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fix(router): follow-ups to #2636, #2637, #2638, #2639 and #2641 - #2647

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Split out of #2642 (items 8–9) from the first reviews of #2636, #2637, #2638 and the performance commits #2639, #2641, which merged without them. Every live fact below is the reviewer's observation quoted from the write-up; none of this was run against a cluster.

#2637: the same widening on the external-provider paths

crates/external_router/src/openai/chat.rs:86 (to_value(&body)) and crates/external_router/src/gemini/steps/request_building.rs:40 still widen, so a BYOK upstream (OpenAI, z.ai) receives "top_p":0.949999988079071

openai_protocol::common::to_value_exact (serialize with the writer, reparse) is shared; both external paths use it, the gateway's request_to_value keeps its pre-sized buffer and documents that it is the same thing. Its test asserts to_value does widen and to_value_exact does not. Only typed f32 fields are exact this way: numbers kept as Value (other, nested values) normalize at parse (1e2 → 100.0, -0 → -0.0), stated in the doc.

#2638: unknown model on /v1/messages/count_tokens

model_gateway/src/routers/gateway.rs:517-523 answers /v1/messages/count_tokens for an unknown model with 501 while every other route returns the NO_ROUTER 404

Now the NO_ROUTER 404 with the same body as every other route (Anthropic SDKs read 501 as "endpoint unsupported"); the route is in the generated OpenAPI spec (countMessageTokens, verified in a generated smg-openapi.yaml); x-api-key is on the CORS allow-list for Anthropic-style browser clients; the PD router tests' 5 s round-trip timeouts (check_prefill_drain, messages_count_tokens_tracks_load_auth_and_body_failure, which fail under parallel load) are a 60 s ROUND_TRIP_GUARD, a hang guard rather than a budget.

#2636: colons in /engine_metrics

The blanket restore also lets a colon in a label name (illegal) through and makes the whole page unscrapeable

Colons are restored in metric names and label values only; in a label name the escape becomes _ as the old sanitizer did, via sanitize_label_names on the parsed exposition (test: model:name → model_name, the metric keeps vllm:); names that would collide once sanitized drop that family with a warning rather than render an invalid page. Release notes entry for the next release (the notes are written on the GitHub release, so it is here for the release author):

Breaking (/engine_metrics): engine metric names and label values now keep their colons exactly as the engines export them (sglang_token_usage → sglang:token_usage, vllm_* → vllm:*, model_name="org/model_v1" → "org/model:v1"). Dashboards and alerts that matched the underscored names need updating. Label names are still sanitized.

Also from that review: f250a6c2e (#2636) and 1ae2b79eb (#2638) carry no Signed-off-by; the commits here are signed, and the release notes should name their authors.

#2639: the early-commit path

load_guards.remove(0) assumes index 0 is the prefill guard, decided 400 lines earlier

A typed PdLoadGuards { prefill, decode } replaces the vector on the dual-dispatch path (the sequential path takes into_vec()).

the new prefill.record_outcome(502) on a prefill body error races with the attempt's record_outcome(200) at :690

On the early-commit path the drain alone records the prefill outcome, once the body is known, with Metrics::record_worker_error alongside; the attempt records only the decode (PrefillOutcome::Drained). The race is real for any failure threshold above one: a success recorded after the drain's failure resets consecutive_failures, so a prefill whose body keeps failing never tripped its breaker. Unit test a_drained_prefill_outcome_is_not_overwritten_by_the_attempt_status (threshold 2: Drained trips, FromStatus does not). A network test for the fast-failure ordering was tried and dropped: hyper resets the connection when a body errors right after the head, so the head fails and the breaker opens at the head stage instead, and the ordering cannot be pinned from outside.

Behaviour to document from #2639: the prefill load guard is released when the prefill body drains instead of when the client's stream ends, so prefill workers report lower load for streaming PD traffic (shifts least_load / power_of_two placement), and a client disconnect during prefill no longer cancels the prefill drain. Every streaming /v1/responses and /v1/messages request takes the early-commit branch (return_logprob is false there); stream_messages_commits_on_the_decode_head now covers it.

#2641: RawBody

duplicate top-level keys ({"model":"a",…,"model":"b"}) rewrite only the first occurrence while Python's json takes the last

RawBody's visitor keeps one entry per key as a Value does (last value, first position), so the documented invariant's precondition is enforced rather than assumed; insert of the value already present leaves the body unmutated (the fast path for the prefill leg's stream:false works again); a non-object body reports request body must be a JSON object (a syntax error keeps serde's text); adversarial_bodies_survive_the_pd_edits runs the PD edits over duplicate keys, a \u00e8 JSON escape and raw UTF-8 keys, 1e308, -0.0, 1e2, 2^53+1, u64::MAX, an empty key and pre-existing kv_transfer_params/bootstrap_room/data_parallel_rank, asserting the same fields as the Value oracle with every untouched number kept verbatim. Semantic change from #2641 to state: a worker that mutates requests no longer takes the Value path unless uses_builtin_prepare_request() opts in.

