return 3;
            }
        });

        helper.tryStartOperation("test_op", null);
        assertEquals(3, passedRetries.get());
    }

    /**
     * Creates a testable CoordinatorHelper that overrides tryStartOperation(name,data,retries)
     * to simulate "create always fails" (no OpenSearch), preserving the retry/cleanup dispatch logic.
     */

        assertEquals("Q2", request.getMessages().get(0).getContent());
        assertEquals("Q3", request.getMessages().get(1).getContent());
    }

    // ========== Testable subclass ==========

    @FunctionalInterface
    interface StreamChatCapture {
        void capture(LlmChatRequest request, LlmStreamCallback callback);
    }