fix: encode Responses image and file inputs as wire shapes, not IR enums - #530
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WalkthroughThe Responses codec now converts image and file sources into valid ChangesResponses media translation
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In `@crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/openai_chat/buffered.rs`:
- Line 1054: Add doc comments to the crate-visible helper functions
openai_image_part, openai_file_part, and the additional helpers at the
referenced locations, describing each conversion or fallback behavior;
explicitly document that openai_image_part and openai_file_part return None for
unmappable sources.
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| // Maps IR image sources to OpenAI Chat image content parts when possible. | ||
| fn openai_image_part(source: &ImageSource) -> Option<Value> { | ||
| pub(crate) fn openai_image_part(source: &ImageSource) -> Option<Value> { |
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Add doc comments to the crate-visible helpers.
These visibility changes make the helpers callable outside this module. Add /// comments that state each conversion or fallback behavior. Document that openai_image_part and openai_file_part return None for unmappable sources.
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+/// Converts an image source to an OpenAI Chat image part.
+///
+/// Returns `None` when the source has no supported OpenAI representation.
pub(crate) fn openai_image_part(source: &ImageSource) -> Option<Value> {
+/// Serializes an image source for a lossy text fallback.
pub(crate) fn image_source_text(source: &ImageSource) -> String {
+/// Converts a file source to an OpenAI Chat file part.
+///
+/// Returns `None` when the source has no supported OpenAI representation.
pub(crate) fn openai_file_part(source: &FileSource) -> Option<Value> {
+/// Serializes a file source for a lossy text fallback.
pub(crate) fn file_source_text(source: &FileSource) -> String {Also applies to: 1106-1106, 1121-1121, 1154-1154
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In `@crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/openai_chat/buffered.rs` at line
1054, Add doc comments to the crate-visible helper functions openai_image_part,
openai_file_part, and the additional helpers at the referenced locations,
describing each conversion or fallback behavior; explicitly document that
openai_image_part and openai_file_part return None for unmappable sources.
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@shoemoney Thanks for putting up the PR. I would highly appreciate a humanly written PR description which I can consume better and do a proper review. |
| // Maps IR file sources to Responses input_file parts when possible. | ||
| fn responses_file_part(source: &FileSource) -> Option<Value> { | ||
| let mut part = openai_file_part(source)?; | ||
| part["type"] = Value::String("input_file".to_string()); |
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I think this still leaves us with the Chat shape. openai_file_part gives us {"type":"file","file":{...}}, so changing only type produces {"type":"input_file","file":{...}}. I tried that against /v1/responses and it returned a 400—the file fields need to be at the top level. Could we lift the inner file object here instead? OpenAI’s type definition
| {"type": "input_file", "file": {"file_id": "file_123"}}, | ||
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| "type": "input_file", | ||
| "file": {"file_data": "ZG9jdW1lbnQ=", "filename": "report.pdf"} |
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I think these expected values need to be flattened too: file_id, or file_data and filename, should sit next to type. As written, the test is locking in the Chat wrapper that Responses rejects.
The Responses request encoder splatted ImageSource and FileSource into
input_image and input_file blocks verbatim. Both enums are adjacently
tagged (serde tag = "type", content = "data"), so a Chat client image
{"type":"image_url","image_url":{"url":...,"detail":"high"}} came out as
{"type":"input_image","image_url":{"type":"url","data":{...}}}. OpenAI's
/v1/responses requires image_url to be a string and rejects the request
with 400. FileSource::FileId became {"file":{"type":"file_id","data":...}},
a shape even this repo's own decode_file_source cannot read back, so
chained Switchyard hops broke too.
Reuse the Chat mappings (openai_image_part, openai_file_part) and lift
them into the flat Responses layout: image_url as a plain string or data
URI with an optional detail field, and file parts keyed under "file"
exactly as decode_file_source expects. Unmappable sources fall back to
text with a lossy diagnostic, matching the Chat encoder.
Sibling precedent: PR NVIDIA-NeMo#470 (merged 2026-08-20, fixes NVIDIA-NeMo#468) gave the
Anthropic buffered encoder exactly this treatment, data-URI/base64
mapping for image sources, and openai_chat/buffered.rs has always mapped
the enum properly via openai_image_part; the Responses encoder twin
never got either fix.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Schoemaker <jeremy@shoemoney.com>
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Fix the OpenAI Responses request encoder so image and file content encodes as Responses wire shapes instead of serialized IR enums.
ImageSource::Urlbecomes{"type": "input_image", "image_url": "<url>"}with an optionaldetailfield,ImageSource::Base64becomes adata:URI string, and raw sources reuse the Chat codec's raw-shape recognition. Unmappable sources fall back to text with a lossy diagnostic, matching the Chat encoder.FileSourceencodes as{"type": "input_file", "file": {"file_id": ...}}or{"type": "input_file", "file": {"file_data": ..., "filename": ...}}, the same shapedecode_file_sourcereads back.Why
ImageSourceandFileSourceare adjacently tagged (#[serde(tag = "type", content = "data")], crates/protocol/src/llm.rs:135), so the splats at crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs:1145 and :1172 emitted the serde enum encoding, not a wire shape. A Chat client image part{"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "https://example.test/image.png", "detail": "high"}}routed to anopenai_responsesbackend produced{"type": "input_image", "image_url": {"type": "url", "data": {"detail": "high", "url": "..."}}}. OpenAI's /v1/responses requiresimage_urlto be a string and rejects the object form with a 400 invalid-request error.FileSource::FileId("file_123")became{"type": "input_file", "file": {"type": "file_id", "data": "file_123"}}, a shape even Switchyard's owndecode_file_source(crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/openai_chat/buffered.rs:591) cannot read back, so chained Switchyard hops broke too.The audio and video arms directly below already destructure
MediaSource; only the image and file arms splatted. #470 gave the Anthropic buffered encoder this same treatment for image sources, and the Chat encoder has always mapped the enum viaopenai_image_part(crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/openai_chat/buffered.rs:1054); the Responses encoder never got either fix. The lossless_roundtrip suite does not catch it because embedded preservation replays the captured original for same-format hops; any fresh Chat-to-Responses or Anthropic-to-Responses encode hits it.How tested
tests/request_translation.rs: Chat image (URL with detail, data URI) and file (file_id, file_data) parts translating to Responses input, and an Anthropic base64 image translating to a Responses data-URI string. Both fail on main with the encoder change reverted and pass with it.cargo test --workspacegreen: 613 passed, 0 failed.cargo fmt --all --checkandcargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warningsclean.Checklist
Signed-off-by: Your Name <email>) per the DCO.Notes for reviewers
Deliberately not changed: the decode side.
input_filehere emits the nested{"file": {...}}shape thatdecode_file_sourcealready round-trips (and that mirrorsopenai_file_part); OpenAI's flat nativeinput_filefields (file_data/filenameat the block top level) still decode asFileSource::Raw. Wideningdecode_file_sourceto accept the flat shape is a separate decode-side change and is out of scope for this encoder fix.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
input_imageparts, preserving supported detail settings.input_fileparts.Bug Fixes