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Gemini 3 thinking budget zero rejection workaround

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #137989 on 13 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where passing thinkingBudget: 0 to Gemini 3 Flash-Lite causes rejection during auxiliary title generation, with fixes exploring alternative approaches such as using a documented floor value or switching to thinkingLevel: minimal.

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  • #137989 fix(gemini): version-gated thinking for Gemini 3+ (incl. Argon); bounded long decode

    merged to main

    files: agent/auxiliary_client.py, agent/gemini_long_decode.py, agent/gemini_native_adapter.py, agent/transports/chat_completions.py, agent/turn_usage.py, run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_gemini_long_decode.py, tests/agent/test_gemini_stream_resume.py, tests/agent/test_gemini_thinking_config.py, tests/agent/test_run_budget.py, tests/agent/test_turn_usage_log_line.py, tests/agent/test_unsupported_temperature_retry.py, tests/fixtures/provider_wire_snapshot.json

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

  • #123546 fix(gemini): send thinkingLevel minimal instead of thinkingBudget 0 to Gemini 3 · done elsewhere → 446508f, 4ec52fc, #137989
  • #123553 fix(gemini): degrade the Gemini 3 thinking-off request to the documented floor · done elsewhere → 446508f, 4ec52fc, #137989
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#123512[Bug]: Gemini 3 Flash-Lite rejects the `thinkingBudget: 0` that auxiliary title generation sends, silently degrading session titles to the truncated first message
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