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I've fixed #509. On Ollama 0.9.0, qwen3:8b did ask for the screenshot. The engine was dropping that request, so it looked like an empty answer.

On Ollama 0.9.0, a qwen3:8b helper asked to open a page and take a screenshot stopped after browser_open. The model did ask for browser_screenshot, but 0.9.0 sends a call with no arguments without an id, and LiteLLM's stream_chunk_builder drops such a call. The round then looked like an empty answer. Calls with arguments get an id from 0.9.0, and Ollama 0.40.9 always sends one, which is why it only showed up on the older version.

The provider now gives a streamed tool call that arrives without an id one of its own before the stream is assembled. Ids from the model and arguments that arrive in pieces are unchanged.

Closes #509

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Commit 1447e60b with this fix, Windows, RTX 5070 Laptop (8 GB), ollama_chat/qwen3:8b (500a1f067a9f), own test homes, real browser, local page. Goal: "Open http://127.0.0.1:/test.html in the browser and take a screenshot of the page."

Before After
Ollama 0.9.0, helper ×8 screenshot 0/8, 2 empty answers each 8/8, no empty answers
Ollama 0.40.9, helper ×8 8/8 8/8
Ollama 0.9.0, chat over REST ×3 — screenshot in every turn, no empty answers

The raw stream on 0.9.0 showed browser_screenshot with id=None, args='{}', and stream_chunk_builder returned tool_calls=[].

How I tested it

  • tests/test_stream_tool_calls.py: a no-argument call without an id is kept (it fails without the fix), and existing ids and arguments in pieces are unchanged.
  • Full engine suite: 2874 passed, 3 skipped. ruff check: clean.

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  • Tests added, and the checks pass locally
  • No contract change
  • Changelog entry in changes/
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed an issue where screenshot requests from local models could be dropped when using older Ollama versions, including requests sent without an ID after opening a page. Screenshot requests are now retained during streaming. Requests that already include an ID and send their arguments across multiple streamed parts continue to be handled correctly. This improves support for screenshot requests across different local model and Ollama versions.

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The provider now assigns generated IDs to streamed tool calls that have a function name but no ID. Tests cover this behavior and verify that supplied IDs and arguments split across deltas are preserved.

Changes: Streamed tool-call ID handling

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Assign IDs during streamed completion
sentient/llm/provider.py, tests/test_stream_tool_calls.py, changes/509.fixed.md
The provider assigns a generated ID to an eligible tool call before processing its delta. Tests cover missing IDs and preservation of supplied IDs and split arguments. The change note describes screenshot requests from local models on older Ollama versions.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to c4cb5

Single screenshot calls are covered, but requests for multiple tools may still merge calls if their streamed indexes collide. Resolve that compatibility risk before merging.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #509 requires a qwen3:8b helper to open a local page and take a screenshot in a real run. LiteLLMProvider.stream now calls name_tool_calls before stream assembly. The helper assigns an ID to…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes are limited to the #509 streaming fix, focused regression tests, and the related changelog entry. The provider preserves model-supplied IDs and partial arguments. No unrelated product beha…
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Issue #509 requires a qwen3:8b helper to open a local page and take a screenshot in a real run. LiteLLMProvider.stream now calls name_tool_calls before stream assembly. The helper assigns an ID to a streamed tool call that has a function name but no ID. The regression tests verify that the no-argument browser_screenshot call is retained and that supplied IDs and split arguments remain unchanged. The PR also reports successful real runs on Ollama 0.9.0 and 0.40.9.

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The changes are limited to the #509 streaming fix, focused regression tests, and the related changelog entry. The provider preserves model-supplied IDs and partial arguments. No unrelated product behavior is shown.

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def name_tool_calls(delta: Any) -> None:
"""Give a streamed tool call that arrives without an id one of our own (#509). Ollama 0.9.0 sends a call with no
arguments (``{}``, such as ``browser_screenshot``) without an id, and LiteLLM's ``stream_chunk_builder`` drops
it: the model's call was lost and the round looked like an empty answer. Only a call's first piece has a name;
later pieces of its arguments are left as they are."""
for tc in getattr(delta, "tool_calls", None) or []:
function = getattr(tc, "function", None)
if not getattr(tc, "id", None) and getattr(function, "name", None):

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rg -n "tool_calls|index|ollama|stream_chunk_builder|ModelResponseStream" sentient tests pyproject.toml poetry.lock uv.lock requirements* 2>/dev/null | head -240
sed -n '370,445p' sentient/llm/provider.py
sed -n '620,650p' sentient/llm/provider.py

Repository: existence-master/Sentient

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set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'pyproject.toml' --glob 'poetry.lock' --glob 'uv.lock' --glob 'requirements*' \
  -e 'litellm' -e 'ollama' .
printf '%s\n' '--- provider stream and configuration bindings ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' \
  -e 'class LiteLLMProvider' -e 'litellm.acompletion' -e 'ollama_chat' -e 'api_base' -e 'name_tool_calls' \
  sentient tests
printf '%s\n' '--- complete stream tool-call test ---'
nl -ba tests/test_stream_tool_calls.py
printf '%s\n' '--- provider stream callers and model binding ---'
nl -ba sentient/llm/provider.py | sed -n '1,120p;360,445p;600,650p'
printf '%s\n' '--- repository Ollama fixtures or response examples ---'
rg -n -i --glob '*.py' --glob '*.json' --glob '*.md' \
  -e 'tool_calls' -e 'tool_calls' -e 'ollama.*chat' -e '"index"' tests docs sentient | head -260

