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  • docker/base/Dockerfile.python-wheels: new magi-attention-wheel stage. It builds MagiAttention at d7ea8afd, the rev Automodel r0.6.0 pins in [tool.uv.sources], on NGC PyTorch 26.07 / CUDA 13.3. It uses upstream Automodel's build settings: MAGI_ATTENTION_BUILD_COMPUTE_CAPABILITY=90,100, MAGI_ATTENTION_PREBUILD_FFA=0 (FFA kernels are compiled on first use instead of at build time) and MAX_JOBS=8.
  • docker-bake.hcl:
    • adds the magi-attention-wheel target and a MAGI_ATTENTION_COMMIT variable
    • adds magi_attention_wheel_context(), which supports USE_LOCAL_WHEELS and a MAGI_ATTENTION_WHEEL_CONTEXT override
    • adds the target to the nhx-automodel-gpu-wheels group and wires it into nhx-automodel-base-builder
  • docker/automodel/Dockerfile.nhx-automodel-base: keeps --no-group magi on uv sync and installs the prebuilt wheel with --no-deps after the sync, next to causal-conv1d and mamba-ssm.
  • tests/smoke_gpu/test_customizer_automodel.py: imports magi_attn_ext and magi_attn_comm directly. MagiAttention's __init__ only warns when its compiled extensions fail to load, so a plain import magi_attention would hide a missing .so or a torch ABI mismatch.
  • docker/automodel/README.md: lists the new wheel image.

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  • New Features
    • Added Magi Attention to the Automodel GPU image as a prebuilt wheel for CUDA 13.3 and Python 3.12.
    • Added NVSHMEM 3.6.5 to support Magi Attention.
    • Included Magi Attention in the Automodel GPU wheel build.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the documented Automodel base image to NGC PyTorch 26.07 and listed Magi Attention among its CUDA extension wheels.

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The changes add a pinned MagiAttention wheel build for CUDA 13.3 and connect the wheel image to the Automodel base-image build. They also update the Automodel documentation and GPU smoke test.

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MagiAttention wheel and Automodel image

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build and expose the MagiAttention wheel
docker-bake.hcl, docker/base/Dockerfile.python-wheels
The wheel Dockerfile builds the pinned MagiAttention revision for CUDA 13.3 with compute capabilities 90 and 100. Bake configuration defines the target and context selection, and passes the commit and NVSHMEM version.
Install and verify the wheel in Automodel
docker-bake.hcl, docker/automodel/Dockerfile.nhx-automodel-base, docker/automodel/README.md, tests/smoke_gpu/test_customizer_automodel.py
The base image installs the wheel with existing CUDA extension wheels and installs NVSHMEM. The README updates the documented PyTorch version to 26.07 and lists the wheel prerequisite. The smoke test imports magi_attn_comm and magi_attn_ext.

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  participant DockerBake
  participant PythonWheelBuilder
  participant AutomodelBaseBuilder
  participant GPUSmokeTest
  DockerBake->>PythonWheelBuilder: Build magi-attention-wheel target
  PythonWheelBuilder->>AutomodelBaseBuilder: Provide wheel image as build context
  AutomodelBaseBuilder->>AutomodelBaseBuilder: Install CUDA 13.3 wheel and NVSHMEM
  GPUSmokeTest->>AutomodelBaseBuilder: Import compiled MagiAttention extensions
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🟠 Major · use_memory_efficient_lora is dropped at this step, so the backend never… · compiler.py:351-358

services/automodel/src/nhx/automodel/app/jobs/training/compiler.py:351-358
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use_memory_efficient_lora is dropped at this step, so the backend never receives it.

The adapter copies the value into the API LoRAParams. _translate_lora_config builds LoRAConfig without it, so LoRAConfig.use_memory_efficient_lora is always None. _build_peft in config.py then never sends the key to Automodel. Because of this, use_memory_efficient_lora=false has no effect: Automodel's default (on) always applies. test_peft_forwards_use_memory_efficient_lora_only_when_set patches LoRAConfig directly, so it does not catch this.

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     lora = LoRAConfig(
         rank=api_lora.rank,
         alpha=api_lora.alpha,
         dropout=api_lora.dropout,
         target_modules=api_lora.target_modules,
         exclude_modules=api_lora.exclude_modules,
         use_triton=api_lora.use_triton,
+        use_memory_efficient_lora=api_lora.use_memory_efficient_lora,
     )

Add a _translate_lora_config test that checks False gets through.

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In `@services/automodel/src/nhx/automodel/app/jobs/training/compiler.py` around
lines 351 - 358, Update `_translate_lora_config` to pass
`api_lora.use_memory_efficient_lora` into the `LoRAConfig` constructor so
explicitly setting it to `False` reaches the backend. Add a test for
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Inline comments:
In `@docker/automodel/README.md`:
- Line 12: Update the PyTorch version references in the `nhx-automodel-base`
README row and the other 26.05 reference to 26.07, matching
`Dockerfile.nhx-automodel-base` and keeping the documented version consistent.

In `@services/automodel/src/nhx/automodel/tasks/training/backends/config.py`:
- Around line 430-436: Update the explicit packed_sequence_size branch in the
sequence-packing configuration flow to estimate dataset sequence lengths and
derive packing_factor from the pinned size and average sequence length. Keep the
configured pack size unchanged, return the estimated factor when available (or
None when unavailable), and include it in the existing log message.

In `@services/rl/src/nhx/rl/schemas/job.py`:
- Around line 198-200: Update the optimizer-kwargs handling in the job schema
flow so supported dtype strings such as "torch.bfloat16" are converted to their
corresponding torch.dtype values before constructing FusedAdam. Preserve other
supplied optimizer kwargs and add a test covering the JSON-to-optimizer path.

In `@services/rl/src/nhx/rl/tasks/training/backends/nemo_rl/dpo_config.py`:
- Around line 486-487: Build optimizer constructor arguments according to the
class selected by optimizer_name: omit the PyTorch-only foreach and fused
defaults when selecting Transformer Engine FusedAdam, while retaining them for
optimizers that support them. Apply this in the shared optimizer configuration
used by both DPO and GRPO.

In `@services/rl/src/nhx/rl/tasks/training/backends/nemo_rl/grpo_config.py`:
- Around line 119-122: Update the merge in the GRPO config flow near
`dtensor_cfg["moe_parallelizer"]` so caller-supplied `moe_parallelizer` values
cannot disable `ignore_router_for_ac` when expert parallelism and activation
checkpointing require it. Reject `false` for that combination or apply the
required `true` value after caller overrides; preserve other caller-supplied
settings.

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In `@services/automodel/src/nhx/automodel/app/jobs/training/compiler.py`:
- Around line 351-358: Update `_translate_lora_config` to pass
`api_lora.use_memory_efficient_lora` into the `LoRAConfig` constructor so
explicitly setting it to `False` reaches the backend. Add a test for
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anubhutivyas force-pushed the anubhutiv/add-magi-attn branch from 9f462a9 to 31bec3c Compare September 28, 2026 18:41
@anubhutivyas anubhutivyas changed the title Anubhutiv/add magi attn chore(customizer): add magi_attention dependency in automodel Sep 28, 2026
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Suite Lines Covered Line Rate Branch Rate
Unit Tests 50275/62257 80.8% 65.1%
Integration Tests 32675/59315 55.1% 26.5%

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looks good, make sure to re-pin the wheels image after rebasing

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anubhutivyas force-pushed the anubhutiv/add-magi-attn branch from caa2daf to 67cc126 Compare October 2, 2026 06:08
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