No message in API response. This may indicate a quota limit

Error message

No message in API response. This may indicate a quota limit or other restriction.

What it means

Error "No message in API response. This may indicate a quota limit or other restriction." thrown in aaif-goose/goose.

Source

Thrown at crates/goose-provider-types/src/formats/openai.rs:701

pub fn response_to_message(response: &Value) -> anyhow::Result<Message> {
    let output_token_limit_reached = response
        .pointer("/choices/0/finish_reason")
        .and_then(Value::as_str)
        == Some("length");

    let Some(original) = response
        .get("choices")
        .and_then(|c| c.get(0))
        .and_then(|m| m.get("message"))
    else {
        if let Some(error) = response.get("error") {
            let error_message = error
                .get("message")
                .and_then(|m| m.as_str())
                .unwrap_or("Unknown error");
            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("API error: {}", error_message));
        }
        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
            "No message in API response. This may indicate a quota limit or other restriction."
        ));
    };

    let mut content = Vec::new();

    // Capture reasoning content if present (DeepSeek uses "reasoning_content", vLLM uses "reasoning")
    let reasoning_value = original
        .get("reasoning_content")
        .or_else(|| original.get("reasoning"));
    let mut has_structured_thinking = false;
    if let Some(reasoning_content) = reasoning_value {
        if let Some(reasoning_str) = reasoning_content.as_str() {
            if !reasoning_str.is_empty() {
                has_structured_thinking = true;
                content.push(MessageContentBlock::thinking(reasoning_str, ""));
            }
        }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/goose-provider-types/src/formats/openai.rs:701 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of aaif-goose/goose@3810898a74 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8d2c1175b58510a7. Report an issue: GitHub.