The default model for `ChatGroq`, `"mixtral-8x7b-32768"`, is being
retired on March 20, 2025. Here we remove the default, such that model
names must be explicitly specified (being explicit is a good practice
here, and avoids the need for breaking changes down the line). This
change will be released in a minor version bump to 0.3.
This follows https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/pull/30161
(released in version 0.2.5), where we began generating warnings to this
effect.

Groq is retiring `mixtral-8x7b-32768`, which is currently the default
model for ChatGroq, on March 20. Here we emit a warning if the model is
not specified explicitly.
A version 0.3.0 will be released ahead of March 20 that removes the
default altogether.
core[minor], langchain[patch], openai[minor], anthropic[minor], fireworks[minor], groq[minor], mistralai[minor]
```python
class ToolCall(TypedDict):
name: str
args: Dict[str, Any]
id: Optional[str]
class InvalidToolCall(TypedDict):
name: Optional[str]
args: Optional[str]
id: Optional[str]
error: Optional[str]
class ToolCallChunk(TypedDict):
name: Optional[str]
args: Optional[str]
id: Optional[str]
index: Optional[int]
class AIMessage(BaseMessage):
...
tool_calls: List[ToolCall] = []
invalid_tool_calls: List[InvalidToolCall] = []
...
class AIMessageChunk(AIMessage, BaseMessageChunk):
...
tool_call_chunks: Optional[List[ToolCallChunk]] = None
...
```
Important considerations:
- Parsing logic occurs within different providers;
- ~Changing output type is a breaking change for anyone doing explicit
type checking;~
- ~Langsmith rendering will need to be updated:
https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchainplus/pull/3561~
- ~Langserve will need to be updated~
- Adding chunks:
- ~AIMessage + ToolCallsMessage = ToolCallsMessage if either has
non-null .tool_calls.~
- Tool call chunks are appended, merging when having equal values of
`index`.
- additional_kwargs accumulate the normal way.
- During streaming:
- ~Messages can change types (e.g., from AIMessageChunk to
AIToolCallsMessageChunk)~
- Output parsers parse additional_kwargs (during .invoke they read off
tool calls).
Packages outside of `partners/`:
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-cohere/pull/7
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain-google/pull/123/files
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Co-authored-by: Chester Curme <chester.curme@gmail.com>