fix(llm): stream the long LLM calls so they survive the proxy read timeout - #1548
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…timeout Compaction is the longest generation the app makes: the prompt carries MEMORY, USER, SOUL, HEARTBEAT and the whole trimmed conversation, and ``compaction_max_tokens`` allows 16k of output. It was the only call shaped to outrun a reverse proxy, and it did. An unstreamed request sends nothing until the generation finishes, so a proxy measuring its read timeout against silence cuts the connection while the origin is still healthy and about to answer. A production compaction took 150.4s behind a 120s timeout: the origin served 13,610 completion tokens and billed for them, the caller got a 524, and because the trim watermark advances before the call runs the conversation had already left the context. Money spent, memory lost. Streaming keeps bytes on the wire throughout, so the timeout stops applying. Nothing consumes the chunks; ``amessages_streamed`` accumulates them back into the same ``MessageResponse`` the blocking call returned, so every caller downstream (usage logging, payload capture, response parsing) is unchanged. Providers with a native Anthropic Messages API attach the finished message to ``message_stop`` and that is taken verbatim. any-llm's OpenAI-dialect bridge does not, so for those the blocks and usage are reassembled from the individual events. Input tokens arrive on ``message_start`` and output tokens on ``message_delta``, so the merge has to take both or the call under-reports its own bill. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BJFvFeBvwV2qz6KHoqBVV6
WalkthroughThe LLM service now rebuilds responses from streamed events. Compaction, heartbeat, and vision requests use the streamed helper. Tests cover reconstruction behavior and update mocks for the new entry point. ChangesStreamed LLM migration
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… is done A stream that simply stops, rather than failing, left the accumulator holding blocks that look finished: ``stop_reason`` is ``None`` and the usage is still the pre-generation count from ``message_start``. Returning that reports a truncated compaction as a successful one that found nothing worth saving, and logs zero output tokens for a call the provider billed. That is the silent failure this branch exists to remove, so it should not be reachable through the new path. Require the ``message_stop`` that both dialects emit: the Anthropic SSE protocol always terminates with one, any-llm's OpenAI-dialect bridge emits one whenever it emitted a ``message_start``, and the otari provider passes the gateway's through. A provider that omits it now raises and retries, which is the better of the two wrong answers. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BJFvFeBvwV2qz6KHoqBVV6
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Both allow 12,000 output tokens (``llm_max_tokens_heartbeat``, ``llm_max_tokens_vision``). At the throughput a production compaction measured, roughly 90 tokens/sec, that is about 133 seconds of generation against a 120 second proxy read timeout. Compaction is the call that has been failing, but it is not the only one over the line. Heartbeat is the first streamed call that sends tools, so it exercises the half of the accumulator compaction never reaches. A tool call arrives as JSON split across chunks at arbitrary boundaries; parsing any fragment on its own fails, and a heartbeat that loses its tool call silently decides to do nothing. Adds wire-level tests for both dialects, driving real any-llm provider code over a mocked SSE transport rather than hand-built events, so a mismatch between the events any-llm emits and the ones the accumulator expects cannot pass. They assert the upstream actually received ``stream: true``, since without that the proxy still sees silence and none of this helps. Leaves the agent loop and the eval runner unstreamed at 8,192 tokens (roughly 91 seconds), which is inside the window. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BJFvFeBvwV2qz6KHoqBVV6
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In `@tests/test_llm_service.py`:
- Line 919: Update the test response setup around the SSE body to use a custom
httpx.AsyncByteStream that yields chunks split within event headers, JSON
payloads, and the double-newline delimiters, while preserving the existing SSE
content and assertions. Ensure the test exercises buffered parsing across
arbitrary transport chunk boundaries rather than providing the entire body as
one response content value.
- Line 1071: The streaming test around the payload assertion must verify that
the production request opts into usage reporting via
stream_options.include_usage. Update the mock SSE behavior to emit the
usage-only trailing chunk only when that option is enabled, while preserving
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| def handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response: | ||
| seen["path"] = request.url.path | ||
| seen["payload"] = json.loads(request.content) | ||
| return httpx.Response(200, content=body, headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"}) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Simulate fragmented SSE byte streams.
