diff --git a/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/monitor-provider.ts b/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/monitor-provider.ts
index ca333f12e30b..8666b01ec0b8 100644
--- a/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/monitor-provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/monitor-provider.ts
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ export async function monitorIMessageProvider(opts: MonitorIMessageOpts = {}): P
   function resolveIMessageInboundBodyText(message: IMessagePayload) {
     // Native poll balloons carry only a 0xFFFD placeholder in `text`; render the
     // decoded poll (question/options/votes) so the agent sees the actual poll.
-    const pollBody = message.poll ? renderIMessagePollBody(message.poll) : null;
+    const pollBody = message.poll ? renderIMessagePollBody(message.poll, message.sender) : null;
     const messageText = (pollBody ?? message.text ?? "").trim();
     const attachments = includeAttachments ? (message.attachments ?? []) : [];
     const effectiveAttachmentRoots = remoteHost ? remoteAttachmentRoots : attachmentRoots;
diff --git a/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.test-support.ts b/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.test-support.ts
index f06710637774..c6944702fa9c 100644
--- a/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.test-support.ts
+++ b/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.test-support.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,70 @@ describe("renderIMessagePollBody", () => {
     expect(out).toContain("Blue");
   });
 
+  it("renders the full selection snapshot instead of a stale singular vote", () => {
+    const out = renderIMessagePollBody({
+      kind: "vote",
+      vote: {
+        participant: "+12065550123",
+        option_id: "a",
+        option_text: "Lobster",
+        event_type: "selected",
+      },
+      votes: [
+        {
+          participant: "+12065550123",
+          option_id: "a",
+          option_text: "Lobster",
+          event_type: "selected",
+        },
+        {
+          participant: "+12065550123",
+          option_id: "b",
+          option_text: "Also lobster",
+          event_type: "selected",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(out).toContain('currently selected "Lobster", "Also lobster"');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('voted for "Lobster"');
+  });
+
+  it("does not report a remaining selection as a new vote", () => {
+    const out = renderIMessagePollBody({
+      kind: "vote",
+      vote: {
+        participant: "+12065550123",
+        option_id: "b",
+        option_text: "Beta",
+        event_type: "selected",
+      },
+      votes: [
+        {
+          participant: "+12065550123",
+          option_id: "b",
+          option_text: "Beta",
+          event_type: "selected",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(out).toContain('currently selected "Beta"');
+    expect(out).not.toContain('voted for "Beta"');
+  });
+
+  it("scopes an empty selection snapshot to the event sender", () => {
+    const out = renderIMessagePollBody(
+      {
+        kind: "vote",
+        votes: [],
+      },
+      "+12065550123",
+    );
+
+    expect(out).toBe("\u{1F4CA} Poll selections: +12065550123 currently selected no options");
+  });
+
   it("returns null for a poll with no options and no vote", () => {
     expect(renderIMessagePollBody({ kind: "created", options: [] })).toBeNull();
   });
diff --git a/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.ts b/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.ts
index da4e869d33fc..b0d63e3a08a0 100644
--- a/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.ts
+++ b/extensions/imessage/src/monitor/poll-render.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,50 @@
 // numbered options so it can vote by 1-based index via the poll-vote action.
 import type { IMessagePoll } from "./types.js";
 
-export function renderIMessagePollBody(poll: IMessagePoll): string | null {
+export function renderIMessagePollBody(poll: IMessagePoll, sender?: string | null): string | null {
   const options = poll.options ?? [];
 
-  // Vote update: surface who voted for what so the agent can follow tallies.
+  // Vote update: prefer imsg's full selection snapshot. Its singular `vote`
+  // field is only the first decoded entry, not necessarily the option that
+  // changed. Older imsg builds without `votes` still use the singular fallback.
   if (poll.kind === "vote" || (poll.vote && options.length === 0)) {
+    if (poll.votes) {
+      // An empty snapshot carries no vote-level participant, but it still only
+      // describes the event sender's selections—not the state of the full poll.
+      const snapshotParticipant =
+        poll.votes.find((vote) => vote.participant?.trim())?.participant?.trim() ||
+        sender?.trim() ||
+        "someone";
+      const selectionsByParticipant = new Map<string, string[]>();
+      for (const vote of poll.votes) {
+        if (vote.event_type === "removed") {
+          continue;
+        }
+        const who = vote.participant?.trim() || snapshotParticipant;
+        const what = vote.option_text?.trim() || vote.option_id || "an option";
+        const selections = selectionsByParticipant.get(who) ?? [];
+        if (!selections.includes(what)) {
+          selections.push(what);
+        }
+        selectionsByParticipant.set(who, selections);
+      }
+
+      if (selectionsByParticipant.size === 0) {
+        return `\u{1F4CA} Poll selections: ${snapshotParticipant} currently selected no options`;
+      }
+
+      const snapshots = Array.from(selectionsByParticipant, ([who, selections]) => {
+        const quotedSelections = selections.map((selection) => `"${selection}"`).join(", ");
+        return `${who} currently selected ${quotedSelections}`;
+      });
+      return `\u{1F4CA} Poll selections: ${snapshots.join("; ")}`;
+    }
+
     const vote = poll.vote;
     if (!vote) {
       return "\u{1F4CA} Poll vote received";
     }
-    const who = vote.participant?.trim() || "someone";
+    const who = vote.participant?.trim() || sender?.trim() || "someone";
     const what = vote.option_text?.trim() || vote.option_id || "an option";
     const verb = vote.event_type === "removed" ? "removed their vote for" : "voted for";
     return `\u{1F4CA} Poll vote: ${who} ${verb} "${what}"`;