diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a07bc47..e42eb9bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ target.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- The thinkwatch-core crates move from v0.75.0 to v0.77.0.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Tool-call inspection no longer judges arguments that are still
+  arriving.** A streamed tool call was checked against its arguments as
+  far as they had come in. A host cut off in the middle of its name
+  (`http://127` before `.0.0.1`) looked external, and a pattern anchored
+  at the end could match the half-received tail. A hit now counts only
+  once it is settled; rules that cut still act as early as possible.
+- **A recorded hit carries the whole call.** A hit that is only recorded,
+  and every hit in observe mode, was recorded with the arguments as they
+  stood at the first match. It is now recorded once the call is complete.
+  A Chat Completions call with no `finish_reason` or `[DONE]` is checked
+  when the stream ends.
+- **`-T` is an upload only in curl.** The upload rule took any `-T` for
+  `curl -T`, so `docker compose exec -T` next to a URL was recorded as a
+  file upload.
+
 ## [3.8.2] — 2026-10-16
 
 Tool-call inspection now checks every choice of an answer, not only the
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 662d81c5..b0967cc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4837,8 +4837,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tw-bedrock"
-version = "0.75.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.75.0#f040a92a2d509d24c21e8a460e25f6cd3db2cd39"
+version = "0.77.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.77.0#00c9a892675c75c97e29609d762e63accb37fa34"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-sigv4",
@@ -4852,16 +4852,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tw-breaker"
-version = "0.75.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.75.0#f040a92a2d509d24c21e8a460e25f6cd3db2cd39"
+version = "0.77.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.77.0#00c9a892675c75c97e29609d762e63accb37fa34"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tw-dialect"
-version = "0.75.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.75.0#f040a92a2d509d24c21e8a460e25f6cd3db2cd39"
+version = "0.77.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.77.0#00c9a892675c75c97e29609d762e63accb37fa34"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "serde",
@@ -4870,8 +4870,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tw-guard"
-version = "0.75.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.75.0#f040a92a2d509d24c21e8a460e25f6cd3db2cd39"
+version = "0.77.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git?tag=v0.77.0#00c9a892675c75c97e29609d762e63accb37fa34"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6d0a2ee8..48ffbf79 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ opt-level = 3
 # never re-exported through a local shim. And the reverse: something only
 # this side uses (the at-rest crypto, IMDSv2 credentials, the gateway error)
 # lives here, not in core.
-tw-bedrock = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.75.0" }
-tw-breaker = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.75.0" }
-tw-dialect = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.75.0" }
-tw-guard = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.75.0" }
+tw-bedrock = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.77.0" }
+tw-breaker = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.77.0" }
+tw-dialect = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.77.0" }
+tw-guard = { git = "https://github.com/ThinkWatchProject/ThinkWatch-Core.git", tag = "v0.77.0" }
 
 # Web framework
 axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["macros", "ws"] }
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/lifecycle/mod.rs b/crates/gateway/src/lifecycle/mod.rs
index 14462342..3013224e 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/lifecycle/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/lifecycle/mod.rs
@@ -334,7 +334,12 @@ pub(crate) fn build_chat_pump(
         out.extend(shaper.finish());
         // The converter's last bytes can complete a tool call (the block's
         // stop), so they are inspected too.
-        let stop = inspector.as_mut().and_then(|i| i.check(&out));
+        // A Chat call with no `finish_reason` or `[DONE]` completes only
+        // as the stream closes; one that stops it keeps the tail back.
+        let stop = inspector.as_mut().and_then(|i| {
+            i.check(&out)
+                .or_else(|| i.finish().map(|err| (err, 0)))
+        });
         if let Some((err, safe)) = stop {
             let out = cut(&shaper, None, client, &out[..safe], &err);
             tell(&mut done_tx, StreamOutcome::UpstreamError {
diff --git a/crates/gateway/src/tool_inspection.rs b/crates/gateway/src/tool_inspection.rs
index 1deb4bf5..1235de2c 100644
--- a/crates/gateway/src/tool_inspection.rs
+++ b/crates/gateway/src/tool_inspection.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,16 @@ impl ToolInspection {
     }
 
