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Overview:

Implements contribution request #17065 (#17065).

Adds DYN_OPENAI_FE_IGNORED_FIELDS, a comma-separated list of unknown top-level request fields that /v1/chat/completions and /v1/completions drop instead of rejecting with Unsupported parameter(s). Other unknown fields are still rejected.

Today the only runtime control is DYN_IGNORE_OPENAI_FE_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS, which is all-or-nothing. A deployment whose clients send one known extension field, such as MiniMax's reasoning_split, has to accept every unknown field, including misspelled ones, to accept that one.

Details:

• lib/llm/src/protocols/openai/validate.rs:
  • The bool passed to validate_no_unsupported_fields_with_ignore becomes an IgnoredFields enum: All, or Named(&HashSet<String>). An empty named set rejects every unknown field, as false did.
  • validate_no_unsupported_fields picks All when DYN_IGNORE_OPENAI_FE_UNSUPPORTED_FIELDS is truthy, and otherwise Named with the parsed list (empty when unset). So the existing switch keeps its meaning and takes precedence.
  • Names are trimmed and empty items dropped.
  • Passthrough fields (PASSTHROUGH_EXTRA_FIELDS) are still type-validated even when named in the list, as they are under the existing switch.
• lib/runtime/src/config/environment_names.rs: declares and registers the variable.
• Docs: frontend-configuration.mdx gets a ParamField for it, and protocol-field-handling.md mentions it beside the existing switch.

Like the existing switch, this never forwards a field to a backend: unsupported_fields is skip_serializing.

Where should the reviewer start?

validate_no_unsupported_fields and validate_no_unsupported_fields_with_ignore in lib/llm/src/protocols/openai/validate.rs.

Testing

cargo test -p dynamo-llm --lib protocols::openai::validate: 27 passed, including two new tests:

• validate_no_unsupported_fields_ignores_only_named_fields: a named field is accepted, and another unknown field in the same request is still rejected, with an error naming only that one.
• parse_ignored_fields_trims_and_drops_empty_items.

The existing tests now pass an empty IgnoredFields::Named set and IgnoredFields::All where they passed false and true.

Run locally: cargo fmt --check for dynamo-llm and dynamo-runtime, and cargo clippy --no-deps --all-targets -p dynamo-llm -p dynamo-runtime -- -D warnings. Both are clean. In this PR's CI, the rust-clippy and rust-tests jobs pass for all four matrix directories, along with pre-commit and DCO. The runs on NVIDIA's runners haven't started: they need /ok to test from a maintainer.

Related Issues

• Closes [CONTRIBUTION]: Ignore only named unknown OpenAI request fields (DYN_OPENAI_FE_IGNORED_FIELDS) #17065
• Relates to [FEATURE]: Add opt-in forwarding for unsupported OpenAI request fields #15859: that issue forwards unknown fields to a backend; this one drops named fields that no backend needs.

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Walkthrough

Adds DYN_OPENAI_FE_IGNORED_FIELDS to selectively drop configured unknown OpenAI request fields. Other unknown fields remain rejected unless the existing global ignore setting applies. The documentation describes the setting and its behavior.

Changes

OpenAI field validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Named-field ignore configuration and validation lib/runtime/src/config/environment_names.rs, lib/llm/src/protocols/openai/validate.rs, docs/fern/pages/reference/components/frontend-configuration.mdx, docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/knowledge-base/modular-components/frontend/protocol-field-handling.md	Adds the public environment-variable constant and a parsed named-ignore mode. Validation tests cover selective ignoring, parsing, and passthrough-field validation. Documentation distinguishes named ignoring from global ignoring and forwarding.

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Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Operators using both settings could misunderstand which fields are accepted. Clarify the documentation; this does not otherwise block merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the primary change: adding named-field dropping through DYN_OPENAI_FE_IGNORED_FIELDS.
Linked Issues check		The PR meets the coding requirements in #16980. validate_no_unsupported_fields selects IgnoredFields::All for the existing blanket variable and otherwise uses the parsed `DYN_OPENAI_FE_IGNORED_FIE…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within #16980. They modify OpenAI field validation, register the new runtime environment variable, update frontend documentation, and add or update validation tests. These changes sup…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 87.50% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 16 functions across 2 files. (2 skipped: 2 …
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The PR meets the coding requirements in #16980. validate_no_unsupported_fields selects IgnoredFields::All for the existing blanket variable and otherwise uses the parsed DYN_OPENAI_FE_IGNORED_FIELDS set. The validator still rejects other unknown fields and still validates PASSTHROUGH_EXTRA_FIELDS. Parsing trims names and removes empty entries. The runtime constant, registration, documentation, and focused tests are included. The reported validation test suite passed.

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The changes stay within #16980. They modify OpenAI field validation, register the new runtime environment variable, update frontend documentation, and add or update validation tests. These changes support selective field dropping and do not add backend forwarding or unrelated behavior. The related forwarding work in #15859 remains outside this PR.

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[sumant-TT]

@GuanLuo a gentle follow-up: @tanmayv25 asked you on #17065 to take a look at this proposal and PR. The branch is now up to date with main (I merged it today and resolved conflicts with the new strict-schema and admin API settings), and the validation tests and clippy pass. Could you review it when you have time, or point me to someone else on the frontend team? Happy to change the approach if you'd prefer a different shape.