headroom/REALIGNMENT/06-phase-D-bedrock-vertex.md
chopratejas 0ce2243dfb docs: add Realignment plan (40 PRs, 9 phases)
Comprehensive PR-by-PR plan to realign Headroom around live-zone-only
compression with prefix-cache safety as a non-negotiable invariant.
Drafted from a 10-agent deep audit against the LLM-proxy compression
guide.

- 14 documents under REALIGNMENT/
- 72 ranked bugs (P0 cache-killers through P6 test-infra)
- 40 feature PRs + 10 test-infra PRs across 9 phases
- ~25K LOC retirement (ICM + scoring + relevance + rolling-window
  + summarizer + tool-crusher + LiteLLM-fake-Bedrock)
- Preserves TOIN, CCR, Kompress-base per user direction
- Auth-mode policy gates (PAYG / OAuth / subscription)
- Phase 3 cache stabilization surface (tool-sort, schema-sort,
  cache_control auto-place, prompt_cache_key)
- Native Bedrock SigV4 + Vertex ADC handlers
- Test infrastructure: SHA-256 byte-faithful gate, SSE corner cases,
  property tests, real-traffic shadow
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Phase D — Bedrock & Vertex Native Envelopes

Goal: Replace the fake LiteLLM-based Bedrock/Vertex paths (which lossy-convert Anthropic↔OpenAI shapes) with native handlers in the Rust proxy. After Phase D, Anthropic-on-Bedrock and Anthropic-on-Vertex preserve thinking, redacted_thinking, document, search_result, image, server_tool_use, mcp_tool_use blocks AND benefit from the live-zone compression engine.

Calendar: 2 weeks. SigV4 + EventStream are the bulk of the work.

Shape: 4 PRs. D1+D2+D3 are AWS Bedrock; D4 is GCP Vertex.


PR-D1 — Native Bedrock InvokeModel route (non-streaming)

Branch: realign-D1-bedrock-native-invoke Worktree: ~/claude-projects/headroom-worktrees/realign-D1-bedrock-native-invoke Risk: HIGH (new auth + envelope surface) LOC: +1500

Scope

Eliminate part of P4-37 and P4-39. Add POST /model/{model}/invoke route to the Rust proxy. Recognizes the Bedrock envelope (anthropic_version body field, no model field, AWS SigV4 auth). Forwards the (possibly compressed) request to the Bedrock endpoint with re-signed SigV4. Live-zone compression runs the same as for direct Anthropic.

Files

Add:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/mod.rs — module re-exports.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/sigv4.rs — AWS SigV4 signing. Use the aws-sigv4 crate. Sign over the (possibly modified) request body bytes. Critical: sign after Headroom finishes mutating the body, so the signature matches what Bedrock receives.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/invoke.rs — POST handler for /model/{model}/invoke. Detects anthropic.claude-* model IDs; routes to live-zone compression for Anthropic shape; signs and forwards.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/envelope.rsBedrockEnvelope struct: parses {"anthropic_version": "...", ...rest_of_anthropic_body}. Re-emits in Bedrock shape with anthropic_version preserved as the first key.

Modify:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/lib.rs — route /model/{model}/invoke and /model/{model}/converse (POST) to the new handler.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/config.rs — add --bedrock-region flag (default us-east-1) and AWS credential config (uses aws-config crate's default chain).
  • Cargo.toml workspace — add aws-sigv4, aws-config, aws-credential-types.

Tests added:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::native_envelope_round_trip_byte_equal
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::sigv4_signed_correctly_after_compression
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::thinking_block_preserved_through_bedrock
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::redacted_thinking_preserved
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::document_block_preserved
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::tool_result_array_with_image_preserved
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::stop_sequence_null_only_when_present
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_invoke.rs::tool_use_input_byte_equal_preserves_key_order

Acceptance criteria

  • All new tests pass.
  • Manual test against a real Bedrock endpoint (developer's AWS account) succeeds.
  • Existing fake Bedrock path (headroom/backends/litellm.py) still works in Python; this PR adds the Rust path alongside.

Blocked by

PR-C1.

Blocks

PR-D2, PR-D3, PR-H2.

Rollback

git revert. Bedrock requests fall back to Python LiteLLM converter (the fake path). No regression for users who weren't using Rust Bedrock.

Notes

  • The SigV4 signing scope: host, x-amz-date, x-amz-content-sha256 headers + canonical request body. Compute the body hash AFTER any compression mutations.
  • accept-encoding is preserved end-to-end (PAYG/OAuth/subscription all preserve it for Bedrock — there's no legacy CLI to mimic; the Bedrock SDK negotiates compression natively).

PR-D2 — Bedrock streaming via binary EventStream

Branch: realign-D2-bedrock-event-stream Worktree: ~/claude-projects/headroom-worktrees/realign-D2-bedrock-event-stream Risk: HIGH (binary protocol, not SSE) LOC: +1100

Scope

Add POST /model/{model}/invoke-with-response-stream route. Bedrock's streaming uses binary EventStream (vnd.amazon.eventstream content type), not SSE. Build a parser/forwarder for it. Translate to Anthropic SSE for Anthropic-shape responses (so the existing AnthropicStreamState from PR-C1 can run telemetry).

