diff --git a/examples/web-chat/CHANGELOG.md b/examples/web-chat/CHANGELOG.md
index f71bc8f..997d71a 100644
--- a/examples/web-chat/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/examples/web-chat/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # @smooai/smooth-operator-web-chat-example
 
+## 0.0.5
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Updated dependencies
+  - @smooai/smooth-operator@1.22.12
+
 ## 0.0.4
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/examples/web-chat/package.json b/examples/web-chat/package.json
index d858c2d..7aeb6b8 100644
--- a/examples/web-chat/package.json
+++ b/examples/web-chat/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@smooai/smooth-operator-web-chat-example",
-    "version": "0.0.4",
+    "version": "0.0.5",
     "private": true,
     "description": "A smooth-web-like Vite + React chat client that drives a running smooth-operator server over its WebSocket protocol — token streaming, inline tool-call/result blocks, a conversation sidebar, and oldest-first history, all on top of the published @smooai/smooth-operator SDK.",
     "type": "module",
diff --git a/go/version.go b/go/version.go
index 052b679..d257d1c 100644
--- a/go/version.go
+++ b/go/version.go
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ package e2e
 // language artifacts. The real Go "publish" is a git tag (go/v<Version>); this
 // constant is the anchor that scripts/sync-versions.mjs keeps in sync with the
 // canonical npm version on every changeset release.
-const Version = "1.22.11"
+const Version = "1.22.12"
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 8315ca6..5c9fd9e 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 description = "Python protocol types and native async WebSocket client for the smooth-operator protocol. Generated from the language-neutral JSON Schemas in spec/."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 7d2e1b3..db926e7 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -3974,7 +3974,7 @@ checksum = "8ed6a63f02c8539c91a8685a86f4099661ba3da017932f6ebbea6de3f0fa7c90"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4006,7 +4006,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-nats"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-nats",
@@ -4022,7 +4022,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-redis"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4038,7 +4038,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-dynamodb"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-memory"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4072,7 +4072,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-postgres"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4093,9 +4093,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-core"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b46339a69d4d8d2b7eda66ebdb1151a4d56bc3c3410f61576120f0fa2e17bc76"
+checksum = "d04127c32b5bd73ebb0c85084bfe36a2f203c94a7cda919a21f44769fbbc1495"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4163,7 +4163,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4210,7 +4210,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-server"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 46c2f01..849f7fd 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ repository = "https://github.com/SmooAI/smooth-operator"
 # external `cargo build` resolve the broken 0.16.0 and fail to compile. Pin the
 # floor at 0.16.1. (The prior `git`/`rev = d03fa10` pin was a stopgap for exactly
 # that unpublished-API gap, now closed.)
-smooai-smooth-operator-core = "0.16.1"
+smooai-smooth-operator-core = "0.16.2"
 # Intra-workspace dep on the reference lib carries its version so the adapters /
 # ingestion / server that depend on it are publishable (path = local dev,
 # version = the crates.io requirement).
-smooth-operator = { package = "smooai-smooth-operator", path = "smooth-operator", version = "1.22.11" }
+smooth-operator = { package = "smooai-smooth-operator", path = "smooth-operator", version = "1.22.12" }
 
 async-trait = "0.1"
 anyhow = "1"
diff --git a/rust/adapters/backplane-nats/Cargo.toml b/rust/adapters/backplane-nats/Cargo.toml
index b3c03cc..85029ac 100644
--- a/rust/adapters/backplane-nats/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/adapters/backplane-nats/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-nats"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/adapters/backplane-redis/Cargo.toml b/rust/adapters/backplane-redis/Cargo.toml
index 1400be9..9d48f8a 100644
--- a/rust/adapters/backplane-redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/adapters/backplane-redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-redis"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/adapters/dynamodb/Cargo.toml b/rust/adapters/dynamodb/Cargo.toml
index c13f0ef..dd7b14a 100644
--- a/rust/adapters/dynamodb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/adapters/dynamodb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-dynamodb"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ s3-vectors = ["dep:aws-sdk-s3vectors", "dep:aws-smithy-types"]
