From 5c6f8fe0a63442e594c7ea0c996e37c3de6def65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattijs Ugen <144798+akaIDIOT@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:06:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(openai): accept valid responses that are falsy at runtime
 (#35307)

---
 .../langchain_openai/chat_models/base.py      |  2 +-
 .../tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_base.py | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/chat_models/base.py b/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/chat_models/base.py
index 3a654a6451f..c74c40f3c56 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/chat_models/base.py
+++ b/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/chat_models/base.py
@@ -3765,7 +3765,7 @@ def _convert_to_openai_response_format(
 def _oai_structured_outputs_parser(
     ai_msg: AIMessage, schema: type[_BM]
 ) -> PydanticBaseModel | None:
-    if parsed := ai_msg.additional_kwargs.get("parsed"):
+    if (parsed := ai_msg.additional_kwargs.get("parsed")) is not None:
         if isinstance(parsed, dict):
             return schema(**parsed)
         return parsed
diff --git a/libs/partners/openai/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_base.py b/libs/partners/openai/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_base.py
index c11ee325b57..438a1c4b60f 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openai/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_base.py
+++ b/libs/partners/openai/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_base.py
@@ -1388,6 +1388,26 @@ def test_structured_outputs_parser() -> None:
     assert result == parsed_response
 
 
+def test_structured_outputs_parser_valid_falsy_response() -> None:
+    class LunchBox(BaseModel):
+        sandwiches: list[str]
+
+        def __len__(self) -> int:
+            return len(self.sandwiches)
+
+    # prepare a valid *but falsy* response object, an empty LunchBox
+    parsed_response = LunchBox(sandwiches=[])
+    assert len(parsed_response) == 0
+    llm_output = AIMessage(
+        content='{"sandwiches": []}', additional_kwargs={"parsed": parsed_response}
+    )
+    output_parser = RunnableLambda(
+        partial(_oai_structured_outputs_parser, schema=LunchBox)
+    )
+    result = output_parser.invoke(llm_output)
+    assert result == parsed_response
+
+
 def test__construct_lc_result_from_responses_api_error_handling() -> None:
     """Test that errors in the response are properly raised."""
     response = Response(