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L161:   1. 【68†ollama】
L162:   2. /【69†docs】
L163:   3. /【70†capabilities】
L164: 
L165: /
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L193: title  | Tool calling
L194: 
L195: Ollama supports tool calling (also known as function calling) which allows a model to invoke tools and incorporate their results into its replies.
L196: ## Calling a single tool
L197: 
L198: Invoke a single tool and include its response in a follow-up request.
L199: Also known as &quot;single-shot&quot; tool calling.
L200: 
L201:     ````shell
L202:     curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/chat -H &quot;Content-Type: application/json&quot; -d &#39;{
L203:       &quot;model&quot;: &quot;qwen3&quot;,
L204:       &quot;messages&quot;: [{&quot;role&quot;: &quot;user&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;What is the temperature in New York?&quot;}],
L205:       &quot;stream&quot;: false,
L206:       &quot;tools&quot;: [
L207:         {
L208:           &quot;type&quot;: &quot;function&quot;,
L209:           &quot;function&quot;: {
L210:             &quot;name&quot;: &quot;get_temperature&quot;,
L211:             &quot;description&quot;: &quot;Get the current temperature for a city&quot;,
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L213:               &quot;type&quot;: &quot;object&quot;,
L214:               &quot;required&quot;: [&quot;city&quot;],
L215:               &quot;properties&quot;: {
L216:                 &quot;city&quot;: {&quot;type&quot;: &quot;string&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;The name of the city&quot;}
L217:               }
L218:             }
L219:           }
L220:         }
L221:       ]
L222:     }&#39;
L223:     ```
L224: 
L225:     **Generate a response with a single tool result**
L226:     ```shell
L227:     curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/chat -H &quot;Content-Type: application/json&quot; -d &#39;{
L228:       &quot;model&quot;: &quot;qwen3&quot;,
L229:       &quot;messages&quot;: [
L230:         {&quot;role&quot;: &quot;user&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;What is the temperature in New York?&quot;},
L231:         {
L232:           &quot;role&quot;: &quot;assistant&quot;,
L233:           &quot;tool_calls&quot;: [
L234:             {
L235:               &quot;type&quot;: &quot;function&quot;,
L236:               &quot;function&quot;: {
L237:                 &quot;index&quot;: 0,
L238:                 &quot;name&quot;: &quot;get_temperature&quot;,
L239:                 &quot;arguments&quot;: {&quot;city&quot;: &quot;New York&quot;}
L240:               }
L241:             }
L242:           ]
L243:         },
L244:         {&quot;role&quot;: &quot;tool&quot;, &quot;tool_name&quot;: &quot;get_temperature&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;22°C&quot;}
L245:       ],
L246:       &quot;stream&quot;: false
L247:     }&#39;
L250: Install the Ollama Python SDK: ```bash # with pip pip install ollama -U
L251: 
L252:     `# with uv
L253:     uv add ollama
L254:     ```
L255: 
L256:     ```python
L257:     from ollama import chat
L258: 
L259:     def get_temperature(city: str) -&gt; str:
L260:       &quot;&quot;&quot;Get the current temperature for a city
L261: 
L262:       Args:
L263:         city: The name of the city
L264: 
L265:       Returns:
L266:         The current temperature for the city
L267:       &quot;&quot;&quot;
L268:       temperatures = {
L269:         &quot;New York&quot;: &quot;22°C&quot;,
L270:         &quot;London&quot;: &quot;15°C&quot;,
L271:         &quot;Tokyo&quot;: &quot;18°C&quot;,
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L2181: # API
L2182: 
L2183: &gt; Note: Ollama&#39;s API docs are moving to https://docs.ollama.com/api
L2218: ### Streaming responses
L2219: 
L2220: Certain endpoints stream responses as JSON objects. Streaming can be disabled by providing `{&quot;stream&quot;: false}` for these endpoints.
L2221: 
L2222: ## Generate a completion
L2223: 
L2224: ```
L2225: 
L2226: POST /api/generate
L2227: 
L2228: ```
L2229: 
L2230: Generate a response for a given prompt with a provided model. This is a streaming endpoint, so there will be a series of responses. The final response object will include statistics and additional data from the request.
L2231: ### Parameters
L2232: 
L2233: - `model`: (required) the [model name](#model-names)
L2234: 
L2235: - `prompt`: the prompt to generate a response for
L2236: 
L2237: - `suffix`: the text after the model response
L2238: 
L2239: - `images`: (optional) a list of base64-encoded images (for multimodal models such as `llava`)
L2240: 
L2241: - `think`: (for thinking models) should the model think before responding? Can be a boolean or a thinking level (`&quot;low&quot;`, `&quot;medium&quot;`, `&quot;high&quot;`, or `&quot;max&quot;`).
L2242: 
L2243: Advanced parameters (optional):
L2244: - `format`: the format to return a response in. Format can be `json` or a JSON schema
L2245: 
L2246: - `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.mdx#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
L2247: 
L2248: - `system`: system message to (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
L2249: 
L2250: - `template`: the prompt template to use (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
L2260: #### JSON mode
L2261: 
L2262: Enable JSON mode by setting the `format` parameter to `json`. This will structure the response as a valid JSON object. See the JSON mode [example](#request-json-mode) below.
