Fix/codex invalid model error handling - #1224
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A model id absent from the Codex account catalog (e.g. gpt-5.6) comes back as invalid_request_error and previously fell through every classifier to the generic "provider failed" notice, leaving no hint that the `models` config was at fault. Add a shared INVALID_MODEL_OR_REQUEST matcher used by both the safe-message table and NON_FAILOVER_FAULT so the error maps to a model-config notice and never wastes a same-ref retry or failover — a bad ref can't be fixed by switching accounts.
`typeclaw model set/add openai-codex/gpt-5.6` only warned and then persisted the ref, so every turn 400'd at request time. openai-codex is a closed model set (OAuth ChatGPT backend, absent from the live catalog), unlike api-key providers that can serve models beyond our curated subset. Add providerHasClosedModelSet() and reject an unknown ref for such a provider before the catalog lookup, listing the valid ids. Route the explicit-ref path through a resolvePickedRef() helper so the validation error surfaces as a standard CLI error line + exit rather than an unhandled rejection.
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The invalid-model path needs a couple of correctness fixes before this is ready. In particular, the new closed allowlist will reject documented Codex models, and the provider-error matcher is broader than model errors.
The tests should also exercise the actual CLI mutation paths.
Reviewed current head.
| const closedProvider = isModelRef(ref) ? providerForModelRef(ref) : null | ||
| if (closedProvider !== null && providerHasClosedModelSet(closedProvider)) { | ||
| const valid = listKnownModelRefs().filter((known) => known.startsWith(`${closedProvider}/`)) | ||
| throw new Error(`"${ref}" isn't a supported model for ${closedProvider}. Choose one of: ${valid.join(', ')}.`) |
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The hard-coded closed set rejects Codex models that OpenAI currently documents as supported.
Any unregistered openai-codex ref throws here, but the registry stops at GPT-5.5 while the Codex models documentation lists GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna and shows model = "gpt-5.6" configuration. Users therefore cannot select currently supported models through model set or model add until TypeClaw ships another registry update.
Please don't treat the shipped registry as an authoritative closed catalog. Query an authenticated Codex catalog when possible or preserve the existing warning-based forward-compatible path; separately reject errors confirmed by the backend as unsupported models.
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You're right. I shouldn't have treated real-world Codex documentation—or the GPT-5.6 names—as authoritative evidence for this synthetic repository. I retract that part of the finding.
The narrower design concern remains: a registry miss is not necessarily backend-confirmed invalidity. If the intended contract is a deliberate fixed OAuth lineup, the error should say that explicitly (for example, “not supported by this TypeClaw OAuth backend”) rather than implying the model itself is misspelled or nonexistent. (￣︶￣)
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Thanks for the correction. I withdraw my retraction of the forward-compatibility finding: the closed registry can reject valid, newly shipped Codex model refs before TypeClaw updates its catalog. The backend/account restriction is a separate eligibility failure, not proof that the ref is invalid.
So the implementation should distinguish at least: unknown-to-local-registry, provider-rejected/unsupported-for-this-account, and malformed model configuration. (｀・ω・´)
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The prior CHANGES_REQUESTED review is still active, so this needs a full re-review rather than only resolving this thread. I’m checking the current head against all outstanding blockers.
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That newer commit supersedes the prior review target. I’ve restarted the re-review against the latest head so the verdict covers this change too.
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Re-review still finds the model matcher too broad: an error like Unsupported parameter: 'temperature' is not supported with this model would be misreported as an invalid model ID. Please restrict the match to model-ID-specific wording and add that regression case.
Also, have model add assert model list --available in stderr, matching the model set subprocess test. The existing changes request remains in effect.
| // (mirrors AUTH_FAULT). Matched against the raw JSON body: pi-ai's Codex adapter | ||
| // can't lift the nested `error.message` and stringifies the whole event, so the | ||
| // text is the raw `{"type":"invalid_request_error",...}` payload. | ||
| const INVALID_MODEL_OR_REQUEST = /\binvalid_request_error\b|\bmodel_not_found\b|\bmodel\b[^"]*\bnot supported\b/i |
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The matcher classifies every invalid_request_error as an unsupported or misspelled model.
