diff --git a/cmd/core-runtime/human_response_gate_test.go b/cmd/core-runtime/human_response_gate_test.go
index 1a6c487..b5f062b 100644
--- a/cmd/core-runtime/human_response_gate_test.go
+++ b/cmd/core-runtime/human_response_gate_test.go
@@ -23,3 +23,15 @@ func TestShouldInvokeHumanResponseSkipsDeterministicFastPaths(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestShouldReviewResponseSkipsStableAnswers(t *testing.T) {
+	if shouldReviewResponse("Здравствуйте.", false, true) {
+		t.Fatal("stable conversational reply must not wait for response review")
+	}
+	if shouldReviewResponse("Запомнил.", false, false) != true {
+		t.Fatal("non-conversational deterministic reply remains reviewable")
+	}
+	if shouldReviewResponse("Ответ", true, false) {
+		t.Fatal("stable knowledge answer must not be reviewed twice")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/core-runtime/main.go b/cmd/core-runtime/main.go
index 3e84225..8c69e96 100644
--- a/cmd/core-runtime/main.go
+++ b/cmd/core-runtime/main.go
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ func main() {
 		// route with compact, source-aware context. Re-reviewing the same answer
 		// serially can exhaust the household request budget on a loaded local
 		// provider and turn a valid answer into a degraded response.
-		if strings.TrimSpace(planningReply) != "" && !stableKnowledgeReply {
+		if shouldReviewResponse(planningReply, stableKnowledgeReply, stableConversational) {
 			reviewContext, cancelReview := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 12*time.Second)
 			reviewedReply, reviewErr := cognitiveClient.ReviewResponse(reviewContext, session, utterance.Content, planningReply, gen2Context.Text, cognitive.TaskMeaning{
 				SpeechAct:              string(semantic.Interpretation.SpeechAct),
@@ -1735,6 +1735,10 @@ func shouldInvokeHumanResponse(stableConversational bool, identityReply, memoryI
 	return !stableConversational && identityReply == "" && memoryInstructionReply == ""
 }
 
+func shouldReviewResponse(planningReply string, stableKnowledgeReply, stableConversational bool) bool {
+	return strings.TrimSpace(planningReply) != "" && !stableKnowledgeReply && !stableConversational
+}
+
 func shouldRunGeneralResearch(kind interaction.InformationRequestKind) bool {
 	return kind == "" || kind == interaction.InformationRequestTimeDifference
 }