diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs
index 88d8d949..325b4ce2 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/BaseProvider.cs	
@@ -1244,6 +1244,7 @@ public abstract class BaseProvider : IProvider, ISecretId
     /// <param name="systemPromptRole">The system prompt role to use.</param>
     /// <param name="requestPath">The request path, relative to the provider base URL.</param>
     /// <param name="headersAction">Optional additional headers to add.</param>
+    /// <param name="mayAskForSequentialToolCalls">Whether a request which offers tools may ask for one call at a time. False for a provider which rejects the parallel_tool_calls parameter.</param>
     /// <param name="token">The cancellation token.</param>
     /// <typeparam name="TRequest">The request DTO type.</typeparam>
     /// <typeparam name="TDelta">The delta stream line type.</typeparam>
@@ -1260,6 +1261,7 @@ public abstract class BaseProvider : IProvider, ISecretId
         string systemPromptRole = "system",
         string requestPath = "chat/completions",
         Action<HttpRequestHeaders>? headersAction = null,
+        bool mayAskForSequentialToolCalls = true,
         [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken token = default)
         where TRequest : ChatCompletionAPIRequest
         where TDelta : IResponseStreamLine
@@ -1298,7 +1300,7 @@ public abstract class BaseProvider : IProvider, ISecretId
             if (runnableTools.Count > 0)
             {
                 var adapter = new ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter<TRequest>(requestFactory, systemPrompt, apiParameters,
-                    runnableTools.Select(x => ProviderToolAdapters.ToChatCompletionTool(x.Definition)).ToList(), runnableTools,
+                    runnableTools.Select(x => ProviderToolAdapters.ToChatCompletionTool(x.Definition)).ToList(), mayAskForSequentialToolCalls, runnableTools,
                     (requestDto, requestToken) => this.StreamChatCompletionRequest(requestDto, providerName, requestPath, requestedSecret, headersAction, requestToken),
                     ChatCompletionSourceReader.Read<TDelta, TAnnotation>,
                     this.logger);
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/HuggingFace/ProviderHuggingFace.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/HuggingFace/ProviderHuggingFace.cs
index 2a225ae8..a50a23c5 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/HuggingFace/ProviderHuggingFace.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/HuggingFace/ProviderHuggingFace.cs	
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ public sealed class ProviderHuggingFace : BaseProvider
                                    AdditionalApiParameters = apiParameters
                                };
                            },
+
+                           //
+                           // Hugging Face answers parallel_tool_calls=false with a bad request, "feature
+                           // not currently supported", and its specification of the chat completion does
+                           // not list the parameter at all -- read on 2026-09-23 at
+                           // https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/tasks/chat-completion. Asking
+                           // for it would cost every chat which offers tools its answer:
+                           //
+                           mayAskForSequentialToolCalls: false,
                            token: token))
             yield return content;
     }
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter.cs
index 1925b1bd..2d425622 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Provider/OpenAI/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter.cs	
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Provider.OpenAI;
 public sealed class ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter<TRequest>(
     Func<TextMessage, IDictionary<string, object>, IList<object>?, Task<TRequest>> requestFactory,
     TextMessage systemPrompt, IDictionary<string, object> apiParameters,
-    IList<object> providerTools,
+    IList<object> providerTools, bool mayAskForSequentialToolCalls,
     IReadOnlyList<(ToolDefinition Definition, IToolImplementation Implementation)> runnableTools,
     Func<ChatCompletionAPIRequest, CancellationToken, IAsyncEnumerable<ServerSentEvent>> streamRequestAsync,
     Func<ServerSentEvent, IList<ISource>> readSources,
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ public sealed class ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter<TRequest>(
             //
             // AI Studio runs tool calls one after another, so asking for parallel calls would
             // only produce work it then has to serialize anyway. Requests without tools omit the
-            // parameter because some providers reject it then.
+            // parameter because some providers reject it then. So does every request to a provider
+            // which rejects the parameter altogether: its models may then ask for several calls at
+            // once, and the loop works through them one by one, checking the limits per call.
             //
-            ParallelToolCalls = requestDtoBase.Tools is null ? null : false,
+            ParallelToolCalls = requestDtoBase.Tools is null || !mayAskForSequentialToolCalls ? null : false,
         };
 
         //
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/ConversationTokenCounter.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/ConversationTokenCounter.cs
index e56ea12f..85cb82d7 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/ConversationTokenCounter.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/ConversationTokenCounter.cs	
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public sealed class ConversationTokenCounter(RustService rustService, ILogger<Co
         var growing = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
         var historyTokens = 0;
         var toolTokens = 0;
-        var draftTokens = 0;
+        int draftTokens;
 
         try
         {
diff --git a/app/Tests/Provider/ToolCalling/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests.cs b/app/Tests/Provider/ToolCalling/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests.cs
index 140093bb..146bf63d 100644
--- a/app/Tests/Provider/ToolCalling/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests.cs
+++ b/app/Tests/Provider/ToolCalling/ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 using AIStudio.Provider;
 using AIStudio.Provider.OpenAI;
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
 namespace AIStudio.Tests.Provider.ToolCalling;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Checks which round of a tool calling conversation passes on what its request cost.
+/// Checks what a round of a tool calling conversation asks for, and what it passes on.
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 /// Every round of a tool conversation is a request of its own, and every one of them reports what
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ namespace AIStudio.Tests.Provider.ToolCalling;
 /// answer stands. Passing on the last report instead would put the chat at the size of everything
 /// the tools returned, which is the one number a person watching their context window must not
 /// see as exact.
+///
+/// What a round asks for is one tool call at a time, wherever the provider lets it ask: a provider
+/// which rejects the question fails the whole request, so it is not asked at all.
 /// </remarks>
 [TestFixture]
 public sealed class ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests
@@ -75,6 +79,42 @@ public sealed class ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests
         Assert.That(await Usages(adapter), Is.EqualTo(new[] { 1200 }));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ARoundWhichOffersToolsAsksForOneCallAtATime()
+    {
+        Assert.That(await SentRequest(mayAskForSequentialToolCalls: true, includeTools: true), Does.Contain("\"parallel_tool_calls\":false"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AProviderWhichRejectsTheQuestionIsNotAskedIt()
+    {
+        //
+        // Hugging Face answers the question with a bad request. Its models may then ask for several
+        // calls at once, which the loop works through one by one anyway.
+        //
+        Assert.That(await SentRequest(mayAskForSequentialToolCalls: false, includeTools: true), Does.Not.Contain("parallel_tool_calls"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ARoundWithoutToolsDoesNotAskAboutToolCalls()
+    {
+        Assert.That(await SentRequest(mayAskForSequentialToolCalls: true, includeTools: false), Does.Not.Contain("parallel_tool_calls"));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Runs one round and returns the request it sent, as it goes over the wire.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task<string> SentRequest(bool mayAskForSequentialToolCalls, bool includeTools)
+    {
+        ChatCompletionAPIRequest? sent = null;
+        var adapter = Adapter(mayAskForSequentialToolCalls, request => sent = request, ["[DONE]"]);
+        await foreach (var _ in adapter.ExecuteRoundAsync(null, includeTools))
+        {
+        }
+
+        return JsonSerializer.Serialize(sent, ProviderJsonOptions.OPTIONS);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Runs the next round and returns the prompt of every usage it passed on.
     /// </summary>
@@ -91,16 +131,27 @@ public sealed class ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapterTests
     /// <summary>
     /// Builds an adapter whose requests are answered by the given rounds, one after another.
     /// </summary>
-    private static ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter<ChatCompletionAPIRequest> Adapter(params string[][] rounds)
+    private static ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter<ChatCompletionAPIRequest> Adapter(params string[][] rounds) => Adapter(true, _ => { }, rounds);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Builds an adapter whose requests are answered by the given rounds, and which hands every
+    /// request it sends to the given observer.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static ChatCompletionToolCallingAdapter<ChatCompletionAPIRequest> Adapter(bool mayAskForSequentialToolCalls, Action<ChatCompletionAPIRequest> sent, params string[][] rounds)
     {
         var nextRound = 0;
         return new(
-            (_, _, _) => Task.FromResult(new ChatCompletionAPIRequest("model-a", [], true)),
+            (_, _, tools) => Task.FromResult(new ChatCompletionAPIRequest("model-a", [], true) { Tools = tools }),
             new TextMessage("You are a helpful assistant.", "system"),
             new Dictionary<string, object>(),
             [],
+            mayAskForSequentialToolCalls,
             [],
-            (_, token) => Lines(rounds[nextRound++], token),
+            (request, token) =>
+            {
+                sent(request);
+                return Lines(rounds[nextRound++], token);
+            },
             _ => [],
             NullLogger.Instance);
     }