 smooth-operator = { workspace = true }
 smooai-smooth-operator-core = { workspace = true }
 # IndexingStore / IndexingRun for the persistent admin indexing-runs store.
-smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion = { path = "../../ingestion", version = "1.22.11" }
+smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion = { path = "../../ingestion", version = "1.22.12" }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/adapters/in-memory/Cargo.toml b/rust/adapters/in-memory/Cargo.toml
index dd437e1..7bcc70b 100644
--- a/rust/adapters/in-memory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/adapters/in-memory/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-memory"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/adapters/postgres/Cargo.toml b/rust/adapters/postgres/Cargo.toml
index 7e996a2..f2737dc 100644
--- a/rust/adapters/postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/adapters/postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-postgres"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ smooth-operator = { workspace = true }
 # `postgres` feature pulls in PostgresCheckpointStore (sync r2d2 path).
 smooai-smooth-operator-core = { workspace = true, features = ["postgres"] }
 # IndexingStore / IndexingRun for the persistent admin indexing-runs store.
-smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion = { path = "../../ingestion", version = "1.22.11" }
+smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion = { path = "../../ingestion", version = "1.22.12" }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/ingestion/Cargo.toml b/rust/ingestion/Cargo.toml
index e47a75e..2435b1e 100644
--- a/rust/ingestion/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/ingestion/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/smooth-operator-server/Cargo.toml b/rust/smooth-operator-server/Cargo.toml
index 9542705..48d2512 100644
--- a/rust/smooth-operator-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/smooth-operator-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator-server"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
@@ -35,22 +35,22 @@ smooth-operator = { workspace = true }
 smooai-smooth-operator-core = { workspace = true }
 # In-memory storage + backplane — ALWAYS included. The local-flavor default and
 # the lean (`--no-default-features`) build run entirely on these.
-smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-memory = { path = "../adapters/in-memory", version = "1.22.11" }
+smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-memory = { path = "../adapters/in-memory", version = "1.22.12" }
 # Persistent storage + admin-store backends, selected at runtime to match the
 # configured storage backend (Postgres / DynamoDB; default in-memory). Optional:
 # gated behind the `postgres` / `dynamodb` features so a lean local/embed build
 # can exclude tokio-postgres / the AWS SDK. The `postgres` crate also provides the
 # gateway-backed embedder/reranker, so the `postgres` feature additionally enables
 # the semantic-retrieval path in `embedder.rs` / `reranker.rs`.
-smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-postgres = { path = "../adapters/postgres", version = "1.22.11", optional = true }
-smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-dynamodb = { path = "../adapters/dynamodb", version = "1.22.11", optional = true }
+smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-postgres = { path = "../adapters/postgres", version = "1.22.12", optional = true }
+smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-dynamodb = { path = "../adapters/dynamodb", version = "1.22.12", optional = true }
 # Distributed Backplane backends for horizontal scale-out, selected at runtime
 # via SMOOTH_AGENT_BACKPLANE (default in-memory / single-process). Optional: gated
 # behind the `redis` / `nats` features so a lean build excludes their drivers.
-smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-redis = { path = "../adapters/backplane-redis", version = "1.22.11", optional = true }
-smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-nats = { path = "../adapters/backplane-nats", version = "1.22.11", optional = true }
+smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-redis = { path = "../adapters/backplane-redis", version = "1.22.12", optional = true }
+smooai-smooth-operator-adapter-backplane-nats = { path = "../adapters/backplane-nats", version = "1.22.12", optional = true }
