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[TRTLLM-17603][feat] Fail unsupported non-generation requests and executor loops cleanly instead of mid-run - #21584
Non-generation requests now use max_tokens=1 when their prompts fit the context-parallel-scaled max_seq_len limit. The executor rejects overlong prompts and rejects pipeline parallelism and attention data parallelism for non-generation models. It also disables chunked prefill for these models.
Early-stop samplers now accept an optional max_num_tokens limit and validate request prompt lengths. PyExecutor.is_generation_model exposes the sampler’s generation status. The encoder-only architecture hint condition also changes. Verify startup checks, prompt-limit handling, and API behavior with supported model configurations.
QA Engineer Review
The changes add scheduled-pooling tests for over-limit prompts, maximum-length prompts, and overlap behavior. They also add CPU-only startup checks and update multimodal embedding sampler test setup. The scheduled-pooling test is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a100.yml. CI-list or manual-QA-list membership for the other test files is not established. Test execution results are not established. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py: Passes engine.max_num_tokens to both early-stop sampler variants. Verify that the configured limit reaches each sampler.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py: Adds PyExecutor.is_generation_model. Verify that it reflects the sampler’s generation status.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor_creator.py: Adds startup checks for pipeline parallelism and attention data parallelism, and disables chunked prefill for non-generation models. Verify both the checks and engine runtime settings.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py: Adds optional prompt-length validation to both early-stop samplers. Verify the limit and error behavior, including multimodal requests.
tensorrt_llm/executor/base_worker.py: Uses max_tokens=1 for fitting non-generation prompts and rejects overlong prompts using the context-parallel-scaled limit. Verify prompt-length handling at the boundary.
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm.py: Changes the condition for applying the encoder-only architecture hint. Verify encoder-only model classification.
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a100.yml: Adds the scheduled-pooling test to the A100 pre-merge list.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_multimodal_embedding_lengths.py: Updates sampler setup and checks rejection of a prompt beyond max_num_tokens. CI or manual-QA list membership is not established.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor_creator_no_kv_execution.py: Adds CPU-only checks for non-generation startup rejection with pipeline parallelism and attention data parallelism, plus generation-model cases. CI or manual-QA list membership is not established.
tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_scheduled_pooling.py: Adds coverage for overlong prompts, maximum-length prompts, and overlap behavior. Listed in the A100 CI test list; manual-QA list membership is not established.
Description
Scheduled pooling models (BERT, Qwen3-Embedding) and the standalone multimodal encoder (mm_encoder_only) run on PyExecutor with the C++ V1 scheduler. Today several of their configurations fail partway through a run. This PR turns those failures into startup errors or into an error for the one request involved:
Default config fails.SamplingParams.max_tokens defaults to 32 and overlap is on by default, so LLM(model).generate(prompt) on a pooling model fails. Once its context step is done, the request is rescheduled as a generation request and fails in EarlyStopSampler.
Fix: the worker now submits requests to a non-generation engine with max_tokens=1, which is the case that already works.
The same change lets a prompt fill max_seq_len, as LLM.encode() already allows.
Over-long prompt fails the batch. With chunked prefill on, a prompt longer than max_num_tokens reaches the scheduler and the runner and fails the whole batch.
Fix: the EarlyStop samplers reject such a request on its own when it is admitted.
Chunked prefill is ignored for these models, with a warning, because each request runs whole in one forward.
Pipeline parallelism and attention DP crash mid-run.
Under PP, the EarlyStop samplers record no sampler event, and SampleStateWithMMResult cannot be built by the inter-PP forward.
Under attention DP, idle ranks are padded with dummy requests that need a KV cache manager. Rank 1 fails and every rank is killed about 10 s later.
The encode_only hint for encoder-only architectures was never shown, because it compared a bool with None. That comparison is fixed.
These guards are a stopgap until the dedicated encoder executor takes these models off PyExecutor. The sampler and executor-creator checks go away with the no-KV branch; the worker behaviour stays.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_scheduled_pooling.py (new, l0_a100) covers three cases:
with chunked prefill on, an over-long request fails alone, and the requests batched with it match running alone;
a prompt of exactly max_seq_len tokens matches LLM.encode();
default overlap with max_tokens=4 matches the output with overlap disabled.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor_creator_no_kv_execution.py (new, CPU) covers the startup checks.
Also run on H100:
test_llm_encode.py, test_encoder_executor.py, the pooling and encoder runner tests, and test_mm_encoder_standalone.py;
test_e2e.py::test_ptp_quickstart_bert and TestEncoderEncode;
test_overlap_scheduler.py and the existing prompt-length tests in test_llm.py.
