fix(ai): persistence/UX fixes, parser unification, prefs consolidation, plus test coverage #119

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Followups on feat/ai based on the manual-testing notes:

• set default-model didn't persist across restart
• /ai providers (no args) showed a hardcoded openai/perplexity blurb instead of the configured list
• /ai models <provider> (fresh fetch) printed only a count, not the model names
• defaults (openai/perplexity) were re-seeded into the config every time the configured list became empty
• chat-response JSON parser used a different (smaller) escape set than the error-envelope parser
• models-endpoint 4xx errors surfaced raw response bodies; chat path already extracted error.message
• /ai set custom was runtime-only and lost on restart

Plus the test coverage from test/ai-coverage-unit-only is folded in so this branch lands fixes + the unit/functional tests that exercise them.

Source-only commits (no test changes):

• de2d21a0a fix(ai): persistence and command-output fixes — persist per-provider default model, stop re-seeding defaults after the configured list goes empty, list real configured providers on /ai providers, print actual model names on fresh /ai models, wipe all per-provider keys on /ai remove provider, drop a dead ai_models_find declaration.

• 659b9d77d refactor(ai): unify response and error JSON parsing — two shared helpers (_json_unescape_substring, _extract_json_string) replace two divergent inline string-scan loops; _parse_error_response is now wired into _curl_exec_and_handle so models-endpoint errors also get the parsed message instead of the raw body.

• 5104de40d refactor(ai): consolidate per-provider prefs into [ai/<name>] sections — all per-provider state lives in [ai/<provider>] with keys url, key, default_model, models, setting.<custom>; [ai] keeps only the global defaults_initialized sentinel. Idempotent migration in _prefs_load() moves legacy flat-key layouts over. Custom settings now persist (were in-memory only before).

Then merged in test/ai-coverage-unit-only (commits d676f3b08, befdd0ba1, 65c601267) which carries the unit + functional test refactor — tests are defaults-agnostic, set up their own providers, multi-provider tests use distinct URLs, functional tests check for https?:// rather than specific provider names.

Out of scope / follow-up

• The new prefs schema is a backwards-incompatible storage change — older clients reading this profrc won't see the AI section the same way. Migration is one-way (legacy → new). Consistent with how other prefs migrations have been handled in this codebase.
• Two latent autocomplete API-hygiene issues (NULL search_str → SIGSEGV; cursor leak across prefix changes) are not addressed here — both are unreachable from the UI today. See AI_AUTOCOMPLETE_POSSIBLE_ISSUES.md on test/ai-coverage-unit-only for the analysis; Issue 2 is parked in the lowest-priority backlog.

Test plan

• make check-unit green in Docker (ci/Dockerfile.debian)
• make check-functional green
• Manual: /ai set default-model X gpt-4o, restart, /ai shows the default
• Manual: /ai set custom openai tools enabled, restart, setting still in provider->settings
• Manual: /ai remove provider openai, restart, no openai re-seeded
• Manual: /ai models <provider> lists actual model IDs (not just a count)
• Manual: trigger 401 from /ai models, error shows the API's error.message, not raw JSON
• Spot-check ~/.local/share/profanity/profrc shows [ai/<provider>] sections after first save

