diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7486fdb..f38fc53 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.2
+0.7.3
diff --git a/cmd/nomos/agent.go b/cmd/nomos/agent.go
index b83ecee..7eeccd3 100644
--- a/cmd/nomos/agent.go
+++ b/cmd/nomos/agent.go
@@ -296,6 +296,15 @@ func (a *agent) chatWith(ctx context.Context, sessionID, message, systemInject s
 			if ok {
 				granted = append(granted, p.execID)
 				slog.Info("nomos: chat-assent granted", "execution", p.execID, "status", status, "session", sessionID)
+				// Mark as continued so the continuation worker doesn't
+				// pick up this execution and call resumeSession while the
+				// chat handler is still processing "go ahead." Without this,
+				// two LLM calls run concurrently for the same session —
+				// the chat handler's chat() and the worker's resumeSession()
+				// — causing empty responses and race conditions.
+				if execUUID, perr := uuid.Parse(p.execID); perr == nil {
+					a.store.markContinued(ctx, execUUID)
+				}
 				emit(agentEvent{Type: "tool_use", Data: map[string]any{"name": "chat_assent", "args": map[string]any{"execution_id": p.execID}, "id": "assent-" + p.execID}, SessionID: sessionID})
 				emit(agentEvent{Type: "tool_result", Data: map[string]any{"name": "chat_assent", "result": fmt.Sprintf("Approved via chat assent (%q). Status: %s.", message, status), "id": "assent-" + p.execID}, SessionID: sessionID})