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Stream handling does not recognize stream errors

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Mar 14, 20260 views
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Problem

Confirm this is a Node library issue and not an underlying OpenAI API issue - [X] This is an issue with the Node library Describe the bug For example, when a chat completion is created like: [code block] And the underlying stream generates an error, this library will not surface the error to the application. Instead, it generates an uncaught exception error. To Reproduce See https://github.com/jsumners-nr/openai-stream-issue/tree/91e2b46b08baec3cd061a02b9492b501a353aab3 Code snippets [code block] OS macOS Node version 18.18.2 Library version 4.20.0

Error Output

error to the application. Instead, it generates an uncaught exception error.

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Solution: Stream handling does not recognize stream errors

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For what it's worth, throwing from a stream should be catchable: [code block]

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    For what it's worth, throwing from a stream should be catchable:

    For what it's worth, throwing from a stream should be catchable:

Validation

Resolved in openai/openai-node GitHub issue #537. Community reactions: 1 upvotes.

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