## Summary Followups on `feat/ai` based on the manual-testing notes: - `set default-model` didn't persist across restart - `/ai providers` (no args) showed a hardcoded openai/perplexity blurb instead of the configured list - `/ai models <provider>` (fresh fetch) printed only a count, not the model names - defaults (openai/perplexity) were re-seeded into the config every time the configured list became empty - chat-response JSON parser used a different (smaller) escape set than the error-envelope parser - models-endpoint 4xx errors surfaced raw response bodies; chat path already extracted `error.message` - `/ai set custom` was runtime-only and lost on restart Plus the test coverage from `test/ai-coverage-unit-only` is folded in so this branch lands fixes + the unit/functional tests that exercise them. Source-only commits (no test changes): - **`de2d21a0a` `fix(ai): persistence and command-output fixes`** — persist per-provider default model, stop re-seeding defaults after the configured list goes empty, list real configured providers on `/ai providers`, print actual model names on fresh `/ai models`, wipe all per-provider keys on `/ai remove provider`, drop a dead `ai_models_find` declaration. - **`659b9d77d` `refactor(ai): unify response and error JSON parsing`** — two shared helpers (`_json_unescape_substring`, `_extract_json_string`) replace two divergent inline string-scan loops; `_parse_error_response` is now wired into `_curl_exec_and_handle` so models-endpoint errors also get the parsed message instead of the raw body. - **`5104de40d` `refactor(ai): consolidate per-provider prefs into [ai/<name>] sections`** — all per-provider state lives in `[ai/<provider>]` with keys `url`, `key`, `default_model`, `models`, `setting.<custom>`; `[ai]` keeps only the global `defaults_initialized` sentinel. Idempotent migration in `_prefs_load()` moves legacy flat-key layouts over. Custom settings now persist (were in-memory only before). Then merged in `test/ai-coverage-unit-only` (commits `d676f3b08`, `befdd0ba1`, `65c601267`) which carries the unit + functional test refactor — tests are defaults-agnostic, set up their own providers, multi-provider tests use distinct URLs, functional tests check for `https?://` rather than specific provider names. ## Out of scope / follow-up - The new prefs schema is a backwards-incompatible storage change — older clients reading this profrc won't see the AI section the same way. Migration is one-way (legacy → new). Consistent with how other prefs migrations have been handled in this codebase. - Two latent autocomplete API-hygiene issues (NULL search_str → SIGSEGV; cursor leak across prefix changes) are not addressed here — both are unreachable from the UI today. See `AI_AUTOCOMPLETE_POSSIBLE_ISSUES.md` on `test/ai-coverage-unit-only` for the analysis; Issue 2 is parked in the lowest-priority backlog. ## Test plan - [ ] `make check-unit` green in Docker (`ci/Dockerfile.debian`) - [ ] `make check-functional` green - [ ] Manual: `/ai set default-model X gpt-4o`, restart, `/ai` shows the default - [ ] Manual: `/ai set custom openai tools enabled`, restart, setting still in `provider->settings` - [ ] Manual: `/ai remove provider openai`, restart, no openai re-seeded - [ ] Manual: `/ai models <provider>` lists actual model IDs (not just a count) - [ ] Manual: trigger 401 from `/ai models`, error shows the API's `error.message`, not raw JSON - [ ] Spot-check `~/.local/share/profanity/profrc` shows `[ai/<provider>]` sections after first save

jabber.developer2 added 58 commits 2026-05-14 14:25:45 +00:00

feat(ai): add AI client with multi-provider support and UI ... e43e8378b0

Add an AI client module that integrates with OpenAI-compatible API
providers (OpenAI, Perplexity, and custom providers) to provide
AI-assisted responses within the profanity client.

The implementation includes:

- src/ai/ai_client.c/h: Core AI client with provider management,
  session handling, and async HTTP request handling via libcurl.
  Supports per-provider API keys stored in preferences, reference-
  counted sessions, and conversation history tracking.

- src/ui/window.c/window_list.c: New AI window type (ProfAiWin) for
  displaying AI conversations, with response streaming and error
  display capabilities.

- Command integration: New `/ai` command (cmd_defs.c, cmd_funcs.c)
  for creating sessions, sending prompts, and managing providers.
  Provider autocomplete support in cmd_ac.c.

- Preferences integration: API keys for providers are persisted in
  the preferences system (config/preferences.c).

- Unit tests: 472 lines of comprehensive tests covering provider
  management, session lifecycle, JSON escaping, and autocomplete
  (tests/unittests/test_ai_client.c).

Architecture decisions:
- Asynchronous design: HTTP requests run on a separate thread to
  avoid blocking the main UI loop. Callbacks are invoked on the main
  thread via direct function call (profanity uses ncurses, not GLib
  main loop).
- Reference counting: Both AIProvider and AISession use ref counting
  for safe shared ownership.
- Response size limit: 10MB cap on HTTP responses to prevent OOM.

fix(ai): set correct links in tests, fix headers 1f1770bd58

ref(ai): add stub, fix includes, move aiwin_send_message location 9c8ad57b59

ref(ai): move unfitting functions out of window.c; create aiwin.c cff05ca802

fix(ai): remove duplicate assistant response in the message history bccd3ecded

fix(ai): persist API keys to disk after set/remove operations ... 25e0459979

API keys set via /ai set token were only stored in memory and lost
on client restart. prefs_ai_set_token() and prefs_ai_remove_token()
mutated the in-memory prefs but never called _save_prefs(), unlike
other preference setters in the same file.

