diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py b/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py
index 8405b0e69..838f40005 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/parser/reasoning_parser.py
@@ -782,6 +782,20 @@ class InklingDetector(BaseReasoningFormatDetector):
             self._buffer = ""
         return self._parse_blocks(text)
 
+    def finish(self) -> StreamingParseResult:
+        # Flush reasoning buffered under stream_reasoning=False when the stream
+        # ends before a control/end token closes the block (e.g. max_tokens cut
+        # a thinking block short). Mirrors the non-streaming flush in
+        # detect_and_parse; without it the trailing reasoning trace is dropped.
+        reasoning_text = ""
+        if self._kind == "reasoning" and not self.stream_reasoning:
+            reasoning_text = self._pending_reasoning
+        self._buffer = ""
+        self._pending_reasoning = ""
+        self._pending_header = ""
+        self._kind = None
+        return StreamingParseResult(reasoning_text=reasoning_text)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _partial_control_length(text: str) -> int:
         max_token_len = max(map(len, _INKLING_CONTROL_TOKENS))
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py b/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py
index 7fc452ba6..e5616b27f 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/parser/test_reasoning_parser.py
@@ -249,6 +249,24 @@ class TestInklingDetector(CustomTestCase):
                 content += detector.parse_streaming_increment(chunk).normal_text
             self.assertEqual(content, " worldnext", msg=f"chunks={chunks!r}")
 
+    def test_finish_flushes_reasoning_truncated_before_end_token(self):
+        """Bug regression: with stream_reasoning=False the detector buffers the
+        thinking block and only flushes it on a control/end token. When
+        generation is cut mid-block (e.g. max_tokens) the stream ends with no
+        end token, so the buffered trace was dropped entirely; finish() must
+        emit it, matching the non-streaming detect_and_parse path."""
+        detector = InklingDetector(stream_reasoning=False)
+        source = "<|message_model|><|content_thinking|>truncated thinking"
+        streamed_reasoning = ""
+        for char in source:
+            streamed_reasoning += detector.parse_streaming_increment(
+                char
+            ).reasoning_text
+        # The block never closed, so nothing surfaces mid-stream.
+        self.assertEqual(streamed_reasoning, "")
+        # finish() flushes the buffered trace instead of dropping it.
+        self.assertEqual(detector.finish().reasoning_text, "truncated thinking")
+
 
 class TestKimiDetector(CustomTestCase):
     def setUp(self):