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Fixes #1125 + adds proper timestamps for structure output events.

🎯 Changes

  • Timestamp native and fallback structured-output events when they are emitted, preserving chronological lifecycle order.
  • Give synthesized structured-output.start events the triggering event’s timestamp so they cannot sort after the event they precede.
  • Add regression coverage for fallback and native streaming adapters.
  • Clarify the adapter timestamp contract and correct related structured-output documentation.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved structured-output streaming timestamps so events consistently reflect emission order.
    • Fixed timestamp handling for fallback streams, errors, completions, and lifecycle events.
    • Preserved chronological ordering across supported streaming adapters.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified structured-output parsing, type inference, validation responsibilities, timestamp requirements, and adapter support.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for timestamp presence, ordering, completion timing, error handling, and usage preservation.

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Walkthrough

Structured-output streams now timestamp each emitted event instead of reusing one stream-level timestamp. Fallback and native adapters, documentation, unit tests, and Anthropic end-to-end coverage were updated.

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Structured-output timestamp ordering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Timestamp and completion contracts
docs/reference/interfaces/TextAdapter.md, docs/structured-outputs/streaming.md, packages/ai/...
Documentation defines emission-ordered timestamps and describes completed parsed output as requiring consumer validation when needed.
Fallback event timestamp ordering
packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts, packages/ai/tests/chat-structured-output-stream.test.ts
Fallback lifecycle, text, completion, error, and synthesized start events now receive timestamps at their emission boundaries.
Native adapter emission timestamps
packages/ai-bedrock/..., packages/ai-byteplus/..., packages/ai-openrouter/..., packages/openai-base/...
Native structured-output adapters generate fresh timestamps for lifecycle, content, completion, and error events.
Regression coverage
packages/ai/tests/..., packages/openai-base/tests/..., testing/e2e/...
Tests verify timestamp presence and ordering across native and fallback streams, including provider settlement, error paths, and usage preservation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ae72e

Structured-output streaming can still expose lifecycle events in the wrong timestamp order, which may cause consumers that rely on timestamps to reconstruct an incorrect sequence; the accompanying guidance also gives conflicting validation expectations. These bounded issues should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary change: adding timestamps to structured-output events.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the changes, testing checklist, release impact, and generated changeset.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #1125 by preserving event timestamp order for fallback success and error paths, with regression coverage.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The adapter changes, tests, documentation, and changeset are related to the structured-output timestamp objectives.
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packages/openai-base/src/adapters/responses-text.ts (1)

306-311: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the pre-request timestamp for RUN_STARTED.

RUN_STARTED is emitted after await this.client.responses.create(...) resolves or fails. The current Date.now() calls at Lines 419 and 623 therefore record post-provider time. The PR objective requires RUN_STARTED to retain the timestamp captured before the provider request.

Capture one timestamp before the request and use it for both RUN_STARTED emissions. Keep fresh timestamps for later events.

Proposed fix
+    const runStartedTimestamp = Date.now()
+
     const stream = await this.client.responses.create(
       {
         ...cleanParams,
@@
-            timestamp: Date.now(),
+            timestamp: runStartedTimestamp,
@@
-          timestamp: Date.now(),
+          timestamp: runStartedTimestamp,

Also applies to: 412-420, 615-624

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In `@packages/openai-base/src/adapters/responses-text.ts` around lines 306 - 311,
Capture a single timestamp immediately before the provider request in the flow
using aguiState, then use that preserved value for both RUN_STARTED emissions
instead of calling Date.now() there. Keep Date.now() calls for all subsequent
event timestamps unchanged.
packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts (1)

2918-2931: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the trigger timestamp in native-combined mode.

Lines 2918-2931 fix fallback synthesis. The native-combined branch still sets synthStart.timestamp with Date.now() at Line 1394. If the incoming TEXT_MESSAGE_START has an earlier timestamp, the inserted structured-output.start event sorts after its trigger.

Pass chunk.timestamp to the native-combined synthesized start event. Add a fake-timer regression test for that branch.

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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts` around lines 2918 - 2931, The
native-combined synthesized start event should use the triggering chunk’s
timestamp rather than Date.now(). Update the native-combined branch’s
synthesized-start construction near the existing start synthesis logic, using
the same buildSynthesizedStart symbol and passing chunk.timestamp; add a
fake-timer regression test covering an earlier incoming TEXT_MESSAGE_START
timestamp and verifying event ordering.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/ai/skills/ai-core/structured-outputs/SKILL.md`:
- Around line 192-193: Update the terminal-object descriptions at the referenced
validation statements in the structured-outputs skill so they say the result is
typed but must be validated by the consumer when needed, matching the
completed-output contract in the streaming guide; preserve the surrounding
provider and streaming guidance.

In `@packages/ai/tests/chat-structured-output-stream.test.ts`:
- Around line 335-382: Move the structured-output timestamp unit tests from the
tests directory to a *.test.ts file alongside the relevant chat source module,
including the tests referenced near the structured-output completion coverage.
Preserve their assertions and behavior without changing production code.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts`:
- Around line 2918-2931: The native-combined synthesized start event should use
the triggering chunk’s timestamp rather than Date.now(). Update the
native-combined branch’s synthesized-start construction near the existing start
synthesis logic, using the same buildSynthesizedStart symbol and passing
chunk.timestamp; add a fake-timer regression test covering an earlier incoming
TEXT_MESSAGE_START timestamp and verifying event ordering.

In `@packages/openai-base/src/adapters/responses-text.ts`:
- Around line 306-311: Capture a single timestamp immediately before the
provider request in the flow using aguiState, then use that preserved value for
both RUN_STARTED emissions instead of calling Date.now() there. Keep Date.now()
calls for all subsequent event timestamps unchanged.
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