test(pipeline): Inc3c real-model capture validation + general Bool value clone

.squad/decisions/inbox/mary-inc3c-realmodel-capture.md

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+# Inc3c — real-model capture-step-inputs validation (issue #384)
+
+**Author:** Mary (native-pipeline). **Date:** 2026-07-30 / measured-through
+2026-07-31. **Branch:** `squad/inc3c-realmodel-capture-validation` (standalone
+follow-up to the now-merged #533).
+
+## Measured reproduction (2026-07-31, device 4, release, ORT 1.27.0 CUDA)
+
+Concrete on-main measurement, banked fresh (two-length steady-state, `taskset -c
+0-7`, `ONNX_GENAI_ORT_LIB` set → real ORT-CUDA, not CPU fallback):
+
+| qwen3-0.6b decode path | tok/s | vs ORT |
+|---|---|---|
+| native-CUDA **captured** (`ONNX_GENAI_CUDA_GRAPH=1`) | **614.3** | 1.42× (beats) |
+| native-CUDA **eager** (`ONNX_GENAI_CUDA_GRAPH=0`) | **206.5** | 0.48× (loses ~2×) |
+| **ORT-CUDA** reference | **433.0** | 1.00× |
+
+**Counter proof that qwen3-0.6b DECLINES the capture-step-inputs flag** (test
+`qwen3_0_6b_capture_step_inputs_decline`, GREEN on device 4):
+1. `Engine::from_pipeline_dir(qwen3-0.6b)` **refused**: *"metadata has no pipeline
+   section"* — it is not a multi-component pipeline.
+2. `Engine::from_dir` native-CUDA decode with
+   `ONNX_GENAI_NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURE_STEP_INPUTS=1` →
+   `NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURED_STEP_INPUT_DECODES` = **0**. The flag path is
+   pipeline-decoder-only; qwen3-0.6b captures via the *token-id* `run_one_token`
+   mechanism (the 614/206 lever above), never the step-inputs path.
+
+So the OFF/ON of *this flag* is meaningless for qwen3-0.6b (always 0/declines);
+the table above is its single-graph CUDA-graph capture lever, a faithful
+launch-overhead proxy. The captured path still **beats ORT-CUDA 1.42×** while
+eager **loses ~2×** — the perf motivation stands.
+
+## Question asked
+
+Does the Inc3c captured step-inputs decode path
+(`ONNX_GENAI_NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURE_STEP_INPUTS`) actually ENGAGE and deliver
+the captured ceiling on a **real** decoder's multi-component pipeline path — not
+just the synthetic `tiny-gqa-embeds-cuda` fixture — with token output unchanged?
+
+## Headline finding — the named target (qwen3-0.6b) is the wrong model class
+
+**qwen3-0.6b cannot exercise the capture-step-inputs flag at all** (proven
+concretely above). It is a **single-component** model: `inference_metadata.yaml`
+declares `token_input: input_ids`, one `model.onnx`, no embedding/vision split.
+It loads via `Engine::from_dir` (the single-graph token-id path), never
+`from_pipeline_dir`. The capture-step-inputs path only fires for a
+**multi-component `inputs_embeds`/routed** pipeline decoder
+(`decode_cuda_captured_step_inputs`, gated in `native_decode/cuda.rs` on a
+declared `inputs_embeds`/`Routed` port). qwen3-0.6b has no such port.
+
+So the Part A numbers **612 captured / 220 eager / 443 ORT-CUDA** were measured
+on qwen3-0.6b's **single-graph token-id path**, toggling the *general* CUDA-graph
+capture (`ONNX_GENAI_CUDA_GRAPH`), as a faithful **proxy** for the per-step
+kernel-launch overhead. They are NOT the capture-step-inputs flag path, and
+qwen3-0.6b cannot produce an OFF/ON number for that flag. (qwen3-0.6b DOES
+capture on its token-id path — it is a GQA-capacity-KV decoder — confirming the
+launch-overhead lever is real; it just is not the multi-component seam.)
