[biswapanda]

Overview:

Fix Anthropic Messages streaming when finish_reason=tool_calls or finish_reason=function_call arrives before the final tool-call argument fragment. The converter previously marked buffered tool blocks as flushed during the early finish attempt, permanently suppressing a call that completed afterward.

fixes gh issue - #12285

Details:

• Track the requested tool flush separately from final EOF finalization.
• Track emission and pending-flush state per tool call so incomplete calls can complete without replaying emitted calls.
• Emit pending tool_use blocks only when their accumulated arguments form complete JSON, while preserving truncation recovery, malformed-input suppression, parameterless calls, usage snapshots, and single-tool restrictions.
• Keep stop_reason=tool_use when at least one tool block was emitted; retain the existing end_turn fallback when every tool block is suppressed.
• Add regression coverage for delayed argument completion, mixed complete/incomplete calls, repeated finish signals, delayed tool identity, EOF finalization, and parameterless calls.

Sequence

Before

sequenceDiagram
    participant Engine
    participant Converter
    participant Client

    Engine->>Converter: tool_call(id, name, arguments="")
    Engine->>Converter: arguments fragment (incomplete JSON)
    Engine->>Converter: finish_reason=tool_calls
    Converter->>Converter: mark buffered tool blocks flushed
    Engine->>Converter: arguments fragment (completes JSON)
    Converter->>Client: message_delta(stop_reason=end_turn)
    Converter->>Client: message_stop
    Note over Client: The completed tool call is never emitted.

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After

sequenceDiagram
    participant Engine
    participant Converter
    participant Client

    Engine->>Converter: tool_call(id, name, arguments="")
    Engine->>Converter: arguments fragment (incomplete JSON)
    Engine->>Converter: finish_reason=tool_calls
    Converter->>Converter: keep the incomplete tool call pending
    Engine->>Converter: arguments fragment (completes JSON)
    Converter->>Client: content_block_start(tool_use, input={})
    Converter->>Client: content_block_delta(partial_json fragments)
    Converter->>Client: content_block_stop
    Converter->>Client: message_delta(stop_reason=tool_use)
    Converter->>Client: message_stop
    Note over Client: Tool input is complete before the block closes.

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Where should the reviewer start?

lib/llm/src/protocols/anthropic/stream_converter.rs, especially drain_buffered_tool_events, append_chunk_events, and the new regression tests near the existing stream-converter tests.

Related Issues

This PR is linked to an issue:

• Closes Delay Anthropic tool_use content_block_stop until streamed arguments are complete JSON #12285

Summary

Incomplete streamed tool calls now remain pending after an early finish signal and are emitted once their arguments become complete JSON, rather than being permanently suppressed.

Validation

• cargo test --locked -p dynamo-llm --lib --no-default-features protocols::anthropic::stream_converter: 38 passed
• cargo test --locked -p dynamo-llm --lib --no-default-features protocols::anthropic: 95 passed
• cargo clippy --locked -p dynamo-llm --lib --no-default-features
• cargo fmt --all -- --check
• git diff --check
• Local /v1/messages validation with Qwen3-0.6B on vLLM: normal and injected early-finish streams each emitted one valid {"path":"/tmp/example.txt"} tool call and stop_reason=tool_use

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved streaming tool-call handling when arguments or call identity arrive across multiple chunks.
  • Prevented incomplete or malformed tool calls from being emitted prematurely.
  • Corrected handling of parameterless calls, repeated finish events, and end-of-stream behavior.
  • Improved tool-use status reporting when no valid tool call is produced.

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Walkthrough

The Anthropic stream converter now retains incomplete tool calls across intermediate flushes and emits them during finalization. It tracks emitted calls, handles finish and EOF drains separately, limits parallel calls, and adds SSE coverage.

Changes

Anthropic tool streaming

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Tool buffer state and draining lib/llm/src/protocols/anthropic/stream_converter.rs	The converter tracks emitted and pending calls, limits nonparallel emission, delays malformed-argument repair until terminal draining, and converts to end_turn when no tool block is emitted.
Finish-reason and EOF integration lib/llm/src/protocols/anthropic/stream_converter.rs	Production and tagged paths persist tool-use finish state, perform nonterminal finish drains, and perform terminal EOF drains.
Streaming behavior tests lib/llm/src/protocols/anthropic/stream_converter.rs	SSE tests cover delayed arguments and identity, pending calls, parallel-tool limits, finalization behavior, parameterless calls, serialization, and usage snapshots.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1b85c

Tool calls may be delivered with empty input while later arguments are discarded. Confirm parser ordering or preserve identity-only calls until finalization before merging.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 75.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 16 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #12285 requires delaying content_block_stop until streamed tool arguments form valid JSON. The converter now records early finish requests, keeps incomplete calls pending, and flushes them onl…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within Issue #12285. Production changes modify Anthropic tool-call buffering and finalization. Added tests cover delayed arguments, delayed identity, repeated finish signals, EOF fina…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: completing Anthropic Message API tool calls after an early finish signal.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes the required Overview, Details, reviewer-start guidance, and Related Issues sections. It links issue #12285 and provides implementation details, diagrams, scope, and validatio…

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Questions for the author:

• lib/llm/src/protocols/anthropic/stream_converter.rs: For the supported early-finish stream path, please provide the expected maximum number of buffered tool calls and trailing argument chunks, plus a calculation or measurement of the added cost. Once tool_flush_requested is set, each trailing chunk calls drain_buffered_tool_events, which scans all tool-call states; this changes the path to O(calls × trailing chunks).

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In `@lib/llm/src/protocols/anthropic/stream_converter.rs`:
- Around line 155-158: Update the non-final drain logic in the stream conversion
state handling so tool calls with an identity but no argument fragment remain
pending rather than emitting input: {} and setting state.has_emitted. Allow them
to emit only during the final drain, while preserving existing behavior for
calls that already have argument fragments and for tool_blocks_flushed.

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