content)}[/]"
+            markup = f"[dim italic]{_safe_render(content)}[/]"
             return ChatBubble(markup, classes="system-bubble")
         markup = f"[bold {_CORAL}]{sender}[/]\n{_safe_render(content)}"
         if metadata: