diff --git a/scripts/test-layout/layout.json b/scripts/test-layout/layout.json
index d9c536333c8..c49a246480c 100644
--- a/scripts/test-layout/layout.json
+++ b/scripts/test-layout/layout.json
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@
     "kiro-review-regressions.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
     "kiro-metering-events.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
     "kiro-metering-usage.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
+    "kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
     "kiro-single-final.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
     "kiro-stream.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
     "kiro-transport-parity.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
diff --git a/src/adapters/kiro/stream.ts b/src/adapters/kiro/stream.ts
index dbd39e83764..731e77a9f32 100644
--- a/src/adapters/kiro/stream.ts
+++ b/src/adapters/kiro/stream.ts
@@ -454,25 +454,28 @@ async function* parseKiroAttemptEvents(
     };
   };
 
+  // A real tool call and the private final-answer call can share one turn, in either order. The
+  // turn then continues through the real tools, so the final answer is dropped: it is held until
+  // the stream ends and is never relayed, which makes the drop invisible to the client. A second
+  // completion call, a completion call in `disabled` mode and a malformed completion stay errors.
+  const noteDroppedCompletion = (): void => {
+    console.warn("[kiro] dropped the private final-answer call; the turn also carried a real tool call");
+  };
+
   const classifyTool = (
     tool: { id: string; name: string; chunks: string[]; completion: boolean },
   ): AdapterEvent | undefined => {
     if (tool.name !== KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME) {
       tool.completion = false;
-      return completionAnswer !== undefined || completionCalls > 0
-        ? protocolTerminal("Kiro returned a real tool call alongside a private final answer")
-        : undefined;
+      return undefined;
     }
     if (mode === "disabled") {
       return protocolTerminal("Kiro returned the reserved private final-answer tool while explicit completion was disabled");
     }
     tool.completion = true;
-    if (completionAnswer !== undefined || completionCalls > 0) {
+    if (completionCalls > 0) {
       return protocolTerminal("Kiro returned more than one private final-answer tool call", true);
     }
-    if (sawRealTool) {
-      return protocolTerminal("Kiro returned a private final answer alongside a real tool call");
-    }
     return undefined;
   };
 
@@ -575,18 +578,20 @@ async function* parseKiroAttemptEvents(
       if (completionCalls > 1) {
         return { events: [], terminal: protocolTerminal("Kiro returned more than one private final-answer tool call", true) };
       }
-      if (sawRealTool) {
-        return { events: [], terminal: protocolTerminal("Kiro returned a private final answer alongside a real tool call") };
-      }
       const answer = parseCompletion(tool.chunks);
       if (answer instanceof Error) return { events: [], terminal: protocolTerminal(answer.message, true) };
+      if (sawRealTool) {
+        noteDroppedCompletion();
+        return { events: [] };
+      }
       completionAnswer = answer;
       return { events: [] };
     }
-    if (completionAnswer !== undefined || completionCalls > 0) {
-      return { events: [], terminal: protocolTerminal("Kiro returned a real tool call alongside a private final answer") };
-    }
     sawRealTool = true;
+    if (completionAnswer !== undefined) {
+      completionAnswer = undefined;
+      noteDroppedCompletion();
+    }
     const restored = nameMap?.get(tool.name) ?? tool.name;
     return {
       events: [
diff --git a/structure/providers/kiro.md b/structure/providers/kiro.md
index e0e26d4ff12..38288c52dd6 100644
--- a/structure/providers/kiro.md
+++ b/structure/providers/kiro.md
@@ -140,7 +140,16 @@ budget until emitted, discarded, or cancelled; replay collectors are released af
 retry construction. Native `END_TURN` and `STOP_SEQUENCE` alone do not distinguish
 progress from an answer and therefore still require validation. Normal private completion
 and real tool calls need no completion retry.
-Coverage: `tests/providers/kiro/kiro-single-final.test.ts` and
+
+A turn can carry a real tool call and the private completion call together, in either order.
+The turn then continues through the real tools: the parser drops the completion call, ends the
+turn with `endTurn: false`, and logs one `[kiro] dropped the private final-answer call` line. The
+answer is held until the stream ends and is never relayed, so the drop is invisible to the client;
+only the model's ordinary prose and reasoning, released as commentary with the tool call, precede
+the tool. A second completion call, a completion call while `disabled`, and a malformed completion
+stay protocol errors.
