neuron-tai/.scratch/distributed-gguf-runtime/issues/01-route-session-lifecycle.md

01 — Route Session lifecycle

Status: ready-for-agent

What to build

Add the narrowest end-to-end Route Session lifecycle that can be used by distributed inference routes: create a session, bind it to a selected Inference Route, expose status, and close it cleanly. This slice does not need real model cache yet; it proves stable session identity across the control plane and activation plane.

Acceptance criteria

• A request can create a Route Session with a stable session_id, route_id, model preset, backend id, and route membership.
• Every downstream activation request carries the same session identity and fails clearly if the session or route id does not match.
• Session status reports phase, route nodes, model preset, backend id, created time, and last activity time.
• Closing a session releases all registered per-session state.
• Tests cover create, status, close, stale-session rejection, and wrong-route rejection.

Blocked by

None - can start immediately.