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The hardened LMCache recurrent store path requires scheduler-authoritative per-group block tables and exact state blocks at durable retention boundaries. r12 only exposed partial-tail handoffs, so the safe connector suppressed stores instead of risking stale align-mode Mamba sources.

This adds KVConnectorBlockState to SchedulerOutput, snapshots the current block tables, preserves explicit CoW partial-tail handoffs, and publishes every retained Mamba state at the configured prefix-cache retention interval.

Validation:

  • 3 focused scheduler contract tests pass in the ABI-matched r12 image.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash-NVFP4 TP4/DCP4, no CKV gather, no spec: exact 16,384-token L1 restore.
  • Restart-persistent L2: exact answer, 16,384 external tokens, 0 L1 / 32 L2 retained keys.
  • LMCache emitted four 4,096-token store ranges across four recurrent groups and the packed NVFP4 attention group.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved KV-cache connector coordination by preserving exact cache block sources across scheduling steps.
    • Added support for retaining recurrent boundary states at configured intervals.
    • Excluded allocated but uncomputed boundary states from connector offloads.
    • Added validation to reject retention intervals incompatible with the configured block size.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for cache snapshots, retained boundaries, explicit boundary sources, uncomputed boundaries, and invalid retention settings.

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The scheduler now snapshots KV block IDs and recurrent boundary offloads for producer connectors. SchedulerOutput carries this state. The scheduler limits boundary offloads to each request’s computed token extent. Tests cover retention and boundary handling.

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KV connector state

Layer / File(s) Summary
KV connector state contract
vllm/v1/core/sched/output.py
Adds KVConnectorBlockState and the optional SchedulerOutput.kv_connector_block_state field.
State snapshot and scheduler wiring
vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
Builds grouped block snapshots from computed token extents, limits recurrent boundary offloads, and passes the state to SchedulerOutput.
State snapshot and retention tests
tests/v1/core/test_kv_connector_block_state.py
Validates grouped snapshots, explicit and derived boundaries, exclusion of uncomputed boundaries, and invalid retention intervals.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 277c9

Scheduler output now provides authoritative KV block snapshots and only publishes recurrent retention sources for computed token boundaries, preventing stale external-store state. The boundary behavior and retention alignment are covered by focused tests, with no remaining merge-blocking risk.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Scheduler
  participant KVCacheManager
  participant SchedulerOutput
  Scheduler->>KVCacheManager: Fetch block IDs for scheduled requests
  KVCacheManager-->>Scheduler: Return grouped block IDs
  Scheduler->>Scheduler: Build extent-limited boundary offloads
  Scheduler->>SchedulerOutput: Store KVConnectorBlockState
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Add Google-style sections to the helper docstring.

Add Args:, Returns:, and Raises: sections for the new helper. Document the misaligned Mamba retention interval in Raises:.

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In `@vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py` at line 84, Update the new helper’s
docstring near “Snapshot exact source blocks for connector stores in this step”
to use Google-style sections: document its arguments under Args:, its result
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Inline comments:
In `@vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py`:
- Around line 111-118: Update _build_kv_connector_block_state to receive each
request’s computed token extent and emit Mamba boundary offloads only when
boundary_tokens is within that extent, preventing speculative blocks beyond
computed tokens from being published. Add a regression test covering the
partial-tail case where the request ends before the retention boundary.

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In `@vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py`:
- Line 84: Update the new helper’s docstring near “Snapshot exact source blocks
for connector stores in this step” to use Google-style sections: document its
arguments under Args:, its result under Returns:, and the misaligned Mamba
retention interval under Raises:.
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yatesdr commented Sep 3, 2026

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Review fix pushed in ae8da76. Generated recurrent retention boundaries are now limited to the token extent that exists after the scheduled step, while explicit copy-on-write tail sources remain authoritative. Validation on cn3: python -m pytest -q tests/v1/core/test_kv_connector_block_state.py -> 4 passed; Ruff check and source-format check passed; git diff --check passed. OpenAI Codex assisted with the review fix and regression test; I reviewed the resulting diff and focused evidence.

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Status: active, but the branch must be trimmed and rebased before merge.

dev/jovian-judgement at db7a65e already contains the scheduler-to-connector block-state interface introduced by the first commit of this pull request. It does not contain the remaining computed-token extent guard: a connector must not be offered a recurrent retention boundary whose block is allocated but whose tokens have not been computed.

The remaining source change and its regression tests are still required for safe external-store publication. PR #669 and PR #675 do not replace that guard. The present branch conflicts with the target because it also carries the already-integrated interface; retain the original authorship while rebasing the pull request to contain only the missing extent validation and its documentation.

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Corrected status after integration against dev/jovian-judgement at db7a65e: superseded by PR #669.

PR #669 removed allocation-derived recurrent boundary inference entirely. The scheduler now publishes only exact boundary sources explicitly materialized by the cache manager, and test_connector_block_state_never_infers_uncomputed_boundary verifies that an allocated but unoffered block is never advertised. The remaining commits in this pull request guard the former inference loop; applying them to the present implementation would reintroduce the obsolete inference path instead of adding safety.

The explicit-source contract is the stronger implementation of the invariant this pull request protected. PR #574 should remain closed and must not be cherry-picked on top of PR #669.

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Closing as superseded by the explicit-source connector contract merged through #669.

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