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What

Adds an optional labels map to the custom classifier's target_selector policy, mapping each verdict value onto a configured target name:

targets = ["weak", "strong"]
default_target = "strong"

[routes.assistant.policy]
type = "target_selector"
selector = "/recommended_tier"
labels = { simple = "weak", medium = "weak", complex = "strong", reasoning = "strong" }

Several verdicts may share a target. Omitting labels keeps today's behaviour exactly. Empty tables and values naming no configured target are rejected when the deployment loads. A verdict outside the map falls back to default_target, same as an unknown target label today, and now logs a warn! naming the value that missed.

CustomClassifierPolicy::TargetSelector gains a field, so external code matching that variant by its fields must be updated. Recorded under Changed in the changelog. CustomClassifierPolicy::target_selector(selector) is unchanged.

Why

Closes #348.

A rubric usually asks for a judgement — difficulty, complexity, risk — not a model name, but a verdict like complex cannot route today. build_custom fills target_map and resolved_targets in one pass over targets, so one list does two jobs: the fallback chain, which must not repeat a ModelId, and the vocabulary the judge may answer with, which may. Making a grade sayable means adding it to targets, where the duplicate-ModelId rejection then fires — correctly for the chain, wrongly for the vocabulary.

Notes for reviewers

Start at the match policy arm in build_custom (crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs) — that's the whole change. Everything else is the field, the serde plumbing, and the docs.

With labels set, response_schema must enumerate the verdict values rather than the target names; nothing validates that pairing today, and getting it wrong sends all traffic to default_target.

Test plan

cargo test -p switchyard-libsy --lib algorithms::llm_class        ok. 24 passed; 0 failed
cargo test -p switchyard-runner --lib config::                    ok. 39 passed; 0 failed
cargo test -p switchyard-server --test server custom_classifier   ok.  2 passed; 0 failed
cargo fmt --all -- --check                                        clean
cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast                              688 passed / 34 targets

cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings fails only on crates/prefill-router/src/transformers.rs, untouched by this branch and identical on main.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Custom classifier routes can map verdict labels to configured targets.
    • Multiple verdict labels can share a target, with unmatched verdicts using the configured default target.
    • Existing behavior is preserved when no label mapping is provided.
    • Invalid or missing mappings produce clearer warnings and validation errors.
  • Documentation

    • Added configuration guidance, examples, validation requirements, and fallback behavior for verdict-based routing.

…DIA-NeMo#348)

A custom classifier's `targets` list served two jobs at once: it was both the
set of models the route may dispatch to and the vocabulary the judge had to
answer with. A rubric verdict like `complex` could not route, because making it
sayable meant adding it to `targets`, where a second label resolving to an
already-used ModelId is rejected -- correctly, since a repeated ModelId would
sit twice in the fallback chain.

Give the verdict vocabulary its own build-time map. `target_selector` takes an
optional `labels` table from verdict value to configured target name, so
several grades may share one target and one rubric can serve several operating
points. Both failure modes are caught at load time because they are silent at
runtime: an empty table, and a value that names no configured target. A
verdict outside the map is unroutable exactly as an unknown target label
already is, so `default_target` decides -- now with a warning naming the value
that missed.

Adds coverage for the mapping: libsy accepts many verdicts resolving to one
target and rejects an empty or unknown-target `labels` map, the runner parses
`policy.labels`, and the server routes one graded label end to end.

Refs: NVIDIA-NeMo#348
Signed-off-by: ChethanUK <chethanuk@outlook.com>
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The change adds optional verdict-to-target mappings for custom classifier policies. It validates mappings, supports shared targets, preserves direct lookup without labels, falls back for unmapped verdicts, updates configuration wiring, and adds tests and documentation.

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Graded classifier routing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Policy mapping and verdict resolution
crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/target_selector.rs
TargetSelector accepts optional labels. Construction rejects empty maps and unknown targets. Verdict resolution supports mapped targets and logs unroutable labels.
Configuration wiring and integration coverage
crates/switchyard-runner/src/algorithm.rs, crates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs, crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs
Runner configuration passes labels into libsy. Tests cover invalid mappings, shared targets, mapped verdicts, fallback routing, and upstream request schemas.
Configuration documentation
docs/reference/toml_schema.md, docs/routing_algorithms/llm_classifier_routing.md, CHANGELOG.md
Documentation describes label mappings, validation, verdict values, shared targets, and default_target fallback.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to da263

Routing behavior is covered, but the tests need their required invariant comments and the guide should tell operators that unmapped verdicts emit a warning. These are localized, low-risk corrections.

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A rabbit maps each verdict bright,
Shared targets guide the routing right,
Fallbacks wait when labels stray,
Tests guard each configured way,
Docs record the hops today.

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1728-1728: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the important behavior of both tests.

The checked-in Rust guidelines require concise comments for tests that encode important behavior. State that empty or unknown label mappings fail classifier construction, and that mapped verdicts select the mapped target while unmapped verdicts use default_target.

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In `@crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs` at line 1728, Add concise comments
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label mappings fail classifier construction, and that mapped verdicts select the
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In `@docs/routing_algorithms/llm_classifier_routing.md`:
- Line 232: Update the routing documentation’s description of unmapped verdict
handling to state that traffic falls back to default_target with a warning from
TargetSelectorPolicy containing the unmapped value; replace “silently” without
changing the documented routing behavior.

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In `@crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs`:
- Line 1728: Add concise comments to both tests near their #[test] declarations
documenting that empty or unknown label mappings fail classifier construction,
and that mapped verdicts select the mapped target while unmapped verdicts use
default_target.

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With `labels` set, `response_schema` must enumerate the **verdict** values, not
the target names. Nothing validates that pairing, and getting it wrong makes
every verdict unroutable, so all traffic silently reaches `default_target`.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the warning for unmapped verdicts.

When labels is set, an unmapped verdict falls back to default_target and TargetSelectorPolicy emits a warning with the unmapped value. Replace “silently” so operators can find this routing misconfiguration.

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every verdict unroutable, so all traffic silently reaches `default_target`.
every verdict unroutable, so all traffic falls back to `default_target` and emits a warning identifying the unmapped value.
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In `@docs/routing_algorithms/llm_classifier_routing.md` at line 232, Update the
routing documentation’s description of unmapped verdict handling to state that
traffic falls back to default_target with a warning from TargetSelectorPolicy
containing the unmapped value; replace “silently” without changing the
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