cold-audit catch from 2026-05-23
Cold-audit Finding 17 (P2 fallback correctness). ADR 0004 § Trigger
taxonomy Hard triggers bullet 3 says "Provider CLI exit code ≠ 0
**with no usable response chunks streamed**" — the qualifier was
not honored. Pre-D16 code in `collectAllChunks` re-raised SPAWN_FAILED
unconditionally, discarding any partial chunks. Concrete failure:
provider yields 1000 chars of completion then exits non-zero (e.g.,
post-stream cleanup error) → chunks dropped, fallback to next provider,
user pays double spawn cost and loses the original provider's output.
Coordinated change across two layers, single commit per the
ADR-with-code pattern (D11 / D15 precedent):
1. docs/adr/0004-fallback-engine.md — Amendment 1 (top of doc, matching
D11/D15 placement convention):
- Documents the "usable chunks streamed" semantics precisely
- Behavior split: chunks.length > 0 + SPAWN_FAILED → synthesize stop
+ return (Case B); chunks.length === 0 + SPAWN_FAILED → re-throw
(Case A, hard trigger fires as before)
- finish_reason='length' rationale (4 reasons documented)
- Streaming-path note: ADR 0004 first-chunk rule already handles the
analogous case for D10's real-streaming branch; D16 applies to
buffered path only
- Cache behavior: write-through `getOrCompute` (preserves D4 singleflight
during truncation event) then evict via `set(ttlMs=0)` (so future
fresh callers re-spawn). `__truncated` non-enumerable marker
travels with the chunks array for follower visibility
2. server.mjs `collectAllChunks` salvage path:
- try/catch around the for-await loop
- On SPAWN_FAILED with chunks.length > 0: synthesize stop chunk
`{type:'stop', finish_reason:'length'}`, log warn event
`spawn_failed_after_usable_chunks`, mark chunks array with
non-enumerable `__truncated`, return (no re-throw)
- On SPAWN_FAILED with chunks.length === 0 OR any other error:
re-throw (preserves existing hard-trigger semantics)
3. server.mjs `executeHopFn` cache eviction:
- After `cacheStore.getOrCompute(...)` returns, check `result.__truncated`
- If truncated: `cacheStore.set(keyId, hopCacheKey, result, 0)` —
ttlMs=0 causes `_isAlive` to treat the entry as expired on next
read (verified in lib/cache/store.mjs)
4. test-features.mjs Suite 13 — 3 new tests:
- Case A regression: SPAWN_FAILED at iter 0 + 2-hop chain → openai
serves, X-OLP-Fallback-Hops: 1 (no behavior change)
- Case B 2-hop: 2 deltas + SPAWN_FAILED → anthropic serves with
synthesized stop, hops=0, finish_reason='length', content
concatenates, openai NOT called
- Case B single-hop: 1 delta + SPAWN_FAILED → HTTP 200 (not 502),
finish_reason='length', partial content visible
Tests: 297 → 300 (+3). All pass on Node 20.
Pre-commit fold-ins (per evidence-first checkpoint #4 — fold-ins
themselves need second-pass review):
- **Error-chunk-in-chunks fold-in (sonnet flagged)**: pre-D12 code
pushed error chunks BEFORE throwing. Post-D16's `chunks.length > 0`
check would incorrectly include an error chunk and trigger Case B
for a path that's actually Case A. Moved the `type === 'error'`
check BEFORE the push, restoring the invariant that the chunks
array contains only delta/stop chunks. Verified all 3 scenarios:
(1) error at iter 0 → throws before push → length=0 → Case A
(2) delta×2 + error at iter 3 → throws before push → length=2 → Case B
with delta×2 + synthesized stop (no error chunk leaks)
(3) delta + non-zero exit from outside loop → length=1 → Case B
- **ADR doc-code drift fold-in (D16 reviewer flagged)**: original
Amendment 1 text said the salvaged result "bypasses
cacheStore.getOrCompute and is returned directly, exactly as the
cache-bypass path does." This was factually wrong — the code
write-throughs via getOrCompute then evicts via ttlMs=0. The drift
was ironic: D16 was about removing doc-code drift in ADR 0004
bullet 3 itself, and the amendment was about to ship fresh drift.