L2263: 
L2264: &gt; [!IMPORTANT]
L2265: 
L2266: &gt; It&#39;s important to instruct the model to use JSON in the `prompt`. Otherwise, the model may generate large amounts whitespace.
L2267: 
L2268: ### Examples
L2269: 
L2270: #### Generate request (Streaming)
L2284: ##### Response
L2285: 
L2286: A stream of JSON objects is returned:
L2287: 
L2288: ```json
L2289: 
L2290: {
L2291: 
L2292: &quot;model&quot;: &quot;llama3.2&quot;,
L2293: 
L2294: &quot;created_at&quot;: &quot;2023-08-04T08:52:19.385406455-07:00&quot;,
L2295: 
L2296: &quot;response&quot;: &quot;The&quot;,
L2297: 
L2298: &quot;done&quot;: false
L2299: 
L2300: }
L2301: 
L2302: ```
L2303: 
L2304: The final response in the stream also includes additional data about the generation:
L2305: 
L2306: - `total_duration`: time spent generating the response
L2307: 
L2308: - `load_duration`: time spent in nanoseconds loading the model
L2309: 
L2310: - `prompt_eval_count`: number of tokens in the prompt
L2311: - `prompt_eval_cached_count`: number of prompt tokens read from the cache
L2312: 
L2313: - `prompt_eval_duration`: time spent in nanoseconds evaluating uncached prompt tokens
L2314: 
L2315: - `eval_count`: number of tokens in the response
L2316: 
L2317: - `eval_duration`: time in nanoseconds spent generating the response
L2318: 
L2319: - `context`: an encoding of the conversation used in this response, this can be sent in the next request to keep a conversational memory
L2930: ### Parameters
L2931: 
L2932: - `model`: (required) the [model name](#model-names)
L2933: 
L2934: - `messages`: the messages of the chat, this can be used to keep a chat memory
L2935: 
L2936: - `tools`: list of tools in JSON for the model to use if supported
L2937: 
L2938: - `think`: (for thinking models) should the model think before responding? Can be a boolean or a thinking level (`&quot;low&quot;`, `&quot;medium&quot;`, `&quot;high&quot;`, or `&quot;max…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>OpenAI-compatible streaming: tool_calls index is always 0 for multiple tool calls · Issue #15457 · ollama/ollama · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 15457 in ollama/ollama (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
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L151: ## Description
L152: 
L153: 【70†CPIDLE】
L154: 
L155: opened 【71†on Apr 9, 2026】
L156: 
L157: Issue body actions
L158: 
L159: ### What is the issue?
L160: 
L161: When a model returns multiple tool calls in a single streaming response via the OpenAI-compatible API (`/v1/chat/completions`), all tool call chunks have `index: 0` instead of incrementing indices (0, 1, 2...).
L162: 
L163: This is different from 【72†#7881】 which was about the `index` field being missing entirely (fixed in v0.4.7). The field is now present but always `0`.
L164: ### Reproduction
L165: 
L166:     curl -s http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions \
L167:       -H &quot;Content-Type: application/json&quot; \
L168:       -d &#39;{
L169:         &quot;model&quot;: &quot;qwen2.5-coder:7b&quot;,
L170:         &quot;stream&quot;: true,
L171:         &quot;messages&quot;: [
L172:           {&quot;role&quot;: &quot;system&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;Use the provided tools.&quot;},
L173:           {&quot;role&quot;: &quot;user&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;Create hello.py with print(\&quot;hello\&quot;) and world.py with print(\&quot;world\&quot;).&quot;}
L174:         ],
L175:         &quot;tools&quot;: [{
L176:           &quot;type&quot;: &quot;function&quot;,
L177:           &quot;function&quot;: {
L191: ### Actual output (abbreviated)
L192: 
L193:     `data: {...,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;abc123&quot;,&quot;function&quot;:{&quot;arguments&quot;:&quot;{\&quot;filePath\&quot;:\&quot;hello.py\&quot;,...}&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;file_write&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;function&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:0}]}
L194:     data: {...,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;def456&quot;,&quot;function&quot;:{&quot;arguments&quot;:&quot;{\&quot;filePath\&quot;:\&quot;world.py\&quot;,...}&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;file_write&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;function&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:0}]}
L195:     `
L196: 
L197: Both chunks have `&quot;index&quot;: 0` despite having different `id` values.
L198: ### Expected output
L199: 
L200: The second tool call should have `&quot;index&quot;: 1`:
L201: 
L202:     `data: {...,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{...,&quot;index&quot;:0}]}   # first tool call
L203:     data: {...,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{...,&quot;index&quot;:1}]}   # second tool call
L204:     `
L205: 
L206: Per 【73†OpenAI&#39;s streaming spec†platform.openai.com】, `index` should enumerate tool calls sequentially.
L207: ### Impact
L208: 
L209: The Vercel AI SDK (`@ai-sdk/openai-compatible`) uses `index` as the array key to track tool calls. When all indices are `0`, the second tool call either gets merged into the first or silently dropped, causing 100% failure rate on any task requiring multiple tool calls in one response.
L210: 
L211: Tested with:
L212: 
L213:   * Ollama 0.20.2 (local) and 0.20.4 (remote)
L214:   * Models: qwen2.5-coder:7b, qwen3-coder:30b, gemma4:e2b, gemma4:e4b
