fix(ui): route tasks.js + skills.js dropdowns through topPortalZ() (#4768)

Fixes #4767. #4724 routed 16 body-portaled dropdowns through the shared
topPortalZ() helper so they always render just above the currently-raised tool
modal, but two were missed and still used a hardcoded z-index, so they hit the
same #4720 bug once a modal's bring-to-front counter climbed past the literal:

  - tasks.js _showTaskDropdown(): inline z-index:100000 on .task-dropdown
  - skills.js kebab menu (.skill-kebab-menu): z-index:100002 in style.css

Both now set zIndex from topPortalZ() after they are appended to the body,
matching the other migrated sites. The dead CSS z-index on .skill-kebab-menu is
removed (the inline value always wins). test_portal_dropdown_z_js.py gains a
source guard asserting both files use topPortalZ() and that no hardcoded
100000/100002 portal literal survives in either file or style.css.

core/exceptions.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# src/exceptions.py
+# core/exceptions.py
 """Custom exceptions for the application."""
 
 class SessionNotFoundError(Exception):

routes/model_routes.py

@@ -523,6 +523,10 @@ _NON_CHAT_EXACT_PREFIXES = (
 
 def _is_chat_model(model_id: str) -> bool:
     """Return True if the model ID looks like a chat/completions-capable model."""
+    if not isinstance(model_id, str):
+        # Non-compliant upstreams can return non-string IDs (e.g. int/None);
+        # treat them as chat-capable rather than crashing on .lower().
+        return True
     mid = model_id.lower()
     for prefix in _NON_CHAT_PREFIXES:
         if mid.startswith(prefix):
@@ -726,6 +730,34 @@ def _is_loading_model_response(resp: Any) -> bool:
 
 
 
+def _openai_model_ids(data: Any) -> List[str]:
+    """Extract OpenAI-style model IDs (``{"data": [{"id": ...}]}``).
+
+    Tolerates a non-dict body and non-string IDs from non-compliant upstreams,
+    returning only non-empty string IDs.
+    """
+    items = data.get("data") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
+    return [m["id"] for m in (items or [])
+            if isinstance(m, dict) and isinstance(m.get("id"), str) and m["id"]]
+
+
+def _ollama_model_names(data: Any) -> List[str]:
+    """Extract native-Ollama model names (``{"models": [{"name"|"model": ...}]}``).
+
+    Same tolerance as :func:`_openai_model_ids`: a non-dict body or non-string
+    value is skipped rather than crashing, preserving name-then-model precedence.
+    """
+    items = data.get("models") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
+    out: List[str] = []
+    for m in (items or []):
+        if not isinstance(m, dict):
+            continue
+        v = m.get("name") or m.get("model")
+        if isinstance(v, str) and v:
+            out.append(v)
+    return out
+
+
 def _probe_endpoint(base_url: str, api_key: str = None, timeout: int = 5) -> List[str]:
     """Probe a base URL's /models endpoint and return list of model IDs.
     For Anthropic, queries their /v1/models API, falling back to hardcoded list."""
@@ -748,7 +780,7 @@ def _probe_endpoint(base_url: str, api_key: str = None, timeout: int = 5) -> Lis
             r = httpx.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, verify=llm_verify())
             r.raise_for_status()
             data = r.json()
-            models = [m.get("id") for m in (data.get("data") or []) if m.get("id")]
+            models = _openai_model_ids(data)
             if models:
                 return models
         except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
@@ -770,10 +802,10 @@ def _probe_endpoint(base_url: str, api_key: str = None, timeout: int = 5) -> Lis
         r.raise_for_status()
         data = r.json()
         # OpenAI format: {"data": [{"id": "model-name"}]}
-        models = [m.get("id") for m in (data.get("data") or []) if m.get("id")]
+        models = _openai_model_ids(data)
         # Ollama format: {"models": [{"name": "model-name"}]}
         if not models:
-            models = [m.get("name") or m.get("model") for m in (data.get("models") or []) if m.get("name") or m.get("model")]
+            models = _ollama_model_names(data)
         if models:
             # Z.AI coding plan omits some working models from /models;
             # append curated-only entries for that endpoint only.
@@ -812,7 +844,7 @@ def _probe_endpoint(base_url: str, api_key: str = None, timeout: int = 5) -> Lis
             r = httpx.get(root + "/api/tags", timeout=timeout, verify=llm_verify())
             r.raise_for_status()
             data = r.json()
-            models = [m.get("name") or m.get("model") for m in (data.get("models") or []) if m.get("name") or m.get("model")]
+            models = _ollama_model_names(data)
             if models:
                 return [m for m in models if _is_chat_model(m)]
     except Exception as e:

src/exceptions.py

@@ -1,29 +1,22 @@
 # src/exceptions.py
-"""Custom exceptions for the application."""
+"""Backward-compatible shim — the single source of truth is core/exceptions.py.
 
