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#5035 reopens #4903: the reporter confirms alibaba-token-plan/deepseek-v4.1-flash now works and
reports that deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro still refuses response_format with HTTP 400 while the
combo chain does not fall through to deepseek/deepseek-flash.

The natural reading is that #4927 generalized less than it needed to. It did not. This envelope
already hops on dev
, and both halves of the report have a different cause than the text
suggests. No classifier change is included, because none is warranted — widening the hop set until
this case passes is exactly how the distinction between "this target cannot accept this request as
shaped" and "this request is wrong" erodes.

The reported build predates the fix

The issue reports 2.58.0. v2.58.0 is 6fe4cd0de8, tagged 2026-09-17 17:40 UTC; #4927 is
78c71f789a, authored 2026-09-17 19:49 UTC, two hours and eight minutes later.
git merge-base --is-ancestor 78c71f789a v2.58.0 exits 1 and git tag --contains 78c71f789a is
empty, so the capability classifier is in no published release. dev carries it and declares
2.59.0, the first release that would.

2.58.0 therefore behaves exactly as reported, for the documented reason: the gateway sends
type: "invalid_request_error", which reaches the generic terminal list in comboFailureDecision
before anything asks whether the next target could serve the request.

Why the Alibaba model improved anyway

Not failover. #4888 (25311bcc00) landed in 2.58.0 and added a probe-backed
noJsonSchemaModels: ["deepseek-v4.1-flash"] to both Alibaba Token Plan presets. Its comment
quotes the identical upstream string: "Probed 260915 on the plan gateway: json_object returns valid
JSON, strict json_schema is rejected 400 ("This response_format type is unavailable now")."

src/adapters/openai-chat/passthrough.ts rewrites a json_schema body to json_object for that
model, so the refusal is never provoked and no hop is needed. The two models differ in which remedy
2.58.0 happens to carry, not in how the classifier treats them.

Why the second gateway does not escape the widened path

It does not escape it. Traced against isResponseFormatCapabilityRefusal
(src/combos/failover.ts:452), the reported body reaches hop in every form the pipeline can
produce: the raw body with upstreamCode extracted and with it undefined, the
Provider error 400: {...} display wrapper, the single data: {...} frame, and the proxy's own
re-wrap peeled within the depth budget. consumeComboFailure hands the classifier the raw upstream
body as classificationText plus the extracted code, and nothing between HTTP 400 and the
classifier rewrites it. No earlier stop intercepts, because invalid_request_error is neither
origin_rejected, nor non-replayable, nor a cyber-policy code.

The one thing this gateway does that the first never did is send code: "invalid_request_error"
the code the generic terminal list stops on — at both the outer and the inner level. Alibaba's
invalid_parameter_error is not a terminal code, so the ordering inside comboFailureDecision was
never load-bearing for it. That is what the new regression block pins, and it is the whole reason a
second vendor confirming the same shape is worth recording.

What was deliberately left out

A noJsonSchemaModels row for deepseek-v4-pro would be the same remedy #4888 used and is
plausible on the evidence, but there is no probe: the reporter's 400 proves the refusal, not that
json_object is accepted in its place, and downgrading a model that does support json_schema
silently degrades the output contract. deepseek-v4-pro is also not on the deepseek preset's
roster (src/providers/registry/entries-core.ts:1018); entries-extended.ts:778 records that
DeepSeek retired the id, so there is no maintained model row to annotate. A probe would settle it
and belongs in its own unit.

The second question in the report

The reporter asks whether gpt-5.6-terra needs a shadow-call intercept model too. It does not, and
it is not a gap. DEFAULT_SHADOW_SOURCE_MODELS is ["gpt-5.6-luna"]
(src/lib/shadow-call.ts:10), and Terra's exclusion is deliberate and recorded:
devlog/_fin/260723_issue_fixes/020_issue311_shadow_intercept.md says it was left out because no
capture showed Codex using it as a helper, with sourceModels added as the escape hatch if that
changed. Three cases in tests/responses/responses-shadow-intercept.test.ts hold the decision.

