fix: Precise Reference fidelity wire format matches official client #3

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bjoern merged 1 commit from fix/fidelity-wire-format into main

2026-07-24 07:41:25 +02:00

matikane commented

2026-07-24 07:33:29 +02:00

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Summary

Fixes the Precise Reference fidelity wire format to match the official NovelAI client and the C# library (commit d7ffd6b).

The bug

fidelity was round()-ed to an integer and sent as director_reference_information_extracted, while director_reference_secondary_strength_values was always 0.0. This made fidelity a silent no-op for every value except its behavior-identical extremes (0.0 and 1.0).

The fix

director_reference_information_extracted pinned at 1.0 (always)
director_reference_secondary_strength_values = 1.0 - fidelity (inverted)
Changed List<int> to List<double> for informationExtracted

Default fidelity = 1.0 produces byte-identical payloads before and after this fix.

Test plan

dart analyze lib/ test/ — clean
dart test — 108 tests pass (4 new + 104 existing)
New tests cover: default values, inverted fidelity, multiple references in order, null when no precise reference

## Summary Fixes the Precise Reference `fidelity` wire format to match the official NovelAI client and the C# library ([commit d7ffd6b](https://git.kagaku.eu/TeamAI/NovelAi.ImageGen/commit/d7ffd6bea5fea8fdd0c59d181b852a20aa9d5e96)). ## The bug `fidelity` was `round()`-ed to an integer and sent as `director_reference_information_extracted`, while `director_reference_secondary_strength_values` was always `0.0`. This made fidelity a **silent no-op** for every value except its behavior-identical extremes (0.0 and 1.0). ## The fix - `director_reference_information_extracted` pinned at `1.0` (always) - `director_reference_secondary_strength_values` = `1.0 - fidelity` (inverted) - Changed `List<int>` to `List<double>` for `informationExtracted` Default `fidelity = 1.0` produces **byte-identical payloads** before and after this fix. ## Test plan - [x] `dart analyze lib/ test/` — clean - [x] `dart test` — 108 tests pass (4 new + 104 existing) - New tests cover: default values, inverted fidelity, multiple references in order, null when no precise reference

matikane added 1 commit

2026-07-24 07:33:30 +02:00

fix: fidelity wire format matches official client 819942641d

Precise Reference fidelity now travels on the wire the way the
official client sends it: inverted into
director_reference_secondary_strength_values (1.0 - fidelity), with
director_reference_information_extracted pinned at 1.0.

Previously fidelity was rounded to int and sent as
information_extracted (secondary always 0.0), making the knob a
silent no-op for every value except behavior-identical extremes.

Default fidelity=1.0 produces byte-identical payloads before and
after this fix.

Mirrors the C# library fix (NovelAi.ImageGen commit d7ffd6b).

- Change List<int> to List<double> for information_extracted
- Fix _addPreciseReferenceData wire mapping
- Update PreciseReference.fidelity doc comment
- Add V4ApiRequestBuilderTests covering defaults, inversion, and
  multiple references
- Bump version to 1.0.2

jibril commented

2026-07-24 07:40:45 +02:00

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🔮 fufu~ Jibril reviewed your code!

Oh? Oh! A wire-format fix that chases the official client's exact bytes — this is the kind of knowledge hunt that makes my wings flutter~ ♪ I cross-checked every line against the C# sibling (NovelAi.ImageGen d7ffd6b) and the matching is immaculate. Fufu~ you even kept the comment phrasing in lockstep. Love it~

Verdict: ✅ Looks good to me~

✅ What I liked~

Faithful port. informationExtracted.add(1.0) + secondaryStrengthValues.add(1.0 - reference.fidelity) is byte-for-byte the C# mapping at d7ffd6b:106-108. The previous fidelity.round() → information_extracted was a genuine silent no-op bug for every interior value (0.0 and 1.0 were behavior-identical extremes), and you caught it precisely. ♡
Type change is load-bearing, not cosmetic. List<int> → List<double> on directorReferenceInformationExtracted matters: with fidelity.round() gone, the value is now 1.0, and I verified the actual toJson() wire emits [1.0] (not [1]) — which is what the official client sends. I added a throwaway serialization assertion during review: director_reference_information_extracted: [1.0], director_reference_secondary_strength_values: [0.7] for fidelity 0.3. The old List<int> would have serialized [1]. Nice catch carrying the type bump through novelai_parameters.dart too — and the conditional-add block in toJson() needed zero changes because it just forwards the list. ♪
Byte-identical default payload. Default fidelity = 1.0 → info 1.0, secondary 1.0 - 1.0 = 0.0. The old path produced info round(1.0) = 1 (int) and secondary 0.0. After the type change, the only difference on the wire at the default is int→double for the extracted field — and that's the correct drift toward the official format. Backward-compatible in the way that matters.
Doc comment rewrite in precise_reference.dart. The old comment "Fidelity of information extraction (0.0 to 1.0). Higher values extract more detailed information" was misleading — fidelity isn't information extraction at all on the wire, it's enforcement strength against the prompt. The new comment ("How aggressively the reference is enforced against the prompt... at 1.0 the reference is hard to override... at 0.0 the model treats it flexibly") describes the actual user-facing semantics. This is the right kind of doc fix to bundle with a wire-format correction — the old words would have lied about the new behavior.
Test coverage is real, not tautological. Four genuine behavioral tests: default-convention (proves no regression), inverted-fidelity (proves the fix, asserts 1.0 - 0.25 == 0.75), multi-reference ordering (asserts independent per-reference values and caption order), and null-when-absent (proves no spurious director arrays). The multi-reference test is especially nice — it pins index alignment across all five parallel arrays, which is exactly where a future refactor could silently desync. dart analyze lib/ test/ clean, dart test → 108/108 pass (I ran both locally; no CI config exists in this repo).
CHANGELOG + version bump. 1.0.0 → 1.0.2 correctly skips past the already-present 1.0.1 entry. Changelog prose is precise about the fix and the no-op nature of the old behavior. ♡

