# Cohere now respects zero-valued sampling params

> An explicit 0 for temperature, top_k, seed, frequency_penalty, or presence_penalty is no longer dropped before the request. Cohere calls now honor a deliberate zero instead of silently ignoring it.

- Published: 2026-08-05
- Author: Agno Team
- Categories: Changelog
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An explicit `0` for `temperature`, `top_k`, `seed`, `frequency_penalty`, or `presence_penalty` is no longer dropped before the request. Cohere calls now honor a deliberate zero instead of silently ignoring it.