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fix(combo): fail over zero-output max_output_tokens terminal - #8222
When a combo routing target exhausts its context limit before output begins (such as hitting max_output_tokens during preflight or prompt evaluation), the request previously died as an unrecoverable terminal error instead of failing over to backup combo targets.
Changes
When an SSE or runTurn stream terminates with max_output_tokens before producing any user-visible output, classify the response as a retryable target failure rather than a hard stop.
Do not apply cooldown to the failed target.
Keep output-producing streams terminal when they hit token limits.
Update documentation and regression tests.
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On commit 552c1d090 (merged with upstream/dev 33726958e, 0 commits behind dev):
bun test tests/routing/combo-stream-preflight.test.ts tests/adapters/run-turn-queue.test.ts tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts: passed (140 pass / 0 fail, 14,874 expectations).
bun run typecheck: exit 0 (0 type errors in 2,376 files).
bun run structure:check: exit 0.
bun run privacy:scan: exit 0.
On commit 83fced750 (merged with upstream/dev 578c8bde0, 0 commits behind dev):
bun test tests/routing/combo-stream-preflight.test.ts tests/adapters/run-turn-queue.test.ts tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts: 143 pass / 0 fail.
bun run typecheck: exit 0 (0 type errors in 2,341 files).
bun run structure:check: exit 0.
bun run privacy:scan: exit 0.
bun test tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts tests/ci-workflows/import-cycle-ratchet.test.ts: 25 pass / 0 fail.
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New Features
Requests that hit an output-token limit before producing visible content can now fail over to another available target. The same limit reached after visible output does not trigger failover.
Zero-output token-limit failures are reported with a specific error, and usage information is preserved when available.
A target that returns a zero-output token-limit failure is not placed in cooldown.
Documentation
Updated combo guidance to explain when zero-output token-limit responses can advance to another target.
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Eligible zero-output token-limit terminals are classified as upstream errors. Combo preflight and routing use this classification to advance to another target when no visible content has been emitted. The changes also preserve usage data when present and update the failover guidance.
Changes: Zero-output token-limit failover
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Summary
Classify events and buffer preflight output src/adapters/run-turn-queue.ts, tests/adapters/run-turn-queue.test.ts
Eligible incomplete and done events produce a 502 zero_output_token_limit error. Preflight buffers reasoning events and, when enabled, compaction text. It enforces event-count and payload limits. Tests cover classification conditions and event replay.
Apply classification during combo execution src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts, src/server/responses/core-combo.ts, src/server/responses/request-transport.ts, tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts
Combo execution classifies eligible terminals during preflight and buffered handling. It checks replay safety and binds usage from errors when present. Tests cover backup dispatch, visible output, reasoning, remote compaction, replay-unsafe heartbeats, and exhausted targets.
Set retry classification and document behavior src/server/responses/combo-stream-preflight.ts, src/combos/failover.ts, tests/routing/*, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/combos.md
Combo stream preflight maps zero-output max_output_tokens incompletes to a retryable failure. Routing treats the failure as a hop without cooling the candidate. Tests and guidance cover this behavior and preserve streams after output.
sequenceDiagram
participant FirstTarget
participant executeResponsesRunTurn
participant classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit
participant BackupTarget
FirstTarget->>executeResponsesRunTurn: Emits a zero-output terminal event
executeResponsesRunTurn->>classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit: Classifies the event
classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit-->>executeResponsesRunTurn: Returns a 502 error classification
executeResponsesRunTurn->>BackupTarget: Dispatches the backup target
BackupTarget-->>executeResponsesRunTurn: Returns output
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Possibly related PRs
lidge-jun/opencodex#7770: Handles eligible nonempty output-token-limit responses; this PR handles zero-output terminals in combo routing.
lidge-jun/opencodex#8152: Changes the combo stream pre-output boundary so preflight can inspect later terminal events.
lidge-jun/opencodex#7374: Routes eligible Anthropic combo children through native Messages preflight, which determines whether the Responses classification paths apply.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 13b3a
If every combo target exhausts its output limit before responding, clients receive a 502 rather than the original incomplete response and usage. This is a bounded limitation to acknowledge before merging.
