diff --git a/tools/src/hwlab-cli/trace-renderer.ts b/tools/src/hwlab-cli/trace-renderer.ts
index 2504944b..57924d66 100644
--- a/tools/src/hwlab-cli/trace-renderer.ts
+++ b/tools/src/hwlab-cli/trace-renderer.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export interface TraceDisplayRowsOptions {
 }
 
 export function traceDisplayRows(trace: Record<string, unknown> = {}, events: TraceEvent[] = [], options: TraceDisplayRowsOptions = {}): TraceEventRow[] {
-  const orderedEvents = traceEventsForDisplay(events);
+  const orderedEvents = traceEventsForDisplay(events.filter(hasProjectedTraceSequence));
   const effectiveTrace = traceWithInferredStart(trace, orderedEvents);
   const finalResponseText = traceFinalResponseText(effectiveTrace);
   const finalResponseFingerprint = traceMessageFingerprint(finalResponseText);
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ export function traceDisplayRows(trace: Record<string, unknown> = {}, events: Tr
   return orderedEvents.filter((event) => !isSuppressedTraceEvent(event)).map((event) => traceDisplayRow(effectiveTrace, event, options));
 }
 
+function hasProjectedTraceSequence(event: TraceEvent | null | undefined): boolean {
+  return traceEventDisplaySeq(event) !== null;
+}
+
 export function renderTraceRowsMarkdown(rows: TraceEventRow[] = []): string {
   if (!Array.isArray(rows) || rows.length === 0) return `_No rendered trace rows were returned._`;
   return rows.map((row, index) => renderTraceRowMarkdown(row, index + 1)).join("\n\n");