+
+## Which real models *would* exercise the path — and their status
+
+The capture-step-inputs path needs a real multi-component `inputs_embeds`
+decoder. Only three such models are on disk; **all are blocked by independent,
+non-Inc3c gaps**:
+
+| Model | Multi-component `inputs_embeds` decoder? | KV → captures? | Status |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **qwen3-0.6b-int4** | No — single-component `input_ids` | yes (token-id path) | wrong class; can't exercise the flag |
+| **qwen3.5-0.8b-hybrid** | Yes (`embedding.onnx`+`text.onnx`, `inputs_embeds`) | hybrid lin-attn state | **loader-blocked**: `from_pipeline_dir` refuses on vision `Resize.smart_resize=1` (compatibility synthesis can't represent it; needs native `inference_metadata.json`). A text-only stripped copy is also refused (`model.type qwen3_5` *requires* the vision block). |
+| **gemma-3n-e2b** | Yes (`embedding`→`decoder`, `inputs_embeds` + routed `per_layer_inputs`) | **yes — GroupQueryAttention, sliding_window 512 → `graph_enabled=true`** | Bool audio-mask (canonical fix in #540); then blocked on **valid vision inputs** for text-only decode |
+
+**Gemma-3n is the closest to a real-model proof and structurally WOULD engage
+capture** (its decoder is `GroupQueryAttention` capacity-aware KV — the exact
+class that captures, same as the synthetic fixture and the real 35B-A3B target).
+Two independent obstacles gated it:
+
+1. **Bool audio-mask (fix delivered separately by #540).** `input_features_mask`
+   is `Bool`; the pipeline value/cache clone path
+   (`decode/values.rs::clone_value`) hard-errored `unsupported cached ORT value
+   dtype: Bool`. During this validation I confirmed a general raw-byte fallback
+   (`Value::to_raw_bytes` → `from_raw_bytes`, bit-exact) advances the gemma
+   pipeline *past* the Bool error — but Harry's #540 is the **canonical, more
+   complete** version of exactly that (both `clone_value` and `clone_owned`,
+   host-guarded `as_raw_bytes` so device tensors error precisely instead of
+   silent-corrupting, all POD dtypes, round-trip tests in both crates). This PR
+   therefore does **not** carry a `clone_value` change; it relies on #540.
+2. **Vision required-input (NOT fixed — the remaining gap).** gemma-3n declares
+   `vision_encoder.pixel_values` as a *required* request input and the pipeline
+   eagerly runs the vision encoder even for a text-only prompt with no image
+   tokens. The vision pooler's `OneHot` derives its depth from real image-grid
+   structure, so zeroed/synthetic patches are rejected (`Depth is negative`).
+   Producing a real-model gemma number needs either a **real image** or an
+   **optional-modality skip** (run the encoder only when the prompt carries image
+   tokens) — an unrelated pipeline feature, out of Inc3c scope.
+
+The forward-looking harness
+`tests/gemma3n_native_cuda_capture_realmodel.rs` encodes the full real-model
+proof (dummy audio+vision, native decoder `cuda:0`, counter engagement + OFF==ON
+token parity) and **skips gracefully** on the vision-input gap (matching the
+`qwen35_0_8b_hybrid` skip-with-explanation precedent). It becomes a live proof
+the moment a real image is supplied or vision is made optional.
+
+## Where the engagement proof currently stands
+
+The **non-tautological engagement proof remains the synthetic
+`tiny-gqa-embeds-cuda` fixture** (`native_cuda_captured_step_inputs_parity`,
+GREEN on device 4): counter `NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURED_STEP_INPUT_DECODES` = 0 with
+the flag OFF, = 3 with the flag ON, tokens identical `[0,5,6,7]`. That fixture is
+built specifically to mirror the real class — a `GroupQueryAttention`
+capacity-aware `inputs_embeds` decoder — i.e. exactly what gemma-3n and 35B-A3B
+use. So the proof faithfully models the real seam; what is missing is only an
+end-to-end *real weights* run, blocked by the loader/modality gaps above, not by
+the optimization.
+
+## Default-on recommendation
+
+- **Safety: already safe to default-on.** When `graph_enabled=false` (naive
+  Concat-KV decoders) the capture-step-inputs gate is inert and the path is
+  byte-identical to eager. When it engages (GQA-capacity `inputs_embeds`
+  decoders) token output is proven identical (fixture). There is graceful eager
+  fallback for every decliner. So flipping
+  `ONNX_GENAI_NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURE_STEP_INPUTS` (and
+  `ONNX_GENAI_PIPELINE_NATIVE_DECODER`) on by default carries **no correctness
+  risk** for engaging models and **no behavior change** for declining ones.
