diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index 22f74aa..f19bb5c 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -253,6 +253,15 @@ func (a *Agent) mergedTools() (map[string]llm.Tool, []llm.Tool, error) {
 // Run executes the loop: send the conversation; while the model requests
 // tools, execute them and feed results back; stop on a final answer,
 // MaxSteps, or an unrecoverable model error.
+// repeatState is the per-signature bookkeeping for the progress-aware same-call
+// guard: count is the run-length of consecutive identical calls that returned
+// lastResult (the previous call's encoded result). A changed result resets count
+// to 1. See the guard block in Run.
+type repeatState struct {
+	count      int
+	lastResult string
+}
+
 func (a *Agent) Run(ctx context.Context, input string, opts ...RunOption) (*Result, error) {
 	var rc runConfig
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -276,15 +285,12 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(ctx context.Context, input string, opts ...RunOption) (*Resu
 	reqOpts := append(append([]llm.Option(nil), a.reqOpts...), rc.reqOpts...)
 	system := a.systemPrompt()
 
-	// Loop-guard state (WithToolErrorLimits).
+	// Loop-guard state (WithToolErrorLimits). repeatStates tracks, per identical
+	// (name+arguments) signature, the run-length of consecutive calls that
+	// returned the same result and that last result — see the same-call guard
+	// below.
 	consecutiveErrorSteps := 0
-	// callCounts tracks a run-length of identical (name+arguments) tool calls
-	// that ALSO returned the same result. lastResults holds the previous result
-	// per signature so a call whose result keeps changing (e.g. polling a
-	// background job whose progress advances) resets the count instead of
-	// tripping the guard — a changing result is progress, not a stuck loop.
-	callCounts := make(map[string]int)
-	lastResults := make(map[string]string)
+	repeatStates := make(map[string]*repeatState)
 
 	maxSteps := func() int {
 		if a.maxStepsFunc != nil {
@@ -359,30 +365,35 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(ctx context.Context, input string, opts ...RunOption) (*Resu
 
 		// Same-call repeat guard (progress-aware). An identical (name+arguments)
 		// call only counts toward the loop trip when its result is unchanged from
-		// the previous identical call. A call whose result advances each time —
-		// canonically polling a long-running background job (elapsed/status keeps
-		// moving) — resets its count and never trips, while a genuinely stuck
-		// call returning the same output repeats until it exceeds the ceiling.
-		// results[i] pairs with resp.ToolCalls[i]: every call appends exactly one
-		// result (unknown tools append an error result before continue), and the
+		// the previous identical call: a call whose result keeps advancing —
+		// canonically polling a long-running background job — is progress and
+		// resets its count, while a genuinely stuck call returning the same output
+		// trips once it exceeds the ceiling. Result equality is exact-string on
+		// the full encoded content, chosen to err toward NOT tripping: a hung job
+		// whose poll still reports a ticking field is left to MaxRuntime / the
+		// job's own ceiling rather than risking a false kill of real progress.
+		// results[i] pairs with resp.ToolCalls[i] — every call appends exactly one
+		// result (unknown tools append an error result before continue) and the
 		// only early exit above is a full return on ctx cancellation.
 		if a.maxSameCallRepeats > 0 {
 			for i, call := range resp.ToolCalls {
 				sig := call.Name + "\x00" + string(call.Arguments)
-				resKey := ""
-				if i < len(results) {
-					if results[i].IsError {
-						resKey = "e\x00"
-					}
-					resKey += results[i].Content
+				resKey := results[i].Content
+				if results[i].IsError {
+					resKey = "e\x00" + resKey
 				}
-				if prev, seen := lastResults[sig]; seen && prev == resKey {
-					callCounts[sig]++
+				st := repeatStates[sig]
+				if st == nil {
+					st = &repeatState{}
+					repeatStates[sig] = st
+				}
+				if st.count > 0 && st.lastResult == resKey {
+					st.count++
 				} else {
-					callCounts[sig] = 1
+					st.count = 1
 				}
-				lastResults[sig] = resKey
-				if callCounts[sig] > a.maxSameCallRepeats {
+				st.lastResult = resKey
+				if st.count > a.maxSameCallRepeats {
 					repeatTripped = call.Name
 				}
 			}