feat(session,llm): restore session runtime on resume; align Responses API details

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func normalizeProvider(name string, raw rawProviderConfig) ProviderConfig {
 	}
 	applyModelDefaults(&provider)
 	if provider.ThinkingConfigured && provider.ThinkingParam == "" {
-		provider.ThinkingParam = "thinking"
+		provider.ThinkingParam = DefaultThinkingParam(provider.APIType)
 	}
 	return provider
 }
@@ -268,6 +268,17 @@ func IsAPIType(value string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// DefaultThinkingParam returns the default request field used for the
+// thinking level. Chat-completions providers historically use a top-level
+// "thinking" field; the OpenAI Responses API uses "reasoning" with an
+// {"effort": ...} value.
+func DefaultThinkingParam(apiType string) string {
+	if apiType == APITypeResponses {
+		return "reasoning"
+	}
+	return "thinking"
+}
+
 func normalizeModelConfigs(rawModels []rawModelConfig) ([]string, map[string]ModelConfig) {
 	models := make([]string, 0, len(rawModels))
 	configs := make(map[string]ModelConfig, len(rawModels))

pkg/config/config_test.go

@@ -441,3 +441,39 @@ providers:
 		t.Fatalf("err = %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLoadDefaultsThinkingParamByAPIType(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("AGENTU_TEST_KEY", "sk-test")
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "agentu.yaml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+providers:
+  chat:
+    api_type: chat
+    base_url: https://chat.example.com
+    api_key: ${AGENTU_TEST_KEY}
+    models:
+      - id: chat-model
+        thinking: none
+  responses:
+    api_type: responses
+    base_url: https://responses.example.com
+    api_key: ${AGENTU_TEST_KEY}
+    models:
+      - id: responses-model
+        thinking: high
+`), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := Load(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := cfg.Providers["chat"].ThinkingParam; got != "thinking" {
+		t.Fatalf("chat thinking param = %q, want %q", got, "thinking")
+	}
+	if got := cfg.Providers["responses"].ThinkingParam; got != "reasoning" {
+		t.Fatalf("responses thinking param = %q, want %q", got, "reasoning")
+	}
+}

pkg/llm/responses.go

@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ func buildResponsesRequest(req ChatRequest) map[string]any {
 		"input":  buildResponsesInput(req.Messages),
 		"stream": true,
 	}
+	if instructions := responsesInstructions(req.Messages); instructions != "" {
+		payload["instructions"] = instructions
+	}
 	if len(req.Tools) > 0 {
 		payload["tools"] = buildResponsesTools(req.Tools)
 	}
@@ -153,7 +156,9 @@ func buildResponsesInput(messages []Message) []any {
 	for _, msg := range messages {
 		switch msg.Role {
 		case RoleSystem:
-			items = append(items, responsesMessageInput{Role: "system", Content: msg.Content})
+			// System instructions are sent as the top-level "instructions"
+			// field and must not be duplicated inside the input array.
+			continue
 		case RoleUser:
 			items = append(items, responsesMessageInput{Role: "user", Content: msg.Content})
 		case RoleAssistant:
@@ -179,6 +184,22 @@ func buildResponsesInput(messages []Message) []any {
 	return items
 }
 
+// responsesInstructions extracts system messages into a single instructions
+// string, which is the OpenAI Responses API way to pass developer/system
+// guidance (and the most prompt-cache friendly).
+func responsesInstructions(messages []Message) string {
+	var instructions []string
+	for _, msg := range messages {
+		if msg.Role != RoleSystem {
+			continue
+		}
+		if text := strings.TrimSpace(msg.Content); text != "" {
+			instructions = append(instructions, text)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(instructions, "\n\n")
+}
+
 func buildResponsesTools(tools []Tool) []responsesTool {
 	out := make([]responsesTool, 0, len(tools))
 	for _, tool := range tools {

pkg/llm/responses_test.go

@@ -59,12 +59,15 @@ func TestBuildResponsesRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	if raw["model"] != "gpt-test" || raw["stream"] != true {
 		t.Fatalf("model/stream = %#v / %#v", raw["model"], raw["stream"])
 	}
+	if raw["instructions"] != "be concise" {
+		t.Fatalf("instructions = %#v", raw["instructions"])
+	}
 	if raw["tool_choice"] != "auto" {
 		t.Fatalf("tool_choice = %#v", raw["tool_choice"])
 	}
 
 	input, ok := raw["input"].([]any)
-	if !ok || len(input) != 6 {
+	if !ok || len(input) != 5 {
 		t.Fatalf("input = %#v", raw["input"])
 	}
 	checkInputItem := func(index int, wantType, wantKey, wantValue string) {
@@ -80,16 +83,15 @@ func TestBuildResponsesRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("input[%d].type = %#v, want %q", index, item["type"], wantType)
 		}
 	}
-	checkInputItem(0, "", "role", "system")
-	checkInputItem(1, "", "role", "user")
-	checkInputItem(2, "", "role", "assistant")
-	checkInputItem(3, "function_call", "call_id", "call_1")
-	checkInputItem(4, "function_call_output", "call_id", "call_1")
-	checkInputItem(5, "", "role", "assistant")
-	if item := input[3].(map[string]any); item["name"] != "file_read" || item["arguments"] != `{"path":"README.md"}` {
+	checkInputItem(0, "", "role", "user")
+	checkInputItem(1, "", "role", "assistant")
+	checkInputItem(2, "function_call", "call_id", "call_1")
+	checkInputItem(3, "function_call_output", "call_id", "call_1")
+	checkInputItem(4, "", "role", "assistant")
+	if item := input[2].(map[string]any); item["name"] != "file_read" || item["arguments"] != `{"path":"README.md"}` {
 		t.Fatalf("function_call item = %#v", item)
 	}
-	if item := input[4].(map[string]any); item["output"] != "contents" {
+	if item := input[3].(map[string]any); item["output"] != "contents" {
 		t.Fatalf("function_call_output item = %#v", item)
 	}
 
@@ -117,6 +119,36 @@ func TestBuildResponsesRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResponsesInstructionsCombinesSystemMessages(t *testing.T) {
+	payload := buildResponsesRequest(ChatRequest{
+		Model: "gpt-test",
+		Messages: []Message{
+			{Role: RoleSystem, Content: "first instruction"},
+			{Role: RoleUser, Content: "hi"},
+			{Role: RoleSystem, Content: "second instruction"},
+		},
+	})
+	data, err := json.Marshal(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var raw map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &raw); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if raw["instructions"] != "first instruction\n\nsecond instruction" {
+		t.Fatalf("instructions = %#v", raw["instructions"])
+	}
+	input, ok := raw["input"].([]any)
+	if !ok || len(input) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("input = %#v", raw["input"])
+	}
+	item, ok := input[0].(map[string]any)
+	if !ok || item["role"] != "user" {
+		t.Fatalf("input[0] = %#v", input[0])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOpenAIResponsesClientStreamsContentAndToolCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if r.URL.Path != "/v1/responses" {