+- **Blocker to *recommending* default-on now:** we do not yet have a GREEN
+  **real-weights** e2e capture number (fixture-only). That gap is caused by the
+  two unrelated loader/modality blockers, not by the optimization. Recommend:
+  **keep default-off until one real multi-component `inputs_embeds` model runs
+  the flag e2e** (gemma-3n once vision is optional / imaged, or qwen3.5-hybrid
+  once it has native metadata), then flip default-on with eager fallback. The
+  perf case is already strong (captured beats ORT-CUDA 1.38×; eager loses ~2×).
+
+## gemma-3n limitation: quick-win-or-slice verdict
+
+- **Bool audio-mask clone:** **quick win** — a general raw-byte clone fallback;
+  the canonical version lands in **#540** (`clone_value` + `clone_owned`,
+  host-guarded, all POD dtypes). Confirmed it advances gemma-3n past the Bool
+  error. This validation PR does not carry it (superseded by #540).
+- **Vision-as-optional (text-only decode without image inputs):** **a slice** —
+  requires the pipeline to conditionally skip a declared-required modality
+  encoder when the prompt has no modality tokens (or accept a real image). Not
+  Inc3c; recommend a dedicated follow-up if a gemma-3n real-model perf number is
+  wanted.
+
+## Artifacts (this follow-up, additive — #533's reviewed code untouched)
+
+- `crates/onnx-genai-engine/tests/qwen3_0_6b_capture_step_inputs_decline.rs` —
+  concrete counter proof that qwen3-0.6b (single-component) DECLINES the
+  capture-step-inputs path (from_pipeline_dir refused + counter 0 with flag ON).
+- `crates/onnx-genai-engine/tests/gemma3n_native_cuda_capture_realmodel.rs` —
+  forward-looking real-model capture-engagement harness (graceful skip on the
+  vision-input gap; relies on #540 for the Bool audio-mask clone).
+- `crates/onnx-genai-engine/Cargo.toml` — registers the new `[[test]]`s.
+
+The Bool `clone_value`/`clone_owned` fix is delivered by **#540** (Harry), not
+here, to avoid a conflicting duplicate in `decode/values.rs`.
+
+Verify: `cargo fmt --check` clean; clippy ×4 (default/native-backend/cuda/
+cuda,native-backend) clean; full `cargo test -p onnx-genai-engine
+--features cuda,native-backend --no-fail-fast` failing set **17, byte-identical
+to base, 0 regressions**; synthetic engagement proof + qwen3-0.6b decline proof
+GREEN.

crates/onnx-genai-engine/Cargo.toml

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 name = "gemma4_e2b_native_cuda_pipeline_bench"
 required-features = ["cuda", "native-backend"]
 
+[[test]]
+name = "gemma3n_native_cuda_capture_realmodel"
+required-features = ["cuda", "native-backend"]
+
+[[test]]
+name = "qwen3_0_6b_capture_step_inputs_decline"
+required-features = ["cuda", "native-backend"]
+
 [features]
 default = []
 native-backend = [

crates/onnx-genai-engine/tests/gemma3n_native_cuda_capture_realmodel.rs

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+//! Inc3c real-model validation (issue #384): prove the Inc3c captured
+//! step-inputs decode path (`ONNX_GENAI_NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURE_STEP_INPUTS`)
+//! actually ENGAGES on a *real* multi-component `inputs_embeds`/routed decoder —
+//! not just the synthetic `tiny-gqa-embeds-cuda` fixture — and that the perf
+//! optimization is token-for-token free.
+//!
+//! Gemma 3n E2B is the only pipeline-loadable real model that drives the native
+//! multi-component pipeline decoder: its decoder consumes `inputs_embeds` (from
+//! the embedding component) plus a routed `per_layer_inputs` port, and it uses
+//! capacity-aware `GroupQueryAttention` KV (sliding_window 512) so CUDA-graph
+//! capture is *enabled* — the precondition for the captured step-inputs path to
+//! engage. (qwen3-0.6b is single-component `input_ids`, so it never routes
+//! through this path; qwen3.5-0.8b hybrid is loader-blocked on vision
+//! `smart_resize`. See `.squad/decisions/inbox/mary-inc3c-realmodel-capture.md`.)
+//!
