fix(gemini): preserve thought signatures across tool-call round trips - #894
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Gemini 3 attaches a thoughtSignature to every functionCall part and rejects a follow-up request whose history lacks it (HTTP 400). The native adapter dropped the signature in both directions. It is now exposed the way Google's OpenAI-compatible endpoint does (tool_calls[].extra_content.google.thought_signature, also on streamed deltas and Responses function_call items) and restored on the matching functionCall part when the client echoes the turn back. Unsigned calls on Gemini 3 get Google's skip_thought_signature_validator placeholder.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 4 included reviews per hour; 3 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughGemini native conversions now preserve thought signatures for tool calls and text turns. Streaming and Responses API paths retain the metadata. Tests and documentation cover Gemini 3 round trips, fallback handling, parallel calls, and tool-call-only responses. ChangesGemini thought-signature propagation
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Gemini native tool-call and Responses API replays now retain required thought signatures, preventing Gemini 3 history-validation failures while preserving expected tool-call response shapes. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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GeminiAPI->>nativeChatResponse: Return thoughtSignature
nativeChatResponse->>OpenAIClient: Expose extra_content
OpenAIClient->>convertChatRequestToGemini: Echo assistant tool call
convertChatRequestToGemini->>GeminiAPI: Restore thoughtSignature
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Confidence Score: 4/5Safe to merge: the remaining issue is non-blocking, but mixed Gemini text-and-tool-call turns cannot be replayed with complete thought-signature continuity. One focused reproduction confirmed that the text-part signature is dropped while the tool-call signature remains intact. Files Needing Attention: internal/providers/gemini/native.go
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For an assistant turn containing both text and tool calls, this branch delegates exclusively to the tool-call converter. That converter preserves each tool call’s signature but never applies message.extra_content to the text part. When a client replays the mixed turn to Gemini, the text reasoning signature is lost and reasoning continuity is reduced. This is non-blocking, but mixed Gemini turns cannot be faithfully replayed.
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- The authored temporary Go test constructs a mixed assistant message and requires both the text and tool signatures to survive conversion; it was retained after removal from the package, showing the exact executed source.
- The captured focused test run reports exit code 1, an empty text signature, and the retained tool signature, confirming the message-level signature is dropped.
- The command-captured test source shows the exact assertions exercised against the mixed assistant message conversion, documenting the reproduction scope.
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Fixed in ec1a9cd: the text part of a mixed text-and-tool turn now carries the message-level signature (see the "mixed turn keeps the text signature and the call signature" case in native_thought_signature_test.go).
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In `@internal/providers/gemini/native.go`:
- Line 258: Update the assistant tool-call handling around
geminiPartsFromToolCallMessage so the signature from msg.ExtraFields is attached
to the assistant text part while preserving each function-call signature. Add a
serialize-and-replay test covering one assistant turn containing both the
text-turn signature and a function-call signature.
In `@internal/providers/responses_converter.go`:
- Around line 214-216: Update the ExtraContent handling in the tool-call
conversion flow to ignore values whose trimmed json.RawMessage is JSON null,
preserving the previously stored signature; continue assigning non-null content,
and add a regression test covering a signature followed by a null delta and
verifying rendering retains the signature.
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Ports from #893: flat thought_signature/thoughtSignature input on the tool call or function object, extra_content-only passthrough onto Responses function_call items, a mock-upstream e2e test that enforces Gemini 3's rule, and the S228 parallel-safe entry. Also keeps the text signature on mixed text-and-tool turns and ignores an extra_content: null delta, per review.
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Closes #891
Problem
Gemini 3 attaches an encrypted
thoughtSignatureto everyfunctionCallpart and rejects a follow-up request whose history lacks it:The native adapter dropped the signature when converting the Gemini response to OpenAI
tool_calls, and had no way to restore it when the client echoed the assistant turn back. Any multi-step agent loop on Gemini 3 failed on the second request.Change
tool_calls[].extra_content.google.thought_signature, the shape Google's own OpenAI-compatible endpoint uses, so clients written for that endpoint keep working. A text turn's signature lands onmessage.extra_content. Streamedtool_callsdeltas and Responses APIfunction_callitems (non-stream and stream) carry the same member; onlyextra_contentis forwarded onto Responses items.extra_content(a flatthought_signature/thoughtSignatureon the tool call or itsfunctionobject is accepted too) and placed on the matchingfunctionCallpart. Mixed text-and-tool turns keep both the text signature and the per-call ones. Parallel batches are sent back exactly as received (only the first call is signed).skip_thought_signature_validatorplaceholder instead of surfacing the 400.content: nulllike OpenAI, instead of an empty message item that the Responses ingress refused to accept when echoed back.Only the native Gemini/Vertex path changes;
openai_compatiblemode already passedextra_contentthrough. OpenAI accepts the extra member on echoed tool calls, so fallback chains are unaffected.Verification
extra_content: nulldelta).tests/e2e/gemini_native_tools_test.go) enforce Gemini 3's rule in CI: chat and Responses round trips, fullresponse.outputecho, and the placeholder path.gemini-3.5-flash: sequential and parallel tool calls over/v1/chat/completions(stream and non-stream) and/v1/responses(stream and non-stream), plus the stripped-signature fallback.S228echoes a Gemini 3 tool call back through the gateway; the existing matrix only ran Gemini single-turn on 2.5 (which does not validate signatures) and tool round trips on OpenAI.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
nullcontent instead of an empty string.Documentation
Tests