-class SessionNotFoundError(Exception):
+Historically this module was a byte-for-byte duplicate of core/exceptions.py,
-    """Raised when a requested session is not found."""
+which is the canonical definition (imported by app.py, core/__init__.py, and
-    def __init__(self, session_id: str):
+routes/chat_routes.py). To kill the drift, this now simply re-exports the
-        self.session_id = session_id
+exception classes from core.exceptions so there is exactly one place that
-        super().__init__(f"Session '{session_id}' not found")
+defines them. Existing `from src.exceptions import ...` callers keep working.
+"""
+from core.exceptions import (  # noqa: F401
+    SessionNotFoundError,
+    InvalidFileUploadError,
+    LLMServiceError,
+    WebSearchError,
+)
 
-class InvalidFileUploadError(Exception):
+__all__ = [
-    """Raised when a file upload fails validation."""
+    "SessionNotFoundError",
-    def __init__(self, message: str, filename: str = None):
+    "InvalidFileUploadError",
-        self.filename = filename
+    "LLMServiceError",
-        self.message = message
+    "WebSearchError",
-        super().__init__(message)
+]
-
-class LLMServiceError(Exception):
-    """Raised when there is an error communicating with the LLM service."""
-    def __init__(self, message: str, endpoint: str = None):
-        self.endpoint = endpoint
-        self.message = message
-        super().__init__(message)
-
-class WebSearchError(Exception):
-    """Raised when there is an error with web search functionality."""
-    def __init__(self, message: str, query: str = None):
-        self.query = query
-        self.message = message
-        super().__init__(message)

src/task_scheduler.py

@@ -289,6 +289,42 @@ def _checkin_calendar_events(db, owner, start, end):
     )
 
 
+def _normalize_chat_endpoint(url: str) -> str:
+    """Repair a resolved task endpoint to a full chat-completions URL.
+
+    Unlike the chat path — which stores ``build_chat_url(normalize_base(base))``
+    on the session — the task executor passes ``task.endpoint_url`` verbatim to
+    the model HTTP call. A bare OpenAI-compatible base such as
+    ``http://host:11434/v1`` therefore POSTs to a 404 ("page not found") and the
+    model silently appears to "return an empty response".
+
+    Repair only bare OpenAI-compatible bases. Native-Ollama URLs (``/api...``)
+    and URLs that already point at a concrete endpoint are returned untouched, so
+    their own downstream normalizers keep working. Idempotent: a URL already
+    ending in ``/chat/completions`` is left as-is.
+    """
+    if not url:
+        return url
+    # Imports kept function-local (endpoint_resolver pulls in heavy deps) but
+    # OUTSIDE the try: an import failure is a real bug that should surface, not
+    # be silently swallowed into the un-normalized URL this function exists to
+    # repair.
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+    from src.endpoint_resolver import normalize_base, build_chat_url
+    path = (urlparse(url).path or "").rstrip("/")
+    if path == "/api" or path.startswith("/api/"):
+        return url  # native Ollama — handled by the native path downstream
+    if path.endswith(("/chat/completions", "/messages", "/responses", "/completions")):
+        return url  # already a concrete endpoint
+    try:
+        return build_chat_url(normalize_base(url))
+    except Exception:
+        # Guard only the actual normalization. Returning the URL un-normalized
+        # reverts to the 404 this fixes, so make the silent revert visible.
+        logger.debug("task endpoint normalization failed for %r; using as-is", url, exc_info=True)
+        return url
+
+
 class TaskScheduler:
     def __init__(self, session_manager):
         self._session_manager = session_manager
@@ -1357,6 +1393,7 @@ class TaskScheduler:
             endpoint_url, model = self._resolve_defaults(db, task.owner)
         if not endpoint_url or not model:
             raise RuntimeError("No model/endpoint configured")
+        endpoint_url = _normalize_chat_endpoint(endpoint_url)
         # Record the resolved model so _execute_task_locked can persist it on
         # the run (tasks rarely pin a model, so this is the only record of
         # which model actually produced the output).
@@ -1548,6 +1585,8 @@ class TaskScheduler:
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
+        endpoint_url = _normalize_chat_endpoint(endpoint_url)
+
         session_id = task.session_id
         if not session_id:
             session_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
@@ -1821,6 +1860,7 @@ class TaskScheduler:
             endpoint_url, model = self._resolve_defaults(db, task.owner)
         if not endpoint_url or not model:
             raise RuntimeError("No model/endpoint configured for research")
+        endpoint_url = _normalize_chat_endpoint(endpoint_url)
         # Record the resolved model for the run record (see _execute_task_locked).
         self._last_run_model = model
 