     /// A wall for an SSE stream in the client's format. `None` when off.
+    ///
+    /// Only the rules that can stop the response are checked while a call
+    /// is still arriving, and only on what has settled (a host cut off at
+    /// `http://127` is not yet an external one). Everything else waits for
+    /// the call to complete, so a recorded hit carries the whole call. In
+    /// observe nothing can stop it, so every rule waits.
     pub fn stream(&self) -> Option<Wall> {
-        self.mode.detects().then(|| Wall::new(self.rules.clone()))
+        self.mode
+            .detects()
+            .then(|| Wall::new(self.rules.clone()).cut_early(self.mode.acts()))
     }
 
     /// Inspect a whole response. Empty when off.
@@ -128,6 +136,29 @@ impl StreamInspector {
         }
         None
     }
+
+    /// The stream ran to its end. A Chat call that never got its
+    /// `finish_reason` or `[DONE]` is complete only now: the client runs it
+    /// when the stream closes. Returns the refusal when one stops it; the
+    /// rest of the stream should not go out then.
+    pub fn finish(&mut self) -> Option<crate::error::GatewayError> {
+        for v in self.wall.finish() {
+            let blocked = self.inspection.blocks(&v);
+            record(
+                &self.audit,
+                &self.caller,
+                &self.provider,
+                &v,
+                blocked,
+                self.inspection.mode,
+                &self.mask,
+            );
+            if blocked {
+                return Some(refusal(&v));
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
 }
 
 /// What the caller is told when a response is cut. Names the tool and the
@@ -364,6 +395,59 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(found[0].rule, "upload-file-to-host");
     }
 
+    /// A hit that is only recorded waits for the call to complete: the
+    /// audit row carries the command the client got, not the piece that had
+    /// arrived when the rule first matched.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_recorded_hit_waits_for_the_whole_call() {
+        let t = ToolInspection::default();
+        let mut wall = t.stream().expect("on by default");
+        let ev = |name: &str, d: serde_json::Value| format!("event: {name}\ndata: {d}\n\n");
+        let delta = |part: &str| {
+            ev(
+                "content_block_delta",
+                serde_json::json!({"type": "content_block_delta", "index": 0,
+                    "delta": {"type": "input_json_delta", "partial_json": part}}),
+            )
+        };
+        wall.feed(
+            ev(
+                "content_block_start",
+                serde_json::json!({"type": "content_block_start", "index": 0,
+                    "content_block": {"type": "tool_use", "id": "t1", "name": "bash", "input": {}}}),
+            )
+            .as_bytes(),
+        );
+        assert!(
+            wall.feed(delta(r#"{"command":"rm -rf / "#).as_bytes())
+                .is_empty()
+        );
+        assert!(wall.feed(delta(r#"&& echo done"}"#).as_bytes()).is_empty());
+        let found = wall.feed(
+            ev(
+                "content_block_stop",
+                serde_json::json!({"type": "content_block_stop", "index": 0}),
+            )
+            .as_bytes(),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(found.len(), 1, "{found:?}");
+        assert_eq!(found[0].rule, "rm-rf-root");
+        assert_eq!(found[0].arguments, r#"{"command":"rm -rf / && echo done"}"#);
+    }
+
+    /// `-T` is an upload only in curl: `docker compose exec -T` turns off
+    /// the terminal.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_dash_t_outside_curl_is_not_an_upload() {
+        let t = ToolInspection::default();
+        assert!(
+            t.whole(&call(
+                "docker compose exec -T postgres psql -c 'select 1'; open https://docs.example.com"
+            ))
+            .is_empty()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn the_excerpt_a_hit_reports_can_be_masked() {
         let key = "sk-ant-api03-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";