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fix(claude-code): send pasted images to the model as native image blocks - #5653
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The claude-code driver built stdin as a single text block per message, so pasted image attachments never reached the model. They were saved to the attachments sidecar but silently dropped on the way to the brain, and the assistant replied as if the message were text-only. build_stdin now rehydrates `[Image: ... #att:<id>]` placeholders to on-disk markers and emits each as a native Anthropic `image` content block (base64), which the `claude` CLI accepts and Opus can see. An image that cannot be read degrades to a short text note rather than being dropped, and plain-text turns are unaffected. Closes tinyhumansai#5649 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughClaude Code input construction now rehydrates image placeholders and emits ordered text and native base64 image blocks. Managed files and inline data URIs are supported. Unreadable or oversized images produce fallback text. ChangesClaude Code multimodal message flow
Priority: ⚪ Not assessed Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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UserMessage->>build_stdin: message with image placeholders
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build_stdin->>Claude_Code_CLI: text and native base64 image content blocks
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Messages containing unsupported inline image formats can fail entirely instead of degrading gracefully. Allowlist Claude-supported image media types before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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180-192: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd file-backed and fallback regression tests.
These tests cover inline
data:content only. Add one test for a readable temporary image file and one test for an unreadable reference. This protects the new filesystem and fallback paths.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/openhuman/inference/provider/claude_code/input_builder.rs`:
- Around line 69-82: The content_blocks flow currently groups all parsed text
before image blocks, losing the original interleaving order. Update
parse_image_markers or the surrounding builder to produce and emit ordered text
and image segments from raw, preserving inputs such as prose before, between,
and after two image markers; add a regression test covering that interleaved
case.
- Around line 195-200: Update plain_text_still_single_text_block to parse the
emitted build_stdin JSON into a serde_json::Value, then compare the
message["content"] value structurally against the expected single text block
instead of asserting serialized key order; retain the assertion that no image
block is emitted.
- Around line 93-102: The image_block path must not read arbitrary filesystem
paths from channel input. Resolve non-data references only as opaque managed
attachment IDs, or validate that they remain within the managed attachment
directory before reading; reject unresolved or out-of-scope references while
preserving data-URI handling.
- Around line 98-101: Update image_block and its build_stdin fallback so
rejected oversized images are not re-read and encoded without validation;
enforce the existing per-image and aggregate limits for both file references and
inline data: payloads, preserving rejection when any limit is exceeded.
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In `@src/openhuman/inference/provider/claude_code/input_builder.rs`:
- Around line 180-192: Add regression tests alongside
user_message_with_image_marker_emits_native_image_block for a readable temporary
image-file reference and an unreadable image reference. Verify the readable file
becomes a native image block with its payload, and the unreadable reference
follows the existing fallback behavior without losing the surrounding message
content.
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Maintainer review (merge-readiness sweep) — review only, I have not touched this branch. The feature is worth having and the shape is right: rehydrating placeholders before building stdin, then emitting native 1. It conflicts, because the file was split
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mod tests;So the rebase is mechanical but two-part: the production code ( 2. The four open CodeRabbit threads are worth taking, not waving throughI read them against the current code rather than trusting the labels. Three of the four are real: Block ordering (Major) — valid. Arbitrary file read (Major) — valid, and the reachability claim checks out. No size bound (Major) — valid, same root cause. On that same fallback path an image that preparation rejected as oversized is re-read here and base64-encoded with no limit, and the inline Test asserts serialized key order (Minor) — valid. Also worth checking while you are in there
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In `@src/openhuman/inference/provider/claude_code/input_builder.rs`:
- Line 115: Update the data-URI parsing logic around the split_once call to
split at the comma, support both base64 and non-base64 metadata, and
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Extend the image block parser to handle percent-encoded data URIs in addition to the existing base64 format. When a data URI does not contain a base64 flag, the payload is decoded as percent-encoded bytes and then re-encoded as base64 for the API call. This allows the system to accept image references in the common data URI format used by many tools and browsers. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Reformatted several chained method calls in the input builder to use one method per line, improving code readability without changing any behavior. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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…4 encoding The percent-encoded data URI and readable managed image file tests now verify the PNG header using the actual base64 encoding of the PNG magic bytes instead of hardcoded strings. This makes the assertions more robust and self-documenting, while also adding explicit length checks to ensure both text and image blocks are present before accessing them. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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The content block builder now enforces a maximum of 16 image blocks per message, replacing any excess images with a fallback text block indicating the image could not be read. This prevents the provider from exceeding Claude's per-message image limit, which would cause a request rejection. A test helper function was also exposed to allow tests to access the managed attachments directory without initializing a temporary directory. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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Split the existing `is_managed_attachment_path` into a public helper that returns the canonical `PathBuf` when a path resolves inside the managed stash, and re-export it for use in the Claude Code input builder. This prevents a time-of-check-time-of-use race where an attacker could swap a symlink between the check and the subsequent read. The input builder now uses the canonical path for reading file metadata and contents, and also rejects unsupported inline data URI media types early. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
Collapsed the multi-line use statement for multimodal imports into a single line to improve readability and reduce unnecessary vertical space in the input builder module. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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In `@src/openhuman/inference/provider/claude_code/input_builder.rs`:
- Line 124: Update image_block’s data-URI media-type handling to normalize the
extracted type and allow only JPEG, PNG, GIF, and WebP; route unsupported types,
including image/svg+xml, through the existing text fallback instead of creating
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Add tests covering invalid inline images, a cap of sixteen images, and oversized images to ensure the input builder handles these edge cases correctly by falling back to text placeholders. Auto-committed-on: dragonfly Co-authored-by: Medulla <medulla@tinyhumans.ai>
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claudeCLI + Opus are vision-capable, so this inlines the image directly rather than routing through the vision sub-agent.Problem
build_stdininclaude_code/input_builder.rsemitted a singletextcontent block per message ([{"type":"text","text": msg.content}]). Image attachments live as[Image: … #att:<id>]placeholders backed by an on-disk sidecar; nothing in the claude-code path rehydrated or forwarded them. Verified against a live paste: the resultingclaudesession contained the user's text but zero image reference (no marker, no image block).Solution
[Image: … #att:<id>]placeholders to on-disk[IMAGE:<path>]markers (reusingmultimodal::rehydrate_image_placeholders), then split each user message into atextblock plus one Anthropicimageblock per marker ({"type":"image","source":{"type":"base64",…}}).data:URIs; media type inferred from extension.Submission Checklist
user_message_with_image_marker_emits_native_image_block(image path) andplain_text_still_single_text_block(no-regression), alongside the existing history/resume tests.content_blocks/image_block/media_type_from_pathare exercised by the tests.pnpm test:rustpasses locally.N/A: provider-format fix, no feature row change.## Related—N/A.N/A: does not touch release-cut surfaces.Closes #NNN.Impact
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