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…tend fallback Make the plain `trtllm-serve` subcommand run 8 HTTP frontend processes against one executor by default (`--num_serve_frontends`, added in NVIDIA#16523). At high concurrency a single serving process is host-bound on its asyncio loop; several SO_REUSEPORT frontends remove that ceiling. - The LlmArgs field default stays 1: a bare LLM() has no HTTP frontends to fan out to and only trtllm-serve can spawn them, so trtllm-bench / eval / Python users do not pay for the multi-frontend IPC topology. Because 8 != 1 the CLI value survives get_llm_args's default filter; a YAML `num_serve_frontends: 1` still overrides the untyped CLI default. - When the count comes from the default and the configuration can only run one frontend (--grpc, --port 0 / --report_addr, orchestrator_type, enable_resource_governor), log why and run 1 frontend instead of failing at startup. An explicit --num_serve_frontends > 1 keeps the loud error. - api_stability reference, new CPU tests (l0_cpu), docs section. Signed-off-by: Lance Liao <108499334+lancelly@users.noreply.github.com>
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ChangesHTTP frontend default resolution
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CLI
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CLI->>ServeCommand: Provide CLI and YAML options
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ServeCommand->>ServeCommand: Resolve frontend count
ServeCommand-->>CLI: Start with resolved count or return validation error
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Add a YAML-backed gRPC regression test.
The current tests cover YAML merging and default fallback separately. They do not pass an explicit YAML value through the --grpc CLI path. If this guard validates only explicit CLI parameters, num_serve_frontends: 8 from YAML would not be rejected. Add a CPU CLI test in tests/unittest/llmapi/test_serve_num_frontends_default.py that supplies this YAML value with --grpc and asserts the --num_serve_frontends must be 1 error.
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in test_serve_num_frontends_default.py that loads num_serve_frontends: 8 from
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Keeping the LlmArgs field at 1 so a bare LLM() never pays for the fan-out is exactly the right split, and the fallback resolution is careful.
What gives me pause is the upgrade path for someone who never types the flag. Per the description, with 8 frontends /metrics and /prometheus/metrics describe only the frontend that answered, so iteration-derived series see ~1/8 of traffic and counters look like they reset between scrapes — with aggregation left as follow-up. The Responses store also silently turns itself off, and the table shows healthy-after going 54 s to 154 s.
Would it be worth holding the default at 1 until the aggregation work lands, so the flip ships with a correct /metrics? The rest of this I'd take happily on its own.
Required for this PR, I think, rather than a nit — it changes what every existing deployment reports.
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Description
Follow-up to #16523 (
num_serve_frontends): make the plaintrtllm-servesubcommand run 8 HTTP frontend processes by default instead of 1.Motivation
At high concurrency a
trtllm-serveworker is host-bound on its single serving process: one asyncio event loop performs every requestjson.loads+ pydantic validation and every SSE chunk write. #16523 measuredgen_preprocessingp50 54 ms @ c512 → 109 ms @ c1024 → 1520 ms @ c2048 on a DSv4 disagg GEN worker while decode step time stayed flat; running several frontends behind oneSO_REUSEPORTport removes that ceiling. The knob has been the production setting in our agentic disagg configs (8 on CTX, 4 on GEN) since then; this PR makes users get the benefit without knowing the flag.What changes
