refactor(translator, executor): remove redundant bytes.Clone calls for improved performance

- Replaced all instances of `bytes.Clone` with direct references to enhance efficiency.
- Simplified payload handling across executors and translators by eliminating unnecessary data duplication.

internal/config/oauth_model_alias_migration.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var antigravityModelConversionTable = map[string]string{
 	"gemini-claude-sonnet-4-5":                "claude-sonnet-4-5",
 	"gemini-claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking":       "claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking",
 	"gemini-claude-opus-4-5-thinking":         "claude-opus-4-5-thinking",
+	"gemini-claude-opus-4-6-thinking":         "claude-opus-4-6-thinking",
 }
 
 // defaultAntigravityAliases returns the default oauth-model-alias configuration
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func defaultAntigravityAliases() []OAuthModelAlias {
 		{Name: "claude-sonnet-4-5", Alias: "gemini-claude-sonnet-4-5"},
 		{Name: "claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking", Alias: "gemini-claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking"},
 		{Name: "claude-opus-4-5-thinking", Alias: "gemini-claude-opus-4-5-thinking"},
+		{Name: "claude-opus-4-6-thinking", Alias: "gemini-claude-opus-4-6-thinking"},
 	}
 }
 

internal/config/oauth_model_alias_migration_test.go

@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ func TestMigrateOAuthModelAlias_ConvertsAntigravityModels(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(content, "claude-opus-4-5-thinking") {
 		t.Fatal("expected missing default alias claude-opus-4-5-thinking to be added")
 	}
+	if !strings.Contains(content, "claude-opus-4-6-thinking") {
+		t.Fatal("expected missing default alias claude-opus-4-6-thinking to be added")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestMigrateOAuthModelAlias_AddsDefaultIfNeitherExists(t *testing.T) {

internal/registry/model_definitions_static_data.go

@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ func GetClaudeModels() []*ModelInfo {
 			MaxCompletionTokens: 64000,
 			Thinking:            &ThinkingSupport{Min: 1024, Max: 128000, ZeroAllowed: true, DynamicAllowed: false},
 		},
+		{
+			ID:                  "claude-opus-4-6-20260205",
+			Object:              "model",
+			Created:             1770318000, // 2026-02-05
+			OwnedBy:             "anthropic",
+			Type:                "claude",
+			DisplayName:         "Claude 4.6 Opus",
+			Description:         "Premium model combining maximum intelligence with practical performance",
+			ContextLength:       200000,
+			MaxCompletionTokens: 64000,
+			Thinking:            &ThinkingSupport{Min: 1024, Max: 128000, ZeroAllowed: true, DynamicAllowed: false},
+		},
 		{
 			ID:                  "claude-opus-4-5-20251101",
 			Object:              "model",
@@ -716,6 +728,20 @@ func GetOpenAIModels() []*ModelInfo {
 			SupportedParameters: []string{"tools"},
 			Thinking:            &ThinkingSupport{Levels: []string{"low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"}},
 		},
+		{
+			ID:                  "gpt-5.3-codex",
+			Object:              "model",
+			Created:             1770307200,
+			OwnedBy:             "openai",
+			Type:                "openai",
+			Version:             "gpt-5.3",
+			DisplayName:         "GPT 5.3 Codex",
+			Description:         "Stable version of GPT 5.3 Codex, The best model for coding and agentic tasks across domains.",
+			ContextLength:       400000,
+			MaxCompletionTokens: 128000,
+			SupportedParameters: []string{"tools"},
+			Thinking:            &ThinkingSupport{Levels: []string{"low", "medium", "high", "xhigh"}},
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -840,6 +866,7 @@ func GetAntigravityModelConfig() map[string]*AntigravityModelConfig {
 		"gemini-3-flash":             {Thinking: &ThinkingSupport{Min: 128, Max: 32768, ZeroAllowed: false, DynamicAllowed: true, Levels: []string{"minimal", "low", "medium", "high"}}},
 		"claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking": {Thinking: &ThinkingSupport{Min: 1024, Max: 128000, ZeroAllowed: true, DynamicAllowed: true}, MaxCompletionTokens: 64000},
 		"claude-opus-4-5-thinking":   {Thinking: &ThinkingSupport{Min: 1024, Max: 128000, ZeroAllowed: true, DynamicAllowed: true}, MaxCompletionTokens: 64000},
+		"claude-opus-4-6-thinking":   {Thinking: &ThinkingSupport{Min: 1024, Max: 128000, ZeroAllowed: true, DynamicAllowed: true}, MaxCompletionTokens: 64000},
 		"claude-sonnet-4-5":          {MaxCompletionTokens: 64000},
 		"gpt-oss-120b-medium":        {},
 		"tab_flash_lite_preview":     {},

internal/runtime/executor/aistudio_executor.go

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth,
 		URL:       endpoint,
 		Method:    http.MethodPost,
 		Headers:   wsReq.Headers.Clone(),
-		Body:      bytes.Clone(body.payload),
+		Body:      body.payload,
 		Provider:  e.Identifier(),
 		AuthID:    authID,
 		AuthLabel: authLabel,
@@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth,
 	}
 	recordAPIResponseMetadata(ctx, e.cfg, wsResp.Status, wsResp.Headers.Clone())
 	if len(wsResp.Body) > 0 {
-		appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, bytes.Clone(wsResp.Body))
+		appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, wsResp.Body)
 	}
 	if wsResp.Status < 200 || wsResp.Status >= 300 {
 		return resp, statusErr{code: wsResp.Status, msg: string(wsResp.Body)}
 	}
 	reporter.publish(ctx, parseGeminiUsage(wsResp.Body))
 	var param any
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), bytes.Clone(translatedReq), bytes.Clone(wsResp.Body), &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translatedReq, wsResp.Body, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: ensureColonSpacedJSON([]byte(out))}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth
 		URL:       endpoint,
 		Method:    http.MethodPost,
 		Headers:   wsReq.Headers.Clone(),
-		Body:      bytes.Clone(body.payload),
+		Body:      body.payload,
 		Provider:  e.Identifier(),
 		AuthID:    authID,
 		AuthLabel: authLabel,
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth
 		}
 		var body bytes.Buffer
 		if len(firstEvent.Payload) > 0 {
-			appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, bytes.Clone(firstEvent.Payload))
+			appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, firstEvent.Payload)
 			body.Write(firstEvent.Payload)
 		}
 		if firstEvent.Type == wsrelay.MessageTypeStreamEnd {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth
 				metadataLogged = true
 			}
 			if len(event.Payload) > 0 {
-				appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, bytes.Clone(event.Payload))
+				appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, event.Payload)
 				body.Write(event.Payload)
 			}
 			if event.Type == wsrelay.MessageTypeStreamEnd {
@@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth
 				}
 			case wsrelay.MessageTypeStreamChunk:
 				if len(event.Payload) > 0 {
-					appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, bytes.Clone(event.Payload))
+					appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, event.Payload)
 					filtered := FilterSSEUsageMetadata(event.Payload)
 					if detail, ok := parseGeminiStreamUsage(filtered); ok {
 						reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 					}
-					lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translatedReq, bytes.Clone(filtered), &param)
+					lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translatedReq, filtered, &param)
 					for i := range lines {
 						out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: ensureColonSpacedJSON([]byte(lines[i]))}
 					}
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth
 					metadataLogged = true
 				}
 				if len(event.Payload) > 0 {
-					appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, bytes.Clone(event.Payload))
+					appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, event.Payload)
 				}
-				lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translatedReq, bytes.Clone(event.Payload), &param)
+				lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translatedReq, event.Payload, &param)
 				for i := range lines {
 					out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: ensureColonSpacedJSON([]byte(lines[i]))}
 				}
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 		URL:       endpoint,
 		Method:    http.MethodPost,
 		Headers:   wsReq.Headers.Clone(),
-		Body:      bytes.Clone(body.payload),
+		Body:      body.payload,
 		Provider:  e.Identifier(),
 		AuthID:    authID,
 		AuthLabel: authLabel,
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 	}
 	recordAPIResponseMetadata(ctx, e.cfg, resp.Status, resp.Headers.Clone())
 	if len(resp.Body) > 0 {
-		appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, bytes.Clone(resp.Body))
+		appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, resp.Body)
 	}
 	if resp.Status < 200 || resp.Status >= 300 {
 		return cliproxyexecutor.Response{}, statusErr{code: resp.Status, msg: string(resp.Body)}
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 	if totalTokens <= 0 {
 		return cliproxyexecutor.Response{}, fmt.Errorf("wsrelay: totalTokens missing in response")
 	}
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateTokenCount(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, totalTokens, bytes.Clone(resp.Body))
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateTokenCount(ctx, body.toFormat, opts.SourceFormat, totalTokens, resp.Body)
 	return cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(translated)}, nil
 }
 
@@ -393,12 +393,13 @@ func (e *AIStudioExecutor) translateRequest(req cliproxyexecutor.Request, opts c
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, stream)
-	payload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), stream)
+	payload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, stream)
 	payload, err := thinking.ApplyThinking(payload, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, translatedPayload{}, err

internal/runtime/executor/antigravity_executor.go

@@ -133,12 +133,13 @@ func (e *AntigravityExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Au
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("antigravity")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	translated, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(translated, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ attemptLoop:
 
 			reporter.publish(ctx, parseAntigravityUsage(bodyBytes))
 			var param any
-			converted := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translated, bodyBytes, &param)
+			converted := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translated, bodyBytes, &param)
 			resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(converted)}
 			reporter.ensurePublished(ctx)
 			return resp, nil
@@ -274,12 +275,13 @@ func (e *AntigravityExecutor) executeClaudeNonStream(ctx context.Context, auth *
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("antigravity")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	translated, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(translated, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ attemptLoop:
 
 			reporter.publish(ctx, parseAntigravityUsage(resp.Payload))
 			var param any
-			converted := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translated, resp.Payload, &param)
+			converted := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translated, resp.Payload, &param)
 			resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(converted)}
 			reporter.ensurePublished(ctx)
 
@@ -665,12 +667,13 @@ func (e *AntigravityExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxya
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("antigravity")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	translated, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(translated, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -800,12 +803,12 @@ attemptLoop:
 						reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 					}
 
-					chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translated, bytes.Clone(payload), &param)
+					chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translated, bytes.Clone(payload), &param)
 					for i := range chunks {
 						out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(chunks[i])}
 					}
 				}
-				tail := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translated, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
+				tail := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translated, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 				for i := range tail {
 					out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(tail[i])}
 				}
@@ -872,7 +875,7 @@ func (e *AntigravityExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyaut
 	respCtx := context.WithValue(ctx, "alt", opts.Alt)
 
 	// Prepare payload once (doesn't depend on baseURL)
-	payload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	payload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	payload, err := thinking.ApplyThinking(payload, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {

internal/runtime/executor/claude_executor.go

@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ func (e *ClaudeExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, r
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("claude")
 	// Use streaming translation to preserve function calling, except for claude.
 	stream := from != to
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, stream)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), stream)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, stream)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ func (e *ClaudeExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, r
 		to,
 		from,
 		req.Model,
-		bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest),
+		opts.OriginalRequest,
 		bodyForTranslation,
 		data,
 		&param,
@@ -240,12 +241,13 @@ func (e *ClaudeExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 	defer reporter.trackFailure(ctx, &err)
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("claude")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ func (e *ClaudeExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 				to,
 				from,
 				req.Model,
-				bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest),
+				opts.OriginalRequest,
 				bodyForTranslation,
 				bytes.Clone(line),
 				&param,
@@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ func (e *ClaudeExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Aut
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("claude")
 	// Use streaming translation to preserve function calling, except for claude.
 	stream := from != to
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), stream)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, stream)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(baseModel, "claude-3-5-haiku") {

internal/runtime/executor/codex_executor.go

@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, re
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("codex")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, re
 		}
 
 		var param any
-		out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(originalPayload), body, line, &param)
+		out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, originalPayload, body, line, &param)
 		resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 		return resp, nil
 	}
@@ -197,12 +198,13 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) executeCompact(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai-response")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) executeCompact(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 	reporter.publish(ctx, parseOpenAIUsage(data))
 	reporter.ensurePublished(ctx)
 	var param any
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(originalPayload), body, data, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, originalPayload, body, data, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -286,12 +288,13 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Au
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("codex")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Au
 				}
 			}
 
-			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(originalPayload), body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, originalPayload, body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 			for i := range chunks {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(chunks[i])}
 			}
@@ -397,7 +400,7 @@ func (e *CodexExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("codex")
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	body, err := thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {

internal/runtime/executor/gemini_cli_executor.go

@@ -119,12 +119,13 @@ func (e *GeminiCLIExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini-cli")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	basePayload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	basePayload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	basePayload, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(basePayload, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ func (e *GeminiCLIExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth
 		if httpResp.StatusCode >= 200 && httpResp.StatusCode < 300 {
 			reporter.publish(ctx, parseGeminiCLIUsage(data))
 			var param any
-			out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), payload, data, &param)
+			out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, opts.OriginalRequest, payload, data, &param)
 			resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 			return resp, nil
 		}
@@ -272,12 +273,13 @@ func (e *GeminiCLIExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyaut
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini-cli")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	basePayload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	basePayload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	basePayload, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(basePayload, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -399,14 +401,14 @@ func (e *GeminiCLIExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyaut
 						reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 					}
 					if bytes.HasPrefix(line, dataTag) {
-						segments := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), reqBody, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+						segments := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, opts.OriginalRequest, reqBody, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 						for i := range segments {
 							out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(segments[i])}
 						}
 					}
 				}
 
-				segments := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), reqBody, bytes.Clone([]byte("[DONE]")), &param)
+				segments := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, opts.OriginalRequest, reqBody, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 				for i := range segments {
 					out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(segments[i])}
 				}
@@ -428,12 +430,12 @@ func (e *GeminiCLIExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyaut
 			appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, data)
 			reporter.publish(ctx, parseGeminiCLIUsage(data))
 			var param any
-			segments := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), reqBody, data, &param)
+			segments := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, opts.OriginalRequest, reqBody, data, &param)
 			for i := range segments {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(segments[i])}
 			}
 
-			segments = sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), reqBody, bytes.Clone([]byte("[DONE]")), &param)
+			segments = sdktranslator.TranslateStream(respCtx, to, from, attemptModel, opts.OriginalRequest, reqBody, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 			for i := range segments {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(segments[i])}
 			}
@@ -485,7 +487,7 @@ func (e *GeminiCLIExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.
 	// The loop variable attemptModel is only used as the concrete model id sent to the upstream
 	// Gemini CLI endpoint when iterating fallback variants.
 	for range models {
-		payload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+		payload := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 		payload, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(payload, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 		if err != nil {

internal/runtime/executor/gemini_executor.go

@@ -116,12 +116,13 @@ func (e *GeminiExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, r
 	// Official Gemini API via API key or OAuth bearer
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func (e *GeminiExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, r
 	appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, data)
 	reporter.publish(ctx, parseGeminiUsage(data))
 	var param any
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, data, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, data, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -222,12 +223,13 @@ func (e *GeminiExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -318,12 +320,12 @@ func (e *GeminiExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 			if detail, ok := parseGeminiStreamUsage(payload); ok {
 				reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 			}
-			lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone(payload), &param)
+			lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, bytes.Clone(payload), &param)
 			for i := range lines {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(lines[i])}
 			}
 		}
-		lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone([]byte("[DONE]")), &param)
+		lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 		for i := range lines {
 			out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(lines[i])}
 		}
@@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ func (e *GeminiExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Aut
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
-	translatedReq := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	translatedReq := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	translatedReq, err := thinking.ApplyThinking(translatedReq, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {

internal/runtime/executor/gemini_vertex_executor.go

@@ -318,12 +318,13 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeWithServiceAccount(ctx context.Context, au
 		from := opts.SourceFormat
 		to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 
-		originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+		originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 		if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-			originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+			originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 		}
+		originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 		originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-		body = sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+		body = sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 		body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeWithServiceAccount(ctx context.Context, au
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 	var param any
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, data, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, data, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -432,12 +433,13 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeWithAPIKey(ctx context.Context, auth *clip
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -521,7 +523,7 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeWithAPIKey(ctx context.Context, auth *clip
 	appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx, e.cfg, data)
 	reporter.publish(ctx, parseGeminiUsage(data))
 	var param any
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, data, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, data, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -536,12 +538,13 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeStreamWithServiceAccount(ctx context.Conte
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -632,12 +635,12 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeStreamWithServiceAccount(ctx context.Conte
 			if detail, ok := parseGeminiStreamUsage(line); ok {
 				reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 			}
-			lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+			lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 			for i := range lines {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(lines[i])}
 			}
 		}
-		lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
+		lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 		for i := range lines {
 			out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(lines[i])}
 		}
@@ -660,12 +663,13 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeStreamWithAPIKey(ctx context.Context, auth
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -756,12 +760,12 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) executeStreamWithAPIKey(ctx context.Context, auth
 			if detail, ok := parseGeminiStreamUsage(line); ok {
 				reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 			}
-			lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+			lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 			for i := range lines {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(lines[i])}
 			}
 		}
-		lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
+		lines := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 		for i := range lines {
 			out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(lines[i])}
 		}
@@ -781,7 +785,7 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) countTokensWithServiceAccount(ctx context.Context
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 
-	translatedReq := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	translatedReq := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	translatedReq, err := thinking.ApplyThinking(translatedReq, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -865,7 +869,7 @@ func (e *GeminiVertexExecutor) countTokensWithAPIKey(ctx context.Context, auth *
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("gemini")
 
-	translatedReq := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	translatedReq := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	translatedReq, err := thinking.ApplyThinking(translatedReq, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
 	if err != nil {

internal/runtime/executor/iflow_executor.go

@@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ func (e *IFlowExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, re
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), "iflow", e.Identifier())
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func (e *IFlowExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, re
 	var param any
 	// Note: TranslateNonStream uses req.Model (original with suffix) to preserve
 	// the original model name in the response for client compatibility.
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, data, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, data, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -189,12 +190,13 @@ func (e *IFlowExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Au
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), "iflow", e.Identifier())
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ func (e *IFlowExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Au
 			if detail, ok := parseOpenAIStreamUsage(line); ok {
 				reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 			}
-			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 			for i := range chunks {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(chunks[i])}
 			}
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ func (e *IFlowExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	enc, err := tokenizerForModel(baseModel)
 	if err != nil {

internal/runtime/executor/logging_helpers.go

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func recordAPIRequest(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, info upstreamRequ
 	writeHeaders(builder, info.Headers)
 	builder.WriteString("\nBody:\n")
 	if len(info.Body) > 0 {
-		builder.WriteString(string(bytes.Clone(info.Body)))
+		builder.WriteString(string(info.Body))
 	} else {
 		builder.WriteString("<empty>")
 	}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func appendAPIResponseChunk(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, chunk []byt
 	if cfg == nil || !cfg.RequestLog {
 		return
 	}
-	data := bytes.TrimSpace(bytes.Clone(chunk))
+	data := bytes.TrimSpace(chunk)
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return
 	}

internal/runtime/executor/openai_compat_executor.go

@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@ func (e *OpenAICompatExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 		to = sdktranslator.FromString("openai-response")
 		endpoint = "/responses/compact"
 	}
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, opts.Stream)
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), opts.Stream)
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, opts.Stream)
 	requestedModel := payloadRequestedModel(opts, req.Model)
 	translated = applyPayloadConfigWithRoot(e.cfg, baseModel, to.String(), "", translated, originalTranslated, requestedModel)
 	if opts.Alt == "responses/compact" {
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ func (e *OpenAICompatExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.A
 	reporter.ensurePublished(ctx)
 	// Translate response back to source format when needed
 	var param any
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translated, body, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translated, body, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -189,12 +190,13 @@ func (e *OpenAICompatExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxy
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 	requestedModel := payloadRequestedModel(opts, req.Model)
 	translated = applyPayloadConfigWithRoot(e.cfg, baseModel, to.String(), "", translated, originalTranslated, requestedModel)
 
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ func (e *OpenAICompatExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxy
 
 			// OpenAI-compatible streams are SSE: lines typically prefixed with "data: ".
 			// Pass through translator; it yields one or more chunks for the target schema.
-			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), translated, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, translated, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 			for i := range chunks {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(chunks[i])}
 			}
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ func (e *OpenAICompatExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyau
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	translated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	modelForCounting := baseModel
 

internal/runtime/executor/qwen_executor.go

@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ func (e *QwenExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, req
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, false)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ func (e *QwenExecutor) Execute(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth, req
 	var param any
 	// Note: TranslateNonStream uses req.Model (original with suffix) to preserve
 	// the original model name in the response for client compatibility.
-	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, data, &param)
+	out := sdktranslator.TranslateNonStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, data, &param)
 	resp = cliproxyexecutor.Response{Payload: []byte(out)}
 	return resp, nil
 }
@@ -171,12 +172,13 @@ func (e *QwenExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Aut
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	originalPayload := bytes.Clone(req.Payload)
+	originalPayloadSource := req.Payload
 	if len(opts.OriginalRequest) > 0 {
-		originalPayload = bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest)
+		originalPayloadSource = opts.OriginalRequest
 	}
+	originalPayload := originalPayloadSource
 	originalTranslated := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, originalPayload, true)
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), true)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, true)
 	body, _ = sjson.SetBytes(body, "model", baseModel)
 
 	body, err = thinking.ApplyThinking(body, req.Model, from.String(), to.String(), e.Identifier())
@@ -253,12 +255,12 @@ func (e *QwenExecutor) ExecuteStream(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Aut
 			if detail, ok := parseOpenAIStreamUsage(line); ok {
 				reporter.publish(ctx, detail)
 			}
-			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
+			chunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, bytes.Clone(line), &param)
 			for i := range chunks {
 				out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(chunks[i])}
 			}
 		}
-		doneChunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, bytes.Clone(opts.OriginalRequest), body, bytes.Clone([]byte("[DONE]")), &param)
+		doneChunks := sdktranslator.TranslateStream(ctx, to, from, req.Model, opts.OriginalRequest, body, []byte("[DONE]"), &param)
 		for i := range doneChunks {
 			out <- cliproxyexecutor.StreamChunk{Payload: []byte(doneChunks[i])}
 		}
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ func (e *QwenExecutor) CountTokens(ctx context.Context, auth *cliproxyauth.Auth,
 
 	from := opts.SourceFormat
 	to := sdktranslator.FromString("openai")
-	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, bytes.Clone(req.Payload), false)
+	body := sdktranslator.TranslateRequest(from, to, baseModel, req.Payload, false)
 
 	modelName := gjson.GetBytes(body, "model").String()
 	if strings.TrimSpace(modelName) == "" {

internal/translator/antigravity/claude/antigravity_claude_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package claude
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/cache"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Gemini CLI API format
 func ConvertClaudeRequestToAntigravity(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
 	enableThoughtTranslate := true
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	// system instruction
 	systemInstructionJSON := ""

internal/translator/antigravity/gemini/antigravity_gemini_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package gemini
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Gemini API format
 func ConvertGeminiRequestToAntigravity(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	template := ""
 	template = `{"project":"","request":{},"model":""}`
 	template, _ = sjson.SetRaw(template, "request", string(rawJSON))

internal/translator/antigravity/openai/responses/antigravity_openai-responses_request.go

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/antigravity/gemini"
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini/openai/responses"
 )
 
 func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToAntigravity(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	rawJSON = ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToGemini(modelName, rawJSON, stream)
 	return ConvertGeminiRequestToAntigravity(modelName, rawJSON, stream)
 }

internal/translator/claude/gemini-cli/claude_gemini-cli_request.go

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 package geminiCLI
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/claude/gemini"
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Claude Code API format
 func ConvertGeminiCLIRequestToClaude(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	modelResult := gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "model")
 	// Extract the inner request object and promote it to the top level

internal/translator/claude/gemini/claude_gemini_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package gemini
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ var (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Claude Code API format
 func ConvertGeminiRequestToClaude(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	if account == "" {
 		u, _ := uuid.NewRandom()

internal/translator/claude/openai/chat-completions/claude_openai_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package chat_completions
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ var (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Claude Code API format
 func ConvertOpenAIRequestToClaude(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	if account == "" {
 		u, _ := uuid.NewRandom()

internal/translator/claude/openai/responses/claude_openai-responses_request.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ var (
 // - max_output_tokens -> max_tokens
 // - stream passthrough via parameter
 func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToClaude(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	if account == "" {
 		u, _ := uuid.NewRandom()

internal/translator/codex/claude/codex_claude_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package claude
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in internal client format
 func ConvertClaudeRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	template := `{"model":"","instructions":"","input":[]}`
 

internal/translator/codex/gemini-cli/codex_gemini-cli_request.go

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 package geminiCLI
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/codex/gemini"
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Codex API format
 func ConvertGeminiCLIRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	rawJSON = []byte(gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "request").Raw)
 	rawJSON, _ = sjson.SetBytes(rawJSON, "model", modelName)

internal/translator/codex/gemini/codex_gemini_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package gemini
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Codex API format
 func ConvertGeminiRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Base template
 	out := `{"model":"","instructions":"","input":[]}`
 

internal/translator/codex/openai/chat-completions/codex_openai_request.go

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 package chat_completions
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in OpenAI Responses API format
 func ConvertOpenAIRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Start with empty JSON object
 	out := `{"instructions":""}`
 

internal/translator/codex/openai/responses/codex_openai-responses_request.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToCodex(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	inputResult := gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "input")
 	if inputResult.Type == gjson.String {

internal/translator/gemini-cli/claude/gemini-cli_claude_request.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const geminiCLIClaudeThoughtSignature = "skip_thought_signature_validator"
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Gemini CLI API format
 func ConvertClaudeRequestToCLI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	rawJSON = bytes.Replace(rawJSON, []byte(`"url":{"type":"string","format":"uri",`), []byte(`"url":{"type":"string",`), -1)
 
 	// Build output Gemini CLI request JSON

internal/translator/gemini-cli/gemini/gemini-cli_gemini_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package gemini
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini/common"
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Gemini API format
 func ConvertGeminiRequestToGeminiCLI(_ string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	template := ""
 	template = `{"project":"","request":{},"model":""}`
 	template, _ = sjson.SetRaw(template, "request", string(rawJSON))

internal/translator/gemini-cli/openai/chat-completions/gemini-cli_openai_request.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package chat_completions
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ const geminiCLIFunctionThoughtSignature = "skip_thought_signature_validator"
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Gemini CLI API format
 func ConvertOpenAIRequestToGeminiCLI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Base envelope (no default thinkingConfig)
 	out := []byte(`{"project":"","request":{"contents":[]},"model":"gemini-2.5-pro"}`)
 

internal/translator/gemini-cli/openai/responses/gemini-cli_openai-responses_request.go

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini-cli/gemini"
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini/openai/responses"
 )
 
 func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToGeminiCLI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	rawJSON = ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToGemini(modelName, rawJSON, stream)
 	return ConvertGeminiRequestToGeminiCLI(modelName, rawJSON, stream)
 }

internal/translator/gemini/claude/gemini_claude_request.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const geminiClaudeThoughtSignature = "skip_thought_signature_validator"
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request in Gemini CLI format.
 func ConvertClaudeRequestToGemini(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	rawJSON = bytes.Replace(rawJSON, []byte(`"url":{"type":"string","format":"uri",`), []byte(`"url":{"type":"string",`), -1)
 
 	// Build output Gemini CLI request JSON

internal/translator/gemini/gemini-cli/gemini_gemini-cli_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package geminiCLI
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini/common"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 // It extracts the model name, system instruction, message contents, and tool declarations
 // from the raw JSON request and returns them in the format expected by the internal client.
 func ConvertGeminiCLIRequestToGemini(_ string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	modelResult := gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "model")
 	rawJSON = []byte(gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "request").Raw)
 	rawJSON, _ = sjson.SetBytes(rawJSON, "model", modelResult.String())

internal/translator/gemini/gemini/gemini_gemini_request.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package gemini
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini/common"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 //
 // It keeps the payload otherwise unchanged.
 func ConvertGeminiRequestToGemini(_ string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Fast path: if no contents field, only attach safety settings
 	contents := gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "contents")
 	if !contents.Exists() {

internal/translator/gemini/openai/chat-completions/gemini_openai_request.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package chat_completions
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ const geminiFunctionThoughtSignature = "skip_thought_signature_validator"
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in Gemini API format
 func ConvertOpenAIRequestToGemini(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Base envelope (no default thinkingConfig)
 	out := []byte(`{"contents":[]}`)
 

internal/translator/gemini/openai/responses/gemini_openai-responses_request.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/gemini/common"
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 const geminiResponsesThoughtSignature = "skip_thought_signature_validator"
 
 func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToGemini(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 
 	// Note: modelName and stream parameters are part of the fixed method signature
 	_ = modelName // Unused but required by interface

internal/translator/openai/claude/openai_claude_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package claude
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/thinking"
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 // It extracts the model name, system instruction, message contents, and tool declarations
 // from the raw JSON request and returns them in the format expected by the OpenAI API.
 func ConvertClaudeRequestToOpenAI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Base OpenAI Chat Completions API template
 	out := `{"model":"","messages":[]}`
 

internal/translator/openai/gemini-cli/openai_gemini_request.go

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 package geminiCLI
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-
 	. "github.com/router-for-me/CLIProxyAPI/v6/internal/translator/openai/gemini"
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // It extracts the model name, generation config, message contents, and tool declarations
 // from the raw JSON request and returns them in the format expected by the OpenAI API.
 func ConvertGeminiCLIRequestToOpenAI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	rawJSON = []byte(gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "request").Raw)
 	rawJSON, _ = sjson.SetBytes(rawJSON, "model", modelName)
 	if gjson.GetBytes(rawJSON, "systemInstruction").Exists() {

internal/translator/openai/gemini/openai_gemini_request.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 package gemini
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 // It extracts the model name, generation config, message contents, and tool declarations
 // from the raw JSON request and returns them in the format expected by the OpenAI API.
 func ConvertGeminiRequestToOpenAI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Base OpenAI Chat Completions API template
 	out := `{"model":"","messages":[]}`
 

internal/translator/openai/openai/chat-completions/openai_openai_request.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package chat_completions
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"github.com/tidwall/sjson"
 )
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ func ConvertOpenAIRequestToOpenAI(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, _ bool)
 		// If there's an error, return the original JSON or handle the error appropriately.
 		// For now, we'll return the original, but in a real scenario, logging or a more robust error
 		// handling mechanism would be needed.
-		return bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+		return inputRawJSON
 	}
 	return updatedJSON
 }

internal/translator/openai/openai/responses/openai_openai-responses_request.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package responses
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 // Returns:
 //   - []byte: The transformed request data in OpenAI chat completions format
 func ConvertOpenAIResponsesRequestToOpenAIChatCompletions(modelName string, inputRawJSON []byte, stream bool) []byte {
-	rawJSON := bytes.Clone(inputRawJSON)
+	rawJSON := inputRawJSON
 	// Base OpenAI chat completions template with default values
 	out := `{"model":"","messages":[],"stream":false}`
 

internal/util/claude_model_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ func TestIsClaudeThinkingModel(t *testing.T) {
 		// Claude thinking models - should return true
 		{"claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking", "claude-sonnet-4-5-thinking", true},
 		{"claude-opus-4-5-thinking", "claude-opus-4-5-thinking", true},
+		{"claude-opus-4-6-thinking", "claude-opus-4-6-thinking", true},
 		{"Claude-Sonnet-Thinking uppercase", "Claude-Sonnet-4-5-Thinking", true},
 		{"claude thinking mixed case", "Claude-THINKING-Model", true},
 

internal/util/gemini_schema.go

@@ -61,14 +61,20 @@ func cleanJSONSchema(jsonStr string, addPlaceholder bool) string {
 
 // removeKeywords removes all occurrences of specified keywords from the JSON schema.
 func removeKeywords(jsonStr string, keywords []string) string {
+	deletePaths := make([]string, 0)
+	pathsByField := findPathsByFields(jsonStr, keywords)
 	for _, key := range keywords {
-		for _, p := range findPaths(jsonStr, key) {
+		for _, p := range pathsByField[key] {
 			if isPropertyDefinition(trimSuffix(p, "."+key)) {
 				continue
 			}
-			jsonStr, _ = sjson.Delete(jsonStr, p)
+			deletePaths = append(deletePaths, p)
 		}
 	}
+	sortByDepth(deletePaths)
+	for _, p := range deletePaths {
+		jsonStr, _ = sjson.Delete(jsonStr, p)
+	}
 	return jsonStr
 }
 
@@ -235,8 +241,9 @@ var unsupportedConstraints = []string{
 }
 
 func moveConstraintsToDescription(jsonStr string) string {
+	pathsByField := findPathsByFields(jsonStr, unsupportedConstraints)
 	for _, key := range unsupportedConstraints {
-		for _, p := range findPaths(jsonStr, key) {
+		for _, p := range pathsByField[key] {
 			val := gjson.Get(jsonStr, p)
 			if !val.Exists() || val.IsObject() || val.IsArray() {
 				continue
@@ -424,14 +431,21 @@ func removeUnsupportedKeywords(jsonStr string) string {
 		"$schema", "$defs", "definitions", "const", "$ref", "additionalProperties",
 		"propertyNames", // Gemini doesn't support property name validation
 	)
+
+	deletePaths := make([]string, 0)
+	pathsByField := findPathsByFields(jsonStr, keywords)
 	for _, key := range keywords {
-		for _, p := range findPaths(jsonStr, key) {
+		for _, p := range pathsByField[key] {
 			if isPropertyDefinition(trimSuffix(p, "."+key)) {
 				continue
 			}
-			jsonStr, _ = sjson.Delete(jsonStr, p)
+			deletePaths = append(deletePaths, p)
 		}
 	}
+	sortByDepth(deletePaths)
+	for _, p := range deletePaths {
+		jsonStr, _ = sjson.Delete(jsonStr, p)
+	}
 	// Remove x-* extension fields (e.g., x-google-enum-descriptions) that are not supported by Gemini API
 	jsonStr = removeExtensionFields(jsonStr)
 	return jsonStr
@@ -581,6 +595,42 @@ func findPaths(jsonStr, field string) []string {
 	return paths
 }
 
+func findPathsByFields(jsonStr string, fields []string) map[string][]string {
+	set := make(map[string]struct{}, len(fields))
+	for _, field := range fields {
+		set[field] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	paths := make(map[string][]string, len(set))
+	walkForFields(gjson.Parse(jsonStr), "", set, paths)
+	return paths
+}
+
+func walkForFields(value gjson.Result, path string, fields map[string]struct{}, paths map[string][]string) {
+	switch value.Type {
+	case gjson.JSON:
+		value.ForEach(func(key, val gjson.Result) bool {
+			keyStr := key.String()
+			safeKey := escapeGJSONPathKey(keyStr)
+
+			var childPath string
+			if path == "" {
+				childPath = safeKey
+			} else {
+				childPath = path + "." + safeKey
+			}
+
+			if _, ok := fields[keyStr]; ok {
+				paths[keyStr] = append(paths[keyStr], childPath)
+			}
+
+			walkForFields(val, childPath, fields, paths)
+			return true
+		})
+	case gjson.String, gjson.Number, gjson.True, gjson.False, gjson.Null:
+		// Terminal types - no further traversal needed
+	}
+}
+
 func sortByDepth(paths []string) {
 	sort.Slice(paths, func(i, j int) bool { return len(paths[i]) > len(paths[j]) })
 }

sdk/api/handlers/handlers.go

@@ -377,9 +377,13 @@ func (h *BaseAPIHandler) ExecuteWithAuthManager(ctx context.Context, handlerType
 	}
 	reqMeta := requestExecutionMetadata(ctx)
 	reqMeta[coreexecutor.RequestedModelMetadataKey] = normalizedModel
+	payload := rawJSON
+	if len(payload) == 0 {
+		payload = nil
+	}
 	req := coreexecutor.Request{
 		Model:   normalizedModel,
-		Payload: cloneBytes(rawJSON),
+		Payload: payload,
 	}
 	opts := coreexecutor.Options{
 		Stream:          false,
@@ -404,7 +408,7 @@ func (h *BaseAPIHandler) ExecuteWithAuthManager(ctx context.Context, handlerType
 		}
 		return nil, &interfaces.ErrorMessage{StatusCode: status, Error: err, Addon: addon}
 	}
-	return cloneBytes(resp.Payload), nil
+	return resp.Payload, nil
 }
 
 // ExecuteCountWithAuthManager executes a non-streaming request via the core auth manager.
@@ -416,9 +420,13 @@ func (h *BaseAPIHandler) ExecuteCountWithAuthManager(ctx context.Context, handle
 	}
 	reqMeta := requestExecutionMetadata(ctx)
 	reqMeta[coreexecutor.RequestedModelMetadataKey] = normalizedModel
+	payload := rawJSON
+	if len(payload) == 0 {
+		payload = nil
+	}
 	req := coreexecutor.Request{
 		Model:   normalizedModel,
-		Payload: cloneBytes(rawJSON),
+		Payload: payload,
 	}
 	opts := coreexecutor.Options{
 		Stream:          false,
@@ -443,7 +451,7 @@ func (h *BaseAPIHandler) ExecuteCountWithAuthManager(ctx context.Context, handle
 		}
 		return nil, &interfaces.ErrorMessage{StatusCode: status, Error: err, Addon: addon}
 	}
-	return cloneBytes(resp.Payload), nil
+	return resp.Payload, nil
 }
 
 // ExecuteStreamWithAuthManager executes a streaming request via the core auth manager.
@@ -458,9 +466,13 @@ func (h *BaseAPIHandler) ExecuteStreamWithAuthManager(ctx context.Context, handl
 	}
 	reqMeta := requestExecutionMetadata(ctx)
 	reqMeta[coreexecutor.RequestedModelMetadataKey] = normalizedModel
+	payload := rawJSON
+	if len(payload) == 0 {
+		payload = nil
+	}
 	req := coreexecutor.Request{
 		Model:   normalizedModel,
-		Payload: cloneBytes(rawJSON),
+		Payload: payload,
 	}
 	opts := coreexecutor.Options{
 		Stream:          true,
@@ -684,7 +696,7 @@ func (h *BaseAPIHandler) WriteErrorResponse(c *gin.Context, msg *interfaces.Erro
 	var previous []byte
 	if existing, exists := c.Get("API_RESPONSE"); exists {
 		if existingBytes, ok := existing.([]byte); ok && len(existingBytes) > 0 {
-			previous = bytes.Clone(existingBytes)
+			previous = existingBytes
 		}
 	}
 	appendAPIResponse(c, body)