From d80fe29d4bb400ed2d7a975d6416e0fe12f9fe81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robert-j-y <212159665+robert-j-y@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:26:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: send null content for tool-only assistant messages

Assistant messages that contain only tool calls (no text) were sending
`content: ""` which breaks AWS Bedrock Nova with "The text field in
the ContentBlock object is blank." Send `content: null` instead.

Fixes SDK-443

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 ...onvert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.test.ts | 97 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.ts    |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.test.ts b/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.test.ts
index 862dde04..03ab4ccf 100644
--- a/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.test.ts
+++ b/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.test.ts
@@ -2831,6 +2831,101 @@ describe('tool messages', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('tool-only assistant messages send null content (issue #443)', () => {
+  it('should send content: null for assistant messages with only tool calls', () => {
+    const result = convertToOpenRouterChatMessages([
+      {
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: 'tool-call',
+            toolCallId: 'call-1',
+            toolName: 'get_weather',
+            input: { location: 'San Francisco' },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]).toMatchObject({
+      role: 'assistant',
+      content: null,
+      tool_calls: [
+        {
+          id: 'call-1',
+          type: 'function',
+          function: {
+            name: 'get_weather',
+            arguments: expect.any(String),
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should send content: null for assistant messages with multiple tool calls and no text', () => {
+    const result = convertToOpenRouterChatMessages([
+      {
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: 'tool-call',
+            toolCallId: 'call-1',
+            toolName: 'get_weather',
+            input: { location: 'SF' },
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'tool-call',
+            toolCallId: 'call-2',
+            toolName: 'get_time',
+            input: {},
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]?.content).toBeNull();
+    const msg = result[0] as { tool_calls?: unknown[] };
+    expect(msg.tool_calls).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve text content when assistant message has both text and tool calls', () => {
+    const result = convertToOpenRouterChatMessages([
+      {
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: [
+          { type: 'text', text: 'Let me check the weather.' },
+          {
+            type: 'tool-call',
+            toolCallId: 'call-1',
+            toolName: 'get_weather',
+            input: { location: 'San Francisco' },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]?.content).toBe('Let me check the weather.');
+    const msg = result[0] as { tool_calls?: unknown[] };
+    expect(msg.tool_calls).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve text content for text-only assistant messages', () => {
+    const result = convertToOpenRouterChatMessages([
+      {
+        role: 'assistant',
+        content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Hello!' }],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result[0]?.content).toBe('Hello!');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('deterministic tool call argument serialization', () => {
   it('should produce identical serialized arguments regardless of key insertion order', () => {
     // Simulate the same tool call arguments with different key insertion orders,
@@ -2877,7 +2972,7 @@ describe('deterministic tool call argument serialization', () => {
     expect(resultA).toEqual([
       {
         role: 'assistant',
-        content: '',
+        content: null,
         tool_calls: [
           {
             id: 'call-1',
diff --git a/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.ts b/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.ts
index c1f50a59..3d1cbd8a 100644
--- a/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.ts
+++ b/src/chat/convert-to-openrouter-chat-messages.ts
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ export function convertToOpenRouterChatMessages(
 
         messages.push({
           role: 'assistant',
-          content: text,
+          content: text || null,
           tool_calls: toolCalls.length > 0 ? toolCalls : undefined,
           reasoning: effectiveReasoning,
           reasoning_details: finalReasoningDetails,

From ce0d82c141ac5c7d2519a4266f340353a8a05d00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robert-j-y <212159665+robert-j-y@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:26:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: add changeset for SDK-443

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 .changeset/tool-only-null-content.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/tool-only-null-content.md

diff --git a/.changeset/tool-only-null-content.md b/.changeset/tool-only-null-content.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..764412cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tool-only-null-content.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider': patch
+---
+
+Send `content: null` instead of `content: ""` for assistant messages that contain only tool calls. Fixes AWS Bedrock Nova rejecting requests with "The text field in the ContentBlock object is blank."