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IORails recently added support for Manifest-based rail declaration and usage. This doc update adds context on which rails are supported in IORails, which aren't and why, and adds a comparison table.

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This was a complex migration, staged across the following PRs:

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make docs-fern-strict
FERN_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./fern/fern.config.json').version") && cd fern && npx --yes "fern-api@${FERN_VERSION}" docs md generate --library guardrails-python-sdk
Library 'guardrails-python-sdk': generated 368 pages at /Users/tgasser/projects/nemo_guardrails_worktree/docs/iorails-migrate-actions/docs/_static/python-sdk-reference
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Documentation

  • Added guidance for Context Bloat Detection, including checks, configuration, actions, and engine support.
  • Documented GLiNER PII detection and masking for retrieved knowledge-base content.
  • Clarified jailbreak detection behavior and engine compatibility.
  • Expanded rail compatibility guidance across built-in and community integrations, including retrieval, masking, routing, and engine-specific limitations.
  • Added a comprehensive rail engine support reference with feature matrices, validation, fallback behavior, and deployment details.
  • Added navigation links for the new documentation and F5 AI Guardrails integration.

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  • Added checks to keep documented engine-support tables synchronized with the rail catalog.

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The PR adds rail-engine support reference documentation and expands guardrail catalog guidance. It documents engine routing, support matrices, validation rules, runtime differences, server behavior, context-bloat detection, retrieval handling, and jailbreak protection support.

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Engine Support Documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Support model and surface matrix
docs/reference/engine-feature-support.mdx, docs/reference/rail-engine-support.mdx
Documents manifest-driven IORails support and lists supported input, output, retrieval, and tool surfaces.
Routing and configuration validation
docs/reference/engine-feature-support.mdx, docs/reference/rail-engine-support.mdx
Documents engine selection, refusal rules, dependency and model checks, fallback behavior, and programmatic support checks.
Runtime and API behavior
docs/reference/engine-feature-support.mdx, docs/reference/rail-engine-support.mdx
Documents API availability, concurrency restrictions, structured responses, reasoning content, streaming behavior, catalog coverage, and server support.
Guardrail-specific engine guidance
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/*
Documents engine support, retrieval behavior, routing, masking, dependencies, and limitations for built-in and community guardrails.
Navigation and documentation synchronization
docs/index.yml, tests/manifests/test_docs_engine_support_sync.py
Adds navigation entries and verifies that documented support matrices match the shipped rail catalog.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9121e

This documentation update adds IORails compatibility guidance, but several statements still misdescribe validation and fallback behavior, and one example presents contradictory configuration. These bounded documentation issues could mislead users configuring rails; the PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to correct them.

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This PR documents rail compatibility across LLMRails and IORails, including unsupported surfaces, fallback behavior, configuration-dependent refusals, and engine-specific runtime behavior.

  • Adds a comprehensive per-rail engine-support matrix and engine feature comparison.
  • Expands catalog and Python API documentation with engine-specific guidance.
  • Adds synchronization tests for documented support tables.

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docs/reference/rail-engine-support.mdx Adds the central rail support matrix and correctly orders transform refusals before unsupported context-read refusals.
docs/reference/engine-feature-support.mdx Documents feature-level differences between LLMRails and IORails without introducing an eligible follow-up issue.
tests/manifests/test_docs_engine_support_sync.py Adds checks that keep documented engine-support data synchronized with the manifest catalog.

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In `@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/presidio.mdx`:
- Around line 168-173: Qualify every statement describing fallback to LLMRails
so it applies only when require_iorails=False; when require_iorails=True,
document that the wrapper raises ValueError instead. Update
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/presidio.mdx lines 168-173 for
retrieval and missing-dependency routing, patronus-evaluate-api.mdx line 85,
patronus-lynx.mdx line 168, polygraf.mdx line 137, privateai.mdx line 106, and
fact-checking.mdx line 252 for their respective routing statements.

In `@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/fact-checking.mdx`:
- Around line 250-251: Update the fact-checking documentation to distinguish
context sources by rail flow: state that Patronus Lynx uses relevant_chunks,
while self_check_hallucination uses _last_bot_prompt only where applicable,
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In `@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/fiddler.mdx`:
- Line 63: Qualify each documented default LLMRails fallback as applying only
when require_iorails=False, noting that require_iorails=True raises ValueError
instead: update Fiddler faithfulness routing in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/fiddler.mdx:63-63, Patronus
Evaluate API routing in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/patronus-evaluate-api.mdx:85-85,
Patronus Lynx routing in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/patronus-lynx.mdx:168-168,
Polygraf retrieval routing in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/polygraf.mdx:137-137, Presidio
retrieval and dependency routing in
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Private AI retrieval routing in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/privateai.mdx:106-106.

In `@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/gliner.mdx`:
- Around line 129-136: Update the YAML example near the retrieval flow entries
to include only one of the mutually exclusive flows, either “gliner detect pii
on retrieval” or “gliner mask pii on retrieval,” so the copied configuration
matches the instruction that both must not be enabled together.

In `@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/fact-checking.mdx`:
- Around line 241-258: Update the introductory statement above the guardrail
table to say that every rail in the following table runs on LLMRails only,
avoiding a page-wide claim that conflicts with the IORails-compatible rails
mentioned later. Leave the table and subsequent explanations unchanged.

In `@docs/reference/rail-engine-support.mdx`:
- Line 170: Update the retrieval-flow reason documentation near
IORails.unsupported_reason() to state that configurations with rails.retrieval
report the unsupported rail-section reason before any rewrite or flow-contract
reason. Align the documented check precedence with the implementation.
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In `@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/gliner.mdx`:
- Around line 142-143: Document the require_iorails condition for each fallback:
in docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/gliner.mdx lines 142-143
qualify the retrieval fallback; in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/alignscore.mdx lines 98-101
qualify the AlignScore fallback; and in
docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/auto-align.mdx lines 729-730
qualify the AutoAlign groundedness fallback. State that each routes to LLMRails
only when require_iorails=False, while require_iorails=True raises ValueError.

Apply the same fix in
`@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/fiddler.mdx` around lines 62 -
63: The Fiddler fallback also needs the strict-mode exception.

Apply the same fix in
`@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/patronus-evaluate-api.mdx`
around lines 84 - 85: The Patronus Evaluate API fallback also needs the
strict-mode exception.

Apply the same fix in
`@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/patronus-lynx.mdx` around lines
167 - 168: The Patronus Lynx fallback also needs the strict-mode exception.

Apply the same fix in
`@docs/configure-rails/guardrail-catalog/community/polygraf.mdx` around lines 136
- 137: The Polygraf fallback also needs the strict-mode exception.

In `@docs/reference/engine-feature-support.mdx`:
- Around line 131-136: Update the engine feature-support documentation to state
that IORails validates undeclared model types during startup, while LLMRails
defers model lookup and fails on the first request executing the flow. Preserve
the surrounding NeMoGuard and jailbreak-heuristics behavior descriptions.
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Pushed a commit of an audit and edit pass. Please take a look, fix further if anything is incorrect, and merge. Approving.

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