static/js/cookbook-hwfit.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from './cookbook.js';
 import uiModule from './ui.js';
 import spinnerModule from './spinner.js';
-import { _loadTasks, _tmuxGracefulKill } from './cookbookRunning.js';
+import { _loadTasks, _tmuxGracefulKill, _nextAvailablePort, _taskPort } from './cookbookRunning.js';
 import { openCookbookDependencies } from './cookbook-diagnosis.js';
 
 // Map a serve-backend code (vllm / sglang / llamacpp) → the package name
@@ -1493,36 +1493,34 @@ export function _expandModelRow(row, modelData) {
         }
         return;
       }
+      // Detect backend and port now — the pre-launch guard below needs them.
+      const _qrBackendDetect = _detectBackend(modelData);
+      const _qrRunBackend = _qrBackendDetect.backend || 'vllm';
+      const _qrPort = _nextAvailablePort();
 
-      // ─── Pre-launch: stop the model already serving on this host ───────
+      // ─── Pre-launch: stop colliding serves on the same port ───────
-      // Two servers can't share port 8000. Without this, the new launch
+      // Different ports coexist fine (e.g. vLLM on 8000 + Qwen VL on
-      // silently collided and the user saw no feedback. We surface the
+      // 8001). Only block when the new model's port genuinely collides
-      // conflict and offer to kill the running one first as the default
+      // with a running serve. (Issue #4507)
-      // action (it's almost always what the user wants).
       try {
         const _qrHostStr = _envState.remoteHost || '';
-        const _activeServes = _loadTasks().filter(t =>
+        const _allServes = _loadTasks().filter(t =>
           t && t.type === 'serve'
           && (t.remoteHost || '') === _qrHostStr
           && (t.status === 'running' || t.status === 'ready' || t._serveReady)
         );
-        if (_activeServes.length) {
+        const _clashing = _allServes.filter(t => _taskPort(t) === _qrPort);
-          const _names = _activeServes.map(t => t.payload?.repo_id || t.repo || t.name || '?').filter(Boolean);
+        if (_clashing.length) {
+          const _names = _clashing.map(t => t.payload?.repo_id || t.repo || t.name || '?').filter(Boolean);
           const _ok = await window.styledConfirm?.(
-            `${_names.length} model${_names.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} already serving on ${_qrHostStr || 'local'} (${_names.join(', ')}). Port 8000 will collide. Stop the running model and launch this one?`,
+            `${_clashing.length} model${_clashing.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} on port ${_qrPort} (${_names.join(', ')}). Stop it and launch this one?`,
             { confirmText: 'Stop & launch', cancelText: 'Cancel' }
           );
           if (!_ok) return;
-          // Mark + kill each running serve, then wait briefly for the
-          // tmux session to actually go down before we kick off the new
-          // launch. Otherwise vLLM still races against the dying socket.
           quickRunBtn.disabled = true;
           quickRunBtn.textContent = 'Stopping…';
-          for (const t of _activeServes) {
+          for (const t of _clashing) {
             try {
-              // Use that task's own Stop button if it's rendered (handles
-              // endpoint cleanup, Ollama unload, fade-out). Falls back to
-              // a direct tmux kill if the Active tab isn't in the DOM yet.
               const _taskEl = document.querySelector(`.cookbook-task[data-task-id="${t.sessionId}"]`);
               const _stopBtn = _taskEl?.querySelector('.cookbook-task-action-stop');
               if (_stopBtn) {
@@ -1537,11 +1535,12 @@ export function _expandModelRow(row, modelData) {
               }
             } catch (_killErr) { /* best-effort */ }
           }
-          // Give the OS a beat to release port 8000.
           await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2500));
         }
       } catch (_e) { /* best-effort */ }
 
