chore: give OpenAIMixin subcalsses a change to list models without leaking _model_cache details (#3682)

# What does this PR do?

close the _model_cache abstraction leak

## Test Plan

ci w/ new tests

llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/databricks/databricks.py

@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 from typing import Any
 
 from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
 
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     Inference,
-    Model,
     OpenAICompletion,
 )
-from llama_stack.apis.models import ModelType
 from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_mixin import OpenAIMixin
 
@@ -72,31 +71,13 @@ class DatabricksInferenceAdapter(
     ) -> OpenAICompletion:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    async def list_models(self) -> list[Model] | None:
+    async def list_provider_model_ids(self) -> Iterable[str]:
-        self._model_cache = {}  # from OpenAIMixin
+        return [
-        ws_client = WorkspaceClient(host=self.config.url, token=self.get_api_key())  # TODO: this is not async
+            endpoint.name
-        endpoints = ws_client.serving_endpoints.list()
+            for endpoint in WorkspaceClient(
-        for endpoint in endpoints:
+                host=self.config.url, token=self.get_api_key()
-            model = Model(
+            ).serving_endpoints.list()  # TODO: this is not async
-                provider_id=self.__provider_id__,
+        ]
-                provider_resource_id=endpoint.name,
-                identifier=endpoint.name,
-            )
-            if endpoint.task == "llm/v1/chat":
-                model.model_type = ModelType.llm  # this is redundant, but informative
-            elif endpoint.task == "llm/v1/embeddings":
-                if endpoint.name not in self.embedding_model_metadata:
-                    logger.warning(f"No metadata information available for embedding model {endpoint.name}, skipping.")
-                    continue
-                model.model_type = ModelType.embedding
-                model.metadata = self.embedding_model_metadata[endpoint.name]
-            else:
-                logger.warning(f"Unknown model type, skipping: {endpoint}")
-                continue
-
-            self._model_cache[endpoint.name] = model
-
-        return list(self._model_cache.values())
 
     async def should_refresh_models(self) -> bool:
         return False

llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_mixin.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import base64
 import uuid
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Iterable
 from typing import Any
 
 from openai import NOT_GIVEN, AsyncOpenAI
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ class OpenAIMixin(ModelsProtocolPrivate, NeedsRequestProviderData, ABC):
         """
         return {}
 
+    async def list_provider_model_ids(self) -> Iterable[str]:
+        """
+        List available models from the provider.
+
+        Child classes can override this method to provide a custom implementation
+        for listing models. The default implementation uses the AsyncOpenAI client
+        to list models from the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
+
+        :return: An iterable of model IDs or None if not implemented
+        """
+        return [m.id async for m in self.client.models.list()]
+
     @property
     def client(self) -> AsyncOpenAI:
         """
@@ -387,28 +399,36 @@ class OpenAIMixin(ModelsProtocolPrivate, NeedsRequestProviderData, ABC):
         """
         self._model_cache = {}
 
-        async for m in self.client.models.list():
+        # give subclasses a chance to provide custom model listing
-            if self.allowed_models and m.id not in self.allowed_models:
+        iterable = await self.list_provider_model_ids()
-                logger.info(f"Skipping model {m.id} as it is not in the allowed models list")
+        if not hasattr(iterable, "__iter__"):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Failed to list models: {self.__class__.__name__}.list_provider_model_ids() must return an iterable of "
+                f"strings or None, but returned {type(iterable).__name__}"
+            )
+        provider_models_ids = list(iterable)
+        logger.info(f"{self.__class__.__name__}.list_provider_model_ids() returned {len(provider_models_ids)} models")
+
+        for provider_model_id in provider_models_ids:
+            if self.allowed_models and provider_model_id not in self.allowed_models:
+                logger.info(f"Skipping model {provider_model_id} as it is not in the allowed models list")
                 continue
-            if metadata := self.embedding_model_metadata.get(m.id):
+            if metadata := self.embedding_model_metadata.get(provider_model_id):
-                # This is an embedding model - augment with metadata
                 model = Model(
                     provider_id=self.__provider_id__,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-                    provider_resource_id=m.id,
+                    provider_resource_id=provider_model_id,
-                    identifier=m.id,
+                    identifier=provider_model_id,
                     model_type=ModelType.embedding,
                     metadata=metadata,
                 )
             else:
-                # This is an LLM
                 model = Model(
                     provider_id=self.__provider_id__,  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-                    provider_resource_id=m.id,
+                    provider_resource_id=provider_model_id,
-                    identifier=m.id,
+                    identifier=provider_model_id,
                     model_type=ModelType.llm,
                 )
-            self._model_cache[m.id] = model
+            self._model_cache[provider_model_id] = model
 
         return list(self._model_cache.values())
 

tests/unit/providers/utils/inference/test_openai_mixin.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import json
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, Mock, PropertyMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -498,6 +499,129 @@ class OpenAIMixinWithProviderData(OpenAIMixinImpl):
         return "default-base-url"
 
