feat(routing): emit true-θ̂ RMSE and persist effort snapshots

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Buyer next action

Run python tests/test_reasoning_effort_profile.py. Prefer this PR over #631. Keep live route/conduct defaults unchanged while production_default_change_allowed is false. Do not raise temperature to stand in for reasoning effort.

Why this PR

Issue #568 first slice on #631 stamped a catalog and claimed a true-θ RMSE ablation, but estimate_theta_rmse ignored the θ values and run / stream_route / batch_route dropped the snapshot. This successor keeps the catalog and lock, and makes the evidence honest.

What landed

• θ̂ = (1−λ)θ with RMSE(θ̂, θ). Different true-θ vectors change RMSE. Temperature still does not enter θ̂.
• Access-list scope and recursion depth change λ. Equal-budget arms record estimated_tokens_used under a shared cap.
• Fail-closed parse: missing payload, blank profile_version, fractional seed, extra/missing catalog roles.
• The same reasoning_effort_snapshot survives complete, run, stream_route, and batch_route when the operator opts in.
• Production-default gate returns false on junk reports and while measurement_status is estimated.
• Hypothesis + Atheris target for parse_reasoning_effort_profile.

Doctoring (APA 7th)

• Sakana AI. (2026). Sakana Fugu Technical Report.
• Xu, J., Sun, Q., Schwendeman, P., Nielsen, S., Cetin, E., & Tang, Y. (2025). Trinity: An evolved LLM coordinator (arXiv:2512.04695).
• Nielsen, S., Cetin, E., Schwendeman, P., Sun, Q., Xu, J., & Tang, Y. (2025). Learning to orchestrate agents in natural language with the Conductor (arXiv:2512.04388).
• Baker, F. B. (2001). The basics of item response theory (2nd ed.). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED458219

Out of scope (do not fold in)

• Tools-path honesty, SSE proxy, KV host allowlist, or gateway Bearer-token KV (feat(api): SSE-proxy tools and response_format on chat completions #606–fix(api): fail-closed whitespace-only mode on tools passthrough #629).
• Changing OrchestrationPolicy defaults.
• Live NVIDIA NIM calls (issue [Product Gap] Evidence-grade NVIDIA NIM model discovery and cost-quality benchmark #86).
• Applying the catalog to ModelClient request knobs (next buyer gap after this lands).

Verify

python tests/test_reasoning_effort_profile.py
python tests/test_paper_contracts.py
python tests/test_conventions.py

  

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Verdict: REQUEST_CHANGES (substance)

Buyer next action: merge #662 (f547cc6) instead of this tip. Then run python tests/test_reasoning_effort_profile.py. Keep live route/conduct defaults locked. Do not merge #631 over this slice. Do not raise temperature to stand in for effort.

The honesty core on this tip is real: θ̂ is (1−λ)θ, RMSE is √mean((θ̂−θ)²), temperature is ignored, and production_default_change_allowed stays false while measurement_status is estimated. Three fail-closed / persist seams still leak:

1. run_equal_budget_ablation((True, False)) succeeds and emits θ̂. estimate_theta on the same vector raises.
2. The fuzz target puts true_theta inside the profile payload, so parse fails and Hypothesis/Atheris never reach the ablation lock asserts.
3. stream_route writes _workflow_runs only. With --state-db, a restart drops the streamed snapshot while run and batch_route survive.

#662 lands those three fixes on this substrate. After that lands, the next buyer gap is applying the opt-in catalog to ModelClient request knobs. Live NIM evidence stays issue #86.

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run_equal_budget_ablation((True, False)) succeeds and emits θ̂ [0.714…, 0.0]. estimate_theta on the same vector raises EffortProfileError because _reject_non_finite_number rejects bools. float() also accepts numeric strings (("1.5", "-0.5")).

This is the buyer-facing true-θ entry. Validate each value with the same fail-closed helper (or call estimate_theta on the raw iterable) before building arms, so a boolean or string θ cannot be laundered into an RMSE report labeled usage_source="synthetic_true_theta".

Landed on #662.

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This ablation branch is unreachable. true_theta is not in _PROFILE_KEYS, so any dict that includes it fails parse_reasoning_effort_profile at the try above and returns. Hypothesis and the Atheris harness never execute run_equal_budget_ablation or the production_default_change_allowed is False asserts, despite the docstring claiming they do.

Pop true_theta before parse, or after a successful parse run the ablation on a generated finite vector that is not part of the profile payload.

Landed on #662.

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run and batch_route call _store.save after _with_effort_snapshot. stream_route only writes _workflow_runs. With --state-db, a process restart drops the streamed run and its reasoning_effort_snapshot while route/batch snapshots survive.

Persist this record when self._store is not None, same as the other two paths this slice claims to keep.

Landed on #662.

[seonghobae]

Verdict: not ready

Head a1ab71e vs main 6841b71. This tip is the honest successor to #631 cb4a026 for θ̂ / RMSE and in-process snapshots. It is not the landing vehicle while the production-default gate still fail-opens on junk reports, and while the three earlier persist/parse seams on this head remain open.

