Addresses the most critical remaining issues in the provider shim layer,
building on top of #124 (recursive schema normalization + try/finally).
openaiShim.ts:
- Throw APIError via SDK factory instead of plain Error — enables retry
on 429/503 (was completely broken: zero retries for all 3P providers)
- Guard stop_reason !== null before emitting usage-only message_delta
(Azure/Groq send usage before finish_reason)
- Fix assistant content: join text parts instead of invalid as-string cast
(Mistral rejects array content on assistant role)
- Expose real HTTP Response in withResponse() for header inspection
- Skip stream_options for local providers (Ollama < 0.5 compatibility)
codexShim.ts:
- Throw APIError at all 4 throw sites (HTTP + 3 streaming errors)
- Add tool_choice 'none' mapping (was silently ignored)
- Forward is_error flag with Error: prefix (matching openaiShim)
This commit addresses strict schema validation limitations when running subagents under OpenAI backend shims.
- Drops empty properties from payloads (like Record<string, string>) that break OpenAI's Structured Outputs validation.
- Handles edge cases for automated initial teams when subagents bypass standard creation routines.
- Aborts sending unsupported experimental backend parameters like temperature and top_p for GPT-5 derivatives.