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v4.0.0•

Core System Modularization & Scalability Architecture

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This update represents a significant investment in backend architecture, focused on improving scalability, maintainability, and code organization. While primarily internal, these changes lay the foundation for future feature development and enhanced platform stability.

Architecture Improvements

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  • Modular Chat Handler: Restructured main chat request handler into modular design with dedicated processors and helpers for validation and usage updates.
  • Specialized Usage Tracking: Split UsageTrackingOperations class into UserUsageUpdater for individual user stats and GlobalUsageUpdater for platform-wide metrics.
  • Rate Limiting Logic: Moved core rate-limiting logic into new logic/ subdirectory, separating concerns like Redis connection, data recording, and status checking.
  • Response Builders: Centralized API response construction logic into dedicated builders/ directory for standardized streaming and non-streaming responses.
  • Configuration Modularization: Refactored monolithic config.py into modular config/ directory with dedicated files for API, database, and rate limiting components.

Standardized Error Handling

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  • Comprehensive Error System: Implemented new standardization module providing consistent, structured error messages, API codes, and response schemas across all endpoints.
  • Predictable Error Handling: Made error handling more predictable for developers with standardized error formats and status codes.
  • Enhanced Developer Experience: Improved debugging and integration experience through consistent error reporting.

Database & Provider Optimizations

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  • PostgreSQL Consolidation: Consolidated database configuration to focus exclusively on PostgreSQL, removing all SQLite-related code and configuration options.
  • Administrative API Simplification: Removed legacy routes for managing models and rate limits directly via API, now managed through direct configuration and database administration.
  • Unlimited Model Tracking: Removed arbitrary limit on number of tracked models per user in ModelUsageTracker for comprehensive usage analytics.
  • Provider Architecture: Overhauled internal architecture of key providers to follow consistent patterns with dedicated modules for data transformation, request handling, and model management.

Performance Enhancements

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  • Model Definition Standardization: Standardized model definition files across multiple providers with consistent lowercase model IDs and base model names.
  • Obsolete Model Removal: Removed older and obsolete model entries from provider files to streamline available model list and reduce clutter.
  • Configuration Accuracy: Corrected inconsistencies in is_enabled and available flags for several models to accurately reflect current status.

Platform Benefits

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  • Improved Scalability: Modular architecture enables easier scaling of individual components without affecting the entire system.
  • Enhanced Maintainability: Clear separation of concerns makes codebase easier to understand, modify, and extend.
  • Future-Proof Foundation: Layered architecture provides solid foundation for implementing new features and capabilities.

Developer Impact

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  • API Consistency: Standardized error responses and API schemas improve integration reliability.
  • Performance Transparency: Enhanced performance metrics and model availability information provide better insights for model selection.