feat(routing): read DO catalog cached-input rates for the routing budget (#995)

crates/brightstaff/src/router/model_metrics.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ pub struct ModelRates {
     pub input_per_million: f64,
     pub output_per_million: f64,
     /// Cached (prompt-cache read) input rate. Present when the feed publishes it
-    /// (models.dev `cost.cache_read`); absent for feeds that don't (DO catalog).
+    /// (models.dev `cost.cache_read`, DO catalog `cache_read_input_price_per_million`
+    /// / `input_cache_read`); absent for models the feed prices without a cache SKU.
     pub cache_read_per_million: Option<f64>,
 }
 
@@ -268,11 +269,23 @@ struct DoModel {
 /// DigitalOcean catalog pricing. Despite the `_per_million` field names, the DO
 /// API returns these as USD **per token** (e.g. gpt-4o input `2.5e-6`), so they
 /// are scaled to per-million at ingestion to match `ModelRates`' convention.
+///
+/// The catalog publishes the cached-read rate under two names (a migration in
+/// flight): `cache_read_input_price_per_million` and `input_cache_read`. Entries
+/// may carry either or both; both are parsed and the explicit name wins.
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 struct DoPricing {
     input_price_per_million: Option<f64>,
     output_price_per_million: Option<f64>,
     cache_read_input_price_per_million: Option<f64>,
+    input_cache_read: Option<f64>,
+}
+
+impl DoPricing {
+    fn cache_read(&self) -> Option<f64> {
+        self.cache_read_input_price_per_million
+            .or(self.input_cache_read)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -359,9 +372,7 @@ fn parse_do_pricing(
                     * TOKENS_PER_MILLION,
                 output_per_million: pricing.output_price_per_million.unwrap_or(0.0)
                     * TOKENS_PER_MILLION,
-                cache_read_per_million: pricing
+                cache_read_per_million: pricing.cache_read().map(|r| r * TOKENS_PER_MILLION),
-                    .cache_read_input_price_per_million
-                    .map(|r| r * TOKENS_PER_MILLION),
             };
             Some((key, rates))
         })
@@ -677,6 +688,58 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_do_pricing_reads_cache_rate_from_either_field_name() {
+        // Real catalog shape (Jul 2026): DO publishes the cached-read rate under
+        // both `cache_read_input_price_per_million` and `input_cache_read` for
+        // some models, and only one of the two for others. All variants must
+        // resolve; the explicit name wins when both are present.
+        let json = r#"{
+            "data": [
+                {
+                    "model_id": "kimi-k2.5",
+                    "pricing": {
+                        "input_price_per_million": 3.75e-7,
+                        "output_price_per_million": 2.025e-6,
+                        "cache_read_input_price_per_million": 2.03e-7,
+                        "input_cache_read": 2.03e-7
+                    }
+                },
+                {
+                    "model_id": "glm-5",
+                    "pricing": {
+                        "input_price_per_million": 6e-7,
+                        "output_price_per_million": 2.2e-6,
+                        "input_cache_read": 1.1e-7
+                    }
+                },
+                {
+                    "model_id": "legacy-model",
+                    "pricing": {
+                        "input_price_per_million": 5e-7,
+                        "output_price_per_million": 1e-6
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }"#;
+        let list: DoModelList = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        let rates = parse_do_pricing(list, &HashMap::new());
+
+        // Both names present -> parsed (and scaled per-token -> per-million).
+        let kimi = rates.get("kimi-k2.5").unwrap();
+        assert!((kimi.input_per_million - 0.375).abs() < 1e-9);
+        assert!((kimi.cache_read_per_million.unwrap() - 0.203).abs() < 1e-9);
+
+        // Only the new `input_cache_read` name -> still parsed.
+        let glm = rates.get("glm-5").unwrap();
+        assert!((glm.cache_read_per_million.unwrap() - 0.11).abs() < 1e-9);
+
+        // Neither -> None, so the budget falls back to input x cache_read_discount.
+        let legacy = rates.get("legacy-model").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(legacy.cache_read_per_million, None);
+        assert!((legacy.cached_input_rate(0.1) - 0.05).abs() < 1e-9);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_models_dev_pricing_composes_provider_keys() {
         let json = r#"{

demos/llm_routing/routing_budget/GUIDE.md

@@ -34,11 +34,19 @@ Start from `[config.yaml](config.yaml)` in this folder. The parts that matter:
 
 ```yaml
 # Per-model pricing is REQUIRED for the routing budget — the switch cost math needs
-# each model's input and cached-input rates.
+# each model's input and cached-input rates. This demo reads DigitalOcean's managed
+# pricing catalog, which publishes cached-read rates for its models. The catalog is
+# keyed by bare DO model ids, so model_aliases maps them onto the Plano model names
+# used in model_providers — without the mapping no rates match and every switch
+# decision fails open (reason="no_pricing").
 model_metrics_sources:
   - type: cost
-    provider: models.dev          # publishes real cache_read rates
+    provider: digitalocean
     refresh_interval: 86400
+    model_aliases:
+      openai-gpt-4o-mini: openai/gpt-4o-mini
+      openai-gpt-4o: openai/gpt-4o
+      anthropic-claude-4.6-sonnet: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
 
 prompt_caching:
   enabled: true                   # automatic caching + session affinity (separate concern)
@@ -50,16 +58,21 @@ routing:
     # cache_read_discount: 0.1    # fallback when a feed omits cache_read
 ```
 
