fix(onboard): validate Windows-host Ollama probe body

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The Windows-host Ollama reachability probe trusted any non-empty Docker capture as proof the daemon is live. A captive proxy, a stale listener, or a stub on host.docker.internal can answer with an arbitrary 2xx body that then fed isWindowsHostOllama and the install menu. Validate the /api/tags body against the Ollama wire format instead.

Refs: #9348

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• Bug Fixes

  • Improved Windows Ollama detection by verifying that the host response is a valid Ollama response.
  • Prevents unrelated services from being incorrectly recognized as reachable Ollama installations.
  • Preserves the local installation option when a valid Ollama service cannot be detected.

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  • Added coverage for valid Ollama responses and rejected non-Ollama responses.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The Ollama tags-response validator is now exported. Windows-host Ollama detection uses it to validate Docker probe responses. Tests update valid response fixtures and reject HTML or captive-portal responses.

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Ollama probe validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Export Ollama response validator src/lib/inference/local.ts	The Ollama tags-response validator is exported without behavior changes.
Validate Windows-host probe responses src/lib/onboard/provider-host-state.ts, src/lib/onboard/provider-host-state.test.ts	Windows-host detection validates probe bodies against the Ollama /api/tags format. Tests update probe mocks and verify that non-Ollama responses are rejected.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 088db

The probe can still accept malformed response data as a valid Ollama service, which may show an incorrect installation path during onboarding. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed and regression-tested before merging.

Suggested reviewers: laitingsheng, ericksoa

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src/lib/inference/local.ts (1)

366-370: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject non-object entries in isValidOllamaTagsResponseBody.

The current check returns true for {"models":[null]}, {"models":[1]}, and {"models":[[]]}. Require every entry to be a non-null object, and add a detectInferenceProviderHostState regression test for malformed entries.

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In `@src/lib/inference/local.ts` around lines 366 - 370, Update
isValidOllamaTagsResponseBody to validate that every item in parsed.models is a
non-null object, rejecting nulls, primitives, and arrays while preserving the
existing top-level response checks. Add a detectInferenceProviderHostState
regression test covering malformed model entries.

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In `@src/lib/inference/local.ts`:
- Around line 366-370: Update isValidOllamaTagsResponseBody to validate that
every item in parsed.models is a non-null object, rejecting nulls, primitives,
and arrays while preserving the existing top-level response checks. Add a
detectInferenceProviderHostState regression test covering malformed model
entries.

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• ollama-auth-proxy: The completed second-opinion lane identified E2E coverage that the primary lane omitted.
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• established — Windows daemon at src/lib/onboard/provider-host-state.ts:199: Retain "Windows daemon" where the surrounding text identifies Ollama and the Windows host.

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Reviewed at 088dbf6. No actionable findings. Focused validation passed: 107 tests.