diff --git a/includes/DeepResearchAgent.php b/includes/DeepResearchAgent.php
index eab2f5f..45a2236 100644
--- a/includes/DeepResearchAgent.php
+++ b/includes/DeepResearchAgent.php
@@ -1133,7 +1133,10 @@ PROMPT;
             ['role' => 'user',   'content' => $prompt],
         ];
         $synthTemp    = ($advocateRole !== '') ? min($temperature, 0.20) : $temperature;
-        $opts         = ['json' => true, 'temperature' => $synthTemp, 'max_tokens' => 4000, 'timeout' => 180];
+        // Advocate briefs require ~4-6K tokens (brief + strengths + weaknesses + uncertainty).
+        // Non-advocate deep-research responses are shorter (~2-3K). Use separate limits.
+        $synthMaxTokens = ($advocateRole !== '') ? 6000 : 4000;
+        $opts         = ['json' => true, 'temperature' => $synthTemp, 'max_tokens' => $synthMaxTokens, 'timeout' => 180];
         $thinkingTrace = null;
 
         try {
@@ -1153,9 +1156,9 @@ PROMPT;
                 $raw = $this->azure->withDeployment('gpt-4o')->chatText($messages, $opts);
                 $deployLabel = 'gpt-4o';
             } elseif ($engine === 'azure_mini' && $this->azure instanceof DbnBedrockGateway) {
-                // When Bedrock enabled, azure_mini → Haiku (fast, ~20-40s synthesis)
+                // When Bedrock enabled, azure_mini → Haiku (fast, ~20-50s synthesis)
                 $haiku = $this->azure->withDeployment(DbnBedrockModelRouter::LITELLM_HAIKU);
-                $raw = $haiku->chatText($messages, array_merge($opts, ['max_tokens' => 2500, 'timeout' => 90]));
+                $raw = $haiku->chatText($messages, array_merge($opts, ['timeout' => 90]));
                 $deployLabel = 'Claude Haiku 4.5 (AWS Bedrock)';
                 $thinkingTrace = null;
             } elseif ($engine === 'claude_sonnet' || ($this->azure instanceof DbnBedrockGateway)) {