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Fix truncated thinking-only continuations getting stuck

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #100891 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a bug where length-truncated responses containing only thinking/reasoning content would wedge the continuation mechanism, causing it to stall even after multiple retry attempts. The fix targets reliable handling of such truncations in the agent loop.

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  • #100891 fix(agent): thinking-only length truncations no longer wedge continuations (salvage #99622)

    merged to main

    files: agent/chat_completion_helpers.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/transports/chat_completions.py, tests/run_agent/test_length_continuation_thinking_exhaustion.py, tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #99622 fix(agent): thinking-only length truncations no longer wedge continuations · merged via another change → c83ea9b, #100891
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#90422reasoning_effort: ultra reliably triggers Response remained truncated after 4 continuation attempts
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