feat(runner): accept subagents on an llm_classifier route (#493) - #635
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Refs NVIDIA-NeMo#493. `AlgorithmSpec::LlmClassifier` held only the flattened `LlmClassifierRouteConfig`, which is `deny_unknown_fields`, so `[routes.X.subagents]` was swallowed by the flatten and parsing died with ``unknown field `subagents` `` before the route was ever built. Give the variant the same `Option<SubagentRouteConfig>` field the other three wrapping variants carry, and route it through the three places that consume it: `routing_target_names` and `callable_target_names` so both the child's targets and the child's judge get resolved clients, and `build_algorithm` so the built classifier is handed to `attach_subagent_router` rather than returned bare. Without the last one the config would parse and then silently no-op, because `SubagentRouter::name()` forwards to its parent. Docs and CHANGELOG list all four wrapping variants; the `subagents` row goes in the shared `llm_classifier` table because it sits outside the flatten and so applies to all three classifier modes. This is a partial fix: only the llm_classifier route variant gains `subagents` support here, so other route variants named in NVIDIA-NeMo#493 remain open. Adds table-driven coverage for both cases, which fail today with `unknown field `subagents`` before this change. Signed-off-by: ChethanUK <chethanuk@outlook.com>
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In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/algorithm.rs`:
- Around line 467-468: Update the HTTP client configuration validation around
HttpBaseUrl so forward_auth is rejected when the configured URL is non-HTTPS,
preventing caller credentials from being forwarded over http. Preserve HTTPS
behavior and the existing routing_target_names flow.
In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs`:
- Around line 1064-1071: Add a concise Rust comment immediately above the nested
classifier route test case in with_subagent_llm_classifier, documenting that
nested classifier routes reject message_hash_fallback. Keep the existing test
behavior and table entry unchanged.
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Reject HTTP clients that forward caller credentials.
forward_auth copies caller credentials into outbound headers, while HttpBaseUrl accepts http. Reject non-HTTPS URLs when forward_auth is enabled.
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In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/algorithm.rs` around lines 467 - 468, Update the
HTTP client configuration validation around HttpBaseUrl so forward_auth is
rejected when the configured URL is non-HTTPS, preventing caller credentials
from being forwarded over http. Preserve HTTPS behavior and the existing
routing_target_names flow.
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Document the nested fallback restriction.
Add a concise comment that nested classifier routes reject message_hash_fallback. This table row encodes an important routing invariant, but it does not state why the subagent router rejects the setting.
As per coding guidelines: “For Rust changes, add concise comments for ... tests that encode important behavior.”
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In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs` around lines 1064 - 1071, Add a
concise Rust comment immediately above the nested classifier route test case in
with_subagent_llm_classifier, documenting that nested classifier routes reject
message_hash_fallback. Keep the existing test behavior and table entry
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What
Lets an
llm_classifierroute declare a nested[routes.<name>.subagents]policy, the sameway
passthrough,stage_routerandcompositealready can. Refs #493.Four changes, all in
crates/switchyard-runner/src/algorithm.rs:AlgorithmSpec::LlmClassifiergains#[serde(default)] subagents: Option<SubagentRouteConfig>.routing_target_namesextends with the child's completion targets.callable_target_namespushes the child's judge as well as the parent's — such a route hastwo judges and both need a resolved client.
build_algorithmhands the built classifier toattach_subagent_routerinstead ofreturning it bare.
Plus the docs that enumerate which route types accept
subagents, asubagentsrow in theshared
llm_classifierschema table, and a CHANGELOG entry.Why
AlgorithmSpec::LlmClassifierheld only#[serde(flatten)] config: LlmClassifierRouteConfig.That struct is
#[serde(default, deny_unknown_fields)], so asubagentskey fell through theflatten into it and parsing died before the route was ever built:
The capability was already there —
SubagentRouterbranches purely onMetadata::is_subagent_workand does not care what its parent is. Only the config surface wasmissing. #505 generalised sub-agent awareness but left three variants out; this covers one of
them.
The fourth change matters more than it looks. With only the first three, the config parses,
runner_from_tomlreturnsOk, and nothing observes that the sub-agent route was dropped —SubagentRouter::name()forwards to its parent, soRoute::algorithm_name()cannot tell thedifference. Today's loud parse rejection would have become a silent no-op.
Trade-off worth knowing
Wrapping diverts delegated work before the parent judge runs, so the parent's session affinity
(
libsy/src/algorithms/util/affinity.rs) stops seeing it. That is the same trade the otherthree wrapping variants already make.
Compatibility
AlgorithmSpecispubin apublish = ["crates-io"]crate and is not#[non_exhaustive],so a new field source-breaks a downstream
AlgorithmSpec::LlmClassifier { config }literalthat does not end in
... There is nocargo-semver-checksjob to catch it. #505 set thatprecedent at 0.x; the CHANGELOG says so plainly. The one in-tree construction site already
ends in
...Refs, not Closes:
random,advisorandprefill_routerstill lacksubagents, and theissue also floats a singular
subagentkey.advisorneeds a product call first, itsadvisor_targetbeing judge-only.Notes for reviewers
Start at
parent_routes_accept_subagent_routingincrates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs.It renames the parent route's judge to
parent_judgeso the two judges are distinguishable,then asserts the exact vector:
assert_eq!rather than acontainsloop on purpose: the child's targets are the parent's ownstrong/weak, so acontainscheck passes even with therouting_target_nameschangeomitted. Without it the vector has four entries, not six.
The fourth change gets its own case, one tuple in
rejects_invalid_references_and_parameters,because that message is produced only inside
attach_subagent_router. Unwrapped, the buildsucceeds and the assertion sees "configuration unexpectedly succeeded".
Evidence
Both cases fail on
origin/mainwithunknown fieldsubagents``, and pass after the fix.cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warningsfails on twoclippy::chunks_exact_to_as_chunkserrors incrates/prefill-router/src/transformers.rs.That crate is byte-identical between
origin/mainand this branch(
git diff origin/main HEAD -- crates/prefill-routeris empty), so the failure ispre-existing and not fixed here.
Upstream issue: #493
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