[ziqifan617]

Overview

Connect SGLang HiCacheStorage's KVCR-owned inventory to Dynamo's state agent so peer-fetch hints reflect actual KVCR DRAM residency, independently of GPU/HiCache-host copies.

Key Changes

Approximately 400 added production LOC, including relocated helpers; tests/docs excluded.

• Attach reported per-DP owners, incarnation-specific raw topics and reachable peer endpoints before worker registration; preserve the disabled/legacy path.
• Use engine-local inventory lifetime: clear on detach, release failed slots, and fence both event domains after a terminal sequence gap. Preserve vLLM Guard's durable/advisory behavior.
• Share endpoint/owner validation and bounded cleanup; reject loopback advertisements without masking worker errors/cancellation. Keep all seven distinct validator safety checks in concise table-driven coverage.

Requires sgl-project/sglang#45647, "publish_inventory": true, remote hints, Dynamo-format KV events and a state-agent host. Upgrade frontend, worker and host together; see the backend README. HiCacheStorage only, not linker mode.

Validation

All 8 reviewed-source E2E cases passed: Qwen3-0.6B through the real frontend, TP1/TP2 × Python/actual Rust tree cores × both residency cases, on one host with two B200s and reachable non-loopback endpoints. The tested source hashes match 5ba144a9a7.

Source after independent eviction	Verified result
GPU/HiCache retains prefix; KVCR evicts it	Native LRU removal on every TP shard; no peer hint/transfer; 0 destination reuse
KVCR retains prefix; GPU/HiCache evicts it	Genuine router-generated hint; 192/256 tokens restored; all 8 output IDs match cold inference

Each remote case verified source_write/remote_deliver: 3 blocks/6 spans per TP shard, 22,020,096 aggregate source-send bytes, matching deposited/delivered byte digests and no failed keys or nonzero failure/partial/error/drop native counters. Independent local audit verified all 369 evidence hashes and 16 distinct owners/topics. The harness pins only the destination, never source hints.

Old-code regressions reproduce slot leakage, post-gap publication and cleanup/endpoint failures; fixed checks pass: 21 SGLang Python, 3 SDK-free vLLM lifecycle and 20 native Rust checks. The shared-helper move is independently byte-reproduced.

TP2 engines share the two GPUs with private process groups/caches/agents. This is not performance, high-load, multi-node, hybrid-model, P/D or full-vLLM qualification. The Python queue blocks, but ZMQ PUB can still drop at HWM; detected gaps retire the source until restart, without replay/resynchronization.

Issues and Ongoing Work

• Part of SGLang in-process KVCR HiCache hint integration and startup GC alignment #16116: follow-up to the in-process HiCache integration; companion SGLang PR above.
• Review fixes are covered; upstream CI is rerunning separately.

Pull Request Checklist

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added opt-in support for SGLang HiCache inventory, allowing compatible deployments to publish cache state for router hints.
  • Cache inventory is attached during startup and cleared when the engine detaches. A sequence gap withdraws readiness until the worker restarts.
  • Deployments without the required capability continue using the existing behavior.
• Documentation
  • Added setup requirements, compatibility details, and operational limitations for the SGLang integration.

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[ziqifan617]

/ok to test 5b63155

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Walkthrough

The SGLang worker can attach KVCR-owned HiCache inventory when startup metadata advertises the required capability. The change adds descriptor validation and worker lifecycle wiring, extends owned-residency protocol support, and updates CacheOwner reset, readiness, and source-gap behavior for process-local inventory.