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The visible-output test accepts a 502 response if its body contains the partial text. Assert HTTP 200. Add combo tests for a declared tool_call_start followed by the limit and for a routed-compaction limit. Assert that neither case reaches the backup target.
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Review comment at @tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts around
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Update the visible-output failover test around customRunTurn to assert the
response status is 200 in addition to checking the partial output. Add combo
tests for a declared tool_call_start followed by max_output_tokens and for a
routed-compaction limit; in each case, assert the backup target is not reached.
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Review comments at @src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts:
- Around line 764-766: Update the zero-output limit handling around
classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit so an exhausted failover sequence returns the
original terminal, preserving its incomplete reason and usage, instead of
converting it to a 502. Keep fallback behavior when an eligible fallback
remains.
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Review comments at @tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts:
- Around line 576-607: Update the visible-output failover test around
customRunTurn to assert the response status is 200 in addition to checking the
partial output. Add combo tests for a declared tool_call_start followed by
max_output_tokens and for a routed-compaction limit; in each case, assert the
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A provider could hit its output limit before emitting any text or tool
calls. Combo routing previously treated that terminal response as final
instead of trying another target.
Introduce classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit to check the first meaningful event:
when an incomplete response (with reason max_output_tokens) or done response
(with stopReason max_tokens/length/max_output_tokens) arrives before any
output or side effects, classify it as a 502 zero_output_token_limit error.
This allows combo routing to fail over to the next candidate target while
preserving usage data and avoiding replay after visible output, tool side
effects, or compaction.
…ht and compaction
Support zero-output max_output_tokens failover in preflightComboStreamResponse
when no output items or text deltas were emitted before the terminal.
Additionally allow compaction turns to fail over zero-output token limit
terminals by removing the !routedCompaction exclusion in run-turn execution.
…output limit
When a run-turn adapter (such as Devin) streams thinking_delta before hitting its
output token limit, preflightAdapterEvents previously committed on the first
reasoning event, preventing combo failover when the token limit arrived with no
visible text or tool calls.
Buffer pre-content reasoning events during preflight until first content or a
terminal arrives, classifying zero-output token limits for failover in both
streaming and non-streaming modes.
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Review comments at @src/adapters/run-turn-queue.ts:
- Line 246: Update the preflight buffering logic around `buffered` and
`PREFLIGHT_HEARTBEAT_RETAIN_LIMIT` to evict the oldest heartbeat regardless of
its position, while preserving any heartbeat carrying the replay-unsafe latch
for later preflights. Track retained heartbeats accurately and add a regression
test for reasoning followed by many heartbeats, verifying the limit is enforced
without losing the latched heartbeat.
- Around line 249-254: Update the reasoning-event buffering condition in the
visible stream preflight flow to require a supplied classifier before buffering.
Preserve reasoning buffering for combo preflight calls with a classifier, while
allowing non-combo calls without one to proceed without waiting for reasoning
events.
- Around line 161-168: Update the combo preflight contract to include an empty,
zero-output response.incomplete with reason max_output_tokens among the
retryable cases. Preserve the existing terminal handling for other explicit
incomplete reasons and align the documented behavior with the
zero_output_token_limit classification described near comboFailureCooldownScope.
- Line 238: Update the EOF handling around `next.done` so a stream containing
only heartbeat events is considered empty, while reasoning-only streams remain
committed; preserve the `replayUnsafe` latch so an unsafe heartbeat still
prevents failover. Add coverage for heartbeat-only EOF, reasoning-only EOF, and
replay-unsafe heartbeat EOF.
Review comments at @src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts:
- Around line 1048-1053: Update the buffered collector’s replay-safety check to
latch replayUnsafe for every heartbeat before the terminal event, including
heartbeats after reasoning events. Align its no-content and terminal
classification with the streaming preflight so empty text_delta and
assistant_boundary events lead to the same failover-or-commit decision in both
paths.
