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What

GDS and ModelStreamer loading now run their setup when the weight iterator is created, not on the first next(). Setup errors now reach StrategyFailed(mutated=False). Transfer errors are still reported as mutated=True.

Fixes #995

Why

MxGdsLoader.load_iter and ModelStreamerStrategy._stream_weights were generators. Because of that, an error in path resolution, GDS setup, file discovery, header parsing or streamer loader construction was raised inside apply_weight_iter. The strategy then reported it as mutated=True. The chain rebuilt the model through reinit_for_retry, or stopped if the adapter has no reinit_for_retry, even though no weight had been loaded.

How

  • gds_loader.py: load_iter is now a plain method. It resolves the path, checks GDS, creates the GDS manager, finds the files and parses the headers, then returns the new _iter_file_jobs generator. That generator holds the prefetch pipeline, which is unchanged. The dtype check moved into a small _torch_dtype helper. The setup step calls it for every tensor, and _load_file_tensors still uses it.
  • model_streamer_strategy.py: _stream_weights returns the adapter's iterator instead of using yield from.
  • engines/sglang/adapter.py: build_model_streamer_weight_iter returns loader._get_all_weights(...) instead of using yield from, so its own checks and loader construction also run on call. The vLLM builder already returned its iterator.
  • InstantTensor is not changed.
  • Setup that runs inside the vLLM or SGLang loader's own iterator, such as listing files in object storage, is not changed by this PR. If those upstream methods are generators, their errors are still raised during iteration.

Testing

New tests:

  • test_gds_loader.py: the real MxGdsLoader, with the GDS manager stubbed, on an empty directory and on a header with an unsupported dtype. Both expect mutated=False and no apply_weight_iter call. A transfer error from batch_load_file still gives mutated=True. A success case checks that tensors are still yielded.
  • test_model_streamer_strategy.py: an adapter whose builder raises gives mutated=False, and apply_weight_iter is not called.
  • test_sglang_loader.py: the SGLang builder raises the missing-model error on call, before iteration.

All runs were on CPU. The new tests on main are the same test files run against the main source.

Run main (6b7d418) this PR
pytest modelexpress_client/python/tests/test_gds_loader.py modelexpress_client/python/tests/test_model_streamer_strategy.py modelexpress_client/python/tests/test_sglang_loader.py 4 failed, 142 passed 146 passed
pytest modelexpress_client/python/tests/ 54 failed, 4052 passed, 74 skipped (without the new tests) 54 failed, 4058 passed, 74 skipped

The 4 failures on main are the four setup-error tests. Each one fails on mutated is True, or on "DID NOT RAISE" for the SGLang test. The 54 failures in the full run are the same on both sides. They are all in test_vmm_arena.py and test_vmm_hook.py, which need the compiled VMM extension, and that was not built locally.

pre-commit run passes. The Rust hooks are skipped because no Rust files changed.

Not tested: a real GDS transfer, and the real vLLM and SGLang streamer loaders.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Model-loading setup errors, including missing weight files and unsupported tensor types, are reported before weight transfer begins, helping prevent partial model changes.
    • Transfer failures are handled with cleanup of the transfer manager.
    • Errors encountered while preparing streamed weights are reported without invoking the adapter or marking the model as changed.

MxGdsLoader.load_iter and ModelStreamerStrategy._stream_weights were
generators, so their setup errors were raised inside apply_weight_iter and
reported as StrategyFailed(mutated=True). Run setup when the iterator is
created so only transfer-time errors are reported as mutated.

Signed-off-by: Dezhen Lu <Dezhen.lu@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
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Walkthrough

GDS and model-streamer setup errors now occur when the weight iterator is built, before the adapter applies weights. The changes also centralize GDS dtype lookup and add tests for setup failures, transfer failures, and successful loading.

