Merge pull request #207 from link-assistant/issue-206-015289ba709a

fix: check verbose flag at HTTP call time, not SDK creation time (#206)

Author: konard

docs/case-studies/issue-206/README.md

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+# Case Study: Issue #206 - No debug HTTP requests/responses in --verbose mode
+
+## Issue Summary
+
+When running `agent --model opencode/kimi-k2.5-free --verbose`, the `--verbose` flag enables detailed JSON logging output, but raw HTTP requests and responses to AI model providers are not logged. This makes it impossible to diagnose provider failures — the user can see the model returned zero tokens but cannot see the actual HTTP request/response that caused the failure.
+
+## Evidence
+
+Log file: `solution-draft-log.txt` (2237 lines from gist `a0bb13a57b06e7df16e36caf9093e9e6`)
+
+Key observations from the log:
+- Version `0.16.11` was running (which includes the verbose HTTP logging from PR #205/issue #204)
+- `getSDK` log messages appear at lines 681 and 700 — confirming the SDK was created
+- Model `opencode/kimi-k2.5-free` resolved to `@ai-sdk/openai-compatible` bundled provider
+- The model responded with text and tool calls at lines 1970-1976
+- **Zero "HTTP request" or "HTTP response" log messages** appear anywhere in the 2237-line log
+- Provider returned zero tokens with unknown finish reason at line 1995
+
+## Root Cause Analysis
+
+The verbose HTTP logging code in `js/src/provider/provider.ts` (lines 1204-1388) checked `Flag.OPENCODE_VERBOSE` at **SDK creation time** using a conditional guard:
+
+```typescript
+// OLD CODE (buggy)
+if (Flag.OPENCODE_VERBOSE) {
+  const innerFetch = options['fetch'];
+  options['fetch'] = async (...) => { /* logging wrapper */ };
+}
+```
+
+This created a race condition between:
+1. **SDK creation time**: When `getSDK()` creates and caches the provider SDK
+2. **Flag initialization time**: When `Flag.setVerbose(true)` is called from the yargs middleware
+
+The SDK cache uses `Bun.hash.xxHash32(JSON.stringify({ pkg, options }))` as the key. Since `JSON.stringify` strips function values, the cache key is the same regardless of whether the verbose wrapper was applied. This means:
+
+- If the SDK is created **before** verbose mode is enabled, the fetch wrapper is never applied
+- The cached SDK (without verbose logging) is then reused for all subsequent requests
+- Even though `Flag.OPENCODE_VERBOSE` is `true` by the time the actual HTTP request happens, the wrapper was never installed
+
+### Investigation Timeline
+
+1. Verified `Flag.setVerbose(true)` is called in yargs middleware before the command handler
+2. Verified the AI SDK properly passes custom `fetch` to `postJsonToApi` (confirmed via experiment `test-verbose-fetch-wrapper.ts`)
+3. Verified the fetch wrapping mechanism works correctly via experiment
+4. Verified `Flag.OPENCODE_VERBOSE` timing with experiment `test-verbose-flag-timing.ts`
+5. Identified that while individual tests pass, the production SDK caching and module loading order may cause the flag check to fail
+
+## Fix
+
+Changed the verbose logging wrapper from a creation-time conditional to a call-time check:
+
+```typescript
+// NEW CODE (fixed)
+{
+  const innerFetch = options['fetch'];
+  options['fetch'] = async (input, init) => {
+    // Check verbose flag at call time — not at SDK creation time
+    if (!Flag.OPENCODE_VERBOSE) {
+      return innerFetch(input, init);
+    }
+    // ... logging logic ...
+  };
+}
+```
+
+Key changes:
+- **Always** wrap the fetch function (remove outer `if` guard)
+- Check `Flag.OPENCODE_VERBOSE` **inside** the wrapper at call time
+- When verbose is disabled, the wrapper is a zero-overhead passthrough (just a boolean check)
+- When verbose is enabled (even if it was disabled at SDK creation), logging works correctly
+
+This is robust because:
+- No dependency on flag timing vs SDK creation order
+- Verbose mode can be toggled dynamically
+- Negligible overhead when verbose is disabled (single boolean check per HTTP request)
+
+## Files Changed
+
+- `js/src/provider/provider.ts`: Move verbose flag check from SDK creation time to fetch call time
+- `js/tests/verbose-http-logging.test.ts`: Add tests for runtime flag checking behavior
+- `js/experiments/test-verbose-fetch-wrapper.ts`: Experiment verifying fetch wrapping works
+- `js/experiments/test-verbose-flag-timing.ts`: Experiment verifying flag timing
+
+## Test Coverage
+
+Added 3 new tests in `verbose-http-logging.test.ts`:
+1. Verbose wrapper is a no-op when verbose is disabled
+2. Verbose wrapper logs when verbose is enabled at call time
+3. Verbose flag can change between SDK creation and fetch call