+//! Text-only decode: a text prompt with no image/audio tokens plus zeroed dummy
+//! vision + audio inputs (required request inputs whose encoder outputs are not
+//! gathered into the sequence), so the decode is driven purely by the text
+//! embedding component.
+//!
+//! ```bash
+//! source .cudaenv.sh
+//! export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=4
+//! export ONNX_GENAI_ORT_LIB=$ORT_ROOT/lib/libonnxruntime.so.1.27.0
+//! GEMMA3N_DIR=/home/justinchu/mobius/.scratch/gemma4-e2b-native \
+//! cargo test -p onnx-genai-engine --features cuda,native-backend \
+//!   --test gemma3n_native_cuda_capture_realmodel -- --ignored --nocapture
+//! ```
+#![cfg(all(feature = "cuda", feature = "native-backend"))]
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+
+use onnx_genai_engine::pipeline::PipelineGenerateRequest;
+use onnx_genai_engine::{
+    Engine, EngineConfig, GenerateOptions, GeneratePrompt, GenerateRequest,
+    NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURED_STEP_INPUT_DECODES, PipelineEngine,
+};
+use onnx_genai_ort::{DataType, Value};
+
+const DEFAULT_DIR: &str = "/home/justinchu/mobius/.scratch/gemma4-e2b-native";
+const NATIVE_DECODER_ENV: &str = "ONNX_GENAI_PIPELINE_NATIVE_DECODER";
+const NATIVE_DECODER_DEVICE_ENV: &str = "ONNX_GENAI_PIPELINE_NATIVE_DECODER_DEVICE";
+const CAPTURE_ENV: &str = "ONNX_GENAI_NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURE_STEP_INPUTS";
+/// Gemma text prompt: BOS + a few text tokens; no image/audio tokens.
+const PROMPT: &[u32] = &[2, 651, 6996, 576, 8698, 603];
+const MAX_NEW_TOKENS: usize = 8;
+
+fn model_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let dir = std::env::var_os("GEMMA3N_DIR")
+        .map(PathBuf::from)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(DEFAULT_DIR));
+    if dir.join("inference_metadata.yaml").is_file() {
+        Some(dir)
+    } else {
+        eprintln!(
+            "skipping gemma3n capture real-model test: {} not present",
+            dir.display()
+        );
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+/// Minimal zeroed audio inputs (all-false validity mask → no audio tokens).
+fn dummy_audio() -> anyhow::Result<(Value, Value)> {
+    const TIME: usize = 4;
+    const MELS: usize = 128;
+    let features =
+        Value::from_vec_f16_bits(vec![0u16; TIME * MELS], &[1, TIME as i64, MELS as i64])?;
+    let mask = Value::from_raw_bytes(vec![0u8; TIME], &[1, TIME as i64], DataType::Bool)?;
+    Ok((features, mask))
+}
+
+/// Minimal vision inputs with valid grid coordinates (no image tokens in the
+/// prompt → image features are not gathered into the sequence).
+fn dummy_vision() -> anyhow::Result<(Value, Value)> {
+    const ROWS: usize = 2;
+    const COLS: usize = 2;
+    const PATCHES: usize = ROWS * COLS;
+    let pixel_values =
+        Value::from_vec_f16_bits(vec![0u16; PATCHES * 768], &[1, PATCHES as i64, 768])?;
+    let mut coords = Vec::with_capacity(PATCHES * 2);
+    for r in 0..ROWS as i64 {
+        for c in 0..COLS as i64 {
+            coords.push(r);
+            coords.push(c);
+        }
+    }
+    let pixel_position_ids = Value::from_slice_i64(&coords, &[1, PATCHES as i64, 2])?;
+    Ok((pixel_values, pixel_position_ids))
+}
+
+fn build_engine(dir: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<PipelineEngine> {
+    Engine::from_pipeline_dir(
+        dir,
+        EngineConfig {
+            pipeline_cache_bytes: 0,
+            ..EngineConfig::default()
+        },
+    )
+}
+
+fn decode(engine: &mut PipelineEngine) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u32>> {
+    let mut request = GenerateRequest::new(GeneratePrompt::TokenIds(PROMPT.to_vec()));
+    request.options = GenerateOptions {
+        max_new_tokens: MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+        temperature: 0.0,
+        greedy: true,
+        stop_on_eos: false,
+        ..GenerateOptions::default()
+    };
+    let (features, mask) = dummy_audio()?;
+    let (pixel_values, pixel_position_ids) = dummy_vision()?;
+    let pipeline_request = PipelineGenerateRequest::new(request)
+        .with_input("audio_encoder.input_features", features)
+        .with_input("audio_encoder.input_features_mask", mask)
+        .with_input("vision_encoder.pixel_values", pixel_values)
+        .with_input("vision_encoder.pixel_position_ids", pixel_position_ids);
+    let result = engine.generate_with_pipeline_request(pipeline_request)?;
+    Ok(result.token_ids)
+}
+
+/// Run the native-CUDA pipeline decode once with the capture flag set to
+/// `capture`, returning `(tokens, captured_step_input_decodes)`.
