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Summary

Reasoning models reached through openaiCompatible never surfaced their thinking. DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi and most vLLM/SGLang deployments stream it on delta.reasoning_content (a smaller set of gateways use delta.reasoning) — fields that sit outside the OpenAI wire format, so OpenAIBaseChatCompletionsTextAdapter.extractReasoning returns undefined by default and the deltas are dropped with no warning.

OpenAICompatibleChatAdapter now overrides that hook and reads both fields, which is what the dedicated adapters for the same providers already do (@tanstack/ai-cloudflare, @tanstack/ai-byteplus, @tanstack/ai-groq). This removes the need for the prototype monkey-patch the issue reports as the only workaround. Providers that send neither field are untouched — the hook still returns undefined and no reasoning events are emitted.

Fixes #982

Changes

  • packages/ai-openai/src/compatible/adapter.ts: OpenAICompatibleChatAdapter.extractReasoning reads delta.reasoning_content ?? delta.reasoning.
  • packages/ai-openai/tests/compatible-reasoning.test.ts: new test file.
  • .changeset/compatible-adapter-reasoning.md.

Verification

vitest run in packages/ai-openai: 264 passed (18 files). The three new tests that need the hook fail on main and pass with the change; the fourth — a provider sending neither field emitting no reasoning events — passes both ways, guarding against reading reasoning where there is none.

Tests drive the real adapter over a stubbed chat.completions.create stream and assert the REASONING_START / REASONING_MESSAGE_CONTENT events, covering reasoning_content, reasoning, both together (reasoning_content wins), and neither.

Note

I put this on the Chat Completions adapter only. OpenAICompatibleResponsesAdapter goes through the Responses API, which carries reasoning natively and already handles it in the base, so it needs nothing here.

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  • New Features

    • OpenAI-compatible providers can now stream reasoning content from supported response fields.
    • Reasoning content is surfaced during streaming, including when providers use either supported field format.
    • Providers that do not send reasoning content continue to work without changes.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented supported reasoning output from being silently dropped during streaming.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The OpenAICompatibleChatAdapter now streams reasoning from delta.reasoning_content and delta.reasoning. Tests cover field precedence, missing fields, and emitted events. A changeset documents the patch release.

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Reasoning streaming

Layer / File(s) Summary
Adapter reasoning extraction and validation
packages/ai-openai/src/compatible/adapter.ts, packages/ai-openai/tests/compatible-reasoning.test.ts, .changeset/compatible-adapter-reasoning.md
The adapter extracts non-empty reasoning text from delta.reasoning_content, then delta.reasoning. Tests validate event output, precedence, and chunks without reasoning fields. The changeset documents the patch release.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Provider
  participant OpenAICompatibleChatAdapter
  participant EventConsumer
  Provider->>OpenAICompatibleChatAdapter: Stream reasoning delta
  OpenAICompatibleChatAdapter->>EventConsumer: Emit reasoning events
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a15b3

Providers sending an empty reasoning_content alongside valid reasoning may lose streamed thinking content. The fallback selection should be corrected before merge.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: streaming reasoning from OpenAI-compatible providers.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the change, motivation, affected files, verification results, changeset, and release scope. It does not use the exact template headings or include the checklist and re…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The pull request addresses issue [#982] by adding reasoning extraction for both delta.reasoning_content and delta.reasoning, preserving reasoning events without a prototype monkey-patch. The tests cov…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The adapter change, focused tests, and changeset are directly related to the linked issue and stated objectives. No unrelated code changes are identified.
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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@packages/ai-openai/src/compatible/adapter.ts`:
- Line 50: Update the reasoning extraction around the raw delta selection to use
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const delta = chunk.choices[0]?.delta as
| { reasoning?: unknown; reasoning_content?: unknown }
| undefined
const raw = delta?.reasoning_content ?? delta?.reasoning

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate reasoning_content before applying precedence.

If a gateway sends reasoning_content: '' and reasoning: 'thinking', ?? selects the empty string. Line 51 then discards it and never uses reasoning. Fall back when reasoning_content is empty or not a string. Add this case to the regression tests.

Proposed fix
-    const raw = delta?.reasoning_content ?? delta?.reasoning
+    const reasoningContent = delta?.reasoning_content
+    const raw =
+      typeof reasoningContent === 'string' && reasoningContent.length > 0
+        ? reasoningContent
+        : delta?.reasoning
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const raw = delta?.reasoning_content ?? delta?.reasoning
const reasoningContent = delta?.reasoning_content
const raw =
typeof reasoningContent === 'string' && reasoningContent.length > 0
? reasoningContent
: delta?.reasoning
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In `@packages/ai-openai/src/compatible/adapter.ts` at line 50, Update the
reasoning extraction around the raw delta selection to use reasoning_content
only when it is a non-empty string; otherwise fall back to delta.reasoning. Add
a regression test covering an empty reasoning_content alongside a populated
reasoning value, preserving the existing precedence for valid reasoning_content.

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