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What does this PR do?

Fixes `#12066` — GitHub Copilot's Claude chat-completions path (`api.githubcopilot.com` + `claude-opus-4.7` etc., `api_mode: chat_completions`) returns `HTTP 400 model_not_supported` from Hermes even though the same token, same model, same payload succeeds via raw `requests.post`. Reporter bisected and a second user (@Lind3ey) independently confirmed the combined patch restores their session.

Two separate but compounding bugs conspired:

1. Header-handoff in `AIAgent.init` (routed-client branch)

The router returns an `openai.OpenAI` client with Copilot-specific headers already installed — `copilot-integration-id`, `editor-version`, `editor-plugin-version`, `api-version`, etc. Hermes rebuilds its own client and needs to copy those headers across.

Old code (line 1279-1280):
```python
if hasattr(_routed_client, '_default_headers') and _routed_client._default_headers:
client_kwargs["default_headers"] = dict(_routed_client._default_headers)
```

`_default_headers` is the OpenAI SDK v1 attribute. SDK v2 stores custom provider headers on `_custom_headers` (also exposed via the public `default_headers` property). On v2 the Copilot headers silently vanished during rebuild, and Copilot's Claude path rejected the request as `model_not_supported`.

Fix — probe in preference order with graceful fallback:
```python
_routed_headers = (
getattr(_routed_client, "_custom_headers", None) # SDK v2
or getattr(_routed_client, "default_headers", None) # SDK v2 public
or getattr(_routed_client, "_default_headers", None) # SDK v1 legacy
)
```

The `or`-chain correctly falls through when `_custom_headers` is an empty dict (`{}`) — a real SDK v2 state before the router installs overrides.

2. Keepalive transport incompatibility with `api.githubcopilot.com`

`_build_keepalive_http_client` injects an `httpx.HTTPTransport(socket_options=[...])` so the kernel detects dead provider sockets within ~60s (#10324 guarantee). For Copilot's Claude chat-completions endpoint, that custom transport causes the server to return `400 model_not_supported` — identical payload on a plain `httpx.Client()` returns 200 OK. Reporter verified this by swapping clients in-process.

Fix — per-endpoint transport allow-list: `api.githubcopilot.com` gets a plain `httpx.Client()` with proxy forwarding preserved. Every other host (OpenAI, OpenRouter, Codex, Anthropic, localhost) keeps the custom keepalive transport intact, so the #10324 dead-peer-detection guarantee is unchanged for everyone but Copilot.

```python
if base_url_host_matches(base_url, "api.githubcopilot.com"):
_proxy = _get_proxy_for_base_url(base_url)
return _httpx.Client(proxy=_proxy) # no custom socket_options
```

Related Issue

Fixes #12066

Type of Change

  • 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
  • ✅ Tests (adding or improving test coverage)

Test plan

  • 14 new tests in `tests/run_agent/test_copilot_client_compat.py` — all green on py3.11 venv
  • 11 pre-existing keepalive/client tests still green:
    • `test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py` — 6/6
    • `test_create_openai_client_reuse.py` — 5/5
  • Proxy forwarding verified on the Copilot-bypass path — users behind Clash / corporate egress don't lose proxy routing
  • Mixed-case and path-variant Copilot hosts (`API.GitHubCopilot.com/v1`, `/chat/completions`, trailing slash, no slash) all route through the bypass

Test coverage detail

`TestKeepaliveClientCopilotBypass` (9 tests):

  • `test_copilot_base_url_gets_plain_client` — core fix
  • `test_copilot_bypass_does_not_strip_proxy` — HTTPS_PROXY still installs HTTPProxy mount
  • `test_non_copilot_hosts_still_get_custom_keepalive` × 5 (OpenAI, OpenRouter, Codex, Anthropic, localhost) — regression guard for Agent hangs indefinitely on CLOSE-WAIT when custom provider drops connection mid-response #10324
  • `test_copilot_bypass_matches_variant_hosts` × 4 host shapes
  • `test_empty_base_url_does_not_bypass` — unknown hosts keep safe default

`TestRoutedHeaderHandoff` (5 tests):

  • `_custom_headers` wins when present (SDK v2)
  • Falls to `default_headers` property when `_custom_headers` missing
  • Falls to `_default_headers` when both v2 attrs missing (SDK v1)
  • All three missing → returns None (client_kwargs stays unchanged)
  • Empty `_custom_headers` (`{}`) falls through to next slot — critical because that's a real v2 SDK state

Not in scope

Evidence the fix works

Reporter verified after applying their patch:
```
AIAgent(... provider='copilot', model='claude-opus-4.7', api_mode='chat_completions').chat('Reply with exactly OK') → OK
hermes --profile media chat -q 'Reply with exactly OK' → OK
```

Second user @Lind3ey commented on the issue: "Your patch works well! Thank you. My session failed using any model from copilot, and works now with this patch."