Terra is a normal native model and a default subagent model, and compaction reuses the
client-selected model through routeCompactionModel, so Terra traffic in a log is not evidence of
a title call. If a capture ever shows one, the operator-side answer already exists:
shadowCallIntercept.sourceModels: ["gpt-5.6-luna", "gpt-5.6-terra"]. Terra alone would drop Luna,
and either spelling intercepts every bare Terra request including foreground and subagent traffic,
which is why it is not the default. blockedModelRedirects is the knob for banning Terra outright.
No separate issue is warranted.

Closes #5035.

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Local verification was not run for this change, by explicit maintainer instruction for this lane:
no local suite, focused test, typecheck, build, install, or ocx invocation.
Correctness is
argued from source and proven by hosted CI at this head.

  • tests/routing/router-combo-failover-classification.test.ts gains a second-gateway block beside
    the existing invalid_request_error没有触发failover #4903 one. It pins the hop and the absent cooldown for the reported envelope with the
    code both extracted and undefined, through the display wrapper and the proxy's own re-wrap, and
    keeps a malformed-schema complaint and an unrelated unknown-parameter refusal terminal.
  • The predicate was traced by hand against src/combos/failover.ts and re-evaluated as a faithful
    transcription outside the repository, confirming hop for all four envelopes and stop for both
    terminal guards. That is a reasoning aid, not a substitute for CI.
  • No new test file, so scripts/test-layout/layout.json and
    tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json are unchanged. The touched test file is 503 lines
    against the 2,000-line unlisted-file ratchet threshold and carries no baseline entry, so the
    file-size ratchet is unaffected.
  • No src/ change, so no structure/ ownership doc is implicated.
  • Hosted Cross-platform CI at this exact head is the gate. macOS legs are unreliable per [Bug]: spawned Bun child processes stop producing output and never exit, on both macOS and Windows CI legs #4956;
    judge on Linux, Windows and the gates.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved combo-chain handling for certain response_format refusals returned by a second gateway, including errors using a generic terminal code.
    • Preserved failover behavior across wrapped and rewrapped gateway error responses while avoiding unnecessary provider cooldowns.
    • Ensured errors without a clear capability-related message remain terminal.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for response-format refusal classification across multiple gateway error formats.

Issue #5035 reopens #4903 against deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro. The reported build is 2.58.0, which was tagged two hours before #4927 landed, so the capability classifier is in no published release. On dev the reported envelope already hops, in every form the pipeline produces.

This vendor spells its code invalid_request_error rather than invalid_parameter_error, at both the outer and the inner level. That is the code the generic terminal list stops on, so the ordering inside comboFailureDecision is load-bearing here in a way the first gateway never exercised. Pin it, and keep a malformed-schema complaint terminal.
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The PR documents issue #5035 and adds tests for second-gateway response_format refusals. No production code changes are included. The tests validate hopping for supported capability refusals and stopping for unrelated schema errors.

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Response format failover

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Failure-path analysis
devlog/_plan/260918_lane_a_bug_train/041_combo_response_format_second_vendor.md
Documents the version boundary for the classifier, upstream error-envelope handling, JSON schema rewriting, deliberate non-actions, and shadow-call model conclusions.
Classification regression tests
tests/routing/router-combo-failover-classification.test.ts
Adds coverage for invalid_request_error and undefined codes, wrapped and rewrapped bodies, no cooldown on hops, and terminal handling when the capability claim is absent.

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Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The new regression coverage does not protect the second gateway’s SSE-framed refusal shape, so a vendor-specific classification regression could go undetected. Add the focused assertions before merging if this path is in scope.

