diff --git a/graphify/llm.py b/graphify/llm.py
index 8c34cde6b..383e73621 100644
--- a/graphify/llm.py
+++ b/graphify/llm.py
@@ -1044,6 +1044,30 @@ def _parse_llm_json(raw: str) -> dict:
     return {"nodes": [], "edges": [], "hyperedges": []}
 
 
+def _bedrock_response_text(resp: dict, default: str = "") -> str:
+    """Return the first Converse content block that carries text.
+
+    Converse returns ``output.message.content`` as a list of blocks, and the
+    API does not promise a text block is first: reasoning-capable models emit a
+    ``reasoningContent`` block ahead of the answer, and ``toolUse`` or future
+    block types can precede it too. Indexing position 0 therefore yields no text
+    at all for those models, which reads downstream as a hollow response, gets
+    reclassified as truncation, and sends the chunk into bisection that cannot
+    converge. Select on the block's shape instead of its position so this holds
+    for any model; a response whose first block is already text is unaffected.
+    """
+    content = resp.get("output", {}).get("message", {}).get("content", [])
+    if not isinstance(content, list):
+        return default
+    for block in content:
+        if not isinstance(block, dict):
+            continue
+        text = block.get("text")
+        if isinstance(text, str) and text.strip():
+            return text
+    return default
+
+
 def _response_is_hollow(raw_content: str | None, parsed: dict) -> bool:
     """Detect a successful HTTP response that yielded no usable extraction.
 
@@ -1632,7 +1656,7 @@ def _call_bedrock(model: str, user_message: str, max_tokens: int = 8192, *, deep
         msg = exc.response["Error"]["Message"]
         raise RuntimeError(f"Bedrock API error ({code}): {msg}") from exc
 
-    text = resp.get("output", {}).get("message", {}).get("content", [{}])[0].get("text", "{}")
+    text = _bedrock_response_text(resp, default="{}")
     result = _parse_llm_json(text)
     usage = resp.get("usage", {})
     result["input_tokens"] = usage.get("inputTokens", 0)
@@ -2579,7 +2603,7 @@ def _rec(inp, out) -> None:
         bu = resp.get("usage") or {}
         if bu:
             _rec(bu.get("inputTokens", 0), bu.get("outputTokens", 0))
-        return resp.get("output", {}).get("message", {}).get("content", [{}])[0].get("text", "")
+        return _bedrock_response_text(resp, default="")
 
     if backend == "azure":
         endpoint = os.environ.get("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT", "").strip()
diff --git a/tests/test_image_vision.py b/tests/test_image_vision.py
index c73b1141e..bd58e6e41 100644
--- a/tests/test_image_vision.py
+++ b/tests/test_image_vision.py
@@ -330,6 +330,85 @@ def test_call_bedrock_sends_raw_image_bytes(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert img_block["image"]["source"]["bytes"] == _PNG_BYTES
 
 
+# ── Converse content-block selection ─────────────────────────────────────────
+# Converse returns a LIST of blocks and does not promise text is first: a
+# reasoning-capable model emits reasoningContent ahead of the answer. Selection
+# must key on block shape, not position, or those models yield no text at all.
+
+def _bedrock_resp(blocks: list) -> dict:
+    return {"output": {"message": {"content": blocks}}}
+
+
+def test_bedrock_response_text_single_text_block_unchanged():
+    resp = _bedrock_resp([{"text": _NODE_JSON}])
+    assert llm._bedrock_response_text(resp) == _NODE_JSON
+
+
+def test_bedrock_response_text_skips_leading_reasoning_block():
+    resp = _bedrock_resp([
+        {"reasoningContent": {"reasoningText": {"text": "deliberating"}}},
+        {"text": _NODE_JSON},
+    ])
+    assert llm._bedrock_response_text(resp, default="{}") == _NODE_JSON
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("leading", [
+    {"reasoningContent": {}},
+    {"toolUse": {"name": "x", "input": {}}},
+    {"someFutureBlockType": {"a": 1}},
+    {"text": "   "},
+])
+def test_bedrock_response_text_skips_non_text_leading_blocks(leading):
+    resp = _bedrock_resp([leading, {"text": _NODE_JSON}])
+    assert llm._bedrock_response_text(resp, default="{}") == _NODE_JSON
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("resp", [
+    {"output": {"message": {"content": []}}},
+    {"output": {"message": {"content": [{"reasoningContent": {}}]}}},
+    {"output": {"message": {"content": "not-a-list"}}},
+    {"output": {}},
+    {},
+])
+def test_bedrock_response_text_falls_back_without_text(resp):
+    assert llm._bedrock_response_text(resp, default="SENTINEL") == "SENTINEL"
+
+
+def test_bedrock_response_text_tolerates_malformed_blocks():
+    resp = _bedrock_resp(["not-a-dict", {"text": 123}, {"text": _NODE_JSON}])
+    assert llm._bedrock_response_text(resp, default="{}") == _NODE_JSON
+
+
+def test_call_bedrock_parses_reasoning_model_response(monkeypatch):
+    """End-to-end: a reasoning-model response must not look hollow."""
+    def _fake(monkeypatch):
+        class _Client:
+            def converse(self, **kw):
+                return {
+                    "output": {"message": {"content": [
+                        {"reasoningContent": {"reasoningText": {"text": "think"}}},
+                        {"text": _NODE_JSON},
+                    ]}},
+                    "usage": {"inputTokens": 1, "outputTokens": 2},
+                    "stopReason": "end_turn",
+                }
+        boto3 = types.ModuleType("boto3")
+        boto3.Session = lambda **kw: SimpleNamespace(client=lambda svc, **kwargs: _Client())
+        monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "boto3", boto3)
+        botocore = types.ModuleType("botocore")
+        exc = types.ModuleType("botocore.exceptions")
+        exc.ClientError = type("ClientError", (Exception,), {})
+        botocore.exceptions = exc
+        monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "botocore", botocore)
+        monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "botocore.exceptions", exc)
+
+    _fake(monkeypatch)
+    result = llm._call_bedrock("model", "CORPUS")
+    assert len(result["nodes"]) == 1
+    # Hard-indexing block 0 yielded "{}" -> zero nodes -> relabelled "length".
+    assert result["finish_reason"] == "stop"
+
+
 # ── CLI backends (mocked subprocess) ──────────────────────────────────────────