diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.test.tsx
index b4527703..19aa3af8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const useSessionStatsMock = vi.mocked(SessionContext.useSessionStats);
 const renderWithMockedStats = (
   metrics: SessionMetrics,
   sessionId: string = 'test-session-id-12345',
+  promptCount: number = 5,
 ) => {
   useSessionStatsMock.mockReturnValue({
     stats: {
@@ -30,10 +31,10 @@ const renderWithMockedStats = (
       sessionStartTime: new Date(),
       metrics,
       lastPromptTokenCount: 0,
-      promptCount: 5,
+      promptCount,
     },
 
-    getPromptCount: () => 5,
+    getPromptCount: () => promptCount,
     startNewPrompt: vi.fn(),
   });
 
@@ -78,4 +79,34 @@ describe('<SessionSummaryDisplay />', () => {
     expect(output).toContain('qwen --resume test-session-id-12345');
     expect(output).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('does not show resume message when there are no messages', () => {
+    const metrics: SessionMetrics = {
+      models: {},
+      tools: {
+        totalCalls: 0,
+        totalSuccess: 0,
+        totalFail: 0,
+        totalDurationMs: 0,
+        totalDecisions: { accept: 0, reject: 0, modify: 0 },
+        byName: {},
+      },
+      files: {
+        totalLinesAdded: 0,
+        totalLinesRemoved: 0,
+      },
+    };
+
+    // Pass promptCount = 0 to simulate no messages
+    const { lastFrame } = renderWithMockedStats(
+      metrics,
+      'test-session-id-12345',
+      0,
+    );
+    const output = lastFrame();
+
+    expect(output).toContain('Agent powering down. Goodbye!');
+    expect(output).not.toContain('To continue this session, run');
+    expect(output).not.toContain('qwen --resume');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.tsx
index a5a1726e..c38edc75 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SessionSummaryDisplay.tsx
@@ -20,18 +20,25 @@ export const SessionSummaryDisplay: React.FC<SessionSummaryDisplayProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const { stats } = useSessionStats();
 
+  // Only show the resume message if there were messages in the session
+  const hasMessages = stats.promptCount > 0;
+
   return (
     <>
       <StatsDisplay
         title={t('Agent powering down. Goodbye!')}
         duration={duration}
       />
-      <Box marginTop={1}>
-        <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>
-          {t('To continue this session, run')}{' '}
-          <Text color={theme.text.accent}>qwen --resume {stats.sessionId}</Text>
-        </Text>
-      </Box>
+      {hasMessages && (
+        <Box marginTop={1}>
+          <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>
+            {t('To continue this session, run')}{' '}
+            <Text color={theme.text.accent}>
+              qwen --resume {stats.sessionId}
+            </Text>
+          </Text>
+        </Box>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 };