fix(llm): drop falsy logprobs from payloads for strict providers

[paultranvan]

Falsy logprobs were making 400 when using /chat/completions with external LLM providers such as Gemini

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Prevented disabled log-probability settings from being sent in inference requests.
  • Ensured related top-log-probability settings are omitted when log probabilities are disabled.
  • Preserved both settings when log probabilities are explicitly enabled.
  • Preserved an explicitly configured logprobs=0 value for completion requests.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for log-probability serialization across chat and text completion requests, including disabled, enabled, and zero-value configurations.

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VLLM request construction now removes unset logprobs fields from chat and completion payloads. It also removes dependent top_logprobs fields and preserves completion logprobs=0. Tests cover these cases.

Changes

VLLM logprob payload handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Conditional logprob filtering openrag/services/inference/vllm_client.py	Adds _strip_falsy_logprobs and applies it to chat and legacy completion payloads. The helper removes None and False values and preserves completion logprobs=0.
Logprob payload coverage tests/unit/services/inference/test_vllm_client.py	Tests omission of disabled fields, removal of dependent top_logprobs, forwarding of enabled values, and preservation of completion logprobs=0.

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This PR makes a localized payload-handling change for strict LLM providers, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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tests/unit/services/inference/test_vllm_client.py (1)

279-291: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover truthy logprobs on generate.

The new completion-path normalization is only tested with logprobs=False; add a generate(..., logprobs=True, top_logprobs=5) assertion to catch future divergence from the chat path.

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In `@tests/unit/services/inference/test_vllm_client.py` around lines 279 - 291,
Add coverage for the completion path by extending the relevant inference client
tests around the existing falsey logprobs normalization test. Invoke generate
with logprobs=True and top_logprobs=5, capture the request payload, and assert
those values remain unchanged, matching test_truthy_logprobs_forwarded without
altering the chat-path test.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/unit/services/inference/test_vllm_client.py`:
- Around line 279-291: Add coverage for the completion path by extending the
relevant inference client tests around the existing falsey logprobs
normalization test. Invoke generate with logprobs=True and top_logprobs=5,
capture the request payload, and assert those values remain unchanged, matching
test_truthy_logprobs_forwarded without altering the chat-path test.

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✅ Approved

The fix correctly drops falsy logprobs to support strict providers like Gemini.

Suggested improvement: Add a test for truthy logprobs on the generate() (completion) path to match the chat path test coverage (currently only chat path has truthy logprobs test).

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Inline comments:
In `@openrag/services/inference/vllm_client.py`:
- Around line 119-134: The _strip_falsy_logprobs function must preserve integer
logprobs=0 for completion requests while removing only False and None, along
with dependent top_logprobs. Update its condition accordingly and add a
regression test covering zero preservation.

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[Ahmath-Gadji]

Re-approving: the outstanding CodeRabbit finding (logprobs=0 stripped on /completions) is fixed in 8f4abbf and verified.