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Description

Problem

The non-streaming Responses MCP loop could dispatch tool calls after a truncated or failed generation and return server-owned calls as client functions when a batch mixed MCP and user tools. Responses ending with a bare failed or error finish reason also lacked useful error details.

Solution

Stop MCP dispatch on length, failed, and error; preserve earlier executed results; execute the permitted MCP prefix before returning client functions. Keep the original call identity when filtering server calls so namespaced client functions remain visible. Supply fallback failure details consistently while retaining structured upstream errors.

Changes

  • Align non-streaming MCP dispatch and client handoff with streaming behavior, including user and internal safety limits.
  • Preserve existing MCP results when a later generation stops or hands control to a client tool.
  • Include fallback server_error details in failed Responses and their supported persistence paths; preserve structured upstream errors and store regular streamed responses under their public Responses ID.
  • Add deterministic gRPC contract tests that count actual MCP executions and inspect persisted payloads.

Follow-up to merged #2665, addressing truncated/failed dispatch, mixed tool batches, and missing failure details.

Test Plan

  • cargo +1.98.0 test -p smg --features test-util --lib --test grpc_responses_stream_contract_test --test mcp_test: 1,978 unit tests, 29 Responses contract tests, and 24 MCP tests passed; 5 unit tests ignored.
  • cargo +1.98.0 clippy -p smg --features test-util --lib --test grpc_responses_stream_contract_test --test mcp_test -- -D warnings: passed.
  • cargo +nightly fmt --all and all available pre-commit hooks passed. The required full pre-commit run --all-files was attempted, but its workspace/all-features Clippy hook is blocked locally by missing pkg-config/optional native dependencies. The other hooks were rerun with only that hook skipped; the scoped strict Clippy check above passed.
  • Before fixing, deterministic regressions reproduced truncated MCP dispatch, unexecuted mixed batches, missing failure details, and internal MCP filtering that removed a namespaced client function.

These are protocol tests using a scripted gRPC worker and local MCP server; no hosted OpenAI or DeepSeek API calls were made for this follow-up. Existing MCP streaming persistence remains outside this change; persistence assertions cover non-streaming Responses and the regular non-MCP streaming path.

Checklist
  • cargo +nightly fmt passes
  • cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings passes (local optional native dependencies unavailable; scoped check passed)
  • (Optional) Documentation updated
  • (Optional) Please join us on Slack #sig-smg to discuss, review, and merge PRs

Signed-off-by: key4ng <rukeyang@gmail.com>
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Failed or interrupted generations now include a clear error in Responses output, including streamed and saved responses.
    • MCP tool results are retained in responses when a generation finishes or hands control back to the client.
    • Mixed MCP and client-function calls are handled together, while client functions remain visible and server-side MCP calls stay hidden.
    • Namespaced client functions are correctly distinguished from internal tools, even when they share a name.

Walkthrough

The Responses gateway now adds errors for failed generations and updates MCP call dispatch, result retention, and client-function handoffs. Namespaced client functions are distinguished from MCP calls by their qualified names. New tests cover streaming and non-streaming behavior.

Changes

Responses generation and MCP handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Finish-reason errors and response finalization
model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/common/responses/*, model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/responses/{conversions,streaming}.rs, model_gateway/tests/common/scripted_worker.rs, model_gateway/tests/grpc_responses_stream_contract_test.rs
Responses conversion and streaming finalization add a server_error for failed or error finish reasons. The test fixture can configure finish reasons, and contract tests compare returned and persisted response errors.
MCP dispatch, results, and client handoffs
model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/responses/non_streaming.rs, crates/external_router/src/openai_bridge/tool_descriptors.rs, model_gateway/tests/common/mock_mcp_server.rs, model_gateway/tests/grpc_responses_stream_contract_test.rs, model_gateway/tests/mcp_test.rs
The MCP loop tracks exposed calls, skips dispatch after interrupted generation, retains MCP results, and preserves client functions in handoff responses. Visibility checks use qualified names for namespaced functions. Tests cover dispatch, result retention, limits, and namespaced calls.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Worker
  participant NonStreamingMcpToolLoop
  participant MCPSession
  participant ResponsesResponse
  Worker->>NonStreamingMcpToolLoop: Function-call batch and finish reason
  NonStreamingMcpToolLoop->>MCPSession: Dispatch exposed MCP calls
  MCPSession->>NonStreamingMcpToolLoop: MCP results
  NonStreamingMcpToolLoop->>ResponsesResponse: MCP results and preserved client functions
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a1411