Files

Add:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/eventstream.rs — EventStream binary parser. Format: 12-byte prelude (length + headers length + CRC32 of prelude), N bytes of headers, payload, 4-byte CRC32 of message. Parse incrementally; yield EventStreamMessage { headers: HashMap, payload: Bytes }.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/eventstream_to_sse.rs — for Anthropic-shape Bedrock responses, each EventStreamMessage whose :event-type header is chunk carries an Anthropic SSE event in its payload. Re-emit as SSE to the client. (Or pass through as EventStream — choose based on the Accept header from the client.)
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/invoke_streaming.rs — POST handler.

Modify:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/lib.rs — route /model/{model}/invoke-with-response-stream.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/sse/anthropic.rs — accept events from EventStream-translated source.

Tests added:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_streaming.rs::eventstream_parses_correctly
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_streaming.rs::eventstream_translated_to_sse
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_streaming.rs::usage_extracted_from_translated_stream
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_streaming.rs::client_can_choose_eventstream_or_sse
  • Property test: proptest! { fn eventstream_parser_no_panic(bytes in any::<Vec<u8>>()) { let _ = parse(bytes); } }

Acceptance criteria

  • All tests pass.
  • Manual test against real Bedrock streaming endpoint succeeds.

Blocked by

PR-D1.

Blocks

PR-H2.

Rollback

git revert. Streaming Bedrock falls back to Python LiteLLM.


PR-D3 — Bedrock-side observability + auth-mode integration

Branch: realign-D3-bedrock-observability Worktree: ~/claude-projects/headroom-worktrees/realign-D3-bedrock-observability Risk: LOW LOC: +400

Scope

Per-Bedrock-model metrics, region tagging, IAM role attribution, and integration with auth-mode policy (Bedrock IAM = "oauth" mode by default; passthrough-prefer compression).

Files

Modify:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/bedrock/invoke.rs — auth_mode classification: when an inbound request hits /model/.../invoke, classify as AuthMode::OAuth for compression policy.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/observability/prometheus.rs — add bedrock_invoke_count_total{model, region}, bedrock_invoke_latency_seconds, bedrock_eventstream_message_count_total.

Add:

  • docs/bedrock.md — operator docs: how to configure AWS credentials, what models are supported (any anthropic.claude-*), what compression behavior to expect (live-zone-only, lossless preferred).

Tests added:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_authmode.rs::bedrock_classified_as_oauth
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_bedrock_authmode.rs::oauth_policy_passthrough_prefer

Acceptance criteria

  • Tests pass.
  • Prometheus scrape includes Bedrock metrics.

Blocked by

PR-D2, PR-F1 (auth-mode helper).

Blocks

PR-H2.

Rollback

git revert. Loses Bedrock observability; functional path unchanged.


PR-D4 — Native Vertex publisher path

Branch: realign-D4-vertex-native Worktree: ~/claude-projects/headroom-worktrees/realign-D4-vertex-native Risk: HIGH (new auth + envelope surface) LOC: +1300

Scope

Eliminate P4-38, P4-39 (Vertex parts). Add POST /v1beta1/projects/{project}/locations/{loc}/publishers/anthropic/models/{model}:rawPredict and :streamRawPredict routes. Vertex auth is GCP ADC (Application Default Credentials) → bearer token. Envelope: anthropic_version body field, no model field, GCP auth header.

Files

Add:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/vertex/mod.rs — module re-exports.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/vertex/adc.rs — GCP ADC bearer token resolution. Use gcp_auth crate.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/vertex/raw_predict.rs — POST handler.
  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/vertex/stream_raw_predict.rs — streaming handler. Vertex uses SSE for streaming (unlike Bedrock); the existing AnthropicStreamState from PR-C1 works directly.

Modify:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/src/lib.rs — route Vertex paths.
  • Cargo.toml workspace — add gcp_auth.

Tests added:

  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_vertex_raw_predict.rs::native_envelope_round_trip_byte_equal
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_vertex_raw_predict.rs::adc_bearer_token_signed_correctly
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_vertex_raw_predict.rs::thinking_block_preserved
  • crates/headroom-proxy/tests/integration_vertex_raw_predict.rs::stream_raw_predict_sse_handled

Acceptance criteria

  • All tests pass.
  • Manual test against a real Vertex endpoint succeeds.

Blocked by

PR-C1, PR-D1 (envelope pattern).

Blocks

PR-H2.

Rollback

git revert. Vertex requests fall back to LiteLLM Python. No regression for non-Rust-Vertex users.


Phase D acceptance summary

After all 4 PRs land:

  • Native Bedrock /model/{model}/invoke route in Rust
  • Native Bedrock /model/{model}/invoke-with-response-stream (binary EventStream parsed and translated)
  • SigV4 signing post-compression
  • All Anthropic block types preserved through Bedrock (thinking, redacted_thinking, document, search_result, image, server_tool_use, mcp_tool_use)
  • stop_sequence: null no longer hardcoded
  • tool_calls.function.arguments preserved as string
  • Native Vertex :rawPredict and :streamRawPredict routes
  • ADC bearer token resolution
  • Bedrock/Vertex classified as AuthMode::OAuth (passthrough-prefer compression)
  • Per-Bedrock-model and per-Vertex-model Prometheus metrics

Phase D retires P4-37, P4-38, P4-39, P4-43. Marketplace BYOC pitch (per project memory) becomes real.

After Phase D, the LiteLLM Python converter is no longer on the request path for Bedrock/Vertex — Phase H deletes it.