feat(runner): let a route declare image input so Codex stops omitting images - #567
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`GET /v1/models` hardcoded `input_modalities: ["text"]` for every route,
regardless of the resolved target. That is not cosmetic metadata. Codex reads
`input_modalities` from the model card and, when it reads text-only, replaces
an attached image with the literal text
image content omitted because you do not support image input
*before it sends*. Routing a vision-capable model through Switchyard therefore
lost the image in the client, and the proxy never received one to forward. The
symptom is a model answering "no image was provided" for a request the user
attached an image to, with a correspondingly smaller prompt-token count, a 200
response and no diagnostic anywhere.
Measured at the wire against a stand-in upstream, driving real
`codex exec -i <file>` through a one-route passthrough: outbound body
248,385 B with the text-only declaration, carrying a 60-character placeholder
where the image belonged; 739,155 B with `["text","image"]`, carrying the full
`input_image`; against a 759,745 B no-proxy control that also carries it.
Adds `vision` beside the existing `tool_calling` and `reasoning` route
capabilities, with the same rationale: a serving surface cannot probe it, so a
route opts in via config and an undeclared route stays text-only. Failing
closed matters more here than for the other two, because a route may resolve to
a target with no vision at all, and declaring image support for such a target
sends an image the backend cannot read. Declare `vision = true` only when every
target the route can select accepts images.
The OpenAI `data` entry reports the raw `Option`, so an undeclared route stays
distinguishable from one that declared `false`.
WalkthroughThe change adds an optional route-level ChangesVision capability propagation
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR changes route capability metadata for image input; the only remaining issue is missing documentation on a public type. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains, though the documentation follow-up should be completed. Poem
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In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/route.rs`:
- Around line 29-38: Add a concise Rust doc comment immediately above the public
ModelCapabilities struct describing its role and capability fields, while
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| /// Whether the routed model accepts image input. Declared per route for the same | ||
| /// reason as `reasoning`, and failing closed matters more here: a route may | ||
| /// resolve to a target with no vision at all. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// This is not cosmetic metadata. Codex reads `input_modalities` from the model | ||
| /// card and, when it reads text-only, replaces an attached image with the literal | ||
| /// text `image content omitted because you do not support image input` *before | ||
| /// sending*. An undeclared vision-capable route therefore loses the image in the | ||
| /// client, and the proxy never receives one to forward. | ||
| pub vision: Option<bool>, |
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Document ModelCapabilities.
Add a concise /// doc comment above pub struct ModelCapabilities. This public type changed in this PR. Its field comments do not document the type contract.
As per coding guidelines, "**/*.{py,rs}: Docstrings: Add docstrings for public functions, classes, methods, and API entry points."
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In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/route.rs` around lines 29 - 38, Add a concise
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What
Adds a
visionroute capability, soGET /v1/modelscan advertise image input instead of always declaringinput_modalities: ["text"].Why
The hardcoded declaration is not cosmetic metadata. Codex reads
input_modalitiesfrom the model card and, when it reads text-only, replaces an attached image with the literal textbefore it sends. So routing a vision-capable model through Switchyard loses the image in the client, and the proxy never receives one to forward. The response is
200, nothing is logged, and the only other signal is a smaller prompt-token count — the model simply answers that it was given no image.Measured at the wire against a stand-in upstream that logs the request body, driving real
codex exec -i <file>through a one-route passthrough:input_image(543,102-char data URI)["text"]["text","image"]input_image, same as controlCloses #563
How
vision: Option<bool>beside the existingtool_callingandreasoning, with the same rationale — a serving surface cannot probe it, so a route opts in via config:⭐ Failing closed matters more here than for the other two capabilities. A route may resolve to a target with no vision at all, and declaring image support for such a target sends an image the backend cannot read. So an undeclared route stays text-only, and the documentation says to declare
vision = trueonly when every target the route can select accepts images.The OpenAI
dataentry reports the rawOption, so an undeclared route stays distinguishable from one that declaredfalse.How tested
cargo test --workspacegreen (33 suites, 0 failures)cargo fmt --checkcleanmodels_endpoint_advertises_image_input_only_for_vision_routes: avision = trueroute advertises["text","image"], an undeclared route stays["text"], and thedataentry reportstruevsnull.codex exec -i <png>through a locally builtswitchyard-serverinto a request-logging upstream, before and after declaringvision = true— the table above.uv run ruff check ./mypy/pytest— n/a, no Python touchedNotes for reviewers
git rebase --signoffand force-push on request; I did not want to add the attestation line unasked.supports_image_detail_originalis stillfalse, andbase_instructions/default_reasoning_level/truncation_policyare still constants — thebase_instructionsone has a larger consequence and is filed separately as [bug] base_instructions stub replaces Codex's own system prompt on every routed session #565.codex_model_entry_jsoncomment already flags this class of problem, with a TODO about sourcing capabilities from the backend rather than route config. This change follows the current convention (declare in config, fail closed) rather than pre-empting that refactor; if you would ratherinput_modalitiesbe derived from a backend probe where one exists, I am glad to rework it that way.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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visionroute option and its behavior when omitted.Bug Fixes