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…s launcher-owned With num_serve_frontends > 1 every frontend drained the engine's iteration stats and kept its own Prometheus registry, so /metrics and /prometheus/metrics reported a random frontend's share; /start_profile returned 500 on attached frontends; the Anthropic batch store was per-process; attached frontends never noticed a dead launcher or engine and kept answering /health 200; and hub-id models with tp > 1 crashed attached frontends in CachedModelLoader (no MPI session). - The launcher's uvicorn also listens on a Unix socket in the multi-frontend ipc dir; attached frontends forward /metrics, /kv_cache_events, /start_profile, /stop_profile and /v1/messages/batches* to it (tensorrt_llm/serve/multi_frontend.py). - Only the launcher runs the iteration-stats collector; it also polls on a 1 s cadence (off the event loop) since attached-frontend requests never wake it. - The launcher exports one PROMETHEUS_MULTIPROC_DIR before spawning the children so request counters/histograms aggregate across frontends; config-info gauges are logged by the launcher only. - An attached-frontend watchdog turns a vanished parent or failing launcher /health into a fatal executor error plus graceful shutdown. - CachedModelLoader runs node tasks locally when there is no MPI session. Signed-off-by: Lance Liao <108499334+lancelly@users.noreply.github.com>
WalkthroughChangesMulti-frontend serving
Worker submission behavior
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change introduces multi-frontend request forwarding and launcher failure handling, but a header-dropping bug can cause valid binary (MessagePack) requests forwarded from attached frontends to fail against the launcher, and a socket-cleanup ordering bug can leave a stale socket file after a failed startup that blocks a clean restart. Several newly added behaviors (MPI-free model loading, launcher-loss shutdown, and full multi-frontend wiring) also lack tests that would catch a regression. These should be addressed before merging to avoid production-facing request failures and operational restart friction. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@tensorrt_llm/commands/serve.py`:
- Around line 827-829: Capture the Unix-socket path from launcher_uds_sock
before calling close(), then use the saved path for os.unlink() in the cleanup
block. Update the launcher_uds_sock cleanup flow while preserving the existing
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In `@tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_utils.py`:
- Around line 397-398: Add focused regression coverage for
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In `@tensorrt_llm/serve/multi_frontend.py`:
- Line 57: Update _FORWARDED_REQUEST_HEADERS to include x-trtllm-msgpack so
forwarded MessagePack POST requests retain the protocol selector, and add a
regression test sending a MessagePack body through an attached frontend.
In `@tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py`:
- Around line 1733-1737: Add CPU unit coverage for the watchdog’s
_on_launcher_lost path using a fake executor: verify _set_fatal_error is called
exactly once, _record_generator_termination is called, and signal.raise_signal
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- Around line 954-961: Add a production-path multi-frontend forwarding test
covering the attached OpenAIServer flow: at
tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py:954-961, assert launcher-owned routes from
FORWARDED_ROUTES are registered before local handlers; at
tensorrt_llm/commands/serve.py:795-799, exercise launcher_uds in the child
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Read the Unix-socket path before closing the socket.
Line 829 calls getsockname() after Line 827 closes the socket. This raises OSError, so this cleanup block never unlinks the socket path. A failed startup can leave a stale socket that prevents a retry from binding the same path.
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if launcher_uds_sock is not None:
+ launcher_uds_path = launcher_uds_sock.getsockname()
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Add regression coverage for multi-GPU execution without MPI.
CachedModelLoader._submit_to_all_workers now runs the task locally when is_multi_gpu is true and mpi_session is None. No test under tests/unittest/llmapi/ exercises this path. Add a focused test that asserts one local result and no MPI submission. This must catch a regression to the previous self.mpi_session.submit_sync(...) call with mpi_session=None.
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Forward the MessagePack protocol header.
_MsgspecRoute selects MessagePack decoding from x-trtllm-msgpack. The allowlist drops this header while it forwards the original binary body. The launcher then attempts JSON decoding and rejects valid MessagePack requests to forwarded POST routes.
