feat(llm): make runs resilient and reproducible on slow backends

Retry with exponential backoff and jitter, and honour Retry-After. Retry empty-choice responses and HTTP 408.
Add max_retries, retry_timeouts, model_timeouts and model_concurrency settings for slow local models.
Add opt-in SSE streaming with an idle timeout. A hung server fails early, and a slow but active generation continues.
Send an optional seed and record the backend fingerprint of each answer.
Stamp saved artifacts with run metadata and write them atomically. Warn in compare when two runs differ.
Save partial results on Ctrl-C. Turn an evaluator panic into an error row.
Reject duplicate models and non-http endpoints in the config.

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "zero concurrency", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.Concurrency = 0; return c }},
 		{name: "negative concurrency", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.Concurrency = -1; return c }},
 		{name: "zero timeout", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.RequestTimeout = 0; return c }},
+		{name: "non-http endpoint", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.Endpoint = "llm-gateway.example.com/v1"; return c }},
+		{name: "duplicate model", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.Models = []string{"m", "m"}; return c }},
+		{name: "negative retries", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.MaxRetries = -1; return c }},
 		{name: "zero max tokens", mutate: func(c Config) Config { c.MaxTokensDefault = 0; return c }},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -194,3 +197,65 @@ func TestLoad_MissingFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Load() error = nil, want error for missing file")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParse_RetriesAndSeed(t *testing.T) {
+	base := "endpoint: https://x\nmodels: [m]\n"
+
+	cfg, err := parse([]byte(base))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.MaxRetries != defaultMaxRetries || cfg.Seed != nil {
+		t.Errorf("defaults = retries %d seed %v, want %d nil", cfg.MaxRetries, cfg.Seed, defaultMaxRetries)
+	}
+
+	cfg, err = parse([]byte(base + "max_retries: 0\nseed: 7\n"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.MaxRetries != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("explicit max_retries 0 = %d, want 0 (retrying disabled)", cfg.MaxRetries)
+	}
+	if cfg.Seed == nil || *cfg.Seed != 7 {
+		t.Errorf("Seed = %v, want 7", cfg.Seed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse_ModelOverrides(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, err := parse([]byte(`
+endpoint: https://x
+models: [a, b]
+retry_timeouts: false
+model_timeouts: {a: 45m}
+model_concurrency: {a: 1}
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.RetryTimeouts || cfg.ModelTimeouts["a"] != 45*time.Minute || cfg.ModelConcurrency["a"] != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("got %+v", cfg)
+	}
+	def, _ := parse([]byte("endpoint: https://x\nmodels: [a]\n"))
+	if !def.RetryTimeouts {
+		t.Error("retry_timeouts default = false, want true (legacy behavior)")
+	}
+	for _, bad := range []string{"model_timeouts: {a: nope}", "model_timeouts: {a: 0s}", "model_concurrency: {a: 0}"} {
+		if _, err := parse([]byte("endpoint: https://x\nmodels: [a]\n" + bad)); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("parse(%q) error = nil, want error", bad)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse_Streaming(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, err := parse([]byte("endpoint: https://x\nmodels: [a]\nstream: true\nidle_timeout: 10m\n"))
+	if err != nil || !cfg.Stream || cfg.IdleTimeout != 10*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("cfg = %+v, err = %v", cfg, err)
+	}
+	def, _ := parse([]byte("endpoint: https://x\nmodels: [a]\n"))
+	if def.Stream {
+		t.Error("stream default = true, want false")
+	}
+	if _, err := parse([]byte("endpoint: https://x\nmodels: [a]\nidle_timeout: nope\n")); err == nil {
+		t.Error("bad idle_timeout accepted")
+	}
+}