feat(server): add decision-only endpoint - #456
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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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| llm_client: DecisionLlmClient { | ||
| format: client.format.wire_format(), | ||
| base_url: client.base_url.clone(), | ||
| }, | ||
| extra_body: target.extra_body.clone(), |
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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.
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printf '\n--- decision-related symbols ---\n'
rg -n -C 4 'DecisionTarget|DecisionLlmClient|build_decision_targets|decision_targets|/v1/decision|extra_body|base_url' \
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@nachiketb-nvidia, the issue is still present.
DecisionResponse in crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rs returns client.base_url and target.extra_body directly. The configuration still permits a non-empty URL with user info or query parameters. It also permits arbitrary values in extra_body.
The existing /v1/decision test still expects execution extra_body in the response. Please separate public decision metadata from execution configuration, and reject or redact credential-bearing URLs before serialization.
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what about now?
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git diff --unified=80 HEAD~1..HEAD -- \
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printf '%s\n' '--- decision symbols and public metadata fields ---'
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'DecisionTarget|DecisionLlmClient|DecisionResponse|build_decision_targets|decision_targets|decision.*descriptor|public.*decision|extra_body|base_url|Url|url::' \
crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rs \
crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rs \
crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs
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ast-grep outline crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rs --items all --type function,struct,enum,impl --match 'Decision|TargetConfig|LlmClientConfig|ServerConfig'
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@nachiketb-nvidia, the issue is still present.
POST /v1/decision still returns execution configuration directly:
crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rsLine 351 returnsclient.base_url.crates/switchyard-server/src/lib.rsLine 353 returnstarget.extra_body.crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rsLine 291 permits arbitraryextra_body.crates/switchyard-server/src/config.rsLine 894 only checks thatbase_urlis non-empty.
The test at crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs Lines 990 and 999 still expects extra_body in the response.
Please use an explicit public decision descriptor. Do not derive response fields from LlmClientConfig.base_url or TargetConfig.extra_body. The descriptor must opt in to any public body values. It must reject or redact URL user info and query parameters before the response is serialized.
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| .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?
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in the API we're returning everything one would need to make their own model call. So we return two targets and their info here
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or am i misunderstanding?
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I meant the find here will select one particular target corresponding to the selected model ID. But if there are two separate targets with the same model ID (like with different extra_body fields) then this would drop one of the targets. I guess this is an algorithm limitation and not something you can fix with the new API route, so resolving this.
| 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.
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updated it all!
| 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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| match state.decision_response(route, &outcome, response) { | ||
| Some(response) => Json(response).into_response(), | ||
| None => error_response( | ||
| StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, |
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Would this be better as a 5xx server error instead of a client bad request? Since it's not the client's fault if the server is set up with a bad config or the algorithm returns a bad target
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What
POST /v1/decisionfor resolving a route without serving its answer target.RoutingOutcome.extra_body.responsewhen routing itself produced the answer.Why
Decision-only integrations need Switchyard to run its routing logic while leaving the selected model call to the caller. The response provides the connection settings needed to reproduce that call without exposing API keys, credential environment names, configured headers, retry policy, or runtime client internals.
Some algorithms, including escalation and advisor routing, may produce a reusable answer while deciding. Returning that answer prevents an external integration from paying for the same answer twice.
How
The endpoint decodes the nested provider request, resolves its Switchyard route, and uses
libsy::driveto obtain the terminalRoutingOutcome. EveryCallModelemitted before that outcome is a routing dependency, such as a classifier or judge call, and is served normally. The endpoint does not pass the outcome toswitchyard-llm-clientfor another answer call.The outcome's
selected_model_idand orderedfallback_modelsare resolved through the route's canonical TOML target configuration. No separate target or client descriptors are retained. WhenRoutingOutcome.responseis present, the existingLlmResponse::into_agghelper buffers it and the translation crate encodes it in the requestedinput_format. Theresponsefield is omitted when the outcome contains no answer.Request and response
The nested
requestuses the format named byinput_formatand selects a Switchyard route through itsmodelfield:An ordinary routing decision preserves libsy's selected/fallback order and omits
response:{ "selected": { "target": "economy", "model": "model/weak", "llm_client": { "format": "openai_chat", "base_url": "https://example.com/v1" }, "extra_body": { "service_tier": "priority" } }, "fallbacks": [ { "target": "quality", "model": "model/strong", "llm_client": { "format": "openai_chat", "base_url": "https://example.com/v1" }, "extra_body": {} } ] }When routing produced the answer,
responsecontains its buffered provider payload:{ "selected": { "target": "economy", "model": "model/weak", "llm_client": { "format": "openai_chat", "base_url": "https://example.com/v1" }, "extra_body": {} }, "fallbacks": [], "response": { "id": "chatcmpl-example", "object": "chat.completion", "model": "model/weak", "choices": [ { "index": 0, "message": { "role": "assistant", "content": "Speculative decoding verifies draft tokens with a larger model." }, "finish_reason": "stop" } ] } }Credentials, credential environment names, configured headers, and retry settings are intentionally omitted.
base_urlandextra_bodyare included because the caller needs them to reproduce the target call.What to review
RoutingOutcomeis the endpoint's source of truth; obsoleteStep::Decisionand answer-call interception are gone.Validation
cargo test -p switchyard-server decision_returns_callable_target_and_routing_answercargo clippy -p switchyard-server --all-targets -- -D warningscargo fmt --all -- --check