From ab08cf646543c72e35096094390a4a676fd5af72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matatonic <73265741+matatonic@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 11:57:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [extensions/openai] clip extra leading space (#2042)

---
 extensions/openai/script.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extensions/openai/script.py b/extensions/openai/script.py
index 95fe181c..712cfe38 100644
--- a/extensions/openai/script.py
+++ b/extensions/openai/script.py
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             for a in generator:
                 answer = a
 
+            # some reply's have an extra leading space to fit the instruction template, just clip it off from the reply.
+            if edit_task[-1] != '\n' and answer and answer[0] == ' ':
+                answer = answer[1:]
+
             completion_token_count = len(encode(answer)[0])
 
             resp = {