- `[2026-07-13]` **#355-residual ROOT CAUSE (supersedes the "LiteLLM gateway holds while seat idles" entry below — that was DISPROVEN).** char-rp-reasoning enters a non-terminating REASONING loop (tool-call-retry planning) and runs to `max_tokens=32768` (~22 min @ 24.7 tok/s, ~13% of requests); the seat GENERATES all 32768 tokens (not idle), and `--reasoning-budget 400` is NOT enforced. 3-source-confirmed (spend_logs completion_tokens=32768 ×4; seat eval-time log; pcap 100%-`reasoning_content` deltas). Server-side fix wanted (operator: no max_tokens ceiling) → routed to brokkr (accepted, pulled dvalin). Lesson (again): confirm before concluding — the seat-idle claim came from reading only the ≤73s requests + missing the concurrent 32768-token slots. See ACTIVE 1.