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Adds QueueLimitKind::UncachedTokens, a fourth per-worker policy-class queue admission gate: uncached_token_queue_limit_per_worker. The gate caps the uncached portion of queued ISL — raw ISL minus the best cached tokens across eligible workers, i.e. the prefill work the cluster will actually compute — and rejects with the typed 503 QueueRejected response once queued uncached tokens reach the per-worker limit times the discovered worker count.

Motivation: raw_isl_token_queue_limit_per_worker counts the full prompt including the KV-cached prefix, so cache-heavy traffic consumes admission budget for work that will not be computed. The cached-token gate bounds the cache-reused portion; this gate bounds the complement, protecting prefill capacity. It implements the uncached-token tier designed in DEP #9755 that was not carried into the policy-class implementation (#10744, which shipped the request / raw-ISL / cached-token gates). The knob name follows the *_queue_limit_per_worker convention those gates actually shipped with rather than the DEP's candidate CLI name.

Disabled by default (None), changes no scheduling/DRR/ordering behavior, checked after CachedTokens, so existing configurations are unaffected. The mocker offline replay shares this policy queue and picks the gate up automatically.

  • lib/kv-router/src/scheduling/policy_queue.rs: UncachedTokens variant, uncached_tokens accounting on enqueue/dispatch/removal, rejection tuple after CachedTokens
  • lib/kv-router/src/scheduling/policy_config.rs: uncached_token_queue_limit_per_worker on the YAML schema, resolved config, and synthetic single-class fallback
  • lib/llm/src/kv_router/: router_queue_backpressure_total{reason="uncached_token_limit"} rejection counter
  • Python (RouterQueueLimitExceeded with limit_kind="uncached_tokens") and the OpenAI HTTP 503 JSON rejection body pick up the new kind via Display/serde automatically
  • docs/fern/: document the new knob in the router configuration page and correct the rejection status code in that paragraph to the 503 the selection service returns

Relates to #9755

Validation

  • cargo test --locked -p dynamo-kv-router --lib: 1017 passed, including 6 new tests:
    • cache-rich requests consume no uncached budget; pre-add crossing semantics; dispatch returns budget for readmission
    • cap follows the discovered worker count in both directions without evicting queued work
    • zero limit sheds immediately once the class is busy
    • YAML field parses, absent field stays None (old YAML compatible), synthetic default None
    • end-to-end actor-path typed rejection: busy → queue → 503 body, error string, class stats, !is_overload
    • integration test proving cached overlap feeds the uncached accounting: two 100-ISL requests with 50 cached tokens each queue under a 100-token cap (rejected only on the third arrival with current=100, not the 200 raw ISL tokens), while the pending ISL and cached gauges still reflect the full prompt picture
  • cargo test --locked -p dynamo-llm --lib kv_router: 369 passed (including the updated PEF metrics snapshot with the new uncached_token_limit series)
  • cargo clippy -p dynamo-kv-router -p dynamo-llm: clean (only the pre-existing CUDA FATBIN build-script notes)
  • cargo fmt --all --check: clean

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable per-worker limits for uncached tokens in policy classes.
    • Queue capacity now accounts for uncached-token usage, including cache overlap and the number of available workers.
    • Added metrics for requests rejected because of uncached-token limits.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Requests exceeding uncached-token queue limits are now rejected with HTTP 503 instead of HTTP 529.
    • Queue capacity is correctly restored after requests drain, allowing subsequent requests to proceed.
  • Documentation

    • Updated configuration guidance for uncached-token queue limits.

joker added 3 commits September 18, 2026 18:18
Add QueueLimitKind::UncachedTokens as a fourth policy-class admission
gate, configured per worker as uncached_token_queue_limit_per_worker
and worker-scaled like the existing tiers. The gate accumulates the
uncached portion (raw ISL minus best cached tokens) of requests parked
in the router queue and rejects with the typed 503 QueueRejected
response once queued uncached tokens reach the per-worker limit times
the discovered worker count, bounding queued prefill compute by real
work rather than raw prompt size.

This revives the uncached-token queue limit specified in DEP ai-dynamo#9755 and
left unimplemented when policy-class queues shipped the request,
raw-ISL, and cached-token gates. The gate is disabled by default and
changes no scheduling or ordering behavior.

- policy_queue: UncachedTokens variant, uncached_tokens accounting on
  enqueue/dispatch/removal, rejection checked after CachedTokens
- policy_config: uncached_token_queue_limit_per_worker on the YAML
  schema, resolved config, and synthetic single-class fallback
- llm: router_queue_backpressure_total{reason="uncached_token_limit"}
  rejection counter on the observing scheduler
- Python and OpenAI rejection surfaces pick up the new limit_kind via
  Display/serde automatically

Signed-off-by: joker <a1214096242@gamil.com>
Add an actor-level integration test that enqueues requests carrying
per-worker KV overlap under an uncached-token queue cap. Two 100-ISL
requests with 50 cached tokens each queue under a 100-token cap (only
the 50 uncached tokens per request are charged) and the third is
rejected with current=100 rather than the 200 raw ISL tokens, while the
pending ISL and cached gauges still reflect the full prompt picture.

Signed-off-by: joker <a1214096242@gamil.com>
List uncached_token_queue_limit_per_worker alongside the other
per-worker queue limits and describe its semantics: the gate bounds
only the queued ISL portion that still needs prefill compute after the
best cached-token overlap, protecting prefill capacity without
overcounting cache-heavy requests. Corrects the rejection status code
in this paragraph from 529 to the 503 the selection service returns.

