fix(core): close the behaviour defects held back from the first review wave

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Summary

Five review findings that were held back from the first review wave, left on merged pull requests.

Finding	Thread	Change
An explicit null routing.account-allowlist read as "unset", so a config reload could drop a restriction	#1791 (comment)	proxyConfig.ts: validateProxyConfig rejects null under either spelling, including when the other spelling holds an array. The previous allowlist stays active on a rejected reload. Docs updated.
A nested generate() from the tool-routing router or the classifier router ended the outer turn's repeat-call cache bypass	#1558 (comment)	neurolink.ts: the turn-scoped tool-cache state (two flags and the served-keys set) is saved and restored by reference around those nested calls
OpenAI-compatible streams that ended at a token limit, a content filter or a tool-call step cap still reported stop	#1822 (comment)	openaiChatCompletionsBase.ts: one mapper produces the unified reason for doGenerate and for the stream metadata; neurolink.ts adopts it after the drain and exposes it live on result.finishReason
The node:sqlite messages did not say which Node versions it needs	#1613 (comment)	the four local-usage readers append the required versions; engines.node is unchanged
The errorClassifier.ts header said every provider delegates to it	#1337 (comment)	comment only: the header names the providers that still hand-roll formatProviderError

Behaviour changes to note

• account-allowlist: null used to mean "unset" (the reference said so). It is now a validation error at startup and on reload; this closes a fail-open. Omit the key to remove the restriction. An empty YAML value (account-allowlist:) parses to null and is rejected too.
• OpenAI-compatible streams that were cut by a token limit, a content filter or a step cap now report length, content-filter or tool-calls in metadata.finishReason and, after the stream drains, in result.finishReason; metadata.rawFinishReason still carries the vendor's value. The stream-complete span rule can therefore mark those turns as warnings.
• The one-line fix suggested for the finish reason was not enough on its own: the top-level value was a snapshot taken when the stream was created, so neurolink.ts changed as well. A fallback's own reason is never overwritten.

Tests

All new cases run offline against local stand-ins (a scripted OpenAI-wire server, an isolated proxy child process). Each source change was reversed and the new cases failed, then the change was restored and they passed.

• test:proxy: reload and startup rejection of a null allowlist under both spellings, the omit-the-key case, and the validation case. The existing "a null means unset" table for the legacy routing keys now covers the other seven keys; account-allowlist has its own cases.
• test:tool-routing: nested tool-routing router and nested classifier-router cases, with a control that shows the bypass is kept when no router runs. Without the change the two nested cases fail and the control passes.
• test:openai-compat-streaming-retry and test:stream-middleware: max-tokens, content-filter and step-cap turns, and a middleware's own unified reason passing through. The old assertion that the raw and graded reasons differ was replaced.

Gates, one at a time: build, check, lint, check:tools-tests, check:test-parse, check:deps, check:docs-api, test:provider-structure (7), test:model-manifests (18), test:tool-routing (44), test:classifier-router (4), test:mcp-result-cache (7), test:local-usage (55), test:proxy (187), test:codex (119), test:openai-compat-streaming-retry (8), test:stream-middleware (119), test:stream-tool-telemetry (6), the four loop-characterization suites (14, 13, 16, 18), test:agent-delegation (18), test:error-classifier-contract (44).

Not done

• Concurrent turns on one NeuroLink instance still share the turn-scoped fields; that needs AsyncLocalStorage.
• The nested-router cases drive generate() only; there is no stream() variant.
• The nine providers that hand-roll formatProviderError are not migrated.
• parseRoutingConfig() called directly, without validation, still warns and treats a null allowlist as unset.
• No test for the node:sqlite message: test:local-usage has no missing-sqlite path.
• test:providers-mocked was not run as a separate step here; the pre-push hook and the provider-safety-net check run it.
• No live provider or live Anthropic account was exercised; the proxy cases prove reload rejection through /status, not account routing under traffic.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Proxy configuration now rejects routing.account-allowlist: null in either key format, even if the other format contains a list. Omit the key to remove the restriction.
  • Stream results now report normalized finish reasons, including token limits, content filters, and tool calls.
  • Nested routing calls now preserve tool-cache behavior across a turn.

• Documentation

  • SQLite availability errors now explain the supported Node.js versions and when to use the experimental flag.