Both functions now call _save_prefs() after mutating the keyfile,
ensuring API keys persist across client restarts as advertised.

fix(ai): remove API key from debug log ... c9a5239117

Remove the log_debug line in ai_client.c that leaked the first 10
characters of the API key into logs. This is also contained a memory leak (g_strndup
return value was never freed).

fix(ai): remove redundant g_strdup on api_key assignment ... caa0b3ccba

ai_get_provider_key() already returns a freshly g_strdup'd copy of
the API key. The outer g_strdup in ai_session_create() created an
unnecessary second copy, leaking the original pointer.

fix(ai): align ai_list_providers with documented contract ... 93ad7379e2

Remove ai_provider_ref() from ai_list_providers() so the returned
providers do not need to be unref'd by the caller. This matches the
header docstring which states "caller must not free the list or
providers". Also update all callers (cmd_ai_providers, tests) to
remove redundant ai_provider_unref() calls.

fix(ai): fix provider_name leak and const-cast in cmd_ai_start ... 9e1f9b666e

Use auto_gchar temporary for g_strndup result in cmd_ai_start to
prevent memory leak. Fix const-cast warning by using a proper
non-const temporary variable.

fix(ai): join multi-word arguments in cmd_ai_correct ... da0bf43d73

Use g_strjoinv to join all arguments from args[1] onwards into a
single prompt string. Previously only args[1] was used, truncating
multi-word prompts like '/ai correct hello world' to just 'hello'

fix(ai): move generic subcommand autocomplete outside nested conditionals ... dc75f16221

The generic `/ai <subcommand>` tab-completion was nested inside conditional
blocks that prevented it from firing in common cases — for example,
`/ai<tab>` or `/ai <tab>` would never match subcommands because the
`autocomplete_param_with_ac()` call was guarded by argument count checks
and nested inside the explicit handler branches.

Move the fallback subcommand autocomplete to execute unconditionally after
all explicit handler branches, ensuring `/ai <tab>` always lists available
subcommands regardless of argument count or which subcommand was typed.

Also move the `/ai set` subcommand fallback outside the inner else-block
so it runs whenever args[0] is "set", not only when num_args >= 2.

refactor(ai): flatten autocomplete into sequential prefix-matching chain ... 002a6ed15b

Replace the deeply nested conditional tree in _ai_autocomplete() with a
flat sequential chain of autocomplete_param_with_*() calls. Each call
tries a specific command prefix (e.g., "/ai set provider", "/ai start")
and returns immediately on match — a common, reliable pattern for
command-line tab completion.

The previous design nested provider-name autocomplete inside
g_strv_length() and g_strcmp0() checks, meaning /ai<tab> and /ai <tab>
would never reach the subcommand matcher. The new flat structure ensures
every prefix is tried in order, with the most specific prefixes first
and the generic /ai subcommand fallback last.

This pattern — sequential prefix matching with early return — is the
standard approach for autocomplete dispatch: each handler owns its
prefix, no shared state or argument parsing is needed, and adding a
new subcommand is a single append to the chain.

refactor(ai): use stateful autocomplete for provider name matching ... 461c0c32dd

Replace the manual GHashTable iteration in ai_providers_find() with the
existing stateful autocomplete system. Provider names are now kept in
sync via autocomplete_add/remove during ai_add_provider/ai_remove_provider,
and ai_providers_find delegates to autocomplete_complete() for deterministic
tab-completion cycling through sorted results.

This eliminates manual GList allocation, iteration, and cleanup, while
providing consistent forward/backward cycling behavior shared by all
autocomplete callers.

fix(ai): standardize lock handling in _ai_invoke_callback ... 634fb7d7eb

Take the global lock mutex before invoking all callbacks (success
and error) to ensure thread-safety. Previously some paths took the
lock and others did not, creating asymmetric behavior that could
lead to data races when callbacks access UI state.

ref(ai): remove inaccurate logging 4913a3d5a4

fix(ai): guard NULL search_str and update tests for new cycling behavior ... 00f11eb704

Update ai_providers_find() to handle NULL search_str safely by treating it
as an empty string, preventing a segfault in strdup() within autocomplete_complete().

Rename test_ai_providers_find_case_sensitive to test_ai_providers_find_case_insensitive
to reflect the new case-insensitive matching contract. Update all affected tests to
expect cycling behavior (NULL/empty returns first provider) and use auto_gchar for
automatic memory management.

Use `gchar` instead of `char` in ai_providers_find for consistency

refactor(ai): remove redundant callback layer from AI client ... cead417e78

The ai_response_cb and ai_error_cb parameters were always passed the
same functions (aiwin_display_response and aiwin_display_error),
making the callback indirection redundant and complicating the call
chain.

