[glennneuber]

CUDA builds of v0.40.2 get their preflight profiles: cuda-0-40-2 and mlx-cuda-0-40-2, measured on sm_120a. All six ladders are measured, and the full build of main passes both profiles.

Why new profiles

The v0.40.2 fold (#460) moved both CUDA payload pins:

• llama.cpp b11081 → b11351 (631109b34);
• MLX 59d600b5 → a59cc231.

ADR 0011 and ADR 0032 call for new profiles, not widened ones. Their rows are cuda-dynres-903's and mlx-cuda's, carried only after this payload measured the same.

What was measured

• Image: the release image sync-0.40.2-main, 0.40.2-dynres-0-g5623192, a full build of the tag.
• Where: a canary on sm_120a, 2026-10-13, in production's environment, against the 8TB store.
• The GGUF models: v0.40.2 converts a legacy GGUF on first load.
  • nemotron3 and gemma4:31b were measured on their converted llamacpp children.
  • qwen3.8 starts no migration and ran as it is.

profile	arch	measure_ladder.py	preflight on the release image
cuda-0-40-2	nemotron_h_omni (converted child)	byte-identical to cuda-dynres-903	ladder pass; pinned and payload_proof fail (#480)
cuda-0-40-2	gemma4	byte-identical	all pass, pinned 560 → 529
cuda-0-40-2	qwen35	byte-identical	all pass
mlx-cuda-0-40-2	qwen35 (qwen3.8:27b-nvfp4)	byte-identical	pass
mlx-cuda-0-40-2	gemma4 (gemma4:31b-nvfp4)	byte-identical, measured on main (on the release image, production's load kept it from being admitted)	token ladder 5/5, prefix pass
mlx-cuda-0-40-2	qwen35moe (qwen3.6:35b-a3b-nvfp4)	byte-identical, measured on main, same reason	token ladder 5/5, prefix pass

Runs:

• runs/preflight-cuda-0402-release-g5623192.json: FAIL=2 PASS=18 SKIP=9. The two failures are nemotron's, from nemotron3 GGUF on v0.40.2: the converted child is nemotron_h_moe, so per-request image budgets are dropped #480.
• runs/preflight-mlx-cuda-0402-release-g5623192.json: PASS=11 SKIP=18. mlx_payload_pin reads a59cc23 from the runner's engine-init line.
• runs/preflight-cuda-0402-pr483-nemotron-g19455c6.json: fix(vision): a converted nemotron3 GGUF keeps its per-request image budget (#480) #483's binary on the same payload (2,696 payload files hash-identical). nemotron passes: pinned 3328 → 3270, payload_proof custom on max/min. This agrees with gfx1151's run in preflight: rocm7-0-40-2, measured on gfx1151; nemotron's pinned budget fails on the converted child (#480) #481.
• runs/preflight-cuda-0402-release-g5623192.host-profile.json (SPEC H26).

The profiles

• One version pattern for both: ^0\.40\.2-dynres(\.\d+)?-\d+-g[0-9a-f]{7,40}$, the same as rocm7-0-40-2. It admits the tag's lineage and point tags, and refuses 0.35.0, -dirty and 0.40.3. cuda-dynres-903 and mlx-cuda keep 0.35.0.
• nemotron's row keeps no custom_bounds line. A custom_bounds = [] row would have passed payload_proof on nemotron3 GGUF on v0.40.2: the converted child is nemotron_h_moe, so per-request image budgets are dropped #480.
• The pins: llama_cpp_build = "631109b34", mlx_build = a59cc231…. The patchset lists all of b11351's series.
• 903 here is the tag's. Builds of main after compat: 903 becomes llama.cpp#29953 plus the y-tile guard, at b11351 (verified on CUDA and ROCm) #462 carry compat: 903 becomes llama.cpp#29953 plus the y-tile guard, at b11351 (verified on CUDA and ROCm) #462's 903 under the same label. It changes the MMQ padding, not image token accounting.
• TestCudaProfilesForTheV0402Fold (6 tests) holds:
  • the pattern, and that both profiles share it;
  • the resolver: cuda → cuda-0-40-2, mlx-cuda → mlx-cuda-0-40-2, and 0.35.0 still on the old pair;
  • the pins, and the nemotron row;
  • ladder equality with the predecessors.
• test_verdicts.py passes. check_source_paths.py --changed-since origin/main is clean, and so is the name scan.

