From 546287978328a2d2b6490537f216eca5a1c74a3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dadaloop82 <evershelfproject@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 14:19:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: chat response truncated at 'Ingredienti:' (MAX_TOKENS)
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- Move system prompt to systemInstruction API field instead of injecting
  it as a fake user/model turn, saving the full turn's token count from
  the context window used for generation
- Increase maxOutputTokens from 1500 to 4096 so full recipes (with
  ingredients + instructions) can complete without being cut off
- Increase API timeout from 60 to 90 seconds for longer responses
finish_reason changes from MAX_TOKENS → STOP, reply goes from 265 to 2108 chars
---
 api/index.php | 18 ++++++------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/index.php b/api/index.php
index 591ad9a..ad8f9ae 100644
--- a/api/index.php
+++ b/api/index.php
@@ -2848,18 +2848,9 @@ REGOLE:
 PROMPT;
 
     // Build conversation for Gemini
+    // systemInstruction is passed separately in the payload; contents only contains the actual chat turns.
     $contents = [];
 
-    // System instruction as first user+model turn
-    $contents[] = [
-        'role' => 'user',
-        'parts' => [['text' => $systemPrompt]]
-    ];
-    $contents[] = [
-        'role' => 'model',
-        'parts' => [['text' => 'Ciao! Sono il tuo assistente cucina. Conosco tutto quello che hai in dispensa e sono pronto ad aiutarti. Cosa ti va di preparare? 😊']]
-    ];
-
     // Add conversation history
     foreach ($history as $msg) {
         $role = ($msg['role'] === 'user') ? 'user' : 'model';
@@ -2877,13 +2868,16 @@ PROMPT;
 
     $payload = [
         'contents' => $contents,
+        'systemInstruction' => [
+            'parts' => [['text' => $systemPrompt]]
+        ],
         'generationConfig' => [
             'temperature' => 0.8,
-            'maxOutputTokens' => 1500
+            'maxOutputTokens' => 4096
         ]
     ];
 
-    $result   = callGeminiWithFallback($apiKey, $payload, 60);
+    $result   = callGeminiWithFallback($apiKey, $payload, 90);
     $httpCode = $result['http_code'];
 
     if ($httpCode !== 200) {