Remove ai_callback_data_t, _ai_callback_invoke(), and
_ai_invoke_callback(). Simplify _ai_request_thread and ai_send_prompt
to directly call aiwin_display_error() and aiwin_display_response()
when user_data is a valid ProfAiWin*.

refactor(ai): add UI display helpers ... fe0a46da58

Add static _aiwin_display_error() and
_aiwin_display_response() helpers to reduce mutex repetition and
log warnings when aiwin is NULL or invalid.

fix(ai): validate aiwin pointer to prevent UAF when window closed ... 2fc7f3d672

Prevent use-after-free in the AI request worker thread when the user
closes the AI window during the 60-second HTTP request timeout. Without
this fix, the worker may dereference a dangling pointer and crash or
exhibit undefined behavior.

The _ai_request_thread function in ai_client.c previously cast user_data
to ProfAiWin* and used it directly without verifying the window was still
alive. Added wins_ai_exists() to iterate through all AI windows and check
if the pointer is still valid before use.

Safety:
- wins_ai_exists() iterates all AI windows (handles multiple AI windows)
- Worker skips UI update if window was freed, just cleans up
- Logs warning when dangling pointer is detected

feat(ai): disable request storage via store:false parameter ... cfe6ea46e2

Add store:false to AI API requests to prevent OpenAI, Perplexity, and
other providers from storing conversation data or using it for training.

Both the OpenAI Responses API and Perplexity API support the store
parameter to control whether requests are persisted. Setting it to false
ensures conversations remain private and are not retained by the provider.

Privacy:
- Requests are not stored by AI providers
- Conversations are not used for model training
- Aligns with CProof's privacy-first design

fix(ai): convert \n escape sequences to actual newlines in LLM responses a16237d16b

fix(ai): use atomic operations for refcounting ... f133d81a05

Replace plain ref_count++/-- with g_atomic_int_inc and
g_atomic_int_dec_and_test for both AIProvider and AISession refcounts.
Prevents data races when ref/unref is called from worker threads.

ref(pref): add newline at the end of the file cdcc45b7c6

fix(ai): fix leak from ai_get_provider_key f4221e27ac

fix(ai): return CURL_WRITEFUNC_ERROR on oversized response ... e229ed1281

Return CURL_WRITEFUNC_ERROR instead of realsize when the response
exceeds 10MB. This causes curl to abort the transfer immediately
instead of continuing to stream data.

Merge branch 'master' into feat/ai 731b55fa19

feat(ai): add model caching, settings, and commands ... acae543057

- Introduce model caching with persistence to preferences
- Add provider default model and custom settings management
- Implement `/ai switch`, `/ai models`, and improve `/ai start`
- Add model name autocomplete for chat commands
- Update command definitions and help text
- Add unit tests for new functionality

fix(ai): protect window validation with mutex ... 07d267b5bc

The existence check accesses shared state without synchronization,
which can cause race conditions when called from background threads.
Explicitly locking the mutex ensures safe access during validation.

feat(ai): implement robust JSON model parsing ... a898cb212d

Rewrote internal JSON parsing to correctly handle whitespace, escaped
quotes, and strict field context extraction. This prevents incorrect
field names or provider names from being added to the model list.

Added `ai_parse_models_from_json` public API to facilitate testing.

Changed `/ai models` default behavior to always fetch fresh models.
Replaced `--refresh` flag with `--cached` to display local cache.

Added comprehensive unit tests covering OpenAI and Perplexity formats,
array format, empty/null JSON, escaped quotes, and whitespace handling.

fix(ai): improve API error parsing and fallback ... ecb07fd00c

Add early return for empty responses and fallback to console output
when the AI window is closed or invalid. Implement JSON error
parsing to extract readable messages from API failures, improving
debugging and user feedback.

fix(ai): reset paged flag to display user message ... 010b2062a4

When the user scrolls up to view history, the paged flag is set to 1.
This suppresses new messages in _win_printf(). Reset paged and
unread_msg flags before printing to ensure visibility.

refactor(ai): remove cmd_ai_correct function ... b634eed5af

The /ai correct command implementation has been removed.

fix(ai): collapse validate and dispatch into single critical section ... 107f7778e2

_aiwin_validate() no longer acquires the mutex. Callers now hold the
lock across both the existence check and the display dispatch,
eliminating the TOCTOU window where the window could be freed.

fix(ai): use atomic ai_provider_ref() in cmd_ai_switch ... b1dbe714e8

src/command/cmd_funcs:11118 used a plain non-atomic ref_count++ on
ai_provider, which is a data race against concurrent
ai_provider_unref() calls using g_atomic_int_dec_and_test.