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Test Plan

Each test was written first and watched fail, or the fix was mutation-checked against it.

  • cargo test -p smg-external-router --lib, cargo test -p smg --test metrics_aggregator_test (11), cargo test -p smg --lib request_body (22), cargo test -p smg --lib pd_router, cargo test -p smg --lib -- count_tokens, cargo test -p openai-protocol --lib -- to_value_exact: green.
  • Crate suites on this branch: openai-protocol 348 passed, smg-external-router 205 passed, smg 2703 passed, 0 failed everywhere.
  • cargo +nightly fmt --all -- --check clean; clippy clean on smg, smg-external-router, openai-protocol, openapi-gen (without --all-features, no OpenCV here); cargo run -p openapi-gen produces the spec with /v1/messages/count_tokens.
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  • cargo +nightly fmt passes
  • cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings passes (without --all-features, see above)
  • (Optional) Documentation updated (release-notes text above)
  • (Optional) Please join us on Slack #sig-smg to discuss, review, and merge PRs

… a router, sanitize label names

The f32 widening fixed on the HTTP and PD paths in #2637 was still on
the external-provider paths: to_value_exact, shared from the protocols
crate, now builds the OpenAI and Gemini upstream payloads, with a 0.95
round-trip test. /v1/messages/count_tokens without a router answers the
NO_ROUTER 404 like every other route instead of a 501 Anthropic SDKs
read as endpoint unsupported; the route joins the generated OpenAPI
spec and x-api-key the CORS allow-list. /engine_metrics keeps colons
in metric names and label values only: in a label name, where one is
illegal, the escape becomes _ as the old sanitizer did, and names that
would collide once sanitized drop that family instead of rendering an
invalid page.

Signed-off-by: Alex McC <319643551+hello-alexmcc@users.noreply.github.com>
…ody edits

The early-commit path took its prefill load guard by index from a
vector decided 400 lines earlier and recorded the prefill's outcome
twice: the attempt wrote the decode's 2xx over a body failure the drain
had recorded, which reset the breaker's failure count. The guards are
a typed pair now, the drain alone records the prefill outcome on that
path, with the error metric alongside, and the 5 s round-trip guards
in the PD router tests become 60 s hang guards. Streaming /v1/messages
gets a test for the early commit it takes.

RawBody keeps one entry per key as a Value does (last value, first
position), so a duplicated model key cannot carry an alias past the
rewrite; an insert of the value already present leaves the body
unmutated, keeping the fast path for the prefill leg's stream:false; a
non-object body names the shape it needs; and a case table runs the PD
edits over adversarial bodies against the Value oracle.

Signed-off-by: Alex McC <319643551+hello-alexmcc@users.noreply.github.com>
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  • New Features
    • Added the messages token-count endpoint to the generated API specification.
    • Configured cross-origin requests can now include the x-api-key header.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Requests preserve client-specified numeric values more accurately when forwarded.
    • Unavailable routing for token-count requests now returns a consistent 404 response.
    • JSON body errors are clearer, and editing request bodies better preserves unchanged values.
    • Streaming responses can begin before prefill completes, while load tracking continues through completion.
    • Metric label names with colons are normalized; metric names and label values remain unchanged.

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The changes update JSON conversion and request-body handling, add the token-count endpoint to the OpenAPI document, change token-count no-router responses, adjust PD streaming outcome tracking, allow an additional CORS header, and sanitize metric label names.

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JSON Value Conversion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Exact JSON value conversion
crates/protocols/src/common.rs, crates/external_router/src/gemini/steps/request_building.rs, crates/external_router/src/openai/chat.rs, model_gateway/src/routers/common/mod.rs
Added and tested to_value_exact, which round-trips serialized JSON bytes into Value. Gemini and OpenAI chat request paths now use it. The request_to_value documentation describes this conversion.

Raw Request Body Handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Raw JSON parsing and edits
model_gateway/src/routers/http/request_body.rs
RawBody now deduplicates top-level keys, reports a consistent error for non-object JSON, and avoids marking identical insertions as mutations. Tests cover these behaviors and edits that preserve untouched numeric text.

