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C++ KVCacheManagerV2 previously fell back to V1 for dense beam-search requests. This PR enables V2 beam search for decoder-only and encoder-decoder models, including context-first disaggregated serving with the Python/NIXL transceiver.

  • Keep one beam during context processing, then expand when generation starts. Share committed prompt blocks and copy the private tail into each beam.
  • Handle beam resizing, cache indirection, cross-KV copies, page ownership, allocation retries, and beam-aware pool sizing and rebalancing.
  • Separate partial commit from partial reuse so beam search preserves prefix reuse without publishing a partially written prompt tail.
  • For context-first disaggregation, transfer the shared prompt once and expand beams after receive completion. Remove the blanket disaggregation fallback and document the supported combination.

The runtime uses the C++ KV-cache backend; the pure-Python KV-cache implementation has been removed on main. The Python/NIXL transceiver is separate and remains supported for context-first disaggregation. FP4 MLA with max_beam_width > 1 raises NotImplementedError during KV-cache-manager selection, before manager allocation or attention execution. Existing hybrid, sparse-attention, and connector restrictions remain. Generation-first beam search and pipelined beam KV transfer are not enabled by this PR.

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Current revision, rebased onto main ee510fc85d39477e6ef99e79583b64e968317c1c:

  • 21 source-isolated routing cases passed on the B200 development host, using checkout functions and regression test bodies with native manager/config classes stubbed. This includes the 12-case MLA/non-MLA, FP4/non-FP4, beam-width 1/2/4 matrix.
  • Repository lint, formatting, conflict-marker, test-list, and DCO checks passed.
  • Python syntax checks passed. Lightweight mypy reported the same 12 errors in the unchanged test_torch_sampler.py on both this head and a main snapshot in the same container; no new type errors were observed.
  • No native rebuild or GPU inference rerun was performed for this revision; current-head CI is required.

Prior B200 validation, before the October 1 rebase (not rerun on the current head):

  • Targeted V2 beam routing and hybrid-incompatibility regressions: 11 passed.
  • Two-GPU TinyLlama context-first Python/NIXL parity: 2 passed, covering beam=2 with reuse and beam=4 without reuse. Both cases compare every beam against aggregated V2 inference for 64/67-token prompts and repeated transfers, assert V2 is active in every worker, and verify context-side reuse behavior.
  • Repository pre-commit hooks, including lint, formatting, test-list validation, and DCO checks: passed.

The new disaggregation regression is registered in the two-GPU B200 pre-merge list. Existing PR tests cover beam page expansion/shrinking, canonical reuse, partial commit, cache indirection, concurrency, pool sizing, and BART/T5/Whisper beam behavior.

Earlier validation recorded for this PR: native KV-cache tests (8 stats, 11 typed-index, 9 host-memory), the V2 cache-indirection sampler regression, and 64 API-stability tests passed. These broader suites were not rerun for the disaggregation update.

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@yizhang-nv yizhang-nv added the api-compatible Accepted LLM API contract change that is backwards-compatible label Aug 5, 2026
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Walkthrough

The KV cache manager now carries beam metadata and partial-commit settings through C++, Python, and runtime bindings. It updates beam-aware allocation, resizing, sizing, and commit paths, and it expands tests for beam search, request statistics, and backend selection.

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KV cache beam and commit behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Partial commit configuration and lifecycle
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/config.h, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.h, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCacheManager.*, cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2.cpp, tensorrt_llm/runtime/kv_cache_manager_v2/*
Adds beam metadata, enable_partial_commit, and enable_request_stats across native and Python-facing KV cache APIs. Commit paths and exposed properties now use these settings.
C++ beam allocation and commitment
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.*, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/page.cpp, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2Utils.*
Adds beam resizing, beam-aware page traversal, canonical beam-0 commit handling, orphan block reattachment, and copy-index mapping for request-scoped beam replication.
Beam-aware storage sizing and runtime wiring
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/storageManager.*, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tensorrt_llm/runtime/kv_cache_manager_v2/_core/*, tensorrt_llm/runtime/kv_cache_manager_v2/_storage_manager.py
Updates sizing and request-statistics wiring for beam width, prompt length, and copy-beam width. It also changes beam-related backend checks, warmup sizing, cache expansion, and request-state handling.
Beam and partial-commit validation
tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/*, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/*, tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_beam_search.py, tests/integration/defs/accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py, tests/integration/defs/llmapi/*
Adds coverage for beam mappings, expansion, canonical pages, SSM and scratch state, partial-commit modes, backend fallback, rebalancing, sampler behavior, and beam-aware integration outputs.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Suggested reviewers: schetlur-nv

