fix(streaming): preserve provider errors through abort cleanup

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Fixes #320.

Preserves the original provider failure through streamed abort cleanup. Raw provider chunks now persist bounded code: message details instead of [object Object], and internal late-write paths stop cleanly when abort wins during stream-ID creation. The existing no-argument DeltaStreamer getter behavior is unchanged.

Late saves may still contribute partial assistant content, but cannot replace an earlier failed status or classified error or create a successful duplicate. We chose this over rejecting every save to a terminal stream because timeout-aborted streams may still complete validly after a long tool call.

Durable message and stream cleanup finishes before the consumer's onAbort runs. Provider-triggered cleanup is not reported as caller cancellation, and cleanup failures do not prevent the consumer's onError from receiving the provider failure.

No schema or generated component API changes. This intentionally excludes generalized error serialization and the pre-existing returnImmediately background-rejection path.

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The PR adds shared errorToString formatting for provider and unknown errors. DeltaStreamer gains abort-aware stream-ID creation and skips late writes after abortion. streamText records the first stream error, completes cleanup callbacks, and defers cleanup failures without masking provider failures. Final persistence tolerates aborted streams. Regression tests cover provider error preservation, cleanup ordering, abort races, and late partial message updates.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ProviderStream
  participant streamText
  participant DeltaStreamer
  participant runStreamCleanup
  participant MessagePersistence
  ProviderStream->>streamText: emit provider failure
  streamText->>DeltaStreamer: fail with formatted provider error
  DeltaStreamer->>DeltaStreamer: abort stream
  streamText->>runStreamCleanup: run cleanup callbacks
  runStreamCleanup-->>streamText: return settled cleanup results
  streamText->>MessagePersistence: save only if stream ID is available
  streamText-->>ProviderStream: preserve first provider error

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The PR preserves provider errors during streamed abort cleanup and improves bounded error details without introducing any supplied merge-blocking risk; no actionable risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: preserving provider errors during streaming abort cleanup.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains provider error preservation, abort handling, late writes, cleanup ordering, and the scoped API behavior.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address both requirements in #320 by preserving provider errors and serializing raw provider error details instead of [object Object].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within #320, including bounded error serialization, abort-aware stream creation, cleanup ordering, and regression tests.

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