- Expose ai_provider_ref() in ai_client.h (was static)
- Replace non-atomic ref_count++ with ai_provider_ref() in cmd_ai_switch"

ref(ai): remove org_id from provider configuration ... 6fe8c370df

The org_id field was removed from AIProvider as it was no longer
populated through the command surface. The /ai set org command was
previously removed, leaving org_id as dead code.

This change removes org_id from:
- AIProvider struct definition
- ai_provider_new() and ai_provider_unref()
- ai_add_provider() API signature
- _build_curl_headers() (OpenAI-Organization header)
- cmd_ai_set() and cmd_ai_providers()
- All unit tests

fix(ai): add mutex to AISession for thread safety ... 9f4621883a

Introduce a pthread mutex to protect all AISession fields from
concurrent access between the main thread and background request
worker.

- Initialize and destroy mutex during session lifecycle
- Lock session state when modifying or reading history, model, and
  provider fields
- Snapshot session state under lock in the request worker thread to
  prevent UAF races during API calls
- Refactor _build_json_payload to accept direct parameters for safe
  usage under lock
- Update command handlers to safely switch provider/model under lock

Fix(ai): protect AI session state from concurrent access races ... a75a06b4a2

cmd_ai_switch() and cmd_ai_clear() mutated session fields (provider_name,
provider, model, api_key, history) on the main thread without coordination,
while _ai_request_thread() read the same fields concurrently in the worker
thread. This caused use-after-free when:

- g_free(session->model) was called between worker's read and g_strdup()
- ai_provider_unref(session->provider) freed the provider struct while
  worker accessed session->provider->api_url
- ai_session_clear_history() freed the history list while worker walked it

Fix:
1. Add pthread_mutex_t lock to AISession struct to protect all session
   fields from concurrent access.

2. Introduce ai_session_switch() public API that atomically switches
   provider, model, and API key under the session lock. This encapsulates
   all session mutations within ai_client.c so cmd_funcs.c never touches
   session fields directly.

3. Have _ai_request_thread() snapshot all session state under the session
   lock before making requests, using local copies for the duration of
   the curl request.

4. Add ai_provider_ref()/ai_provider_unref() around _ai_generic_request_thread()
   to prevent provider UAF during model-fetch requests.

5. Protect ai_session_add_message(), ai_session_clear_history(), and
   ai_session_set_model() with the session lock.

No pthread.h needed in cmd_funcs.c — all locking is encapsulated within
ai_client.c via the public API. No deadlock risk from nested locks.

Files changed:
- src/ai/ai_client.h: Add lock field, ai_session_switch() declaration
- src/ai/ai_client.c: Mutex init/destroy, session mutation protection,
  worker thread snapshot, provider ref management
- src/command/cmd_funcs.c: Use ai_session_switch() API, remove pthread.h

fix(ai): pass stanza ID to AI message send function 18fb7fa733

fix(ai): reset provider autocomplete state on search string change ... 1ecaceb59f

When typing /ai start <prefix><tab>, the autocomplete was not properly
handling search string changes. For example, typing "/ai start o<tab>"
would return "openai", but then typing "/ai start p<tab>" would still
return "openai" because the autocomplete state was not reset.

This commit:
- Adds ai_providers_reset_ac() function to reset provider autocomplete
  state, following the same pattern as accounts_reset_all_search()
- Integrates ai_providers_reset_ac() into cmd_ac_reset() for proper
  state cleanup when user presses Ctrl+C or switches contexts

refactor(ai): remove default command and enforce strict window context ... 277c82fb5d

- Remove `/ai set default-provider` command and related autocomplete logic
- Remove global `wins_get_ai()` window accessor function
- Enforce strict requirement that `/ai model`, `/ai switch`, `/ai models`, and `/ai clear` commands must be executed from within an active AI chat window
- Update `/ai start` to require `<provider>` argument

BREAKING CHANGE: `/ai model`, `/ai switch`, `/ai models`, and `/ai clear` commands now require an active AI window context. The `/ai set default-provider` command has been removed.

fix(ai): add reset for models_ac and streamline model autocomplete handling ... 2f1637ca8e

Replace the custom ai_models_find function with a dedicated
ai_models_ac autocomplete list. Update the /ai switch trigger to
include a trailing space for consistent parsing.

feat(ai): persist custom providers to config and move defaults to preferences ... b21d537e80

Fix /ai set provider <name> <url> not persisting across restarts.

