diff --git a/error_recovery.go b/error_recovery.go
index 9c18f03..fa53fd5 100644
--- a/error_recovery.go
+++ b/error_recovery.go
@@ -191,12 +191,16 @@ type CircuitBreaker struct {
 	maxFailures int
 	// timeout is how long to wait before allowing requests in half-open state
 	timeout time.Duration
-	// resetTimeout is how long to wait before transitioning from open to half-open
+	// resetTimeout is how long to stay in half-open (after the open timeout)
+	// before a successful response fully closes the circuit
 	resetTimeout time.Duration
 	// state tracks the current circuit breaker state
 	state CircuitBreakerState
 	// failures counts consecutive failures
 	failures int64
+	// halfOpenSince is when the circuit entered half-open; used to enforce
+	// resetTimeout before a success can fully close it
+	halfOpenSince time.Time
 }
 
 // CircuitBreakerConfig holds configuration parameters for circuit breakers.
@@ -275,6 +279,7 @@ func (cb *CircuitBreaker) allowRequest() bool {
 	case CircuitBreakerOpen:
 		if now.Sub(cb.lastFailureTime) > cb.timeout {
 			cb.state = CircuitBreakerHalfOpen
+			cb.halfOpenSince = now
 			cb.logger.Infof("Circuit breaker transitioning to half-open state")
 			return true
 		}
@@ -317,6 +322,15 @@ func (cb *CircuitBreaker) recordSuccess() {
 
 	switch cb.state {
 	case CircuitBreakerHalfOpen:
+		// Honor resetTimeout: do not fully close until the circuit has been
+		// in half-open for at least resetTimeout. This provides the
+		// documented open -> half-open -> (reset cooldown) -> closed
+		// hysteresis instead of closing on the very first half-open
+		// success, which would let a stray success immediately reopen
+		// (bounce). While in half-open requests are still allowed as probes.
+		if time.Since(cb.halfOpenSince) < cb.resetTimeout {
+			return
+		}
 		cb.failures = 0
 		cb.state = CircuitBreakerClosed
 		cb.LogInfo("Circuit breaker closed after successful request in half-open state")
diff --git a/error_recovery_test.go b/error_recovery_test.go
index e9cd1e8..60c2855 100644
--- a/error_recovery_test.go
+++ b/error_recovery_test.go
@@ -89,18 +89,50 @@ func TestCircuitBreakerHalfOpenTransition(t *testing.T) {
 
 	time.Sleep(150 * time.Millisecond)
 
-	allowed := false
-	_ = cb.Execute(func() error {
-		allowed = true
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	if !allowed {
-		t.Error("Request should be allowed in half-open state")
+	// First request after the open timeout probes half-open. A single success
+	// does NOT immediately close: the circuit stays half-open until
+	// resetTimeout has elapsed (reset-cooldown hysteresis).
+	if err := cb.Execute(func() error { return nil }); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Request should be allowed in half-open state, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cb.GetState() != CircuitBreakerHalfOpen {
+		t.Errorf("Circuit should stay half-open during reset cooldown, got %v", circuitBreakerStateToString(cb.GetState()))
 	}
 
+	// After resetTimeout elapses, a successful request fully closes it.
+	time.Sleep(60 * time.Millisecond)
+	if err := cb.Execute(func() error { return nil }); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Request should be allowed, got: %v", err)
+	}
 	if cb.GetState() != CircuitBreakerClosed {
-		t.Errorf("Circuit should be closed after successful half-open request, got %v", cb.GetState())
+		t.Errorf("Circuit should be closed after successful request following reset cooldown, got %v", circuitBreakerStateToString(cb.GetState()))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestCircuitBreakerResetTimeoutEnforced is a regression test for the dead
+// resetTimeout config field: it must be consulted before a half-open success
+// can fully close the circuit. This failed on the old code where resetTimeout
+// was set but never read, so a single half-open success closed the circuit
+// immediately regardless of the configured reset cooldown.
+func TestCircuitBreakerResetTimeoutEnforced(t *testing.T) {
+	cb := NewCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerConfig{
+		MaxFailures:  1,
+		Timeout:      50 * time.Millisecond,
+		ResetTimeout: time.Minute,
+	}, nil)
+
+	_ = cb.Execute(func() error { return errors.New("fail") })
+	if cb.GetState() != CircuitBreakerOpen {
+		t.Fatal("circuit should be open after failure")
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(70 * time.Millisecond) // past the open timeout -> half-open
+
+	if err := cb.Execute(func() error { return nil }); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("request should be allowed in half-open state, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cb.GetState() != CircuitBreakerHalfOpen {
+		t.Fatalf("circuit must remain half-open until resetTimeout elapses, got %v", circuitBreakerStateToString(cb.GetState()))
 	}
 }