diff --git a/src/agent/run_agent.py b/src/agent/run_agent.py
index 2149680f3..f93a72c88 100644
--- a/src/agent/run_agent.py
+++ b/src/agent/run_agent.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 
 # Fallback max turns for subagents when no explicit limit is set.
 # Prevents unbounded loops that appear as hangs to the user.
-SUBAGENT_DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS = 30
+# Raised 30 -> 100: real multi-step subagent work was hitting the cap and
+# truncating before completion.
+SUBAGENT_DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS = 100
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/src/goals/goals.py b/src/goals/goals.py
index 5e70cfced..1a3dd857e 100644
--- a/src/goals/goals.py
+++ b/src/goals/goals.py
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
 
 #: Turn budget backstop (donor default). CC ships unbounded; the budget
 #: pauses (never clears) so ``/goal resume`` continues with a fresh budget.
-DEFAULT_GOAL_MAX_TURNS = 20
+#: Raised 20 -> 100: goal runs were exhausted at the cap before finishing
+#: multi-step tasks.
+DEFAULT_GOAL_MAX_TURNS = 100
 
 #: Claude Code's documented condition cap (docs/en/goal).
 GOAL_CONDITION_MAX_CHARS = 4000
diff --git a/src/query/config.py b/src/query/config.py
index 48e034cf2..eea57a216 100644
--- a/src/query/config.py
+++ b/src/query/config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 class QueryConfig:
     model: str = "claude-sonnet-4-6"
     max_tokens: int = 16384
-    max_turns: int = 50
+    max_turns: int = 200
     effort: str = "high"
     temperature: float | None = None
     stop_sequences: list[str] | None = None
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class QueryConfig:
 class FrozenQueryConfig:
     model: str = "claude-sonnet-4-6"
     max_tokens: int = 16384
-    max_turns: int = 50
+    max_turns: int = 200
     effort: str = "high"
     temperature: float | None = None
     stop_sequences: tuple[str, ...] | None = None
diff --git a/src/server/agent_server.py b/src/server/agent_server.py
index 4c94e9f1d..7b52ab04b 100644
--- a/src/server/agent_server.py
+++ b/src/server/agent_server.py
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
 #: Default agent-loop turn ceiling for an interactive session. Shared by the
 #: dataclass default below and the ``--max-turns`` CLI flag (agent_server_cli.py)
 #: so the two can't drift apart from independently hand-edited literals.
-DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS = 50
+#: Raised 50 -> 200: interactive sessions were capped mid-task on long
+#: agentic runs.
+DEFAULT_MAX_TURNS = 200
 
 _SHUTDOWN = object()  # sentinel pushed onto the worker inbox to stop it