feat(prefill-router): add libsy algorithm wrapper

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What

• Adds a libsy algorithm adapter inside the prefill-router crate.
• Exposes PrefillRouterConfig and PrefillRouterAlgo as part of the crate API.
• Makes PrefillRouterConfig the normal construction path: targets + checkpoint in, algorithm out.
• Keeps the existing PrefillRouter scorer/binder unchanged.
• Keeps algorithm behavior coverage as an integration test under crates/prefill-router/tests.

Why

This is step 3 of SWITCH-1274 / SWITCH-1280: bring prefill routing into libsy without putting prefill-router internals into switchyard-libsy itself. Since prefill-router is now the owner of this integration, the adapter is compiled directly instead of being hidden behind a Cargo feature.

How

• PrefillRouterConfig::new(targets, checkpoint).build() creates the algorithm with current TransformersForward defaults.
• The algorithm routes on the latest text user message.
• User-turn affinity is the default behavior for this wrapper, so tool continuations reuse the previous decision instead of rerunning prefill inference.
• Prediction runs through spawn_blocking because the current forward path is synchronous embedded Python/PyTorch work.
• Tests use a doc-hidden fake-forward constructor from an integration test so they do not require a real checkpoint.

Validation

• cargo test -p prefill-router
• cargo clippy -p prefill-router --all-targets -- -D warnings
• cargo check --workspace

Linear: https://linear.app/nvidia/issue/SWITCH-1280/make-prefill-router-a-libsy-algorithm-via-thin-wrapper

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Walkthrough

The prefill-router crate adds optional libsy integration. It introduces configurable checkpoint-backed routing with affinity reuse, target fallbacks, default-target selection, and tests for message selection and continuation behavior.

Changes

Prefill Routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Feature and dependency wiring crates/prefill-router/Cargo.toml, crates/prefill-router/src/lib.rs	Optional libsy, async-trait, and tokio dependencies are enabled by the libsy feature. The algorithm module and its exports use the same feature gate.
Routing configuration and execution crates/prefill-router/src/algorithm.rs	PrefillRouterConfig and PrefillRouterAlgo configure checkpoint-backed inference, validate targets, select targets from the latest text user message, retain affinity decisions, and return fallback targets.
Routing behavior tests crates/prefill-router/src/algorithm.rs	Tests cover latest-message forwarding, tool-continuation affinity reuse, and default-target selection when no text user message exists.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to eacbd

The feature-gated adapter adds retained routing decisions, but optional message-hash affinity can cause independent metadata-less sessions with identical prompts to share a target, while concurrent first requests can briefly receive different targets. These bounded routing-consistency risks should be explicitly accepted or addressed before relying on those modes.

Poem

A rabbit routes requests through moonlit lanes
Checkpoints whisper target names in trains
Affinity keeps a trail through tools
Empty messages choose quiet rules
Fallbacks wait beneath the starry sky

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crates/prefill-router/src/algorithm.rs (1)

60-61: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add the required Rust API and behavior documentation.

PrefillRouterConfig::build and PrefillRouterAlgo::from_forward return construction errors, but their public docs do not state the error behavior. affinity_router, select_target, latest_user_text, and is_text_user_message implement routing rules that need concise comments. The three async tests encode important affinity and selection invariants without comments. Document these behaviors, including the first-target tie rule and the latest nonempty user-text rule.

As per coding guidelines, Rust changes require concise comments for non-obvious private helpers and behavior tests, and public API docs must state relevant error behavior.

Also applies to: 119-120, 257-257, 271-271, 282-282, 293-293, 390-391, 419-420, 460-461

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In `@crates/prefill-router/src/algorithm.rs` around lines 60 - 61, Update the
public documentation for PrefillRouterConfig::build and
PrefillRouterAlgo::from_forward to describe their construction-error behavior.
Add concise comments for affinity_router, select_target, latest_user_text, and
is_text_user_message explaining their routing rules, including first-target tie
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In `@crates/prefill-router/src/algorithm.rs`:
- Around line 60-61: Update the public documentation for
PrefillRouterConfig::build and PrefillRouterAlgo::from_forward to describe their
construction-error behavior. Add concise comments for affinity_router,
select_target, latest_user_text, and is_text_user_message explaining their
routing rules, including first-target tie handling and selecting the latest
nonempty user text; also document the invariants covered by the three async
affinity/selection tests.

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