diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index dded459..9f9050c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ async function reviewWithAi(
     body: JSON.stringify({
       model: env.AI_MODEL || "gpt-4.1-mini",
       temperature: 0,
+      stream: false,
       messages: [
         {
           role: "system",
@@ -520,16 +521,8 @@ async function reviewWithAi(
     throw new HttpError(502, `ai_request_failed:${response.status}:${details.slice(0, 500)}`);
   }
 
-  const payload = (await response.json()) as {
-    choices?: Array<{ message?: { content?: string | Array<{ type: string; text?: string }> } }>;
-  };
-  const rawContent = payload.choices?.[0]?.message?.content;
-  const text = Array.isArray(rawContent)
-    ? rawContent
-        .map((item) => item.text ?? "")
-        .join("\n")
-        .trim()
-    : rawContent?.trim();
+  const responseText = await response.text();
+  const text = extractAiCompletionText(responseText);
 
   if (!text) {
     throw new HttpError(502, "ai_empty_response");
@@ -552,7 +545,10 @@ async function safelyReviewWithAi(
 ): Promise<AiReview | null> {
   try {
     return await reviewWithAi(env, input);
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("AI review unavailable", {
+      error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+    });
     return null;
   }
 }
@@ -801,6 +797,11 @@ async function approveJoinRequest(env: Env, chatId: number, userId: number): Pro
       return;
     }
 
+    if (error instanceof HttpError && error.message.includes("HIDE_REQUESTER_MISSING")) {
+      console.log("join request missing when approving", { chatId, userId });
+      return;
+    }
+
     throw error;
   }
 }
@@ -1151,18 +1152,83 @@ function escapeHtml(value: string): string {
 }
 
 function parseJsonFromText(value: string): unknown {
+  const cleaned = value
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/^```(?:json)?\s*/i, "")
+    .replace(/\s*```$/i, "")
+    .trim();
+
   try {
-    return JSON.parse(value);
+    return JSON.parse(cleaned);
   } catch {
-    const start = value.indexOf("{");
-    const end = value.lastIndexOf("}");
+    const start = cleaned.indexOf("{");
+    const end = cleaned.lastIndexOf("}");
     if (start === -1 || end === -1 || end <= start) {
       throw new HttpError(502, "ai_invalid_json");
     }
-    return JSON.parse(value.slice(start, end + 1));
+    return JSON.parse(cleaned.slice(start, end + 1));
   }
 }
 
+function extractAiCompletionText(responseText: string): string | undefined {
+  const trimmed = responseText.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (trimmed.startsWith("data:")) {
+    let output = "";
+    for (const line of trimmed.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+      const current = line.trim();
+      if (!current.startsWith("data:")) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const data = current.slice(5).trim();
+      if (!data || data === "[DONE]") {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const chunk = JSON.parse(data) as {
+        choices?: Array<{ delta?: { content?: string }; message?: { content?: unknown } }>;
+      };
+      output += chunk.choices?.[0]?.delta?.content ?? extractAiText(chunk.choices?.[0]?.message?.content) ?? "";
+    }
+
+    return output.trim();
+  }
+
+  const payload = JSON.parse(trimmed) as {
+    choices?: Array<{ message?: { content?: unknown }; delta?: { content?: string } }>;
+  };
+  return extractAiText(payload.choices?.[0]?.message?.content) ?? payload.choices?.[0]?.delta?.content?.trim();
+}
+
+function extractAiText(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    return value.trim();
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value
+      .map((item) => {
+        if (typeof item === "string") return item;
+        if (item && typeof item === "object" && "text" in item && typeof item.text === "string") return item.text;
+        if (item && typeof item === "object" && "content" in item && typeof item.content === "string") return item.content;
+        return "";
+      })
+      .join("\n")
+      .trim();
+  }
+
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
+    if ("text" in value && typeof value.text === "string") return value.text.trim();
+    if ("content" in value && typeof value.content === "string") return value.content.trim();
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 function json(payload: unknown, status = 200): Response {
   return new Response(JSON.stringify(payload), {
     status,