diff --git a/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py b/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
index 81a225f993..9ee0f6f9e7 100644
--- a/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
+++ b/agent/chat_completion_helpers.py
@@ -3172,6 +3172,11 @@ class _StreamingCall(StreamingWaitMonitor):
             if not self.agent._interrupt_requested and raw_stream is not None:
                 try:
                     base_final_message = raw_stream.get_final_message()
+                    # The SDK snapshot keeps only stop_reason/stop_sequence from message_delta; the
+                    # refusal's stop_details (category/explanation) survives only in our accumulator.
+                    _stop_details = accumulator.finalize().get("stop_details")
+                    if _stop_details is not None and getattr(base_final_message, "stop_details", None) is None:
+                        base_final_message.stop_details = _stop_details
                 except AssertionError:
                     if not saw_stream_event:
                         raise EmptyStreamError(
diff --git a/agent/relay_llm.py b/agent/relay_llm.py
index 01a52e4208..c57fadbcf9 100644
--- a/agent/relay_llm.py
+++ b/agent/relay_llm.py
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class AnthropicStreamAccumulator:
     def _on_message_delta(self, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         delta = payload.get("delta")
         if isinstance(delta, dict):
-            self._message.update({k: delta[k] for k in ("stop_reason", "stop_sequence") if k in delta})
+            self._message.update({k: delta[k] for k in ("stop_reason", "stop_sequence", "stop_details") if k in delta})
         if "usage" in payload:
             usage, current_usage = payload["usage"], self._message.get("usage")
             if isinstance(current_usage, dict) and isinstance(usage, dict):
diff --git a/agent/turn_truncation.py b/agent/turn_truncation.py
index c820298d35..dc5bd57e0c 100644
--- a/agent/turn_truncation.py
+++ b/agent/turn_truncation.py
@@ -584,6 +584,13 @@ def handle_content_policy_refusal(
     _refusal_text = (getattr(_refusal_result, "content", None) or "").strip()
     if not _refusal_text:
         _refusal_text = (agent._extract_reasoning(_refusal_result) or "").strip()
+    # Anthropic stop_reason=refusal carries its reason on stop_details (category + optional explanation),
+    # not in a content block — without it a classifier halt reads as "(no text)" (#113689).
+    _stop_details = (getattr(_refusal_result, "provider_data", None) or {}).get("stop_details")
+    if not _refusal_text and isinstance(_stop_details, dict):
+        _refusal_text = str(_stop_details.get("explanation") or "").strip() or (
+            f"provider refusal category: {_stop_details['category']}" if _stop_details.get("category") else ""
+        )
 
     agent._invoke_api_request_error_hook(
         task_id=effective_task_id, turn_id=turn_id, api_request_id=api_request_id,
@@ -603,9 +610,13 @@ def handle_content_policy_refusal(
 
     agent._flush_status_buffer()
     _refusal_log = _refusal_text[:500] + "..." if len(_refusal_text) > 500 else _refusal_text
+    # native_stop_reason tells an Anthropic classifier refusal (``refusal``) from a Bedrock guardrail
+    # block (``end_turn``); both arrive here as content_filter.
     logger.warning(
-        "%sModel declined to respond (finish_reason=content_filter). model=%s provider=%s refusal=%s",
+        "%sModel declined to respond (finish_reason=content_filter). model=%s provider=%s "
+        "native_stop_reason=%s stop_details=%s refusal=%s",
         agent.log_prefix, agent.model, agent.provider,
+        getattr(response, "stop_reason", None) or "n/a", _stop_details or "n/a",
         _refusal_log or "(no text)",
     )
     agent._emit_diagnostic_status("⚠️ The model declined to respond to this request (safety refusal).")
diff --git a/tests/agent/transports/test_transport.py b/tests/agent/transports/test_transport.py
index 5d29a15411..1e5beca44e 100644
--- a/tests/agent/transports/test_transport.py
+++ b/tests/agent/transports/test_transport.py
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ class TestAnthropicTransport:
         assert nr.tool_calls is None or nr.tool_calls == []
         assert nr.finish_reason == "stop"
 
+    def test_normalize_response_refusal_surfaces_stop_details(self, transport):
+        """stop_reason=refusal maps to content_filter and carries the message's stop_details (the
+        SDK exposes it only as an extra field); a plain end_turn adds no stop_details key."""
+        refusal = SimpleNamespace(
+            content=[], stop_reason="refusal", usage=None, model="claude",
+            stop_details={"type": "refusal", "category": "general_harms", "explanation": "classifier halt"},
+        )
+        nr = transport.normalize_response(refusal)
+        assert nr.finish_reason == "content_filter"
+        assert nr.provider_data["stop_details"]["explanation"] == "classifier halt"
+        plain = transport.normalize_response(
+            SimpleNamespace(content=[SimpleNamespace(type="text", text="ok")], stop_reason="end_turn", usage=None, model="claude"))
+        assert "stop_details" not in (plain.provider_data or {})
+
     def test_normalize_response_tool_calls(self, transport):
         """Test normalization of a tool-use response."""
         r = SimpleNamespace(