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Add exception chaining in Gemini generate_response#1

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Summary

Adds exception chaining when re-raising exceptions in generate_response to preserve original error context for better debugging.

Bug Description

In agent_studio/llm/gemini.py, the generate_response method catches all exceptions from generate_content() and re-raises them as IncompleteIterationError without preserving the original error:

try:
    response = model.generate_content(
        contents=model_message, generation_config=generation_config
    )
except Exception:
    raise genai.types.IncompleteIterationError  # Original error lost!

Problems:

  1. Lost error context: All exceptions appear as IncompleteIterationError, making it impossible to distinguish between:

    • Network errors (connection timeout, DNS failure)
    • Rate limit errors (quota exceeded, API throttling)
    • Authentication errors (invalid API key)
    • Content safety errors (blocked by safety filters)
    • Invalid request errors (malformed input)
  2. Missing stack traces: The original stack trace is discarded, making debugging significantly harder.

  3. Confusing error messages: Error messages don't reflect the actual root cause.

Fix

Added exception chaining with from e:

try:
    response = model.generate_content(
        contents=model_message, generation_config=generation_config
    )
except Exception as e:
    raise genai.types.IncompleteIterationError from e  # Preserves original error

Benefits

  1. Preserved context: Original exception type and message are available in __cause__
  2. Full stack traces: Complete traceback from the original error
  3. Better debugging: Developers can see the actual API error, not just the wrapper
  4. Maintains retry logic: Still raises IncompleteIterationError for the @retry decorator

Example Error Output

Before (without chaining):

IncompleteIterationError

After (with chaining):

IncompleteIterationError

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

google.api_core.exceptions.ResourceExhausted: 429 Resource has been exhausted (e.g. check quota).

Impact

  • No change to successful execution path
  • Retry logic continues to work as expected
  • Error handling becomes significantly more debuggable
  • Follows Python best practices for exception handling (PEP 3134)

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

When generate_content() raises an exception, it's re-raised as
IncompleteIterationError without preserving the original error context.

This makes debugging difficult because:
- Network errors appear as IncompleteIterationError
- Rate limit errors appear as IncompleteIterationError
- API errors appear as IncompleteIterationError
- Stack traces are lost

Added exception chaining with 'from e' to preserve the original exception
and stack trace while still raising IncompleteIterationError for retry logic.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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aviu16 commented Feb 15, 2026

gonna close this, cant commit to following up on it right now. sorry!

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