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Fixes#1125.

Problem

Fallback structured-output events reused a timestamp captured before awaiting the provider. When structured-output.start was synthesized after the provider returned, later events could have earlier timestamps.

Changes

  • Keep RUN_STARTED at the request start boundary.
  • Capture success and error timestamps after the provider settles.
  • Add a regression test covering a delayed provider result.
  • Add a patch changeset for @tanstack/ai.

Compatibility

No API or wire-shape changes. Fallback lifecycle timestamps now reflect their emission boundaries and remain nondecreasing.

Test plan

  • git diff --check — passed.
  • pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts — not completed because npm registry requests repeatedly reset in the environment.
  • Full test suite — not run because dependencies could not be installed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected lifecycle timestamps for fallback structured-output streams so events remain in chronological order when provider responses are delayed or fail.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for successful delayed responses and delayed provider errors to verify timestamp ordering through completion and failure.

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The pull request adds delayed fallback structured-output tests for successful and rejected provider results. It also adds a patch changeset describing the timestamp-ordering fix.

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Fallback timestamp fix

Layer / File(s)Summary
Timestamp ordering validation
packages/ai/tests/chat-structured-output-stream.test.ts, .changeset/gentle-dots-fallback-timestamps.md
Tests verify nondecreasing synthesized lifecycle timestamps for success and rejection paths. The changeset records a patch release for @tanstack/ai.

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Merge Risk:🟡 Moderate · up to ad56e

The PR adds regression coverage and release metadata, but fallback lifecycle events may still be emitted with out-of-order timestamps, and the tests do not verify the provider-settlement boundary. Merge should wait for the implementation fix and a test that demonstrates the corrected ordering.

Possibly related PRs

  • TanStack/ai#1126: Adds related structured-output lifecycle and completion handling changes.
  • TanStack/ai#1132: Covers the fallback structured-output timestamp-ordering behavior.

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Linked Issues check⚠️ WarningThe PR adds regression tests and a changeset, but no implementation change is shown to update fallback event timestamps or preserve the required ordering.Add the fallback implementation changes that preserve the request-start timestamp for RUN_STARTED and capture post-settlement timestamps for success and error events.
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Title check✅ PassedThe title clearly identifies the primary change: preserving fallback structured-output timestamp ordering.
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Out of Scope Changes check✅ PassedThe listed changes are limited to an in-scope regression test and a patch changeset for the linked timestamp-ordering fix.
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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts`:
- Around line 4034-4037: Update both text and error synthesis call sites around
buildSynthesizedStart so they pass the triggering chunk’s timestamp, or
otherwise use a shared monotonic event timestamp, ensuring the synthesized
structured-output.start timestamp is no later than TEXT_MESSAGE_START and
RUN_ERROR timestamps.
In `@packages/ai/tests/chat-structured-output-stream.test.ts`:
- Around line 427-463: Expand the lifecycle timestamp test around the delayed
structuredOutput result to assert RUN_STARTED, TEXT_MESSAGE_START,
structured-output.start, text content, structured-output.complete, and
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Comment on lines +4034 to 4037
timestamp: Date.now(),
message,
error: { message },
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the synthesized start timestamp at or before the first fallback event.

The fallback assigns completedAt to TEXT_MESSAGE_START and captures RUN_ERROR before the outer engine emits structured-output.start. The outer synthesis runs at Line 2868 and is inserted before the triggering chunk at Lines 2918 and 2931. If Date.now() advances between these calls, the emitted timestamps decrease from structured-output.start to TEXT_MESSAGE_START or RUN_ERROR.

Pass the triggering chunk timestamp to buildSynthesizedStart for both branches, or use one monotonic event timestamp helper.

Proposed fix
-const buildSynthesizedStart = (): StreamChunk => {+const buildSynthesizedStart = (timestamp?: number): StreamChunk => {
...
- timestamp: Date.now(),+ timestamp: timestamp ?? Date.now(),
...
- const synthStart = buildSynthesizedStart()+ const synthStart = buildSynthesizedStart(chunk.timestamp)

Apply the call-site change to both text and error synthesis branches.

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In `@packages/ai/src/activities/chat/index.ts` around lines 4034 - 4037, Update
both text and error synthesis call sites around buildSynthesizedStart so they
pass the triggering chunk’s timestamp, or otherwise use a shared monotonic event
timestamp, ensuring the synthesized structured-output.start timestamp is no
later than TEXT_MESSAGE_START and RUN_ERROR timestamps.

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In `@packages/ai/tests/chat-structured-output-stream.test.ts`:
- Around line 516-520: Update the lifecycle timestamp assertions around
structuredOutput to record a boundary immediately before it returns or throws,
then assert synthesized post-provider events are at or after that boundary.
Preserve RUN_STARTED as the pre-request event and retain the existing
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Comment on lines +516 to +520
expect(runStarted!.timestamp!).toBeLessThanOrEqual(start!.timestamp!)
expect(start!.timestamp!).toBeLessThanOrEqual(textStart!.timestamp!)
expect(textStart!.timestamp!).toBeLessThanOrEqual(content!.timestamp!)
expect(content!.timestamp!).toBeLessThanOrEqual(complete!.timestamp!)
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the provider-settlement boundary.

Lines 516-520 and Lines 550-551 only check relative ordering. A regression that assigns the request-start timestamp to all later lifecycle events will still pass these assertions.

Record a timestamp boundary immediately before structuredOutput returns or throws. Assert that synthesized post-provider events are not earlier than that boundary. Keep RUN_STARTED as the pre-request event.

Also applies to: 550-551

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In `@packages/ai/tests/chat-structured-output-stream.test.ts` around lines 516 -
520, Update the lifecycle timestamp assertions around structuredOutput to record
a boundary immediately before it returns or throws, then assert synthesized
post-provider events are at or after that boundary. Preserve RUN_STARTED as the
pre-request event and retain the existing relative-order checks.

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