- Add prefs_ai_set_provider(), prefs_ai_remove_provider(),
  prefs_ai_get_provider_url(), prefs_ai_list_providers(),
  prefs_free_ai_providers(), and prefs_ai_get_default_provider_url()
  to preferences.h/c for provider persistence.

- Move default provider URL definitions (openai, perplexity) from
  ai_client.c to preferences.c, following the established pattern
  where defaults are returned as fallbacks when no config value exists.

- Modify ai_add_provider() to persist new/updated providers to config.

- Modify ai_remove_provider() to remove provider from config.

- Add internal _ai_add_provider_nopersist() helper for adding default
  providers and loading from config without double-persisting.

- Update ai_client_init() to load custom providers from config on
  startup, allowing users to override defaults or add new ones.

Users now have full control: default providers remain as fallbacks,
user-added providers persist to config, and users can override or
remove defaults freely.

feat(ai): persist default providers to config on first use ... b28b719d11

Fix /ai set provider <name> <url> not persisting across restarts, and
default providers (openai, perplexity) disappearing when user adds a
custom provider.

- Add prefs_ai_set_provider(), prefs_ai_remove_provider(),
  prefs_ai_get_provider_url(), prefs_ai_list_providers(),
  prefs_free_ai_providers() for provider persistence.

- Implement prefs_ai_get_providers() in preferences.c: if no providers
  are configured, write default providers to config and return them.
  This ensures defaults are persisted so users can modify them directly.

- Move default provider URL definitions from ai_client.c to
  preferences.c. ai_client.c no longer knows about specific provider
  names.

- Simplify ai_client_init() to call prefs_ai_get_providers() and
  initialize with whatever it receives.

- ai_add_provider() persists to config; ai_remove_provider() removes
  from config.

Behavior: On first run, default providers are written to config. User
can then modify, remove, or add providers freely and they persist.

feat(ai): allow /ai models command from console ... 89a224b017

Remove window type check from cmd_ai_models() so fetching models works
from console. Response is shown via cons_show() when called from console,
or in the AI window when called from there.

refactor(cmd_ac): DRY AI autocomplete and fix trailing space API ... fba6a040ee

- Replace _ai_model_autocomplete() with new _ai_provider_and_model_autocomplete()
  that handles both provider and model autocomplete in one function
- Add /ai set default-model model autocomplete support
- Remove trailing space requirement from cmd_prefix parameter (use \"/ai start\"
  instead of \"/ai start \")
- Fix const correctness in autocomplete_param_with_func() signature
- Remove unused space_at_end variable

refactor(ai): remove hardcoded gpt-4o fallback model ... 5a074b280d

Remove the hardcoded "gpt-4o" fallback in cmd_ai_start to ensure
model selection relies exclusively on provider configuration defaults.

fix(ai): prevent duplicate user message in AI JSON payload ... a9f0153c0f

The user message was being added to session->history before calling
_build_json_payload_from_list(), which independently appends the prompt
to the JSON payload. This caused the same message to appear twice in
the API request.

Fix: Build JSON payload first, then add user message to history under
the same lock to maintain atomicity.

fix(ai): unlock mutex before early return in error callback ... f93f7cdf2c

The mutex was not released when the aiwin pointer was invalid, leading to a potential deadlock in the AI thread.

fix(ai): destroy mutex and remove locking in unref 7cf82c99f0

fix(ac): use g_strdup instead of strdup for NULL-safety 30ad6e2a6e

test(ai): expand unit and functional coverage for /ai feature ... d676f3b087

Unit tests (tests/unittests/test_ai_client.c): +50 cases on top of the
existing 50 — total 100. Covers:
  - chat response parser (ai_parse_response): OpenAI content + Perplexity
    text formats, escape decoding, empty/null/missing inputs, format-string
    safety, multiline content
  - error envelope parser (ai_parse_error_message): standard envelope,
    nested escapes, missing fields, null/empty
  - extended JSON escape: \b, \f, \r, all-specials, UTF-8 pass-through
  - provider autocomplete cycling with >=2 matches and wrap-around
  - session edge cases: NULL args, 100-message order preservation,
    set_model(NULL), ref/unref(NULL)
  - provider edge cases: get/remove with NULL, double-remove, survival
    via session ref after ai_remove_provider
  - settings: multi-key independence, missing key, cross-provider
    isolation
  - model parsing edges: data not array, empty data, "id" outside data,
    multiple models
  - prefs round-trip: set token -> shutdown -> init -> token reloaded
    from disk (uses load_preferences fixture)

Functional tests:
  - Console only (test_ai.c): 15 cases for the /ai command surface that
    don't need HTTP. Covers /ai help, providers list, set provider/token,
    start with/without key/unknown provider, clear, remove, default
    provider/model, switch without window, bad subcommand.