Review comments at @tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts:
- Around line 650-684: Update the API-key runTurn failure path so a token-limit
terminal records that attempt’s usage exactly once before failover; preserve the
usage for each attempt through exhaustion. Extend the runTurn failover coverage
around handleResponses with an exhaustion test that verifies the final error and
the usage recorded for every attempt.
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Major · Scan all buffered events for replay-unsafe heartbeats. · run-turn-execution.ts:1050-1052
src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts:1050-1052 Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Scan all buffered events for replay-unsafe heartbeats.
If a runTurn adapter emits reasoning, then a replay-unsafe heartbeat, then a qualifying max_output_tokens terminal, the buffered scan misses the heartbeat. The resulting 502 can send the turn to another target after a local side effect. Streaming preflight latches the heartbeat.
Add a non-streaming regression test for this event order that asserts the backup target is not called.
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Review comment at @src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts around lines 1050
- 1052:
Update the buffered replay-safety check in runTurn to inspect all events for
replay-unsafe heartbeats, rather than stopping at firstMeaningfulIndex. Add a
non-streaming regression test with reasoning, a replay-unsafe heartbeat, and a
qualifying max_output_tokens terminal, asserting that the backup target is not
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Minor · Treat heartbeat-only EOF as empty. · run-turn-queue.ts:244
src/adapters/run-turn-queue.ts:244 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Treat heartbeat-only EOF as empty.
If an adapter emits only heartbeats and ends, preflight.empty is false. The streaming combo path then accepts the child instead of failing over. With the empty-completion guard disabled, the bridge emits adapter_eof to the client.
Count heartbeat-only buffers as empty. Keep reasoning and compaction content committed, and preserve the replayUnsafe latch.
Add regression tests for heartbeat-only EOF, including a replay-unsafe heartbeat.
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Review comment at @src/adapters/run-turn-queue.ts at line 244:
Update the EOF handling in the preflight buffering path so a buffer containing
only heartbeat events is treated as empty, while reasoning or compaction content
remains committed. Preserve the existing empty-buffer behavior and the
replayUnsafe latch, and add regression tests for heartbeat-only EOF, including a
replay-unsafe heartbeat.
Minor · Preserve the zero-output code on combo exhaustion · combo-stream-preflight.ts:251-260
src/server/responses/combo-stream-preflight.ts:251-260 Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Preserve the zero-output code on combo exhaustion
When the last target produces this 502, consumeComboFailure rebuilds it as upstream_server_error. The client cannot distinguish the token-limit failure from a generic upstream failure by code. This also affects classified run-turn failures.
In src/server/responses/core-combo-failure.ts, enable classified formatting only for this 502 code. Add exhausted-combo tests for both producers.
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251 - 260:
Update consumeComboFailure in the core combo failure formatting flow to enable
classified formatting only when the response status is 502 and the normalized
code is zero_output_token_limit, preserving existing behavior for all other
failures. Add exhausted-combo tests for both producers, including classified
run-turn failures.
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Review comments at @src/adapters/run-turn-queue.ts:
- Line 252: Heartbeat retention is unbounded when reasoning events precede
heartbeats in the preflight buffer. Update the buffering logic in the run-turn
queue to track retained heartbeats and evict the oldest whenever the heartbeat
limit is exceeded, regardless of the first buffered event; preserve the replayed
stream’s replayUnsafe latch and add regression coverage for heartbeats after
reasoning.
- Line 255: Update the reasoning-event buffering condition in
preflightRunTurnFailover so reasoning is buffered only when first-event
classification or compaction buffering is enabled; otherwise, return the first
reasoning event promptly. Update the no-classifier test and add coverage
verifying preflight returns on the first reasoning event.
Review comments at @src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts:
- Around line 1055-1057: Update the streaming preflight around
classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit to buffer empty text deltas until content arrives
or a terminal event is seen, so non-compaction combo attempts can still fail
over consistently with buffered requests. Preserve the existing replay-safety
and buffer-limit guards, and add regression coverage for both streaming and
buffered requests.
