Allow non strict response_format structures for Cloud LLM generation (#157822)

homeassistant/components/cloud/entity.py

@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ class BaseCloudLLMEntity(Entity):
                         "schema": _format_structured_output(
                             structure, chat_log.llm_api
                         ),
-                        "strict": True,
+                        "strict": False,
                     },
                 }
 

tests/components/cloud/test_entity.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pytest
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 from homeassistant.components import conversation
+from homeassistant.components.cloud.const import AI_TASK_ENTITY_UNIQUE_ID, DOMAIN
 from homeassistant.components.cloud.entity import (
     BaseCloudLLMEntity,
     _convert_content_to_param,
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ from homeassistant.components.cloud.entity import (
 )
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.exceptions import HomeAssistantError
-from homeassistant.helpers import llm, selector
+from homeassistant.helpers import entity_registry as er, llm, selector
+from homeassistant.setup import async_setup_component
 
 from tests.common import MockConfigEntry
 
@@ -219,3 +221,66 @@ async def test_prepare_chat_for_generation_passes_messages_through(
 
     assert response["messages"] == messages
     assert response["conversation_id"] == "conversation-id"
+
+
+async def test_async_handle_chat_log_service_sets_structured_output_non_strict(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    cloud: MagicMock,
+    entity_registry: er.EntityRegistry,
+    mock_cloud_login: None,
+) -> None:
+    """Ensure structured output requests always disable strict validation via service."""
+    assert await async_setup_component(hass, DOMAIN, {})
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    on_start_callback = cloud.register_on_start.call_args[0][0]
+    await on_start_callback()
+    await hass.async_block_till_done()
+
+    entity_id = entity_registry.async_get_entity_id(
+        "ai_task", DOMAIN, AI_TASK_ENTITY_UNIQUE_ID
+    )
+    assert entity_id is not None
+
+    async def _empty_stream():
+        return
+
+    async def _fake_delta_stream(
+        self: conversation.ChatLog,
+        agent_id: str,
+        stream,
+    ):
+        content = conversation.AssistantContent(
+            agent_id=agent_id, content='{"value": "ok"}'
+        )
+        self.async_add_assistant_content_without_tools(content)
+        yield content
+
+    cloud.llm.async_generate_data = AsyncMock(return_value=_empty_stream())
+
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.conversation.chat_log.ChatLog.async_add_delta_content_stream",
+        _fake_delta_stream,
+    ):
+        await hass.services.async_call(
+            "ai_task",
+            "generate_data",
+            {
+                "entity_id": entity_id,
+                "task_name": "Device Report",
+                "instructions": "Provide value.",
+                "structure": {
+                    "value": {
+                        "selector": {"text": None},
+                        "required": True,
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+            blocking=True,
+            return_response=True,
+        )
+
+    cloud.llm.async_generate_data.assert_awaited_once()
+    _, kwargs = cloud.llm.async_generate_data.call_args
+
+    assert kwargs["response_format"]["json_schema"]["strict"] is False