+Coverage: `tests/providers/kiro/kiro-single-final.test.ts`,
+`tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts` and
 `tests/server/server-kiro-completion-e2e.test.ts`.
 
 `src/adapters/kiro-retry.ts` uses the configured executor for every generation send and may try the existing `q.{region}.amazonaws.com` host once after a canonical-host HTTP 502/503/504 before output, subject to the same send budget. Reset, 429, alternate, and completion-fallback sends wait for a pacing slot; only the first send is pre-paid. Kiro web-search turns are paced as well. A Kiro-local wrapper maps its header deadline to HTTP 504 without changing shared or Google fetch behavior; caller cancellation remains an abort. Final HTTP 5xx text is fixed for clients, and opt-in provider diagnostics carry only closed-set status and classification codes.
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json b/tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
index 28f9d9dd49f..05ca616c4ee 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
@@ -795,7 +795,8 @@
   "kiro-refusal-failover.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-refusal.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
   "kiro-remote-image.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-retry.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
   "kiro-review-regressions.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-metering-events.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
-  "kiro-metering-usage.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-single-final.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
+  "kiro-metering-usage.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
+  "kiro-single-final.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
   "kiro-stream.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-transport-parity.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
   "kiro-usage-quota.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-usage-restart.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
   "kiro-windows-cli-db-path.test.ts": "providers/kiro", "kiro-windows-cli-executable-path.test.ts": "providers/kiro",
diff --git a/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts b/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7459cc9464f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, spyOn, test } from "bun:test";
+import { createKiroAdapter } from "../../../src/adapters/kiro";
+import { KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME } from "../../../src/adapters/kiro-constants";
+import { resetKiroThrottleStateForTests } from "../../../src/adapters/kiro-retry";
+import { buildResponseJSON } from "../../../src/bridge";
+import { encodeMessage } from "../../../src/lib/eventstream-decoder";
+import { createTranslatorBudget, releaseTranslatedEvent } from "../../../src/lib/translator-budget";
+import type { AdapterEvent, OcxParsedRequest, OcxProviderConfig } from "../../../src/types";
+
+/**
+ * The model can send a real tool call and the private final-answer call in one turn, because the
+ * prompt tells it to put independent calls in one block. The turn then continues through the real
+ * tools and the final answer is dropped. It was a non-retryable 502 once the tool call had been
+ * relayed, which no combo can recover from.
+ */
+const provider: OcxProviderConfig = {
+  adapter: "kiro", baseUrl: "https://runtime.us-east-1.kiro.dev", apiKey: "ksk_test",
+};
+const parsed: OcxParsedRequest = {
+  modelId: "claude-sonnet-4.5", stream: true, options: {},
+  context: {
+    messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Inspect the workspace." }],
+    tools: [{ name: "bash", description: "Run a command", parameters: { type: "object" } }],
+  },
+};
+const ANSWER = "The workspace is ready and nothing needs changing.";
+const frame = (type: string, payload: object) => encodeMessage(
+  { ":message-type": "event", ":event-type": type },
+  new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(payload)),
+);
+const text = (content: string) => frame("assistantResponseEvent", { content });
+function tool(name: string, input: object, id: string): Uint8Array[] {
+  return [
+    frame("toolUseEvent", { name, toolUseId: id }),
+    frame("toolUseEvent", { name, toolUseId: id, input: JSON.stringify(input) }),
+    frame("toolUseEvent", { name, toolUseId: id, stop: true }),
+  ];
+}
