fix(llm): forward provider_params.timeout to the OpenAI-compatible embedding client - #1024
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…bedding client plastic-labs#832 and plastic-labs#903 added a configurable request timeout for the LLM registry and the Gemini embedding client respectively, but the OpenAI-compatible embedding client (src/embedding_client.py) was never wired up. It constructed AsyncOpenAI with no timeout at all, so a stalled socket against a slow or contended OpenAI-compatible backend (e.g. a self-hosted embedding model under load) wedges the deriver worker's event loop indefinitely — the exact failure plastic-labs#785/plastic-labs#903 describe, just via a code path plastic-labs#903 didn't cover. EmbeddingModelConfig now carries provider_params through from resolve_embedding_model_config, mirroring how resolve_model_config already does it for ModelConfig, and the OpenAI branch of _EmbeddingClient.__init__ extracts `timeout` via the existing request_timeout_from_extra_params helper. Unset stays unset — no existing behavior changes. Reproduced and verified against a real self-hosted deployment (local Ollama backend under load): before this fix, a single stuck embedding call blocked all deriver queue processing for 20+ minutes with no error logged, twice in one session.
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Caution Review failedAn error occurred during the review process. Please try again later. WalkthroughEmbedding configuration now supports an optional HTTP timeout. Configuration validates and resolves the value. OpenAI receives seconds, while Gemini receives milliseconds. Tests cover forwarding, defaults, environment parsing, and invalid values. ChangesEmbedding timeout configuration
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Embedding requests configured with a positive timeout below one millisecond can be converted to zero, which may disable the timeout and allow a stalled request to hang indefinitely. This bounded availability risk should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Configuration
participant resolve_embedding_model_config
participant EmbeddingClient
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Configuration->>resolve_embedding_model_config: configured timeout
resolve_embedding_model_config->>EmbeddingClient: runtime EmbeddingModelConfig
EmbeddingClient->>OpenAI: timeout in seconds when configured
EmbeddingClient->>Gemini: timeout in milliseconds or 10-minute default
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In `@docs/v3/contributing/configuration.mdx`:
- Around line 200-206: Update the configuration documentation around
embedding.model_config.overrides.provider_params to state that timeout applies
only to OpenAI-compatible embedding transports. Remove the claim that Gemini
supports this configurable option unless the Gemini embedding client is also
updated to map provider_params.timeout; preserve Gemini’s fixed 600,000 ms
timeout behavior.
In `@src/embedding_client.py`:
- Around line 227-232: Update the AsyncOpenAI construction in the embedding
client to omit the timeout keyword when request_timeout_from_extra_params
returns None, while preserving the explicit timeout when configured. Revise
test_openai_embedding_client_omits_timeout_when_unset to use a sentinel default
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provider_params is the LLM per-request escape hatch; embedding timeouts are client-construction knobs and belong next to max_batch_size. Wire the field for OpenAI and Gemini, omit the OpenAI kwarg when unset so the SDK default stays, and keep Gemini's 10-minute floor when unset.
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400-405: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueAdd Google-style docstrings to the timeout validators.
src/config.py#L400-L405: document validation, input units, normalization, and theNoneresult.src/config.py#L446-L451: add the same documentation for the runtime validator.As per coding guidelines, use Google-style docstrings.
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In `@src/embedding_client.py`:
- Around line 199-201: Update the timeout_ms calculation in the embedding
request path so positive config.timeout values below one millisecond become at
least 1 millisecond instead of 0, while retaining the 600-second default for
None. Add a test covering a positive fractional timeout below 0.001 seconds and
verify it produces a one-millisecond timeout.
