diff --git a/agent/planner.go b/agent/planner.go
index 5d74fb0..aa98aec 100644
--- a/agent/planner.go
+++ b/agent/planner.go
@@ -431,14 +431,9 @@ func (p *Planner) Plan(ctx context.Context, taskID int64, as *db.AssetStore, ts
 	}
 	input := lead + situational + "\n\n据上面的态势，判定目标。目标已【真正达成】（已拿到目标成果/已确认目标漏洞）时用 prove_goal 逐个标记。**硬底线：只要目标尚未达成、且当前没有任何 open 或 running 意图（frontier_open=0 且 running_intents 为空），本轮就必须产出至少一个向目标推进的意图——此时没有在跑的 work 可等、也没有在排队的方向，产出 0 意图=任务停摆。仅当已有 open/running 意图在推进、或目标已达成时，本轮才可以不产出新意图。**" +
 		renderPlannerTodos(opts.Todos.List())
-	// 有 deadline 夹逼时加硬 ctx 兜底(软预算 + grace),防单轮卡死绕过轮边界软超时。
-	runCtx := ctx
-	if maxDur > 0 {
-		var cancel context.CancelFunc
-		runCtx, cancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, maxDur+settleHardGrace, AbortRunHardTimeout)
-		defer cancel()
-	}
-	_, _, err = captureRun(runCtx, opts, input,
+	// MaxDuration 现在会在墙钟到点打断在跑工具并就地进收尾(在活 ctx 上),单轮卡死不再
+	// 绕过收尾,无需外部硬 ctx 兜底。ctx 只承载 pause / kill / shutdown。
+	_, _, err = captureRun(ctx, opts, input,
 		func(r db.Activity) {
 			if emit != nil {
 				r.Worker = "planner" // planner activity has no intent_id (it generates them)
diff --git a/agent/terminalreason.go b/agent/terminalreason.go
index bf4b5c9..a751758 100644
--- a/agent/terminalreason.go
+++ b/agent/terminalreason.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (t *runTrace) done(id string) {
 var reasonHint = map[harness.TerminalReason]string{
 	harness.ReasonCompleted:         "模型正常结束了本轮，但没有留下文字总结；事实和资产以本轮工具调用记录为准",
 	harness.ReasonMaxTurns:          "达到步数上限(MaxTurns)：SDK 已执行收尾并写回事实和资产，意图会标记为 exhausted，供规划者换方向继续，而不是作为失败处理",
-	harness.ReasonTimeout:           "达到单次运行的软墙钟预算(MaxDuration)：SDK 已在回合边界收尾并写回事实和资产，意图会标记为 exhausted",
+	harness.ReasonTimeout:           "达到单次运行的墙钟预算(MaxDuration)：到点会打断在跑的工具并就地进收尾，把已识别的事实和资产写回，意图会标记为 exhausted",
 	harness.ReasonModelError:        "模型或 API 调用失败（网络、鉴权、限流、供应商 5xx 等），重试用尽后意图标记为 blocked——传输层故障导致这条意图基本没真正探成；查其执行过程（get_worker_trace）后再决定重派或换法",
 	harness.ReasonBlockingLimit:     "上下文长度达到硬上限，请求在发出前被拦截；应收窄意图粒度或压缩工具返回",
 	harness.ReasonPromptTooLong:     "提示词过长且上下文压缩重试已经用尽，无法继续执行",
diff --git a/agent/worker.go b/agent/worker.go
index cd5bf8f..5822cd7 100644
--- a/agent/worker.go
+++ b/agent/worker.go
@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ func (w *Worker) SetRunTimeout(run time.Duration) {
 	w.runTimeout = run
 }
 
-// settleHardGrace is how far past the soft wall-clock budget (runTimeout) the hard
-// ctx deadline sits — a backstop for a hung turn; the soft budget handles the
-// normal case at the turn boundary.
-const settleHardGrace = 90 * time.Second
-
 // settleWrapUpPrompt is injected by the SDK settlement phase when a worker hits its
 // turn/time budget: stop probing, write back what was found, then end with a
 // plain-text one-liner (which becomes this run's displayed result).
@@ -489,18 +484,10 @@ func (w *Worker) execute(ctx context.Context, name string, taskID int64, as *db.
 
 	// Budgets + settlement are owned by the SDK (MaxTurns/MaxDuration + Settlement):
 	// on hit it runs a wrap-up turn and finishes with ReasonMaxTurns/ReasonTimeout.
-	// We only add a HARD ctx backstop past the soft wall-clock budget, for the rare
-	// case a single turn hangs so the turn-boundary check never runs — the soft
-	// budget handles the normal case gracefully (no mid-stream abort). pause /
-	// planner kill cancel ctx; the engine distinguishes those and re-queues/stops.
-	// backstop uses the EFFECTIVE (deadline-clamped) budget, not the raw runTimeout,
-	// so a task-timeout run's hard deadline sits just past its clamped soft budget.
-	runCtx := ctx
-	if maxDur > 0 {
-		var runCancel context.CancelFunc
-		runCtx, runCancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, maxDur+settleHardGrace, AbortRunHardTimeout)
-		defer runCancel()
-	}
-	_, reason, err := captureRunSession(runCtx, s, input, emitWrap)
+	// MaxDuration now interrupts an in-flight tool at the wall-clock deadline and
+	// enters the wrap-up phase on the live ctx, so a run whose tool overran the budget
+	// still settles (no external hard-timeout backstop needed). ctx itself carries only
+	// pause / planner kill / shutdown, which the engine distinguishes and re-queues/stops.
+	_, reason, err := captureRunSession(ctx, s, input, emitWrap)
 	return reason, tsx.Writes(), err
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b13f25d..4a2403f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/Autumn-27/artex
 go 1.26.3
 
 require (
-	github.com/Autumn-27/norma v0.3.5
+	github.com/Autumn-27/norma v0.3.6
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.10.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3029a38..3eed85a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/Autumn-27/norma v0.3.5 h1:zYJKoN+SNi3iscednrw21xsW48jUD55CT6RdySP15MA=
-github.com/Autumn-27/norma v0.3.5/go.mod h1:BudWrf7iHl96FgHqFr/HwN3mKYmGjJDt+xL2ZHXfFZw=
+github.com/Autumn-27/norma v0.3.6 h1:cx68eNW8igG2I9Ed9EIsElelJn9ll9WW2HH3OhYh6fA=
+github.com/Autumn-27/norma v0.3.6/go.mod h1:BudWrf7iHl96FgHqFr/HwN3mKYmGjJDt+xL2ZHXfFZw=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.2.1 h1:R+f5xP285VArJDRgowrfb9DqL18yVK0gKAW/F+eTWro=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.2.1/go.mod h1:rzTDkvFWvIrjDXZHkuS16NPggd91W3kUSvPlQ1pLaKY=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 h1:DklsrG3dyBCFEj5IhUbnKptjxatkF07cF2ak3yi77so=