feat(libsy): expose outcome metadata in OpenTelemetry and Python

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What and why

Successful routing outcomes now expose the same identity and algorithm evidence through the existing libsy.run span and Python's RoutingOutcome.metadata. Hosts can connect a returned outcome to its trace without another decision event or a library-owned exporter.

Closes https://linear.app/nvidia/issue/SWITCH-1419/project-libsy-decision-metadata-into-local-opentelemetry

How

• Record outcome_id and ordered selected_model_ids on the existing run span. Model IDs use a native OpenTelemetry string array. Preserve algorithm and switchyard.algorithm from Algorithm::name() without recording duplicate attributes.
• Project known evidence fields: strings for source, verdict, trigger, and reason_code; numbers for score, confidence, and threshold. Span attributes use the evidence. prefix. Unknown keys and values of the wrong type are omitted.
• Remove arbitrary request extra_metadata, raw error fields, and failure-detail events from libsy's run/call observability helpers. Existing outcome status and operational counters/histograms stay intact; callers still receive the original typed errors. No new failure-category projection is added. Host/client instrumentation is unchanged.
• Remove the redundant successful-decision debug event, preserving its counter.
• Expose a read-only Python OutcomeMetadata wrapper around the Rust value. Evidence becomes an ordinary Python value, usually a dictionary, or None.

Python metadata is an explicit addition to the ticket's original scope. There are no new dependencies, exporters, or changes to routing behavior.

Python usage

Inside an existing run_stream match loop:

case Step.Done(outcome):
    metadata = outcome.metadata
    if metadata is not None:
        print(metadata.outcome_id)
        print(metadata.algorithm)
        print(metadata.evidence)
    print(outcome.selected_model_ids)

For example, a capability classifier's evidence can be:

{"source": "llm-classifier", "score": 0.9, "threshold": 0.5}

What to review

Check the evidence field mapping, unchanged span nesting and metric labels, and the Python metadata getter. No IDs or evidence are added to metric labels. Custom algorithms remain responsible for the content they put in supported evidence fields.

Validation

Extended existing tests only; no new test functions or test files.

• cargo test -p switchyard-libsy --lib: 282 passed.
• cargo test -p switchyard-llm-client --test observability: 14 passed, including exported outcome ID, numeric evidence, ordered model arrays, one run span, correlation, nested call spans, and errors reaching callers without libsy error-detail telemetry.
• Rebuilt the Python extension with maturin develop --skip-install; all 17 tests in tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py passed, including metadata identity and dictionary/None evidence. Tests ran outside the sandbox with only the asyncio and timeout plugins enabled after sandboxed async execution hung.
• Focused Clippy for libsy, llm-client, and Python bindings, Rust formatting, and Ruff on changed Python files passed.

No live provider calls or full Python suite were needed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Routing results now include optional metadata with outcome IDs, algorithm names, and evidence.
  • Python users can access routing outcome metadata through the public bindings.
  • Successful routing decisions expose structured observability attributes, including selected model IDs and typed evidence.

• Bug Fixes

  • Sensitive, unsupported, and arbitrary request metadata is excluded from telemetry.
  • Error details and failure warning logs are no longer exported through observability.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance for accessing outcome metadata and understanding exported OpenTelemetry fields.

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Walkthrough

The change adds routing outcome metadata, records selected models and typed evidence in OpenTelemetry spans, removes exported error details, exposes metadata through Python bindings, and updates tests and documentation.

Changes

Outcome Metadata and Observability

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Structured observability recording crates/libsy/src/observability.rs	Run and call spans record operational outcomes, typed evidence, selected models, and successful token usage without exporting error details or arbitrary request metadata.
Algorithm outcome integration crates/libsy/src/core/algorithm.rs	Algorithm instrumentation uses centralized outcome recording and removes empty LLM-call error fields.
Observability behavior validation crates/libsy-llm-client/tests/observability.rs	Tests validate successful metadata export, fallback models, filtered fields, preserved caller errors, operational failure outcomes, and absent failure logs.
Python metadata API and coverage crates/switchyard-py/src/libsy_bindings.rs, switchyard_rust/libsy.py, switchyard/libsy/__init__.py, tests/test_libsy_minimal_bindings.py, docs/getting_started.md	Python bindings expose outcome IDs, algorithm names, and optional evidence. Exports, documentation, and binding tests cover the new API.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0d1b4

Valid algorithms returning scalar or array evidence can fail the binding tests. Guard the classifier-specific assertions and accept all JSON values before merge.

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Docstring coverage is 58.62% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 29 functions across 7 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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