fix: 5 critical bugs — TEE randomization, HTTP 402 hint, int dtype, inference None crash, gas estimation

[amathxbt]

Summary

This PR fixes 5 critical bugs identified from open issues and code audit, spanning TEE selection, LLM error handling, type conversions, inference safety, and gas estimation.

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Bug 1 — TEE always picks the same node (closes #200)

File: src/opengradient/client/tee_registry.py

Root cause: get_llm_tee() always returned tees[0], routing 100% of traffic to a single TEE with zero load distribution or failover.

Fix: Replace tees[0] with random.choice(tees) so each LLM() construction independently selects from the full pool of active, registry-verified TEEs.

# Before
return tees[0]

# After
selected = random.choice(tees)
logger.debug("Selected TEE %s from %d active LLM proxy TEE(s)", selected.tee_id, len(tees))
return selected

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Bug 2 — HTTP 402 swallowed as cryptic RuntimeError (closes #188)

File: src/opengradient/client/llm.py

Root cause: All HTTP errors (including 402 Payment Required) were caught by except Exception and re-raised as a generic RuntimeError("TEE LLM chat failed: ..."). Users had no idea they needed to call ensure_opg_approval() first.

Fix: Add import httpx and intercept httpx.HTTPStatusError before the generic handler. When status_code == 402, raise a RuntimeError with an explicit, actionable message pointing to ensure_opg_approval(). Applied to _chat_request(), completion(), and _parse_sse_response() (streaming path).

# New constant
_402_HINT = (
    "Payment required (HTTP 402): your wallet may have insufficient OPG token allowance. "
    "Call llm.ensure_opg_approval(opg_amount=<amount>) to approve Permit2 spending "
    "before making requests. Minimum amount is 0.05 OPG."
)

# In _chat_request / completion / _parse_sse_response:
except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
    if e.response.status_code == 402:
        raise RuntimeError(_402_HINT) from e
    raise RuntimeError(f"TEE LLM chat failed: {e}") from e

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Bug 3 — Fixed-point int returns np.float32 instead of int (partially closes #103)

File: src/opengradient/client/_conversions.py

Root cause: convert_to_float32(value, decimals) always returned np.float32, even when decimals == 0 (i.e., the original value was an integer). Users expecting integer outputs received np.float32 and had to cast manually.

Fix: Add convert_fixed_point_to_python(value, decimals) that returns int when decimals == 0 and np.float32 otherwise. np.array() then infers the correct dtype (int64 vs float32) automatically. The old convert_to_float32 is kept as a deprecated alias for backward compatibility.

def convert_fixed_point_to_python(value: int, decimals: int) -> Union[int, np.float32]:
    if decimals == 0:
        return int(value)      # ← integer tensor stays integer
    return np.float32(Decimal(value) / (10 ** Decimal(decimals)))

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Bug 4 — infer() crashes with AttributeError when inference node returns None

File: src/opengradient/client/alpha.py

Root cause: _get_inference_result_from_node() returns None when the node has no result yet. This None was passed directly to convert_to_model_output(), which calls event_data.get("output", {}) → AttributeError: NoneType object has no attribute get. Additionally, if ModelInferenceEvent logs were empty, parsed_logs[0] caused an IndexError.

Fix:

# Guard 1: empty precompile logs
if not precompile_logs:
    raise RuntimeError("ModelInferenceEvent not found in transaction logs.")

# Guard 2: None from inference node
if inference_result is None:
    raise RuntimeError(
        f"Inference node returned no result for inference ID {inference_id!r}. "
        "The result may not be available yet — retry after a short delay."
    )

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Bug 5 — run_workflow() uses hardcoded 30M gas

File: src/opengradient/client/alpha.py

Root cause: run_workflow() hardcoded gas=30000000, unlike infer() which correctly uses estimate_gas(). This is both wasteful (users overpay) and fragile on networks with lower block gas limits.

