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Strip Gemma 4 thought tags from responses

Cluster 6148. Data as of 2026-10-23 11:54 UTC

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A bug was reported and multiple fixes were proposed to remove <thought> reasoning tags from Gemma 4 model responses across different parts of the codebase, including CLI output and agent execution.

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#8562 fix: strip <thought> tags from Gemma 4 responses

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files: agent/auxiliary_client.py, cli.py, run_agent.py, tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · merged via another change 1 · other 1

#6149 fix: strip <thought> tags from Gemma 4 responses in _strip_think_blocks · merged via another change → #8562
#8547 fix(cli): strip gemma thought tags from visible output · other → #6149
#8891 fix: support Gemma 4 <thought> reasoning tags in run_agent.py · closed without comment

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Closed#6148[Bug]: <thought> tags from Gemma 4 not stripped from response content

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Merged PRs: #8562
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Attempts: 3 PRs closed without merging
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