Infrastructure:
  - TEST_GROUPS bumped to 5 in proftest.c; AI tests live in their own
    Group 5 because mixing them with stabber-driven tests in Group 4
    poisoned stbbr_stop() teardown.
  - PROF_FUNC_TEST_AI macro in functionaltests.c registers AI tests
    with ai_init_test() which wraps init_prof_test with a prof_connect()
    so stabber sees a graceful disconnect at teardown.

Source-level changes to enable testing:
  - src/ai/ai_client.{c,h}: dropped 'static' from _parse_ai_response
    (renamed ai_parse_response) and _parse_error_response (renamed
    ai_parse_error_message); declared under a "Parsing helpers (exposed
    for testing)" section. Same approach as ai_parse_models_from_json.

Results in Docker (cproof-debian image):
  - 595/595 unit tests pass
  - 15/15 AI functional tests pass (Group 5)

test(ai): autocomplete tests — 5 expected failures documenting real bugs ... befdd0ba10

Adds 10 tests for ai_models_find and additional edge cases on
ai_providers_find. 5 pass as sanity; 5 fail intentionally, documenting
two distinct bugs in the autocomplete integration:

BUG A — ai_models_find cycling is broken
  src/ai/ai_client.c ai_models_find() allocates a fresh Autocomplete on
  every call and frees it before returning. The Autocomplete's last_found
  cursor is therefore never persisted, so repeated calls with the same
  prefix always return the first match. Tab+Tab+Tab cannot reach models
  2, 3, ...
  Caught by:
    - test_ai_models_find_cycles_through_matches
    - test_ai_models_find_null_search_cycles_all

BUG B — providers_ac is never reset between user input cycles
  src/ai/ai_client.c keeps the static providers_ac AC, but
  src/command/cmd_ac.c's all_acs[] (which cmd_ac_reset() iterates) does
  not include &providers_ac. So when the input loop fires the global
  reset, providers_ac retains its last_found cursor from the previous
  prefix.
  Result: tab-completing a new prefix continues from the old cursor
  position instead of restarting at the head of the new prefix's matches.
  A provider added mid-session may also be missed depending on cursor
  position.
  Caught by:
    - test_ai_providers_find_state_resets_on_prefix_change
    - test_ai_providers_find_empty_then_prefix
    - test_ai_providers_find_after_add_includes_new

Sanity (5 passing):
  - test_ai_models_find_no_models_returns_null
  - test_ai_models_find_returns_match_for_prefix
  - test_ai_models_find_no_match_returns_null
  - test_ai_models_find_previous_direction
  - test_ai_providers_find_after_remove_skips_removed

The failing tests are checked in as-is — they go green when the bugs
are fixed. See PR description for suggested fixes.

test(ai): refactor coverage to be defaults-agnostic post feat/ai merge ... 65c6012677

Self-setup providers in tests instead of relying on hardcoded openai/perplexity
defaults. Multi-provider tests now use distinct URLs per provider; functional
tests check for http/https URL presence rather than specific provider names.

Drop ai_models_find tests (function removed upstream in feat/ai). Replace with
reset-hook + persistence coverage: providers_reset_ac restart cycle, provider
add/remove round-trip across init, model cache round-trip across init.

Keep three autocomplete prefix-change tests red in-suite (documented as latent
API-hygiene gap, unreachable from UI today). NULL-search test body retained
but registration commented out — currently SIGSEGVs the cmocka runner.

Add stub_xmpp connection_create_stanza_id to satisfy new cmd_funcs.c call site.

fix(ai): persistence and command-output fixes ... de2d21a0ac

- Persist per-provider default model in [ai] prefs (set/get/remove
  helpers, load on init, clear with provider removal). Previously
  /ai set default-model only updated runtime state.

- Stop re-seeding openai/perplexity into [ai] every time the configured
  provider list is empty. The defaults are now seeded once, guarded by
  a "defaults_initialized" sentinel, so removing every provider does
  not silently restore them.

- /ai providers (no arg) now lists the configured providers with key
  status, instead of the hardcoded openai/perplexity blurb.