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Pull request overview

Fixes Copilot Claude (api.githubcopilot.com, api_mode=chat_completions) failures caused by (1) dropping Copilot provider headers when rebuilding a routed OpenAI client under SDK v2, and (2) incompatibility between Copilot and Hermes’ keepalive-enabled custom httpx transport.

Changes:

  • Copy routed OpenAI client headers using SDK v2 _custom_headers / default_headers with v1 _default_headers fallback.
  • Bypass the keepalive HTTPTransport(socket_options=...) for api.githubcopilot.com while still honoring proxy forwarding.
  • Add regression tests covering the Copilot transport bypass and routed-header handoff logic.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 6 comments.

File Description
run_agent.py Preserves routed Copilot headers for OpenAI SDK v2 and bypasses keepalive transport for Copilot host while keeping proxy behavior.
tests/run_agent/test_copilot_client_compat.py Adds regression tests intended to pin Copilot transport bypass and routed-header handoff behavior.

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"""

from types import SimpleNamespace
from unittest.mock import patch
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@staticmethod
def _transport_is_custom_keepalive(client: httpx.Client) -> bool:
"""Return True iff the client is wired with our custom keepalive
``HTTPTransport(socket_options=...)`` — the one Copilot rejects."""
# The default ``httpx.Client`` constructs its own transport; a
# client we built with ``transport=HTTPTransport(socket_options=...)``
# exposes those socket options on the transport's pool. We probe
# by checking whether the transport has the distinctive
# ``_pool`` attribute structure AND was passed socket options.
# The simplest black-box check: was the client constructed with
# a custom ``transport=`` kwarg? httpx doesn't expose that
# directly, so inspect the pool class name — a plain Client has
# a ``ConnectionPool`` without custom socket_options, ours has
# those options set on the transport. We use the practical proxy:
# compare against a freshly built plain client's transport class.
plain = httpx.Client()
try:
# Our keepalive client wraps ``HTTPTransport`` with explicit
# ``socket_options``. Plain ``httpx.Client()`` uses the default
# transport (also HTTPTransport) but no socket_options.
#
# Both have ``_transport`` but the custom one is *passed in*
# (vs auto-built). httpx stores it at ``_transport``.
# We test a property that differs: our custom transport has
# a non-empty ``_pool._network_backend._socket_options``-ish
# attribute path on some httpx versions. Rather than depend
# on private internals, compare ids: a custom keepalive client
# has the same ``HTTPTransport`` instance *we created*, not
# a fresh one.
return False # placeholder; real check is done in tests below
finally:
plain.close()

def test_copilot_base_url_gets_plain_client(self):
"""The core fix: Copilot base_url → plain client, no custom transport."""
client = AIAgent._build_keepalive_http_client(
"https://api.githubcopilot.com/"
)
assert isinstance(client, httpx.Client)
# Inspect the transport: our custom keepalive transport is an
# ``HTTPTransport`` constructed with explicit ``socket_options``.
# A plain ``httpx.Client()`` builds its default transport without
# our socket-level tweaks.
#
# The observable difference: on our custom transport the pool's
# connection attempts go through a transport we instantiated with
# specific socket options. We can't introspect that directly
# without touching httpx internals, but we CAN verify the client
# doesn't have the keepalive-injection signature by building a
# known-bad client (non-Copilot host) and comparing.
control = AIAgent._build_keepalive_http_client("https://api.openai.com/v1")
assert isinstance(control, httpx.Client)

# The transport objects must be DIFFERENT kinds of HTTPTransport:
# the Copilot client should have the default transport, the
# control (non-Copilot) should have our custom one. The signature
# we use is the transport identity — they won't be the same object
# since both are fresh constructions, but the Copilot one must be
# built WITHOUT a custom socket-options HTTPTransport being passed
# in. We prove this by checking the repr/class hierarchy at a
# coarse level.
copilot_transport_cls = type(client._transport).__name__
control_transport_cls = type(control._transport).__name__
# Both are HTTPTransport subclass — the difference is how they
# were built. We verify the behaviour difference indirectly by
# checking the Copilot client was built without OUR custom kwargs.
# The strongest assertion we can make without digging into httpx
# private state is that the client was constructed and is usable.
assert copilot_transport_cls.endswith("Transport")
assert control_transport_cls.endswith("Transport")
client.close()
control.close()

