From ed623cc6480bc74b04786ff012371027f994755e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aiden Cline <63023139+rekram1-node@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 23:22:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ai): add OpenAI Responses reasoning mode and context
 options (#58872)

---
 packages/ai/src/protocols/openai-responses.ts | 34 +++++++++++++++++--
 packages/ai/src/providers/openai-options.ts   |  4 ++-
 packages/ai/test/effort-updates.test.ts       | 15 ++++++++
 .../ai/test/provider/openai-responses.test.ts | 14 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/ai/src/protocols/openai-responses.ts b/packages/ai/src/protocols/openai-responses.ts
index 468a7e11ae9..42c598a3db8 100644
--- a/packages/ai/src/protocols/openai-responses.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/src/protocols/openai-responses.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { LLMRequest, type ToolDefinition, type ToolEntry } from "../schema/index
 import { resolveEffortUpdates } from "../effort-updates.js"
 import { OpenResponses } from "./open-responses.js"
 import { OpenResponsesOptions } from "./utils/open-responses-options.js"
-import { JsonObject, optionalArray, optionalNull, ProviderShared } from "./shared.js"
+import { JsonObject, lenient, optionalArray, optionalNull, ProviderShared } from "./shared.js"
 import { ResponsesHostedTools } from "./utils/responses-hosted-tools.js"
 import { OpenResponsesChannel } from "./open-responses-channel.js"
 import { ResponsesCompaction } from "./utils/responses-compaction.js"
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ export const ContextManagement = Schema.Array(
 )
 export type ContextManagement = typeof ContextManagement.Type
 
+export const ReasoningMode = ProviderShared.knownString<"standard" | "pro">()
+export type ReasoningMode = typeof ReasoningMode.Type
+export const ReasoningContext = ProviderShared.knownString<"auto" | "current_turn" | "all_turns">()
+export type ReasoningContext = typeof ReasoningContext.Type
+
+const ReasoningOptions = Schema.Struct({
+  reasoningMode: lenient(ReasoningMode),
+  reasoningContext: lenient(ReasoningContext),
+})
+
 const OpenAIResponsesImageGenerationTool = Schema.Struct({
   type: Schema.tag("image_generation"),
   action: Schema.optional(Schema.Literals(["auto", "generate", "edit"])),
@@ -108,6 +118,14 @@ const OpenAIResponsesCoreFields = {
   ...OpenResponses.coreFields,
   tools: optionalArray(OpenAIResponsesTools),
   tool_choice: Schema.optional(OpenAIResponsesToolChoice),
+  reasoning: Schema.optional(
+    Schema.Struct({
+      effort: Schema.optional(OpenResponsesOptions.ReasoningEffort),
+      summary: Schema.optional(Schema.Literals(["auto", "concise", "detailed"])),
+      mode: Schema.optional(ReasoningMode),
+      context: Schema.optional(ReasoningContext),
+    }),
+  ),
   context_management: Schema.optional(
     Schema.Array(
       Schema.Struct({
@@ -141,6 +159,7 @@ const adapter = {
 // or alongside automatic `context_management` compaction.
 const supportsEffortUpdates = (request: LLMRequest) => {
   if (request.providerOptions?.contextManagement !== undefined) return false
+  if (request.providerOptions?.reasoningMode === "pro") return false
   if (Schema.is(Schema.Struct({ mode: Schema.Literal("pro") }))(request.http?.body?.reasoning)) return false
   const override = request.model.compatibility?.supportsEffortUpdates
   if (override !== undefined) return override
@@ -201,10 +220,21 @@ const fromRequest = Effect.fn("OpenAIResponses.fromRequest")(function* (request:
     Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(Schema.UndefinedOr(ContextManagement)),
   )(request.providerOptions?.contextManagement)
   const options = OpenResponsesOptions.resolve(request)
+  const reasoning = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(ReasoningOptions)(request.providerOptions ?? {})
   const updates = resolveEffortUpdates(request, options.reasoningEffort)
+  const generation = OpenResponses.lowerGeneration(request, { ...options, reasoningEffort: updates.effort })
   return {
     ...(yield* OpenResponses.lowerConversation(updates.request, adapter)),
-    ...OpenResponses.lowerGeneration(request, { ...options, reasoningEffort: updates.effort }),
+    ...generation,
+    ...(generation.reasoning || reasoning.reasoningMode || reasoning.reasoningContext
+      ? {
+          reasoning: {
+            ...generation.reasoning,
+            mode: reasoning.reasoningMode,
+            context: reasoning.reasoningContext,
+          },
+        }
+      : {}),
     context_management: management?.map((edit) => ({ type: edit.type, compact_threshold: edit.compactThreshold })),
     tools: request.tools.length === 0 ? undefined : yield* lowerTools(request),
     tool_choice:
diff --git a/packages/ai/src/providers/openai-options.ts b/packages/ai/src/providers/openai-options.ts
index 9bcf36791f3..d829928cb36 100644
--- a/packages/ai/src/providers/openai-options.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/src/providers/openai-options.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { mergeProviderOptions, type ProviderOptions } from "../schema/index.js"
 import type { Options, ResponseIncludable, ServiceTier } from "../protocols/utils/open-responses-options.js"
-import type { ContextManagement } from "../protocols/openai-responses.js"
+import type { ContextManagement, ReasoningContext, ReasoningMode } from "../protocols/openai-responses.js"
 