Compared before and after on BERT and Qwen3-Embedding:
outputs, response fields, capacity, ordering and cancellation are unchanged;
the over-long, overlap, PP and attention DP cases now fail at startup or per request, as described above.
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A prompt longer than max_num_tokens now fails on its own at admission instead of failing the whole batch in the scheduler or the runner. Chunked prefill is turned off for these models, since each request runs whole in one forward.
Signed-off-by: Lori Ren <lorir@nvidia.com>
… non-generation models at startup
Both fail mid-run today: the EarlyStop samplers record no sampler event for the PP loop, and attention DP pads idle ranks with dummy requests that need a KV cache manager.
Signed-off-by: Lori Ren <lorir@nvidia.com>
…sts in the worker
With overlap on, a pooling request asking for more than one token was rescheduled as a generation request and failed in the sampler. Prompts may now fill max_seq_len, as LLM.encode() allows.
Signed-off-by: Lori Ren <lorir@nvidia.com>
…on-generation models
The engine's attention runtime features still reported chunked prefill, which steers FMHA selection. Document max_num_tokens on the EarlyStop samplers, and have the over-long test span batches.
Signed-off-by: Lori Ren <lorir@nvidia.com>
The change adds non-generation-model checks and token limits for scheduled pooling. It exposes generation-model status through PyExecutor, configures early-stop samplers with max_num_tokens, adjusts non-generation request token deduction, and adds validation tests.
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Non-generation model setup tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor_creator.py, tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm.py
PyExecutor exposes sampler generation-model status. Executor creation checks pipeline parallelism and attention DP for non-generation models, warns about chunked prefill, and disables it in the local setting and attention runtime features. The encoder-only architecture hint condition now checks that encode_only is false.
Request and context limits tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py, tensorrt_llm/executor/base_worker.py
Early-stop samplers accept max_num_tokens and reject prompts over the limit. Sampler creation passes the engine token limit. For non-generation models, _deduce_max_tokens returns one token within the context limit and raises an error when the prompt exceeds it.
Tests cover parallelism checks, sampler configuration, chunked-prefill batches, context-length boundaries, and overlapping requests. The scheduled-pooling test is added to the A100 pre-merge test list.
Context-parallel non-generation requests within the supported prompt limit can fail during execution; align sampler admission before merging.
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EarlyStopWithMMResult.validate_request now rejects prompts above max_num_tokens. The changed MM sampler test only calls update_requests, so it would pass if this validation stopped working. Add a CPU unit case in tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_multimodal_embedding_lengths.py that calls validate_request with prompt lengths at and above the limit. As per path instructions, flag a materially changed validation rule when no test meaningfully exercises it.
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Add a CPU unit case in the multimodal embedding lengths tests that directly
calls EarlyStopWithMMResult.validate_request for prompt lengths at the
max_num_tokens limit and above it. Assert the boundary request is accepted and
the over-limit request is rejected, so the changed validation rule is
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- Line 435: Update the non-generation prompt-length check using
splited_prompt_len so it compares the full prompt length from prompt_token_ids
against max_seq_len scaled by cp_size. Preserve the existing rejection behavior
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tests that directly calls EarlyStopWithMMResult.validate_request for prompt
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Also check that the multimodal encoder sampler rejects a prompt over max_num_tokens.
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Major · Scale the non-generation sampler admission limit by context parallelism. · _util.py:4704-4708
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py:4704-4708 Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Scale the non-generation sampler admission limit by context parallelism.
When mapping.cp_size > 1, both samplers compare the global prompt_len with the unscaled engine.max_num_tokens. A prompt that passes BaseWorker with prompt_len <= max_seq_len * mapping.cp_size can then be rejected by executor admission. Pass the same context-parallel-scaled limit to both samplers. Keep engine.max_num_tokens unchanged so the engine-wide batch token limit does not change.
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return EarlyStopWithMMResult(return_mm_results=returns_responses,
- max_num_tokens=engine.max_num_tokens)+ max_num_tokens=engine.max_num_tokens * mapping.cp_size)
if not engine.model.model_config.is_generation:
# NOTE: choose sampler based on model type
- return EarlyStopSampler(max_num_tokens=engine.max_num_tokens)+ return EarlyStopSampler(+ max_num_tokens=engine.max_num_tokens * mapping.cp_size)
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Scale the admission limit passed to both EarlyStopWithMMResult and
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@coderabbitai On the outside-diff comment for _util.py:4704-4708: not applying it. The no-KV runner does not split the prompt across CP ranks: each rank reads the whole prompt and asserts the batch fits the unscaled max_num_tokens (no_kv_cache.py:117, :150). Scaling the sampler limit by cp_size would admit prompts that then fail that assertion for the whole batch. max_seq_len * cp_size in the worker and max_num_tokens in the sampler are separate limits, as they are without CP.
