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Summary

This PR implements manual input capability for the project_id variable during Gemini CLI OAuth credential setup, addressing the issue where some Gemini accounts require manual Google Cloud Console project creation.

Related Issue

Closes #151

Changes Made

1. Manual Project ID Prompt (src/rotator_library/providers/gemini_auth_base.py)

  • Added _prompt_for_manual_setup() method (lines 835-915):

    • Detects interactive mode (only prompts when stdin is available)
    • Displays user-friendly instructions with link to documentation
    • Prompts for Google Cloud Project ID
    • Provides tier selection from known tiers list
    • Returns dict with project_id and tier
  • Modified _discover_project_id() method (lines 795-813):

    • Calls manual prompt after all auto-discovery methods fail
    • Only triggers when auto-discovery fails after onboarding flow
    • Caches and persists manually provided values
    • Falls back to error if manual input is not available
  • Added _persist_project_metadata() method (lines 917-950):

    • Persists project_id and tier to credential file metadata
    • Skips persistence for environment-based credentials
    • Handles errors gracefully (non-fatal)
  • Added KNOWN_GEMINI_TIERS constant (lines 35-41):

    • List of known tier names for manual selection
    • Includes: free-tier, legacy-tier, standard, premium, enterprise

2. Documentation (docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md)

  • Created placeholder documentation file
  • Provides structure for manual Code Assist API setup instructions
  • Includes sections for:
    • Overview and prerequisites
    • Step-by-step project creation
    • API enablement instructions
    • Troubleshooting guide
  • Note: Marked as placeholder for Mirrowel to add detailed instructions

Why These Changes Were Needed

Problem

Some Gemini accounts don't have automatic tier assignment and require:

  1. Manual creation of a Google Cloud Console project
  2. Manual enabling of the Cloud AI Companion API
  3. Manual configuration of the project ID

Previously, users had to:

  • Set GEMINI_CLI_PROJECT_ID environment variable BEFORE running OAuth
  • Manually edit .env files
  • Follow unclear error messages

Solution

The new flow:

  1. Attempts all auto-discovery methods (cache, env vars, loadCodeAssist, onboarding, project listing)
  2. If all fail, prompts user interactively for project_id
  3. Shows link to documentation for setup instructions
  4. Allows manual tier selection
  5. Persists values for future use

Implementation Details

Integration Points

  • Triggered only in interactive mode: Uses sys.stdin.isatty() check
  • Non-breaking: Falls back to original error if manual input unavailable
  • Rich console: Uses existing Rich library for consistent UI
  • Deferred imports: Avoids circular dependencies

User Experience Flow

Auto-discovery fails
  ↓
Display yellow panel with instructions
  ↓
Show link: docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md
  ↓
Prompt: "Enter your Google Cloud Project ID"
  ↓
Prompt: "Select your tier" (numbered list)
  ↓
Display green success panel with values
  ↓
Persist to credential file
  ↓
Return project_id

Tier Selection

Known tiers presented in order:

  1. free-tier (default)
  2. legacy-tier
  3. standard
  4. premium
  5. enterprise
  6. Other (unknown)

Testing

Manual Verification Steps

  • Code compiles without syntax errors
  • Test with account that has no projects (should prompt)
  • Test with account that has projects (should auto-discover)
  • Test in non-interactive mode (should skip prompt)
  • Verify credential file contains project_id and tier
  • Verify documentation link is accessible

Test Scenarios

  1. New account, no projects: Should prompt for manual input
  2. Non-interactive mode: Should skip prompt, show error
  3. User skips input: Should fall back to error message
  4. Invalid tier selection: Should default to "unknown"

Additional Notes

Documentation Placeholder

The documentation file (docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md) is intentionally left as a placeholder. @Mirrowel will need to add:

  • Step-by-step Google Cloud Console instructions
  • Screenshots (if applicable)
  • Specific API enablement steps
  • Troubleshooting for common errors

Future Enhancements

  • Could add tier auto-detection by calling loadCodeAssist with provided project_id
  • Could validate project_id format before accepting
  • Could add "test connection" button to verify project works

This pull request was automatically generated by mirrobot-agent in response to @Mirrowel's request.

- Add _prompt_for_manual_setup() method to prompt for project_id and tier
- Display link to manual setup documentation (docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md)
- Allow manual tier selection from known tiers list
- Persist manually provided project_id and tier to credential file
- Only triggers in interactive mode when auto-discovery fails after onboarding
- Create placeholder documentation file for manual Code Assist setup instructions

Resolves: #151
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Implementation Summary

This PR addresses issue #151 by adding manual project_id input capability for Gemini CLI OAuth setup.