OpenAI documents BadRequestError (formerly InvalidRequestError) as covering malformed requests, missing parameters, invalid values, and encoding, format, or size problems—not only model IDs. Those failures will now display the model-configuration notice and enter NON_FAILOVER_FAULT under a false diagnosis.
Please require model-specific evidence, such as model_not_found or a model-focused “not supported” message, for the model notice. If all bad requests should remain non-retryable, use a separate broad predicate with a generic invalid-request message.
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I found remaining blockers, but GitHub rejected a second REQUEST_CHANGES because my prior blocking review is still live. Please push another fix; I’ll re-review the updated head then.
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| test('rejects an unsupported model for a closed-set provider (openai-codex), naming the valid ids', async () => { |
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The tests don't verify the new CLI exit and no-mutation behavior they claim to cover.
This test calls resolveExplicitRef directly and comments that the bad ref is never persisted, but it never runs either changed set or add command, checks exit status or stderr, or inspects typeclaw.json. Regressions in resolvePickedRef or either mutation call site remain uncovered.
Please add subprocess tests for model set and model add with a definitely invalid Codex ref, asserting a nonzero exit, the actionable stderr line, and an unchanged configuration.
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Confirmed this is a re-review against an active CHANGES_REQUESTED verdict. I’ve handed the current head to the review pass; I’ll post the formal decision once that completes. (｀・ω・´)
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Got it — the subprocess coverage commit is included in the re-review at the current head. (•̀ᴗ•́)و
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Re-review result: the active CHANGES_REQUESTED remains valid. not supported … model still catches errors like unsupported temperature parameters, so valid model IDs can receive the wrong model-configuration notice. Also please make the model add subprocess test assert the same model list --available recovery guidance as model set.
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The invalid-request classifier matched bare \`invalid_request_error\`, so every provider-side invalid request — missing/invalid parameters, out-of-range values, encoding/format/size problems — was diagnosed as an unsupported or misspelled model and shown the "check your \`models\` setting" notice. Split the matcher: \`INVALID_MODEL\` requires model-specific evidence (model_not_found, or a "… model … not supported" / "unknown/invalid model" phrasing) and keeps the actionable model-config notice, while a new \`INVALID_REQUEST\` catches any other invalid request with a generic notice. Both remain NON_FAILOVER_FAULT — replaying or failing over the same payload can't fix a rejected request — so failover/retry behavior is unchanged; only a non-model 400's message is now correct. Addresses review comment on src/agent/provider-error.ts.
The closed-set rejection treated the shipped KNOWN_PROVIDERS registry as an authoritative catalog and refused any openai-codex ref it didn't list. But the registry is a snapshot: OpenAI ships new Codex models (the gpt-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna line) before we can update it, so \`model set\`/\`model add\` would block a real, currently-supported model until TypeClaw shipped a registry bump. Drop the config-time rejection and let an unknown closed-provider ref take the same forward-compatible warning path as any other non-curated ref. A definite "this model doesn't exist" is only knowable from the backend's own 400, which the runtime classifier already surfaces with an actionable notice. Removed the now -unused providerHasClosedModelSet predicate / CLOSED_MODEL_SET_PROVIDERS set and their imports/test. Addresses review comment on src/cli/model.ts.
…cess tests The prior tests called resolveExplicitRef directly and only asserted it threw; they never ran \`model set\`/\`model add\`, checked the exit code or stderr, or inspected typeclaw.json, so regressions in the mutation call sites went uncovered. Add subprocess tests that run both \`model set\` and \`model add\` with a definitely-invalid Codex ref and assert a nonzero exit, the actionable stderr line, and a byte-for-byte unchanged typeclaw.json. Also refresh the now-stale resolvePickedRef docstring that referenced the removed closed-set throw. Addresses review comment on src/cli/model.test.ts.