+fn run(dir: &Path, capture: bool) -> anyhow::Result<(Vec<u32>, u64)> {
+    unsafe {
+        std::env::set_var(NATIVE_DECODER_ENV, "decoder");
+        std::env::set_var(NATIVE_DECODER_DEVICE_ENV, "cuda:0");
+        if capture {
+            std::env::set_var(CAPTURE_ENV, "1");
+        } else {
+            std::env::remove_var(CAPTURE_ENV);
+        }
+    }
+    let before = NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURED_STEP_INPUT_DECODES.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+    let result = (|| {
+        let mut engine = build_engine(dir)?;
+        decode(&mut engine)
+    })();
+    let after = NATIVE_DECODER_CAPTURED_STEP_INPUT_DECODES.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+    unsafe {
+        std::env::remove_var(NATIVE_DECODER_ENV);
+        std::env::remove_var(NATIVE_DECODER_DEVICE_ENV);
+        std::env::remove_var(CAPTURE_ENV);
+    }
+    Ok((result?, after - before))
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore = "requires the real gemma-3n-e2b native package via GEMMA3N_DIR and a CUDA device"]
+fn gemma3n_native_cuda_capture_engages_and_is_token_parity() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let Some(dir) = model_dir() else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    // Text-only decode still requires *valid* dummy vision inputs because
+    // gemma-3n declares `vision_encoder.pixel_values` as a required request
+    // input and the pipeline eagerly runs the vision encoder even when the
+    // prompt carries no image tokens. The vision pooler's `OneHot` derives its
+    // depth from real image-grid structure, so zeroed/synthetic patches are
+    // rejected ("Depth is negative"). Producing valid inputs needs either a real
+    // image or optional-modality skip (an unrelated pipeline gap, tracked in the
+    // decision note). Until then, skip gracefully — this harness is the ready
+    // real-model capture-engagement proof the moment the vision-input gap
+    // closes. (The Bool audio-mask blocker it also depended on is fixed by the
+    // canonical `clone_value`/`clone_owned` host-guarded raw-byte clones in
+    // #540 — not carried by this validation PR.)
+    let (tokens_off, captured_off) = match run(&dir, false) {
+        Ok(result) => result,
+        Err(error) => {
+            eprintln!(
+                "skipping gemma-3n native-CUDA capture engagement: text-only decode still needs \
+                 valid vision inputs (or optional-modality skip): {error:#}"
+            );
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+    };
+    eprintln!("capture OFF: tokens={tokens_off:?} captured_step_input_decodes={captured_off}");
+    let (tokens_on, captured_on) = run(&dir, true)?;
+    eprintln!("capture ON : tokens={tokens_on:?} captured_step_input_decodes={captured_on}");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        tokens_off.len(),
+        MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+        "native decode did not emit the requested token count"
+    );
+    // The optimization must be token-for-token free.
+    assert_eq!(
+        tokens_off, tokens_on,
+        "captured step-inputs path changed the real-model token output"
+    );
+    // Flag OFF must never engage the captured path.
+    assert_eq!(captured_off, 0, "captured path engaged with the flag OFF");
+    // Flag ON must engage on this real GQA-capacity-KV decoder (one captured
+    // decode per single-token step after the multi-token prefill).
+    assert!(
+        captured_on > 0,
+        "captured step-inputs path did NOT engage on the real gemma-3n decoder \
+         (flag ON produced {captured_on} captured decodes) — real model declines capture"
+    );
+    eprintln!(
+        "PROVEN: real gemma-3n native-CUDA pipeline capture engaged {captured_on}x, tokens identical {tokens_off:?}"
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}