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fix(kv-router): reject non-boolean worker flags in upsert and patch - #17910

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Failure behavior

Overview

The Python selection service coerces non-boolean worker flags by truthiness. Passing is_eagle="false" or engine_owned_mm_identity="false" to upsert_worker or patch_worker can enable the wrong block hashing mode.

Key Changes

Apply the existing strict_bool parser to both fields on WorkerRequest and WorkerPatchRequest. Real booleans, a missing key, and None keep their meaning. Other values raise ValueError before worker state or KV-event listeners change. This intentionally rejects callers that passed truthy non-boolean objects.

Core change: four Serde annotations in lib/kv-router/src/services/selection/types.rs. No new dependencies or routing algorithms.

Validation

Extend test_selection_service_malformed_payload_raises_value_error in lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py with upsert and patch calls using "false" for each worker flag. The existing select rejection and malformed token checks remain. The separate worker flag matrix was removed at the maintainer's request.

Case Before Expected with fix
Upsert or patch with is_eagle="false" Coerced to True ValueError
Upsert or patch with engine_owned_mm_identity="false" Coerced to True ValueError

The earlier validation snapshot demonstrated the is_eagle failure and fix through the compiled Python binding. The expanded regression cases await remote CI on 165e44a258221fe83885e2f0b28e9f6944ac961a; no local tests were run during this maintenance pass. The test uses no model or GPU and retains its five-second timeout and pre_merge marker.

Issues and Ongoing Work

Relates to #17238, which applied strict parsing to selection requests. This PR applies the same parser to worker upsert and patch requests.

Closes DYN-5218.

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SelectionService.upsert_worker and patch_worker depythonize into WorkerRequest
and WorkerPatchRequest, whose typed is_eagle let pythonize coerce any truthy
object, so is_eagle="false" enabled Eagle hashing for the worker's partition.
Use the strict_bool deserializer from ai-dynamo#17238 on both fields so only True,
False, None, or an omitted key are accepted.

Refs DYN-5218

Signed-off-by: svc-glamr@nvidia.com <svc-glamr@nvidia.com>
The Python binding test covers is_eagle rejection and the omitted-key
default through the real depythonize path; the serde_json test passed
without the fix.

Refs DYN-5218

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factory: Initial validation snapshot.

Validation status: complete

Check Result Scope or reason
Checks the changed Rust crates with cargo check and Clippy Passed (exit 0) cargo test --locked -p dynamo-kv-router --features standalone-selection --lib services::selection::: 179 passed; 0 failed. The selection module builds only with the standalone-selection feature.
Detailed evidence — validation complete

Left out of the table because CI repeats them: building the changed source and importing its compiled extension (Check 1), lint and formatting with pre-commit (Check 2), and the pre_merge Python unit tests in lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py (Check 4).

Evidence tally: 4/4 validated

Advisory AI assessment: sound

Validation result: pass. The new Python test failed without the fix (DID NOT RAISE ValueError) and passed with it. A direct binding probe showed is_eagle="false" stored as True without the fix and rejected with ValueError with it. The deleted Rust test is gone. Every lint, Rust, and Python command listed below exited 0 on the fixed checkout.

Evidence audit: complete [4/4 validated]. The command report comes from recorded runs.

Commands and results [4/4 validated]

Generated from the commands recorded during this run.

Check 1

Builds the changed Dynamo source and confirms that Python can import its compiled extension.

Result: Passed (exit 0)

Command:

/opt/dynamo/venv/bin/python -c 'import dynamo._core as c; from dynamo.llm import SelectionService; print(c.__file__, SelectionService); assert SelectionService is not None and "/repo/" in c.__file__'

Check 2

Checks the changed files with the repository's fast lint and formatting commands.

Result: Passed (exit 0)

Command:

pre-commit run --files lib/kv-router/src/services/selection/types.rs lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py

Check 3

Checks the changed Rust crates with cargo check and Clippy.

Result: Passed (exit 0)

Command:

cargo test --locked -p dynamo-kv-router --features standalone-selection --lib services::selection::

Check 4

Runs the relevant Python unit tests without requiring a GPU.

