diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59f942d878..555fb2075e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1858,6 +1858,8 @@ request the binary capability retain the legacy JSON/base64 frame protocol.
 
 **Visible Tool-Run Completion**: For interactive turns, DeerFlow retries an empty post-tool final response once, then surfaces a visible error instead of reporting a silent successful run.
 
+**Run History**: Image-only user input is recorded once per run, even when the agent makes multiple model calls. Its media content remains in history without requiring a text summary.
+
 ### Reading a Referenced Conversation
 
 Gateway API callers can opt into `read_conversation` and submit a
diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/AGENTS.md b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/AGENTS.md
index 80b5734b5f..edc8fa794c 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/AGENTS.md
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/AGENTS.md
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Checkpointer storage runs in one of two channel modes, selected by `checkpoint_c
 
 **Message sequence placement:** Keep backend and frontend message identity rules aligned. Details: `backend/docs/runtime-guidance-details.md`.
 
+**Human-input capture** (`runtime/journal.py`): track capture separately from
+the optional display summary. Image-only input has no text but must still stop
+the batch scan and later model calls from appending another human-input event.
+`tests/test_run_journal.py` covers callback and full/delta graph paths.
+
 **LLM response callback coalescing** (`runtime/journal.py`): a provider may fire
 `on_llm_end` twice for one LangChain run id, first without usage (or with all token
 counts zero) and immediately again with usage populated. The first callback's generation
diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/journal.py b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/journal.py
index fb49a5ffdd..4fb4dfaba5 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/journal.py
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/runtime/journal.py
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class RunJournal(BaseCallbackHandler):
         # Convenience fields
         self._last_ai_msg: str | None = None
         self._first_human_msg: str | None = None
+        self._first_human_message_captured = False
         self._msg_count = 0
         self._had_llm_error_fallback = False
         self._llm_error_fallback_message: str | None = None
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ class RunJournal(BaseCallbackHandler):
         if caller == "lead_agent":
             for batch in messages:
                 self._reconcile_consumed_tool_messages(batch)
-        if caller == "lead_agent" and not self._first_human_msg and messages:
+        if caller == "lead_agent" and not self._first_human_message_captured and messages:
             for batch in reversed(messages):
                 for m in reversed(batch):
                     if _should_persist_human_input_message(m):
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ class RunJournal(BaseCallbackHandler):
                         )
                         self._record_message_summary(persisted_message, caller=caller)
                         break
-                if self._first_human_msg:
+                if self._first_human_message_captured:
                     break
 
     def on_llm_start(self, serialized: dict, prompts: list[str], *, run_id: UUID, parent_run_id: UUID | None = None, tags: list[str] | None = None, metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
@@ -1065,6 +1066,8 @@ class RunJournal(BaseCallbackHandler):
 
     def set_first_human_message(self, content: str) -> None:
         """Record the first human message for convenience fields."""
+        # Media-only input is still captured even when it has no display text.
+        self._first_human_message_captured = True
         self._first_human_msg = content[:2000] if content else None
 
     def record_middleware(self, tag: str, *, name: str, hook: str, action: str, changes: dict) -> None:
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_run_journal.py b/backend/tests/test_run_journal.py
index 91ba063d5e..c708bc0350 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_run_journal.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_run_journal.py
@@ -2217,6 +2217,47 @@ class TestChatModelStartHumanMessage:
         human_events = [e for e in events if e["event_type"] == "llm.human.input"]
         assert len(human_events) == 1
 
+    @pytest.mark.anyio
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "content",
+        [
+            pytest.param("", id="empty-text"),
+            pytest.param([{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,aW1hZ2U="}}], id="image-only"),
+        ],
+    )
+    async def test_textless_human_input_is_captured_once(self, journal_setup, content):
+        """A missing display summary must not duplicate input on later model calls."""
+        j, store = journal_setup
+        message = HumanMessage(content=content, id="user-image")
+        for _ in range(2):
+            j.on_chat_model_start({}, [[message]], run_id=uuid4(), tags=["lead_agent"])
+            await j.flush()
+
+        events = await store.list_events("t1", "r1")
+        human_events = [event for event in events if event["event_type"] == "llm.human.input"]
+        assert len(human_events) == 1
+        assert human_events[0]["content"]["content"] == content
+        assert j.get_completion_data()["message_count"] == 1
+        assert j.get_completion_data()["first_human_message"] is None
+
+    @pytest.mark.anyio
+    async def test_textless_input_stops_capture_before_older_batches(self, journal_setup):
+        j, store = journal_setup
+        image = HumanMessage(content=[{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,aW1hZ2U="}}], id="latest-input")
+        j.on_chat_model_start(
+            {},
+            [[HumanMessage(content="Older question", id="old-input")], [image]],
+            run_id=uuid4(),
+            tags=["lead_agent"],
+        )
+        await j.flush()
+
+        events = await store.list_events("t1", "r1")
+        human_events = [event for event in events if event["event_type"] == "llm.human.input"]
+        assert [event["content"]["id"] for event in human_events] == ["latest-input"]
+        assert j.get_completion_data()["first_human_message"] is None
+        assert j.get_completion_data()["message_count"] == 1
+
     @pytest.mark.anyio
     async def test_empty_messages_no_crash(self, journal_setup):
         """on_chat_model_start with empty messages does not crash."""
@@ -2226,6 +2267,46 @@ class TestChatModelStartHumanMessage:
         assert j._first_human_msg is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["full", "delta"])
+async def test_image_input_is_journaled_once_across_graph_model_calls(mode):
+    from langchain_core.language_models.fake_chat_models import FakeMessagesListChatModel
+    from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
+    from langgraph.graph import StateGraph
+
+    from deerflow.agents.thread_state import get_thread_state_schema
+    from deerflow.runtime.checkpoint_state import CheckpointStateAccessor
+
+    store = MemoryRunEventStore()
+    journal = RunJournal("image-run", "image-thread", store)
+    model = FakeMessagesListChatModel(responses=[AIMessage(content="First response", id="a1"), AIMessage(content="Final response", id="a2")])
+
+    async def answer(state):
+        return {"messages": [await model.ainvoke(state["messages"])]}
+
+    builder = StateGraph(get_thread_state_schema(mode))
+    builder.add_node("first", answer)
+    builder.add_node("second", answer)
+    builder.set_entry_point("first")
+    builder.add_edge("first", "second")
+    builder.set_finish_point("second")
+    saver = InMemorySaver()
+    graph = builder.compile(checkpointer=saver)
+    accessor = CheckpointStateAccessor.bind(graph, saver, mode=mode)
+    image_content = [{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,aW1hZ2U="}}]
+    config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "image-thread"}, "callbacks": [journal]}
+
+    await graph.ainvoke({"messages": [HumanMessage(content=image_content, id="h1")]}, config)
+    await journal.flush()
+    events = await store.list_messages("image-thread")
+    assert [event["content"]["id"] for event in events] == ["h1", "a1", "a2"]
+    assert events[0]["content"]["content"] == image_content
+    assert journal.get_completion_data()["message_count"] == 3
+    snapshot = await accessor.aget(config)
+    assert [message.id for message in snapshot.values["messages"]] == ["h1", "a1", "a2"]
+    await journal.close()
+
+
 class TestDeliveryTracking:
     """Slice 1 (#4272): journal records artifact production for run.delivery."""