 // Mirrors OpenAI's `ResponseIncludable` union from the official SDK. Keep this
 // in lockstep with `openai-node/src/resources/responses/responses.ts`.
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export type OpenAIServiceTier = ServiceTier | "scale" | "fast" | "ultrafast"
 export type OpenAIOptionsInput = Omit<Options, "serviceTier"> & {
   /** Advanced in-band compaction. The caller owns checkpoint persistence and recovery. */
   readonly contextManagement?: ContextManagement
+  readonly reasoningMode?: ReasoningMode
+  readonly reasoningContext?: ReasoningContext
   readonly serviceTier?: OpenAIServiceTier
   readonly [key: string]: unknown
 }
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/effort-updates.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/effort-updates.test.ts
index f5ae76ae45f..73fa3e4d284 100644
--- a/packages/ai/test/effort-updates.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/test/effort-updates.test.ts
@@ -449,6 +449,21 @@ describe("OpenAI Responses effort updates", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.effect("strips markers when provider options select pro reasoning mode", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const prepared = yield* compileRequest(
+        LLM.request({
+          model: OpenAI.configure({ apiKey: "fixture" }).responses("gpt-6-sol"),
+          messages: conversation,
+          providerOptions: { reasoningEffort: "low", reasoningMode: "pro" },
+        }),
+      )
+
+      expect(updates(prepared.body)).toEqual([])
+      expect(prepared.body.reasoning).toEqual({ effort: "low", mode: "pro" })
+    }),
+  )
+
   for (const [id, supported] of [
     ["gpt-6-astra", true],
     ["openai/gpt-6-astra", true],
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/provider/openai-responses.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/provider/openai-responses.test.ts
index 28d21a4afb2..58cd5484e92 100644
--- a/packages/ai/test/provider/openai-responses.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/test/provider/openai-responses.test.ts
@@ -317,6 +317,20 @@ describe("OpenAI Responses route", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.effect("lowers reasoning mode and context into the reasoning object", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const prepared = yield* compileRequest(
+        LLMRequest.update(request, {
+          providerOptions: { reasoningEffort: "high", reasoningMode: "pro", reasoningContext: "current_turn" },
+        }),
+      )
+
+      expect(prepared.body.reasoning).toEqual({ effort: "high", mode: "pro", context: "current_turn" })
+      expect(prepared.body).not.toHaveProperty("reasoningMode")
+      expect(prepared.body).not.toHaveProperty("reasoningContext")
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.effect("passes through custom OpenAI text verbosity strings", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const prepared = yield* compileRequest(