+const bash = (id = "call-1") => tool("bash", { command: "pwd" }, id);
+const completion = (answer = ANSWER, id = "complete-1") => tool(KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME, { answer }, id);
+function response(frames: Uint8Array[]): Response {
+  return new Response(new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+    start(controller) {
+      for (const value of frames) controller.enqueue(value);
+      controller.close();
+    },
+  }));
+}
+
+let warnings: string[] = [];
+let warn: ReturnType<typeof spyOn>;
+beforeEach(() => {
+  warnings = [];
+  warn = spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation((...args: unknown[]) => { warnings.push(args.join(" ")); });
+});
+afterEach(() => {
+  warn.mockRestore();
+  resetKiroThrottleStateForTests();
+});
+
+/** One physical send per entry of `legs`; a second entry answers the bounded completion retry. */
+async function run(legs: Uint8Array[][], buffered = false) {
+  const adapter = createKiroAdapter(provider);
+  const budget = createTranslatorBudget();
+  const events: AdapterEvent[] = [];
+  let physicalRequests = 0;
+  try {
+    const request = await adapter.buildRequest(structuredClone(parsed));
+    const upstream = await adapter.fetchResponse!(request, {
+      executor: (async () => response(legs[Math.min(physicalRequests++, legs.length - 1)]!)) as typeof fetch,
+    });
+    if (buffered) events.push(...await adapter.parseResponse!(upstream, budget));
+    else for await (const event of adapter.parseStream(upstream, budget)) events.push(event);
+    if (buffered) for (const event of events) releaseTranslatedEvent(event, budget);
+    expect(budget.snapshot().currentBytes).toBe(0);
+    return { events, physicalRequests };
+  } finally {
+    budget.dispose();
+  }
+}
+
+const droppedLines = () => warnings.filter(line => line.startsWith("[kiro] dropped the private final-answer call"));
+
+/** What the client sees: the real tool call, the tool_use end of turn, and no trace of the answer. */
+function expectToolTurn(events: AdapterEvent[]): void {
+  expect(events.some(event => event.type === "error")).toBe(false);
+  expect(events.filter(event => event.type === "tool_call_start")).toEqual([
+    { type: "tool_call_start", id: "call-1", name: "bash" },
+  ]);
+  expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "done", endTurn: false });
+  expect(events.filter(event => event.type === "text_delta" && event.phase === "final_answer")).toEqual([]);
+  const wire = JSON.stringify(events);
+  expect(wire).not.toContain(ANSWER);
+  expect(wire).not.toContain(KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME);
+  const json = buildResponseJSON(events, "claude-sonnet-4.5") as { output: Array<{ type: string }> };
+  expect(json.output.filter(item => item.type === "function_call")).toHaveLength(1);
+}
+
+describe("a real tool call and the private final answer in one turn", () => {
+  for (const buffered of [false, true]) {
+    describe(buffered ? "buffered parse" : "streamed parse", () => {
+      test("real tool first, then the completion: the tool call goes out, the answer is dropped", async () => {
+        const { events, physicalRequests } = await run([[
+          text("Checking the workspace."), ...bash(), ...completion(),
+          frame("metadataEvent", { stopReason: "END_TURN" }),
+        ]], buffered);
+        expectToolTurn(events);
+        // The prose before the tool is ordinary commentary, released with the tool call.
+        expect(events.filter(event => event.type === "text_delta")).toEqual([
+          { type: "text_delta", text: "Checking the workspace.", phase: "commentary" },
+        ]);
+        expect(physicalRequests).toBe(1);
+        expect(droppedLines()).toHaveLength(1);
+      });
+
+      test("completion first, then the real tool: nothing of the answer was relayed before the tool", async () => {
+        const { events, physicalRequests } = await run([[
+          text("Checking the workspace."), ...completion(), ...bash(),
+          frame("metadataEvent", { stopReason: "END_TURN" }),
+        ]], buffered);
+        expectToolTurn(events);
+        expect(events.filter(event => event.type === "text_delta")).toEqual([
+          { type: "text_delta", text: "Checking the workspace.", phase: "commentary" },
+        ]);
+        // No event of the completion call, and no answer text, comes before the tool call.