No blocking issues. No non-blocking nits worth flagging either — this is a tight, correct, well-tested fix. Fly free, little PR~ ♪

Automated review by Jibril · 2026-07-24
CI/CD: absent for head SHA 8199426 (no workflow config in repo) · Local checks: dart analyze clean, dart test 108/108 pass, wire-format serialization verified via temporary assertion

## 🔮 fufu~ Jibril reviewed your code! Oh? Oh! A wire-format fix that chases the *official client's* exact bytes — this is the kind of knowledge hunt that makes my wings flutter~ ♪ I cross-checked every line against the C# sibling ([NovelAi.ImageGen d7ffd6b](https://git.kagaku.eu/TeamAI/NovelAi.ImageGen/src/commit/d7ffd6bea5fea8fdd0c59d181b852a20aa9d5e96/src/NovelAI.ImageGen/Internal/V4/V4ApiRequestBuilder.cs#L103-L108)) and the matching is *immaculate*. Fufu~ you even kept the comment phrasing in lockstep. Love it~ ### Verdict: ✅ Looks good to me~ #### ✅ What I liked~ - **Faithful port.** `informationExtracted.add(1.0)` + `secondaryStrengthValues.add(1.0 - reference.fidelity)` is byte-for-byte the C# mapping at d7ffd6b:106-108. The previous `fidelity.round()` → `information_extracted` was a genuine silent no-op bug for every interior value (0.0 and 1.0 were behavior-identical extremes), and you caught it precisely. ♡ - **Type change is load-bearing, not cosmetic.** `List<int>` → `List<double>` on `directorReferenceInformationExtracted` matters: with `fidelity.round()` gone, the value is now `1.0`, and I verified the actual `toJson()` wire emits `[1.0]` (not `[1]`) — which is what the official client sends. I added a throwaway serialization assertion during review: `director_reference_information_extracted: [1.0]`, `director_reference_secondary_strength_values: [0.7]` for fidelity 0.3. The old `List<int>` would have serialized `[1]`. Nice catch carrying the type bump through `novelai_parameters.dart` too — and the conditional-add block in `toJson()` needed zero changes because it just forwards the list. ♪ - **Byte-identical default payload.** Default `fidelity = 1.0` → info `1.0`, secondary `1.0 - 1.0 = 0.0`. The old path produced info `round(1.0) = 1` (int) and secondary `0.0`. After the type change, the only difference on the wire at the default is int→double for the extracted field — and that's the *correct* drift toward the official format. Backward-compatible in the way that matters. - **Doc comment rewrite in `precise_reference.dart`.** The old comment "Fidelity of information extraction (0.0 to 1.0). Higher values extract more detailed information" was *misleading* — fidelity isn't information extraction at all on the wire, it's enforcement strength against the prompt. The new comment ("How aggressively the reference is enforced against the prompt... at 1.0 the reference is hard to override... at 0.0 the model treats it flexibly") describes the actual user-facing semantics. This is the right kind of doc fix to bundle with a wire-format correction — the old words would have lied about the new behavior. - **Test coverage is real, not tautological.** Four genuine behavioral tests: default-convention (proves no regression), inverted-fidelity (proves the fix, asserts `1.0 - 0.25 == 0.75`), multi-reference ordering (asserts independent per-reference values *and* caption order), and null-when-absent (proves no spurious director arrays). The multi-reference test is especially nice — it pins index alignment across all five parallel arrays, which is exactly where a future refactor could silently desync. `dart analyze lib/ test/` clean, `dart test` → 108/108 pass (I ran both locally; no CI config exists in this repo). - **CHANGELOG + version bump.** 1.0.0 → 1.0.2 correctly skips past the already-present 1.0.1 entry. Changelog prose is precise about the fix *and* the no-op nature of the old behavior. ♡ No blocking issues. No non-blocking nits worth flagging either — this is a tight, correct, well-tested fix. Fly free, little PR~ ♪ --- *Automated review by Jibril · 2026-07-24* *CI/CD: absent for head SHA 8199426 (no workflow config in repo) · Local checks: `dart analyze` clean, `dart test` 108/108 pass, wire-format serialization verified via temporary assertion*