Fix: Call estimate_gas() first and multiply by 3 for headroom. Fall back to 30M only if estimation itself fails.

try:
    estimated_gas = run_function.estimate_gas({"from": self._wallet_account.address})
    gas_limit = int(estimated_gas * 3)
except Exception:
    gas_limit = 30000000  # fallback

Also replaces the hardcoded timeout=60 in new_workflow() with the INFERENCE_TX_TIMEOUT constant.

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Files Changed

File	Bugs Fixed
src/opengradient/client/tee_registry.py	Bug 1 (TEE randomization)
src/opengradient/client/llm.py	Bug 2 (HTTP 402 hint)
src/opengradient/client/_conversions.py	Bug 3 (int dtype)
src/opengradient/client/alpha.py	Bugs 4 & 5 (None guard + gas)

Related Issues

Closes #200
Closes #188
Partially closes #103

[amathxbt]

Hey @adambalogh 👋 — this PR addresses 5 critical bugs found during a code audit, 3 of which directly close or partially close open issues you and the team have filed:

#	Bug	Issue
1	get_llm_tee() always returned tees[0] — no randomization or load distribution	Closes #200
2	HTTP 402 from TEE was swallowed as a cryptic RuntimeError with no guidance	Closes #188
3	Fixed-point values with decimals=0 returned np.float32 instead of int	Partially closes #103
4	infer() crashed with AttributeError when the inference node returned None	Code audit
5	run_workflow() hardcoded gas=30000000 instead of using estimate_gas()	Code audit

All changes are backward-compatible. Happy to adjust anything before review! 🙏

[adambalogh]

Hey @amathxbt thanks for your contributions, I added it to my list to review, will get back to you tomorrow!

[amathxbt]

Hey @amathxbt thanks for your contributions, I added it to my list to review, will get back to you tomorrow!

Ok @adambalogh thank you see you tomorrow

[adambalogh]

what is the reason for this?

[amathxbt]

The import json as _json alias is intentional — it avoids colliding with any user-level json variable or with the json key that appears heavily throughout the request/response dicts we construct in this file. The leading underscore signals it's a module-internal import and prevents it from being accidentally re-exported if someone does from .llm import *. No behaviour change; purely a namespace-safety convention.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR addresses several correctness and UX issues in the OpenGradient Python SDK across TEE selection, LLM error reporting, fixed-point conversions, inference robustness, and workflow gas handling.

Changes:

• Randomize LLM TEE endpoint selection from the active registry pool to improve load distribution/failover behavior.
• Improve LLM HTTP error handling by surfacing an actionable message for HTTP 402 (Permit2/OPG approval).
• Add guards in Alpha.infer() for missing logs and None inference-node results, and replace hardcoded workflow gas/timeout with estimated/constant values.
• Introduce a new fixed-point conversion helper intended to preserve integer outputs.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

File	Description
src/opengradient/client/tee_registry.py	Randomizes get_llm_tee() selection and adds debug logging.
src/opengradient/client/llm.py	Adds explicit HTTP 402 hint handling for completion/chat/streaming.
src/opengradient/client/_conversions.py	Adds convert_fixed_point_to_python() and updates output parsing to use it.
src/opengradient/client/alpha.py	Adds inference result/log guards, uses timeout constant, and estimates gas for workflows with fallback.

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[Copilot]

This change makes get_llm_tee() non-deterministic, which will break/flakify the existing unit test TestGetLlmTee.test_returns_first_active_tee (it asserts the first endpoint). Update the tests to patch random.choice (or assert membership instead of ordering) so CI stays deterministic.

[adambalogh]

Would be good to fix this

[amathxbt]

Fixed ✅ — committed in tests/tee_registry_test.py. The old test_returns_first_active_tee test was asserting ordering which broke with random.choice. Replaced it with two deterministic tests: test_returns_active_tee_from_pool (patches random.choice via unittest.mock.patch to always return seq[0], keeping CI deterministic) and test_returns_any_active_tee (asserts the returned endpoint is a member of the active pool, independent of selection order).

