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feat(engine): Gemini on Vertex AI, and a timing split on every query and answer - #88
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…and answer The full benchmark pays for model calls with Google Cloud credits, which cover Gemini on Vertex and not an AI Studio key, and it measures speed. A round-trip number cannot tell the engine's CPU from a provider's: the 37-50 s queries of September were our own tokenizer (HAL-1708). - llm.driver vertex (and dashboard provider "vertex"): llmgate's new provider/vertex with project, location, model and a thinking budget or level. No key: Application Default Credentials bill the project. Env VLS_/VLE_LLM_VERTEX_*; selfhost compose and README document them. - pkg/reqtiming: a per-request recorder. Provider waits are timed from the first connection attempt (httptrace), so limiter queueing and prompt building count as the engine's; parallel calls merge as intervals. engine_ms + waiting_ms == total_ms exactly. The Judge, the answer model, Postgres (pgx tracer) and document storage are each attributed. - /v1/query, /v1/query/multi, /v1/answer and /v1/answer/treewalk return a "timing" object; openapi.yaml documents it. - /v1/version falls back to the build commit when no -ldflags version is set (HAL-1582). Measured on a c3-standard-8 in us-central1 against the 3M 2018 10-K with gemini-2.5-flash-lite (thinking off) and Jev: ingest 6 s; /v1/query 707 ms total, 3 ms engine, 696 ms Jev over 5 calls; /v1/answer 1015 ms, 28 ms engine, 109 ms Jev, 875 ms Gemini. Answer correct: $1,577 million.
Reviewer's GuideThe PR adds an ADC-authenticated Vertex AI Gemini driver and comprehensive request-scoped timing instrumentation, wiring both through configuration, model construction, HTTP handlers, database/storage wrappers, and API documentation, while also making build commit metadata available through the version fallback. Sequence diagram for request timing collectionsequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant Router
participant Handler
participant Engine
participant Judge
participant AnswerModel
participant Database
participant Storage
Client->>Router: HTTP request
Router->>Router: reqtiming.Middleware
Router->>Handler: request with Recorder context
Handler->>Engine: query or answer operation
Engine->>Judge: timed Judge call
Judge-->>Engine: result
Engine->>AnswerModel: timed Complete call
AnswerModel-->>Engine: result
Engine->>Database: traced query
Database-->>Engine: rows
Engine->>Storage: timed Get or Exists
Storage-->>Engine: document data
Handler->>Handler: withTiming
Handler-->>Client: response with timing
Note over Router,Handler: engine_ms + waiting_ms = total_ms
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## Individual Comments
### Comment 1
<location path="pkg/models/models.go" line_range="80-85" />
<code_context>
+ // Project and Location address Vertex (provider "vertex" only).
+ // Empty Project falls back to GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT, then to the
+ // credentials' project; empty Location is "global".
+ Project string `json:"project,omitempty"`
+ Location string `json:"location,omitempty"`
+ // ThinkingBudget and ThinkingLevel cap Gemini's thinking on Vertex.
+ // At most one is set; neither leaves the model's default.
+ ThinkingBudget *int `json:"thinking_budget,omitempty"`
+ ThinkingLevel string `json:"thinking_level,omitempty"`
}
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Vertex settings are lost**
When an administrator saves or tests Vertex settings through the model settings update path, `Update.apply` passes the submitted settings through `trimGenerative`, which drops `Project`, `Location`, `ThinkingBudget`, and `ThinkingLevel` before saving or building the client. The saved configuration loses those settings, and Vertex can use a different billing project or model defaults.
Update `trimGenerative` to preserve the Vertex project, location, thinking budget, and thinking level.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 2
<location path="cmd/server/main.go" line_range="222" />
<code_context>
// path without a Judge resolves it per job or request through
// models.ActiveJudge; judgewalk falls back to treewalk.
- judge := registry.Judge()
+ judge := reqtiming.WrapJudge(registry.Judge())
strategy := buildStrategy(cfg.Engine.Retrieval, llmClient, judge, store, pool)
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Unavailable Judge appears configured**
When the registry has no configured Judge, `WrapJudge` returns a wrapper that does not expose the proxy’s `Active` method, so `models.ActiveJudge` returns a non-nil Judge even when none is configured. Callers then invoke the unavailable proxy instead of taking their no-Judge path; answer pincite selection logs a warning and falls back lexically.
