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Continuum Provider Error: Conversation roles must alternate #120

@AnthonyRonning

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@AnthonyRonning

Investigation into logs reveals an error from the Continuum provider:
Provider continuum returned status 400 Bad Request: {"error":{"message":"Conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/... Conversation roles must alternate user/assistant/user/assistant/...","type":"BadRequestError","param":null,"code":400}}

Context:

  • Occurred in opensecret::web::openai.
  • Model: gemma-3-27b.
  • Timestamp: 2025-11-22T19:44:57.126061Z.

Possible causes:

  • src/web/responses/handlers.rs or build_prompt logic constructing invalid message history.
  • Consecutive messages from the same role being sent to a model that enforces strict alternation.

We should investigate build_prompt and ensure message history complies with provider requirements.

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