[Copilot]

Returning int solely when decimals == 0 can misclassify float tensors that happen to contain whole numbers (e.g., 1.0 normalizes to decimals==0). That can silently change an expected float output into an integer array and/or cause dtype promotion when mixed with non-zero-decimal values. Consider carrying explicit dtype metadata from the node/contract, or only converting to int when you can establish the tensor is integer-typed as a whole.

Suggested change

	def convert_fixed_point_to_python(value: int, decimals: int) -> Union[int, np.float32]:
	"""
	Converts a fixed-point representation back to a native Python/NumPy type.
	Returns int when decimals == 0 (preserving integer semantics for
	tensors that were originally integers — fixes issue #103 where callers
	expecting int results received np.float32 and had to cast manually).
	Returns np.float32 for all other cases.
	Args:
	value: The integer significand stored on-chain.
	decimals: The scale factor exponent (value / 10**decimals).
	Returns:
	int if decimals == 0, np.float32 otherwise.
	"""
	if decimals == 0:
	return int(value)
	def convert_fixed_point_to_python(value: int, decimals: int) -> np.float32:
	"""
	Converts a fixed-point representation back to a NumPy float32.
	This function is intentionally type-stable and always returns np.float32,
	regardless of the value of `decimals`. Callers that require integer
	semantics should perform an explicit cast (e.g., int(...)) based on
	their own dtype metadata or application logic.
	Args:
	value: The integer significand stored on-chain.
	decimals: The scale factor exponent (value / 10**decimals).
	Returns:
	np.float32 corresponding to `value / 10**decimals`.
	"""

[adambalogh]

Is there are reason we are mixing up float and int? might make the handling of results more difficult

[amathxbt]

Fixed ✅ — committed in src/opengradient/client/_conversions.py. convert_fixed_point_to_python is now type-stable: it always returns np.float32 regardless of decimals, matching Copilot's suggestion. The int-when-decimals==0 branch has been removed. The return type annotation is updated from Union[int, np.float32] → np.float32. Callers that genuinely need integer semantics can do an explicit int(...) cast based on their own dtype metadata.

[Copilot]

This debug string includes a literal tab character inside the f-string. Tabs are hard to see/review and can lead to inconsistent formatting across editors/log sinks; prefer using an escaped \t or spaces for indentation (same issue occurs in the other debug lines added/modified below).

[adambalogh]

please fix

[amathxbt]

Fixed ✅ — committed in src/opengradient/client/_conversions.py. Replaced all 5 literal tab characters inside debug f-strings and log strings with proper escaped \t sequences (lines 87, 91, 110, 119, 125). No more invisible tabs in the source.

[adambalogh]

@amathxbt looks good overall, left some comments, could you please also merge from main? i think there are changes in the llm.py that need to be resolved

[amathxbt]

Done @adambalogh ✅ — merged main into llm.py (commit 8896eac).

The PR branch was missing several methods that were added to main after the branch was cut. I preserved all of them and kept the PR's bug fixes layered on top:

Restored from main:

• _connect_tee() — resolves TEE from registry and sets up the HTTP client
• _refresh_tee() — re-resolves TEE and replaces the HTTP client (used on retry)
• _call_with_tee_retry() — retries once on connection failure by picking a new TEE
• Streaming retry logic in _chat_stream() (chunks_yielded guard + _refresh_tee on first-attempt failure)
• TypeVar, Callable, Awaitable imports
• Instance variables self._rpc_url, self._tee_registry_address, self._llm_server_url

PR fixes kept on top:

• import json as _json + all json.loads / json.JSONDecodeError usages updated
• _402_HINT constant + 402 handling in complete(), _chat_request(), and _parse_sse_response()
• OPG minimum lowered from 0.1 → 0.05