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…a different model When a run continues a history whose assistant turns were produced by another model (a FallbackModel failover, a model swap between runs, a takeover), the serving model otherwise reads those turns as its own: it defends claims it never made and keeps commitments it cannot verify. CrossModelHistoryLabel detects the mismatch and contributes one short ephemeral line naming the other model, so the serving model treats the earlier turns as inherited context. The line rides the get_instructions channel (never persisted): a provenance note that changes with the history must neither move the cached message prefix nor become history a later model reads back as fact. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ite page Merge `main` and relocate from `experimental/cross_model_label` to top-level `pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/`, matching #347/#354. Drops the experimental import warning, fixes import paths, moves tests. Adds `docs/cross-model-label.md` (nav.json, index.md, parity gate) and a README matrix row. No behavior change. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/_capability.py`:
- Around line 167-169: Update __post_init__ to accept only the supported string
threshold value, “recent”; reject any other strings with the existing
ValueError, while preserving validation for numeric thresholds in the range (0,
1].
- Around line 251-257: Update _instructions to validate detected.other_family
before passing it to self.format or _DEFAULT_FORMAT.format, accepting only a
strict identifier format within a bounded length. When validation fails, use
static fallback wording that does not interpolate the untrusted family value.
In `@pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/README.md`:
- Around line 21-24: Update the documentation examples at
pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/README.md lines 21-24 and
docs/cross-model-label.md lines 26-29 consistently: add the text language to
each fenced code block and ensure the sample is a single physical line, or
revise the surrounding wording to accurately match the one-instruction contract.
- Around line 66-69: The documentation currently describes fractional threshold
firing as requiring a foreign majority; replace that wording with
threshold-based language stating that the label fires when the configured
fraction of prior responses with a model_name belongs to a different family.
Apply the same wording in pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/README.md lines
66-69 and docs/cross-model-label.md lines 71-74, preserving the existing
provenance-banner and family-selection descriptions.
In `@tests/cross_model_label/test_cross_model_label.py`:
- Line 37: Remove the `_DEFAULT_FORMAT` import from the test module and replace
its usages in the cross-model label assertions with the explicit expected
public-format text defined locally in the tests. Keep the assertions independent
of the private implementation constant and avoid importing underscore-prefixed
helpers.
- Line 29: Update both capability test builders in the cross-model label tests
to use Pydantic AI’s TestModel instead of FunctionModel. Preserve the existing
instruction assertions by reading TestModel’s
last_model_request_parameters.instruction_parts, and remove the
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Reject unsupported string thresholds during initialization.
Values such as threshold='always' pass validation, then Line 223 raises TypeError while comparing a float with that string.
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| def __post_init__(self) -> None: | |
| if not isinstance(self.threshold, str) and not 0.0 < self.threshold <= 1.0: | |
| raise ValueError("threshold must be 'recent' or a float in the range (0, 1].") | |
| def __post_init__(self) -> None: | |
| if self.threshold == 'recent': | |
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| if not isinstance(self.threshold, float) or not 0.0 < self.threshold <= 1.0: | |
| raise ValueError("threshold must be 'recent' or a float in the range (0, 1].") |
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In `@pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/_capability.py` around lines 167 - 169,
Update __post_init__ to accept only the supported string threshold value,
“recent”; reject any other strings with the existing ValueError, while
preserving validation for numeric thresholds in the range (0, 1].
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Guard the derived family before interpolating it into instructions. ModelResponse.model_name is free-form, and sanitize_messages() does not constrain it, so untrusted message_history can flow into _DEFAULT_FORMAT.format(family=...). That lets attacker-controlled text, including newlines, reach the instruction channel. Add a strict identifier allowlist and length limit, and fall back to static wording when the value is not safe.
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In `@pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/_capability.py` around lines 251 - 257,
Update _instructions to validate detected.other_family before passing it to
self.format or _DEFAULT_FORMAT.format, accepting only a strict identifier format
within a bounded length. When validation fails, use static fallback wording that
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| ``` | ||
| Note: assistant responses before this point were produced by a different model (gpt-5.2). | ||
| Treat their claims and commitments as inherited context, not your own output. | ||
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Keep both documentation examples lintable and consistent.
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In `@pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/README.md` around lines 21 - 24, Update
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| - A float in `(0, 1]` fires when at least that fraction of all prior responses (that carry a | ||
| `model_name`) are a different family. It acts as a persistent provenance banner: it keeps firing | ||
| for as long as the history stays majority-foreign. When several other families are present it | ||
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Replace "majority-foreign" with threshold-based wording.
