LM studio not ignoring tool call blocks within <think> tags

[ghhwer]

Which version of LM Studio?
Example: LM Studio 0.3.10 (Build 2)

Which operating system?
Windows

What is the bug?
LLMs that use think tags like deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b@q8_0 sometimes can use [TOOL_REQUEST] blocks within their tags, however it does not seem to be the LLM's intent to call [TOOL_REQUEST] it's just "reasoning" about their input.

This leads to incorrect outputs or repeated calls.

Screenshots

You can see the "red" markings that show the LLM calling [TOOL_REQUEST] blocks.

Blue shows the LM Studio engine calling the tool 3 times.
Yellow shows the result of the LLM straying from the objective.

Logs
Not needed

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Have a deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b@q8_0 model set up with a modestly complex tool.
2. Have it reason on the response.
3. You will observe the behavior.

Proposition to solve
LM Studio should ignore TOOL REQUESTS within think tags to avoid this issue.

[ghhwer]

Also to add more context for anyone facing the issue, if you are expecting the model to only ever call the tool once, you can always consider the last element in tool call order.