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Preserve sanitized upstream provider classification in fatal records #46

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@danielkov

Summary

When an openai-subscription retry budget is exhausted, the parent-visible error can retain a sanitized upstream classification such as service_unavailable_error/server_is_overloaded, but the schema-v2 fatal record collapses it to a generic retry_exhausted or response_failed classification.

Split from #35 after the underlying overload retry behavior was fixed by #32.

Current behavior

Fatal classification prioritizes the local exhaustion category and stores a generic message. The sanitized upstream type/code that explains why retries occurred is not retained as structured fatal data. This makes the on-disk diagnostic less useful than the transient provider classification already available earlier in the error path.

Desired behavior

Preserve both layers in fatal diagnostics:

  • local terminal category, for example retry_exhausted; and
  • sanitized upstream provider type/code, for example service_unavailable_error/server_is_overloaded.

Do not store the raw provider response, provider message text, prompts, headers, credentials, or other sensitive payload data. Keep field lengths bounded and classifications canonical.

Suggested coverage

  • Exhaust retries after service_unavailable_error/server_is_overloaded and assert both local and upstream classifications.
  • Assert unknown transient spellings remain bounded and sanitized.
  • Assert raw provider bodies and sensitive message text never enter schema-v2 fatal JSON.
  • Preserve compatibility for readers of existing fatal records when the persistent schema changes.

Environment

  • Originally observed with Kit 0.1.96 on Darwin 25.6.0 arm64.
  • Confirmed as a remaining gap on Kit 0.1.105 on Darwin 25.5.0 arm64.
  • Surface: ACP; provider route: openai-subscription.

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