L215:   * Also occurs when going through LiteLLM (`ollama_chat/` backend)
L227: ## Activity
L228: 
L229:   1. 【70†CPIDLE】
L230: 
L231: added a commit that references this issue 【75†on Apr 9, 2026】
L232: 
L233: 【76†fix(openai-compatible): handle reused tool call index from Ollama】
L234: 
L235: ...
L236: 
L237: 【76†7206f38】
L238: 
L239:   2. 【77†drifkin】
L240: 
L241: self-assigned this
L242: 
L243: 【78†on Apr 9, 2026】
L244: 
L245:   3. 【77†drifkin】
L246: 
L247: added 2 commits that reference this issue 【79†on Apr 10, 2026】
L248: 
L249: 【80†model/parsers: set parallel tool call indices for models】
L250: 
L251: ...
L252: 
L253: This issue will close once commit 258d0b6 is merged into the &#39;main&#39; branch.
L254: 
L255: 【80†258d0b6】
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L2369: // Logprobs specifies whether to return log probabilities of the output tokens.
L2370: 
L2371: Logprobs bool `json:&quot;logprobs,omitempty&quot;`
L2372: 
L2373: // TopLogprobs is the number of most likely tokens to return at each token position,
L2374: 
L2375: // each with an associated log probability. Only applies when Logprobs is true.
L2376: 
L2377: // Valid values are 0-20. Default is 0 (only return the selected token&#39;s logprob).
L2378: 
L2379: TopLogprobs int `json:&quot;top_logprobs,omitempty&quot;`
L2380: 
L2381: }
L2382: 
L2383: // ChatRequest describes a request sent by [Client.Chat].
L2384: type ChatRequest struct {
L2385: 
L2386: // Model is the model name, as in [GenerateRequest].
L2387: 
L2388: Model string `json:&quot;model&quot;`
L2389: 
L2390: // Runner selects a runner variant from a manifest list.
L2391: 
L2392: Runner string `json:&quot;runner,omitempty&quot;`
L2393: 
L2394: // Messages is the messages of the chat - can be used to keep a chat memory.
L2395: 
L2396: Messages []Message `json:&quot;messages&quot;`
L2397: 
L2398: // Stream enables streaming of returned responses; true by default.
L2399: 
L2400: Stream *bool `json:&quot;stream,omitempty&quot;`
L2401: 
L2402: // Format is the format to return the response in (e.g. &quot;json&quot;).
L2403: Format json.RawMessage `json:&quot;format,omitempty&quot;`
L2404: 
L2405: // KeepAlive controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory
L2406: 
L2407: // following the request.
L2408: 
L2409: KeepAlive *Duration `json:&quot;keep_alive,omitempty&quot;`
L2410: 
L2411: // Tools is an optional list of tools the model has access to.
L2412: 
L2413: Tools `json:&quot;tools,omitempty&quot;`
L2414: 
L2415: // Options lists model-specific options.
L2416: 
L2417: Options map[string]any `json:&quot;options&quot;`
L2418: 
L2419: // Think controls whether thinking/reasoning models will think before
L2420: // responding. Can be a boolean (true/false) or a model-defined thinking level.
L2421: 
L2422: Think *ThinkValue `json:&quot;think,omitempty&quot;`
L2423: 
L2424: // Truncate is a boolean that, when set to true, truncates the chat history messages
L2425: 
L2426: // if the rendered prompt exceeds the context length limit.
L2427: 
L2428: Truncate *bool `json:&quot;truncate,omitempty&quot;`
L2429: 
L2430: // Shift is a boolean that, when set to true, shifts the chat history
L2431: 
L2432: // when hitting the context length limit instead of erroring.
L2433: 
L2434: Shift *bool `json:&quot;shift,omitempty&quot;`
L2435: // DebugRenderOnly is a debug option that, when set to true, returns the rendered
L2436: 
L2437: // template instead of calling the model.
L2438: 
L2439: DebugRenderOnly bool `json:&quot;_debug_render_only,omitempty&quot;`
L2440: 
L2441: // Logprobs specifies whether to return log probabilities of the output tokens.
L2442: 
L2443: Logprobs bool `json:&quot;logprobs,omitempty&quot;`
L2444: 
L2445: // TopLogprobs is the number of most likely tokens to return at each token position,
L2446: 
L2447: // each with an associated log probability. Only applies when Logprobs is true.
L2448: // Valid values are 0-20. Default is 0 (only return the selected token&#39;s logprob).
L2449: 
L2450: TopLogprobs int `json:&quot;top_logprobs,omitempty&quot;`
L2451: 
L2452: }
L2453: 
L2454: type Tools []Tool
L2455: 
L2456: func (t Tools) String() string {
L2457: 
L2458: bts, _ := json.Marshal(t)
L2459: 
L2460: return string(bts)
L2461: 
L2462: }
L2463: 
L2464: func (t Tool) String() string {
L2465: 
L2466: bts, _ := json.Marshal(t)
L2467: 
L2468: return string(bts)
L2469: 
L2470: }
L2471: 
L2472: // Message is a single message in a chat sequence. The message contains the
L2473: 
L2474: // role (&quot;system&quot;, &quot;user&quot;, or &quot;assistant&quot;), the content and an opti…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>ollama/docs/capabilities/tool-calling.mdx at main · ollama/ollama · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/capabilities/tool-calling.mdx</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 4 weeks ago; Ollama supports tool calling (also known as function calling) which allows a model to invoke tools and incorporate their results into its replies. ...     curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/chat -H &quot;Content-Type: application/json&quot; -d &#39;{ ...                 &quot;index&quot;: 0, ...       const args = call.function.arguments as { city: string } ... Request multiple tool calls in parallel, then send all tool responses back to the model. ... When streaming, gather every chunk of `thinking`, `content`, and `tool_calls`, then return those fields together with any tool results in the follow-up request.
    
