test(providers): ladder-to-wire effort parity harness across all lanes

Proves the effort-ladder projection against the real request path
instead of against the mapping helpers it shares with it. For 22
(provider lane x capability shape) points — both Anthropic lanes,
openai-compatible on both API surfaces, openai, google (default and
template-override hybrid), xai (default and inert-override), and the
DeepSeek/qwen template contracts — every knob position is driven
through the actual provider create_streaming against a recording fake
client, and two invariants are asserted per shape:

1. each ladder token decodes to an expected effort wire subset
   (toggle / template effort / flat param / thinking budget /
   output_config) that must equal the captured kwargs exactly;
2. two knob positions carry equal tokens iff they produce identical
   effort-relevant wire payloads — the grouping promise the UI
   annotations lean on.

The RecordingClient SDK-seam stub moves from the wire-payload golden
harness into tests/_wire_capture.py so both suites capture at the same
seam. Verified the harness catches the bug class it was built for:
re-adding xai to _CHAT_LANES fails xai-template-override-inert.
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"""Recording fake SDK client — captures the kwargs at each provider's seam.
Every provider's ``create_streaming`` assembles its kwargs and calls the
SDK *eagerly* before returning the stream iterator (Anthropic
``client.messages.stream``, OpenAI ``client.chat.completions.create``,
Responses ``client.responses.create/stream``), so driving a provider
against a :class:`RecordingClient` captures the full composed request
payload without a network round-trip.
Shared by the wire-payload golden harness (``test_wire_payload_golden``)
and the effort-ladder parity harness (``test_effort_ladder_wire_parity``)
so both assert against the same capture seam.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from collections.abc import Iterator
class _EmptyStream:
"""Stand-in for an SDK stream / stream-manager: empty iterable AND no-op CM."""
def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Any]:
return iter(())
def __enter__(self) -> _EmptyStream:
return self
def __exit__(self, *exc: object) -> None:
return None
class _Seam:
"""Records the kwargs of a single SDK call, returns an empty stream stub."""
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self._sink = sink
def __call__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> _EmptyStream:
# Last write wins; only one seam is exercised per provider call.
self._sink["payload"] = kwargs
return _EmptyStream()
class _Completions:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.create = _Seam(sink)
class _Chat:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.completions = _Completions(sink)
class _Messages:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.stream = _Seam(sink)
class _Responses:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.create = _Seam(sink)
self.stream = _Seam(sink)
class RecordingClient:
"""Fake SDK client exposing every provider's call seam, recording kwargs."""
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
self.messages = _Messages(self.captured)
self.chat = _Chat(self.captured)
self.responses = _Responses(self.captured)
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"""Ladder↔wire parity harness — the effort ladder must tell the truth.
``effort_ladder`` *projects* the session effort knob through the same
mapping functions the providers use at request time. This suite proves
that projection against the REAL request path: for every provider lane
and capability shape, each knob position is driven through the actual
provider ``create_streaming`` against a recording fake client (the same
SDK-seam capture the wire-payload goldens use), the effort-relevant
subset of the captured kwargs is extracted, and it must equal what the
ladder token decodes to. Two invariants per shape:
1. **Semantics** — each ladder token decodes to an expected wire subset
(``on``/``off`` ⇒ the chat-template toggle, ``budget:N`` ⇒ Anthropic
thinking budget, a bare level ⇒ the lane's flat/effort channel) and
the observed wire subset must match it exactly.
2. **Grouping** — the ladder's core promise: two knob positions carry
equal ``effective`` tokens if and only if they produce identical
effort-relevant wire payloads.
A failure here means the UI annotates behavior the wire does not have —
the bug class that shipped xai in the ladder's chat-lane set even though
``XAIProvider`` rides the Responses surface, which drops ``extra_body``.
The harness goes through ``create_provider`` (not direct classes) so the
provider ROUTING the ladder assumes — e.g. ``api_surface="responses"``
selecting the Responses adapter — is itself under test.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import contextlib
import dataclasses
import itertools
from typing import Any
import pytest
from tests._wire_capture import RecordingClient
from turnstone.core.providers import create_provider
from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import ModelCapabilities
from turnstone.core.providers.effort_ladder import KNOB_VALUES, effort_ladder
# Big enough that Anthropic manual-mode budgets are never clamped by
# max_tokens (the ladder documents budgets unclamped).
_MAX_TOKENS = 32_000
@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
class Shape:
"""One (provider lane, capability shape) point of the parity matrix."""
id: str
provider: str
caps: ModelCapabilities
api_surface: str = ""
model: str = "m"
# Real registry rows for the two lanes whose defaults carry effort values —
# parity should cover what ships, not only synthetic shapes.
_GEMINI_CAPS = create_provider("google").get_capabilities("gemini-3-flash")
_GROK_CAPS = create_provider("xai").get_capabilities("grok-4.3")
SHAPES: tuple[Shape, ...] = (
# -- anthropic-compatible (vLLM /v1/messages): template channel only --
Shape(
"compat-toggle-manual",
"anthropic-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="manual", thinking_param="enable_thinking"),
),
Shape(
"compat-toggle-adaptive",
"anthropic-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="adaptive", thinking_param="enable_thinking"),
),
Shape(
"compat-freeform-effort",
"anthropic-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="manual",
thinking_param="thinking",
effort_param="reasoning_effort",
),
),
Shape(
# DeepSeek-V4 official contract: toggle + effort in {high, max}.
"compat-validated-effort",
"anthropic-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="manual",
thinking_param="thinking",
effort_param="reasoning_effort",
reasoning_effort_values=("high", "max"),
default_reasoning_effort="high",
),
),
Shape(
"compat-inert",
"anthropic-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="none"),
),
# -- openai-compatible on the Chat Completions surface: both channels --
Shape(
"oc-toggle-only",
"openai-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="manual", thinking_param="enable_thinking"),
),
Shape(
"oc-toggle-plus-flat",
"openai-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="manual",
thinking_param="enable_thinking",
reasoning_effort_values=("low", "medium", "high"),
default_reasoning_effort="medium",
),
),
Shape(
"oc-effort-param-suppresses-flat",
"openai-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="manual",
thinking_param="enable_thinking",
effort_param="reasoning_effort",
reasoning_effort_values=("low", "medium", "high"),
default_reasoning_effort="medium",
),
),
Shape(
"oc-flat-only",
"openai-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(
reasoning_effort_values=("low", "medium", "high"),
default_reasoning_effort="medium",
),
),
Shape(
"oc-adaptive",
"openai-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="adaptive", thinking_param="enable_thinking"),
),
# -- openai-compatible pinned to the Responses surface: template caps
# become inert and only the native flat channel remains --
Shape(
"oc-responses-surface",
"openai-compatible",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="manual",
thinking_param="enable_thinking",
effort_param="reasoning_effort",
reasoning_effort_values=("low", "medium", "high"),
default_reasoning_effort="medium",
),
api_surface="responses",
),
# -- commercial flat lanes --
Shape(
"openai-flat",
"openai",
ModelCapabilities(
reasoning_effort_values=("low", "medium", "high"),
default_reasoning_effort="medium",
),
),
Shape("google-default", "google", _GEMINI_CAPS, model="gemini-3-flash"),
Shape(
# GoogleProvider subclasses the chat provider, so a template
# override DOES change real requests — hybrid toggle + flat.
"google-manual-override",
"google",
dataclasses.replace(_GEMINI_CAPS, thinking_mode="manual", thinking_param="enable_thinking"),
