fix(libsy-llm-client): report rejected extra_body keys as a configuration error

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What

• When an upstream rejects a request with HTTP 400/422 naming a request parameter, and this target injected that parameter through extra_body, the client now fails with a Configuration error naming the injected keys instead of an UpstreamHttp error.
• merge_extra_body returns the keys it actually injected; the error mapping in send_encoded matches the 400/422 body against a narrow, parameter-specific phrase list.
• With no injected keys, the upstream error passes through unchanged.

Why

Fixes #260. Per-target extra_body keys are merged before the retry loop, so when an upstream rejects one of those keys, every retry resends the same rejected key and the call can never succeed. The retry-based recovery was rejected by @ayushag-nv: a key the model rejects is rejected on every request, so retrying doubles call volume permanently. The agreed direction is diagnosis: fail with a configuration error naming the keys so the operator can fix the TOML.

This continues #498, which implemented the agreed scope and was closed for inactivity with requested changes outstanding. This PR addresses the remaining review finding: the bare unrecognized phrase is now parameter-specific (unrecognized parameter/field/argument/key), so bodies like unrecognized model no longer match.

Notes for reviewers

• Detection stays narrow: only a 400/422 whose body names a parameter qualifies. 429/5xx and unrelated 400s (for example invalid api key) pass through unchanged, and context-overflow rejections keep their own variant.
• 400/422 are not retried (is_retryable_http_status covers only 408, 429, 5xx), so the mapped error is final and no retry is skipped.
• Hosted CI on the contributor fork needs maintainer approval to run, so CI results are pending; local validation below ran on the repo-pinned Rust 1.96.1 toolchain.
• Validation: cargo fmt --all -- --check clean; cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings clean; cargo test --workspace --locked all green (includes switchyard-llm-client 77 passed). New tests: param_reject_classification_is_narrow and an_extra_body_reject_is_reported_as_a_configuration_error. Pre-fix, the 4xx path always produced UpstreamHttp, so the new integration test fails without this change.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Requests rejected with a recognized parameter error are reported as configuration errors when the service identifies an injected parameter as invalid.
  • These errors list only injected parameters that match the service’s rejection and omit the service’s response body.
  • Caller-supplied parameters are not attributed to these errors. Attribution for reasoning-effort settings depends on which parameter the service identifies.
  • Rejections that cannot be matched to an injected parameter retain the original upstream error.

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Walkthrough

The client tracks keys that it injects into request bodies. For recognized parameter rejections with status 400 or 422, it returns a configuration error only when the response identifies an injected key. Otherwise, it preserves the upstream error. It does not retry without the key.

Changes

Extra-body rejection handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Injected-key tracking and rejection classification crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	merge_extra_body returns the keys it adds and preserves caller-supplied values. Classification accepts recognized parameter-rejection phrases only for HTTP 400 and 422. Attribution uses error.param, top-level extra_forbidden details at exactly ["body", field], or fields parsed from the message. It requires an exact match to an injected key.
Send error handling and tests crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs	send_encoded converts a qualifying error only when the response names an injected key. The configuration error names only matched keys and excludes the upstream body. Tests cover preserved errors, caller-supplied parameters, repeated and structured rejections, and OpenAI Chat and Responses reasoning_effort overrides.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to cfb50

Some upstream rejections will not name the configuration key to fix. This is a bounded diagnostic gap that can be addressed before merge or accepted for follow-up.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: reporting rejected injected extra_body keys as a configuration error in libsy-llm-client.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue [#260] requires diagnosis of rejected injected extra_body keys. The PR converts qualifying HTTP 400/422 responses to a Configuration error only when the response identifies an injected key. …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain in crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs. Rejection classification, injected-key attribution, error mapping, and regression tests directly support issue [#260]. No unrelated chang…
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In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs`:
- Around line 312-315: Update the `UpstreamHttp` error match guard and
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- Line 288: Update the OpenAI Chat request flow around merge_extra_body and
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Please refresh the review for the current head ce95407. It repairs your two findings on dce1041: a reject now converts only when the upstream body names an injected key (naming only those keys, otherwise the original UpstreamHttp is preserved), and an injected reasoning_effort overridden by the backend reasoning_effort setting is no longer blamed on extra_body. Regression tests added for both.

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In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs`:
- Line 1230: Update the rejected-parameter detection in send_encoded to match an
unambiguous field name exactly rather than using substring matching, so an
injected key cannot be confused with a similarly named rejected parameter.
Preserve the UpstreamHttp result when the response does not identify an exact
rejected field.
- Around line 294-295: Restrict the `injected_extra_body` filter for
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Both current findings are repaired in cd8402e; exact thread replies contain the regression evidence. Formatting, workspace Clippy, 95 client tests and 872 workspace tests pass (1 ignored), as do the prefill-router lanes. The linked-issue retry warning reflects the old proposal: the latest issue #260 discussion explicitly changed the scope to configuration diagnosis and rejected dropping fields/retrying. This PR preserves that agreed scope.

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URL: https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Switchyard/pull/836

Timestamp: 2026-09-23T21:24:49.843Z
Learning: For NVIDIA-NeMo/Switchyard issue `#260` and PR `#836`, the author states that the latest issue discussion changed the intended scope from dropping rejected `extra_body` fields and retrying to reporting a configuration error that identifies rejected injected keys. Assess PR `#836` against that configuration-diagnosis scope rather than the issue's earlier retry proposal.

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In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/src/client.rs`:
- Around line 1230-1231: Update the `PARAM_REJECT_PHRASES` `find_map` logic to
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first occurrence when its field is not injected. Preserve the exact-field check
so incidental key mentions do not qualify, and ensure a later rejected injected
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- Around line 1225-1227: Update the 422 rejection parsing in send_encoded to
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Both current findings are repaired in cfb5007 with exact thread replies. Validation: 97 client tests, 874 workspace tests passed (1 ignored), 65 prefill-runner tests, formatting, workspace Clippy and prefill Clippy passed. No retry or request-field removal behavior was added.

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