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant KVCacheManagerV2
  participant StorageManager
  participant IndexMapper
  participant KvCache
  KVCacheManagerV2->>StorageManager: calculate beam-aware ratios
  KVCacheManagerV2->>IndexMapper: build copy indices for beams
  KVCacheManagerV2->>KvCache: expand or commit beam pages
  KvCache-->>KVCacheManagerV2: return active beam mappings
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This PR enables C++ KV-cache beam search, but the current head still allows some configurations to fail at runtime and can incorrectly time out slow asynchronous cache transfers; beam metadata validation can also be bypassed under Python optimization. These risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py (2)

384-396: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Forward the two boolean settings by keyword.

prepare passes enable_partial_reuse and enable_partial_commit positionally into create_config. The two arguments are adjacent and share the same type. A future insertion or reorder in the create_config signature silently swaps them, and several tests set both to the same value, so the swap would not fail. Keyword arguments make the binding explicit.

♻️ Proposed refactor
             kv_buf_size,
             block_quant_buf_size,
-            enable_partial_reuse,
-            enable_partial_commit,
+            enable_partial_reuse=enable_partial_reuse,
+            enable_partial_commit=enable_partial_commit,
         )
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py` around
lines 384 - 396, Update the create_config call in prepare to pass
enable_partial_reuse and enable_partial_commit as keyword arguments, while
leaving the other arguments and behavior unchanged.

2804-2808: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add the remaining flag combination to the matrix.

The matrix covers (partial_reuse=False, partial_commit=True), (False, False), and (True, True). It omits (True, False). That combination is the one that proves the two settings are independent: with partial reuse enabled but partial commit disabled, no partial block is published, so the long match must fall back to 32 rather than 48. Without it, a regression that makes enable_partial_reuse re-enable partial publication would not be detected.

🧪 Proposed addition
         for enable_partial_reuse, enable_partial_commit, expected_long_match in (
             (False, True, 32),
             (False, False, 32),
             (True, True, 48),
+            (True, False, 32),
         ):
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py` around
lines 2804 - 2808, Add the missing `(True, False, 32)` case to the parameter
matrix in the KV cache manager test, preserving the existing expected values for
all other combinations. Ensure this case verifies that enabling partial reuse
without partial commit does not publish a partial block and keeps the long match
at 32.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py (1)

594-601: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Centralize the KV cache manager v2 backend probe. This PR introduces the expression os.environ.get("TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND", "cpp").lower() == "python" at five sites across production and test code. The variable name and the "cpp" default are repeated at each site, so renaming the variable or changing the default requires five coordinated edits. Add one shared helper and call it everywhere.

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py#L594-L601: define the helper (for example is_python_kv_cache_manager_v2_backend()) near the other V2 routing utilities, and replace the inline expression assigned to python_v2_backend.
  • tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py#L408-L423: call the helper in the _prepare_beam_cache skip check.
  • tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py#L2284-L2286: call the helper in the test_beam_expansion_copies_ssm_state_from_beam_zero skip check.
  • tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py#L3721-L3723: call the helper in the test_beam_expansion_uses_logical_prompt_block_with_scratch skip check.
  • tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_stats_behavior.py#L358-L361: call the helper in the skipif condition of test_block_aligned_prompt_expands_only_generation_blocks.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py` around lines 594 - 601, Centralize
the TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND probe by adding a shared
is_python_kv_cache_manager_v2_backend() helper near the V2 routing utilities in
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py and use it for python_v2_backend.
Replace the repeated inline checks at
tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py lines
408-423, 2284-2286, and 3721-3723, and
tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_stats_behavior.py lines
358-361, preserving each existing skip condition.
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.h (1)

367-372: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the throw conditions of setBeamWidth.

The implementation rejects two cases that the comment does not mention. KvCache::setBeamWidth throws AssertionError when KvCacheManager::enablePartialCommit() is true. It throws LogicError when the cache is not ACTIVE and still holds blocks or SSM pages. Callers read this header to learn the contract. State both conditions here.