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이 PR은 #5035가 다시 연 #4903 계열 재발을 제품 코드로 고치지 않고, 이미 dev에 있는 능력 거부 hop이 두 번째 게이트웨이 봉투에서도 성립한다는 사실을 회귀 테스트로 고정합니다. 지금 dev(HEAD a13a90819, tip #5032 spend 천장 설정·거절 문구)에는 #4927의 isResponseFormatCapabilityRefusalcomboFailureDecision 안 일반 터미널 목록보다 앞에 있고, 그래서 type/codeinvalid_request_error여도 메시지가 response_format 불가 주장을 하면 hop이 납니다. 리포터 빌드는 2.58.0(6fe4cd0de8)인데 #4927(78c71f789a)은 그 태그보다 약 2시간 뒤에 들어갔고, 공개 릴리스에는 아직 없습니다. 그래서 2.58.0에서 체인이 끊긴 것은 버그 재현이 아니라 픽스 이전 동작입니다.

본문이 Alibaba 쪽이 나아진 이유를 페일오버로 읽지 않은 것도 맞습니다. #4888이 2.58.0에 실려 noJsonSchemaModels: ["deepseek-v4.1-flash"]를 알리바바 토큰 플랜 프리셋에 넣었고, src/adapters/openai-chat/passthrough.ts가 json_schema를 json_object로 바꿔 거절 자체를 안 일으킵니다. 반면 deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro 쪽은 같은 문구의 400을 보내되, 코드가 Alibaba의 invalid_parameter_error가 아니라 일반 터미널 목록에 있는 invalid_request_error입니다. 그래서 comboFailureDecision 안 순서가 처음으로 실제로 부하를 받습니다. 새 describe는 그 코드가 추출됐거나 없을 때, Provider error 400: 래퍼와 프록시 재래핑을 통과해도 hop·쿨다운 없음(none)을 고정하고, 같은 코드라도 스키마 결함·무관 파라미터 거절은 stop으로 남깁니다.

의도적으로 안 한 일도 현재 카탈로그와 맞습니다. hop 집합을 넓히지 않았고, deepseek-v4-pronoJsonSchemaModels 행을 넣지 않았습니다. 공식 deepseek 프리셋 로스터(entries-core.ts의 models)에는 v4-pro가 없고, extended 쪽은 은퇴/플랜 주석만 남깁니다. 프로브 없이 json_object로 조용히 내리는 건 출력 계약을 깎을 수 있어 별 단위가 맞습니다. Terra 그림자 호출 질문도 DEFAULT_SHADOW_SOURCE_MODELS = ["gpt-5.6-luna"]blockedModelRedirects/sourceModels 탈출구로 이미 닫혀 있어, 이 PR이 제품 코드를 건드리지 않은 선택이 일관됩니다. 베이스는 tip a13a90819를 이미 조상으로 두고 커밋 하나(8d9fa2fc0)만 위에 있습니다. types/config 분할에 무효화되는 제품 PR이 아닙니다.

한계는 검증 쪽입니다. 로컬 스위트 금지가 명시되어 있고, Cross-platform CI는 아직 pending입니다. 계획 문서는 SSE data: 프레임까지 hop한다고 적었지만, 이번 새 블록이 직접 pin하는 형태는 raw·표시 래퍼·재래핑입니다(기존 #4903 블록이 unwrap을 이미 다루는지는 파일 상단 블록에 의존). #5035를 Closes로 닫으면 2.58.0 사용자는 여전히 같은 증상을 보므로, 이슈 닫을 때 2.59.0(또는 dev#4927) 업그레이드가 필요하다는 한 줄이 있으면 재오픈이 줄어듭니다.

