fix(thinking): align budget effort mapping across translators

Unify thinking budget-to-effort conversion in a shared helper, handle disabled/default thinking cases in translators, adjust zero-budget mapping, and drop the old OpenAI-specific helper with updated tests.

internal/runtime/executor/payload_helpers.go

@@ -72,13 +72,7 @@ func ApplyReasoningEffortMetadata(payload []byte, metadata map[string]any, model
 	// Fallback: numeric thinking_budget suffix for level-based (OpenAI-style) models.
 	if util.ModelUsesThinkingLevels(baseModel) || allowCompat {
 		if budget, _, _, matched := util.ThinkingFromMetadata(metadata); matched && budget != nil {
-			if effort, ok := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(baseModel, *budget); ok && effort != "" {
+			if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(baseModel, *budget); ok && effort != "" {
-				if *budget == 0 && effort == "none" && util.ModelUsesThinkingLevels(baseModel) {
-					if _, supported := util.NormalizeReasoningEffortLevel(baseModel, effort); !supported {
-						return StripThinkingFields(payload, false)
-					}
-				}
-
 				if updated, err := sjson.SetBytes(payload, field, effort); err == nil {
 					return updated
 				}

internal/translator/codex/claude/codex_claude_request.go

@@ -219,15 +219,20 @@ func ConvertClaudeRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool)
 	// Convert thinking.budget_tokens to reasoning.effort for level-based models
 	reasoningEffort := "medium" // default
 	if thinking := rootResult.Get("thinking"); thinking.Exists() && thinking.IsObject() {
-		if thinking.Get("type").String() == "enabled" {
+		switch thinking.Get("type").String() {
+		case "enabled":
 			if util.ModelUsesThinkingLevels(modelName) {
 				if budgetTokens := thinking.Get("budget_tokens"); budgetTokens.Exists() {
 					budget := int(budgetTokens.Int())
-					if effort, ok := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
+					if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
 						reasoningEffort = effort
 					}
 				}
 			}
+		case "disabled":
+			if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, 0); ok && effort != "" {
+				reasoningEffort = effort
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	template, _ = sjson.Set(template, "reasoning.effort", reasoningEffort)

internal/translator/codex/gemini/codex_gemini_request.go

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func ConvertGeminiRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool)
 			if util.ModelUsesThinkingLevels(modelName) {
 				if thinkingBudget := thinkingConfig.Get("thinkingBudget"); thinkingBudget.Exists() {
 					budget := int(thinkingBudget.Int())
-					if effort, ok := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
+					if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
 						reasoningEffort = effort
 					}
 				}

internal/translator/openai/claude/openai_claude_request.go

@@ -63,10 +63,22 @@ func ConvertClaudeRequestToOpenAI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream
 
 	// Thinking: Convert Claude thinking.budget_tokens to OpenAI reasoning_effort
 	if thinking := root.Get("thinking"); thinking.Exists() && thinking.IsObject() {
-		if thinkingType := thinking.Get("type"); thinkingType.Exists() && thinkingType.String() == "enabled" {
+		if thinkingType := thinking.Get("type"); thinkingType.Exists() {
-			if budgetTokens := thinking.Get("budget_tokens"); budgetTokens.Exists() {
+			switch thinkingType.String() {
-				budget := int(budgetTokens.Int())
+			case "enabled":
-				if effort, ok := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
+				if budgetTokens := thinking.Get("budget_tokens"); budgetTokens.Exists() {
+					budget := int(budgetTokens.Int())
+					if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
+						out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", effort)
+					}
+				} else {
+					// No budget_tokens specified, default to "auto" for enabled thinking
+					if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, -1); ok && effort != "" {
+						out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", effort)
+					}
+				}
+			case "disabled":
+				if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, 0); ok && effort != "" {
 					out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", effort)
 				}
 			}

internal/translator/openai/gemini/openai_gemini_request.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func ConvertGeminiRequestToOpenAI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream
 		if thinkingConfig := genConfig.Get("thinkingConfig"); thinkingConfig.Exists() && thinkingConfig.IsObject() {
 			if thinkingBudget := thinkingConfig.Get("thinkingBudget"); thinkingBudget.Exists() {
 				budget := int(thinkingBudget.Int())
-				if effort, ok := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
+				if effort, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(modelName, budget); ok && effort != "" {
 					out, _ = sjson.Set(out, "reasoning_effort", effort)
 				}
 			}