📝 Proposed documentation update
     // Beam widths greater than one are generation-only. Increasing the width
     // copies the prompt tail and live generation state from beam 0; full prompt
     // blocks remain unmapped for the new beams and are shared through cache
     // indirection. Decreasing the width discards the removed alternatives.
+    // Throws AssertionError when the manager enables partial commit. Throws
+    // LogicError when the cache is not ACTIVE and is not empty.
     void setBeamWidth(BeamIndex beamWidth);
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.h` around lines
367 - 372, Update the documentation for KvCache::setBeamWidth to state that it
throws AssertionError when KvCacheManager::enablePartialCommit() is enabled and
LogicError when the cache is not ACTIVE while still holding blocks or SSM pages;
preserve the existing beam-width behavior description.
tensorrt_llm/runtime/kv_cache_manager_v2/_config.py (1)

248-253: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify that partial commit and beam search are mutually exclusive.

The docstring says beam search "disables this". The C++ backend enforces the rule: KvCache::setBeamWidth throws when enable_partial_commit is true. Readers of this config should know the combination is rejected, not merely discouraged.

📝 Proposed documentation update
     enable_partial_commit: bool = True
     """
     If True, publish a finalized partial block for reuse when committing stops.
-    Beam search disables this while retaining full-block reuse.
+    Must be False for beam search: changing beam_width raises when this is True.
+    Full-block reuse still applies when this is False.
     """
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@tensorrt_llm/runtime/kv_cache_manager_v2/_config.py` around lines 248 - 253,
Update the docstring for enable_partial_commit to state that enabling it
together with beam search is rejected by the backend, rather than saying beam
search merely disables it; retain the existing explanation of full-block reuse.
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.cpp (1)

1485-1563: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add rollback for a mid-way failure in _appendBeams.

newGpuSlots at line 1485 throws before any state changes, so an out-of-memory allocation leaves the cache intact. After that point the function mutates state incrementally with no recovery path:

  • Line 1494 appends rows to mBasePageIndices.
  • Line 1546 appends a beam row to block.pages.
  • Line 1562 appends a row to mSsmBlocks.

If copySlotData or page->lock(...) throws inside copyPage, the function exits with mBeamWidth still at the old value while these containers already hold extra rows. The unconsumed entries in newSlots are also never released back to storage. _checkSanity would then fail, because it iterates mSsmBlocks up to mBeamWidth.

Compare KvCache::resize, which restores state on failure through _recoverExcessScratchSlots and _lockHeldBlocks. Add an equivalent guard here, or document that the operations after allocation cannot throw.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.cpp` around lines
1485 - 1563, Add exception rollback to _appendBeams for all mutations after
newGpuSlots succeeds. Use a guard modeled on resize, including
_recoverExcessScratchSlots and _lockHeldBlocks as appropriate, to restore
mBasePageIndices, block.pages, and mSsmBlocks to their original sizes, release
unconsumed newSlots, and preserve the old mBeamWidth on failure. Ensure
successful execution dismisses the guard only after all copied pages and beam
rows are committed.
cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2.cpp (1)

1456-1458: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Release the GIL in the beam_width setter. The custom priority callback reacquires the GIL before invoking Python, so the setter can release it during native GPU work.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2.cpp` around lines
1456 - 1458, Update the beam_width setter in the kv::KvCache beam_width binding
to release the GIL while calling self.setBeamWidth, using the binding’s
established GIL-release mechanism; preserve the existing BeamIndex conversion
and setter behavior.
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Inline comments:
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_mamba_cache_manager.py`:
- Around line 617-632: Pin TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND to cpp within
test_v2_encoder_decoder_beam_falls_back_for_cross_kv_compatibility, using the
test’s existing environment-management pattern. Keep the assertion and model
configuration unchanged so the test isolates the encoder_decoder fallback
predicate.

In `@tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_beam_search.py`:
- Around line 547-570: Add an environment-based skip guard to
test_beam_search_cache_indirection_kv_cache_manager_v2, matching the existing
beam-test pattern, when TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND is set to python.
Ensure the test reports as skipped instead of silently falling back to V1, and
add the os import only if this module lacks it.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.cpp`:
- Around line 1485-1563: Add exception rollback to _appendBeams for all
mutations after newGpuSlots succeeds. Use a guard modeled on resize, including
_recoverExcessScratchSlots and _lockHeldBlocks as appropriate, to restore
mBasePageIndices, block.pages, and mSsmBlocks to their original sizes, release
unconsumed newSlots, and preserve the old mBeamWidth on failure. Ensure
successful execution dismisses the guard only after all copied pages and beam
rows are committed.