model="gemini-3-flash",
),
Shape("xai-default", "xai", _GROK_CAPS, model="grok-4.3"),
Shape(
# XAIProvider rides the Responses surface: template overrides are
# inert on the wire, and the ladder must not pretend otherwise.
"xai-template-override-inert",
"xai",
dataclasses.replace(
_GROK_CAPS,
thinking_mode="manual",
thinking_param="enable_thinking",
effort_param="reasoning_effort",
),
model="grok-4.3",
),
# -- native Anthropic --
Shape(
"anthropic-adaptive-effort",
"anthropic",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="adaptive",
supports_effort=True,
effort_levels=("low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"),
),
model="claude-fable-5",
),
Shape(
"anthropic-adaptive-plain",
"anthropic",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="adaptive"),
model="claude-fable-5",
),
Shape(
"anthropic-manual-budgets",
"anthropic",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="manual"),
model="claude-3-7-sonnet-latest",
),
Shape(
"anthropic-manual-plus-effort",
"anthropic",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="manual",
supports_effort=True,
effort_levels=("low", "medium", "high"),
),
model="claude-3-7-sonnet-latest",
),
Shape(
"anthropic-none-effort",
"anthropic",
ModelCapabilities(
thinking_mode="none",
supports_effort=True,
effort_levels=("low", "medium", "high"),
),
model="claude-3-5-haiku-latest",
),
Shape(
"anthropic-inert",
"anthropic",
ModelCapabilities(thinking_mode="none"),
model="claude-3-5-haiku-latest",
),
)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Wire capture + effort-subset extraction
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def _wire_payload(shape: Shape, knob: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Drive the real provider request path; return the captured SDK kwargs."""
provider = create_provider(shape.provider, api_surface=shape.api_surface or None)
client = RecordingClient()
gen = provider.create_streaming(
client=client,
model=shape.model,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
max_tokens=_MAX_TOKENS,
reasoning_effort=knob,
capabilities=shape.caps,
)
# kwargs are recorded eagerly during the call above; close the
# unconsumed iterator so stream-manager cleanup runs on the stub.
close = getattr(gen, "close", None)
if callable(close):
with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
close()
assert "payload" in client.captured, f"{shape.id}: provider made no SDK call"
return dict(client.captured["payload"])
def _effort_wire_subset(payload: dict[str, Any], caps: ModelCapabilities) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Every effort-related lever in *payload*, normalized across lanes.
Keys: ``thinking`` (native Anthropic param), ``output_effort``
(Anthropic ``output_config.effort``), ``flat`` (Chat Completions
``reasoning_effort`` / Responses ``reasoning.effort``), ``toggle``
and ``template_effort`` (``extra_body.chat_template_kwargs``).
"""
subset: dict[str, Any] = {}
if "thinking" in payload:
subset["thinking"] = payload["thinking"]
output_config = payload.get("output_config")
if isinstance(output_config, dict) and "effort" in output_config:
subset["output_effort"] = output_config["effort"]
if "reasoning_effort" in payload:
subset["flat"] = payload["reasoning_effort"]
reasoning = payload.get("reasoning")
if isinstance(reasoning, dict) and "effort" in reasoning:
subset["flat"] = reasoning["effort"]
extra_body = payload.get("extra_body")
ctk = extra_body.get("chat_template_kwargs") if isinstance(extra_body, dict) else None
if isinstance(ctk, dict):
known = {caps.thinking_param, caps.effort_param} - {""}
unexpected = set(ctk) - known
assert not unexpected, f"unexpected chat_template_kwargs keys: {unexpected}"
if caps.thinking_param in ctk:
subset["toggle"] = ctk[caps.thinking_param]
if caps.effort_param and caps.effort_param in ctk:
subset["template_effort"] = ctk[caps.effort_param]
return subset
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Ladder-token decoding — the token grammar, made executable
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def _decode_token(shape: Shape, token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Expected effort wire subset for a ladder ``effective`` token."""
caps = shape.caps
if shape.provider == "anthropic":
return _decode_native(caps, token)
if shape.provider in ("openai", "xai") or shape.api_surface == "responses":
return {} if token == "default" else {"flat": token}
return _decode_template(shape.provider, caps, token)
def _decode_native(caps: ModelCapabilities, token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
if caps.thinking_mode == "adaptive":
