refactor(libsy): move escalation router into its own module

[afourniernv]

What

Moves the escalation classifier implementation and its focused tests from llm_class.rs into algorithms/escalation.rs.

LlmTaskClassifier continues to own the shared route shell and delegates escalation-specific classifier construction to the new private module.

Why

The escalation classifier was embedded in the much larger LLM classifier module, making the implementation and its tests harder to find. Giving it a dedicated algorithm file makes the escalation behavior visible from crates/libsy/src/algorithms and narrows the responsibility of llm_class.rs.

Linear: SWITCH-1276

How

Before this change, LlmTaskClassifier::build_escalation constructed the private EscalationClassifier inline.

After this change, it delegates that construction to the private algorithms::escalation::build_classifier helper. LlmTaskClassifier still owns the complete route shell, target ordering, and public construction path.

The Classifier<State>::score implementation moved unchanged.

How tested

• cargo fmt --all --check
• cargo test -p switchyard-libsy — 259 passed
• cargo test --workspace
• cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
• RUSTDOCFLAGS='-D warnings' cargo doc -p switchyard-libsy --no-deps
• Smoke-tested public Rust escalation construction before and after the change.
• Smoke-tested Python escalation construction before and after the change.

No live provider tests were run because this is a private Rust source move with no provider, wire-format, or request-handling changes.

Checklist

• Escalation unit tests moved with the implementation.
• No new public symbols or exports.
• No customer-facing configuration or documentation changes.
• Commit signed off for DCO.

Contract audit

• LlmTaskClassifier::new keeps the same input and Result<Self> return type.
• LlmClassifierConfig::Escalation keeps the same fields and field types.
• Classifier<State>::score and routing_tier keep the same signatures and implementations.
• The Algorithm implementation, crate-root exports, Python bindings, and TOML interface are unchanged.
• The only added signature is the crate-private build_classifier(...) -> Result<Arc<dyn Classifier<State>>> helper. It moves the existing concrete-to-trait-object conversion behind a private module boundary; it does not add or change an external contract.

Runtime behavior and external access are unchanged. Integrations could not access the private concrete escalation classifier before and still cannot; they continue accessing the complete escalation behavior through the same public LlmTaskClassifier configuration path.

Notes for reviewers

This is intended to be a structural-only change. LlmClassifierConfig::Escalation, LlmTaskClassifier, crate-root exports, target ordering, classifier behavior, and the TOML interface remain unchanged.

No public named EscalationRouter existed before this PR, and this PR does not introduce one. Rust and Python integrations continue constructing escalation through LlmTaskClassifier and LlmClassifierConfig::Escalation. The new module and construction helper are crate-private.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added intelligent model escalation that evaluates responses and routes requests to a more capable model when needed.
  • Repeated escalation decisions can automatically enable direct routing to the capable model.
  • Streaming responses remain supported during evaluation and escalation.
  • Improved resilience with automatic fallback for context-window and connectivity failures.

• Bug Fixes

  • Other model errors are now reported without being incorrectly masked.

[grahamking]

The new module is private; llm_class.rs delegates construction through a crate-internal helper.

Does this allow a libsy integration to construct an escalation router directly? Is that something that was possible before, or is even desirable?

[afourniernv]

The new module is private; llm_class.rs delegates construction through a crate-internal helper.

Does this allow a libsy integration to construct an escalation router directly? Is that something that was possible before, or is even desirable?

Not directly. The concrete escalation type was private before and remains private after this change; the new helper is only used internally. libsy integrations can already construct and compose the complete escalation behavior through LlmTaskClassifier.

A dedicated public EscalationRouter could improve discoverability, but that would be a deliberate API addition. I don’t think it belongs in this file-move PR.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

The escalation classifier moved from llm_class.rs into a dedicated module. It now handles efficient-model evaluation, capable-model fallback, session latching, streaming responses, and typed error propagation with focused tests.

Changes

Escalation routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Classifier implementation crates/libsy/src/algorithms/escalation.rs	Adds escalation state, judge evaluation, capable-model routing, context and transport fallbacks, streaming preservation, and session-based latching.
Classifier integration crates/libsy/src/algorithms.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs	Registers the private module and delegates build_escalation to escalation::build_classifier.
Routing validation crates/libsy/src/algorithms/escalation.rs, crates/libsy/src/algorithms/llm_class.rs	Adds deterministic fixtures and tests for routing decisions, prompt overrides, latching, overflow, transport failures, and non-transport errors.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1f90b

The refactor may incorrectly retain escalation confirmation state after an ambiguous judge result, allowing separate escalation verdicts to combine and route work to the capable target without the required consecutive confirmations. This bounded correctness issue should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Poem

I’m a rabbit with routes in my tray,
Efficient hops lead the way.
If the judge shakes its head,
The capable path is spread.
Streams and latches now play!

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 59.09% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 22 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes moving the escalation router into its own module, which is the primary change.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
In `@crates/libsy/src/algorithms/escalation.rs`:
- Around line 25-40: Add concise behavior comments to the private helpers streak
and assistant_message, documenting the zero fallback for missing or mistyped
state and that only the first response output is sent to the judge. Also add
concise comments to the routing tests beginning at the specified test locations,
describing the important behavior each test encodes.
- Around line 160-169: Update the match handling in the escalation logic so the
None/ambiguous result resets the streak to zero instead of preserving held. Add
a confirmations = 2 test covering an escalation verdict, an ambiguous verdict,
and a subsequent escalation verdict, verifying they do not combine across the
ambiguous result.

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