+      // -- Launch ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
       // ─── Pre-launch driver check ─────────────────────────────────────
       // vLLM/SGLang need a working CUDA/ROCm driver. nvidia-smi failures
       // surface as system.gpu_error from our hardware probe; "no GPU
@@ -1550,8 +1549,6 @@ export function _expandModelRow(row, modelData) {
       // user watches `pip install vllm` finish, then sees a cryptic CUDA
       // error 10 minutes later. (llama.cpp / Ollama have CPU fallbacks
       // so they skip this gate.)
-      const _qrBackendDetect = _detectBackend(modelData);
-      const _qrRunBackend = _qrBackendDetect.backend || 'vllm';
       if (_qrRunBackend === 'vllm' || _qrRunBackend === 'sglang') {
         const _sys = _hwfitCache?.system || {};
         if (_sys.gpu_error) {
@@ -1658,7 +1655,7 @@ export function _expandModelRow(row, modelData) {
 
       const host = _envState.remoteHost || '';
       const hostIp = host.includes('@') ? host.split('@').pop() : host;
-      const port = '8000';
+      const port = _qrPort;
       const detected = _detectBackend(modelData);
       const runBackend = detected.backend || 'vllm';
 
@@ -1673,7 +1670,7 @@ export function _expandModelRow(row, modelData) {
       } else if (runBackend === 'llamacpp') {
         const dir = `"$HOME/.cache/huggingface/hub/models--${modelData.name.replace(/\//g, '--')}/snapshots"`;
         const ggufPath = `$({ find ${dir} -name '*-00001-of-*.gguf' 2>/dev/null | sort; find ${dir} -name '*.gguf' 2>/dev/null | sort; } | head -1)`;
-        cmd = `llama-server --model "${ggufPath}" --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 -ngl 99 -c ${maxCtx} --flash-attn auto`;
+        cmd = `llama-server --model "${ggufPath}" --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${port} -ngl 99 -c ${maxCtx} --flash-attn auto`;
       } else {
         cmd = `vllm serve ${modelData.name} --host 0.0.0.0 --port ${port}`;
         cmd += ` --tensor-parallel-size ${tp}`;

static/js/cookbookPorts.js

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Pure port helpers extracted so they're unit-testable without the
+// browser-bound rest of cookbookRunning.js (issue #4507 follow-up).
+
+// Read the port out of a serve launch command. Handles --port 8000,
+// --port=8000, -p 8000, and -p=8000. Returns '' when none is present.
+export function portOf(cmd) {
+  const s = cmd || '';
+  const m = s.match(/--port[=\s]+(\d+)/) || s.match(/(?:^|\s)-p[=\s]+(\d+)/);
+  return m ? m[1] : '';
+}
+
+// Lowest free port >= start that isn't in usedPorts (array or Set of
+// numbers/strings). Returns a string to match the serve command format.
+export function nextFreePort(usedPorts, start = 8000) {
+  const used = new Set([...usedPorts].map(p => parseInt(p, 10)));
+  let port = start;
+  while (used.has(port)) port++;
+  return String(port);
+}

static/js/cookbookRunning.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import uiModule from './ui.js';
 import { _diagnose, _showDiagnosis, _clearDiagnosis } from './cookbook-diagnosis.js';
 import { registerMenuDismiss } from './escMenuStack.js';
 import { computeProgressSignal } from './cookbookProgressSignal.js';
+import { portOf, nextFreePort } from './cookbookPorts.js';
 
 // Human-friendly badge label for a task's internal status. Avoids surfacing
 // the word "error" in the sidebar — a server the user stopped or one that
@@ -266,9 +267,7 @@ function _taskHostLabel(task) {
 }
 
 function _taskPort(task) {
-  const cmd = task?.payload?._cmd || '';
+  return portOf(task?.payload?._cmd || '');
-  const match = cmd.match(/--port\s+(\d+)/);
-  return match ? match[1] : '';
 }
 
 function _buildCrashReport(task, outputText) {
@@ -455,16 +454,14 @@ function _nextAvailablePort() {
   const usedPorts = new Set();
   tasks.forEach(t => {
     if (t.type === 'serve' && (t.status === 'running' || t.status === 'queued')) {
-      const m = t.payload?._cmd?.match(/--port\s+(\d+)/);
+      const p = _taskPort(t);
-      if (m) usedPorts.add(parseInt(m[1]));
+      if (p) usedPorts.add(parseInt(p));
     }
   });
   presets.forEach(p => {
     if (p.port) usedPorts.add(parseInt(p.port));
   });
-  let port = 8000;
+  return nextFreePort(usedPorts);
-  while (usedPorts.has(port)) port++;
-  return String(port);
 }
 
 // ── Endpoint cleanup ──
@@ -3987,4 +3984,4 @@ export function initRunning(shared) {
 }
 
 // Also export _retryDownload and _nextAvailablePort for use by other modules
-export { _retryDownload, _nextAvailablePort, _processQueue };
+export { _retryDownload, _nextAvailablePort, _processQueue, _taskPort };

static/js/cookbookServe.js

@@ -2958,33 +2958,41 @@ function _rerenderCachedModels() {
             && ((t.remoteHost || '') === _hostStr || (t.remoteServerKey || '') === _serverKeyStr)
             && (t.status === 'running' || t.status === 'ready' || t._serveReady)
           );
+          // Only block when the new model's port genuinely collides with
+          // a running serve. Different ports coexist fine (issue #4507).
           if (_active.length) {
-            const _names = _active.map(t => t.payload?.repo_id || t.repo || t.name || '?').filter(Boolean);
+            const _newPort = (launchCmd.match(/--port[=\s]+(\d+)/) || [])[1] || '';
-            const _ok = await window.styledConfirm(
+            const _clashing = _newPort
-              `${_active.length} model${_active.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} already serving on ${_hostStr || 'local'} (${_names.join(', ')}). Port 8000 will collide. Stop the running model and launch this one?`,
+              ? _active.filter(t => _runningMod._taskPort(t) === _newPort)
-              { title: 'Server already running', confirmText: 'Stop & launch', cancelText: 'Cancel' },
+              : _active;
-            );
+            if (_clashing.length) {
-            if (!_ok) { _restoreLaunchBtn(); return; }
+              const _names = _clashing.map(t => t.payload?.repo_id || t.repo || t.name || '?').filter(Boolean);
-            // Kill each active serve; prefer the rendered Stop button so
+              const _portNote = _newPort ? ` on port ${_newPort}` : '';
-            // endpoint cleanup + Ollama unload run normally. Fall back to
+              const _ok = await window.styledConfirm(
-            // a raw tmux kill when the Active tab isn't in the DOM.
+                `${_clashing.length} model${_clashing.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} already serving on ${_hostStr || 'local'} (${_names.join(', ')})${_portNote}. Stop it and launch this one?`,
-            for (const t of _active) {
+                { title: _newPort ? `Port ${_newPort} in use` : 'Server already running', confirmText: 'Stop & launch', cancelText: 'Cancel' },
-              try {
+              );
-                const _el = document.querySelector(`.cookbook-task[data-task-id="${t.sessionId}"]`);
+              if (!_ok) { _restoreLaunchBtn(); return; }
-                const _btn = _el?.querySelector('.cookbook-task-action-stop');
+              // Kill each clashing serve; prefer the rendered Stop button so
-                if (_btn) {
+              // endpoint cleanup + Ollama unload run normally. Fall back to
-                  _btn.click();
+              // a raw tmux kill when the Active tab isn't in the DOM.
-                } else if (_runningMod._tmuxGracefulKill) {
+              for (const t of _clashing) {
-                  await fetch('/api/shell/exec', {
+                try {
-                    method: 'POST', credentials: 'same-origin',
+                  const _el = document.querySelector(`.cookbook-task[data-task-id="${t.sessionId}"]`);
-                    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                  const _btn = _el?.querySelector('.cookbook-task-action-stop');
-                    body: JSON.stringify({ command: _runningMod._tmuxGracefulKill(t) }),
+                  if (_btn) {
-                  });
+                    _btn.click();
-                }
+                  } else if (_runningMod._tmuxGracefulKill) {
-              } catch (_killErr) { /* best-effort */ }
+                    await fetch('/api/shell/exec', {
+                      method: 'POST', credentials: 'same-origin',
+                      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                      body: JSON.stringify({ command: _runningMod._tmuxGracefulKill(t) }),
+                    });
+                  }
+                } catch (_killErr) { /* best-effort */ }
+              }
+              await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2500));
             }
-            // Give the OS a beat to release port 8000.
-            await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2500));
           }
         } catch (_e) { /* best-effort */ }
 

static/js/skills.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import uiModule from './ui.js';
 import * as spinnerModule from './spinner.js';
 import { bindMenuDismiss, dismissOrRemove } from './escMenuStack.js';
+import { topPortalZ } from './toolWindowZOrder.js';
 