- /ai models <provider> (fresh fetch) prints the model names it cached,
  not just a count. Previously the user had to follow up with --cached
  to actually see them.

- /ai remove provider now also clears the persisted default model,
  token, and cached model list, leaving no orphan keys in [ai].

- Drop dead ai_models_find declaration from ai_client.h (no
  implementation in this tree).

refactor(ai): unify response and error JSON parsing ... 659b9d77df

Both the chat response parser and the error envelope parser were doing
their own ad-hoc strstr scans and inline unescape loops, with different
sets of supported escape sequences (chat: \" \n; error: \" \n \\ \t).
Models endpoint errors didn't try to extract error.message at all and
surfaced raw response bodies to the user — inconsistent with the chat
path which already did parse them.

Consolidate around two helpers:

  _json_unescape_substring: decode \" \\ \/ \n \t \r \b \f into a fresh
    buffer; pass \uXXXX through verbatim (out of scope here).

  _extract_json_string: locate "field":"..." via _find_json_field
    (already handles JSON whitespace around the colon) and return the
    unescaped value, treating any \X inside the string body as opaque
    so embedded \" is never misread as the closing quote.

_parse_ai_response and _parse_error_response now each collapse to a
small wrapper around these helpers. Wire _parse_error_response into the
shared _curl_exec_and_handle 4xx branch so models requests also surface
the provider's error.message instead of the raw body.

refactor(ai): consolidate per-provider prefs into [ai/<name>] sections ... 5104de40d3

Per-provider state used to live as flat keys in [ai] with naming
conventions to avoid collisions: <name>_url, <name>_models,
<name>_default_model, and the bare <name> for the API token. Custom
settings (/ai set custom) never made it to disk at all — they only
lived in the runtime AIProvider.settings hash table and were lost on
restart.

Move every per-provider field into a [ai/<name>] subsection of the
keyfile with stable key names:

  [ai/openai]
  url=https://api.openai.com/
  key=sk-...
  default_model=gpt-4
  models=gpt-4;gpt-3.5-turbo
  setting.tools=enabled

[ai] now keeps only the global "defaults_initialized" sentinel.

Migration runs once in _prefs_load: collect provider names from the
old <name>_url keys, then move url/models/default_model/token of each
provider into its subsection and drop the flat keys. Idempotent on
subsequent loads.

prefs_ai_* API surface kept compatible; storage backend changes only.
Adds:
  prefs_ai_remove_section()    — wipe whole subsection in one call
  prefs_ai_{set,get,remove,list}_setting() — persist custom settings

ai_client wiring:
- ai_set_provider_setting now writes to prefs as well as the runtime
  hash table; ai_client_init loads them back on startup.
- ai_remove_provider replaces four prefs_ai_remove_* calls with a
  single prefs_ai_remove_section.

Merge branch 'test/ai-coverage-unit-only' into fix/ai-followups ... 0847394d34

Pull in the defaults-agnostic unit and functional test coverage so this
branch carries both the source fixes and the tests that exercise them.

# Conflicts:
#	src/ai/ai_client.c

jabber.developer2 changed target branch from master to feat/ai 2026-05-14 14:25:58 +00:00

jabber.developer2 added 1 commit 2026-05-14 14:34:57 +00:00

fix(ai): keep in-memory defaults seeded when prefs is unavailable ... 43d557f2dc

The defaults_initialized sentinel only makes sense when prefs is loaded.
Three unit tests use ai_client_setup, which calls ai_client_init without
loading prefs — prefs_ai_get_providers was bailing on the seeding branch
because of the prefs NULL check, leaving ai_client with zero providers
and breaking tests that expect at least one default.

Decouple the two concerns:
- Always seed openai/perplexity into the in-memory result list when the
  configured set is empty and we haven't already seeded.
- Only persist the seeded providers and write the defaults_initialized
  flag when prefs is actually available.

In production this is identical to the previous behaviour; in tests
without prefs the old "always-return-defaults" semantics is preserved
without a persistence side effect.

Also reflow ai_client.c JSON escape switch and HTTP-error ternary to
satisfy clang-format 18 (CI checks).

jabber.developer2 changed target branch from feat/ai to master 2026-05-14 14:36:25 +00:00

jabber.developer2 changed target branch from master to feat/ai 2026-05-14 14:36:40 +00:00

jabber.developer2 manually merged commit 43d557f2dc into feat/ai 2026-05-14 20:22:36 +00:00

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