Compression exclusion doesn't work (3.8.52)

[elcodeo]

Hi community,

I've setup compression which works in general. But my exclusions seem not to work. Am I doing something wrong?

[joshwebtimestwo]

The wildcard syntax is valid. The likely mismatch is the provider identifier: your log shows the display name GUFO, but the request-protocol tooltip contains a custom openai-compatible-chat-... ID.

In 3.8.52's matcher, exclusions are checked against the bare model ID and provider/model. It does not look up provider display aliases. The call site passes the resolved provider and effectiveModel, so gufo/* won't match when that provider value is the custom endpoint ID.

As a narrow diagnostic, add this line to the exclusions, save, reload the page to confirm it persisted, and make a new request:

Qwen3.8-27B

That excludes this model name across providers. To scope the exclusion to just your custom endpoint, use its full internal ID instead:

openai-compatible-chat-<actual-endpoint-id>/*

Replace the placeholder with the actual ID; don't paste it literally. Historical log rows will keep their original compression figures.

I ran the actual v3.8.52 matcher with your three patterns and the model/endpoint ID shown in the screenshots. The existing patterns did not match; the bare-model pattern and full endpoint-ID wildcard did. Case-insensitive matching and the literal dot in Qwen3.8-27B also passed, five checks in total.

I haven't replayed your live request or checked your saved settings. If a fresh request still compresses with the bare-model exclusion saved, that would point to another issue beyond the identifier mismatch.

[elcodeo]

I added "Qwen3.8-27B" to the exclusion list and made a new request. With this setting the compression was disabled - so it worked.

It's a workaround but not a solution for the underlaying cause. The documentation says: "Model ids or provider/model patterns that must never be compressed.". With "gufo/*" I added the provider name. So I think this is something which needs a deeper analysis.