chat_template_kwargs isn't being respected by the vLLM deployment.
Qwen3 models support /no_think as an inline suffix in the user message
to disable thinking mode. This is the most reliable method across all
serving backends (vLLM, Ollama, SGLang).
The thesis rewriter uses vLLM (not Ollama) in production. The previous
fix only added think=False to the Ollama payload. For vLLM's
OpenAI-compatible API with Qwen3 models, thinking mode is disabled via
chat_template_kwargs: {enable_thinking: false} in the request body.
The model outputs 'Thinking Process:' as plain text (not in <think> tags).
Updated _strip_thinking_block to handle both XML tags and plain-text
reasoning patterns. Also:
- Added rule 7 to system prompt: 'Do NOT show your thinking process'
- Set think=False in Ollama payload to disable Qwen3 thinking mode
- Added fallback regex to extract thesis from after thinking blocks
Qwen3.5 in thinking mode emits <think>...</think> chain-of-thought
before the actual response. The thesis rewriter was returning the raw
output including the entire reasoning block. Now strips thinking tags
from both Ollama and vLLM response paths.
- thesis_llm.py: add _call_vllm_thesis() using /v1/chat/completions
- thesis_llm.py: check resolved model_provider and route accordingly
- values.yaml: set OLLAMA_BASE_URL to http://10.1.1.12:2701
Celes Renata