refactor(models): migrate saved routing consumers to shared authority

[NicolasIppoliti]

Summary

Closes #395.
Refs #389, #396, #391, #382, #381.

• Route the real saved-routing export, /gentle:models, and /gentle:status through the existing status-carrying authority instead of compatibility wrappers that mask invalid project configuration.
• Reject invalid exports before creating the destination directory or file, including when a source becomes invalid after the models panel opens.
• Preserve missing/valid behavior, global precedence, and the existing startup/apply path; report invalid routing with its selected source path.

Context and scope

This is the consumer/export slice of the routing work, not another authority extraction. The prerequisites are already merged: #389 through #398 and #396 through #408. Both predecessor commits are ancestors of the implementation base 61487bde.

main
 └── #389: shared routing authority (merged via #398)
      └── #396: fail-closed apply and profile safety (merged via #408)
           └── 📍 #395: export and UI/lifecycle consumers (this PR)
                └── #391: canonical names and target authority (separate follow-up)
                     └── durable write / materialization (later slices)

Compatibility wrappers retain their established behavior and preservation assertions. The shared authority, normalization/parser grammar, target paths, writes, migration ordering, profile materialization, JSON null, literal inherit, and omission semantics are unchanged. /gentle:doctor is outside this issue's named consumer list and remains unchanged.

Session startup already reaches the shared authority through applySavedModelConfig; this PR adds global-invalid precedence coverage rather than rewriting that correct path. Invalid status reporting no longer presents default agent assignments as if invalid saved routing were an empty configuration. Missing routing retains the existing default display.

Changes

File	Change
extensions/gentle-ai.ts	Direct shared-authority reads in export/models/status; explicit status/path reporting and warning severity
tests/gentle-ai.test.ts	Actual registered handlers, real panel rendering/export, source invalidation during export, missing/valid/invalid combinations, startup precedence
tests/model-routing-authority.test.ts	Sync/async source-selection characterization; existing compatibility/apply-safety guards retained

Review size: 185 additions + 6 deletions = 191 / 400 lines. No size exception requested. This PR resolves only #395; it does not resolve the referenced prerequisites, trackers, or later slices.

Observed TDD

Each consumer cycle used node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/gentle-ai.test.ts with an isolated TMPDIR.

Cycle	Observed assertion-level RED	GREEN
Models	Invalid project configuration did not produce the expected warning	Direct authority read; 23 tests passed
Export	Invalidation after panel entry produced an informational export result instead of a warning	Export re-read rejects invalid source; 24 tests passed
Status	Output lacked Saved model routing: invalid	Status/path propagation; 25 tests passed

Triangulation covered missing and normalized valid sources, global-over-project precedence, invalid-global no-fallback, invalid export no-directory/no-file creation, actual panel rendering, and startup invalid-source reporting. The reader parity additions are characterization, not claimed as new failing behavior. A test-theme instrumentation mismatch was corrected separately and is not counted as functional RED.

Verification

Dependencies were hydrated with pnpm@11.1.1; the @earendil-works/pi-tui ESM import passed before implementation. Baseline: authority 3 passed, gentle-ai 22 passed, runtime harness passed.

Command	Result
node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/model-routing-authority.test.ts	3 passed
node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/gentle-ai.test.ts	32 passed
pnpm run test:harness	Passed
pnpm test	1,929 passed, 18 skipped, 0 failed; provider-contract check and harness passed
pnpm run check:runtime-modules	Six modules match
node --experimental-strip-types --check extensions/gentle-ai.ts	Syntax check passed, not a typecheck
git diff --check	Passed

The two focused files were also rerun together after implementation: 35 passed, 0 failed. Native independent review completed for the unchanged source candidate before commit.

The 18 full-suite skips include unavailable package-local native-binary and platform-specific cases; those cases are not claimed as executed. No full-suite baseline was run to classify skip-count changes. Git merge-tree against the fetched upstream main reported no conflicts, but CI still needs to validate the merged/current-main result.

Rollback and maintainer metadata

The rollback boundary is the consumer wiring and its tests in these three files. It does not require reverting the shared authority or fail-closed apply predecessors. No shell scripts, skill definitions, packaging, or dependencies changed.

Suggested label: type:refactor. My upstream access is read-only, so label application remains with a maintainer.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Invalid model-routing configuration files are now surfaced instead of being treated as empty valid configurations.
  • Model exports report configuration errors clearly.
  • Model management commands warn and stop when project routing configuration is invalid.
  • Status reporting identifies invalid routing configuration paths with elevated notification severity.
  • Invalid global routing configuration is reported during startup without changing the active profile.
  • Routing exports now consistently reflect applicable saved configuration and precedence rules.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change routes model export, model commands, and status reporting through saved routing authority results. Invalid project and global configurations now remain invalid, report their source paths, prevent panel or export actions, and produce warning notifications. Tests cover precedence, normalization, startup, and authority parity.

Changes

Saved routing consumers

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Consumer authority wiring extensions/gentle-ai.ts, tests/model-routing-authority.test.ts	Export, gentle:models, and /gentle:status now use readModelRoutingAuthorityAsync. Invalid routing remains visible in status output and raises warning severity. Sync and async authority reads have matching source-case coverage.
Consumer behavior validation tests/gentle-ai.test.ts	Tests cover invalid project and global routing, global precedence, missing and normalized exports, panel re-reads, status output, export failure, and session-start warnings.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Suggested reviewers: decode2, alan-thegentleman

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0ffb3

Saved-routing behavior is covered, but the change also alters unrelated SDD startup behavior, increasing regression risk outside the feature’s intended scope; separate or explicitly accept that behavior before merging.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: migrating saved routing consumers to the shared authority.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes migrate export, models, status, and lifecycle behavior to the shared routing authority. The tests cover invalid and valid sources, precedence, source paths, export safety, startup reportin…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within the consumer and export scope of issue [#395]. The implementation does not introduce changes to canonical naming, durable writes, materialization, parser behavior, or apply s…

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extensions/gentle-ai.ts (1)

1402-1403: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Split the SDD launch-flag feature from this routing-consumer change.

Lines 1402-1403 begin a separate SDD child-startup feature. The same feature adds parsing, registration, test seams, and prompt control at Lines 1495-1543, 6469-6470, 6541-6545, and 6978-7003. Remove this feature from this PR or submit it separately. Issue #395 limits this change to the saved-routing consumer/export slice.

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In `@extensions/gentle-ai.ts` around lines 1402 - 1403, The SDD launch-flag
feature is out of scope for this routing-consumer change. Remove
SDD_CHANGE_FLAG, SDD_CHANGE_KEYS, and all related parsing, registration, test
seams, and prompt-control changes associated with them, while preserving only
the saved-routing consumer/export functionality.

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In `@extensions/gentle-ai.ts`:
- Around line 1402-1403: The SDD launch-flag feature is out of scope for this
routing-consumer change. Remove SDD_CHANGE_FLAG, SDD_CHANGE_KEYS, and all
related parsing, registration, test seams, and prompt-control changes associated
with them, while preserving only the saved-routing consumer/export
functionality.

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