Token-Count Endpoint and Routing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Token-count API contract and no-router response
clients/openapi-gen/src/main.rs, model_gateway/src/routers/gateway.rs
The OpenAPI document now includes POST /v1/messages/count_tokens. Token-count requests without a selectable router return the shared 404 response, and the test expects 404.

PD Streaming Dispatch

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-leg guard and outcome tracking
model_gateway/src/routers/http/pd_router.rs
PD dispatch uses named prefill and decode guards. Attempt-level recording updates prefill outcomes only when the response status owns that recording; decode outcomes remain recorded for each attempt.
Early decode forwarding and prefill drain
model_gateway/src/routers/http/pd_router.rs
The early-commit path forwards the decode response while the drain task retains the prefill guard and records the prefill outcome. Tests cover outcome ownership, stream completion, and guard release.

Configured-Origin CORS Headers

Layer / File(s) Summary
Allow the API key header
model_gateway/src/server.rs
Configured-origin CORS responses now allow the x-api-key request header. Wildcard-origin behavior is unchanged.

Metric Label Sanitization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Sanitize labels during aggregation
model_gateway/src/worker/metrics_aggregator.rs, model_gateway/tests/metrics_aggregator_test.rs
Metric aggregation replaces escaped colons in label names with underscores. It drops a family if sanitized names collide or rebuilding fails. Tests cover these cases and verify that colons remain in metric names and label values.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant PdRouter
  participant PrefillWorker
  participant DecodeWorker
  PdRouter->>PrefillWorker: Start prefill request
  PdRouter->>DecodeWorker: Start decode request
  DecodeWorker-->>PdRouter: Return decode stream
  PdRouter-->>Client: Forward decode stream
  PrefillWorker-->>PdRouter: Provide body chunks to drain task
  PdRouter->>PdRouter: Record prefill outcome and release prefill guard
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fields.push((name, Cow::Borrowed(value)));
// As a `Value` map: a repeated key keeps its first
// position and takes the last value.
match fields.iter_mut().find(|(field, _)| *field == name) {

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🟡 Nit: This linear scan per entry makes parsing O(n²) in the number of top-level fields. Today the input is serde output of the typed request, so duplicates can't occur — but the count of fields is still client-controlled, since unknown fields pass through the typed request's flattened passthrough map. A body padded with tens of thousands of tiny unknown keys turns a single parse into billions of string comparisons on the per-request hot path.

For typical bodies (~20 keys) this is negligible, but since #2641's whole point was hot-path efficiency, consider a HashSet<&str>/seen-index check (or falling back to the scan only after a contains hit) so the non-duplicate common case stays O(n).

let worker = |name: &str| -> Arc<dyn Worker> {
Arc::new(
BasicWorkerBuilder::new(format!("http://{name}:8000"))
.worker_type(WorkerType::Prefill)

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🟡 Nit: The shared worker closure builds the decode worker with WorkerType::Prefill too. The circuit breaker doesn't branch on worker type today, so the assertions still hold, but the fixture is misleading — a reader could take assert!(decode.circuit_breaker_can_execute()) as covering decode-typed workers. Consider taking the WorkerType as a parameter of the closure so the decode worker is built as WorkerType::Decode.

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Reviewed all five follow-up areas (exact-number serialization, count_tokens 404, label-name sanitization, PD prefill outcome ownership, RawBody duplicate keys). No merge-blocking issues found — 2 nits posted inline.

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let label_names: Vec<String> = family
.get_label_names()
.iter()
.map(|n| n.replace(colon_escape, "_"))
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Keep label names and sample values in the same sorted order.

The parser sorts labels before this replacement. For example, it places modela before model:name, but model_name sorts before modela after sanitization. (docs.rs)

If another pack exports the same metric with model_name and modela, merge_family appends its positional sample values under the first pack’s label order. The output then assigns those values to the wrong labels. Sort the sanitized names and apply the same permutation to every sample’s values before rebuilding the family. Add a two-pack test for this case. MetricFamily::with_labels also requires sorted names for its binary search. (docs.rs)

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Closing in favour of one-concern-per-PR splits, at the maintainer's request. The requested changes were also re-judged on their merits rather than carried over wholesale; what survived:

Dropped, with reasons: the servicer capability-probe changes (#2640's author's call); .bmp rejection (imitates a cloud-side limitation a self-hosted engine does not have); GLM-5-Next in the enabled-only thinking rules (unrecorded); blank flag/env values as unset (no observed problem); the budget predicate, header and doc trims (cosmetic); CORS x-api-key (speculative); metrics label-name colons (a Prometheus client cannot emit an illegal label name); RawBody duplicate-key dedupe and case table (unreachable, as the review itself notes). The /engine_metrics breaking-change release note from #2636 is for the release author, not a PR.

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