diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/util/locale.ts b/packages/opencode/src/util/locale.ts
index ec900b44167..afd40f6df02 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/util/locale.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/util/locale.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ export function truncate(str: string, len: number): string {
 
 export function truncateLeft(str: string, len: number): string {
   if (str.length <= len) return str
-  return "…" + str.slice(-(len - 1))
+  // kilocode_change start
+  const keep = len - 1
+  // `slice(-0)` is `slice(0)` and returns the whole string, so at len <= 1 the
+  // tail must be dropped explicitly, otherwise it leaks the entire input.
+  return "…" + (keep > 0 ? str.slice(-keep) : "")
+  // kilocode_change end
 }
 
 export function truncateMiddle(str: string, maxLength: number = 35): string {
@@ -75,7 +80,12 @@ export function truncateMiddle(str: string, maxLength: number = 35): string {
   const keepStart = Math.ceil((maxLength - ellipsis.length) / 2)
   const keepEnd = Math.floor((maxLength - ellipsis.length) / 2)
 
-  return str.slice(0, keepStart) + ellipsis + str.slice(-keepEnd)
+  // kilocode_change start
+  // `slice(-0)` is `slice(0)` and returns the whole string, so when keepEnd is 0
+  // (maxLength 1 or 2) the tail must be dropped explicitly, otherwise the result
+  // is longer than the input instead of truncated.
+  return str.slice(0, keepStart) + ellipsis + (keepEnd > 0 ? str.slice(-keepEnd) : "")
+  // kilocode_change end
 }
 
 export function pluralize(count: number, singular: string, plural: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/locale.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/locale.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b909d7e0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/locale.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { Locale } from "../../src/util/locale"
+
+describe("util.locale", () => {
+  const long = "src/components/very-long-file-name.tsx"
+
+  describe("truncateLeft", () => {
+    test("never returns more than maxLength characters", () => {
+      for (const len of [1, 2, 3, 10, 20]) {
+        expect(Locale.truncateLeft(long, len).length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(len)
+      }
+    })
+
+    test("collapses to a single ellipsis at length 1", () => {
+      // `slice(-0)` is `slice(0)`, which used to leak the whole string here.
+      expect(Locale.truncateLeft(long, 1)).toBe("…")
+    })
+
+    test("keeps the tail characters", () => {
+      expect(Locale.truncateLeft(long, 5)).toBe("….tsx")
+    })
+
+    test("returns short strings unchanged", () => {
+      expect(Locale.truncateLeft("abc", 10)).toBe("abc")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("truncateMiddle", () => {
+    test("never returns more than maxLength characters", () => {
+      for (const len of [1, 2, 3, 10, 20]) {
+        expect(Locale.truncateMiddle(long, len).length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(len)
+      }
+    })
+
+    test("collapses to a single ellipsis at length 1", () => {
+      // keepEnd is 0 here, so `slice(-0)` used to append the whole string.
+      expect(Locale.truncateMiddle(long, 1)).toBe("…")
+    })
+
+    test("drops the tail at length 2", () => {
+      expect(Locale.truncateMiddle(long, 2)).toBe("s…")
+    })
+
+    test("keeps head and tail around the ellipsis", () => {
+      const result = Locale.truncateMiddle(long, 11)
+      expect(result.length).toBe(11)
+      expect(result).toContain("…")
+      expect(result.startsWith("src")).toBe(true)
+      expect(result.endsWith("tsx")).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns short strings unchanged", () => {
+      expect(Locale.truncateMiddle("abc", 10)).toBe("abc")
+    })
+  })
+})