Have the timed wrapper forward `Active`, returning nil when the underlying Judge is inactive and a timed active Judge otherwise.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<location path="pkg/models/models.go" line_range="135" />
<code_context>
+ if g.ThinkingBudget != nil && *g.ThinkingBudget < 0 {
+ return errors.New("vertex thinking budget cannot be negative")
+ }
+ return nil
case ProviderOpenAICompatible:
if strings.TrimSpace(g.BaseURL) == "" {
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Invalid thinking levels pass validation**
When the configured `thinking_level` contains a value other than the documented `minimal`, `low`, `medium`, or `high`, `Generative.Validate` accepts any non-empty `ThinkingLevel`, and `BuildClient` forwards it to the Vertex client; an unsupported value is rejected during client creation or by Vertex on each request, leaving the configured provider unavailable.
Validate non-empty Vertex thinking levels against the supported values before building the client.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 4
<location path="cmd/engine/main.go" line_range="522-526" />
<code_context>
Model: c.Gemini.Model,
ReasoningModel: c.Gemini.ReasoningModel,
})
+ case "vertex":
+ return models.BuildClient(models.Generative{Provider: models.ProviderVertex, IngestModel: c.Vertex.Model,
+ Project: c.Vertex.Project, Location: c.Vertex.Location,
+ ThinkingBudget: c.Vertex.ThinkingBudget, ThinkingLevel: c.Vertex.ThinkingLevel})
default:
// Config.Validate rejects unknown drivers; this is defensive.
return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown llm driver: %s", c.Driver)
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Default Vertex model is reported blank**
When the standalone engine uses the Vertex driver and a treewalk request omits both its model and a configured treewalk model, the standalone engine’s `modelFor` handles Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini but not Vertex, so it returns an empty model when Vertex is configured and the request omits `model`. The treewalk response and replay entry then identify no model even though the Vertex client uses its configured or default model.
Add a Vertex case to `modelFor` that returns the configured Vertex model, falling back to `models.DefaultModels[models.ProviderVertex]` when it is empty.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 5
<location path="cmd/server/main.go" line_range="218" />
<code_context>
+ // reqtiming wraps outermost, outside the limiter and retries: a call
+ // queued at the limiter is the engine's time, and every attempt of a
+ // retried call is one wait on the provider.
+ llmClient := reqtiming.WrapClient(limit.Client(newLimiter("llm", cfg.Engine.LLM.Concurrency, logger))(registry.Client()))
// judge is always the registry's proxy. Code that takes a different
// path without a Judge resolves it per job or request through
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**BYOK timing is misclassified**
When an answer request selects a BYOK client, `AnswerHandler` selects the per-request BYOK client outside the wrapped registry client, so its provider wait is omitted from `answer_model` and counted as `engine_ms`. Callers see an inaccurate timing split.
Wrap the per-request BYOK client with `reqtiming.WrapClient` before using it for synthesis.
Also at `internal/handler/answer.go:305`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 6
<location path="internal/handler/answer_treewalk.go" line_range="230" />
<code_context>
return
}
+ withTiming(r, resp)
raw, err := marshalJSONForReplay(resp)
entry := retrieval.ReplayEntry{DocumentID: body.DocumentID, Query: body.Query, Model: model, SelectedIDs: finalIDs}
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Treewalk streams omit timing**
When the caller sets `stream: true` on `/v1/answer/treewalk`, the streaming branch returns to `serveStream` before this `withTiming` call, so its terminal `answer` event omits the timing object even though non-streaming responses include it. Clients following the documented full-response stream contract cannot read timing from that event.
Add the timing snapshot to the terminal streaming answer payload before emitting it.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 7
<location path="pkg/reqtiming/reqtiming.go" line_range="249-250" />
<code_context>
+ }
+ }
+ waiting := unionLen(all)
+ out.WaitingMS = ms(waiting)
+ out.EngineMS = ms(total - waiting)
+ return out
+}
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Timing parts do not add up**
When the total and waiting durations round differently from their difference at 10-µs precision, `Snapshot` rounds `waiting` and `total-waiting` independently from `total`, so `engine_ms + waiting_ms` differs from `total_ms` at rounding boundaries.