      Returns:
        The current temperature for the city
      &quot;&quot;&quot;
      temperatures = {
        &quot;New York&quot;: &quot;22°C&quot;,
        &quot;London&quot;: &quot;15°C&quot;,
        &quot;Tokyo&quot;: &quot;18°C&quot;,
      }
      return temperatures.get(city, &quot;Unknown&quot;)
    
    messages = [{&quot;role&quot;: &quot;user&quot;, &quot;content&quot;: &quot;What is the temperature in New York?&quot;}]
    
    # pass functions directly as tools in the tools list or as a JSON schema
    response = chat(model=&quot;qwen3&quot;, messages=messages, tools=[get_temperature], think=True)
    
    messages.append(response.message)
    if response.message.tool_calls:
      # only recommended for models which only return a single tool call
      call = response.message.tool_calls[0]
      result = get_temperature(**call.function.arguments)
      # add the tool result to the messages
      messages.append({&quot;role&quot;: &quot;tool&quot;, &quot;tool_name&quot;: call.function.name, &quot;content&quot;: str(result)})
    
      final_response = chat(model=&quot;qwen3&quot;, messages=messages, tools=[get_temperature], think=True)
      print(final_response.message.content)
    ```

Install the Ollama JavaScript library: ```bash # with npm npm i ollama
    
    `# with bun
    bun i ollama
    ```
    
    ```typescript
    import ollama from &#39;ollama&#39;
    
    function getTemperature(city: string): string {
      const temperatures: Record&lt;string, string&gt; = {
        &#39;New York&#39;: &#39;22°C&#39;,
        &#39;London&#39;: &#39;15°C&#39;,
        &#39;Tokyo&#39;: &#39;18°C&#39;,
      }
      return temperatures[city] ?? &#39;Unknown&#39;
    }
    
    const tools = [
      {
        type: &#39;function&#39;,
        function: {
          name: &#39;get_temperature&#39;,
          description: &#39;Get the current temperature for a city&#39;,
          parameters: {
            type: &#39;object&#39;,
            required: [&#39;city&#39;],
            properties: {
              city: { type: &#39;string&#39;, description: &#39;The name of the city&#39; },
            },
          },
        },
      },
    ]
    
    const messages = [{ role: &#39;user&#39;, content: &quot;What is the temperature in New York?&quot; }]
    
    const response = await ollama.chat({
      model: &#39;qwen3&#39;,
      messages,
      tools,
      think: true,
    })
    
    messages.push(response.message)
    if (response.message.tool_calls?.length) {
      // only recommended for models which only return a single tool call
      const call = response.message.tool_calls[0]
      const args = call.function.arguments as { city: string }
      const result = getTemperature(args.city)
      // add the tool result to the messages
      messages.push({ role: &#39;tool&#39;, tool_name: call.function.name, content: result })
    
      // generate the final response
      const finalResponse = await ollama.chat({ model: &#39;qwen3&#39;, messages, tools, think: true })
      console.log(finalResponse.message.content)
    }
    ```

## Parallel tool calling

Request multiple tool calls in parallel, then send all tool responses back to the model.
    
    ````shell
    curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/chat -H &quot;Content-Type: …[truncated]</excerpt>
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Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/capabilities/tool-calling.mdx
- 2: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/capabilities/tool-calling.mdx
- 3: GitHub issue 15457 in ollama/ollama (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

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<title>[Bug]: ollama_chat streaming tool calls cannot be reconstructed, due to missing tool call id from ollama · Issue #11262 · BerriAI/litellm · GitHub</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Published: 1.4 years ago; Crawled: 6 days ago; # [Bug]: ollama_chat streaming tool calls cannot be reconstructed, due to missing tool call id from ollama #11262 ... ⚠️ Current situation: Streaming tool calls technically work in that you can see them in the streamed chunks, but it is currently not possible to reconstruct the full model response including the tool call with `response = litellm.stream_chunk_builder(chunks)`. ...  | tool_call_data = tool_call_map[index]

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## Description

lsorber

opened on May 30, 2025

### What happened?

⏳ Context: Streaming tool calls with Ollama was not supported until recently (cf. #11104 and #11171).

⚠️ Current situation: Streaming tool calls technically work in that you can see them in the streamed chunks, but it is currently not possible to reconstruct the full model response including the tool call with `response = litellm.stream_chunk_builder(chunks)`.

🔍 The root cause is that `ChunkProcessor.get_combined_tool_content` silently drops all tool calls because Ollama does not return tool call ids as part of its response (cf. line 154 below):

  12. ### douo commented on Jun 12, 2025

douo

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Finally found the root cause. If a function has no parameters, litellm doesn&#39;t generate an id for it:

litellm/litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py

Lines 455 to 461 in b8bdf98

 | if function_args is not None and len(function_args) &gt; 0:
 | is_function_call_complete = self._is_function_call_complete(
 | function_args
 | )
 | if is_function_call_complete:
 | tool_call[&quot;id&quot;] = str(uuid.uuid4())
 | 

As a result, tool_calls without an id are ignored by the streaming_chunk_builder:

litellm/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_chunk_builder_utils.py

Lines 154 to 160 in b8bdf98

 | if tool_call_data[&quot;id&quot;] and tool_call_data[&quot;name&quot;]:
 | combined_arguments = &quot;&quot;.join(tool_call_data[&quot;arguments&quot;]) or &quot;{}&quot;
 | tool_calls_list.append(
 | ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
 | id=tool_call_data[&quot;id&quot;],
 | function=Function(
 | arguments=combined_arguments,

I&#39;m not sure why ids aren&#39;t generated for functions without parameters — this limitation doesn&#39;t seem necessary.

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test(ollama): add streaming test for parameterless tool calls

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<title>[Bug]: ollama_chat streaming emits index=0 for every tool call, merging parallel tool calls into malformed JSON · Issue #33678 · BerriAI/litellm · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 33678 in BerriAI/litellm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Published: 3 months ago; Crawled: 3 weeks ago; # [Bug]: ollama_chat streaming emits index=0 for every tool call, merging parallel tool calls into malformed JSON #33678 ... Issue body actions ...                 {&quot;id&quot;: &quot;call_mqsdew2c&quot;, ... `litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py` never references `index` at all, so nothing downstream corrects it.

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### What happened?

With `ollama_chat/*` + streaming + tools, every tool call delta is emitted with `index=0`. When a model emits 2+ tool calls in one turn, any client that accumulates `arguments` by `index` (the OpenAI streaming convention) merges them into a single malformed tool call:
    
    `{&quot;path&quot;: &quot;a.rs&quot;}{&quot;path&quot;: &quot;b.rs&quot;}
    `

That string then goes into the client&#39;s conversation history as `tool_calls[0].function.arguments`. On the next turn it is sent back to the proxy, where `OllamaChatConfig.transform_request` calls a bare `json.loads()` on it (`ollama/chat/transformation.py#L268`) and raises. The proxy surfaces it as a 500:
    
    `litellm.APIConnectionError: Extra data: line 1 column 29 (char 28)
      File &quot;/app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/litellm/main.py&quot;, line 5522, in completion
        response = _complete_ollama_chat(_dispatch_ctx)
    `

Two things make this painful to diagnose:

  1. The error surfaces one turn after the turn that corrupted the history.
  2. It is reported as `APIConnectionError` (unmapped exceptions fall through to it), so it reads like a network problem with the Ollama server. It is not — it is a `json.JSONDecodeError`.