Changes

SGLang inventory integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Owned-residency protocol compatibility lib/llm/src/discovery/kv_state_agent.rs, lib/bindings/python/rust/llm/kv_state_agent.rs, lib/llm/src/kv_router/attachment_owner.rs, lib/llm/src/kv_router/indexer/recovery/state_agent.rs, lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/state_agent_host.rs	Adds SglangHiCacheV1 and accepts ingress protocols that support owned residency in attachment validation, source compatibility checks, and intent validation.
SGLang inventory descriptors components/src/dynamo/sglang/state_agent.py, components/src/dynamo/sglang/tests/test_state_agent.py, components/src/dynamo/sglang/README.md	Reads and validates inventory metadata, creates per-rank descriptors, and tests valid and rejected metadata. The README describes prerequisites, constraints, and process-local readiness behavior.
Worker attachment and event-source wiring components/src/dynamo/sglang/init_llm.py, components/src/dynamo/sglang/publisher.py, components/src/dynamo/sglang/register.py	Starts and closes the state-agent lifecycle in decode and prefill workers. Inventory sources bypass the existing KV-event publisher setup and set the runtime event-source mode to state_agent_v2.
Process-local CacheOwner lifecycle lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/state_agent.rs, lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/state_agent_host.rs	Resets CacheOwner inventory on HiCache attachment and detachment. HiCache readiness depends on attachment readiness, and source cursor gaps or regressions fail the source. The host shuts down the agent when its HiCache owner has no matching intents.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 5b631

Repeated HiCache worker replacement can consume additional publisher sockets, and a narrowly timed startup cancellation can leave stale registrations. Resolve those lifecycle risks before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 12.50% 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. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "feat(sglang): route KVCR HiCache inventory through state agents" names the main change: SGLang HiCache inventory owned by KVCR is attached to the KV state agent. The changeset adds the stat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check		The pull request includes all required sections: Overview, Key Changes, Validation, Issues and Ongoing Work, and the checklist. It provides detailed scope, prerequisites, validation results, limitatio…

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Explanation

The title "feat(sglang): route KVCR HiCache inventory through state agents" names the main change: SGLang HiCache inventory owned by KVCR is attached to the KV state agent. The changeset adds the state-agent attachment in state_agent.py, the sglang_hicache_v1 ingress in the Rust publisher, and recovery acceptance of SGLang owned-inventory advertisements. The title is specific, concise, and follows a conventional commit format. It does not cover the Rust-side protocol and recovery changes in detail, which is acceptable.

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The pull request includes all required sections: Overview, Key Changes, Validation, Issues and Ongoing Work, and the checklist. It provides detailed scope, prerequisites, validation results, limitations, and follow-up work. The issue reference uses “Part of #16116” instead of “Closes #XXXX,” but the template marks this link as advisory.

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components/src/dynamo/sglang/state_agent.py: 1

58-60: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Use direct attribute access on server_args for known fields.

server_args comes from resolved_server_args(...). It is a known SGLang ServerArgs type. nnodes, pp_size, and tokenizer_worker_num are part of that type. Line 57 already reads enable_hierarchical_cache directly.

A getattr(..., default) call returns the default if the attribute is renamed or removed in a future SGLang release. The check then passes without verifying PP=1 or a single tokenizer worker.

Use direct access. Add nnodes, pp_size, and tokenizer_worker_num to the SimpleNamespace in test_state_agent.py.

Proposed fix

-        or getattr(server_args, "nnodes", 1) != 1
-        or getattr(server_args, "pp_size", 1) != 1
-        or getattr(server_args, "tokenizer_worker_num", 1) != 1
+        or server_args.nnodes != 1
+        or server_args.pp_size != 1
+        or server_args.tokenizer_worker_num != 1

As per coding guidelines: "NO defensive getattr() on known types".

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Review comment at @components/src/dynamo/sglang/state_agent.py around lines 58 -
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Replace the defaulted getattr checks on server_args.nnodes, server_args.pp_size,
and server_args.tokenizer_worker_num with direct attribute access in the
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @components/src/dynamo/sglang/state_agent.py:
- Line 79: After the kvcr_hint_endpoints call, validate that every managed DP
rank in sources has a router-hint endpoint and raise a clear ValueError if any
are missing; add coverage for this case to
test_inventory_fails_closed_for_incomplete_startup_metadata.
- Around line 165-169: Keep a cancellation cleanup guard active around
KvStateAttachmentOwner.start() until the owner is assigned to
StateAgentLifecycle._owner; if cancellation interrupts startup before that
transfer, withdraw any registration that succeeded. Ensure cleanup also handles
an owner whose OnceCell has not been initialized, rather than relying only on
closing the owner after start returns.

