{"record":{"id":"add467740d450b74","repo":"Hmbown/CodeWhale","slug":"translate-anthropic-messages-response-did-not-con","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"translate: Anthropic Messages response did not contain text content","messagePattern":"translate: Anthropic Messages response did not contain text content","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"anyhow::Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"crates/tui/src/client.rs","lineNumber":1780,"sourceCode":"        temperature: None,\n        top_p: None,\n    }\n}\n\nfn translation_text_from_response(response: &MessageResponse) -> Result<String> {\n    let translated = response\n        .content\n        .iter()\n        .filter_map(|block| match block {\n            ContentBlock::Text { text, .. } => Some(text.as_str()),\n            _ => None,\n        })\n        .collect::<Vec<_>>()\n        .join(\"\")\n        .trim()\n        .to_string();\n    if translated.is_empty() {\n        bail!(\"translate: Anthropic Messages response did not contain text content\");\n    }\n    Ok(translated)\n}\n\nfn xiaomi_mimo_base_url_uses_token_plan(base_url: &str) -> bool {\n    let normalized = base_url.trim().to_ascii_lowercase();\n    let without_scheme = normalized\n        .strip_prefix(\"https://\")\n        .or_else(|| normalized.strip_prefix(\"http://\"))\n        .unwrap_or(&normalized);\n    let host = without_scheme\n        .split(['/', '?', '#'])\n        .next()\n        .unwrap_or_default();\n    let host = host.split(':').next().unwrap_or(host);\n    host.starts_with(\"token-plan-\") && host.ends_with(\".xiaomimimo.com\")\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":1762,"sourceCodeEnd":1798,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3/crates/tui/src/client.rs#L1762-L1798","documentation":"The translate helper for the Anthropic Messages dialect concatenates every ContentBlock::Text block from the response, trims, and requires a non-empty result. If the model replied exclusively with non-text blocks (tool_use, thinking, server-tool output) or empty text, translation bails with this message rather than returning an empty string.","triggerScenarios":"Invoking the translate path when the model emits only a tool_use block, only thinking blocks, or empty text — typical when tool schemas leak into the translation prompt or a model is configured with forced tool choice.","commonSituations":"Translation prompts that include tool definitions; beta or reasoning models that emit non-text blocks by default; degenerate or refusal responses with no text payload.","solutions":["Retry the request once — transient empty responses are common with LLMs.","Adjust the prompt to demand plain prose and keep tool definitions out of it.","Check the model/config: switch to a model known to return plain text for translation."],"exampleFix":"// before\nlet translated = anthropic.translate(text).await?;\n\n// after: retry once, then fail with context\nlet translated = match anthropic.translate(text).await {\n    Ok(t) => t,\n    Err(err) if err.to_string().contains(\"did not contain text content\") => {\n        anthropic.translate(text).await.context(\"model returned no text twice\")?\n    }\n    Err(err) => return Err(err),\n};","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"Retry the same request once, optionally adding an explicit 'reply with text only' instruction; if the second attempt still reports no text content, surface a model-configuration error instead of looping.","preventionTips":["Keep tool definitions out of translation prompts.","Prefer models known to return plain text for translation tasks.","Alert on repeated empty-content responses — they usually indicate a routing or configuration problem."],"tags":["rust","llm","anthropic","empty-response","translation"],"backgroundTag":"empty-api-response","analyzedSha":"0c42157ee52f9d55af2b506d71b46249910f77d3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-20T21:50:45.477Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}