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[Bugfix][DeepseekV4] Guard compress_ratios access for transformers >= 4.57#42836

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Suggested fix for #42741.

transformers >= 4.57 normalizes the legacy compress_ratios config field into the compress_rates + layer_types pair, so DeepseekV4Attention reading config.compress_ratios[layer_id] raises and DeepSeek V4 fails to load on current transformers.

This guards the access with hasattr / is not None and falls back to the normalized compress_rates / layer_types representation when the legacy field is absent. Behavior is unchanged for checkpoints/transformers versions that still expose compress_ratios. Full repro and environment details are in #42741.

Closes #42741

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transformers >= 4.57 normalizes the legacy `compress_ratios` config
field into `compress_rates` + `layer_types`, so
`config.compress_ratios[layer_id]` raises and DeepSeek V4 fails to
load. Guard the access with `hasattr`/`is not None` and fall back to
the normalized `compress_rates`/`layer_types` pair. Full repro in
vllm-project#42741.

Closes vllm-project#42741

Signed-off-by: Hannu Varjoranta <hannu@varjosoft.com>
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@mergify mergify Bot added deepseek Related to DeepSeek models bug Something isn't working labels May 16, 2026
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This pull request modifies the initialization of compress_ratio in the DeepSeek V4 model executor to provide a fallback mechanism using compress_rates and layer_types when compress_ratios is unavailable. A critical issue was identified regarding potential TypeError and IndexError vulnerabilities when accessing layer_types if the attribute is None or shorter than expected. A code suggestion was provided to safely handle these cases and ensure the robustness of the compression ratio calculation.

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_rates = getattr(config, "compress_rates", {}) or {}
_types = getattr(config, "layer_types", [])
self.compress_ratio = max(1, _rates.get(_types[layer_id], 0))
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The current implementation has a couple of potential issues that could lead to a crash:

  1. If config.layer_types is explicitly set to None, getattr(config, "layer_types", []) will return None, causing a TypeError when trying to index _types.
  2. If layer_types is an empty list or shorter than layer_id, accessing _types[layer_id] will raise an IndexError.

To make the code more robust, I suggest guarding the access to _types and ensuring it's always a list.

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_rates = getattr(config, "compress_rates", {}) or {}
_types = getattr(config, "layer_types", [])
self.compress_ratio = max(1, _rates.get(_types[layer_id], 0))
_rates = getattr(config, "compress_rates", None) or {}
_types = getattr(config, "layer_types", None) or []
layer_type = _types[layer_id] if layer_id < len(_types) else None
self.compress_ratio = max(1, _rates.get(layer_type, 0))

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config.layer_types explicitly set to None made getattr(...,[]) return
None (TypeError on subscript); a list shorter than layer_id raised
IndexError. Coerce missing/None to [] and bounds-check the index,
falling back to compress_ratio=1 when the layer type is unknown.

Signed-off-by: Hannu Varjoranta <hannu@varjosoft.com>
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Superseded by #43443. Upstream #43004 ("Migrate DeepSeek V4 to vllm/models/ [1/N]") deleted vllm/model_executor/models/deepseek_v4.py, so this PR's patch no longer applies. The fix is unchanged in substance; only the file path moved. New PR targets vllm/models/deepseek_v4/nvidia/model.py.

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[Bug]: DeepSeek V4 model fails to load with transformers ≥ 4.57 — compress_ratios attribute removed

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