Add system message collapse for chat comps

public/index.html

@@ -1693,6 +1693,20 @@
                                             <span data-i18n="Send names in the ChatML objects.">Send names in the ChatML objects. Helps the model to associate messages with characters.</span>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
+                                    <div class="range-block">
+                                        <label for="squash_system_messages" title="Squash system messages" class="checkbox_label widthFreeExpand">
+                                            <input id="squash_system_messages" type="checkbox" />
+                                            <span data-i18n="Squash system messages">
+                                                Squash system messages
+                                            </span>
+                                        </label>
+                                        <div class="toggle-description justifyLeft">
+                                            <span data-i18n="Combines consecutive system messages into one.">
+                                                Combines consecutive system messages into one (excluding example dialogues).
+                                                May improve coherence for some models.
+                                            </span>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
                                     <div class="range-block" data-source="ai21">
                                         <label for="use_ai21_tokenizer" title="Use AI21 Tokenizer" class="checkbox_label widthFreeExpand">
                                             <input id="use_ai21_tokenizer" type="checkbox" /><span data-i18n="Use AI21 Tokenizer">Use AI21 Tokenizer</span>
@@ -4838,4 +4852,4 @@
     </script>
 </body>
 
-</html>
+</html>

public/scripts/openai.js

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ const default_settings = {
     use_ai21_tokenizer: false,
     exclude_assistant: false,
     use_alt_scale: false,
+    squash_system_messages: false,
 };
 
 const oai_settings = {
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ const oai_settings = {
     use_ai21_tokenizer: false,
     exclude_assistant: false,
     use_alt_scale: false,
+    squash_system_messages: false,
 };
 
 let openai_setting_names;
@@ -937,6 +939,10 @@ function prepareOpenAIMessages({
         // Pass chat completion to prompt manager for inspection
         promptManager.setChatCompletion(chatCompletion);
 
+        if (oai_settings.squash_system_messages) {
+            chatCompletion.squashSystemMessages();
+        }
+
         // All information is up-to-date, render.
         if (false === dryRun) promptManager.render(false);
     }
@@ -1646,6 +1652,21 @@ class MessageCollection {
     getTokens() {
         return this.collection.reduce((tokens, message) => tokens + message.getTokens(), 0);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Combines message collections into a single collection.
+     * @returns {Message[]} The collection of messages flattened into a single array.
+     */
+    flatten() {
+        return this.collection.reduce((acc, message) => {
+            if (message instanceof MessageCollection) {
+                acc.push(...message.flatten());
+            } else {
+                acc.push(message);
+            }
+            return acc;
+        }, []);
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1660,6 +1681,36 @@ class MessageCollection {
  */
 class ChatCompletion {
 
+    /**
+     * Combines consecutive system messages into one if they have no name attached.
+     */
+    squashSystemMessages() {
+        const excludeList = ['newMainChat', 'newChat', 'groupNudge'];
+        this.messages.collection = this.messages.flatten();
+
+        let lastMessage = null;
+        let squashedMessages = [];
+
+        for (let message of this.messages.collection) {
+            if (!excludeList.includes(message.identifier) && message.role === 'system' && !message.name) {
+                if (lastMessage && lastMessage.role === 'system') {
+                    lastMessage.content += '\n' + message.content;
+                    lastMessage.tokens = tokenHandler.count({ role: lastMessage.role, content: lastMessage.content });
+                }
+                else {
+                    squashedMessages.push(message);
+                    lastMessage = message;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                squashedMessages.push(message);
+                lastMessage = message;
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.messages.collection = squashedMessages;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initializes a new instance of ChatCompletion.
      * Sets up the initial token budget and a new message collection.
@@ -1819,7 +1870,11 @@ class ChatCompletion {
         for (let item of this.messages.collection) {
             if (item instanceof MessageCollection) {
                 chat.push(...item.getChat());
+            } else if (item instanceof Message && item.content) {
+                const message = { role: item.role, content: item.content, ...(item.name ? { name: item.name } : {}) };
+                chat.push(message);
             } else {
+                this.log(`Item ${item} has an unknown type. Adding as-is`);
                 chat.push(item);
             }
         }
@@ -1993,6 +2048,7 @@ function loadOpenAISettings(data, settings) {
     oai_settings.new_group_chat_prompt = settings.new_group_chat_prompt ?? default_settings.new_group_chat_prompt;
     oai_settings.new_example_chat_prompt = settings.new_example_chat_prompt ?? default_settings.new_example_chat_prompt;
     oai_settings.continue_nudge_prompt = settings.continue_nudge_prompt ?? default_settings.continue_nudge_prompt;
+    oai_settings.squash_system_messages = settings.squash_system_messages ?? default_settings.squash_system_messages;
 