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Review comments at @src/adapters/run-turn-queue.ts:
- Line 244: Update the EOF handling in the preflight buffering path so a buffer
containing only heartbeat events is treated as empty, while reasoning or
compaction content remains committed. Preserve the existing empty-buffer
behavior and the replayUnsafe latch, and add regression tests for heartbeat-only
EOF, including a replay-unsafe heartbeat.
Review comments at @src/server/responses/combo-stream-preflight.ts:
- Around line 251-260: Update consumeComboFailure in the core combo failure
formatting flow to enable classified formatting only when the response status is
502 and the normalized code is zero_output_token_limit, preserving existing
behavior for all other failures. Add exhausted-combo tests for both producers,
including classified run-turn failures.
Review comments at @src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts:
- Around line 1050-1052: Update the buffered replay-safety check in runTurn to
inspect all events for replay-unsafe heartbeats, rather than stopping at
firstMeaningfulIndex. Add a non-streaming regression test with reasoning, a
replay-unsafe heartbeat, and a qualifying max_output_tokens terminal, asserting
that the backup target is not called.
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- Around line 253-271: In the heartbeat handling block, run the
buffered-heartbeat replayUnsafe rescan only when replayUnsafe first transitions
from false to true. Capture its previous value before updating the latch, while
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Review comments at @tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts:
- Around line 894-925: Strengthen the body assertion in the replay-unsafe
heartbeat test so it verifies the specific incomplete outcome, such as the
`max_output_tokens` reason or an incomplete status, rather than the generic
substring. Preserve the existing assertions that only `m1` is hit and the
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…tokens limit
A zero-output failed JSON body from a non-streaming combo child is returned
to the client as before; only an incomplete max_output_tokens body with no
output fails over.
… the SSE commit rule
The combo guide again says reasoning commits a streaming target, as the SSE
preflight does and the translated guides say; only run-turn targets hold it.
It also notes that a confirmed context refusal keeps precedence over the
max_output_tokens exhaustion answer.
The JSON preflight hopped paused or not-ended turns that the streaming path
keeps, read the body with no deadline, and dropped the markers on accepted
responses. Non-streaming native combos now behave exactly as before; SSE and
runTurn children keep the empty max_output_tokens failover.
The goal is right and most of it is verified: an SSE or runTurn combo child that hits max_output_tokens before any output now fails over without cooling the target, the required-tool contract exception is limited to held text/reasoning, the reasoning hold is bounded, and non-streaming native JSON is byte-identical to dev after the maintainer scope change in 19c1887. But four review/CI rounds in a row found a different way the new failover rule replays a turn that dev keeps:
33e7d85: the empty-output gate stopped required-tool combos from failing over (6 tests).
e4b6a3d: the JSON preflight replayed pause_turn / end_turn:false / retryable:false, had no read deadline and dropped markers (removed).
19c1887 (current head): the SSE arm has the same hole. The translated Anthropic path normalizes pause_turn to max_output_tokens (src/responses/truncated-stop-reason.ts), so retryableZeroOutputTerminal (combo-stream-preflight.ts) sends a paused long-running turn to the next provider; an upstream end_turn:false or incomplete_details.retryable:false snapshot also hops. Reproduced end to end with a real Anthropic adapter: this head hits a,b and returns the backup answer, dev hits a and returns the paused incomplete. classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit in run-turn-queue.ts already excludes these on the runTurn path; the SSE arm does not.
What would make this mergeable: decide the SSE arm from the same evidence runTurn uses (end_turn !== false, incomplete_details.retryable !== false) and from a reason that still proves a real token cap — which needs pause_turn to stop being normalized to max_output_tokens on this wire, or a distinct marker the preflight can read; SSE tests for pause_turn, end_turn:false and retryable:false next to the runTurn done pause_turn case; and docs that name the exclusions and say the 200 incomplete exhaustion answer applies to runTurn children only.
…target
An empty `response.incomplete` with reason `max_output_tokens` was treated as
a retryable zero-output terminal for every streaming combo child. The
translated Anthropic path normalizes `pause_turn` to that same public reason,
so a paused long-running turn was re-sent to the next target, and a snapshot
carrying `end_turn: false` or `incomplete_details.retryable: false` hopped
even though the run-turn classifier excludes both.
The SSE arm now requires the same evidence `classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit`
uses: `end_turn` must not be `false` and `incomplete_details.retryable` must
not be `false`. The bridge records a paused turn on the request context, since
the wire itself continues to carry `incomplete/max_output_tokens`, and preflight
keeps that turn on its target. Client-visible reason, status, and usage are
unchanged.
Docs now state the exclusions and note that the exhausted 200 incomplete answer
covers inspected SSE and run-turn children; non-streaming native JSON is
passthrough.
Head reviewed: b31da79018efe6361b8ef205d27b869c1e1f7ccf (omar391's commits plus one maintainer commit, b31da7901).
Value. In a combo, a child that ends with an empty incomplete / max_output_tokens terminal now moves to the next target and does not cool the healthy one. That applies to streamed SSE preflight and run-turn children. Before this, the combo stopped and sent the empty answer to the client. The PR is not a duplicate; zero_output_token_limit and classifyZeroOutputTokenLimit do not exist on dev.
User-visible change. The only intended change is that a combo now fails over in that case. When every target runs out this way, the client gets HTTP 200 incomplete with the last attempt's usage; a context refusal keeps priority. That is documented in docs-site/.../guides/combos.md and structure/transports/responses-failover.md. Non-streaming native JSON is passed through unchanged, and a non-empty max_output_tokens terminal still ends the turn. Config, defaults and CLI output are unchanged.
No regression for existing users. The last hold was that the SSE path also moved Anthropic pause_turn (normalized to max_output_tokens on the wire), end_turn:false and incomplete_details.retryable:false turns to a backup provider. The maintainer commit keeps all three on their target. end_turn and retryable are read the same way as in the run-turn classifier. A request-scoped pause_turn marker distinguishes a paused turn without changing anything the client sees. A fresh review reproduced the original case: a combo of Anthropic (pause_turn) and OpenAI Responses hit both targets on 552c1d0 and only the first on b31da79, which then answers 200 incomplete with usage, as on dev. The wire for a direct pause_turn is byte-identical to dev after normalizing generated ids. The marker cannot leak to a later attempt, because each child log context is a fresh object per attempt.
Windows. No platform-specific code changed.
Evidence on this head.
Fresh independent review (DeepSeek via mistral/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017): PASS-WITH-NITS. The three low nits are a stale "below" comment in src/bridge/sse.ts, a missing committed test for SSE-child exhaustion (verified manually: 200 incomplete with the last usage), and untested incomplete/carry marker paths.
Focused suites run in an isolated home: 559 pass / 0 fail in my run (7 files), and 587 pass / 0 fail in the reviewer's run (9 files). With src/ reverted to 552c1d0, the six new maintainer tests fail. Typecheck and structure:check are clean.
CI: test changed failed one test, tests/providers/claude-cli-client-http.test.ts > "image requests retain Responses history and Chat tool results through CLI stdin". It got a 200 response with an empty JSON body after 49 ms. That test sends non-streaming requests to a fake Claude CLI child with no combo, so the changed preflight never runs. The file passes 3/3 on this head and 3/3 on dev locally, and the reviewer saw 4/4. I judge it unrelated to this change; it is not a gate under the current merge rule.
NOT RUN: full bun run test, macOS and Windows lanes.
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Restrict token-limit projection to combo failover
For a non-combo streaming compaction with compactionRecovery.enabled, runWithCompactionRecovery also calls this helper with its default predicate (src/server/responses/compaction-recovery.ts:168-191). A zero-output done/max_tokens is therefore changed from the existing HTTP 200 incomplete stream into a zero_output_token_limit/502. The recovery policy does not recognize that code (src/server/responses/compaction-recovery-policy.ts:60-62,112-115), so it returns the projected 502 without attempting a fallback, turning an output-budget stop into a retryable transport failure outside the combo feature. Make token-limit projection opt-in for combo callers, or preserve the original incomplete response when compaction recovery is declined.
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Addressed: structure/transports/responses-combo-boundaries.md now records the zero-output exception and its evidence gates — the max_output_tokens arm requires end_turn not false and incomplete_details.retryable not false (b31da7901), a translated Anthropic pause_turn is kept on its target via the request-scoped marker while the client still sees incomplete/max_output_tokens, and the response.failed arm now honors an explicit error.retryable: false for every code (4471d9f23). The doc also states the inspected-SSE/run-turn scope and that non-streaming native JSON is passthrough.
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Fixed in 12daaf2a7. Token-limit projection is now an explicit projectZeroOutputTokenLimit option on preflightComboStreamResponse: the combo ladder keeps the default, while runWithCompactionRecovery passes false and the original response.incomplete stream reaches the client unchanged. The opt-out is scoped to the max_output_tokens arm only — transport-failure reasons (adapter_eof, missing_terminal_event, upstream_stall_timeout) and retryable failed/bare-error terminals still project for compaction. Regression: keeps the original incomplete when token-limit projection is disabled in tests/routing/combo-stream-preflight.test.ts.
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Cache the synthesized incomplete response for continuation
For a non-streaming run-turn combo request with storage enabled that exhausts its targets on done/max_tokens, this branch calls jsonIncompleteResponse, which generates a fresh response ID without registering it through rememberResponseState. The child's new classification returns before the normal cache registration in src/server/responses/run-turn-execution.ts:1120, while src/responses/state.ts:1269-1273 explicitly supports caching max-output incompletes. A follow-up using the returned ID as previous_response_id consequently receives previous_response_not_found instead of continuing the conversation. Register the synthesized response against the original request using the usual continuation-state options.
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Addressed: structure/transports/responses-combo-boundaries.md now records the zero-output exception and its evidence gates — the max_output_tokens arm requires end_turn not false and incomplete_details.retryable not false (b31da7901), a translated Anthropic pause_turn is kept on its target via the request-scoped marker while the client still sees incomplete/max_output_tokens, and the response.failed arm now honors an explicit error.retryable: false for every code (4471d9f23). The doc also states the inspected-SSE/run-turn scope and that non-streaming native JSON is passthrough.
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Fixed in 12daaf2a7. The non-streaming exhaustion branch now builds the body through the new jsonIncompletePayload export and registers it via rememberResponseState(rawBody, payload, undefined, { force: true, clientThreadId }) before returning — the same continuation-state contract the run-turn path uses for max-output incompletes (state.ts explicitly caches incomplete/max_output_tokens). force mirrors the passthrough arm because Codex sends store:false on every request while still chaining previous_response_id; the store stays in-memory under the response TTL. Regression: non-streaming exhausted zero-output ladder registers its incomplete for continuation in tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts issues a follow-up previous_response_id and asserts it is not previous_response_not_found.
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Resolve failedTerminalResponse against lidge-jun#8222: keep the numeric-code stringify for a typed 400 and the zero_output_token_limit arm for an empty max_output_tokens incomplete.
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Problem
When a combo routing target exhausts its context limit before output begins (such as hitting
max_output_tokensduring preflight or prompt evaluation), the request previously died as an unrecoverable terminal error instead of failing over to backup combo targets.Changes
max_output_tokensbefore producing any user-visible output, classify the response as a retryable target failure rather than a hard stop.Verification
On commit
552c1d090(merged with upstream/dev33726958e, 0 commits behinddev):bun test tests/routing/combo-stream-preflight.test.ts tests/adapters/run-turn-queue.test.ts tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts: passed (140 pass / 0 fail, 14,874 expectations).bun run typecheck: exit 0 (0 type errors in 2,376 files).bun run structure:check: exit 0.bun run privacy:scan: exit 0.On commit
83fced750(merged with upstream/dev578c8bde0, 0 commits behinddev):bun test tests/routing/combo-stream-preflight.test.ts tests/adapters/run-turn-queue.test.ts tests/server/server-combo-zero-output-failover.test.ts: 143 pass / 0 fail.bun run typecheck: exit 0 (0 type errors in 2,341 files).bun run structure:check: exit 0.bun run privacy:scan: exit 0.bun test tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts tests/ci-workflows/import-cycle-ratchet.test.ts: 25 pass / 0 fail.Checklist
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