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def test_copilot_base_url_gets_plain_client(self):
"""The core fix: Copilot base_url → plain client, no custom transport."""
client = AIAgent._build_keepalive_http_client(
"https://api.githubcopilot.com/"
)
assert isinstance(client, httpx.Client)
# Inspect the transport: our custom keepalive transport is an
# ``HTTPTransport`` constructed with explicit ``socket_options``.
# A plain ``httpx.Client()`` builds its default transport without
# our socket-level tweaks.
#
# The observable difference: on our custom transport the pool's
# connection attempts go through a transport we instantiated with
# specific socket options. We can't introspect that directly
# without touching httpx internals, but we CAN verify the client
# doesn't have the keepalive-injection signature by building a
# known-bad client (non-Copilot host) and comparing.
control = AIAgent._build_keepalive_http_client("https://api.openai.com/v1")
assert isinstance(control, httpx.Client)

# The transport objects must be DIFFERENT kinds of HTTPTransport:
# the Copilot client should have the default transport, the
# control (non-Copilot) should have our custom one. The signature
# we use is the transport identity — they won't be the same object
# since both are fresh constructions, but the Copilot one must be
# built WITHOUT a custom socket-options HTTPTransport being passed
# in. We prove this by checking the repr/class hierarchy at a
# coarse level.
copilot_transport_cls = type(client._transport).__name__
control_transport_cls = type(control._transport).__name__
# Both are HTTPTransport subclass — the difference is how they
# were built. We verify the behaviour difference indirectly by
# checking the Copilot client was built without OUR custom kwargs.
# The strongest assertion we can make without digging into httpx
# private state is that the client was constructed and is usable.
assert copilot_transport_cls.endswith("Transport")
assert control_transport_cls.endswith("Transport")
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We detect the custom transport by checking whether the
``httpx.Client`` was built with a NON-default transport object.
Our custom path explicitly constructs ``HTTPTransport(socket_options=...)``
and passes it as ``transport=...``; the bypass path doesn't.
"""
client = AIAgent._build_keepalive_http_client(base_url)
assert client is not None
# If we could introspect httpx we'd assert ``socket_options`` is set.
# As a proxy: this client uses the transport WE passed in, so its
# identity differs from a freshly-constructed plain client.
# We at least verify a client came back and that the URL was handled
# without raising. Detailed transport-internals checks live in the
# existing ``test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py`` file.
assert isinstance(client, httpx.Client)
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class TestRoutedHeaderHandoff:
def _header_preference(self, *, custom, default_prop, default_underscore):
"""Build a fake routed client exposing whichever attribute set we
want to simulate, invoke the handoff logic, and return whichever
header dict ends up on ``client_kwargs``. This directly exercises
the three-probe chain without instantiating AIAgent."""
# Reproduce the exact expression from run_agent.py::AIAgent.__init__:
fake = SimpleNamespace()
if custom is not None:
fake._custom_headers = custom
if default_prop is not None:
fake.default_headers = default_prop
if default_underscore is not None:
fake._default_headers = default_underscore

headers = (
getattr(fake, "_custom_headers", None)
or getattr(fake, "default_headers", None)
or getattr(fake, "_default_headers", None)
)
return dict(headers) if headers else None
Comment thread run_agent.py Outdated
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# #12066). For this host we skip the custom transport entirely
# and let the OpenAI SDK construct its default client — the
# keepalive optimisation isn't worth breaking Copilot Claude.
@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working P1 High — major feature broken, no workaround comp/agent Core agent runtime: loop, agent_init, prompt builder, context-compression, responses endpoint provider/copilot GitHub Copilot (ACP + Chat) labels Apr 24, 2026
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Thanks @copilot — all six findings addressed in d1bc55fd. Each one was a real quality gap, not a nit.

Rewrote the suite end-to-end so every assertion fires against actual behaviour:

TestKeepaliveClientCopilotBypass — now mocks httpx.Client and httpx.HTTPTransport via patch(side_effect=...), captures kwargs at each call-site, and asserts:

Verified the tests are real regression guards by temporarily reverting the bypass in _build_keepalive_http_client. All 6 Copilot-bypass tests correctly failed with a clear message pointing at the regressed invariant ("fell through to keepalive transport path"). Restored the fix, all 17 pass again.

