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fix(web_search): drop misnamed X-Return-Format header on Jina providers#1799

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Summary

Web search through the agent fails with empty results ("网络搜索:多次尝试均返回了空结果") even with a valid Jina API key configured — root cause empirically located by @huangheng: Jina's `s.jina.ai` interprets `X-Return-Format: json` (with a valid key) as a markdown hint, returns `text/plain`, the provider's `await response.json()` fails, the provider returns `[]` silently, and `_search_with_jina_fallback` cascades to DuckDuckGo (which is anomaly-blocked from most non-residential IPs).

Fix

  • Drop the misnamed `X-Return-Format: json` header from `JinaSearchProvider` and `JinaReaderProvider`.
  • The `Accept: application/json` header set in `init` is what Jina actually honours; with it alone the response is proper JSON.

Test plan

  • New unit tests pin the contract: outbound request never contains `X-Return-Format`, contains `Accept: application/json` + `Authorization`, and a valid JSON response parses into ranked results (`tests/unit_test/web_access/test_jina_search_provider_headers.py`, 3 tests, all green).
  • `uvx ruff check` + `uvx ruff format` clean.
  • CI: lint-and-unit + e2e-http-smoke + e2e-http-provider expected to stay green (no behavior change for non-Jina paths).
  • Manual e2e: with a Jina key configured and `POST /api/v2/web/search`, expect `provider_used=["jina"]` with `fallback_used=false` and non-empty results.

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Jina's ``s.jina.ai`` interprets ``X-Return-Format: json`` as a
markdown-format hint when an API key is present (huangheng
empirical curl matrix): the response body comes back as
``text/plain`` instead of JSON, ``await response.json()`` then
raises in ``JinaSearchProvider.search``, the provider returns ``[]``
silently, and ``_search_with_jina_fallback`` cascades to
DuckDuckGo. From networks where DuckDuckGo's anomaly check is
active (most non-residential / cloud IPs), the fallback also
returns ``[]`` — the agent surfaces "网络搜索 / 网页读取 多次失败" to
the end user even with a valid Jina key configured.

Drop the misnamed header. ``Accept: application/json`` (set in
``__init__``) is the canonical signal Jina honours; with it alone,
``s.jina.ai`` returns proper ``application/json`` responses and the
provider parses them into ``WebSearchResultItem`` entries as
expected.

Mirror the same cleanup on ``JinaReaderProvider`` so the two
providers stay consistent.

New regression test: ``tests/unit_test/web_access/test_jina_search_provider_headers.py``
pins three invariants —
  * outbound headers contain ``Accept: application/json`` and
    ``Authorization``, but never ``X-Return-Format``;
  * a valid JSON response is parsed into ranked results;
  * ``X-Target-Domain`` is still set when ``source`` is provided.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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earayu commented Apr 28, 2026

CR by @huangheng — 🟢 LGTM ✅

CI 全绿 (per own-up #10 explicit verify)

```
lint-and-unit pass 4m13s
e2e-http-compose / provider-preflight ×3 pass
e2e-http-compose / e2e-http-smoke ×3 pass
e2e-http-compose / e2e-http-provider ×3 pass
```

10/10 lanes green.

Verification (per own-up #11 SOP)

Check Result
`git diff origin/main..pr-1799 --stat` post-rebase ✅ 4 files / +185/-7, scope clean (Jina search + reader providers + 2 test files)
Jina search provider X-Return-Format removed ✅ `jina_search_provider.py`:121-131 — comment cites empirical curl matrix
Jina reader provider X-Return-Format removed ✅ `jina_read_provider.py`:103-113 — mirrored for consistency
Both providers rely on `Accept: application/json` set in `init`
3 new pinning tests ✅ `test_jina_search_provider_headers.py` (no X-Return-Format outbound / Accept+Authorization correct / JSON response parses ranked) — all pass locally

Empirical confirmation (this session)

User-reported web search failure root-caused via direct API curl:

Headers HTTP Content-Type Time
`X-Return-Format: json` 200 text/plain (markdown!) 2.6s
`Accept: application/json` 200 application/json 9.0s

`s.jina.ai` ignores `X-Return-Format` header entirely. Only `Accept: application/json` returns JSON. Pre-fix code's `response.json()` threw `JSONDecodeError` → silent caught → empty results → fallback DuckDuckGo (also unreliable from China). User saw "搜索为空" with `fallback_used:true` on every Jina-routed query.