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In `@src/config.py`:
- Around line 400-405: Update the _validate_timeout validator at src/config.py
lines 400-405 and the runtime timeout validator at src/config.py lines 446-451
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In the google-genai Python SDK (including version 2.0.1), the timeout parameter within HttpOptions is defined in milliseconds [1][2]. When the SDK processes requests, it converts this millisecond value into seconds for the underlying HTTP client (httpx or aiohttp) by dividing the provided value by 1000.0 [3][4]. Regarding a timeout value of zero: 1. SDK logic: The internal conversion logic checks if the timeout value is truthy [3]. If timeout is 0 or None, the resulting timeout passed to the underlying request method is set to None [3]. 2. Behavior: In most Python HTTP clients (like httpx, which the SDK uses by default), a timeout of None typically signifies that there is no time limit (i.e., the request will wait indefinitely until the server responds or the connection is otherwise closed) [3]. Therefore, setting the timeout to 0 in HttpOptions effectively disables the client-side timeout in the google-genai SDK [3]. If you are experiencing issues where requests still time out despite setting a high or zero timeout, note that other factors such as server-side limits, connection pooling, or specific streaming behavior might still influence request termination [5][2]. It is recommended to use positive integer values in milliseconds to set an explicit timeout [1].
Citations:
- 1: https://googleapis-python-genai-70.mintlify.app/guides/http-options
- 2: Can not set connection and total timeout for aiohttp streaming requests googleapis/python-genai#1899
- 3: https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/blob/4b5720a7/google/genai/_api_client.py
- 4: googleapis/python-genai@ad57025
- 5: Setting timeout in genai.Client() does not work googleapis/python-genai#911
Preserve positive sub-millisecond timeouts.
If config.timeout is positive but below 0.001 seconds, int(config.timeout * 1000) passes 0 to Gemini. google-genai treats 0 as no timeout, which can allow a stalled embedding request to hang. Round up to one millisecond or reject such values during validation. Add a fractional-timeout test.
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In `@src/embedding_client.py` around lines 199 - 201, Update the timeout_ms
calculation in the embedding request path so positive config.timeout values
below one millisecond become at least 1 millisecond instead of 0, while
retaining the 600-second default for None. Add a test covering a positive
fractional timeout below 0.001 seconds and verify it produces a one-millisecond
timeout.
Exercise EmbeddingModelConfig.timeout on one representative OpenAI and Gemini model: configured timeout lands on the SDK client, and a near-zero timeout aborts before the provider answers.
Resolve live_llm README conflict by keeping both oversize-truncate coverage (this PR) and EmbeddingModelConfig.timeout coverage (#1024).
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Description
#832 and #903 added a configurable per-request timeout for the LLM registry and the Gemini embedding client, respectively. The OpenAI-compatible embedding client (
src/embedding_client.py, theelse: # openaibranch of_EmbeddingClient.__init__) was never wired up to either — it constructsAsyncOpenAIwith notimeoutat all.The Gemini embedding client's own comment already names the failure mode this causes:
The OpenAI-compatible branch has the identical exposure, just uncovered by that fix. A stalled socket against a slow or contended OpenAI-compatible backend (a self-hosted embedding model under load, a flaky proxy, etc.) wedges the deriver worker's event loop indefinitely, blocking the in-process reconciler along with it — with nothing logged once the retry loop's second attempt goes silent.
This isn't hypothetical — I hit it twice in one self-hosted session (local Ollama backend under contention): the deriver went completely silent for 20+ minutes each time,
docker compose psstill reporting the container healthy the whole time, with no error surfaced anywhere short of tracing the actual socket state.Changes
EmbeddingModelConfignow carriesprovider_paramsthrough, mirroring howModelConfig/resolve_model_configalready do it —resolve_embedding_model_configforwardsconfigured.overrides.provider_paramsinstead of dropping it._EmbeddingClient.__init__extractstimeoutvia the existingrequest_timeout_from_extra_paramshelper (the same one the LLM registry backends use) and passes it intoAsyncOpenAI(...).config.toml.exampleanddocs/v3/contributing/configuration.mdxgain a short note that[embedding.model_config.overrides.provider_params]acceptstimeouttoo.Unset stays unset — same opt-in contract as #832, no existing behavior changes for anyone not setting this.
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test_openai_embedding_client_forwards_provider_timeoutandtest_openai_embedding_client_omits_timeout_when_unsettotests/llm/test_embedding_client.py, mirroring the existing Gemini timeout tests' styleFakeOpenAIClienttest doubles to accept the newtimeoutkwarguv run pytest tests/llm/— 279 passeduv run pytest tests/startup/test_embedding_validator.py tests/scripts/test_configure_embeddings.py(against a real Postgres+pgvector) — all passeduv run ruff check/ruff format --check/basedpyrighton all changed files — cleanSummary by CodeRabbit
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