--num_serve_frontends(serve subcommand) default1 → 8(DEFAULT_NUM_SERVE_FRONTENDSincommands/serve.py).LlmArgs.num_serve_frontendsfield default stays 1. A bareLLM()has no HTTP frontends to fan out to and onlytrtllm-servecan spawn them; keeping the field at 1 meanstrtllm-bench,trtllm-evaland PythonLLM()users do not pay for 8 result lanes / the multi-frontend IPC topology. Because8 != 1, the CLI value survivesget_llm_args's default filter and reaches the executor;num_serve_frontends: 1in the--configYAML still overrides it (YAML wins over an untyped CLI default).--grpc,--port 0/--report_addr,orchestrator_type(rpc/ray),enable_resource_governor—trtllm-servenow logs why and runs 1 frontend instead of failing at startup. An explicit--num_serve_frontends N>1with such a config still raises, as before (_resolve_default_num_serve_frontends). The--grpcguard now checks the resolved value so the fallback applies there too.--num_serve_frontends 1).tests/unittest/api_stability/references/trtllm_serve_cli.yaml:serve.num_serve_frontends.default: 8(the gate fails on the stock reference withdefault drift: code=8 vs yaml=1, verified).docs/source/commands/trtllm-serve/trtllm-serve.rst(default, opt-out, fallback rules, per-frontend state caveats).Behaviour users must know (limitations inherited from #16523, now on by default)
store/previous_response_id) is disabled with >1 frontend (per-process in-memory store). Opt out with--num_serve_frontends 1./metrics,/perf_metrics,/healthand/prometheus/metricsare answered by whichever frontend accepted the connection. Withreturn_perf_metricson, every frontend runs its own iteration-stats collector loop, so the engine's iteration stats are drained per frontend (each sees ~1/K of them) and both the JSON/metricsbuffer and the iteration-derived Prometheus series (KV-cache gauges,trtllm_num_requests_completed_total, iteration latency) reflect only the answering frontend's share; request-level Prometheus series (trtllm_request_success_total, TTFT/E2E histograms) live in per-process registries becausePROMETHEUS_MULTIPROC_DIRis created inOpenAIServer.__init__, after the children are spawned. A scraper therefore sees one frontend's share per scrape and counters appear to reset between scrapes. Withoutreturn_perf_metrics,/metricsdrains the engine queue on demand over RPC and the answering frontend returns everything queued, as today. Cross-frontend aggregation (shared multiproc dir set before spawning + gaugemultiprocess_mode, or a single collector in the launcher) is follow-up work;--num_serve_frontends 1restores today's numbers.disaggregated_mpi_worker,disaggregatedfleets),mm_embedding_serveand VisualGen are unaffected (the knob is ignored or absent on those entry points).Verification
pre-commit runpasses on all changed files.Container
gb300-917ad7b3e9(1.3.0rc26 + this patch applied tocommands/serve.py), 1× GB300, Qwen3-0.6B, launched the way this cluster runs production (srun --mpi=pmix … trtllm-llmapi-launch trtllm-serve …):trtllm-serve <model> --config metrics.yaml… --num_serve_frontends 1 --config metrics.yaml… --config rpc.yaml(orchestrator_type: rpc, no flag)… --num_serve_frontends 8 --config rpc.yamlValueError: num_serve_frontends > 1 requires the default (classic IPC) executor pathThe fallback case logs
num_serve_frontends defaults to 8, but orchestrator_type='rpc' supports a single serving frontend only; running 1 frontend. Pass --num_serve_frontends explicitly to override.and its/prometheus/metricscounters are complete (16/16) like the opt-out case.BaseLlmArgs.model_fields["num_serve_frontends"].default= 1,--helprenders the new text.api_stability/test_serve_cli.pypasses with the updated reference and fails on the stock one with[serve] option --num_serve_frontends field default drift: code=8 vs yaml=1. The fallback resolver was additionally exercised by a throwaway CPU test (every condition → 1, explicit request → unchanged + ValueError) that is not part of the PR.nvidia-smi --query-compute-appslists only the worker (58.7 GiB incl. KV cache) and the launcher (748 MiB) in both cases.GET /metricsreturned[0,1,0,0,0,0,18,19,0,…]iteration stats over 16 polls;GET /prometheus/metricsshowed 5 distincttrtllm_request_success_totalvalues (6 / 7 / 8 / 10) across 32 scrapes, versus a constant 32/32 with one frontend — the per-frontend sampling described above.trtllm-serveprocesses left.Test Coverage
tests/unittest/api_stability/test_serve_cli.py(reference updated; gates the default)tests/unittest/executor/test_multi_frontend_routing.py(unchanged, still pins the cap)PR Checklist
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