Review comments at @lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/state_agent_host.rs:
- Line 629: Update the HiCache slot-removal path around `slot.agent = None` to
retain the slot’s socket allocation, shut down the agent, and then release that
allocation through `HostSockets` bookkeeping so direct ZMQ slot counts are
decremented. Preserve the existing removal behavior while ensuring repeated
removal and reattachment does not leak publisher sockets.

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Review comments at @components/src/dynamo/sglang/state_agent.py:
- Around line 58-60: Replace the defaulted getattr checks on server_args.nnodes,
server_args.pp_size, and server_args.tokenizer_worker_num with direct attribute
access in the single-node configuration check. Update the SimpleNamespace
fixture in test_state_agent.py to include these fields.

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• components/src/dynamo/sglang/README.md
• components/src/dynamo/sglang/init_llm.py
• components/src/dynamo/sglang/publisher.py
• components/src/dynamo/sglang/register.py
• components/src/dynamo/sglang/state_agent.py
• components/src/dynamo/sglang/tests/test_state_agent.py
• lib/bindings/python/rust/llm/kv_state_agent.rs
• lib/llm/src/discovery/kv_state_agent.rs
• lib/llm/src/kv_router/indexer/recovery/state_agent.rs
• lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/attachment_owner.rs
• lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/state_agent.rs
• lib/llm/src/kv_router/publisher/state_agent_host.rs

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[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: Still present: HiCache slot removal shuts down the agent without releasing its shared publisher socket allocation, so repeated reattachments increase socket use.
• Original discussion: Still present: a KVCR inventory source without a router-hint endpoint reaches endpoints[str(rank)] and raises an unexplained KeyError during startup.
• Original discussion: Still present: cancellation after the Rust registration task reports success but before Python stores the owner can leave discovery intents registered. The teardown path has no owner to close.
• Original discussion: Still present: cancellation between successful intent registration and completion of owner.start() can leave registered intents without an owner that lifecycle cleanup can close.
• Original discussion: Still present: removing a HiCache slot shuts down its agent without releasing its shared publisher socket allocation. Repeated removal and attachment can increase allocated sockets.
• Original discussion: Still present: when an inventory source lacks a router-hint endpoint, descriptor construction indexes the missing rank and raises an uninformative KeyError instead of identifying the missing prerequisite.
• Original discussion: Verified: cancellation after registration succeeds but before the Rust OnceCell and Python lifecycle receive the owner can leave discovery intents registered without a reachable owner to close.
• Original discussion: Verified: removing a HiCache slot drops its agent without releasing its allocation in HostSockets; repeated removal and reattachment causes additional shared publisher sockets to be allocated.
• Original discussion: Verified: when inventory sources have no router-hint endpoint, kvcr_hint_endpoints returns an empty map and descriptor construction raises an uninformative KeyError.

[ziqifan617]

/ok to test 09fb8df

[jthomson04]

Reviewed at 09fb8df. The SGLang mode reuses the vLLM state-agent path cleanly, and the per-event cost is one enum match in normalize_raw_batch. Main items are slot cleanup on the host's no-intent path and the gap path continuing after fail_source; the rest are small.

[ziqifan617]

/ok to test ddc87d0

[ziqifan617]

Reviewed at 09fb8df. The SGLang mode reuses the vLLM state-agent path cleanly, and the per-event cost is one enum match in normalize_raw_batch. Main items are slot cleanup on the host's no-intent path and the gap path continuing after fail_source; the rest are small.

all addressed. thanks

[jthomson04]

Re-reviewed at ddc87d0. Engine-local slots now release on the no-intent path, the gap path stops before publishing, and the close/validation helpers are shared with vLLM. LGTM.

