docs(changelog): note routing, runner, and translation changes since #482's coverage in Unreleased

[LeonSGP43]

Follow-up to my earlier #482 (and the follow-up I promised there): Unreleased had fallen behind main — #482 only noted commits up to its creation (2026-08-19 ~02:00 UTC), and 40 more commits merged through c665174 (#533).

Scope

25 new entries covering every user-facing commit in that gap (#501 was the last CHANGELOG-touching commit, but the gap actually starts at #482's coverage cutoff — commits like #479/#456/#176/#492 merged before #501 were equally uncovered):

• Added (12) — Python run_stream contract alignment (feat(python): align libsy streaming contracts #479), decision endpoint (feat(server): add decision endpoint #456), release soak & routing benchmarks (feat(operations): add release soak and routing benchmarks #176), sub-agent decision gate (feat: classifier decision gate for sub-agent routing via passthrough #492), subagent awareness across algos (feat(libsy): generalize subagent awareness to all algos + subagent UX improvement #505), switchyard-runner extraction (feat: Extract from switchyard-server into switchyard-runner #517), runtime fall-open tier (feat(libsy): let stage algorithms fall_open tier be set at runtime #518), Transformers prefill feature extraction (feat(prefill-router): add Transformers feature extraction #506), routed-target request preparation (feat(translation): prepare requests for routed targets #455), safe route failure summaries (feat(runner): expose safe route failure summaries #537), Runner::from_toml (feat(runner): load deployment from TOML source #545), hierarchical routing (feat(libsy): add hierarchical routing #533)
• Changed (2) — session_affinity → classify_trigger (feat(libsy): pin the classifier target across a user turn #487), LiteLLM client integration → routing plugin (refactor(litellm): replace client integration with routing plugin #532)
• Fixed (11) — router_retry_recovered populated (fix: Populate the switchyard.router_retry_recovered metric #474), data URI images → Anthropic base64 (fix(translation): encode data URI images as Anthropic base64 sources #470), JSON key order preserved (fix: preserve JSON object key order in proxied payloads #439), fifth cache_control block avoided (fix(llm-client): do not add a fifth cache_control block #489), judge log redaction (fix(libsy): redact upstream error content from judge warning logs #497), base URL validation at load (fix(server): validate configured base URLs #405), Codex MCP namespaces (fix: preserve Codex MCP namespaces through translation #384), provider extensions in Responses encoding (fix: re-emit captured provider extensions when encoding to the Responses format #509), routing instruction restated after windowing (fix(libsy): restate the routing instruction after windowed conversation #520), Responses instruction roles in the decoder (fix(translation): keep Responses inline system and developer roles #523), incomplete upstream streams rejected (fix(translation): reject incomplete upstream streams #425)

Deliberately skipped

Non-notable per Keep a Changelog practice: docs-only (#490, #499, #527, #534, #437), chore/build/CI (#491, #434, #500, #503), internal refactors without behavioral change (#494, #507), contributor-only macOS workspace-test fix (#484), and #477 — a fix to the Python launcher CLI that #501 subsequently removed wholesale, so an entry for it would describe a surface that no longer exists.

(PR title, commit message, and description revised to state the true coverage range after CodeRabbit's scope-alignment finding — entries unchanged.)

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Walkthrough

The Unreleased changelog documents new routing, streaming, runner, runtime, provider, benchmarking, and reliability changes. It also records API behavior updates and fixes for request translation, caching, logging, validation, and incomplete streams.

Changes

Switchyard changelog

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Feature additions CHANGELOG.md	The changelog lists streaming-contract alignment, decision endpoints, benchmarks, sub-agent routing, the switchyard-runner crate, configurable fall-open tiers, prefill extraction, request preparation, TOML runner construction, and hierarchical routing.
Routing and integration contracts CHANGELOG.md	The changelog records full RoutingOutcome results, configurable classify_trigger behavior, and LiteLLM routing-plugin integration. It also records base URL validation, Codex MCP namespace preservation, and provider extension re-emission.
Reliability and streaming fixes CHANGELOG.md	The changelog records retry metrics, data URI translation, JSON key ordering, prompt-cache limits, log redaction, routing instruction handling, Responses item classification, and incomplete-stream errors.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b5d40

The PR updates unreleased release notes, but some entries may fall outside the stated scope and could make the changelog inaccurate. This is a bounded documentation issue that is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up and does not affect runtime behavior.

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A rabbit reads the changelog bright
New routes hop through streams of light
Safe errors guard each trail
Four cache blocks mark the rail
Incomplete streams now tell their tale

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the changelog update and its main topics: routing, runner, and translation changes in the Unreleased section. It also provides the relevant coverage context from #482.

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[LeonSGP43]

Addressing @coderabbitai's scope-alignment finding (CHANGELOG.md:61): verified and resolved by revising the stated scope rather than removing entries —

1. feat(server): add Dockerfile for switchyard-server container image #421 / feat(libsy): record task_kind and agent_role on the run span #249 / feat(python): unify LLM classifier bindings #465 are not added by this PR — they are pre-existing Unreleased entries that only appear as diff context around the insertion point.
2. The newly added feat(python): align libsy streaming contracts #479 / feat(server): add decision endpoint #456 / feat(operations): add release soak and routing benchmarks #176 / feat: classifier decision gate for sub-agent routing via passthrough #492 / feat(translation): prepare requests for routed targets #455 / feat(runner): expose safe route failure summaries #537 / feat(runner): load deployment from TOML source #545 are real coverage gaps: docs(changelog): note translation, server, and CLI changes in Unreleased #482 only noted commits up to its creation (2026-08-19 ~02:00 UTC), so commits merged between that cutoff and chore: Remove Python launchers and switchyard CLI #501 were equally uncovered. chore: Remove Python launchers and switchyard CLI #501 was the last CHANGELOG-touching commit, not the start of the gap.
3. Title, commit message, and description now state the true range ("since docs(changelog): note translation, server, and CLI changes in Unreleased #482's coverage cutoff"). No entry content changed — each remains grounded in its commit message.

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@LeonSGP43 Thanks for the clarification and the revision.

Verified:

• #421, #249, and #465 are unchanged diff context.
• The added entries begin with #479.
• The PR title and description now define the scope as changes since #482's coverage cutoff.
• The description correctly distinguishes #501 as the last CHANGELOG.md-touching commit, not the start of the coverage gap.

The revised scope aligns with the changelog diff. 🐇

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[grahamking]

@LeonSGP43 Thanks for staying on top of this! We appreciate it.

Does the fact that we use conventional commits help you do this work?

I'm idly wondering if we should drop the strict enforcement in favor of a more Linux kernel style (<subsystem>: <short description>).

[LeonSGP43]

Thanks for the merge! Noted two new commits on main since this landed (#546 refactor, #542 fix) plus the earlier #548 rename — I'll follow up with the next Unreleased changelog pass once a few more accumulate.