From 1fb38dfa311e5aab6c29ada4f43590544624eec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cesar Garcia <128240629+Chesars@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 19:54:49 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update
 litellm/llms/openai/responses/count_tokens/transformation.py

Co-authored-by: greptile-apps[bot] <165735046+greptile-apps[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../openai/responses/count_tokens/transformation.py    | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/litellm/llms/openai/responses/count_tokens/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/openai/responses/count_tokens/transformation.py
index ca9526bc187..b9b36dcbea5 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/openai/responses/count_tokens/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/openai/responses/count_tokens/transformation.py
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ class OpenAICountTokensConfig:
                             text_parts.append(block)
                     instructions_parts.append("\n".join(text_parts))
             elif role == "user":
+                if isinstance(content, list):
+                    # Extract text from content blocks for Responses API
+                    text_parts = []
+                    for block in content:
+                        if isinstance(block, dict) and block.get("type") == "text":
+                            text_parts.append(block.get("text", ""))
+                        elif isinstance(block, str):
+                            text_parts.append(block)
+                    content = "\n".join(text_parts)
+                input_items.append({"role": "user", "content": content})
                 input_items.append({"role": "user", "content": content})
             elif role == "assistant":
                 # Map tool_calls to Responses API function_call items