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Summary

Let eligible context-first CTX requests report cancellation while TRT-LLM retains and safely retires outstanding transfer resources. Cleanup does not require a cleanup-only GEN request.

Scope

  • Executor cancellation handles model-idle and late client-ID aborts without rewriting committed results. Queued CTX cancellation reuses #21482.
  • Transfer retirement retains CTX claims through TP-agreed settlement, including rank-skewed timeouts, without resetting deadlines.
  • Drain/PARKING handling delivers existing-work cancellation without admitting later requests or losing their cancellation order. An all-rank owner snapshot also preserves the existing ADP bridge's drain path; this does not enable context-first ADP.
  • Integrates merged #21491: both CTX and GEN retirement keep shutdown, drain, idle fetch and batch waiting behind outstanding ownership. The scheduler's local deadlock check remains distinct from group-wide progress.

The CTX profile remains #21272's opt-in full-context BF16 MHA/GQA, KVCacheManagerV2, symmetric TP1/TP2, non-ADP, PP1/CP1, direct asynchronous Python/C++-NIXL UCX path. Set TRTLLM_ENABLE_KV_TRANSFER_LIFECYCLE_ENFORCEMENT=1 on every executor rank and TRTLLM_DISAGG_NO_RETRY=1 on workers/coordinator. No retry, bounce/staging or pipelining support is added.

Verification

  • CI #69336 at prior head a032aedba0: 53 executor + 19 native-retirement cases passed on each of x86 and ARM (144 passes).
  • Regression evidence: both late-receiver cases failed on x86/ARM in #69051; the required REQUEST_DATA report-token correction passed all four in #69213.
  • Current head 86134757f0 adds five GEN-retirement variants to the existing idle/shutdown/drain tests: 58 executor + 19 retirement cases per architecture expected, not yet executed at this head. Full source review, range-diff and enforced pre-commit checks passed; current-head full CI #69400 is running.
  • CPU module results do not qualify real multi-rank GPU/NIXL cancellation, outstanding-DMA fencing or replacement. Upstream-waived GPU/overlap paths remain outside this evidence.

Notes

This PR adds no cancellation-acknowledgement RPC and changes no abort_request() return contract. Cancelled immutable IDs retain sender fence metadata until teardown. HTTP coordination is a separate stacked increment in #21873; paired-workflow qualification remains separate.

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Walkthrough

The changes add logical cancellation for qualified context-first transfers. The executor routes late client-ID aborts, progresses accepted cancellations, and waits for physical transfer retirement before releasing resources.

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Logical Context Cancellation and Retirement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cancellation qualification and transfer retirement
tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/transceiver.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/orchestration/coordinator.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/orchestration/transfer_manager.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_context_cancellation_retirement.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_chunked_transfer.py
The transceiver and coordinator add support checks and cancellation requests for eligible context-first transfers. The coordinator tracks physical drains and avoids staging another response when they retire. Transfer completion preserves GENERATION_COMPLETE. Tests cover ownership, retirement, and failure handling.
Cancellation ingress and control drains
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/executor_request_queue.py, tensorrt_llm/executor/base_worker.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/disaggregation/test_context_cancellation_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_kv_connector_executor_lifetime.py
The queue and worker route late aborts by client ID when cancellation admission is allowed. During draining controls, the executor fetches matching cancellations without admitting later requests and waits for retained transfers to retire.
Executor cancellation progress and results
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/disaggregation/test_context_cancellation_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor.py
The executor matches cancellation intents to active or retained transfers and defers cancellation during model-owned or in-flight work. It preserves existing results for completed or errored requests while physical retirement proceeds. Tests cover cancellation results, scheduling, and legacy behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BaseWorker
  participant ExecutorRequestQueue
  participant PyExecutor
  participant DisaggTransferCoordinator
  participant KvCacheTransceiverV2
  participant AsyncTransferManager
  BaseWorker->>ExecutorRequestQueue: enqueue cancellation by client ID
  ExecutorRequestQueue->>PyExecutor: deliver cancellation intent
  PyExecutor->>DisaggTransferCoordinator: request logical cancellation
  DisaggTransferCoordinator->>KvCacheTransceiverV2: cancel eligible send session
  AsyncTransferManager->>DisaggTransferCoordinator: release transfer claim after retirement
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This change lets context-first requests complete as cancelled before their KV transfer resources are released. No concrete merge-blocking defect was found in the reviewed changes. Run the full CI pipeline on the current head before merging.

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Nitpick comments: 1
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py: 1

5856-5857: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Add a CPU regression test for context-retirement control draining.

_handle_control_request() must keep a drain-required control request pending while a retained context transfer exists. The current tests cover connector loads and attention-DP peers, but not this context-retirement condition.

In tests/unittest/_torch/disaggregation/test_context_cancellation_executor.py, start a qualified transfer with executor.async_transfer_manager.start_transfer(request), enqueue a RequestQueueItem(control_requires_drain=True), and call _handle_control_request(). Assert that the request remains pending. After end_transfer(request), call _handle_control_request() again and assert that the control action fires.

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Add a CPU regression test for context-retirement draining that starts a transfer
with async_transfer_manager.start_transfer, enqueues a RequestQueueItem with
control_requires_drain enabled, and verifies _handle_control_request leaves it
pending. End the transfer, invoke _handle_control_request again, and verify the
control action fires.
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docs/source/features/disagg-serving.md: 1

166-166: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

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Expand the "PACT" acronym at first use.

The heading and the later environment-variable link use "PACT" without a definition. Readers cannot tell what the term means. Spell it out once, for example in the first sentence under the heading.


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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py:
- Around line 5856-5857: Add a CPU regression test for context-retirement
draining that starts a transfer with async_transfer_manager.start_transfer,
enqueues a RequestQueueItem with control_requires_drain enabled, and verifies
_handle_control_request leaves it pending. End the transfer, invoke
_handle_control_request again, and verify the control action fires.

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