diff --git a/src/google/adk/models/lite_llm.py b/src/google/adk/models/lite_llm.py
index a854c0104b..f9f7b24d68 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/models/lite_llm.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/models/lite_llm.py
@@ -2395,7 +2395,20 @@ def _message_to_generate_content_response(
           raise ValueError(
               "Function-call part factory returned no function call"
           )
-        function_call.id = tool_call.id
+        # The signature is carried on the part, so strip it back out of the id.
+        # Leaving it there appends a few hundred characters of base64 to every
+        # consumer of `function_call_id`, and `_content_to_message_param`
+        # re-attaches it to the outgoing tool call from `thought_signature`
+        # anyway. Only an id whose suffix decodes as a signature is LiteLLM's
+        # own; every other id is the provider's and stays opaque.
+        call_id, separator, suffix = tool_call.id.partition(
+            _THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR
+        )
+        function_call.id = (
+            call_id
+            if separator and _decode_thought_signature(suffix)
+            else tool_call.id
+        )
         if thought_signature:
           part.thought_signature = thought_signature
         parts.append(part)
diff --git a/tests/unittests/models/test_litellm.py b/tests/unittests/models/test_litellm.py
index 68b0e74c17..3c011988f2 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/models/test_litellm.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/models/test_litellm.py
@@ -2977,6 +2977,146 @@ def test_message_to_generate_content_response_preserves_thought_signature():
   assert fc_part.thought_signature == b"round_trip_sig"
 
 
+def test_message_to_generate_content_response_strips_signature_from_id():
+  """An id carrying an embedded signature is split before it reaches the part."""
+  sig_b64 = base64.b64encode(b"embedded_sig").decode("utf-8")
+  message = ChatCompletionAssistantMessage(
+      role="assistant",
+      content=None,
+      tool_calls=[
+          ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
+              type="function",
+              id=f"call_ts_2{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}{sig_b64}",
+              function=Function(
+                  name="load_skill",
+                  arguments='{"skill": "my_skill"}',
+              ),
+          )
+      ],
+  )
+
+  response = _message_to_generate_content_response(message)
+  fc_part = response.content.parts[0]
+  assert fc_part.function_call.id == "call_ts_2"
+  assert fc_part.thought_signature == b"embedded_sig"
+
+
+def test_message_to_generate_content_response_keeps_a_non_signature_id_whole():
+  """A provider id is opaque, so a separator whose suffix is not a signature stays."""
+  message = ChatCompletionAssistantMessage(
+      role="assistant",
+      content=None,
+      tool_calls=[
+          ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
+              type="function",
+              id=f"job{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}not-base64",
+              function=Function(name="load_skill", arguments="{}"),
+          )
+      ],
+  )
+
+  response = _message_to_generate_content_response(message)
+  fc_part = response.content.parts[0]
+  assert (
+      fc_part.function_call.id == f"job{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}not-base64"
+  )
+  assert fc_part.thought_signature is None
+
+
+def test_message_to_generate_content_response_keeps_the_id_when_the_signature_came_from_extra_content():
+  """The id is only LiteLLM's to split when its own suffix decodes as the signature."""
+  sig_b64 = base64.b64encode(b"channel_sig").decode("utf-8")
+  message = ChatCompletionAssistantMessage(
+      role="assistant",
+      content=None,
+      tool_calls=[
+          ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
+              type="function",
+              id=f"job{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}not-base64",
+              function=Function(name="load_skill", arguments="{}"),
+              extra_content={"google": {"thought_signature": sig_b64}},
+          )
+      ],
+  )
+
+  response = _message_to_generate_content_response(message)
+  fc_part = response.content.parts[0]
+  assert (
+      fc_part.function_call.id == f"job{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}not-base64"
+  )
+  assert fc_part.thought_signature == b"channel_sig"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_embedded_signature_round_trips_from_a_clean_id():
+  """The repro end to end: the id is cleaned inbound and the signature still goes back."""
+  sig_b64 = base64.b64encode(b"embedded_sig").decode("utf-8")
+  message = ChatCompletionAssistantMessage(
+      role="assistant",
+      content=None,
+      tool_calls=[
+          ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
+              type="function",
+              id=f"call_abc{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}{sig_b64}",
+              function=Function(name="load_skill", arguments='{"skill": "s"}'),
+          )
+      ],
+  )
+
+  response = _message_to_generate_content_response(message)
+  outbound = await _content_to_message_param(response.content)
+
+  tool_call = outbound["tool_calls"][0]
+  assert tool_call["id"] == "call_abc"
+  assert tool_call["provider_specific_fields"]["thought_signature"] == sig_b64
+  assert tool_call["extra_content"]["google"]["thought_signature"] == sig_b64
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_generate_content_async_cleans_an_embedded_signature_id():
+  """The reported path end to end: a Gemini tool call arrives with a clean id."""
+  sig_b64 = base64.b64encode(b"embedded_sig").decode("utf-8")
+  model_response = ModelResponse(
+      model="test_model",
+      choices=[
+          Choices(
+              message=ChatCompletionAssistantMessage(
+                  role="assistant",
+                  content=None,
+                  tool_calls=[
+                      ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(
+                          type="function",
+                          id=f"call_abc{_THOUGHT_SIGNATURE_SEPARATOR}{sig_b64}",
+                          function=Function(
+                              name="test_function",
+                              arguments='{"test_arg": "test_value"}',
+                          ),
+                      )
+                  ],
+              )
+          )
+      ],
+  )
+  llm = LiteLlm(
+      model="test_model",
+      llm_client=MockLLMClient(
+          AsyncMock(return_value=model_response),
+          Mock(return_value=model_response),
+      ),
+  )
+
+  responses = [
+      response
+      async for response in llm.generate_content_async(
+          LLM_REQUEST_WITH_FUNCTION_DECLARATION
+      )
+  ]
+
+  part = responses[0].content.parts[0]
+  assert part.function_call.id == "call_abc"
+  assert part.thought_signature == b"embedded_sig"
+
+
 def test_message_to_generate_content_response_no_thought_signature():
   """Parts without thought_signature have thought_signature=None."""
   message = ChatCompletionAssistantMessage(