Merge pull request #403 from ymonster/fix/deepseek-empty-reasoning-content

fix: 保留 DeepSeek v4 thinking mode 的空 reasoning_content (#399)

packages/@ant/model-provider/src/shared/__tests__/openaiConvertMessages.test.ts

@@ -468,7 +468,11 @@ describe('DeepSeek thinking mode (enableThinking)', () => {
     expect(assistant.reasoning_content).toBe('First thought.\nSecond thought.')
   })
 
-  test('skips empty thinking blocks', () => {
+  test('preserves empty thinking blocks as reasoning_content: "" (DeepSeek v4 thinking mode)', () => {
+    // DeepSeek v4 thinking mode sometimes returns reasoning_content: ""
+    // when the model answers directly without reasoning. The empty value
+    // must be echoed back in the next request — otherwise DeepSeek returns
+    // 400 ("reasoning_content ... must be passed back"). See issue #399.
     const result = anthropicMessagesToOpenAI(
       [
         makeUserMsg('question'),
@@ -481,7 +485,23 @@ describe('DeepSeek thinking mode (enableThinking)', () => {
       { enableThinking: true },
     )
     const assistant = result.filter(m => m.role === 'assistant')[0] as any
+    expect(assistant.reasoning_content).toBe('')
+    expect(assistant.content).toBe('Answer.')
+  })
+
+  test('omits reasoning_content when no thinking block is present', () => {
+    // No thinking block at all → no reasoning_content field on the
+    // OpenAI-format assistant message (relevant for non-thinking models).
+    const result = anthropicMessagesToOpenAI(
+      [
+        makeUserMsg('question'),
+        makeAssistantMsg([{ type: 'text', text: 'Answer.' }]),
+      ],
+      [] as any,
+    )
+    const assistant = result.filter(m => m.role === 'assistant')[0] as any
     expect(assistant.reasoning_content).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(assistant.content).toBe('Answer.')
   })
 
   // ── fix: reorder tool and user messages for OpenAI API compatibility (#168) ──

packages/@ant/model-provider/src/shared/__tests__/openaiStreamAdapter.test.ts

@@ -439,6 +439,54 @@ describe('thinking support (reasoning_content)', () => {
     expect(blockStarts[1].content_block.type).toBe('tool_use')
   })
 
+  test('opens thinking block on empty reasoning_content (DeepSeek v4 direct-answer)', async () => {
+    // DeepSeek v4 thinking mode sometimes streams reasoning_content: ""
+    // before answering directly. We must still open a thinking block so the
+    // resulting assistant message carries an (empty) thinking block — that
+    // round-trips back as reasoning_content: "" in the next request,
+    // satisfying DeepSeek's requirement (see issue #399).
+    const events = await collectEvents([
+      makeChunk({
+        choices: [
+          {
+            index: 0,
+            delta: { reasoning_content: '' },
+            finish_reason: null,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      makeChunk({
+        choices: [
+          {
+            index: 0,
+            delta: { content: 'Direct answer.' },
+            finish_reason: null,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      makeChunk({
+        choices: [{ index: 0, delta: {}, finish_reason: 'stop' }],
+      }),
+    ])
+
+    // A thinking block was opened (and closed before the text block starts)
+    const blockStarts = events.filter(
+      e => e.type === 'content_block_start',
+    ) as any[]
+    expect(blockStarts.length).toBe(2)
+    expect(blockStarts[0].content_block.type).toBe('thinking')
+    expect(blockStarts[0].content_block.thinking).toBe('')
+    expect(blockStarts[1].content_block.type).toBe('text')
+
+    // No empty thinking_delta should be emitted — the empty string is
+    // already conveyed by the thinking block's initial value.
+    const thinkingDeltas = events.filter(
+      e =>
+        e.type === 'content_block_delta' && e.delta.type === 'thinking_delta',
+    )
+    expect(thinkingDeltas.length).toBe(0)
+  })
+
   test('thinking block index is 0, text block index is 1', async () => {
     const events = await collectEvents([
       makeChunk({

packages/@ant/model-provider/src/shared/openaiConvertMessages.ts

@@ -206,12 +206,14 @@ function convertInternalAssistantMessage(
         },
       })
     } else if (block.type === 'thinking') {
-      // DeepSeek thinking mode: always preserve reasoning_content.
+      // DeepSeek thinking mode: always preserve reasoning_content,
-      // DeepSeek requires reasoning_content to be passed back in subsequent requests,
+      // including the empty-string case. DeepSeek v4 may return
-      // especially when tool calls are involved (returns 400 if missing).
+      // reasoning_content: "" when the model answers directly, and the
+      // empty value must be echoed back in the next request — otherwise
+      // DeepSeek returns 400 ("reasoning_content ... must be passed back").
       const thinkingText = (block as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)
         .thinking
-      if (typeof thinkingText === 'string' && thinkingText) {
+      if (typeof thinkingText === 'string') {
         reasoningParts.push(thinkingText)
       }
     }

packages/@ant/model-provider/src/shared/openaiStreamAdapter.ts

@@ -106,9 +106,13 @@ export async function* adaptOpenAIStreamToAnthropic(
     // Skip chunks that carry only usage data (no delta content)
     if (!delta) continue
 
-    // Handle reasoning_content → Anthropic thinking block
+    // Handle reasoning_content → Anthropic thinking block.
+    // Empty string is a valid signal: DeepSeek v4 thinking mode sometimes
+    // returns reasoning_content: "" when the model answers directly. The
+    // empty thinking block must round-trip back to the API in subsequent
+    // requests, otherwise DeepSeek rejects with 400.
     const reasoningContent = (delta as any).reasoning_content
-    if (reasoningContent != null && reasoningContent !== '') {
+    if (reasoningContent != null) {
       if (!thinkingBlockOpen) {
         currentContentIndex++
         thinkingBlockOpen = true
@@ -125,14 +129,16 @@ export async function* adaptOpenAIStreamToAnthropic(
         } as BetaRawMessageStreamEvent
       }
 
-      yield {
+      if (reasoningContent !== '') {
-        type: 'content_block_delta',
+        yield {
-        index: currentContentIndex,
+          type: 'content_block_delta',
-        delta: {
+          index: currentContentIndex,
-          type: 'thinking_delta',
+          delta: {
-          thinking: reasoningContent,
+            type: 'thinking_delta',
-        },
+            thinking: reasoningContent,
-      } as BetaRawMessageStreamEvent
+          },
+        } as BetaRawMessageStreamEvent
+      }
     }
 
     // Handle text content