Phase 20J Fix

PlotLine/Models/StoryIntelligenceModels.cs

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceOptions
 {
     public string ApiKey { get; init; } = string.Empty;
     public string Model { get; init; } = string.Empty;
-    public decimal Temperature { get; init; } = 0.2m;
     public int MaxOutputTokens { get; init; } = 4000;
     public int TimeoutSeconds { get; init; } = 120;
 }

PlotLine/Services/StoryIntelligenceOpenAIInfrastructure.cs

@@ -125,11 +125,10 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceClient(
         {
             ApiKeyConfigured = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settings.ApiKey),
             Model = settings.Model,
-            Temperature = settings.Temperature,
             MaxOutputTokens = settings.MaxOutputTokens,
             TimeoutSeconds = settings.TimeoutSeconds,
             ClientConstructed = true,
-            ConnectionStatus = "Not checked. Diagnostics do not call OpenAI."
+            ConnectionStatus = "Not checked on diagnostics page. Only the admin dry-run page makes a live OpenAI request."
         };
 
     public async Task<StoryIntelligenceClientResult> ExecutePromptAsync(string completedPrompt, string promptVersion, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -153,8 +152,16 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceClient(
         {
             model = settings.Model,
             input = completedPrompt,
-            temperature = settings.Temperature,
-            max_output_tokens = settings.MaxOutputTokens
+            max_output_tokens = settings.MaxOutputTokens,
+            store = false,
+            reasoning = new
+            {
+                effort = "minimal"
+            },
+            text = new
+            {
+                verbosity = "low"
+            }
         }, JsonOptions);
 
         var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
@@ -230,8 +237,13 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceClient(
 
                 retryCount++;
             }
-            catch (TaskCanceledException) when (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested && attempt < maxAttempts)
+            catch (TaskCanceledException) when (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
+                if (attempt == maxAttempts)
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException($"OpenAI request timed out after {settings.TimeoutSeconds} seconds.");
+                }
+
                 retryCount++;
                 await DelayForRetryAsync(attempt, cancellationToken);
                 continue;
@@ -283,7 +295,6 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceDiagnosticsService(
             ConnectionStatus = clientStatus.ConnectionStatus,
             PromptFileName = ScenePromptFile,
             PromptVersion = versions.GetPromptVersion(ScenePromptFile),
-            Temperature = clientStatus.Temperature,
             MaxOutputTokens = clientStatus.MaxOutputTokens,
             TimeoutSeconds = clientStatus.TimeoutSeconds
         };
@@ -408,7 +419,6 @@ public sealed class StoryIntelligenceClientConfigurationStatus
 {
     public bool ApiKeyConfigured { get; init; }
     public string Model { get; init; } = string.Empty;
-    public decimal Temperature { get; init; }
     public int MaxOutputTokens { get; init; }
     public int TimeoutSeconds { get; init; }
     public bool ClientConstructed { get; init; }

PlotLine/ViewModels/FeatureRequestViewModels.cs

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public sealed class AdminDashboardViewModel
 public sealed class StoryIntelligenceDiagnosticsViewModel
 {
     public string Model { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-    public decimal Temperature { get; set; }
     public int MaxOutputTokens { get; set; }
     public int TimeoutSeconds { get; set; }
     public bool ApiKeyConfigured { get; set; }

PlotLine/Views/Admin/StoryIntelligenceDiagnostics.cshtml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <div>
         <p class="eyebrow">Admin utility</p>
         <h1>Story Intelligence Diagnostics</h1>
-        <p class="lead-text">Configuration and prompt loading checks. This page does not call OpenAI.</p>
+        <p class="lead-text">Build and configuration checks only. This page does not make a live OpenAI request.</p>
     </div>
 </div>
 
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     <dl class="mt-3 mb-0">
-        <dt>Temperature</dt>
-        <dd>@Model.Temperature</dd>
         <dt>Max output tokens</dt>
         <dd>@Model.MaxOutputTokens.ToString("N0")</dd>
         <dt>Timeout</dt>
         <dd>@Model.TimeoutSeconds seconds</dd>
-        <dt>Connection status</dt>
+        <dt>Live API status</dt>
         <dd>@Model.ConnectionStatus</dd>
     </dl>
 </section>
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@
 
 <section class="edit-panel">
     <h2>Manual dry run</h2>
-    <p>This admin-only tool loads the prompt, substitutes test scene data and performs a live OpenAI call without saving data.</p>
+    <p>This admin-only tool performs live API verification by loading the prompt, substituting test scene data and making one OpenAI request with extraction-focused settings. It does not save data.</p>
     <a class="btn btn-primary" asp-action="StoryIntelligenceTest">Open dry run</a>
 </section>
 

PlotLine/Views/Admin/StoryIntelligenceTest.cshtml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <div>
         <p class="eyebrow">Admin utility</p>
         <h1>Story Intelligence Dry Run</h1>
-        <p class="lead-text">This is a development dry run. It does not save data or modify projects.</p>
+        <p class="lead-text">This is a development dry run. It makes one live OpenAI extraction request only when submitted, and it does not save data or modify projects.</p>
     </div>
 </div>
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 <section class="edit-panel">
     <h2>Manual scene test</h2>
-    <p>Use short fictional sample text only. This page loads <code>Scene-Prompt-V1.md</code>, replaces runtime placeholders, and displays the raw response.</p>
+    <p>Use short fictional sample text only. This page loads <code>Scene-Prompt-V1.md</code>, replaces runtime placeholders, makes a live extraction request when submitted, and displays the raw response without parsing or saving it.</p>
     <form asp-action="StoryIntelligenceTest" method="post">
         <div class="row g-3">
             <div class="col-md-3">

PlotLine/appsettings.json

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   },
   "OpenAI": {
     "Model": "gpt-5",
-    "Temperature": 0.2,
     "MaxOutputTokens": 4000,
     "TimeoutSeconds": 120
   },