diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9274b1f..aa069a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ SUBSCRIPTION_PRICE_STARS = 100
 
 - SQLite: `/app/data/social_writer.sqlite3` (persistent Coolify volume).
 - **Per-user данные:** ToV, образцы постов со скриншотов, история сгенерированных постов, история идей. История диалогов и исходные изображения **не сохраняются**.
+- **Пустые ответы APInex:** при пустом `content` бот делает до двух повторов; третий запрос добавляет `reasoning_effort: low`. Если ответ всё ещё пустой, операция завершается ошибкой и каждая попытка попадает в API-журнал. Ошибки HTTP автоматически не повторяются. APInex документирует `low`, но не режим отключения reasoning; поддержка параметра зависит от модели.
 - **Починка формата JSON:** при синтаксически невалидном JSON выполняется не более одной отдельной попытки модели `APINEX_RESPONSE_REPAIR_MODEL`; затем исходные проверки структуры/схемы запускаются заново. Ошибки API, пустые ответы и JSON с неверной схемой автоматически не исправляются. В Coolify development задана `APINEX_RESPONSE_REPAIR_MODEL`.
 - **API-логи:** JSON запросов/ответов APInex, тело ответа провайдера при ошибке и ошибки разбора хранятся в SQLite 30 дней. Записи связаны `operation_id` и содержат этап, модель, HTTP-статус и длительность. Системные промпты не дублируются — только имя и SHA-256; секреты и base64 изображений маскируются, бинарное аудио не пишется. Пользовательские тексты в запросах/ответах — приватные данные.
 - **Логи контейнера:** ошибки операций содержат `operation_id`, Telegram user id, этап и полный traceback; ошибки APInex дополнительно показывают модель, статус, длительность и диагностическую структуру ответа без вывода текста пользовательского запроса. Ищи все связанные записи по одному `operation_id`.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 81f5f58..207b9ea 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0+34
+0.1.0+35
diff --git a/apinex_client.py b/apinex_client.py
index 1303a98..5c839fd 100644
--- a/apinex_client.py
+++ b/apinex_client.py
@@ -445,40 +445,56 @@ async def chat_text(
         "temperature": 0.3,
         "max_tokens": 1800,
     }
-    response: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-    started_at = time.monotonic()
-    try:
-        response = await _post_json(APINEX_CHAT_URL, payload)
-        choices = response.get("choices") or []
-        if not choices:
-            raise RuntimeError("APInex returned no model choices")
-        content = (choices[0].get("message") or {}).get("content")
-        if isinstance(content, list):
-            content = "".join(str(part.get("text", "")) for part in content if isinstance(part, dict))
-        if not isinstance(content, str) or not content.strip():
-            raise RuntimeError("APInex returned an empty model response")
-    except Exception as exc:
-        failure_response: Any = response
-        provider_error_body = getattr(exc, "response_body", "")
-        if failure_response is None and provider_error_body:
-            try:
-                failure_response = {"provider_error_body": json.loads(provider_error_body)}
-            except ValueError:
-                failure_response = {"provider_error_body": provider_error_body}
+    for attempt in range(3):
+        attempt_payload = dict(payload)
+        if attempt == 2:
+            attempt_payload["reasoning_effort"] = "low"
+        attempt_log = {**request_for_log, "attempt": attempt + 1}
+        if attempt == 2:
+            attempt_log["reasoning_effort"] = "low"
+        response: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+        started_at = time.monotonic()
+        empty_response = False
+        try:
+            response = await _post_json(APINEX_CHAT_URL, attempt_payload)
+            choices = response.get("choices") or []
+            if not choices:
+                raise RuntimeError("APInex returned no model choices")
+            content = (choices[0].get("message") or {}).get("content")
+            if isinstance(content, list):
+                content = "".join(str(part.get("text", "")) for part in content if isinstance(part, dict))
+            if not isinstance(content, str) or not content.strip():
+                empty_response = True
+                raise RuntimeError("APInex returned an empty model response")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            failure_response: Any = response
+            provider_error_body = getattr(exc, "response_body", "")
+            if failure_response is None and provider_error_body:
+                try:
+                    failure_response = {"provider_error_body": json.loads(provider_error_body)}
+                except ValueError:
+                    failure_response = {"provider_error_body": provider_error_body}
+            await _record_api_call(
+                stage=stage, model=model, prompt_name=prompt_name, system_prompt=system_prompt,
+                request=attempt_log, response=failure_response,
+                status_code=_status_from_error(exc) or (200 if response is not None else None),
+                error=f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc}", user_id=user_id,
+                duration_ms=int((time.monotonic() - started_at) * 1000),
+            )
+            if empty_response and attempt < 2:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "APInex returned empty response operation_id=%s stage=%s attempt=%s; retrying",
+                    current_operation_id() or "-", stage, attempt + 1,
+                )
+                continue
+            raise
         await _record_api_call(
             stage=stage, model=model, prompt_name=prompt_name, system_prompt=system_prompt,
-            request=request_for_log, response=failure_response,
-            status_code=_status_from_error(exc) or (200 if response is not None else None),
-            error=f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc}", user_id=user_id,
+            request=attempt_log, response=response, status_code=200, user_id=user_id,
             duration_ms=int((time.monotonic() - started_at) * 1000),
         )
-        raise
-    await _record_api_call(
-        stage=stage, model=model, prompt_name=prompt_name, system_prompt=system_prompt,
-        request=request_for_log, response=response, status_code=200, user_id=user_id,
-        duration_ms=int((time.monotonic() - started_at) * 1000),
-    )
-    return content.strip()
+        return content.strip()
+    raise RuntimeError("APInex model response retries exhausted")
 
