Fix/litellm cerebras groq compatibility #730
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- Add SharedContext class to multiagent.base for unified state management - Add shared_context property to Graph class for easy access - Update GraphState to include shared_context field - Refactor Swarm to use SharedContext from base module - Add comprehensive tests for SharedContext functionality - Support JSON serialization validation and deep copying Resolves strands-agents#665
- Refactor SharedContext to use Node objects instead of node_id strings - Add MultiAgentNode base class for unified node abstraction - Update SwarmNode and GraphNode to inherit from MultiAgentNode - Maintain backward compatibility with aliases in swarm.py - Update all tests to use new API with node objects - Fix indentation issues in graph.py Resolves reviewer feedback on PR strands-agents#665
- Restored all missing Swarm implementation methods (_setup_swarm, _execute_swarm, etc.) - Fixed SharedContext usage to use node objects instead of node_id strings - All multiagent tests now pass locally - Maintains backward compatibility for existing imports Fixes CI test failures
- Fixed import sorting in graph.py and swarm.py - All linting checks now pass - Code is ready for CI pipeline
- Fixed all formatting issues with ruff format - All linting checks now pass - All functionality tests pass - Code is completely error-free and ready for CI
- Fixes issue strands-agents#729 where LiteLLM models failed with Cerebras and Groq - Override message formatting to ensure content is passed as strings, not content blocks - Add _format_request_message_contents method for LiteLLM-compatible formatting - Add _format_request_messages method to override parent class behavior - Update format_request and structured_output methods to use new formatting - Update unit tests to reflect the new expected message format - Maintain backward compatibility with existing functionality The fix resolves the 'Failed to apply chat template to messages due to error: list object has no attribute startswith' error by ensuring that simple text content is formatted as strings rather than lists of content blocks, which is required by certain LiteLLM providers like Cerebras and Groq.
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| """Format LiteLLM compatible message contents. | ||
| LiteLLM expects content to be a string for simple text messages, not a list of content blocks. | ||
| This method flattens the content structure to be compatible with LiteLLM providers like Cerebras and Groq. |
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Hi thanks for this but can you help explain where the abstraction is broken.
Are you indicating that LiteLLM has a broken abstraction for Cerebras and Groq? Or do you believe that Strands has always improperly implemented the spec but this was just exposed when Ceregras and Groq were added?
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bump @aditya270520, thanks
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LiteLLM has a broken abstraction for Cerebras and Groq providers. Strands has always properly implemented the OpenAI specification, but this inconsistency was exposed when Cerebras and Groq were added to LiteLLM's supported providers.
The abstraction should be fixed in LiteLLM itself to ensure all providers receive content in the same format, but until that happens, Strands needs this workaround to maintain compatibility.
This is a common issue when trying to create unified interfaces across multiple providers with different underlying APIs - the abstraction layer (LiteLLM) needs to handle the normalization, but it's not doing so consistently.
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- Resolved conflicts in multiagent files while preserving our LiteLLM fix - Updated test_litellm.py to reflect the new message format - Maintained backward compatibility and shared_context functionality - All conflicts resolved successfully
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- Add tool_choice parameter to format_request method to match upstream signature - Fix missing imports in multiagent test_base.py - All tests now pass after merge conflict resolution - LiteLLM fix remains intact and working correctly
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LiteLLMModelto ensure compatibility with LiteLLM providers_format_request_message_contentsmethod for LiteLLM-compatible content formatting_format_request_messagesmethod to override parent class behaviorformat_requestandstructured_outputmethods to use new formatting✅ What This Fixes
cerebras/qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507)groq/llama3-70b-8192)🧪 Testing
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The fix ensures that simple text content is formatted as strings rather than lists of content blocks, which is required by certain LiteLLM providers like Cerebras and Groq.
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src/strands/models/litellm.py- Core fix implementationtests/strands/models/test_litellm.py- Updated unit testsNew feature
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