diff --git a/apodex/task_runner.py b/apodex/task_runner.py
index 1ccb527..7df00f7 100644
--- a/apodex/task_runner.py
+++ b/apodex/task_runner.py
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ async def _run_native_workflow(self, task: str, profile: Any) -> None:
             stopped_by,
             answer_status=str(state.get("answer_status") or ""),
             answer_source=str(state.get("final_answer_source") or ""),
+            no_tool_is_complete=True,
         )
         if complete:
             self.r.final(
diff --git a/workflows/stateful_react_agent/_runtime.py b/workflows/stateful_react_agent/_runtime.py
index cdefcc0..08e1337 100644
--- a/workflows/stateful_react_agent/_runtime.py
+++ b/workflows/stateful_react_agent/_runtime.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def render_system_prompt_notes(
 # mid-token. Without the rescue that fragment IS the answer — which is how a run
 # whose visible output was "The shell ate my `" scored zero.
 _GRACEFUL_FINAL_STOP_REASONS = frozenset({
-    "max_turns", "context_limit_reached", "response_truncated",
+    "max_turns", "context_limit_reached", "response_truncated", "no_tool",
 })
 
 # Abnormal / infra terminations: the LLM endpoint exhausted retries