     if (settings.wrap_in_quotes !== undefined) oai_settings.wrap_in_quotes = !!settings.wrap_in_quotes;
     if (settings.names_in_completion !== undefined) oai_settings.names_in_completion = !!settings.names_in_completion;
@@ -2029,6 +2085,7 @@ function loadOpenAISettings(data, settings) {
     $('#exclude_assistant').prop('checked', oai_settings.exclude_assistant);
     $('#scale-alt').prop('checked', oai_settings.use_alt_scale);
     $('#openrouter_use_fallback').prop('checked', oai_settings.openrouter_use_fallback);
+    $('#squash_system_messages').prop('checked', oai_settings.squash_system_messages);
     if (settings.impersonation_prompt !== undefined) oai_settings.impersonation_prompt = settings.impersonation_prompt;
 
     $('#impersonation_prompt_textarea').val(oai_settings.impersonation_prompt);
@@ -2228,6 +2285,7 @@ async function saveOpenAIPreset(name, settings, triggerUi = true) {
         use_ai21_tokenizer: settings.use_ai21_tokenizer,
         exclude_assistant: settings.exclude_assistant,
         use_alt_scale: settings.use_alt_scale,
+        squash_system_messages: settings.squash_system_messages,
     };
 
     const savePresetSettings = await fetch(`/api/presets/save-openai?name=${name}`, {
@@ -2572,14 +2630,14 @@ function onSettingsPresetChange() {
         stream_openai: ['#stream_toggle', 'stream_openai', true],
         prompts: ['', 'prompts', false],
         prompt_order: ['', 'prompt_order', false],
-        use_openrouter: ['#use_openrouter', 'use_openrouter', true],
         api_url_scale: ['#api_url_scale', 'api_url_scale', false],
         show_external_models: ['#openai_show_external_models', 'show_external_models', true],
         proxy_password: ['#openai_proxy_password', 'proxy_password', false],
         assistant_prefill: ['#claude_assistant_prefill', 'assistant_prefill', false],
-        use_ai21_tokenizer: ['#use_ai21_tokenizer', 'use_ai21_tokenizer', false],
+        use_ai21_tokenizer: ['#use_ai21_tokenizer', 'use_ai21_tokenizer', true],
-        exclude_assistant: ['#exclude_assistant', 'exclude_assistant', false],
+        exclude_assistant: ['#exclude_assistant', 'exclude_assistant', true],
-        use_alt_scale: ['#use_alt_scale', 'use_alt_scale', false],
+        use_alt_scale: ['#use_alt_scale', 'use_alt_scale', true],
+        squash_system_messages: ['#squash_system_messages', 'squash_system_messages', true],
     };
 
     const presetName = $('#settings_perset_openai').find(":selected").text();
@@ -3286,6 +3344,11 @@ $(document).ready(async function () {
         saveSettingsDebounced();
     });
 
+    $('#squash_system_messages').on('input', function () {
+        oai_settings.squash_system_messages = !!$(this).prop('checked');
+        saveSettingsDebounced();
+    });
+
     $(document).on('input', '#openai_settings .autoSetHeight', function () {
         resetScrollHeight($(this));
     });