 
+class CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(OpenAIMixinImpl):
+    """Test implementation with custom list_provider_model_ids override"""
+
+    def __init__(self, custom_model_ids):
+        self._custom_model_ids = custom_model_ids
+
+    async def list_provider_model_ids(self) -> Iterable[str]:
+        """Return custom model IDs list"""
+        return self._custom_model_ids
+
+
+class TestOpenAIMixinCustomListProviderModelIds:
+    """Test cases for custom list_provider_model_ids() implementation functionality"""
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def custom_model_ids_list(self):
+        """Create a list of custom model ID strings"""
+        return ["custom-model-1", "custom-model-2", "custom-embedding"]
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def adapter(self, custom_model_ids_list):
+        """Create mixin instance with custom list_provider_model_ids implementation"""
+        mixin = CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(custom_model_ids=custom_model_ids_list)
+        mixin.embedding_model_metadata = {"custom-embedding": {"embedding_dimension": 768, "context_length": 512}}
+        return mixin
+
+    async def test_is_used(self, adapter, custom_model_ids_list):
+        """Test that custom list_provider_model_ids() implementation is used instead of client.models.list()"""
+        result = await adapter.list_models()
+
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 3
+
+        assert set(custom_model_ids_list) == {m.identifier for m in result}
+
+    async def test_populates_cache(self, adapter, custom_model_ids_list):
+        """Test that custom list_provider_model_ids() results are cached"""
+        assert len(adapter._model_cache) == 0
+
+        await adapter.list_models()
+
+        assert set(custom_model_ids_list) == set(adapter._model_cache.keys())
+
+    async def test_respects_allowed_models(self):
+        """Test that custom list_provider_model_ids() respects allowed_models filtering"""
+        mixin = CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(custom_model_ids=["model-1", "model-2", "model-3"])
+        mixin.allowed_models = ["model-1"]
+
+        result = await mixin.list_models()
+
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 1
+        assert result[0].identifier == "model-1"
+
+    async def test_with_empty_list(self):
+        """Test that custom list_provider_model_ids() handles empty list correctly"""
+        mixin = CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(custom_model_ids=[])
+
+        result = await mixin.list_models()
+
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 0
+        assert len(mixin._model_cache) == 0
+
+    async def test_wrong_type_raises_error(self):
+        """Test that list_provider_model_ids() returning unhashable items results in an error"""
+        mixin = CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(custom_model_ids=[["nested", "list"], {"key": "value"}])
+
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="unhashable type"):
+            await mixin.list_models()
+
+    async def test_non_iterable_raises_error(self):
+        """Test that list_provider_model_ids() returning non-iterable type raises error"""
+        mixin = CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(custom_model_ids=42)
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            TypeError,
+            match=r"Failed to list models: CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation\.list_provider_model_ids\(\) must return an iterable.*but returned int",
+        ):
+            await mixin.list_models()
+
+    async def test_with_none_items_raises_error(self):
+        """Test that list_provider_model_ids() returning list with None items causes error"""
+        mixin = CustomListProviderModelIdsImplementation(custom_model_ids=[None, "valid-model", None])
+
+        with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Input should be a valid string"):
+            await mixin.list_models()
+
+    async def test_accepts_various_iterables(self):
+        """Test that list_provider_model_ids() accepts tuples, sets, generators, etc."""
+
+        class TupleAdapter(OpenAIMixinImpl):
+            async def list_provider_model_ids(self) -> Iterable[str] | None:
+                return ("model-1", "model-2", "model-3")
+
+        mixin = TupleAdapter()
+        result = await mixin.list_models()
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 3
+
+        class GeneratorAdapter(OpenAIMixinImpl):
+            async def list_provider_model_ids(self) -> Iterable[str] | None:
+                def gen():
+                    yield "gen-model-1"
+                    yield "gen-model-2"
+
+                return gen()
+
+        mixin = GeneratorAdapter()
+        result = await mixin.list_models()
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 2
+
+        class SetAdapter(OpenAIMixinImpl):
+            async def list_provider_model_ids(self) -> Iterable[str] | None:
+                return {"set-model-1", "set-model-2"}
+
+        mixin = SetAdapter()
+        result = await mixin.list_models()
+        assert result is not None
+        assert len(result) == 2
+
+
 class TestOpenAIMixinProviderDataApiKey:
     """Test cases for provider_data_api_key_field functionality"""