[Bug] Anthropic models: tool calls fail with "Input tag 'input_json_delta' ... does not match any of the expected tags" (streamed tool_use never assembled)
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Description
MaxKB Version
v2.10.4-lts (also reproduced on v2.10.2-lts)
Problem Description
When an application has a custom tool attached and uses an Anthropic model (model_anthropic_provider), every message that triggers a tool call fails. The Anthropic API rejects MaxKB's follow-up request:
BadRequestError: Error code: 400 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'invalid_request_error',
'message': "messages.1.content.1: Input tag 'input_json_delta' found using 'type' does not match any of the expected tags"}}
and, in the other variant:
BadRequestError: Error code: 400 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'invalid_request_error',
'message': 'messages: text content blocks must be non-empty'}}
MaxKB returns this to the caller as HTTP 200 with the error text as the answer body, so it reaches end users as the assistant's reply.
Cause
input_json_delta is an Anthropic streaming event type, not a message content type. Anthropic streams tool arguments as a series of content_block_delta events of type input_json_delta, each carrying a partial_json fragment. These must be accumulated and assembled into a completed tool_use content block before the assistant turn is replayed in messages.
MaxKB appears to replay the raw streamed deltas instead. A search of the v2.10.4-lts tree finds no handling for either field:
grep -rn "input_json_delta\|partial_json" apps/ # zero hits
_yield_mcp_response() in apps/application/flow/tools.py handles only OpenAI-shaped tool deltas (tool_call_chunks / tool_calls / invalid_tool_calls). There is no branch for Anthropic content blocks, which is consistent with both error messages: the unassembled delta is sent verbatim, and the accompanying text block is empty.
Steps to Reproduce
- Register an Anthropic model (reproduced with
claude-sonnet-5,model_anthropic_provider). - Create a SIMPLE agent using that model.
- Create a custom Python tool and attach it (
tool_enable: true), e.g.
def live_price(query):
return 'DJI Neo: 4242.42 GEL, in stock.'
- Set the system prompt so the tool is actually used, e.g. "For any question about price or stock you MUST call the live_price tool."
- Call the OpenAI-compatible endpoint with
stream: true(required — with tools attached,stream: falseis unsupported per #6300 / #4846 / #4363):
curl -N "$MAXKB/chat/api/$APP_ID/chat/completions" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"gpt-3.5-turbo","stream":true,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":"How much is the DJI Neo?"}]}'
Expected: the answer quotes the tool's value (4242.42 GEL).
Actual: the answer is the BadRequestError text above.
The same setup works on an OpenAI-shaped provider
Identical agent, identical tool, identical prompt, only the model swapped to model_openai_provider (gpt-4o-mini): no error, and the answer contains 4242.42 GEL, confirming the tool executed. This isolates the defect to the Anthropic provider's streamed tool-call handling rather than to tools, sandboxing, or the endpoint.
Impact
Custom tools and MCP cannot be used at all with Anthropic models. Because tools require stream: true, and streaming is exactly where the assembly fails, there is no working combination for Anthropic users.
Tested on v2.10.2-lts and v2.10.4-lts (CE), Docker, single-node.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in apps/application/flow/tools.py at _yield_mcp_response(), then search the tree for input_json_delta and partial_json as described. Reproduce a streamed Anthropic tool call and compare it with the working OpenAI-shaped provider; done means the tool value reaches the answer without an Anthropic BadRequestError.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- ai, backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100