Result: Passed (exit 0)

Command:

/opt/dynamo/venv/bin/python -m pytest lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py -v -rs --tb=short -p no:cacheprovider

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factory: @dynamo-ops please run full CI for fae94fe

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/ok to test fae94fe

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Walkthrough

The selection service now strictly validates is_eagle as a boolean or null for worker creation and patching. Python binding tests cover valid values, invalid values, preservation behavior, and cleanup.

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Worker flag validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Strict request deserialization
lib/kv-router/src/services/selection/types.rs
WorkerRequest.is_eagle and WorkerPatchRequest.is_eagle use strict_bool, so non-boolean values are rejected while booleans and null remain supported.
Python binding validation
lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py
Tests cover creation, patching, omitted and None values, invalid inputs, stored-value preservation, explicit False, and asynchronous service cleanup.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: Low · up to fae94

The production validation change appears covered, but test hermeticity and patch-update coverage should be corrected before or shortly after merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 2

Failed Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% 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. Documentat… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Description check Warning The description conflicts with the PR scope and validation. It claims changes to engine_owned_mm_identity and four annotations, but the supplied summary describes only is_eagle and two annotations… Update Key Changes to describe only the is_eagle changes. Update Validation to name test_selection_service_worker_is_eagle_rejects_non_booleans, describe its coverage, and report the actual test results. Add a Closes #XXXX reference i…
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Title check Passed The title describes the worker flag validation change.
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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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The description conflicts with the PR scope and validation. It claims changes to engine_owned_mm_identity and four annotations, but the supplied summary describes only is_eagle and two annotations. It also describes a different test and says validation awaits CI, while the objectives report that the new binding test passed.

Resolution

Update Key Changes to describe only the is_eagle changes. Update Validation to name test_selection_service_worker_is_eagle_rejects_non_booleans, describe its coverage, and report the actual test results. Add a Closes #XXXX reference if an applicable GitHub issue exists, or state that none applies.

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Nitpick Patch a worker whose value changes.

513-513: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Patch a worker whose value changes.

Worker 1 already has is_eagle=False, so this assertion also passes if patching does nothing. Patch worker 2 instead, after the preservation checks, to verify the True-to-False update.

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Review comment at @lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py at line 513:
Update the patching step in the test to target worker 2 after the preservation
checks, so it verifies that patch_worker changes is_eagle from True to False;
leave the existing preservation assertions intact.
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factory: Answering the "Patch a worker whose value changes" nitpick in the CodeRabbit review on test_kv_bindings.py:513.

Changed in 9ef4e76. The last patch now sets is_eagle=False on worker 2, which was stored as True. It runs after the checks that an empty or None patch keeps the stored value. The finding was right: worker 1 already had False, so the old check would also pass if the patch did nothing. python -m pytest lib/bindings/python/tests/test_kv_bindings.py gave 37 passed.

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factory: @dynamo-ops please run full CI for 9ef4e76

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/ok to test 9ef4e76

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✅ Dynamo PR CI passed — run 41577342698 (attempt 1) on 9ef4e76447

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nursery: Added a short docstring to the remaining changed test and removed the separate test function in commit 165e44a258221fe83885e2f0b28e9f6944ac961a. This addresses the docstring finding in the CodeRabbit summary. test_selection_service_malformed_payload_raises_value_error now states that malformed inputs raise ValueError without turning truthy values into booleans.

@glamr-agent glamr-agent changed the title fix(kv-router): reject non-boolean is_eagle in worker upsert and patch fix(kv-router): reject non-boolean worker flags in upsert and patch Nov 6, 2026
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nursery: Updated the description and added the repository checklist. The engine_owned_mm_identity change is in commit 165e44a258221fe83885e2f0b28e9f6944ac961a, so the description now correctly names four annotations and the extended existing binding test. The CodeRabbit description finding refers to the earlier commit with only two annotations. WorkerRequest and WorkerPatchRequest now use strict_bool for both worker flags.

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