What Was Done

  1. Manual Prompt Method (_prompt_for_manual_setup):

    • Displays user-friendly error panel with documentation link
    • Prompts for Google Cloud Project ID
    • Provides numbered list of known tiers for selection
    • Returns project_id and tier for persistence
  2. Integration Point:

    • Called after all auto-discovery methods fail
    • Only in interactive mode (checks stdin.isatty())
    • Non-breaking: falls back to original error if unavailable
  3. Documentation:

    • Created placeholder docs file with proper structure
    • Ready for detailed step-by-step instructions

Testing Recommendations

  • Test with account that has no GCP projects
  • Test in non-interactive mode (should skip prompt)
  • Verify credential file contains project_id and tier
  • Check documentation link accessibility

Notes for Reviewer

  • The documentation file is intentionally a placeholder
  • Tier auto-detection could be enhanced in future (call loadCodeAssist with provided project)
  • All LSP errors are pre-existing in dev branch

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Overall Assessment

This PR introduces a helpful fallback mechanism for manual project_id input when auto-discovery fails. The interactive prompt using Rich is a nice touch, and the tier selection flow is user-friendly. However, there are a few issues that should be addressed before merging.

Architectural Feedback

The approach of falling back to manual input is sound and follows good UX principles. The separation into _prompt_for_manual_setup and _persist_project_metadata methods is clean.

Key Suggestions

  1. Incomplete Documentation (Critical): The documentation file is a placeholder but is actively referenced by the code at line 872.

  2. Exception Handling: The broad except Exception at line 822 could hide real bugs.

  3. Hard-coded Path: The documentation path at line 872 should be resolved relative to the module.

  4. Persistence Failures: Silent failures in metadata persistence at line 819 could lead to re-prompting.

  5. Tier Constant: The "unknown" fallback should be documented or added to known tiers (line 35).

Questions for the Author

  1. Is the documentation intentionally incomplete for this PR?
  2. Are there tests planned for the new manual input flow?

This review was generated by an AI assistant.


## Overview

Some Gemini accounts require manual creation of a Google Cloud Console project with the Code Assist API enabled. This guide will walk you through the process.
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This documentation file is marked as a placeholder with incomplete steps. However, the code in gemini_auth_base.py:872 directs users to read this file during manual setup.

Consider completing the documentation before merging, or remove this file from the PR and add it in a follow-up once the steps are documented.

await self._persist_project_metadata(credential_path, project_id, tier)

return project_id
except Exception as e:
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The try-except block catches all Exception types, which is too broad and could hide bugs during development. Consider catching specific exceptions like EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt, or ValueError that are expected from user input.

self.project_tier_cache[credential_path] = tier

# Persist to credential file
await self._persist_project_metadata(credential_path, project_id, tier)
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If _persist_project_metadata fails, the project_id is still returned on line 821. This could cause the user to be prompted again on the next run since the metadata wasn't saved.

Consider adding explicit warning logging if persistence fails.

"1. The Cloud AI Companion API is not enabled in your Google Cloud project\n"
"2. You need to manually create a project\n\n"
"[bold]Please follow the manual setup instructions:[/bold]\n"
"[cyan]docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md[/cyan]\n\n"
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This hard-coded relative path assumes the user is running from the repository root. Consider using a path relative to the module using Path(__file__) for a more robust solution.

SERVICE_USAGE_API = "https://serviceusage.googleapis.com/v1"

# Known Gemini CLI tiers for manual selection
KNOWN_GEMINI_TIERS = [
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The KNOWN_GEMINI_TIERS list doesn't include "unknown", but the code uses "unknown" as a fallback (around line 912). Consider either adding "unknown" to the list or documenting it as a special sentinel value.

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Greptile Summary

This PR adds manual project_id input as a fallback when Gemini CLI auto-discovery fails, introduces GCP project scanning (_scan_gcp_projects_for_code_assist) as an intermediate discovery step, centralizes tier naming/priority logic into gemini_shared_utils.py, bumps the Gemini CLI user-agent to 0.28.0, and migrates usage persistence from a single key_usage.json to per-provider usage/usage_<provider>.json files. The OAuth re-auth queue is also replaced with a simpler _permanently_expired_credentials set.