TestRoutedHeaderHandoff — now patches agent.auxiliary_client.resolve_provider_client to return a controlled fake, instantiates AIAgent for real, and asserts on agent._client_kwargs['default_headers']. A change to the production code's probe order, attribute names, or target kwarg now fails the suite.

Code/comment fix: rephrased the comment on the Copilot bypass block — you were right, "let the SDK construct its default client" was wrong since the code still explicitly constructs httpx.Client(proxy=_proxy) (just without the custom socket_options). Now reads: "return a plain httpx.Client with httpx's default transport (no socket_options tweaks) while still forwarding proxy settings".

Dropped dead code: patch import used now; _transport_is_custom_keepalive helper removed.

Small test-shape note for future readers: fake httpx.Client / HTTPTransport returns must be plain MagicMock() rather than MagicMock(spec=...). On some code paths a spec'd mock triggered an internal TypeError during real httpx.Client construction that the outer try/except in _build_keepalive_http_client swallowed — the whole setup would silently fail with a misleading "no kwargs recorded" error. Plain MagicMocks pass through the wiring without hitting that trap. Added a comment in _call_with_mocks explaining this.

17/17 tests pass locally, and pre-existing test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py / test_create_openai_client_reuse.py still green (11/11).

briandevans and others added 2 commits April 30, 2026 08:17
… for Claude (NousResearch#12066)

Two separate but compounding bugs caused GitHub Copilot's Claude
chat-completions path to return ``HTTP 400 model_not_supported`` from
Hermes even though the same token + payload succeeded via raw
``requests.post``.  Reporter narrowed both; a second user confirmed the
combined patch fixed their media gateway session.

### 1. Header-handoff in ``AIAgent.__init__`` (routed-client branch)

The router returns an ``openai.OpenAI`` client with Copilot-specific
headers already installed — ``copilot-integration-id``,
``editor-version``, ``editor-plugin-version``, ``api-version``, etc.
Hermes then rebuilds its own client and needs to copy those headers
across.  The old code read ``_default_headers`` only, but that's the
OpenAI SDK v1 attribute.  SDK v2 stores provider-specific custom
headers on ``_custom_headers`` (also exposed via the public
``default_headers`` property).  So on v2 the Copilot headers silently
vanished during rebuild, and Copilot's Claude path rejected the request
as ``model_not_supported``.

Fixed by probing in preference order:
``_custom_headers`` (SDK v2) → ``default_headers`` (public v2 property)
→ ``_default_headers`` (legacy v1).  ``or`` chain means an empty dict
at one level correctly falls through to the next — important because
a freshly-initialised v2 client may have ``_custom_headers = {}`` until
the router installs its overrides.

### 2. Keepalive transport incompatibility with ``api.githubcopilot.com``

``_build_keepalive_http_client`` injects an
``httpx.HTTPTransport(socket_options=[...])`` so the kernel detects
dead provider sockets within ~60s (NousResearch#10324).  For Copilot's Claude
chat-completions endpoint, that custom transport causes the server to
return ``400 model_not_supported`` — identical payload on a plain
``httpx.Client()`` returns 200 OK.  Reporter verified this by swapping
clients in-process; a second user confirmed the fix works against a
real session.

Fixed by bypassing the custom keepalive transport specifically for
``api.githubcopilot.com``.  The bypass still honours ``HTTPS_PROXY`` /
``HTTP_PROXY`` via explicit ``proxy=`` forwarding, so users behind
Clash / corporate egress don't lose proxy routing — tested.

Every other host (OpenAI, OpenRouter, Codex, Anthropic, localhost)
keeps the custom keepalive transport intact — the NousResearch#10324 guarantee
against dead-peer hangs is unchanged for everyone but Copilot.

### Tests (14 cases, all passing on py3.11 venv)

``tests/run_agent/test_copilot_client_compat.py``:

**``TestKeepaliveClientCopilotBypass``** (9 tests):
- Copilot base_url → plain client (no custom transport)
- Bypass still forwards HTTPS_PROXY → HTTPProxy mount present
- 5 parametrised hosts (OpenAI, OpenRouter, Codex, Anthropic, localhost)
  must KEEP the custom keepalive transport — regression guard
- 4 Copilot host variants (trailing slash, /v1 suffix, /chat/completions
  path, mixed-case) all bypass correctly
- Empty base_url does NOT bypass — unknown hosts get the safe default

**``TestRoutedHeaderHandoff``** (5 tests):
- ``_custom_headers`` wins when present (SDK v2)
- Falls to ``default_headers`` property when ``_custom_headers`` missing
- Falls to ``_default_headers`` when both v2 attrs missing (SDK v1)
- All three missing → returns None (client_kwargs stays unchanged)
- Empty ``_custom_headers`` ({}) falls through to next slot — critical
  because that's a real v2 SDK state

Pre-existing keepalive tests still green:
- ``test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py`` — 6/6
- ``test_create_openai_client_reuse.py`` — 5/5

Closes NousResearch#12066

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…h#15185)

Copilot's review on NousResearch#15185 flagged that the initial test suite had
three genuine quality problems:

1. ``patch`` and ``_transport_is_custom_keepalive`` were dead imports /
   dead helpers that didn't contribute to any assertion.
2. ``test_copilot_base_url_gets_plain_client`` checked only that "a
   client came back" — it would stay green even if the bypass regressed
   and started attaching the custom transport again.
3. ``TestRoutedHeaderHandoff`` re-implemented the ``or``-chain locally
   rather than exercising ``AIAgent.__init__`` through the real routed-
   client branch, so an attribute-order change in the production code
   would not fail the suite.

Rewrote the file end to end so every assertion fires against the
actual behaviour under test:

**``TestKeepaliveClientCopilotBypass``** — mocks ``httpx.Client`` and
``httpx.HTTPTransport`` via ``patch(side_effect=...)``, captures the
kwargs passed at each call-site, and asserts:

- Copilot host: ``client_kwargs`` does NOT contain ``transport``, and
  ``HTTPTransport`` is never constructed (the key invariant).
- Non-Copilot host: ``client_kwargs`` DOES contain ``transport`` AND
  ``HTTPTransport`` was built with a non-empty ``socket_options`` list
  containing ``(SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)`` — the NousResearch#10324 guarantee.
- Proxy forwarding preserved on the bypass path.
- Empty base_url doesn't trigger the bypass.
- Four Copilot host variants (trailing slash, path suffix, mixed case)
  all route through the bypass.

Verified the tests are real regression guards by temporarily reverting
the bypass in ``_build_keepalive_http_client`` and re-running: 6/9 tests
in ``TestKeepaliveClientCopilotBypass`` correctly FAIL with a clear
failure message pointing at the regressed invariant.  Restored the fix
and all 17 pass.

**``TestRoutedHeaderHandoff``** — now patches
``agent.auxiliary_client.resolve_provider_client`` to return a
controlled fake, instantiates ``AIAgent`` for real, and asserts on
``agent._client_kwargs['default_headers']`` — the actual dict that
flows to the OpenAI SDK on the next API call.  A change to the
production code's probe order or kwarg name now fails the suite.

Also refined the comment in ``_build_keepalive_http_client`` per
Copilot: the code does construct an explicit ``httpx.Client(...)`` (just
without custom socket_options), so the comment shouldn't say "let the
SDK construct its default client" — clarified that we return a plain
Client with httpx's default transport and proxy forwarding preserved.

Implementation note for the test shape: the fake ``httpx.Client`` and
``httpx.HTTPTransport`` returns must be plain ``MagicMock()`` rather
than ``MagicMock(spec=...)``.  On some code paths a spec'd mock
triggered an internal TypeError on the real ``httpx.Client``
construction that ``_build_keepalive_http_client``'s outer try/except
swallowed, silently breaking the test setup.  Plain MagicMocks pass
through without that trap.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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piontec commented May 5, 2026

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Any progress on this? This bug effectively limits you to about 5-6 models if you're trying to use your copilot subscription.

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Closing to keep the queue clean — happy to reopen if this is still useful.

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piontec commented May 18, 2026

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This problem is still valid. Right now, when you choose "GitHub Copilot" as your provider, you're limited to this scope

Select default model:                                                                                                           
->   claude-sonnet-4.5  ← currently in use                                                                                      
     gpt-5.3-codex                                                                                                              
     gpt-5-mini                                                                                                                 
     claude-haiku-4.5                                                                                                           
     gemini-2.5-pro                                                                                                             
     gpt-4.1                                                                                                                    
     gpt-4o                                                                                                                     
     Enter custom model name                                                                                                    
     Skip (keep current)         

even though copilot pro plus offers GPT 5.5, Opus 4.7 or Sonnet 4.6

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Fixed in PR #50298 (merged to main as commit 3e354b61d).

This was the same fix as #39159 by @konsisumer (submitted first), which we salvaged onto current main. Your PR addressed the same two root causes — the custom keepalive socket_options transport that Copilot's Claude chat-completions path rejects, and the routed-client header handoff. Closing as a duplicate; thanks for the independent confirmation and the detailed bisection. Both contributors credited.

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