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Checklist

1. θ̂ / RMSE — yes. estimate_theta emits estimated_theta = (1−λ)θ and rmse = RMSE(θ̂, θ). Different true-θ magnitudes change RMSE. Temperature is validated then ignored (same θ̂ at 0.1 and 1.5). Residual: RMSE is |λ|·RMS(θ), so same-scale permutations match; labeled measurement_status=estimated / usage_source=synthetic_true_theta.
2. Snapshot on complete / run / stream / batch — in-process yes, durable stream no. _with_effort_snapshot is on route_once, conduct, run, stream_route, and batch_route. stream_route still skips _store.save, so --state-db restart drops the streamed snapshot. Already filed; draft #662 claims the persist fix.
3. Parse / hash fail-closed — yes for the asked cases. None, blank profile_version, fractional seed, extra/missing roles, and {} catalogs raise EffortProfileError. Remaining: run_equal_budget_ablation uses float() and accepts (True, False) / numeric strings. Already filed; draft #662 claims the helper reuse.
4. Production gate — no. {} and measurement_status="estimated" stay false. Omitting the field, or sending "" / "not-a-status" with RMSE numbers and robustness_passed=True, returns True. OrchestrationPolicy defaults are unchanged (2.5 / 2 / True / template / 6 / terms).
5. Buyer-felt honesty leftovers. Gate fail-open (this review). Boolean/string θ laundering (reasoning_effort_profile.py:404). Dead fuzz ablation (fuzz/targets.py:225). Streamed snapshot not durable (orchestrator.py:973). HTTP chat_completion_response still omits the snapshot; catalog is not wired into the server constructor.
6. Tests — yes for RMSE, no for the gate junk path. IRT-scale (-1.5, …, 1.5) vs wide (100, 200, 300), residual RMSE check, temperature invariance. Missing: omitted/junk measurement_status must stay locked; boolean θ must fail closed on this tip.

Remaining bugs on a1ab71e

Severity	Location	Impact
Warning	reasoning_effort_profile.py:511	Junk / omitted measurement_status unlocks production_default_change_allowed. Still present on draft #662.
Warning	reasoning_effort_profile.py:404	Ablation float() launders bool/string θ.
Warning	fuzz/targets.py:225	true_theta is an unknown profile key, so Hypothesis/Atheris never hit the ablation asserts.
Warning	orchestrator.py:973	stream_route snapshot is memory-only under --state-db.

Next buyer gap

Yes — ModelClient request knobs (reasoning_effort, max_output_tokens) remain the correct next gap after the honesty slice lands. chat / stream_chat / _batch_run still send max_tokens=self.max_output_tokens and a temperature argument; they never read the opt-in catalog. Do not fold that onto this PR. Do not change live route/conduct defaults. Live NIM evidence stays issue #86.

Do not merge #650 or #631. Prefer a successor that fail-closes the gate (draft #662 does not). Do not approve.

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This is not fail-closed on junk reports. report.get("measurement_status") == "estimated" is false when the field is omitted, blank, or a junk string, so a report with only RMSE numbers and robustness_passed: True unlocks:

production_default_change_allowed({
    "single_model_baseline": {"rmse": 1.0},
    "role_differentiated": {"rmse": 0.1},
    "robustness_passed": True,
})  # True

Probed on a1ab71e: omit / "" / "not-a-status" all return True. The CHANGELOG claim that junk reports stay locked is false.

Require an explicit proven status (for example measurement_status == "measured") before the improvement check. Treat missing or unknown status as locked. Draft #662 still has this same == "estimated" test.

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Buyer next action

Prefer #677 (55ce1ac) over this PR: #677

Run python tests/test_reasoning_effort_profile.py on #677. Keep live route/conduct defaults unchanged while production_default_change_allowed is false.

Why this tip is not the landing vehicle

θ̂ RMSE and in-process snapshots on complete / run / stream_route / batch_route are the right honesty slice over #631. Remaining buyer-facing gaps on a1ab71e:

• production_default_change_allowed fail-opens when measurement_status is omitted, blank, or junk and robustness_passed is True.
• run_equal_budget_ablation accepts (True, False) because it float()s before the bool reject.
• The fuzz target treats true_theta as an unknown profile key, so Hypothesis/Atheris never reach the ablation asserts.
• stream_route writes _workflow_runs only; --state-db restart drops the streamed snapshot.
• ModelClient still sends a single max_tokens and no reasoning_effort when the operator opted into the catalog.

#677 fail-closes the measured-status gate, rejects boolean θ, persists streamed snapshots, reaches the ablation from the fuzz target, and applies opt-in catalog knobs. Independent review from seonghobae is requested there. Do not merge #631. Do not change OrchestrationPolicy defaults. Live NIM stays issue #86.

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Pull request overview

OpenCode cannot approve yet because required coverage evidence did not pass.

