[Core] Distinguish reused from newly cached blocks in BlockStored - #51699
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emit_cached_block_events and cache_full_blocks build BlockStored through the same function, deliberately, so both emit identical event shapes. A consumer reading the stream cannot tell a newly cached block from a prefix-cache-reused one. Summing n_tokens over BlockStored used to count newly cached blocks. With reuse announcements it counts both, and nothing separates them. A block that stops being recomputed starts being announced as a hit instead, so the total barely moves while actual compute falls. Add an optional origin field carrying which kind it is. Both call sites already know, so nothing infers anything. str | None = None rather than bool = False: omit_defaults drops a value equal to its default, so a False would never reach the wire and absence would still mean either newly cached or this version does not set it. With None as the default and both branches set explicitly, absence means only that the producer did not state it. A string rather than a boolean matches medium, locality and kv_cache_spec_kind, and leaves room for a third case. A block promoted back to GPU from a lower tier is announced as a store too; that value is not added here since the emitting site cannot currently say so. Connector emitters are left unset. They publish with medium of CPU or STORAGE, which already separates them. origin joins __hash__ because KVEventAggregator counts events to deduplicate across tensor parallel workers. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Cort Fisher <fishercort@gmail.com>
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WalkthroughThe change adds origin metadata to ChangesBlockStored origin tracking
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to BlockStored events now identify newly cached and reused blocks, but the bundled subscriber example drops this metadata, so users of that example cannot observe the new origin values. This is a bounded documentation/example integration gap. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@vllm/distributed/kv_events.py`:
- Line 86: The copied BlockStored schema in kv_events_subscriber.py must include
the optional origin field so decoded events preserve NEW or REUSED values. Add
origin: str | None = None to the subscriber schema or reuse the canonical
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In msgspec, unknown fields encountered when decoding into a Struct are ignored by default, which facilitates schema evolution and flexible decoding [1][2][3]. To prevent unknown fields from being ignored—for example, to catch typos in incoming data—you can configure the struct definition to forbid them [1][2]. By setting forbid_unknown_fields=True in the struct definition, any unknown field encountered during decoding will cause a msgspec.ValidationError to be raised [1][4][2]. Example usage: class Example(msgspec.Struct, forbid_unknown_fields=True): field_one: int field_two: bool = False If this class is used to decode data containing an unknown field (e.g., {"field_one": 1, "field_twoo": true}), msgspec will raise a ValidationError [1][2]. The forbid_unknown_fields parameter is a boolean that defaults to False [4]. It is available in the Struct class definition and can be inspected in the struct's metadata [4]. While there have been community discussions regarding broader configuration options for decoders (e.g., issue #796), the primary mechanism for controlling this behavior remains the configuration of the individual Struct definition [5].
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- 1: https://msgspec.dev/structs
- 2: https://github.com/msgspec/msgspec/blob/main/docs/structs.rst
- 3: https://github.com/msgspec/msgspec/blob/main/docs/supported-types.rst
- 4: https://msgspec.dev/api
- 5: GitHub pull request 796 in jcrist/msgspec (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Keep the copied subscriber schema in sync.
examples/features/kv_events/kv_events_subscriber.py decodes BlockStored with a schema that omits origin. Because msgspec.Struct ignores unknown fields by default, the decoder discards origin, so the example cannot display NEW or REUSED. Add origin: str | None = None or import the canonical schema, and add a decoder smoke test.
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In `@vllm/distributed/kv_events.py` at line 86, The copied BlockStored schema in
kv_events_subscriber.py must include the optional origin field so decoded events
preserve NEW or REUSED values. Add origin: str | None = None to the subscriber
schema or reuse the canonical schema, and add a decoder smoke test covering
origin preservation.
