feat(rag): retry a failed LLM request before the first token lands — BOR_LLM_RETRIES/BOR_LLM_RETRY_DELAY with a live 'retrying' status

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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
import json
from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
from types import SimpleNamespace
from typing import Any, cast
@@ -21,8 +22,10 @@ from app.rag.llm import (
EmbeddingError,
LLMClient,
LLMError,
RetryPiece,
StreamPiece,
ToolCallPiece,
chat_stream_retried,
)
@@ -800,3 +803,274 @@ def test_chat_whitespace_only_content_raises_llm_error() -> None:
llm, _ = _make_chat_client(_FakeCompletion(" \n\t "))
with pytest.raises(LLMError, match="empty content"):
asyncio.run(llm.chat([{"role": "user", "content": "q"}]))
# ---------- chat_stream_retried (phase 67, task 01) ----------
_RETRY_MSGS: list[dict[str, str]] = [{"role": "user", "content": "q"}]
class _ScriptedClient(LLMClient):
"""An LLMClient whose ``chat_stream`` is scripted per attempt — no
endpoint. ``attempts`` scripts the Nth call: ``(pieces, error)`` — the
stream yields *pieces*, then raises *error* if not None (an error after
zero pieces = "the endpoint died before the first token"; after some
pieces = a mid-stream drop). Records every request's messages/tools
and every attempt's stream teardown (the phase-48 close analog)."""
def __init__(
self, attempts: list[tuple[list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece], Exception | None]]
) -> None:
super().__init__(_settings())
self.attempts = list(attempts)
self.request_args: list[
tuple[list[dict[str, str]], list[dict[str, Any]] | None]
] = []
#: Indices of attempts whose stream teardown has run.
self.closed: list[int] = []
def chat_stream(
self,
messages: list[dict[str, str]],
tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
) -> AsyncGenerator[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece, None]:
index = len(self.request_args)
pieces, error = (
self.attempts[index]
if index < len(self.attempts)
else ([], LLMError("script exhausted"))
)
self.request_args.append(
(list(messages), list(tools) if tools is not None else None)
)
return self._attempt(index, pieces, error)
async def _attempt(
self, index: int, pieces: list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece],
error: Exception | None,
) -> AsyncGenerator[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece, None]:
try:
for piece in pieces:
yield piece
if error is not None:
raise error
finally:
self.closed.append(index)
def _record_sleeps(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> list[float]:
"""Monkeypatch ``asyncio.sleep`` (what ``chat_stream_retried`` awaits
for the flat pre-retry delay) and record every awaited delay."""
sleeps: list[float] = []
async def fake_sleep(seconds: float) -> None:
sleeps.append(seconds)
monkeypatch.setattr(asyncio, "sleep", fake_sleep)
return sleeps
def _collect_retried(
client: _ScriptedClient,
messages: list[dict[str, str]],
*,
tools: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
retries: int,
delay: float,
) -> list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece]:
async def run() -> list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece]:
return [
p
async for p in chat_stream_retried(
client, messages, tools=tools, retries=retries, delay=delay
)
]
return asyncio.run(run())
def test_retried_retries_a_dead_attempt_before_the_first_piece(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""Failure on attempt 1, success on attempt 2 → [RetryPiece(2, N)]
(the attempt about to be tried, 1-based) then the answer pieces; the
request is restarted byte-identical and the flat delay is awaited
exactly once."""
answer: list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece] = [
StreamPiece("content", "A "),
StreamPiece("content", "B"),
]
client = _ScriptedClient([([], LLMError("connection refused")), (answer, None)])
sleeps = _record_sleeps(monkeypatch)
pieces = _collect_retried(client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=3, delay=2.5)
assert pieces == [RetryPiece(2, 4), *answer]
assert len(client.request_args) == 2
# The restart is byte-identical: same messages, same (absent) tools.
assert client.request_args[0] == client.request_args[1]
assert client.request_args[0][1] is None
assert sleeps == [2.5]
def test_retried_exhaustion_yields_all_retries_then_raises(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""retries=2 → 3 attempts; each pre-first-piece failure yields a
RetryPiece naming the attempt about to be tried (attempts 2 and 3 of
3), the final failure raises the terminal LLMError, and no sleep
follows the last attempt."""
client = _ScriptedClient(
[([], LLMError("down 1")), ([], LLMError("down 2")), ([], LLMError("down 3"))]
)
sleeps = _record_sleeps(monkeypatch)
async def run() -> list[RetryPiece]:
out: list[RetryPiece] = []
with pytest.raises(LLMError, match="down 3"):
async for p in chat_stream_retried(
client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=2, delay=0.5
):
assert isinstance(p, RetryPiece)
out.append(p)
return out
out = asyncio.run(run())
assert out == [RetryPiece(2, 3), RetryPiece(3, 3)]
assert len(client.request_args) == 3
assert sleeps == [0.5, 0.5]
def test_retried_failure_after_first_piece_is_terminal(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""Locked A2: a piece has already flowed → the LLMError is re-raised
immediately — no RetryPiece, no sleep, no second call (a partial
answer is never redone)."""
