Free Model Endpoints Need a Contract Bench, Not a Leaderboard Screenshot
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You wire a small internal tool to a free model endpoint. The first call returns clean JSON. The second wraps the same object in a Markdown fence. The third times out at 30 seconds. The fourth reports 900 completion tokens for a 40-token answer. The demo still looks fine. Your CI job does not. That…
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- 2026-10-19 08:09 · DEV Community — AI
Free Model Endpoints Need a Contract Bench, Not a Leaderboard Screenshot