Review outcome

1. HIGH .github/workflows/opencode-review.yml:1 - Coverage evidence did not prove required test/docstring evidence

• Problem: The required coverage-evidence job result was failure, so OpenCode cannot establish approval sufficiency for this head.

• Root cause: Automated approval is only valid when the same-head coverage-evidence job proves supported repository test suites passed and configured docstring gates passed or were advisory, or reports not applicable because no supported source files or package manifests exist. Missing, failed, skipped, unavailable, or unsupported-tooling test evidence is a blocker.

• Fix: Install or configure the repository test/docstring evidence tooling when source files or package manifests exist, rerun the current-head coverage-evidence job, and approve only after it reports success with required evidence or explicit no-source not-applicable evidence.

• Regression test: Keep the approval branch checking needs.coverage-evidence.result == success before posting APPROVE, and publish REQUEST_CHANGES when coverage-evidence blocker states such as cancelled, skipped, failed, unsupported-tooling, or below-100 evidence are present.

• Result: REQUEST_CHANGES

• Reason: coverage-evidence result was failure, so required test/docstring evidence was not proven for current head 1e5e60c0d1aacca8a220eeca19a731d9345747e0.

• Head SHA: 1e5e60c0d1aacca8a220eeca19a731d9345747e0

• Workflow run: 32162749860

• Workflow attempt: 1

Coverage evidence

Coverage evidence job did not run or did not publish coverage evidence.

Changed-File Evidence Map

flowchart LR
  PR["PR changed files"] --> Evidence["OpenCode bounded evidence"]
  Evidence --> S1["Workflow: fuzz.yml"]
  S1 --> I1["GitHub Actions review job"]
  I1 --> R1["Review risk: Workflow: fuzz.yml"]
  R1 --> V1["actionlint plus required checks"]
  Evidence --> S2["Changed file (10 files)"]
  S2 --> I2["repository behavior"]
  I2 --> R2["Review risk: Changed file (10 files)"]
  R2 --> V2["required checks"]
  Evidence --> S3["Docs (5 files)"]
  S3 --> I3["operator or user guidance"]
  I3 --> R3["Review risk: Docs (5 files)"]
  R3 --> V3["docs review"]
  Evidence --> S4["Test (2 files)"]
  S4 --> I4["regression suite"]
  I4 --> R4["Review risk: Test (2 files)"]
  R4 --> V4["targeted test run"]

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OpenCode Review Overview

• Head SHA: 1e5e60c0d1aacca8a220eeca19a731d9345747e0
• Workflow run: 32162749860
• Workflow attempt: 1
• Gate result: REQUEST_CHANGES (approval step)

Pull request overview

OpenCode cannot approve yet because required coverage evidence did not pass.

Review outcome

1. HIGH .github/workflows/opencode-review.yml:1 - Coverage evidence did not prove required test/docstring evidence

• Problem: The required coverage-evidence job result was failure, so OpenCode cannot establish approval sufficiency for this head.

• Root cause: Automated approval is only valid when the same-head coverage-evidence job proves supported repository test suites passed and configured docstring gates passed or were advisory, or reports not applicable because no supported source files or package manifests exist. Missing, failed, skipped, unavailable, or unsupported-tooling test evidence is a blocker.

• Fix: Install or configure the repository test/docstring evidence tooling when source files or package manifests exist, rerun the current-head coverage-evidence job, and approve only after it reports success with required evidence or explicit no-source not-applicable evidence.

• Regression test: Keep the approval branch checking needs.coverage-evidence.result == success before posting APPROVE, and publish REQUEST_CHANGES when coverage-evidence blocker states such as cancelled, skipped, failed, unsupported-tooling, or below-100 evidence are present.

• Result: REQUEST_CHANGES

• Reason: coverage-evidence result was failure, so required test/docstring evidence was not proven for current head 1e5e60c0d1aacca8a220eeca19a731d9345747e0.

• Head SHA: 1e5e60c0d1aacca8a220eeca19a731d9345747e0

• Workflow run: 32162749860

• Workflow attempt: 1

Coverage evidence

Coverage evidence job did not run or did not publish coverage evidence.

Changed-File Evidence Map

flowchart LR
  PR["PR changed files"] --> Evidence["OpenCode bounded evidence"]
  Evidence --> S1["Workflow: fuzz.yml"]
  S1 --> I1["GitHub Actions review job"]
  I1 --> R1["Review risk: Workflow: fuzz.yml"]
  R1 --> V1["actionlint plus required checks"]
  Evidence --> S2["Changed file (10 files)"]
  S2 --> I2["repository behavior"]
  I2 --> R2["Review risk: Changed file (10 files)"]
  R2 --> V2["required checks"]
  Evidence --> S3["Docs (5 files)"]
  S3 --> I3["operator or user guidance"]
  I3 --> R3["Review risk: Docs (5 files)"]
  R3 --> V3["docs review"]
  Evidence --> S4["Test (2 files)"]
  S4 --> I4["regression suite"]
  I4 --> R4["Review risk: Test (2 files)"]
  R4 --> V4["targeted test run"]

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