From 92121242666fade26b8680063bdb9e5a749e4ce5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kerry <kerry@berri.ai>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:37:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] style(responses_bridge): use dict.get in text merge helper

Co-Authored-By: Devin AI <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../litellm_responses_transformation/transformation.py        | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/completion_extras/litellm_responses_transformation/transformation.py b/litellm/completion_extras/litellm_responses_transformation/transformation.py
index e1d915dca39..eaf7f47552c 100644
--- a/litellm/completion_extras/litellm_responses_transformation/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/completion_extras/litellm_responses_transformation/transformation.py
@@ -526,9 +526,7 @@ class LiteLLMResponsesTransformationHandler(CompletionTransformationBridge):
     def _merge_text(
         responses_api_request: "ResponsesAPIOptionalRequestParams", update: Mapping[str, object]
     ) -> "ResponseText":
-        existing: Final = cast(
-            "dict[str, object]", responses_api_request["text"] if "text" in responses_api_request else {}
-        )
+        existing: Final = cast("dict[str, object]", dict(responses_api_request).get("text") or {})
         return cast("ResponseText", {**existing, **update})
 
     def _build_sanitized_litellm_params(self, litellm_params: dict) -> dict[str, object]: