[Docs] Clarify Hunyuan expert remapping scope

Signed-off-by: hsliuustc0106 <liuhongsheng4@huawei.com>

.buildkite/amd/test-amd-merge.yml

@@ -72,7 +72,22 @@ steps:
         - export VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL=DEBUG
         - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
         - pytest -s -v tests/diffusion/offloader/test_diffusion_cpu_offload.py
-        - pytest -s -v tests/diffusion/offloader/test_diffusion_layerwise_offload.py
+        - >-
+          pytest -s -v tests/diffusion/offloader/test_diffusion_layerwise_offload.py
+          --deselect='tests/diffusion/offloader/test_diffusion_layerwise_offload.py::test_layerwise_offload_diffusion_model[stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0]'
+
+    # TODO: Diagnose unstable Stable Audio layerwise-offload memory savings on ROCm.
+    - label: "Diffusion Stable Audio Layerwise Offload Test (quarantined)"
+      agent_pool: mi300_1
+      depends_on: amd-build
+      mirror_hardwares: [amdproduction]
+      grade: NonBlocking
+      commands:
+        - export VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL=DEBUG
+        - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+        - >-
+          pytest -s -v
+          'tests/diffusion/offloader/test_diffusion_layerwise_offload.py::test_layerwise_offload_diffusion_model[stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0]'
 
     - label: "Diffusion Sequence Parallelism Test (Need 4 GPUs) · Shard 1/2"
       agent_pool: mi300_4
@@ -175,7 +190,7 @@ steps:
       grade: Blocking
       commands:
         - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-        - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni.py tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda' --run-level 'advanced_model'
+        - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni.py tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni.py tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni_colocate_async.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda' --run-level 'advanced_model'
 
     - label: "Qwen3-TTS CustomVoice E2E Test · Shard %N/%t"
       agent_pool: mi300_1
@@ -223,13 +238,10 @@ steps:
       grade: Blocking
       timeout_in_minutes: 50
       commands:
-        - |
-          timeout 40m bash -c '
-            export VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL=DEBUG
-            export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-            export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
-            pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_tts_base.py tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_tts_base.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda' --run-level 'advanced_model'
-          '
+        - export VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL=DEBUG
+        - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+        - export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
+        - timeout 40m pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_tts_base.py tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_tts_base.py -m "advanced_model and cuda" --run-level "advanced_model"
 
 # TODO: Bagel test on ROCm is very unstable. @tjtanaa
 # Need to debug before reneable numerical changes across large PRs

.buildkite/common/ci_mirror_hardwares.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
 # Uploader-only hardware presets for CUDA / NPU test YAML.
 # Referenced as ``mirror_hardwares: l4_1`` on a step; ``upload_pipeline.py`` expands to
-# ``agents`` (+ optional top-level ``image`` for NPU) + ``plugins``, then strips
-# ``mirror_hardwares`` before Buildkite upload.
+# ``agents`` (+ optional top-level ``image`` for NPU) + ``plugins`` (+ ``retry``
+# for ``l4_*``), then strips ``mirror_hardwares`` before Buildkite upload.
+#
+# Omit the key: compose {chip}_{n} from pytest -m SKU + cards_n (max of several
+# positives; not cards_1 with no positive cards_* → that chip's highest existing preset).
+# Unset MIRROR_HW matches H100 or L4 in -m (both → H100); no match skips the step.
+# MIRROR_HW=b200 matches B200 in -m (else the step is skipped).
+# MIRROR_HW must be empty or b200 (case-insensitive); unknown values fail the upload.
+# CUDA preset strings (h100_4, l4_1) are omitted when MIRROR_HW=b200.
+# Unset MIRROR_HW keeps string presets. NPU presets ignore MIRROR_HW.
 #
 # CUDA naming: {chip}_{count}
-#   l4_1, l4_4, h100_1 … h100_4
+#   l4_1, l4_2, l4_3, l4_4, h100_1 … h100_4, b200_1 … b200_4
 # NPU naming: {queue}_{resource_class}
 #   a2b3_npu_1  — ascend-a2b3, resource_class npu-1 (A2/B3 CI image)
 #   a2b3_npu_4  — ascend-a2b3, resource_class npu-4
-#   a3_npu_2    — ascend-a3, resource_class npu-2
+#   a3_npu_2    — ascend-a3, resource_class npu-2 (A3 CI image tag …:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-a3)
 #
-# The ``l4_*`` presets run under the ``docker`` plugin, which does not put
-# ``buildkite-agent`` on PATH inside the container the way the ``kubernetes``
-# presets do, so they set ``mount-buildkite-agent: true``; without it any step
-# calling ``buildkite-agent`` (artifact upload, annotate, meta-data) fails there.
+# B200 (b200-k8s): matches vLLM device ``b200-k8s`` from ci-infra
+# (AgentQueue.B200_K8S + b200_plugin_template). Queue routes the K8s pool;
+# podSpec uses hostNetwork + /raid|/mnt/shared (no H100-style nodeSelector).
+#
+# The ``l4_*`` presets run on the EKS ``l4-k8s`` queue (agent-stack-k8s),
+# packed onto g6.12xlarge L4 nodes (``vllm.ci/gpu-pool=l4x4``). GPU / CPU /
+# memory / shm requests scale with card count (1 GPU = 10 CPU / 40Gi / 24Gi shm).
+# Retry covers lost agents / killed pods, not pytest or OOM (exit 1 / 137).
 
 x-npu-k8s-plugins: &npu_k8s_plugins
   - kubernetes:
@@ -21,39 +33,224 @@ x-npu-k8s-plugins: &npu_k8s_plugins
         imagePullSecrets:
           - name: swr-secret
 
+# Infra-only retry. Omit exit 1 (pytest failed) and 137 (cgroup OOM / SIGKILL
+# of the test process). ci-infra ``K8S_RETRY`` still retries exit 1.
+x-l4-k8s-retry: &l4_k8s_retry
+  automatic:
+    - exit_status: -1
+      limit: 1
+    - exit_status: 128
+      limit: 1
+    - signal_reason: agent_stop
+      limit: 1
+    - signal_reason: agent_refused
+      limit: 1
+
 
 mirror_hardwares:
   l4_1:
     agents:
-      queue: gpu_1_queue
+      queue: l4-k8s
+    retry: *l4_k8s_retry
     plugins:
-      - docker#v5.2.0:
-          image: public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
-          always-pull: true
-          propagate-environment: true
-          mount-buildkite-agent: true
-          shm-size: "8gb"
-          environment:
-            - HF_HOME=/fsx/hf_cache
-            - HF_TOKEN
-          volumes:
-            - /fsx/hf_cache:/fsx/hf_cache
+      - kubernetes:
+          metadata:
+            annotations:
+              cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "false"
+              karpenter.sh/do-not-disrupt: "true"
+          podSpec:
+            priorityClassName: ci
+            serviceAccountName: buildkite-gpu-jobs
+            tolerations:
+              - key: nvidia.com/gpu
+                operator: Exists
+                effect: NoSchedule
+            nodeSelector:
+              vllm.ci/gpu-pool: l4x4
+            containers:
+              - image: public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 1
+                  requests:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 1
+                    cpu: "10"
+                    memory: 40Gi
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: hf-cache
+                    mountPath: /fsx/hf_cache
+                env:
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+                  sizeLimit: 24Gi
+              - name: hf-cache
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
+  l4_2:
+    agents:
+      queue: l4-k8s
+    retry: *l4_k8s_retry
+    plugins:
+      - kubernetes:
+          metadata:
+            annotations:
+              cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "false"
+              karpenter.sh/do-not-disrupt: "true"
+          podSpec:
+            priorityClassName: ci
+            serviceAccountName: buildkite-gpu-jobs
+            tolerations:
+              - key: nvidia.com/gpu
+                operator: Exists
+                effect: NoSchedule
+            nodeSelector:
+              vllm.ci/gpu-pool: l4x4
+            containers:
+              - image: public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 2
+                  requests:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 2
+                    cpu: "20"
+                    memory: 80Gi
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: hf-cache
+                    mountPath: /fsx/hf_cache
+                env:
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+                  sizeLimit: 48Gi
+              - name: hf-cache
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
+  l4_3:
+    agents:
+      queue: l4-k8s
+    retry: *l4_k8s_retry
+    plugins:
+      - kubernetes:
+          metadata:
+            annotations:
+              cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "false"
+              karpenter.sh/do-not-disrupt: "true"
+          podSpec:
+            priorityClassName: ci
+            serviceAccountName: buildkite-gpu-jobs
+            tolerations:
+              - key: nvidia.com/gpu
+                operator: Exists
+                effect: NoSchedule
+            nodeSelector:
+              vllm.ci/gpu-pool: l4x4
+            containers:
+              - image: public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 3
+                  requests:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 3
+                    cpu: "30"
+                    memory: 120Gi
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: hf-cache
+                    mountPath: /fsx/hf_cache
+                env:
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+                  sizeLimit: 72Gi
+              - name: hf-cache
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
 
   l4_4:
     agents:
-      queue: gpu_4_queue
+      queue: l4-k8s
+    retry: *l4_k8s_retry
     plugins:
-      - docker#v5.2.0:
-          image: public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
-          always-pull: true
-          propagate-environment: true
-          mount-buildkite-agent: true
-          shm-size: "8gb"
-          environment:
-            - HF_HOME=/fsx/hf_cache
-            - HF_TOKEN
-          volumes:
-            - /fsx/hf_cache:/fsx/hf_cache
+      - kubernetes:
+          metadata:
+            annotations:
+              cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: "false"
+              karpenter.sh/do-not-disrupt: "true"
+          podSpec:
+            priorityClassName: ci
+            serviceAccountName: buildkite-gpu-jobs
+            tolerations:
+              - key: nvidia.com/gpu
+                operator: Exists
+                effect: NoSchedule
+            nodeSelector:
+              vllm.ci/gpu-pool: l4x4
+            containers:
+              - image: public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 4
+                  requests:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 4
+                    cpu: "40"
+                    memory: 160Gi
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: hf-cache
+                    mountPath: /fsx/hf_cache
+                env:
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+                  sizeLimit: 96Gi
+              - name: hf-cache
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /fsx/hf_cache
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
 
   h100_1:
     agents:
@@ -195,6 +392,211 @@ mirror_hardwares:
                   path: /mnt/hf-cache
                   type: DirectoryOrCreate
 
+  # vLLM device: b200-k8s → agents.queue b200-k8s + Buildkite K8s agent-stack podSpec
+  b200_1:
+    agents:
+      queue: b200-k8s
+    plugins:
+      - kubernetes:
+          podSpec:
+            runtimeClassName: nvidia
+            hostNetwork: true
+            dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+            imagePullSecrets:
+              - name: k8s-ecr-login-renew-docker-secret
+            containers:
+              - image: 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vllm-ci-pull-through-cache/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 1
+                securityContext:
+                  capabilities:
+                    add:
+                      - IPC_LOCK
+                      - SYS_RESOURCE
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: raid
+                    mountPath: /raid
+                  - name: shared
+                    mountPath: /mnt/shared
+                env:
+                  - name: NCCL_CUMEM_HOST_ENABLE
+                    value: "0"
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /raid/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+              - name: raid
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /raid
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+              - name: shared
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /mnt/shared
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
+  b200_2:
+    agents:
+      queue: b200-k8s
+    plugins:
+      - kubernetes:
+          podSpec:
+            runtimeClassName: nvidia
+            hostNetwork: true
+            dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+            imagePullSecrets:
+              - name: k8s-ecr-login-renew-docker-secret
+            containers:
+              - image: 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vllm-ci-pull-through-cache/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 2
+                securityContext:
+                  capabilities:
+                    add:
+                      - IPC_LOCK
+                      - SYS_RESOURCE
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: raid
+                    mountPath: /raid
+                  - name: shared
+                    mountPath: /mnt/shared
+                env:
+                  - name: NCCL_CUMEM_HOST_ENABLE
+                    value: "0"
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /raid/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+              - name: raid
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /raid
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+              - name: shared
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /mnt/shared
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
+  b200_3:
+    agents:
+      queue: b200-k8s
+    plugins:
+      - kubernetes:
+          podSpec:
+            runtimeClassName: nvidia
+            hostNetwork: true
+            dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+            imagePullSecrets:
+              - name: k8s-ecr-login-renew-docker-secret
+            containers:
+              - image: 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vllm-ci-pull-through-cache/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 3
+                securityContext:
+                  capabilities:
+                    add:
+                      - IPC_LOCK
+                      - SYS_RESOURCE
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: raid
+                    mountPath: /raid
+                  - name: shared
+                    mountPath: /mnt/shared
+                env:
+                  - name: NCCL_CUMEM_HOST_ENABLE
+                    value: "0"
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /raid/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+              - name: raid
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /raid
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+              - name: shared
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /mnt/shared
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
+  b200_4:
+    agents:
+      queue: b200-k8s
+    plugins:
+      - kubernetes:
+          podSpec:
+            runtimeClassName: nvidia
+            hostNetwork: true
+            dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+            imagePullSecrets:
+              - name: k8s-ecr-login-renew-docker-secret
+            containers:
+              - image: 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vllm-ci-pull-through-cache/q9t5s3a7/vllm-ci-test-repo:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+                resources:
+                  limits:
+                    nvidia.com/gpu: 4
+                securityContext:
+                  capabilities:
+                    add:
+                      - IPC_LOCK
+                      - SYS_RESOURCE
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: devshm
+                    mountPath: /dev/shm
+                  - name: raid
+                    mountPath: /raid
+                  - name: shared
+                    mountPath: /mnt/shared
+                env:
+                  - name: NCCL_CUMEM_HOST_ENABLE
+                    value: "0"
+                  - name: HF_HOME
+                    value: /raid/hf_cache
+                  - name: HF_TOKEN
+                    valueFrom:
+                      secretKeyRef:
+                        name: hf-token-secret
+                        key: token
+            volumes:
+              - name: devshm
+                emptyDir:
+                  medium: Memory
+              - name: raid
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /raid
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+              - name: shared
+                hostPath:
+                  path: /mnt/shared
+                  type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
   a2b3_npu_1:
     agents:
       queue: "ascend-a2b3"

.buildkite/common/scripts/skip_ci.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
 """Shared Buildkite skip-ci and CI-YAML level targeting logic.
 
 ``resolve_ci_decision(changed_files, ...)`` buckets explicit file lists (tests, dry-run).
@@ -10,12 +11,6 @@ CLI (for bootstrap scripts; exit code is the signal):
   python3 skip_ci.py gate <platform> <level>
       Exit 0 when bootstrap should stop (skip-all, or that L2/L3 target is off).
       Prints ``skip-all`` or ``skip-l23`` on stdout; logs the decision once.
-  python3 skip_ci.py check-skip-all
-      Exit 0 when only docs/skip-mark changes → bootstrap skips entire CI upload.
-  python3 skip_ci.py check-skip-l2-l3 <platform> <level>
-      Exit 0 when that L2/L3 pipeline should be skipped (CI config YAML-only diffs).
-  python3 skip_ci.py print-annotate
-      Print decision message for Buildkite annotation.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -258,11 +253,10 @@ class CiDecision:
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class CiContext:
-    """Skip-ci decision plus git diff inputs used to compute it."""
+    """Skip-ci decision plus changed files used for pipeline filtering."""
 
     decision: CiDecision
     changed_files: list[str] | None
-    diff_range: str | None
 
 
 def _log(message: str) -> None:
@@ -332,7 +326,7 @@ def resolve_ci_context_from_git() -> CiContext:
     diff_range = _resolve_diff_range()
     changed_files = _changed_files_for_diff_range(diff_range)
     decision = resolve_ci_decision(changed_files, diff_range=diff_range)
-    return CiContext(decision=decision, changed_files=changed_files, diff_range=diff_range)
+    return CiContext(decision=decision, changed_files=changed_files)
 
 
 # --- Doc / skip-mark helpers ---
@@ -571,23 +565,6 @@ def main() -> int:
     gate_parser.add_argument("platform", help="cuda, amd, intel, or npu")
     gate_parser.add_argument("level", choices=("l2", "l3"), help="test level")
 
-    subparsers.add_parser(
-        "check-skip-all",
-        help="exit 0 when docs/skip-mark-only diff should skip entire CI upload",
-    )
-
-    skip_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
-        "check-skip-l2-l3",
-        help="exit 0 when PLATFORM l2/l3 pipeline should be skipped (CI config YAML-only diffs)",
-    )
-    skip_parser.add_argument("platform", help="cuda, amd, intel, or npu")
-    skip_parser.add_argument("level", choices=("l2", "l3"), help="test level")
-
-    subparsers.add_parser(
-        "print-annotate",
-        help="print human-readable skip reason for Buildkite annotation",
-    )
-
     args = parser.parse_args()
     decision = resolve_ci_context_from_git().decision
 
@@ -600,16 +577,6 @@ def main() -> int:
             return 0
         return 1
 
-    if args.command == "check-skip-all":
-        return 0 if decision.skip_all else 1
-
-    if args.command == "check-skip-l2-l3":
-        return 0 if not decision.is_run(args.platform, args.level) else 1
-
-    if args.command == "print-annotate":
-        print(decision.message or "CI will run normally")
-        return 0
-
     return 1
 
 

.buildkite/common/scripts/upload_pipeline.py

@@ -12,8 +12,19 @@ Bootstrap mode (``bootstrap-upload-steps.yml``):
 
 Test pipeline mode (e.g. test-merge.yml):
   - Drop steps whose ``source_file_dependencies`` do not match changed files.
-  - Expand uploader-only ``mirror_hardwares: l4_1`` into ``agents`` (+ optional ``image``
+  - Expand uploader-only ``mirror_hardwares`` into ``agents`` (+ optional ``image``
     for NPU) + ``plugins`` (see ci_mirror_hardwares.yml).
+  - Omit ``mirror_hardwares`` to compose ``{chip}_{n}`` from pytest ``-m`` SKU
+    markers plus ``cards_n`` (max of several positives; ``not cards_1`` with no
+    positive ``cards_*`` uses that chip's highest existing preset). An explicit
+    preset string (``h100_2``) is used as-is (marks are ignored). Names that
+    are not keys in ``ci_mirror_hardwares.yml`` fail the upload.
+
+    Inferred chip: unset ``MIRROR_HW`` matches ``H100`` or ``L4`` in ``-m``
+    (both → H100); no match skips the step. ``MIRROR_HW=b200`` matches
+    ``B200`` in ``-m`` (otherwise skipped). ``-m`` is not rewritten.
+    ``MIRROR_HW`` must be empty or ``b200``; unknown values fail the upload.
+    A CUDA preset string such as ``h100_4`` is omitted when ``MIRROR_HW=b200``.
 
 Usage:
   python3 upload_pipeline.py [--upload] [--all | --e2e] <pipeline.yml>
@@ -25,11 +36,13 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 import copy
+import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Literal
 
 try:
     import yaml
@@ -45,6 +58,14 @@ from skip_ci import (
     resolve_ci_context_from_git,
 )
 
+if str(ROOT) not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT))
+
+from tests.helpers.mark import (  # noqa: E402
+    get_skus_for_platform,
+    get_supported_card_counts,
+)
+
 # --- Constants ---
 
 LOG = "upload_pipeline"
@@ -233,32 +254,257 @@ def _load_mirror_hardwares() -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
     return presets
 
 
-def _expand_mirror_hardwares(step: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Replace uploader-only ``mirror_hardwares`` with preset fields from ci_mirror_hardwares.yml."""
-    hardware = step.get("mirror_hardwares")
-    if hardware is None:
-        return step
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def _cuda_mirror_chips() -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    """Lowercase CUDA SKUs that have at least one ``{chip}_{n}`` preset.
 
-    if not isinstance(hardware, str) or not hardware.strip():
+    Longer tokens first so ``h100`` is not matched as a prefix of ``h200``.
+    """
+    skus = get_skus_for_platform("cuda")
+    known = _load_mirror_hardwares()
+    chips = {
+        sku.lower() for sku in skus if any(name == sku.lower() or name.startswith(f"{sku.lower()}_") for name in known)
+    }
+    return tuple(sorted(chips, key=lambda chip: (-len(chip), chip)))
+
+
+def _read_cards_marks(expr: str) -> tuple[set[int], bool]:
+    """Parse registered ``cards_n`` / ``not cards_n`` from a pytest ``-m`` expr.
+
+    Returns positive card counts and whether any ``not cards_*`` is present.
+    """
+    counts = get_supported_card_counts()
+    alt = "|".join(str(n) for n in sorted(counts, key=lambda n: (-len(str(n)), -n))) if counts else "(?!)"
+    positives: set[int] = set()
+    has_not_cards = False
+    for match in re.finditer(rf"\b(?:(not)\s+)?cards_({alt})\b", expr):
+        if match.group(1):
+            has_not_cards = True
+        else:
+            positives.add(int(match.group(2)))
+    return positives, has_not_cards
+
+
+def _read_hardware_marks(expr: str) -> set[str]:
+    """Return lowercase positive CUDA SKUs that have a mirror preset.
+
+    ``not H100`` is ignored. SKUs with no ``{chip}_*`` preset (e.g. H200) are dropped.
+    """
+    skus = sorted(get_skus_for_platform("cuda"), key=lambda s: (-len(s), s))
+    if not skus:
+        return set()
+    alt = "|".join(re.escape(sku) for sku in skus)
+    mirror = set(_cuda_mirror_chips())
+    chips: set[str] = set()
+    for match in re.finditer(rf"\b(?:(not)\s+)?({alt})\b", expr):
+        if match.group(1):
+            continue
+        chip = match.group(2).lower()
+        if chip in mirror:
+            chips.add(chip)
+    return chips
+
+
+# CI policy: not pytest-mark registry.
+_SUPPORTED_MIRROR_HW_SELECTORS = frozenset({"b200"})
+# Unset MIRROR_HW: match H100 then L4 in -m (skip if neither).
+_DEFAULT_INFER_CHIPS = ("h100", "l4")
+_PYTEST_MARKER_ARG = re.compile(r"-m\s+(?:\"([^\"]*)\"|'([^']*)'|(\S+))")
+_CARDS_CHIP_MAX: Literal["max"] = "max"
+
+
+def _get_mirror_hw_selector() -> str:
+    """Return lowercase ``MIRROR_HW``, or empty to keep string presets / marker chips.
+
+    A set value must be ``b200`` (case-insensitive). Unknown values fail closed
+    so a typo cannot silently drop the CUDA pipeline.
+    """
+    selector = os.environ.get("MIRROR_HW", "").strip().lower()
+    if not selector:
+        return ""
+    if selector not in _SUPPORTED_MIRROR_HW_SELECTORS:
+        allowed = " or ".join(repr(s) for s in sorted(_SUPPORTED_MIRROR_HW_SELECTORS))
+        raise ValueError(f"unsupported MIRROR_HW={selector!r}; expected empty or {allowed}")
+    return selector
+
+
+def _read_pytest_marks(commands: Any) -> tuple[set[str], int | Literal["max"] | None]:
+    """Read pytest ``-m`` from step commands: CUDA SKU chips and cards count.
+
+    *chips* are lowercase SKUs from positive markers (``not H100`` is ignored).
+    *cards* is the max positive ``cards_n``, ``"max"`` when only ``not cards_*``
+    is present, or ``None``.
+    """
+    chunks: list[str] = []
+
+    def _collect(value: Any) -> None:
+        if value is None:
+            return
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            chunks.append(value)
+        elif isinstance(value, list):
+            for part in value:
+                _collect(part)
+        else:
+            chunks.append(str(value))
+
+    _collect(commands)
+    text = "\n".join(chunks)
+
+    chips: set[str] = set()
+    positives: set[int] = set()
+    has_not_cards = False
+    for match in _PYTEST_MARKER_ARG.finditer(text):
+        expr = match.group(1) or match.group(2) or match.group(3) or ""
+        chips |= _read_hardware_marks(expr)
+        card_counts, not_cards = _read_cards_marks(expr)
+        positives.update(card_counts)
+        has_not_cards = has_not_cards or not_cards
+
+    if positives:
+        cards: int | Literal["max"] | None = max(positives)
+    elif has_not_cards:
+        cards = _CARDS_CHIP_MAX
+    else:
+        cards = None
+    return chips, cards
+
+
+def _compose_mirror_hardware_name(
+    chips: set[str],
+    cards: int | Literal["max"] | None,
+    *,
+    step_label: str,
+) -> str | None:
+    """Assemble ``{chip}_{n}`` from pytest ``-m`` chips/cards, or None to skip.
+
+    Unset ``MIRROR_HW``: ``H100`` if in ``-m``, else ``L4``, else skip.
+    Set ``MIRROR_HW``: that chip if in ``-m``, else skip.
+    ``cards`` is a registered ``cards_n``, ``"max"`` for that chip's highest
+    existing preset, or None (error after a chip matched — no ``cards_*``).
+    """
+    selector = _get_mirror_hw_selector()
+    if selector:
+        chip = selector if selector in chips else None
+        skip_reason = f"MIRROR_HW={selector!r} not in -m SKUs {sorted(chips)}"
+    else:
+        chip = next((c for c in _DEFAULT_INFER_CHIPS if c in chips), None)
+        skip_reason = f"no H100 or L4 in -m SKUs {sorted(chips)}"
+    if chip is None:
+        _log(f"skip {step_label}: {skip_reason}")
+        return None
+    if cards is None:
         raise ValueError(
-            f"mirror_hardwares must be a non-empty string in step {_get_step_label(step)!r}",
+            f"step {step_label!r} has a pytest -m SKU marker but no cards_* "
+            f"(or not cards_*); add cards_n or set mirror_hardwares to force a preset",
         )
 
-    preset = _load_mirror_hardwares().get(hardware)
+    count_source = "not cards_*" if cards == _CARDS_CHIP_MAX else f"cards_{cards}"
+    count = None if cards == _CARDS_CHIP_MAX else cards
+    registered = get_supported_card_counts()
+    if count is not None and count not in registered:
+        supported = ", ".join(f"cards_{n}" for n in sorted(registered)) or "(none)"
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"{count_source} in step {step_label!r} is not a registered cards_* mark; supported: {supported}",
+        )
+    known = _load_mirror_hardwares()
+    if count is None:
+        available = [n for n in sorted(registered) if f"{chip}_{n}" in known]
+        if not available:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{count_source} in step {step_label!r} has no CUDA count presets for {chip}",
+            )
+        count = max(available)
+    chosen = f"{chip}_{count}"
+    if chosen not in known:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"{count_source} in step {step_label!r} has no preset {chosen!r}",
+        )
+    _log(f"{step_label}: {count_source} → {chosen!r}")
+    return chosen
+
+
+def _resolve_mirror_hardware_name(hardware: Any, *, step_label: str) -> str | None:
+    """Map ``mirror_hardwares`` to a ``ci_mirror_hardwares.yml`` preset, or None to skip.
+
+    The value is a preset name (``h100_2``). Unknown names fail later when the
+    registry is loaded. CUDA names are omitted when ``MIRROR_HW`` names a
+    different chip; NPU strings ignore ``MIRROR_HW``.
+    """
+    if isinstance(hardware, bool):
+        raise ValueError(f"mirror_hardwares must not be a boolean in step {step_label!r}")
+    if isinstance(hardware, str):
+        name = hardware.strip()
+    elif isinstance(hardware, int):
+        name = str(hardware)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"mirror_hardwares must be a preset string in step {step_label!r}",
+        )
+    if not name:
+        raise ValueError(f"mirror_hardwares must be a non-empty string in step {step_label!r}")
+
+    selector = _get_mirror_hw_selector()
+    token = name.lower()
+    chip = next(
+        (c for c in _cuda_mirror_chips() if token == c or token.startswith(f"{c}_")),
+        None,
+    )
+    if selector and chip is not None and chip != selector:
+        _log(
+            f"skip {step_label}: preset {name!r} is {chip} hardware; MIRROR_HW={selector!r}",
+        )
+        return None
+    return name
+
+
+def _expand_mirror_hardwares(step: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+    """Replace ``mirror_hardwares`` (or infer it from ``-m``) with preset agents/plugins.
+
+    Explicit preset string: used as-is; pytest marks are ignored.
+    Omitted key: match H100/L4 (or ``MIRROR_HW``) in ``-m``, then compose
+    ``{chip}_{n}`` from ``cards_n``. No match skips the step. Steps with no
+    SKU/cards and no ``mirror_hardwares`` are left unchanged (CPU jobs).
+
+    Returns None when the current ``MIRROR_HW`` selector does not apply.
+    """
+    step_label = _get_step_label(step)
+    has_pool = step.get("agents") is not None or step.get("plugins") is not None or step.get("image") is not None
+
+    if "mirror_hardwares" not in step:
+        if has_pool:
+            return step
+        chips, cards = _read_pytest_marks(step.get("commands"))
+        if not chips and cards is None:
+            return step
+        preset_name = _compose_mirror_hardware_name(chips, cards, step_label=step_label)
+    else:
+        if has_pool:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"step {step_label!r} sets mirror_hardwares together with agents/plugins/image; "
+                f"use mirror_hardwares only",
+            )
+        preset_name = _resolve_mirror_hardware_name(
+            step.get("mirror_hardwares"),
+            step_label=step_label,
+        )
+
+    if preset_name is None:
+        return None
+
+    preset = _load_mirror_hardwares().get(preset_name)
     if preset is None:
         known = ", ".join(sorted(_load_mirror_hardwares()))
         raise ValueError(
-            f"unknown mirror_hardwares {hardware!r} in step {_get_step_label(step)!r}; known: {known}",
-        )
-
-    if step.get("agents") is not None or step.get("plugins") is not None or step.get("image") is not None:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"step {_get_step_label(step)!r} sets mirror_hardwares together with agents/plugins/image; "
-            "use mirror_hardwares only",
+            f"unknown mirror_hardwares {preset_name!r} in step {step_label!r}; known: {known}",
         )
 
     expanded = copy.deepcopy(preset)
-    return {key: value for key, value in step.items() if key != "mirror_hardwares"} | expanded
+    merged = {key: value for key, value in step.items() if key != "mirror_hardwares"} | expanded
+    # Preset retry (K8S_RETRY on l4_*) must not clobber a step that opted out.
+    if "retry" in step:
+        merged["retry"] = step["retry"]
+    return merged
 
 
 def _match_source_file(changed_files: list[str], prefixes: list[str]) -> bool:
@@ -297,7 +543,7 @@ def _process_test_steps(
         nested = step.get("steps")
         if nested is not None:
             kept_nested = _process_test_steps(nested, changed_files)
-            if changed_files is not None and not kept_nested:
+            if not kept_nested:
                 _log(f"omit empty group {_get_step_label(step)!r}")
                 continue
             new_step = {key: value for key, value in step.items() if key != "source_file_dependencies"}
@@ -305,14 +551,11 @@ def _process_test_steps(
             processed.append(new_step)
             continue
 
-        if deps is not None:
-            processed.append(
-                _expand_mirror_hardwares(
-                    {key: value for key, value in step.items() if key != "source_file_dependencies"},
-                ),
-            )
-        else:
-            processed.append(_expand_mirror_hardwares(step))
+        leaf = {key: value for key, value in step.items() if key != "source_file_dependencies"}
+        expanded = _expand_mirror_hardwares(leaf)
+        if expanded is None:
+            continue
+        processed.append(expanded)
 
     return processed
 
@@ -338,6 +581,10 @@ def _render_test_pipeline(
     e2e_only: bool = False,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Filter steps by PR diff and strip uploader-only ``source_file_dependencies`` metadata."""
+    # Validate MIRROR_HW once up front. Per-step skip must not run for typos
+    # (e.g. b20o), or a pipeline can shrink to leftover CPU-only steps and
+    # still upload successfully.
+    _get_mirror_hw_selector()
     steps = doc.get("steps")
     if not isinstance(steps, list):
         return doc
@@ -367,10 +614,7 @@ def _render_pipeline(
 
     text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     ctx = resolve_ci_context_from_git()
-    if force_all or e2e_only:
-        changed_files = None
-    else:
-        changed_files = ctx.changed_files
+    changed_files = None if force_all or e2e_only else ctx.changed_files
 
     doc = yaml.safe_load(text)
     if not isinstance(doc, dict):

.buildkite/cuda/test-merge.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# CUDA CI L3 (`advanced_model` e2e) plus L1 CPU Simple Test (`core_model and cpu`).
+# Uploaded by Upload Merge Pipeline: PR label `merge-test`, or post-merge on main.
+
 env:
   VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD: spawn
   VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_MOE_FP16: 0
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ steps:
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/common/alias_free_activation.py
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/stage_input_processors/qwen3_tts.py
           - vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/serving_speech.py
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/tts_adapters/
+          - vllm_omni/engine/stage_pool.py
         commands:
           - |
             timeout 40m bash -c "
@@ -104,6 +110,9 @@ steps:
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/common/alias_free_activation.py
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/stage_input_processors/qwen3_tts.py
           - vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/serving_speech.py
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/tts_adapters/
+          - vllm_omni/engine/stage_pool.py
           - .buildkite/common/scripts/run_cov_split.sh
           - pyproject.toml
         # 40 -> 60: the coverage split runs the model twice.
@@ -122,6 +131,7 @@ steps:
       - label: "Omni · Qwen3-Omni Test"
         source_file_dependencies:
           - tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni.py
+          - tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni_colocate_async.py
           - tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni.py
           - tests/helpers/runtime.py
           - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/serving_chat.py
@@ -132,9 +142,10 @@ steps:
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/qwen3_tts/cuda_graph_decoder_wrapper.py
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/stage_input_processors/qwen3_omni.py
           - vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_omni_moe.yaml
+          - vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_omni_moe_thinking.yaml
         timeout_in_minutes: 50
         commands:
-          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni.py tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda' --run-level 'advanced_model'
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni.py tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni.py tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni_colocate_async.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda' --run-level 'advanced_model'
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
       - label: "Omni · MiniCPM-o 4.5 Test"
@@ -229,3 +240,38 @@ steps:
               pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_hunyuan_video_15_expansion.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda and diffusion' --run-level 'advanced_model'
             "
         mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: "Diffusion · MiniMax-H3 L3 DLO DP2 and FastH3"
+        source_file_dependencies:
+          - tests/e2e/online_serving/minimax_h3/
+          - tests/helpers/assertions.py
+          - tests/helpers/mark.py
+          - tests/helpers/media.py
+          - tests/helpers/runtime.py
+          - vllm_omni/diffusion/models/minimax_h3/
+          - vllm_omni/diffusion/lora/
+          - vllm_omni/diffusion/offloader/
+          - vllm_omni/diffusion/distributed/
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/
+        # Keep four server lifecycles in one Buildkite job, but never in one
+        # pytest process. DLO uses multiprocessing shared-memory queues; the
+        # parent's resource_tracker can retain a stale /psm_* entry during
+        # teardown and strand the next Ref2VA collective.
+        # A per-file process plus a hard timeout also makes a regression fail
+        # instead of leaving the merge queue stuck indefinitely.
+        timeout_in_minutes: 150
+        commands:
+          - |
+            set -eu
+            export VLLM_IMAGE_FETCH_TIMEOUT=60
+            if [ -f vllm_omni/diffusion/models/minimax_h3/lora.py ]; then
+              export VLLM_TEST_MINIMAX_H3_TURBO_LORA=$(python3 -c 'from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download; print(hf_hub_download(repo_id="lightx2v/Minimax-h3-Turbo", filename="minimax_h3_fl2v_turbo_4step_v1.0_768p_bf16.safetensors"))')
+            fi
+            if [ -f vllm_omni/diffusion/models/minimax_h3/fasth3.py ]; then
+              export VLLM_TEST_MINIMAX_H3_FASTH3_LORA=$(python3 -c 'from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download; print(hf_hub_download(repo_id="FastVideo/FastVideo-FastH3-4-step-Preview-v1-LoRA", filename="dense-datafree/adapter_model.safetensors"))')
+            fi
+            timeout 35m pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/minimax_h3/test_minimax_h3_dlo_dp2_fl2va.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda and diffusion' --run-level 'advanced_model'
+            timeout 35m pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/minimax_h3/test_minimax_h3_dlo_dp2_ref2va.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda and diffusion' --run-level 'advanced_model'
+            timeout 35m pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/minimax_h3/test_minimax_h3_turbo_lora.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda and diffusion' --run-level 'advanced_model'
+            timeout 35m pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/minimax_h3/test_minimax_h3_fasth3_lora.py -m 'advanced_model and cuda and diffusion' --run-level 'advanced_model'
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_2

.buildkite/cuda/test-nightly.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# CUDA CI L4 (`full_model`): nightly and release share this file.
+# Uploaded by Upload Nightly Pipeline: NIGHTLY=1, or PR labels (nightly-test / omni-test / ...).
+# Hardware: omit mirror_hardwares to compose from -m SKU + cards_n; or set a preset string to force.
+
 env:
   VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD: spawn
   VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_MOE_FP16: 0
@@ -12,29 +16,33 @@ steps:
     if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1" || build.pull_request.labels includes "nightly-test" || build.pull_request.labels includes "omni-test"
     steps:
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Function Test with H100"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Function Test with H100 · Single-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 120
         commands:
-          - pytest -sv tests/e2e --run-level "full_model" -m "full_model and H100 and omni" --ignore=tests/e2e/accuracy --ignore=tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni_multi_replicas.py --ignore=tests/e2e/online_serving/test_minicpmo_4_5_duplex_expansion.py
-        mirror_hardwares: h100_2
+          - pytest -sv tests/e2e --run-level "full_model" -m "full_model and H100 and B200 and omni and cards_1" --ignore=tests/e2e/accuracy --ignore=tests/e2e/online_serving/test_minicpmo_4_5_duplex_expansion.py
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Function Test with H100 · 2-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - pytest -sv tests/e2e --run-level "full_model" -m "full_model and H100 and B200 and omni and cards_2" --ignore=tests/e2e/accuracy --ignore=tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_omni_multi_replicas.py
 
       - label: ":full_moon: Omni · MiniCPM-o 4.5 Duplex Test"
         timeout_in_minutes: 50
         commands:
-          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_minicpmo_4_5_duplex_expansion.py -m "full_model and cuda and H100 and omni" --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_minicpmo_4_5_duplex_expansion.py -m "full_model and cuda and H100 and omni and cards_1" --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_1
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Doc Test with L4"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Doc Test with L4 · 4-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
           - export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
-          - pytest -s -v tests/examples/ -m "full_model and omni and L4" --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/examples/ -m "full_model and omni and L4 and cards_4" --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Doc Test with H100"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Doc Test with H100 · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
-          - pytest -s -v tests/examples/ -m "full_model and omni and H100" --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/examples/ -m "full_model and omni and H100 and cards_2" --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
       - label: ":full_moon: Omni · Accuracy Test"
@@ -136,15 +144,29 @@ steps:
           - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/ -m "full_model and L4 and tts" --run-level "full_model" --ignore=tests/e2e/accuracy
         mirror_hardwares: l4_1
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: TTS · Perf Test"
-        key: nightly-tts-performance
+      - label: ":full_moon: TTS · Perf Test · Single-GPU"
+        key: nightly-tts-performance-single
         timeout_in_minutes: 180
         commands:
           - export BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
           - export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
           - |
             set +e
-            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_tts.json
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_tts.json -m "H100 and cards_1"
+            EXIT=$$?
+            buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json"
+            exit $$EXIT
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: TTS · Perf Test · 2-GPU"
+        key: nightly-tts-performance-2gpu
+        timeout_in_minutes: 180
+        commands:
+          - export BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
+          - export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
+          - |
+            set +e
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_tts.json -m "H100 and cards_2"
             EXIT=$$?
             buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json"
             exit $$EXIT
@@ -158,7 +180,7 @@ steps:
       build.pull_request.labels includes "nightly-test"
     steps:
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Tiny Model Tests · Diffusion (Multi-GPU accelerations)"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Tiny Model Tests · Diffusion (Multi-GPU accelerations) · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 30
         # NOTE: Single-GPU (core_model) tiny model tests run on the ready label,
         # so nightly only adds the multi-GPU parallelism configurations.
@@ -168,7 +190,14 @@ steps:
         # for the CI, since these tests should pass irrespective of whether or not we use
         # the full weights or not.
         commands:
-          - timeout 25m pytest -sv tests/model_tests/diffusion -m 'full_model and cuda' --run-level "core_model"
+          - pytest -sv tests/model_tests/diffusion -m 'full_model and cuda and cards_2' --run-level "core_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_2
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Tiny Model Tests · Diffusion (Multi-GPU accelerations) · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 30
+        # CFG+TP extra_test_groups request 2×2=4 devices (see get_required_device_count).
+        commands:
+          - pytest -sv tests/model_tests/diffusion -m 'full_model and cuda and cards_4' --run-level "core_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
   - group: ":card_index_dividers: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) Model Test"
@@ -179,7 +208,6 @@ steps:
       build.pull_request.labels includes "nightly-test" ||
       build.pull_request.labels includes "diffusion-x2iat-test"
     steps:
-      # Use explicit file shards so single-card cases do not reserve 2+ GPUs.
 
       - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Function Test with H100 · Single-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 120
@@ -187,24 +215,35 @@ steps:
           - >-
             pytest -sv
             tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen_image_expansion.py
-            -m "full_model and diffusion and H100 and not distributed_cuda"
+            -m "full_model and diffusion and H100 and cards_1"
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_1
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Function Test with H100 · Multi-GPU Qwen-Image"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Function Test with H100 · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 120
         commands:
           - >-
             pytest -sv
             tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen_image_expansion.py
-            -m "full_model and diffusion and H100 and distributed_cuda"
+            -m "full_model and diffusion and H100 and cards_2"
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Function Test with L4"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Boogu Edit CFG · 3-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 120
         commands:
-          - pytest -sv tests/e2e/ -k "not test_wan and not hunyuan" -m "full_model and diffusion and L4" --run-level "full_model" --ignore=tests/e2e/accuracy
+          - >-
+            pytest -sv
+            tests/e2e/online_serving/test_boogu_image_edit_expansion.py
+            -k "test_double_guidance_cfg_parallel and cfg_parallel_3_full"
+            -m "slow and diffusion and cuda and H100 and cards_3"
+            --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_3
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Function Test with L4 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 120
+        commands:
+          - pytest -sv tests/e2e/ -k "not test_wan and not hunyuan" -m "full_model and diffusion and L4 and cards_4" --run-level "full_model" --ignore=tests/e2e/accuracy
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
       - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Doc Test"
@@ -235,8 +274,23 @@ steps:
           - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/accuracy/test_hidream_o1_image.py -m full_model --run-level full_model
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Perf Test · Qwen-Image"
-        key: nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Perf Test · Qwen-Image · Single-GPU"
+        key: nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image-single
+        timeout_in_minutes: 180
+        commands:
+          - export DIFFUSION_BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
+          - export CACHE_DIT_VERSION=1.5.0
+          - |
+            set +e
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_qwen_image_vllm_omni.json -m "H100 and cards_1"
+            EXIT=$$?
+            buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/diffusion_result_*.json"
+            buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/logs/*.log"
+            exit $$EXIT
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2I(&A&T) · Perf Test · Qwen-Image · 4-GPU"
+        key: nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image-4gpu
         timeout_in_minutes: 180
         commands:
           - export DIFFUSION_BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
@@ -244,7 +298,7 @@ steps:
           - export CACHE_DIT_VERSION=1.5.0
           - |
             set +e
-            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_qwen_image_vllm_omni.json
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_qwen_image_vllm_omni.json -m "H100 and cards_4"
             EXIT=$$?
             buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/diffusion_result_*.json"
             buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/logs/*.log"
@@ -260,16 +314,28 @@ steps:
       build.pull_request.labels includes "diffusion-x2v-test"
     steps:
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Wan2.2 T2V Function Test"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Wan2.2 T2V Function Test · Single-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
-          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_expansion.py -k "t2v" -m "full_model and cuda" --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_expansion.py -k "t2v" -m "full_model and cuda and H100 and cards_1" --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Wan2.2 T2V Function Test · 2-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_expansion.py -k "t2v" -m "full_model and cuda and H100 and cards_2" --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Wan2.2 I2V/TI2V Function Test"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Wan2.2 I2V/TI2V Function Test · Single-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
-          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_expansion.py -k "i2v" -m "full_model and cuda" --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_expansion.py -k "i2v" -m "full_model and cuda and H100 and cards_1" --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Wan2.2 I2V/TI2V Function Test · 2-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_expansion.py -k "i2v" -m "full_model and cuda and H100 and cards_2" --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
       - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · HunyuanVideo-1.5 Function Test"
@@ -310,17 +376,31 @@ steps:
           - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/accuracy/hunyuanvideo15_i2v/test_hunyuanvideo15_i2v_video_similarity.py -m full_model --run-level full_model
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Perf Test"
-        key: nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Perf Test · Single-GPU"
+        key: nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance-single
+        timeout_in_minutes: 180
+        commands:
+          - export DIFFUSION_BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
+          - |
+            set +e
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_wan22_i2v_vllm_omni.json -m "H100 and cards_1"
+            EXIT=$$?
+            buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/diffusion_result_*.json"
+            buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/logs/*.log"
+            exit $$EXIT
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion X2V · Perf Test · 2-GPU"
+        key: nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance-2gpu
         timeout_in_minutes: 180
         commands:
           - export DIFFUSION_BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
           - export DIFFUSION_ATTENTION_BACKEND=FLASH_ATTN
           - |
             set +e
-            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_wan22_i2v_vllm_omni.json
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_wan22_i2v_vllm_omni.json -m "H100 and cards_2"
             EXIT1=$$?
-            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_cosmos3_vllm_omni.json
+            pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_cosmos3_vllm_omni.json -m "H100 and cards_2"
             EXIT2=$$?
             buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/diffusion_result_*.json"
             buildkite-agent artifact upload "tests/dfx/perf/results/logs/*.log"
@@ -350,7 +430,6 @@ steps:
         timeout_in_minutes: 180
         commands:
           - export DIFFUSION_BENCHMARK_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
-          - export DIFFUSION_ATTENTION_BACKEND=FLASH_ATTN
           - |
             set +e
             pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_minimax_h3_vllm_omni.json
@@ -365,16 +444,34 @@ steps:
     depends_on: upload-nightly-pipeline
     if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1" || build.pull_request.labels includes "nightly-test"
     steps:
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with L4"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with L4 · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
         commands:
-          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and L4' --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and L4 and cards_2' --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_2
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with L4 · 3-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 60
+        commands:
+          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and L4 and cards_3' --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_3
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with L4 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 60
+        commands:
+          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and L4 and cards_4' --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
-      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with H100"
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with H100 · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
         commands:
-          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and H100' --run-level "full_model"
+          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and H100 and cards_2' --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_2
+
+      - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Distributed Test with H100 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 60
+        commands:
+          - pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed/ -m 'full_model and cuda and H100 and cards_4' --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_4
 
       - label: ":full_moon: Diffusion · Offloader Test"
@@ -409,19 +506,25 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
       - nightly-omni-performance-no-async-chunk
       - nightly-omni-performance-async-chunk
-      - nightly-tts-performance
-      - nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image
-      - nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance
+      - nightly-tts-performance-single
+      - nightly-tts-performance-2gpu
+      - nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image-single
+      - nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image-4gpu
+      - nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance-single
+      - nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance-2gpu
     if: build.env("NIGHTLY") == "1" && build.env("EMAIL_DISTRIBUTION") == "1"
     commands:
       - pip install openpyxl
       - export DEFAULT_INPUT_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
       - export DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR=tests/dfx/perf/results
-      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-tts-performance
+      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-tts-performance-single
+      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-tts-performance-2gpu
       - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-omni-performance-no-async-chunk
       - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-omni-performance-async-chunk
-      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image
-      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance
+      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image-single
+      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-diffusion-x2iat-performance-qwen-image-4gpu
+      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance-single
+      - buildkite-agent artifact download "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.json" . --step nightly-diffusion-x2v-performance-2gpu
       - python tools/nightly/generate_nightly_perf_excel.py
       - python tools/nightly/generate_nightly_perf_html.py
       - python tools/nightly/send_nightly_email.py --report-file "tests/dfx/perf/results/*.xlsx, tests/dfx/perf/results/*.html"

.buildkite/cuda/test-ready.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# CUDA CI L2 (`core_model` e2e) plus L1 CPU Simple Test (`core_model and cpu`).
+# Uploaded by Upload Ready Pipeline: PR label `ready`, or main+WEEKLY=1 with --e2e.
+
 env:
   VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD: spawn
   VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_MOE_FP16: 0
@@ -51,17 +54,20 @@ steps:
           - timeout 15m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/batching -m 'core_model and cuda' --run-level "core_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_1
 
-      - label: "Diffusion · Distributed & Attention Test"
-        source_file_dependencies:
-          - tests/diffusion/distributed/
-          - tests/diffusion/attention/test_attention_sp.py
-          - vllm_omni/diffusion/distributed/
-          - vllm_omni/diffusion/attention/
-          - vllm_omni/diffusion/data.py
-          - vllm_omni/diffusion/models/
+      - label: "Diffusion · Distributed Test · Single-GPU"
         commands:
-          - timeout 20m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed -m 'core_model and cuda' --run-level "core_model"
-          - timeout 20m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/attention/test_attention_sp.py -m 'core_model and cuda' --run-level "core_model"
+          - timeout 20m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed -m 'core_model and cuda and L4 and cards_1' --run-level "core_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_1
+
+      - label: "Diffusion · Distributed Test · 2-GPU"
+        commands:
+          - timeout 20m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed -m 'core_model and cuda and L4 and cards_2' --run-level "core_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_2
+
+      - label: "Diffusion · Distributed & Attention Test · 4-GPU"
+        commands:
+          - timeout 20m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/distributed -m 'core_model and cuda and L4 and cards_4' --run-level "core_model"
+          - timeout 20m pytest -sv tests/diffusion/attention/test_attention_sp.py -m 'core_model and cuda and L4 and cards_4' --run-level "core_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
       - label: "Diffusion · Model Test"
@@ -252,6 +258,9 @@ steps:
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/common/alias_free_activation.py
           - vllm_omni/model_executor/stage_input_processors/qwen3_tts.py
           - vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/serving_speech.py
+          - vllm_omni/entrypoints/openai/tts_adapters/
+          - vllm_omni/engine/stage_pool.py
         commands:
           - |
             timeout 20m bash -c "
@@ -260,25 +269,6 @@ steps:
             "
         mirror_hardwares: l4_1
 
-      - label: "TTS · Qwen3-TTS Base Test"
-        source_file_dependencies:
-          - tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_tts_base.py
-          - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/qwen3_tts/
-          - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/common/qwen3_code_predictor.py
-          - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/common/snake_activation.py
-          - vllm_omni/model_executor/models/common/alias_free_activation.py
-          - vllm_omni/model_executor/stage_input_processors/qwen3_tts.py
-          - vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml
-        commands:
-          - |
-            timeout 20m bash -c "
-              export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-              export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN=1
-              export VLLM_OMNI_USE_V2_RUNNER=1
-              pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen3_tts_base.py -m 'core_model' --run-level 'core_model'
-            "
-        mirror_hardwares: l4_1
-
       - label: "Diffusion · Wan22 Test"
         source_file_dependencies:
           - tests/e2e/online_serving/test_wan22_t2v.py

.buildkite/cuda/test-weekly.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# CUDA CI L5 (`slow` / reliability / extra coverage).
+# Uploaded by Upload Weekly Pipeline: WEEKLY=1 / NON_CRITICAL=1, or PR label `weekly-test`.
+
 env:
   VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD: spawn
   VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_MOE_FP16: 0
@@ -44,10 +47,16 @@ steps:
           - pytest -s -v tests/dfx/reliability/test_reliability_hunyuan_image.py -m "slow"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_4
 
-      - label: "Reliability Test · Invalid parameters · H100"
-        timeout_in_minutes: 120
+      - label: "Reliability Test · Invalid parameters · H100 · Single-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
-          - pytest -s -v tests/dfx/reliability/invalid_param_test/ -m "slow and H100"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/dfx/reliability/invalid_param_test/ -m "slow and H100 and cards_1"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: "Reliability Test · Invalid parameters · H100 · 2-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - pytest -s -v tests/dfx/reliability/invalid_param_test/ -m "slow and H100 and cards_2"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_2
 
       - label: "Reliability Test · Invalid parameters · L4"
@@ -105,27 +114,44 @@ steps:
     if: build.env("NON_CRITICAL") == "1"
     steps:
 
-      - label: "Omni · L4"
+      # Online Qwen2.5 expansion is 2-card; offline expansion + AutoRound are 4-card.
+      - label: "Omni · L4 · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
           - export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
-          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/*/test_qwen2_5_omni_expansion.py --run-level "core_model"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen2_5_omni_expansion.py -m "slow and L4 and omni and cards_2" --run-level "core_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_2
+
+      - label: "Omni · L4 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - export VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN="1"
+          - pytest -s -v tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen2_5_omni_expansion.py -m "slow and L4 and omni and cards_4" --run-level "core_model"
           - >-
             pytest -s -v tests/e2e/
             --ignore=tests/e2e/online_serving/test_qwen2_5_omni_expansion.py
             --ignore=tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen2_5_omni_expansion.py
-            -m "slow and L4 and omni"
+            -m "slow and L4 and omni and cards_4"
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
-      - label: "Omni · H100"
+      - label: "Omni · H100 · Single-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
           - >-
             pytest -sv
-            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and H100 and omni"
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and H100 and omni and cards_1"
             --run-level "full_model"
-        mirror_hardwares: h100_2
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+
+      - label: "Omni · H100 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - >-
+            pytest -sv
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and H100 and omni and cards_4"
+            --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_4
 
       - label: "TTS · L4"
         timeout_in_minutes: 120
@@ -169,12 +195,30 @@ steps:
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_1
 
-      - label: "Diffusion · L4"
+      - label: "Diffusion · L4 · Single-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
         commands:
           - >-
             pytest -sv
-            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and L4"
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and L4 and cards_1"
+            --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_1
+
+      - label: "Diffusion · L4 · 2-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 60
+        commands:
+          - >-
+            pytest -sv
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and L4 and cards_2"
+            --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: l4_2
+
+      - label: "Diffusion · L4 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 60
+        commands:
+          - >-
+            pytest -sv
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and L4 and cards_4"
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: l4_4
 
@@ -183,15 +227,24 @@ steps:
         commands:
           - >-
             pytest -sv
-            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and H100 and not distributed_cuda"
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and H100 and cards_1"
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_1
 
-      - label: "Diffusion · H100 · Multi-GPU"
+      - label: "Diffusion · H100 · 2-GPU"
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
         commands:
           - >-
             pytest -sv
-            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and H100 and distributed_cuda"
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and H100 and cards_2"
+            --run-level "full_model"
+        mirror_hardwares: h100_2
+
+      - label: "Diffusion · H100 · 4-GPU"
+        timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        commands:
+          - >-
+            pytest -sv
+            tests/e2e/ -m "slow and diffusion and H100 and cards_4"
             --run-level "full_model"
         mirror_hardwares: h100_4

.buildkite/intel/pipeline-intel.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
           # Buildkite will automatically replace this with the actual commit hash
           VLLM_IMAGE_TAG: "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
-          VLLM_VERSION: "v0.27.0"
+          VLLM_VERSION: "v0.28.0"
         priority: 100
         timeout_in_minutes: 60
         soft_fail: false

.buildkite/intel/scripts/run-xpu-test.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ set -ex
 
 omni_source_dir=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
-base_image_name="xpu/vllm-omni-ci-base:${VLLM_VERSION:?VLLM_VERSION must be set}"
+: "${VLLM_VERSION:?VLLM_VERSION must be set}"
+# Official upstream XPU image. It is published from vllm's own
+# docker/Dockerfile.xpu, which is exactly what build_vllm_base() clones and
+# builds below, so pulling it is equivalent to building the fallback base.
+upstream_base_image="vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:${VLLM_VERSION}"
+local_base_image="xpu/vllm-omni-ci-base:${VLLM_VERSION}"
 image_name="xpu/vllm-omni-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:?BUILDKITE_COMMIT must be set}"
 container_name="xpu_${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}_$(
     tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev/urandom | head -c 10
@@ -49,9 +54,36 @@ build_vllm_base() (
         "${vllm_source_dir}"
 )
 
-if [ -z "$(docker images -q "${base_image_name}")" ]; then
-    build_vllm_base
-fi
+# Resolve the vLLM base image, in priority order:
+#   1. the published upstream image for VLLM_VERSION, pulled fresh (so moving
+#      tags like nightly are refreshed rather than served stale from disk);
+#   2. a local copy of that same image, when the registry is unreachable;
+#   3. VLLM_BASE, if that image is already on disk;
+#   4. otherwise build VLLM_BASE from the matching vLLM source tag (~30min).
+# VLLM_BASE names the fallback base and defaults to ${local_base_image}; set it
+# to reuse or produce a base under a different tag.
+resolve_vllm_base() {
+    if docker pull "${upstream_base_image}"; then
+        base_image_name="${upstream_base_image}"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Registry unreachable, but a previous run may have left the image behind.
+    if [ -n "$(docker images -q "${upstream_base_image}")" ]; then
+        echo "WARNING: could not pull ${upstream_base_image}; using local copy" >&2
+        base_image_name="${upstream_base_image}"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "WARNING: ${upstream_base_image} unavailable remotely and locally" >&2
+    base_image_name="${VLLM_BASE:-${local_base_image}}"
+    if [ -z "$(docker images -q "${base_image_name}")" ]; then
+        echo "WARNING: building ${base_image_name} from vLLM ${VLLM_VERSION} source" >&2
+        build_vllm_base
+    fi
+}
+
+resolve_vllm_base
 
 # Try building the docker image
 docker_build "${image_name}" --build-arg "VLLM_BASE=${base_image_name}" --build-arg "VLLM_VERSION=${VLLM_VERSION}"

.buildkite/npu/test-npu-ready.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ steps:
         -m 'core_model and npu and A3 and omni'
         --run-level 'core_model'
 
+  - label: "Diffusion NPU layer tests"
+    key: ready-diffusion-npu-layer-tests
+    depends_on: upload-ready-pipeline
+    mirror_hardwares: a3_npu_2
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        pytest -s -v
+        tests/diffusion/layers/test_activation.py
+        tests/diffusion/layers/test_fused_qk_norm_rope_npu.py
+        -m 'core_model and npu and A3'
+        --run-level 'core_model'
+
   - group: ":card_index_dividers: Omni Model Test"
     key: ready-omni-group
     depends_on: upload-ready-pipeline

.claude/skills/add-diffusion-model/SKILL.md

@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Classify the model's **CI priority** first:
 
 **L2 & L3 online — same file, dual marks on the baseline smoke:** The **first / simplest** case in `test_{slug}.py` (default deploy, minimal steps, single prompt) should carry **both** `@pytest.mark.core_model` and `@pytest.mark.advanced_model` on the **same** function so L2 (`test-ready.yml`) and L3 (`test-merge.yml`) share one smoke test. Heavier deploy variants or API paths in the same file use **`advanced_model` only**. When L3 moves to nightly, migrate those heavier cases into `test_{slug}_expansion.py` with `full_model` and remove the dedicated `test-merge.yml` job (see `test_longcat_image_expansion.py`, `test_qwen_image_expansion.py`).
 
-**L4 design (high priority):** Combine multiple supported features (Cache-DiT, TP, USP, CFG, HSDP, CPU offload, quantization) into **few parametrized** `OmniServerParams` rows so each feature appears in at least one case without exploding GPU jobs. Shard single-GPU vs multi-GPU cases across the nightly X2I/X2V function steps (1-GPU vs `distributed_cuda`).
+**L4 design (high priority):** Combine multiple supported features (Cache-DiT, TP, USP, CFG, HSDP, CPU offload, quantization) into **few parametrized** `OmniServerParams` rows so each feature appears in at least one case without exploding GPU jobs. Shard single-GPU vs multi-GPU cases across the nightly X2I/X2V function steps (`cards_1` vs `not cards_1`).
 
 **L4 design (medium / low):** One or two parametrized rows covering the best quality/perf trade-off; skip perf JSON unless the model is high priority.
 

.claude/skills/add-tts-model/references/precommit-dco.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ but the changes are correct — stage the modified files and re-commit.
 | `check-forbidden-imports` | Stdlib `re`/`base64`, pickle, Hugging Face Hub API, or direct Triton/TileLang | `import regex as re` and `pybase64`; use `vllm.transformers_utils.repo_utils`. Do **not** add the file to `allowed_files` without review |
 | `check-torch-cuda-call` | New `torch.cuda.*` call site | Use `current_omni_platform` / `OmniPlatform`; do not grow `ALLOWED_FILES` without review |
 | `check-tts-adapter-migration` | New `self._tts_model_type` branch in `serving_speech.py` | Put per-model logic in `tts_adapters/`. Lower `MAX_MODEL_TYPE_BRANCHES` when removing branches; do not raise it without review |
-| `check-test-ci-coverage` | New `tests/**/test_*.py` missing level or hardware mark | Add `core_model`/`advanced_model`/… plus `cpu`/`cuda`/`hardware_test(` |
+| `check-mark` | New `tests/**/test_*.py` missing level/hardware mark, or direct `pytest.mark.H100` | Add `core_model`/`advanced_model`/… plus `cpu`/`cuda`/`hardware_test(`; SKU marks only via helpers |
 | `mypy-3.10` | Type error on changed `vllm_omni/` files | Fix the types; model trees are excluded. Extra versions: `pre-commit run --hook-stage manual mypy-3.12` |
 | `markdownlint-cli2` | Docs/README markdown lint | Accept auto-fix under `docs/` / `recipes/` / root README |
 | `check-buildkite` | Invalid `.buildkite/*.yml` | Fix the YAML; do not grow `SKIP_FILES` without review |

.claude/skills/production-add-diffusion-model/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,458 @@
+---
+name: production-add-diffusion-model
+description: Productionize a vLLM-Omni diffusion model after its Day-0 vertical slice works. Use when work requires official API parity and input limits, feature-combination evidence, online FP8, distributed layerwise offload, per-request Cache-DiT, CUDA/ROCm/NPU/XPU recipes, faster or sparse attention, fused operators, USP or disaggregation analysis, continuous batching and abort handling, long-running RPS stability, or accuracy/performance/reliability CI. For initial architecture porting, registry wiring, and basic weight loading, use add-diffusion-model first.
+---
+
+# Productionizing a Diffusion Model
+
+## Scope
+
+Use this skill to move a working model integration from Day-0 support to a
+measured, fail-closed production deployment. It is deliberately separate from
+[`add-diffusion-model`](../add-diffusion-model/SKILL.md); do not modify or copy
+that skill when productionizing a model. If registry, pipeline, or basic loader
+work is incomplete, read that skill first and finish the Day-0 vertical slice.
+
+MiniMax-H3 [PR #5691](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/pull/5691)
+is the merged Day-0 case study. Its open optimization
+[issue #5700](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/5700) is an
+actively maintained roadmap and evidence map, not a list of already supported
+features. It can lag merged implementation: read its current revision, cited
+PRs, target source, and maintained recipes, then leave every unverified row
+`not tested` until the target revision has scoped evidence.
+
+Read these references before the corresponding gate:
+
+- [API and hardware recipes](references/api-and-recipes.md)
+- [Production feature patterns](references/feature-patterns.md)
+- [Performance patterns and code examples](references/performance-patterns.md)
+- [Serving, soak, and CI validation](references/production-validation.md)
+
+## Non-negotiable evidence contract
+
+Create a matrix whose row key is at least:
+
+```text
+task x API mode x execution mode/capacity x shape/schedule x attention backend x
+packed layout x cache policy x quantization x offload mode x topology x
+hardware x dtype x output representation/transport
+```
+
+Use exactly these states:
+
+| State | Meaning |
+|---|---|
+| `validated` | The exact row passed correctness and measured deployment tests, with reproducible artifacts. |
+| `limited` | A bounded subset passed; the limitation and rejection/fallback behavior are explicit. |
+| `unsupported` | A stable architectural/platform restriction is proven and fails early with an actionable error. |
+| `not tested` | No adequate evidence exists. This is the default. |
+
+Never infer compatibility from import success, server startup, another task,
+another card, or another topology. Record the model/checkpoint revision,
+vLLM-Omni commit, commands, request assets and hashes, seed/schedule/shape,
+raw output artifacts, environment, and result for every `validated` row.
+
+## Workflow
+
+Follow the gates in order. Keep a dense BF16 single-device path as the
+correctness oracle until every advertised fast path has parity evidence.
+
+### Gate 0: Freeze the official contract
+
+Pin the official implementation and checkpoint revision. Build a matrix for:
+
+- constructor/call arguments, defaults, scheduler and sigma schedule;
+- task-to-source modality/count/order rules;
+- prompt, MIME, bytes, pixels, frames, duration, FPS, steps, seed, guidance,
+  output count, and output format limits;
+- offline API and every public sync/async serving endpoint;
+- checkpoint partitions and task selection.
+
+Normalize offline, sync, and async requests through one validation contract.
+Reject an invalid task/source combination before downloads, upload persistence,
+temporary files, async job creation, or engine submission. Use 400 for invalid
+semantics and 413 for payload limits; clean partial resources on every failure.
+See [API and hardware recipes](references/api-and-recipes.md).
+
+### Gate 1: Re-prove correctness under production shapes
+
+1. Make loading strict: track expected, loaded, unexpected, and intentionally
+   ignored tensors. A fused destination is complete only after every source
+   shard arrives. Missing retained parameters abort startup.
+2. Fix reference revision, asset hashes, seed, schedule, and shape. Compare
+   component outputs, intermediate denoise latents, and final artifacts.
+3. Test unequal packed samples. Verify `cu_seqlens`, padding exclusion,
+   modality/CFG ownership, split/gather boundaries, and one output per request.
+4. Test partial process groups with non-member ranks and group size smaller
+   than world size. Do not construct a private group per component or request.
+5. Run negative API cases before positive E2E tests to prove side-effect-free
+   rejection and cleanup.
+
+### Gate 2: Wire shared fast primitives
+
+Prefer explicit, testable vLLM-Omni/vLLM operators with native fallbacks.
+`torch.compile` remains a separately validated regional optimization; it is
+not a substitute for correct operator selection or lifecycle-safe boundaries.
+
+#### RMSNorm + RoPE baseline
+
+Use the shared cross-platform operators, preserving the official Q/K norm and
+RoPE order:
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.norm import RMSNorm
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.rope import (
+    RotaryEmbedding,
+    apply_rope_to_qk,
+)
+
+self.norm_q = RMSNorm(head_dim, eps=eps)
+self.norm_k = RMSNorm(head_dim, eps=eps)
+self.rope = RotaryEmbedding(is_neox_style=False)
+
+query = self.norm_q(query)  # [B, S, Hq, D] or packed [T, Hq, D]
+key = self.norm_k(key)      # [B, S, Hkv, D] or packed [T, Hkv, D]
+query, key = apply_rope_to_qk(
+    self.rope,
+    query,
+    key,
+    (cos, sin),
+)
+```
+
+Verify `is_neox_style`, `half_head_dim`, partial rotary dimensions, cos/sin
+layout, and packed row ownership against the official model. `False` means
+interleaved/GPT-J style; do not assume the default is NeoX. Shared RMSNorm and
+RoPE are two dispatched operators, not automatically one fused kernel.
+
+For packed non-interleaved RoPE, use the shared fused boundary when its contract
+matches the model:
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.fused_qk_norm_rope import fused_qk_norm_rope
+
+query, key = fused_qk_norm_rope(
+    query,                    # [T, Hq, D]
+    key,                      # [T, Hkv, D]
+    self.norm_q.weight,       # [D]
+    self.norm_k.weight,       # [D]
+    rope_table,               # [T, rotary_dim] = [cos | sin]
+    self.norm_q.variance_epsilon,
+)
+```
+
+The current CUDA fast path specializes BF16 `head_dim=128`, `rotary_dim=96`;
+the public function keeps an eager fallback for unsupported inputs. Verify the
+packed row/frequency contract and trace the actual fast path. Do not reshape an
+incompatible official RoPE layout merely to enter this kernel.
+
+MiniMax-H3-style partial NeoX RoPE rotates a prefix and passes the suffix
+through:
+
+```python
+self.q_norm = RMSNorm(head_dim, eps=eps, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+self.k_norm = RMSNorm(head_dim, eps=eps, dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+self.rope = RotaryEmbedding(is_neox_style=True, half_head_dim=False)
+
+def apply_partial_rope(self, x, freqs, rot_dim):
+    x_rot, x_pass = x[..., :rot_dim], x[..., rot_dim:]
+    cos, sin = torch.cos(freqs).to(x.dtype), torch.sin(freqs).to(x.dtype)
+    return torch.cat((self.rope(x_rot, cos, sin), x_pass), dim=-1)
+```
+
+The partial-RoPE snippet assumes `import torch` and lives on the owning
+attention module; adapt names and validated frequency shapes rather than
+copying it at module scope.
+
+Call the modules normally so `CustomOp` selects CUDA/HIP/NPU/XPU/native
+implementations. Do not call `forward_cuda()` directly. Compare the shared
+path with native BF16 at operator, block, denoise-trajectory, and artifact
+levels before claiming either accuracy or speed.
+
+#### Faster BF16 attention and fused projections
+
+Use local TP head counts and role-aware shared attention:
+
+```python
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.linear import QKVParallelLinear
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.layer import Attention
+
+self.qkv_proj = QKVParallelLinear(
+    hidden_size=hidden_size,
+    head_size=head_dim,
+    total_num_heads=num_heads,
+    total_num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
+    bias=False,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.qkv_proj",
+)
+self.attn = Attention(
+    num_heads=self.qkv_proj.num_heads,
+    num_kv_heads=self.qkv_proj.num_kv_heads,
+    head_size=head_dim,
+    softmax_scale=head_dim**-0.5,
+    causal=False,
+    qkv_layout="BSND",
+    role="self",
+    prefix=prefix,
+)
+```
+
+Prove the selected backend from runtime logs/trace and compare it with dense
+SDPA. Packed metadata must express real sample boundaries; do not build masks
+that the selected backend ignores. A backend that is faster for one shape or
+platform is not a global default. See [performance patterns](references/performance-patterns.md)
+for QKV, SwiGLU, AdaLN, sparse attention, redundancy, and fusion examples.
+
+### Gate 3: Add online FP8 without breaking the loader
+
+Route the active config to each component, then pass a stable runtime prefix
+and config into every quantizable vLLM linear:
+
+```python
+def resolve_component_quant_config(quant_config, component):
+    return quant_config.resolve(component) if hasattr(quant_config, "resolve") else quant_config
+
+transformer_quant_config = resolve_component_quant_config(
+    od_config.quantization_config,
+    "transformer",
+)
+self.transformer = MyDiT(
+    od_config,
+    quant_config=transformer_quant_config,
+    prefix="transformer",
+)
+
+self.qkv_proj = QKVParallelLinear(
+    hidden_size=hidden_size,
+    head_size=head_dim,
+    total_num_heads=num_heads,
+    total_num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.qkv_proj",
+)
+```
+
+Use `build_quant_config()` for direct construction/testing:
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.quantization import build_quant_config
+
+quant_config = build_quant_config({
+    "transformer": {"method": "fp8"},
+    "text_encoder": None,
+    "vae": None,
+    "default": None,
+})
+```
+
+Preserve each parameter's vLLM `weight_loader`; perform checkpoint layout
+conversion before invoking it. Account for every QKV/gate-up source shard.
+Keep precision-sensitive norm/modulation/embedders in BF16 unless separately
+proven, using the current `safe_quant_config` pattern where applicable.
+
+Validate resident DiT FP8 first: prove which modules are quantized, HBM saved,
+BF16-vs-FP8 trajectory/artifact quality, latency, and throughput. Text encoder,
+VAE, other hardware, TP/cache/DLO combinations are separate rows.
+Pre-quantized, pruned, rotated, or adapter-modified checkpoints are separate
+model/loading lanes; compare them with the released BF16 model without calling
+the result a pure quantization ablation. Read
+[`../quantization/SKILL.md`](../quantization/SKILL.md) if present and prefer the
+target revision's implementation/docs when sibling guidance differs.
+
+### Gate 4: Make every component offloadable
+
+Declare topology instead of relying on heuristic discovery:
+
+```python
+from typing import ClassVar
+
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.models.interface import SupportsComponentDiscovery
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.offloader import OffloadPlan
+
+class MyPipeline(nn.Module, SupportsComponentDiscovery):
+    _dit_modules: ClassVar[list[str]] = ["transformer"]
+    _encoder_modules: ClassVar[list[str]] = ["text_encoder"]
+    _vae_modules: ClassVar[list[str]] = ["vae"]
+    _resident_modules: ClassVar[list[str]] = []
+    _offload_plan: ClassVar[OffloadPlan] = OffloadPlan(
+        on_demand_component_paths=frozenset({"text_encoder", "vae"}),
+        block_attrs={"transformer": ("blocks",)},
+        offload_submodules={"token_refiner": "blocks"},
+        resident_dit_paths=frozenset({"transformer"}),
+        encoder_block_attrs={"text_encoder": ("encoder.layers",)},
+    )
+```
+
+Add a test that resolves every dotted component/block path and fails if it is
+missing or is not the expected module/container; discovery may otherwise warn
+and skip. Validate ordinary layerwise offload and distributed layerwise
+offload (DLO) independently.
+
+Keep component lifecycle and host-weight storage separate. `OffloadPlan`
+declares what can be streamed; the diffusion loader owns any `HostWeightPlan`
+and hands the exact prevalidated plan to DLO. Do not make the offloader rescan
+checkpoint files or duplicate loader name/shape/dtype decisions. Direct mmap is
+a fail-closed optimization: current preflight requires TP1, no HSDP, no online
+quantization, complete bindings, and represented transforms. Otherwise the
+ordinary loader remains authoritative.
+
+If the target revision supports Host Weight Runtime (HWR), treat it as a
+separate, exact-identity startup/cache path rather than generic offload or
+zero-copy execution. Qualify `preferred` population/fallback and `required`
+consume-only failure independently; verify immutable manifests, final-layout
+restore, lease cleanup, corruption/quarantine, and node-local sharing. Current
+model contracts may be BF16 no-AllGather-only, so reject AllGather, online
+quantization, HSDP, LoRA/adapted weights, and unrecognized load formats unless
+the exact target revision explicitly adds them.
+
+On small-HBM cards, record load/materialization peak, resident peak, encode,
+each denoise wave, decode, transient per-rank HBM, host PSS, H2D, and collective
+time. Test DLO AllGather and `--dlo-no-use-allgather` as different deployments.
+Sweep the supported resident-block policies and publish the non-dominated
+latency-HBM frontier; a single minimum-memory or fastest point is not the DLO
+trade-off. Keep request-specific preparation replica-local. Only weight
+materialization may enter the declared DLO collective group; never use WORLD
+for per-request work in a DP deployment.
+Direct checkpoint mmap preflight is limited to TP1 without HSDP or online
+quantization; TP>1 falls back to the ordinary TP-aware loader and can still feed
+DLO AllGather or no-AllGather after scoped E2E. HSDP remains incompatible with
+DLO AllGather. A target revision may allow finalized per-tensor online FP8
+through the ordinary loader and AllGather; keep every other online quantizer
+fail-closed, and require model/card/topology E2E before promotion.
+Use deploy YAML for DP under `--omni`; vLLM DP CLI flags are rejected.
+
+### Gate 5: Add request-scoped acceleration safely
+
+Server-wide Cache-DiT support does not imply a per-request quality API. Only
+add request policy after defining calibrated quality tiers and a safe hook
+lifecycle using `SupportsRequestScopedCacheDiT`, `CacheDiTRequestSpec`, and
+`RequestScopedCacheDiTRuntime`. Validate alternating and concurrent quality
+tiers, real cache hits, refresh/reset, success, error, disconnect, abort, and
+the next uncached request. Do not batch different quality policies unless the
+batch compatibility key and hook ownership make that safe.
+
+Then test Cache-DiT against FP8, DLO, TP/SP, compile, and batching one
+combination at a time. See [production feature patterns](references/feature-patterns.md)
+for the lifecycle skeleton and compatibility matrix.
+
+### Gate 6: Optimize only from profiles
+
+Freeze one canonical workload manifest before profiling. Keep lossless runtime
+A/Bs, accelerated paths with numerical/quality trade-offs, and production
+topology studies in separate result lanes. Reconcile the client boundary as
+queue + encode + denoise + video/audio decode + output transport/codec +
+residual; do not hide a material residual in another stage.
+
+Profile stage time, GPU kernels, CPU/GPU synchronization, allocations, H2D,
+output payload/copies, and collectives before choosing work. Apply and A/B one
+change at a time:
+
+1. Remove synchronization and redundant denoise-loop work: hoist static prompt
+   conditioning/token refinement, RoPE tables, masks/metadata, bounded AdaLN
+   schedule projections, and reference scans; remove per-layer `.item()` and
+   unused masks/allocations.
+2. Select the fastest correct BF16 attention backend for each role and shape.
+3. Prefer explicit fused QKV, gate-up + `SiluAndMul`, RMSNorm/RoPE, AdaLN, and
+   layout/residual operators with guarded native fallbacks. Preserve every
+   materialized dtype/rounding boundary consumed by the unfused graph.
+4. Enable sparse attention only when platform, shape, topology, realized
+   sparsity, quality, fallback, and end-to-end speedup are all proven.
+5. Profile USP all-to-all count/bytes, packing, contiguous copies, overlap, and
+   scaling efficiency. Audit replicated cross-attention before using
+   `skip_sequence_parallel`. Qualify regular and accelerated Ulysses transport
+   independently; activation logs, JIT/readiness time, workspace growth,
+   stream ownership, maximum-shape warmup, and numerical drift are gates.
+   Preserve the checkpoint's Q:KV head ratio when padding GQA for Ulysses, and
+   validate strided QKV staging rather than assuming packed contiguity.
+6. Evaluate text-encoder or VAE disaggregation only if stage share, transfer
+   volume, reuse/concurrency, and independent scaling justify it. Tiling,
+   offload, or patch parallelism is not disaggregation.
+
+Do not combine independent optimizations into one performance claim. Preserve
+raw before/after runs with fixed workload and warmup policy.
+
+### Gate 7: Make serving interruptible and load-stable
+
+Treat request-mode batching and step-wise execution as separate capabilities:
+
+- request batching requires `supports_request_batch = True` and
+  `DiffusionRequestBatch -> list[DiffusionOutput]`, exactly one output per
+  request;
+- step execution requires the complete `SupportsStepExecution` contract:
+  `prepare_encode`, `denoise_step`, `step_scheduler`, and `post_decode`.
+
+Keep all mutable scheduler, RNG, latent, mask, cache, and step state request
+scoped. First validate `--step-execution --max-num-seqs 1` and step-boundary
+abort; only then test heterogeneous multi-request waves. Step continuous
+batching is experimental and is not automatically compatible with Cache-DiT.
+Before recommending it, predeclare a useful case and success threshold, then
+A/B it against request mode under the same arrival process. Structural support
+or a generic bridge is not latency, throughput, or cancellation evidence for a
+model.
+
+Test queued and in-flight abort, client disconnect, timeout, OOM, worker error,
+and restart. Require one terminal result, idempotent cleanup, no post-decode
+after abort, no cache/temp/VRAM/request-ID leak, and a successful next request.
+Inject late worker results/exceptions after cancellation and prove the result
+pump stays alive instead of raising `InvalidStateError`. For large batched or
+long-window video outputs, freeze dtype, range, layout, contiguity, ownership,
+payload size, serializer/codec limits, and offline-versus-HTTP semantics.
+Validate device-side output preparation, D2H/IPC or shared handles, remote
+encoding, event-loop responsiveness, and client materialization as separate
+stages, including abort and consumer failure cleanup.
+A model/VAE callback that publishes ordered chunks is only a producer contract;
+it is not transport, backpressure, cancellation, public streaming, or
+time-to-first-frame evidence. Distinguish complete-response faster-than-playback
+(`client E2E / output duration <= 1`) from streaming and report first-chunk,
+steady cadence, finalization, and complete-artifact latency separately.
+Run below-, near-, and above-saturation mixed-RPS soaks and report success/error
+rate, throughput, queue time, memory slope, temp growth, and worker health.
+Report p50/p95/p99 only from a declared arrival model with enough measured
+requests for the claimed percentile. See
+[serving and CI validation](references/production-validation.md).
+
+### Gate 8: Publish recipes and four independent CI tracks
+
+For every target vendor/card/topology, publish exact environment, serve/deploy
+command, one complete JSON or multipart curl per supported task, expected
+output checks, benchmark command, warmup/repeat/concurrency policy, raw metrics,
+per-rank HBM/host PSS, accuracy artifact, and limitations. Mark each
+CUDA/ROCm/NPU/XPU row `validated`, `unsupported`, or `not tested`; never inherit
+support from the platform abstraction or another card. Re-run DLO on each
+small-HBM recipe.
+
+Maintain separate CI gates:
+
+1. Function: strict load, API/offline positive and negative contracts.
+2. Accuracy: fixed reference revision/assets/seed/schedule and scoped tolerance.
+3. Performance: fixed best deployment plus memory-constrained/DLO row, raw JSON,
+   explicit warmup, enough samples for each claimed statistic, and owned
+   regression thresholds.
+4. Reliability: long mixed-RPS soak, abort/disconnect/fault cleanup, memory and
+   temporary-resource trend.
+
+## Production Definition of Done
+
+A model is production-ready only when:
+
+- every official advertised task passes API parity, offline/online parity,
+  strict loading, fixed-reference quality, and negative validation;
+- the recommended deployment row passes correctness, isolation, abort/error
+  cleanup, benchmark, and soak gates on named hardware;
+- online FP8 and DLO are each implemented and either validated in scoped rows
+  or explicitly limited/unsupported with fail-fast behavior;
+- per-request cache quality tiers have measured speed/quality frontiers and
+  request isolation, if advertised;
+- CUDA/ROCm/NPU/XPU recipes describe evidence rather than inferred support;
+- Function, Accuracy, Performance, and Reliability CI have owners, artifacts,
+  and actionable failure output;
+- accelerated paths identify every precision/quality trade-off, and the raw
+  offline plus online encoded output contracts are versioned and tested;
+- all unverified task/backend/cache/quant/offload/topology/hardware combinations
+  remain `not tested` and are not presented as supported.
+
+Day-0 support is still a valid milestone, but title, docs, and matrix must say
+which representative task passed and which production gates remain.

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+interface:
+  display_name: "Production Add Diffusion Model"
+  short_description: "Productionize vLLM-Omni diffusion models"
+  default_prompt: "Use $production-add-diffusion-model to take this integrated diffusion model from Day-0 support to evidence-backed production readiness."

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+# API Contract and Hardware Recipes
+
+## Contents
+
+1. [Freeze the upstream contract](#freeze-the-upstream-contract)
+2. [Validate before side effects](#validate-before-side-effects)
+3. [Task request templates](#task-request-templates)
+4. [Serving benchmark template](#serving-benchmark-template)
+5. [Hardware recipe contract](#hardware-recipe-contract)
+6. [Best deployment selection](#best-deployment-selection)
+
+## Freeze the upstream contract
+
+Pin three revisions independently:
+
+- official source implementation commit or package version;
+- checkpoint/model-card revision and partition;
+- vLLM-Omni target commit.
+
+Build a table before editing code. One row is one official task/partition.
+
+| Field | Required content |
+|---|---|
+| Task and partition | Official task name, checkpoint subdirectory, task selection rules |
+| Call contract | Constructor and call arguments, types, required/optional, official defaults |
+| Prompt/input | Prompt count/length, modality, MIME, order, count, decoded shape |
+| Size/time | Width/height alignment, pixels, frames, duration, FPS, start offset |
+| Denoise | Scheduler, sigma schedule, steps, CFG/guidance, seed behavior |
+| Output | Count, format, codec/sample rate, return type |
+| API | Offline mapping, sync endpoint, async endpoint/job lifecycle |
+| Rejection | Status code and stable error class/message for every invalid boundary |
+
+Official API parity includes limits and defaults, not just names. Do not add a
+generic default that changes a distilled checkpoint's fixed schedule, or accept
+an input combination the official task rejects.
+
+For every accepted boundary, add the neighboring rejected values. Examples:
+`max_images` and `max_images + 1`, smallest/largest legal duration, aligned and
+misaligned dimensions, omitted and illegal steps, one and too many outputs.
+
+## Validate before side effects
+
+Use one normalization/validation path for offline, sync, and async requests.
+The ordering must be:
+
+```text
+parse -> normalize aliases -> validate task/source matrix -> validate declared
+limits -> stream with byte caps -> inspect/decode with frame/pixel/duration caps
+-> persist only if needed -> submit to engine
+```
+
+Fail before download, persistence, job creation, or engine submit whenever the
+available metadata is sufficient. For streamed uploads, enforce:
+
+- total reference count and per-modality count before reading bodies;
+- per-file bytes while streaming;
+- aggregate bytes across all files;
+- decoded frames, duration, pixels, and media type before engine submission.
+
+On rejection, close streams and remove every partial temporary resource. Use
+HTTP 400 for invalid task/field combinations and 413 for payload limits. Test
+both sync and async paths; an invalid async request must not create a job ID.
+
+Do not trust client MIME alone. Sniff/validate content and keep ordered repeated
+multipart fields ordered. Avoid logging prompts, raw references, signed URLs,
+or base64 payloads.
+
+## Task request templates
+
+These are endpoint-shape templates, not model recipes. Replace placeholders
+with the exact official defaults and validated assets for the target model.
+Every production recipe must include all advertised tasks and an expected
+output check.
+
+### Text to image: JSON
+
+```bash
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/images/generations \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{
+    "model": "<model>",
+    "prompt": "<validated prompt>",
+    "size": "1024x1024",
+    "num_inference_steps": 30,
+    "seed": 42,
+    "response_format": "b64_json"
+  }' | jq -er '.data[0].b64_json' | base64 -d > output.png
+file output.png
+```
+
+### Image edit: multipart
+
+```bash
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/images/edits \
+  -F 'model=<model>' \
+  -F 'prompt=<validated edit prompt>' \
+  -F 'image=@/path/to/reference.png;type=image/png' \
+  -F 'size=1024x1024' \
+  -F 'num_inference_steps=30' \
+  -F 'seed=42' \
+  -F 'output_format=png' \
+  | jq -er '.data[0].b64_json' | base64 -d > edited.png
+file edited.png
+```
+
+Use repeated `image` fields only if the model's official input matrix allows
+multiple ordered sources. Never describe a file upload as JSON-only.
+
+### Public request fields versus internal sampling fields
+
+Use the field exposed by the target revision's endpoint schema; do not rename
+it from the pipeline's internal attribute. For example, the current video JSON
+and multipart contracts expose `extra_params`, while serving translates that
+object into `DiffusionSamplingParams.extra_args`. Other request paths may
+expose canonical `extra_args` or nest it under `extra_body`. Inspect the exact
+Pydantic model/FastAPI form dependency and exercise the generated curl before
+publishing a recipe. A deprecation warning in a different endpoint is not
+evidence that an unrecognized multipart form field works here.
+
+Current endpoint map (re-check it at the target commit):
+
+| Endpoint | Public model-specific field |
+|---|---|
+| `/v1/videos`, `/v1/videos/sync` | Multipart `extra_params` JSON string |
+| `/v1/images/generations` | JSON `extra_params` object |
+| `/v1/chat/completions` diffusion | `extra_body.extra_args` |
+| `/v1/images/edits` | Declared typed form fields only |
+| `/v1/audio/generate` | Declared typed JSON fields only |
+
+Prefer declared top-level fields. Use a generic model-specific envelope only
+when the endpoint actually exposes it.
+
+### Text to video: multipart
+
+```bash
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/videos/sync \
+  -H 'Accept: video/mp4' \
+  -F 'model=<model>' \
+  -F 'prompt=<validated prompt>' \
+  -F 'size=1280x720' \
+  -F 'num_frames=81' \
+  -F 'fps=16' \
+  -F 'num_inference_steps=30' \
+  -F 'seed=42' \
+  -F 'extra_params={"task":"<official-task>"}' \
+  -o output.mp4
+ffprobe -v error -show_entries stream=codec_name,width,height,r_frame_rate \
+  -of json output.mp4
+```
+
+### Image/video to video: multipart
+
+```bash
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/videos/sync \
+  -H 'Accept: video/mp4' \
+  -F 'model=<model>' \
+  -F 'prompt=<validated prompt>' \
+  -F 'num_frames=81' \
+  -F 'fps=16' \
+  -F 'num_inference_steps=30' \
+  -F 'seed=42' \
+  -F 'extra_params={"task":"<official-task>","start_time_seconds":0}' \
+  -F 'input_reference=@/path/to/reference.png;type=image/png' \
+  -o i2v.mp4
+
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/videos/sync \
+  -H 'Accept: video/mp4' \
+  -F 'model=<model>' \
+  -F 'prompt=<validated prompt>' \
+  -F 'num_frames=81' \
+  -F 'num_inference_steps=30' \
+  -F 'seed=43' \
+  -F 'extra_params={"task":"<official-task>","start_time_seconds":0}' \
+  -F 'input_reference=@/path/to/reference.mp4;type=video/mp4' \
+  -o v2v.mp4
+```
+
+For multiple references, repeat the model's accepted multipart field in
+official order. Include complete downloadable or repository fixtures plus
+SHA256 hashes. A placeholder-only recipe is not runnable evidence.
+
+### Text to audio: JSON
+
+```bash
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/audio/generate \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{
+    "model": "<model>",
+    "input": "<validated audio prompt>",
+    "audio_length": 10.0,
+    "num_inference_steps": 100,
+    "seed": 42,
+    "response_format": "wav"
+  }' -o output.wav
+ffprobe -v error -show_entries stream=codec_name,sample_rate,channels \
+  -of json output.wav
+```
+
+Use `/v1/audio/generate` for general diffusion audio. Do not substitute the
+speech API unless the model is actually served through the speech contract.
+
+### Async video lifecycle
+
+Alongside `/v1/videos/sync`, include `POST /v1/videos`, status polling,
+content retrieval, cancellation/abort if public, and cleanup assertions. The
+same request must normalize to the same engine sampling parameters in both
+modes.
+
+## Serving benchmark template
+
+Run a smoke first, then fixed-concurrency and arrival-rate tests. Video task
+names for the harness are `t2v`, `i2v`, `ti2v`, or `v2v`; model-specific task
+selection belongs in `--extra-body` when required.
+
+```bash
+python benchmarks/diffusion/diffusion_benchmark_serving.py \
+  --base-url http://127.0.0.1:8091 \
+  --endpoint /v1/videos \
+  --model '<model>' \
+  --dataset random \
+  --task t2v \
+  --num-prompts 100 \
+  --width 1280 --height 720 \
+  --num-frames 81 --fps 16 \
+  --num-inference-steps 30 \
+  --request-rate 0.2 \
+  --max-concurrency 4 \
+  --warmup-requests 4 \
+  --warmup-concurrency 4 \
+  --extra-body '{"extra_params":"{\"task\":\"<official-task>\"}"}' \
+  --output-file result.json
+```
+
+The video backend currently stringifies each multipart value. Pre-serialize
+the nested `extra_params` object as above; passing it as a nested object would
+produce Python dict syntax rather than valid JSON. If the target revision
+changes the backend to JSON-encode dict/list values, update and smoke-test this
+command against that revision.
+
+For i2v/v2v, use the harness's validated dataset/trace path or provide the
+documented media source; do not silently benchmark t2v and label it i2v. Keep
+prompt, assets, seed, dimensions, frames, steps, guidance, warmup, concurrency,
+and arrival process identical across A/B runs.
+
+Keep three benchmark lanes distinct:
+
+1. lossless runtime A/B with the released schedule/precision/attention policy;
+2. accelerated-path A/B that changes one adapter, quantization, cache, or
+   sparsity policy and adds same-seed quality evidence;
+3. production-topology studies that vary placement or parallelism and report a
+   latency/throughput/memory frontier rather than a kernel speedup.
+
+For a fixed single-request A/B, retain every measured run and report median or
+mean with range after an explicit warmup; do not infer p95/p99 from a few
+repetitions. Tail latency requires a declared arrival process, request count,
+concurrency, and enough successful samples. Reconcile client E2E with queue,
+encoder, denoise, video/audio decode, D2H/IPC, codec, and residual timings.
+
+For generated media, define `real-time` rather than relying on the label. A
+complete-response claim uses `client E2E / validated output duration <= 1` and
+does not imply streaming or low time-to-first-frame. Report first chunk/fragment
+and cadence separately when a public streaming route exists. Never add gains
+across benchmark lanes with different schedules, prompts, seeds, artifacts, or
+topologies.
+
+The diffusion serving harness currently covers image/video task families, not
+`/v1/audio/generate`. For text-to-audio, use the target model's task-specific
+audio benchmark if one exists; otherwise add a serving harness that records
+request rate, concurrency, latency, generated-audio seconds per second, error
+rate, and output validation. Do not relabel the TTS harness or a video workload
+as diffusion-audio evidence.
+
+## Hardware recipe contract
+
+Create a separate row and runnable section for each vendor/card/topology:
+
+| Evidence | Required detail |
+|---|---|
+| Identity | Vendor, exact SKU, device count, HBM, interconnect |
+| Software | Driver, CUDA/ROCm/CANN/oneAPI, framework/container, dependency versions |
+| Source | vLLM-Omni commit, official/checkpoint revision and hashes |
+| Deployment | dtype, attention backend per role, TP/SP/CFG/HSDP/DP, cache, quant, offload |
+| Commands | Complete deploy YAML/serve command, every task curl, benchmark command |
+| Method | Warmup exclusion, repetitions or request count, concurrency, arrival distribution, duration, statistic definitions |
+| Results | Success rate, p50/p95/p99, RPS/throughput per device, stage latency |
+| Memory | Load/materialize, resident, encode, denoise, decode, transient per-rank HBM and host PSS |
+| Quality | Metric/tolerance, artifact links/hashes, temporal/audio checks |
+| Output | Raw/offline dtype, range, layout and ownership; online codec, payload bytes, transport route and client boundary |
+| Limits | `validated`/`limited`/`unsupported`/`not tested`, fallback/rejection behavior |
+
+Use current paths such as `recipes/<vendor>/`, `recipes/README.md`, supported
+models, and feature compatibility tables. Top-level documentation must link to
+the scoped matrix; it must not use an unqualified checkmark that hides a ROCm,
+NPU, XPU, task, topology, or dtype limitation.
+
+DLO evidence is per card, especially on small-HBM devices. A DLO result on one
+CUDA card does not establish another CUDA SKU, ROCm, NPU, or XPU support.
+
+## Best deployment selection
+
+Benchmark a correctness-approved candidate matrix, not every theoretical
+combination. Choose the recommended row by the production objective—latency,
+throughput, cost, or small-HBM fit—and document that objective.
+
+Do not recommend a row until it passes:
+
+- all advertised task/API contracts;
+- fixed-reference quality;
+- request isolation and abort/error cleanup;
+- sustained arrival-rate tests;
+- per-rank HBM and host PSS limits;
+- hardware-specific accuracy and performance CI.
+
+Keep the most memory-constrained DLO row even when it is not the fastest; it is
+a separate production recipe, not a failed latency candidate.

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+# Production Feature Patterns
+
+## Contents
+
+1. [Compatibility matrix](#compatibility-matrix)
+2. [Online FP8](#online-fp8)
+3. [Strict fused-weight loading](#strict-fused-weight-loading)
+4. [Distributed layerwise offload](#distributed-layerwise-offload)
+5. [Per-request Cache-DiT](#per-request-cache-dit)
+6. [Combination gates](#combination-gates)
+
+## Compatibility matrix
+
+Create rows at the granularity below. Add evidence links and a reason for every
+non-validated state.
+
+| Task/shape | Execution mode/capacity | Backend/layout | Quant | Cache policy | Offload | Topology | Hardware/dtype | Output contract/transport | State | Evidence |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| `<task>/<shape>/<schedule>` | serial request / 1 | SDPA, padded | BF16 | none | resident | 1 device | `<card>` BF16 | raw float / local | `not tested` | — |
+| `<task>/<shape>/<schedule>` | step / N | `<fast>`, packed | BF16 | none | resident | `<TP/SP>` | `<card>` BF16 | encoded / subprocess | `not tested` | — |
+| `<task>/<shape>/<schedule>` | step / N | `<fast>`, packed | FP8 | high | DLO no-AG | `<TP/SP>` | `<card>` | device uint8 / SHM | `not tested` | — |
+
+Initialize every row as `not tested`; the table is a work queue, not evidence.
+Promote the dense BF16 row to the oracle only after its scoped parity passes.
+Add one axis at a time. If the runtime cannot
+enforce a known-incompatible combination, add construction/admission
+validation before writing a recipe.
+
+## Online FP8
+
+### Component routing
+
+The public builder accepts one method or a longest-prefix component map:
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.quantization import build_quant_config
+
+config = build_quant_config({
+    "transformer": {
+        "method": "fp8",
+        "ignored_layers": ["transformer.final_layer"],
+    },
+    "text_encoder": None,
+    "vae": None,
+    "default": None,
+})
+
+assert config.resolve("transformer.blocks.0.attn.qkv_proj") is not None
+assert config.resolve("text_encoder.layers.0.mlp") is None
+assert config.resolve("vae.decoder.conv_out") is None
+```
+
+Use actual runtime prefixes. Multi-DiT or nested pipelines may not use the
+generic names `transformer` and `vae`. A prefix that falls through to a default
+is not component validation. Add tests for every included and ignored prefix.
+
+For CLI serving, first validate resident DiT-only FP8:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni --quantization fp8 --max-num-seqs 1
+```
+
+For scoped routing:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni \
+  --diffusion-quantization-config \
+  '{"<dit-runtime-prefix>":{"method":"fp8","ignored_layers":["<exact-linear-prefix>"]},"<vae-runtime-prefix>":null,"default":null}' \
+  --max-num-seqs 1
+```
+
+Do not publish these placeholders. A recipe must contain the target model's
+verified prefixes.
+
+### Quantizable module wiring
+
+Pass `quant_config` and a stable prefix through every vLLM linear. Keep
+precision-sensitive modulation/norm layers safe unless proven otherwise.
+
+```python
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.activation import SiluAndMul
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.linear import (
+    MergedColumnParallelLinear,
+    QKVParallelLinear,
+    RowParallelLinear,
+)
+
+self.qkv_proj = QKVParallelLinear(
+    hidden_size=hidden_size,
+    head_size=head_dim,
+    total_num_heads=num_heads,
+    total_num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
+    bias=False,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.attn.qkv_proj",
+)
+self.gate_up_proj = MergedColumnParallelLinear(
+    hidden_size,
+    [intermediate_size, intermediate_size],
+    bias=False,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.mlp.gate_up_proj",
+)
+self.act_fn = SiluAndMul()
+self.down_proj = RowParallelLinear(
+    intermediate_size,
+    hidden_size,
+    bias=False,
+    input_is_parallel=True,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.mlp.down_proj",
+)
+```
+
+Set required checkpoint parameters to fail rather than silently initialize if
+the current loader supports `missing_param_init = "error"`.
+
+### FP8 evidence
+
+For each task/hardware row, capture:
+
+- startup proves the FP8 quant method is attached to intended linear modules;
+- no unexpected BF16 fallback and no meta/uninitialized parameters;
+- same-seed component, trajectory, and final-artifact comparison with BF16;
+- HBM at load, resident, encode, denoise, decode, and peak;
+- cold load time; fixed-work warm-latency raw runs; and serving p50/p95/p99 plus
+  throughput only from a declared arrival load with enough samples;
+- named ignored layers and why their BF16 retention is required.
+
+DiT FP8 evidence does not cover the text encoder or VAE. CUDA evidence does not
+cover ROCm/NPU/XPU. A pre-quantized checkpoint is a different loading path from
+online FP8 and needs its own state. If it is also pruned, rotated, distilled, or
+adapter-modified, report that model delta explicitly; BF16-versus-artifact
+quality and speed are deployment comparisons, not pure quantization ablations.
+
+## Strict fused-weight loading
+
+Never use `param.data.copy_()` for quantizable vLLM parameters. Transform the
+checkpoint layout before invoking the parameter loader so the online quant
+loader remains outermost:
+
+```python
+from vllm.model_executor.model_loader.weight_utils import default_weight_loader
+
+param = params[target_name]
+weight_loader = getattr(param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader)
+
+if target_name.endswith(".qkv_proj.weight"):
+    packed_qkv = reorder_checkpoint_qkv(checkpoint_weight)
+    weight_loader(param, packed_qkv)
+elif target_name.endswith(".gate_up_proj.weight"):
+    gate, up = checkpoint_weight.chunk(2, dim=0)
+    weight_loader(param, gate, 0)
+    weight_loader(param, up, 1)
+else:
+    weight_loader(param, checkpoint_weight)
+```
+
+Track source shards per fused destination:
+
+```python
+expected = {
+    "blocks.0.attn.qkv_proj.weight": {"q", "k", "v"},
+    "blocks.0.mlp.gate_up_proj.weight": {0, 1},
+}
+seen = {name: set() for name in expected}
+
+# After mapping/loading each source:
+seen[target_name].add(shard_id)
+
+incomplete = {
+    name: sorted(shards - seen[name], key=str)
+    for name, shards in expected.items()
+    if shards - seen[name]
+}
+if incomplete:
+    raise RuntimeError(f"incomplete fused checkpoint parameters: {incomplete}")
+```
+
+Also compare retained model parameters with the returned loaded set. Explicit
+checkpoint ignores need a reason and test; an unknown or missing weight is not
+an ignore policy.
+
+Load-time adapter fusion creates a dedicated model, not a request-switchable
+LoRA. Pin the base and adapter revisions, validate every low-rank and full-rank
+delta target, freeze the adapter-declared schedule/task, and fuse before
+sharding only when the loader contract proves identical rank-local weights.
+Reject offload or host-weight paths that bypass that fusion rather than serving
+the unfused base model silently.
+
+## Distributed layerwise offload
+
+### Declare component topology
+
+Use `SupportsComponentDiscovery` and `OffloadPlan`. Validate all dotted paths
+at construction/test time because discovery may otherwise warn and skip.
+
+Treat a future/requested `--layerwise-offload-components` selector as a public
+API only if it exists in the target revision. Today, express component topology
+with `OffloadPlan` (`on_demand_component_paths`, `block_attrs`,
+`encoder_block_attrs`, `resident_dit_paths`, and `offload_submodules`). Do not
+invent a CLI flag or claim component-selective DLO from discovery declarations
+alone; validate the selector separately when it lands.
+
+```python
+from operator import attrgetter
+
+import torch
+
+def assert_offload_path(root, path):
+    value = attrgetter(path)(root)
+    if not isinstance(value, torch.nn.Module):
+        raise TypeError(f"offload path {path!r} is not an nn.Module")
+    return value
+
+for path in (
+    *pipeline._dit_modules,
+    *pipeline._encoder_modules,
+    *pipeline._vae_modules,
+    *pipeline._offload_plan.on_demand_component_paths,
+):
+    assert_offload_path(pipeline, path)
+```
+
+For `block_attrs`, resolve the DiT first and then each declared block attribute.
+Require an indexable block container with at least one `nn.Module`. Validate
+`offload_submodules`, `resident_dit_paths`, and `encoder_block_attrs` similarly.
+
+### Keep host storage loader-owned
+
+Current DLO accepts a loader-produced `HostWeightPlan`. Pipeline authors should
+not instantiate this plan or add ad hoc mmap capability flags. The loader must
+preflight complete runtime/checkpoint bindings, names, shapes, dtypes, persistent
+buffers, and represented transforms before it skips ordinary materialization.
+The exact accepted plan is consumed once by DLO; a rejected plan records an
+observable fallback reason and continues through the ordinary loader.
+
+Direct checkpoint mmap currently requires TP1 without HSDP or online
+quantization. TP>1 falls back to the ordinary TP-aware loader and may feed DLO
+AllGather or no-AllGather; the current design records a bounded DP2xTP2
+AllGather smoke, but that path does not receive direct-mmap host-page sharing.
+Per-tensor online FP8 must use the ordinary loader. Current revisions can admit
+its finalized weight/scale layout to DLO AllGather, including transposed runtime
+weights, while unsupported online quantizers still fail closed. Direct mmap
+remains unavailable, so capture the temporary full-model host materialization
+before rank sharding.
+
+Host Weight Runtime is a distinct opt-in path. Current final-layout consumers
+use no-AllGather DLO and exact model-declared BF16 representations. In
+`preferred` mode, consume an exact local hit or canonically load and publish for
+a future startup; in `required` mode, consume only and fail on a miss or unusable
+artifact. HWR must not interact with DLO AllGather, online quantization, HSDP,
+LoRA/adapted weights, or an unrecognized load format unless the target revision
+adds an exact producer/restore contract. It is immutable node-local CPU backing,
+not zero-copy GPU execution; the DLO transport still owns staging or direct H2D.
+Qualify identity inputs, cold population, warm reuse, atomic concurrent
+publication, source digests, corruption/quarantine, lease cleanup, capacity,
+node-local PSS, H2D, and E2E latency. A host-memory saving that materially
+regresses transfer or request latency is a separate memory-first deployment.
+
+### DLO deployment modes
+
+Treat these paths separately:
+
+| Path | Weight/runtime behavior | Required boundaries |
+|---|---|---|
+| DLO AllGather | Rank-sharded pinned host tensors; reconstruct layer through collective | TP>1 uses ordinary TP-aware loader output; HSDP and unsupported online quantizers are rejected; finalized per-tensor online FP8 is eligible only when recognized by the target revision; concurrent ranks must participate consistently |
+| DLO no-AllGather | Loader-approved checkpoint mmap or ordinary runtime tensors; each rank streams a complete block | Direct mmap is TP1/non-HSDP/non-online-quant only; TP/HSDP/online quant use ordinary runtime tensors and require scoped E2E |
+| SP + DLO | SP group can supply the DLO collective group | Packed boundaries and collective order require E2E |
+
+Single-stage examples:
+
+```bash
+# SP + DLO AllGather candidate; validate exact model/card before publishing.
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni \
+  --enable-distributed-layerwise-offload \
+  --usp 4 \
+  --max-num-seqs 1
+
+# TP + DLO rank-local candidate; not a support statement.
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni \
+  --tensor-parallel-size 2 \
+  --enable-distributed-layerwise-offload \
+  --dlo-no-use-allgather \
+  --max-num-seqs 1
+```
+
+Under `--omni`, configure DP in a deploy YAML rather than passing vLLM DP CLI
+flags:
+
+```yaml
+pipeline: <registered-pipeline>
+async_chunk: false
+data_parallel_size: 4
+stages:
+  - stage_id: 0
+    devices: "0,1,2,3"
+    max_num_seqs: 1
+    enable_distributed_layerwise_offload: true
+    dlo_use_allgather: true
+    parallel_config:
+      tensor_parallel_size: 1
+      sequence_parallel_size: 1
+```
+
+```bash
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni --deploy-config /path/to/dlo_dp4.yaml
+```
+
+Keep the YAML next to the validated recipe. Match its schema to the target
+revision; do not assume a model accepts another pipeline's deploy config.
+
+### DLO validation sequence
+
+1. Resident BF16 reference.
+2. Ordinary layerwise offload parity.
+3. DLO enable, warmup, same-seed generation, disable/restart.
+4. AllGather and no-AllGather separately.
+5. Concurrent requests with different prompts and identical collective-affecting
+   parameters; then reject or schedule incompatible steps/shapes safely.
+6. Queued/in-flight abort, error, idle rank, worker exit, and next request.
+7. TP, SP, cache, compile, online FP8 one axis at a time.
+8. Loader-plan selection/fallback reason, cold/warm storage lifecycle, and
+   corruption/stale-entry recovery when mmap/cache backing is advertised.
+9. Replica-local request preparation plus DLO-group-only weight collectives in
+   DP; exercise concurrent replicas to catch accidental WORLD rendezvous.
+10. Sweep resident block counts; publish raw latency/HBM pairs, dominated
+    points, and the non-dominated Pareto frontier.
+11. Per-rank HBM, host PSS for the full process tree, H2D and collective trace.
+
+On a small-HBM card, measure transient encode/VAE peaks as well as resident DiT
+weights. If a non-DiT component still exceeds HBM, combine only independently
+validated on-demand component staging, VAE tiling/patching, or another topology;
+do not hide the remaining peak behind the phrase “DLO enabled.”
+
+## Per-request Cache-DiT
+
+### Policy and lifecycle skeleton
+
+First verify that the target revision contains the shared protocol/runtime.
+If not, follow the nearest current model's lifecycle without inventing a new
+public API.
+
+The following is a **serial/exclusive request-mode sketch only**. Pipeline-wide
+hooks are mutable; concurrent requests need an admission/batching key and
+runner-owned transition serialization before this shape is safe.
+
+```python
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.cache.cachedit import (
+    CacheDiTBackend,
+    CacheDiTRequestSpec,
+    RequestScopedCacheDiTRuntime,
+)
+
+class MyPipeline(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
+        # ... components ...
+        self._cache_dit_runtime = RequestScopedCacheDiTRuntime(self)
+
+    def adopt_cache_dit_backend(self, backend: CacheDiTBackend) -> None:
+        self._cache_dit_runtime.adopt(
+            backend,
+            installation_key="my_model.generic",
+        )
+
+    def is_cache_dit_enabled(self) -> bool:
+        return self._cache_dit_runtime.is_enabled
+
+    def _cache_spec(self, quality, steps):
+        if quality == "lossless":
+            return None
+        if quality == "high":
+            return CacheDiTRequestSpec(
+                installation_key="my_model.high.v1",
+                cache_config=self._validated_high_config,
+                num_inference_steps=steps,
+            )
+        raise ValueError(f"unsupported quality tier: {quality!r}")
+
+    def forward(self, req):
+        quality, steps = validate_and_resolve_request(req)
+        self._cache_dit_runtime.prepare(self._cache_spec(quality, steps))
+        return self._run_validated_request(req)
+```
+
+The snippet shows the model-owned transition for exclusive execution. Put
+disable/restore handling in the runtime/runner lifecycle that owns success,
+exception, disconnect, and asynchronous abort; a `try/finally` inside
+`forward()` alone cannot observe every server cancellation boundary.
+
+The `installation_key` must include every policy dimension that changes hook
+installation; changes in step count can use runtime refresh. `None` disables
+installed hooks. Do not mutate the global startup cache config for a request.
+
+Centralize cleanup in the owning request/runner boundary. An exception, abort,
+disconnect, or admission failure must not leave a changed hook policy visible
+to the next request. The exact owner depends on the target revision; add a
+failure-injection test rather than relying on `forward()` alone to observe
+asynchronous abort.
+
+Example model-specific request form after calibration:
+
+```bash
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/videos/sync \
+  -F 'model=<model>' \
+  -F 'prompt=<prompt>' \
+  -F 'quality=lossless' \
+  -F 'num_inference_steps=<validated-steps>' \
+  -o lossless.mp4
+
+curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/videos/sync \
+  -F 'model=<model>' \
+  -F 'prompt=<prompt>' \
+  -F 'quality=high' \
+  -F 'num_inference_steps=<validated-steps>' \
+  -o high.mp4
+```
+
+Do not expose these tier names merely because another model uses them.
+
+### Cache-DiT evidence
+
+For every tier/task/shape/schedule:
+
+- show real cache hits/skipped blocks, not only “backend enabled” logs;
+- measure fixed-work speed and quality against lossless/native;
+- publish a speed/quality frontier and chosen tier mapping;
+- alternate lossless/high/lossless and vary steps to prove restore/refresh;
+- interleave tasks and shapes; run concurrent requests only when scheduling
+  guarantees exclusive compatible hook state;
+- inject validation error, denoise error, disconnect, and abort, then prove the
+  next request starts with its requested policy;
+- bound any cached tensors and clear request-local state.
+
+## Combination gates
+
+Start every combination as `not tested`.
+
+| Combination | Default production posture |
+|---|---|
+| Direct checkpoint mmap + TP>1/HSDP/online quant | Preflight falls back to the ordinary loader; do not claim direct-mmap savings |
+| Per-tensor online FP8 + DLO AllGather | Generic compatibility exists for finalized weights/scales; each model/card/topology remains a candidate until E2E, and other online quantizers fail closed |
+| Online FP8 + DLO no-AllGather | Candidate only after model/card/topology E2E |
+| TP>1 + DLO AllGather | Ordinary TP-aware loader only; bounded DP2xTP2 smoke exists, but each new model/card/topology still needs E2E |
+| TP>1 + DLO no-AllGather | Ordinary TP-aware loader only; candidate with limited generic coverage |
+| HSDP + DLO AllGather | Reject; it would double-shard HSDP-managed parameters |
+| HSDP + DLO no-AllGather | Configuration-compatible candidate with limited E2E coverage |
+| Cache-DiT + online FP8 | Separate trajectory, hit-rate, HBM, latency test |
+| Cache-DiT + DLO | Verify hooks, streamed blocks, memory peaks, abort cleanup |
+| Cache-DiT + step execution | Do not advertise until lifecycle/batching support is explicit |
+| Sparse attention + Ring | Verify backend execution; reject silently ignored sparse settings |
+| Load-time fused adapter + offload/HWR | Reject unless the selected loader path applies and validates the same fusion before sharding/storage |
+| Packed attention + any topology | Unequal-sample boundary parity is mandatory |
+| Device-side uint8 preparation + offline caller | Version the dtype/range/layout change; HTTP MP4 parity does not preserve the raw tensor contract |
+| Device-side preparation + remote codec | Validate route selection, strided/contiguous layouts, payload bytes, ordering, fallback, and encoded-media parity |
+
+A startup-only test never upgrades a combination. Require request output,
+parity/quality, actual fast-path evidence, resource cleanup, and a benchmark on
+the named hardware.

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+# Performance Patterns and Code Examples
+
+## Contents
+
+1. [Measurement loop](#measurement-loop)
+2. [Faster BF16 attention](#faster-bf16-attention)
+3. [Sparse attention](#sparse-attention)
+4. [Fusion-first operator patterns](#fusion-first-operator-patterns)
+5. [Remove redundant computation](#remove-redundant-computation)
+6. [USP communication optimization](#usp-communication-optimization)
+7. [Text encoder and VAE disaggregation](#text-encoder-and-vae-disaggregation)
+8. [Performance acceptance](#performance-acceptance)
+
+## Measurement loop
+
+Do not start with a list of optimizations. Start with a fixed correctness and
+performance workload:
+
+```text
+model/checkpoint revision + prompt/media hashes + seed + dimensions/frames +
+scheduler/sigma/steps/guidance + task + dtype + backend + topology + hardware
+```
+
+Capture:
+
+- stage time: load, encode, conditioning, denoise, VAE decode/postprocess;
+- GPU trace: kernel duration/count, launch gaps, allocations, H2D, collectives;
+- CPU trace: preprocessing, per-layer sync, Python dispatch, temporary files;
+- memory: per-rank HBM peaks and process-tree host PSS;
+- output: device preparation, D2H/IPC, payload bytes, codec wall/process CPU,
+  event-loop wait, client materialization, and signed residual;
+- serving: queue time, throughput, errors, request mix, and distribution samples.
+
+For a fixed-work single-request A/B, run one explicit warmup policy and at
+least three measured repetitions, keep every raw run, and report median or mean
+with range. Do not derive p95/p99 from three samples. For tail latency, declare
+the arrival model and collect enough successful requests for the percentile and
+confidence claimed. Implement one optimization at a time, re-run parity, and
+report both local kernel and end-to-end deltas. A kernel win that moves no E2E
+metric is not a production speed claim.
+
+Use the pipeline profiler already exposed by the target revision when
+available, and use PyTorch/CUDA/ROCm/NPU/XPU profiling tools appropriate to the
+platform. Do not force every platform through a CUDA-only workflow.
+
+## Faster BF16 attention
+
+### Shared attention wiring
+
+Use the shared role-aware attention layer and give it the true local head
+counts and QKV layout:
+
+```python
+import torch
+
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.linear import (
+    QKVParallelLinear,
+    RowParallelLinear,
+)
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.attention.layer import Attention
+
+class SelfAttention(torch.nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        hidden_size,
+        head_dim,
+        num_heads,
+        num_kv_heads,
+        quant_config=None,
+        prefix="",
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.head_dim = head_dim
+        self.qkv_proj = QKVParallelLinear(
+            hidden_size=hidden_size,
+            head_size=head_dim,
+            total_num_heads=num_heads,
+            total_num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
+            bias=False,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=f"{prefix}.qkv_proj",
+        )
+        self.attention = Attention(
+            num_heads=self.qkv_proj.num_heads,
+            num_kv_heads=self.qkv_proj.num_kv_heads,
+            head_size=head_dim,
+            softmax_scale=head_dim**-0.5,
+            causal=False,
+            qkv_layout="BSND",
+            role="self",
+            prefix=prefix,
+        )
+        self.out_proj = RowParallelLinear(
+            num_heads * head_dim,
+            hidden_size,
+            bias=False,
+            input_is_parallel=True,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=f"{prefix}.out_proj",
+        )
+
+    def forward(self, x, attn_metadata=None):
+        qkv, _ = self.qkv_proj(x)
+        q_size = self.qkv_proj.num_heads * self.head_dim
+        kv_size = self.qkv_proj.num_kv_heads * self.head_dim
+        q, k, v = qkv.split([q_size, kv_size, kv_size], dim=-1)
+        q = q.unflatten(-1, (self.qkv_proj.num_heads, self.head_dim))
+        k = k.unflatten(-1, (self.qkv_proj.num_kv_heads, self.head_dim))
+        v = v.unflatten(-1, (self.qkv_proj.num_kv_heads, self.head_dim))
+        out = self.attention(q, k, v, attn_metadata)
+        out = out.flatten(-2)
+        out, _ = self.out_proj(out)
+        return out
+```
+
+Add Q/K norm and RoPE in the official order before the `Attention` call. Keep
+checkpoint mapping for the fused QKV and output projection complete.
+
+### Backend qualification
+
+For each role (`self`, cross-attention category, token refiner, etc.), record:
+
+- actual selected backend from logs/trace;
+- supported dtype, head size, QKV layout, mask/metadata, packed varlen behavior;
+- platform and compute capability;
+- TP/SP/Ring/AllGather-KV restrictions;
+- fallback behavior and whether fallback changes the claimed performance.
+
+Use unequal packed samples and compare with dense SDPA. Verify `cu_seqlens`,
+max sequence length, padding exclusion, modality boundaries, CFG ownership, and
+output slicing. Do not pass an `attn_mask` and assume it is consumed. Inspect
+the backend contract and trace.
+
+TRTLLM, Flash Attention, cuDNN, NPU varlen, and other backends are independent
+qualification rows. The shared `Attention` class does not make every backend
+packed-safe or faster automatically. Ring and hybrid paths require their own
+boundary parity. AllGather-KV and specific backend combinations may fail fast;
+keep that behavior visible in docs.
+
+## Sparse attention
+
+Sparse attention is a backend/model/platform optimization, not a synonym for
+low-precision dense attention. Enable it only after dense BF16 parity.
+
+For every candidate task/shape/topology:
+
+1. State the sparsity policy, selected backend/kernel, block/head dimensions,
+   supported hardware, external kernel/package revision, and fallback.
+2. Prove the sparse kernel executed and report realized sparsity; an enabled
+   flag is insufficient.
+3. Compare same-seed per-block outputs, denoise trajectory, and final artifact
+   with dense attention.
+4. Add modality-specific metrics: temporal consistency and audio/video sync for
+   video, spectral/audio quality for audio, and prompt/image metrics as relevant.
+5. Report attention time and full E2E time. Include preprocessing/index-build
+   overhead, peak memory, and the exact dense control.
+6. Validate each task and shape. Do not extrapolate a T2V result to I2V/Ref2V,
+   or NPU sparse support to CUDA/ROCm/XPU.
+
+If Ring bypasses the selected backend or a sparse setting would be silently
+ignored, reject the combination. Prefer a visible dense fallback only when the
+recipe labels the row `limited` and does not claim sparse speed.
+
+## Fusion-first operator patterns
+
+Prefer current shared/custom operators with explicit guards and native
+fallbacks. Prove parity at operator, block, trajectory, and artifact levels,
+then use a trace to prove fewer launches/bytes or lower latency.
+
+### Q/K RMSNorm + RoPE
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.norm import RMSNorm
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.rope import RotaryEmbedding, apply_rope_to_qk
+
+self.norm_q = RMSNorm(head_dim, eps=eps)
+self.norm_k = RMSNorm(head_dim, eps=eps)
+# Example only: set these booleans from the official checkpoint contract.
+use_neox_layout = False
+cos_sin_are_half_dim = True
+self.rope = RotaryEmbedding(
+    is_neox_style=use_neox_layout,
+    half_head_dim=cos_sin_are_half_dim,
+)
+
+q = self.norm_q(q)
+k = self.norm_k(k)
+q, k = apply_rope_to_qk(self.rope, q, k, (cos, sin))
+```
+
+Replace the illustrative booleans with the official layout in real code.
+Preserve partial rotary dimensions by splitting the rotated prefix and concatenating
+the pass-through suffix. If 3D cos/sin includes a batch axis, the current
+shared path assumes the values are shared across the batch; per-sample
+different positions require a proven representation/path.
+
+For packed `[tokens, heads, head_dim]` tensors with a non-interleaved
+`[cos | sin]` table, the current shared fused boundary is:
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.fused_qk_norm_rope import fused_qk_norm_rope
+
+q, k = fused_qk_norm_rope(
+    q,
+    k,
+    self.norm_q.weight,
+    self.norm_k.weight,
+    rope_table,
+    self.norm_q.variance_epsilon,
+)
+```
+
+Its CUDA fast path currently specializes BF16 `head_dim=128` and
+`rotary_dim=96`; other valid inputs take the eager implementation. The separate
+shared RMSNorm and RotaryEmbedding still provide the general cross-platform
+baseline. Treat NPU/MUSA and other vendor fusions as independent qualification
+rows, and do not generalize a model-specific Triton kernel without compatible
+shape, layout, frequency partition, dtype, and platform evidence.
+
+### Fused QKV projection
+
+Use `QKVParallelLinear` as shown above. Qualification includes:
+
+- `num_heads` and `num_kv_heads` divisibility by TP;
+- local split sizes from the layer, never reusing global counts after TP;
+- Q/K/V checkpoint order conversion before the vLLM loader;
+- all Q, K, and V shards present;
+- quantization scale/loader mapping when FP8 or another method is enabled.
+
+### Gate-up projection + fused SwiGLU
+
+```python
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.activation import SiluAndMul
+from vllm.model_executor.layers.linear import (
+    MergedColumnParallelLinear,
+    RowParallelLinear,
+)
+
+self.gate_up_proj = MergedColumnParallelLinear(
+    input_size=hidden_size,
+    output_sizes=[intermediate_size, intermediate_size],
+    bias=False,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.gate_up_proj",
+)
+self.act_fn = SiluAndMul()
+self.down_proj = RowParallelLinear(
+    input_size=intermediate_size,
+    output_size=hidden_size,
+    bias=False,
+    input_is_parallel=True,
+    quant_config=quant_config,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.down_proj",
+)
+
+gate_up, _ = self.gate_up_proj(x)
+x = self.act_fn(gate_up)
+x, _ = self.down_proj(x)
+```
+
+Map both checkpoint `gate_proj` and `up_proj` shards into the merged parameter
+and require both. A merged projection followed by `F.silu(gate) * up` is not
+the same claim as the `SiluAndMul` fused activation kernel; identify what the
+trace actually uses.
+
+### AdaLN
+
+Use a shared layer only when its mathematical/return contract matches the
+official model:
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.layers.adalayernorm import AdaLayerNorm
+
+self.adaln = AdaLayerNorm(
+    hidden_size,
+    elementwise_affine=False,
+    eps=1e-6,
+)
+x = self.adaln(x, scale[:, None, :], shift[:, None, :])
+```
+
+`AdaLayerNormZero`, `AdaLayerNormZeroSingle`, and continuous variants include
+different projections, broadcasts, and tuple outputs; they are not drop-in
+replacements. A shared AdaLN may have an NPU fast path while using native ops on
+CUDA/HIP/XPU. Do not call it a universal fused AdaLN kernel.
+
+For sigma schedules with a small finite set of timesteps, profile whether
+precomputing the timestep/AdaLN projection once per request is worthwhile.
+Cache keys must include the exact schedule/config/device/dtype and stay bounded.
+
+### Layout, residual, and other candidates
+
+After profiling, inspect:
+
+- bias/dropout/add or gated residual chains;
+- norm + linear or norm + modulation boundaries;
+- repeated transpose/reshape/contiguous around attention;
+- VAE normalization/activation/convolution boundaries;
+- MoE routing and fused experts for models that actually use MoE.
+
+For fused residual-plus-norm or modulation chains, preserve the unfused
+materialization boundary. If the residual was stored in BF16 before RMSNorm,
+round to BF16 and promote again inside the fused kernel; using the unrounded
+FP32 temporary changes the denoising trajectory even when the stored residual
+looks correct.
+
+Keep DLO materialize/release hooks, process-group collectives, request cache
+transitions, and cleanup outside compiled/fused regions unless lifecycle safety
+is explicitly tested. Compile only stable regions and retain eager fallback.
+
+## Remove redundant computation
+
+### Hoist request invariants
+
+Audit the denoise loop for work that depends only on the request rather than
+the current timestep:
+
+```python
+# Before the denoise loop.
+condition = self.condition_proj(text_embeddings)
+refined_condition = self.token_refiner(condition, packed_metadata)
+rope_tables = self.build_rope_tables(position_ids)
+attn_metadata = self.build_attention_metadata(layout)
+
+for step, sigma in enumerate(sigmas):
+    timestep_state = self.prepare_timestep_state(sigma)
+    noise = self.transformer(
+        latents,
+        refined_condition,
+        rope_tables=rope_tables,
+        attn_metadata=attn_metadata,
+        timestep_state=timestep_state,
+    )
+    latents = self.scheduler_step(noise, sigma, latents)
+```
+
+Candidates include prompt conditioning, token-refiner output, reference
+encoding/scans, position IDs/RoPE tables, packed masks/metadata, static CFG
+branches, and finite-schedule AdaLN projections. First prove they are invariant
+for all official tasks, LoRA/adapters, prompt-update features, shapes, and
+schedules. In continuous batching, store request-specific results on request
+state rather than the pipeline singleton.
+
+### Eliminate per-layer synchronization
+
+Avoid device-to-host scalar extraction such as `.item()` inside every layer:
+
+```python
+# Bad: forces a GPU/CPU synchronization in every attention layer.
+max_len = int(cu_seqlens[-1].item())
+
+# Better: compute validated host metadata once during request packing and pass it.
+packed = PackedLayout(
+    cu_seqlens=cu_seqlens,
+    max_seqlen=max(sample_lengths),
+)
+for block in self.blocks:
+    hidden = block(hidden, packed_layout=packed)
+```
+
+Trace to verify the synchronization disappears. Do not replace a correct
+dynamic value with a stale constant merely to remove `.item()`.
+
+### Remove unused masks and allocations
+
+If packed attention consumes `cu_seqlens` and ignores a dense mask, do not
+construct the dense mask. Reuse immutable request metadata and preallocated
+buffers when safe. Prefer direct indexed scatter/gather over constructing large
+temporary tensors only when duplicate-index semantics and gradients (normally
+disabled for inference) remain correct.
+
+Any cross-request cache needs a bounded lifetime and a complete key containing
+shape, layout, device, dtype, schedule, task, adapter/LoRA, and any value that
+changes the tensor. Otherwise keep it request-scoped.
+
+### VAE and reference work
+
+Profile duplicate VAE decode/postprocess, repeated reference decoding/scans,
+unnecessary host-device round trips, and full-frame materialization. Apply VAE
+tiling, slicing, patch parallelism, or on-demand staging only with seam,
+ordering, color/range, and memory parity tests.
+
+## USP communication optimization
+
+“USP works” is not evidence that USP communication is optimized. For Ulysses,
+Ring, hybrid, and AllGather-KV separately, profile:
+
+- collective count, bytes, duration, stream, and overlap with compute;
+- Q/K/V and output all-to-all boundaries;
+- pack/unpack, padding, metadata broadcast, transpose, and contiguous copies;
+- head divisibility or advanced uneven-head support;
+- scaling efficiency from 1 to N devices on the same workload/interconnect;
+- load balance for unequal packed samples.
+
+Declare `_sp_plan` split/gather boundaries around meaningful module outputs,
+not arbitrary Python statements. Keep packed metadata sharded/gathered in the
+same ownership model as tokens.
+
+When the target revision offers accelerated Ulysses transport such as
+`--ulysses-a2a-permute`, qualify it separately from regular Ulysses. Prove the
+strict scatter-heads/gather-sequence layout selected the fast path, record
+one-time JIT/readiness cost, prewarm the maximum workspace shape before CUDA
+graph capture, keep the grow-only workspace on one stream, and exercise cleanup
+before process-group destruction. Compare collective and E2E deltas after the
+dense backend and topology are frozen; keep unsupported layouts on an explicit
+regular-Ulysses fallback.
+
+For GQA, validate `Q_heads % KV_heads == 0`, pad KV heads first, and derive Q
+padding from the original ratio. Exercise both contiguous and row-strided QKV
+layouts; a fast copy path must preserve bitwise values and packed boundaries.
+
+Cross-attention sometimes uses replicated text K/V while only video/audio Q is
+sequence-sharded. In that specific case, `skip_sequence_parallel=True` can
+avoid incorrect or wasteful Q/K/V redistribution:
+
+```python
+self.cross_attention = Attention(
+    num_heads=local_heads,
+    num_kv_heads=local_kv_heads,
+    head_size=head_dim,
+    softmax_scale=head_dim**-0.5,
+    causal=False,
+    role="cross",
+    skip_sequence_parallel=True,
+    prefix=f"{prefix}.cross_attn",
+)
+```
+
+Use it only after proving K/V are replicated and Q/output ownership is correct.
+Otherwise it disables needed communication. Report whether the optimization
+reduces collective bytes/time and improves E2E scaling.
+
+## Text encoder and VAE disaggregation
+
+Disaggregation is a measured architecture decision. First collect:
+
+| Question | Required measurement |
+|---|---|
+| Is the stage large enough? | Encode/decode share at target concurrency and shape |
+| Is transfer economical? | Tensor/media bytes, serialization, connector latency and bandwidth |
+| Is there reuse? | Prompt/reference reuse rate, cacheability, fan-out |
+| Can it scale independently? | Queue saturation and resource utilization per stage |
+| Is the contract stable? | Shape, dtype, mask/tag/position metadata, ordering |
+
+### Text encoder candidate
+
+Define an explicit tensor contract containing hidden states, masks, tags or
+position IDs, dtype, shape, task/checkpoint revision, and request ID. Support
+disabling the local encoder so the DiT cannot accidentally recompute it. Test
+all tasks, prompt lengths, partial TP group membership, retries, backpressure,
+abort, connector cleanup, and independent replica scaling.
+
+### VAE candidate
+
+Separate VAE encode and decode contracts if both exist. Define latent shape,
+scale/shift, dtype/range, tiling/chunk order, output media ordering, and stage
+metadata. Measure latent/media transfer against local decode cost. Test tiling
+seams, RNG/determinism where relevant, chunk ordering, codec/postprocess,
+backpressure, abort, and worker failure.
+
+Do not label VAE tiling, patch parallelism, compile, or offload as VAE
+disaggregation. Likewise, a separate text-encoder TP group is not a separate
+stage. If no reusable generic stage/connector exists in the target revision,
+produce a feasibility result or RFC and keep the capability `not tested` rather
+than inventing a model-local production architecture.
+
+## Performance acceptance
+
+For each accepted optimization, require:
+
+- same fixed workload and correctness artifacts before/after;
+- actual fast-path execution proven by logs/trace/counters;
+- local metric plus E2E latency/throughput and memory;
+- at least three raw fixed-work repetitions after explicit warmup, or a
+  declared arrival-load sample set large enough for every tail percentile;
+- named hardware, backend, topology, dtype, and task scope;
+- fallback/rejection tests for unsupported shapes/platforms;
+- no regression in abort/error cleanup or long-run memory trend.
+
+Update the feature matrix narrowly. Do not convert a profile-driven direction
+into a generic “supported” feature merely because a model-specific PR exists.

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+# Production Serving and Validation
+
+## Contents
+
+1. [Execution-mode decision](#execution-mode-decision)
+2. [Request-level batching](#request-level-batching)
+3. [Step execution and continuous batching](#step-execution-and-continuous-batching)
+4. [Abort and cleanup](#abort-and-cleanup)
+5. [Mixed-RPS soak](#mixed-rps-soak)
+6. [Four CI tracks](#four-ci-tracks)
+7. [PR evidence checklist](#pr-evidence-checklist)
+
+## Execution-mode decision
+
+Request batching and step-wise execution solve different problems:
+
+| Mode | Pipeline contract | Scheduling/abort boundary |
+|---|---|---|
+| Serial request | `forward(DiffusionRequestBatch)` for one request | Whole request; in-denoise preemption is unavailable |
+| Request batching | `supports_request_batch = True`; one forward consumes compatible independent requests | Whole batch/request |
+| Single-request step | Full `SupportsStepExecution`; `max_num_seqs=1` | Between denoise steps |
+| Step continuous batching | Full step contract plus heterogeneous batched-step evidence | Between denoise waves/steps |
+
+Do not expose four stub methods as an opt-out. The current protocol is
+structural; if a native pipeline is not step-capable, do not define the four
+step methods. If it is capable, implement and test all four.
+
+Treat structural support, a generic request-batch bridge, and model benefit as
+three separate claims. Before recommending step execution, name a hypothesis
+that request mode cannot satisfy, define a success threshold, and run a matched
+request-mode control. If throughput or latency regresses, retain step execution
+as functional/limited and keep request mode as the production recommendation.
+
+Choose compatibility keys from every value that changes tensor shapes,
+semantics, hooks, or scheduler behavior: task, output shape/count, frames,
+steps/schedule, guidance/CFG, dtype/backend, LoRA/adapter, cache quality policy,
+and model-specific conditions. Reject or schedule separately rather than
+silently using the first request's settings.
+
+## Request-level batching
+
+A request-batched pipeline returns exactly one `DiffusionOutput` per logical
+request. This is model-owned pseudocode: `validate_batch_compatibility()` and
+`_generate_batch()` are placeholders to implement from the official contract,
+not shared APIs to import.
+
+```python
+import torch
+
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.data import DiffusionOutput
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.worker.request_batch import (
+    DiffusionRequestBatch,
+    split_diffusion_output_by_request,
+)
+
+class MyPipeline(torch.nn.Module):
+    supports_request_batch = True
+
+    def forward(self, req: DiffusionRequestBatch) -> list[DiffusionOutput]:
+        validate_batch_compatibility(req.sampling_params_list, req.prompts)
+        common = req.sampling_params_list[0]
+
+        text_prompts: list[str] | None = [
+            prompt
+            if isinstance(prompt, str)
+            else (prompt.get("prompt") or "")
+            for prompt in req.prompts
+        ]
+
+        prompt_fields = DiffusionRequestBatch.collate_prompt_field_map(
+            req.prompts,
+            {"prompt_embeds": None, "prompt_mask": None},
+        )
+        if prompt_fields["prompt_embeds"] is not None:
+            text_prompts = None
+        generators = req.collate_request_generators(
+            common.num_outputs_per_prompt,
+            default_generator=None,
+        )
+        output = self._generate_batch(
+            prompt=text_prompts,
+            prompt_fields=prompt_fields,
+            generators=generators,
+            sampling=common,
+        )
+        return split_diffusion_output_by_request(
+            DiffusionOutput(output=output),
+            req,
+            num_outputs_per_prompt=common.num_outputs_per_prompt,
+        )
+```
+
+The prompt-field collator only handles tensor fields; extract raw text prompts
+and model-specific negative/alias fields separately, as current in-tree batched
+pipelines do. Set a raw prompt field to `None` when the matching precomputed
+embedding is supplied. The exact aliases and generator device depend on the
+model. Use current collators rather than manual `torch.cat` when they cover the
+contract; they reject mixed present/missing tensors and incompatible
+shape/dtype/device.
+
+Before reading `sampling_params_list[0]`, validate every field that must be
+common. Tests must cover:
+
+- two and N requests, independent seeds/generators, one output each;
+- mixed prompt lengths and packed/padded boundaries;
+- multiple outputs per prompt and correct result slicing;
+- compatible versus incompatible shapes, steps, guidance, LoRA, and quality;
+- one request failure without cross-request output or state corruption;
+- output ordering and request IDs under different completion times.
+
+After the model advertises support, candidate serving is:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni \
+  --max-num-seqs 4 \
+  --request-batch-max-wait-ms 20
+```
+
+The wait window trades admission latency for batch formation. Benchmark at 0
+and candidate nonzero values under the target arrival process.
+
+## Step execution and continuous batching
+
+### Full protocol skeleton
+
+Use the current shared state types and make every mutable value request-local:
+
+The helpers beginning with `_` and `validate_step_batch()` below are
+model-owned placeholders; scheduler initialization is scheduler-specific.
+
+```python
+import copy
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any, ClassVar
+
+import torch
+
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.data import DiffusionOutput
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.models.interface import SupportsStepExecution
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.worker.input_batch import InputBatch
+from vllm_omni.diffusion.worker.utils import StepRequestState
+
+class MyPipeline(torch.nn.Module, SupportsStepExecution):
+    supports_step_execution: ClassVar[bool] = True
+
+    def prepare_encode(
+        self,
+        state: StepRequestState,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> StepRequestState:
+        prepared = self._prepare_request(state.prompt, state.sampling)
+        state.prompt_embeds = prepared.prompt_embeds
+        state.latents = prepared.latents
+        state.timesteps = prepared.timesteps
+        state.scheduler = copy.deepcopy(self.scheduler)
+        state.scheduler.set_begin_index(0)
+        state.step_index = 0
+        state.extra["task_state"] = prepared.task_state
+        return state
+
+    def denoise_step(
+        self,
+        input_batch: InputBatch,
+        *,
+        states: Sequence[StepRequestState] | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor | None:
+        validate_step_batch(input_batch, states)
+        return self.transformer(**build_batched_denoise_inputs(input_batch))
+
+    def step_scheduler(
+        self,
+        state: StepRequestState,
+        noise_pred: torch.Tensor,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> None:
+        timestep = state.current_timestep
+        if timestep is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("step_scheduler called without a current timestep")
+        state.latents = state.scheduler.step(
+            noise_pred,
+            timestep,
+            state.latents,
+            return_dict=False,
+        )[0].to(state.latents.dtype)
+        state.step_index += 1
+
+    def post_decode(
+        self,
+        state: StepRequestState,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> DiffusionOutput:
+        return DiffusionOutput(output=self.decode(state.latents))
+```
+
+This is a shape guide, not drop-in code: verify the target revision's
+`StepRequestState.extra`, scheduler signature, CFG handling, state fields, and
+decode contract. Follow a current native pipeline such as Qwen-Image for the
+exact revision.
+
+Never use the shared `self.scheduler` to advance a request. Store scheduler,
+latents, embeddings, timesteps, masks, RNG/generator, task metadata, cache
+policy, adapter, and output assembly state on `StepRequestState` or its
+request-local extension. Pipeline fields may hold immutable weights/config and
+bounded immutable caches only.
+
+### Qualification sequence
+
+1. Compare request-mode and step-mode at `max_num_seqs=1` for every task using
+   identical seed/schedule/shape and intermediate latents.
+2. Abort queued and in-flight requests at several step boundaries.
+3. Increase to two compatible requests; verify independent scheduler/RNG/state
+   and output order.
+4. Increase to the target capacity and mix prompt lengths.
+5. Exercise mixed shape, frames, steps/schedule, task, guidance, and quality.
+   Batch only compatible rows; otherwise split/reject predictably.
+6. Inject a failure in encode, denoise, scheduler, and decode independently.
+7. Run the production soak and fault matrix.
+
+Candidate commands only after capability validation:
+
+```bash
+# Conservative step execution and step-boundary abort.
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni \
+  --step-execution \
+  --max-num-seqs 1
+
+# Experimental batched-step candidate after multi-request E2E.
+vllm serve '<model>' --omni \
+  --step-execution \
+  --max-num-seqs 4
+```
+
+If an attention backend is only correct for single-request step mode, fail
+early or keep the recipe at `max_num_seqs=1`. Do not describe generic runtime
+support as model support.
+
+## Abort and cleanup
+
+### Required semantics
+
+For queued and in-flight abort/disconnect:
+
+- emit exactly one terminal aborted/error result;
+- do not run `post_decode` after abort unless a documented partial-output mode
+  explicitly requires it;
+- do not increment `step_index` or apply a scheduler result after cancellation;
+- remove scheduler/state cache entries and request IDs;
+- release latents, prompt/reference tensors, cache hooks, DLO buffers, connector
+  messages, uploaded/temp files, and output buffers;
+- keep other requests alive;
+- make cleanup idempotent when disconnect, timeout, and worker error race;
+- drop late results/exceptions for already-resolved or cancelled futures
+  without terminating the shared result-pump thread;
+- complete the next valid request with its requested cache/offload policy.
+
+Test cancellation before engine admission, while queued, after encode, during
+early/middle/final denoise steps, before decode, and while returning/persisting
+output. Include async job cancellation and client socket disconnect.
+
+### Failure injection matrix
+
+| Location | Injection | Assertions |
+|---|---|---|
+| Validation/upload | bad MIME, count/bytes overflow, truncated media | 400/413, no job/engine submit, no temp leak |
+| Load/start | missing fused shard, unsupported topology | startup fails, actionable error, no silent init |
+| Encode | exception/OOM/timeout | one error, request state/temp released |
+| Denoise | exception/OOM/worker exit | peers handled, hooks/buffers released, health behavior explicit |
+| Scheduler | invalid state/shape | no latent/step partial commit |
+| Decode/post | exception/codec error | no corrupt successful result, partial output removed |
+| Result/IPC | late result after cancel, large split tensor, orphan SHM | pump remains alive, one terminal result, exact ownership cleanup |
+| Connector/disagg | timeout/retry/duplicate | idempotency, backpressure, no orphan payload |
+
+After each injection, check server health and issue a known-good request. If
+the process must restart, document and test the restart policy; do not claim
+transparent recovery.
+
+### Large-output transport
+
+Treat worker-to-engine IPC and engine-to-client transport as separate hops.
+For batched video, prove that each logical output does not accidentally retain
+or serialize the complete batch storage. Exercise the target revision's shared
+memory or artifact-handle path above and below its threshold, including
+non-contiguous views, multiple outputs, consumer failure, timeout, abort, and
+worker exit. Verify every shared segment/file is released exactly once.
+
+Freeze the media contract at each hop: dtype, value range, shape/layout,
+contiguity, request ownership, encoding/color model, payload bytes, and pending
+consumers. Device-side float-to-uint8 preparation, D2H/IPC, planar/interleaved
+conversion, CPU encode/mux, and delivery off the asyncio event loop are
+different optimizations. Validate their route selection and fallbacks
+independently. Byte-identical HTTP MP4 output does not prove that a raw offline
+tensor kept its dtype or range.
+
+For long-window output, validate segment ordering and audio/video continuity,
+then exercise payloads around serializer, shared-memory, HTTP, and codec size
+limits. Chunking must reassemble exactly, reject malformed/missing chunks, and
+release partial state after abort, timeout, or peer failure.
+
+Qualify chunk production, transport, and public streaming as separate layers.
+A VAE callback must define owned representation, frame offsets, final marker,
+rank ownership, source/config gate, and collective-safe failure, but it does not
+prove SHM/ZMQ delivery, bounded backpressure, cancellation, codec reuse, or
+client streaming. Measure time to first owned chunk, first encoded fragment,
+steady cadence, mux finalization, and complete client artifact independently.
+
+Measure remote MP4 encoding, serialization/copies, network transfer, and client
+materialization separately from denoise/decode. An inference-kernel speedup does
+not establish serving throughput if output transport dominates or leaks.
+
+## Mixed-RPS soak
+
+Use a realistic request mix and arrival distribution. Include small/large
+shapes, short/long prompts, all advertised tasks, cache tiers, and a small rate
+of abort/disconnect/error injections. Run phases below, near, and above measured
+saturation so queue/backpressure behavior is visible.
+
+Example serving benchmark phase:
+
+```bash
+python benchmarks/diffusion/diffusion_benchmark_serving.py \
+  --base-url http://127.0.0.1:8091 \
+  --endpoint /v1/videos \
+  --model '<model>' \
+  --dataset trace \
+  --dataset-path /path/to/versioned-production-trace.jsonl \
+  --task t2v \
+  --num-prompts 500 \
+  --request-rate 0.5 \
+  --max-concurrency 8 \
+  --warmup-requests 8 \
+  --warmup-concurrency 8 \
+  --output-file soak-near-saturation.json
+```
+
+Use a task-appropriate trace/media dataset. Run the same phase at rates selected
+from an initial saturation curve; a literal `0.5` is illustrative only.
+
+On supported GPU hosts, wrap a test or soak with the repository monitor:
+
+```bash
+bash tests/dfx/stability/scripts/resource_monitor.sh run --backend gpu -- \
+  pytest -s -v tests/dfx/stability/scripts/test_stability_<model>.py -m slow
+```
+
+Check the target revision's monitor backends. Do not claim CPU/NPU monitoring
+from a reserved CLI choice unless collection is implemented and verified.
+
+Report:
+
+- offered and achieved RPS, success/error/abort rates;
+- p50/p95/p99 and queue/service/stage times, with the successful sample count
+  and arrival process used for each percentile;
+- throughput per device and batch/wave utilization;
+- per-rank HBM and process-tree PSS trend/slope;
+- cache size/hit rate, temp-file/disk growth, open FDs/handles;
+- outstanding shared-memory/artifact handles and encoded/network bytes;
+- worker/engine health, restarts, OOM/timeouts, backpressure response;
+- total duration, request count/mix, raw logs/JSON/monitor artifact hashes.
+
+A short burst or repeated serial curl loop is not a stability test.
+
+## Four CI tracks
+
+Keep the tracks independent so a failure answers a specific question. These
+four readiness tracks are not the repository's numbered CI levels. Map them
+onto the current L1-L5 taxonomy:
+
+| Readiness track | Repository CI placement |
+|---|---|
+| Function | L1 unit/logic plus L2 basic online/offline E2E; extend real-model scenarios in L3/L4 |
+| Accuracy | L3 real-model gates for important cases; deeper and broader nightly coverage in L4 |
+| Performance | Important thresholds in L3 where they fit the time budget; full baselines/regression jobs in nightly L4 |
+| Reliability | Cheap rejection/recovery assertions can run earlier, but long stability, fault injection, and reliability suites belong to weekly L5 |
+
+Distributed topology is a test case within the appropriate level, not a
+replacement definition for a level.
+
+### 1. Function CI
+
+Cover:
+
+- strict unquantized and advertised quantized loading;
+- fused source-shard completeness and prefix routing;
+- official task positive boundaries and neighboring negative cases;
+- offline, sync, async normalization/parity;
+- single-device reference plus every advertised topology smoke;
+- output type/count/order and request ID isolation;
+- feature rejection paths that must fail early.
+
+### 2. Accuracy CI
+
+Pin official implementation/checkpoint/vLLM-Omni revisions, prompts and media
+hashes, seed, scheduler/sigma/steps, dimensions/frames/FPS, guidance, dtype,
+backend, and topology. Compare at suitable levels:
+
+- component outputs or selected blocks;
+- one or more intermediate denoise latents;
+- final image/video/audio artifact metrics;
+- temporal consistency and audio/video synchronization where relevant.
+
+Set tolerance per modality/hardware/backend with rationale. Keep failure
+artifacts and metadata. A single visual inspection does not define CI.
+
+For quantization trajectory tooling, inspect the target revision's current
+`vllm_omni/quantization/tools/compare_diffusion_trajectory_similarity.py` and
+reuse it when compatible instead of creating an ad hoc comparator.
+
+### 3. Performance CI
+
+Pin workload and best deployment. Include a resident recommended row and a
+small-HBM/DLO row when both are production targets. Declare:
+
+- one explicit warmup exclusion and at least three measured fixed-work
+  repetitions;
+- raw result JSON and environment identity;
+- median/mean plus range for small fixed-work A/Bs; p50/p95/p99 only for an
+  arrival-load run with enough samples, plus throughput/RPS, stage time,
+  HBM/PSS;
+- regression metric, threshold, baseline owner, and update procedure;
+- correctness/accuracy check linked to the same configuration.
+
+Use the current harness config style, for example:
+
+```bash
+pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_diffusion_benchmark.py \
+  --test-config-file tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_<model>_vllm_omni.json
+```
+
+Verify parser options on the target revision. Do not copy a JSON schema from a
+different model without matching its endpoint, task, dataset, and deploy path.
+
+### 4. Reliability CI
+
+Run a bounded CI soak plus a longer scheduled soak. Cover:
+
+- below/near/above-saturation arrival phases;
+- queued/in-flight abort and disconnect;
+- OOM/timeout and worker/process failure appropriate to the platform;
+- DLO/cache/connector cleanup;
+- health, fast-fail/backpressure, restart/recovery policy;
+- memory/temp/FD trend and successful known-good request after each fault.
+
+Keep reliability thresholds independent from latency thresholds. A fast server
+that leaks memory or hangs after cancellation fails production readiness.
+
+## PR evidence checklist
+
+The PR description must include or link:
+
+- official source/checkpoint revisions and API/limit matrix;
+- scoped feature compatibility matrix with the four allowed states;
+- implementation notes for FP8, DLO, request cache, attention/fusion, batching;
+- exact environment, deploy/serve, every task curl, benchmark and soak commands;
+- fixed accuracy inputs and artifacts;
+- raw before/after performance runs and memory traces;
+- output-contract manifests and stage accounting from device preparation
+  through the complete client artifact;
+- abort/disconnect/fault results and cleanup evidence;
+- Function/Accuracy/Performance/Reliability CI files and ownership;
+- limitations/TODOs that remain `not tested` rather than implied support.
+
+Separate the Day-0 milestone from production readiness. If the PR only closes
+some gates, title and description should say which scoped gates it closes.

.claude/skills/readme.md

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ self-check.
 - [`precheck-pr`](precheck-pr/SKILL.md): self-checks a branch before creating a
   PR by validating title format, dead code, simplification opportunities,
   accuracy and performance claims, and merge readiness
+- [`production-add-diffusion-model`](production-add-diffusion-model/SKILL.md):
+  takes a working Day-0 diffusion integration through API/limit parity,
+  feature-combination evidence, quantization/offload, performance, production
+  serving, hardware recipes, and CI readiness
 - [`quantization`](quantization/SKILL.md): guides quantization method selection,
   model integration, checkpoint loading, and quality/performance validation
   for vLLM-Omni

.claude/skills/vllm-omni-test/SKILL.md

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Always attach markers deliberately:
   - `tts` — speech synthesis / TTS-only models (`/v1/audio/speech`, voice clone, etc.)
   - `diffusion` — generative diffusion models (image / audio / text / video from noise)
 - **Cross-cutting area** (when relevant): `parallel`, `cache`, `example`, `benchmark`
-- **Hardware**: `cpu`, `gpu`, `cuda`, `rocm`, `npu`, `L4`, `H100`, `distributed_cuda`, …
-- Optional: `slow`, distributed markers when multi-card is required
+- **Hardware**: `cpu`, `gpu`, `cuda`, `rocm`, `npu`, …; SKU (`H100`, `L4`, …) and `cards_{n}` via `@hardware_test(...)` / `hardware_marks(...)` only — never `pytest.mark.H100` (`check-mark` rejects it)
+- Optional: `slow`. Multi-card: `num_cards=N` on the helper (filter with `cards_N` / `not cards_1`)
 
 **Baseline smoke (L2 + L3):** The simplest e2e case per model — default deploy, minimal request — should usually carry **both** `@pytest.mark.core_model` and `@pytest.mark.advanced_model` on the **same** test function so `test-ready.yml` and `test-merge.yml` share one test. `send_*_request` picks validation depth from `--run-level`. References: `test_voxcpm2_tts.py::test_text_to_audio_001`, `test_qwen3_tts_customvoice.py::test_text_to_audio_001`. Heavier scenarios use **`advanced_model` only**; L4 expansion uses **`full_model`**.
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def test_text_to_video_001(omni_server, online_client) -> None:
 
 **3. Cross-cutting rules**
 
-- New `.py` files need the Omni SPDX header (`Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project`, not `vLLM project`). `tests/` may keep stdlib `re`/`base64`; pickle is still banned unless the file is already on the pickle allowlist. Every collected `tests/**/test_*.py` needs a CI **level** mark and a **hardware** mark/helper (`check-test-ci-coverage` runs locally; GHA skips it). Do not grow `allowed_files` to land a test. Policy: [docs/contributing/README.md](../../../docs/contributing/README.md#linting).
+- New `.py` files need the Omni SPDX header (`Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project`, not `vLLM project`). `tests/` may keep stdlib `re`/`base64`; pickle is still banned unless the file is already on the pickle allowlist. Every collected `tests/**/test_*.py` needs a CI **level** mark and a **hardware** platform mark/helper (`check-mark` runs locally; GHA skips it). Do not write `pytest.mark.H100` / `pytest.mark.L4`; use the helpers so `cards_{n}` is attached. Do not grow `allowed_files` to land a test. Policy: [docs/contributing/README.md](../../../docs/contributing/README.md#linting).
 - Reuse existing fixtures for the chosen scenario; do not mix “online client” assumptions into offline `OmniRunner` tests without a clear reason.
 - Avoid external network dependency in assertions unless the scenario is explicitly “online serving” or doc examples that require a model hub (then align with CI secrets/cache).
 - Keep **one test function = one intent** (one modality combo, one endpoint contract, or one acceleration combo).

.claude/skills/vllm-omni-test/references/test-routing.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ E2E (L2+) should not rely on mocks unless documenting a rare exception; prefer r
    - `full_model` — L4 nightly (`test-nightly.yml`); some expansion tests still carry both `advanced_model` and `full_model` during migration
 2. **Model type** (pick one): `omni`, `tts`, or `diffusion`
 3. **Cross-cutting** when relevant: `parallel`, `cache`, `example`, `benchmark`
-4. **Hardware**: `cpu`, `cuda`, `rocm`, `npu`, `L4`, `H100`, `distributed_cuda`, …
+4. **Hardware**: `cpu`, `cuda`, `rocm`, `npu`, `L4`, `H100`, `cards_1`, …
 5. Multi-card: `@hardware_test(...)` in `tests/helpers/mark.py`
 
 ## Command Templates
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ pytest -s -v dfx/reliability/invalid_param_test/test_invalid_image_generation.py
 
 ```bash
 cd tests
-pytest -s -v -m "core_model and distributed_cuda and L4" --run-level=core_model
+pytest -s -v -m "core_model and L4 and not cards_1" --run-level=core_model
 ```
 
 ### Concrete e2e paths (common in-tree)

.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml

@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ jobs:
         # Don't run historical-debt hooks against the whole tree in CI yet.
         # They still run locally on changed files.
         env:
-          SKIP: check-test-ci-coverage,markdownlint-cli2,shellcheck,check-spdx-header,mypy-3.10
+          SKIP: check-mark,markdownlint-cli2,shellcheck,check-spdx-header,mypy-3.10

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ repos:
       <<: *mypy_common
       stages: [manual]
 
-    - id: check-test-ci-coverage
-      name: Ensure test files have pytestmarks
+    - id: check-mark
+      name: Ensure test files have CI marks (no direct SKU)
       entry: python tools/pre_commit/check_test_marks.py
       language: python
       types: [python]

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Easy, fast, and cheap omni-modality model serving for everyone
 
 *Latest News* 🔥
 
+- [2026/08] We released [0.28.0](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/releases/tag/v0.28.0), featuring production-ready [MiniMax H3](recipes/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3.md) serving on GPU and NPU, a unified AR/DiT paged KV cache runtime, and enhanced realtime full-duplex serving for the [MiniCPM-o series](recipes/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-o-4_5.md).
 - [2026/08] [VeRL-Omni](https://github.com/verl-project/verl-omni) `v0.2.0` is released: faster diffusion RL powered by vLLM-Omni (request-level/step-wise batching with FA3), rebuilt Qwen3-Omni multimodal training (DPO & GSPO), plus LTX-2.3, Qwen-Image-Edit support and more. See the [release notes](https://github.com/verl-project/verl-omni/releases/tag/v0.2.0).
 - [2026/08] We released [0.26.0](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/releases/tag/v0.26.0) - aligned with the vLLM 0.26 release line, featuring [MiniMax H3](recipes/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3.md) joint video/audio generation, an experimental full-duplex realtime runtime for [MiniCPM-o 4.5](recipes/OpenBMB/MiniCPM-o-4_5.md), distributed layerwise diffusion offload, and broader model, hardware, streaming, TTS, and quantization support.
 - [2026/07] We released [0.24.0](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/releases/tag/v0.24.0) - aligned with the vLLM 0.24 release line, expanding production-ready coverage across TTS, speech, diffusion, image/video generation, and robot-policy serving, with major Omni stage runtime refactoring, diffusion request-level batching, async output materialization, quantization/cache/memory improvements, and broad CUDA/ROCm/XPU/NPU support.
@@ -57,9 +58,9 @@ vLLM-Omni is flexible and easy to use with:
 vLLM-Omni seamlessly supports most popular open-source models on HuggingFace, including:
 
 - **Omni-modality models** (e.g. Qwen3-Omni, MiniCPM-o 4.5, Cosmos3, HunyuanImage, BAGEL)
-- **TTS models** (e.g. Qwen3-TTS, VoxCPM2, Ming-Omni-TTS, CosyVoice3)
-- **Diffusion models** — image, video, and audio generation (e.g. MiniMax H3, Qwen-Image, Wan2.2, FLUX)
-- **Robot-policy and action models** (e.g. GR00T-N1.7, DreamZero-DROID, InternVLA-A1, Cosmos3 action policy)
+- **TTS models** (e.g. Qwen3-TTS, IndexTTS 2.5, dots.tts, CosyVoice3)
+- **Diffusion models** — image, video, and audio generation (e.g. MiniMax H3, LTX-2.5, SANA-Video, Wan2.2)
+- **Robot-policy and action models** (e.g. π0, GR00T-N1.7, DreamZero-DROID, InternVLA-A1)
 
 ## Getting Started
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ Visit our [documentation](https://vllm-omni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to learn
 
 - [Installation](https://vllm-omni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/installation/)
 - [Quickstart](https://vllm-omni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/quickstart/)
+- [Nightly CUDA Docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/vllm/vllm-omni/tags?name=nightly) built from the latest `main`
 - [List of Supported Models](https://vllm-omni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/models/supported_models/)
 - [Deployment Recipes](https://recipes.vllm.ai) for vLLM-Omni model serving
 

benchmarks/kernels/benchmark_diffusion_lora_expand.py

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+"""Benchmark diffusion LoRA expand-and-accumulate implementations.
+
+This compares the previous functional expand path with direct accumulation into
+the selected output slice. It is a synthetic kernel microbenchmark and does not
+load a diffusion model.
+
+Example:
+    python benchmarks/kernels/benchmark_diffusion_lora_expand.py \
+        --m 1,16,128,512,4096,16384 \
+        --in-dim 4096 --out-dim 4096 --rank 64 \
+        --dtype bfloat16 --packed --warmup 30 \
+        --small-iterations 500 --large-iterations 100
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import math
+import statistics
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+import torch
+
+MiB = 1024**2
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--m", default="1,16,128,512,4096,16384")
+    parser.add_argument("--in-dim", type=int, default=4096)
+    parser.add_argument("--out-dim", type=int, default=4096)
+    parser.add_argument("--rank", type=int, default=64)
+    parser.add_argument("--dtype", choices=("bfloat16", "float16"), default="bfloat16")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--packed",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Accumulate into the second half of a packed output tensor.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--warmup", type=int, default=30)
+    parser.add_argument("--small-iterations", type=int, default=500)
+    parser.add_argument("--large-iterations", type=int, default=100)
+    parser.add_argument("--large-m-threshold", type=int, default=1024)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def percentile(samples: list[float], probability: float) -> float:
+    ordered = sorted(samples)
+    position = probability * (len(ordered) - 1)
+    lower = math.floor(position)
+    upper = math.ceil(position)
+    if lower == upper:
+        return ordered[lower]
+    weight = position - lower
+    return ordered[lower] * (1 - weight) + ordered[upper] * weight
+
+
+def measure_latency_ms(operation: Callable[[], None], warmup: int, iterations: int) -> list[float]:
+    for _ in range(warmup):
+        operation()
+    torch.accelerator.synchronize()
+
+    starts = [torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True) for _ in range(iterations)]
+    ends = [torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True) for _ in range(iterations)]
+    for start, end in zip(starts, ends, strict=True):
+        start.record()
+        operation()
+        end.record()
+    torch.accelerator.synchronize()
+    return [start.elapsed_time(end) for start, end in zip(starts, ends, strict=True)]
+
+
+def measure_extra_peak_mib(operation: Callable[[], None]) -> float:
+    torch.accelerator.synchronize()
+    torch.accelerator.reset_peak_memory_stats()
+    allocated = torch.accelerator.memory_allocated()
+    operation()
+    torch.accelerator.synchronize()
+    peak = torch.accelerator.max_memory_allocated()
+    return (peak - allocated) / MiB
+
+
+def print_header(args: argparse.Namespace, dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
+    device_name = torch.cuda.get_device_name()
+    print(f"device={device_name} torch={torch.__version__} dtype={dtype}")
+    print(f"in_dim={args.in_dim} out_dim={args.out_dim} rank={args.rank} packed={args.packed} warmup={args.warmup}")
+    print("M       iters  old_p10  old_p50  old_p90  new_p10  new_p50  new_p90  speedup  old_MiB  new_MiB  max_abs")
+
+
+def benchmark_shape(m: int, args: argparse.Namespace, dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
+    device = torch.device("cuda")
+    output_width = args.out_dim * (2 if args.packed else 1)
+    offset = args.out_dim if args.packed else 0
+    output_slice = slice(offset, offset + args.out_dim)
+    scale = 1 / math.sqrt(args.in_dim)
+
+    x = torch.randn(m, args.in_dim, device=device, dtype=dtype)
+    lora_a = torch.randn(args.rank, args.in_dim, device=device, dtype=dtype) * scale
+    lora_b = torch.randn(args.out_dim, args.rank, device=device, dtype=dtype) / math.sqrt(args.rank)
+    initial_output = torch.randn(m, output_width, device=device, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def baseline(output: torch.Tensor) -> None:
+        buffer = x @ lora_a.t()
+        delta = buffer @ lora_b.t()
+        selected = output[:, output_slice]
+        selected[:] = selected + delta
+
+    def optimized(output: torch.Tensor) -> None:
+        buffer = x @ lora_a.t()
+        selected = output[:, output_slice]
+        torch.addmm(selected, buffer, lora_b.t(), out=selected)
+
+    reference = initial_output.clone()
+    candidate = initial_output.clone()
+    baseline(reference)
+    optimized(candidate)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(candidate, reference, rtol=1e-2, atol=1e-2)
+    max_abs = (candidate - reference).abs().max().item()
+
+    old_output = initial_output.clone()
+    new_output = initial_output.clone()
+    iterations = args.large_iterations if m >= args.large_m_threshold else args.small_iterations
+
+    old_peak = measure_extra_peak_mib(lambda: baseline(old_output))
+    new_peak = measure_extra_peak_mib(lambda: optimized(new_output))
+    old_samples = measure_latency_ms(lambda: baseline(old_output), args.warmup, iterations)
+    new_samples = measure_latency_ms(lambda: optimized(new_output), args.warmup, iterations)
+
+    old_p50 = statistics.median(old_samples)
+    new_p50 = statistics.median(new_samples)
+    print(
+        f"{m:<7} {iterations:<6} "
+        f"{percentile(old_samples, 0.1):>8.5f} {old_p50:>8.5f} {percentile(old_samples, 0.9):>8.5f} "
+        f"{percentile(new_samples, 0.1):>8.5f} {new_p50:>8.5f} {percentile(new_samples, 0.9):>8.5f} "
+        f"{old_p50 / new_p50:>8.3f} {old_peak:>8.2f} {new_peak:>8.2f} {max_abs:>8.5f}"
+    )
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+    if not torch.cuda.is_available():
+        raise RuntimeError("This benchmark requires a CUDA GPU")
+    if args.warmup < 0 or args.small_iterations <= 0 or args.large_iterations <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("warmup must be non-negative and iteration counts must be positive")
+
+    dtype = getattr(torch, args.dtype)
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
+    print_header(args, dtype)
+    with torch.inference_mode():
+        for m in (int(value) for value in args.m.split(",")):
+            if m <= 0:
+                raise ValueError(f"M must be positive, got {m}")
+            benchmark_shape(m, args, dtype)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

benchmarks/tts/model_configs.yaml

@@ -132,3 +132,14 @@ models:
     endpoint: /v1/audio/speech
     task_extra_body:
       voice_design: {}
+
+  # OmniVoice serves plain text-to-speech over /v1/audio/speech; voice cloning
+  # and voice design are offline-only for this model, so default_voice is the
+  # only task the server can answer.
+  k2-fsa/OmniVoice:
+    supported_tasks: [default_voice]
+    backend: openai-audio-speech
+    endpoint: /v1/audio/speech
+    trust_remote_code: true
+    task_extra_body:
+      default_voice: {}

docker/Dockerfile.npu

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE=quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend
-ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.27.0
+ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.28.0
 FROM ${VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE}:${VLLM_ASCEND_TAG}
 
 # WORKDIR /vllm-workspace/vllm
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -v --no-deps \
       "stepaudio2-minicpmo>=0.1.1" \
       "step-audio2>=1.0.0"
 
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=npu
 ENV VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
 
 ENTRYPOINT []

docker/Dockerfile.npu.a3

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE=quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend
-ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.27.0-a3
+ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.28.0-a3
 FROM ${VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE}:${VLLM_ASCEND_TAG}
 
 # WORKDIR /vllm-workspace/vllm
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -v --no-deps \
       "stepaudio2-minicpmo>=0.1.1" \
       "step-audio2>=1.0.0"
 
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=npu
 ENV VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
 
 ENTRYPOINT []

docker/Dockerfile.npu.ci

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE=quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend
-ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.27.0
+ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.28.0
 FROM ${VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE}:${VLLM_ASCEND_TAG}
 
 ARG APP_DIR=/vllm-workspace/vllm-omni
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -v --no-deps \
       --trusted-host cache-service.nginx-pypi-cache.svc.cluster.local \
       --default-timeout=60
 
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=npu
 ENV VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
 
 ENTRYPOINT []

docker/Dockerfile.npu.ci.a3

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE=quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend
-ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.27.0-a3
+ARG VLLM_ASCEND_TAG=v0.28.0-a3
 FROM ${VLLM_ASCEND_IMAGE}:${VLLM_ASCEND_TAG}
 
 ARG APP_DIR=/vllm-workspace/vllm-omni
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -v --no-deps \
       --trusted-host cache-service.nginx-pypi-cache.svc.cluster.local \
       --default-timeout=60
 
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=npu
 ENV VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
 
 ENTRYPOINT []

docker/Dockerfile.xpu

@@ -1,140 +1,33 @@
-# Argument to configure vllm base image if pre-built
-ARG VLLM_BASE=vllm-base
-
-FROM intel/deep-learning-essentials:2025.3.2-0-devel-ubuntu24.04 AS vllm-base
-
-WORKDIR /workspace/
-
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
-ARG PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/xpu"
-
-RUN wget -O- https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB | gpg --dearmor | tee /usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null && \
-    echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oneAPI.list
-
-RUN apt clean && apt-get update -y && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --fix-missing \
-    curl \
-    ffmpeg \
-    git \
-    libsndfile1 \
-    libsm6 \
-    libxext6 \
-    libgl1 \
-    lsb-release \
-    libaio-dev \
-    numactl \
-    wget \
-    vim \
-    python3.12 \
-    python3.12-dev \
-    python3-pip
-
-# Add oneAPI repo, pin oneAPI to 2025.3, then install pinned packages in one layer.
-RUN wget -O- https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB | gpg --dearmor | tee /usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null && \
-    echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oneAPI.list && \
-    printf '%s\n' \
-    'Package: intel-oneapi-* intel-deep-learning-essentials* intel-pti*' \
-    'Pin: version 2025.3*' \
-    'Pin-Priority: 1001' \
-    > /etc/apt/preferences.d/oneapi-2025.3.pref && \
-    apt-get update -y && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    intel-oneapi-compiler-dpcpp-cpp-2025.3 \
-    intel-oneapi-mkl-devel-2025.3 \
-    intel-oneapi-dnnl-devel-2025.3 && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Install UMD with fixed version
-RUN mkdir neo && \
-    cd neo && \
-    wget https://github.com/intel/intel-graphics-compiler/releases/download/v2.24.8/intel-igc-core-2_2.24.8+20344_amd64.deb && \
-    wget https://github.com/intel/intel-graphics-compiler/releases/download/v2.24.8/intel-igc-opencl-2_2.24.8+20344_amd64.deb && \
-    wget https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/releases/download/25.48.36300.8/intel-ocloc_25.48.36300.8-0_amd64.deb && \
-    wget https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/releases/download/25.48.36300.8/intel-opencl-icd_25.48.36300.8-0_amd64.deb && \
-    wget https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/releases/download/25.48.36300.8/libigdgmm12_22.8.2_amd64.deb && \
-    wget https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/releases/download/25.48.36300.8/libze-intel-gpu1_25.48.36300.8-0_amd64.deb && \
-    wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero/releases/download/v1.26.0/level-zero_1.26.0+u24.04_amd64.deb && \
-    dpkg -i *.deb && \
-    cd .. && \
-    rm -rf neo
-
-ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV="/opt/venv"
-ENV UV_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/uv/python
-RUN curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-RUN uv venv --python ${PYTHON_VERSION} --seed ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
-ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
-
-# This oneccl contains the BMG support which is not the case for default version of oneapi 2025.3.
-ARG ONECCL_INSTALLER="intel-oneccl-2021.15.9.14_offline.sh"
-RUN wget "https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneCCL/releases/download/2021.15.9/${ONECCL_INSTALLER}" && \
-    bash "${ONECCL_INSTALLER}" -a --silent --eula accept && \
-    rm "${ONECCL_INSTALLER}" && \
-    echo "source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh --force" >> /root/.bashrc && \
-    echo "source /opt/intel/oneapi/ccl/2021.15/env/vars.sh --force" >> /root/.bashrc
-RUN rm -f /opt/intel/oneapi/ccl/latest && \
-    ln -s /opt/intel/oneapi/ccl/2021.15 /opt/intel/oneapi/ccl/latest
-
-SHELL ["bash", "-c"]
-CMD ["bash", "-c", "source /root/.bashrc && exec bash"]
-
-WORKDIR /workspace/
-
-ENV UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=500
-
-# Configure package index for XPU
-ENV PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=${PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL}
-ENV UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=${PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL}
-ENV UV_INDEX_STRATEGY="unsafe-best-match"
-ENV UV_LINK_MODE="copy"
-
-ARG VLLM_VERSION=v0.27.0
-RUN git clone -b ${VLLM_VERSION} https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
-WORKDIR /workspace/vllm
-
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv pip install --upgrade pip && \
-    uv pip install -r requirements/xpu.txt && \
-    uv pip install setuptools_scm &&\
-    uv pip install grpcio-tools protobuf nanobind && \
-    source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh --force && \
-    source /opt/intel/oneapi/ccl/2021.15/env/vars.sh --force && \
-    export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$(python3 -c 'import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])'):${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}"
-
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/intel/oneapi/ccl/2021.15/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/"
-
-ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=xpu
-ENV VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv pip uninstall triton triton-xpu && \
-    uv pip install triton-xpu==3.7.2 && \
-    uv pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps .
-
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
-
-FROM vllm-base AS vllm-openai
-
-# install nixl from source code
-RUN uv pip install nixl
-
-# install additional dependencies for openai api server
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv pip install accelerate hf_transfer pytest pytest_asyncio lm_eval[api] modelscope
-
-# install development dependencies (for testing)
-RUN uv pip install -e tests/vllm_test_utils
-
-# ensure vllm is properly installed
-RUN python -c "import vllm, inspect; print(vllm.__file__)"
-RUN uv pip show vllm
-
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
-
-ENTRYPOINT []
+# Target vLLM version: v0.28.0. Keep VLLM_VERSION aligned with the target vLLM
+# release on every rebase.
+#
+# This file layers vLLM-Omni on top of the published upstream XPU image, which
+# already ships a self-consistent XPU runtime (torch-xpu, oneCCL/UCX+NIXL, the
+# pinned UMD/compute-runtime stack, and vLLM itself) built from
+# https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/main/docker/Dockerfile.xpu. Docker
+# pulls that base automatically, so there is nothing to build here beyond the
+# Omni layers. Mirrors how docker/Dockerfile.ci consumes vllm/vllm-openai.
+#
+# If the tag does not exist yet (targeting an unreleased vLLM commit), build the
+# base from upstream's own Dockerfile and point VLLM_BASE at the result:
+#
+#   git clone --depth 1 --branch $VLLM_VERSION https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm /tmp/vllm
+#   docker build -t vllm-openai-xpu:local --target vllm-openai \
+#       -f /tmp/vllm/docker/Dockerfile.xpu /tmp/vllm
+#   docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.xpu --build-arg VLLM_BASE=vllm-openai-xpu:local .
+#
+# .buildkite/intel/scripts/run-xpu-test.sh automates that pull-then-build fallback.
+ARG VLLM_BASE_IMAGE=vllm/vllm-openai-xpu
+ARG VLLM_VERSION=v0.28.0
+ARG VLLM_BASE=${VLLM_BASE_IMAGE}:${VLLM_VERSION}
 
 FROM ${VLLM_BASE} AS vllm-omni
 
+# The base image ships ENTRYPOINT ["vllm", "serve"]; clear it so this stage stays
+# usable as a plain shell/test container regardless of which VLLM_BASE was used.
+ENTRYPOINT []
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
+
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y espeak-ng ffmpeg git jq && \
     apt-get clean && \

docs/.nav.yml

@@ -5,14 +5,22 @@ nav:
     - getting_started/quickstart.md
     - getting_started/installation/*
   - Serving:
-    - OpenAI-Compatible API:
-      - Chat Completions API: serving/chat_completions_api.md
-      - Image Generation: serving/image_generation_api.md
-      - Image Edit: serving/image_edit_api.md
-      - Text to Speech: serving/speech_api.md
-      - Videos: serving/videos_api.md
-      - Audio Generation: serving/audio_generate_api.md
-      - Streaming Video Input: serving/video_stream_api.md
+    - API Server:
+      - Overview: serving/README.md
+      - Core APIs:
+        - Chat Completions: serving/chat_completions_api.md
+        - Text to Speech: serving/speech_api.md
+        - Audio Generation: serving/audio_generate_api.md
+        - Image Generation: serving/image_generation_api.md
+        - Image Edit: serving/image_edit_api.md
+        - Videos: serving/videos_api.md
+      - Streaming and Realtime:
+        - Realtime Audio: serving/realtime_api.md
+        - Full Duplex: serving/full_duplex_api.md
+        - Streaming Video Input: serving/video_stream_api.md
+        - Streaming Video Output: serving/streaming_video_output_api.md
+        - OpenPI Robot Policy: serving/openpi_api.md
+      - Standalone Experimental Servers: serving/standalone_servers.md
   - Examples:
     - examples/README.md
     - Offline Inference:

docs/README.md

@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ vLLM-Omni is flexible and easy to use with:
 vLLM-Omni seamlessly supports most popular open-source models on HuggingFace, including:
 
 - Omni-modality models (e.g. Qwen3-Omni, MiniCPM-o 4.5, Cosmos3, HunyuanImage, BAGEL)
-- TTS models (e.g. Qwen3-TTS, VoxCPM2, Ming-Omni-TTS, CosyVoice3)
-- Diffusion models — image, video, and audio generation (e.g. MiniMax H3, Qwen-Image, Wan2.2, FLUX)
-- Robot-policy and action models (e.g. GR00T-N1.7, DreamZero-DROID, InternVLA-A1, Cosmos3 action policy)
+- TTS models (e.g. Qwen3-TTS, IndexTTS 2.5, dots.tts, CosyVoice3)
+- Diffusion models — image, video, and audio generation (e.g. MiniMax H3, LTX-2.5, SANA-Video, Wan2.2)
+- Robot-policy and action models (e.g. π0, GR00T-N1.7, DreamZero-DROID, InternVLA-A1)
 
 For more information, checkout the following:
 

docs/configuration/README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This section lists the most common options for running vLLM-Omni.
 
-For options within a vLLM Engine, please refer to the [vLLM 0.26 configuration guide](https://docs.vllm.ai/en/v0.26.0/configuration/index.html).
+For options within a vLLM Engine, please refer to the [vLLM 0.28 configuration guide](https://docs.vllm.ai/en/v0.28.0/configuration/index.html).
 
 Each model defines fixed topology in a registered `PipelineConfig` and runtime
 overrides in a deploy YAML.

docs/configuration/environment_variables.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ their keys only.
 ## Inherited vLLM variables
 
 vLLM-Omni also reads variables through its aligned vLLM dependency. Refer to
-the [vLLM 0.26 environment-variable reference](https://docs.vllm.ai/en/v0.26.0/configuration/env_vars.html)
+the [vLLM 0.28 environment-variable reference](https://docs.vllm.ai/en/v0.28.0/configuration/env_vars.html)
 for their definitions. This includes vLLM launch, cache, logging, plugin, ROCm,
 XPU, ModelScope, and FlashInfer workspace settings.
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ collection, examples, bug reports, or logs.
 
 ## Model-specific variables
 
-The audit found 56 variables read by a single model or pipeline family. They are
+The audit found 58 variables read by a single model or pipeline family. They are
 not listed as public usage options here because doing so would turn implementation
 escape hatches into an accidental compatibility contract.
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Every audited model-specific name has a migration disposition in the
 
 | Disposition | Count | Required outcome |
 | --- | ---: | --- |
-| Promote | 33 | Move a stable setting into typed stage or model configuration. |
+| Promote | 35 | Move a stable setting into typed stage or model configuration. |
 | Request scope | 6 | Move request-varying behavior into a declared request-option schema. |
 | External | 0 | Retain only when a supported third-party library owns the contract. |
 | Internalize | 11 | Keep a debug or diagnostic switch out of public documentation and configuration. |

docs/contributing/README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ vLLM-Omni's `pre-commit` hooks will now run automatically every time you commit.
     `--all-files` run stays green while historical debt is cleaned up. The
     current `SKIP` list in
     [`.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml`](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml)
-    is `check-test-ci-coverage`, `markdownlint-cli2`, `shellcheck`,
+    is `check-mark`, `markdownlint-cli2`, `shellcheck`,
     `check-spdx-header`, and `mypy-3.10`. Those hooks still run on **your
     commit** for changed files. A passing GitHub pre-commit check does not mean
     they passed locally. Hooks **not** on that list (forbidden imports,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ already there). `check-pickle-imports` is gone: pickle is now one rule inside
 | `markdownlint-cli2` | Markdown in `docs/`, `recipes/`, `README.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md` (not `.claude/` / `.cursor/` / `CLAUDE.md`) | skipped |
 | `mypy-3.10` | Type-check changed `vllm_omni/` files (model trees excluded). `tests/` uses `--follow-imports skip` | skipped |
 | `mypy-3.11` / `3.12` / `3.13` | Same checker, extra Python versions | not installed; `pre-commit run --hook-stage manual mypy-3.12` |
-| `check-test-ci-coverage` | Every `tests/**/test_*.py` has a CI level mark and a hardware mark/helper | skipped |
+| `check-mark` | Every `tests/**/test_*.py` has a CI level mark and a hardware platform mark or helper; no direct `pytest.mark.H100` / SKU | skipped |
 | `check-tts-adapter-migration` | `self._tts_model_type` branches in `serving_speech.py` must not increase | runs |
 | `shellcheck` | `*.sh` quoting / undefined vars | skipped |
 | `check-spdx-header` | Omni SPDX header on `.py` / `.pyi` / `.sh` / `.rs` / `.proto` | skipped |
@@ -144,11 +144,13 @@ pre-commit run --hook-stage manual mypy-3.12
 
 #### Test CI marks
 
-`check-test-ci-coverage` requires each collected test module under `tests/` to
+`check-mark` requires each collected test module under `tests/` to
 have at least one CI **level** mark (`core_model`, `advanced_model`,
-`full_model`, `local_model`, or `slow`) and a **hardware** mark (`cpu`, `cuda`,
-`H100`, …) or helper (`hardware_test(` / `hardware_marks(`). GitHub Actions
-skips this hook; local commit does not. See the
+`full_model`, `local_model`, or `slow`) and a **hardware** platform mark
+(`cpu`, `cuda`, …) or helper (`hardware_test(` / `hardware_marks(`). SKU marks
+(`H100`, `L4`, …) must come from those helpers so `cards_{n}` is attached;
+direct `pytest.mark.H100` is rejected. GitHub Actions skips this hook; local
+commit does not. See the
 [test writing guide](./ci/test_writing_guide.md).
 
 #### TTS adapter ratchet

docs/contributing/ci/ci_settings.md

@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ Canonical layout (prefer these paths for new changes):
 | Bootstrap vs test YAML | **Bootstrap** (`pipeline*.yml`) builds images and uploads **child** test pipelines. **Test** YAML (`test-*.yml`) lists pytest steps only. |
 | Register CI YAML in `skip_ci.py` | If you add a new whitelisted test pipeline file, update `L2_YAML_FILES`, `L3_YAML_FILES`, or `L45_YAML_FILES` in `.buildkite/common/scripts/skip_ci.py` so skip-ci paths stay correct. |
 
-There are still **legacy copies** at `.buildkite/*.yaml` (without the `cuda/` prefix). Treat `.buildkite/cuda/*` as source of truth.
-
 ## Platform comparison
 
 | Platform | Bootstrap entry | Test job files | Upload mechanism | Job hardware in YAML |
 | -------- | ---------------- | -------------- | ---------------- | -------------------- |
-| **CUDA** | `cuda/pipeline.yml` | `test-ready.yml`, `test-merge.yml`, `test-nightly.yml`, `test-weekly.yml` | `upload_pipeline.py --upload` (expands uploader-only keys) | `mirror_hardwares: <preset>` (string) |
+| **CUDA** | `cuda/pipeline.yml` | `test-ready.yml`, `test-merge.yml`, `test-nightly.yml`, `test-weekly.yml` | `upload_pipeline.py --upload` (expands uploader-only keys) | omit `mirror_hardwares` (from `-m`) / preset string + `MIRROR_HW` |
 | **NPU** | `npu/pipeline-npu.yml` | `test-npu-ready.yml`, `test-npu-nightly.yml` | `upload_pipeline.py --upload` | `mirror_hardwares: a2b3_npu_1` / `a2b3_npu_4` / `a3_npu_2` |
 | **AMD** | `amd/scripts/bootstrap-amd-omni.sh` | `test-amd-ready.yml`, `test-amd-merge.yml` | Jinja (`test-template-amd-omni.j2`) → `pipeline upload` | `agent_pool` + `mirror_hardwares: [amdproduction]` (array, template filter) |
 | **Intel** | `intel/scripts/bootstrap-intel-omni.sh` | `intel/pipeline-intel.yml` (steps inline) | Direct `pipeline upload` | Inline `agents.queue` on each step |
@@ -92,7 +90,23 @@ There are still **legacy copies** at `.buildkite/*.yaml` (without the `cuda/` pr
 
     **Upload:** `upload_pipeline.py --upload` expands uploader-only keys before Buildkite upload.
 
-    **Hardware in YAML:** `mirror_hardwares: <preset>` (string)—preset names in [`common/ci_mirror_hardwares.yml`](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/.buildkite/common/ci_mirror_hardwares.yml). Do **not** set `agents` / `plugins` on the same step.
+    **Hardware in YAML:** omit `mirror_hardwares` to compose `{chip}_{n}` from pytest `-m` (SKU + `cards_n`). Several positive `cards_*` take the **max** n (`cards_2 and cards_3` → `{chip}_3`). `not cards_1` with no positive `cards_*` uses that chip's **highest existing** preset in `ci_mirror_hardwares.yml` (L4 → `l4_4`, H100 → `h100_4`, B200 → `b200_4`). Set a **preset string** to force a pool (marks are ignored). Do **not** set `agents` / `plugins` on the same step as `mirror_hardwares`. `MIRROR_HW=b200` remaps inferred jobs whose `-m` includes `B200`, and omits CUDA `h100_*` / `l4_*` strings. Jobs whose `-m` does not match (unset: no H100/L4; set: no B200) are **skipped**.
+
+    ```yaml
+    # inferred: H100+B200 + cards_2 → h100_2, or b200_2 when MIRROR_HW=b200
+    commands:
+      - pytest -sv tests/e2e -m "full_model and H100 and B200 and omni and cards_2"
+    # no mirror_hardwares
+
+    # inferred: not cards_1 (no positive cards_*) → that chip's highest pool (l4_4 / h100_4 / b200_4)
+    commands:
+      - pytest -sv tests/e2e -m "full_model and diffusion and L4 and not cards_1"
+
+    # forced preset (ignores -m SKU/cards for pool selection)
+    mirror_hardwares: h100_1
+    ```
+
+    Inferred form: unset/`empty` `MIRROR_HW` matches `H100` or `L4` in `-m` (both present → H100); no match skips the step. `MIRROR_HW=b200` must appear in `-m` or the step is skipped. The uploader does **not** rewrite pytest `-m`; B200 collection comes from the YAML expression and from tests that declare `B200` in `hardware_test` / `hardware_marks` (for example `res={"cuda": ["H100", "B200"]}`). `MIRROR_HW` must be empty or `b200` (case-insensitive); unknown values (for example `b20o`) **fail the upload**. A CUDA preset string such as `mirror_hardwares: h100_4` is skipped when `MIRROR_HW=b200`. Unset `MIRROR_HW` keeps string presets. NPU presets ignore `MIRROR_HW`. A `mirror_hardwares` name that is not a key in `ci_mirror_hardwares.yml` **fails the upload**.
 
     **Conventions**
 
@@ -103,9 +117,9 @@ There are still **legacy copies** at `.buildkite/*.yaml` (without the `cuda/` pr
 
     **Adding a job**
 
-    1. Pick the level file (ready / merge / nightly / weekly).
+    1. Pick the level file (`test-ready.yml` / `test-merge.yml` / `test-nightly.yml` / `test-weekly.yml`).
     2. Add a step under the right **group** (usually **E2E Test** for model pytest).
-    3. Set `label`, `commands`, `mirror_hardwares`, `depends_on: upload-<level>-pipeline`.
+    3. Set `label`, `commands`, `mirror_hardwares`, `depends_on: upload-ready-pipeline` (or `upload-merge-pipeline` / `upload-nightly-pipeline` / `upload-weekly-pipeline`).
     4. For L2/L3 E2E, add `source_file_dependencies` (pytest + model + deploy YAML prefixes).
     5. Dry-run:
 
@@ -402,7 +416,7 @@ loads the model once per mode.
 Before splitting, confirm each half actually collects at least one test under the job's forwarded filters — pytest exits with code 5 ("no tests collected") if a half is empty, which the script reports as a failure, red-ing a job that used to pass as one combined invocation.
 
 Also check the tests' `num_cards` against the job's `mirror_hardwares` preset.
-`cuda_marks` turns `num_cards > 1` into `skipif(device_count() < num_cards)`, so a
+`_cuda_marks` turns `num_cards > 1` into `skipif(device_count() < num_cards)`, so a
 test asking for more GPUs than the preset provides is silently skipped and its
 coverage artifact comes back empty. Splitting such a job produces a file that
 looks fine and measures nothing — "Diffusion · Z Image Test" is the current
@@ -414,10 +428,12 @@ settings in `pyproject.toml`: online tests launch the server with
 `subprocess.Popen` and stop it with SIGTERM, and without those settings the XML
 reflects only the pytest parent process, not the server's code paths.
 
-The upload depends on `buildkite-agent` being callable inside the container. The
-`kubernetes` presets (`h100_*`, `*_npu_*`) provide it; the `docker` ones (`l4_*`)
-only do because they set `mount-buildkite-agent: true`. A new docker preset that
-runs a coverage job needs the same.
+The upload depends on `buildkite-agent` being callable inside the container.
+CUDA (`l4_*`, `h100_*`) and NPU (`*_npu_*`) presets all use the `kubernetes`
+plugin, which provides the agent. `l4_*` jobs run on the EKS `l4-k8s` queue
+(agent-stack-k8s); they no longer use the docker plugin or
+`mount-buildkite-agent`. A new **docker** preset that runs a coverage job
+still needs `mount-buildkite-agent: true`.
 
 List both `run_cov_split.sh` and `pyproject.toml` in every opted-in job's
 `source_file_dependencies` — both change what the job measures, so without them a

docs/contributing/ci/test_examples/l4_performance_tests.inc.md

@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Supported form:
 
 | Form | Example | Effect |
 | ---- | ------- | ------ |
-| Array (single platform) | `"mark": [{"hardware_marks": {"res": {"cuda": "H100"}, "num_cards": 2}}, "full_model", "diffusion"]` | Hardware marks from `hardware_marks(...)`; `num_cards` > 1 adds `distributed_*` (+ CUDA `skipif_cuda` when applicable). String entries become extra pytest marks. |
-| Array (multi-platform) | `"mark": [{"hardware_marks": {"res": {"cuda": "H100", "rocm": "MI325", "npu": "A2"}, "num_cards": {"cuda": 2, "rocm": 2, "npu": 1}}}, "full_model", "omni"]` | Same as above, but declares **multiple platforms** in one case. Filter examples: `-m "full_model and H100 and cuda"`, `-m "full_model and MI325 and rocm"`. |
+| Array (single platform) | `"mark": [{"hardware_marks": {"res": {"cuda": "H100"}, "num_cards": 2}}, "full_model", "diffusion"]` | Hardware marks from `hardware_marks(...)`; `num_cards` adds `cards_{n}` (including `cards_1` when omitted). String entries become extra pytest marks. |
+| Array (multi-platform) | `"mark": [{"hardware_marks": {"res": {"cuda": "H100", "rocm": "MI325"}, "num_cards": 2}}, "full_model", "omni"]` | Same as above, but declares **multiple platforms** on one item. All platforms must share the same `num_cards` (int or identical dict values). Different counts need `@hardware_test` or one `hardware_marks()` per `pytest.param`. Filter examples: `-m "full_model and H100 and cards_2 and cuda"`, `-m "full_model and MI325 and cards_2 and rocm"`. |
 
 Recommended for L4 perf cases:
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ pytest -s -v tests/dfx/perf/scripts/run_benchmark.py \
 ```
 
 <!-- markdownlint-disable-next-line MD051 -->
-See also [Markers for Tests](#markers-for-tests) for registered hardware markers (`H100`, `L4`, `cuda`, `distributed_cuda`, …).
+See also [Markers for Tests](#markers-for-tests) for registered hardware markers (`H100`, `L4`, `cuda`, `cards_1`, …).
 
 #### `server_params` Configuration
 

docs/contributing/ci/test_execution_guide.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Failed jobs: 1/2
     ```bash
     cd tests
     pytest -s -v test_xxxx.py --run-level=core_model
-    pytest -s -v -m "core_model and distributed_cuda and L4" --run-level=core_model
+    pytest -s -v -m "core_model and L4 and not cards_1" --run-level=core_model
     ```
 
 === "L3 level"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Failed jobs: 1/2
 
     ```bash
     pytest -s -v test_xxxx.py --run-level=advanced_model
-    pytest -s -v -m "advanced_model and distributed_cuda and L4" --run-level=advanced_model
+    pytest -s -v -m "advanced_model and L4 and not cards_1" --run-level=advanced_model
     ```
 
 === "L4 level"
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ Failed jobs: 1/2
     ```bash
     cd tests
     pytest -s -v test_xxxx.py --run-level=full_model
-    pytest -s -v -m "full_model and distributed_cuda and L4" --run-level=full_model
+    pytest -s -v -m "full_model and L4 and not cards_1" --run-level=full_model
     pytest -s -v -m "full_model and (omni or tts) and H100" --run-level=full_model
     ```
     If you only want to run specific test cases on a particular platform, you can use:
     ```bash
-    pytest -s -v -m "full_model and distributed_cuda and L4"  --run-level=full_model
+    pytest -s -v -m "full_model and L4 and not cards_1"  --run-level=full_model
     ```
     Note: ``run_benchmark.py`` and ``run_diffusion_benchmark.py`` accept an optional ``--test-config-file``. If omitted, each loads every ``*.json`` under ``tests/dfx/perf/tests/`` (omni/tts vs diffusion split by ``is_diffusion_perf_config``) and pytest ``-m`` filters by each case's JSON ``mark``:
     ```bash

docs/contributing/ci/test_system_overview.md

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Through five levels (L1-L5) and common (Common) specifications, the system clari
         <a href="test_writing_guide.md#l4-level-testing-full-functionality-performance-and-documentation-testing">L4</a><br>
         L4: Purpose, Test Content, Directory Location, Example
       </td>
-      <td>Nightly</td>
+      <td>Nightly / Days before Release<br>(additional GPU SKUs)</td>
       <td>GPU</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ Before entering specific testing levels, the project establishes two common spec
 
 ## Notes
 
+### L4 cadence (nightly and pre-release)
+
+CUDA **L4** (`full_model`) jobs are defined once in [`.buildkite/cuda/test-nightly.yml`](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/.buildkite/cuda/test-nightly.yml). That file is reused at two cadences:
+
+- **Nightly:** scheduled `main` builds with `NIGHTLY=1` (and PR labels such as `nightly-test` / `omni-test`). Default fleet is typically H100.
+- **Pre-release:** the same L4 suite runs again on extra GPU SKUs before a release (for example B200 via `MIRROR_HW=b200`), so `full_model` coverage is not limited to the nightly machine type.
+
+How count-form `mirror_hardwares` and `MIRROR_HW` pick a SKU: [CI Settings](./ci_settings.md).
+
 ### L2 / L3 diff-aware CI (CUDA)
 
 On CUDA **L2** and **L3**, **E2E Test** Buildkite jobs may be omitted at pipeline upload when the PR diff does not touch their path prefixes; other groups still always upload. Full two-layer mechanics and YAML examples: [CI Settings — Diff-aware CI](./ci_settings.md#diff-aware-ci) ([step filtering](./ci_settings.md#step-filtering)).

docs/contributing/ci/test_writing_guide.md

@@ -48,17 +48,12 @@ Defined in `pyproject.toml`:
 | `MI325`            | Tests that require MI325 GPU (AMD/ROCm) *                                                               |
 | `A2`               | Tests that require A2 NPU *                                                                             |
 | `A3`               | Tests that require A3 NPU *                                                                             |
-| `distributed_cuda` | Tests that require multi cards on CUDA platform *                                                       |
-| `distributed_rocm` | Tests that require multi cards on ROCm platform  *                                                      |
-| `distributed_npu`  | Tests that require multi cards on NPU platform  *                                                       |
-| `skipif_cuda`      | Skip if the num of CUDA cards is less than the required *                                               |
-| `skipif_rocm`      | Skip if the num of ROCm cards is less than the required *                                               |
-| `skipif_npu`       | Skip if the num of NPU cards is less than the required *                                                |
+| `cards_{n}`        | Tests that require *n* accelerator cards (`cards_1` … `cards_8`); auto-added from `num_cards` *         |
 | `slow`             | Slow tests (may skip in quick CI)                                                                       |
 | `benchmark`        | Benchmark tests (decorator on runner test functions; perf JSON uses `full_model` + type marker instead) |
 | `local_model`      | Tests requiring local / non-HF-hub model weights                                                        |
 
-\* Means those markers are auto-added by `@hardware_test` (parametrization decorator) or `hardware_marks` (only returning the list of marks for flexibility).
+\* Means those markers are auto-added by `@hardware_test` (parametrization decorator) or `hardware_marks` (only returning the list of marks for flexibility). Do **not** write `pytest.mark.H100` / `pytest.mark.L4` (or other SKU names) by hand: `check-mark` rejects that so `cards_{n}` cannot be skipped.
 
 #### Example usage for markers
 
@@ -81,25 +76,23 @@ def test_video_to_audio()
 This decorator is intended to make hardware-aware, cross-platform test authoring easier and more robust for CI/CD environments. The `hardware_test` decorator in `vllm-omni/tests/helpers/mark.py` performs the following actions:
 
 1. **Applies platform and resource markers**  
-   Adds the appropriate pytest markers for each specified hardware platform (e.g., `cuda`, `rocm`, `xpu`, `npu`) and resource type (e.g., `L4`, `H100`, `MI325`, `B60`, `A2`, `A3`).
+   Adds the appropriate pytest markers for each specified hardware platform (e.g., `cuda`, `rocm`, `xpu`, `npu`) and resource type (e.g., `L4`, `H100`, `H200`, `B200`, `MI325`, `B60`, `A2`, `A3`).
    ```python
    @pytest.mark.cuda
    @pytest.mark.L4
    ```
-2. **Handles multi-card (distributed) scenarios**  
-   For tests requiring multiple cards, it automatically adds distributed markers such as `distributed_cuda`, `distributed_rocm`, or `distributed_npu`.
-   ```python
-   @pytest.mark.distributed_cuda(num_cards=num_cards)
-   ```
+2. **Handles card-count filtering**  
+   Adds a filterable marker `cards_{n}` (including `cards_1` when `num_cards` is omitted / 1). Use this with the SKU and platform, e.g. `-m "H100 and cards_4 and cuda"` vs `-m "H100 and cards_2 and cuda"`. Any multi-card CUDA test is `-m "cuda and not cards_1"`.
+
+   When `res` lists more than one platform **and** `num_cards` differs by platform, `@hardware_test` collects **one variant per platform** so those `cards_{n}` marks do not stack. `-m "H100 and cards_4 and cuda"` then selects only the CUDA/H100 4-card variant, not a ROCm 2-card sibling. The same count on every platform stays a single item.
 3. **Supports flexible card requirements**  
    Accepts `num_cards` as either a single integer for all platforms or as a dictionary with per-platform values. If not specified, defaults to 1 card per platform.
 
 4. **Integrates resource validation**  
-   On CUDA, adds a skip marker (`skipif_cuda`) if the system does not have the required number of devices.
-   Support for `skipif_rocm` and `skipif_npu` will be implemented later.
+   On CUDA and XPU, when `num_cards > 1`, attaches pytest's built-in `skipif` if the machine has fewer devices than requested. This is not a named `skipif_*` marker and is not used for `-m` filtering.
 
 5. **Works with pytest filtering**  
-   Allows tests to be filtered and selected at runtime using standard pytest marker expressions (e.g., `-m "distributed_cuda and L4"`).
+   Allows tests to be filtered and selected at runtime using standard pytest marker expressions (e.g., `-m "H100 and cards_2"`, `-m "L4 and not cards_1"`).
 
 ##### Example usage for decorator
 
@@ -117,13 +110,14 @@ This decorator is intended to make hardware-aware, cross-platform test authoring
         num_cards=2,
     )
     ```
-- `res` must be a dict; supported resources: CUDA (L4/H100), ROCm (MI325), XPU (B60), MUSA (S5000), NPU (A2/A3)
+- `res` must be a dict. SKU values come from `pyproject.toml` markers tagged `[hardware-resource]` plus the platform key (`[cuda]`, `[rocm]`, `[xpu]`, `[npu]`, `[musa]`).
 - `num_cards` can be int (all platforms) or dict (per platform); defaults to 1 when missing
-- Distributed markers (`distributed_cuda`, `distributed_rocm`, `distributed_npu`) are auto-added for multi-card cases
 - Filtering examples:
-    - CUDA only: `pytest -m "distributed_cuda and L4"`
-    - ROCm only: `pytest -m "distributed_rocm and MI325"`
-    - NPU only: `pytest -m "distributed_npu"`
+    - CUDA H100 4-card: `pytest -m "H100 and cards_4 and cuda"`
+    - CUDA H100 2-card: `pytest -m "H100 and cards_2 and cuda"`
+    - CUDA multi-card (any count): `pytest -m "L4 and not cards_1"`
+    - ROCm multi-card: `pytest -m "MI325 and not cards_1"`
+    - NPU multi-card: `pytest -m "npu and not cards_1"`
 
 #### Function: `hardware_marks`
 
@@ -179,37 +173,30 @@ If you want to add support for a new platform (e.g., "tpu" for a new accelerator
    [tool.pytest.ini_options]
    markers = [
        # ... existing markers ...
-       "tpu: Tests that require TPU device",
-       "TPU_V3: Tests that require TPU v3 hardware",
-       "distributed_tpu: Tests that require multiple TPU devices",
+       "tpu: [hardware-platform] Tests that require TPU device",
+       # Add [gpu] next to [hardware-platform] if this platform should also get pytest.mark.gpu.
+       "TPU_V3: [hardware-resource] [tpu] Tests that require TPU v3 hardware",
+       "cards_1: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 1 accelerator card",
+       "cards_2: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 2 accelerator cards",
    ]
    ```
+   `check-mark` treats `[hardware-platform]` names (including `cpu`/`gpu`) as allowed `pytest.mark.<name>` values. `hardware_test(res=...)` still rejects `cpu`/`gpu` as `res` keys.
 2. **Implement a marker construction function for your platform** in `vllm-omni/tests/helpers/mark.py`:
    ```python
    # In vllm-omni/tests/helpers/mark.py
 
-   def tpu_marks(*, res: str, num_cards: int):
-       test_platform = pytest.mark.tpu
-       if res == "TPU_V3":
-           test_resource = pytest.mark.TPU_V3
-       else:
-           raise ValueError(
-               f"Invalid TPU resource type: {res}. Supported: TPU_V3")
-
-       if num_cards == 1:
-           return [test_platform, test_resource]
-       else:
-           test_distributed = pytest.mark.distributed_tpu(num_cards=num_cards)
-           # Optionally: add skipif_tpu when implemented
-           return [test_platform, test_resource, test_distributed]
+   def _tpu_marks(*, res: str, num_cards: int):
+       _require_sku("tpu", res)
+       return [pytest.mark.tpu, getattr(pytest.mark, res), _cards_mark(num_cards)]
    ```
-3. **Update `hardware_marks` to recognize your new platform**:
-    In the relevant place (see the `hardware_marks` implementation), add:
+3. **Register the builder** in `_marks_for_platform`:
     ```python
-    if platform == "tpu":
-        marks = tpu_marks(res=resource, num_cards=cards)
+    builders = {
+        # ... existing platforms ...
+        "tpu": _tpu_marks,
+    }
     ```
-    (`hardware_test` calls `hardware_marks` internally, so both will pick up the change.)
+    (`hardware_test` / `hardware_marks` both go through `_marks_for_platform`.)
 4. **(Recommended) Add a test using your new markers**:
    ```python
    @hardware_test(
@@ -223,11 +210,11 @@ If you want to add support for a new platform (e.g., "tpu" for a new accelerator
 **Summary**:  
 
 - Add pytest markers for your new platform/resources  
-- Implement a marker function (`xxx_marks`)  
-- Plug into `hardware_marks`  
-- You're done: tests using `@hardware_test` or `hardware_marks` with your platform now automatically get the correct markers, distribution, and isolation!
+- Implement a private marker function (`_xxx_marks`)
+- Register it in `_marks_for_platform`
+- You're done: tests using `@hardware_test` or `hardware_marks` with your platform now automatically get the correct markers and `cards_{n}` filtering.
 
-See code in `vllm-omni/tests/helpers/mark.py` for existing examples (`cuda_marks`, `rocm_marks`, `npu_marks`).
+See code in `vllm-omni/tests/helpers/mark.py` for existing examples (`_cuda_marks`, `_rocm_marks`, `_npu_marks`).
 
 ## Test case style
 

docs/contributing/model/adding_tts_model.md

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ selects the scheduler and worker family:
 Key topology fields belong to `StagePipelineConfig`:
 
 | Field | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `model_stage` | Logical stage name (`ar_stage`, `decoder`, etc.). |
 | `execution_type` | Runtime family for this stage. |
 | `input_sources` | Upstream stage IDs that provide input. |
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ Common failures and fixes:
 | `check-forbidden-imports` | Stdlib `re`/`base64`, pickle, Hugging Face Hub API, or direct Triton/TileLang | `import regex as re` and `pybase64`; do not grow the allowlist without review |
 | `check-torch-cuda-call` | New `torch.cuda.*` call site | Use `current_omni_platform`; do not grow `ALLOWED_FILES` without review |
 | `check-tts-adapter-migration` | New `_tts_model_type` branch in `serving_speech.py` | Put logic in `tts_adapters/`; lower `MAX_MODEL_TYPE_BRANCHES` when removing branches |
-| `check-test-ci-coverage` | Test file missing level or hardware mark | Add `core_model`/… plus `cpu`/`cuda`/`hardware_test(` |
+| `check-mark` | Test file missing level/hardware mark, or direct `pytest.mark.H100` | Add `core_model`/… plus `cpu`/`cuda`/`hardware_test(`; SKU marks only via helpers |
 | `shellcheck` | Native `shellcheck` missing, or script warning | Install via apt/dnf/brew (or `shellcheck.exe` on Windows). See [Linting](../README.md#linting) |
 | `mypy-3.10` / `markdownlint-cli2` / `check-buildkite` | Types, docs markdown, or Buildkite YAML | See [Linting](../README.md#linting) |
 

docs/design/feature/offloader/distributed_layerwise_offload.md

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Legend: ✅ supported, ⚠️ compatibility path or limited validation, ❌ unsu
 | **TP > 1** | ⚠️ Ordinary TP-aware loader only; no direct checkpoint mmap. | ⚠️ Ordinary TP-aware loader only; no direct checkpoint mmap. |
 | **HSDP** | ❌ Rejected to avoid double-sharding parameters. | ⚠️ Limited end-to-end coverage. |
 | **Per-tensor online FP8 linears** | ✅ Ordinary loader finalizes weights and scales before DLO sharding. | ✅ Ordinary loader retains complete rank-local tensors. |
+| **Online INT8 linears** | ✅ Ordinary loader finalizes the int8 weight (contiguous or transposed view) and fp32 scale before DLO sharding. | ✅ Ordinary loader retains complete rank-local tensors. |
+| **Online MXFP8 linears** | ✅ Ordinary loader finalizes the fp8 weight (contiguous) and e8m0 block scale (contiguous or transposed view) before DLO sharding. | ✅ Ordinary loader retains complete rank-local tensors. |
 | **Other online quantization methods** | ❌ Rejected until runtime packing and scale layouts are validated. | ⚠️ Allowed through the ordinary loader; validation is method-specific. |
 | **Model-level or standard layerwise CPU offload** | ❌ Disabled because DLO takes priority. | ❌ Disabled because DLO takes priority. |
 | **Resident leading layers** | ❌ Rejected. | ✅ Requires eligible resident paths in the model's `OffloadPlan`. |
@@ -438,11 +440,15 @@ requirements.
 
 Direct checkpoint mmap can back either transfer path. It is currently limited
 to proven TP1, non-HSDP, non-online-quantized layouts. Other layouts use the
-ordinary loader. Per-tensor online FP8 linears can use DLO AllGather after the
-ordinary loader finalizes their runtime weights and scales; DLO then shards and
-reconstructs those tensors with their recorded layouts. Other online methods
-must use `--dlo-no-use-allgather` or disable online quantization until their
-runtime layouts are validated.
+ordinary loader. Per-tensor online FP8, online INT8, and online MXFP8 linears
+can use DLO AllGather after the ordinary loader finalizes their runtime
+weights and scales; DLO then shards and reconstructs those tensors with their
+recorded layouts (they all keep plain 1-byte dtypes over ordinary strided
+views: online INT8 has an int8 weight plus fp32 scale, online MXFP8 has an
+fp8 weight plus e8m0 block scale, each with a contiguous or transposed-view
+finalized tensor, all covered by the same physical-order packing as online
+FP8). Other online methods must use `--dlo-no-use-allgather` or disable
+online quantization until their runtime layouts are validated.
 
 The Host Weight Runtime representation, publication, and no-AllGather consumer
 contracts are merged; see
@@ -459,8 +465,8 @@ Current source-level validation includes:
 - HSDP + DLO without AllGather acceptance at configuration level;
 - loader preflight fallback for TP, HSDP, online quantization, unknown custom
   loaders, missing keys, and shape/dtype mismatches;
-- ordinary-loader fallback for per-tensor online FP8 linears followed by DLO
-  sharding of finalized weights and scales;
+- ordinary-loader fallback for per-tensor online FP8, online INT8, and online
+  MXFP8 linears followed by DLO sharding of finalized weights and scales;
 - exact loader-to-backend plan transfer and ordinary-loader fallback;
 - ordered publication hashing, overlapped durability, unordered parallel
   checksum fallback, and node-local source-digest reuse/invalidation;

docs/design/feature/skip_softmax.md

@@ -1,90 +1,197 @@
 # Skip-Softmax
 
-Skip-Softmax is the sparse-attention mode of the `TRTLLM_ATTN` backend. Usage — the config keys
-and how to pick an operating point — is in
-[TRTLLM Attention](../../user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/trtllm.md#skip-softmax).
-The shared selector contract is documented in
-[Diffusion Attention Backend Selection](attention_backend_selection.md). This
-page explains the algorithm.
+Skip-Softmax is the sparse-attention mode of the `TRTLLM_ATTN` backend. It implements
+[BLASST](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12087) (Dynamic BLocked Attention Sparsity via Softmax
+Thresholding), which adds a per-tile skip test to the FlashAttention main loop. This page describes the algorithm, how the user configuration is resolved
+into the value the kernel consumes, and how checkpoint calibration and timestep gating participate
+in that resolution. Configuration keys and operating-point guidance are covered in
+[TRTLLM Attention](../../user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/trtllm.md#skip-softmax); the
+backend selection contract is covered in
+[Diffusion Attention Backend Selection](attention_backend_selection.md).
 
 ## Motivation
 
 In a long attention row (a video DiT can have tens of thousands of keys), the softmax weight
 concentrates on a small fraction of the keys; the rest receive near-zero weight and barely move the
 output. Computing softmax and the value-weighted sum over those keys is wasted work. Skip-Softmax
-detects, per block of keys, when a block cannot matter and skips its softmax and its value
-multiply.
+detects, per tile of keys, when a tile cannot matter and skips its softmax and its value multiply.
 
-It is approximate: a skipped block still carries a small non-zero contribution, so the mode is
+It is approximate: a skipped tile still carries a small non-zero contribution, so the mode is
 opt-in and off by default.
 
-## The online-softmax pass
+## Algorithm
 
-Attention is computed in a single streaming pass over the keys, in tiles of 128. Per query row the
+![The BLASST algorithm: FlashAttention with a per-tile skip test on the local maximum](../figures/skip_softmax/blasst_algorithm.jpg)
+
+FlashAttention computes attention in a single streaming pass over KV tiles. Per query row the
 kernel maintains three running values:
 
 - `m` — the largest score seen so far,
 - `l` — the running denominator `Σ exp(sⱼ − m)`,
 - `O` — the running numerator `Σ exp(sⱼ − m)·vⱼ`,
 
-and returns `O / l` at the end. For each key tile it computes the tile's scores `Q · K_jᵀ · scale`,
-updates `m`, and accumulates that tile's contribution into `l` and `O`. Rescaling `l` and `O` when
-`m` grows keeps the single pass numerically exact.
+and returns `O / l` at the end. For each KV tile it computes the scores `QK_j^T`, updates `m`, and
+accumulates the tile's contribution into `l` and `O`. Rescaling `l` and `O` when `m` grows keeps the
+dense pass numerically exact.
 
-## The skip test
-
-Once a tile's scores are known, its largest score `tile_max` is compared against the running
-maximum:
+A tile is a block of query rows against a block of keys, and the kernel processes it as a unit.
+BLASST inserts one test between computing a tile's scores and accumulating them. For each query
+row `i` in the tile, let `tile_max[i]` be the row's largest score within the tile, `running_max[i]`
+the row's running maximum, and `λ` the effective threshold:
 