 const API = window.location.origin;
 let skills = [];
@@ -437,6 +438,10 @@ function _openSkillMenu(btn, card, sk, name, isPublished) {
   menu.appendChild(cancelItem);
 
   document.body.appendChild(menu);
+  // Override the CSS z-index (100002) with a value derived from the live
+  // tool-window stack so the kebab menu stays above its modal even after the
+  // bring-to-front counter climbs past the static value (#4720).
+  menu.style.zIndex = String(topPortalZ());
   const r = btn.getBoundingClientRect();
   menu.style.top = (r.bottom + 4) + 'px';
   menu.style.right = Math.max(6, window.innerWidth - r.right) + 'px';

static/js/tasks.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import uiModule from './ui.js';
 import markdownModule from './markdown.js';
 import * as spinnerModule from './spinner.js';
 import { makeWindowDraggable } from './windowDrag.js';
+import { topPortalZ } from './toolWindowZOrder.js';
 import { sortModelIds } from './modelSort.js';
 import { ordinalSuffix } from './util/ordinal.js';
 import { bindMenuDismiss, dismissOrRemove } from './escMenuStack.js';
@@ -903,7 +904,7 @@ function _showTaskDropdown(anchor, items) {
   document.querySelectorAll('.task-dropdown').forEach(dismissOrRemove);
   const dd = document.createElement('div');
   dd.className = 'task-dropdown';
-  dd.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;z-index:100000;background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);padding:4px;min-width:120px;';
+  dd.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:6px;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);padding:4px;min-width:120px;';
   items.forEach(item => {
     const btn = document.createElement('button');
     btn.style.cssText = 'display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;width:100%;text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:none;background:none;color:var(--fg);font-size:11px;font-family:inherit;cursor:pointer;border-radius:4px;transition:background 0.1s;';
@@ -919,6 +920,10 @@ function _showTaskDropdown(anchor, items) {
     dd.appendChild(btn);
   });
   document.body.appendChild(dd);
+  // Sit above the currently-raised tool modal at any stack depth (#4720): the
+  // modal bring-to-front counter climbs unbounded, so a hardcoded z eventually
+  // loses. topPortalZ() derives the value from the live tool-window stack.
+  dd.style.zIndex = String(topPortalZ());
   const rect = anchor.getBoundingClientRect();
   let top = rect.bottom + 4;
   let left = rect.right - dd.offsetWidth;

static/style.css

@@ -16960,7 +16960,8 @@ body:not(.email-doc-split-active) #email-lib-modal.email-lib-fullscreen:not(.mod
 /* Kebab dropdown */
 .skill-kebab-menu {
   position: fixed;
-  z-index: 100002;
+  /* z-index is set inline via topPortalZ() at open time (#4720); a static
+     value here loses once the modal bring-to-front counter climbs past it. */
   min-width: 150px;
   padding: 4px;
   background: var(--panel, var(--bg));

tests/test_cookbook_port_parsing_js.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""Behavioral tests for Cookbook port parsing / picking (#4507 follow-up).
+
+Driven through `node --input-type=module` (same approach as the other
+*_js.py tests); skips when `node` is not installed.
+"""
+import json
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+_REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+_HELPER = _REPO / "static" / "js" / "cookbookPorts.js"
+_HAS_NODE = shutil.which("node") is not None
+
+
+def _run(expr):
+    js = (
+        f"import {{ portOf, nextFreePort }} from '{_HELPER.as_posix()}';"
+        f"console.log(JSON.stringify({expr}));"
+    )
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        ["node", "--input-type=module"],
+        input=js, capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=str(_REPO), timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert proc.returncode == 0, proc.stderr
+    return json.loads(proc.stdout.strip())
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not _HAS_NODE, reason="node binary not on PATH")
+def test_port_of_handles_all_forms():
+    assert _run("portOf('vllm serve m --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000')") == "8000"
+    assert _run("portOf('x --port=8001')") == "8001"
+    assert _run("portOf('llama-server -p 8002')") == "8002"
+    assert _run("portOf('llama-server -p=8003')") == "8003"
+    assert _run("portOf('serve with no port flag')") == ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not _HAS_NODE, reason="node binary not on PATH")
+def test_next_free_port_skips_taken_including_eq_and_short_flag():
+    # a --port= serve and a -p serve are both 'taken'; picker skips them
+    taken = "[portOf('a --port=8000'), portOf('b -p 8001')]"
+    assert _run(f"nextFreePort({taken})") == "8002"
+    assert _run("nextFreePort([])") == "8000"
+    assert _run("nextFreePort(['8000', '8002'])") == "8001"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not _HAS_NODE, reason="node binary not on PATH")
+def test_clash_outcome_same_port_flagged_different_ignored():
+    # the guard's predicate is portOf(cmd) === target
+    assert _run("portOf('m --port 8000') === '8000'") is True
+    assert _run("portOf('m --port 8001') === '8000'") is False