tests/routing/router-combo-failover-classification.test.ts 새 describe - 파일은 443→503줄로 2,000줄 미등록 래칫 아래입니다. 제품 src/ 변경이 없어 structure 소유권·layout.json 갱신이 필요 없다는 본문 주장과 맞습니다.
tests/routing/router-combo-failover-classification.test.ts stop 가드 - 터미널 두 메시지는 body 안 code만 두고 options.code를 넘기지 않습니다. classifyError 경로로 invalid_request_error stop에 기대는 구성이라, 추출기 회귀까지 동시에 보려면 options 명시 루프를 hop 쪽과 대칭으로 두는 편이 더 단단합니다.
devlog/_plan/.../041_combo_response_format_second_vendor.md - 근거·비선택 이유가 길지만 테스트만으로는 안 보이는 릴리스 타이밍·#4888 경로·Terra 답변을 남깁니다. 머지 후 _fin 이동 여부는 레인 관례에 맡기면 됩니다.
검증/CI - hosted Cross-platform CI(및 Linux/Windows 게이트)가 이 head에서 초록이어야 하고, macOS는 #4956 기준으로 판단에서 빼는 본문 지침을 따르면 됩니다. 코드만으로 초록을 단정할 수 없습니다.
이슈 #5035 Closes - 동작 픽스는 #4927이 dev에 이미 한 것이고 이 PR은 pin입니다. 닫기 댓글에 버전 고지(2.58.0에는 없음 / 2.59.0에 들어감)를 남길지 정하면 됩니다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • hosted CI 초록 확인 후 바로 squash merge할지, macOS flake를 기다릴지.
  • [reopen]invalid_request_error没有触发failover #5035 닫을 때 리포터에게 2.59.0/dev 업그레이드 한 줄을 공식 답으로 남길지.
  • deepseek-v4-pro json_object 프로브를 후속 이슈로 열지, 은퇴 id라 열지 말지.
  • stop 가드에 options.code 대칭 루프를 이 PR에 살짝 넣을지, 별 후속으로 둘지.
  • 계획 문서를 머지 직후 _fin으로 옮길지 lane_a 관례대로 둘지.

너의 추천

hosted Cross-platform CI(특히 Linux/Windows·게이트)가 이 head에서 통과하면 merge하세요. tip에 이미 올라가 있고, hop 집합을 넓히지 않은 채 두 번째 벤더의 invalid_request_error 봉투로 순서 부하를 pin한 유지보수형 PR입니다. #5035는 Closes로 닫되, 닫기/답글에 2.58.0에는 #4927이 없고 2.59.0부터라는 버전 고지를 한 줄 남기세요. types/config 분할 때문에 닫을 대상이 아닙니다.

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for (const message of [`Provider error 400: ${body}`, rewrapped]) {
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expect(comboFailureCooldownScope(400, message, { code: "invalid_request_error" })).toBe("none");

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Cover the second-gateway frame and code combination.

The first-gateway test already exercises data: ${reported} for both functions at lines 384-391, so the one-line unwrap is covered. The second-gateway test does not combine that frame with its invalid_request_error envelope and omitted outer code. Add these assertions to pin that vendor-specific path:

   for (const message of [`Provider error 400: ${body}`, rewrapped]) {
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Merging, and I want to be explicit that this PR is right because it refused to do what I asked for.

I dispatched this as "#4927 generalized less than it needed to" and asked you to find why the second gateway escapes the widened path. It does not escape it. You traced isResponseFormatCapabilityRefusal against every form the pipeline can produce — raw body with the code extracted and with it undefined, the Provider error 400: {...} display wrapper, the single data: {...} frame, and the proxy's own re-wrap peeled within the depth budget — and it reaches hop in all of them.

The actual explanation is that the reported build predates the fix, and the proof is mechanical rather than argued: v2.58.0 is 6fe4cd0de8 tagged 17:40 UTC, #4927 is 78c71f789a authored 19:49 UTC, git merge-base --is-ancestor 78c71f789a v2.58.0 exits 1, and git tag --contains is empty. So 2.58.0 behaves exactly as reported, for exactly the documented reason.

The part I would not have found is why the Alibaba model improved anyway, and it matters because it is what made the report look like a partial fix. It was not failover at all — #4888 landed noJsonSchemaModels in 2.58.0 and rewrites json_schema to json_object for that model, so the refusal is never provoked. The two models differ in which remedy 2.58.0 happens to carry, not in how the classifier treats them. Without that, "one works and one does not" reads as an incomplete classifier, and widening the hop set would have been the obvious wrong move.

Shipping a regression that pins the envelope rather than a classifier change is the right deliverable for a case that already works: it converts "we checked" into something that stays checked.

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