diff --git a/crates/openplotva-llm/src/aifarm.rs b/crates/openplotva-llm/src/aifarm.rs
index 9b3eb4a..58a9b47 100644
--- a/crates/openplotva-llm/src/aifarm.rs
+++ b/crates/openplotva-llm/src/aifarm.rs
@@ -5611,7 +5611,8 @@ const GENERATION_TOOL_NAMES: &[&str] = &["draw_image", "draw_api", "generate_son
 /// Review a final reply against the bot's latest replies in `history` and the current
 /// message: its reaction opener, read-back quotes and an unstarted generation promise are
 /// cut; an opening still copied from a recent reply, or a reply that is only a promise,
-/// is re-sampled once per turn. Custom personas keep their own form.
+/// is re-sampled once per turn. A custom persona may keep a fixed opening of its own, so
+/// it is never re-sampled for one.
 fn review_reply_shape(
     input: &DialogInput,
     history: &[HistoryMessage],
@@ -5619,9 +5620,7 @@ fn review_reply_shape(
     text: String,
     generation_offered: bool,
 ) -> Result<String, AifarmDialogError> {
-    if !input.persona.custom_persona.trim().is_empty() {
-        return Ok(text);
-    }
+    let custom_persona = !input.persona.custom_persona.trim().is_empty();
     let recent_replies: Vec<&str> = history
         .iter()
         .rev()
@@ -5636,7 +5635,7 @@ fn review_reply_shape(
         recent_replies: &recent_replies,
         user_text: &input.message.text,
         generation_pending: generation_offered && !generation_started(transcript),
-        resample_allowed: input.resample_verdict.trim().is_empty(),
+        resample_allowed: !custom_persona && input.resample_verdict.trim().is_empty(),
     };
     match reply_shape::review_reply(&text, &context) {
         reply_shape::ReplyShape::Keep => Ok(text),
@@ -10940,6 +10939,47 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn chat_step_trims_but_never_resamples_a_custom_persona_reply()
+    -> Result<(), CompletionError> {
+        for (reply, delivered) in [
+            (
+                "Ха-ха, ну ты и гурман! 😂 Смотрю: это сильный вкус.",
+                "Смотрю: это сильный вкус.",
+            ),
+            (
+                "(я чувствую, как дождь стучит по крыше)",
+                "(я чувствую, как дождь стучит по крыше)",
+            ),
+        ] {
+            let (provider, _, _) = direct_dialog_provider(
+                json!({"choices": [{"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": reply}}]}),
+                AifarmDialogConfig::default(),
+            );
+            let mut input = base_input();
+            input.persona.custom_persona = "Ученица и помощник".to_owned();
+            input
+                .history
+                .push(bot_history_reply(10, "(я чувствую, как ветер шумит)"));
+            let output = crate::ChatStepProvider::run_chat_step(
+                &provider,
+                ChatStepRequest {
+                    required_tool: None,
+                    preferred_target: None,
+                    input,
+                    transcript: Vec::new(),
+                    tools: ToolsMode::Native(
+                        native_tool_values(&[STEP_WEB_SEARCH]).expect("tool defs"),
+                    ),
+                    iteration: 1,
+                },
+            )
+            .await?;
+            assert_eq!(output.text, delivered);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn chat_step_resamples_a_generation_announced_without_a_call() {
         let reply = "Рисую твою радужную пещеру! 🎨";