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Use Gemini thinking levels for Gemini 3.5+ models while preserving thinking-budget fallback for older models and SDKs without thinking-level support. The model-version parser also handles future minor and major versions.

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Fixes #1276

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  • New Features

    • Added support for configurable reasoning levels on newer Gemini models, including high-effort reasoning.
    • Reasoning settings are now automatically selected based on the Gemini model version.
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    • Preserved existing thinking-budget behaviour for older Gemini models.
    • Improved compatibility across supported Gemini model generations.

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The Gemini provider now uses thinking_level for Gemini 3.5+ models and retains thinking_budget for older models. The Gemini and Vertex AI extras require google-genai>=1.51.0. Tests cover both model-generation paths.

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Gemini reasoning configuration

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Model-specific thinking configuration
pyproject.toml, src/any_llm/providers/gemini/base.py
The extras require google-genai>=1.51.0. The provider maps reasoning effort and selects thinking_level for Gemini 3.5+ models or thinking_budget for older models.
Reasoning configuration regression coverage
tests/unit/providers/test_gemini_provider.py
Tests verify thinking-level values for newer models and mapped thinking budgets for older and preview models.

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In `@src/any_llm/providers/gemini/base.py`:
- Around line 154-159: Update the is_new_gemini_model check in the
thinking_kwargs selection to recognize every Gemini model version from 3.5
onward, including future major and minor versions, then continue using
thinking_level when supports_thinking_level is true and the existing
thinking_budget fallback otherwise.

In `@tests/unit/providers/test_gemini_provider.py`:
- Around line 601-624: Extend the Gemini parameter conversion tests around
GoogleProvider._convert_completion_params to cover the SDK fallback where
ThinkingConfig.model_fields omits thinking_level, asserting Gemini 3.5 sends
only thinking_budget. Also add a regression case verifying
reasoning_effort="max" maps to thinking_level="HIGH" for supported Gemini 3.5
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The thinking-level predicate only matched the `gemini-3.5` and `gemini-4`
prefixes, so `gemini-3.6`, `gemini-5`, and `models/gemini-3.5-flash` all fell
back to `thinking_budget`. Parse the version out of the model id and compare it
against 3.5 instead.

Both new tests failed: `CompletionParams` rejects an empty `messages` list, and
`_convert_completion_params` returns the thinking config under
`result["config"].thinking_config` rather than `result["thinking_config"]`. The
monkeypatched stand-in for `ThinkingConfig` was also silently coerced back into
a real (all-`None`) `ThinkingConfig` by `GenerateContentConfig` validation, so
it asserted nothing about the SDK. Drop the stand-in, parametrize over the model
ids and reasoning efforts that matter, and cover the older-SDK fallback by
removing `thinking_level` from the real class's `model_fields`.

Building the arguments in a `dict[str, Any]` also hid a typing error from mypy:
`thinking_level` expects `types.ThinkingLevel`, not `str`.

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Approving. The version branch only fires for model ids that parse as 3.5 or newer, so every model that exists today, including the gemini-3-flash-preview the integration suite pins, keeps the thinking_budget path. The regression surface on current users is nil.

I pushed a commit to your branch fixing the two new tests. CompletionParams rejects an empty messages list and the thinking config lives at result["config"].thinking_config, so neither test ever ran. The stand-in ThinkingConfig was also being coerced back into an all-None real one by GenerateContentConfig validation, so it asserted nothing about the SDK either. Same commit swaps the gemini-3.5/gemini-4 prefix check for a version parse (CodeRabbit's point: gemini-3.6 and gemini-5 were falling through), and passes types.ThinkingLevel rather than a plain string, which the dict[str, Any] splat had been hiding from mypy.

Worth knowing rather than acting on: nobody can confirm yet whether 3.5 will accept MINIMAL and MEDIUM or only LOW and HIGH the way Gemini 3 does. If it lands narrower, the mapping needs a one line revisit.

Thanks for picking this up.

Note: this review was drafted by Claude Opus 5 via back-and-forth with @njbrake. The reasoning and decisions are his; the prose is Claude's.

