diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/kv_offload/offloading_connector/test_scheduler.py b/tests/unit_tests/kv_offload/offloading_connector/test_scheduler.py
index 29e75b14de..130405498c 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/kv_offload/offloading_connector/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/kv_offload/offloading_connector/test_scheduler.py
@@ -47,15 +47,11 @@ def test_offloading_connector(request_runner, async_scheduling: bool):
     runner.run(decoded_tokens=[0] * (offloaded_block_size + 1))
 
     # 1 more block (+ token for kicking off offloading)
-    # now check touch was called with all 6 blocks
     runner.manager.prepare_store.side_effect = (lambda block_hashes, req_context: generate_store_output(block_hashes))
     runner.run(
         decoded_tokens=[0] * (offloaded_block_size + 1),
         expected_stored_gpu_block_indexes=(15, 16, 17),
     )
-    runner.manager.touch.assert_called()
-    block_hashes1 = list(runner.manager.touch.call_args.args[0])
-    assert len(block_hashes1) == 6
 
     # terminate request
     runner.run(decoded_tokens=[EOS_TOKEN_ID])
@@ -63,13 +59,7 @@ def test_offloading_connector(request_runner, async_scheduling: bool):
     # create a new request differing only on the last token
     runner.new_request(token_ids=[0] * (offloaded_block_size * 6 - 1) + [1])
     runner.run(decoded_tokens=[0])
-    runner.manager.touch.assert_called()
-    block_hashes2 = list(runner.manager.touch.call_args.args[0])
-    assert len(block_hashes2) == 6
-
-    # verify hashes are the same, except for the last block
-    assert block_hashes1[:5] == block_hashes2[:5]
-    assert block_hashes1[5] != block_hashes2[5]
+    runner.manager.touch.assert_not_called()
 
     # terminate request
     runner.run(
diff --git a/vllm_gaudi/entrypoints/openai/multi_model_api_server.py b/vllm_gaudi/entrypoints/openai/multi_model_api_server.py
index 4534fa34e8..a9207f9e33 100644
--- a/vllm_gaudi/entrypoints/openai/multi_model_api_server.py
+++ b/vllm_gaudi/entrypoints/openai/multi_model_api_server.py
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ async def reset_prefix_cache(self, reset_running_requests: bool = False, reset_c
     async def sleep(self, level: int = 1, mode: str = "abort") -> None:
         await self._engine.sleep(level=level, mode=mode)
 
+    async def release_kv_cache_memory(self) -> None:
+        await self._engine.release_kv_cache_memory()
+
     async def wake_up(self, tags: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
         await self._engine.wake_up(tags=tags)
 
diff --git a/vllm_gaudi/lora/punica_wrapper/punica_hpu.py b/vllm_gaudi/lora/punica_wrapper/punica_hpu.py
index ca031a3b42..b54842a368 100644
--- a/vllm_gaudi/lora/punica_wrapper/punica_hpu.py
+++ b/vllm_gaudi/lora/punica_wrapper/punica_hpu.py
@@ -69,6 +69,36 @@ def add_lora_logits(
         dispatch_bgmv_linear(y, x, lora_a_stacked, lora_b_stacked, 0, scale)
         y = y.view_as(y_org)
 
