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Adds a Relay DataSchema to each non-metric mark emitted by the native Switchyard plugin.

The schema name matches the existing mark name and starts at version 1. The mark payloads, metrics, and routing behavior do not change.

Follow-up to #528, which landed the native Relay plugin.

Why

The plugin emits routing decisions, routing-model calls, overhead, and failures as structured JSON. Relay subscribers can identify those events by their mark names today, but data_schema is unset, so there is no version attached to the JSON shape they consume.

That becomes a problem once a dashboard or subscriber depends on fields such as selected_model, outcome, or latency_ms. Without a schema version, a future rename, type change, or change in meaning is indistinguishable from the existing contract and can silently break the consumer.

Relay already provides the schema name and version fields needed to make that boundary explicit. This PR starts using them before downstream integrations depend on the unversioned payloads.

Before and after

Relevant fields from a routing-decision mark before this change:

{
  "name": "switchyard.routing.decision",
  "data": {
    "algorithm": "stage_router",
    "selected_model": "capable"
  },
  "data_schema": null
}

After this change:

{
  "name": "switchyard.routing.decision",
  "data": {
    "algorithm": "stage_router",
    "selected_model": "capable"
  },
  "data_schema": {
    "name": "switchyard.routing.decision",
    "version": "1"
  }
}

The data object is unchanged. The same name-and-version rule applies to requested, llm_call, overhead, and error marks. Relay-owned metric marks keep their existing metric schema.

Consumers should tolerate new fields and values within version 1. Removing or renaming a field, changing its type, or changing its meaning requires a new version.

Notes for reviewers

Start with RoutingMark::data_schema and emit_event in crates/switchyard-nemo-relay-plugin/src/runtime.rs. The README records the payload fields covered by version 1.

This PR intentionally excludes answer-candidate, served-model, and fallback reporting. Those are separate behavior changes.

No public Rust, Python, TOML, or Relay API changes.

Testing

  • cargo fmt --all --check
  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo test --workspace
  • git diff --check

Signed-off-by: Alex Fournier <afournier@nvidia.com>
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The plugin adds a versioned DataSchema to routing marks. Mark emission passes the schema to the runtime. Documentation defines schema names, versions, and data fields. Tests verify the execution failure mark schema.

Routing Mark Schema

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define the routing mark schema contract
crates/switchyard-nemo-relay-plugin/src/runtime.rs, crates/switchyard-nemo-relay-plugin/README.md
Routing marks use their names with schema version "1". The README documents naming, versioning, and emitted fields.
Emit and validate routing mark schemas
crates/switchyard-nemo-relay-plugin/src/runtime.rs
Mark emission passes each generated DataSchema to the plugin runtime. The execution failure test checks the schema name and version.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2030e

The PR only adds schema metadata and documentation to existing routing marks without changing payloads or routing behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Poem

A rabbit saw schemas hop into the stream
Each mark wore a version, neat and clean
The runtime received every name
Tests checked the contract stayed the same
“Thump!” said the bunny, “observability gleams”

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crates/switchyard-nemo-relay-plugin/src/runtime.rs (1)

36-36: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add intent comments for the schema contract.

The new RoutingMark::data_schema helper fixes the schema name and version. The new assertions protect that contract. Add one concise comment before the helper and one before the assertions.

At Line 36, explain the fixed mark-name and version mapping. At Lines 997-998, explain that the assertions keep the emitted schema identity stable.

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 impl RoutingMark {
+    // Use the routing mark name and schema version 1 as the stable data contract.
     fn data_schema(&self) -> DataSchema {
...
+        // Keep the emitted routing-mark schema identity and version stable.
         assert_eq!(mark.data_schema().name, "switchyard.routing.error");

As per coding guidelines, Rust changes must add concise comments for private helpers with non-obvious behavior and tests that encode important behavior.

Also applies to: 997-998

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In `@crates/switchyard-nemo-relay-plugin/src/runtime.rs` at line 36, Add concise
intent comments before RoutingMark::data_schema explaining its fixed mark-name
and version mapping, and before the assertions near the schema tests explaining
that they preserve stable emitted schema identity.

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- Line 36: Add concise intent comments before RoutingMark::data_schema
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