@lori-ren You’re right. NoKVCacheRunner._prepare_inputs packs each complete prompt and asserts that the batch fits the unscaled max_num_tokens. Scaling the sampler limit by cp_size could admit a request that violates that assertion.
The worker’s max_seq_len * cp_size check is a separate limit. I withdraw the outside-diff suggestion for _util.py, Line 4704–4708. No change is needed for that finding.
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BaseWorker._enqueue_request now reads engine.is_generation_model to size
max_tokens (NVIDIA#21584), so the SimpleNamespace engine in
test_worker_marks_only_server_added_stop_rules must declare itself a
generation model. The test still checks that only the server-added
degenerate run is marked as a generated-only stop rule.
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py_executor_creator already rejects attention DP for every non-generation model (NVIDIA#21584), so the scheduled encoder resolver no longer repeats it.
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Non-generation requests now use
max_tokens=1when their prompts fit the context-parallel-scaledmax_seq_lenlimit. The executor rejects overlong prompts and rejects pipeline parallelism and attention data parallelism for non-generation models. It also disables chunked prefill for these models.Early-stop samplers now accept an optional
max_num_tokenslimit and validate request prompt lengths.PyExecutor.is_generation_modelexposes the sampler’s generation status. The encoder-only architecture hint condition also changes. Verify startup checks, prompt-limit handling, and API behavior with supported model configurations.QA Engineer Review
The changes add scheduled-pooling tests for over-limit prompts, maximum-length prompts, and overlap behavior. They also add CPU-only startup checks and update multimodal embedding sampler test setup. The scheduled-pooling test is listed in
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a100.yml. CI-list or manual-QA-list membership for the other test files is not established. Test execution results are not established. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py: Passesengine.max_num_tokensto both early-stop sampler variants. Verify that the configured limit reaches each sampler.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py: AddsPyExecutor.is_generation_model. Verify that it reflects the sampler’s generation status.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor_creator.py: Adds startup checks for pipeline parallelism and attention data parallelism, and disables chunked prefill for non-generation models. Verify both the checks and engine runtime settings.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py: Adds optional prompt-length validation to both early-stop samplers. Verify the limit and error behavior, including multimodal requests.tensorrt_llm/executor/base_worker.py: Usesmax_tokens=1for fitting non-generation prompts and rejects overlong prompts using the context-parallel-scaled limit. Verify prompt-length handling at the boundary.tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm.py: Changes the condition for applying the encoder-only architecture hint. Verify encoder-only model classification.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a100.yml: Adds the scheduled-pooling test to the A100 pre-merge list.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_multimodal_embedding_lengths.py: Updates sampler setup and checks rejection of a prompt beyondmax_num_tokens. CI or manual-QA list membership is not established.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor_creator_no_kv_execution.py: Adds CPU-only checks for non-generation startup rejection with pipeline parallelism and attention data parallelism, plus generation-model cases. CI or manual-QA list membership is not established.tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_scheduled_pooling.py: Adds coverage for overlong prompts, maximum-length prompts, and overlap behavior. Listed in the A100 CI test list; manual-QA list membership is not established.Description
Scheduled pooling models (BERT, Qwen3-Embedding) and the standalone multimodal encoder (
mm_encoder_only) run onPyExecutorwith the C++ V1 scheduler. Today several of their configurations fail partway through a run. This PR turns those failures into startup errors or into an error for the one request involved:SamplingParams.max_tokensdefaults to 32 and overlap is on by default, soLLM(model).generate(prompt)on a pooling model fails. Once its context step is done, the request is rescheduled as a generation request and fails inEarlyStopSampler.max_tokens=1, which is the case that already works.max_seq_len, asLLM.encode()already allows.max_num_tokensreaches the scheduler and the runner and fails the whole batch.SampleStateWithMMResultcannot be built by the inter-PP forward.encode_onlyhint for encoder-only architectures was never shown, because it compared a bool withNone. That comparison is fixed.These guards are a stopgap until the dedicated encoder executor takes these models off
PyExecutor. The sampler and executor-creator checks go away with the no-KV branch; the worker behaviour stays.Test Coverage
tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_scheduled_pooling.py(new,l0_a100) covers three cases:max_seq_lentokens matchesLLM.encode();max_tokens=4matches the output with overlap disabled.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor_creator_no_kv_execution.py(new, CPU) covers the startup checks.test_llm_encode.py,test_encoder_executor.py, the pooling and encoder runner tests, andtest_mm_encoder_standalone.py;test_e2e.py::test_ptp_quickstart_bertandTestEncoderEncode;test_overlap_scheduler.pyand the existing prompt-length tests intest_llm.py.PR Checklist
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