client = _ScriptedClient(
[([StreamPiece("content", "partial ")], LLMError("mid-stream drop"))],
)
sleeps = _record_sleeps(monkeypatch)
async def run() -> list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece]:
out: list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece] = []
with pytest.raises(LLMError, match="mid-stream drop"):
async for p in chat_stream_retried(
client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=3, delay=5.0
):
out.append(p)
return out
out = asyncio.run(run())
assert out == [StreamPiece("content", "partial ")]
assert not any(isinstance(p, RetryPiece) for p in out)
assert len(client.request_args) == 1
assert sleeps == []
def test_retried_zero_retries_is_one_attempt_no_retry_pieces(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""The kill-switch path (retries=0): exactly one attempt, the error
propagates, no RetryPiece, no sleep — the pre-phase-67 behavior."""
client = _ScriptedClient([([], LLMError("connection refused"))])
sleeps = _record_sleeps(monkeypatch)
with pytest.raises(LLMError, match="connection refused"):
_collect_retried(client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=0, delay=5.0)
assert len(client.request_args) == 1
assert sleeps == []
def test_retried_healthy_stream_is_untouched(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""No failure → exactly one attempt, every piece kind (thinking / tool
call / content) passes through unchanged, no RetryPiece, no sleep —
a healthy turn is byte-identical to the plain chat_stream."""
answer = [
StreamPiece("thinking", "hmm"),
ToolCallPiece(id="call_1", name="list_documents", arguments={}),
StreamPiece("content", "Talos."),
]
client = _ScriptedClient([(answer, None)])
sleeps = _record_sleeps(monkeypatch)
tools = [
{
"type": "function",
"function": {"name": "list_documents", "parameters": {}},
}
]
pieces = _collect_retried(
client, _RETRY_MSGS, tools=tools, retries=3, delay=5.0
)
assert pieces == answer
assert client.request_args == [(_RETRY_MSGS, tools)]
assert sleeps == []
def test_retried_zero_delay_still_notifies(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
"""The e2e fast path (BOR_LLM_RETRY_DELAY=0): the RetryPiece is still
emitted and the (zero) sleep is still awaited."""
client = _ScriptedClient(
[([], LLMError("down")), ([StreamPiece("content", "ok")], None)]
)
sleeps = _record_sleeps(monkeypatch)
pieces = _collect_retried(client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=1, delay=0)
assert pieces == [RetryPiece(2, 2), StreamPiece("content", "ok")]
assert sleeps == [0]
def test_retried_abandon_mid_attempt_closes_the_attempt_stream() -> None:
"""Consumer abandon at a mid-attempt piece (the stop-generation path,
phase 48): no exception leaks and the attempt's stream is torn down
through the wrapper's explicit close."""
client = _ScriptedClient(
[([StreamPiece("content", "A "), StreamPiece("content", "B ")], None)]
)
async def run() -> None:
gen = chat_stream_retried(client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=3, delay=1.0)
first = await gen.__anext__()
assert first == StreamPiece("content", "A ")
await gen.aclose() # the consumer stops after the first piece
asyncio.run(run())
assert client.closed == [0] # attempt 1's stream was closed
assert len(client.request_args) == 1 # no second attempt
def test_retried_abandon_during_retry_sleep_leaks_nothing(
monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
) -> None:
"""Consumer abandon while the generator is parked in the pre-retry
sleep (client disconnect): the driving task is cancelled cleanly,
the phase-48 teardown ``aclose()`` on the generator does not raise,
and the retry never starts."""
entered = asyncio.Event()
async def parking_sleep(seconds: float) -> None:
entered.set()
await asyncio.Event().wait() # park until the abandon arrives
monkeypatch.setattr(asyncio, "sleep", parking_sleep)
client = _ScriptedClient(
[([], LLMError("endpoint down")), ([StreamPiece("content", "never")], None)]
)
async def run() -> None:
gen = chat_stream_retried(client, _RETRY_MSGS, retries=3, delay=1.5)
async def consumer() -> list[StreamPiece | ToolCallPiece | RetryPiece]:
return [p async for p in gen]
task = asyncio.ensure_future(consumer())
await entered.wait() # the generator is inside the pre-retry sleep
assert not task.done()
task.cancel() # client disconnect: the driving task is cancelled
with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
await task
# Production teardown (phase 48 pattern): the endpoint's finally
# closes the stream generator — must not raise.
await gen.aclose()
asyncio.run(run())
assert len(client.request_args) == 1 # the retry never started
assert client.closed == [0] # attempt 1's stream was torn down