fix(translation): emit Responses tool arguments once when decoding

[arozumenko]

What

Fixes duplicated function-call arguments when decoding an OpenAI Responses stream.

response.output_item.done repeats the complete arguments that the delta events already carried, so decode_responses_output_item_done suppresses it when it matches what has been seen. That comparison read StreamToolState::arguments — a field no decoder writes. It is populated by the Anthropic encoder (codecs/anthropic/stream.rs), so the check only held when a single StreamTranslationState performed both halves of the translation.

The decoder now accumulates into its own decoded_arguments, so deduplication holds regardless of which state encodes, or whether anything encodes at all.

Why

libsy buffers a streamed turn with its own state and encodes later (algorithms/advisor_gate/turn.rs), so the guard always saw an empty string. Every llm_classifier route emitted the tool arguments twice. passthrough was unaffected, because one state does both decode and encode there.

Observed against switchyard-server 0.2.0 with a live Azure gpt-5.6 target. An Anthropic client accumulating input_json_delta received:

{"skill":"demo:thing","args":{}}{"skill":"demo:thing","args":{}}

Claude Code rejects that with InputValidationError: The parameter '' type is expected as 'object' but provided as 'string', so every tool-using agent session fails on any llm_classifier route.

Measured across route types, same tool and prompt:

Route	Streamed tool arguments
passthrough	correct
llm_classifier (capability)	doubled
llm_classifier (escalation)	doubled, and JSON-encoded again by the replay path

The extra encoding in escalation mode disappears once the duplication is fixed; it was a consequence, not a separate defect.

Why this survived to 0.2.0

It requires four things at once: Anthropic Messages inbound, Responses upstream, streaming, and a route that decodes with its own state. benchmark/server-configs/tb-lite-llm-classifier-*.toml uses format = "openai_chat", so classifier benchmarks never exercise the Responses upstream; and the Codex path is Responses-in/Responses-out, where encode_stream_event replays preserved JSON verbatim and never touches the normalized chunks.

Anthropic-in with Responses-upstream is forced by pairing Claude Code with a GPT-5.6 target, which requires /v1/responses for function tools with a reasoning effort.

How tested

• cargo fmt --all --check clean
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings clean (excluding switchyard-py, which does not link outside a Python build env locally)
• cargo test --workspace --exclude switchyard-py green
• New regression test responses_decode_emits_tool_arguments_once fails before the change and passes after
• Manual smoke: rebuilt switchyard-server, ran an llm_classifier escalation route against Azure gpt-5.6 through a real Anthropic Messages client. Accumulated partial_json before: {"skill":…}{"skill":…} string-wrapped; after: {"args":{},"skill":"demo:thing"}, parsing as an object.

Python gates were not run — this change is Rust-only.

Checklist

• Unit tests added for the bug fix.
• Commits signed off per the DCO.
• README / --help unchanged — no customer-facing surface change.

Notes for reviewers

• The regression test asserts at the decoder boundary deliberately. A test that decodes and encodes through one state passes even with the bug present, which is exactly how it hid.
• I checked the other decoders: openai_chat forwards its argument deltas without deduplicating, and Chat Completions has no terminal repeat, so it does not share the flaw. Only the Anthropic encoder touches tool_states.
• Touches the same file as fix(translation): harden Responses compatibility #416, which hardens the Responses encoder and request decoder. The concerns do not overlap, but a textual conflict is possible.
• Not exercised: parallel tool calls, where the per-output_index accumulation matters more than in the single-call reproduction.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed streaming function-call arguments being duplicated when responses are buffered or processed across multiple translation steps.
  • Ensured accumulated tool-call arguments are emitted exactly once and preserve the original JSON content.

• Tests

  • Added regression coverage for streamed function-call argument handling, including incremental updates and completed items.

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Walkthrough

The change adds separate source-decoded argument state and updates Responses stream decoding to prevent duplicate function-call arguments. A regression test verifies that repeated completion events emit the arguments once.

Changes

Responses stream argument handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Decoded argument state crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/stream.rs	StreamToolState now stores source-decoded arguments separately from encoder-accumulated arguments.
Responses argument decoding and regression test crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/stream.rs, crates/switchyard-translation/tests/stream_translation.rs	Output-item decoding records initial function-call arguments. Completion decoding compares final arguments with decoded state and avoids duplicate deltas. The regression test verifies single emission.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 61be0

The decoder change and regression coverage address the duplicated-arguments behavior; only a non-functional test-comment cleanup remains. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Poem

I’m a rabbit guarding each JSON crumb,
No doubled arguments shall overcome.
Delta hops forward, completion stays neat,
One tool-call payload, short and sweet.
Stream state remembers what came before—
I thump my paws and duplicate no more!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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