I am asking gemini 2.5 flash with the latest genai js sdk to extract information from a png image, I call the generateContent command and pass a config like so config: { systemInstruction: `look at the picture and extract the parts`, temperature: 0, thinkingConfi…

Latest @google/genai with 2.5 flash ignoring thinking budget

Joe1 October 3, 2025, 3:48pm 13

Im experiencing the same issue, but only with the latest gemini-2.5-flash-preview-09-2025 model. The code in my post reproduces it every time. It only happens when you request JSON output.

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Latest @google/genai with 2.5 flash ignoring thinking budget

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