# Thinking is unconditionally adaptive; a non-"adaptive" token is
# the output_config effort level riding on top.
expected: dict[str, Any] = {"thinking": {"type": "adaptive"}}
if token != "adaptive":
expected["output_effort"] = token
return expected
if token in ("default", "off"):
return {}
effort, sep, budget = token.partition("·budget:")
if sep:
return {
"output_effort": effort,
"thinking": {"type": "enabled", "budget_tokens": int(budget)},
}
if token.startswith("budget:"):
budget_tokens = int(token.removeprefix("budget:"))
return {"thinking": {"type": "enabled", "budget_tokens": budget_tokens}}
return {"output_effort": token}
def _decode_template(provider: str, caps: ModelCapabilities, token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
if token == "default":
return {}
parts = token.split("+")
expected: dict[str, Any] = {}
if parts[0] in ("on", "off"):
expected["toggle"] = parts[0] == "on"
parts = parts[1:]
if parts:
assert len(parts) == 1, f"unparseable ladder token: {token!r}"
if caps.effort_param:
expected["template_effort"] = parts[0]
else:
# The anthropic-compatible lane has no flat channel, so a
# bare effort part there could only be the template key.
assert provider != "anthropic-compatible", token
expected["flat"] = parts[0]
return expected
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# The parity tests
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@pytest.mark.parametrize("shape", SHAPES, ids=lambda s: s.id)
def test_ladder_tokens_match_wire(shape: Shape) -> None:
"""Invariant 1: each token's decoded meaning equals the captured wire."""
ladder = effort_ladder(shape.provider, shape.caps, shape.api_surface)
assert [row["value"] for row in ladder] == list(KNOB_VALUES)
for row in ladder:
knob, token = row["value"], row["effective"]
observed = _effort_wire_subset(_wire_payload(shape, knob), shape.caps)
expected = _decode_token(shape, token)
assert observed == expected, (
f"{shape.id}/knob={knob}: ladder says {token!r} which decodes to "
f"{expected}, but the wire carries {observed}"
)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("shape", SHAPES, ids=lambda s: s.id)
def test_equal_tokens_iff_equal_wire(shape: Shape) -> None:
"""Invariant 2: token equality ⇔ effort-wire equality, per shape."""
tokens = {
row["value"]: row["effective"]
for row in effort_ladder(shape.provider, shape.caps, shape.api_surface)
}
subsets = {
knob: _effort_wire_subset(_wire_payload(shape, knob), shape.caps) for knob in KNOB_VALUES
}
for a, b in itertools.combinations(KNOB_VALUES, 2):
same_token = tokens[a] == tokens[b]
same_wire = subsets[a] == subsets[b]
assert same_token == same_wire, (
f"{shape.id}: knobs {a!r}/{b!r} have "
f"{'equal' if same_token else 'distinct'} tokens "
f"({tokens[a]!r} vs {tokens[b]!r}) but "
f"{'identical' if same_wire else 'different'} wire subsets "
f"({subsets[a]} vs {subsets[b]})"
)
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import pytest
from tests._wire_capture import RecordingClient
from turnstone.core.lowering import repair_wire_messages
from turnstone.core.providers._anthropic import AnthropicProvider
from turnstone.core.providers._google import GoogleProvider
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from turnstone.core.providers._openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesProvider
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from collections.abc import Iterator
from turnstone.core.providers._protocol import LLMProvider
GOLDEN_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "wire_payloads"
_UPDATE = os.environ.get("UPDATE_WIRE_GOLDENS") == "1"
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Recording fake client — captures the kwargs at each provider's SDK seam.
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class _EmptyStream:
"""Stand-in for an SDK stream / stream-manager: empty iterable AND no-op CM."""
def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Any]:
return iter(())
def __enter__(self) -> _EmptyStream:
return self
def __exit__(self, *exc: object) -> None:
return None
class _Seam:
"""Records the kwargs of a single SDK call, returns an empty stream stub."""
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self._sink = sink
def __call__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> _EmptyStream:
# Last write wins; only one seam is exercised per provider call.
self._sink["payload"] = kwargs
return _EmptyStream()
class _Completions:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.create = _Seam(sink)
class _Chat:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.completions = _Completions(sink)
class _Messages:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.stream = _Seam(sink)
class _Responses:
def __init__(self, sink: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
self.create = _Seam(sink)
self.stream = _Seam(sink)
class RecordingClient:
"""Fake SDK client exposing every provider's call seam, recording kwargs."""
def __init__(self) -> None:
self.captured: dict[str, Any] = {}
self.messages = _Messages(self.captured)
self.chat = _Chat(self.captured)
self.responses = _Responses(self.captured)
def _capture(
provider: LLMProvider, *, model: str, messages: list[dict[str, Any]], **opts: Any
) -> dict[str, Any]: