@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_k2_horizon(const common_chat_template
     data.thinking_start_tag = THINK_START;
     data.thinking_end_tags  = { THINK_END };
 
+    // The models sometimes close medium/low reasoning with the generic </ifm|think>
+    if (think != "ifm|think") {
+        data.thinking_end_tags.push_back("</ifm|think>");
+    }
+
     data.preserved_tokens = data.thinking_end_tags;
     data.preserved_tokens.insert(data.preserved_tokens.end(), {
         THINK_START, SECTION_START, SECTION_END, CALL_START, CALL_END,
 
@@ -5206,6 +5206,25 @@ static void test_template_output_peg_parsers(bool detailed_debug) {
             .expect_reconstruction()
             .run();
 
+        tst.test("I'm\nthinking</ifm|think>Hello, world!\nWhat's up?")
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .chat_template_kwargs({ { "reasoning_effort", R"("low")" } })
+            .expect(message_assist_thoughts)
+            .run();
+
+        tst.test(
+               "I'm\nthinking</ifm|think><ifm|tool_calls>\n"
+               "<ifm|tool_call>special_function\n"
+               "<ifm|arg_key>arg1</ifm|arg_key>\n"
+               "<ifm|arg_value>1</ifm|arg_value>\n"
+               "</ifm|tool_call>\n"
+               "</ifm|tool_calls>")
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .tools({ special_function_tool })
+            .chat_template_kwargs({ { "reasoning_effort", R"("medium")" } })
+            .expect(message_assist_call_thoughts)
+            .run();
+
         tst.test(
                "I'm\nthinking</ifm|think><ifm|tool_calls>\n"
                "<ifm|tool_call>{\"name\": \"special_function\", \"arguments\": {\"arg1\": 1}}</ifm|tool_call>\n"