 ```text
-if exp(tile_max − running_max) < threshold:
-    skip this tile          # do not compute its softmax weights or its P·V accumulation
+if all(exp(tile_max[i] - running_max[i]) < λ for every row i in the tile):
+    skip this tile          # do not compute its Softmax or PV contribution
 ```
 
-`exp(tile_max − running_max)` is an upper bound on the softmax weight any key in the tile can
-receive: if even the tile's best key is far below the current maximum, every key in the tile is
-negligible, and both the softmax (the exponentials) and the `P·V` accumulation for that tile can be
-dropped. The tile's contribution to `l` and `O` is simply skipped.
+`exp(tile_max[i] − running_max[i])` is an upper bound on the softmax weight any key in the tile can
+receive in row `i`: if even the row's best key in this tile is far below the row's current maximum,
+the tile is unimportant for that row. Only when this holds for every row in the tile can the
+Softmax and `PV` work for the tile be skipped, in which case its contribution to `l` and `O` is
+simply omitted. A larger `λ` makes the test more aggressive. The figure states the same test in
+log space, `m̃ − m < ln(λ)`, which is how the kernel evaluates it.
 
-## What this bounds
+The test needs the tile's scores, so `QK_j^T` always runs and only the Softmax and `PV` work can
+be skipped. Since the two matmuls have the same FLOP count, skipping every eligible tile removes at
+most roughly half of the attention arithmetic, and the kernel-level speedup stays well under 2×.
 
-Two properties of the test shape the achievable speedup:
+## From configuration to the kernel threshold
 
-- **`Q · K_jᵀ` always runs.** The test needs `tile_max`, which comes from the tile's scores, so the
-  score matmul is never skipped — only the softmax and the `P·V` accumulation are. The score matmul
-  and the value matmul are comparable in cost, so skipping every eligible tile removes at most
-  roughly half the attention work; the kernel-level speedup is bounded well under 2×, not unbounded.
-
-- **The decision is per tile, not per key.** A tile is skipped only when *all* of its keys are
-  collectively negligible; a single important key keeps the whole tile. How many tiles actually
-  qualify depends on the data and rounds down to tile granularity, so `target_sparsity` selects an
-  operating point on a calibrated curve — it is not a promise that a fixed fraction of tiles is
-  skipped.
-
-## The threshold
-
-The per-tile threshold is normalized by sequence length:
+The FlashInfer kernel does not take `λ` directly. It takes a `threshold_scale_factor` and divides
+it by the KV sequence length of the call:
 
 ```text
-threshold = factor / seqlen
+λ = threshold_scale_factor / max_kv_len
 ```
 
-`factor` comes from one of two sources:
+vLLM-Omni resolves the factor from one of two mutually exclusive user controls:
 
-- **Calibrated** — `factor = a · exp(b · target_sparsity)`, where `a` and `b` are fit per model (and
-  per expert, for a multi-expert model) so that a given `target_sparsity` lands near that fraction of
-  skipped tiles on the calibration data.
-- **Direct** — `factor = skip_softmax.threshold · seqlen`, the calibration-free path; the user sets
-  the threshold themselves.
+| Control | Factor passed to the kernel | Resulting `λ` |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `threshold` | `threshold * max_kv_len` | `threshold` |
+| `target_sparsity=s` | `a * exp(b * s)` | `a * exp(b * s) / max_kv_len` |
+
+`threshold` is therefore `λ` itself and is independent of sequence length: the same value yields
+the same per-tile test at any resolution or frame count. `threshold=0` skips no tiles. Because the
+left-hand side of the skip test lies in `(0, 1]`, values in `(0, 1)` are the meaningful range; the
+schema accepts any finite non-negative value.
+
+`target_sparsity` selects a point on a curve fitted per model by
+[NVIDIA ModelOpt](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer/tree/main/examples/diffusers/sparsity),
+so that `s` lands near that fraction of skipped tiles on the calibration data. The coefficients
+`a` and `b` come from the checkpoint; the achieved sparsity on another prompt, shape, or layer can
+differ.
+
+### Skip-Softmax calibration config
+
+ModelOpt stores the calibration in each transformer component's `config.json` under
+`sparse_attention_config`. The following is taken from the `transformer/config.json` of
+[`nvidia/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers-FP8`](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers-FP8),
+with the `ignore` list abridged:
+
+```json
+{
+  "sparse_attention_config": {
+    "config_groups": {
+      "group_0": {
+        "algorithm": "skip_softmax",
+        "targets": ["WanAttention"],
+        "ignore": ["blocks.0.attn1", "blocks.0.attn2", "blocks.1.attn1", "..."],
+        "threshold_scale_factor": {
+          "formula": "a * exp(b * target_sparsity)",
+          "coefficients": {"a": 2822.6209952221557, "b": 4.388250623520793}
+        },
+        "target_sparsity": 0.7,
+        "disabled_until_timestep": 0.93
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+A checkpoint with several transformer components carries one such config per component, each
+with its own coefficients; in this example, `transformer_2/config.json` holds the low-noise
+expert's curve.
+
+vLLM-Omni consumes `formula`, `coefficients`, and `ignore`, and ignores `targets`,
+`target_sparsity`, and `disabled_until_timestep`:
+
+- Only the formula `a * exp(b * target_sparsity)` is accepted; a checkpoint with any other formula
+  is rejected at startup. If a spec requests `target_sparsity` and the checkpoint carries no
+  calibration, startup fails and the error points to `threshold` as the calibration-free
+  alternative.
+- Each component's curve is applied to that component's attention layers. If the config for a
+  secondary component such as `transformer_2` cannot be read, that component stays dense and a
+  warning is logged.
+- `ignore` holds fnmatch patterns matched against both the full module name and the name relative
+  to the component, so `blocks.0.attn1` matches `transformer.blocks.0.attn1` as well as
+  `transformer_2.blocks.0.attn1`. Matching layers receive no coefficients and therefore stay dense
+  regardless of the user configuration.
+
+At each attention call, a layer with a `threshold` uses it directly; a layer with
+`target_sparsity` and stamped coefficients evaluates the curve; a layer with `target_sparsity` but
+no coefficients runs dense. The timestep gate below is applied to the result before it reaches the
+kernel.
 
 ## Timestep gating
 
-`disabled_until_timestep = D` keeps the mode off during the early, high-noise denoise steps and
-turns it on once the normalized timestep `t` drops to `t ≤ D` (`t` runs `1.0` → `0.0` over the
-schedule). The early steps set the global structure of the output and their errors propagate through
-every later step, so keeping them dense costs a few skipped-tile opportunities but protects fidelity.
+The early, high-noise denoising steps set the global structure of the output, and their errors
+propagate through every later step. Keeping just these steps dense markedly improves the quality
+of the generated video at a small cost in skipped work. `disabled_until_timestep` implements this:
+on each attention call the backend compares the current normalized timestep `t` against the
+configured cutoff and passes no skip factor to the kernel while `t` is above it. Skip-Softmax
+becomes active on the first step whose `t` is at or below the cutoff and stays active for the rest
+of the run, since `t` only decreases.
 
-`t` is the scheduler's own timestep divided by `num_train_timesteps`, published by the pipeline via
-`DenoiseProgressMixin.record_denoise_step`. It is deliberately not derived from the step index,
-because schedulers space their steps non-uniformly. A pipeline that does not publish a timestep
-stays dense when `disabled_until_timestep` is set.
+The default `disabled_until_timestep = 0` is a sentinel rather than a cutoff: the gate is off, the
+timestep is never read, and Skip-Softmax runs on every step. Any positive value enables the gate.
+`disabled_until_timestep = 1.0` therefore also yields no dense steps on a pipeline that publishes
+`t`, but on a pipeline that does not publish it the backend stays dense and logs a warning once
+rather than guessing from the step index.
+
+### Where `t` comes from
+
+The pipeline publishes `t` once per denoising step before running the transformer. It is the
+scheduler's own position in `[0, 1]`, decreasing from near `1.0` (pure noise) to `0.0` (clean
+sample): scheduler-based pipelines publish the scheduler timestep divided by `num_train_timesteps`,
+and rectified-flow pipelines publish the current sigma. `t` is deliberately not the step index
+divided by the step count. Schedulers place their steps non-uniformly in `t`, so expressing the
+cutoff in `t` ties it to the same noise level across step counts and schedulers.
+
+### Mapping the cutoff to denoising steps
+
+For a run whose published sequence is `t[0], ..., t[N-1]`, the number of dense steps is
+
+```text
+dense_steps = count(t[i] > disabled_until_timestep)
+skip_softmax_steps = N - dense_steps
+```
+
+This count **depends on the schedule**, and schedules differ from model to model: the
+scheduler family, the number of steps, and any time shift all change where the steps land in `t`.
+The same cutoff can therefore gate a very different fraction of the run on two models. Take
+MiniMax-H3 as an example. Its video branch uses a flow-shifted rectified-flow schedule that applies
+a shift `s` to `N + 1` uniform positions `u` from `1` to `0`,
+
+```text
+t = s * u / (1 + (s - 1) * u)
+```
+
+and a large `s` pushes most positions toward `t ≈ 1`. With the default `s = 12` and
+`num_inference_steps = 50` (50 sigma points, `N = 49` denoiser forwards), the published sequence
+starts `1.000, 0.998, 0.996, 0.995, 0.993, ...` and stays above `0.9` for 28 steps, giving:
+
+| `disabled_until_timestep` | Dense steps | Skip-Softmax steps |
+| :---: | ---: | ---: |
+| `1.00` | 0 | 49 |
+| `0.99` | 6 | 43 |
+| `0.97` | 14 | 35 |
+| `0.95` | 19 | 30 |
+| `0.90` | 28 | 21 |
+| `0.86` | 33 | 16 |
+
+These numbers hold only for that schedule. A model with a smaller shift, a different step count,
+or a scheduler that is not rectified flow produces a different sequence and a different table; a
+request that overrides `flow_shift` or the step count changes it for MiniMax-H3 too.
+Choose the cutoff by counting against the schedule actually served, not by reusing a value from
+another model.

docs/design/feature/vae_parallel.md

@@ -22,59 +22,60 @@ We use **Qwen-Image** as the reference implementation for decode parallel, and *
 
 **VAE Patch Parallelism** is an acceleration technique for both **encoding** and **decoding**. Instead of processing the entire tensor at once, the tensor is:
 
-+ Split into multiple spatial tiles
+- Split into multiple spatial tiles
 
-+ Distributed across multiple ranks
+- Distributed across multiple ranks
 
-+ Encoded/Decoded in parallel
+- Encoded/Decoded in parallel
 
-+ Merged to reconstruct the final output
+- Merged to reconstruct the final output
 
 This approach:
 
-+ Distributes computation across multiple devices
+- Distributes computation across multiple devices
 
-+ Reduces peak memory usage per device
+- Reduces peak memory usage per device
 
-+ Accelerates encoding/decoding latency
+- Accelerates encoding/decoding latency
 
 ### When to Use Encode vs Decode Parallel
 
-| Operation | Use Case | Example |
-|-----------|----------|---------|
-| **Decode Parallel** | Text-to-Image, Text-to-Video | Latent → Image/Video |
-| **Encode Parallel** | Image-to-Video (I2V) | Image → Latent (for conditioning) |
+| Operation           | Use Case                     | Example                           |
+| ------------------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
+| **Decode Parallel** | Text-to-Image, Text-to-Video | Latent → Image/Video              |
+| **Encode Parallel** | Image-to-Video (I2V)         | Image → Latent (for conditioning) |
 
 ### Architecture
+
 We introduce **DistributedVaeExecutor** as the core component responsible for distributed VAE encoding/decoding.
 
 The executor is model-agnostic and accepts three function parameters:
 
-+ split – Partition the latent into tiles
+- split – Partition the latent into tiles
 
-+ exec – Decode a single tile
+- exec – Decode a single tile
 
-+ merge – Combine decoded tiles into the final output
+- merge – Combine decoded tiles into the final output
 
 #### Execution Flow
 
-+ Call split(z) to generate a list of TileTask and a GridSpec
+- Call split(z) to generate a list of TileTask and a GridSpec
 
-+ Dispatch tasks across ranks using workload-based balancing
+- Dispatch tasks across ranks using workload-based balancing
 
-+ Each rank executes exec(task) on its assigned tiles
+- Each rank executes exec(task) on its assigned tiles
 
-+ Gather decoded tile results to rank 0
+- Gather decoded tile results to rank 0
 
-+ Rank 0 performs merge(...)
+- Rank 0 performs merge(...)
 
-+ (Optional) Broadcast final result to all ranks
+- (Optional) Broadcast final result to all ranks
 
 This design separates:
 
-+ Distributed execution logic
+- Distributed execution logic
 
-+ Model-specific tiling and merging logic
+- Model-specific tiling and merging logic
 
 #### Why split / exec / merge is necessary?
 
@@ -82,23 +83,23 @@ The latent tensor cannot be arbitrarily partitioned.
 
 During decoding:
 
-+ Each output pixel may depend on neighboring pixels
+- Each output pixel may depend on neighboring pixels
 
-+ The receptive field is model-dependent
+- The receptive field is model-dependent
 
 Therefore:
 
-+ Tiles must include overlap
+- Tiles must include overlap
 
-+ Merge must perform blending to avoid seams
+- Merge must perform blending to avoid seams
 
 ## Step-by-Step Implementation (Decode)
 
 ### Step 1: Implement DistributedAutoencoderKLQwenImage
+
 `QwenImagePipeline` use `AutoencoderKLQwenImage` for vae, so implement a distributed version:
 
-
-```
+```python
 class DistributedAutoencoderKLQwenImage(AutoencoderKLQwenImage, DistributedVaeMixin):
     @classmethod
     def from_pretrained(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
@@ -106,28 +107,35 @@ class DistributedAutoencoderKLQwenImage(AutoencoderKLQwenImage, DistributedVaeMi
         model.init_distributed()
         return model
 ```
+
 **Key points**:
-+ Inherit both AutoencoderKLQwenImage and DistributedVaeMixin
-+ Call init_distributed() after loading weights
+
+- Inherit both AutoencoderKLQwenImage and DistributedVaeMixin
+- Call init_distributed() after loading weights
 
 ### Step 2: Implement split/exec/merge
+
 Reuse `AutoencoderKLQwenImage.tiled_decode` logic and divide it into three stages. And we need return tiles with `GridSpec` and `TileTask`:
-```
+
+```python
 class GridSpec:
     split_dims: tuple[int, ...]  # Tensor dimensions being split (e.g., (2, 3) for (B, C, H, W))
     grid_shape: tuple[int, ...]  # Tile grid layout (num_rows, num_cols)
     tile_spec: dict = field(default_factory=dict) # Metadata required for merging
     output_dtype: torch.dtype | None = None # Final output dtype
 ```
-```
+
+```python
 class TileTask:
     tile_id: int # task id
     grid_coord: tuple[int, ...]  # Tile position in grid
     tensor: torch.Tensor | list[torch.Tensor]  # The tile tensor
     workload: int | float = 1 # Used for load balancing (e.g., tile area)
 ```
+
 And tiled base split/exec/merge as follow:
-```
+
+```python
 def tile_split(self, z: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[list[TileTask], GridSpec]:
     # mostly copy from AutoencoderKL
     _, _, num_frames, height, width = z.shape
@@ -210,11 +218,14 @@ def tile_merge(self, coord_tensor_map: dict[tuple[int, ...], torch.Tensor], grid
 ```
 
 ### Step 3: Override tiled_decode
+
 We need to override tiled_decode, the main logic is:
-+ check distributed is enabled
-+ select split/exec/merge
-+ Invoke self.distributed_executor.execute to decode
-```
+
+- check distributed is enabled
+- select split/exec/merge
+- Invoke self.distributed_executor.execute to decode
+
+```python
 def tiled_decode(self, z: torch.Tensor, return_dict: bool = True):
     if not self.is_distributed_enabled():
         return super().tiled_decode(z, return_dict=return_dict)
@@ -230,11 +241,14 @@ def tiled_decode(self, z: torch.Tensor, return_dict: bool = True):
 
     return DecoderOutput(sample=result)
 ```
+
 `broadcast_result` is set to True or False depending on the model; when enabled, the result will be used even on ranks other than 0.
 
 ### Step 4: Modify Pipeline
+
 Change vae model from AutoencoderKLQwenImage to DistributedAutoencoderKLQwenImage
-```
+
+```diff
 class YourModelPipeline(nn.Module):
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -259,8 +273,8 @@ For models that require VAE encoding (e.g., Image-to-Video), you can also parall
 
 Similar to decode, split the input tensor into tiles. Key considerations:
 
-+ **Patchify handling**: If the model uses `patch_size`, scale tile parameters accordingly
-+ **Temporal chunking**: Video VAEs may have temporal compression (e.g., 4x)
+- **Patchify handling**: If the model uses `patch_size`, scale tile parameters accordingly
+- **Temporal chunking**: Video VAEs may have temporal compression (e.g., 4x)
 
 ```python
 def encode_tile_split(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[list[TileTask], GridSpec]:
@@ -406,23 +420,28 @@ def tiled_encode(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
 **Key differences from decode parallel:**
 
 | Aspect | Decode Parallel | Encode Parallel |
-|--------|-----------------|-----------------|
+| -------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
 | `broadcast_result` | Often `False` (only rank 0 needs output) | `True` (all ranks need latents for diffusion) |
 | Patchify | Applied in merge (unpatchify) | Handled by parent `_encode()` before `tiled_encode()` |
 | Temporal chunking | Frame-by-frame | Chunk-based (e.g., 1 + 4n frames) |
 
 ## Testing
-Verify numerical consistency between:
-+ vae_patch_parallel_size = 1
 
-+ vae_patch_parallel_size = N
+Verify numerical consistency between:
+
+- vae_patch_parallel_size = 1
+- vae_patch_parallel_size = N
 
 Example:
+
+```python
 torch.allclose(output_1, output_n, atol=1e-5)
+```
 
 Testing requirements:
-+ Fix random seed
-+ Use identical tiling strategy
+
+- Fix random seed
+- Use identical tiling strategy
 
 ```python
 m = Omni(
@@ -434,6 +453,7 @@ m = Omni(
         ),
     )
 ```
+
 When vae_patch_parallel_size is larger than the DiT world size, it will automatically fall back to using the DiT world size instead.
 
 ## Reference Implementations
@@ -441,7 +461,7 @@ When vae_patch_parallel_size is larger than the DiT world size, it will automati
 Complete examples in the codebase:
 
 | Model | Path | Decode Parallel | Encode Parallel |
-|-------|------|-----------------|-----------------|
+| ------- | ------ | ----------------- | ----------------- |
 | **Z-Image** | `vllm_omni/diffusion/distributed/autoencoders/autoencoder_kl.py` | ✅ | ❌ |
 | **Wan2.2** | `vllm_omni/diffusion/distributed/autoencoders/autoencoder_kl_wan.py` | ✅ | ✅ |
 | **Qwen-Image** | `vllm_omni/diffusion/distributed/autoencoders/autoencoder_kl_qwenimage.py` | ✅ | ❌ |
@@ -456,7 +476,7 @@ The tile-parallel executor above assigns independent spatial **tiles** to ranks.
 ### How it differs from tile parallel
 
 | Aspect | Tile parallel (`"tile"`) | Spatially-sharded (`"spatial_shard_height"`/`"spatial_shard_width"`) |
-|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
+| -------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
 | Unit of work | Independent overlapping tiles | A single global feature map sharded along H or W |
 | Cross-rank communication | Gather tiles to rank 0, stitch + blend | Per-conv **halo exchange** of boundary rows/cols (P2P) |
 | Output assembly | Blend overlapping tiles | All-gather shards on rank 0, trim padding (matches `broadcast_result=False`) |
@@ -481,7 +501,7 @@ serve.py (--vae-parallel-mode) / OmniEngineArgs
 ### Notes
 
 - The decoder is patched **in place** the first time spatial-shard decode runs and is bound to a single split dimension for the lifetime of the VAE instance.
-- Numerical correctness vs. single-GPU decode is covered by `tests/diffusion/distributed/test_wan_spatial_shard.py::test_spatial_shard_decode_matches_reference` (multi-GPU, nightly `full_model` + `distributed_cuda`).
+- Numerical correctness vs. single-GPU decode is covered by `tests/diffusion/distributed/test_wan_spatial_shard.py::test_spatial_shard_decode_matches_reference` (multi-GPU, nightly `full_model` + `cards_2`).
 
 ---
 

docs/design/module/engine_orchestration.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ validation_paths:
   - tests/engine/test_async_omni_engine_input.py
   - tests/engine/test_async_omni_engine_outputs.py
   - tests/engine/test_async_omni_engine_abort.py
+  - tests/e2e/offline_inference/test_qwen3_omni.py
   - tests/engine/test_async_omni_engine_stage_init.py
   - tests/engine/test_orchestrator.py
   - tests/engine/test_orchestrator_error_handling.py
@@ -113,6 +114,15 @@ Numbers become append-only after normative promotion.
 
 Test routing, output ordering, queue correlation, cancellation, failure
 propagation, shutdown ordering, and representative multi-stage execution.
+AR abort of a final-stage LLM request must deliver a terminal output with
+`finish_reason="abort"` and the generated prefix so collocated training can
+resume; diffusion abort remains whole-sample retry. Aborting a parallel-sampling
+child must drop `parent_requests` once no children remain. EngineCore control
+RPCs (`sleep` / `wake_up` / `pause_scheduler` / `resume_scheduler`) must
+propagate worker exceptions rather than returning `{"supported": False}`.
+When a request has multiple final output stages, only the last abort message
+is request-terminal. Output-processor abort state is committed only after the
+physical EngineCore abort succeeds.
 Changes that cross into stage runtime or public error behavior require review
 from that contract's owners.
 

docs/design/module/entrypoints.md

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ depends_on:
 validation_paths:
   - tests/entrypoints/test_omni_entrypoints.py
   - tests/entrypoints/test_async_omni.py
+  - tests/entrypoints/test_async_omni_pause_sleep_routing.py
   - tests/entrypoints/test_async_omni_duplex.py
   - tests/entrypoints/test_serve.py
   - tests/entrypoints/test_stream_finish_reason.py
@@ -119,7 +120,13 @@ promotion.
 
 Test request validation, protocol conversion, model-adapter routing,
 streaming, session identity, disconnect/cancellation, and error mapping for
-each affected offline or serving entrypoint.
+each affected offline or serving entrypoint. Sleep must wait for in-flight
+`generate()` admission before EngineCore offload; `wake_up` does not resume
+admission — callers must `resume_generation()`. Sleeping tags are tracked per
+stage so `wake_up(stage_ids=[0])` does not skip a later `wake_up(stage_ids=[1])`.
+Streaming input pumps take an admission slot immediately before each EngineCore
+ADD or update, not while waiting for the next client chunk. Frontend abort
+keeps `request_states` until `generate()` consumes the terminal output.
 
 ## Promotion gate
 

docs/examples/README.md

@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 vLLM-Omni's examples are split into two categories:
 
 - If you are using vLLM-Omni from within Python code, see the *Offline Inference* section.
-- If you are using vLLM-Omni from an HTTP application or client, see the *Online Serving* section.
+- If you are using vLLM-Omni from an HTTP application or client, start with
+  the [API Server guide](../serving/README.md) to choose an endpoint, then use
+  the *Online Serving* section for model-specific examples.

docs/getting_started/installation/gpu.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ vLLM-Omni is a Python library that supports the following GPU variants. The libr
 
 ### Pre-built wheels
 
-Note: Pre-built wheels are currently available for vLLM-Omni 0.11.0rc1, 0.12.0rc1, 0.14.0rc1, 0.14.0, 0.16.0, 0.18.0, 0.20.0, 0.21.0, 0.22.0, 0.23.0, 0.24.0, 0.25.0, and 0.26.0; the 0.28.0 wheels are published together with the v0.28.0 release this branch produces. If you need a newer unreleased revision, please [build from source](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/vllm-omni/en/latest/getting_started/installation/gpu/#build-wheel-from-source).
+Note: Pre-built wheels are currently available for vLLM-Omni 0.11.0rc1, 0.12.0rc1, 0.14.0rc1, 0.14.0, 0.16.0, 0.18.0, 0.20.0, 0.21.0, 0.22.0, 0.23.0, 0.24.0, 0.25.0, 0.26.0, and 0.28.0. If you need a newer unreleased revision, please [build from source](https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/vllm-omni/en/latest/getting_started/installation/gpu/#build-wheel-from-source).
 
 === "NVIDIA CUDA"
 

docs/getting_started/installation/gpu/cuda.inc.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # --8<-- [end:requirements]
 # --8<-- [start:set-up-using-python]
 
-vLLM-Omni depends on the matching major/minor release of vLLM. The vLLM-Omni 0.26.x release line uses vLLM 0.26.x.
+vLLM-Omni depends on the matching major/minor release of vLLM. The vLLM-Omni 0.28.x release line uses vLLM 0.28.x.
 
 !!! note
     PyTorch installed via `conda` will statically link `NCCL` library, which can cause issues when vLLM tries to use `NCCL`. See <gh-issue:8420> for more details.
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ uv pip install --no-build-isolation --editable .
 
 vLLM-Omni offers an official docker image for deployment. These images are built on top of vLLM docker images and available on Docker Hub as [vllm/vllm-omni](https://hub.docker.com/r/vllm/vllm-omni/tags). The version of vLLM-Omni indicates which release of vLLM it is based on.
 
+Nightly CUDA images built from the latest `main` are also available:
+
+- [`vllm/vllm-omni:nightly`](https://hub.docker.com/r/vllm/vllm-omni/tags?name=nightly) is the rolling multi-architecture tag.
+- [`vllm/vllm-omni:nightly-<commit>`](https://hub.docker.com/r/vllm/vllm-omni/tags?name=nightly-) provides commit-pinned multi-architecture tags. The newest 14 are retained.
+
+Use a commit-pinned tag when you need a reproducible nightly environment.
+
 Here's an example deployment command that has been verified on 2 x H100's:
 ```bash
 docker run --runtime nvidia --gpus 2 \

docs/getting_started/installation/gpu/xpu.inc.md

@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ vLLM-Omni currently recommends using the Docker image setup steps below.
 DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.xpu -t vllm-omni-xpu --shm-size=4g .
 ```
 
+This layers vLLM-Omni on top of the published `vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:<VLLM_VERSION>`
+base image, which Docker pulls automatically. To target a different vLLM release,
+pass `--build-arg VLLM_VERSION=<tag>`. If that tag has not been published yet, build
+the base from upstream's own Dockerfile first and point the build at it:
+
+```bash
+git clone --depth 1 --branch "$VLLM_VERSION" https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm /tmp/vllm
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t vllm-openai-xpu:local --target vllm-openai \
+  -f /tmp/vllm/docker/Dockerfile.xpu /tmp/vllm
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.xpu -t vllm-omni-xpu --shm-size=4g \
+  --build-arg VLLM_BASE=vllm-openai-xpu:local .
+```
+
 #### Launch the docker image
 
 ##### Launch with OpenAI API Server

docs/getting_started/installation/npu/npu.inc.md

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ The recommended way to use vLLM-Omni on NPU is through the vLLM-Ascend pre-built
 
 ```bash
 # vLLM-Ascend image
-# Atlas A2: quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend:v0.26.0
-# Atlas A3: quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend:v0.26.0-a3
+# Atlas A2: quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend:v0.28.0
+# Atlas A3: quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend:v0.28.0-a3
 docker run --rm \
     --name vllm-omni-npu \
     --shm-size=1g \
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ docker run --rm \
     -v /etc/ascend_install.info:/etc/ascend_install.info \
     -v /root/.cache:/root/.cache \
     -p 8000:8000 \
-    -it quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend:v0.26.0-a3 bash
+    -it quay.io/atlas-ci/vllm-ascend:v0.28.0-a3 bash
 
 # Inside the container, install vLLM-Omni from source
 cd /vllm-workspace
-git clone -b v0.26.0 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni.git
+git clone -b v0.28.0 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni.git
 cd vllm-omni
 pip install -v -e . --no-build-isolation
 # or VLLM_OMNI_TARGET_DEVICE=npu pip install -v -e .
@@ -50,21 +50,11 @@ We are keeping [issue #886](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/886
 
 # --8<-- [start:installation-main]
 
-You can also build vLLM-Omni from the latest main branch if you want to use the latest features or bug fixes. (But sometimes it will break for a while. You can check [issue #886](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/886) for the status of the latest commit of vLLM-Omni main branch on NPU.)
+You can also install vLLM-Omni from the latest main branch if you want to use the latest features or bug fixes. Use the aligned vLLM-Ascend v0.28.0 image described above, and check [issue #886](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/886) for the status of the latest vLLM-Omni commit on NPU.
 
 ```bash
-# Pin vLLM and vLLM-Ascend to the v0.26 release line
-git clone -b v0.26.0 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm.git
-cd vllm
-VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=empty pip install -v -e .
-cd ..
-
-git clone -b releases/v0.26.0rc https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend.git
-cd vllm-ascend
-pip install -v -e .
-cd ..
-
-# Install vLLM-Omni from the latest main branch
+# Inside the vLLM-Ascend v0.28.0 container, install vLLM-Omni from main
+cd /vllm-workspace
 git clone https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni.git
 cd vllm-omni
 pip install -v -e . --no-build-isolation
@@ -88,8 +78,8 @@ Supported images as following.
 Here's an example deployment command that has been verified on 4 x NPUs:
 
 ```bash
-# Atlas A2: quay.io/ascend/vllm-omni:v0.26.0
-# Atlas A3: quay.io/ascend/vllm-omni:v0.26.0-a3
+# Atlas A2: quay.io/ascend/vllm-omni:v0.28.0
+# Atlas A3: quay.io/ascend/vllm-omni:v0.28.0-a3
 docker run --rm \
     --name vllm-omni-a3 \
     --shm-size=4g \
@@ -114,7 +104,7 @@ docker run --rm \
     -v /etc/ascend_install.info:/etc/ascend_install.info \
     -v ~/.cache:/root/.cache \
     -p 8091:8091 \
-    -it quay.io/ascend/vllm-omni:v0.26.0-a3 bash
+    -it quay.io/ascend/vllm-omni:v0.28.0-a3 bash
 ```
 
 !!! tip

docs/getting_started/quickstart.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 For more usages, please refer to [offline inference](../user_guide/examples/offline_inference/qwen2_5_omni.md)
 
-## Online Serving with OpenAI-Completions API
+## Online Serving with the API Server
 
 Text-to-image generation quickstart with vLLM-Omni:
 
@@ -100,20 +100,16 @@ vllm serve Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo --omni --port 8091
 ```
 
 ```bash
-curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
+curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/images/generations \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{
-    "messages": [
-      {"role": "user", "content": "a cup of coffee on the table"}
-    ],
-    "extra_body": {
-      "height": 1024,
-      "width": 1024,
-      "num_inference_steps": 50,
-      "guidance_scale": 4.0,
-      "seed": 42
-    }
-  }' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content[0].image_url.url' | cut -d',' -f2 | base64 -d > coffee.png
+    "prompt": "a cup of coffee on the table",
+    "size": "1024x1024",
+    "response_format": "b64_json",
+    "seed": 42
+  }' | jq -r '.data[0].b64_json' | base64 -d > coffee.png
 ```
 
-For more details, please refer to [online serving](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/text_to_image.md).
+See the [API Server guide](../serving/README.md) to choose an endpoint. For
+model-specific details, refer to the [text-to-image online serving
+example](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/text_to_image.md).

docs/models/supported_models.md

@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@ th {
 |--------------|--------|-------------------|------------|---------|-----|-----------|--------|
 | `Qwen3OmniMoeForConditionalGeneration` | Qwen3-Omni | `Qwen/Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct` | ✅︎ | | | | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/Qwen/Qwen3-Omni.md) |
 | `Qwen2_5OmniForConditionalGeneration` | Qwen2.5-Omni | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-Omni-7B`, `Qwen/Qwen2.5-Omni-3B` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
-| `MingFlashOmniForConditionalGeneration` + `MingImagePipeline` | Ming-flash-omni-2.0 (omni-speech + imagegen<sup>1</sup>) | `Jonathan1909/Ming-flash-omni-2.0` | ✅︎ |   |   |   | — |
+| `MingFlashOmniForConditionalGeneration` + `MingImagePipeline` | Ming-flash-omni-2.0 (omni-speech + imagegen<sup>1</sup>) | `Jonathan1909/Ming-flash-omni-2.0` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 | `BagelForConditionalGeneration` | BAGEL (DiT-only) | `ByteDance-Seed/BAGEL-7B-MoT` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `InternVLAA1Pipeline` | InternVLA-A1 | `InternRobotics/InternVLA-A1-3B` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `Gr00tN1d7Pipeline` | GR00T N1.7 | `nvidia/GR00T-N1.7-3B` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 | `HunyuanImage3ForCausalMM` | HunyuanImage3.0 (DiT-only) | `tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0`, `tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0-Instruct` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
-| `QwenImagePipeline` | Qwen-Image | `Qwen/Qwen-Image` | ✅︎ | | | | [Published](https://recipes.vllm.ai/Qwen/Qwen-Image) |
-| `QwenImagePipeline` | Qwen-Image-2512 | `Qwen/Qwen-Image-2512` | ✅︎ | | | | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2512.md) |
+| `QwenImagePipeline` | Qwen-Image | `Qwen/Qwen-Image` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | [Published](https://recipes.vllm.ai/Qwen/Qwen-Image) |
+| `QwenImagePipeline` | Qwen-Image-2512 | `Qwen/Qwen-Image-2512` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2512.md) |
 | `QwenImageEditPipeline` | Qwen-Image-Edit | `Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `QwenImageEditPlusPipeline` | Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 | `Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit-2509` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `QwenImageLayeredPipeline` | Qwen-Image-Layered | `Qwen/Qwen-Image-Layered` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `QwenImageEditPlusPipeline` | Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 | `Qwen/Qwen-Image-Edit-2511` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `GlmImagePipeline` | GLM-Image | `zai-org/GLM-Image` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `ZImagePipeline` | Z-Image | `Tongyi-MAI/Z-Image-Turbo` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
-| `Krea2Pipeline` | Krea 2 (Raw + Turbo) | `krea/Krea-2-Raw`, `krea/Krea-2-Turbo` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+| `Krea2Pipeline` | Krea 2 (Raw + Turbo) | `krea/Krea-2-Raw`, `krea/Krea-2-Turbo` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `WanPipeline` | Wan2.1-T2V, Wan2.2-T2V, Wan2.2-TI2V | `Wan-AI/Wan2.1-T2V-1.3B-Diffusers`, `Wan-AI/Wan2.1-T2V-14B-Diffusers`, `Wan-AI/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers`, `Wan-AI/Wan2.2-TI2V-5B-Diffusers` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `WanImageToVideoPipeline` | Wan2.2-I2V | `Wan-AI/Wan2.2-I2V-A14B-Diffusers` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `LingBotWorldCausalDMDPipeline` | LingBot-World 2.0 v1 (experimental) | `robbyant/lingbot-world-v2-14b-causal-fast-diffusers` | Experimental | | | | — |
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ th {
 | `SanaWmPipeline` | SANA-WM | `BBBBruce/SANA-WM_bidirectional-stage1-diffusers` | ✅︎ | | | | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/NVIDIA/SANA-WM.md) |
 | `Wan22S2VPipeline` | Wan2.2-S2V | `Wan-AI/Wan2.2-S2V-14B` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `Wan22VACEPipeline` | Wan2.1-VACE | `Wan-AI/Wan2.1-VACE-1.3B-diffusers`, `Wan-AI/Wan2.1-VACE-14B-diffusers` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
-| `Wan22VACEPipeline` | Wan2.2-VACE | `Pyros13/Wan2.2-VACE-Fun-A14B-Diffusers` | ✅︎ |   |   |   | — |
+| `Wan22VACEPipeline` | Wan2.2-VACE | `Pyros13/Wan2.2-VACE-Fun-A14B-Diffusers` | ✅︎ |   |   | ✅︎ | — |
 | `LTX2Pipeline` | LTX-2 / LTX-2.3 one-stage T2V and I2V | `Lightricks/LTX-2`, `diffusers/LTX-2.3-Diffusers` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `LTX2TwoStagePipeline` | LTX-2 / LTX-2.3 ordinary two-stage T2V and I2V | `Lightricks/LTX-2`, `diffusers/LTX-2.3-Diffusers` + matching Lightricks LoRA and upsampler | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `LTX2DistilledOneStagePipeline` | LTX-2 / LTX-2.3 merged-distilled one-stage T2V and I2V | `rootonchair/LTX-2-19b-distilled`, `diffusers/LTX-2.3-Distilled-Diffusers` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ th {
 | `LongcatImagePipeline` | LongCat-Image | `meituan-longcat/LongCat-Image` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `LongCatImageEditPipeline` | LongCat-Image-Edit | `meituan-longcat/LongCat-Image-Edit` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `LongCatVideoAvatarPipeline` | LongCat-Video-Avatar-1.5 A2V/AI2V (native single-speaker and multi-speaker AI2V/AVC) | `meituan-longcat/LongCat-Video-Avatar-1.5` | ✅︎ | | | | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Video-Avatar-1.5.md) |
-| `BooguImagePipeline` | Boogu-Image | `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base`, `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+| `BooguImagePipeline` | Boogu-Image | `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base`, `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit`, `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/Boogu/Boogu-Image.md) |
 | `StableDiffusionXLPipeline` | Stable-Diffusion-XL | `stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `StableDiffusion3Pipeline` | Stable-Diffusion-3 | `stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3.5-medium` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `CosyVoice3Model` | CosyVoice3 | `FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | — |
-| `OmniVoiceModel` | OmniVoice | `k2-fsa/OmniVoice` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
-| `VoxCPM2TalkerForConditionalGeneration` | VoxCPM2 | `openbmb/VoxCPM2` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+| `OmniVoiceModel` | OmniVoice | `k2-fsa/OmniVoice` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | — |
+| `VoxCPM2TalkerForConditionalGeneration` | VoxCPM2 | `openbmb/VoxCPM2` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `DotsTTSForConditionalGeneration` | dots.tts | `rednote-hilab/dots.tts-soar` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 | `MammothModa2ForConditionalGeneration` | MammothModa2-Preview | `bytedance-research/MammothModa2-Preview` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `MammothModa2ForConditionalGeneration` | MammothModa2-Dev (AR-only image understanding) | `bytedance-research/MammothModa2-Dev` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ th {
 | `OmniGen2Pipeline` | OmniGen2 | `OmniGen2/OmniGen2` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `StableAudioPipeline` | Stable-Audio-Open | `stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `MiniMaxMusic3ForConditionalGeneration` | MiniMax Music 3 (text-to-music) | `MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
-| `Qwen3TTSForConditionalGeneration` | Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice` | ✅︎ | | | | [Published](https://recipes.vllm.ai/Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice) |
+| `Qwen3TTSForConditionalGeneration` | Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | [Published](https://recipes.vllm.ai/Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice) |
 | `Qwen3TTSForConditionalGeneration` | Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
 | `Qwen3TTSForConditionalGeneration` | Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
-| `MingTTSForConditionalGeneration` | Ming-omni-tts dense 0.5B | `inclusionAI/Ming-omni-tts-0.5B` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+| `MingTTSForConditionalGeneration` | Ming-omni-tts dense 0.5B | `inclusionAI/Ming-omni-tts-0.5B` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `GLMTTSForConditionalGeneration` | GLM-TTS | `zai-org/GLM-TTS` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 | `MossTTSNanoForCausalLM` | MOSS-TTS-Nano | `OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-TTS-Nano` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 | `MossTTSDelayModel` | MOSS-TTS, MOSS-TTSD, MOSS-SoundEffect, MOSS-VoiceGenerator | `OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-VoiceGenerator` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
@@ -95,16 +95,16 @@ th {
 | `MiMoV2ASRForCausalLM` | MiMo-V2.5-ASR | `XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-V2.5-ASR` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `Flux2Pipeline` | FLUX.2-dev | `black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `FishSpeechSlowARForConditionalGeneration` | Fish Speech S2 Pro | `fishaudio/s2-pro` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | — |
-| `SenseNovaU1Pipeline` | SenseNova-U1 (DiT-only) | `SenseNova/SenseNova-U1-8B-MoT` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+| `SenseNovaU1Pipeline` | SenseNova-U1 (DiT-only), SenseNova-U1.5 | `SenseNova/SenseNova-U1-8B-MoT`, `sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT` | ✅︎ | | | | [Repository](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/SenseNova/SenseNova-U1.5.md) |
 | `LancePipeline` | Lance | `bytedance-research/Lance` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 | `HunyuanVideo15Pipeline` | HunyuanVideo-1.5-T2V | `hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanVideo-1.5-Diffusers-480p_t2v`, `hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanVideo-1.5-Diffusers-720p_t2v` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `HunyuanVideo15ImageToVideoPipeline` | HunyuanVideo-1.5-I2V | `hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanVideo-1.5-Diffusers-480p_i2v`, `hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanVideo-1.5-Diffusers-720p_i2v` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `VoxtralTTSForConditionalGeneration` | Voxtral TTS | `mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `CovoAudioForConditionalGeneration` | Covo-Audio-Chat | `tencent/Covo-Audio-Chat` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
-|`DyninOmniForConditionalGeneration` | Dynin-Omni | `snu-aidas/Dynin-Omni` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+|`DyninOmniForConditionalGeneration` | Dynin-Omni | `snu-aidas/Dynin-Omni` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | — |
 | `MiniCPMO45OmniForConditionalGeneration` | MiniCPM-o 4.5 | `openbmb/MiniCPM-o-4_5` | ✅︎ | | ✅︎ | | — |
 | `ErnieImagePipeline` | ERNIE-Image | `baidu/ERNIE-Image`, `baidu/ERNIE-Image-Turbo` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | — |
-| `GepardTalkerForConditionalGeneration` | Gepard-1.0 | `nineninesix/gepard-1.0` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
+| `GepardTalkerForConditionalGeneration` | Gepard-1.0 | `nineninesix/gepard-1.0` | ✅︎ | | | ✅︎ | — |
 |`HiDreamImagePipeline` | HiDream-I1-Full | `HiDream-ai/HiDream-I1-Full` | ✅︎ | ✅︎ | | | — |
 | `HiDreamO1ImagePipeline` | HiDream-O1-Image | `HiDream-ai/HiDream-O1-Image` | ✅︎ | | | | — |
 

docs/serving/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+# API Server
+
+vLLM-Omni exposes OpenAI-compatible HTTP APIs plus vLLM-Omni extensions for
+image, audio, video, realtime, and robot-policy workloads. Use this page to
+choose an endpoint; follow the linked reference page for model-specific fields,
+wire protocols, and response details.
+
+Each server instance hosts one model. An endpoint is usable only when the
+loaded model supports that task.
+
+This guide focuses on vLLM-Omni's primary task endpoints. Compatible models
+may also expose standard routes inherited from vLLM, such as
+`POST /v1/completions`; those routes remain model- and task-dependent.
+
+## Start and Verify the Server
+
+Start a model with the shared serving command:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve <model> --omni --port 8091
+```
+
+Some models require additional flags or a deployment configuration. Use the
+model-specific guide when one is provided.
+
+After the server starts, check its health and served model name:
+
+```bash
+export VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8091
+
+curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/health"
+curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/models" | jq .
+```
+
+Use `http://localhost:8091/v1` as the `base_url` for an OpenAI SDK client. If
+the server was started with `--api-key`, include an `Authorization` header with
+`Bearer <api-key>` in requests.
+
+## Choose a Core HTTP Endpoint
+
+Prefer a task-specific endpoint when one matches your workload. Use Chat
+Completions for conversational or heterogeneous omni pipelines, rather than as
+the default wrapper for every generation task.
+
+| Task | Endpoint | Request | Response | Details |
+|------|----------|---------|----------|---------|
+| Conversation or multimodal understanding/generation | `POST /v1/chat/completions` | JSON | OpenAI-style JSON or SSE | [Chat Completions](chat_completions_api.md) |
+| Text-to-speech | `POST /v1/audio/speech` | JSON | Audio bytes or SSE | [Speech](speech_api.md) |
+| Sound, music, or ambient audio generation | `POST /v1/audio/generate` | JSON | Audio bytes | [Audio Generation](audio_generate_api.md) |
+| Text-to-image | `POST /v1/images/generations` | JSON | Base64 JSON or an image file | [Image Generation](image_generation_api.md) |
+| Image editing | `POST /v1/images/edits` | Multipart form | Base64 JSON or SSE | [Image Edit](image_edit_api.md) |
+| Video generation (recommended) | `POST /v1/videos` | Multipart form | Asynchronous job JSON | [Videos](videos_api.md) |
+| Video generation (blocking) | `POST /v1/videos/sync` | Multipart form | Video bytes | [Videos](videos_api.md#synchronous-response) |
+
+`POST /v1/videos/sync` is intended for tests and simple scripts. Use the
+asynchronous job API for production requests so clients can poll, download,
+and delete generated videos independently.
+
+## Minimal Requests
+
+The examples below assume a compatible model is already running. TTS voices,
+media inputs, generation controls, and output capabilities vary by model.
+
+=== "Chat"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/chat/completions" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -d '{
+        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Describe vLLM-Omni briefly."}],
+        "modalities": ["text"]
+      }'
+    ```
+
+=== "Speech"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/audio/speech" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -d '{
+        "input": "Hello from vLLM-Omni.",
+        "voice": "vivian"
+      }' \
+      --output speech.wav
+    ```
+
+=== "Audio"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/audio/generate" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -d '{
+        "input": "Ocean waves on a quiet beach",
+        "audio_length": 5.0
+      }' \
+      --output audio.wav
+    ```
+
+=== "Image"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/images/generations" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -d '{
+        "prompt": "A small robot reading beside a window",
+        "size": "1024x1024",
+        "response_format": "file"
+      }' \
+      --output image.png
+    ```
+
+=== "Image edit"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/images/edits" \
+      -F "image=@input.png" \
+      -F "prompt=Turn the background into a snowy mountain" \
+      | jq -r '.data[0].b64_json' \
+      | base64 --decode > edited.png
+    ```
+
+=== "Video"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/videos" \
+      -F "prompt=A cinematic tracking shot of a mountain lake at sunrise" \
+      -F "size=1280x720" \
+      -F "seconds=5"
+    ```
+
+    The response contains a video job `id`. Poll and download it with:
+
+    ```bash
+    curl "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/videos/<video_id>"
+    curl -L "$VLLM_OMNI_BASE_URL/v1/videos/<video_id>/content" --output video.mp4
+    ```
+
+## Choose a Streaming or Realtime Endpoint
+
+These WebSocket APIs have different event schemas and cannot be used
+interchangeably.
+
+| Workload | Endpoint | Interaction model | Details |
+|----------|----------|-------------------|---------|
+| Incremental text input for speech synthesis | `WS /v1/audio/speech/stream` | Send text events and receive audio | [Streaming Text to Speech](speech_api.md#streaming-text-input-websocket) |
+| Live video understanding | `WS /v1/video/chat/stream` | Send video frames and receive text/audio | [Streaming Video Input](video_stream_api.md) |
+| Turn-based realtime audio | `WS /v1/realtime` | Stream one audio input and receive transcript/audio events | [Realtime Audio](realtime_api.md) |
+| Continuous speech-to-speech interaction | `WS /v1/realtime?duplex=1` or `WS /v1/duplex` | Listen and speak concurrently with session control | [Full Duplex](full_duplex_api.md) |
+| Generated video chunks | `WS /v1/realtime/video` | Start a diffusion request and receive fragmented MP4 | [Streaming Video Output](streaming_video_output_api.md) |
+| Robot policy inference | `WS /v1/realtime/robot/openpi` | Send MessagePack observations and receive action arrays | [OpenPI Robot Policy](openpi_api.md) |
+
+All six routes are model- or configuration-dependent. In particular,
+`/v1/realtime` is not full duplex unless the client sets `duplex=1` and the
+deployment explicitly enables duplex sessions. Clients should also verify the
+duplex capability payload because the query-parameter form falls back to the
+ordinary realtime handler when duplex is unavailable.
+
+## Related Endpoints
+
+| Purpose | Endpoints | Reference |
+|---------|-----------|-----------|
+| Discovery and readiness | `GET /health`, `GET /v1/models` | This page |
+| Batched conversations | `POST /v1/chat/completions/batch` | [Batch requests](chat_completions_api.md#batch-requests) |
+| Batched speech | `POST /v1/audio/speech/batch` | [Batch speech generation](speech_api.md#batch-speech-generation) |
+| TTS voice management | `GET/POST /v1/audio/voices`, `DELETE /v1/audio/voices/{name}` | [Voices](speech_api.md#voices-endpoint) |
+| Video job lifecycle | `GET /v1/videos`, `GET/DELETE /v1/videos/{video_id}`, `GET /v1/videos/{video_id}/content` | [Video endpoints](videos_api.md#endpoints) |
+| Release and restore stage memory | `POST /v1/omni/sleep`, `POST /v1/omni/wakeup` | [Sleep Mode](../features/sleep_mode.md) |
+
+## Standalone Experimental Servers
+
+PersonaPlex also provides a Moshi-compatible WebSocket server, while JoyVL
+provides a stateful interaction orchestrator in front of another model server.
+These are separate processes with their own routes; they are not additional
+paths on every `vllm serve --omni` instance. See [Standalone Experimental
+Servers](standalone_servers.md) before deploying either one.
+
+## Compatibility Notes
+
+- A registered path does not mean every model supports it. Unsupported tasks
+  return an OpenAI-style error or a WebSocket `error` event.
+- Use JSON for Chat, Speech, Audio Generation, and Image Generation. Use
+  `multipart/form-data` when uploading images, videos, or other files.
+- Generation can take minutes for large diffusion models. Configure client
+  timeouts accordingly; prefer asynchronous video jobs over long blocking
+  requests.
+- Model-specific parameters are vLLM-Omni extensions. Check the endpoint
+  reference before assuming an OpenAI SDK exposes them directly.

docs/serving/audio_generate_api.md

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ vLLM-Omni provides an API for text-to-audio generation using diffusion-based mod
 
 Unlike the [Speech API](speech_api.md) which targets text-to-speech synthesis, the Audio Generate API is designed for general-purpose audio generation from text descriptions (sound effects, music, ambient soundscapes, etc.).
 
-Each server instance runs a single model (specified at startup via `vllm-omni serve <model> --omni`).
+Each server instance runs a single model (specified at startup via `vllm serve <model> --omni`).
 
 ## Quick Start
 
 ### Start the Server
 
 ```bash
-vllm-omni serve stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0 \
+vllm serve stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0 \
     --host 0.0.0.0 \
     --port 8091 \
     --gpu-memory-utilization 0.9 \
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ curl http://localhost:8091/health
 Enable debug logging:
 
 ```bash
-vllm-omni serve stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0 \
+vllm serve stabilityai/stable-audio-open-1.0 \
     --host 0.0.0.0 \
     --port 8091 \
     --gpu-memory-utilization 0.9 \

docs/serving/chat_completions_api.md

@@ -1,78 +1,110 @@
 # Chat Completions API
 
-vLLM-Omni supports generating and editing images via the `/v1/chat/completions`
-endpoint using diffusion models. This page explains how to pass generation
-parameters (such as `num_inference_steps`, `height`, `width`) to diffusion
-models through this endpoint.
+Use `/v1/chat/completions` for conversational and multimodal pipelines that
+follow the OpenAI Chat API schema. Depending on the loaded model, a request can
+contain text, image, audio, or video input and can return text, audio, images,
+or other model-specific output.
 
-!!! tip
-    For dedicated endpoints that accept generation parameters as top-level
-    fields, see [Image Generation API](image_generation_api.md) and
-    [Image Edit API](image_edit_api.md).
+Some diffusion pipelines also support image generation and editing through
+Chat Completions. Prefer the dedicated [Image Generation
+API](image_generation_api.md) or [Image Edit API](image_edit_api.md) for
+task-specific clients; their request fields and response contracts are more
+direct.
 
-## Passing Generation Parameters
-
-The `/v1/chat/completions` endpoint follows the OpenAI Chat API schema, which
-does not natively include diffusion-specific fields like `num_inference_steps`
-or `height`. How you pass these extra fields depends on your client.
-
-### curl / Python `requests`
-
-Wrap generation parameters inside an `"extra_body"` key in the JSON body:
+## Basic Request
 
 ```bash
-curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
+curl http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{
     "messages": [
-      {"role": "user", "content": "A beautiful landscape painting"}
+      {"role": "user", "content": "Describe vLLM-Omni briefly."}
     ],
-    "extra_body": {
-      "num_inference_steps": 50,
-      "seed": 42
-    }
+    "modalities": ["text"]
   }'
 ```
 
-### OpenAI Python SDK
+Use `stream: true` for Server-Sent Events. Input media syntax, supported output
+`modalities`, and response choices depend on the model; see the
+[model-specific online serving examples](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/qwen3_omni.md).
 
-Use the `extra_body` **keyword argument**. The SDK automatically merges these
-fields into the top-level request body:
+!!! tip
+    Each server hosts one model. Query `GET /v1/models` for its served model
+    name when your client requires the `model` field.
 
-```python
-response = client.chat.completions.create(
-    model="Qwen/Qwen-Image",
-    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "A beautiful landscape painting"}],
-    extra_body={
-        "num_inference_steps": 50,
-        "seed": 42,
-    },
-)
+## vLLM Extension Parameters
+
+Send standard and vLLM-specific Chat parameters as top-level fields in a
+direct HTTP request. When using the OpenAI Python SDK, pass vLLM-specific
+fields through the SDK's `extra_body` keyword; the SDK merges them into the
+top-level JSON sent to the server.
+
+=== "curl"
+
+    ```bash
+    curl http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -d '{
+        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a short haiku."}],
+        "top_k": 40
+      }'
+    ```
+
+=== "OpenAI Python SDK"
+
+    ```python
+    from openai import OpenAI
+
+    client = OpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:8091/v1", api_key="none")
+
+    response = client.chat.completions.create(
+        model="your-served-model",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a short haiku."}],
+        extra_body={"top_k": 40},
+    )
+    ```
+
+??? note "Diffusion compatibility"
+
+    Diffusion models exposed through Chat Completions can accept supported
+    fields such as `num_inference_steps`, `seed`, `height`, and `width`. Send
+    them at the top level with direct HTTP, or in the SDK's `extra_body`
+    keyword argument.
+
+    A literal nested `"extra_body"` JSON object is accepted for compatibility,
+    but it is not recommended for new direct HTTP clients. Do not provide the
+    same parameter in multiple locations; the server returns a `400` error for
+    duplicate diffusion parameters. Prefer the dedicated [Image Generation
+    API](image_generation_api.md) or [Image Edit API](image_edit_api.md) when
+    either endpoint matches the task.
+
+## Batch Requests
+
+`POST /v1/chat/completions/batch` accepts the same shared generation fields,
+but `messages` is a list of conversations. The response contains one choice
+per conversation in input order.
+
+```bash
+curl http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions/batch \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{
+    "messages": [
+      [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize vLLM in one sentence."}],
+      [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize vLLM-Omni in one sentence."}]
+    ],
+    "max_tokens": 64
+  }'
 ```
 
-!!! note "SDK `extra_body` vs. JSON `extra_body`"
-    These two `extra_body` usages look similar but work differently under the
-    hood. The SDK flattens the dict into the top-level request JSON, while the
-    curl/requests approach sends it as a nested `"extra_body"` key. Both are
-    handled correctly by the server.
-
-!!! note "About the `ignored fields` warning"
-    You may see a log message like:
-
-    ```
-    WARNING: The following fields were present in the request but ignored: {'height', 'width', ...}
-    ```
-
-    This is **harmless**. It is emitted by vLLM's request validation layer
-    because these fields are not part of the standard OpenAI
-    `ChatCompletionRequest` schema. The fields are still stored internally
-    and correctly forwarded to the diffusion pipeline.
+Batch Chat Completions does not support streaming, tools, beam search, or
+`n > 1`.
 
 ## Model-Specific Examples
 
-For complete examples with full request/response details, see the model-specific
-guides:
+For complete examples with model-specific inputs and outputs, see:
 
+- [Qwen3-Omni](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/qwen3_omni.md)
+- [Qwen2.5-Omni](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/qwen2_5_omni.md)
 - [Text-to-Image (Qwen-Image)](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/text_to_image.md)
 - [Image-to-Image (Qwen-Image-Edit, Qwen-Image-Layered)](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/image_to_image.md)
 - [GLM-Image](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/glm_image.md)

docs/serving/full_duplex_api.md

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Full-Duplex WebSocket API
+
+vLLM-Omni provides an experimental full-duplex runtime for models that can
+continue receiving speech while producing speech. It adds persistent session
+state, model-specific turn policy, overlap handling, playback acknowledgement,
+and optional session resume.
+
+Full duplex is distinct from the turn-based [Realtime Audio API](realtime_api.md).
+
+## Choose an Endpoint
+
+| Endpoint | Protocol | Recommended use |
+|----------|----------|-----------------|
+| `WS /v1/realtime?duplex=1` | OpenAI Realtime-style event projection | Applications and browser clients |
+| `WS /v1/duplex` | Native vLLM-Omni duplex events | Runtime integration and low-level testing |
+
+Both endpoints use the same duplex engine and require the same model-side
+adapter. Prefer the Realtime projection unless the native lifecycle events are
+specifically required.
+
+## Enable Full Duplex
+
+The route becomes usable only when the deployment configuration explicitly
+sets:
+
+```yaml
+session_mode: duplex
+```
+
+The selected model pipeline must also provide a duplex serving adapter.
+Model-native deployments configure the corresponding engine runtime extension
+and control plane as part of their registered pipeline.
+
+!!! warning
+
+    `WS /v1/duplex` fails with `Duplex API is not available` when duplex is not
+    enabled. By contrast, `/v1/realtime?duplex=1` falls back to the ordinary
+    turn-based realtime handler when no duplex handler exists. Confirm that
+    `session.created.session.capabilities` is present before treating the
+    connection as full duplex.
+
+The current unified-runtime integrations are:
+
+- MiniCPM-o 4.5, using `vllm_omni/deploy/minicpmo_4_5_duplex.yaml`;
+- PersonaPlex, whose default `vllm_omni/deploy/personaplex.yaml` enables duplex.
+
+JoyVL is a separate HTTP interaction orchestrator and does not use these
+WebSocket endpoints. See [Standalone Experimental Servers](standalone_servers.md).
+
+## MiniCPM-o Quick Start
+
+Start the duplex deployment:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve openbmb/MiniCPM-o-4_5 --omni \
+  --deploy-config vllm_omni/deploy/minicpmo_4_5_duplex.yaml \
+  --trust-remote-code \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+Stream a mono, PCM16, 16 kHz WAV file with the provided client:
+
+```bash
+python examples/online_serving/minicpmo/realtime_duplex_demo.py \
+  --url 'ws://localhost:8091/v1/realtime?duplex=1' \
+  --model openbmb/MiniCPM-o-4_5 \
+  --input-wav input_16k_mono.wav \
+  --ref-audio reference_voice.wav \
+  --output-dir /tmp/minicpmo-duplex
+```
+
+## Realtime Event Lifecycle
+
+A typical `/v1/realtime?duplex=1` session follows this lifecycle:
+
+1. Send `session.update` with the model, modalities, audio formats, and session
+   options.
+2. Wait for `session.created`; inspect `session.capabilities` instead of
+   assuming every model supports the same controls.
+3. Send `input_audio_buffer.append` events while microphone audio arrives.
+4. Send `input_audio_buffer.commit` at a user-turn boundary when required by
+   the model policy.
+5. Consume `response.created`, transcript deltas, `response.audio.delta`, and
+   `response.done` or `response.listen` events.
+6. Send `playback.ack` after audio has been played when the session advertises
+   playback acknowledgement support.
+7. Send `session.close` and wait for `session.closed`.
+
+Unlike the turn-based realtime endpoint, input may continue while a response
+is active. The server can emit `overlap.decision` to describe whether input was
+deferred, treated as a short acknowledgement, or used to interrupt output.
+
+## Capabilities and Model Differences
+
+The `session.created` payload includes capability fields such as
+`supports_barge_in`, `supports_playback_ack`, `supports_multi_session`,
+`supports_session_resume`, and `chunk_period_ms`. Treat this payload as the
+runtime contract.
+
+For example, PersonaPlex supports native overlapping speech but currently
+advertises `supports_barge_in=false`; destructive output interruption and
+model-state rewind have not been validated for that integration. Capacity and
+session-resume behavior also depend on the selected deployment configuration.
+
+## Native Protocol
+
+`WS /v1/duplex` exposes lower-level lifecycle names including
+`session.create`, `input_audio_buffer.append`, `turn.signal`, `playback.ack`,
+and `session.close`. It returns native session, input, response, overlap, and
+error events. This protocol is experimental and may evolve with the runtime;
+applications should use the provided Realtime client where possible.
+
+See the [MiniCPM-o example](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/minicpmo),
+[PersonaPlex example](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/personaplex),
+and [full-duplex runtime design](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/vllm_omni/experimental/fullduplex/DESIGN.md)
+for model-specific validation and architecture details.

docs/serving/openpi_api.md

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# OpenPI Robot Policy WebSocket API
+
+Use `WS /v1/realtime/robot/openpi` for low-latency robot-policy inference with
+OpenPI-compatible clients. A persistent WebSocket carries observations to the
+loaded policy model and returns action arrays.
+
+Despite the `/realtime` prefix, this endpoint does not use the OpenAI Realtime
+event schema. It uses binary MessagePack frames with NumPy extensions.
+
+## Availability
+
+The endpoint is available only when the loaded diffusion policy configuration
+contains `policy_server_config`. The server sends that model-specific
+configuration to the client as the first binary frame.
+
+For example, DreamZero declares:
+
+```yaml
+policy_server_config:
+  image_resolution: [180, 320]
+  n_external_cameras: 2
+  needs_wrist_camera: true
+  needs_stereo_camera: false
+  needs_session_id: true
+  action_space: joint_position
+```
+
+Without this configuration, the WebSocket returns `Robot policy not available`
+and closes.
+
+## DreamZero Quick Start
+
+Start the bundled DreamZero deployment:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve GEAR-Dreams/DreamZero-DROID --omni --port 8091 \
+  --served-model-name dreamzero-droid \
+  --deploy-config vllm_omni/deploy/dreamzero_tp1_cfg2.yaml \
+  --enforce-eager --disable-log-stats
+```
+
+Install the optional client dependencies, download the sample camera inputs,
+and run the client:
+
+```bash
+pip install openpi-client websockets opencv-python
+
+hf download YangshenDeng/vllm-omni-dreamzero-assets \
+  --repo-type dataset \
+  --local-dir outputs/dreamzero/assets
+
+python examples/online_serving/dreamzero/openpi_client.py \
+  --host 127.0.0.1 \
+  --port 8091 \
+  --video-dir outputs/dreamzero/assets
+```
+
+## Protocol
+
+The connection is request-response after an initial server handshake:
+
+```text
+connect
+  <- msgpack(policy_server_config)
+
+infer
+  -> msgpack({"endpoint": "infer", "session_id": "...", ...observation})
+  <- msgpack(ndarray | dict[str, ndarray])
+
+reset
+  -> msgpack({"endpoint": "reset"})
+  <- msgpack({"status": "reset successful"})
+```
+
+If `endpoint` is omitted, the server treats the message as `infer`. Each
+inference message produces one action response after the engine request
+completes; action tokens or intermediate tensors are not streamed.
+
+NumPy arrays use the marker format implemented by `openpi-client`. The server
+also accepts the legacy vLLM NumPy marker representation on input. JSON text
+frames are not observation messages.
+
+## Sessions and Reset
+
+- The API layer's current-session and first-call counters are scoped to each
+  WebSocket connection.
+- `session_id` identifies model-side state across observations on that
+  connection. If omitted, it defaults to `default`.
+- The first inference for a session is sent to the model with `reset=true`.
+- Changing `session_id`, or sending the `reset` command, causes the next
+  inference to start with `reset=true`.
+- The policy pipeline owns observation transforms and persistent model state,
+  normally keyed by `session_id`; the API layer forwards the raw observation
+  dictionary.
+
+## Limits and Errors
+
+- Maximum inbound payload size is 64 MiB.
+- The server closes an idle connection after 30 seconds.
+- Invalid binary input returns a MessagePack
+  `{"type":"error","message":"Invalid request payload"}` response.
+- Inference failures return a generic `Internal inference error` without
+  exposing an internal traceback.
+- Unsupported NumPy object, structured, and complex dtypes are rejected.
+
+Observation keys, camera layout, state tensors, and action shapes are defined
+by the loaded policy rather than by this transport. Read the handshake before
+constructing observations. See the [DreamZero example](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/dreamzero)
+for a complete OpenPI client and DROID simulation loop.

docs/serving/realtime_api.md

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Realtime Audio WebSocket API
+
+Use `WS /v1/realtime` to stream PCM audio into a compatible omni model and
+receive incremental transcription and synthesized response audio. This is a
+turn-based streaming API: it starts one generation over an audio stream and
+finishes after the client closes that input stream.
+
+For a model that listens while it is already speaking, use the experimental
+[Full-Duplex API](full_duplex_api.md) instead.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+Start a compatible model. The currently documented example uses Qwen3-Omni:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct --omni --port 8091
+```
+
+Run the provided client with a mono, 16-bit PCM, 16 kHz WAV file:
+
+```bash
+python examples/online_serving/qwen3_omni/openai_realtime_client.py \
+  --url ws://localhost:8091/v1/realtime \
+  --model Qwen/Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct \
+  --input-wav input_16k_mono.wav \
+  --output-wav response.wav \
+  --output-text response.txt
+```
+
+The client dependency is `websockets`.
+
+## Protocol
+
+Messages in both directions are JSON text frames. Audio carried inside an
+event is base64-encoded raw PCM16.
+
+| Direction | Event | Purpose |
+|-----------|-------|---------|
+| Server to client | `session.created` | Confirms that the WebSocket connection is ready |
+| Client to server | `session.update` | Selects and validates the served model |
+| Client to server | `input_audio_buffer.commit` with `final: false` | Starts generation over the incoming stream |
+| Client to server | `input_audio_buffer.append` | Appends base64 PCM16 audio |
+| Client to server | `input_audio_buffer.commit` with `final: true` | Marks the end of input |
+| Server to client | `transcription.delta` | Carries incremental response text |
+| Server to client | `transcription.done` | Carries final text and token usage |
+| Server to client | `response.audio.delta` | Carries incremental PCM16 response audio |
+| Server to client | `response.audio.done` | Marks the end of response audio |
+| Server to client | `error` | Reports an invalid event, model, or audio payload |
+
+A minimal client sends events in this order:
+
+```json
+{"type":"session.update","model":"Qwen/Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-Instruct"}
+{"type":"input_audio_buffer.commit","final":false}
+{"type":"input_audio_buffer.append","audio":"<base64-pcm16>"}
+{"type":"input_audio_buffer.commit","final":true}
+```
+
+The initial non-final commit intentionally starts generation before all audio
+has arrived. Continue sending `input_audio_buffer.append` events while the
+engine is consuming the stream.
+
+## Audio Handling
+
+- Input is mono PCM16 at 16 kHz for the Qwen3-Omni example.
+- `response.audio.delta.audio` contains base64-encoded PCM16 bytes.
+- Read `sample_rate_hz` from each audio event instead of assuming an output
+  rate. Qwen3-Omni output is typically 24 kHz.
+- Concatenate audio deltas in receive order to construct the output waveform.
+- Set `input_audio_buffer.commit.final` to `true` after the last input chunk so
+  the server can terminate the streaming request.
+
+## Availability and Limitations
+
+The path is registered on the unified API server, but it is usable only when
+the loaded pipeline implements realtime audio input and produces compatible
+audio output. Unsupported deployments return an `error` event. The endpoint
+does not provide duplex session resume, playback acknowledgement, overlap
+policy, or barge-in controls.
+
+See the [Qwen3-Omni online serving example](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/qwen3_omni)
+for concurrency options, chunk pacing, and per-delta audio debugging.

docs/serving/speech_api.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 vLLM-Omni provides an OpenAI-compatible API for text-to-speech (TTS) generation. Supported TTS models include:
 
-- **Qwen3-TTS** (`Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-*`) -- Qwen3-based TTS with CustomVoice, VoiceDesign, and Base (voice cloning) task types. Output: 24 kHz.
+- **Qwen3-TTS** (`Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-*`) -- Qwen3-based TTS with CustomVoice, VoiceDesign, and Base (voice cloning) task types. Native output: 24 kHz; API output can be resampled to 8 kHz.
 - **Fish Speech S2 Pro** (`fishaudio/s2-pro`) -- Dual-AR TTS with DAC codec. Supports text-to-speech and voice cloning via reference audio. Output: 44.1 kHz.
 - **Voxtral TTS** (`mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603`) -- AR + FlowMatching TTS with preset voices. Output: 24 kHz.
 - **CosyVoice3** (`FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512`) -- 2-stage talker + flow-matching code2wav. Voice cloning via `ref_audio` + `ref_text` (no presets). Output: 24 kHz.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ response.stream_to_file("output.wav")
 
 ### Endpoint
 
-```
+```text
 POST /v1/audio/speech
 Content-Type: application/json
 ```
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Content-Type: application/json
 #### OpenAI Standard Parameters
 
 | Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
-|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
+| ----------- | ------ | --------- | ------------- |
 | `input` | string | **required** | The text to synthesize into speech |
 | `model` | string | server's model | Model to use (optional, should match server if specified) |
 | `voice` | string | "vivian" | Speaker name (e.g., vivian, ryan, aiden) |
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ Content-Type: application/json
 #### vLLM-Omni Extension Parameters
 
 | Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
-|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
-| `task_type` | string | "CustomVoice" | TTS task type: CustomVoice, VoiceDesign, or Base |
+| ----------- | ------ | --------- | ------------- |
+| `task_type` | string | null (inferred) | TTS task type: CustomVoice, VoiceDesign, or Base. For Qwen3-TTS, `ref_audio` or `ref_text` infers Base when this field is omitted, while an uploaded/precomputed voice always selects Base. Other omitted values select CustomVoice; VoiceDesign must be specified explicitly. |
+| `sample_rate` | integer | model native | Target output sample rate. Qwen3-TTS supports 8000 or 24000 Hz; the model remains native 24 kHz internally and is resampled before encoding. |
 | `language` | string | "Auto" | Language (see supported languages below) |
 | `instructions` | string | "" | Voice style/emotion instructions |
 | `max_new_tokens` | integer | 2048 | Maximum tokens to generate |
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ Content-Type: application/json
 #### Voice Clone Parameters (Base task)
 
 | Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
-|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
+| ----------- | ------ | --------- | ------------- |
 | `ref_audio` | string | null | Reference audio (HTTP URL, base64 data URL, or `file://` URI with `--allowed-local-media-path`). Local files fold `mtime_ns` and `size` into cache keys to automatically reload on-disk edits; HTTP URLs and base64 URIs remain cached by string locator. |
 | `ref_text` | string | null | Transcript of reference audio |
 | `x_vector_only_mode` | bool | null | Use speaker embedding only (no ICL) |
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ The `usage` object on `speech.audio.done` is the same shape returned per item by
 
 ### Voices Endpoint
 
-```
+```text
 GET /v1/audio/voices
 ```
 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ Lists available voices for the loaded model.
 
 `uploaded_voices` is always present (empty list when no custom voices have been uploaded). Fields `ref_text` and `speaker_description` are omitted per-entry when not provided at upload time.
 
-```
+```text
 POST /v1/audio/voices
 Content-Type: multipart/form-data
 ```
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ Upload a new voice sample for voice cloning in Base task TTS requests.
 **Form Parameters:**
 
 | Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
-|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
+| ----------- | ------ | ---------- | ------------- |
 | `audio_sample` | file | Yes | Audio file (max 10MB, supported formats: wav, mp3, flac, ogg, aac, webm, mp4) |
 | `consent` | string | Yes | Consent recording ID |
 | `name` | string | Yes | Name for the new voice |
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ The `/v1/audio/speech/stream` WebSocket endpoint accepts text incrementally and
 Client -> Server:
 
 | Message | Description |
-|---------|-------------|
+| --------- | ------------- |
 | `{"type": "session.config", ...}` | Session configuration (first message; may be resent between utterances to change it) |
 | `{"type": "input.text", "text": "..."}` | Text chunk |
 | `{"type": "input.done"}` | End of utterance: flushes the buffer and keeps the connection open |
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ Client -> Server:
 Server -> Client:
 
 | Message | Description |
-|---------|-------------|
+| --------- | ------------- |
 | `{"type": "audio.start", "utterance_index": 0, "sentence_index": 0, "sentence_text": "...", "format": "pcm", "sample_rate": 24000}` | Audio generation starting for the buffered input |
 | Binary frame | Raw audio bytes (one or more PCM chunks when `stream_audio=true`) |
 | `{"type": "audio.done", "utterance_index": 0, "sentence_index": 0, "total_bytes": 96000, "error": false}` | Audio complete for the buffered input |
@@ -311,17 +312,17 @@ text, emits `session.done`, and then waits on the same connection for the next
 utterance, so a client that speaks repeatedly (for example one driven by an
 upstream LLM) pays the WebSocket handshake once instead of once per utterance.
 
-* The session config is sticky. Send `input.text` again straight after
+- The session config is sticky. Send `input.text` again straight after
   `session.done` to reuse it, or send another `session.config` first to change
   voice, format, or reference audio. A `session.config` sent while text is
   still buffered is rejected so no pending input is silently dropped.
-* An utterance is the flush unit, not a linguistic one: it is whatever text was
+- An utterance is the flush unit, not a linguistic one: it is whatever text was
   buffered when `input.done` arrived, of any length, synthesized as one request.
   `utterance_index` counts those flushes across the connection, so it tells you
   which `input.done` a frame belongs to. `sentence_index` counts within one
   flush and so pairs with `total_sentences`, which means every utterance reports
   `sentence_index: 0` of `total_sentences: 1` (or `0` for an empty buffer).
-* End the connection with `session.close`, or by closing the socket. An idle
+- End the connection with `session.close`, or by closing the socket. An idle
   connection is still closed after the server's idle timeout, which now also
   applies to the gap between utterances.
 
@@ -330,10 +331,9 @@ upstream LLM) pays the WebSocket handshake once instead of once per utterance.
 All REST API parameters are supported, plus:
 
 | Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
-|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
+| ----------- | ------ | --------- | ------------- |
 | `stream_audio` | bool | false | Stream one or more PCM chunks for the buffered input over WebSocket |
 
-
 ```bash
 DELETE /v1/audio/voices/{name}
 ```
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Delete an uploaded voice sample.
 **Path Parameters:**
 
 | Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
-|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
+| ----------- | ------ | ---------- | ------------- |
 | `name` | string | Yes | Name of the voice to delete |
 
 **Response Example:**
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ### Upload Voice
 
 Upload voice (speaker embedding only):
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices \
   -F "audio_sample=@/path/to/voice_sample.wav" \
@@ -441,6 +442,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices \
 ```
 
 Upload voice with transcript (in-context cloning, higher quality):
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices \
   -F "audio_sample=@/path/to/voice_sample.wav" \
@@ -450,6 +452,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices \
 ```
 
 ### Use Uploaded Voice
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -459,6 +462,11 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     }' --output cloned.wav
 ```
 
+For Qwen3-TTS, an uploaded voice is a Base voice-cloning input. The server
+infers `task_type="Base"` when `voice` names an uploaded entry, so the request
+must be sent to a Base checkpoint. Built-in presets such as `vivian` and
+`ryan` remain CustomVoice speakers and require a CustomVoice checkpoint.
+
 ### Voice Storage & Caching
 
 Uploaded voices are persisted to disk as a single `.safetensors` file per voice
@@ -478,6 +486,9 @@ once.
 ### Precomputed Custom Voices
 
 Qwen3-TTS Base and VoxCPM2 can load offline-precomputed voices at startup.
+Qwen3-TTS precomputed voices follow the same Base task and checkpoint-matching
+rules as uploaded voices.
+
 Generate a directory containing `custom_voice_manifest.json` plus one
 `.safetensors` file per voice, then set the pipeline-wide deploy config field:
 
@@ -516,7 +527,7 @@ by `GET /v1/audio/voices`. Valid precomputed voices can be used in
 **Configuration (environment variables):**
 
 | Variable | Default | Description |
-|----------|---------|-------------|
+| ---------- | --------- | ------------- |
 | `SPEAKER_SAMPLES_DIR` | `~/.cache/vllm-omni/speakers` | Directory for persisted uploaded speakers (`.safetensors` files). |
 | `SPEAKER_MAX_UPLOADED` | `1000` | Maximum number of uploaded speakers kept on disk. Upload requests past the cap return 400. |
 
@@ -528,7 +539,7 @@ The batch endpoint synthesizes multiple texts in a single request, returning all
 
 ### Endpoint
 
-```
+```text
 POST /v1/audio/speech/batch
 Content-Type: application/json
 ```
@@ -536,7 +547,7 @@ Content-Type: application/json
 ### Request Parameters
 
 | Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
-|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
+| ----------- | ------ | --------- | ------------- |
 | `items` | array | **required** | List of items to synthesize (1–32) |
 | `model` | string | server's model | Model to use |
 | `voice` | string | null | Default voice for all items |
@@ -553,7 +564,7 @@ Content-Type: application/json
 Each item in the `items` array requires only `input` (the text). All other fields are optional and override the batch-level defaults when set:
 
 | Field | Type | Description |
-|-------|------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------ | ------------- |
 | `input` | string | **required** — text to synthesize |
 | `voice` | string | Override voice for this item |
 | `response_format` | string | Override format for this item |
@@ -685,7 +696,7 @@ for result in response.json()["results"]:
 ### Configuration
 
 | Parameter | Source | Default | Description |
-|-----------|--------|---------|-------------|
+| ----------- | -------- | --------- | ------------- |
 | `tts_batch_max_items` | engine kwarg | 32 | Maximum number of items per batch request |
 
 All items are fanned out to `generate()` concurrently. The engine's stage worker automatically batches them up to the configured `max_num_seqs` and queues the rest — no client-side throttling needed.
@@ -708,17 +719,17 @@ The bundled config also sets `initial_codec_chunk_frames: 1`. This emits only th
 ### Qwen3-TTS
 
 | Model | Task Type | Description |
-|-------|-----------|-------------|
+| ------- | ----------- | ------------- |
 | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice` | CustomVoice | Predefined speaker voices with optional style control |
 | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign` | VoiceDesign | Natural language voice style description |
-| `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base` | Base | Voice cloning from reference audio |
+| `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base` | Base | Voice cloning from reference audio or an uploaded/precomputed voice |
 | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-0.6B-CustomVoice` | CustomVoice | Smaller/faster variant |
-| `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-0.6B-Base` | Base | Smaller/faster variant for voice cloning |
+| `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-0.6B-Base` | Base | Smaller/faster Base variant for voice cloning, including uploaded/precomputed voices |
 
 ### Fish Speech S2 Pro
 
 | Model | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `fishaudio/s2-pro` | 4B dual-AR TTS with DAC codec (44.1 kHz). Supports text-to-speech and voice cloning. |
 
 Fish Speech uses `ref_audio` and `ref_text` for voice cloning (no `task_type` needed). The `voice` field should be set to `"default"`. See the [Fish Speech section of the online TTS hub](../user_guide/examples/online_serving/text_to_speech.md#fish-speech-s2-pro) for details.
@@ -726,31 +737,31 @@ Fish Speech uses `ref_audio` and `ref_text` for voice cloning (no `task_type` ne
 ### Voxtral TTS
 
 | Model | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603` | 3B AR + FlowMatching TTS. Supports text-to-speech with preset voices. |
 
 ### CosyVoice3
 
 | Model | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512` | Voice cloning from `ref_audio` + `ref_text`. No built-in voice presets — upload a voice or pass `ref_audio`/`ref_text` per request. |
 
 ### OmniVoice
 
 | Model | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `k2-fsa/OmniVoice` | Pure-diffusion TTS. Supports voice cloning via `ref_audio` (with optional `ref_text`); no built-in voice presets. |
 
 ### VoxCPM2
 
 | Model | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `openbmb/VoxCPM2` | TTS + voice cloning with built-in speaker presets and uploaded-voice support. Accepts `voice` (preset or uploaded) or `ref_audio` + optional `ref_text`. |
 
 ### MOSS-TTS-Nano
 
 | Model | Description |
-|-------|-------------|
+| ------- | ------------- |
 | `OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-TTS-Nano` | Voice cloning only. Requires `ref_audio` (or an uploaded `voice`); no built-in voice presets. `ref_text` is accepted but ignored — upstream's `voice_clone` mode does not consume a transcript. |
 
 ## Error Responses
@@ -770,6 +781,19 @@ Invalid parameters:
 }
 ```
 
+Qwen3-TTS task/checkpoint mismatch:
+
+```json
+{
+    "error": {
+        "message": "Qwen3-TTS CustomVoice checkpoint does not support task_type='Base'. Use task_type='CustomVoice' or load the matching Base checkpoint.",
+        "type": "BadRequestError",
+        "param": null,
+        "code": 400
+    }
+}
+```
+
 ### 404 Not Found
 
 Model not found:
@@ -790,10 +814,15 @@ Model not found:
 ### "TTS model did not produce audio output"
 
 Ensure you're using the correct model variant for your task type:
+
 - CustomVoice task → CustomVoice model
 - VoiceDesign task → VoiceDesign model
 - Base task → Base model
 
+Uploaded and precomputed Qwen3-TTS voices select the Base task, even when the
+client supplies a different `task_type`; serve them with a Base checkpoint.
+Built-in Qwen3-TTS presets remain CustomVoice voices.
+
 ### Server Not Running
 
 ```bash
@@ -804,6 +833,7 @@ curl http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices
 ### Out of Memory
 
 If you encounter OOM errors:
+
 1. Use smaller model variant: `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-0.6B-CustomVoice`
 2. Reduce `--gpu-memory-utilization`
 
@@ -822,7 +852,7 @@ final-output drain to a condition-variable wakeup at the same time.
 **Configuration (environment variables):**
 
 | Variable | Default | Description |
-|----------|---------|-------------|
+| --- | --- | --- |
 | `VLLM_OMNI_EVENT_DRIVEN_ORCH` | `0` (off) | Switches the orchestration loop and the final-output drain from the legacy 1 ms poll to event-driven wakeups. Enabled by `1`, `true`, `yes`, or `on`, matched case-insensitively after surrounding whitespace is stripped; any other value leaves it off. |
 
 Set it on the process that runs the orchestrator (stage 0 of an omni

docs/serving/standalone_servers.md

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Standalone Experimental Servers
+
+Most vLLM-Omni endpoints run on the unified server started with
+`vllm serve <model> --omni`. The experimental full-duplex package also contains
+two separate user-facing server processes. Their routes are not added to the
+unified API server.
+
+| Server | Transport | Role |
+|--------|-----------|------|
+| PersonaPlex compatibility server | WebSocket | Hosts the official PersonaPlex browser protocol and a raw-PCM alternative |
+| JoyVL interaction server | HTTP | Adds state, memory, proactive decisions, and delegation in front of a separate OpenAI-compatible model backend |
+
+## PersonaPlex Compatibility Server
+
+Use this server when a client requires the official Moshi/PersonaPlex wire
+protocol or the bundled browser UI. For the engine-owned unified duplex path,
+use [`WS /v1/realtime?duplex=1`](full_duplex_api.md) instead.
+
+Start it with:
+
+```bash
+HF_TOKEN=... CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python -m \
+  vllm_omni.experimental.fullduplex.personaplex.serving.server \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+| Route | Purpose |
+|-------|---------|
+| `GET /` | Official PersonaPlex browser client, when its assets are available |
+| `GET /health` | Readiness check |
+| `WS /api/chat` | Moshi-compatible tagged binary protocol with Opus audio |
+| `WS /v1/audio/duplex` | Simpler float32 raw-PCM protocol |
+
+### `/api/chat` Protocol
+
+The first byte of every binary frame is a message tag:
+
+| Direction | Tag | Payload |
+|-----------|-----|---------|
+| Server to client | `0x00` | Ready handshake |
+| Client to server | `0x01` | Opus microphone audio at 24 kHz |
+| Server to client | `0x01` | Opus response audio |
+| Server to client | `0x02` | UTF-8 inner-monologue text |
+
+The optional `text_prompt` and `voice_prompt` query parameters select a persona
+and voice. The default server admits one conversation; use `--batch-size N` to
+configure multiple lockstep slots. Connections beyond capacity close with
+WebSocket code 1013.
+
+### `/v1/audio/duplex` Protocol
+
+Send `{"type":"open","persona":"...","voice":"..."}` as a JSON text frame,
+then exchange binary float32 PCM frames. The server returns generated float32
+audio as binary frames and text as `{"type":"text","text":"..."}`. Send
+`{"type":"close"}` and wait for `{"type":"done"}` to flush and finish.
+
+See the [PersonaPlex example](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/personaplex)
+for the browser and headless clients.
+
+## JoyVL Interaction Server
+
+JoyVL is an orchestration layer, not a model-serving engine. It calls a
+separate OpenAI-compatible backend and adds per-session frame history, memory,
+persona policy, and optional delegation.
+
+Start the model backend and orchestrator separately:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve jdopensource/JoyAI-VL-Interaction-Preview \
+  --served-model-name JoyAI-VL-Interaction-Preview \
+  --port 8092 \
+  --max-model-len 131072 \
+  --enable-prefix-caching \
+  --limit-mm-per-prompt '{"image":256,"video":1}'
+
+python -m vllm_omni.experimental.fullduplex.joyvl.serving.server \
+  --port 8091 \
+  --main-backend-url http://127.0.0.1:8092/v1 \
+  --main-model JoyAI-VL-Interaction-Preview
+```
+
+| Method and route | Purpose |
+|------------------|---------|
+| `GET /health` | Readiness check |
+| `GET /v1/models` | Reports the configured interaction model |
+| `POST /v1/chat/completions` | Processes one frame or interaction tick |
+| `POST /reset` | Resets a session |
+| `POST /v1/streaming/reset` | Alias for `/reset` |
+| `POST /v1/streaming/persona` | Changes the session persona |
+
+Send one multimodal Chat Completions request per video frame, normally around
+one frame per second, and identify the session with `x-session-id`. Responses
+include an `interaction` block whose action is `silence`, `response`, or
+`delegate`.
+
+```bash
+curl http://127.0.0.1:8091/v1/chat/completions \
+  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
+  -H 'x-session-id: demo' \
+  -d '{
+    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": [
+      {"type": "text", "text": "Alert me if a fire appears"},
+      {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/jpeg;base64,..."}}
+    ]}]
+  }'
+```
+
+See the [JoyVL recipe](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/recipes/JD/JoyAI-VL-Interaction.md)
+for memory, personas, delegation backends, and the browser UI.

docs/serving/streaming_video_output_api.md

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Streaming Video Output WebSocket API
+
+Use `WS /v1/realtime/video` to receive fragmented MP4 chunks while a compatible
+diffusion video model is generating. This endpoint streams generated video
+output; it is unrelated to [`WS /v1/video/chat/stream`](video_stream_api.md),
+which streams live video input into a conversational model.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+Start a model that supports step execution and enable diffusion streaming
+output:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve BestWishYsh/Helios-Distilled --omni \
+  --diffusion-streaming-output \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+Install the client dependency and run the provided client:
+
+```bash
+pip install av websockets
+
+python examples/online_serving/streaming_video_generation/streaming_video_client.py \
+  --host 127.0.0.1 \
+  --port 8091 \
+  --model BestWishYsh/Helios-Distilled \
+  --prompt "A serene lakeside sunrise with mist over the water" \
+  --output output.mp4
+```
+
+## Protocol
+
+Control events are JSON text frames. Each `video.chunk_metadata` event is
+immediately followed by one binary WebSocket frame containing fragmented MP4
+bytes.
+
+| Direction | Event or frame | Purpose |
+|-----------|----------------|---------|
+| Client to server | `session.start` | Starts generation with a prompt and video parameters |
+| Server to client | `video.start` | Confirms the request ID, format, and accepted configuration |
+| Server to client | `video.chunk_metadata` | Describes the next binary media frame |
+| Server to client | Binary frame | Carries one fragmented MP4 chunk |
+| Client to server | `session.interaction` | Queues an optional prompt update during generation |
+| Server to client | `session.interaction.queued` | Confirms that an interaction was queued |
+| Client to server | `session.ping` | Refreshes the stall clock |
+| Server to client | `session.pong` | Acknowledges a ping |
+| Client to server | `session.stop` | Cancels the active generation |
+| Server to client | `session.done` | Reports completion or cancellation and the chunk count |
+| Server to client | `error` | Reports validation, generation, or timeout failures |
+
+Start a minimal session with:
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "session.start",
+  "model": "BestWishYsh/Helios-Distilled",
+  "prompt": "A serene lakeside sunrise",
+  "format": "m4s",
+  "width": 640,
+  "height": 384,
+  "fps": 16,
+  "num_frames": 99
+}
+```
+
+Only `m4s` output is currently accepted. Concatenate the binary frames in
+receive order, then remux the fragmented stream if the target player requires
+a progressive MP4 file.
+
+## Mid-Generation Interaction
+
+Models that implement interaction updates can change the active prompt:
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "session.interaction",
+  "interaction": {
+    "event_id": "sunlight-update",
+    "event": {"prompt": "Sunlight breaks through the mist"},
+    "transition_chunks": 2
+  }
+}
+```
+
+This feature is pipeline-dependent. An enabled endpoint does not imply that
+the loaded model supports midway prompt updates.
+
+The default start timeout is 10 seconds and the server reports a stall after
+about 60 seconds without generation progress or a `session.ping`. See the
+[streaming video generation example](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/streaming_video_generation)
+for prompt-update scheduling and browser playback.

docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For the internal selector, registry, and platform contract, see
 | Install and use SageAttention 2.2 or SageAttention3 | [SageAttention](attention_backends/sage.md) |
 | Match training or rollout kernels loaded from Hugging Face | [Hugging Face Hub Backends](attention_backends/huggingface_hub.md) |
 | Use block-sparse video attention on Ascend NPU | [RainFusion](attention_backends/rainfusion.md) |
-| Use FastVideo VSA with FastWan2.2-TI2V-5B on CUDA | [FastVideo VSA](attention_backends/fastvideo_vsa.md) |
+| Use FastVideo VSA with FastWan2.2-TI2V-5B or FastH3 MiniMax-H3 on CUDA | [FastVideo VSA](attention_backends/fastvideo_vsa.md) |
 
 ## Backend options
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ For the internal selector, registry, and platform contract, see
 | `FLASH_ATTN_HUB` | Hub kernel | FlashAttention 2 from Hugging Face `kernels` | [Hugging Face Hub Backends](attention_backends/huggingface_hub.md) |
 | `FLASH_ATTN_3_HUB` | Hub kernel | FlashAttention 3 from Hugging Face `kernels` on Hopper or newer | [Hugging Face Hub Backends](attention_backends/huggingface_hub.md) |
 | `RAINFUSION_ATTN` | Block sparse | MindIE-SD RainFusion video attention on Ascend NPU | [RainFusion](attention_backends/rainfusion.md) |
-| `FASTVIDEO_VSA` | Block sparse | FastVideo variable sparse self-attention for FastWan2.2-TI2V-5B on CUDA | [FastVideo VSA](attention_backends/fastvideo_vsa.md) |
+| `FASTVIDEO_VSA` | Block sparse | FastVideo variable sparse self-attention for FastWan2.2-TI2V-5B and FastH3 MiniMax-H3 on CUDA | [FastVideo VSA](attention_backends/fastvideo_vsa.md) |
 
 ## Configuration
 

docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/dense_backends.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Dense Attention Backends
 
-Use these backends when you want dense attention without backend-specific
-sparsity. Start with `TORCH_SDPA` for correctness comparisons, then benchmark
-the fastest compatible kernel for your model, shape, and hardware.
+Use these backends to run dense attention. Optional quantized or sparse modes
+remain inactive unless they are explicitly configured. Start with
+`TORCH_SDPA` for correctness comparisons, then benchmark the fastest compatible
+kernel for your model, shape, and hardware.
 
 For selection precedence and per-role configuration, see the
 [attention backend overview](../attention_backends.md).
@@ -20,10 +21,11 @@ vllm-omni serve <model> --diffusion-attention-backend TORCH_SDPA
 ## `FLASH_ATTN`
 
 `FLASH_ATTN` uses the installed FlashAttention implementation. On Blackwell it
-prefers the CuTe-based FlashAttention 4 path and falls back to
-FlashAttention 3 or 2 when that path is unavailable. On Hopper, Ada, and
-Ampere it is the preferred automatic route when a compatible package is
-installed.
+is FA4 only (`flash_attn.cute` / `vllm-omni[fa4]`). If FA4 is unavailable,
+explicit `FLASH_ATTN` is rejected and automatic selection continues to another
+compatible Blackwell backend. Hopper-only FA2/FA3 wheels are not used, even if
+they import. On Hopper, Ada, and Ampere it is the preferred automatic route
+when a compatible package is installed.
 
 ```bash
 vllm-omni serve <model> --diffusion-attention-backend FLASH_ATTN
@@ -38,8 +40,25 @@ pip install 'vllm-omni[fa4]'
 ```
 
 Version `4.0.0b18` is required; earlier beta wheels had known JIT failures on
-Blackwell. If the CuTe path is unavailable, the backend falls back to the
-compatible FlashAttention 3 or 2 path.
+Blackwell. On Blackwell, `FLASH_ATTN` is FA4 only: Hopper-only FA2/FA3
+wheels are not used, even if they import. If FA4 is missing, explicit
+`FLASH_ATTN` is rejected and automatic selection continues to other
+Blackwell backends.
+
+## `TRTLLM_ATTN`
+
+`TRTLLM_ATTN` runs FlashInfer's trtllm-gen FMHA kernels and is the platform
+default on datacenter Blackwell for models that declare a compatible attention
+path. Selected without a `quant` or `skip_softmax` block, it runs dense BF16
+attention at FA4-level performance.
+
+```bash
+vllm serve <model> --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-backend TRTLLM_ATTN
+```
+
+See [TRTLLM Attention](trtllm.md) for its requirements and for the optional
+SAGE quantization and Skip-Softmax modes.
 
 ## `CUDNN_ATTN`
 
@@ -73,6 +92,13 @@ DIFFUSION_ATTENTION_BACKEND=FLASHINFER_ATTN \
 option on CUDA platforms and an automatic Blackwell fallback when FlashInfer
 is installed but cuDNN is too old for `CUDNN_ATTN`.
 
+On Blackwell, `auto` resolves to FlashInfer cute-dsl, which cannot run a
+nontrivial custom mask. Automatic selection may fall back to SDPA for those
+masks. An explicit `FLASHINFER_ATTN` selection does not: sequence-parallel
+auto-padding that would create a padding mask is rejected at capability
+preflight. Use `TORCH_SDPA`, pin `quant.flashinfer_backend` to `fa2`/`fa3`
+where those kernels exist, or choose a mask-capable backend.
+
 ```bash
 vllm-omni serve <model> --diffusion-attention-backend FLASHINFER_ATTN
 ```

docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/fastvideo_vsa.md

@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@ attention only against the selected top-k blocks.
 
 The supported checkpoint provides both text-to-video and image-to-video modes through `Wan22Pipeline`; the separate Wan I2V-14B, S2V, and VACE pipelines are outside this backend's supported scope.
 
+MiniMax-H3 served with a FastH3 VSA adapter uses a second, H3-specific route
+through the same backend. See the
+[MiniMax-H3 recipe](https://recipes.vllm.ai/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) for its geometry,
+supported topologies, and commands.
+
 VSA is a CUDA-only, explicitly selected backend. It requires the
 `fastvideo-kernel` package and currently supports non-causal self-attention
 with equal query and key/value sequence lengths. Unsupported shapes, masks,
 dtypes, sequence-parallel execution, or kernel failures fall back to
-`TORCH_SDPA` and emit a warning with the reason.
+`TORCH_SDPA` and emit a warning with the reason. On the Wan route, an active
+sequence-parallel context is one of those fallbacks; the H3 route supports pure
+Ulysses and rejects ring or all-gather sequence parallelism at startup.
 
 ## Enable the backend
 
@@ -119,7 +126,8 @@ the backend guarantees sparse execution:
 - `route=SDPA` or `FASTVIDEO_VSA falling back to SDPA: ...` means dense SDPA
   executed; the warning includes the reason.
 
-The current kernel requires CUDA tensors in FP16 or BF16, 256-token blocks,
+The Wan route requires CUDA tensors in FP16 or BF16, 256-token blocks,
 standard `head_size**-0.5` scaling, equal Q/K/V head counts, no attention mask,
-and no active sequence-parallel context. NPU and XPU paths do not execute the
-FastVideo VSA CUDA kernel.
+and no active sequence-parallel context. The MiniMax-H3 route uses 64-token
+`(4, 4, 4)` blocks and supports pure Ulysses. NPU and XPU paths do not execute
+the FastVideo VSA CUDA kernel.

docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/huggingface_hub.md

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ implementations to reduce numerical drift and sampling divergence.
 pip install kernels==0.14.1
 ```
 
-If `kernels` is unavailable, vLLM-Omni warns and falls back to the
-corresponding local FlashAttention implementation. On CUDA devices older than
-Hopper, `FLASH_ATTN_3_HUB` falls back to `FLASH_ATTN_HUB`.
+If `kernels` is unavailable, an explicit `FLASH_ATTN_HUB` or
+`FLASH_ATTN_3_HUB` selection raises. Automatic / `FLASH_ATTN` selection in the
+Diffusers adapter may still walk hub then local FlashAttention backends.
 
 ## Usage
 

docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/rainfusion.md

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ globally.
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `sparsity` | finite, `[0, 1]` | Nominal dropped-key-block fraction; default `0.8`; `0` disables sparsity |
 | `start_step` | integer, `>= 0` | Number of early denoise steps kept dense |
+| `end_step` | integer, `>= 0` | Number of final denoise steps kept dense (tail fallback) |
+| `precision` | `"bf16"`, `"fp8"`, `"mix"` | Kernel precision mode; default `"bf16"`. Requires MindIE-SD with `sparse_attention(precision=...)` |
 | `skip_layers` | selector such as `"0-3,38"` | DiT blocks kept dense |
 
 ```bash
@@ -52,6 +54,12 @@ platform raises. It is incompatible with ring sequence parallelism because
 the kernel needs the complete key sequence for ranking; use Ulysses sequence
 parallelism with `ring_degree=1`.
 
+The `precision` knob requires a MindIE-SD release whose `sparse_attention`
+accepts `precision=`; older releases accept it through `**kwargs` but
+silently ignore it and run the BF16 path. `RAINFUSION_ATTN` raises at runtime
+when a non-`bf16` precision is requested without that support, so pin a
+compatible MindIE-SD release when using `precision="mix"` or `"fp8"`.
+
 ## Geometry handling
 
 RainFusion handles arbitrary video grids by rearranging video spatially and,

docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/trtllm.md

@@ -1,103 +1,274 @@
 # TRTLLM Attention
 
-`TRTLLM_ATTN` runs FlashInfer's trtllm-gen FMHA kernels. It supports dense
-BF16 attention plus optional Skip-Softmax sparsity or SAGE quantization.
+`TRTLLM_ATTN` runs FlashInfer's trtllm-gen FMHA kernels on datacenter
+Blackwell GPUs. Selected on its own it computes dense BF16 attention, and its
+dense performance is on par with
+[FlashAttention-4](dense_backends.md#flashattention-4-on-blackwell). It also
+provides two opt-in, lossy acceleration modes that can be enabled independently
+or together:
 
-For common selection and per-role configuration, see the
-[attention backend overview](../attention_backends.md).
+| Mode | Config key | What it changes |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [Skip-Softmax](#skip-softmax) | `skip_softmax` | Skips the Softmax and `PV` work of KV tiles whose scores are too low to matter |
+| [SAGE quantization](#sage-quantization) | `quant` | Runs `QK^T` in INT8 or FP8 and `PV` in FP8 instead of BF16 |
+
+Both keys are set through `--diffusion-attention-config`, as JSON or as
+vLLM-style dotted flags; the
+[attention backend overview](../attention_backends.md#configuration) covers
+both syntaxes and per-role resolution. The examples on this page use JSON.
+
+Attention computes scores `S = QK^T`, probabilities `P = softmax(S)`, and the
+output `O = PV`. SAGE lowers the precision of both matrix multiplications.
+Skip-Softmax keeps `QK^T` dense and removes the Softmax and `PV` work for
+tiles that `QK^T` shows to be unimportant. The two modes therefore compose:
+SAGE makes every tile cheaper, and Skip-Softmax reduces the number of tiles
+that reach the second half of the kernel.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Selecting `TRTLLM_ATTN` requires:
+`TRTLLM_ATTN` requires all of the following:
 
-- datacenter Blackwell, sm_100 or sm_103;
+- an `sm100a` or `sm103a` GPU (B200, B300, GB200, GB300); workstation Blackwell
+  (`sm120`/`sm121`) is not supported;
 - `head_dim=128`;
-- FlashInfer; and
-- a model-declared packed or mask-free compatible path.
+- a FlashInfer build that exposes the trtllm-gen kernels (0.6.16rc1 or newer
+  for SAGE);
+- an attention path that is mask-free or provides packed-padding metadata.
+  Structural suffix padding is expressed through that metadata rather than an
+  `attn_mask` tensor.
 