tests/test_endpoint_probing.py

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ with preserve_import_state("core.database", "src.database", "core.session_manage
         _resolve_probe_key,
         _classify_endpoint,
         _rewrite_loopback_for_docker,
+        _openai_model_ids,
+        _ollama_model_names,
         _PROVIDER_CURATED,
     )
 
@@ -74,6 +76,33 @@ def _resp(status, *, json=None, headers=None, url="https://api.example.com/v1/mo
     return httpx.Response(status, **kwargs)
 
 
+# ── _openai_model_ids / _ollama_model_names: parsing helpers ──
+
+class TestModelListHelpers:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("data,expected", [
+        ({"data": [{"id": "gpt-4o"}, {"id": "gpt-4o-mini"}]}, ["gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini"]),
+        ({"data": [{"id": None}, {"id": 123}, {"id": "gpt-4o"}]}, ["gpt-4o"]),  # non-string ids dropped
+        ({"data": ["x", {"id": "ok"}]}, ["ok"]),                                # non-dict entries dropped
+        ({"data": []}, []),
+        ({"data": "oops"}, []),                                                 # non-list "data"
+        ([], []), ("nope", []), (None, []), (123, []),                          # non-dict body
+    ])
+    def test_openai_model_ids(self, data, expected):
+        assert _openai_model_ids(data) == expected
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("data,expected", [
+        ({"models": [{"name": "llama3:8b"}, {"model": "qwen3:4b"}]}, ["llama3:8b", "qwen3:4b"]),
+        ({"models": [{"name": "a", "model": "b"}]}, ["a"]),                      # name precedence over model
+        ({"models": [{"name": 123}, {"model": None}, {"name": "ok"}]}, ["ok"]),  # non-string values dropped
+        ({"models": ["x", {"name": "ok"}]}, ["ok"]),                            # non-dict entries dropped
+        ({"models": []}, []),
+        ({"models": "oops"}, []),
+        ([], []), (None, []), (42, []),                                         # non-dict body
+    ])
+    def test_ollama_model_names(self, data, expected):
+        assert _ollama_model_names(data) == expected
+
+
 # ── _probe_endpoint: model-list parsing ──
 
 class TestProbeEndpointParsing:
@@ -121,6 +150,43 @@ class TestProbeEndpointParsing:
         )
         assert _probe_endpoint("https://api.example.com/v1") == []
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("body", [[], "invalid", 123, True])
+    def test_non_dict_json_body_degrades_to_empty(self, monkeypatch, caplog, body):
+        # HTTP 200 with valid-but-non-dict JSON must not crash the probe with an
+        # AttributeError (data.get(...) on a list/str/int); it should fall through
+        # to the empty/curated path. caplog gives this test teeth: pre-fix the
+        # swallowed AttributeError logs "Failed to probe"; post-fix it does not.
+        _patch_resolve(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            model_routes.httpx, "get",
+            lambda url, headers=None, timeout=None, verify=None, **kwargs: _resp(200, json=body),
+        )
+        with caplog.at_level("WARNING", logger="routes.model_routes"):
+            assert _probe_endpoint("https://api.example.com/v1") == []
+        assert "Failed to probe" not in caplog.text
+
+    def test_skips_non_string_model_ids(self, monkeypatch):
+        # A non-compliant upstream returns int/None IDs alongside a valid one.
+        # The probe must not crash on .lower()/.startswith and must still surface
+        # the valid string model.
+        _patch_resolve(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            model_routes.httpx, "get",
+            lambda url, headers=None, timeout=None, verify=None, **kwargs: _resp(
+                200, json={"data": [{"id": None}, {"id": 123}, {"id": "gpt-4o"}]}),
+        )
+        assert _probe_endpoint("https://api.example.com/v1", "key") == ["gpt-4o"]
+
+    def test_all_non_string_ids_returns_empty(self, monkeypatch):
+        # Every id is non-string -> empty result, no exception, no curated leak.
+        _patch_resolve(monkeypatch)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            model_routes.httpx, "get",
+            lambda url, headers=None, timeout=None, verify=None, **kwargs: _resp(
+                200, json={"data": [{"id": 123}, {"id": None}]}),
+        )
+        assert _probe_endpoint("https://api.example.com/v1") == []
+
     def test_chatgpt_subscription_probe_uses_discovery_only(self, monkeypatch):
         _patch_resolve(monkeypatch)
         calls = []

