diff --git a/internal/llm/agent/agent.go b/internal/llm/agent/agent.go
index 864188113168948c2e59a221c62c6cdad99f75ce..799cec2e67cc1cdc433903081da86db68ae31e99 100644
--- a/internal/llm/agent/agent.go
+++ b/internal/llm/agent/agent.go
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ func (a *agent) Summarize(ctx context.Context, sessionID string) error {
 			if r.Error != nil {
 				event = AgentEvent{
 					Type:  AgentEventTypeError,
-					Error: fmt.Errorf("failed to summarize: %w", err),
+					Error: fmt.Errorf("failed to summarize: %w", r.Error),
 					Done:  true,
 				}
 				a.Publish(pubsub.CreatedEvent, event)
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/compact/compact.go b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/compact/compact.go
index 86455e3139b4d0eb43baaf509b0fa0e039dd4939..ecde402fd8dfe1f31791834cd4e4bae13ec45e00 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/compact/compact.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/compact/compact.go
@@ -104,17 +104,24 @@ func (c *compactDialogCmp) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		}
 
 	case agent.AgentEvent:
-		if msg.Type == agent.AgentEventTypeSummarize {
+		switch msg.Type {
+		case agent.AgentEventTypeSummarize:
 			if msg.Error != nil {
 				c.state = stateError
 				c.progress = "Error: " + msg.Error.Error()
 			} else if msg.Done {
-				return c, util.CmdHandler(
-					dialogs.CloseDialogMsg{},
-				)
+				return c, util.CmdHandler(dialogs.CloseDialogMsg{})
 			} else {
 				c.progress = msg.Progress
 			}
+		case agent.AgentEventTypeError:
+			// Handle errors that occur during summarization but are sent as separate error events.
+			c.state = stateError
+			if msg.Error != nil {
+				c.progress = "Error: " + msg.Error.Error()
+			} else {
+				c.progress = "An unknown error occurred"
+			}
 		}
 		return c, nil
 	}