diff --git a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
index 256b0924..7c492550 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ import {
   extractBootstrapFailureReason,
   extractHeartbeatTimestamp,
   extractTranscriptMessageText,
-  getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSource,
+  getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSourceFromNormalized,
   getCanonicalSendMessageFieldRule,
   getCanonicalSendMessageToolRule,
   isTaskBoardSnapshotWorkCandidate,
@@ -30598,11 +30598,10 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
           outcome = { kind: 'failure', observedAt: candidate.observedAt, reason };
           break;
         }
-        const successSource = getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSource(
-          candidate.text,
-          teamName,
-          memberName,
-          candidate.normalizedText
+        const successSource = getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSourceFromNormalized(
+          candidate.normalizedText,
+          normalizedTeamName,
+          normalizedMemberName
         );
         if (successSource) {
           outcome = { kind: 'success', observedAt: candidate.observedAt, source: successSource };
diff --git a/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningPromptBuilders.ts b/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningPromptBuilders.ts
index 241e10a2..a700ef7a 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningPromptBuilders.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/provisioning/TeamProvisioningPromptBuilders.ts
@@ -282,6 +282,22 @@ export function getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSource(
     return null;
   }
 
+  return getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSourceFromNormalized(
+    normalizedText,
+    normalizedTeamName,
+    normalizedMemberName
+  );
+}
+
+export function getBootstrapTranscriptSuccessSourceFromNormalized(
+  normalizedText: string,
+  normalizedTeamName: string,
+  normalizedMemberName: string
+): BootstrapTranscriptSuccessSource | null {
+  if (!normalizedText || !normalizedTeamName || !normalizedMemberName) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   if (
     normalizedText.startsWith(
       `member briefing for ${normalizedMemberName} on team "${normalizedTeamName}" (${normalizedTeamName}).`