tests/test_model_routes.py

@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ class TestIsChatModel:
     def test_legacy_openai_instruct_is_not_chat(self):
         assert _is_chat_model("gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct") is False
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("bad", [None, 123, 4.5, ["x"], {"a": 1}])
+    def test_non_string_id_is_treated_as_chat(self, bad):
+        # Defensive boundary: a non-compliant upstream can yield a non-string
+        # model id; it must not crash on .lower() (treated as chat-capable).
+        assert _is_chat_model(bad) is True
+
 
 # ── _classify_endpoint ──
 

tests/test_portal_dropdown_z_js.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and the dock-chip floor, without importing the browser-heavy UI modules.
 """
 
 import json
+import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import textwrap
@@ -87,3 +88,22 @@ def test_portal_z_uses_chip_floor_when_the_open_modal_sits_below_it():
     )
 
     assert values == {"z": 10031}
+
+
+# tasks.js and skills.js were not in #4724's batch; #4767 routes their portaled
+# dropdowns through the same helper. Pin that they use topPortalZ() and carry no
+# hardcoded portal z-index, so they cannot regress to the #4720 bug.
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rel", ["static/js/tasks.js", "static/js/skills.js"])
+def test_late_routed_dropdowns_use_top_portal_z(rel):
+    src = (ROOT / rel).read_text()
+    assert "topPortalZ" in src, f"{rel} must import/use topPortalZ()"
+    assert "topPortalZ()" in src, f"{rel} must call topPortalZ() for its dropdown z"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rel", ["static/js/tasks.js", "static/js/skills.js", "static/style.css"])
+def test_no_hardcoded_portal_z_literals_remain(rel):
+    src = (ROOT / rel).read_text()
+    # Match the exact 100000/100002 these dropdowns used; the trailing-digit
+    # guard avoids false-matching an unrelated 1000000 elsewhere.
+    hits = re.findall(r"z-index:\s*10000[02](?!\d)", src)
+    assert not hits, f"{rel} still has hardcoded portal z: {hits}"

tests/test_task_endpoint_normalization.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Regression test for the task-path endpoint-URL normalization fix.
+
+Bug: the task executor passed ``task.endpoint_url`` verbatim to the model HTTP
+call (unlike the chat path, which normalizes via ``build_chat_url``). A bare
+OpenAI-compatible base such as ``http://host:11434/v1`` POSTed to a 404 and the
+run silently reported "The model returned an empty response".
+
+The fix routes every resolved task endpoint through ``_normalize_chat_endpoint``.
+"""
+from src.task_scheduler import _normalize_chat_endpoint
+
+
+def test_bare_v1_base_gets_chat_completions_suffix():
+    # The exact failure case: a bare /v1 base must become a full chat URL.
+    assert (
+        _normalize_chat_endpoint("http://localhost:11434/v1")
+        == "http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions"
+    )
+
+
+def test_full_chat_url_is_unchanged_idempotent():
+    full = "http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions"
+    assert _normalize_chat_endpoint(full) == full
+    # Idempotent under repeated application.
+    assert _normalize_chat_endpoint(_normalize_chat_endpoint(full)) == full
+
+
+def test_native_ollama_url_left_alone():
+    # Native Ollama (/api...) has its own downstream normalizer — don't touch it.
+    assert _normalize_chat_endpoint("http://localhost:11434/api") == "http://localhost:11434/api"
+    assert _normalize_chat_endpoint("http://localhost:11434/api/chat") == "http://localhost:11434/api/chat"
+
+
+def test_empty_and_none_are_passthrough():
+    assert _normalize_chat_endpoint("") == ""
+    assert _normalize_chat_endpoint(None) is None
+
+
+def test_trailing_slash_base_normalized():
+    assert (
+        _normalize_chat_endpoint("http://localhost:11434/v1/")
+        == "http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions"
+    )