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# ModelReasoning

Reasoning effort configuration. Omitted for non-reasoning models and dynamic router models.

## Fields

| Field               | Type                                                                                                               | Required             | Description                                                                                                                                                        | Example |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
| `DefaultEffort`     | optionalnullable.OptionalNullable\[[components.DefaultEffort](../../models/components/defaulteffort.mdx)]          | :heavy\_minus\_sign: | N/A                                                                                                                                                                | medium  |
| `DefaultEnabled`    | `*bool`                                                                                                            | :heavy\_minus\_sign: | Default reasoning enabled state when the client does not set `reasoning.enabled`.                                                                                  |         |
| `Mandatory`         | `bool`                                                                                                             | :heavy\_check\_mark: | When true, reasoning cannot be disabled and effort "none" is rejected.                                                                                             |         |
| `SupportedEfforts`  | optionalnullable.OptionalNullable\[\[][\*components.ReasoningEffort](../../models/components/reasoningeffort.mdx)] | :heavy\_minus\_sign: | Allowed reasoning effort values for this model, in descending effort order (highest first). Null means no allowlist — all gateway effort values are accepted.      |         |
| `SupportsMaxTokens` | `*bool`                                                                                                            | :heavy\_minus\_sign: | Present and `true` when the model accepts `reasoning.max_tokens` in requests (Anthropic-style) instead of or in addition to `reasoning.effort`. Omitted otherwise. |         |