+`models.dev` works as a drop-in alternative cost source (`provider: models.dev`,
+no aliases needed — its keys already match `provider/model` routing names). The
+demo models are priced identically on both feeds, so every number in this guide
+holds either way.
+
 The routing budget lives under `routing` and is independent of prompt caching — it
 applies whether or not `prompt_caching.enabled` is set.
 
 
 
-### DigitalOcean variant
+### DigitalOcean-hosted models
 
-Address DO GenAI models with the `digitalocean/` prefix and point the cost feed
+To route to DO GenAI models themselves (not just price from the DO catalog),
-at the DO catalog (or keep `models.dev`, which publishes cached-read rates the
+address them with the `digitalocean/` prefix and alias the catalog keys to
-DO catalog doesn't):
+those names:
 
 ```yaml
 model_providers:
@@ -73,11 +86,15 @@ model_metrics_sources:
   - type: cost
     provider: digitalocean        # DO catalog
     refresh_interval: 86400
+    model_aliases:
+      anthropic-claude-4.6-sonnet: digitalocean/anthropic-claude-4.6-sonnet
+      openai-gpt-4o: digitalocean/openai-gpt-4o
 ```
 
-> The DO catalog does not publish a cached-read rate, so for DO-only setups the
+> The DO catalog publishes cached-read rates
-> gate falls back to `input_rate × cache_read_discount`. For exact cached rates,
+> (`cache_read_input_price_per_million`), so the gate prices warm anchors at the
-> add a `models.dev` cost source instead.
+> real cached rate. The `cache_read_discount` fallback only kicks in for models
+> whose catalog entry omits the field.
 
 ---
 
@@ -367,7 +384,7 @@ curl -s localhost:12000/v1/chat/completions \
 | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `routing.routing_budget.max_overhead_pct`        | Switching overhead cap as a % of never-switching (higher = quality-first, more switching) |
 | `routing.routing_budget.replenish_on_rebind`     | Reset the running baseline/spend totals when a cold session re-binds            |
-| `routing.routing_budget.cache_read_discount`     | Assumed cached rate when a feed omits `cache_read` (DO fallback)                |
+| `routing.routing_budget.cache_read_discount`     | Assumed cached rate for models whose feed entry omits a cached-read rate       |
 | `routing.routing_budget.record_counterfactual`   | Emit `plano.switch.counterfactual_route` on vetoed switches (the road not taken)|
 | `prompt_caching.session_ttl_seconds`             | Session binding GC lifetime                                                     |
 | `prompt_caching.min_prefix_tokens`               | Minimum stable-prefix size before markers are injected                          |

demos/llm_routing/routing_budget/config.yaml

@@ -24,11 +24,27 @@ model_providers:
         description: generating new code snippets, functions, or boilerplate based on user prompts or requirements
 
 # Per-model pricing is required for the routing budget: the switch-cost
-# calculation needs each model's input and cached-input rates.
+# calculation needs each model's input and cached-input rates. This demo reads
+# DigitalOcean's managed pricing catalog, which publishes cached-read rates
+# (`cache_read_input_price_per_million` / `input_cache_read`). The catalog is
+# keyed by bare DO model ids (e.g. `openai-gpt-4o`), so model_aliases maps them
+# onto the Plano model names used in model_providers above — without the
+# mapping no rates match and every switch decision fails open (no_pricing).
 model_metrics_sources:
   - type: cost
-    provider: models.dev
+    provider: digitalocean
     refresh_interval: 86400
+    model_aliases:
+      openai-gpt-4o-mini: openai/gpt-4o-mini
+      openai-gpt-4o: openai/gpt-4o
+      anthropic-claude-4.6-sonnet: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
+
+  # models.dev works identically and needs no aliases (its keys already match
+  # the provider/model routing names). Rates for these models are the same on
+  # both feeds, so the walkthrough numbers in GUIDE.md hold either way.
+  # - type: cost
+  #   provider: models.dev
+  #   refresh_interval: 86400
 
 # Automatic prompt caching (opt-in). Keeps a conversation pinned to the same
 # model so the upstream provider's prompt cache stays warm across turns, and