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## Warnings

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## Title

    [AI SDK openai-compatible] 'Response stream ended without a finish reason.' when an OpenAI-compatible server closes the SSE stream early

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): The flush handler treats a missing finish_reason as an invalid response and enqueues an error.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel/ai/5d12eaa6caa193d3901cbab98a734403eb6bf622/packages/openai-compatible/src/chat/openai-compatible-chat-language-model.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): flush(): if finishReason == null sets unified error and enqueues InvalidResponseDataError with this message.
    
    Search phrasings: Response stream ended without a finish reason ai sdk; openai compatible stream finish reason error vercel ai
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Stream emits an error part and finishReason 'error' even though text may have been produced.",
      "context": "Product: Vercel AI SDK OpenAI-compatible providers\nComponent: @ai-sdk/openai-compatible streaming\nOperation: streamText against OpenAI-compatible gateways/servers\nAffected versions: observed in @ai-sdk/openai-compatible 3.0.57; introduction version unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: AI_InvalidResponseDataError\nPackages: @ai-sdk/openai-compatible 3.0.57 source\nTrigger: Server/proxy terminates the stream (or sends [DONE]) without any chunk containing choices[].finish_reason, e.g. timeouts, content filters that just close, or proxies dropping the final chunk.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "Response stream ended without a finish reason."
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      "literal_source": "contributor_supplied",
      "expected_behavior": null
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## Support assessment

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