Notably Ollama itself gets the index right. It sends one tool call per chunk with the correct index nested at `function.index` (`0`, then `1`).     
    if tool_calls is not None and isinstance(tool_calls, list):
        self.tool_calls = []
        current_index = 0                       # resets on every chunk
        for tool_call in tool_calls:
            if isinstance(tool_call, dict):
                if tool_call.get(&quot;index&quot;, None) is None:
                    tool_call[&quot;index&quot;] = current_index
                    current_index += 1

Ollama tool calls carry no top-level `index` (theirs is at `function.index`), so each chunk&#39;s single tool call gets `index = 0`.

This only shows up when tool calls arrive in separate chunks. Two tool calls inside one chunk correctly enumerate to `0, 1` — which is presumably why it went unnoticed.

`litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py` never references `index` at all, so nothing downstream corrects it.

### Suggested fix

Preferred — lift Ollama&#39;s own index in `OllamaChatCompletionResponseIterator.chunk_parser`, before the `Delta` is built:
    
    for tool_call in tool_calls:
        fn_index = tool_call.get(&quot;function&quot;, {}).get(&quot;index&quot;)
        if fn_index is not None and tool_call.get(&quot;index&quot;) is None:
            tool_call[&quot;index&quot;] = fn_index

Verified: this yields `index = [0, 1]` and the two tool calls stay separate.

Fallback for Ollama builds that omit `function.index` — `OllamaChatCompletionResponseIterator` is instantiated per stream and already holds cross-chunk state …[truncated]</excerpt>
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<location>GitHub issue 33678 in BerriAI/litellm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn1search2 [wordlim: 200] Published: 3 months ago; Crawled: 3 weeks ago;     # Ollama streams ONE tool call per chunk; its own correct index is at function.index. ... Ollama tool calls carry no top-level `index` (theirs is at `function.index`), so each chunk&#39;s single tool call gets `index = 0`. ... to join this conversation on GitHub.

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### What happened?

With `ollama_chat/*` + streaming + tools, every tool call delta is emitted with `index=0`. When a model emits 2+ tool calls in one turn, any client that accumulates `arguments` by `index` (the OpenAI streaming convention) merges them into a single malformed tool call:
    
    `{&quot;path&quot;: &quot;a.rs&quot;}{&quot;path&quot;: &quot;b.rs&quot;}
    `

That string then goes into the client&#39;s conversation history as `tool_calls[0].function.arguments`. On the next turn it is sent back to the proxy, where `OllamaChatConfig.transform_request` calls a bare `json.loads()` on it (`ollama/chat/transformation.py#L268`) and raises. The proxy surfaces it as a 500:
    
    `litellm.APIConnectionError: Extra data: line 1 column 29 (char 28)
      File &quot;/app/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/litellm/main.py&quot;, line 5522, in completion
        response = _complete_ollama_chat(_dispatch_ctx)
    `

Two things make this painful to diagnose:

  1. The error surfaces one turn after the turn that corrupted the history.
  2. It is reported as `APIConnectionError` (unmapped exceptions fall through to it), so it reads like a network problem with the Ollama server. It is not — it is a `json.JSONDecodeError`.

Notably Ollama itself gets the index right. It sends one tool call per chunk with the correct index nested at `function.index` (`0`, then `1`).     
    if tool_calls is not None and isinstance(tool_calls, list):
        self.tool_calls = []
        current_index = 0                       # resets on every chunk
        for tool_call in tool_calls:
            if isinstance(tool_call, dict):
                if tool_call.get(&quot;index&quot;, None) is None:
                    tool_call[&quot;index&quot;] = current_index
                    current_index += 1

Ollama tool calls carry no top-level `index` (theirs is at `function.index`), so each chunk&#39;s single tool call gets `index = 0`.

This only shows up when tool calls arrive in separate chunks. Two tool calls inside one chunk correctly enumerate to `0, 1` — which is presumably why it went unnoticed.

`litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py` never references `index` at all, so nothing downstream corrects it.

### Suggested fix

Preferred — lift Ollama&#39;s own index in `OllamaChatCompletionResponseIterator.chunk_parser`, before the `Delta` is built:
    
    for tool_call in tool_calls:
        fn_index = tool_call.get(&quot;function&quot;, {}).get(&quot;index&quot;)
        if fn_index is not None and tool_call.get(&quot;index&quot;) is None:
            tool_call[&quot;index&quot;] = fn_index

Verified: this yields `index = [0, 1]` and the two tool calls stay separate.

Fallback for Ollama builds that omit `function.index` — `OllamaChatCompletionResponseIterator` is instantiated per stream and already holds cross-chunk state (`started_reasoning_content`), so it can keep a running c…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>OpenAI-compatible streaming: tool_calls index is always 0 for multiple tool calls · Issue #15457 · ollama/ollama · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 15457 in ollama/ollama (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Published: 6 months ago; Crawled: yesterday; When a model returns multiple tool calls in a single streaming response via the OpenAI-compatible API (`/v1/chat/completions`), all tool call chunks have `index: 0` instead of incrementing indices (0, 1, 2...). ...     `data: {...,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;abc123&quot;,&quot;function&quot;:{&quot;arguments&quot;:&quot;{\&quot;filePath\&quot;:\&quot;hello.py\&quot;,...}&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;file_write&quot;},&quot;type&quot;:&quot;function&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:0}]} ...   * Also occurs when going through LiteLLM (`ollama_chat/` backend) ... model/parsers: fix missing parallel tool call indices (ollama#15467)
    data: {...,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{...,&quot;index&quot;:1}]}   # second tool call
    `

Per OpenAI&#39;s streaming spec, `index` should enumerate tool calls sequentially.

