diff --git a/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/nearai_chat.rs b/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/nearai_chat.rs
index 089517fce3f..8ea1cbbf598 100644
--- a/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/nearai_chat.rs
+++ b/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/nearai_chat.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use crate::provider::{
     ChatMessage, CompletionRequest, CompletionResponse, CompletionStreamSink, FinishReason,
     LlmProvider, Role, ToolCall, ToolCompletionRequest, ToolCompletionResponse,
 };
-use crate::tool_args::parse_tool_call_args_lossy;
+use crate::tool_args::parse_tool_call_args_allow_trailing_lossy;
 
 #[path = "nearai_tool_message_flattening.rs"]
 mod nearai_tool_message_flattening;
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ impl NearAiStreamingToolCallState {
             if raw_arguments.is_empty() && !arguments_delta_seen {
                 (serde_json::Value::Object(Default::default()), None)
             } else {
-                parse_tool_call_args_lossy(&raw_arguments)
+                parse_tool_call_args_allow_trailing_lossy(&raw_arguments)
             };
         let arguments_parse_error = arguments_parse_error.map(|parse_error| {
             format!(
@@ -2339,6 +2339,73 @@ data: [DONE]
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn complete_with_tools_streaming_recovers_args_with_trailing_content() {
+        use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+        use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let base_url = format!("http://{}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
+        let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            loop {
+                let (mut socket, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("accept request");
+                let (headers, body) = read_http_request_body(&mut socket).await;
+                // `NearAiChatProvider::new` fires a background pricing fetch to the
+                // same base URL; answer it harmlessly and keep serving until the
+                // chat completion request arrives (avoids a single-accept race).
+                if !headers.starts_with("POST /v1/chat/completions ") {
+                    write_http_json_response(&mut socket, serde_json::json!({ "models": [] }))
+                        .await;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let request_json: serde_json::Value =
+                    serde_json::from_str(&body).expect("request json");
+                assert_eq!(request_json["stream"], true);
+
+                socket
+                    .write_all(
+                        b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\ncontent-type: text/event-stream\r\ncache-control: no-cache\r\nconnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .expect("write sse headers");
+                // A reasoning model streams a complete arguments object followed by
+                // a stray trailing token. The leading object must be recovered, not
+                // collapsed to an empty `{}` (which would call the tool with no args).
+                socket
+                    .write_all(
+                        br#"data: {"choices":[{"delta":{"tool_calls":[{"index":0,"id":"call_search","type":"function","function":{"name":"search","arguments":"{\"query\":\"test\"}trailing"}}]},"finish_reason":"tool_calls"}]}
+
+data: [DONE]
+
+"#,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    .expect("write trailing-content tool call stream");
+                break;
+            }
+        });
+
+        let provider = NearAiChatProvider::new(test_nearai_config(&base_url), test_session())
+            .expect("provider");
+        let response = complete_search_tool_streaming(provider)
+            .await
+            .expect("trailing content after valid args should be recovered, not fail the turn");
+
+        server_task.await.expect("server task");
+        assert_eq!(response.tool_calls.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(response.tool_calls[0].id, "call_search");
+        assert_eq!(response.tool_calls[0].name, "search");
+        assert_eq!(
+            response.tool_calls[0].arguments,
+            serde_json::json!({"query": "test"}),
+            "the leading valid object must be recovered, not dropped to empty"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            response.tool_calls[0].arguments_parse_error.is_none(),
+            "trailing content after a valid object must not mark the args for repair"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn complete_with_tools_streaming_marks_empty_tool_arguments_for_repair() {
         use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
diff --git a/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/tool_args.rs b/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/tool_args.rs
index b9d1a80bdfb..928c54baae2 100644
--- a/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/tool_args.rs
+++ b/crates/ironclaw_llm/src/tool_args.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,36 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_tool_call_args_lossy(raw: &str) -> (Value, Option<String>) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Streaming-salvage variant of [`parse_tool_call_args_lossy`].
+///
+/// Some streaming providers (e.g. NearAI reasoning models like DeepSeek) append
+/// a stray token after a complete arguments object (`{...}` + junk). This parses
+/// the **first** complete JSON value and ignores any trailing content, then
+/// falls back to the same silent-`{}` + captured-`reason` behavior as
+/// [`parse_tool_call_args_lossy`] on empty or genuinely malformed input.
+///
+/// Kept as a separate, explicitly-named helper so this permissive "ignore
+/// trailing junk" behavior stays scoped to the streaming path and does **not**
+/// loosen the shared, fail-loud [`parse_tool_call_args`] boundary that other
+/// providers rely on.
+pub(crate) fn parse_tool_call_args_allow_trailing_lossy(raw: &str) -> (Value, Option<String>) {
+    // A clean parse (no trailing junk) is handled by the shared lossy helper.
+    let lossy = parse_tool_call_args_lossy(raw);
+    if lossy.1.is_none() {
+        return lossy;
+    }
+    // The strict parse rejected the input. If it is a valid JSON value followed
+    // by a stray trailing token (streaming reasoning models do this), recover the
+    // leading value; otherwise keep the lossy `{}` + captured reason.
+    match serde_json::Deserializer::from_str(raw)
+        .into_iter::<Value>()
+        .next()
+    {
+        Some(Ok(value)) => (value, None),
+        _ => lossy,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Ordered probe over candidate reasoning-field names.
 ///
 /// Iterates `fields` in order; returns a borrowed reference to the first value
@@ -138,6 +168,30 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(err.is_none());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn allow_trailing_lossy_recovers_first_value() {
+        // The streaming salvage helper recovers the leading object when a
+        // reasoning model appends a stray token after it, instead of dropping
+        // the arguments to `{}`.
+        let (val, err) = parse_tool_call_args_allow_trailing_lossy(r#"{"query": "test"}trailing"#);
+        assert_eq!(val["query"], "test");
+        assert!(err.is_none());
+
+        // Genuinely malformed input still fails closed to `{}` + a captured reason.
+        let (val, err) = parse_tool_call_args_allow_trailing_lossy(r#"{not valid"#);
+        assert!(val.as_object().expect("object").is_empty());
+        assert!(err.is_some());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_tool_call_args_stays_strict_on_trailing_content() {
+        // The shared, fail-loud primitive must NOT accept concatenated or
+        // trailing output — only the streaming salvage helper tolerates it.
+        // Guards against loosening the canonical boundary for other providers.
+        assert!(parse_tool_call_args(r#"{"a": 2} x"#).is_err());
+        assert!(parse_tool_call_args(r#"{}{}"#).is_err());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn probe_reasoning_field_first_present_wins() {
         let json = json!({"reasoning": "first", "reasoning_content": "second"});