 
 async def classify_intent(
diff --git a/tests/test_writer_features.py b/tests/test_writer_features.py
index 82c385d..7447c1f 100644
--- a/tests/test_writer_features.py
+++ b/tests/test_writer_features.py
@@ -172,6 +172,55 @@ class ApinexTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("c2VjcmV0LWltYWdlLWJ5dGVz", str(detail["request_json"]))
         self.assertEqual(detail["stage"], "screenshot_ocr")
 
+    async def test_empty_chat_response_retries_then_sets_low_reasoning_effort(self):
+        responses = [
+            FakeResponse(200, {"choices": [{"message": {"content": ""}, "finish_reason": "length"}]}),
+            FakeResponse(200, {"choices": [{"message": {"content": "  "}, "finish_reason": "length"}]}),
+            FakeResponse(200, {"choices": [{"message": {"content": json.dumps({"posts": ["A", "B", "C"]})}, "finish_reason": "stop"}]}),
+        ]
+        sessions = []
+
+        def make_session(**kwargs):
+            session = FakeClientSession(responses[len(sessions)], **kwargs)
+            sessions.append(session)
+            return session
+
+        with patch.object(apinex_client.aiohttp, "ClientSession", side_effect=make_session):
+            result = await apinex_client.chat_text(
+                "APINEX_POST_WRITER_MODEL", "system", "user", stage="post_generation"
+            )
+
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(result), {"posts": ["A", "B", "C"]})
+        self.assertEqual(len(sessions), 3)
+        payloads = [session.request[1]["json"] for session in sessions]
+        self.assertNotIn("reasoning_effort", payloads[0])
+        self.assertNotIn("reasoning_effort", payloads[1])
+        self.assertEqual(payloads[2]["reasoning_effort"], "low")
+        logs = user_store.list_api_call_logs(limit=3)
+        details = [user_store.get_api_call_log(row["id"]) for row in reversed(logs)]
+        logged_attempts = [json.loads(str(row["request_json"])) for row in details if row]
+        self.assertEqual([item["attempt"] for item in logged_attempts], [1, 2, 3])
+        self.assertEqual(logged_attempts[2]["reasoning_effort"], "low")
+
+    async def test_empty_chat_response_after_low_reasoning_attempt_raises(self):
+        sessions = []
+
+        def make_session(**kwargs):
+            session = FakeClientSession(
+                FakeResponse(200, {"choices": [{"message": {"content": ""}, "finish_reason": "length"}]}),
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+            sessions.append(session)
+            return session
+
+        with patch.object(apinex_client.aiohttp, "ClientSession", side_effect=make_session):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "empty model response"):
+                await apinex_client.chat_text(
+                    "APINEX_POST_WRITER_MODEL", "system", "user", stage="post_generation"
+                )
+        self.assertEqual(len(sessions), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(sessions[-1].request[1]["json"]["reasoning_effort"], "low")
+
     async def test_chat_api_failure_is_logged(self):
         fake_session = FakeClientSession(FakeResponse(401, {"error": {"message": "invalid key"}}))
         with self.assertLogs(apinex_client.logger, level="ERROR") as captured: