Parallel tool calls: some tools' execute() intermittently not invoked (no execution span)
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PalominoOP
Environment
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- Provider:
- Settings:
- ~17k-token prompt, ~10 tools registered
- Observability: Langfuse
Behavior
The model returns 4 tool calls in a single response (
Questions
1. When a parallel tool call fails input-schema validation, is
3. Any known issues with parallel tool calls + the OpenAI Responses API where some calls in a batch get dropped?
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ai: 6.0.154- Provider:
@ai-sdk/openai, model gpt-5.1-chat-latest, system: openai.responses- Settings:
toolChoice: auto, temperature: 0.3, maxRetries: 2- ~17k-token prompt, ~10 tools registered
- Observability: Langfuse
Behavior
The model returns 4 tool calls in a single response (
finishReason: tool-calls), but only 2 of the 4 tools' functions actually run. The other 2 never produce an execution span and no tool result. It's **intermittent** — the same tools sometimes execute and sometimes don't. All 4 tools have a `execute '' function defined.
In one captured trace:
- Model emitted: `bitrix24-add_lead_attachment`, `bitrix24-update_lead_stage`, `zinq-update_task`, `zinq-update_contact_other_details`
- Executed (spans present): `zinq-update_task`, `zinq-update_contact_other_details`
- Not executed (no span, no result): both `bitrix24-*` calls
- The SDK then looped into a second generation.
**What I've checked**
- All four tools have `execute 'defined' (not client-side/manual).
- The non-executed calls sometimes appear to have incomplete arguments (e.g., only `leadId`, missing other required fields). This makes me suspect input/Zod validation is failing and silently skipping.Questions
1. When a parallel tool call fails input-schema validation, is
execute it skipped silently, with no error surfaced on the result or stream? What's the correct way to detect this per-call?
2. Recommended pattern to make these visible/recoverable —strict: true,experimental_repairToolCall, or diffingtoolCallsvstoolResultsinonStepFinish`?3. Any known issues with parallel tool calls + the OpenAI Responses API where some calls in a batch get dropped?