No response from perplexity or at least it shows empty

[Cyber1000]

I've setup perplexity, that should use the same api as openai:

name: Local Config
version: 1.0.0
schema: v1
models:

• name: Perplexity Sonar
  provider: openai
  model: sonar
  apiKey: "xxxxx"
  apiBase: https://api.perplexity.ai

I'm trying a very simple chat and seem to get citations only in continue console, but nothing in real chat console:

Sending a simple command from the same machine like this:

curl -X POST https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions -H "Authorization: Bearer my-api-key" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{"model":"sonar","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}],"stream":false}"

returns this, which looks correct to me:

{

"id": "149b290d-9678-49d2-b8c8-f7e546f06873",
"model": "sonar",
"created": 1765408086,
"usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 1,
    "completion_tokens": 191,
    "total_tokens": 192,
    "search_context_size": "low",
    "cost": {
        "input_tokens_cost": 0.0,
        "output_tokens_cost": 0.0,
        "request_cost": 0.005,
        "total_cost": 0.005
    }
},
"citations": [
    "https://supersimple.com/song/hello/",
    "https://www.hello-products.com",
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)",
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfG6VKnjrVw",
    "https://www.hellomagazine.com/us/",
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A",
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHONNcZbwDY",
    "https://open.spotify.com/track/1Yk0cQdMLx5RzzFTYwmuld"
],
"search_results": [
    {
        "title": "Hello! - Super Simple Songs",
        "url": "https://supersimple.com/song/hello/",
        "date": "2022-06-27",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-10",
        "snippet": "Start off your lesson with \u201cHello!\u201d, a fun and energetic song to talk about how you feel as you greet each other.",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "Hello Products",
        "url": "https://www.hello-products.com",
        "date": "2025-11-20",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-08",
        "snippet": "friendly products for friendly people. vegan, cruelty free, and thoughtfully formulated for everyone.",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "Hello (Adele song) - Wikipedia",
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Adele_song)",
        "date": "2015-10-22",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-09",
        "snippet": "\"Hello\" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Adele, released on 23 October 2015 by XL Recordings as the lead single from her third studio album, 25 ...",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "Adele - Hello (Live at the NRJ Awards) - YouTube",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfG6VKnjrVw",
        "date": "2015-11-09",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-10",
        "snippet": "Listen to \"Easy On Me\" here: http://Adele.lnk.to/EOM Pre-order Adele's new album \"30\" before its release on November 19: ...",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "HELLO! US Edition - Latest news and Photos",
        "url": "https://www.hellomagazine.com/us/",
        "date": "2025-12-10",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-10",
        "snippet": "HELLO! US edition brings you the latest celebrity & royal news from the US & around the world, magazine exclusives, celeb babies, weddings, pregnancies and ...",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "Adele - Hello (Official Music Video) - YouTube",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A",
        "date": "2015-10-22",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-10",
        "snippet": "Listen to \"Easy On Me\" here: http://Adele.lnk.to/EOM Pre-order Adele's new album \"30\" before its release on November 19: ...",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "Lionel Richie - Hello (Official Music Video) - YouTube",
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHONNcZbwDY",
        "date": "2020-11-20",
        "last_updated": "2025-12-10",
        "snippet": "REMASTERED IN HD! Explore the music of Lionel Richie: https://lnk.to/LionelBestOf Watch more Lionel videos: https://lnk.to/LionelVevo Get ...",
        "source": "web"
    },
    {
        "title": "Hello - song and lyrics by Adele - Spotify",
        "url": "https://open.spotify.com/track/1Yk0cQdMLx5RzzFTYwmuld",
        "snippet": "Hello, can you hear me? I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be. When we were younger and free.",
        "source": "web"
    }
],
"object": "chat.completion",
"choices": [
    {
        "index": 0,
        "message": {
            "role": "assistant",
            "content": "Hello! If you're greeting, hello to you too.\n\nIf you're referring to notable songs titled \"Hello\":\n\n- The song **\"Hello\" by Adele** is a famous piano ballad released in 2015, known for its themes of nostalgia and regret. It was a global hit, topping charts in 30 countries and staying 10 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100[3][6].\n\n- Another well-known song is **\"Hello\" by Lionel Richie**, a classic hit remembered for its heartfelt lyrics and music video[7].\n\nAdditionally, \"Hello!\" is also a popular fun and energetic song used to greet and express feelings, featured by Super Simple Songs for educational purposes[1].\n\nIf you mean the oral care brand, **Hello Products** offers vegan, cruelty-free personal care items designed for everyday use with friendly formulations[2]. \n\nLet me know if you want details about any particular \"Hello\"!"
        },
        "delta": {
            "role": "assistant",
            "content": ""
        },
        "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
]

}

[Cyber1000]

I've tried this on windows (older vscode) and on linux (fresh installed vscode and continuedev-extension) with the same result.
Api calls seem to work (counts of api-calls on perplexity-page move up), but I don't see any response in vscode/continuedev-extension.

Any thoughts?

[Cyber1000]

Perplexity should be openapi-compatible, therefore the setting with openapi in config.yaml.

[Cyber1000]

well seems that perplexity works only with streem false, but that would be good enough for me:

version: 1.0.0
schema: v1
models:

• name: Perplexity Sonar
  provider: openai
  model: sonar
  apiBase: https://api.perplexity.ai
  apiKey: ${{ secrets.PPLX_API_KEY }}
  defaultCompletionOptions:
  stream: false

Citation are only in the logs for now, seems to be added by this issue: #4512
I'll write an info there I have a (temporary) solution to add citations.

[Cyber1000]

seems that a choices.message and a additional choices.delta doesn't work for continuedev, it always takes the last choices.delta, which has an empty message. If I remove choices.messages via a short python-proxy, I've written it works also in streaming mode.

[Cyber1000]

see linked #4512, I've found the problem (and a temporary workaround), will close this discussion