docs(benchmark): add v0.2.0 TB-2.1 escalation routing profile

[linj-glitch]

This adds the escalation-router config behind the v0.2.0 Terminal-Bench 2.1 efficiency chart in the Switchyard blog post, which was requested in the #nemo-switchyard-dev thread. The routing parameters are exactly as run (llm_classifier with base_threshold 0.5, escalation confirmations 2, recent_turn_window 28, window_message_chars 500; Opus 4.8 strong / GLM-5.2 weak / DeepSeek V4 Flash judge).

The benchmarked runs were served through NVIDIA-internal inference endpoints that we can't publish, so like every other profile in benchmark/routing-profiles/, this file points at OpenRouter equivalents instead, with the as-run reasoning settings mirrored through OpenRouter's reasoning controls. Absolute solve rates may therefore differ slightly from the chart. Note the escalation block only parses on the v0.2.0 server schema, not current main; the file header pins usage to the v0.2.0-rc.1 tag.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added a v0.2.0 escalation-routing benchmark configuration.
  • Supports routing between strong, weak, and judging models.
  • Configures escalation after two confirmations within a defined rolling window.
  • Includes reasoning settings for OpenRouter-based evaluation.

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Walkthrough

This change adds a v0.2.0 routing benchmark configuration. It defines OpenRouter model targets and reasoning settings. The classifier route starts on the weak tier and escalates after two confirmations within a rolling window.

Changes

Escalation Router Benchmark

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure escalation benchmark benchmark/routing-profiles/tb21-escalation-opus-glm-deepseek.toml	Adds OpenRouter connection settings, strong, weak, and judge model targets, per-target reasoning controls, and classifier-based escalation parameters.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3d6e3

The profile is mergeable with owner awareness, but dynamic provider selection and fallbacks can make benchmark results vary across runs and weaken chart comparability; the escalation mode should also be declared explicitly for the pinned server schema.

Poem

I’m a rabbit with routes to run,
Weak models start beneath the sun.
Two confirmations, then we climb,
Strong models answer right on time.
Judge the path and hop along!

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

benchmark/routing-profiles/tb21-escalation-opus-glm-deepseek.toml (1)

50-57: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Set mode = "escalation" explicitly.

The parser infers escalation from escalation for compatibility, but new configurations must declare the mode.

Proposed change

 type = "llm_classifier"
+mode = "escalation"
 classifier_target = "judge"

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In `@benchmark/routing-profiles/tb21-escalation-opus-glm-deepseek.toml` around
lines 50 - 57, Update the [routes.switchyard] configuration to explicitly set
mode to "escalation" alongside the existing escalation settings, while
preserving the current classifier and threshold values.

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In `@benchmark/routing-profiles/tb21-escalation-opus-glm-deepseek.toml`:
- Around line 22-46: Update the strong, weak, and judge target configurations to
include an extra_body.provider policy that pins each benchmark target to its
intended OpenRouter provider and disables fallbacks with allow_fallbacks =
false. Keep the existing model IDs, client settings, and reasoning configuration
unchanged.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@benchmark/routing-profiles/tb21-escalation-opus-glm-deepseek.toml`:
- Around line 50-57: Update the [routes.switchyard] configuration to explicitly
set mode to "escalation" alongside the existing escalation settings, while
preserving the current classifier and threshold values.

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[ryan-lempka]

LGTM - can you check the CodeRabbit comment and resolve if it makes sense before merging?

[linj-glitch]

On the mode = "escalation" nitpick: that field is not part of the v0.2.0 schema this profile is pinned to — at v0.2.0-rc.1, RouteConfig::LlmClassifier and the flattened TaskClassifierConfig have no mode field, and escalation is selected solely by the presence of the escalation block. Adding mode would deviate from the config as run and from the tag's parser, so leaving it out.

[linj-glitch]

Summary of the CodeRabbit review, for the record: two findings, both declined after verification. (1) Pinning OpenRouter provider routing — declined because the published runs were served on NVIDIA-internal endpoints, not OpenRouter, so a provider policy would fabricate provenance; it would also break the convention of the six existing profiles in this folder, and the header already caveats cross-stack score drift. (2) Adding mode = "escalation" — declined because the v0.2.0-rc.1 schema this file is pinned to has no mode field; escalation is selected by the presence of the escalation block, and the field CodeRabbit references only exists in newer code on main. The file stays byte-faithful to the routing parameters as run.