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It was always a log message, but inside a struct. Now it's just a log
message.

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Signed-off-by: Graham King grahamk@nvidia.com

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  • Changes
    • Routing decisions no longer expose detailed reasoning through decision objects, Python bindings, or response headers.
    • Routing selections, fallback details, and model consultations are now communicated through informational logs.
    • Selected-model routing headers and routing metrics remain available.
  • Tests
    • Updated routing and observability tests to verify selected models and log output instead of removed reasoning metadata.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified that fallback details and decision logging are available through logs.

It was always a log message, but inside a `struct`. Now it's just a log
message.

Assisted-by: Codex:GPT 5.6 Sol medium

Signed-off-by: Graham King <grahamk@nvidia.com>
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The PR removes routing reasoning from Decision, structured observability events, Python bindings, and server headers. Routing algorithms now emit selection and fallback details through informational logs. Tests and constructor call sites use the simplified API.

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Decision logging migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Simplify the decision contract
crates/protocol/src/client.rs, crates/libsy/src/observability.rs, crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs
Decision now stores only the selected model and answer-call flag. Structured decision events no longer include reasoning.
Emit routing and fallback logs
crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/noop.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/passthrough.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/llm_judge.rs
Routing, fallback, tier-selection, synthetic-response, and judge-consultation details are emitted through informational logs.
Remove reasoning from integrations
crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs, crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rs, crates/switchyard-server/src/stats/accumulator.rs
The Python binding omits reasoning. The server stops emitting the rationale header. Fallback documentation refers to logs.
Update constructors and assertions
crates/libsy-llm-client/tests/observability.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/*, crates/libsy/src/core/*, crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs
Call sites use the two-argument constructor. Tests verify selected models or log messages instead of reasoning text.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🔵 Low · up to 5e81b

The change moves routing rationale from response metadata into logs, but several paths can log a selected target before delivery succeeds, so failed deliveries may produce misleading routing records. This is a bounded observability risk that should be corrected or explicitly accepted before merge.

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I’m a rabbit, pleased to see
Logs now carry routing glee.
Decisions keep their target bright,
Headers shed their old insight.
Hop, test, and ship it right!

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (1)
crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs (1)

1660-1667: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep an explicit assertion that x-model-router-rationale is absent.

This change removes the legacy header contract. Without a negative assertion, a server that still emits x-model-router-rationale can pass this test. Assert response.headers.get("x-model-router-rationale").is_none() for each endpoint response.

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In `@crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs` around lines 1660 - 1667, Update
the endpoint response assertions in the server test to explicitly verify that
the x-model-router-rationale header is absent by checking
response.headers.get(...).is_none(). Add this negative assertion for each
endpoint response while preserving the existing selected-model header checks.
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crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs (1)

835-872: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the fallback log message.

These tests now verify only the selected model and answer-call flag. They do not verify the fallback reason that moved to tracing::info!.

Capture the event and assert the stable fallback value, such as unavailable, remains in the message. Otherwise, a regression in lines 267-274 can pass these tests.

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In `@crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs` around lines 835 - 872, Update
the fallback decision test around FallThrough and
fallback_decision_preserves_answer_call_semantics to capture the tracing::info!
event emitted for fallback, then assert its message contains the stable fallback
reason “unavailable” while preserving the existing model and answer-call
assertions.
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Inline comments:
In `@crates/libsy-llm-client/tests/observability.rs`:
- Around line 821-831: Strengthen the routing-log assertion around the events
predicate so it verifies the INFO message identifies the selected target MODEL,
not merely that it contains “picked”. Match the message against the expected
picked-target text or require it to contain MODEL, while preserving the existing
no-event diagnostic.

In `@crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs`:
- Around line 322-335: Move the selected-target info logs to after
driver.decide(decision.clone()).await? succeeds, so no log is emitted when the
stream is closed. In crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs lines 322-335,
move the tracing::info! call after the decide call; apply the same ordering in
crates/libsy/src/algorithms/noop.rs lines 30-31 and
crates/libsy/src/algorithms/passthrough.rs lines 35-36.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs`:
- Around line 1660-1667: Update the endpoint response assertions in the server
test to explicitly verify that the x-model-router-rationale header is absent by
checking response.headers.get(...).is_none(). Add this negative assertion for
each endpoint response while preserving the existing selected-model header
checks.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs`:
- Around line 835-872: Update the fallback decision test around FallThrough and
fallback_decision_preserves_answer_call_semantics to capture the tracing::info!
event emitted for fallback, then assert its message contains the stable fallback
reason “unavailable” while preserving the existing model and answer-call
assertions.
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  • crates/libsy-llm-client/tests/observability.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/fall_through.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/noop.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/passthrough.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/rand.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/stage.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/affinity.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/llm_judge.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/prompts.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/core/processor.rs
  • crates/libsy/src/observability.rs
  • crates/protocol/src/client.rs
  • crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs
  • crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rs
  • crates/switchyard-server/src/stats/accumulator.rs
  • crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs
  • tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py
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  • crates/libsy/src/algorithms/rand.rs
  • tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py
  • crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rs

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