A client function can be omitted from a non-streaming response when it shares a name with an internal MCP tool. Align the JSON visibility check with the namespaced check before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main changes: guarding MCP dispatch and preserving failure details in Responses.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the affected MCP dispatch behavior, failure details, client handoff handling, persistence changes, and test coverage.
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In `@crates/external_router/src/openai_bridge/tool_descriptors.rs`:
- Around line 323-334: Update should_hide_output_item_json to qualify
function_call and function_tool_call names with namespace when present, matching
the qualified-name handling in the ResponseOutputItem::FunctionToolCall branch.
Pass the qualified name to session.should_hide_function_call_like, falling back
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  • crates/external_router/src/openai_bridge/tool_descriptors.rs
  • model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/common/responses/streaming.rs
  • model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/common/responses/utils.rs
  • model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/responses/conversions.rs
  • model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/responses/non_streaming.rs
  • model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/responses/streaming.rs
  • model_gateway/tests/common/mock_mcp_server.rs
  • model_gateway/tests/common/scripted_worker.rs
  • model_gateway/tests/grpc_responses_stream_contract_test.rs
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Comment on lines +323 to +334
ResponseOutputItem::FunctionToolCall {
name, namespace, ..
} => {
// Namespace members are advertised and classified by qualified name.
// A same-named internal MCP tool must not hide a client function.
let qualified_name = namespace
.as_ref()
.map(|namespace| format!("{namespace}.{name}"));
!session.should_hide_function_call_like(
qualified_name.as_deref().unwrap_or(name),
user_function_names,
)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -nP -C4 '\bshould_hide_output_item_json\s*\('
rg -nP -C3 '\bfn\s+should_hide_function_call_like\b' crates/mcp

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sed -n '400,455p' crates/mcp/src/core/session.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- responses/utils.rs ---'
sed -n '350,415p' crates/external_router/src/openai/responses/utils.rs
printf '%s\n' '--- namespace references ---'
rg -n -C3 'normalize_function_item|namespace|function_call' crates/model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/common/responses/streaming.rs crates/external_router/src/openai/responses crates/external_router/src/openai_bridge crates/mcp | head -240

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Apply the namespace fix to the JSON visibility helper.

should_hide_output_item_json passes only name for function_call and function_tool_call items. When the item has a namespace, pass namespace.name. Otherwise, an internal MCP tool can hide a client function with the same member name on the non-streaming path.

Suggested fix
-        Some("function_call") | Some("function_tool_call") => item
-            .get("name")
-            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
-            .is_some_and(|name| session.should_hide_function_call_like(name, user_function_names)),
+        Some("function_call") | Some("function_tool_call") => item
+            .get("name")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+            .is_some_and(|name| {
+                let qualified_name = item
+                    .get("namespace")
+                    .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                    .map(|namespace| format!("{namespace}.{name}"));
+                session.should_hide_function_call_like(
+                    qualified_name.as_deref().unwrap_or(name),
+                    user_function_names,
+                )
+            }),
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In `@crates/external_router/src/openai_bridge/tool_descriptors.rs` around lines
323 - 334, Update should_hide_output_item_json to qualify function_call and
function_tool_call names with namespace when present, matching the
qualified-name handling in the ResponseOutputItem::FunctionToolCall branch. Pass
the qualified name to session.should_hide_function_call_like, falling back to
name when no namespace is provided.

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Comment on lines +323 to 335
ResponseOutputItem::FunctionToolCall {
name, namespace, ..
} => {
// Namespace members are advertised and classified by qualified name.
// A same-named internal MCP tool must not hide a client function.
let qualified_name = namespace
.as_ref()
.map(|namespace| format!("{namespace}.{name}"));
!session.should_hide_function_call_like(
qualified_name.as_deref().unwrap_or(name),
user_function_names,
)
}

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🟣 Pre-existing: This fix qualifies the name only in the typed filter. The JSON sibling should_hide_output_item_json (line 288 in this file, used by the HTTP/OpenAI router path via crates/external_router/src/openai/responses/utils.rs:399) still classifies function_call/function_tool_call items by the bare name field, ignoring namespace. A namespaced client function whose member name collides with an internal MCP tool would still be hidden on that code path — the exact bug this hunk fixes for the gRPC path. Since HTTP and gRPC routers must honor the same contract, consider applying the same qualified-name lookup there (the JSON item carries the namespace field when serialized from ResponseOutputItem::FunctionToolCall).

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Reviewed the non-streaming MCP loop alignment, error-detail fallback, visibility fix, and the new deterministic contract tests. The non-streaming path now faithfully mirrors the streaming loop (interrupt on length/failed/error before dispatch, prefix execution under caps, call_id-based server-call filtering), and structured upstream errors correctly take precedence over the server_error fallback in both streaming paths. One 🟣 pre-existing parity gap noted inline; no blocking issues.

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