-It is not supported on workstation Blackwell (sm_120/sm_121). An incompatible
-explicit selection raises instead of silently changing the backend.
+An explicit selection that violates these requirements raises at startup
+instead of silently falling back to another backend.
 
-## Dense mode
+### Sequence parallelism
 
-Select `TRTLLM_ATTN` without `skip_softmax` or `quant` to run dense BF16:
+`TRTLLM_ATTN` runs under no sequence parallelism or under pure Ulysses.
+Ulysses redistributes the sequence and attention heads around the attention
+call, but the local computation still goes through the configured backend, so
+both optional modes work unchanged. Ring and AllGather-KV do not:
+
+- Ring runs its own distributed attention and bypasses the backend. Combining
+  Ring with a `skip_softmax` key raises; a `quant` key would be silently
+  ignored, so do not combine them either.
+- AllGather-KV changes the Q/KV distribution and is rejected when
+  `TRTLLM_ATTN` is selected.
+
+Configure eight-way Ulysses alone as:
 
 ```bash
-vllm-omni serve <model> --diffusion-attention-backend TRTLLM_ATTN
+--usp 8 --ring 1 --allgather-degree 1
+```
+
+A degree of `1` disables that sequence-parallel mode. It does not limit the
+server to one GPU or affect tensor, pipeline, or VAE parallelism.
+
+## Quick start
+
+On datacenter Blackwell the platform selects `TRTLLM_ATTN` by default when the
+model declares a compatible path. To select it explicitly, for dense BF16:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve <model> --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-backend TRTLLM_ATTN
+```
+
+To enable both optimizations with a conservative Skip-Softmax setting and FP8
+SAGE:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve <model> --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-config '{
+    "default": {
+      "backend": "TRTLLM_ATTN",
+      "quant": {"dtype_qk": "fp8_e4m3", "q_block_size": 1, "k_block_size": 16},
+      "skip_softmax": {"threshold": 0.05, "disabled_until_timestep": 0.97}
+    }
+  }'
+```
+
+The startup log reports the selection; look for one of:
+
+```text
+Defaulting to diffusion attention backend TRTLLM_ATTN (datacenter Blackwell ..., head_dim 128)
+Resolved diffusion attention backend 'TRTLLM_ATTN' for role='self' via attention_config.default
 ```
 
 ## Skip-Softmax
 
-Skip-Softmax trades some fidelity for speed by skipping low-contribution
-attention work. See the [feature design](../../../design/feature/skip_softmax.md)
-for the algorithm and implementation contract.
+Skip-Softmax (BLASST) skips the Softmax and `PV` work of KV tiles whose
+scores fall far below the running row maximum. `QK^T` always runs, and how
+many tiles qualify depends on the input. The
+[feature design](../../../design/feature/skip_softmax.md) gives the skip test.
 
-| Key | Valid values | Meaning |
+### Configuration keys
+
+| Key | Range | Meaning |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `target_sparsity` | finite, `[0, 1]` | Point on a model-calibrated curve |
-| `threshold` | finite, `>= 0` | Direct threshold; mutually exclusive with `target_sparsity` |
-| `disabled_until_timestep` | finite, `[0, 1]` | Keep early high-noise steps dense until normalized `t <= D` |
+| `threshold` | `>= 0`; useful values in `(0, 1)` | Skip threshold, independent of sequence length. Calibration-free. |
+| `target_sparsity` | `[0, 1]` | Requested operating point on the checkpoint's calibrated curve. Requires calibration metadata. |
+| `disabled_until_timestep` | `[0, 1]`; default `0` | Keeps attention dense while the normalized timestep `t > D`; `0` disables the gate. |
+
+`threshold` and `target_sparsity` are two ways to set the same kernel
+threshold; setting both is a configuration error. Exactly one of them enables
+Skip-Softmax.
+
+### Direct threshold
+
+Set `threshold` when the checkpoint carries no calibration. `threshold=0`
+skips nothing; larger values skip more tiles and lower output fidelity. Values
+around `0.05` are a reasonable first try for video DiTs; tune against dense
+output on the same prompt and seed. The value is independent of sequence
+length; see the
+[feature design](../../../design/feature/skip_softmax.md#from-configuration-to-the-kernel-threshold)
+for how it reaches the kernel.
 
 ```bash
-vllm-omni serve Wan-AI/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers \
-  --diffusion-attention-config '{"default":{"backend":"TRTLLM_ATTN",\
-    "skip_softmax":{"target_sparsity":0.65,"disabled_until_timestep":0.86}}}'
+vllm serve <model> --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-config \
+  '{"default":{"backend":"TRTLLM_ATTN","skip_softmax":{
+    "threshold":0.05,"disabled_until_timestep":0.97}}}'
 ```
 
-```python
-from vllm_omni.diffusion.data import AttentionConfig, AttentionSpec, SkipSoftmaxSpec
+### Calibrated target sparsity
 
-config = AttentionConfig(
-    default=AttentionSpec(
-        backend="TRTLLM_ATTN",
-        skip_softmax=SkipSoftmaxSpec(
-            target_sparsity=0.65,
-            disabled_until_timestep=0.86,
-        ),
-    ),
-)
+A fixed `threshold` does not produce a fixed fraction of skipped tiles because
+the score distribution changes with the model, prompt, and shape.
+[NVIDIA ModelOpt](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer)
+can calibrate a per-model curve from sparsity to threshold and store it in the
+checkpoint's transformer `config.json` under `sparse_attention_config`.
+`target_sparsity` selects a point on that curve. The achieved sparsity still
+varies per prompt, layer, and denoising step; the calibration makes the
+requested value a meaningful target, not a guarantee.
+
+What vLLM-Omni takes from the checkpoint:
+
+- The curve coefficients. Only the `a * exp(b * target_sparsity)` form ModelOpt
+  writes is supported; another formula is rejected at startup.
+- The `ignore` list: attention layers matching those patterns stay dense.
+- For multi-expert Diffusers checkpoints, `transformer_2/config.json` is read
+  separately; if it is missing, `transformer_2` stays dense with a warning.
+
+Checkpoint-level `target_sparsity` and `disabled_until_timestep` defaults are
+not consumed; set them in the vLLM-Omni configuration. The
+[feature design](../../../design/feature/skip_softmax.md#skip-softmax-calibration-config)
+documents the checkpoint format and how the coefficients reach the kernel.
+
+To calibrate a checkpoint yourself, follow the
+[ModelOpt Skip-Softmax example](https://github.com/NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer/tree/main/examples/diffusers/sparsity),
+which exports a copy of the checkpoint with the coefficients embedded. The
+fitted curve depends on the attention statistics of the calibration shape, so
+calibrate at the resolution and frame count you will serve.
+
+Requesting `target_sparsity` for a checkpoint without calibration is a startup
+error that names the `threshold` alternative. The
+[ModelOpt Wan2.2 FP8 checkpoint](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers-FP8/blob/main/transformer/config.json)
+is a calibrated example:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve nvidia/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers-FP8 --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-config \
+  '{"default":{"backend":"TRTLLM_ATTN","skip_softmax":{
+    "target_sparsity":0.75,"disabled_until_timestep":0.86}}}'
 ```
 
-Start with `target_sparsity=0.65` and `disabled_until_timestep=0.86`. Increase
-sparsity only after comparing quality against dense output at the same seed.
-The benefit grows with sequence length because only attention is accelerated.
+### Timestep gating
+
+The early, high-noise denoising steps fix the global layout of the output, and
+their errors propagate through every later step. `disabled_until_timestep`
+keeps those steps dense and enables Skip-Softmax once the normalized timestep
+`t` reaches the configured cutoff. The default `0` is a sentinel that turns the
+gate off: Skip-Softmax runs on every step and no timestep needs to be
+published. `1.0` also leaves no step dense, but goes through the gate and
+therefore requires the pipeline to publish `t`.
+
+`t` is the scheduler's own timestep normalized to `[0, 1]`, published by the
+pipeline for each denoising step; for rectified-flow models it is the current
+sigma. It runs from near `1.0` down to `0.0`, but not linearly in the step
+index: flow-shifted schedules spend many of their steps at high `t`. The number
+of dense steps a given cutoff produces therefore depends on the model's
+schedule and step count, and follows from the actual timestep sequence:
+
+```text
+dense_steps = count(t[i] > disabled_until_timestep)
+```
+
+Derive the cutoff from the schedule of the model you are serving rather than
+reusing another model's value; the
+[feature design](../../../design/feature/skip_softmax.md#mapping-the-cutoff-to-denoising-steps)
+works through an example.
+
+A pipeline that does not publish `t` stays dense whenever
+`disabled_until_timestep > 0` is set, and logs a warning once. Pipelines
+publish it through `DenoiseProgressMixin.record_denoise_step`.
 
 ## SAGE quantization
 
-TRTLLM SAGE quantizes Q/K per block and V per channel so both attention
-matrix multiplications use low precision.
+SAGE quantization runs both attention matrix multiplications in low precision:
+Q and K are quantized to INT8 or FP8 E4M3 for `QK^T`, and P and V use FP8 E4M3
+for `PV`. P is quantized inside the FMHA kernel; V is quantized per channel
+before the kernel call.
+vLLM-Omni exposes the Q/K dtype and the Q/K scale granularity. The P and V
+formats are fixed by the kernel, so the `quant` key has no V dtype for this
+backend. This mode is distinct from the standalone
+[SageAttention backends](sage.md), which use their own kernels.
 
-| Key | Valid values | Meaning |
+FP8 Q/K kernels exist on `sm100a` and `sm103a`; INT8 Q/K kernels exist on
+`sm100a` only.
+
+| Key | Values | Meaning |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `dtype_qk` | `int8`, `fp8_e4m3` | Q/K quantization dtype; absent means dense |
-| `q_block_size` | `1`, `4`, `16` | Q scale block size; default `1` |
-| `k_block_size` | `1`, `4`, `16` | K scale block size; default `16` |
+| `dtype_qk` | `int8`, `fp8_e4m3` | Q/K quantization dtype. Setting it enables SAGE. |
+| `q_block_size` | `1`, `4`, `16` | Consecutive query tokens sharing one Q scale; default `1` |
+| `k_block_size` | `1`, `4`, `16` | Consecutive key tokens sharing one K scale; default `16` |
 
-V is always quantized per channel to FP8 E4M3 and K-smoothing is internal.
-Only block sizes with compiled kernels are accepted.
+Start with the defaults, `q_block_size=1` and `k_block_size=16`, and try
+smaller K blocks only if output quality does not meet expectations; smaller
+blocks give finer scales at some cost in speed. When a KV sequence in a call is
+shorter than `k_block_size`, that call falls back to dense attention and a
+warning is logged once.
 
 ```bash
-vllm-omni serve Wan-AI/Wan2.2-T2V-A14B-Diffusers \
-  --diffusion-attention-config '{"default":{"backend":"TRTLLM_ATTN",\
-    "quant":{"dtype_qk":"fp8_e4m3","q_block_size":1,"k_block_size":16}}}'
+vllm serve <model> --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-config \
+  '{"default":{"backend":"TRTLLM_ATTN","quant":{
+    "dtype_qk":"fp8_e4m3","q_block_size":1,"k_block_size":16}}}'
 ```
 
-```python
-from vllm_omni.diffusion.data import AttentionConfig, AttentionSpec, AttnQuantSpec
+The `quant` key is shared with `FLASHINFER_ATTN`, but each backend validates
+its own fields: `float16`/`bfloat16` Q/K dtypes and `dtype_vo` are
+`FLASHINFER_ATTN` options and are rejected here.
 
-config = AttentionConfig(
-    default=AttentionSpec(
-        backend="TRTLLM_ATTN",
-        quant=AttnQuantSpec(
-            dtype_qk="fp8_e4m3",
-            q_block_size=1,
-            k_block_size=16,
-        ),
-    ),
-)
+## Composing both modes
+
+`skip_softmax` and `quant` may appear in the same `AttentionSpec`. Their
+quality effects compound, so establish a dense baseline, enable one mode at a
+time, and then evaluate the combination on the same prompts and seeds.
+
+Modes configured in `default` apply to every attention role that has no
+`per_role` entry. A `per_role` spec replaces the whole spec for that role and
+does not inherit `quant` or `skip_softmax` from `default`, so
+`{"backend":"TRTLLM_ATTN"}` is the way to keep a short or sensitive attention
+site dense while the long DiT sequence uses both modes:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 --omni \
+  --diffusion-attention-config '{
+    "default": {
+      "backend": "TRTLLM_ATTN",
+      "quant": {"dtype_qk": "fp8_e4m3", "q_block_size": 1, "k_block_size": 16},
+      "skip_softmax": {"threshold": 0.05, "disabled_until_timestep": 0.97}
+    },
+    "per_role": {
+      "minimax_h3.token_refiner": {"backend": "TRTLLM_ATTN"}
+    }
+  }'
 ```
 
-This path requires FlashInfer 0.6.16rc1 or newer. FP8 Q/K kernels are
-available on sm_100 and sm_103; INT8 Q/K kernels are compiled for sm_100 only.
-The shared `AttnQuantSpec` is backend typed: values intended for
-`FLASHINFER_ATTN` are rejected here and vice versa.
+Role names are declared by each model; the
+[attention backend overview](../attention_backends.md#configuration) covers
+the resolution order and the equivalent Python API.
+
+End-to-end speedup depends on the share of step time spent in attention, the
+sequence length, the chosen Q/K precision, and the tile sparsity the input
+actually yields. Benchmark the exact workload rather than extrapolating from
+another model.

docs/user_guide/diffusion/lora.md

@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ LoRA adapters are lightweight, model-specific fine-tuning weights that can be ap
 ## LoRA Adapter Format
 
 ### PEFT (Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning) format (default)
+
 A typical PEFT-format LoRA adapter directory structure:
 
-```
+```text
 lora_adapter/
 ├── adapter_config.json
 └── adapter_model.safetensors
 ```
 
 The `adapter_config.json` file contains metadata about the LoRA adapter, including:
+
 - `r`: LoRA rank
 - `lora_alpha`: LoRA alpha scaling factor
 - `target_modules`: List of module names to apply LoRA to
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ For distilled few-step LoRAs, pass `lora_backend="distill"` together with one or
 For Qwen-Image and Wan pipelines, the distill backend calls `pipeline.load_lora_weights(...)` during worker initialization.
 
 | Pipeline | Supported distilled LoRA repo | Notes |
-|----------|--------------------------------|-------|
+| ---------- | -------------------------------- | ------- |
 | `QwenImagePipeline` | `lightx2v/Qwen-Image-2512-Lightning` | Used with Qwen-Image-2512 Lightning-style few-step inference. |
 | `Wan22Pipeline` | `lightx2v/Wan2.1-Distill-Loras`, `lightx2v/Wan2.2-Distill-Loras` | Wan2.1 uses one LoRA file. For dual-transformer Wan2.2 MoE, pass high-noise then low-noise LoRA files. |
 | `Wan22I2VPipeline` | `lightx2v/Wan2.2-Distill-Loras` | For dual-transformer Wan2.2 MoE, pass high-noise then low-noise LoRA files. |
@@ -240,6 +242,37 @@ Notes:
 - Output quality and speed depend on the replacement checkpoints and sampling params you choose.
 - If you only need to fuse distilled LoRAs into a Wan2.2 checkpoint at load time (without the full LightX2V convert + assemble pipeline), you can instead pass them directly via `--lora-backend distill --lora-path <high>.safetensors <low>.safetensors`. See the [Distill backend](#distill-backend-fuse-distilled-lora-at-init) section above.
 
+## MiniMax-H3 adapter-declared schedules
+
+MiniMax-H3 supports two few-step mechanisms that must not be conflated:
+
+- **Checkpoint-pinned schedule**: a merged release writes `base_schedule` into
+  `model_index.json`. Requests must pass `num_inference_steps` as the interval
+  count (for example `4` for `[1.0, 0.7, 0.4, 0.15, 0.0]`).
+- **Runtime Turbo LoRA**: LightX2V Turbo artifacts request five sigma points and
+  enforce `flow_shift=6`, `audio_flow_shift=3`.
+- **Runtime native LoRA**: FlashGen-style artifacts declare
+  `key_format=minimax-h3-native` and embed `base_schedule` in safetensors
+  metadata. When active, the adapter schedule overrides the base checkpoint and
+  requests must use the interval-count contract (`num_inference_steps=4`).
+  Request-mode generation may omit the field and take the count from the adapter
+  schedule; step execution requires it explicitly, because the step scheduler
+  derives the total step count from the request before the adapter schedule is
+  known.
+
+Native artifacts also declare `qkv_layout=grouped`. The H3 loader reorders fused
+`qkv_proj` LoRA rows with the same `_reorder_grouped_qkv_to_qkv` helper used for
+base-weight loading, then binds the packed Q/K/V slices through the legacy PEFT
+manager without modifying `DiffusionLoRAManager`.
+
+Both runtime adapters run with distributed layerwise offload in request-mode
+generation, where the manager keeps the LoRA A/B buffers resident on the compute
+device while DLO streams the base blocks. MiniMax-H3 step execution still
+rejects DLO, so `--step-execution` cannot be combined with
+`--enable-distributed-layerwise-offload`. Model-level CPU offload and standard
+layerwise offload are rejected in every mode, because the dynamic LoRA tensors
+are neither parameters nor registered buffers and therefore do not participate
+in those weight lifecycles.
 
 ## See Also
 

docs/user_guide/diffusion/parallelism/cfg_parallel.md

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ In `DiffusionParallelConfig`
 
 
 !!! info
-    Most models support `cfg_parallel_size=2` (positive branch on rank 0, negative branch on rank 1). **Bagel** is an exception: it supports `cfg_parallel_size=3`, which adds a third branch on rank 2 for full three-way CFG parallelism.
+    Most models support `cfg_parallel_size=2` (positive branch on rank 0, negative branch on rank 1). **Bagel** and **Boogu-Image-Edit double guidance** also support `cfg_parallel_size=3` for full three-way branch execution. Boogu double guidance additionally supports size 2 via round-robin assignment of its three branches.
 
 
 ---

docs/user_guide/diffusion_features.md

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ The following tables show which models support each feature:
 | Model                    | ⚡TeaCache | ⚡Cache-DiT | 🔀SP (Ulysses & Ring) | 🔀CFG-Parallel | 🔀Tensor-Parallel | 🔀Pipeline-Parallel | 🔀HSDP | 💾CPU Offload (Layerwise) | 💾VAE-Patch-Parallel | 💾Quantization | 🔄Step Execution |
 |--------------------------|:---------:|:----------:|:---------------------:|:--------------:|:-----------------:|:-------------------:|:------:|:-------------------------:|:--------------------:|:--------------:|:----------------:|
 | **Bagel**                |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ✅             |          ❌           |       ❌        |        ❌         |
+| **Boogu-Image**          |     ❌     |     ❌      |           ❌           |       ✅        |         ❌         |          ❌          |   ❌    |             ❌             |          ❌           |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **FLUX.1-dev**           |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ❌           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ❌             |          ❌           |       ✅        |        ❌         |
 | **FLUX.1-schnell**       |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ❌           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ❌             |          ❌           |       ✅        |        ❌         |
 | **FLUX.2-klein**         |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ❌             |          ❌           |       ✅        |        ❌         |
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ The following tables show which models support each feature:
 | **Qwen-Image-Edit**      |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **Qwen-Image-Edit-2509** |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |        ✅ (decode)         |          ✅           |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **Qwen-Image-Layered**   |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ❌        |        ❌         |
-| **SenseNova-U1**         |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ❌           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ❌    |             ✅             |          ❌           |       ❌        |        ❌         |
+| **SenseNova-U1 / U1.5**  |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ❌           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ❌    |             ✅             |          ❌           |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **Stable-Diffusion-XL**  |     ❌     |     ❌      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **Stable-Diffusion3.5**  |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ❌           |       ✅        |         ✅         |          ❌          |   ❌    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **Z-Image**              |     ✅     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ❓        |   ✅ (TP=2 only)   |          ❌          |   ✅    |             ❌             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ✅        |        ❌         |
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ The following tables show which models support each feature:
 | **LTX-2**                    |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |         ❌         |   ✅    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **LTX-2.3**                  |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |         ❌         |   ✅    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |       ❌        |        ❌         |
 | **LTX-2.5**                  |     ❌     | ❓ (one-stage) | ❓ (Ulysses only) | ✅ (Full only) |         ❓         |         ❌         |   ✅    |             ✅             |      ✅ (decode)      |    ❓ (FP8)     |        ❌         |
-| **SANA-Video-2B T2V I2V**   |     ❓     |     ❓      |           ❓           |       ❓        |         ❓         |         ❓         |   ❓    |             ❓             |          ❓           |       ❓        |        ❌         |
+|  **SANA-Video-2B T2V I2V**   |     ❌     |     ❌      |          ❌           |       ✅       |  ✅ (TP=2 only)   |         ❌         |   ❌   |            ❌             |          ❌          |       ❌       |        ❌        |
 | **Helios**                   |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |         ❌         |   ✅    |             ✅             |          ❌           |       ❌        |        ✅*        |
 | **HunyuanVideo-1.5 T2V I2V** |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |         ❌         |   ✅    |             ✅             |  ✅ (encode/decode)   |       ✅        |        ❌         |
 | **Cosmos3**                  |     ❌     |     ✅      |           ✅           |       ✅        |         ✅         |         ❌         |   ✅    |             ✅             |  ✅ (encode/decode)   |       ✅        |        ❌         |

docs/user_guide/examples/online_serving/text_to_speech.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 Source <https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/online_serving/text_to_speech>.
 
-
 vLLM-Omni exposes TTS models through the OpenAI-compatible
 [`POST /v1/audio/speech`](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/docs/serving/speech_api.md) endpoint,
 launched with `vllm serve <model> --omni`. Each TTS model has its own
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ For the full list of supported architectures across all modalities, see
 ## Supported Models
 
 | Model | HuggingFace repo | Voice cloning | Streaming | Voice presets / upload | Gradio demo |
-|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | CosyVoice3 | `FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512` | ✓ (`ref_audio`+`ref_text`) | ✓ (PCM stream) | — | — |
 | Fish Speech S2 Pro | `fishaudio/s2-pro` | ✓ (`ref_audio`+`ref_text`) | ✓ (PCM stream) | — | ✓ |
 | higgs-audio v2 | `bosonai/higgs-audio-v2-generation-3B-base` | ✓ (`ref_audio`+`ref_text`) | ✓ (codec_streaming) | — | — |
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ For full request-shape documentation (all parameters, response formats, error co
 2-stage TTS (`talker` + flow-matching `code2wav`) at 24 kHz. Voice cloning only — every request needs `ref_audio` + `ref_text`; there are no built-in voice presets.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 ```bash
 huggingface-cli download FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512
 ```
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ huggingface-cli download FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512
 If your downloaded checkpoint lacks `config.json`, add one with `{"model_type": "cosyvoice3", "architectures": ["CosyVoice3Model"]}` (the loader reads `model_type` to select the class).
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512 --omni --port 8091 --trust-remote-code
 # or:
@@ -120,13 +121,16 @@ vllm serve FunAudioLLM/Fun-CosyVoice3-0.5B-2512 --omni --port 8091 --trust-remot
 Streaming is on by default via `async_chunk: true` in `vllm_omni/deploy/cosyvoice3.yaml`. Pass `--no-async-chunk` (or `NO_ASYNC_CHUNK=1 ./cosyvoice3/run_server.sh`) for the legacy synchronous path.
 
 ### CLI client
+
 The client defaults to the official upstream zero-shot prompt, so it runs without extra flags:
+
 ```bash
 cd examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/cosyvoice3
 python speech_client.py --text "收到好友从远方寄来的生日礼物。"
 ```
 
 Pass your own reference clip and transcript for a different voice:
+
 ```bash
 python speech_client.py --text "Hello, this is a cloned voice." \
     --ref-audio /path/to/reference.wav \
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ python speech_client.py --text "Hello, this is a cloned voice." \
 ```
 
 Stream PCM instead of WAV:
+
 ```bash
 python speech_client.py --text "Hello world" --stream --output output.pcm
 ```
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ python speech_client.py --text "Hello world" --stream --output output.pcm
 The client supports `--api-base`, `--model`, `--text`, `--ref-audio`, `--ref-text`, `--response-format`, `--stream`, `--output`.
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Stage 0 (`talker`) emits speech tokens; stage 1 (`code2wav`) runs flow matching + HiFiGAN to synthesize waveform.
 - Deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/cosyvoice3.yaml` based on HF `model_type`. Pass `--deploy-config <path>` to override.
 - For offline inference and the end-to-end script, see the [offline CosyVoice3 section](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/offline_inference/text_to_speech/README.md#cosyvoice3).
@@ -152,19 +158,23 @@ The client supports `--api-base`, `--model`, `--text`, `--ref-audio`, `--ref-tex
 4B dual-AR TTS at 44.1 kHz. Server uses the DAC codec.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 ```bash
 pip install fish-speech
 ```
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve fishaudio/s2-pro --omni --port 8091
 # or:
 ./fish_speech/run_server.sh
 ```
+
 The deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/fish_qwen3_omni.yaml` (the HF `model_type` on the fishaudio checkpoint is `fish_qwen3_omni`).
 
 ### Voice cloning
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -177,6 +187,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ```
 
 ### CLI client
+
 ```bash
 cd examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/fish_speech
 python speech_client.py --text "Hello, how are you?"
@@ -184,12 +195,14 @@ python speech_client.py --text "Hello world" --stream --output output.pcm
 ```
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 ./fish_speech/run_gradio_demo.sh             # launches server + Gradio
 python fish_speech/gradio_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8091  # if server already running
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output: 44.1 kHz mono.
 - Streaming PCM player command must use `-r 44100`.
 
@@ -208,12 +221,15 @@ pip install -U "transformers>=5.3.0"
 ```
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 GPUS=6,7 PORT=8094 bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/higgs_audio_v2/run_server.sh
 ```
+
 Deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/higgs_audio_v2.yaml`.
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # Plain TTS
 python higgs_audio_v2/batch_speech_client.py \
@@ -231,14 +247,17 @@ python higgs_audio_v2/batch_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output: 24 kHz mono.
 - `--ref-text` must be the real transcript of `--ref-audio`; mismatched text degrades cloned-voice quality.
 - Out of scope (rejected with explicit 4xx): multi-speaker `[SPEAKERn]` tags inside `input`, `profile:` text-only speaker descriptions, the `ref_audio_in_system_message` system-block variant, chunked long-form generation, and per-request `voice` / `instructions` / `task_type` / `language` / `speed != 1.0` / `x_vector_only_mode` / `speaker_embedding`.
+
 ## GLM-TTS
 
 2-stage TTS (AR + DiT flow-matching) at 24 kHz. Every request requires `ref_audio` + `ref_text`.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve zai-org/GLM-TTS --omni --trust-remote-code --port 8091
 # or:
@@ -246,6 +265,7 @@ bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/run_server.sh /path/to/GLM-T
 ```
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # Voice cloning (required)
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
@@ -262,11 +282,13 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output: 24 kHz mono WAV via HiFT vocoder.
 - `ref_audio` + `ref_text` are **required** together on every request. Reference audio should be 3-10 seconds.
 - Voice cloning feature extraction (WhisperVQ, CampPlus, mel) runs on the model side — no external dependency on the serving layer.
@@ -278,12 +300,15 @@ bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh
 Zero-shot multilingual TTS (600+ languages). Online serving currently exposes **auto voice** only; voice cloning and voice design are available offline.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 ```bash
 huggingface-cli download k2-fsa/OmniVoice
 ```
+
 Voice cloning (offline) needs `transformers>=5.3.0`; auto voice works with `transformers>=4.57.0`.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve k2-fsa/OmniVoice --omni --port 8091 --trust-remote-code
 # or:
@@ -291,6 +316,7 @@ vllm serve k2-fsa/OmniVoice --omni --port 8091 --trust-remote-code
 ```
 
 ### CLI client
+
 ```bash
 cd examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/omnivoice
 python speech_client.py --text "Hello, how are you?"
@@ -300,6 +326,7 @@ python speech_client.py --text "Bonjour, comment allez-vous?" --language French
 The client supports `--api-base`, `--model`, `--text`, `--response-format`, `--language`, `--output`.
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Voice cloning and voice design require offline inference; see the [offline OmniVoice section](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/tree/main/examples/offline_inference/text_to_speech/README.md#omnivoice).
 
 ---
@@ -309,7 +336,7 @@ The client supports `--api-base`, `--model`, `--text`, `--response-format`, `--l
 Three model variants exposed via separate checkpoints:
 
 | Variant | HF repo | Use |
-|---|---|---|
+| --- | --- | --- |
 | CustomVoice | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice` | Predefined speakers (`vivian`, `ryan`, …) with optional style instructions |
 | VoiceDesign | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign` | Natural-language voice style description |
 | Base | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base` | Voice cloning from a reference audio |
@@ -317,6 +344,7 @@ Three model variants exposed via separate checkpoints:
 Each variant ships smaller `0.6B` companions where available.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice --omni --port 8091
 # or:
@@ -326,27 +354,30 @@ vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice --omni --port 8091
 ```
 
 ### Executor backend
+
 Single-GPU serves now default to the uniproc executor (lower IPC overhead, the Base cloning use case from [#2603](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/2603) / [#2604](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/pull/2604)). `vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml` is the only Qwen3-TTS deploy config; pass `--deploy-config <path>` to override.
 
 To opt out of chunked streaming, pass `--no-async-chunk` — the pipeline auto-dispatches to the end-to-end codec processor.
 
 ### Tuning stage 1 `max_num_seqs` per task type
+
 The bundled `qwen3_tts.yaml` ships stage 1 (Code2Wav) at `max_num_seqs: 10`, tuned for Base voice cloning: stage-1 lifetimes are long (~3 s/req), so admitting up to 10 concurrent codec sequences lets requests progress in parallel in the scheduler — ~2× TTFA p95 at c=4 / c=8 (1× H100, 1.7B-Base, seed-tts) at an 8–12 % audio-throughput cost.
 
 CustomVoice / VoiceDesign have much shorter stage-1 lifetimes (~50–200 ms) and are TTFA-optimal at `max_num_seqs: 1`. Override the default when serving those task types:
 
 ```bash
-vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base --omni \
+vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice --omni \
     --stage-overrides '{"1": {"max_num_seqs": 1}}'
 ```
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # CustomVoice with a predefined speaker
 python qwen3_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
     --model Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice \
     --text "今天天气真好" \
-    --voice ryan \
+    --speaker ryan \
     --instructions "用开心的语气说"
 
 # VoiceDesign with a style description
@@ -366,7 +397,9 @@ python qwen3_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Voices endpoint
+
 List available voices, or upload a custom one for Base cloning:
+
 ```bash
 # List
 curl http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices
@@ -379,10 +412,18 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices \
     -F "ref_text=The exact transcript of the audio sample." \
     -F "speaker_description=warm narrator"
 ```
-Uploaded voices are then usable as `voice="custom_voice_1"` on subsequent requests.
+
+For Qwen3-TTS, uploaded voices are Base voice-cloning inputs and require a Base
+checkpoint. When a request names an uploaded voice, the server infers
+`task_type="Base"`. Built-in presets such as `vivian` and `ryan` remain
+CustomVoice speakers and require a CustomVoice checkpoint.
 
 ### Precomputed custom voices
-For reused Base voice-cloning speakers, precompute the reference artifacts once and load them at server startup:
+
+For reused Base voice-cloning speakers, precompute the reference artifacts once
+and load them at server startup. Precomputed voices use the same Base task and
+checkpoint-matching rules as uploaded voices:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --model Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base \
@@ -392,11 +433,15 @@ python qwen3_tts/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --mode icl \
     --output-dir /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 `--mode icl` stores both `speaker_embedding` and `ref_code`; `--mode xvec` stores only the speaker embedding. Add the output directory to a deploy config:
+
 ```yaml
 custom_voice_dir: /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 Then start the server with that config and call the Speech API with only the voice name:
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base --omni --deploy-config /path/to/qwen3_tts_custom_voice.yaml
 
@@ -407,6 +452,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ```
 
 ### Streaming PCM
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -419,16 +465,20 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
         "response_format": "pcm"
     }' --no-buffer | play -t raw -r 24000 -e signed -b 16 -c 1 -
 ```
+
 Raw PCM streaming requires `stream_format="audio"`, `response_format="pcm"`, and `async_chunk: true` in the deploy config (default in `qwen3_tts.yaml`). `speed` is not supported when streaming.
 
 ### Streaming WebSocket
+
 The `/v1/audio/speech/stream` endpoint accepts text incrementally and synthesizes the buffered text as one continuous request on `input.done`:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py --text "Hello world. How are you? I am fine."
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py --text "..." --simulate-stt --stt-delay 0.1
 ```
 
 `input.done` flushes without closing, so repeating `--text` synthesizes several utterances over one connection:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py \
     --text "First utterance." \
@@ -436,6 +486,7 @@ python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Gradio demos
+
 ```bash
 ./qwen3_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh                              # CustomVoice (default)
 ./qwen3_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh --task-type VoiceDesign
@@ -447,12 +498,15 @@ python qwen3_tts/gradio_fastrtc_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8000
 ```
 
 ### Speaker embedding interpolation
+
 `qwen3_tts/speaker_embedding_interpolation.py` blends two predefined speakers' embeddings to produce intermediate voices. See the script for usage.
 
 ### Batch client
+
 `qwen3_tts/batch_speech_client.py` issues many concurrent requests for throughput measurement.
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Base voice cloning has uniproc-vs-mp tradeoffs depending on per-request reference audio cost; see the executor-backend section above.
 - With async chunking, Qwen3-TTS Base voice cloning sends the full reference context in the first Code2Wav packet, then caches that prefix on the Code2Wav stage for follow-up chunks in the same request.
 - `vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml` is the default deploy config (loaded by HF `model_type`); per-stage runtime overrides are available via `--stage-N-<field> <value>`.
@@ -467,12 +521,15 @@ python qwen3_tts/gradio_fastrtc_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8000
 Single-stage native AR TTS at 48 kHz.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve openbmb/VoxCPM2 --omni --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
 ```
+
 Deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/voxcpm2.yaml`. Pass `--deploy-config <path>` to override or `--stage-N-<field> <value>` for per-stage runtime tweaks.
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # Zero-shot synthesis
 python voxcpm2/openai_speech_client.py --text "Hello, this is VoxCPM2."
@@ -482,10 +539,13 @@ python voxcpm2/openai_speech_client.py \
     --text "This should sound like the reference speaker." \
     --ref-audio /path/to/reference.wav
 ```
+
 The `ref_audio` field accepts local file paths (auto-base64), HTTP URLs, or `data:audio/wav;base64,...` data URIs.
 
 ### Precomputed custom voices
+
 For repeated VoxCPM2 speakers, precompute the prompt cache and load it through `custom_voice_dir`:
+
 ```bash
 python voxcpm2/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --model openbmb/VoxCPM2 \
@@ -495,16 +555,21 @@ python voxcpm2/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --prompt-text "Original transcript of the reference audio" \
     --output-dir /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 Add the output directory to the deploy config:
+
 ```yaml
 custom_voice_dir: /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 After startup, `/v1/audio/voices` lists `alice`, and `/v1/audio/speech` can use `voice="alice"` without sending `ref_audio`.
 
 ### Gradio demo (gapless streaming via AudioWorklet)
+
 ```bash
 python voxcpm2/gradio_demo.py
 ```
+
 Uses an AudioWorklet-based player adapted from the Qwen3-TTS demo for gap-free playback. Raw PCM audio is streamed from the OpenAI Speech endpoint with `stream=true` and `stream_format="audio"`.
 
 ---
@@ -514,24 +579,31 @@ Uses an AudioWorklet-based player adapted from the Qwen3-TTS demo for gap-free p
 Voxtral-4B-TTS (Mistral). Uses the `mistral_common` `SpeechRequest` protocol; voice presets are model-specific.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 Latest `mistral_common` with `SpeechRequest` support:
+
 ```bash
 pip install -e /path/to/mistral-common  # or upgrade from PyPI when available
 ```
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603 --omni --port 8091
 ```
+
 Deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/voxtral_tts.yaml`.
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 python voxtral_tts/gradio_demo.py
 ```
+
 The demo handles voice-preset selection and reference-audio upload. `voxtral_tts/text_preprocess.py` provides the text-normalization helpers used by the demo (also available for other clients).
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Voice presets are listed on the HF model card (`mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603`).
 - Voice cloning is gated upstream and may require a recent `mistral_common`.
 - A standalone CLI client is not yet shipped; the gradio demo is the canonical reference for now.

docs/user_guide/fault_injection_reliability_matrix.md

@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ More failure modes (for example, network jitter and network interruption) will b
 ## Fault Injection Scenario Matrix
 
 | Scenario | Fault Type | System Behavior | Current Status |
-|------|----------------------------|----------|----------|
-| No load | Send `SIGKILL` to Worker | Worker process is killed immediately; main service detects child-process loss and turns unavailable; API enters stable 5xx |  |
-| No load | Send `SIGTERM` to Worker | Worker exits after receiving termination signal; main service is marked unavailable; API enters stable 5xx |  |
+| ------ | ---------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- |
+| No load | Send `SIGKILL` to Worker | Worker process is killed immediately; main service detects child-process loss and turns unavailable; API enters stable 5xx | |
+| No load | Send `SIGTERM` to Worker | Worker exits after receiving termination signal; main service is marked unavailable; API enters stable 5xx | |
 | No load | Send `SIGKILL` to serve main process | serve main process exits instantly; request connections are interrupted; related child processes are cleaned up with no residue; GPU memory is released quickly | [#3725](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/3725) <br>[#43060](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/43060) |
-| No load | Send `SIGTERM` to serve main process | serve enters graceful shutdown and stops serving; then exits and completes cleanup; GPU memory is released |  |
-| No load | Send `SIGINT` to serve main process (equivalent to `Ctrl+C`) | Triggers serve shutdown path; service stops responding and becomes unavailable; related child processes exit and resources are released |  |
-| No load | Send `SIGKILL` to all related processes | All related processes terminate immediately; service becomes unavailable at once; no residual processes remain; GPU memory is released quickly |  |
-| No load | Send `SIGTERM` to all related processes | All processes enter exit flow and complete shutdown; service becomes unavailable; resource release is completed |  |
+| No load | Send `SIGTERM` to serve main process | serve enters graceful shutdown and stops serving; then exits and completes cleanup; GPU memory is released | |
+| No load | Send `SIGINT` to serve main process (equivalent to `Ctrl+C`) | Triggers serve shutdown path; service stops responding and becomes unavailable; related child processes exit and resources are released | |
+| No load | Send `SIGKILL` to all related processes | All related processes terminate immediately; service becomes unavailable at once; no residual processes remain; GPU memory is released quickly | |
+| No load | Send `SIGTERM` to all related processes | All processes enter exit flow and complete shutdown; service becomes unavailable; resource release is completed | |
 | Under load | Send `SIGKILL` to Worker | In-flight requests are hard interrupted (5xx/connection drop); main service becomes unavailable | [#3683](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/3683) |
-| Under load | Send `SIGTERM` to Worker | In-flight requests are canceled or fail fast; main service becomes unavailable |  |
+| Under load | Send `SIGTERM` to Worker | In-flight requests are canceled or fail fast; main service becomes unavailable | |
 | Under load | Send `SIGKILL` to serve main process | serve is hard-killed and current connections are interrupted; in-flight requests fail; after cleanup there are no residual processes and GPU memory is released | [#3683](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/3683) |
 | Under load | Send `SIGTERM` to serve main process | serve stops accepting new requests and executes shutdown flow; in-flight requests fail; no residue remains and GPU memory is released | [#3683](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/3683) |
 | Under load | Send `SIGINT` to serve main process (equivalent to `Ctrl+C`) | `Ctrl+C`-style serve shutdown; in-flight requests fail (5xx/connection interruption); service unavailable; after exit there is no residue and GPU memory is released | [#3683](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/3683) |
-| Under load | Send `SIGKILL` to all related processes | All processes terminate instantly; all in-flight requests fail; service becomes unavailable immediately; GPU memory is released quickly |  |
+| Under load | Send `SIGKILL` to all related processes | All processes terminate instantly; all in-flight requests fail; service becomes unavailable immediately; GPU memory is released quickly | |
 | Under load | Send `SIGTERM` to all related processes | All processes exit gracefully; in-flight requests fail; service unavailable; GPU memory is released | [#3683](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/3683) |
 | OOM | Occupy all free GPU memory via an extra process | After OOM injection process starts, GPU memory is continuously saturated; service enters unavailable/degraded state and health check drops to 503; different request types (chat/speech, etc.) fail fast within a fixed time and return 500 (no hanging) | [#4285](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/4285) |
 

examples/offline_inference/image_to_video/image_to_video.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
 
 """
 Image-to-Video generation example using Wan2.2 I2V/TI2V models, LTX2/LTX-2.3,
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ def build_image_to_video_prompt(
     return result
 
 
+def _validate_video_output_type(output_type: str) -> None:
+    if output_type not in {"image", "video"}:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Unexpected output type '{output_type}', expected 'video' or legacy 'image' for video generation."
+        )
+
+
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=(
@@ -665,10 +672,7 @@ def main():
         frames = frames[0] if frames else None
 
     if isinstance(frames, OmniRequestOutput):
-        if frames.final_output_type != "image":
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Unexpected output type '{frames.final_output_type}', expected 'image' for video generation."
-            )
+        _validate_video_output_type(frames.final_output_type)
         if frames.multimodal_output and "audio" in frames.multimodal_output:
             audio = frames.multimodal_output["audio"]
             audio_sample_rate = frames.multimodal_output.get("audio_sample_rate", audio_sample_rate)

examples/offline_inference/mage_vl/end2end.py

@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+"""Run Mage-VL offline end-to-end inference through the upstream Mage scripts.
+
+Mage-VL currently ships its custom Mage-ViT and codec processors as
+Transformers remote code in the Microsoft Mage repository. This example keeps
+the vLLM-Omni entrypoint stable while delegating the checkpoint-specific forward
+path to that upstream implementation.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+from importlib.util import find_spec
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "microsoft/Mage-VL"
+DEFAULT_IMAGE_QUESTION = "Describe this image in detail."
+DEFAULT_VIDEO_QUESTION = "Describe this video."
+
+
+def _default_mage_repo() -> Path | None:
+    value = os.getenv("MAGE_REPO_DIR")
+    if value:
+        return Path(value)
+    sibling = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3].parent / "Mage"
+    if sibling.exists():
+        return sibling
+    return None
+
+
+def _resolve_mage_repo(value: str | None) -> Path:
+    repo = Path(value) if value else _default_mage_repo()
+    if repo is None:
+        raise ValueError("Set --mage-repo or MAGE_REPO_DIR to a checkout of https://github.com/microsoft/Mage.")
+    repo = repo.expanduser().resolve()
+    if not (repo / "mage_vl" / "inference_base.py").is_file():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Missing Mage-VL scripts under {repo}. Expected mage_vl/inference_base.py.")
+    return repo
+
+
+def _default_media_path(mage_repo: Path, task: str) -> Path:
+    if task == "image":
+        return mage_repo / "mage_vl" / "assets" / "examples" / "dog.jpg"
+    return mage_repo / "mage_vl" / "assets" / "examples" / "soccer-broadcast.mp4"
+
+
+def _resolve_media_path(path: str | None, mage_repo: Path, task: str) -> Path:
+    resolved = Path(path).expanduser().resolve() if path else _default_media_path(mage_repo, task)
+    if not resolved.is_file():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Input media file not found: {resolved}")
+    return resolved
+
+
+def build_command(args: argparse.Namespace, mage_repo: Path, media_path: Path) -> list[str]:
+    if args.task == "streaming":
+        return [
+            sys.executable,
+            str(mage_repo / "mage_vl" / "inference_streaming.py"),
+            "--video",
+            str(media_path),
+            "--checkpoint",
+            args.model,
+            "--video_backend",
+            args.video_backend,
+            "--num_frames",
+            str(args.num_frames),
+            "--cur_fps",
+            str(args.cur_fps),
+            "--segment_sec",
+            str(args.segment_sec),
+            "--max_new_tokens",
+            str(args.max_new_tokens),
+            "--max_segments",
+            str(args.max_segments),
+            "--gate_threshold",
+            str(args.gate_threshold),
+            "--device",
+            args.device,
+            "--attn_impl",
+            args.attn_impl,
+        ]
+
+    cmd = [
+        sys.executable,
+        str(mage_repo / "mage_vl" / "inference_base.py"),
+        "--mode",
+        "offline",
+        "--question",
+        args.question or (DEFAULT_IMAGE_QUESTION if args.task == "image" else DEFAULT_VIDEO_QUESTION),
+        "--model",
+        args.model,
+        "--max-new-tokens",
+        str(args.max_new_tokens),
+    ]
+    if args.task == "image":
+        cmd.extend(["--image", str(media_path)])
+        return cmd
+
+    cmd.extend(
+        [
+            "--video",
+            str(media_path),
+            "--video-backend",
+            args.video_backend,
+            "--num-frames",
+            str(args.num_frames),
+            "--max-pixels",
+            str(args.max_pixels),
+        ]
+    )
+    if args.video_backend == "codec":
+        cmd.extend(["--codec-engine", args.codec_engine])
+    return cmd
+
+
+def check_runtime_dependencies(task: str) -> None:
+    required = ["torch"]
+    if task == "streaming":
+        required.append("mamba_ssm")
+    missing = [name for name in required if find_spec(name) is None]
+    if not missing:
+        return
+
+    install_hint = (
+        "Install Mage-VL runtime dependencies in this environment first:\n"
+        "  pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121\n"
+        "  grep -v '^mamba-ssm' /path/to/Mage/mage_vl/requirements.txt > /tmp/mage_vl_requirements_no_mamba.txt\n"
+        "  pip install -r /tmp/mage_vl_requirements_no_mamba.txt\n"
+        "  pip install 'causal-conv1d>=1.4.0' --no-build-isolation\n"
+        "  pip install 'mamba-ssm>=2.2' --no-build-isolation"
+    )
+    raise RuntimeError(f"Missing Python packages: {', '.join(missing)}.\n{install_hint}")
+
+
+def run_command(cmd: list[str], cwd: Path, timeout: int) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
+    return subprocess.run(
+        cmd,
+        cwd=str(cwd),
+        input="y\n",
+        text=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        timeout=timeout,
+        check=False,
+    )
+
+
+def write_outputs(
+    *,
+    args: argparse.Namespace,
+    mage_repo: Path,
+    media_path: Path,
+    cmd: list[str],
+    result: subprocess.CompletedProcess[str] | None,
+    elapsed_s: float | None,
+) -> Path:
+    output_dir = Path(args.output_dir).expanduser().resolve()
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    summary = {
+        "task": args.task,
+        "model": args.model,
+        "mage_repo": str(mage_repo),
+        "media_path": str(media_path),
+        "command": cmd,
+        "dry_run": args.dry_run,
+        "elapsed_s": elapsed_s,
+        "returncode": None if result is None else result.returncode,
+    }
+    if result is not None:
+        stdout = result.stdout.strip()
+        stderr = result.stderr.strip()
+        summary["stdout"] = stdout
+        summary["stderr"] = stderr
+        (output_dir / "stdout.txt").write_text(result.stdout, encoding="utf-8")
+        (output_dir / "stderr.txt").write_text(result.stderr, encoding="utf-8")
+    summary_path = output_dir / "summary.json"
+    summary_path.write_text(json.dumps(summary, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    return summary_path
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Mage-VL offline end-to-end inference example.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--mage-repo",
+        default=None,
+        help="Path to a Microsoft Mage checkout. Defaults to MAGE_REPO_DIR.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--model", default=DEFAULT_MODEL, help="HF model id or local checkpoint path.")
+    parser.add_argument("--task", choices=("image", "video", "streaming"), default="image")
+    parser.add_argument("--image-path", default=None, help="Image input. Defaults to the Mage sample image.")
+    parser.add_argument("--video-path", default=None, help="Video input. Defaults to the Mage sample video.")
+    parser.add_argument("--question", default=None, help="Question for image/video offline QA.")
+    parser.add_argument("--video-backend", choices=("frames", "codec"), default="frames")
+    parser.add_argument("--codec-engine", choices=("traditional", "neural"), default="traditional")
+    parser.add_argument("--num-frames", type=int, default=32)
+    parser.add_argument("--max-pixels", type=int, default=150000)
+    parser.add_argument("--max-new-tokens", type=int, default=256)
+    parser.add_argument("--cur-fps", type=float, default=2.0)
+    parser.add_argument("--segment-sec", type=float, default=8.0)
+    parser.add_argument("--max-segments", type=int, default=0)
+    parser.add_argument("--gate-threshold", type=float, default=0.5)
+    parser.add_argument("--device", default="cuda")
+    parser.add_argument("--attn-impl", choices=("flash_attention_2", "sdpa", "eager"), default="flash_attention_2")
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=1800)
+    parser.add_argument("--output-dir", default="outputs/mage_vl")
+    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="Build the command and summary without executing it.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.num_frames <= 0:
+        parser.error("--num-frames must be positive")
+    if args.segment_sec <= 0:
+        parser.error("--segment-sec must be positive")
+    if args.task == "image" and args.video_path:
+        parser.error("--video-path cannot be used with --task image")
+    if args.task in {"video", "streaming"} and args.image_path:
+        parser.error("--image-path cannot be used with video tasks")
+    return args
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    args = parse_args()
+    mage_repo = _resolve_mage_repo(args.mage_repo)
+    media_arg = args.image_path if args.task == "image" else args.video_path
+    media_path = _resolve_media_path(media_arg, mage_repo, args.task)
+    cmd = build_command(args, mage_repo, media_path)
+
+    result = None
+    elapsed_s = None
+    if not args.dry_run:
+        check_runtime_dependencies(args.task)
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        result = run_command(cmd, cwd=mage_repo, timeout=args.timeout)
+        elapsed_s = time.perf_counter() - start
+
+    summary_path = write_outputs(
+        args=args,
+        mage_repo=mage_repo,
+        media_path=media_path,
+        cmd=cmd,
+        result=result,
+        elapsed_s=elapsed_s,
+    )
+    print(f"summary saved to {summary_path}")
+    if result is not None:
+        if result.stdout:
+            print(result.stdout, end="")
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            if result.stderr:
+                print(result.stderr, file=sys.stderr, end="")
+            raise SystemExit(result.returncode)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

examples/offline_inference/text_to_video/text_to_video.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
 
 import argparse
 import json
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ def build_text_to_video_prompt(prompt: str, negative_prompt: str | None) -> dict
     return result
 
