"finish_reason":"recitation" makes API unusable for OCR and file import

[jamesblackwell]

The API frequently returns "finish_reason":"recitation", which prematurely ends the response and breaks workflows involving OCR or document importing. This behavior makes the API nearly unusable for these tasks.

Please either: 1. Fix this issue so full responses are returned consistently. 2. Document what causes "recitation" and how to avoid triggering it.

Current documentation offers no clarity on this, and it’s blocking reliable use in production.

[gmKeshari]

Hi @jamesblackwell,

Recitation as finish_reason you get when model tries to generate copyright content. You can find more info here. To fix this, try to make prompt / context as unique as possible and use a higher temperature.

[jamesxt94kode]

@gmKeshari that answer is absolutely bad. i am uploading pdfs to get the text, to index and make advanced search, are pdfs from an university, and gemini-2.5-pro-exp api stops for recitation. This error make unusable the api, i will go to openai, while not solved.

[gmKeshari]

Hey @jamesblackwell, Thanks for providing the more context. I will raise this with our internal team for workaround.

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