feat(libsy-llm-client): report rejected extra_body keys as a configuration error

[gburachas]

Closes #260.

What

When an upstream rejects a request parameter that this client injected from a target's extra_body, the call now fails with a configuration error naming the offending keys, instead of passing the upstream 400 through.

upstream rejected a request parameter for model qwen/qwen3-35b-a3b. This target sets
extra_body keys [enable_thinking], which the model does not accept. Remove or correct
them in the target's extra_body.

Why

extra_body is a per-target default from the deployment TOML, not something the caller asked for:

[targets.weak]
id = "some-model"
llm_client = "weak"
extra_body = { enable_thinking = false }

If the model does not accept one of those keys, every request to that target fails, and the caller sees an error about a parameter they never set. The error currently gives no indication that the cause is a config file.

Change from the first version of this PR

The original implementation retried once with the injected keys removed. @ayushag-nv pointed out two problems with that, both correct:

1. It dropped the whole extra_body when only one key was at fault.
2. The TOML is static, so a bad key is bad on every request. The retry would silently double the call volume for the lifetime of the deployment rather than fixing anything.

The retry is gone. What remains is the detection plus the error message, which is what was asked for. The diff is 84 lines of production code; the rest is tests.

Detection

A parameter reject is a 400 or 422 whose body names a parameter (PARAM_REJECT_PHRASES, PARAM_REJECT_STATUSES). Deliberately narrow, because a false positive would report a genuine upstream failure as a configuration error and send the operator to edit a file that is correct:

• 429 and 5xx never qualify; they are transient.
• Context-window rejections have their own error variant and never match.
• If the target injected nothing, the upstream error passes through unchanged, since the rejected parameter is then the caller's.

The upstream response body is not copied into the message. It can quote the request back, and the key names are enough to act on.

How tested

Three tests in crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs, using the existing wiremock setup:

• an_extra_body_reject_names_the_keys_and_does_not_retry — asserts the error names the key and, via .expect(1) on the mock, that the request is sent exactly once
• a_param_reject_without_injected_keys_surfaces_the_upstream_error — the passthrough case
• param_reject_classification_is_narrow — the 429/5xx and context-overflow boundaries

cargo fmt --all --check, cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings, cargo test --workspace, uv run ruff check . all pass. Commit signed off per the DCO.

One file changed.

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Walkthrough

The client now detects narrow 400/422 parameter rejections, removes only injected extra_body fields, and performs one immediate retry. Tests cover classification, field tracking, successful fallback, and persistent rejection behavior.

Changes

Parameter rejection fallback

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parameter rejection classification crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	The client classifies only 400/422 upstream failures with parameter-related rejection text.
Injected field removal and retry crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	extra_body merging records newly inserted fields. A qualifying rejection removes those fields and triggers one retry without using the transient retry budget.
Fallback behavior tests crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	Tests validate narrow classification, caller-value preservation, one-time fallback, zero configured retries, and persistent rejection handling.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c8aa3

The retry logic may misclassify unrelated 400 errors such as an unrecognized model as parameter rejects, causing one unnecessary follow-up request without the configured defaults. This is a bounded risk and the PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness.

Poem

I’m a small rabbit hopping light,
Stripping only fields that fail the flight.
One clean retry, then no more chase,
Caller-supplied values stay in place.
400 and 422 now speak clear—
Tests guard every path we hold dear.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation satisfies issue #260 by classifying relevant 400/422 responses, preserving excluded errors, and retrying once without injected keys.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within crates/libsy-llm-client/ and directly support the retry behavior required by issue #260.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately identifies rejected extra_body keys and configuration handling, which is a real part of the primary change.

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In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs`:
- Around line 60-71: Update PARAM_REJECT_PHRASES to remove the broad
"unrecognized" entry and use only parameter-specific wording, preventing
unrelated messages such as "unrecognized model" from triggering retry behavior.
Add or update the boundary test covering this case while preserving retries for
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restrict "unrecognized" to parameter errors.

The bare phrase at Line 66 matches unrelated bodies such as "unrecognized model". If extra_body injected defaults, Lines 301-312 then remove them and send an unnecessary second request. Replace it with parameter-specific phrases and add this boundary test.

Proposed fix

-    "unrecognized",
+    "unrecognized parameter",
+    "unrecognized field",
+    "unrecognized argument",

         // An unrelated 400 is not one either.
         assert!(!failure(400, r#"{"error":{"message":"invalid api key"}}"#).is_param_reject());
+        assert!(!failure(400, "unrecognized model").is_param_reject());

Also applies to: 1767-1768

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In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs` around lines 60 - 71, Update
PARAM_REJECT_PHRASES to remove the broad "unrecognized" entry and use only
parameter-specific wording, preventing unrelated messages such as "unrecognized
model" from triggering retry behavior. Add or update the boundary test covering
this case while preserving retries for genuine parameter-rejection responses.

[ayushag-nv]

@gburachas I like your idea of prevention by retrying on fail and reject the extra body. There are two concerns here

1. FOr eg if one key is rejected in extra body, we are removing the entire extra body which is not right
2. This is trouble some for the entire serving, becaue the toml file is fixed and it will always do 2 calls, one fail and one retry. Better fail with a reasonable Error message, so that user can fix their toml.

So, if you want to add something, I will suggest to add a minimal viabl error message. That should be all. No need for this PR.

[ayushag-nv]

@gburachas So many AI written tests here, try to merge the similar ones. Keep them minimal. As littel as possible and as much as needed,

[gburachas]

Sounds good! Changing to erroring mode.

[gburachas]

@ayushag-nv agreed on both points; the PR is reworked.

The retry is removed. On a parameter reject where this client injected extra_body keys, the call now fails with a configuration error naming those keys, so the operator can find them in the TOML:

upstream rejected a request parameter for model qwen/qwen3-35b-a3b. This target sets
extra_body keys [enable_thinking], which the model does not accept. Remove or correct
them in the target's extra_body.

If the target injected no extra_body, the upstream error passes through unchanged, since the rejected parameter is then the caller's own.

The detection is unchanged and stays narrow: only a 400 or 422 whose body names a parameter, never a 429 or 5xx.

[gburachas]

Tests cut from four to two, and the retry is gone. Both points taken.

The PR now has a single commit: I amended and force-pushed rather than adding a follow-up commit, so the earlier retry-based version is no longer in the history. git log on the branch shows one commit, not two.

What is left:

• an_extra_body_reject_is_reported_as_a_configuration_error — merges the two previous integration tests. First half: an injected key produces a configuration error naming it, with .expect(1) on the mock pinning that the request is sent once. Second half: with no extra_body, the upstream 400 passes through unchanged.
• param_reject_classification_is_narrow — now a table rather than separate assertions, covering the 400/422 cases that qualify and the unrelated-400, 429 and 503 cases that must not.

I dropped the standalone merge_extra_body_reports_only_the_keys_it_injected test: the pre-existing extra_body_adds_defaults_without_overriding_the_request already covers the merge, and the integration test above fails if the injected key is not reported, since the message would not name it.

85 lines of production code, 129 of tests, one file.