Calculate one rounded component from the rounded total and the other component so their sum always equals `total_ms`.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 8
<location path="pkg/reqtiming/reqtiming_test.go" line_range="125" />
<code_context>
+ t.Fatalf("calls/attempts = %d/%d", a.Calls, a.Attempts)
+ }
+ if a.WaitMS < 35 || a.WaitMS > 200 {
+ t.Errorf("wait = %vms, want ~40 (the server's time)", a.WaitMS)
+ }
+ if a.LocalMS < 25 {
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Timing test flakes under load**
When the test host is heavily loaded or the HTTP request is delayed, `TestSpanTimesTheWireNotTheQueue` fails at line 124 when the host delays the HTTP request beyond 200 ms, even if timing is correct; the fixed upper bound turns scheduler or network delays into a test failure.
Use a deterministic clock or avoid a strict real-time upper bound.
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Review comments at @pkg/models/models.go:
- Around line 80-85: Update trimGenerative to retain Project, Location,
ThinkingBudget, and ThinkingLevel when constructing the trimmed model,
normalizing them consistently with the existing fields so Update.apply preserves
Vertex settings during dashboard saves.
Review comments at @pkg/reqtiming/reqtiming.go:
- Around line 248-250: Update the EngineMS calculation near unionLen so it is
derived from the already-rounded TotalMS and WaitingMS values, then rounded to
two decimal places. Preserve the exact-sum contract between EngineMS, WaitingMS,
and TotalMS.
Review comments at @selfhost/.env.example:
- Line 20: Leave VECTORLESS_VERTEX_THINKING_BUDGET unset by default so operators
can configure a thinking level without a conflicting preset. In
selfhost/.env.example at line 20, make the example budget empty; in
selfhost/docker-compose.yml at lines 54-55, forward the operator-selected budget
or level without adding a default budget.
Review comments at @selfhost/docker-compose.yml:
- Line 56: Update the engine service’s GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
configuration to reference a defined container path, and add a read-only volume
mount from VECTORLESS_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_PATH to that path so the credentials
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…r the timing split From the review of #88: - trimGenerative dropped project, location and thinking settings, so a dashboard save would bill another project or think by default. - The timed Judge forwards Active, so an unconfigured Judge stays nil for models.ActiveJudge and callers take their no-Judge path. - Vertex thinking levels are validated against minimal|low|medium|high. - modelFor names the Vertex model (standalone engine and server). - BYOK answer clients are timed as answer-model waits; the treewalk stream answer event and the query streams completed events carry timing. - engine_ms is derived from the rounded total and waiting time. - The real-HTTP timing test keeps a floor and no wall-clock ceiling. - selfhost: no preset thinking budget (budget or level, not both), and ./gcp is mounted for a service-account key off GCP (gitignored).
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Closes HAL-3065
Closes HAL-3030
Closes HAL-1582
Why
The full benchmark pays for model calls with Google Cloud credits, which cover Gemini on Vertex but not an AI Studio key. It also measures speed. A round-trip number cannot tell the engine's CPU from a provider's: the 37–50 s queries in September were our own tokenizer (HAL-1708).
What
llm.driver: vertex, also available as dashboard providervertex.provider/vertex(merged in llmgate fix(parser): revert primitive layer to ledongthuc/pdf (keep pdftable for tables) #23).VLS_/VLE_LLM_VERTEX_*environment variables. The self-host compose file,.env.example, README andconfig.server.example.yamldocument them.pkg/reqtiming, a per-request recorder.engine_ms + waiting_ms == total_msexactly.timingobject on/v1/query,/v1/query/multi,/v1/answerand/v1/answer/treewalk.openapi.yamldocuments it./v1/versionfalls back to the build commit when no-ldflagsversion is set (HAL-1582).Verified
go build,go vet,go test ./...andgolangci-lint runall clean.gemini-2.5-flash-litewith thinking off, and Jev:/v1/query/v1/answerThe answer was correct: $1,577 million, the FinanceBench gold.
Not covered: the streaming endpoints don't carry
timingyet, and BYOK clients are not wrapped. Both are filed as follow-ups.Summary by Sourcery
Enable Gemini on Vertex AI and provide accurate per-request timing breakdowns across engine work and external dependencies.
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