diff --git a/frontend/src/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.tsx b/frontend/src/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.tsx
index cff642ab0c..d27d204ddf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { useDelimitedPreview } from "@/core/artifacts/use-delimited-preview";
 import { writeTextToClipboard } from "@/core/clipboard";
 import { useI18n } from "@/core/i18n/hooks";
+import { truncateToCodePoints } from "@/core/utils/text";
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 50;
 const MAX_DATA_ROWS = 200;
@@ -184,9 +185,14 @@ function TablePreview({
                     </th>
                     {columns.map((column) => {
                       const value = row[column];
+                      // Count code points so a 120-code-point cell that ends in
+                      // an astral character stays inline instead of getting a
+                      // pointless expand control.
+                      const characters =
+                        value === undefined ? [] : Array.from(value);
                       const expandable =
                         value !== undefined &&
-                        (value.length > 120 || /[\r\n]/.test(value));
+                        (characters.length > 120 || /[\r\n]/.test(value));
                       return (
                         <td
                           key={column}
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ function TablePreview({
                                   setCopyStatus("");
                                 }}
                               >
-                                {value.slice(0, 120)}
+                                {truncateToCodePoints(value, 120)}
                               </button>
                             ) : (
                               <span className="whitespace-pre" title={value}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/workspace/settings/memory-settings-page.tsx b/frontend/src/components/workspace/settings/memory-settings-page.tsx
index 501c392402..47332aeca6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/workspace/settings/memory-settings-page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/workspace/settings/memory-settings-page.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
 import { streamdownPlugins } from "@/core/streamdown/plugins";
 import { pathOfThread } from "@/core/threads/utils";
 import { formatTimeAgo } from "@/core/utils/datetime";
+import { truncateToCodePoints } from "@/core/utils/text";
 
 import { SettingsSection } from "./settings-section";
 
@@ -216,14 +217,7 @@ function isMemorySummaryEmpty(memory: UserMemory) {
 
 function truncateFactPreview(content: string, maxLength = 140) {
   const normalized = content.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
-  if (normalized.length <= maxLength) {
-    return normalized;
-  }
-  const ellipsis = "...";
-  if (maxLength <= ellipsis.length) {
-    return normalized.slice(0, maxLength);
-  }
-  return `${normalized.slice(0, maxLength - ellipsis.length)}${ellipsis}`;
+  return truncateToCodePoints(normalized, maxLength, "...");
 }
 
 function upperFirst(str: string) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/core/utils/text.ts b/frontend/src/core/utils/text.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..628ece8b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/core/utils/text.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * Truncate `value` to at most `maxLength` code points.
+ *
+ * `String.prototype.length` and `slice` count UTF-16 code units, so a
+ * unit-based cut can split a surrogate pair (the lone half renders as
+ * U+FFFD) and can shorten a value that already fits a code-point budget —
+ * the same seam `briefReason` in `core/scheduled-tasks/format.ts` counts by
+ * code points for. A value that fits is returned unchanged.
+ *
+ * When truncating with an `ellipsis`, the marker takes the last
+ * `ellipsis.length` code points of the budget; without one — or when the
+ * budget cannot hold the marker — the result is a plain code-point cut.
+ */
+export function truncateToCodePoints(
+  value: string,
+  maxLength: number,
+  ellipsis = "",
+): string {
+  const characters = Array.from(value);
+  if (characters.length <= maxLength) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  if (ellipsis && maxLength > ellipsis.length) {
+    return characters.slice(0, maxLength - ellipsis.length).join("") + ellipsis;
+  }
+  return characters.slice(0, maxLength).join("");
+}
diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/tests/unit/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.dom.test.tsx
index d4d92b903b..a6aeaf9016 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/unit/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit/components/workspace/artifacts/artifact-table-preview.dom.test.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,28 @@ describe("ArtifactTablePreview", () => {
       }).value,
     ).toBe(longText);
   });
+  it("cuts a long cell by code points so an emoji never splits", () => {
+    // 120 code points but 121 UTF-16 units: the cell fits and keeps its last
+    // character instead of losing it to a unit-based cut.
+    const fits = `${"a".repeat(118)}😀b`;
+    // 122 code points: the cut lands after the whole emoji, never inside it.
+    const overflows = `${"a".repeat(119)}😀bc`;
+    state.result.rows = [
+      ["ID", "Note"],
+      ["00123", fits],
+      ["00456", overflows],
+    ];
+    mount();
+    // 120 code points is inside the budget: no expand control at all.
+    expect(screen.getByRole("cell", { name: fits })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "View cell: row 1, column 2" }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole("button", { name: "View cell: row 2, column 2" })
+        .textContent,
+    ).toBe(`${"a".repeat(119)}😀`);
+  });
   it("offers an explicit retry without displaying stale data on failure", () => {
     state.status = "error";
     mount();
diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit/core/utils/text.test.ts b/frontend/tests/unit/core/utils/text.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5842744c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit/core/utils/text.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "@rstest/core";
+
+import { truncateToCodePoints } from "@/core/utils/text";
+
+const loneSurrogate = /[\uD800-\uDBFF](?![\uDC00-\uDFFF])/;
+
+describe("truncateToCodePoints", () => {
+  it("returns a value that fits the code-point budget unchanged", () => {
+    // 120 code points but 121 UTF-16 units: the whole value fits.
+    const fits = `${"a".repeat(118)}😀b`;
+    expect(truncateToCodePoints(fits, 120)).toBe(fits);
+  });
+
+  it("never splits a surrogate pair at the cut", () => {
+    // 122 code points / 123 UTF-16 units: the cut lands after the whole emoji.
+    const overflow = `${"a".repeat(119)}😀bc`;
+    const truncated = truncateToCodePoints(overflow, 120);
+    expect(truncated).toBe(`${"a".repeat(119)}😀`);
+    expect(truncated).not.toMatch(loneSurrogate);
+  });
+
+  it("spends the ellipsis inside the budget", () => {
+    const overflow = `${"a".repeat(139)}😀x`;
+    const truncated = truncateToCodePoints(overflow, 140, "...");
+    expect(truncated).toBe(`${"a".repeat(137)}...`);
+    expect(truncated.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(140);
+    expect(truncated).not.toMatch(loneSurrogate);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to a plain cut when the budget cannot hold the ellipsis", () => {
+    expect(truncateToCodePoints("abcd", 2, "...")).toBe("ab");
+    expect(truncateToCodePoints("abcd", 3, "...")).toBe("abc");
+  });
+});