[Bug] API Error: Max Image Size Exceeded causes CLI to hang and reject further input

Bug Description
after encountering an API error due to max allowed image size, the model will no longer take input and we're stuck

Environment Info

• Platform: darwin
• Terminal: androidstudio
• Version: 2.1.19
• Feedback ID: 870254c8-249e-44ca-baa1-fa26848e2787

Errors

⏺ Read(/tmp/screen25.png)                                                                                                                                                            
  ⎿  Read image (155KB)                                                                                                                                                              
  ⎿ API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.27.content.6.image.source.base64.data: At least one of the image dimensions exceed max
     allowed size for many-image requests: 2000 pixels"},"request_id":"req_011CXSX7ideb1Eth93sqW8fB"}                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                     
✻ Brewed for 8m 26s                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                     
❯ lets create a document in @docs for how to properly start the app with the right activity and how to capture screenshots and click and navigate in the app.  this doc is for  AI agents so that they can learn this from the doc instead of having to rediscover it every time                                                                                   
  ⎿  Listed directory docs/                                                                                                                                                          
  ⎿ API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.27.content.6.image.source.base64.data: At least one of the image dimensions exceed max
     allowed size for many-image requests: 2000 pixels"},"request_id":"req_011CXSX94JMwrRFipUcbkUJD"}                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                     
❯  try again                                                                                  
  ⎿  Listed directory docs/                                                                                                                                                          
  ⎿ API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.27.content.6.image.source.base64.data: At least one of the image dimensions exceed max
     allowed size for many-image requests: 2000 pixels"},"request_id":"req_011CXSXB6W7zVvkhVJLfZoGu"}   

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