internal/util/openai_thinking.go

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package util
-
-// OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort maps a numeric thinking budget (tokens)
-// into an OpenAI-style reasoning effort level for level-based models.
-//
-// Ranges:
-//   - 0            -> "none"
-//   - -1           -> "auto"
-//   - 1..1024      -> "low"
-//   - 1025..8192   -> "medium"
-//   - 8193..24576  -> "high"
-//   - 24577..      -> highest supported level for the model (defaults to "xhigh")
-//
-// Negative values other than -1 are treated as unsupported.
-func OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(model string, budget int) (string, bool) {
-	switch {
-	case budget == -1:
-		return "auto", true
-	case budget < -1:
-		return "", false
-	case budget == 0:
-		return "none", true
-	case budget > 0 && budget <= 1024:
-		return "low", true
-	case budget <= 8192:
-		return "medium", true
-	case budget <= 24576:
-		return "high", true
-	case budget > 24576:
-		if levels := GetModelThinkingLevels(model); len(levels) > 0 {
-			return levels[len(levels)-1], true
-		}
-		return "xhigh", true
-	default:
-		return "", false
-	}
-}

internal/util/thinking.go

@@ -118,3 +118,83 @@ func IsOpenAICompatibilityModel(model string) bool {
 	}
 	return strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(info.Type), "openai-compatibility")
 }
+
+// ThinkingEffortToBudget maps a reasoning effort level to a numeric thinking budget (tokens),
+// clamping the result to the model's supported range.
+//
+// Mappings (values are normalized to model's supported range):
+//   - "none"    -> 0
+//   - "auto"    -> -1
+//   - "minimal" -> 512
+//   - "low"     -> 1024
+//   - "medium"  -> 8192
+//   - "high"    -> 24576
+//   - "xhigh"   -> 32768
+//
+// Returns false when the effort level is empty or unsupported.
+func ThinkingEffortToBudget(model, effort string) (int, bool) {
+	if effort == "" {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	normalized, ok := NormalizeReasoningEffortLevel(model, effort)
+	if !ok {
+		normalized = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(effort))
+	}
+	switch normalized {
+	case "none":
+		return 0, true
+	case "auto":
+		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, -1), true
+	case "minimal":
+		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 512), true
+	case "low":
+		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 1024), true
+	case "medium":
+		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 8192), true
+	case "high":
+		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 24576), true
+	case "xhigh":
+		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 32768), true
+	default:
+		return 0, false
+	}
+}
+
+// ThinkingBudgetToEffort maps a numeric thinking budget (tokens)
+// to a reasoning effort level for level-based models.
+//
+// Mappings:
+//   - 0            -> "none" (or lowest supported level if model doesn't support "none")
+//   - -1           -> "auto"
+//   - 1..1024      -> "low"
+//   - 1025..8192   -> "medium"
+//   - 8193..24576  -> "high"
+//   - 24577..      -> highest supported level for the model (defaults to "xhigh")
+//
+// Returns false when the budget is unsupported (negative values other than -1).
+func ThinkingBudgetToEffort(model string, budget int) (string, bool) {
+	switch {
+	case budget == -1:
+		return "auto", true
+	case budget < -1:
+		return "", false
+	case budget == 0:
+		if levels := GetModelThinkingLevels(model); len(levels) > 0 {
+			return levels[0], true
+		}
+		return "none", true
+	case budget > 0 && budget <= 1024:
+		return "low", true
+	case budget <= 8192:
+		return "medium", true
+	case budget <= 24576:
+		return "high", true
+	case budget > 24576:
+		if levels := GetModelThinkingLevels(model); len(levels) > 0 {
+			return levels[len(levels)-1], true
+		}
+		return "xhigh", true
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	}
+}

internal/util/thinking_suffix.go

@@ -201,36 +201,6 @@ func ReasoningEffortFromMetadata(metadata map[string]any) (string, bool) {
 	return "", true
 }
 
-// ThinkingEffortToBudget maps reasoning effort levels to approximate budgets,
-// clamping the result to the model's supported range.
-func ThinkingEffortToBudget(model, effort string) (int, bool) {
-	if effort == "" {
-		return 0, false
-	}
-	normalized, ok := NormalizeReasoningEffortLevel(model, effort)
-	if !ok {
-		normalized = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(effort))
-	}
-	switch normalized {
-	case "none":
-		return 0, true
-	case "auto":
-		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, -1), true
-	case "minimal":
-		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 512), true
-	case "low":
-		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 1024), true
-	case "medium":
-		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 8192), true
-	case "high":
-		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 24576), true
-	case "xhigh":
-		return NormalizeThinkingBudget(model, 32768), true
-	default:
-		return 0, false
-	}
-}
-
 // ResolveOriginalModel returns the original model name stored in metadata (if present),
 // otherwise falls back to the provided model.
 func ResolveOriginalModel(model string, metadata map[string]any) string {