Corrected to accurately describe the write-then-evict pattern and
the rationale (preserving D4 singleflight during truncation events).
Authority:
- ADR 0004 § Trigger taxonomy Hard triggers bullet 3 (the qualifier
this amendment makes load-bearing)
https://github.com/dtzp555-max/olp/blob/main/docs/adr/0004-fallback-engine.md
- ADR 0005 § Cache write conditions item 1 — "response completed
successfully (no truncation, no error mid-stream)"
- OpenAI Chat Completions finish_reason enum (stop|length|tool_calls|
content_filter|function_call|null)
https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/chat/object
- ADR 0004 § Fallback safety — first-chunk rule (already governs the
analogous case in the real-streaming path)
- ALIGNMENT.md Rule 2(c) spirit — ADR amendment + code change land
in same merge (D11 / D15 precedent)
- CC 开发铁律 v1.6 § 10.x — Cold Audit caught this; diff-review
passes focused on first-chunk rule for streaming missed the
buffered path's truncation-vs-fallback decision point
Reviewer (Iron Rule v1.6 § 10.x Mode A, fresh-context opus, independent
of drafter): APPROVE_WITH_MINOR. Folded the ADR doc-code drift minor
before commit. Walked all 3 error-chunk scenarios against actual code
to verify the pre-commit fold-in is correct. Analyzed the eviction
race window (sub-ms post-inflight pre-eviction window where a fresh
caller could hit the truncated cache before eviction lands) and
concluded it's structurally bounded — one-shot leak per truncation
event; subsequent callers re-spawn. Acceptable as v0.1.
Follow-up items (reviewer's non-blocking suggestions, NOT in this PR):
- 4th test asserting second identical request triggers fresh spawn
(defense-in-depth around the eviction; store.mjs ttlMs=0 semantics
are independently established)
- `cacheStore.delete()` API (cleaner than set-with-ttlMs=0 — leaves
no dead entry in the namespace map; future PR)
- `cache_evicted_truncated` log event for dashboard observability
- SPAWN_TIMEOUT salvage parity — same architectural argument as
SPAWN_FAILED (user paid for partial content); deferred as a
separate cold-audit finding for a future D-stage
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
OLP — Open LLM Proxy
A personal- and family-scale multi-provider LLM proxy. One HTTP endpoint, many subscriptions behind it, automatic routing, automatic fallback, content-addressed caching — so your IDEs and family clients keep working as long as any of your subscriptions has quota left.
Status: v0.1 — bootstrap. Most of this README is a skeleton; sections marked placeholder land alongside the relevant phase of work (see phase plan).
Why OLP
On 2026-05-14, Anthropic announced (effective 2026-06-15) that claude -p, the Agent SDK, and third-party agent traffic move out of the Pro/Max subscription pool into a separate fixed monthly Agent SDK Credit pool. OCP, OLP's predecessor, was a proxy around a single CLI — its core assumption was "subscription = unlimited within rate limits". That assumption breaks for Anthropic on the effective date.
The structural response is to stop relying on one provider's subscription terms remaining favourable. OLP spreads risk across multiple providers whose subscriptions still include CLI/programmatic use, routes intelligently between them, and caches aggressively so every request that does spawn a CLI counts.
OLP is not: a commercial multi-tenant SaaS; an enterprise gateway competing with LiteLLM / OpenCode / CLIProxyAPI on breadth; a model-capability router ("route to the smartest model" — you pick the model); a conversation-state store (your client handles that).
See ALIGNMENT.md for OLP's constitution and docs/adr/ for the founding ADRs.
Quick Start
placeholder — lands with Phase 1.
Anticipated shape:
# install
npm install -g @dtzp555-max/olp
# run setup (writes ~/.olp/config.json, asks which providers to enable)
olp setup
# start the proxy (default port 3456 — same as OCP if you migrate)
olp start
# point your IDE at http://localhost:3456/v1/chat/completions with the OLP API key from `olp keys list`.
Supported Providers
Source of truth: models-registry.json. This table is regenerated from the registry per the release_kit overlay; do not edit it out of sync.
