From 6188e90aab0d88976ef28999c019632a45c9c750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ParthSareen <parth.sareen@ollama.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 00:43:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] anthropic: preserve messages with only thinking content

Fix edge case where messages containing only a thinking block (no text,
images, or tool calls) would be dropped. Add thinking != "" to the
condition that creates messages from content blocks.
---
 anthropic/anthropic.go      |  2 +-
 anthropic/anthropic_test.go | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/anthropic/anthropic.go b/anthropic/anthropic.go
index 3a1d28099..bd1465792 100644
--- a/anthropic/anthropic.go
+++ b/anthropic/anthropic.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func convertMessage(msg MessageParam) ([]api.Message, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if textContent.Len() > 0 || len(images) > 0 || len(toolCalls) > 0 {
+		if textContent.Len() > 0 || len(images) > 0 || len(toolCalls) > 0 || thinking != "" {
 			m := api.Message{
 				Role:      role,
 				Content:   textContent.String(),
diff --git a/anthropic/anthropic_test.go b/anthropic/anthropic_test.go
index 2c4f5a68a..3cebe6710 100644
--- a/anthropic/anthropic_test.go
+++ b/anthropic/anthropic_test.go
@@ -312,6 +312,41 @@ func TestFromMessagesRequest_WithThinking(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestFromMessagesRequest_ThinkingOnlyBlock verifies that messages containing only
+// a thinking block (no text, images, or tool calls) are preserved and not dropped.
+func TestFromMessagesRequest_ThinkingOnlyBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	req := MessagesRequest{
+		Model:     "test-model",
+		MaxTokens: 1024,
+		Messages: []MessageParam{
+			{Role: "user", Content: "Hello"},
+			{
+				Role: "assistant",
+				Content: []any{
+					map[string]any{
+						"type":     "thinking",
+						"thinking": "Let me think about this...",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	result, err := FromMessagesRequest(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(result.Messages) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 messages, got %d", len(result.Messages))
+	}
+
+	assistantMsg := result.Messages[1]
+	if assistantMsg.Thinking != "Let me think about this..." {
+		t.Errorf("expected thinking content, got %q", assistantMsg.Thinking)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFromMessagesRequest_ToolUseMissingID(t *testing.T) {
 	req := MessagesRequest{
 		Model:     "test-model",