fix(llms): send reasoning_effort to every openai reasoning model - #7187
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The completions path gated the parameter behind is_o1_model = "o1" in model.lower(), a literal substring test. gpt-5, o3 and o4-mini contain no "o1", so an explicitly configured effort was dropped and the model thought at the server default. The request still succeeded, so nothing surfaced -- one measured extraction ran 6.2s with the setting applied against 149.7s with it dropped. The gate could not be widened: is_o1_model also drives supports_function_calling, supports_stop_words and the system->user message rewrite, so marking gpt-5 as an o1 model would report that it cannot call tools. The parameter is forwarded unconditionally instead, matching the responses path, and a model that genuinely does not support it says so in a 400 that is retried once without the key. Also adds "minimal" to LLM.reasoning_effort, which gpt-5 accepts and the Literal omitted, so the cheapest setting was unreachable on the typed surface. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe LLM API accepts ChangesReasoning effort forwarding and fallback
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LLM->>OpenAICompletion: Configure reasoning_effort
OpenAICompletion->>OpenAIModel: Send completion with reasoning_effort
OpenAIModel-->>OpenAICompletion: Return unsupported_parameter error
OpenAICompletion->>OpenAIModel: Retry without reasoning_effort
OpenAIModel-->>OpenAICompletion: Return completion result
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Forwarding to every model made a non-reasoning model pay a rejected request and a retry on every call. `_supports_reasoning_effort` matches on shape instead -- the o-series, and GPT generation 5 onwards -- so gpt-4o and gpt-4.1 never send the parameter at all. Matched by shape rather than by a list of names so a new member of an existing family works without a release here; gpt-6 and o5 already classify correctly. The unsupported-parameter retry stays as a safety net for the case the shape match is wrong for a future family, where it costs nothing when the match is right. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Shape matcher drops valid reasoning models
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_supports_reasoning_effort only treats o-series and gpt-N (N≥5) as reasoning models, so reasoning_effort is omitted for names that do not match, including gpt-oss-*, ft: fine-tunes, and models on the inherited OpenAI-compatible path. Those requests succeed without the setting, and the 400 retry never runs.
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py`:
- Line 1921: Update the reasoning_effort condition in _prepare_completion_params
so custom_openai endpoints forward the configured value for supported
deployments, including gpt-4o and gpt-4.1, without relying solely on the hosted
model-name check. Preserve the existing _supports_reasoning_effort behavior for
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| # gpt-5, o3 and o4-mini failed it and silently thought at the server | ||
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| if self.reasoning_effort and _supports_reasoning_effort(self.model): |
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Forward reasoning_effort for custom endpoints.
When custom_openai=True and the deployment name is gpt-4o or gpt-4.1, _supports_reasoning_effort() returns false, so _prepare_completion_params() omits the configured value. If the endpoint supports the parameter, the request uses its default and the retry path cannot restore the requested setting.
Bypass the hosted model-name check for custom_openai, or expose this capability as explicit configuration.
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py` at line 1921,
Update the reasoning_effort condition in _prepare_completion_params so
custom_openai endpoints forward the configured value for supported deployments,
including gpt-4o and gpt-4.1, without relying solely on the hosted model-name
check. Preserve the existing _supports_reasoning_effort behavior for non-custom
OpenAI models.
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reasoning_effortnow reaches every OpenAI reasoning model on the chat-completions path. It was gated behindis_o1_model = "o1" in model.lower()(completion.py:289), a literal substring test, sogpt-5,gpt-5-mini,o3,o3-miniando4-miniall failed it and thought at the server default. The request still succeeded, so nothing surfaced — one measured extraction ran 6.2s with the setting applied against 149.7s with it silently dropped.is_o1_modelalso drivessupports_function_calling(:2656),supports_stop_words(:2663) and the system→user message rewrite (:2762), so marking gpt-5 as an o1 model would make CrewAI report that gpt-5 cannot call tools and would mangle its system prompts. A separate predicate,_supports_reasoning_effort, decides it instead.^o\d) and GPT generation 5 onwards (^gpt-(\d+)>= 5). A new member of an existing family therefore needs no release here —gpt-6ando5already classify correctly — whilegpt-4oandgpt-4.1parse to generation 4 and are excluded, so a non-reasoning model never pays a wasted round trip.code="unsupported_parameter"and the null-param"Unrecognized request argument" shape, and explicitly does not match the "Unsupported value" 400 that o1/o3 return for a bad value, since dropping the key there would silently restore the original bug. The existing GPT-5.6 tools retry is untouched and still recovers by sending"none"."minimal"toLLM.reasoning_effort, which gpt-5 accepts and theLiteralomitted. Widening aLiteralis non-breaking; the native provider already accepted it (untypedstr) while the litellm path rejected it, so the cheapest setting was unreachable on the typed surface.tests/test_llm.py:298-327already had threetest_o3_mini_reasoning_effort_*tests. They pass either way — they assert"Paris" in result, and VCR's default matcher ignores the request body. Their cassettes do containreasoning_effort, but were recorded underOpenAI/Python 1.61.0in the litellm era, so they were asserting nothing. That is why this went unnoticed.is_o1_model's three other behaviours are unchanged (gpt-5still reports tool support, system messages are not rewritten).docs/edge/en/concepts/llms.mdxshowsreasoning_effortonly in usage examples and never enumerates valid values or supported models, so nothing documented becomes false. It already describes o1/o3/o4 as reasoning models at:243.is_o1_model's definition and its other uses are untouched, no reasoning-model allowlist, and no changes to the Azure, litellm or responses paths, which already forward correctly.o3-minicassettes want re-recording with a body matcher so they assert something.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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Changes core OpenAI completion request shaping and retry behavior for all chat-completions calls with reasoning_effort; mistakes could alter latency/cost or mask invalid effort values, though tests and narrow error matching limit exposure.
Overview
Fixes silent dropping of
reasoning_efforton the native OpenAI chat completions path: the parameter was only sent whenis_o1_modelmatched (literal"o1"in the model name), so gpt-5, o3, and o4-mini ignored user-configured effort while requests still succeeded.Forwarding now uses
_supports_reasoning_effort, which matches o-series models and GPT generation ≥ 5 by name shape (not a static allowlist).is_o1_modelis unchanged so tool calling, stop words, and system-message rewriting stay correct for non-o1 reasoning models.When the API returns a 400 that the parameter itself is unsupported, sync/async and streaming completions retry once without
reasoning_effort; bad values (e.g. unsupported"none") are not retried.LLM.reasoning_effortadds"minimal"to the typedLiteral.Adds
test_reasoning_effort_forwarding.pycovering param building, retries, and regression guards onis_o1_modelbehavior.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 2a16198. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.