From 10511dfd131e6d5f5f58b5fe8cdf7150381a363b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: apex-mochen <2756823972@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 02:06:43 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: map empty Gemini tool-call arguments to {} instead of
 {"type":"object"}

Rebase onto latest upstream main. Fold the missing-key / non-empty
regression cases into the mapped test file (per AGENTS.md) and drop the
standalone test_gemini_empty_arguments.py.

See #43156

Signed-off-by: ding <2756823972@qq.com>
---
 .../prompt_templates/factory.py               |  4 +--
 ...llm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
index 5d6c1ac0e4b..efdb77943af 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -1209,9 +1209,7 @@ def _gemini_tool_call_invoke_helper(
     if (
         isinstance(arguments, str) and len(arguments) == 0
     ):  # pass empty dict, if arguments is empty string - prevents call from failing
-        arguments_dict = {
-            "type": "object",
-        }
+        arguments_dict = {}
     else:
         arguments_dict = json.loads(arguments)
     function_call: Final = VertexFunctionCall(
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py
index 9576f4742c6..3460c3d45f0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/prompt_templates/test_litellm_core_utils_prompt_templates_factory.py
@@ -822,9 +822,33 @@ def test_vertex_ai_transform_empty_function_call_arguments():
     }
     result: VertexFunctionCall = _gemini_tool_call_invoke_helper(function_call)
     print(result)
-    assert result["args"] == {
-        "type": "object",
-    }
+    assert result["args"] == {}
+
+
+def test_gemini_missing_arguments_maps_to_empty_object():
+    """When `arguments` key is absent, the helper should yield an empty object (see #43156)."""
+    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import (
+        VertexFunctionCall,
+        _gemini_tool_call_invoke_helper,
+    )
+
+    result: VertexFunctionCall = _gemini_tool_call_invoke_helper(
+        {"name": "no_args"}
+    )
+    assert result["args"] == {}
+
+
+def test_gemini_nonempty_arguments_is_parsed():
+    """Non-empty arguments string should still be JSON-decoded as before."""
+    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import (
+        VertexFunctionCall,
+        _gemini_tool_call_invoke_helper,
+    )
+
+    result: VertexFunctionCall = _gemini_tool_call_invoke_helper(
+        {"name": "get", "arguments": '{"x": 1}'}
+    )
+    assert result["args"] == {"x": 1}
 
 
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