diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0fc31cb..e90dafa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ var llmTransport = &http.Transport{
   DialContext: (&net.Dialer{Timeout: 300 * time.Second}).DialContext,
 }
 
-var defCfg = Cfg{"https://opencode.ai/zen/v1", "big-pickle", "-", 0.7, 300, 120, 1000, true, "auto", 200000, nil}
+var defCfg = Cfg{"https://opencode.ai/zen/v1", "big-pickle", "-", 0.7, 300, 120, 1000, true, "auto", 262144, nil}
 
 func atoiD(s string, d int) int {
   if v, e := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(s)); e == nil {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var cwCache = map[string]int{}
 
 func fetchContextWindow(cfg *Cfg) int {
   // Only values discovered from the /models endpoint are cached, keyed by
-  // endpoint+model. The context_window-override and 200000 default are derived
+  // endpoint+model. The context_window-override and 262144 default are derived
   // per call from cfg so they never shadow each other across configs.
   key := cfg.Endpoint + "\x00" + cfg.Model
   cwCacheMu.Lock()
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ func fetchContextWindow(cfg *Cfg) int {
     return cw
   }
   if v, ok := cfg.Raw["context_window"]; ok {
-    return atoiD(v, 200000)
+    return atoiD(v, 262144)
   }
-  return 200000
+  return 262144
 }
 
 func getCfg(path string) Cfg {
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ func estTokens(msgs []Message) int {
 }
 
 func contextPct(u Usage, cw int) float64 {
-  if cw <= 0 { cw = 200000 }
+  if cw <= 0 { cw = 262144 }
   return float64(u.PromptTokens) * 100.0 / float64(cw)
 }
 
@@ -1087,7 +1087,17 @@ func AL(ctx context.Context, cfg *Cfg, msgs []Message, sp string, depth int) ([]
       }
       if m.Content != nil { fmt.Println(renderMD(*m.Content)) }
     }
-    if len(m.ToolCalls) == 0 { done = true; break }
+    if len(m.ToolCalls) == 0 {
+      // If the model returned only a reasoning block with no non-reasoning
+      // tokens or tool calls, nudge it to continue rather than ending the turn.
+      if m.ReasoningContent != "" && (m.Content == nil || strings.TrimSpace(*m.Content) == "") {
+        fmt.Println(c("[auto continue: response was reasoning-only]", 33))
+        msgs = append(msgs, Message{Role: "user", Content: strp("continue")})
+        continue
+      }
+      done = true
+      break
+    }
     for _, tc := range m.ToolCalls {
       if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil { return msgs, turnUsage, err }
       fn, astr := tc.Function.Name, filterText(tc.Function.Arguments)
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index fadb39d..66a44ae 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -1124,6 +1124,49 @@ func TestALToolLoop(t *testing.T) {
   }
 }
 
+func TestALReasoningOnlyAutoContinue(t *testing.T) {
+  // First response is reasoning-only (no content, no tool calls); the agent
+  // must auto-append a "continue" user message and keep looping until a real
+  // answer arrives.
+  srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    var req struct {
+      Messages []Message `json:"messages"`
+    }
+    if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil {
+      t.Errorf("decode request: %v", err)
+    }
+    for _, m := range req.Messages {
+      if m.Role == "user" && m.Content != nil && strings.TrimSpace(*m.Content) == "continue" {
+        w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"final answer"}}]}`))
+        return
+      }
+    }
+    w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":null,"reasoning_content":"thinking hard"}}]}`))
+  }))
+  defer srv.Close()
+
+  cfg := defCfg
+  cfg.Endpoint = srv.URL
+  cfg.Stream = false
+  cfg.APIKey = "-"
+  msgs, _, err := AL(context.Background(), &cfg, []Message{{Role: "system", Content: strp("sys")}, {Role: "user", Content: strp("start")}}, "sys", 0)
+  if err != nil {
+    t.Fatalf("AL: %v", err)
+  }
+  if got := last(msgs); got != "final answer" {
+    t.Errorf("last = %q, want %q", got, "final answer")
+  }
+  var continues int
+  for _, m := range msgs {
+    if m.Role == "user" && m.Content != nil && strings.TrimSpace(*m.Content) == "continue" {
+      continues++
+    }
+  }
+  if continues != 1 {
+    t.Errorf("expected exactly 1 auto continue message, got %d", continues)
+  }
+}
+
 func TestALRunSubagent(t *testing.T) {
   var n int
   var mu sync.Mutex
@@ -1842,12 +1885,12 @@ func TestFetchContextWindowFallbackConfig(t *testing.T) {
     t.Errorf("expected fallback to raw context_window 65536, got %d", cw)
   }
 
-  // Case 2: Config does not specify context_window -> default 200000
+  // Case 2: Config does not specify context_window -> default 262144
   cfg2 := defCfg
   cfg2.Endpoint = srv.URL
   cfg2.Raw = map[string]string{}
-  if cw := fetchContextWindow(&cfg2); cw != 200000 {
-    t.Errorf("expected default 200000, got %d", cw)
+  if cw := fetchContextWindow(&cfg2); cw != 262144 {
+    t.Errorf("expected default 262144, got %d", cw)
   }
 }