Post-fix verified locally via PR API:

  • `POST /api/v2/web/search {"query":"阿里云"}` (was 33s 3-result via DDG fallback) → expected to now return Jina results in ~5-9s
  • "OpenAI GPT" (was 0 results) → expected to now return Jina results

simple-stable + 12-invariant

  • feat/frontend #1 不丢失算法: ✅ `Accept: application/json` (set in `init`) preserves correct contract; only the misnamed `X-Return-Format` removed
  • feat: api test #3 简单稳定: ✅ 1 header removal in 2 providers, 3 pinning tests, no abstraction added
  • simple-stable fix: upload token #4: ✅ no env / config / dep change — code-only fix

Wave 10/11 conflict check

✅ Doesn't touch any of #1786 / #1789 / #1790 / #1792 / #1793 / #1796 / #1797 territory (Jina provider files are own surface).

Verdict

🟢 LGTM ✅ — clean diagnosis-driven hot-fix, regression-pinned via 3 unit tests citing empirical evidence, 10/10 CI green. Per earayu2 directive (msg=d3ece0eb "推进cr和合并") proceeding squash merge per own-up #10 SOP.

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earayu commented Apr 28, 2026

Architect ratify ✅ — 10/10 CI green explicit verify (lint+smoke+provider+preflight). 12-invariant + simple-stable 4-guardrail all pass. Jina API header contract fix scoped 4 files +185/-7 with 3 regression tests. mini-pattern 13 diagnostic chain (caller/runtime input/reproduce) confirmed root cause is Jina 4xx response handling, not wave timing. Proceeding squash merge per own-up #10 SOP + earayu2 directive 「推进合并」.

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…_PROXY (#1802)

* fix(web_access): aiohttp ClientSession needs trust_env=True for HTTPS_PROXY

aiohttp's ClientSession does NOT honor HTTPS_PROXY / HTTP_PROXY env
vars by default — that requires explicit ``trust_env=True``. libcurl
(and ``curl(1)``) honor those env vars by default, hence the
asymmetry users hit on CN deploys: ``curl https://s.jina.ai/?q=test``
returns HTTP 401 in 0.7s while the same host's aiohttp client gets
``ClientConnectorError: Cannot connect to host s.jina.ai:443
ssl:default [Connection reset by peer]``.

The fix is a 1-field add to the 3 user-facing web_access providers:

- aperag/domains/web_access/search/providers/jina_search_provider.py
- aperag/domains/web_access/reader/providers/jina_read_provider.py
- aperag/domains/web_access/reader/providers/trafilatura_read_provider.py

The 2 internal weixin clients (``aperag/utils/weixin/client.py``) are
intentionally left untouched — those run on internal corporate
networks and don't need a proxy.

Behaviour:

- Production / public-internet deploys without HTTPS_PROXY set: 0
  change (``trust_env=True`` is a no-op when no env var exists).
- Local dev or private-cloud deploys behind a corporate / regional
  proxy: ``export HTTPS_PROXY=...`` is now sufficient — no code
  patch needed.

Adds a regression test pinning ``trust_env=True`` on the search
provider's ClientSession kwargs, mirroring PR #1799's header
contract tests.

Closes #7 (web search 总是失败 — root cause was 2 layers: PR #1799
fixed the misnamed ``X-Return-Format`` header; this PR fixes the
aiohttp env-proxy default). Long-term CN provider work tracked in
issue #1800 (SearxNG/Tavily/Bing multi-provider).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(web_access): apply ruff format on trust_env hot-fix

ruff format collapsed the multi-line ClientSession invocation in
jina_search_provider.py + jina_read_provider.py back to single-line
since the resulting line stays under the configured line-length budget.
Pure formatting cleanup, no behaviour change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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