headroom/tests/test_gemini_function_response_waste.py
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fix(gemini): surface functionResponse payloads to waste-signal detection (#897)
## Problem

Fixes #819.

Gemini `functionResponse` parts are preserved verbatim on the wire (by
design — they are never compressed), but their payloads never reached
`parse_messages`: `_gemini_contents_to_messages` only extracts `text`
parts. Tool output — where most waste lives — contributed nothing to
waste detection on either Gemini path, so `json_bloat`, `repetition`,
and the new `reread` signal (#853/#854) were all blind to it.

## Fix (telemetry-only)

1. **`_gemini_contents_to_messages(...,
include_function_responses=True)`** — new keyword-only flag. When set,
each `functionResponse` payload is additionally emitted as a
`role="tool"` message (dict payloads JSON-serialized, strings passed
through, missing/`None` responses skipped). `preserved_indices`
semantics are unchanged: the entries are still restored verbatim on the
wire.
2. **`TransformPipeline.apply(..., waste_messages=...)`** — new optional
kwarg (popped before transforms, like `record_metrics`). When provided,
the waste-signal parse runs over this richer list instead of the
transform input. Transforms, token accounting, and savings deltas are
untouched — this is why the richer list is not simply fed to the
pipeline: compressed copies of preserved entries are discarded on
rebuild, which would corrupt savings reporting.
3. Both Gemini `generateContent` paths (native + Cloud Code Assist)
build the enriched list and pass it through.

The existing `role="tool"` parsing from #815 handles the rest:
tool_result blocks, waste flags, and reread grouping all apply.

## Tests

`tests/test_gemini_function_response_waste.py` — 11 new tests:
- conversion: default unchanged (regression), dict/string payloads,
missing response skipped, text-before-tool ordering, preserved_indices
unchanged, circular-reference fallback
- parsing: functionResponse payload produces tool_result blocks +
`json_bloat`; identical payloads far apart count as `reread`
- pipeline: `waste_messages` overrides the waste source, does not affect
transform output/token counts, falls back to transform input when absent

Full local sweep of touched suites: gemini multimodal, parser, safety
rails, canonical pipeline — green. The 13 failures in
`test_proxy_gemini_*_integration.py` are credential-dependent and
identical on clean `main`.

## Live proof

Mock Gemini upstream on a real port, proxy with `optimize=True`;
conversation with a large functionResponse payload served twice (5
messages apart) plus compressible model text:

```
waste_signals: { "json_bloat": 35003, "reread": 11673, ... }
PROOF OK: waste visible, wire verbatim
```

Upstream received both `functionResponse` entries byte-identical to the
client request.

## Known limitations / follow-ups

- The Cloud Code Assist path passes `waste_messages` but does not yet
consume `result.waste_signals` into a recorded outcome (pre-existing
gap; the native path records it).
- Requests where **all** content entries are preserved (pure
functionResponse/media conversations) early-exit before the pipeline and
still produce no waste signals.
- Codex/Responses-API counterpart is #820 (separate PR).