Add x-trtllm-msgpack to the allowlist. Add a regression case that sends a MessagePack body through an attached frontend.
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| if self._launcher_forwarder is not None: | ||
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Add one production-path multi-frontend forwarding test.
The current tests manually assemble the forwarder and route table. They can pass while the launcher-to-attached integration is broken.
tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py#L954-L961: verify that an attachedOpenAIServerregisters launcher-owned routes before local handlers.tensorrt_llm/commands/serve.py#L795-L799: verify thatlauncher_udsenters the child attach payload and produces matchingMultiFrontendServingstate.tests/unittest/llmapi/test_serve_multi_frontend_helpers.py#L93-L94: retain helper coverage, but add a test that uses the production app and orchestration path.
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Add regression coverage for launcher-loss termination.
The watchdog tests only verify that a supplied list callback runs. They do not exercise _on_launcher_lost. A regression that fails to set _fatal_error, record termination, or raise SIGINT would pass.
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The forwarding design here is genuinely nice — replaying the request verbatim over the launcher's Unix socket keeps the /metrics drain semantics identical to the single-frontend case.
On this guard though: mpi_session is None is standing in for "I am an attached frontend", and it is the only thing distinguishing the two. Any other way a multi-GPU CachedModelLoader ends up without a session — a construction path that forgets to pass one, a later refactor — now silently runs the task rank-local instead of raising, and for something like a hub download that failure stays invisible until a worker is missing files. Would it be worth gating on an explicit attached-frontend flag from the attach info, so the fallback only fires where you intend it?
Non-blocking from my side, and fine as a follow-up if you would rather keep this PR tight.
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trtllm-servemulti-frontend mode (num_serve_frontends > 1, #16523) that #19379 (default 8) would otherwise expose to every user. Independent of #19379; meant to land first.With K frontends behind one
SO_REUSEPORTport a client cannot choose which process answers, so anything with exactly one owner per server must live in the launcher (frontend 0) and be reachable from every frontend. Measured before this PR (K=8,return_perf_metrics+enable_iter_perf_stats): each frontend ran its own iteration-stats collector, soGET /metricsreturned[0,1,0,0,0,0,18,19,0,…]over 16 polls and/prometheus/metricsshowed a differenttrtllm_request_success_total(6/7/8/10 for 64 requests) depending on the answering frontend.What changes
launcher.sock, passed to the children in the attach info). Attached frontends register forwarding routes ahead of the local handlers forGET /metrics,POST /kv_cache_events,POST /start_profile,POST /stop_profileand the Anthropic/v1/messages/batches*family (tensorrt_llm/serve/multi_frontend.py: LauncherForwarder, aiohttpUnixConnector). Requests are replayed verbatim; a dead launcher yields 503 instead of a hang or anAttributeError500 (/start_profileonGenerationExecutorFrontendProxy).set_prometheus_multiproc_dir()before spawning the children (whenreturn_perf_metricsorperf_metrics_output_diris set), so all frontends write their.dbfiles into onePROMETHEUS_MULTIPROC_DIRandMultiProcessCollectorin any frontend sums request counters/histograms across all of them; iteration-derived series come from the launcher only.getppid()check every 1 s) or a dead engine (launcher/health≠ 200 three times, probed every 5 s over the Unix socket) and does what the launcher's own health handler does: records the fatal error on its executor so in-flight/new requests raiseEngineDeadError, then raises SIGINT for a graceful shutdown. Before, 7 of 8 frontends kept answering/health200 with no engine, and a SIGKILLed/OOM-killed launcher left them holding the port.CachedModelLoader._submit_to_all_workersno longer dereferences a missing MPI session; an attached frontend runs the task locally (the launcher already populated the HF cache). Before,trtllm-serve <hub-id> --tp_size 2 --num_serve_frontends 2crashed every attached frontend withNone.submit_sync.Unchanged:
