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## Title

    [OpenAI Chat Completions] 400 "Unsupported parameter: 'max_tokens' is not supported with this model. Use 'max_completion_tokens' instead." on o-series / GPT-5

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Reasoning models replaced max_tokens with max_completion_tokens (which also bounds hidden reasoning tokens).
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Limitations:
    - Some OpenAI-compatible providers still only accept max_tokens, so clients need per-provider mapping.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://github.com/langgenius/dify/issues/10348 (github_issue, 2024-11, reported_symptom): Dify 0.11.0 with o1 received 400 invalid_request_error param max_tokens code unsupported_parameter with this exact message; closed by PR #10537.
    
    Search phrasings: o1 max_tokens not supported use max_completion_tokens; gpt-5 unsupported parameter max_tokens
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

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      "context": "Product: OpenAI API\nComponent: Chat Completions parameters for reasoning models\nOperation: chat.completions.create(model='o1'|'o3'|'gpt-5*', max_tokens=N)\nAffected versions: o1 and later reasoning models; reported also for GPT-5 on OpenAI and Azure/GitHub Models\nEnvironment: unknown\nHTTP status: 400\nException: openai.BadRequestError\nTrigger: Sending the legacy max_tokens parameter to a model that only accepts max_completion_tokens.",
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        "body": "Recommended action: Send max_completion_tokens for these models (per-model parameter mapping); budget enough for reasoning tokens.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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