Key issues found:

  • Critical (P0): _persist_project_metadata is defined with 3 parameters but is called with 4 arguments at two call sites (passing discovered_tier_full), causing a TypeError at runtime every time a credential completes loadCodeAssist or onboarding discovery — breaking project metadata persistence entirely for those credentials.
  • Major (P1): The post-auth discovery log block (tier_full lookup + lib_logger.info) is copy-pasted three times in a row in gemini_auth_base.py, causing the same message to be emitted three times per credential initialization. A related self.tier_full_cache = {} assignment is also duplicated in __init__.
  • Major (P1): In gemini_credential_manager.py, the tier-full success log was accidentally placed inside the except block, and a duplicate second except Exception as e: clause was added making it unreachable dead code. Discovery success is now silently not logged, and failures emit a misleading "Discovered tier 'unknown'" info message.
  • Minor (P2): Comments above default_priority_multipliers in gemini_cli_provider.py describe the old values (5x/3x) while the actual values are now 2x/1x.
  • Minor (P2): docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md is a placeholder with no content yet is referenced directly in the interactive prompt shown to users when auto-discovery fails.

Confidence Score: 1/5

  • Not safe to merge — the P0 TypeError in _persist_project_metadata breaks project metadata persistence for all successful credential discoveries.
  • The PR contains a critical runtime TypeError caused by _persist_project_metadata being called with 4 arguments while its signature only accepts 3. This will crash on every successful credential discovery path, completely defeating the primary purpose of the feature. Additionally, there are multiple obvious copy-paste duplication artifacts (triple-duplicated log blocks, unreachable except clause) suggesting the PR was not tested end-to-end before submission.
  • src/rotator_library/providers/gemini_auth_base.py (TypeError + triple-duplicate), src/rotator_library/providers/utilities/gemini_credential_manager.py (duplicate except + misplaced log)

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
src/rotator_library/providers/gemini_auth_base.py Core Gemini auth class with critical bugs: _persist_project_metadata called with 4 args but only accepts 3 (TypeError at runtime), and triple-duplicated post-auth log block emitting the same message 3 times per credential init.
src/rotator_library/providers/utilities/gemini_credential_manager.py Duplicate except Exception as e: block (second is unreachable dead code) and success log accidentally placed inside the error handler, causing misleading log output on discovery failure.
src/rotator_library/providers/utilities/gemini_shared_utils.py New tier normalization utilities (normalize_tier_name, is_free_tier, is_paid_tier, get_tier_full_name, extract_project_id_from_response, load_persisted_project_metadata, build_project_tier_env_lines) are well-structured and cleanly centralize previously duplicated tier logic.
src/rotator_library/providers/gemini_cli_provider.py Updated to use centralized TIER_PRIORITIES and DEFAULT_TIER_PRIORITY, adds gemini-3.1-pro-preview model, bumps user-agent to 0.28.0. Stale comments still describe old concurrency multiplier values (5x/3x) while actuals are now 2x/1x.
src/rotator_library/providers/google_oauth_base.py Re-auth queue replaced with a simpler _permanently_expired_credentials set; credentials with invalid refresh tokens are now removed from rotation immediately and require manual re-authentication.
docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md New placeholder documentation file with no actual content, but actively referenced from the interactive _prompt_for_manual_setup flow shown to users when auto-discovery fails.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A[OAuth Token Acquired] --> B[load_persisted_project_metadata]
    B -- "project_id cached" --> C[Return cached project_id]
    B -- "no cache" --> D[loadCodeAssist API call]

    D -- "server returns project" --> E[Use server project]
    D -- "no server project, tier detected" --> F[_scan_gcp_projects_for_code_assist]
    D -- "no tier / new user" --> G[onboardUser LRO]

    F -- "project found" --> E
    F -- "not found" --> G

    G -- "LRO success" --> E
    G -- "failed" --> H[_prompt_for_manual_setup]

    H -- "interactive mode, user enters ID" --> I[Use manual project_id]
    H -- "non-interactive / skipped" --> J[Raise ValueError]

    E --> K[Cache tier + tier_full]
    I --> K
    K --> L[_persist_project_metadata\ncredential_path, project_id, tier\n❌ tier_full arg dropped - TypeError!]
    L --> M[Return project_id]
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  1. src/rotator_library/providers/gemini_auth_base.py, line 285-307 (link)

    P1 Triple-duplicated post-auth discovery log block

    The same three lines that extract tier_full and log the post-auth discovery result are copy-pasted three times in a row (visible at lines 285–307 in the new file). This causes the same INFO message to be emitted three times for every credential initialization:

    # Use full tier name for post-auth log (one-time display)
    tier_full = self.tier_full_cache.get(credential_path)
    tier = tier_full or self.project_tier_cache.get(credential_path, "unknown")
    lib_logger.info(
        f"Post-auth discovery complete for {Path(credential_path).name}: "
        f"tier={tier}, project={project_id}"
    )
    
    # EXACT DUPLICATE ↓
    tier_full = self.tier_full_cache.get(credential_path)
    ...
    # EXACT DUPLICATE ↓
    tier_full = self.tier_full_cache.get(credential_path)
    ...