Signed-off-by: joker <a1214096242@gamil.com>
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Walkthrough

The change adds optional per-worker uncached-token queue limits. Queue admission tracks uncached tokens, scales limits by worker count, rejects excess requests, records rejection metrics, and documents the configuration and response behavior.

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Uncached-token queue limits

Layer / File(s) Summary
Policy configuration
lib/kv-router/src/scheduling/policy_config.rs
Policy classes accept optional uncached-token limits. YAML resolution preserves configured values, while omitted and synthetic profiles use None.
Queue accounting and admission
lib/kv-router/src/scheduling/policy_queue.rs, lib/kv-router/src/scheduling/queue.rs
Queue admission checks worker-scaled uncached-token limits. Queue statistics add and subtract uncached-token usage. Tests cover cached overlap, pre-add checks, worker scaling, draining, zero limits, and rejection behavior.
Rejection metrics and documentation
lib/llm/src/kv_router/embedded.rs, lib/llm/src/kv_router/metrics.rs, docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/knowledge-base/modular-components/router/configuration-and-tuning.md
Uncached-token rejections increment a dedicated metric. Documentation describes the limit, uncached-token accounting, endpoint scaling, and HTTP response behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c0e72

The new queue-limit documentation can mislead operators tuning scheduling or interpreting rejection responses. The corrections are localized and do not indicate a runtime implementation failure.

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🟡 Minor · Distinguish router and OpenAI response statuses. · configuration-and-tuning.md:249-252

docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/knowledge-base/modular-components/router/configuration-and-tuning.md:249-252
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Distinguish router and OpenAI response statuses.

This paragraph conflates two response surfaces. The router conversion returns HTTP 503 for QueueRejected, while the OpenAI ErrorMessage::from_anyhow conversion uses overload_status_code() and returns the configured overload status, which is HTTP 529 in its test. Rewrite the paragraph so HTTP 503 applies to router queue-limit rejection and HTTP 529 applies only to the OpenAI policy-class response.

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In
`@docs/fern/pages/developer-guide/knowledge-base/modular-components/router/configuration-and-tuning.md`
around lines 249 - 252, Rewrite the paragraph to distinguish the response
statuses: state that router queue-limit rejection via QueueRejected returns HTTP
503, while the OpenAI ErrorMessage::from_anyhow policy-class conversion uses
overload_status_code() and returns HTTP 529. Keep the existing discussion of
worker-scaled, class-local limits and avoid attributing HTTP 529 to the router
response.

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- Around line 215-217: Update the paragraph around QueueSnapshot::new to
document that exact raw, cached, and uncached token snapshots remain used for
limits and token counters, while DRR deficit charging and WSPT priority use the
enqueue-time scheduling_cost_tokens value clamped to at least one.

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- Around line 249-252: Rewrite the paragraph to distinguish the response
statuses: state that router queue-limit rejection via QueueRejected returns HTTP
503, while the OpenAI ErrorMessage::from_anyhow policy-class conversion uses
overload_status_code() and returns HTTP 529. Keep the existing discussion of
worker-scaled, class-local limits and avoid attributing HTTP 529 to the router
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Comment on lines +215 to +217
protects prefill capacity. DRR charges the uncached-token snapshot captured
at enqueue, while raw, cached, and uncached snapshots remain unchanged for
limits, WSPT, counters, and later dispatch. For the ring cursor, deficit

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Document the clamped scheduling cost.

QueueSnapshot::new preserves exact uncached_tokens but sets scheduling_cost_tokens to max(1, uncached_tokens). DRR deficit charging and WSPT priority both use scheduling_cost_tokens. Update this paragraph to state that limits and token counters use exact snapshots, while DRR and WSPT use the clamped scheduling cost captured at enqueue.

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In
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around lines 215 - 217, Update the paragraph around QueueSnapshot::new to
document that exact raw, cached, and uncached token snapshots remain used for
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Limits are checked against current usage before adding the incoming request,
so the request that crosses a limit is accepted and the next queued request is
rejected with HTTP 529 and the effective total. Worker removal does not evict
rejected with HTTP 503 and the effective total. Worker removal does not evict

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The frontend does not return a fixed HTTP 503 for this rejection. ErrorMessage::from_anyhow recognizes QueueRejection and emits overload_status_code(), whose default is 529 and which operators may override with DYN_HTTP_OVERLOAD_STATUS_CODE. Documenting 503 makes clients configured as shown here handle the wrong status.

🤖 AI Fix

Document queue-limit rejections as using the configured overload status code (default 529), or change the frontend error mapping consistently if 503 is the intended contract.

Limits are checked against current usage before adding the incoming request,
so the request that crosses a limit is accepted and the next queued request is
rejected with HTTP 529 and the effective total. Worker removal does not evict
rejected with HTTP 503 and the effective total. Worker removal does not evict

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This states queue-limit rejections return HTTP 503, but the OpenAI frontend maps every QueueRejection through overload_status_code(), whose default is 529; the existing HTTP test also asserts 529. Operators can configure 503, but it is not the default described here.

🤖 AI Fix

Document the default HTTP 529 queue-rejection status and note that DYN_HTTP_OVERLOAD_STATUS_CODE can override it.

"uncached-queued",
)
.unwrap();
// Cache-rich work consumes none of the uncached budget.

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This restates the immediately following QueueSnapshot::new(100, 100) setup and the assertion that the uncached total remains 2; it adds no lasting constraint beyond the test code.

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Remove this redundant test narration.

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