{"record":{"id":"0da44211313220d1","repo":"Fosowl/agenticSeek","slug":"together-ai-response-is-empty","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Together AI response is empty.","messagePattern":"Together AI response is empty\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Exception","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"sources/llm_provider.py","lineNumber":321,"sourceCode":"        except Exception as e:\n            raise Exception(f\"GOOGLE API error: {str(e)}\") from e\n\n    def together_fn(self, history, verbose=False):\n        \"\"\"\n        Use together AI for completion\n        \"\"\"\n        from together import Together\n        client = Together(api_key=self.api_key)\n        if self.is_local:\n            raise Exception(\"Together AI is not available for local use. Change config.ini\")\n\n        try:\n            response = client.chat.completions.create(\n                model=self.model,\n                messages=history,\n            )\n            if response is None:\n                raise Exception(\"Together AI response is empty.\")\n            thought = response.choices[0].message.content\n            if verbose:\n                print(thought)\n            return thought\n        except Exception as e:\n            raise Exception(f\"Together AI API error: {str(e)}\") from e\n\n    def deepseek_fn(self, history, verbose=False):\n        \"\"\"\n        Use deepseek api to generate text.\n        \"\"\"\n        client = OpenAI(api_key=self.api_key, base_url=\"https://api.deepseek.com\")\n        if self.is_local:\n            raise Exception(\"Deepseek (API) is not available for local use. Change config.ini\")\n        try:\n            response = client.chat.completions.create(\n                model=self.model,\n                messages=history,","sourceCodeStart":303,"sourceCodeEnd":339,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Fosowl/agenticSeek/blob/ae57a2357745a9706cb12d0fd76d954c84d166fa/sources/llm_provider.py#L303-L339","documentation":"together_fn() raises this when the Together client's chat.completions.create returns None, guarding the subsequent response.choices[0].message.content access. Like the Google variant, the raise is re-wrapped by the outer except as 'Together AI API error: Together AI response is empty.'","triggerScenarios":"client.chat.completions.create(...) against Together's API returns None instead of a completion object — silent SDK/transport failure or an empty response body.","commonSituations":"Network/proxy interruptions, Together API returning an empty body (rate limiting or service incidents), invalid model name in config.ini, or an outdated together SDK.","solutions":["Check network connectivity/proxy settings toward api.together.xyz","Verify the model name in config.ini is a valid Together model","Upgrade the together SDK and retry","Log the raw HTTP response to identify rate limits or service errors"],"exampleFix":"// before\nresponse = client.chat.completions.create(model=self.model, messages=history)\nthought = response.choices[0].message.content\n// after\nresponse = client.chat.completions.create(model=self.model, messages=history)\nif not response or not response.choices:\n    raise Exception(\"Together AI response is empty or malformed.\")\nthought = response.choices[0].message.content or \"\"","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"if not cfg.get(\"together\", {}).get(\"model\"):\n    raise ValueError(\"together model missing in config.ini\")\nif not reachable(\"https://api.together.xyz\"):\n    raise ConnectionError(\"cannot reach Together API\")","typeGuard":"def is_valid_completion(response) -> bool:\n    return (\n        response is not None\n        and getattr(response, \"choices\", None)\n        and response.choices[0].message is not None\n        and response.choices[0].message.content is not None\n    )","tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    thought = provider.together_fn(history)\nexcept Exception as e:\n    if \"response is empty\" in str(e):\n        thought = retry_with_backoff(lambda: provider.together_fn(history), retries=3)\n    else:\n        raise","preventionTips":["Retry with exponential backoff on empty responses","Keep the together SDK up to date","Check Together API status/queue limits before large batches"],"tags":["api-response","together-ai","empty-response"],"backgroundTag":"empty-api-response","analyzedSha":"ae57a2357745a9706cb12d0fd76d954c84d166fa","analyzedAt":"2026-08-30T02:49:05.834Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-30T03:17:51.788Z"}