From 7880ade5d7bf5a52bcf679e9803a39ecab4fa167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neal Shah <30693865+ProgrammerIn-wonderland@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:53:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow empty message (#2455)

---
 src/backend/src/services/ai/utils/Messages.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/src/services/ai/utils/Messages.js b/src/backend/src/services/ai/utils/Messages.js
index 43db30779..834de717c 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/services/ai/utils/Messages.js
+++ b/src/backend/src/services/ai/utils/Messages.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const normalize_single_message = (message, params = {}) => {
     if ( ! message.role ) {
         message.role = params.role;
     }
-    if ( ! message.content ) {
+    if ( !message.content && message.content !== '' ) {
         if ( message.tool_calls ) {
             message.content = [];
             for ( let i = 0 ; i < message.tool_calls.length ; i++ ) {