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@orozery would you mind taking a look when you have bandwidth? It is small: one optional field on Rebased onto current main and mergeable. |
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Purpose
emit_cached_block_events(vllm/v1/core/block_pool.py:379) publishes aBlockStoredfor blocks reused from the prefix cache, built through the same_build_block_stored_eventascache_full_blocks. That docstring says both "emit identical event shapes for downstream consumers", so nothing on the wire separates a newly cached block from a prefix-cache-reused one.Summing
n_tokensoverBlockStoredused to count newly cached blocks. With reuse announcements it counts both, and nothing separates them. A block that stops being recomputed starts being announced as a hit instead, so the total barely moves while actual compute falls. Consumers that subscribe toKVEventsConfigrather than issuing the requests can't setkv_cache_report_modeor see it, and since it's per request one stream can carry both modes unmarked.Adds an optional
originonBlockStored,NEWorREUSED, using the two cases_build_block_stored_event's own docstring already names. Both call sites already know which they are.Not to be confused with
ownership, added by #52067 and sitting next to it on the same struct.ownershipnames the secondary tier that generated an event and is unset for framework-emitted ones;originnames how the block came to be stored. Different axes — an event can carry both.originis in__hash__becauseKVEventAggregator(vllm/distributed/kv_events.py:137) counts events to deduplicate across tensor parallel workers.Connector emitters (offloading, LMCache, Mooncake) are left unset. Their
mediumofCPUorSTORAGEalready separates them.Why a string rather than a bool
Two reasons; the second is the load-bearing one.
omit_defaults(vllm/distributed/kv_events.py:38) drops a value equal to its default, sobool = Falsewould never reach the wire and absence would still mean either "newly cached" or "this version does not set it".More importantly the axis is not binary. A block promoted back to GPU from a secondary tier reaches the prefix cache through the same path as a fresh compute:
allocate_slotsfoldsnum_external_computed_tokensintototal_computed_tokensbefore callingcache_blocks, and_build_block_stored_eventthen setsmedium=MEDIUM_GPUwithout settinglocalityorownership. A promoted block and a recomputed one are therefore identical on the wire today, and no existing field separates them. A bool would forceNEWonto a promotion, which is the same over-count this PR exists to remove. The string leaves room for aPROMOTEDvalue once an emitting site can say so — #52103 is moving the offload side in that direction.Duplicate-work check
Searches re-run 2026-09-03 after rebasing:
Nothing open adds a computed/reused distinction. Three adjacent PRs, none overlapping:
session_idtoBlockStored, identifying which request triggered the store or reuse report. This adds what kind of event it is. Different field, same three GPU call sites.BlockInactiveevent for decode affinity, on the removal side.BlockStoredevents instead of placeholders. Complementary: it is the site that could later populateorigin=PROMOTED, and it does not add a computed/reused marker itself.Test Plan
Rebased onto
edc0fb7e0. The earlier numbers were re-measured rather than reused, because five upstream commits have touchedtests/v1/core/test_prefix_caching.pysince the original revision — two of them behaviour-changing for what this test exercises (#52216 flipped theprefix_cache_retention_intervaldefault to0; #51718 restructured the KV cache layout).Test Result
pre-commit:
ruff check,ruff format,typos,mypy(Python 3.10), SPDX headers and forbidden-imports all Passed; the remainder skipped with no files to check. Both commands exited 0.Environment: Ubuntu 24.04, x86_64, CPU-only, Python 3.12, vLLM
0.28.1rc1.dev354+gedc0fb7e0, built withVLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED=1 VLLM_PRECOMPILED_WHEEL_VARIANT=cpu VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=cpu.The wider
tests/v1/core/run reported previously (298 passed, 210 failed, with the same 210 failing when the patch is stashed) was measured on the pre-rebase revision and has not been repeated.Model evaluation
Not applicable. This adds one optional metadata field to an observability event. It does not touch block content, hashing, eviction or scheduling, so serving behaviour and model outputs are unchanged.
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Written with AI assistance. I reviewed every changed line, chose the field shape, and ran the tests above. Attributed in the commit trailer.