Changes

Iterator Setup Error Handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
GDS setup and transfer handling
modelexpress_client/python/modelexpress/gds_loader.py, modelexpress_client/python/tests/test_gds_loader.py
load_iter performs path resolution, GDS setup, safetensors discovery, header parsing, and dtype validation before it returns an iterator. Tests cover setup failures before adapter invocation, transfer failure, and successful loading.
Model-streamer iterator return
modelexpress_client/python/modelexpress/engines/sglang/adapter.py, modelexpress_client/python/modelexpress/load_strategy/model_streamer_strategy.py, modelexpress_client/python/tests/test_model_streamer_strategy.py, modelexpress_client/python/tests/test_sglang_loader.py
The SGLang adapter and strategy return their built iterators directly. Tests cover an iterator-builder ImportError and a missing-model setup error.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 7dd4f

No actionable merge-blocking issue is established for the changed loading paths. The change is mergeable after normal checks.

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: GDS and ModelStreamer setup errors are now reported as not mutated. The raw summary and objectives confirm that setup moved into iterator creation in gds_loader.py, mo…
Linked Issues check Passed Directly linked issue #995 requires that GDS and ModelStreamer setup errors be reported as StrategyFailed(mutated=False) and that apply_weight_iter not run for them. Transfer errors must stay mutated=…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The whole-PR diff from merge base 6b7d418 to head 7dd4f9f touches these files:
- gds_loader.py: setup moved into load_iter. The _torch_dtype helper centralizes the dtype error that was previously inli…
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The title names the main change: GDS and ModelStreamer setup errors are now reported as not mutated. The raw summary and objectives confirm that setup moved into iterator creation in gds_loader.py, model_streamer_strategy.py, and the SGLang adapter, so that setup errors raise StrategyFailed(mutated=False) and transfer errors remain mutated=True. The title is specific and matches the changeset, and it follows the conventional commit style.

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Explanation

Directly linked issue #995 requires that GDS and ModelStreamer setup errors be reported as StrategyFailed(mutated=False) and that apply_weight_iter not run for them. Transfer errors must stay mutated=True.

Verified at head 7dd4f9f:

  • GDS setup [#995]: MxGdsLoader.load_iter in gds_loader.py has no yield. It runs path resolution (_resolve_model_path), is_gds_available(), the GDS manager creation (_ensure_gds_manager), file discovery (_resolve_safetensors_files), header parsing, and the per-tensor dtype check (_torch_dtype) before it returns. It returns iter(()) when no file jobs exist, or the _iter_file_jobs generator. The prefetch and yield logic moved unchanged into _iter_file_jobs.
  • GDS strategy wiring [#995]: gds_strategy.py calls load_iter in the inner try. Its except raises StrategyFailed(mutated=False). apply_weight_iter runs in the second try, which raises StrategyFailed(mutated=True). The existing split is preserved.
  • ModelStreamer [#995]: model_streamer_strategy.py _stream_weights now returns ctx.adapter.build_model_streamer_weight_iter(...) and has no yield, so the builder runs on call. The PR reports a new test for this path (ImportError from the builder gives mutated=False, and apply_weight_iter is not called). I did not re-read the load_uri call site or the test file.
  • SGLang [#995]: build_model_streamer_weight_iter in engines/sglang/adapter.py has no yield. The model-is-None check and loader construction now run on call. The vLLM builder already returned its iterator, per the PR description and the issue.
  • Transfer errors: batch_load_file errors still occur during iteration in _load_file_tensors, which runs inside apply_weight_iter, so they still map to mutated=True.

No coding requirement is unmet in the reviewed code. Automated tests are reported by the PR as passing on head and failing on main for the setup-error cases. I did not run them.

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Explanation

The whole-PR diff from merge base 6b7d418 to head 7dd4f9f touches these files:

  • gds_loader.py: setup moved into load_iter. The _torch_dtype helper centralizes the dtype error that was previously inline in _load_file_tensors. The docstring change describes the new return timing. All of this serves #995.
  • model_streamer_strategy.py: one line changed from yield from to return. This serves #995.
  • engines/sglang/adapter.py: one line changed from yield from to return. This serves #995.
  • tests/test_gds_loader.py, tests/test_model_streamer_strategy.py, tests/test_sglang_loader.py: new tests for the setup-error and transfer-error cases in #995.

No change touches InstantTensor, the vLLM loader, or unrelated modules. The PR description states that upstream vLLM and SGLang iterator setup is not changed, and the diff agrees. No unrelated change was found.

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Docstring coverage is 28.57% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 7 functions across 6 files.

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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