fix(grpc): propagate stop decoder errors in streaming

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Problem

In model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/streaming.rs, process_chunk_tokens previously swallowed tokenizer decode errors:

match stop_decoder.process_token(token_id).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
    debug!("Error processing token {}: {}. Treating as Held.", token_id, e);
    SequenceDecoderOutput::Held
}) { ... }

A decode error was downgraded to SequenceDecoderOutput::Held with only a debug! log. The failure mechanism:

1. The failing token's text is dropped — it never reaches the client.
2. Because the decoder state no longer sees the real text, a configured stop sequence can silently stop matching, so the stop never fires.
3. The backend keeps generating and the stream continues with missing text instead of failing.

The Err path is reachable in broken-deployment scenarios — e.g. corrupt or mismatched tokenizer files, where decode starts returning errors mid-stream.

Fix

• process_chunk_tokens now returns Result<(String, bool), String>; the decode error is mapped with context (Stop decoder failed to process token {token_id}: {e}) and propagated.
• All three call sites (chat completions, messages, and completions streaming loops) propagate with ?, so the stream fails with a clear error instead of silently continuing.
• debug! import is retained — still used elsewhere in the file.
• Added a unit test (process_chunk_tokens_propagates_decode_errors) using a tokenizer whose decode always fails, asserting the error surfaces from process_chunk_tokens.

Surfaced by review discussion on #2223. Note: this touches lines adjacent to #2223 in the same streaming functions, so a trivial rebase conflict is possible depending on merge order.

Validation

• cargo check --release -p smg — pass
• cargo clippy --release -p smg -- -D warnings — fails only on the pre-existing upstream lint clippy::unneeded_wildcard_pattern at model_gateway/src/worker/monitor.rs:825 (unrelated, toolchain 1.97); with -A clippy::unneeded-wildcard-pattern it passes clean
• cargo test --release -p smg --lib streaming — 15 passed, 0 failed (includes the new test)
• cargo test --release -p smg --lib stop — 27 passed, 0 failed

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📝 Walkthrough

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Streaming chat, message, and completion requests now report token decoding failures to callers instead of silently continuing.
  • Improved error handling provides more reliable behavior when streamed output cannot be decoded.

• Tests

  • Added coverage to verify decoding errors are correctly surfaced during streaming responses.

Walkthrough

The change makes stop-decoder failures return from token processing and propagate through Chat, Messages, and Completions streaming. Tests add a tokenizer fixture that always fails during decoding and verify the returned error context.

Changes

Decoder error propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Token processing error contract model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/streaming.rs	process_chunk_tokens now returns a Result and includes token context when decoding fails. A failing-tokenizer test verifies the error.
Streaming path propagation model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/streaming.rs	Chat, Messages, and Completions streaming propagate stop-decoder errors to callers.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e644e

The change propagates streaming decoder failures instead of silently dropping token text, with focused validation passing. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains; broader caller-level tests may be added as follow-up.

Possibly related PRs

• smg-project/smg#2223: Both changes update stop-decoder handling in the three gRPC streaming paths.
• smg-project/smg#2203: Both changes update stop-decoder error and flush propagation in streaming.rs.

Suggested labels: tokenizer, tests

Suggested reviewers: catherinesue, slin1237

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: propagating stop-decoder errors in gRPC streaming.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the swallowed decode errors, propagation fix, affected paths, test coverage, and validation results.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/streaming.rs (1)

3296-3310: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🟡 Nit: Extend coverage to the streaming callers.

This test verifies only process_chunk_tokens. It does not verify error propagation through the Chat, Messages, or Completions loops changed at Lines 437, 2050, and 2901. Add focused caller-level tests. Also assert token 1 and tokenizer decode failed so the test verifies the added context.

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In `@model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/streaming.rs` around lines 3296 -
3310, Extend test coverage from process_chunk_tokens to focused Chat, Messages,
and Completions streaming caller tests, verifying tokenizer decode errors
propagate through each loop rather than being swallowed. In the existing
process_chunk_tokens test, assert the error includes both token 1 and “tokenizer
decode failed,” while retaining the existing context assertion.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@model_gateway/src/routers/grpc/regular/streaming.rs`:
- Around line 3296-3310: Extend test coverage from process_chunk_tokens to
focused Chat, Messages, and Completions streaming caller tests, verifying
tokenizer decode errors propagate through each loop rather than being swallowed.
In the existing process_chunk_tokens test, assert the error includes both token
1 and “tokenizer decode failed,” while retaining the existing context assertion.

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