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Closes ENG-40. Prerequisite for ENG-39 (Tauri desktop bundle).

Why

The extralit-server HTTP contract only existed as a property of a running FastAPI app. Every consumer — the Nuxt frontend, the Python SDK, the docs — reconstructed it by hand and discovered breakage at runtime. Once the frontend ships inside a Tauri bundle, "at runtime" means on a user's machine, in a build we can't hotfix.

What

openapi/v1.json at repo root — 79 paths, 112 operations, 212 schemas — generated by the existing extralit-server openapi-dump, marked linguist-generated.

Three gates, each verified to fail when the contract is deliberately broken:

Gate Where How it was proven
Artifact matches a fresh generation extralit-server/tests/unit/test_openapi_drift.py Added a canary route → failed with a truncated diff + regen command; reverted → passed
SDK's endpoints exist in the contract extralit/tests/unit/test_api_contract.py (63 cases) Pointed one entry at /webhooks-bogus → failed naming the endpoint
Generated TS types are current extralit-frontend.yml step npm run api:types + git diff --exit-code

info.version is pinned to the contract version "v1" rather than the package version, so scripts/bump_version.py never touches the artifact and releases don't trip the gate. The dump deep-copies before mutating, because FastAPI.openapi() returns its live cached openapi_schema — mutating in place would change what /api/v1/docs serves.

Defects the artifact surfaced

Generating the spec found four real problems no existing test catches:

  1. /models/{rest_of_path} emitted four operations sharing one operationId (proxy_models__rest_of_path__put). FastAPI warned on every boot; it breaks typed-client generation outright. Split into four routes with explicit ids, declared as an opaque text/event-stream passthrough — the body belongs to an external service.

  2. /chat advertised 200 application/json with an empty schema while actually returning text/event-stream. Now declares the three frames the handler emits: a content token, [DONE], and a JSON error frame.

  3. Three SDK methods call endpoints the server no longer exposes — they 404 today:

    • RecordsAPI.create_manyPOST /datasets/{id}/records (server has only GET, DELETE)
    • RecordsAPI.update_manyPATCH /datasets/{id}/records (same)
    • WorkspacesAPI.add_userPOST /workspaces/{id}/users/{user_id} (server has only DELETE)

    All three were @deprecated or TODO-marked dead code in the private _api package with zero callers, superseded by bulk_create/bulk_upsert and UsersAPI.add_to_workspace. Deleted. The public Workspace.add_user() is unaffected — it routes through UsersAPI to POST /workspaces/{id}/users, which exists.

Frontend

openapi-typescript (already a devDependency) generates extralit-frontend/types/generated/api.d.ts. The types are load-bearing rather than decorative: WorkspaceRepository's hand-written BackendWorkspace now derives from components["schemas"]["Workspace"]. The remaining 26 repositories are follow-up.

Also repoints a stale eslint ignore at v2/infrastructure/api/generated/** — that directory was removed in the v1 fold (#236).

Two contract-test normalizations

Both empirically required, not cosmetic:

  • Strip /api/v1 — the artifact is the v1 sub-app's own document, so its paths are bare (/datasets, not /api/v1/datasets).
  • Erase path-parameter names — the SDK and server legitimately disagree on 4 of them (/file/{workspace_name}/{path} vs /file/{bucket}/{object}, /documents/{document_id} vs /documents/{id}, and two more). The SDK cares about route shape, not what the server names its params. Without this, 12 false failures.

Verification

  • Frontend: 910 passed, vue-tsc --noEmit 0 errors, lint clean, types regeneration is a no-op
  • SDK: 332 passed (up from 269; the 11 failures and 5 errors are pre-existing at HEAD, confirmed by stashing)
  • Server: openapi dump + drift tests pass; no duplicate-operationId warning on boot

Out of scope

Typed clients beyond the one proof repository, publishing the spec to the docs site, runtime schema validation, and breaking-change classification (oasdiff) — the last is worth its own issue before the desktop bundle ships.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added clearer API documentation for streaming chat and model responses.
    • Added automated generation of frontend API types from the OpenAPI specification.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved consistency between the published API contract, server endpoints, frontend types, and SDK endpoints.
    • Added checks to detect API specification drift and duplicate endpoint definitions.
    • Standardized API error descriptions across supported responses.
  • Changes

    • Removed deprecated bulk record methods and the workspace user-management method.

…of truth

The extralit-server HTTP contract only existed as a property of a running
FastAPI app, so every consumer reconstructed it by hand and discovered
breakage at runtime. Once the frontend ships inside a Tauri bundle (ENG-39),
"at runtime" means on a user's machine in a build we can't hotfix.

Commit the generated document at `openapi/v1.json` (79 paths, 112 operations,
212 schemas) and gate it three ways: a server test that fails when the artifact
and a fresh generation disagree, an SDK test asserting every endpoint
`extralit._api` calls exists in the contract, and a frontend CI step asserting
`npm run api:types` is a no-op. Each gate was verified to fail when the
contract is deliberately broken.

`info.version` is pinned to the contract version "v1" rather than the package
version, so `bump_version.py` never touches the artifact. The dump deep-copies
before mutating because `FastAPI.openapi()` returns its live cached schema.

