diff --git a/crates/arc-agent/tests/parity_matrix.rs b/crates/arc-agent/tests/parity_matrix.rs
index 6f4d65d00..fb6e3d56b 100644
--- a/crates/arc-agent/tests/parity_matrix.rs
+++ b/crates/arc-agent/tests/parity_matrix.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ macro_rules! provider_tests {
         provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Kimi, "kimi-k2.5", kimi);
         provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Zai, "glm-4.7", zai);
         provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Minimax, "minimax-m2.5", minimax);
-        provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception);
+        // Quarantined: Inception provider unreliable
+        // provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception);
     };
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +183,8 @@ macro_rules! non_openai_provider_tests {
         provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Kimi, "kimi-k2.5", kimi);
         provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Zai, "glm-4.7", zai);
         provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Minimax, "minimax-m2.5", minimax);
-        provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception);
+        // Quarantined: Inception provider unreliable
+        // provider_test!($scenario, Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception);
     };
 }
 
@@ -433,7 +435,8 @@ reasoning_effort_tests!(
 reasoning_effort_tests!(Provider::Kimi, "kimi-k2.5", kimi_reasoning_effort);
 reasoning_effort_tests!(Provider::Zai, "glm-4.7", zai_reasoning_effort);
 reasoning_effort_tests!(Provider::Minimax, "minimax-m2.5", minimax_reasoning_effort);
-reasoning_effort_tests!(Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception_reasoning_effort);
+// Quarantined: Inception provider unreliable
+// reasoning_effort_tests!(Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception_reasoning_effort);
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Scenario 12: subagent_spawn
@@ -487,7 +490,8 @@ loop_detection_tests!(
 loop_detection_tests!(Provider::Kimi, "kimi-k2.5", kimi_loop_detection);
 loop_detection_tests!(Provider::Zai, "glm-4.7", zai_loop_detection);
 loop_detection_tests!(Provider::Minimax, "minimax-m2.5", minimax_loop_detection);
-loop_detection_tests!(Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception_loop_detection);
+// Quarantined: Inception provider unreliable
+// loop_detection_tests!(Provider::Inception, "mercury-2", inception_loop_detection);
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Scenario 14: error_recovery
diff --git a/crates/arc-devcontainer/src/features.rs b/crates/arc-devcontainer/src/features.rs
index 073e0c69e..dd49ffaeb 100644
--- a/crates/arc-devcontainer/src/features.rs
+++ b/crates/arc-devcontainer/src/features.rs
@@ -126,10 +126,23 @@ async fn ensure_oras() -> crate::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Find the first `.tgz` file in a directory.
+async fn find_tgz(dir: &Path) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut entries = tokio::fs::read_dir(dir).await.ok()?;
+    while let Ok(Some(entry)) = entries.next_entry().await {
+        if let Some(name) = entry.file_name().to_str() {
+            if name.ends_with(".tgz") {
+                return Some(name.to_string());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
 /// Extract a tgz archive in the given directory.
-async fn extract_tgz(feature_dir: &Path, feature_id: &str) -> crate::Result<()> {
+async fn extract_tgz(feature_dir: &Path, tgz_name: &str, feature_id: &str) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let status = tokio::process::Command::new("tar")
-        .args(["xzf", "devcontainer-feature.tgz"])
+        .args(["xzf", tgz_name])
         .current_dir(feature_dir)
         .status()
         .await
@@ -193,8 +206,9 @@ async fn fetch_feature_oci(feature_id: &str, output_dir: &Path) -> crate::Result
         )));
     }
 
-    if feature_dir.join("devcontainer-feature.tgz").exists() {
-        extract_tgz(&feature_dir, feature_id).await?;
+    // OCI registries may name the tgz with a feature suffix (e.g. devcontainer-feature-node.tgz)
+    if let Some(tgz) = find_tgz(&feature_dir).await {
+        extract_tgz(&feature_dir, &tgz, feature_id).await?;
     }
 
     read_feature_metadata(&feature_dir).await
@@ -249,7 +263,7 @@ async fn fetch_feature_https(
         DevcontainerError::Feature(format!("failed to write {}: {e}", tgz_path.display()))
     })?;
 
-    extract_tgz(&feature_dir, feature_id).await?;
+    extract_tgz(&feature_dir, "devcontainer-feature.tgz", feature_id).await?;
 
     read_feature_metadata(&feature_dir).await
 }
diff --git a/crates/arc-llm/src/providers/anthropic.rs b/crates/arc-llm/src/providers/anthropic.rs
index 716a3fadf..38dd97120 100644
--- a/crates/arc-llm/src/providers/anthropic.rs
+++ b/crates/arc-llm/src/providers/anthropic.rs
@@ -1075,7 +1075,12 @@ fn build_api_request(
     let api_request = ApiRequest {
         model: request.model.clone(),
         messages: api_messages,
-        max_tokens: request.max_tokens.unwrap_or(65536),
+        max_tokens: request
+            .max_tokens
+            .or_else(|| {
+                crate::catalog::get_model_info(&request.model).and_then(|m| m.limits.max_output)
+            })
+            .unwrap_or(65536),
         system: system_value,
         temperature: request.temperature,
         top_p: request.top_p,
diff --git a/crates/arc-workflows/tests/integration.rs b/crates/arc-workflows/tests/integration.rs
index e1269026e..1236f87e2 100644
--- a/crates/arc-workflows/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/crates/arc-workflows/tests/integration.rs
@@ -5825,6 +5825,22 @@ mod real_llm {
             _sandbox: &Arc<dyn arc_agent::Sandbox>,
             _tool_hooks: Option<Arc<dyn arc_agent::ToolHookCallback>>,
         ) -> Result<CodergenResult, ArcError> {
+            self.complete(prompt).await
+        }
+
+        async fn one_shot(
+            &self,
+            _node: &Node,
+            prompt: &str,
+            _system_prompt: Option<&str>,
+            _stage_dir: &std::path::Path,
+        ) -> Result<CodergenResult, ArcError> {
+            self.complete(prompt).await
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl LlmCodergenBackend {
+        async fn complete(&self, prompt: &str) -> Result<CodergenResult, ArcError> {
             let request = Request {
                 model: self.model.clone(),
                 messages: vec![Message::user(prompt)],