In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.h`:
- Around line 367-372: Update the documentation for KvCache::setBeamWidth to
state that it throws AssertionError when KvCacheManager::enablePartialCommit()
is enabled and LogicError when the cache is not ACTIVE while still holding
blocks or SSM pages; preserve the existing beam-width behavior description.

In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/kvCacheManagerV2.cpp`:
- Around line 1456-1458: Update the beam_width setter in the kv::KvCache
beam_width binding to release the GIL while calling self.setBeamWidth, using the
binding’s established GIL-release mechanism; preserve the existing BeamIndex
conversion and setter behavior.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py`:
- Around line 594-601: Centralize the TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND probe by
adding a shared is_python_kv_cache_manager_v2_backend() helper near the V2
routing utilities in tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py and use it for
python_v2_backend. Replace the repeated inline checks at
tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py lines
408-423, 2284-2286, and 3721-3723, and
tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_stats_behavior.py lines
358-361, preserving each existing skip condition.

In `@tensorrt_llm/runtime/kv_cache_manager_v2/_config.py`:
- Around line 248-253: Update the docstring for enable_partial_commit to state
that enabling it together with beam search is rejected by the backend, rather
than saying beam search merely disables it; retain the existing explanation of
full-block reuse.

In `@tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py`:
- Around line 384-396: Update the create_config call in prepare to pass
enable_partial_reuse and enable_partial_commit as keyword arguments, while
leaving the other arguments and behavior unchanged.
- Around line 2804-2808: Add the missing `(True, False, 32)` case to the
parameter matrix in the KV cache manager test, preserving the existing expected
values for all other combinations. Ensure this case verifies that enabling
partial reuse without partial commit does not publish a partial block and keeps
the long match at 32.
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One concern I have is that V2 storageManager.cpp is beam-unaware. For example:

cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/storageManager.cpp#L1190
// SSM: always 1 dedicated block per request, never shared. numSlots[pgIdx] += slotCountValueFromSize(batch.kvCaches.size());

instead of 1 dedicated block per request there should be max_beam_width dedicated blocks per request. Without StorageManager being beam-aware, the pool ratios will be skewed, which will lead to poor performance. This will not self-correct because pool rebalancing is disabled for beam_width > 1. Also, models with > 1 pool group may silently skip cuda graph generation because not enough blocks are available for the dummy requests, which will cause a performance cliff.

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_mamba_cache_manager.py`:
- Line 962: Add return type annotations of None to all four changed test
functions, including
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expected_manager with their precise existing project types.

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One concern I have is that V2 storageManager.cpp is beam-unaware. For example:

cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/storageManager.cpp#L1190 // SSM: always 1 dedicated block per request, never shared. numSlots[pgIdx] += slotCountValueFromSize(batch.kvCaches.size());

instead of 1 dedicated block per request there should be max_beam_width dedicated blocks per request. Without StorageManager being beam-aware, the pool ratios will be skewed, which will lead to poor performance. This will not self-correct because pool rebalancing is disabled for beam_width > 1. Also, models with > 1 pool group may silently skip cuda graph generation because not enough blocks are available for the dummy requests, which will cause a performance cliff.

Will add support for beam rebalancing. For storage manager, since v1 also does not support beam search for dsa and ssm, and this pr's MVP is to support features that already supported by v1. Making the storage manager fully beam aware will be including in the following pr.

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…p dead _increaseCapacity

resize() allocates every appended block for all mBeamWidth beams, which is only
correct while the appended ordinals sit in the per-beam tail. That holds because
beams are added once the prompt is fully materialized, but nothing stated it.
Assert it against the same floor boundary _appendBeams() uses, so widening a
beam during prefill fails loudly instead of silently replicating the shared
prompt prefix mBeamWidth times.

_increaseCapacity() had no callers. It duplicated resize()'s grow branch while
missing SWA scratch handling, OOM rollback, allocation stats and the batched
stream wait, and it took slots from the front of the allocation instead of the
back. Keeping it in sync was pure overhead: this branch had to teach it about
beams for consistency alone. Remove it and its solitary section banner.

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Remove the premature committed-block check and retain the common check after beam canonicalization. Clarify the prompt boundary and generation-only beam expansion contract.

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Adapt the shared mainline compatibility predicate to C++ beam support and retain model-specific rejection in the creator. Keep the existing V1 fallback tests scoped to the unsupported Python beam backend.

