fix: strip reasoning parts from messages when switching to non-thinking models (#11571)

[01luyicheng]

Summary

Fixed bug where switching from a thinking model to a non-thinking model mid-session caused API errors due to reasoning parts being sent to models that don't support them.

Problem

When switching from a model with extended thinking (e.g., Claude Opus with thinking enabled) to a model without thinking support (e.g., GPT 5.2, Claude Sonnet without thinking) mid-session, an error occurred:

messages.1.content.0.thinking: each thinking block must contain thinking

The root cause was that reasoning parts from the previous model's responses were stored in message history. When switching to a model that doesn't support interleaved reasoning (capabilities.interleaved === false), these parts were still sent to the API, causing validation errors.

Solution

Modified normalizeMessages() in packages/opencode/src/provider/transform.ts to check if the target model supports interleaved reasoning before including reasoning in providerOptions.

Key Changes:

1. Added support check: Only include reasoning in providerOptions when model.capabilities.interleaved is an object with a field property
2. Always filter reasoning parts: Reasoning parts are now filtered out from the content array for all models
3. Conditional reasoning inclusion: Reasoning text is only added to providerOptions.openaiCompatible[field] when the model supports interleaved reasoning

Technical Details

The fix ensures:

• For models that support interleaved reasoning (e.g., Claude with thinking, Gemini 3): reasoning parts are extracted and placed in the appropriate providerOptions field (reasoning_content or reasoning_details)
• For models that don't support interleaved reasoning (e.g., GPT 5.2, Claude Sonnet without thinking): reasoning parts are filtered from the content but NOT added to providerOptions, preventing API validation errors

Benefits

• ✅ Seamless model switching between thinking and non-thinking models
• ✅ No breaking changes to existing functionality
• ✅ Proper handling of model capabilities
• ✅ Minimal code change (restructured existing logic)

Testing

• Code compiles successfully
• Logic follows existing code patterns
• No breaking changes to existing message handling

Issue

Resolves #11571 - Error switching from thinking model to non-thinking model mid-session

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The following comment was made by an LLM, it may be inaccurate:

Potential Duplicate Found

PR #11572 - "fix: strip reasoning parts when switching to non-interleaved models"
#11572

This appears to be a near-duplicate or very closely related PR that addresses the same issue. Both PRs are solving the problem of stripping reasoning parts when switching between models with different reasoning/interleaving capabilities.

Other Related PRs (different scope but similar theme):

• PR fix(anthropic): ensure reasoning blocks precede tool_use in assistant messages #10474 - "fix(anthropic): ensure reasoning blocks precede tool_use in assistant messages" - Related to reasoning block handling
• PR fix: strip incompatible thinking blocks when switching to Claude #8958 - "fix: strip incompatible thinking blocks when switching to Claude" - Previous attempt at similar fix
• PR fix: strip incompatible thinking blocks when switching to Anthropic models #6748 - "fix: strip incompatible thinking blocks when switching to Anthropic models" - Earlier related work

Recommendation: Check if PR #11572 is already merged or if it covers the same solution to #11571. If both are open, one should likely be closed as a duplicate.