    This should be deduplicated to a single block. The duplicate self.tier_full_cache: Dict[str, str] = {} declaration in __init__ (lines 104–105) is a related artifact of the same sloppy merge.

  2. src/rotator_library/providers/gemini_cli_provider.py, line 183-195 (link)

    P2 Stale comments contradict actual concurrency multiplier values

    The comments above default_priority_multipliers still describe the old values, but the actual values were reduced:

    # Priority 1 (paid ultra): 5x concurrent requests   ← stale (was {1: 5})
    # Priority 2 (standard paid): 3x concurrent requests ← stale (was {2: 3})
    # Others: Use sequential fallback (2x) or balanced default (1x)  ← stale (was 2x)
    default_priority_multipliers = {1: 2, 2: 1}          # actual: 2x / 1x
    default_sequential_fallback_multiplier = 1            # actual: 1x, not 2x

    The comments should be updated to reflect the new multipliers to avoid confusion.

  3. src/rotator_library/providers/utilities/gemini_credential_manager.py, line 167-198 (link)

    P1 Unreachable duplicate except block and misleading success-log inside error handler

    The try/except block in initialize_credentials_with_tier_discovery now has two except Exception as e: clauses for the same try block. Python only enters the first matching handler; the second except block is entirely unreachable dead code.

    Additionally, the tier-full name lookup and lib_logger.info(f"Discovered tier ...") success message were accidentally placed inside the first (error-handling) except block instead of in the try block. As a result:

    • When discovery succeeds, the success info log is never emitted.
    • When discovery fails, the code still attempts to look up tier_full and emits a misleading "Discovered tier 'unknown'" message inside the error handler.

    The tier_full lookup and lib_logger.info success log should be moved back into the try block (after _discover_project_id returns), and the duplicate second except Exception clause should be removed entirely.

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async def _persist_project_metadata(
self, credential_path: str, project_id: str, tier: Optional[str]
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P0 TypeError: _persist_project_metadata() called with too many arguments

_persist_project_metadata is defined with the signature (self, credential_path: str, project_id: str, tier: Optional[str]) (3 parameters), but is called at lines 520–524 and 700–702 with 4 positional arguments — passing discovered_tier_full as a fourth argument:

await self._persist_project_metadata(
    credential_path,
    project_id,
    discovered_tier,
    discovered_tier_full,  # ← 4th arg, no matching parameter
)

This will raise TypeError: _persist_project_metadata() takes 4 positional arguments but 5 were given at runtime every time a credential successfully completes loadCodeAssist or onboarding discovery, completely breaking project metadata persistence for those credentials. The function signature needs to be updated to accept and store the tier_full value, e.g.:

async def _persist_project_metadata(
    self, credential_path: str, project_id: str, tier: Optional[str], tier_full: Optional[str] = None
):
    ...
    if tier_full:
        creds["_proxy_metadata"]["tier_full"] = tier_full

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# Manual Google Cloud Code Assist Setup for Gemini CLI

> **⚠️ PLACEHOLDER - To Be Completed by Mirrowel**
>
> This document will contain step-by-step instructions for manually enabling the Code Assist API in Google Cloud Console.

## Overview

Some Gemini accounts require manual creation of a Google Cloud Console project with the Code Assist API enabled. This guide will walk you through the process.

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P2 Placeholder document shipped with no content and referenced at runtime

This documentation file is incomplete — every section contains a [Instructions to be added...] or [To be added...] placeholder. However, it is actively referenced in the interactive prompt shown to users when auto-discovery fails in _prompt_for_manual_setup (in gemini_auth_base.py):

"[bold]Please follow the manual setup instructions:[/bold]\n"
"[cyan]docs/gemini-cli-manual-code-assist-setup.md[/cyan]\n\n"
"After following the instructions, enter your Project ID below."

A user whose auto-discovery fails will be directed to this file for help and find it completely empty. Either the document should be completed before merging, or the prompt should reference the ⚠️ PLACEHOLDER note more clearly so the user isn't left stranded.

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hmm, not super complete. not everything was done.
Still, a fun thing to see.

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