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In `@tests/unit/providers/test_gemini_provider.py`:
- Around line 601-642: Update the fake ThinkingConfig in both tests to retain
the constructor keyword arguments, then assert the exact kwargs for each
compatibility path: the thinking-level path must include only include_thoughts
and thinking_level, while the fallback thinking-budget path must include only
include_thoughts and thinking_budget.
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601-624: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add a provider-prefixed model ID regression case.

The parser accepts gemini-* after a path separator, but this test covers only gemini-3.10-flash. Add a second case with a provider path and assert the same exact keyword dictionary. This protects the shared Google and Vertex AI conversion path.

As per coding guidelines, **/test_*.py files must test every new branch, including error, raise, and edge paths.

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+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "model_id",
+    [
+        "gemini-3.10-flash",
+        "publishers/google/models/gemini-3.10-flash",
+    ],
+)
-def test_new_gemini_models_use_thinking_level_when_supported(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+def test_new_gemini_models_use_thinking_level_when_supported(
+    model_id: str, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
...
-            model_id="gemini-3.10-flash",
+            model_id=model_id,
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In `@tests/unit/providers/test_gemini_provider.py` around lines 601 - 624, Extend
test_new_gemini_models_use_thinking_level_when_supported with a
provider-prefixed model ID containing a path separator, such as a Google or
Vertex AI provider path, and assert the resulting thinking_config.kwargs exactly
matches the existing include_thoughts and HIGH thinking_level dictionary. Prefer
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exercise the shared GoogleProvider._convert_completion_params path.

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In `@src/any_llm/providers/gemini/base.py`:
- Around line 72-78: The module-level REASONING_EFFORT_TO_THINKING_LEVELS
initialization eagerly accesses types.ThinkingLevel and breaks imports on SDK
versions that lack it. Resolve the ThinkingLevel mapping lazily during
capability detection or otherwise guard the missing symbol, while preserving the
existing thinking_budget fallback; add coverage that imports the provider when
ThinkingLevel is unavailable.

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In `@tests/unit/providers/test_gemini_provider.py`:
- Around line 601-624: Extend
test_new_gemini_models_use_thinking_level_when_supported with a
provider-prefixed model ID containing a path separator, such as a Google or
Vertex AI provider path, and assert the resulting thinking_config.kwargs exactly
matches the existing include_thoughts and HIGH thinking_level dictionary. Prefer
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…bility check

`ThinkingConfig.thinking_level` first appears in google-genai 1.51.0, so
introspecting `model_fields` at request time duplicated a constraint the
dependency declaration can state directly. Pin the floor in the `gemini` and
`vertexai` extras and select the thinking parameter on the model version alone.

The old check also degraded quietly: an SDK without `thinking_level` sent
`thinking_budget` to a model that rejects it, turning a resolvable dependency
problem into an opaque 400 from Google.

Move the version comparison into `_uses_thinking_level` so it can be exercised
directly, and cover the mapping across model ids and reasoning efforts rather
than a single case per branch. With the capability check gone, the tests no
longer need to stand in for `ThinkingConfig`, so they assert against the real
SDK type.

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`gemini-3.4-flash` sits one minor version below the switch, so it catches an
off-by-one in `_uses_thinking_level` that the existing 3.0 and 2.5 cases would
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Re-approving after the follow-up commits.

Two changes since my last approval. google-genai>=1.51.0 is now pinned in the gemini and vertexai extras, which is the version that introduced ThinkingConfig.thinking_level, so the runtime model_fields check is gone and the parameter is chosen on the model version alone. Stating the requirement in the dependency declaration also fails at install time rather than as an opaque 400 from Google. Please leave it that way rather than restoring the capability sniffing.

I kept your two improvements from the meantime: the ThinkingLevel enum members in the mapping, and the (?:^|/) anchor, which correctly declines a full Vertex resource path. Tests now cover both sides of the 3.5 cutoff, including gemini-3.4-flash per CodeRabbit.

On CodeRabbit's remaining ThinkingLevel comment: it reads as stale, since its premise is that google-genai is unpinned and the same commit pins it. Its suggested fix would restore the check we removed, so I would skip it.

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[BUG] Gemini provider only sends thinking_budget, which Gemini 3.5+ will reject

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