From 52d7e88acb304d5575448d8aa2be037fc714a2cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maciej Szwaja <mszwaja@google.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:56:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use placeholders for missing but required Event's fields

PiperOrigin-RevId: 888147818
---
 .../main/java/com/google/adk/events/Event.java    | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/events/Event.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/events/Event.java
index cde4e4452..6b001b2d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/events/Event.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/events/Event.java
@@ -344,9 +344,12 @@ public final String stringifyContent() {
   /** Builder for {@link Event}. */
   public static class Builder {
 
-    private String id;
-    private String invocationId;
-    private String author;
+    private static final String MISSING_INVOCATION_ID = "__adk__invocation__id__missing";
+    private static final String MISSING_AUTHOR = "__adk__author__unknown";
+
+    private @Nullable String id;
+    private @Nullable String invocationId;
+    private @Nullable String author;
     private @Nullable Content content;
     private @Nullable EventActions actions;
     private @Nullable Set<String> longRunningToolIds;
@@ -522,9 +525,9 @@ public Builder modelVersion(@Nullable String value) {
 
     public Event build() {
       Event event = new Event();
-      event.setId(id);
-      event.setInvocationId(invocationId);
-      event.setAuthor(author);
+      event.setId(Optional.ofNullable(id).orElse(UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
+      event.setInvocationId(Optional.ofNullable(invocationId).orElse(MISSING_INVOCATION_ID));
+      event.setAuthor(Optional.ofNullable(author).orElse(MISSING_AUTHOR));
       event.setContent(content);
       event.setLongRunningToolIds(longRunningToolIds);
       event.setPartial(partial);