fix: handle reasoning-only responses from Gemini 2.5 Pro

- Add fallback text when Gemini 2.5 Pro returns only reasoning/thinking content
- Prevents "no assistant messages" error for models with requiredReasoningBudget
- Add comprehensive test coverage for reasoning-only and mixed content scenarios

Fixes #6999

src/api/providers/__tests__/gemini.spec.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,95 @@ describe("GeminiHandler", () => {
 			)
 		})
 
+		it("should handle reasoning-only responses for Gemini 2.5 Pro", async () => {
+			// Mock a response with only reasoning/thinking content
+			;(handler["client"].models.generateContentStream as any).mockResolvedValue({
+				[Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function* () {
+					yield {
+						candidates: [
+							{
+								content: {
+									parts: [
+										{
+											thought: true,
+											text: "Let me think about this problem step by step...",
+										},
+									],
+								},
+							},
+						],
+					}
+					yield { usageMetadata: { promptTokenCount: 10, candidatesTokenCount: 20, thoughtsTokenCount: 15 } }
+				},
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage(systemPrompt, mockMessages)
+			const chunks = []
+
+			for await (const chunk of stream) {
+				chunks.push(chunk)
+			}
+
+			// Should have reasoning chunk, text chunk (fallback), and usage
+			expect(chunks.length).toBe(3)
+			expect(chunks[0]).toEqual({ type: "reasoning", text: "Let me think about this problem step by step..." })
+			expect(chunks[1]).toEqual({ type: "text", text: "[Thinking process completed]" })
+			expect(chunks[2]).toEqual({
+				type: "usage",
+				inputTokens: 10,
+				outputTokens: 20,
+				cacheReadTokens: undefined,
+				reasoningTokens: 15,
+				totalCost: undefined,
+			})
+		})
+
+		it("should handle mixed reasoning and text content", async () => {
+			// Mock a response with both reasoning and text content
+			;(handler["client"].models.generateContentStream as any).mockResolvedValue({
+				[Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function* () {
+					yield {
+						candidates: [
+							{
+								content: {
+									parts: [
+										{
+											thought: true,
+											text: "Analyzing the request...",
+										},
+										{
+											text: "Here is my response",
+										},
+									],
+								},
+							},
+						],
+					}
+					yield { usageMetadata: { promptTokenCount: 10, candidatesTokenCount: 25 } }
+				},
+			})
+
+			const stream = handler.createMessage(systemPrompt, mockMessages)
+			const chunks = []
+
+			for await (const chunk of stream) {
+				chunks.push(chunk)
+			}
+
+			// Should have reasoning, text, and usage chunks (no fallback text needed)
+			expect(chunks.length).toBe(3)
+			expect(chunks[0]).toEqual({ type: "reasoning", text: "Analyzing the request..." })
+			expect(chunks[1]).toEqual({ type: "text", text: "Here is my response" })
+			expect(chunks[2]).toEqual({
+				type: "usage",
+				inputTokens: 10,
+				outputTokens: 25,
+				cacheReadTokens: undefined,
+				reasoningTokens: undefined,
+				totalCost: undefined,
+			})
+		})
+
 		it("should handle API errors", async () => {
 			const mockError = new Error("Gemini API error")
 			;(handler["client"].models.generateContentStream as any).mockRejectedValue(mockError)
@@ -143,6 +232,28 @@ describe("GeminiHandler", () => {
 			const result = await handler.completePrompt("Test prompt")
 			expect(result).toBe("")
 		})
+
+		it("should handle reasoning-only response in completePrompt", async () => {
+			// Mock a response with only reasoning/thinking content and no text
+			;(handler["client"].models.generateContent as any).mockResolvedValue({
+				text: "",
+				candidates: [
+					{
+						content: {
+							parts: [
+								{
+									thought: true,
+									text: "Let me analyze this request...",
+								},
+							],
+						},
+					},
+				],
+			})
+
+			const result = await handler.completePrompt("Test prompt")
+			expect(result).toBe("[Thinking process completed]")
+		})
 	})
 
 	describe("getModel", () => {

src/api/providers/gemini.ts

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 
 			let lastUsageMetadata: GenerateContentResponseUsageMetadata | undefined
 			let pendingGroundingMetadata: GroundingMetadata | undefined
+			let hasTextContent = false
+			let hasReasoningContent = false
 
 			for await (const chunk of result) {
 				// Process candidates and their parts to separate thoughts from content
@@ -110,11 +112,13 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 								// This is a thinking/reasoning part
 								if (part.text) {
 									yield { type: "reasoning", text: part.text }
+									hasReasoningContent = true
 								}
 							} else {
 								// This is regular content
 								if (part.text) {
 									yield { type: "text", text: part.text }
+									hasTextContent = true
 								}
 							}
 						}
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 				// Fallback to the original text property if no candidates structure
 				else if (chunk.text) {
 					yield { type: "text", text: chunk.text }
+					hasTextContent = true
 				}
 
 				if (chunk.usageMetadata) {
@@ -131,6 +136,12 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 				}
 			}
 
+			// If we only got reasoning content but no text content, yield a minimal text response
+			// This prevents the "no assistant messages" error for Gemini 2.5 Pro with reasoning
+			if (hasReasoningContent && !hasTextContent) {
+				yield { type: "text", text: "[Thinking process completed]" }
+			}
+
 			if (pendingGroundingMetadata) {
 				const citations = this.extractCitationsOnly(pendingGroundingMetadata)
 				if (citations) {
@@ -201,7 +212,7 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 
 	async completePrompt(prompt: string): Promise<string> {
 		try {
-			const { id: model } = this.getModel()
+			const { id: model, reasoning: thinkingConfig } = this.getModel()
 
 			const tools: GenerateContentConfig["tools"] = []
 			if (this.options.enableUrlContext) {
@@ -215,6 +226,7 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 					? { baseUrl: this.options.googleGeminiBaseUrl }
 					: undefined,
 				temperature: this.options.modelTemperature ?? 0,
+				thinkingConfig,
 				...(tools.length > 0 ? { tools } : {}),
 			}
 
@@ -226,6 +238,15 @@ export class GeminiHandler extends BaseProvider implements SingleCompletionHandl
 
 			let text = result.text ?? ""
 
+			// Handle case where model only returns reasoning/thinking content
+			// This can happen with Gemini 2.5 Pro when reasoning is enabled
+			if (!text && result.candidates?.[0]?.content?.parts) {
+				const hasThoughts = result.candidates[0].content.parts.some((part: any) => part.thought)
+				if (hasThoughts) {
+					text = "[Thinking process completed]"
+				}
+			}
+
 			const candidate = result.candidates?.[0]
 			if (candidate?.groundingMetadata) {
 				const citations = this.extractCitationsOnly(candidate.groundingMetadata)