Line 919 supplies the complete SSE body as one response content value. The tests therefore do not exercise frames split across raw byte chunks. A provider parser can fail when an SSE frame crosses a transport boundary while these tests still pass.
Use a custom httpx.AsyncByteStream that yields partitions inside event headers, JSON payloads, and \n\n delimiters.
Based on learnings: SSE tests must decode buffered data across frame boundaries instead of assuming chunk-to-event alignment.
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In `@tests/test_llm_service.py` at line 919, Update the test response setup around
the SSE body to use a custom httpx.AsyncByteStream that yields chunks split
within event headers, JSON payloads, and the double-newline delimiters, while
preserving the existing SSE content and assertions. Ensure the test exercises
buffered parsing across arbitrary transport chunk boundaries rather than
providing the entire body as one response content value.
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| client_args={"http_client": httpx.AsyncClient(transport=self._transport(body, seen))}, | ||
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| assert seen["payload"]["stream"] is True |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
The production path calls any_llm.amessages(stream=True, **kwargs) without stream_options={"include_usage": True}. The OpenAI-compatible request can therefore omit the option required for the provider to send the trailing usage event. The test mock always includes that usage event, so the usage assertions can pass even when production receives no final usage data.
Assert the OpenAI usage opt-in.
Add the expected stream_options.include_usage value to the request assertion, and make the mock include the usage-only SSE chunk only when that option is enabled.
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In `@tests/test_llm_service.py` at line 1071, The streaming test around the
payload assertion must verify that the production request opts into usage
reporting via stream_options.include_usage. Update the mock SSE behavior to emit
the usage-only trailing chunk only when that option is enabled, while preserving
existing usage assertions for the enabled path.
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Description
Three calls allow more output than a 120 second proxy read timeout can carry unstreamed. An unstreamed request sends nothing until generation finishes, so a proxy measuring its timeout against silence cuts the connection while the origin is healthy and about to answer.
A production compaction took 150.4s behind a 120s timeout: the origin served 13,610 completion tokens and billed for them, the caller got a 524, and since the trim watermark advances before the call runs, the conversation had already left the context. The facts in it never reached MEMORY.md. Money spent, memory lost.
max_tokensamessages_streamedkeeps bytes on the wire throughout and accumulates them into the sameMessageResponsethe blocking call returned, so usage logging, payload capture, and response parsing are unchanged.Providers with a native Anthropic Messages API attach the finished message to
message_stop, which is taken verbatim. any-llm's OpenAI-dialect bridge does not, so those are rebuilt from the individual events. Input tokens arrive onmessage_startand output tokens onmessage_delta, so the merge takes both or the call under-reports its own bill.A stream that ends without the provider signalling completion raises rather than returning. Those blocks look finished (
stop_reasonisNone, usage is still the pre-generation count), so returning one would report a truncated compaction as a successful one that found nothing worth saving. That is the silent failure this PR exists to remove.Heartbeat is the first streamed call that sends tools, so it reaches the half of the accumulator compaction never touches. A tool call arrives as JSON split across chunks at arbitrary boundaries, and parsing any fragment alone fails.
Testing
Wire-level tests drive real any-llm provider code over a mocked SSE transport for both dialects, rather than hand-built events, and assert the upstream actually received
stream: true. Without that the proxy still sees silence and none of this helps.Does not fix a proxy that buffers its upstream instead of passing the stream through. That is a gateway property this change cannot reach.
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Summary
Long LLM requests now use streaming to reduce reverse-proxy read timeouts. Compaction, heartbeat, and vision calls use
amessages_streamed.The new streaming layer rebuilds
MessageResponseobjects, preserves usage data and response parsing, and supports text, thinking, and fragmented tool-call content. It also rejects incomplete streams instead of returning truncated responses.Tests now cover streamed responses, provider-specific SSE formats, usage tracking, tool-call reconstruction, and incomplete streams. Test mocks were updated for the new entry point.
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The change does not address gateways that buffer upstream streams.