diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 9ac0bff8c26d9..873a8fad1e1e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ jobs:
           CHANGED_FILES=$(pants list --changed-since=origin/main)
 
           # Find which roots contain changed files
+          CHANGED_ROOTS=""
           FILTER_PATTERNS="["
           for file in $CHANGED_FILES; do
             root=$(echo "$file" | cut -d'/' -f1,2,3)
             if [[ ! "$FILTER_PATTERNS" =~ "$root" ]]; then
               FILTER_PATTERNS="${FILTER_PATTERNS}'${root}',"
+              CHANGED_ROOTS="${CHANGED_ROOTS} ${root}/::"
             fi
           done
 
@@ -64,8 +66,9 @@ jobs:
           FILTER_PATTERNS="${FILTER_PATTERNS%,}]"
 
           echo "Coverage filter patterns: $FILTER_PATTERNS"
+          echo "Changed roots: $CHANGED_ROOTS"
 
-          pants --level=error --no-local-cache test \
+          pants --no-local-cache test \
             --test-use-coverage \
-            --changed-since=origin/main \
-            --coverage-py-filter="$FILTER_PATTERNS"
+            --coverage-py-filter="${FILTER_PATTERNS}" \
+            ${CHANGED_ROOTS}
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/base.py
index d1a8bcf92aa13..3bf3b2b1d50f8 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/base.py
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ def gen() -> ChatResponseGen:
                 additional_kwargs = {}
                 if is_function:
                     tool_calls = update_tool_calls(tool_calls, delta.tool_calls)
-                    additional_kwargs["tool_calls"] = tool_calls
+                    if tool_calls:
+                        additional_kwargs["tool_calls"] = tool_calls
 
                 yield ChatResponse(
                     message=ChatMessage(
@@ -738,7 +739,8 @@ async def gen() -> ChatResponseAsyncGen:
                 additional_kwargs = {}
                 if is_function:
                     tool_calls = update_tool_calls(tool_calls, delta.tool_calls)
-                    additional_kwargs["tool_calls"] = tool_calls
+                    if tool_calls:
+                        additional_kwargs["tool_calls"] = tool_calls
 
                 yield ChatResponse(
                     message=ChatMessage(
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/utils.py b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/utils.py
index a076a9ffc6014..f43e8f4180d0a 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/utils.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/llama_index/llms/openai/utils.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def from_openai_message(openai_message: ChatCompletionMessage) -> ChatMessage:
     # function_call = None  # deprecated in OpenAI v 1.1.0
 
     additional_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-    if openai_message.tool_calls is not None:
+    if openai_message.tool_calls:
         tool_calls: List[ChatCompletionMessageToolCall] = openai_message.tool_calls
         additional_kwargs.update(tool_calls=tool_calls)
 
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/pyproject.toml
index d207e8437a53f..ccba47ea29e4f 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/llms/llama-index-llms-openai/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exclude = ["**/BUILD"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "llama-index-llms-openai"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.2.11"
+version = "0.2.12"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"