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◈ Gemini API/2026-07-13Advanced

When an Optional Field Comes Back Three Ways: Null, Empty String, and Missing Key in Gemini Structured Output

Optional fields in Gemini structured output drift between null, empty string, and a missing key, and downstream code breaks in three different ways. Here is how I collapse all three into one shape using nullable in responseSchema and a post-output normalization gate, with numbers from a nightly batch.