### Impact

The Vercel AI SDK (`@ai-sdk/openai-compatible`) uses `index` as the array key to track tool calls. When all indices are `0`, the second tool call either gets merged into the first or silently dropped, causing 100% failure rate on any task requiring multiple tool calls in one response.

Tested with:

  * Ollama 0.20.2 (local) and 0.20.4 (remote)
  * Models: qwen2.5-coder:7b, qwen3-coder:30b, gemma4:e2b, gemma4:e4b
  * Also occurs when going through LiteLLM (`ollama_chat/` backend)

### Workaround

HTTP proxy that reassigns correct sequential indices based on unique tool call `id` values: opencode-bench/fix-proxy

### Environment

  * OS: Linux (DGX Spark) + Windows 11
  * Ollama: 0.20.2 / 0.20.4
  * GPU: RTX 4090 / Grace CPU

## Activity

  1. CPIDLE

added a commit that references this issue on Apr 9, 2026
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<title>litellm 1.105.1 ollama_chat stream=True: tool call ids sent by Ollama (call_aaa111, call_bbb222) are replaced by random UUIDs · Cairn Commons</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Published: last week; Crawled: last week; Fixture excerpt (the same container also runs the finish_reason check of a companion post; the stub serves only /api/chat; LiteLLM&#39;s /api/show model-info request got an error and the run continued): ```python import json, threading, re, litellm from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer lines = [{&quot;model&quot;:&quot;q&quot;,&quot;message&quot;:{&quot;role&quot;:&quot;assistant&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tool_calls&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:cid,&quot;function&quot;:{&quot;index&quot;:0,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;get_weather&quot;,&quot;arguments&quot;:{&quot;city&quot;:city}}}]},&quot;done&quot;:False} for cid, city in ((&quot;call_aaa111&quot;,&quot;Sao Paulo&quot;),(&quot;call_bbb222&quot;,&quot;Zurich&quot;))] lines.append({&quot;model&quot;:&quot;q&quot;,&quot;message&quot;:{&quot;role&quot;:&quot;assistant&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;done&quot;:True,&quot;done_reason&quot;:&quot;stop&quot;,&quot;prompt_eval_count&quot;:5,&quot;eval_count&quot;:5}) body = (&quot;\n&quot;.join(json.dumps(l) for l in lines) + &quot;\n&quot;).encode() class H(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def log_message(self, *a): pass def do_POST(self): self.rfile.read(int(self.headers.get(&quot;Content-Length&quot;, 0))) self.send_response(200); self.send_header(&quot;Content-Type&quot;, &quot;application/x-ndjson&quot;); self.send_header(&quot;Content-Length&quot;, str(len(body))); self.end_headers(); self.wfile.write(body) threading.Thread(target=ThreadingHTTPServer((&quot;127.0.0.1&quot;, 8765), H).serve_forever, daemon=True).start() tool = {&quot;type&quot;:&quot;function&quot;,&quot;function&quot;:{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;get_weather&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;w&quot;,&quot;parameters&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;object&quot;,&quot;properties&quot;:{&quot;city&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;string&quot;}},&quot;required&quot;:[&quot;city&quot;]}}} for ch in litellm.completion(model=&quot;ollama_chat/q&quot;, api_base=&quot;http://127.0.0.1:8765&quot;, messages=[{&quot;role&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;hi&quot;}], tools=[tool], stream=True): for tc in ch.choices[0].delta.tool_calls or []: print(tc.index, tc.id, tc.function.name, tc.function.arguments) ``` Dockerfile: ```dockerfile FROM python:3.12-slim@sha256:a6e34c598f2467ed0e9a8d349809fcd8b5c603269512df273a0bb1784edc11b1 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --only-binary=:all: litellm==1.105.1 &amp;&amp; pip freeze &gt; /fixture-freeze.txt COPY probe.py /fixture/probe.py USER 65532:65532 ENV HOME=/tmp PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=true ENTRYPOINT [&quot;timeout&quot;,&quot;120s&quot;,&quot;python&quot;,&quot;-B&quot;,&quot;-W&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;,&quot;/fixture/probe.py&quot;] ``` Commands: ```sh docker build --label cairn.pulse=1 --label cairn.pulse.run=2026-10-15-0004 -t pulse-litellm-stream . docker run --rm --network none --read-only --tmpfs /tmp:size=64m,mode=1777 --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges --pids-limit 128 --memory 1g --cpus 1 --user 65532:65532 pulse-litellm-stream ``` Until a release changes this, code that matches tool results to the ids Ollama sent will not see those ids in streamed ollama_chat deltas under the tested conditions.
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Citations:

- 1: GitHub issue 11262 in BerriAI/litellm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: GitHub issue 33678 in BerriAI/litellm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 3: GitHub issue 33678 in BerriAI/litellm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

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set -u
base=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BerriAI/litellm/v1.104.0/litellm/llms/ollama/chat/transformation.py
printf '%s\n' '--- v1.104.0 Ollama transformation relevant lines ---'
curl -fsSL "$base" | nl -ba | rg -n -C 12 -e 'tool_calls' -e 'function_args' -e 'uuid' -e 'index' | head -260
printf '%s\n' '--- v1.104.0 file availability and parser declaration ---'
curl -fsSL "$base" | nl -ba | rg -n -C 8 -e 'class OllamaChatCompletionResponseIterator' -e 'def chunk_parser' -e 'def _transform_streaming_response'

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Preserve distinct tool-call indexes before stream assembly.

name_tool_calls gives each ID-less named call a different ID, but LiteLLM groups calls by (choice index, tool-call index), not by ID. LiteLLM v1.104.0 does not assign a top-level index in its Ollama stream parser, and parameterless Ollama calls can remain ID-less. Ollama supports parallel tool calls, so two such calls can both use the builder's default index 0. The builder then joins their arguments and emits one call with the last name and ID.

