Document discriminator field limitation and add test

- Updated GoogleJsonSchemaTransformer docstring to note that discriminator
  is not supported (causes validation errors with nested oneOf)
- Added reference to Google's announcement blog post
- Added test_google_discriminator.py to document the limitation

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: conradlee

pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/profiles/google.py

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class GoogleJsonSchemaTransformer(JsonSchemaTransformer):
 
     Gemini supports [a subset of OpenAPI v3.0.3](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/function-calling#function_declarations).
 
-    As of November 2025, Gemini 2.5+ models support enhanced JSON Schema features including:
+    As of November 2025, Gemini 2.5+ models support enhanced JSON Schema features
+    (see [announcement](https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemini-api-structured-outputs/)) including:
     * `title` for short property descriptions
     * `anyOf` and `oneOf` for conditional structures (unions)
     * `$ref` and `$defs` for recursive schemas and reusable definitions
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ class GoogleJsonSchemaTransformer(JsonSchemaTransformer):
     * `type: 'null'` for optional fields
     * `prefixItems` for tuple-like arrays
 
-    Note: `exclusiveMinimum` and `exclusiveMaximum` are not yet supported by the Google SDK.
+    Not supported (empirically tested as of November 2025):
+    * `exclusiveMinimum` and `exclusiveMaximum` are not yet supported by the Google SDK
+    * `discriminator` field causes validation errors with nested oneOf schemas
     """
 
     def __init__(self, schema: JsonSchema, *, strict: bool | None = None):

tests/models/test_google_discriminator.py

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""Test to verify that discriminator field is not supported by Google Gemini API.
+
+This test empirically demonstrates that Pydantic discriminated unions (which generate
+oneOf schemas with discriminator mappings) cause validation errors with Google's SDK.
+"""
+
+from typing import Literal
+
+import pytest
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from pydantic_ai import Agent
+from pydantic_ai.models.google import GoogleModel
+from pydantic_ai.output import NativeOutput
+from pydantic_ai.providers.google import GoogleProvider
+
+
+class Cat(BaseModel):
+    """A cat."""
+
+    pet_type: Literal['cat']
+    meows: int
+
+
+class Dog(BaseModel):
+    """A dog."""
+
+    pet_type: Literal['dog']
+    barks: float
+
+
+class Owner(BaseModel):
+    """An owner with a pet."""
+
+    name: str
+    pet: Cat | Dog = Field(..., discriminator='pet_type')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(
+    reason='Discriminated unions (oneOf with discriminator) are not supported by Google Gemini API'
+)
+async def test_discriminated_union_not_supported():
+    """Verify that discriminated unions cause validation errors.
+
+    This test documents that while oneOf is supported, the discriminator field
+    used by Pydantic discriminated unions is not supported and causes validation errors.
+
+    Expected error:
+        properties.pet.oneOf: Extra inputs are not permitted
+    """
+    provider = GoogleProvider(vertexai=True, project='ck-nest-dev', location='europe-west1')
+    model = GoogleModel('gemini-2.5-flash', provider=provider)
+    agent = Agent(model, output_type=NativeOutput(Owner))
+
+    # This would fail with validation error if discriminator was included
+    result = await agent.run('Create an owner named John with a cat that meows 5 times')
+    assert result.output.name == 'John'
+    assert result.output.pet.pet_type == 'cat'