# OpenAI tool calling returns inconsistent response

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/openai-tool-calling-returns-inconsistent-response/1121024>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** gpt-4, tools\
**Created:** [February 15, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/openai-tool-calling-returns-inconsistent-response/1121024 "2025-02-15T07:40:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/merefield/32/14812_2.png) [@merefield](https://community.openai.com/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/openai-tool-calling-returns-inconsistent-response/1121024/3 "2025-02-15T09:37:15Z")

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Existing Topic:

> [@Function call with finish\_reason of stop](https://community.openai.com/t/function-call-with-finish-reason-of-stop/437226):
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> We are receiving some responses from the api with finish\_reason of “stop” when the model is calling a function. Has anyone else experienced this?

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