diff --git a/src/clean_agent_preview.py b/src/clean_agent_preview.py
index cb7d2fe89..c38fcdb18 100644
--- a/src/clean_agent_preview.py
+++ b/src/clean_agent_preview.py
@@ -4230,7 +4230,15 @@ async def stream_preview(*, endpoint_url, model, messages, headers, turn_contrac
                 if round_number > round_limit and not emergency_completion_round:
                     break
                 rounds_used = round_number
-                yield event({'type': 'agent_step', 'round': round_number})
+                yield event({
+                    'type': 'agent_step',
+                    'round': round_number,
+                    'calls_used': calls,
+                    'required_artifact_pending': bool(
+                        required_artifacts and not successful_artifact_write
+                    ),
+                    'artifact_write_phase': artifact_write_phase,
+                })
                 # Preserve the final model round for an actual user-facing
                 # answer once tools have returned evidence. Previously the
                 # model could spend the last round emitting another tool call
diff --git a/tests/test_clean_agent_preview.py b/tests/test_clean_agent_preview.py
index 15be56be2..6c5550dbb 100644
--- a/tests/test_clean_agent_preview.py
+++ b/tests/test_clean_agent_preview.py
@@ -4690,6 +4690,13 @@ async def test_native_stream_reserves_remaining_budget_for_required_artifact(mon
     events = [json.loads(chunk[6:]) for chunk in raw if "[DONE]" not in chunk]
     turn_contract = next(event for event in events if event.get("type") == "turn_contract")
     assert turn_contract["required_artifacts"] == ["/tmp_workspace/results"]
+    artifact_boundary_step = next(
+        event for event in events
+        if event.get("type") == "agent_step"
+        and event.get("calls_used") == module.NATIVE_ARTIFACT_RESEARCH_LIMIT
+    )
+    assert artifact_boundary_step["required_artifact_pending"] is True
+    assert artifact_boundary_step["artifact_write_phase"] is False
     recovery = next(
         event for event in events
         if event.get("type") == "completion_recovery"