 # Admin API surfaces indexing-run status via the ingestion crate's IndexingStore.
-smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion = { path = "../ingestion", version = "1.22.11" }
+smooai-smooth-operator-ingestion = { path = "../ingestion", version = "1.22.12" }
 
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/smooth-operator-server/src/suggestions.rs b/rust/smooth-operator-server/src/suggestions.rs
index 2752119..20bcec6 100644
--- a/rust/smooth-operator-server/src/suggestions.rs
+++ b/rust/smooth-operator-server/src/suggestions.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ Rules:
 #[must_use]
 pub fn extract_suggested_replies(reply: &str) -> (String, Vec<String>) {
     let Some(start) = reply.rfind(MARKER_OPEN) else {
-        return (reply.to_string(), Vec::new());
+        // Some models (gpt-oss-120b) ignore the marker contract and instead end
+        // the reply with a markdown "Suggested replies:" list. Parse that as a
+        // fallback so chips still populate; otherwise leave the reply untouched.
+        // ponytail: responseParts is cleaned here; the raw list can still flash in
+        // the live token stream (MarkerSuppressor only hides <suggested_replies>) —
+        // pearl th-gptoss-chips-stream if that becomes visible enough to matter.
+        return extract_markdown_suggested_replies(reply)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| (reply.to_string(), Vec::new()));
     };
     let after_open = start + MARKER_OPEN.len();
     let (body, end) = match reply[after_open..].find(MARKER_CLOSE) {
@@ -87,6 +94,70 @@ pub fn extract_suggested_replies(reply: &str) -> (String, Vec<String>) {
     (clean, suggestions)
 }
 
+/// Fallback for models that ignore the `<suggested_replies>` marker and instead
+/// end the reply with a markdown `Suggested replies:` list (observed on
+/// gpt-oss-120b, TP agent's default model). Returns the cleaned reply (list
+/// stripped) + parsed items, or `None` when there is no such trailing list.
+/// Conservative: fires only when a `suggested replies:` header is followed by a
+/// pure bullet/numbered list to the end of the reply, so a normal list in the
+/// body is never mistaken for chips.
+fn extract_markdown_suggested_replies(reply: &str) -> Option<(String, Vec<String>)> {
+    let (start, header_len) = ["suggested replies:", "suggested_replies:"]
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|h| rfind_ci(reply, h).map(|p| (p, h.len())))
+        .max_by_key(|&(p, _)| p)?;
+    // The header must own its line — the list starts on the NEXT line. Anything
+    // else after the header on the same line means it's prose, not a trailer.
+    let after = &reply[start + header_len..];
+    let nl = after.find('\n')?;
+    let mut items = Vec::new();
+    for line in after[nl + 1..].lines() {
+        let t = line.trim();
+        if t.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // Every non-empty line must be a bullet (-, *, •) or "N." / "N)" item;
+        // any prose line means this isn't a clean chip trailer.
+        let bulleted = t.trim_start_matches(['-', '*', '•']);
+        let item = if bulleted.len() < t.len() {
+            bulleted.trim_start()
+        } else if let Some(i) = t
+            .find(['.', ')'])
+            .filter(|&i| i > 0 && t[..i].bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_digit()))
+        {
+            t[i + 1..].trim_start()
+        } else {
+            return None;
+        };
+        let item = item.trim().trim_matches(['"', '\'', '`']).trim();
+        if item.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        items.push(item.to_string());
+    }
+    if items.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let clean = reply[..start].trim_end().to_string();
+    Some((clean, items.into_iter().take(MAX_SUGGESTIONS).collect()))
+}
+
+/// Case-insensitive `rfind` returning a byte offset into `haystack` (ASCII
+/// needle ⇒ the offset is always a char boundary). Avoids allocating a
+/// lowercased copy, which would desync offsets on non-ASCII text.
+fn rfind_ci(haystack: &str, needle_lower: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+    let (hb, nb) = (haystack.as_bytes(), needle_lower.as_bytes());
+    if nb.is_empty() || hb.len() < nb.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    (0..=hb.len() - nb.len()).rev().find(|&i| {
+        hb[i..i + nb.len()]
+            .iter()
+            .zip(nb)
+            .all(|(a, b)| a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(b))
+    })
+}
+
 /// Streaming hold-back so the trailer never flashes in the live token stream.