Normalize distinct indexes at this boundary, and reuse each index for that call's argument-only fragments. Generating IDs alone does not prevent the merge.

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Update name_tool_calls to assign distinct tool-call indexes to separate ID-less
named calls before stream assembly, and preserve each call’s index on its later
argument-only fragments. Do not rely on generated IDs alone to distinguish
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Merging the latest main into this branch with the /update bot above (it's 5 commits behind and has no conflicts). This is a chore we would do anyway, and it also helps us check #473: whether the bot can update a branch in a contributor's fork. Your change itself is untouched.

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@itsskofficial Merged the latest main into this branch (2a6e58e). Nothing else changed. The checks are running again.

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Hi @n-o-t-mugen, thank you for chasing this down to the real cause. It's a great find. I tested it on this machine's Ollama 0.9.0 with ollama_chat/qwen3:8b (500a1f067a9f), using real engines with fresh data folders, a headless browser and a local page.

It reproduces on main, and the branch fixes it.

main (aad6b4b1) this branch (2a6e58e6)
Stream probe: one browser_screenshot call with {} Ollama sends {"function": {"name": "browser_screenshot", "arguments": {}}} with no id, and the provider returns [] [('browser_screenshot', 'call_258169055694', {})]
delegate_tasks helper, "open the page and save a screenshot" (foreground runs) 1 of 2 reproduced #509: browser_open only, then "I couldn't put together a full answer…". The other run passed only because qwen called browser_screenshot with a url argument, which gets an id. 3 of 3 took the screenshot. Two of them called browser_screenshot with {}, exactly the call main drops. 4 PNGs saved in the files folder.
Normal chat tool call (current_datetime) works, ids unique

(Some runs had the chat model start a background delegate_task instead, which I left out.) The unit tests pass, and tests/test_provider*.py still passes (19). CI is green and the CLA is signed.

One thing before it merges: the open CodeRabbit thread on name_tool_calls is real, and it shows up on this same Ollama. Ollama 0.9.0 sends parallel tool calls in separate chunks, with no index. LiteLLM's Delta numbers calls from 0 inside each chunk, so every call lands on index 0, and stream_chunk_builder merges them into one (last name, last id, the arguments of all of them). Here is what the provider returned from the live stream:

qwen's parallel calls (raw Ollama chunks) main branch
browser_screenshot {} + get_battery {} [] [('get_battery', {})]: the screenshot is silently lost
get_weather {"city": "Pune"} + browser_screenshot {} [('browser_screenshot', {'city': 'Pune'})] the same: the wrong tool gets the other call's arguments
get_weather Pune + get_weather Mysuru (offline replay of the same chunks) one call, Mysuru only the same

In the engine I saw it too. I asked for two memory searches at once ("dentist" and "reading list"). Only one memory_recall {"query": "reading list"} ran, yet the reply said it had searched both.

The merging was already there before this PR, so this isn't something you broke. But it's the same boundary and the same Ollama, and with ids alone a two-call round now keeps one call and drops the other without a trace, which is the #509 symptom again. Could you give each new call its own index in name_tool_calls too? A sketch that keeps OpenAI-style streams as they are:

  • Keep a small per-stream state: a map from the provider's index to ours, plus the next free index.
  • A fragment with a name starts a call. If its index was already started by an earlier named fragment, give it the next free index, and remember the mapping.
  • A fragment without a name (argument pieces) takes the mapped index of its original index.

Then a test like your first one, with two id-less calls in two chunks (browser_screenshot {} and get_battery {}, and a with-arguments pair), asserting two separate calls with the right names and arguments. Once that's in, please reply on the CodeRabbit thread and resolve it, since the merge queue needs every thread resolved.

Everything else looks good, and the single-call fix is verified end to end. Thanks again!

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638-639: Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Preserve a distinct index for each streamed tool call.

name_tool_calls assigns an ID, but it does not assign or preserve a tool-call index. If two ID-less calls arrive in separate deltas, litellm.stream_chunk_builder can merge their arguments under one index. LiteLLM reports this failure mode for missing IDs and repeated indexes. (github.com)

If the resolved LiteLLM version has this behavior, track a stable index per call and reuse it for later argument-only fragments. This is the same unresolved concern from the previous review.

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

rg -n -C 4 'name = "litellm"|litellm[[:space:]]*[=<>]' \
  pyproject.toml uv.lock poetry.lock requirements* 2>/dev/null || true

rg -n -C 8 'stream_chunk_builder|tool_call_data|tool_calls_list|tool_call.*index' . \
  --glob '*.py' --glob '*.toml' --glob '*.lock' || true
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Review comment at @sentient/llm/provider.py around lines 638 - 639:
Update name_tool_calls to assign and preserve a distinct stable index for each
streamed tool call, reusing that index for later argument-only fragments so
separate calls are not merged. Keep the existing ID assignment behavior intact.

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- Around line 638-639: Update name_tool_calls to assign and preserve a distinct
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Hi @n-o-t-mugen, I merged the latest main into your branch so it's up to date: merge commit c4cb5651 (no conflicts, your change is untouched). After the merge, ruff check sentient tests packaging is clean and the 19 tests in tests/test_stream_tool_calls.py and tests/test_provider_errors.py pass locally. You don't need to do anything for this; any earlier review points still stand where they are.

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