How to limit the length of stop array for completions requests to 5 items or fewer?

[MH-Leon]

I purchased an API key from a low-cost third-party platform, but it appears to have strict restrictions on the AutoComplete role model. I received the following error in the admin panel
“status_code=400, stop array too long. Expected an array with maximum length 5, but got an array with length 10 instead”
I went through the configurable options under defaultCompletionOptions, but I still don't understand which parameter limits the length of this stop array.
please help

[pandego]

The setting you want is maxStopWords, not defaultCompletionOptions.stop.

Continue still builds its own stop list for autocomplete, then trims it before sending the request. In the current codepath the OpenAI-compatible client does body.stop = body.stop?.slice(0, this.getMaxStopWords()), and getMaxStopWords() uses your configured maxStopWords when it is set.

So for a provider that only accepts 5 stop strings, set that on the autocomplete model, for example:

models:
  - name: Cheap autocomplete
    provider: openai
    model: your-model
    roles: [autocomplete]
    apiBase: https://your-provider.example/v1
    maxStopWords: 5

defaultCompletionOptions.stop only changes the actual stop values. It does not cap how many Continue may try to send unless you also set maxStopWords.

Docs reference: the config.yaml reference documents maxStopWords as "Maximum number of stop words allowed, to avoid API errors with extensive lists."