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Clarify that capability classifiers with fail_open = true select the capable target after a judge failure on a new user turn and retain it for tool continuations.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Clarified how routing decisions handle tool results, new user messages, unusable verdicts, and judge failures.
  • Documented fallback behavior for standalone classifier, capability, custom, and direct routes, including when requests stop on judge client failures.

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Walkthrough

The routing guide now describes target reuse for tool results, reclassification for new user messages, and fallback behavior when a classifier verdict is unusable or the judge fails.

Changes

Routing documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
User-turn routing behavior docs/routing_algorithms/llm_classifier_routing.md	The guide says tool results reuse the selected target and new user messages trigger reclassification. It describes fallback targets for classifier routes and states that fail_open = false stops requests on judge client failures.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: Low · up to d500b

The updated guide can mislead users about turn detection and a Node stream-failure exception. Clarifying both would make routing behavior more predictable.

Architecture risk: Low · up to d500b

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: docs

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• observed — docs (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in docs/routing_algorithms/llm_classifier_routing.md: The user_turn description now says tool results reuse the selected target and new user messages trigger reclassification. For standalone classifier routes, unusable verdicts or judge failures replace the prior selection with the fallback, which is retained for continuations; capability routes use strong_target, custom and direct routes use default_target, and fail_open = false stops requests on judge client failures. This replaces the former statement that failed or unusable verdicts kept the current target and that an unselected request would be judged again.

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_{A rabbit reads the routing guide,
Tool results keep their target in stride.
New messages ask the judge anew,
Fallbacks guide the route when verdicts fail through.
Then off I hop beneath the moon.}

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/routing_algorithms/llm_classifier_routing.md:
- Around line 314-315: Update the routing documentation to explain that
`x-initiator` takes precedence over message inspection when determining whether
a user turn starts: `user` triggers the judge even for a tool result, while
`agent` can reuse the prior target even for a new user message. Clarify this
precedence alongside the existing routing behavior.
- Line 323: Qualify the `fail_open = false` claim in the routing documentation:
distinguish judge client failures that stop the request from Node-host stream
aggregation failures that occur after `CallModel::respond` delivers the stream
and become an unavailable verdict in `llm_judge.rs`, causing the capability
route to select `strong_target`. Document this exception without implying that
all judge failures stop the request.

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