/perf_metrics(per-request records, useperf_metrics_output_dirJSONL across processes),/health(per frontend, by design), the disaggregated/steady_clock_offsethandshake (still calibrates the answering frontend only).Verification
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gb300-917ad7b3e9(1.3.0rc26 + this patch applied to the touched files), 1× GB300, Qwen3-0.6B,srun --mpi=pmix … trtllm-llmapi-launch trtllm-serve … --num_serve_frontends 8 --config metrics.yaml(return_perf_metrics+enable_iter_perf_stats), 8 frontends / 8 listeners on the port, 64/64 requests:GET /metricsover 16 polls (iteration stats returned)[0,1,0,0,0,0,18,19,0,…](per-frontend shards)[10,0,0,…]— one complete drain, same shape as a single frontend/prometheus/metrics× 32 scrapes,trtllm_request_success_total64;trtllm_num_requests_completed_total64trtllm_model_config_infoseries per scrape.dbfilescounter/histogramfrom all,gaugefrom the launcher only)POST /kv_cache_eventsfrom 8 random frontendsPOST /start_profile//stop_profile,/v1/messages/batches*AttributeError500 / per-process storekill -9/health200 foreverAttached frontend lost its engine: launcher frontend (pid …) exited, records the fatal error and exits; 0 listeners / 0 processes after 4–6 skill -STOP; stands in for a dead engine, which cannot be SIGKILLed undersrun --mpi=pmixwithout aborting the whole step)/health200 foreverThe 4 new CPU tests pass in the same container (pytest 9.1). Iteration-stat drain-on-read semantics are unchanged: the first poll returns everything accumulated since the previous one.
Additional runs in the same container:
/metrics[10,0,…],/prometheus/metrics32/32 identical (request_success_total=16), 1 config-info series — unchanged behaviour.trtllm-serve disaggregatedorchestrator,cache_transceiver_config.backend: DEFAULT): 32/32 completions through the orchestrator; ctx/metrics[11,0,…], gen[68,0,…](complete single drains);/prometheus/metricsrequest_success_total=32on both workers in 16/16 scrapes;/kv_cache_events4/4 → 200 on both. (The orchestrator's/perf_metricsreturned 404 in this container base, which predates that route; orchestrator code is untouched here.)apps/test_openai_server_iteration_stats.py,test_serve_report_addr.py,test_disagg_telemetry_launcher.py,test_config_database.py, run fromorigin/mainagainst the Aug-31 container): identical results in both arms — 744 passed / 322 failed with byte-identical failure sets (all container-vs-maindrift: config-database fields unknown to the old LlmArgs,async deftests without pytest-asyncio, disaggregated telemetry launcher changes). The patch introduces no new failure.Verification on the production agentic pipeline (DeepSeek-V4-Pro disaggregated, GB300)
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trtllm-serve disaggregateddeployment driven by the aiperf agentic client on thesemianalysis_cc_traces_weka_062126traces: 1 ctx worker (TP8 / attention-DP, 8 frontends) + 1 gen worker (TP8 / attention-DP, MTP3, 4 frontends) on 4 GB300 nodes, concurrency 128,enable_iter_perf_stats+return_perf_metricson, the harness polling every worker'sGET /metricsonce per second (AGENTX_POLL_ITER=1). Same Aug-31 image with this PR's four files bind-mounted over the installed package.PROMETHEUS_MULTIPROC_DIRand one iteration-stats collector per worker; the launcher's access log shows the poller's/metricshits arriving both directly and, with an empty client address, forwarded over the Unix socket).Test Coverage
tests/unittest/llmapi/test_serve_multi_frontend_helpers.py(new, CPU,l0_cpu.yml): forwarder replays forwarded routes over a Unix socket and leaves other routes local; 503 when the launcher socket is missing; watchdog fires once on consecutive health failures and on parent-pid change.PR Checklist
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