feat(server): add decision-only endpoint - #456
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Signed-off-by: nachiketb <nachiketb@nvidia.com>
WalkthroughChangesDecision-only routing
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new decision endpoint can return the wrong target metadata for routes with duplicate model IDs and may expose credentials embedded in target configuration, violating the promised sanitized response. These are high-impact correctness and security risks that should be fixed before merging. Poem
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In `@crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rs`:
- Around line 257-268: Validate each route’s routing_target_names before
constructing the BTreeMap, rejecting duplicate ModelId values even when targets
use different LLM clients. Preserve the existing error propagation path and only
build DecisionTarget entries after uniqueness is confirmed, using the
route/configuration parsing logic surrounding DecisionTarget.
- Around line 262-266: Update the decision response construction around
DecisionLlmClient and extra_body so public metadata comes only from an explicit
decision descriptor, with an opt-in safe body field rather than unrestricted
execution configuration. Before serializing base_url, reject or redact embedded
URL credentials, including user info and query parameters, and ensure
credentials in extra_body cannot be returned through /v1/decision.
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| Ok(( | ||
| target.id.clone(), | ||
| DecisionTarget { | ||
| target: target_name.to_string(), | ||
| model: target.id.clone(), | ||
| llm_client: DecisionLlmClient { | ||
| format: client.format.wire_format(), | ||
| base_url: client.base_url.clone(), | ||
| }, | ||
| extra_body: target.extra_body.clone(), | ||
| }, | ||
| )) |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Reject duplicate model IDs within one route.
BTreeMap<ModelId, DecisionTarget> replaces earlier entries with the later target. ClientRouter also resolves calls by ModelId. If one route names two targets with the same model ID, the decision endpoint cannot preserve target identity and can return the later target's provider metadata.
Reject duplicate model IDs among routing_target_names() for each route, including IDs on different LLM clients. Alternatively, carry target names through algorithm decisions.
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In `@crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rs` around lines 257 - 268, Validate each
route’s routing_target_names before constructing the BTreeMap, rejecting
duplicate ModelId values even when targets use different LLM clients. Preserve
the existing error propagation path and only build DecisionTarget entries after
uniqueness is confirmed, using the route/configuration parsing logic surrounding
DecisionTarget.
| llm_client: DecisionLlmClient { | ||
| format: client.format.wire_format(), | ||
| base_url: client.base_url.clone(), | ||
| }, | ||
| extra_body: target.extra_body.clone(), |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not derive public metadata from unrestricted execution configuration.
extra_body accepts arbitrary values and base_url only requires a non-empty string. A credential placed in extra_body, or in URL user info or a query parameter, is returned verbatim by /v1/decision to any endpoint caller.
Add an explicit public decision descriptor with an opt-in safe body field. Reject or redact URL credentials before serialization.
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In `@crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rs` around lines 262 - 266, Update the
decision response construction around DecisionLlmClient and extra_body so public
metadata comes only from an explicit decision descriptor, with an opt-in safe
body field rather than unrestricted execution configuration. Before serializing
base_url, reject or redact embedded URL credentials, including user info and
query parameters, and ensure credentials in extra_body cannot be returned
through /v1/decision.
Signed-off-by: nachiketb <nachiketb@nvidia.com>
| // Decision-only behavior: take the selected answer call and stop before model I/O. | ||
| Step::CallModel(call) if call.is_answer_call => { | ||
| let (_, models) = call.into_parts(); | ||
| return models.into_iter().next().ok_or(LibsyError::NoTargets); |
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Instead of returning the first should we instead return all in case the caller needs to use the fallback model(s)?
| .into_iter() | ||
| .rev() | ||
| .filter_map(|name| config.targets.get_key_value(name)) | ||
| .find(|(_, target)| target.id == *selected_model)?; |
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If we are routing between two targets with the same model, say Opus 4.8 low effort and Opus 4.8 max effort, is it possible to to route by target name instead of model ID if that information isn't lossy?
| while let Some(step) = stream.next().await { | ||
| match step? { | ||
| // Decision-only behavior: take the selected answer call and stop before model I/O. | ||
| Step::CallModel(call) if call.is_answer_call => { |
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This case is now in Done(outcome). The selected model is outcome.selected_model_id. You don't need into_parts.
| Step::CallModel(call) => serve_decision_dependency(route, *call).await?, | ||
| // Published decisions are observability events. The answer CallModel above is the | ||
| // executable selection and therefore the endpoint's source of truth. | ||
| Step::Decision(_) => {} |
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Step::Decision is gone.
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What
POST /v1/decisionfor selecting a configured target without calling the answer model.extra_body.Why
Decision-only integrations need to run Switchyard routing and then call the selected model themselves. Returning a sanitized callable descriptor avoids exposing API keys, credential environment names, headers, retry policy, or runtime client internals.
How
The endpoint drives the algorithm step stream normally for classifier and judge calls. When the answer-generating
CallModelappears, it takes the selected model and stops without executing that final call. The selected model is resolved through the route's canonical deployment configuration; no separate target or client descriptors are retained.Request and response
The nested
requestuses the format named byinput_formatand selects a Switchyard route through itsmodelfield:For a deployment where
switchyard/generalselects targetmodel_a, the response is:{ "target": "model_a", "model": "model/a", "llm_client": { "format": "openai_chat", "base_url": "https://example.com/v1" }, "extra_body": { "service_tier": "priority" } }The caller can use this descriptor to invoke the selected model. Credentials, credential environment names, configured headers, and retry settings are intentionally omitted.
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cargo test -p switchyard-server decision_returns_callable_target_without_calling_itcargo clippy -p switchyard-server --all-targets -- -D warningscargo fmt --all -- --checkSummary by CodeRabbit
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