diff --git a/src/cli/config.rs b/src/cli/config.rs
index fc1312f6..f1e107ec 100644
--- a/src/cli/config.rs
+++ b/src/cli/config.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ async fn list_settings(
         }
 
         let display_value = if value.len() > 60 {
-            format!("{}...", &value[..57])
+            let end = crate::util::floor_char_boundary(&value, 57);
+            format!("{}...", &value[..end])
         } else {
             value
         };
diff --git a/src/cli/memory.rs b/src/cli/memory.rs
index 2d0606a8..4c04fd2c 100644
--- a/src/cli/memory.rs
+++ b/src/cli/memory.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ fn truncate_content(s: &str, max_len: usize) -> String {
     if s.len() <= max_len {
         s.to_string()
     } else {
-        format!("{}...", &s[..max_len])
+        let end = crate::util::floor_char_boundary(s, max_len);
+        format!("{}...", &s[..end])
     }
 }
 
@@ -292,4 +293,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(truncate_content("hello", 10), "hello");
         assert_eq!(truncate_content("hello world", 5), "hello...");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_truncate_content_multibyte_does_not_panic() {
+        // "cafe\u{0301}" = "café" where é is e + combining accent (2 bytes for accent)
+        // Slicing at byte 5 would land inside the combining character
+        let s = "caf\u{00e9} au lait"; // café = 5 bytes (é is 2 bytes)
+        let result = truncate_content(s, 4); // byte 4 is inside é
+        assert!(result.ends_with("..."));
+        assert!(!result.is_empty());
+
+        // 4-byte emoji: slicing mid-emoji must not panic
+        let emoji = "Hi \u{1F600} there"; // 😀 is 4 bytes
+        let result = truncate_content(emoji, 4); // byte 4 is inside 😀
+        assert!(result.ends_with("..."));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/llm/nearai_chat.rs b/src/llm/nearai_chat.rs
index 1f6dbb77..39f76b30 100644
--- a/src/llm/nearai_chat.rs
+++ b/src/llm/nearai_chat.rs
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ impl NearAiChatProvider {
             provider: "nearai_chat".to_string(),
             reason: format!(
                 "No model names found in response: {}",
-                &response_text[..response_text.len().min(300)]
+                &response_text[..crate::util::floor_char_boundary(&response_text, 300)]
             ),
         })
     }