Azure OpenAI — Guardrails and Fix Patterns

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WFGY Global Fix Map — main Emergency Room, 300+ structured fixes

WFGY Problem Map 1.0 — 16 reproducible failure modes

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Use this page when failures look provider-specific on Azure OpenAI. Examples include wrong model alias vs deployment name, missing api-version, tool call payload shape drift, content safety blocks, or region throttling. Each fix maps back to WFGY pages with measurable targets.

Core acceptance

ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
coverage ≥ 0.70 for the target section
λ remains convergent across 3 paraphrases

Open these first

Visual map and recovery: RAG Architecture & Recovery
End-to-end retrieval knobs: Retrieval Playbook
Why this snippet (traceability schema): Retrieval Traceability
Ordering control: Rerankers
Embedding vs meaning: Embedding ≠ Semantic
Hallucination and chunk boundaries: Hallucination
Long chains and entropy: Context Drift, Entropy Collapse
Snippet and citation schema: Data Contracts
Structural collapse and recovery: Logic Collapse
First call after deploy fails: Bootstrap Ordering, Deployment Deadlock, Pre-deploy Collapse

Fix in 60 seconds

Measure ΔS

Compute ΔS(question, retrieved) and ΔS(retrieved, expected anchor).
Thresholds: stable < 0.40, transitional 0.40–0.60, risk ≥ 0.60.

Probe with λ_observe

Vary k (5, 10, 20). If ΔS stays high while recall is fine, suspect index or metric mismatch.
Reorder prompt headers. If ΔS spikes, lock the schema.

Apply the module

Retrieval drift → BBMC + Data Contracts.
Reasoning collapse → BBCR bridge + BBAM variance clamp.
Dead ends in long runs → BBPF alternate path.

Azure-specific failure signatures and the right fix

Symptom	Likely cause on Azure	Open this fix
200 OK but empty or tool call ignored	Missing or wrong `api-version` for that model family	Data Contracts, Logic Collapse
“Deployment not found”, even though the model exists	Using model name instead of deployment name, or wrong resource/region	Retrieval Traceability
Output blocked, vague “content filtered”	Azure content safety layer different from OpenAI default	Hallucination, then clamp with BBAM
Tool call schema mismatch vs OpenAI	Response keys or enum names differ across `api-version`	Data Contracts
Works in one region, fails in another	Model availability and quotas are regional	Bootstrap Ordering
Latency spikes or 429 under load	Per-resource rate limits, private link, or vnet egress	Ops Live Monitoring, Debug Playbook
Function calls drop arguments	Old `api-version` truncates or renames fields	Data Contracts
Fine-tuned or staged deployment not picked	Wrong `deployment` alias bound in prod slot	Retrieval Traceability

Minimal provider checklist

Endpoint correctness
Resource url, region, and deployment name are consistent. Avoid mixing model name with deployment name in the same client.
Version pinning
Pin an api-version known to support your features (tools, JSON mode, response format). Treat version bumps as schema migrations.
Schema lock
Adopt the Problem Map Data Contracts snippet for tool payloads and citations. Reject partial responses. Require structured finish_reason.
Safety behavior
Expect an extra content-safety layer. When blocked, route to BBPF alternate path and down-shift temperature, then retry with narrowed scope.
Observability
Log λ state per step, ΔS per hop, and the exact deployment id used. Carry region and version in traces.

Copy-paste prompt (safe to hand the AI)


I am using Azure OpenAI. Audit my run as follows:

* Check ΔS(question, retrieved) and ΔS(retrieved, anchor). Show the numbers.
* Confirm endpoint tuple: {resource, region, deployment}. Confirm `api-version` and tool schema.
* If tool/schema mismatch: apply the WFGY Data Contracts checklist and propose the exact fields to lock.
* If blocked by content safety: switch to a narrower prompt schema, reduce temperature, and route via BBPF.
* Keep λ convergent across 3 paraphrases. If it flips, apply BBCR + BBAM and show the before/after traces.

Link me to the exact Problem Map pages I should read next.

Escalation

Still unstable after schema lock → re-index and re-embed, verify with Retrieval Playbook and Embedding ≠ Semantic.
Consistent provider errors → freeze api-version, roll back deployment alias, rerun with fixed seed, attach λ traces, then open Debug Playbook.
First call after deploy fails → rebuild boot fence with Pre-deploy Collapse.

Acceptance targets

coverage to target section ≥ 0.70
ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
λ convergent across seeds and paraphrases
repeatable traces and identical schema across regions

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Tool	Link	3-Step Setup
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🧭 Explore More

Module	Description	Link
WFGY Core	WFGY 2.0 engine is live: full symbolic reasoning architecture and math stack	View →
Problem Map 1.0	Initial 16-mode diagnostic and symbolic fix framework	View →
Problem Map 2.0	RAG-focused failure tree, modular fixes, and pipelines	View →
Semantic Clinic Index	Expanded failure catalog: prompt injection, memory bugs, logic drift	View →
Semantic Blueprint	Layer-based symbolic reasoning & semantic modulations	View →
Benchmark vs GPT-5	Stress test GPT-5 with full WFGY reasoning suite	View →
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