+    def apply_lora_full_linear(
+        self,
+        y: torch.Tensor,
+        x: torch.Tensor,
+        weight_stacked: torch.Tensor,
+        bias_stacked: torch.Tensor,
+        module_enabled: torch.Tensor,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Apply request-routed full linear weights to selected rows.
+
+        Used by `modules_to_save` adapters (e.g. a LoRA-replaced classification
+        head), where the adapter ships whole weights instead of an A/B pair.
+
+        Args:
+            y: Base layer output, shape (num_rows, out_features), updated in place.
+            x: Layer input, shape (num_rows, in_features).
+            weight_stacked: Replacement weights, shape (max_loras, 1, out_features, in_features).
+            bias_stacked: Replacement bias, shape (max_loras, out_features).
+            module_enabled: Per-adapter flag marking which adapters saved the module.
+        """
+        x = x.view(-1, x.shape[-1])
+        num_loras, _, out_features, _ = weight_stacked.shape
+        # Multiply against every adapter and gather the routed row afterwards, so the
+        # weight operand keeps a static shape for HPU graph compilation.
+        weights = weight_stacked.view(num_loras * out_features, -1).t().to(x.dtype)
+        all_y = (x @ weights).view(-1, num_loras, out_features)
+        indices = self.sampler_indices.clamp_min(0)
+        adapter_y = all_y.gather(1, indices.view(-1, 1, 1).expand(-1, 1, out_features)).squeeze(1)
+        y.copy_(self._select_full_linear_output(y, adapter_y, bias_stacked, module_enabled))
+
     def add_shrink(
         self,
         y: Union[tuple[torch.Tensor, ...], torch.Tensor],
diff --git a/vllm_gaudi/ops/hpu_fused_moe.py b/vllm_gaudi/ops/hpu_fused_moe.py
index 7e102f6ee3..e6a81f6fb5 100644
--- a/vllm_gaudi/ops/hpu_fused_moe.py
+++ b/vllm_gaudi/ops/hpu_fused_moe.py
@@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ def create_fused_moe_router(
     # Deepseek V4 vision routing bias parameters
     bias_vl: torch.Tensor | None = None,
     image_sentinel_lo: int = 0,
+    # sequence-parallel padding parameters (upstream vLLM PR 56079+)
+    skip_padding: bool = False,
 ) -> FusedMoERouter:
     """
     Factory function to create the appropriate FusedMoERouter subclass based on
@@ -884,6 +886,12 @@ def create_fused_moe_router(
         hash_indices_table: Used to map input_ids to experts, needed for
             Deepseek V4
 
+    Sequence-parallel padding arguments (upstream vLLM PR 56079+):
+        skip_padding: Whether grouped routing should invalidate padding rows.
+            Forwarded to GroupedTopKRouter for signature parity; the guard it
+            enables (VLLM_MOE_SKIP_PADDING + a DeepEP-v2-kernel forward
+            context) is not exercised on HPU, so this is a no-op here.
+
     Vision routing bias arguments (upstream vLLM PR 54566+):
         bias_vl: Vision routing bias for image tokens (Deepseek V4).
         image_sentinel_lo: First of five consecutive in-vocab image sentinel
@@ -932,6 +940,7 @@ def create_fused_moe_router(
             routed_scaling_factor=routed_scaling_factor,
             e_score_correction_bias=e_score_correction_bias,
             num_fused_shared_experts=num_fused_shared_experts,
+            skip_padding=skip_padding,
         )
         return grouped_topk_router
 
diff --git a/vllm_gaudi/v1/engine/core_patch.py b/vllm_gaudi/v1/engine/core_patch.py
index a7a01c8263..9c7e98c878 100644
--- a/vllm_gaudi/v1/engine/core_patch.py
+++ b/vllm_gaudi/v1/engine/core_patch.py
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ def _reset_executor_sleep_state(model_executor: Any) -> None:
         else:
             model_executor.sleeping_tags = set()
 
-    model_executor.is_sleeping = False
+    # Upstream vllm#44890 turned `is_sleeping` into a read-only property
+    # computed from `sleeping_tags` (Executor.is_sleeping -> bool(self.sleeping_tags)),
+    # so assigning it raises AttributeError on executors built against that
+    # vllm. Clearing sleeping_tags above already makes the property read
+    # False there; only assign the plain attribute on older executors where
+    # is_sleeping is still a writable instance attribute.
+    if not isinstance(getattr(type(model_executor), "is_sleeping", None), property):
+        model_executor.is_sleeping = False
 
 
 def _require_reconfigure_attr(config: Any, path: tuple[str, ...]) -> None: