can1357/oh-my-pi · error · AIError.ValidationError

cachedContent cannot be combined with request-level ${incomp

Error message

cachedContent cannot be combined with request-level ${incompatibleFields.join(", ")}

What it means

Google's context caching API does not allow request-level systemInstruction, tools, or toolConfig alongside cachedContent (the cache already carries them). buildGoogleGenerateContentParams detects any of these set together with cachedContent and throws AIError.ValidationError listing the offending fields.

Source

Thrown at packages/ai/src/providers/google-shared.ts:891

		if (options.signal.aborted) {
			throw new AIError.AbortError("Request aborted");
		}
		config.abortSignal = options.signal;
	}

	if (options.cachedContent !== undefined) {
		// Blank names are never valid resource references; anything else stays
		// opaque so we do not invent format/model/project checks here.
		if (options.cachedContent.trim().length === 0) {
			throw new AIError.ValidationError("cachedContent must not be blank");
		}
		const incompatibleFields = [
			config.systemInstruction !== undefined && "systemInstruction",
			config.tools !== undefined && "tools",
			config.toolConfig !== undefined && "toolConfig",
		].filter((field): field is string => Boolean(field));
		if (incompatibleFields.length > 0) {
			throw new AIError.ValidationError(
				`cachedContent cannot be combined with request-level ${incompatibleFields.join(", ")}`,
			);
		}
		config.cachedContent = options.cachedContent;
	}

	return {
		model: model.id,
		contents,
		config,
	};
}

/**
 * Drive the `streamGoogle` / `streamGoogleVertex` event flow: build the assistant message,
 * push start/done/error events, run `consumeGoogleStream`, and translate thrown errors into
 * the canonical `error` event shape.
 *

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Solutions

1. Remove the request-level systemInstruction/tools/toolConfig and rely on what was baked into the cache
2. Create the cached context with the system instruction and tools you need, then send only messages + cachedContent
3. Split your code path: separate cache-backed requests from regular requests
4. If tools differ per request, do not use cachedContent for those calls

Example fix

// before
await streamGoogle(model, { system, tools, messages, cachedContent: cacheName });
// after
await streamGoogle(model, { messages, cachedContent: cacheName }); // system/tools live in the cache
// or for per-request tools: create a cache per toolset, or drop cachedContent

function assertCacheCompatible(params: { system?: unknown; tools?: unknown; toolConfig?: unknown; cachedContent?: string }) {
  if (!params.cachedContent) return;
  const conflicts = [
    params.system !== undefined && "systemInstruction",
    params.tools !== undefined && "tools",
    params.toolConfig !== undefined && "toolConfig",
  ].filter(Boolean);
  if (conflicts.length) throw new TypeError(`cachedContent cannot be combined with ${conflicts.join(", ")}`);
}

function isCacheOnlyRequest(p: { system?: unknown; tools?: unknown; cachedContent?: string }): p is { cachedContent: string } {
  return p.cachedContent !== undefined && p.system === undefined && p.tools === undefined;
}

try {
  await streamGoogle(model, params);
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof AIError.ValidationError && err.message.startsWith("cachedContent cannot be combined")) {
    const { system, tools, toolConfig, ...rest } = params;
    return await streamGoogle(model, rest); // let the cache supply system/tools
  }
  throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Passing cachedContent plus systemInstruction, tools, or toolConfig in the same request options — e.g. standard agent params (with tools attached) reused for a cache-backed call.

Common situations: Reusing a general request builder that always attaches tools for cached-context calls; forgetting that the cached context was created with its own system instruction/tools; Google tool-caching tutorials that warn against duplicating config.

Related errors

• cachedContent must not be blank
• `context.tools` must be an array when present
• Tool "${toolCall.name}" not found
• Unknown tool${unknown.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} in --tools: $
• Host tool at index ${index} must provide a non-empty name

AI-assisted analysis of can1357/oh-my-pi@9690622007 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/90874fa0e0316518. Report an issue: GitHub.