From dbcd9827f60957e682928210e13b5a6915bf47ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: infosave2007 <urevich55@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 14:25:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(pipeline): capability filtering widens the chain instead
 of killing the request
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OpenCode (like every coding agent) sends tool definitions with each request.
The router rated the prompt low → the low-tier chain contained only the
local model → the tools filter emptied the chain → hard failure: "No
healthy model available that satisfies required capabilities", with the
agent stuck in a retry loop.

On an AUTO route whose filtered chain comes up empty, the pipeline now
widens to any pool model satisfying the required capabilities — preferring
the routing table's own medium→high order (an agentic request deserves a
capable model), then the rest of the pool — and logs the widening. Pinned
requests still fail loudly as before. Verified with OpenCode's exact
request shape: cortiq-auto + tools at tier low now answers from
deepseek in 1.2s instead of erroring.
---
 src/pipeline.rs | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pipeline.rs b/src/pipeline.rs
index 741a0c0..e979372 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -313,6 +313,42 @@ impl Pipeline {
                 }
             }
         }
+        // Capability widening: a tier chain built of tools-less local models
+        // must not kill an agent request. When the filtered chain is empty on
+        // an AUTO route, widen to any pool model that satisfies the required
+        // capabilities — preferring the routing table's own medium→high order
+        // (an agentic request is worth a capable model), then the rest of the
+        // pool. Coding agents (OpenCode, Cline, …) always send tools; without
+        // this every low-tier verdict was a hard failure.
+        if final_candidates.is_empty() {
+            let mut widened: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+            for tier in ["medium", "high"] {
+                for id in live.routing.candidates(tier) {
+                    if !widened.contains(&id) {
+                        widened.push(id);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            for id in live.registry.ids() {
+                if !widened.contains(id) {
+                    widened.push(id.clone());
+                }
+            }
+            for id in widened {
+                if let Some(prov) = live.registry.get(&id) {
+                    if needs_tools && !prov.caps().tools {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    final_candidates.push(id);
+                }
+            }
+            if !final_candidates.is_empty() {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    chosen = %final_candidates[0],
+                    "capability widening: tier chain had no model with the required capabilities"
+                );
+            }
+        }
         if final_candidates.is_empty() {
             return Err(GatewayError::UpstreamUnavailable(
                 "No healthy model available that satisfies required capabilities (e.g. tools)"