diff --git a/nanobot/agent/memory.py b/nanobot/agent/memory.py
index eba81a36f..f893424c6 100644
--- a/nanobot/agent/memory.py
+++ b/nanobot/agent/memory.py
@@ -431,7 +431,11 @@ class MemoryStore:
         unified_session: bool = False,
     ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         """Return unprocessed history entries safe to inject into a turn prompt."""
-        entries = self.read_unprocessed_history(since_cursor=since_cursor)
+        entries = [
+            entry
+            for entry in self.read_unprocessed_history(since_cursor=since_cursor)
+            if str(entry.get("content", "")).strip() != "(nothing)"
+        ]
         if session_key is None:
             return entries
         if not unified_session:
@@ -1023,6 +1027,8 @@ class Consolidator:
             logger.warning("Consolidation provider returned no summary, raw-dumping to history")
             self.store.raw_archive(messages, session_key=session_key)
             return None
+        if summary.strip() == "(nothing)":
+            return "(nothing)"
         self.store.append_history(
             summary,
             max_chars=_ARCHIVE_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS,
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_consolidator.py b/tests/agent/test_consolidator.py
index 7c9f1cfd8..192af9240 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_consolidator.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_consolidator.py
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
     async def test_nothing_summary_not_stored(
         self, real_consolidator, mock_provider, runtime
     ):
-        """LLM returns '(nothing)' → _last_summary NOT in metadata."""
+        """LLM returns '(nothing)' → neither history nor metadata stores it."""
         mock_provider.chat_with_retry.return_value = MagicMock(
             content="(nothing)", finish_reason="stop"
         )
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ class TestCompactIdleSession:
 
         reloaded = sessions.get_or_create("cli:nothing")
         assert "_last_summary" not in reloaded.metadata
+        assert real_consolidator.store.read_unprocessed_history(0) == []
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_llm_failure_preserves_history_but_advances_replay_boundary(
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_context_prompt_cache.py b/tests/agent/test_context_prompt_cache.py
index f9393f1c2..a0d378d46 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_context_prompt_cache.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_context_prompt_cache.py
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ def test_unprocessed_history_injected_into_system_prompt(tmp_path) -> None:
     assert re.search(r"\[\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}\]", prompt)
 
 
+def test_nothing_history_entry_is_not_injected(tmp_path) -> None:
+    workspace = _make_workspace(tmp_path)
+    builder = ContextBuilder(workspace)
+    builder.memory.append_history("(nothing)")
+
+    prompt = builder.build_system_prompt()
+
+    assert "# Recent History" not in prompt
+    assert "(nothing)" not in prompt
+
+
 def test_recent_history_injection_is_session_scoped(tmp_path) -> None:
     workspace = _make_workspace(tmp_path)
     builder = ContextBuilder(workspace)