OLP distinguishes Candidate Providers (declared as intended, not yet pinned) from Enabled Providers (authority pin filled + plugin landed + Phase audit passed). The v0.1 founding commit ships zero Enabled Providers — enablement is a Phase audit deliverable, not a bootstrap claim. See ALIGNMENT.md § Provider Inventory for the transition gate.
Candidate Providers
| Provider key | CLI | Subscription / auth | Anticipated Tier | Anticipated Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
anthropic |
claude -p |
Pro / Max OAuth (pre-2026-06-15); Agent SDK Credit pool after | D (re-eval post-2026-06-15) | Phase 1 |
openai |
codex exec --json |
ChatGPT Pro OAuth or API key | D | Phase 2 |
mistral |
vibe --prompt --output json |
Le Chat Pro API key | D | Phase 3 |
grok |
grok -p --output-format streaming-json |
xAI Build xai-... API key |
C | Phase 8+ |
kimi |
kimi -p --output-format stream-json |
Moonshot Kimi API key | C | Phase 8+ |
minimax |
TBD | MiniMax Token Plan (¥29+/mo) | B | Phase 8+ |
glm |
TBD | Zhipu Coding Plan ($10+/mo) | B | Phase 8+ |
qwen |
TBD | Alibaba Coding Plan ($50/mo) | B | Phase 8+ |
Risk tier guide. D = permissive / safe (eligible for default-enabled); C = tightening signal, no enforcement history (opt-in); B = service-level key revocation risk (opt-in + consent); A = excluded by default (cannot be opt-in enabled). Tier B providers prompt for explicit consent on first enable and record consent in ~/.olp/config.json. See ALIGNMENT.md § Risk Tier Framework.
Excluded by default (Tier A — evidence-backed, pending primary-source pin). Google Antigravity. See ADR 0006 for the named-prohibition + no-cost-advantage + reinstatement-friction rationale, and for the primary-source pinning follow-up that may force a Tier reconsideration if the Google FAQ language cannot be sourced within 90 days of 2026-05-23.
Configuration
placeholder — full configuration reference lands with Phase 4 (fallback engine).
OLP reads its config from ~/.olp/config.json. The minimum useful shape:
{
"routing": {
"chains": {
"<requested-model>": [
{ "provider": "<key>", "model": "<provider-model-id>" },
{ "provider": "<key>", "model": "<provider-model-id>" }
]
},
"soft_triggers": {
"<provider-key>": { "<trigger>": <threshold> }
}
}
}
Trigger types, fallback safety, idempotency rules, and the full example config land here when Phase 4 ships. See ADR 0004 (Fallback Engine Semantics & Safety) for the design.
API Endpoints
placeholder — full table lands as each endpoint lands.
| Endpoint | Method | Phase | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
/v1/chat/completions |
POST | 1 | OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions entry. Internally normalized to IR, dispatched to a provider plugin, response shape converted back. |
/v1/models |
GET | 1 | Lists models from models-registry.json. |
/health |
GET | 1 | Per-provider health snapshot (owner-only). |
/cache/stats |
GET | 5 | Cache hit rate, by-provider breakdown. |
/v0/management/quota |
GET | 6 | Per-provider quota / credit pool status (best-effort). |
/dashboard |
GET | 6 | Owner-only dashboard (localhost-bound by default). |
Environment Variables
placeholder — full table lands per-phase as variables are introduced.
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
OLP_PORT |
3456 |
HTTP listener port. |
OLP_HOME |
~/.olp |
Config, providers, keys, cache, logs root. |
OLP_LOG_LEVEL |
info |
One of error, warn, info, debug. |
Further variables (per-provider auth path overrides, cache size limits, fallback-engine knobs) land with the relevant phase.
