implement agent reliability features from ADK

[peterj]

Adds reliability features toagents and ModelConfig.

Agent CRD has the reliability field with the following config:

• toolRetries (1–10): reflect-and-retry on failed tool calls — the runtime injects structured reflection guidance into the model context so the agent can self-correct instead of repeating the same failing call
• maxLLMCalls (≥1): cost safety rail capping model calls per request; the run stops with a clear error instead of looping (runtime default 500)
• debugLogging: verbose logging of every LLM request/response and tool call to the agent pod logs (off by default)

ModelConfig retry field:

• attempts (0–20): automatic retries of failed LLM HTTP requests (429/408/5xx) with exponential backoff via the provider SDK. Supported for OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini; other providers log a warning

UI is updated to show the settings in the advanced section:

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Pull request overview

This PR adds end-to-end “reliability” and “retry” configuration across CRDs, translators, runtimes (Python + Go), and UI so operators can control tool-call self-healing, model-call caps, debug logging, and provider SDK HTTP retry behavior.

Changes:

• Adds spec.declarative.reliability to Agent/SandboxAgent (tool retries, max model calls, debug logging) and wires it through translators into runtime config.
• Adds spec.retry.attempts to ModelConfig and maps it to max_retries in generated runtime config, including provider-specific wiring and warnings for unsupported providers.
• Updates UI forms to expose these settings under an Advanced section; adds unit/golden test coverage for the new plumbing.

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File	Description
ui/src/types/index.ts	Adds UI type definitions for retry and agent reliability.
ui/src/components/AgentsProvider.tsx	Extends agent form data shape with reliability fields.
ui/src/app/models/new/page.tsx	Adds Advanced UI for model retry attempts and payload wiring.
ui/src/app/agents/new/page.tsx	Adds Advanced UI for agent reliability settings and payload wiring.
ui/src/app/actions/agents.ts	Maps agent form reliability fields into Agent/SandboxAgent specs.
python/packages/kagent-adk/tests/unittests/test_reliability_config.py	Adds unit tests for reliability parsing and reflect-and-retry behavior.
python/packages/kagent-adk/tests/unittests/test_model_retry.py	Adds unit tests for model retry/max_retries wiring into provider SDK clients.
python/packages/kagent-adk/tests/unittests/models/test_sap_ai_core.py	Removes a stray blank line in test file.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/types.py	Adds ReliabilityConfig, max_retries, and wires retry into provider LLM constructors.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/models/_openai.py	Plumbs max_retries into OpenAI/Azure OpenAI SDK client construction.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/models/_anthropic.py	Plumbs max_retries into Anthropic SDK client construction.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/converters/request_converter.py	Adds max_llm_calls to ADK RunConfig construction.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/cli.py	Enables debug logging + reflect-and-retry plugins based on reliability config.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/_reflect_retry_plugin.py	Adds MCP isError: true handling to reflect-and-retry tool plugin.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/_agent_executor.py	Surfaces clearer user error when max LLM calls limit is exceeded.
python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/_a2a.py	Passes reliability max LLM call cap into executor config.
helm/kagent-crds/templates/kagent.dev_sandboxagents.yaml	Adds CRD schema for spec.declarative.reliability (SandboxAgent).
helm/kagent-crds/templates/kagent.dev_modelconfigs.yaml	Adds CRD schema for spec.retry.attempts (ModelConfig).
helm/kagent-crds/templates/kagent.dev_agents.yaml	Adds CRD schema for spec.declarative.reliability (Agent).
go/core/internal/controller/translator/agent/testdata/outputs/modelconfig_with_retry.json	Adds golden output validating ModelConfig retry translation.
go/core/internal/controller/translator/agent/testdata/outputs/agent_with_reliability.json	Adds golden output validating Agent reliability translation.
go/core/internal/controller/translator/agent/testdata/inputs/modelconfig_with_retry.yaml	Adds translator test input covering ModelConfig retry.
go/core/internal/controller/translator/agent/testdata/inputs/agent_with_reliability.yaml	Adds translator test input covering Agent reliability.
go/core/internal/controller/translator/agent/compiler.go	Translates agent reliability config into ADK config output.
go/core/internal/controller/translator/agent/adk_api_translator.go	Renames TLS helper to populate shared BaseModel fields and adds retry translation.
go/api/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go	Adds deepcopy support for new API fields.
go/api/v1alpha2/modelconfig_types.go	Adds Retry *ModelRetryConfig to ModelConfigSpec.
go/api/v1alpha2/agent_types.go	Adds Reliability *ReliabilityConfig to DeclarativeAgentSpec.
go/api/config/crd/bases/kagent.dev_sandboxagents.yaml	Adds generated base CRD schema for sandbox agent reliability.
go/api/config/crd/bases/kagent.dev_modelconfigs.yaml	Adds generated base CRD schema for model retry.
go/api/config/crd/bases/kagent.dev_agents.yaml	Adds generated base CRD schema for agent reliability.
go/api/adk/types.go	Adds max_retries on BaseModel and reliability in AgentConfig.
go/adk/pkg/runner/maxllmcalls.go	Implements Go-runtime max LLM calls limiter plugin.
go/adk/pkg/runner/adapter.go	Builds Go ADK plugins for reliability config (logging, retry-and-reflect, max calls).
go/adk/pkg/runner/adapter_test.go	Adds tests for reliability plugin building and max call limiter behavior.
go/adk/pkg/models/openai.go	Wires max retries into OpenAI/Azure OpenAI Go SDK options.
go/adk/pkg/models/base.go	Adds MaxRetries to transport config shape.
go/adk/pkg/models/anthropic.go	Wires max retries into Anthropic Go SDK options.
go/adk/pkg/agent/agent.go	Logs when retry config is ignored for unsupported providers; passes max retries in transport config.
docs/architecture/crds-and-types.md	Updates architecture doc to include new CRD/type layers and Go runtime parity note.

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@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

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@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

Resolved the merge conflicts in commit fix: resolve merge conflicts with main branch. The conflicts were in 5 files where the PR's reliability features (tool retries, max LLM calls, debug logging) overlapped with new fields added to main (shareTools, session_db_url). Both sets of changes are preserved in:

• go/api/adk/types.go
• python/packages/kagent-adk/src/kagent/adk/types.py
• ui/src/app/actions/agents.ts
• ui/src/components/AgentsProvider.tsx
• ui/src/types/index.ts

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