Co-authored-by: integration-check <integration@local>
2026-06-12 17:09:20 -05:00

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"""Gemini functionResponse waste-signal visibility (issue #819).
Gemini ``functionResponse`` parts are preserved verbatim on the wire (never
compressed), but their payloads previously never reached ``parse_messages``,
so tool output — where most waste lives — contributed nothing to waste
detection on the Gemini paths.
The fix is telemetry-only:
1. ``_gemini_contents_to_messages(..., include_function_responses=True)``
additionally emits each functionResponse payload as a ``role="tool"``
message.
2. ``TransformPipeline.apply(..., waste_messages=...)`` parses that richer
list for waste signals instead of the transform input. The transform path
and token accounting are untouched.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import pytest
pytest.importorskip("fastapi")
pytest.importorskip("httpx")
from headroom import OpenAIProvider, Tokenizer
from headroom.config import HeadroomConfig
from headroom.parser import parse_messages
from headroom.proxy.server import HeadroomProxy, ProxyConfig
from headroom.transforms.pipeline import TransformPipeline
_provider = OpenAIProvider()
@pytest.fixture
def proxy() -> HeadroomProxy:
config = ProxyConfig(
optimize=False,
cache_enabled=False,
rate_limit_enabled=False,
cost_tracking_enabled=False,
)
return HeadroomProxy(config)
@pytest.fixture
def tokenizer() -> Tokenizer:
return Tokenizer(_provider.get_token_counter("gpt-4o"), "gpt-4o")
def _big_payload(rows: int = 200) -> dict:
return {
"result": [
{"id": i, "name": f"item_{i}", "status": "ok", "score": i * 3.14} for i in range(rows)
]
}
def _function_response_content(payload: object, name: str = "fetch_data") -> dict:
return {
"role": "user",
"parts": [{"functionResponse": {"name": name, "response": payload}}],
}
class TestFunctionResponseConversion:
def test_default_conversion_emits_no_tool_messages(self, proxy):
contents = [
{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "fetch the data"}]},
_function_response_content(_big_payload()),
]
messages, preserved = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(contents)
assert [m["role"] for m in messages] == ["user"]
assert preserved == {1}
def test_flag_emits_tool_message_for_dict_response(self, proxy):
payload = _big_payload()
contents = [
{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "fetch the data"}]},
_function_response_content(payload),
]
messages, preserved = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(
contents, include_function_responses=True
)
assert [m["role"] for m in messages] == ["user", "tool"]
assert json.loads(messages[1]["content"]) == payload
# preserved_indices semantics unchanged: the entry is still restored
# verbatim on the wire regardless of the telemetry conversion.
assert preserved == {1}
def test_flag_passes_string_response_through(self, proxy):
contents = [_function_response_content("plain text tool output")]
messages, _ = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(contents, include_function_responses=True)
assert messages == [{"role": "tool", "content": "plain text tool output"}]
def test_flag_skips_missing_response(self, proxy):
contents = [
{"role": "user", "parts": [{"functionResponse": {"name": "noop"}}]},
{"role": "user", "parts": [{"functionResponse": {"name": "none", "response": None}}]},
]
messages, _ = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(contents, include_function_responses=True)
assert messages == []
def test_flag_emits_text_before_tool_within_entry(self, proxy):
contents = [
{
"role": "user",
"parts": [
{"text": "tool said:"},
{"functionResponse": {"name": "f", "response": "output"}},
],
}
]
messages, _ = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(contents, include_function_responses=True)
assert [m["role"] for m in messages] == ["user", "tool"]
assert messages[0]["content"] == "tool said:"
assert messages[1]["content"] == "output"
def test_unserializable_response_falls_back_to_str(self, proxy):
circular: dict = {"name": "loop"}
circular["self"] = circular
text = proxy._function_response_text({"response": circular})
assert "loop" in text
class TestFunctionResponseWasteParsing:
def test_function_response_payload_reaches_waste_signals(self, proxy, tokenizer):
contents = [
{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": "fetch the data"}]},
_function_response_content(_big_payload()),
]
messages, _ = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(contents, include_function_responses=True)
blocks, _, waste = parse_messages(messages, tokenizer)
assert any(b.kind == "tool_result" for b in blocks)
assert waste.json_bloat_tokens > 0
def test_repeated_function_response_counts_as_reread(self, proxy, tokenizer):
payload = _big_payload()
filler = [{"role": "user", "parts": [{"text": f"working on step {i}"}]} for i in range(5)]
contents = [
_function_response_content(payload),
*filler,
_function_response_content(payload),
]
messages, _ = proxy._gemini_contents_to_messages(contents, include_function_responses=True)
_, _, waste = parse_messages(messages, tokenizer)
assert waste.reread_tokens > 0
class TestPipelineWasteMessages:
@staticmethod
def _base_messages() -> list[dict]:
# Compressible enough that the pipeline clears the >100 saved-token
# gate that guards waste-signal detection.
return [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Inspect the data set."},
{"role": "tool", "content": json.dumps(_big_payload(400)["result"])},
]
def test_waste_messages_override_waste_source(self, tokenizer):
messages = self._base_messages()
extra_tool = {"role": "tool", "content": json.dumps(_big_payload(300))}
baseline = TransformPipeline(HeadroomConfig()).apply(
[dict(m) for m in messages], model="gpt-4o", model_limit=128000
)
enriched = TransformPipeline(HeadroomConfig()).apply(
[dict(m) for m in messages],
model="gpt-4o",
model_limit=128000,
waste_messages=[*messages, extra_tool],
)
assert baseline.waste_signals is not None
assert enriched.waste_signals is not None
assert enriched.waste_signals.json_bloat_tokens > baseline.waste_signals.json_bloat_tokens
def test_waste_messages_do_not_affect_transform_output(self, tokenizer):
messages = self._base_messages()
extra_tool = {"role": "tool", "content": json.dumps(_big_payload(300))}
baseline = TransformPipeline(HeadroomConfig()).apply(
[dict(m) for m in messages], model="gpt-4o", model_limit=128000
)
enriched = TransformPipeline(HeadroomConfig()).apply(
[dict(m) for m in messages],
model="gpt-4o",
model_limit=128000,
waste_messages=[*messages, extra_tool],
)
assert enriched.messages == baseline.messages
assert enriched.tokens_before == baseline.tokens_before
assert enriched.tokens_after == baseline.tokens_after
def test_no_waste_messages_falls_back_to_transform_input(self, tokenizer):
result = TransformPipeline(HeadroomConfig()).apply(
[dict(m) for m in self._base_messages()], model="gpt-4o", model_limit=128000
)
assert result.waste_signals is not None
assert result.waste_signals.json_bloat_tokens > 0