diff --git a/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py b/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
index 093cf0c262..28cfb542bc 100644
--- a/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
+++ b/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
@@ -4609,10 +4609,16 @@ def interruptible_streaming_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, on_first_delta=
         # text content but no tool calls.  Without this guard the partial
         # text is silently stamped finish_reason="stop" and the turn ends as
         # if complete — the model's intended next step is lost (#32086).
+        # When `include_usage` is requested, OpenAI-compliant providers (e.g.
+        # vLLM, OpenAI, DeepSeek) emit a final usage-only chunk with empty
+        # choices and no finish_reason. Receiving a valid usage object proves
+        # the provider completed generation and closed the stream cleanly
+        # (#91373), so it is not a mid-stream drop.
         _text_only_dropped_no_finish = (
             finish_reason is None
             and content_parts
             and not tool_calls_acc
+            and usage_obj is None
         )
         if _text_only_dropped_no_finish:
             logger.warning(
diff --git a/tests/run_agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py b/tests/run_agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py
index 855a56f9e0..78f1fe89a3 100644
--- a/tests/run_agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py
+++ b/tests/run_agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py
@@ -820,3 +820,68 @@ class TestPortalLastOneWithoutDone:
         assert getattr(response, "id", None) != PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID
         assert response.choices[0].finish_reason == "stop"
         assert response.choices[0].message.content == "LONGCAT_OK"
+
+
+# ── Trailing usage chunk with no finish_reason (#91373) ───────────────────
+
+class TestStreamIncludeUsageFinalChunk:
+    """OpenAI / vLLM streaming with stream_options={'include_usage': True} emits
+    a final usage-only chunk with empty choices (choices=[]) and no finish_reason.
+    Hermes must recognize that the presence of usage proves the stream completed
+    cleanly and must NOT misclassify it as a mid-stream network drop (#91373).
+    """
+
+    @patch("run_agent.AIAgent._create_request_openai_client")
+    @patch("run_agent.AIAgent._close_request_openai_client")
+    def test_text_stream_with_final_usage_chunk_completes_as_stop(
+        self, _mock_close, mock_create, monkeypatch,
+    ):
+        """When text is streamed and the final chunk is a usage-only chunk
+        without finish_reason, the completion must complete with finish_reason='stop'
+        instead of returning PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID."""
+        def _vllm_stream():
+            # Chunks 1 and 2: text deltas with finish_reason=None
+            yield _make_stream_chunk(content="The final answer is 42.")
+            # Chunk 3: trailing usage-only chunk (choices=[], usage present)
+            usage = SimpleNamespace(prompt_tokens=100, completion_tokens=10, total_tokens=110)
+            yield SimpleNamespace(choices=[], model="vllm/test-model", usage=usage)
+
+        mock_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_client.chat.completions.create.side_effect = lambda *a, **kw: _vllm_stream()
+        mock_create.return_value = mock_client
+
+        agent = _make_agent()
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_STREAM_RETRIES", "0")
+        response = agent._interruptible_streaming_api_call({})
+
+        assert response.id != PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID
+        assert response.choices[0].finish_reason == "stop"
+        assert response.choices[0].message.content == "The final answer is 42."
+        assert response.usage is not None
+        assert response.usage.prompt_tokens == 100
+        assert response.usage.completion_tokens == 10
+
+    @patch("run_agent.AIAgent._create_request_openai_client")
+    @patch("run_agent.AIAgent._close_request_openai_client")
+    def test_text_stream_abrupt_drop_without_usage_still_returns_stub(
+        self, _mock_close, mock_create, monkeypatch,
+    ):
+        """When text is streamed but the connection is severed before any usage
+        chunk arrives (usage is None and finish_reason is None), it remains
+        correctly classified as a partial stream stub."""
+        def _dropped_stream():
+            yield _make_stream_chunk(content="Partial text before drop")
+            # Stream ends abruptly without finish_reason and without usage
+
+        mock_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_client.chat.completions.create.side_effect = lambda *a, **kw: _dropped_stream()
+        mock_create.return_value = mock_client
+
+        agent = _make_agent()
+        agent._current_streamed_assistant_text = "Partial text before drop"
+        monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_STREAM_RETRIES", "0")
+        response = agent._interruptible_streaming_api_call({})
+
+        assert response.id == PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID
+        assert response.choices[0].finish_reason == FINISH_REASON_LENGTH
+        assert response.choices[0].message.content == "Partial text before drop"