Generating the spec surfaced four defects no test caught:

- `/models/{rest_of_path}` emitted four operations sharing one operationId,
  which warns on every boot and breaks typed-client generation. Split into
  four routes with explicit ids, declared as an opaque SSE passthrough.
- `/chat` advertised empty `application/json` while returning
  `text/event-stream`. Now declares the three frames it emits.
- `RecordsAPI.create_many`/`update_many` and `WorkspacesAPI.add_user` called
  endpoints the server no longer exposes — they 404 today. All three were
  deprecated or TODO-marked dead code with no callers; deleted.

The frontend types are load-bearing rather than decorative: WorkspaceRepository
now derives `BackendWorkspace` from the generated schema.

Closes ENG-40
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The PR documents streaming API responses, generates a pinned OpenAPI v1 contract, validates server and SDK contract drift, derives frontend types from the contract, removes selected deprecated SDK methods, and updates CI triggers and generated-file checks.

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OpenAPI contract synchronization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Server OpenAPI contract generation
extralit-server/src/extralit_server/api/handlers/v1/*, extralit-server/src/extralit_server/cli/openapi_dump.py, extralit-server/src/extralit_server/errors/base_errors.py, extralit-server/tests/unit/*
Streaming routes now expose response metadata. The OpenAPI dump uses a pinned v1 version and deterministic JSON. Error responses include fixed descriptions. Tests detect contract drift and verify version pinning.
Frontend generated API types
extralit-frontend/package.json, extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/*, extralit-frontend/.prettierignore, extralit-frontend/eslint.config.mjs, .github/workflows/extralit-frontend.yml
The frontend generates declarations from openapi/v1.json. WorkspaceRepository uses the generated Workspace schema and adds repository tests. CI checks generated output. Generated files are excluded from formatting and linting.
SDK endpoint contract validation
extralit/tests/unit/test_api_contract.py, extralit/src/extralit/_api/*
SDK endpoint and method coverage is checked against the committed OpenAPI document. Deprecated workspace and bulk record methods are removed.
Contract validation workflow wiring
.github/workflows/*, .gitattributes
Workflows run when openapi/v1.json changes. The general workflow now tests only Python 3.9. Generated artifacts are marked accordingly.

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extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.ts (1)

3-3: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the required inline type-only import syntax.

These files use import type. Use the inline type-only form required for Vite and esbuild isolated modules.

  • extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.ts#L3-L3: change to import { type components } from "~/types/generated/api";.
  • extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.test.ts#L1-L1: change to import { type AxiosInstance } from "axios";.

As per coding guidelines, use inline type-only imports such as import { type X }.

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In `@extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.ts` at
line 3, Update the type imports in WorkspaceRepository.ts
(extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.ts:3-3)
and WorkspaceRepository.test.ts
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In @.github/workflows/extralit-frontend.yml:
- Around line 19-22: Update the path filters so each contract-gate workflow runs
when its own workflow file changes: add .github/workflows/extralit-frontend.yml
to pull_request.paths in .github/workflows/extralit-frontend.yml (lines 19-22),
and add .github/workflows/extralit-server.yml to both push.paths and
pull_request.paths in .github/workflows/extralit-server.yml (lines 20-25).

In `@extralit-server/tests/unit/test_openapi_drift.py`:
- Around line 10-33: Convert test_committed_openapi_matches_the_application in
extralit-server/tests/unit/test_openapi_drift.py lines 10-33 to an async pytest
test, preserving its existing assertions and diff reporting. Also convert
test_openapi_dump_pins_the_contract_version in
extralit-server/tests/unit/test_openapi_dump.py lines 22-30 to an async pytest
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configuration.

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In `@extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.ts`:
- Line 3: Update the type imports in WorkspaceRepository.ts
(extralit-frontend/v1/infrastructure/repositories/WorkspaceRepository.ts:3-3)
and WorkspaceRepository.test.ts
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…ter-independent

CI caught the drift gate failing on its own artifact: the committed document
said "Unprocessable Content" for 422 while CI generated "Unprocessable Entity".
FastAPI derives an undeclared response description from `http.HTTPStatus`, and
CPython renamed 422's phrase in 3.13 per RFC 9110 — so the document depended on
the interpreter that generated it (local 3.13 vs CI 3.12), across all 112
operations.

Declare the description on the error classes instead of letting FastAPI fall
back to the status table. Pinned for every status these errors carry, not just
422, so the next phrase rename doesn't reintroduce it.

Verified by rewriting every entry of `http.client.responses` to a sentinel and
regenerating: zero sentinels reach the document, and it stays byte-identical to
the committed artifact.
Each matrix leg spins up its own extralit-hf-space service container, so the
5-way fan-out cost ~5x the CI minutes to run an identical suite. Keep 3.9: it
is the floor `requires-python` allows, so it catches the backward-compat breaks
the other legs would not, and it is already the leg that uploads the build
artifact and the version `publish_release` installs.

The `if: matrix.python-version == '3.9'` guard on the artifact upload stays, so
re-expanding the matrix does not start uploading five copies.
Move the artifact-upload guard with it: `publish_release` downloads the wheel
uploaded by the leg matching that condition, so leaving it on '3.9' against a
'3.13'-only matrix would silently publish nothing.
A path-filtered workflow is invisible to its own edits: on `push`, GitHub
matches the filter against that push's diff, so a commit touching only
`extralit-server.yml` never ran it. That is the same failure mode this PR's
contract gates exist to close — a gate that can be weakened without running.

`extralit-frontend.yml` already did this; server and SDK did not.
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