diff --git a/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/config.rs b/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/config.rs
index 17d8f8c0b3..842cb4412e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/config.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/config.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const MIN_MODEL_CONTEXT_ITEM_TOKENS: usize = 100;
 const MAX_MODEL_CONTEXT_ITEM_TOKENS: usize = 100_000;
 const DEFAULT_REVIEW_THRESHOLD: f64 = 0.5;
 const LEGACY_REVIEW_THRESHOLD: f64 = 0.8;
-const DEFAULT_MAX_TOOL_CALL_LAG: usize = 3;
+const DEFAULT_MAX_TOOL_CALL_LAG: usize = 2;
 pub(crate) const DEFAULT_CLASSIFIER_INSTRUCTIONS: &str = include_str!("classifier_instructions.md");
 pub(crate) const CLASSIFICATION_OUTPUT_INSTRUCTIONS: &str = "Your first output token is the entire classification: `high` for high risk or `low` for low risk. Output that token immediately and nothing else.";
 
diff --git a/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/extension_tests.rs b/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/extension_tests.rs
index 8b4025e2ed..5c28c9082f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/extension_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/ext/guardian-v2/src/async_scorer/extension_tests.rs
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ max_classifier_instruction_tokens = 256
 }
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
-async fn contributor_uses_configured_prompt_effort_threshold_and_transcript() -> Result<()> {
+async fn contributor_uses_configured_prompt_and_expires_scores_at_default_lag() -> Result<()> {
     skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
 
     let configuration = r#"
@@ -1260,7 +1260,6 @@ async fn contributor_uses_configured_prompt_effort_threshold_and_transcript() ->
 enabled = true
 classifier_instructions = "Use the experimental security classification prompt."
 review_threshold = 0.60
-max_tool_call_lag = 2
 reasoning_effort = "minimal"
 max_action_tokens = 128
 max_classifier_instruction_tokens = 100000