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Read tool returns PDF pages as structured entries with per-page errors

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Read Tool

One unreadable PDF page no longer costs you the rest of the document.

What

Reading a PDF now returns a first page plus a list of page images, each with its own base64 data, media type and error field, so one unreadable page no longer costs you the rest of the document.

Details
  • A page that failed carries an error string explaining why and empty base64; the error is set only when base64 is empty.
  • The image bytes are transient and are not persisted on the recorded tool result.
  • Counters for imagesOmitted, imagePagesFailed, imagePagesFailedOmitted and documentsOmitted are surfaced as notes.
Evidence

Why the page could not be processed as an image; set only when base64 is empty

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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