 ///
 /// Feed each token delta through [`push`](Self::push) and forward only what it
@@ -194,6 +265,52 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(sug.is_empty(), "truncated JSON parses to nothing");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn gptoss_markdown_list_becomes_chips() {
+        // Real gpt-oss-120b shape: ignores the marker, ends with a quoted list.
+        let (clean, sug) = extract_suggested_replies(
+            "Could you tell me your current process maturity level?\n\nsuggested_replies:\n- \"I'm at the initial stage.\"\n- \"We have defined processes.\"\n- \"Our processes are mature.\"\n- \"Explain the maturity model?\"",
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            clean,
+            "Could you tell me your current process maturity level?"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            sug,
+            vec![
+                "I'm at the initial stage.",
+                "We have defined processes.",
+                "Our processes are mature.",
+                "Explain the maturity model?"
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn markdown_list_handles_numbered_and_header_casing() {
+        let (clean, sug) =
+            extract_suggested_replies("Pick one.\n\n**Suggested Replies:**\n1. Yes\n2) No");
+        assert_eq!(clean, "Pick one.\n\n**"); // trailing "**" before the header is left as-is
+        assert_eq!(sug, vec!["Yes", "No"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn markdown_fallback_ignores_a_body_list_without_the_header() {
+        let reply = "Here are the steps:\n- do a\n- do b";
+        let (clean, sug) = extract_suggested_replies(reply);
+        assert_eq!(clean, reply); // no "suggested replies:" header ⇒ untouched
+        assert!(sug.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn markdown_fallback_bails_when_header_is_followed_by_prose() {
+        // A header followed by a non-list line is not a clean chip trailer.
+        let reply = "Suggested replies: I don't have any right now.";
+        let (clean, sug) = extract_suggested_replies(reply);
+        assert_eq!(clean, reply);
+        assert!(sug.is_empty());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn suppressor_passes_plain_text_through() {
         let mut s = MarkerSuppressor::new();
diff --git a/rust/smooth-operator/Cargo.toml b/rust/smooth-operator/Cargo.toml
index 93807f2..a886423 100644
--- a/rust/smooth-operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/smooth-operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smooai-smooth-operator"
-version = "1.22.11"
+version = "1.22.12"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
diff --git a/typescript/CHANGELOG.md b/typescript/CHANGELOG.md
index e3313bc..7720462 100644
--- a/typescript/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/typescript/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # @smooai/smooth-operator
 
+## 1.22.12
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Harden chat streaming + fix gpt-oss suggested-reply chips.
+
+  - `chat_stream` now retries retryable HTTP statuses (429/5xx) before reading any
+    stream bytes, mirroring the non-streaming `chat()` path. A transient gateway
+    5xx (groq/LiteLLM 502/503) previously propagated as an `AGENT_ERROR` and the
+    chat widget rendered an empty reply. Bumps the core dep to 0.16.2 (where the
+    retry lives).
+  - `extract_suggested_replies` now also parses a trailing markdown
+    `Suggested replies:` list, so models that ignore the `<suggested_replies>`
+    marker (gpt-oss-120b) still populate chips.
+
 ## 1.22.11
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/typescript/package.json b/typescript/package.json
index f24128a..4534af4 100644
--- a/typescript/package.json
+++ b/typescript/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@smooai/smooth-operator",
-    "version": "1.22.11",
+    "version": "1.22.12",
     "description": "TypeScript SDK for the smooth-operator WebSocket protocol: the native client (`.`), React bindings (`./react`), and the embeddable web-component chat widget (`./widget`). Generated from the language-neutral JSON Schemas in spec/.",
     "license": "MIT",
     "type": "module",