diff --git a/src/plugin/event.ts b/src/plugin/event.ts
index 58f024e43..34a255e96 100644
--- a/src/plugin/event.ts
+++ b/src/plugin/event.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export function createEventHandler(args: {
         | { type?: string; attempt?: number; message?: string; next?: number }
         | undefined
 
-      if (sessionID && status?.type === "retry" && !isRuntimeFallbackEnabled) {
+      if (sessionID && status?.type === "retry") {
         try {
           const retryMessage = typeof status.message === "string" ? status.message : ""
           const retryKey = `${status.attempt ?? "?"}:${status.next ?? "?"}:${retryMessage}`
diff --git a/src/tools/background-task/create-background-output.ts b/src/tools/background-task/create-background-output.ts
index d16c06b50..6bb4e8093 100644
--- a/src/tools/background-task/create-background-output.ts
+++ b/src/tools/background-task/create-background-output.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function createBackgroundOutput(manager: BackgroundOutputManager, client:
           "Wait for completion (default: false). System notifies when done, so blocking is rarely needed."
         ),
       timeout: tool.schema.number().optional().describe("Max wait time in ms (default: 60000, max: 600000)"),
-      full_session: tool.schema.boolean().optional().describe("Return full session messages with filters (default: false)"),
+      full_session: tool.schema.boolean().optional().describe("Return full session messages with filters (default: true)"),
       include_thinking: tool.schema.boolean().optional().describe("Include thinking/reasoning parts in full_session output (default: false)"),
       message_limit: tool.schema.number().optional().describe("Max messages to return (capped at 100)"),
       since_message_id: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("Return messages after this message ID (exclusive)"),