diff --git a/src/Enums/FinishReason.php b/src/Enums/FinishReason.php
index f6fffa579..04817c5de 100644
--- a/src/Enums/FinishReason.php
+++ b/src/Enums/FinishReason.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ enum FinishReason: string
     case Length = 'length';
     case ContentFilter = 'content-filter';
     case ToolCalls = 'tool-calls';
+    case Pause = 'pause';
+    case Refusal = 'refusal';
     case Error = 'error';
     case Other = 'other';
     case Unknown = 'unknown';
diff --git a/src/Providers/Anthropic/Handlers/Text.php b/src/Providers/Anthropic/Handlers/Text.php
index ee6b2e37a..77e170320 100644
--- a/src/Providers/Anthropic/Handlers/Text.php
+++ b/src/Providers/Anthropic/Handlers/Text.php
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ public function handle(): Response
         return match ($this->tempResponse->finishReason) {
             FinishReason::ToolCalls => $this->handleToolCalls(),
             FinishReason::Stop, FinishReason::Length => $this->handleStop(),
-            default => throw new PrismException('Anthropic: unknown finish reason'),
+            FinishReason::Pause => $this->handlePause(),
+            FinishReason::Refusal => throw new PrismException(
+                'Anthropic: model refused to respond (stop_reason: refusal)'
+            ),
+            default => throw new PrismException(sprintf(
+                'Anthropic: unhandled finish reason "%s"',
+                data_get($this->httpResponse->json(), 'stop_reason') ?? 'unknown'
+            )),
         };
     }
 
@@ -92,6 +99,28 @@ public static function buildHttpRequestPayload(PrismRequest $request): array
             'cache_control' => $request->providerOptions('cache_control'),
         ]);
     }
+    /**
+     * Anthropic returns stop_reason="pause_turn" when a long-running server-side
+     * tool (e.g. web_search, web_fetch) needs the client to continue the turn.
+     * Per Anthropic's docs, the client should append the assistant message to
+     * the conversation and re-send the request unchanged so the model can resume.
+     */
+    protected function handlePause(): Response
+    {
+        $this->addStep();
+
+        $this->request->addMessage(new AssistantMessage(
+            $this->tempResponse->text,
+            $this->tempResponse->toolCalls,
+            $this->tempResponse->additionalContent,
+        ));
+
+        if ($this->responseBuilder->steps->count() < $this->request->maxSteps()) {
+            return $this->handle();
+        }
+
+        return $this->responseBuilder->toResponse();
+    }
 
     protected function handleToolCalls(): Response
     {
diff --git a/src/Providers/Anthropic/Maps/FinishReasonMap.php b/src/Providers/Anthropic/Maps/FinishReasonMap.php
index af580c73b..ba322300d 100644
--- a/src/Providers/Anthropic/Maps/FinishReasonMap.php
+++ b/src/Providers/Anthropic/Maps/FinishReasonMap.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public static function map(string $reason): FinishReason
             'end_turn', 'stop_sequence' => FinishReason::Stop,
             'tool_use' => FinishReason::ToolCalls,
             'max_tokens' => FinishReason::Length,
+            'pause_turn' => FinishReason::Pause,
+            'refusal' => FinishReason::Refusal,
             default => FinishReason::Unknown,
         };
     }
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn-1.json b/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn-1.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce50f019b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn-1.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"id":"msg_01PauseTurnExample","type":"message","role":"assistant","model":"claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Let me look that up for you."}],"stop_reason":"pause_turn","stop_sequence":null,"usage":{"input_tokens":42,"output_tokens":12}}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn-2.json b/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn-2.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecc76e12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn-2.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"id":"msg_01PauseTurnExampleResume","type":"message","role":"assistant","model":"claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Here is what I found: the answer is 42."}],"stop_reason":"end_turn","stop_sequence":null,"usage":{"input_tokens":58,"output_tokens":15}}
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-refusal-1.json b/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-refusal-1.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d168be143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/anthropic/generate-text-with-refusal-1.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"id":"msg_01RefusalExample","type":"message","role":"assistant","model":"claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620","content":[{"type":"text","text":""}],"stop_reason":"refusal","stop_sequence":null,"usage":{"input_tokens":12,"output_tokens":0}}
diff --git a/tests/Providers/Anthropic/AnthropicTextTest.php b/tests/Providers/Anthropic/AnthropicTextTest.php
index 55ec9f1fb..3719e0dc4 100644
--- a/tests/Providers/Anthropic/AnthropicTextTest.php
+++ b/tests/Providers/Anthropic/AnthropicTextTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use Prism\Prism\Enums\Citations\CitationSourcePositionType;
 use Prism\Prism\Enums\Citations\CitationSourceType;
+use Prism\Prism\Enums\FinishReason;
 use Prism\Prism\Enums\Provider;
+use Prism\Prism\Exceptions\PrismException;
 use Prism\Prism\Exceptions\PrismProviderOverloadedException;
 use Prism\Prism\Exceptions\PrismRateLimitedException;
 use Prism\Prism\Exceptions\PrismRequestTooLargeException;
@@ -668,6 +670,52 @@
             ->asText();
 
     })->throws(PrismRequestTooLargeException::class);
+
+    it('throws a descriptive exception when Anthropic returns a refusal stop_reason', function (): void {
+        FixtureResponse::fakeResponseSequence('v1/messages', 'anthropic/generate-text-with-refusal');
+
+        try {
+            Prism::text()
+                ->using('anthropic', 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620')
+                ->withPrompt('Tell me something forbidden.')
+                ->asText();
+
+            $this->fail('Expected PrismException to be thrown.');
+        } catch (PrismException $e) {
+            expect($e->getMessage())->toContain('refusal');
+        }
+    });
+});
+
+describe('pause_turn', function (): void {
+    it('resumes the turn when Anthropic returns stop_reason="pause_turn"', function (): void {
+        FixtureResponse::fakeResponseSequence('v1/messages', 'anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn');
+
+        $response = Prism::text()
+            ->using('anthropic', 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620')
+            ->withPrompt('Look something up for me.')
+            ->withMaxSteps(5)
+            ->asText();
+
+        // Two HTTP round-trips: the paused response, then the resumed completion.
+        expect($response->steps)->toHaveCount(2);
+        expect($response->steps->first()->finishReason)->toBe(FinishReason::Pause);
+        expect($response->steps->last()->finishReason)->toBe(FinishReason::Stop);
+        expect($response->text)->toContain('the answer is 42');
+    });
+
+    it('stops resuming once maxSteps is reached', function (): void {
+        FixtureResponse::fakeResponseSequence('v1/messages', 'anthropic/generate-text-with-pause-turn');
+
+        $response = Prism::text()
+            ->using('anthropic', 'claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620')
+            ->withPrompt('Look something up for me.')
+            ->withMaxSteps(1)
+            ->asText();
+
+        expect($response->steps)->toHaveCount(1);
+        expect($response->steps->first()->finishReason)->toBe(FinishReason::Pause);
+    });
 });
 
 it('allows automatic caching enabled via providerOptions', function (): void {