test/thinking_conversion_test.go

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func TestThinkingConversionsAcrossProtocolsAndModels(t *testing.T) {
 									}
 									// Check numeric budget fallback for allowCompat
 									if budget, _, _, matched := util.ThinkingFromMetadata(metadata); matched && budget != nil {
-										if mapped, okMap := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(normalizedModel, *budget); okMap && mapped != "" {
+										if mapped, okMap := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(normalizedModel, *budget); okMap && mapped != "" {
 											return true, mapped, false
 										}
 									}
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func TestThinkingConversionsAcrossProtocolsAndModels(t *testing.T) {
 								effort, ok := util.ReasoningEffortFromMetadata(metadata)
 								if !ok || strings.TrimSpace(effort) == "" {
 									if budget, _, _, matched := util.ThinkingFromMetadata(metadata); matched && budget != nil {
-										if mapped, okMap := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(normalizedModel, *budget); okMap {
+										if mapped, okMap := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(normalizedModel, *budget); okMap {
 											effort = mapped
 											ok = true
 										}
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func TestThinkingConversionsAcrossProtocolsAndModels(t *testing.T) {
 									return false, "", true
 								}
 								if budget, _, _, matched := util.ThinkingFromMetadata(metadata); matched && budget != nil {
-									if mapped, okMap := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(normalizedModel, *budget); okMap && mapped != "" {
+									if mapped, okMap := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(normalizedModel, *budget); okMap && mapped != "" {
 										mapped = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(mapped))
 										if normalized, okLevel := util.NormalizeReasoningEffortLevel(normalizedModel, mapped); okLevel {
 											return true, normalized, false
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func TestRawPayloadThinkingConversions(t *testing.T) {
 										return true, normalized, false
 									}
 									if budget, ok := cs.thinkingParam.(int); ok {
-										if mapped, okM := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(model, budget); okM && mapped != "" {
+										if mapped, okM := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(model, budget); okM && mapped != "" {
 											return true, mapped, false
 										}
 									}
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ func TestRawPayloadThinkingConversions(t *testing.T) {
 									return false, "", true // invalid level
 								}
 								if budget, ok := cs.thinkingParam.(int); ok {
-									if mapped, okM := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(model, budget); okM && mapped != "" {
+									if mapped, okM := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(model, budget); okM && mapped != "" {
 										// Check if the mapped effort is valid for this model
 										if _, validLevel := util.NormalizeReasoningEffortLevel(model, mapped); !validLevel {
 											return true, mapped, true // expect validation error
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ func TestRawPayloadThinkingConversions(t *testing.T) {
 									return false, "", true
 								}
 								if budget, ok := cs.thinkingParam.(int); ok {
-									if mapped, okM := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(model, budget); okM && mapped != "" {
+									if mapped, okM := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(model, budget); okM && mapped != "" {
 										// Check if the mapped effort is valid for this model
 										if _, validLevel := util.NormalizeReasoningEffortLevel(model, mapped); !validLevel {
 											return true, mapped, true // expect validation error
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func TestRawPayloadThinkingConversions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestOpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffortRanges(t *testing.T) {
+func TestThinkingBudgetToEffortRanges(t *testing.T) {
 	cleanup := registerCoreModels(t)
 	defer cleanup()
 
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func TestOpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffortRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		ok     bool
 	}{
 		{name: "dynamic-auto", model: "gpt-5", budget: -1, want: "auto", ok: true},
-		{name: "zero-none", model: "gpt-5", budget: 0, want: "none", ok: true},
+		{name: "zero-none", model: "gpt-5", budget: 0, want: "minimal", ok: true},
 		{name: "low-min", model: "gpt-5", budget: 1, want: "low", ok: true},
 		{name: "low-max", model: "gpt-5", budget: 1024, want: "low", ok: true},
 		{name: "medium-min", model: "gpt-5", budget: 1025, want: "medium", ok: true},
@@ -741,14 +741,14 @@ func TestOpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffortRanges(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "high-min", model: "gpt-5", budget: 8193, want: "high", ok: true},
 		{name: "high-max", model: "gpt-5", budget: 24576, want: "high", ok: true},
 		{name: "over-max-clamps-to-highest", model: "gpt-5", budget: 64000, want: "high", ok: true},
-		{name: "over-max-xhigh-model", model: "gpt-5.2", budget: 50000, want: "xhigh", ok: true},
+		{name: "over-max-xhigh-model", model: "gpt-5.2", budget: 64000, want: "xhigh", ok: true},
 		{name: "negative-unsupported", model: "gpt-5", budget: -5, want: "", ok: false},
 	}
 
 	for _, cs := range cases {
 		cs := cs
 		t.Run(cs.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, ok := util.OpenAIThinkingBudgetToEffort(cs.model, cs.budget)
+			got, ok := util.ThinkingBudgetToEffort(cs.model, cs.budget)
 			if ok != cs.ok {
 				t.Fatalf("ok mismatch for model=%s budget=%d: expect %v got %v", cs.model, cs.budget, cs.ok, ok)
 			}