[ziqifan617]

/ok to test ddc87d0

[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: Still present: after cancellation during shielded startup, _close_after_start directly awaits startup. A subsequent startup failure propagates through lifecycle.close() in both worker teardown paths and replaces the original CancelledError. Consume unsuccessful startup results and withdraw only after successful startup.
• Original discussion: Still present: removed_slots_reuse_their_shared_publisher runs four identical allocation/removal cycles. Two cycles retain release-to-zero and subsequent publisher-reuse coverage; the remaining cycles repeat the same states.
• Original discussion: Still present: source_compatibility_accepts_owned_ingress_contracts repeats publisher-ID and block-size mismatch assertions for all three protocols. FrameworkV1 already fails the independent protocol predicate, and the two owned protocols duplicate these mismatch checks. Retain protocol acceptance checks in the loop and run the mismatch assertions once with an owned protocol.
• Original discussion: Still present: validate_advertise_host rejects the exact localhost label but accepts names ending in .localhost. The SGLang descriptor path therefore accepts a reserved loopback hostname, allowing a separate state-agent host to subscribe to its own loopback instead of the worker.
• Original discussion: Verified at the reviewed head: _close_after_start awaits startup without handling failure. If shielded startup fails after worker cancellation, lifecycle.close propagates that failure during teardown and replaces the original CancelledError.
• Original discussion: Verified at the reviewed head: validate_advertise_host rejects only the exact localhost label and still accepts worker.localhost, allowing a remote state-agent host to subscribe to its own loopback instead of the worker.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: validate_advertise_host rejects exact localhost but accepts names ending in .localhost. SGLang descriptors can therefore advertise a loopback raw-event endpoint to a separate state-agent host, which can report readiness without receiving inventory.
• Original discussion: Verified still present: when cancelled startup later fails, _close_after_start propagates that failure through StateAgentLifecycle.close during init_llm teardown, replacing the original CancelledError. Registration failure already rolls back natively; cleanup should consume failed startup and close only after successful startup.

[ziqifan617]

/ok to test 25dd503

[dynamo-review-agent]

Previously reported defects still present:

• Original discussion: Verified at the reviewed head: _close_after_start directly awaits startup. If shielded startup fails after worker cancellation, lifecycle.close propagates that failure during init_llm teardown and replaces the original CancelledError. Consume failed startup results and close only after successful startup.
• Original discussion: Verified at the reviewed head: validate_advertise_host rejects exact localhost but accepts worker.localhost and other names ending in .localhost. SGLang descriptors can therefore advertise a loopback raw-event endpoint to a separate state-agent host, which subscribes to its own loopback.
• Original discussion: Verified still present at the reviewed head: _close_after_start directly awaits startup. If shielded startup fails after worker cancellation, lifecycle.close propagates that failure during init_llm teardown, replacing the original CancelledError. Consume unsuccessful startup results and close the owner only after successful startup.
• Original discussion: Verified still present at the reviewed head: _close_after_start directly awaits startup. If shielded startup fails after worker cancellation, lifecycle.close propagates that failure through init_decode or init_prefill teardown, replacing the original CancelledError. Consume unsuccessful startup results and close only owners whose startup succeeded.
• Original discussion: Verified still present at the reviewed head: removed_slots_reuse_their_shared_publisher runs four deterministic allocation/removal cycles. Two cycles retain release-to-zero and subsequent publisher-reuse coverage; the remaining cycles repeat those states.
• Original discussion: Verified still present at the reviewed head: source_compatibility_accepts_owned_ingress_contracts repeats publisher-ID and block-size mismatch assertions across all three protocols. FrameworkV1 already fails the independent ingress predicate, and the owned protocols duplicate these mismatch checks; execute those assertions once with an owned protocol.
• Original discussion: Verified still present at the reviewed head: validate_advertise_host rejects exact localhost but accepts names ending in .localhost, including worker.localhost. SGLang descriptors can advertise such a loopback endpoint to a separate state-agent host, which then subscribes to its own loopback. Reject the normalized .localhost namespace as well.
• Original discussion: Verified still present at the reviewed head: validate_advertise_host rejects exact localhost but accepts names ending in .localhost. SGLang descriptors can therefore advertise a loopback raw-event endpoint to a separate state-agent host, which can report readiness without receiving inventory. Normalize the hostname and reject the reserved .localhost suffix.