+        const toolAt = events.findIndex(event => event.type === "tool_call_start");
+        expect(JSON.stringify(events.slice(0, toolAt))).not.toContain(ANSWER);
+        expect(physicalRequests).toBe(1);
+        expect(droppedLines()).toHaveLength(1);
+      });
+
+      test("several real tools around one completion all go out; one line is logged", async () => {
+        const { events } = await run([[
+          ...bash("call-1"), ...completion(), ...bash("call-2"),
+        ]], buffered);
+        expect(events.some(event => event.type === "error")).toBe(false);
+        expect(events.filter(event => event.type === "tool_call_start").map(event => event.type === "tool_call_start" && event.id))
+          .toEqual(["call-1", "call-2"]);
+        expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "done", endTurn: false });
+        expect(JSON.stringify(events)).not.toContain(ANSWER);
+        expect(droppedLines()).toHaveLength(1);
+      });
+
+      test("the mix on the bounded completion retry drops the answer the same way", async () => {
+        const { events, physicalRequests } = await run([
+          [text("Checking the workspace.")],
+          [...completion(), ...bash()],
+        ], buffered);
+        expect(physicalRequests).toBe(2);
+        expectToolTurn(events);
+        expect(droppedLines()).toHaveLength(1);
+      });
+
+      test("a plain completion with no real tool is still the final answer and logs nothing", async () => {
+        const { events } = await run([[...completion()]], buffered);
+        expect(events.filter(event => event.type === "text_delta")).toEqual([
+          { type: "text_delta", text: ANSWER, phase: "final_answer" },
+        ]);
+        expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "done", endTurn: true });
+        expect(droppedLines()).toEqual([]);
+      });
+
+      test("two completion calls are still an error", async () => {
+        const { events } = await run([[...completion("FIRST-ANSWER", "complete-1"), ...completion("SECOND-ANSWER", "complete-2")]], buffered);
+        expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "error", code: "invalid_kiro_completion", retryable: false });
+        expect(events.some(event => event.type === "done")).toBe(false);
+        expect(JSON.stringify(events)).not.toContain("-ANSWER");
+      });
+
+      test("a second completion call is still an error when a real tool sits between or before them", async () => {
+        for (const frames of [
+          [...bash(), ...completion("one", "complete-1"), ...completion("two", "complete-2")],
+          [...completion("one", "complete-1"), ...bash(), ...completion("two", "complete-2")],
+        ]) {
+          const { events } = await run([frames], buffered);
+          expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "error", code: "invalid_kiro_completion" });
+          expect(events.some(event => event.type === "done")).toBe(false);
+        }
+      });
+
+      test("a malformed completion is still an error next to a real tool", async () => {
+        for (const frames of [
+          [...bash(), ...tool(KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME, { answer: "" }, "complete-1")],
+          [...tool(KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME, { answer: "" }, "complete-1"), ...bash()],
+          [...bash(), frame("toolUseEvent", { name: KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME, toolUseId: "complete-1", input: "{not json" }),
+            frame("toolUseEvent", { name: KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME, toolUseId: "complete-1", stop: true })],
+        ]) {
+          const { events } = await run([frames], buffered);
+          expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "error" });
+          expect(events.some(event => event.type === "done")).toBe(false);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  test("the completion call stays reserved when explicit completion is disabled", async () => {
+    const adapter = createKiroAdapter(provider);
+    const events: AdapterEvent[] = [];
+    for await (const event of adapter.parseStream(response([...bash(), ...completion()]), createTranslatorBudget())) {
+      events.push(event);
+    }
+    expect(events.at(-1)).toMatchObject({ type: "error", code: "kiro_stream_protocol_error", retryable: false });
+    expect(droppedLines()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-stream.test.ts b/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-stream.test.ts
index c09fac50430..cf776fd17b7 100644
--- a/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-stream.test.ts
+++ b/tests/providers/kiro/kiro-stream.test.ts
@@ -1003,21 +1003,10 @@ describe("kiro adapter — parseStream", () => {
     expect(JSON.stringify(events)).not.toContain(KIRO_COMPLETION_TOOL_NAME);
   });
 
-  test("duplicate completion and completion mixed with real tools fail closed", async () => {
+  // A completion mixed with real tools is not an error; see kiro-completion-with-real-tools.test.ts.
+  test("duplicate completion fails closed", async () => {
     const cases: Uint8Array[][] = [
       [...completionFrames("one", "complete-1"), ...completionFrames("two", "complete-2")],
-      [
-        eventFrame({ name: "bash", toolUseId: "call-1" }),
-        eventFrame({ input: "{}", name: "bash", toolUseId: "call-1" }),
-        eventFrame({ name: "bash", stop: true, toolUseId: "call-1" }),
-        ...completionFrames("done", "complete-3"),
-      ],
-      [
-        ...completionFrames("done", "complete-4"),
-        eventFrame({ name: "bash", toolUseId: "call-2" }),
-        eventFrame({ input: "{}", name: "bash", toolUseId: "call-2" }),
-        eventFrame({ name: "bash", stop: true, toolUseId: "call-2" }),
-      ],
     ];
     for (const frames of cases) {
       const adapter = createKiroAdapter(provider);