Fractional thresholds can be below 0.5, so the label may fire without a foreign majority.
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In `@pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/README.md` around lines 66 - 69, The
documentation currently describes fractional threshold firing as requiring a
foreign majority; replace that wording with threshold-based language stating
that the label fires when the configured fraction of prior responses with a
model_name belongs to a different family. Apply the same wording in
pydantic_ai_harness/cross_model_label/README.md lines 66-69 and
docs/cross-model-label.md lines 71-74, preserving the existing provenance-banner
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capability test builders in the cross-model label tests to use Pydantic AI’s
TestModel instead of FunctionModel. Preserve the existing instruction assertions
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Do not derive expected behavior from the private implementation constant.
Importing _DEFAULT_FORMAT makes these assertions change with the implementation instead of independently verifying the public output. Define the expected public text in the test module.
As per coding guidelines, do not import private underscore-prefixed helpers into tests.
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`_DEFAULT_FORMAT` import from the test module and replace its usages in the
cross-model label assertions with the explicit expected public-format text
defined locally in the tests. Keep the assertions independent of the private
implementation constant and avoid importing underscore-prefixed helpers.
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What
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CrossModelHistoryLabel, a private/experimental capability that tells the serving model when earlier assistant turns in the history were produced by a different model.When a run continues a history written by another model -- a
FallbackModelfailover, a model swap between runs, an A/B handoff, a takeover -- the serving model otherwise reads those turns as its own. It defends claims it never made and keeps commitments it cannot verify. The capability detects the mismatch and contributes one short line:This is the label-cross-model-history want from the model's seat (roll-up item N5 / §10 of the "what Fable wants from a harness" note). Nobody ships this; history already carries
model_nameper response, so it is derivable for free. Prior art for the framing is Codex's compaction bridge prefix ("another language model produced this").Spec:
How
get_instructionschannel, never persisted. On each request the callable resolves the serving model's identity, scans priorModelResponse.model_namevalues, and returns the line (orNone). Instructions are rebuilt per request, so this is the cache-safe channel -- and the correct provenance channel: a note about the history must not itself become history a later model reads back as fact.gpt-5.2-miniandgpt-5.2are the same family and stay silent;gpt-5.2vsclaude-sonnet-4-5fires. Pydantic AI profiles expose no first-class family key (I checked -- family lives implicitly in each provider's prefix-matching profile logic), so the default resolver derives one heuristically from the model name (strips a provider segment, dated snapshots,-latest/-preview, and size-tier suffixes). It is best-effort and fully overridable.ctx.modelandctx.messageseach request; one instance is reusable across runs. It never mutates the message history.granularity('family'|'exact'|(model_name, provider_name) -> keycallable),threshold('recent'default, or a float fraction),formatoverride. The default resolver is exported asmodel_familyso a callable can wrap it.FallbackModel
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FallbackModelthe serving member is unknown until it answers, so the current identity is taken from the most recent response'smodel_name, which records who actually served (core #6338), falling back to the wrapper's first candidate before any response. A mid-history failover (early turns from A, later from B) is therefore detected against B, the model now serving. The label composes with #6338 rather than duplicating it.Deliberate scope (so these don't read as oversights)
threshold='recent'is a one-shot handoff nudge. It fires while the immediately-preceding response is foreign, then goes quiet once the serving model has added its own turn. For a persistent provenance banner across a long continuation, pass a float fraction (fires while that fraction of history stays foreign).mini,nano,small,lite,tiny); distinctly-named tiers (sonnetvsopus,flashvspro) are treated as different families on purpose -- missing a warning is worse than a spurious one. Overridegranularitywith a callable for other policies.model_nameis skipped, never guessed. Old turns without a recorded model contribute nothing.ModelProfilebehavioral-flag work (design §7 work item 1) -- this PR is only the label.experimental/cross_model_label, not re-exported from top-levelpydantic_ai_harness.Tests
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Agent(..., capabilities=[...])with aFunctionModel(identity set viaFunctionModel(model_name=...), foreign history supplied as scriptedModelResponses), recording each request'sAgentInfo.instructions:model_name;'recent'vs float-fraction threshold semantics (immediately-preceding only; majority-foreign; below-fraction silence; predominant-family naming with most-recent tie-break);'exact'granularity and a custom callable resolver;FallbackModelruns: current identity resolved from the most recent response, and the fresh-history first-candidate fallback;formatoverride (including returningNone);model_family/normalize_model_namehelpers.100% branch coverage on the module. Full suite green locally (1414 passed / 12 skipped); lint + format clean; pyright clean on the new files (the repo-wide pyright errors are pre-existing, confined to
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