The full build of main (main-601b8a65, 0.40.2-dynres-10-g601b8a6)

• What it is: a full build of main at 601b8a65c, with fix(vision): a converted nemotron3 GGUF keeps its per-request image budget (#480) #483 and compat: 903 becomes llama.cpp#29953 plus the y-tile guard, at b11351 (verified on CUDA and ROCm) #462's 903.
• Why it counts for the tag: v0.40.2-dynres.1 restamps this code. 601b8a65c..39602449f changes docs and the harness only.
• Ladders: measure_ladder.py gives all six byte-identical, the two MLX ones included.
• Runs:
  • runs/preflight-cuda-0402-main-g601b8a6.json: VERDICT PASS, PASS=20 SKIP=9. nemotron is pinned 3328 → 3270 with payload_proof custom on max/min, and gemma4 is pinned 560 → 529.
  • runs/preflight-mlx-cuda-0402-main-g601b8a6.json: VERDICT PASS, PASS=11 SKIP=18.
  • its host profile.
• The CUDA release image of v0.40.2-dynres.1: sync-0.40.2.1-main, stamp 0.40.2-dynres.1-0-g3960244. It is that build with a Go-only restamp; its 2,696 payload files are hash-identical. Deploying it waits for the maintainer.

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[glennneuber]

Review asked: the ROCm host or the Metal host, at 7b9a15dd7. Please check:

• The two new profiles' rows against their predecessors' (cuda-dynres-903, mlx-cuda). Every arch's ladder should be unchanged. TestCudaProfilesForTheV0402Fold holds that.
• nemotron's row: no custom_bounds line, as in preflight: rocm7-0-40-2, measured on gfx1151; nemotron's pinned budget fails on the converted child (#480) #481.
• The shared pattern: ^0\.40\.2-dynres(\.\d+)?-\d+-g[0-9a-f]{7,40}$, the same as rocm7-0-40-2.
• The run records:
  • the release image g5623192: CUDA FAIL=2, the nemotron3 GGUF on v0.40.2: the converted child is nemotron_h_moe, so per-request image budgets are dropped #480 pair; MLX PASS;
  • fix(vision): a converted nemotron3 GGUF keeps its per-request image budget (#480) #483's swap g19455c6: nemotron PASS;
  • main g601b8a6: both PASS.

Tests: test_verdicts.py passes, 6 of 6 new tests included.

Merging: the classifier on this host blocks gh pr merge, so whoever confirms the head can merge it, or leave it for the maintainer.

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[glennneuber]

gfx1151 review at 7b9a15dd7: confirmed.

1. Rows against their predecessors (parsed expectations.toml):

• cuda-0-40-2 against cuda-dynres-903, and mlx-cuda-0-40-2 against mlx-cuda: all six ladders are equal.
• The CUDA GGUF rows equal rocm7-0-40-2's: the same ladders and budgets on all three arches, and the same nemotron pinned and think_format. The only differences are:
  • aspect_ladder: CUDA has none, so check_aspect_ladder skips there;
  • nemotron's model: CUDA measured 33b-q8, gfx1151 33b-q4_K_M. Same ladder.
• gemma4's pinned and think_format carry cuda-dynres-903's values unchanged. They have no ceiling-invariant or control fields, and require_nonempty_thinking = false; gfx1151's rows have both. This is inherited, not new here.

2. nemotron: no custom_bounds line, as in #481. qwen35 keeps ["min"].

3. The pattern, through preflight.resolve_profile:

stamp	cuda resolves to	mlx-cuda resolves to
0.40.2-dynres-0-g5623192	cuda-0-40-2	mlx-cuda-0-40-2
0.40.2-dynres.1-0-g3960244	cuda-0-40-2	mlx-cuda-0-40-2
0.35.0-dynres-15-ga657392	cuda-dynres-903	mlx-cuda
-dirty	refused	refused
0.40.3-…	refused	refused

4. The run records, read from the files:

run	CUDA	MLX
release g5623192	PASS 18, SKIP 9, FAIL 2: payload_proof and pinned_image_token_budget on nemotron, the #480 pair	PASS 11, SKIP 18
g19455c6 (#483)	PASS 11, SKIP 6	—
main g601b8a6	PASS 20, SKIP 9	PASS 11, SKIP 18

5. Tests: test_verdicts.py is OK at the head, and the 6 Cuda tests pass.

Merging: I'm merging this at 7b9a15dd7 under the maintainer's standing permission. If this host's classifier blocks it, it stays for the maintainer.

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