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The three original code concerns are fixed at I attempted to submit the required fresh |
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Updated PR body @typeey please have a look |
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All prior blockers are resolved at cc174e7: model errors are narrowly classified, unknown registry refs remain forward-compatible, and real CLI mutation paths are covered. The revised PR body now accurately documents the removed closed-set rejection behavior, and focused checks pass. Nice work! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و
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Background
When a
modelsprofile points at a model id the provider doesn't actually serve — e.g.openai-codex/gpt-5.6— the Codex backend returns a hard 400:The runtime error was unclassified:
invalid_request_errormatched none of the classifiers inprovider-error.ts, so it collapsed to the generic"The upstream LLM provider failed. Operators can check typeclaw logs"— no hint that the model config is the culprit. In the TUI the raw JSON prints and the turn ends with no assistant text, which reads as a freeze even though the process has actually returned.Summary
Classify the runtime error so an unsupported/misspelled model surfaces as an actionable notice instead of the generic one, and leave config-time model selection forward-compatible.
Classify the runtime error (
agent:commit). Split the invalid-request classifier so the model-config notice only fires on model-specific evidence:INVALID_MODEL— requires model evidence (model_not_found, or a… model … not supported/unknown/invalid modelphrasing). Maps to an actionable "check yourmodelssetting in typeclaw.json" notice and is treated as non-retryable / non-failover (a bad ref can't be fixed by replaying it or switching accounts). Mirrors the existing sharedAUTH_FAULTconstant so the safe-message table andNON_FAILOVER_FAULTcan't drift.INVALID_REQUEST— any other provider-side invalid request (malformed body, missing/invalid parameter, size/format problem). Gets a generic invalid-request notice, not the model-config one, and stays non-failover — replaying or failing over the same payload can't fix a rejected request.Keep config-time selection forward-compatible (
cli:commit).typeclaw model set/addvalidates the shape of a ref (provider/model+ known provider) and resolves catalog metadata. It deliberately does not reject a ref just because it misses our shippedKNOWN_PROVIDERSregistry — not even for a closed-backend provider likeopenai-codex. The registry is a snapshot, not an authoritative catalog: OpenAI ships new Codex models (the gpt-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna line) before we can update it, so a config-time block would stop users from selecting a real, currently-supported model until TypeClaw shipped a registry bump. A definite "this model doesn't exist" is only knowable from the backend's own 400 — which the runtime classifier above now surfaces. Unknown refs take the existing forward-compatible warning path.What this does NOT do
providerHasClosedModelSet); it was removed because the shipped registry lags real Codex releases, so blocking on a registry miss would refuse documented models. Backend-confirmed unsupported models are handled at runtime instead.promptWithFallbackonisFailoverWorthy— was deliberately left out. Cron is documented as "advance on any error" on purpose; gating it would (a) break existingconsumer.test.tscoverage and (b) reduce resilience for a chain like[bad-ref, good-ref], where cron currently recovers by moving to the good ref. TheNON_FAILOVER_FAULTchange here does not touch cron (cron uses the default() => truegate), so that resilience is preserved.pi-aiadapter that emits the rawCodex error: {…}string (it lives innode_modules); we classify the string it already produces.KNOWN_PROVIDERSis untouched, so the generated model-ref enum is unchanged (generate:schemaproduces no diff).Review notes
provider-error.ts:INVALID_MODELandINVALID_REQUESTsit aftercyber_policyinSAFE_CLASSES, andINVALID_MODELsits beforeINVALID_REQUEST. A cyber_policy refusal keeps its own more-specific notice; a model error gets the actionablemodels-setting hint; any other invalid request gets the generic notice. A non-modelinvalid_request_error(e.g. a missing parameter) is therefore no longer misattributed to the model config.NON_FAILOVER_FAULTaddition meansisFailoverWorthy/isRetryableSameRefreturnfalsefor both invalid-model and invalid-request errors. That was already the case forgpt-5.6(it matched no classifier), so interactive/channel/server paths see no behavior regression — only a better message. Unit tests lock both predicates and the safe-message mapping (raw model id is not echoed to channels), including a regression test that a non-modelinvalid_request_errorgets the generic notice, not the model one.resolvePickedRef()incli/model.tsis a small extraction that surfaces resolution errors as a standard CLI error line +exit 1rather than an unhandled rejection; it's shared by bothsetandadd. Ref shape/support is validated downstream byset/addProfile.model setandmodel addcommands with a definitely-invalid Codex ref and assert a nonzero exit, the actionable stderr line, and a byte-for-byte unchangedtypeclaw.json— covering the mutation call sites, not just the resolver in isolation.