Response Headers
Every response served through OLP carries:
X-OLP-Provider-Used: <provider-key>— which provider's plugin served the request.X-OLP-Model-Used: <model-id>— which model the served provider used.X-OLP-Fallback-Hops: <n>— number of fallback hops (0if served by the primary chain entry).X-OLP-Cache: hit | miss | bypass— cache layer outcome.X-OLP-Latency-Ms: <ms>— end-to-end latency observed at the proxy.
If a fallback chain is exhausted, X-OLP-Fallback-Exhausted lists the tried providers in order.
Architecture
OLP is a Node.js (ESM, .mjs) HTTP proxy with no build step and minimal dependencies. The high-level shape:
- Entry surface —
server.mjshandles/v1/chat/completionsand the administrative endpoints. Governed by OpenAI's/v1/chat/completionsspecification as the wire authority. SeeALIGNMENT.md§ Authorities. - Intermediate Representation (IR) —
lib/ir/normalizes between the entry surface and provider-native shapes. The IR is the lingua franca; any extension is an ADR 0003 amendment. - Provider plugins —
lib/providers/<name>.mjs. Each plugin implements the contract in ADR 0002 (Plugin Architecture for Providers), spawns its CLI, and translates between IR and provider-native IO. - Cache layer —
lib/cache/is a content-addressed cache keyed on(provider, model, messages, tools, temperature, response_format, cache_control). Per-key isolation, prompt-caching bypass, chunked stream replay, and singleflight. See ADR 0005 (Cache Layer Cross-Provider Design). - Fallback engine —
lib/fallback/advances a configured chain one provider at a time on configured triggers, never retrying after the first response chunk has been emitted to the client. See ADR 0004. - Multi-key auth —
lib/keys.mjscarries OCP's per-OLP-key namespace isolation forward. Each OLP API key has independent quota, cache namespace, and audit log; each key declares which providers it can access.
Read the ADRs in docs/adr/ in order before proposing structural changes.
Phase plan
OLP lands in phases. Each phase has its own PR series and Iron-Rule-10 reviewer; this README's placeholders are filled per-phase via the release_kit overlay.
- Phase 0 — Repo bootstrap,
ALIGNMENT.md, founding ADRs, CI workflows, PR template. (current) - Phase 1 —
server.mjsskeleton, IR, Anthropic plugin, cache D1+D4. Port from OCP. - Phase 2 — OpenAI Codex plugin.
- Phase 3 — Mistral Vibe plugin.
- Phase 4 — Fallback engine + routing chains config + quota poll worker.
- Phase 5 — Cache cross-provider hardening (D2+D3).
- Phase 6 — Dashboard + observability (
/v0/management/quota). - Phase 7 — Release v0.1, OCP enters maintenance.
- Phase 8+ — Optional Grok / Kimi / tier-2 plugins; provider-native protocol endpoints; deterministic triggers.
Full spec (decision rationale, open questions, risks): ~/.cc-rules/memory/projects/olp_v0_1_spec.md on the maintainer's workstations.
Migration from OCP
placeholder — scripts/migrate-from-ocp.mjs lands with Phase 7.
Anticipated user-facing flow (target: <5 minutes):
- Stop OCP (
launchctl bootoutthe OCP service orocp stop). - Install OLP.
- Run
olp migrate-from-ocp— copies~/.ocp/keys/to~/.olp/keys/and points provider plugins at OCP's existing auth artifacts where applicable. - Start OLP. Clients pointing at port 3456 keep working; their existing OLP API keys remain valid.
OCP's cache directory is not migrated: OLP's cache key format includes provider+model and warms cold naturally. OCP enters maintenance mode (stability fixes only) when OLP v0.1 ships; new development happens in OLP.
License
MIT.
Acknowledgements
OLP evolved from OCP (Open Claude Proxy). OCP's per-key isolation model, cache-layer design (D1–D4), dashboard, and alignment-constitution discipline are all carried forward. The structural generalization from single-CLI to multi-provider is what makes this a new project rather than an OCP minor version — see ALIGNMENT.md § Reference: How OCP's cli.js discipline maps to OLP.
Authors: project maintainer (with AI drafting assistance).