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• Hash: 3e9305245967bc05dd038ee3fd72a8d54c45a0f4
• Message: fix(core): close the behaviour defects held back from the first review wave
• Author: Sachin Sharma

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The changes reject explicit null values for the proxy account allowlist, normalize and expose stream finish reasons, preserve cache-related turn state across nested router calls, and clarify SQLite runtime requirements.

Changes

Account allowlist validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate and document account allowlist null handling src/lib/proxy/proxyConfig.ts, test/continuous-test-suite-proxy.ts, docs/features/claude-proxy-config-reference.md, docs-site/static/search-index.json	Validation rejects explicit null for either account-allowlist spelling. Tests cover accepted values and reload behavior. Documentation states that omitting the key removes the restriction.

Stream finish reasons

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize and expose stream finish reasons src/lib/providers/openaiChatCompletionsBase.ts, src/lib/neurolink.ts, test/continuous-test-suite-openai-compat-streaming-retry.ts, test/continuous-test-suite-stream-middleware.ts	Provider results normalize supported finish reasons while retaining raw reasons in metadata. NeuroLink exposes the current stream-state reason through the result and response. Tests cover provider and middleware streams.

Nested router turn state

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve turn state across nested router calls src/lib/neurolink.ts, src/lib/utils/errorClassifier.ts, test/continuous-test-suite-tool-routing.ts	Nested classifier and tool-routing calls restore cache-related turn state after completion or rejection. Scripted-server tests check repeated tool executions and model request counts.

SQLite runtime guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Clarify SQLite runtime requirements src/lib/localUsage/*Reader.ts	Local usage reader errors specify the Node version and flag required when node:sqlite is unavailable. The OpenCode reader comment also describes module availability across Node versions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant OpenAIChatCompletionsBase
  participant NeuroLinkStream
  participant StreamResult
  OpenAIChatCompletionsBase->>NeuroLinkStream: provide raw finish reason and normalized metadata
  NeuroLinkStream->>StreamResult: update finishReason from stream state
  StreamResult->>StreamResult: expose current finishReason through property descriptor

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sequenceDiagram
  participant OuterTurn
  participant NeuroLinkRouter
  participant NestedGenerate
  OuterTurn->>NeuroLinkRouter: begin internal routing call
  NeuroLinkRouter->>NestedGenerate: call generate within preservingTurnState
  NestedGenerate-->>NeuroLinkRouter: return result or reject
  NeuroLinkRouter->>OuterTurn: restore saved turn cache state

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Users on Node 23.0–23.3 may not learn the flag needed to use local-usage scanning. This is a bounded guidance issue and does not block merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3e930

The changes tighten account restrictions and improve completion reporting. However, a nested request that finishes after its timeout can disturb later tool execution on the same instance.

Retained concerns

• Low · reliability · inferred: A timed-out nested classifier call can restore state belonging to an already completed turn. The classifier races its nested generate call against a timer and falls back on timeout without waiting for that call to settle. If the parent subsequently completes first, preservingTurnState later restores the saved active-turn flag and served-key set over the parent's cleanup. Unlike the base's inactive cleanup, this can leave subsequent unbatched direct tool calls classified as repetitions inside a generation turn, bypassing their normal result-cache reuse and executing registered tools again. This is a failure-containment and state-ownership concern, not a demonstrated authorization bypass.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The late-restoration concern is scoped to callers sharing one NeuroLink instance and its registered tool-execution paths. It changes cache reuse and execution ordering; the inspected change does not supply additional tool credentials, register new tools, or establish an authorization escalation.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — A provider-controlled finish reason is classification data, not a tool-dispatch instruction. Stream execution requires actual parsed tool calls and an executable definition resolved through the existing registry or deferred catalog; an unresolved tool produces an error result.
• observed — Existing cache checks exclude destructively annotated tools and incorporate authentication or execution context when supplied. External MCP cache keys additionally include server identity. These controls limit cache mixing but do not establish ownership of the shared active-turn flag and served-key set.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Provider-level timeouts compose abort signals and clean up their timers, but the routing wall-clock timeout independently races an already-running promise. That race does not cancel or await the losing operation, so provider cancellation is mitigation rather than a guarantee that restoration occurs before parent cleanup.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Give cache state an explicit turn owner and prevent restoration after that owner has terminated. Where routing times out, cancel or join nested work before cleanup, or make late completion unable to mutate another turn's state.

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