fix(core): resolve 500 errors with gemini-3-flash-preview model

- Refactor default model configs to prevent Flash models from inheriting thinkingConfig
- Add synthetic model turn to initial chat history to enforce alternating user/model roles required by gemini-3-flash-preview
- Fix trailing newline assertion error in file-system integration test

integration-tests/file-system.test.ts

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('file-system', () => {
       'Expected to find a write_file tool call',
     ).toBeTruthy();
 
-    const newFileContent = rig.readFile(fileName);
+    const newFileContent = rig.readFile(fileName).trim();
     expect(newFileContent).toBe('hello');
   });
 

packages/core/src/config/defaultModelConfigs.ts

@@ -21,16 +21,23 @@ export const DEFAULT_MODEL_CONFIGS: ModelConfigServiceConfig = {
         },
       },
     },
-    'chat-base': {
+    'chat-base-no-thinking': {
       extends: 'base',
+      modelConfig: {
+        generateContentConfig: {
+          temperature: 1,
+          topP: 0.95,
+          topK: 64,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    'chat-base': {
+      extends: 'chat-base-no-thinking',
       modelConfig: {
         generateContentConfig: {
           thinkingConfig: {
             includeThoughts: true,
           },
-          temperature: 1,
-          topP: 0.95,
-          topK: 64,
         },
       },
     },
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_MODEL_CONFIGS: ModelConfigServiceConfig = {
       },
     },
     'gemini-3-flash-preview': {
-      extends: 'chat-base-3',
+      extends: 'chat-base-no-thinking',
       modelConfig: {
         model: 'gemini-3-flash-preview',
       },
@@ -78,13 +85,13 @@ export const DEFAULT_MODEL_CONFIGS: ModelConfigServiceConfig = {
       },
     },
     'gemini-2.5-flash': {
-      extends: 'chat-base-2.5',
+      extends: 'chat-base-no-thinking',
       modelConfig: {
         model: 'gemini-2.5-flash',
       },
     },
     'gemini-2.5-flash-lite': {
-      extends: 'chat-base-2.5',
+      extends: 'chat-base-no-thinking',
       modelConfig: {
         model: 'gemini-2.5-flash-lite',
       },

packages/core/src/utils/environmentContext.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ export async function getInitialChatHistory(
       role: 'user',
       parts: [{ text: envContextString }],
     },
+    {
+      role: 'model',
+      parts: [{ text: 'Understood. I am ready.' }],
+    },
     ...(extraHistory ?? []),
   ];
 }

packages/test-utils/src/test-rig.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { env } from 'node:process';
 import { setTimeout as sleep } from 'node:timers/promises';
-import { DEFAULT_GEMINI_MODEL, GEMINI_DIR } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
+import {
+  GEMINI_DIR,
+  PREVIEW_GEMINI_FLASH_MODEL,
+} from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 export { GEMINI_DIR };
 import * as pty from '@lydell/node-pty';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
@@ -457,7 +460,7 @@ export class TestRig {
         ...(env['GEMINI_TEST_TYPE'] === 'integration'
           ? {
               model: {
-                name: DEFAULT_GEMINI_MODEL,
+                name: PREVIEW_GEMINI_FLASH_MODEL,
               },
             }
           : {}),