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yizhang-nv dismissed thorjohnsen’s stale review October 6, 2026 03:12

Dismissed after verifying the fixes at 2a3fc03, as requested by the PR author. Commit 13a7998 makes SSM slot counts, shared-prefix/per-beam attention sizing, runtime ratio tuning and CUDA graph warmup constraints beam-aware, and removes the beam-width-only rebalance restriction. Commit ecfd9f1 preserves configured partial reuse while disabling only partial commit for multi-beam managers. Required DCO and blossom-ci checks pass on this head. Verification was by code inspection; it is not a new multi-pool CUDA graph performance measurement. The previously documented startup-ratio limitation and opt-in rebalance remain: #17306 (comment)

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yizhang-nv merged commit 2b2c5be into NVIDIA:main Oct 6, 2026
vsabavat added a commit to vsabavat/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Oct 8, 2026
This branch carries NVIDIA#19816's content at 546e567. The conflicts and
semantic fixes below are the ones NVIDIA#19816 resolved in its published merges
0c9ab14 (main 70193ec) and 44a06db (main a1f562a), applied to
this branch's copies of those files.

Conflicts:
- model_engine.py: main's NVIDIA#19696 moved the engine decoder buffers and
  state into _allocate_decoder_buffers() and _init_decoder_state(). Kept
  main's layout with this branch's __init__ changes ported into it
  (_staged_previous_batch_indices / _staged_previous_pos_indices next to
  _encoder_decoder_staged_request_ids, _step_input_stage next to
  _prepare_inputs_event, no num_accepted_draft_tokens_cuda). The
  gather_ids upload stays copy_to_device_if_changed, under main's
  enable_spec_decode argument.
- cuda_graph_runner.py: main's NVIDIA#19306 strict-buffer snapshot now follows
  the captured forward directly; the post-capture postprocess_fn call
  stays removed.
- test_cuda_graph_capture_replay.py: both sides' test classes kept.
- l0_b200.yml: both sides appended to the same B200 pre-merge block;
  main's MiniMax-H3 line first, then the Kimi K3 kernel tests.

Semantic fixes:
- model_engine.py: the step-copy selection reads the enable_spec_decode
  argument that NVIDIA#19696 passes to _prepare_tp_inputs.
- kv_cache_manager_v2.py: stage_batch_block_offsets builds its copy index
  as main's copy_batch_block_offsets now does (NVIDIA#17306: beam width up to
  max_copy_beam_width, beam 0 replicated for cross KV).
- test_pytorch_model_engine.py: the staged-step test passes
  _prepare_tp_inputs' keyword-only enable_spec_decode, runtime_draft_len
  and is_dummy arguments.
- test_cuda_graph_capture_replay.py: the postprocess_fn case of main's
  test_replay_rejects_rebound_graph_attr needs the post-capture call and
  is dropped; test_postprocess_fn_follows_only_the_warmup_forwards pins
  that postprocess_fn runs only after the warmup forward.

Also: cpp/tensorrt_llm/kernels/kdaDecode/kdaDecodeLegacy.cu now equals
main's (NVIDIA#19830 is this branch's two __syncwarp() calls).

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test_release_detaches_page_index_views_before_slot_reuse was ported from
the Rubin branch, where release_index_slot looped over the manager's
max_beam_width. Main's NVIDIA#17306 (beam search with the C++ KVCacheManagerV2)
changed it to loop over the sequence's own kv_cache.beam_width. The test
never set that attribute on its MagicMock, which int() reads as 1, so the
production code detached one beam while the test expected two and failed
on A10 with 3 calls against 6 expected.

Set kv_cache.beam_width = 2 and derive the expected calls from it. No
production change.

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test_release_detaches_page_index_views_before_slot_reuse was ported from
the Rubin branch, where release_index_slot looped over the manager's
max_beam_width. Main's NVIDIA#17306 (beam search with the C++ KVCacheManagerV2)
changed it to loop over the sequence's own kv_cache.beam_width. The test
never set that attribute on its MagicMock, which int() reads as 1, so the
production code detached one beam while the test expected two and failed
on A10 with 3 calls against 6 expected.

Set kv_cache.beam_width = 2 and derive the expected calls from it. No
production change.

Signed-off-by: Lizhi Zhou <1432185+reasonsolo@users.noreply.github.com>
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