 
+def _validate_video_output_type(output_type: str) -> None:
+    if output_type not in {"image", "video"}:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Unexpected output type '{output_type}', expected 'video' or legacy 'image' for video generation."
+        )
+
+
 def _normalize_float_tensor(tensor: torch.Tensor, source_range: str) -> torch.Tensor:
     """Normalize decoded frames according to the pipeline's output contract."""
     if not tensor.is_floating_point():
@@ -620,10 +627,7 @@ def main():
         frames = frames[0] if frames else None
 
     if isinstance(frames, OmniRequestOutput):
-        if frames.final_output_type != "image":
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Unexpected output type '{frames.final_output_type}', expected 'image' for video generation."
-            )
+        _validate_video_output_type(frames.final_output_type)
         if frames.multimodal_output and "audio" in frames.multimodal_output:
             audio = frames.multimodal_output["audio"]
             audio_sample_rate = frames.multimodal_output.get("audio_sample_rate", audio_sample_rate)

examples/online_serving/mage_vl/duplex_client.py

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import base64
+import json
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import websockets
+
+
+async def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {args.auth_token}"} if args.auth_token else None
+    started = time.perf_counter()
+    async with websockets.connect(
+        f"{args.url}?session_id={args.session_id}",
+        additional_headers=headers,
+        max_size=args.max_message_bytes,
+        open_timeout=args.timeout,
+    ) as websocket:
+        created = json.loads(await asyncio.wait_for(websocket.recv(), args.timeout))
+        print(json.dumps(created, ensure_ascii=False))
+        await websocket.send(
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "type": "input.append",
+                    "modality": "text",
+                    "data": args.prompt,
+                }
+            )
+        )
+        encoded = base64.b64encode(Path(args.video).read_bytes()).decode("ascii")
+        await websocket.send(
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "type": "input.append",
+                    "modality": "video",
+                    "data": {
+                        "kind": "video/mp4",
+                        "segment_id": args.segment_id,
+                        "pts_ms": args.pts_ms,
+                        "duration_ms": args.duration_ms,
+                        "data": {"video_base64": encoded},
+                    },
+                }
+            )
+        )
+        while True:
+            event = json.loads(await asyncio.wait_for(websocket.recv(), args.timeout))
+            print(json.dumps(event, ensure_ascii=False))
+            if event.get("type") in {"response.done", "error"}:
+                break
+        await websocket.send(json.dumps({"type": "close"}))
+    print(f"elapsed_s={time.perf_counter() - started:.3f}")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Send one Mage-VL video window over the duplex WebSocket.")
+    parser.add_argument("--url", default="ws://127.0.0.1:8090/v1/mage-vl/duplex")
+    parser.add_argument("--video", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--prompt", default="Describe this video segment in detail.")
+    parser.add_argument("--session-id", default="mage-vl-example")
+    parser.add_argument("--segment-id", default="segment-0")
+    parser.add_argument("--pts-ms", type=int, default=0)
+    parser.add_argument("--duration-ms", type=int, default=4000)
+    parser.add_argument("--auth-token")
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", type=float, default=120.0)
+    parser.add_argument("--max-message-bytes", type=int, default=16 * 1024 * 1024)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    asyncio.run(run(args))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

examples/online_serving/minicpmo/README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ scenario below for live barge-in validation on the target GPU.
 Default:
 
 ```bash
-vllm-omni serve openbmb/MiniCPM-o-4_5 \
+vllm serve openbmb/MiniCPM-o-4_5 \
     --omni \
     --deploy-config vllm_omni/deploy/minicpmo_4_5.yaml \
     --trust-remote-code \

examples/online_serving/minicpmo/realtime_duplex_demo.py

@@ -155,6 +155,23 @@ def _response_in_progress(events: list[dict[str, object]]) -> bool:
     )
 
 
+async def _commit_input_after_playback_checkpoint(client: RealtimeDuplexClient) -> float:
+    """Commit input only after preserving already-played assistant history.
+
+    Native duplex can finish several responses while the user is still
+    streaming.  Under the ``ack_only`` playback policy, acknowledging those
+    responses after the final input commit is intentionally rejected: it could
+    append an old assistant message after the newly committed user message.
+    Checkpoint playback first so the server commits each assistant item at its
+    original history position.  A second acknowledgement after the commit can
+    then safely advance response-local playback that drained in the meantime.
+    """
+    await client.acknowledge_playback()
+    commit_sent_at_s = time.monotonic()
+    await client.commit()
+    return commit_sent_at_s
+
+
 def _event_count_after(
     events: list[dict[str, object]],
     event_type: str,
@@ -448,8 +465,7 @@ async def run_demo(args: argparse.Namespace) -> dict[str, object]:
             chunk_period_ms=_chunk_period_ms(client.events.events),
         )
         wait_for_post_commit_decision = False
-        commit_sent_at_s = time.monotonic()
-        await client.commit()
+        commit_sent_at_s = await _commit_input_after_playback_checkpoint(client)
         wait_error: str | None = None
         committed_index: int | None = None
         post_commit_decision: str | None = None

examples/online_serving/streaming_video_generation/README.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ During generation the client normally sends only `session.start` and then receiv
 ## Install Client Dependency
 
 ```bash
-pip install websockets
+pip install av websockets
 # For the Gradio demo:
 pip install 'vllm-omni[demo]' websockets
 ```

examples/online_serving/streaming_video_generation/streaming_video_client.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the received bytes to disk when the session finishes or is interrupted.
 Image/reference input is intentionally not supported in this example yet.
 
 Requirements:
-    pip install websockets
+    pip install av websockets
 """
 
 import argparse

examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ For the full list of supported architectures across all modalities, see
 ## Supported Models
 
 | Model | HuggingFace repo | Voice cloning | Streaming | Voice presets / upload | Gradio demo |
-|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | Fish Speech S2 Pro | `fishaudio/s2-pro` | ✓ (`ref_audio`+`ref_text`) | ✓ (PCM stream) | — | ✓ |
 | GLM-TTS | `zai-org/GLM-TTS` | ✓ (`ref_audio`+`ref_text`, required) | ✓ (PCM stream) | — | ✓ |
 | IndexTTS-2 | `IndexTeam/IndexTTS-2` | ✓ (`ref_audio` or uploaded `voice`) | `stream=true` response, non-chunk | uploaded audio voice only; no presets | — |
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ For full request-shape documentation (all parameters, response formats, error co
 2-stage TTS (AR + DiT flow-matching) at 24 kHz. Every request requires `ref_audio` + `ref_text`.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve zai-org/GLM-TTS --omni --trust-remote-code --port 8091
 # or:
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/run_server.sh /path/to/GLM-T
 ```
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # Voice cloning (required)
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
@@ -127,11 +129,13 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/glm_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output: 24 kHz mono WAV via HiFT vocoder.
 - `ref_audio` + `ref_text` are **required** together on every request. Reference audio should be 3-10 seconds.
 - Voice cloning feature extraction (WhisperVQ, CampPlus, mel) runs on the model side — no external dependency on the serving layer.
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ pip install 'vllm-omni[indextts2]'
 ```
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve IndexTeam/IndexTTS-2 --omni --trust-remote-code --port 8092
 # or, to pass the bundled deploy config explicitly:
@@ -164,6 +169,7 @@ bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/indextts2/run_server.sh
 ```
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # Voice cloning (ref_audio required)
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/indextts2/speech_client.py \
@@ -194,6 +200,7 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/indextts2/speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output: 22.05 kHz mono WAV.
 - Provide `ref_audio` on the documented raw request path, or pass `voice` only when it names an uploaded audio voice; neither version provides a built-in text-only preset voice.
 - IndexTTS-2.5 request controls `lang` and `text_normalization` are carried in `extra_params`; the client does this for `--model-version 2.5`.
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/indextts2/speech_client.py \
 4B dual-AR TTS at 44.1 kHz. Server uses the DAC codec.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 ```bash
 pip install fish-speech
 ```
@@ -237,14 +245,17 @@ export VLLM_OMNI_FISH_KVCACHE_ATTN=0
 ```
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve fishaudio/s2-pro --omni --port 8091
 # or:
 ./fish_speech/run_server.sh
 ```
+
 The deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/fish_qwen3_omni.yaml` (the HF `model_type` on the fishaudio checkpoint is `fish_qwen3_omni`).
 
 ### Voice cloning
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -257,6 +268,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ```
 
 ### CLI client
+
 ```bash
 cd examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/fish_speech
 python speech_client.py --text "Hello, how are you?"
@@ -264,12 +276,14 @@ python speech_client.py --text "Hello world" --stream --output output.pcm
 ```
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 ./fish_speech/run_gradio_demo.sh             # launches server + Gradio
 python fish_speech/gradio_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8091  # if server already running
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output: 44.1 kHz mono.
 - Streaming PCM player command must use `-r 44100`.
 
@@ -280,10 +294,13 @@ python fish_speech/gradio_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8091  # if server
 Dense 0.5B two-stage TTS served through `/v1/audio/speech`. Ming uses the standard speech endpoint plus structured controls in `instructions`, `voice`, `language`, `ref_audio`, `ref_text`, and `speaker_embedding`.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/run_server.sh
 ```
+
 Equivalent manual command:
+
 ```bash
 vllm-omni serve inclusionAI/Ming-omni-tts-0.5B \
     --deploy-config vllm_omni/deploy/ming_tts.yaml \
@@ -292,12 +309,14 @@ vllm-omni serve inclusionAI/Ming-omni-tts-0.5B \
 ```
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
     --text "你好，这是 Ming 在线语音合成测试。"
 ```
 
 Structured dialect control:
+
 ```bash
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
     --text "我觉得社会企业同个人都有责任" \
@@ -306,6 +325,7 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 Zero-shot cloning:
+
 ```bash
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
     --text "我们的愿景是构建未来服务业的数字化基础设施，为世界带来更多微小而美好的改变。" \
@@ -314,6 +334,7 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - `run_curl.sh` keeps a small sanity subset; use the Ming README for the broader request cookbook.
 - Online serving is speech-shaped today; music-only `bgm` and text-to-audio `tta` remain offline examples.
 - Full request details live in [`ming_tts/README.md`](ming_tts/README.md).
@@ -325,11 +346,14 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 Standalone talker-only deployment of Ming-flash-omni-2.0. Voice is controlled through caption text passed via `instructions`.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 # from repo root
 bash examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/run_server.sh
 ```
+
 Equivalent manual command:
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve Jonathan1909/Ming-flash-omni-2.0 \
     --deploy-config vllm_omni/deploy/ming_flash_omni_tts.yaml \
@@ -338,6 +362,7 @@ vllm serve Jonathan1909/Ming-flash-omni-2.0 \
 ```
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/speech_client.py \
     --text "我们当迎着阳光辛勤耕作，去摘取，去制作，去品尝，去馈赠。" \
@@ -345,6 +370,7 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/speech_client.
 ```
 
 ASMR-style caption via `instructions`:
+
 ```bash
 python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/speech_client.py \
     --text "我会一直在这里陪着你，直到你慢慢、慢慢地沉入那个最温柔的梦里……好吗？" \
@@ -353,6 +379,7 @@ python examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/speech_client.
 ```
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Server uses `use_zero_spk_emb=True` and the cookbook decode defaults (`max_decode_steps=200`, `cfg=2.0`, `sigma=0.25`, `temperature=0.0`). For other caption fields (`语速`, `基频`, `IP`, BGM, etc.) or overriding decode args, use the offline example where `additional_information` is set explicitly.
 - This is the online counterpart of [`examples/offline_inference/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/`](../../offline_inference/text_to_speech/ming_flash_omni_tts/).
 - For multimodal Ming-flash-omni online serving, see [`examples/online_serving/ming_flash_omni/`](../../ming_flash_omni/).
@@ -366,14 +393,17 @@ Single-stage 0.1B AR LM + MOSS-Audio-Tokenizer-Nano codec at 48 kHz mono. Every
 > The OpenAI-schema `voice` and `ref_text` fields are accepted but ignored — `voice_clone` does not consume a transcript, and upstream's `continuation` mode (the only path that accepts `prompt_text`) emits near-silent output, so it is not exposed here. Sample reference clips ship in the upstream repo under [`assets/audio/`](https://github.com/OpenMOSS/MOSS-TTS-Nano/tree/main/assets/audio).
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve OpenMOSS-Team/MOSS-TTS-Nano --omni --port 8091
 # or:
 ./moss_tts_nano/run_server.sh
 ```
+
 The deploy config at `vllm_omni/deploy/moss_tts_nano.yaml` auto-loads; no `--deploy-config`, `--trust-remote-code`, or `--enforce-eager` flags are needed.
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # One-off fetch of a sample reference clip; cache under XDG_CACHE_HOME.
 REF_DIR="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/moss-tts-nano"
@@ -392,6 +422,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ```
 
 ### Streaming PCM
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -405,6 +436,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ```
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 # Option 1: launch server + Gradio together
 ./moss_tts_nano/run_gradio_demo.sh
@@ -412,9 +444,11 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 # Option 2: server already running
 python moss_tts_nano/gradio_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8091
 ```
-Then open http://localhost:7860 in your browser.
+
+Then open <http://localhost:7860> in your browser.
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Output is 48 kHz mono PCM (the upstream tokenizer is internally stereo at 48 kHz; the wrapper averages to mono before reaching the engine).
 - Standard `/v1/audio/speech` request shape: `input`, `ref_audio` (base64 data URL), `response_format`, `stream`, `max_new_tokens`. The `voice` and `ref_text` fields from the OpenAI schema are accepted but ignored.
 
@@ -425,12 +459,15 @@ Then open http://localhost:7860 in your browser.
 Zero-shot multilingual TTS (600+ languages). Online serving currently exposes **auto voice** only; voice cloning and voice design are available offline.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 ```bash
 huggingface-cli download k2-fsa/OmniVoice
 ```
+
 Voice cloning (offline) needs `transformers>=5.3.0`; auto voice works with `transformers>=4.57.0`.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve k2-fsa/OmniVoice --omni --port 8091 --trust-remote-code
 # or:
@@ -438,6 +475,7 @@ vllm serve k2-fsa/OmniVoice --omni --port 8091 --trust-remote-code
 ```
 
 ### CLI client
+
 ```bash
 cd examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/omnivoice
 # Text-only (auto voice)
@@ -463,13 +501,12 @@ python speech_client.py --text "Hello, how are you?" --seed 42
 
 The client supports `--api-base`, `--model`, `--text`, `--response-format`, `--language`, `--voice`, `--ref-audio`, `--ref-text`, `--instructions`, `--seed`, and `--output`.
 
-
 ## Qwen3-TTS
 
 Three model variants exposed via separate checkpoints:
 
 | Variant | HF repo | Use |
-|---|---|---|
+| --- | --- | --- |
 | CustomVoice | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice` | Predefined speakers (`vivian`, `ryan`, …) with optional style instructions |
 | VoiceDesign | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign` | Natural-language voice style description |
 | Base | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base` | Voice cloning from a reference audio |
@@ -477,6 +514,7 @@ Three model variants exposed via separate checkpoints:
 Each variant ships smaller `0.6B` companions where available.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice --omni --port 8091
 # or:
@@ -486,11 +524,13 @@ vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice --omni --port 8091
 ```
 
 ### Executor backend
+
 Single-GPU serves now default to the uniproc executor (lower IPC overhead, the Base cloning use case from [#2603](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/issues/2603) / [#2604](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/pull/2604)). `vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml` is the only Qwen3-TTS deploy config; pass `--deploy-config <path>` to override.
 
 To opt out of chunked streaming, pass `--no-async-chunk` — the pipeline auto-dispatches to the end-to-end codec processor.
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # CustomVoice with a predefined speaker
 python qwen3_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
@@ -516,7 +556,9 @@ python qwen3_tts/openai_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 ### Voices endpoint
+
 List available voices, or upload a custom one for Base cloning:
+
 ```bash
 # List
 curl http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices
@@ -529,10 +571,18 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/voices \
     -F "ref_text=The exact transcript of the audio sample." \
     -F "speaker_description=warm narrator"
 ```
-Uploaded voices are then usable as `voice="custom_voice_1"` on subsequent requests.
+
+For Qwen3-TTS, uploaded voices are Base voice-cloning inputs and require a Base
+checkpoint. When a request names an uploaded voice, the server infers
+`task_type="Base"`. Built-in presets such as `vivian` and `ryan` remain
+CustomVoice speakers and require a CustomVoice checkpoint.
 
 ### Precomputed custom voices
-For reused Base voice-cloning speakers, precompute the reference artifacts once and load them at server startup:
+
+For reused Base voice-cloning speakers, precompute the reference artifacts once
+and load them at server startup. Precomputed voices use the same Base task and
+checkpoint-matching rules as uploaded voices:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --model Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base \
@@ -542,11 +592,15 @@ python qwen3_tts/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --mode icl \
     --output-dir /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 `--mode icl` stores both `speaker_embedding` and `ref_code`; `--mode xvec` stores only the speaker embedding. Add the output directory to a deploy config:
+
 ```yaml
 custom_voice_dir: /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 Then start the server with that config and call the Speech API with only the voice name:
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base --omni --deploy-config /path/to/qwen3_tts_custom_voice.yaml
 
@@ -557,6 +611,7 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
 ```
 
 ### Streaming PCM
+
 ```bash
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -569,16 +624,20 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8091/v1/audio/speech \
         "response_format": "pcm"
     }' --no-buffer | play -t raw -r 24000 -e signed -b 16 -c 1 -
 ```
+
 Raw PCM streaming requires `stream_format="audio"`, `response_format="pcm"`, and `async_chunk: true` in the deploy config (default in `qwen3_tts.yaml`). `speed` is not supported when streaming.
 
 ### Streaming WebSocket
+
 The `/v1/audio/speech/stream` endpoint accepts text incrementally and synthesizes the buffered text as one continuous request on `input.done`:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py --text "Hello world. How are you? I am fine."
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py --text "..." --simulate-stt --stt-delay 0.1
 ```
 
 `input.done` flushes without closing, so repeating `--text` synthesizes several utterances over one connection:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py \
     --text "First utterance." \
@@ -586,6 +645,7 @@ python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py \
 ```
 
 To receive word-level timestamps, launch the server with a forced aligner:
+
 ```bash
 vllm-omni serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice \
     --omni \
@@ -593,7 +653,9 @@ vllm-omni serve Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice \
     --trust-remote-code \
     --forced-aligner Qwen/Qwen3-ForcedAligner-0.6B
 ```
+
 Then request PCM JSON sidecar chunks:
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py \
     --text "Hello world. How are you?" \
@@ -601,6 +663,7 @@ python qwen3_tts/streaming_speech_client.py \
     --response-format pcm \
     --word-timestamps
 ```
+
 The client writes one PCM file per sentence and a matching
 `sentence_XXX_timestamps.json` sidecar.
 
@@ -613,15 +676,18 @@ still returns — use the WebSocket path for long transcripts.
 
 To *see* the alignment instead of reading a JSON sidecar, run the
 word-timestamp Gradio demo (server must be launched with `--forced-aligner`):
+
 ```bash
 python qwen3_tts/word_timestamps_demo.py --api-base http://localhost:8091
 ```
+
 Each sentence's audio plays in an `<audio>` element while its text is rendered
 as inline word spans; the current word highlights as `audio.currentTime`
 crosses each `start_ms`. The **Stop (barge-in)** button cuts playback and
 reports the last-spoken word, useful for the voice-agent barge-in case.
 
 ### Gradio demos
+
 ```bash
 ./qwen3_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh                              # CustomVoice (default)
 ./qwen3_tts/run_gradio_demo.sh --task-type VoiceDesign
@@ -629,12 +695,15 @@ reports the last-spoken word, useful for the voice-agent barge-in case.
 ```
 
 ### Speaker embedding interpolation
+
 `qwen3_tts/speaker_embedding_interpolation.py` blends two predefined speakers' embeddings to produce intermediate voices. See the script for usage.
 
 ### Batch client
+
 `qwen3_tts/batch_speech_client.py` issues many concurrent requests for throughput measurement.
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Base voice cloning has uniproc-vs-mp tradeoffs depending on per-request reference audio cost; see the executor-backend section above.
 - With async chunking, Qwen3-TTS Base voice cloning sends the full reference context in the first Code2Wav packet, then caches that prefix on the Code2Wav stage for follow-up chunks in the same request.
 - `vllm_omni/deploy/qwen3_tts.yaml` is the default deploy config (loaded by HF `model_type`); per-stage runtime overrides are available via `--stage-N-<field> <value>`.
@@ -646,12 +715,15 @@ reports the last-spoken word, useful for the voice-agent barge-in case.
 Single-stage native AR TTS at 48 kHz.
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve openbmb/VoxCPM2 --omni --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
 ```
+
 Deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/voxcpm2.yaml`. Pass `--deploy-config <path>` to override or `--stage-N-<field> <value>` for per-stage runtime tweaks.
 
 ### Sending requests
+
 ```bash
 # Zero-shot synthesis
 python voxcpm2/openai_speech_client.py --text "Hello, this is VoxCPM2."
@@ -661,10 +733,13 @@ python voxcpm2/openai_speech_client.py \
     --text "This should sound like the reference speaker." \
     --ref-audio /path/to/reference.wav
 ```
+
 The `ref_audio` field accepts local file paths (auto-base64), HTTP URLs, or `data:audio/wav;base64,...` data URIs.
 
 ### Precomputed custom voices
+
 For repeated VoxCPM2 speakers, precompute the prompt cache and load it through `custom_voice_dir`:
+
 ```bash
 python voxcpm2/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --model openbmb/VoxCPM2 \
@@ -674,16 +749,21 @@ python voxcpm2/precompute_custom_voice.py \
     --prompt-text "Original transcript of the reference audio" \
     --output-dir /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 Add the output directory to the deploy config:
+
 ```yaml
 custom_voice_dir: /path/to/custom_voices
 ```
+
 After startup, `/v1/audio/voices` lists `alice`, and `/v1/audio/speech` can use `voice="alice"` without sending `ref_audio`.
 
 ### Gradio demo (gapless streaming via AudioWorklet)
+
 ```bash
 python voxcpm2/gradio_demo.py
 ```
+
 Uses an AudioWorklet-based player adapted from the Qwen3-TTS demo for gap-free playback. Raw PCM audio is streamed from the OpenAI Speech endpoint with `stream=true` and `stream_format="audio"`.
 
 ---
@@ -693,24 +773,31 @@ Uses an AudioWorklet-based player adapted from the Qwen3-TTS demo for gap-free p
 Voxtral-4B-TTS (Mistral). Uses the `mistral_common` `SpeechRequest` protocol; voice presets are model-specific.
 
 ### Prerequisites
+
 Latest `mistral_common` with `SpeechRequest` support:
+
 ```bash
 pip install -e /path/to/mistral-common  # or upgrade from PyPI when available
 ```
 
 ### Launch
+
 ```bash
 vllm serve mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603 --omni --port 8091
 ```
+
 Deploy config auto-loads from `vllm_omni/deploy/voxtral_tts.yaml`.
 
 ### Gradio demo
+
 ```bash
 python voxtral_tts/gradio_demo.py
 ```
+
 The demo handles voice-preset selection and reference-audio upload. `voxtral_tts/text_preprocess.py` provides the text-normalization helpers used by the demo (also available for other clients).
 
 ### Notes
+
 - Voice presets are listed on the HF model card (`mistralai/Voxtral-4B-TTS-2603`).
 - Voice cloning is gated upstream and may require a recent `mistral_common`.
 - A standalone CLI client is not yet shipped; the gradio demo is the canonical reference for now.

examples/online_serving/text_to_speech/qwen3_tts/openai_speech_client.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+
 """OpenAI-compatible client for Qwen3-TTS via /v1/audio/speech endpoint.
 
 This script demonstrates how to use the OpenAI-compatible speech API
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ def run_tts_generation(args) -> None:
         "voice": args.speaker,
         "response_format": args.response_format,
     }
+    if args.sample_rate is not None:
+        payload["sample_rate"] = args.sample_rate
 
     # Add optional parameters
     if args.instructions:
@@ -246,6 +251,13 @@ def parse_args():
         choices=["wav", "mp3", "flac", "pcm", "aac", "opus"],
         help="Audio output format (default: wav)",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--sample-rate",
+        type=int,
+        default=None,
+        choices=[8000, 24000],
+        help="Output sample rate in Hz (default: model native)",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--output",
         "-o",

pyproject.toml

@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ addopts = [
     "--dist=loadgroup"
 ]
 markers = [
-    # ci/cd required
-    "core_model: L1&L2 tests (run in each PR)",
-    "advanced_model: L3 level tests (run on each merge)",
-    "full_model: L4 level tests (run nightly)",
-    "local_model: tests (run locally)",
+    # ci/cd required — tag with [ci-level] for tests.helpers.mark.get_level_markers().
+    "core_model: [ci-level] L1&L2 tests (run in each PR)",
+    "advanced_model: [ci-level] L3 level tests (run on each merge)",
+    "full_model: [ci-level] L4 level tests (run nightly)",
+    "local_model: [ci-level] tests (run locally)",
     # function module markers
     "diffusion: Diffusion model tests",
     "omni: Omni model tests",
@@ -262,38 +262,41 @@ markers = [
     "sp: Sequence parallelism tests",
     "example: Doc example code tests",
     # platform markers
-    "cpu: Tests that run on CPU",
-    "gpu: Tests that run on GPU (auto-added)",
-    "cuda: Tests that run on CUDA (auto-added)",
-    "rocm: Tests that run on AMD/ROCm (auto-added)",
-    "xpu: Tests that run on XPU (auto-added)",
-    "npu: Tests that run on NPU/Ascend (auto-added)",
-    "musa: Tests that run on MUSA/Moore Threads (auto-added)",
+    # Tag with [hardware-platform] for tests.helpers.mark.get_supported_platforms().
+    # Add [gpu] on accelerator platforms that should also get pytest.mark.gpu.
+    # cpu/gpu are pytest marks; hardware_test(res=...) rejects them as keys.
+    "cpu: [hardware-platform] Tests that run on CPU",
+    "gpu: [hardware-platform] Tests that run on GPU (auto-added)",
+    "cuda: [hardware-platform] [gpu] Tests that run on CUDA (auto-added)",
+    "rocm: [hardware-platform] [gpu] Tests that run on AMD/ROCm (auto-added)",
+    "xpu: [hardware-platform] [gpu] Tests that run on XPU (auto-added)",
+    "npu: [hardware-platform] Tests that run on NPU/Ascend (auto-added)",
+    "musa: [hardware-platform] [gpu] Tests that run on MUSA/Moore Threads (auto-added)",
     # specified computation resources marks (auto-added)
-    # Tag with [hardware-resource] for tests.helpers.mark.get_hardware_mark_list().
-    "H100: [hardware-resource] Tests that require H100 GPU",
-    "H800: [hardware-resource] Tests that require H800 GPU",
-    "H200: [hardware-resource] Tests that require H200 GPU",
-    "L4: [hardware-resource] Tests that require L4 GPU",
-    "B200: [hardware-resource] Tests that require B200 GPU",
-    "MI325: [hardware-resource] Tests that require MI325 GPU (AMD/ROCm)",
-    "B60: [hardware-resource] Tests that require Intel Arc Pro B60 XPU",
-    "S5000: [hardware-resource] Tests that require S5000 GPU (Moore Threads/MUSA)",
-    "A2: [hardware-resource] Tests that require A2 NPU",
-    "A3: [hardware-resource] Tests that require A3 NPU",
-    "distributed_cuda: Tests that require multi cards on CUDA platform",
-    "distributed_rocm: Tests that require multi cards on ROCm platform",
-    "distributed_xpu: Tests that require multi cards on XPU platform",
-    "distributed_npu: Tests that require multi cards on NPU platform",
-    "distributed_musa: Tests that require multi cards on MUSA platform",
-    "skipif_cuda: Skip if the num of CUDA cards is less than the required",
-    "skipif_rocm: Skip if the num of ROCm cards is less than the required",
-    "skipif_xpu: Skip if the num of XPU cards is less than the required",
-    "skipif_npu: Skip if the num of NPU cards is less than the required",
-    "skipif_musa: Skip if the num of MUSA cards is less than the required",
+    # [hardware-resource] + [cuda]/[rocm]/[xpu]/[npu]/[musa] for hardware_test(res=...).
+    # Do not put [gpu] on SKU lines: that would make gpu a res key.
+    "H100: [hardware-resource] [cuda] Tests that require H100 GPU",
+    "H800: [hardware-resource] [cuda] Tests that require H800 GPU",
+    "H200: [hardware-resource] [cuda] Tests that require H200 GPU",
+    "L4: [hardware-resource] [cuda] Tests that require L4 GPU",
+    "B200: [hardware-resource] [cuda] Tests that require B200 GPU",
+    "MI325: [hardware-resource] [rocm] Tests that require MI325 GPU (AMD/ROCm)",
+    "B60: [hardware-resource] [xpu] Tests that require Intel Arc Pro B60 XPU",
+    "S5000: [hardware-resource] [musa] Tests that require S5000 GPU (Moore Threads/MUSA)",
+    "A2: [hardware-resource] [npu] Tests that require A2 NPU",
+    "A3: [hardware-resource] [npu] Tests that require A3 NPU",
+    # Tag with [hardware-cards] for tests.helpers.mark.get_supported_card_counts().
+    "cards_1: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 1 accelerator card",
+    "cards_2: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 2 accelerator cards",
+    "cards_3: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 3 accelerator cards",
+    "cards_4: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 4 accelerator cards",
+    "cards_5: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 5 accelerator cards",
+    "cards_6: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 6 accelerator cards",
+    "cards_7: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 7 accelerator cards",
+    "cards_8: [hardware-cards] Tests that require 8 accelerator cards",
     # more detailed markers
     "sp: Sequence parallelism tests (multi-GPU)",
-    "slow: Slow tests (may skip in quick CI)",
+    "slow: [ci-level] Slow tests (may skip in quick CI)",
     "benchmark: Benchmark tests",
     "xdist: xdist-parallelizable tests",
 ]

recipes/Boogu/Boogu-Image.md

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # Boogu-Image
 
-> Text-to-image and image-editing online serving (Boogu-Image-0.1-Base / -Edit)
+> Text-to-image and image-editing online serving
+(Boogu-Image-0.1-Base / -Edit / -Edit-Turbo)
 
 ## Summary
 
 - Vendor: Boogu
-- Model: `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base` (text-to-image), `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit` (image editing)
+- Model: `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base` (text-to-image),
+  `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit` (image editing), and
+  `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo` (four-step image editing)
 - Task: Text-to-image generation and text-guided image editing (TI2I)
 - Mode: Online serving with the OpenAI-compatible API
 - Maintainer: Community
@@ -13,28 +16,33 @@
 ## When to use this recipe
 
 Use this recipe when you want a known-good starting point for serving
-`Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base` with vLLM-Omni's native pipeline (no
+`Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base`, `Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit`, or
+`Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo` with vLLM-Omni's native pipeline (no
 `--diffusion-load-format diffusers`, and the upstream `boogu` package is not
 required).
 
 Boogu-Image-0.1 is an Apache-2.0 unified image generation and editing model
-family. This recipe covers the Base text-to-image checkpoint, which pairs a
-Qwen3-VL multimodal encoder with a Diffusion Transformer (DiT) and a flow-match
-Euler scheduler with time-shift. It handles photorealistic generation and
-Chinese/English text rendering.
+family. The Base text-to-image checkpoint pairs a Qwen3-VL multimodal encoder
+with a Diffusion Transformer (DiT) and a flow-match Euler scheduler with
+time-shift. It handles photorealistic generation and Chinese/English text
+rendering. The Edit and Edit-Turbo checkpoints use the same native
+`BooguImagePipeline` for image editing.
 
 ## References
 
 - Upstream model card: <https://huggingface.co/Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base>
+- Edit model card: <https://huggingface.co/Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit>
+- Edit-Turbo 1K hotfix: <https://huggingface.co/Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo/tree/hotfix-1k-20260708>
 - Project page: <https://boogu.org>
 - GitHub: <https://github.com/boogu-project/Boogu-Image>
 - Related example: [`examples/online_serving/text_to_image/`](../../examples/online_serving/text_to_image/README.md)
 
 ## Hardware Support
 
-This recipe documents tested configurations for CUDA GPU serving. The native
-pipeline runs single-GPU; multi-GPU parallelism, CPU offload, and cache
-acceleration are not yet supported for this model (see Notes).
+This recipe documents supported configurations for CUDA GPU serving. The native
+pipeline supports single-GPU inference and classifier-free-guidance (CFG)
+parallelism. CPU offload, cache acceleration, and other multi-GPU dimensions
+remain unsupported (see Notes).
 
 ## GPU
 
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
 - **Memory usage:** ~34.6 GiB on GPU. Use `--vae-use-slicing --vae-use-tiling`
   to trim peak VRAM if needed.
 - **Key flags:**
-  - `--omni` — enables vLLM-Omni diffusion serving.
+    - `--omni` — enables vLLM-Omni diffusion serving.
 - **Guidance:** Boogu-Image uses `guidance_scale` (mapped to the upstream
   `text_guidance_scale`); the default is `4.0`. Classifier-free guidance is
   active whenever `guidance_scale > 1.0`.
@@ -101,8 +109,24 @@ curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
   The model's maximum native resolution is 2K.
 - **Known limitations (not yet supported):** CPU offload
   (`--enable-cpu-offload` / `--enable-layerwise-offload`), Cache-DiT
-  (`--cache-backend cache_dit`), and multi-GPU parallelism (TP / SP / CFG /
-  HSDP) are planned follow-ups and are not validated for this model yet.
+  (`--cache-backend cache_dit`), and TP / SP / HSDP multi-GPU parallelism.
+
+### 2 x H100 (CFG parallel, Base T2I)
+
+Base T2I has two predictions per guided denoising step, so two CFG ranks map
+one-to-one to the positive and negative-text branches:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Base \
+  --omni \
+  --cfg-parallel-size 2 \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+Use `guidance_scale > 1.0` to activate the parallel two-branch path. Requests
+with `guidance_scale=1.0` remain valid on the same server: every rank evaluates
+only the positive branch, no negative embeddings are built, and no guidance is
+applied.
 
 ## Image editing (Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit)
 
@@ -111,13 +135,40 @@ the image-editing (TI2I) path activates automatically when a request carries a
 reference image. The Base text-to-image path is unaffected (no reference image
 is sent).
 
-#### Command
+### Command
 
 ```bash
 vllm serve Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit --omni --port 8091
 ```
 
-#### Verification
+For text-only or image-only guidance, use two CFG ranks:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit \
+  --omni \
+  --cfg-parallel-size 2 \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+Double guidance has three predictions per denoising step. It supports either
+two ranks (round-robin assignment: rank 0 runs branches 0 and 2) or three ranks
+(one branch per rank):
+
+```bash
+# Practical two-GPU configuration
+vllm serve Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit \
+  --omni \
+  --cfg-parallel-size 2 \
+  --port 8091
+
+# Maximum branch parallelism
+vllm serve Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit \
+  --omni \
+  --cfg-parallel-size 3 \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+### Verification
 
 Edit an image with `/v1/images/edits` (the model-card example — change a photo
 to a colored-pencil drawing). Diffusion parameters are plain multipart form
@@ -157,24 +208,126 @@ curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
   }' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content[0].image_url.url' | cut -d',' -f2- | base64 -d > edited.png
 ```
 
-#### Notes
+### Notes
 
 - **Single reference image:** only one input image is supported for now (the
   upstream "Only support 1 reference image for now" limit).
 - **Guidance semantics:**
-  - `guidance_scale` = text guidance (upstream `text_guidance_scale`, default
+    - `guidance_scale` = text guidance (upstream `text_guidance_scale`, default
     `4.0`); `> 1.0` enables text CFG. Editing typically uses `5.0`.
-  - `guidance_scale_2` = image guidance (upstream `image_guidance_scale`,
+    - `guidance_scale_2` = image guidance (upstream `image_guidance_scale`,
     default `1.0` = off). Setting it `> 1.0` enables the double-guidance path
     (3 model predictions per step), steering more strongly toward the reference
     image.
+- **CFG-size recommendations:**
+
+  | Request mode | Scales | Predictions per step | Recommended CFG size |
+  | --- | --- | ---: | ---: |
+  | Base T2I text guidance | `guidance_scale > 1`, no reference | 2 | 2 |
+  | Edit text-only guidance | `guidance_scale > 1`, `guidance_scale_2 = 1` | 2 | 2 |
+  | Edit image-only guidance | `guidance_scale = 1`, `guidance_scale_2 > 1` | 2 | 2 |
+  | Edit double guidance | both scales `> 1` | 3 | 2 (practical) or 3 (maximum parallelism) |
+  | CFG off | both scales `= 1` | 1 | Reuse a size-2 server safely; no speedup expected |
+
+  Double guidance preserves Boogu's original combination:
+
+  ```text
+  pred = positive_with_reference
+       + (text_scale - 1) * (positive_with_reference - negative_with_reference)
+       + (image_scale - 1) * (negative_with_reference - uncond)
+  ```
 - **Output resolution:** the output size follows the reference image (upstream
   `align_res`, on by default for a single reference), so `height`/`width` are
   derived from the input and requested sizes are not applied for edits.
-- **Same limitations** as the Base checkpoint apply (no CPU offload, Cache-DiT,
-  or multi-GPU parallelism yet).
+- **Same limitations** as the Base checkpoint apply except that CFG parallelism
+  is supported as described above; CPU offload, Cache-DiT, TP, SP, and HSDP are
+  still unsupported.
 - **Offline editing:** the shared offline example
   [`examples/offline_inference/image_to_image/image_edit.py`](../../examples/offline_inference/image_to_image/image_to_image.md)
   supports Boogu-Image-Edit directly
   (`--model Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit --guidance-scale 5.0`, optional
   `--guidance-scale-2`).
+
+## Fast image editing (Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo)
+
+Edit-Turbo is the distilled image-editing checkpoint. Its `model_index.json`
+declares `BooguImagePipeline`, so it uses the same native TI2I path as Edit.
+The upstream 1K hotfix is recommended for stable results and is pinned below
+to avoid silently loading the older checkpoint from the repository's default
+revision.
+
+### Command
+
+```bash
+vllm serve Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo \
+  --omni \
+  --revision hotfix-1k-20260708 \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+### Verification
+
+Edit an image with the distilled four-step settings:
+
+```bash
+curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/images/edits \
+  -F model="Boogu/Boogu-Image-0.1-Edit-Turbo" \
+  -F image="@input.png" \
+  -F prompt="Change the style to a colored pencil drawing." \
+  -F num_inference_steps=4 \
+  -F guidance_scale=1.0 \
+  -F seed=42 \
+  | jq -r '.data[0].b64_json' | base64 -d > edited-turbo.png
+```
+
+Or via chat completions:
+
+```bash
+curl -s http://localhost:8091/v1/chat/completions \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{
+    "messages": [
+      {"role": "user", "content": [
+        {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,<BASE64>"}},
+        {"type": "text", "text": "Change the style to a colored pencil drawing."}
+      ]}
+    ],
+    "extra_body": {
+      "num_inference_steps": 4,
+      "guidance_scale": 1.0,
+      "seed": 42
+    }
+  }' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content[0].image_url.url' | cut -d',' -f2- | base64 -d > edited-turbo.png
+```
+
+### Notes
+
+- **Pinned revision:** use `hotfix-1k-20260708`; upstream recommends the 1K
+  hotfix over the 1.5K variant for more stable results.
+- **Recommended settings:** `num_inference_steps=4` and
+  `guidance_scale=1.0`. Edit-Turbo is guidance-distilled, meaning the guidance
+  behavior is already baked into the distilled checkpoint. A scale of `1.0`
+  avoids applying additional classifier-free guidance; unlike the regular Edit
+  checkpoint, it should not be increased to `5.0`.
+- **Reference images:** the same single-reference and `align_res` behavior as
+  the regular Edit checkpoint applies.
+- **Known limitations:** the same single-GPU limitations as Base and Edit apply;
+  CPU offload, Cache-DiT, and multi-GPU parallelism are not yet validated.
+
+## Performance validation
+
+The checked-in single-device A40 measurements remain the current Boogu
+baseline: Base T2I is about 16.37 s request latency at concurrency 1 and Edit
+text-only guidance is about 29.64 s for 512x512, 28-step requests, with roughly
+36.8 GB peak memory. CFG-parallel A/B numbers must be collected on the same
+hardware and software revision before reporting a speedup; do not compare a
+multi-GPU result against these A40 numbers as if it were a controlled A/B.
+
+Run the dedicated perf rows in
+`tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_boogu_image_vllm_omni.json` and
+`tests/dfx/perf/tests/test_boogu_image_edit_vllm_omni.json` on 2x/3x H100, then
+record latency, throughput, and per-GPU peak memory beside the single-device
+run. The expected shape is close to the general CFG-parallel range (roughly
+1.5x-1.8x for balanced two-branch workloads); the three-branch Edit result will
+depend on whether two-rank round-robin or full three-rank execution is used and
+must be reported from measurement rather than assumed.

recipes/Microsoft/Mage-VL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Mage-VL
+
+> Codec-native image/video understanding plus proactive full-duplex streaming.
+
+## Summary
+
+- Vendor: Microsoft
+- Model: [`microsoft/Mage-VL`](https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Mage-VL)
+- Task: Image understanding, video understanding, codec-native video understanding,
+  and event-gated streaming commentary
+- Mode: Full-duplex WebSocket server and session adapter in
+  `vllm_omni/experimental/fullduplex/mage_vl`
+- Maintainer: Community
+
+## Status
+
+This experimental integration provides the Mage-VL adapter contract: bounded causal
+visual windows, codec-window input, rolling gate evaluation, explicit query handling,
+per-session state isolation, and stale-output cancellation through the shared
+full-duplex runtime.
+
+The production transport exposes `WebSocket /v1/mage-vl/duplex`, with bearer-token
+authentication, bounded concurrent sessions and message sizes, idle timeouts,
+disconnect cancellation, per-session state cleanup, and serialized access to the
+shared Transformers checkpoint. Native vLLM model execution remains follow-up work.
+
+The default `frames` backend uses decoded frames and has no codec preprocessing
+requirement. The optional `codec` backend requires `ffmpeg` and `ffprobe`, plus the
+`cv-preinfer` executable provided by `codec-video-prep>=0.2.5`, on `PATH`. Server
+startup fails with an actionable error when `cv-preinfer` is unavailable; use
+`--video-backend frames` when codec preprocessing is not installed.
+
+## Serving
+
+```bash
+python -m vllm_omni.experimental.fullduplex.mage_vl.serving.server \
+  --model microsoft/Mage-VL --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8090 \
+  --auth-token "$MAGE_VL_API_KEY" --max-sessions 32 \
+  --video-backend frames --num-frames 8 --target-fps 1 \
+  --gate-threshold 0.5 --attn-impl sdpa
+
+python examples/online_serving/mage_vl/duplex_client.py \
+  --url ws://127.0.0.1:8090/v1/mage-vl/duplex \
+  --auth-token "$MAGE_VL_API_KEY" \
+  --video /path/to/segment.mp4 \
+  --prompt "Describe this video segment in detail."
+```
+
+Each input window is a JSON `input.append` event whose `data.data.video_base64`
+contains an MP4 segment. A text `input.append` before the video requests an explicit
+answer; without text, the StreamMind gate decides whether to respond proactively.
+The server emits `session.created`, `response.created`, one or more
+`response.delta`, and `response.done` events. Clients can send `response.cancel` for
+barge-in and `close` for graceful shutdown.
+
+The adapter can still be wired to another backend through `--adapter module:factory`,
+including:
+
+- a Transformers `trust_remote_code=True` backend for offline/local testing;
+- the model author's SGLang-compatible serving path;
+- a future native vLLM `mage_vl` backend.
+
+## Adapter Shape
+
+```python
+from vllm_omni.experimental.fullduplex.core.session import DuplexSession, DuplexSessionConfig
+from vllm_omni.experimental.fullduplex.mage_vl import MageVLDuplexAdapter, MageVLDuplexRuntime
+
+
+adapter = MageVLDuplexAdapter(gate=run_mage_gate, generate=run_mage_decoder)
+session = DuplexSession(
+    "stream-1",
+    DuplexSessionConfig(
+        input_modalities=("codec_window", "video", "image", "text"),
+        output_modalities=("text",),
+        proactive=True,
+    ),
+)
+runtime = MageVLDuplexRuntime(session, adapter)
+await runtime.run(input_events, emit_event)
+```
+
+Input events use the shared full-duplex protocol. For decoded video/image, pass the frame
+payload directly. For codec-native streaming, pass `modality="codec_window"` and include
+fields such as `segment_id`, `pts_ms`, `duration_ms`, `codec`, and `metadata`.
+
+```python
+{
+    "type": "input.append",
+    "modality": "codec_window",
+    "data": {
+        "kind": "h264",
+        "segment_id": "seg-42",
+        "pts_ms": 42000,
+        "duration_ms": 1000,
+        "codec": {
+            "motion_vectors": ...,
+            "residual_energy": ...,
+        },
+        "metadata": {"gop": "P"},
+    },
+}
+```
+
+The gate callable receives the current rolling window and returns either a
+`MageVLGateDecision`, a mapping with `should_respond` / `text` / `event_id`, a bool, or
+a text string. Repeated `event_id` values are de-duplicated at the session adapter.
+
+## Verification
+
+```bash
+pytest tests/e2e/features/fullduplex/test_mage_vl_adapter.py \
+  tests/examples/offline_inference/test_mage_vl.py
+```

recipes/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3.md

@@ -69,11 +69,12 @@ reference-video preparation and MP4 output.
 
 For CUDA and ROCm deployments, non-streaming MP4 responses are encoded on the
 host CPU through PyAV/libx264 after generation. The response encoder selects the
-path automatically at runtime: inputs with a supported frame shape, common dtype,
-and RGB per-channel contiguous layout use direct planar frames; other inputs
-fall back to the legacy path before the PyAV container is opened. No CLI flag,
-model declaration, or user configuration is required. Streaming fMP4 output is
-unchanged.
+path automatically at runtime. The server-owned parallel converter accepts
+supported frame shapes and dtypes with either per-channel-contiguous or strided
+RGB planes, including interleaved arrays materialized by output transport.
+Standalone callers without a parallel converter retain the legacy fallback for
+strided planes. No CLI flag, model declaration, or user configuration is
+required. Streaming fMP4 output is unchanged.
 
 A community benchmark on 2x Xeon 8480C reported the following comparison
 between the legacy and direct planar paths
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ steady-state latency. H3 is CFG-distilled, so `--cfg-parallel-size` must remain
 
 ### Attention Backends
 
-On datacenter Blackwell GPUs, MiniMax H3 defaults to dense BF16
+On supported datacenter Blackwell systems, MiniMax H3 defaults to dense BF16
 `TRTLLM_ATTN`; no attention backend flag is required. To select it explicitly,
 use:
 
@@ -297,17 +298,33 @@ FA4 remains available by explicitly selecting the `FLASH_ATTN` backend:
 --diffusion-attention-backend FLASH_ATTN
 ```
 
-On Blackwell, `FLASH_ATTN` selects FA4. Confirm the server log contains
-`Using CuTe FlashAttention-4 on Blackwell` before recording FA4 measurements.
+With the optional `[fa4]` dependency installed, `FLASH_ATTN` prefers FA4 on
+Blackwell. Confirm the server log contains `Using CuTe FlashAttention-4 on
+Blackwell` before recording FA4 measurements.
 
-`TRTLLM_ATTN` additionally supports two **lossy** optimizations for the long main
-DiT attention sequence: SAGE attention quantization and Skip-Softmax Sparse
-Attention. SAGE quantizes Q/K to the configured dtype and V to FP8. This example uses
-`fp8_e4m3` for Q/K; B200 also supports `int8` Q/K. The TRTLLM SAGE path fixes V
-to FP8, so vLLM-Omni only exposes the Q/K dtype. The token refiner is a short
-attention path, so the `per_role` override leaves SAGE and Skip-Softmax disabled
-for it. The example enables the calibration-free Skip-Softmax path with
-`threshold=0.05`, after the normalized timestep reaches `0.97`:
+`TRTLLM_ATTN` additionally offers two **lossy** optimizations for the long main
+DiT attention sequence: SAGE attention quantization and Skip-Softmax sparse
+attention. Both work under the pure Ulysses parallelism of the profile above
+(`--usp 4 --ring 1`). The example below enables both:
+
+- SAGE with `fp8_e4m3` Q/K; P and V are always FP8 in this kernel. B200
+  additionally supports `int8` Q/K, which preserves accuracy better than FP8.
+- Skip-Softmax with a direct `threshold=0.05` (the calibrated
+  `target_sparsity` control needs ModelOpt metadata that the official H3
+  checkpoint does not include). Together with the cutoff below this is a
+  **conservative** setting: a low threshold skips only clearly negligible tiles,
+  and a cutoff close to `1.0` leaves a substantial dense prefix. Raise
+  `threshold` or lower `disabled_until_timestep` for more speedup once quality
+  is verified.
+- `disabled_until_timestep=0.97` keeps the early high-noise steps dense. The
+  gate compares against the video sigma, which H3's default flow shift of 12
+  keeps high for much of the run: at 50 steps, `0.99`, `0.97`, and `0.95`
+  leave the first 6, 14, and 19 of 49 denoiser forwards dense. See the
+  [Skip-Softmax design](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/docs/design/feature/skip_softmax.md#timestep-gating)
+  for how the cutoff maps to steps.
+- A `per_role` entry that keeps the token refiner, a short attention path,
+  dense. A per-role spec does not inherit `quant` or `skip_softmax` from
+  `default`.
 
 ```bash
 --diffusion-attention-config '{
@@ -331,10 +348,13 @@ for it. The example enables the calibration-free Skip-Softmax path with
 }'
 ```
 
-For configuration details, see
-[TRTLLM_ATTN Backend and Skip-Softmax](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends.md#trtllm_attn-backend-and-skip-softmax)
+Both optimizations trade fidelity for speed and their effects compound.
+Compare against dense output on the same prompt and seed before adopting them.
+For the full key reference, see
+[Skip-Softmax](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/trtllm.md#skip-softmax)
 and
-[TRTLLM_ATTN SAGE Quantization](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends.md#trtllm_attn-sage-quantization).
+[SAGE quantization](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-omni/blob/main/docs/user_guide/diffusion/attention_backends/trtllm.md#sage-quantization)
+in the TRTLLM attention guide.
 
 ### Text encoder tensor parallelism
 
@@ -860,6 +880,143 @@ fixed HBM usage. Model-level and standard layerwise offload remain unsupported.
 The five requested sigma points produce the four denoiser evaluations expected
 by the Turbo artifact.
 
+### FlashGen native LoRA
+
+The FlashGen 4-step T2VA artifact uses the native MiniMax-H3 module layout and
+declares its distilled sigma schedule in safetensors metadata. It is published on
+[ModelScope](https://modelscope.cn/models/FlashGen/Minimax-H3-4step-lora-flashgen):
+
+```text
+FlashGen/Minimax-H3-4step-lora-flashgen/minimax_h3_t2va_flashgen_4step_v1.0_768p_bf16.safetensors
+```
+
+Download only that file:
+
+```bash
+python -m pip install modelscope
+export FLASHGEN_DIR=/path/to/minimax-h3-flashgen-lora
+export FLASHGEN_FILE=minimax_h3_t2va_flashgen_4step_v1.0_768p_bf16.safetensors
+modelscope download FlashGen/Minimax-H3-4step-lora-flashgen \
+  --local_dir "${FLASHGEN_DIR}" \
+  --include "${FLASHGEN_FILE}"
+export FLASHGEN_LORA="${FLASHGEN_DIR}/${FLASHGEN_FILE}"
+```
+
+Start from a non-offloaded or DLO FL2VA server command and add
+`--task-type fl2va --lora-backend peft --lora-path "${FLASHGEN_LORA}"`.
+Each request must use T2VA and the distilled interval-count contract:
+
+```bash
+-F 'num_inference_steps=4' \
+-F 'extra_params={"task":"t2va","duration":5.2}' \
+-F "lora={\"name\":\"h3-flashgen-v1.0\",\"path\":\"${FLASHGEN_LORA}\",\"scale\":1.0}"
+```
+
+This path rejects Ref2VA and checkpoints that already pin `base_schedule` in
+`model_index.json`. The adapter metadata carries
+`base_schedule=1.0,0.7,0.4,0.15,0.0`, so `num_inference_steps=4` means four
+denoiser evaluations, not five sigma points. Request-mode generation may omit
+the field and take the count from the adapter schedule; `--step-execution`
+requires it explicitly, because the step scheduler reads the total step count
+off the request at admission, before the adapter schedule is known.
+
+DLO is supported in request-mode generation on the same terms as the Turbo
+adapter: the request-switchable LoRA A/B buffers stay resident on the
+accelerator while DLO streams only the base blocks, so budget for that
+additional fixed HBM usage. The native artifact is rank 64 over 259 target
+modules, and its packed `qkv_proj` and `fc1` layers reuse the full-input A
+tensor per slice while B carries slice-local output rows, so the resident
+footprint exceeds the on-disk payload; measure it for your parallel layout
+rather than assuming the checkpoint size. Pure Ulysses replicates the adapter
+on every rank, while DiT tensor parallelism shards the B buffers. Model-level
+and standard layerwise offload remain unsupported, and `--step-execution`
+cannot be combined with `--enable-distributed-layerwise-offload`.
+
+To validate a deployment, post the same fixed-seed T2VA request twice with the
+adapter and twice without it, then compare the four output digests. The adapter
+is bound and deterministic when each pair matches internally and the two pairs
+differ from each other.
+
+### FastH3 adapter
+
+[FastH3](https://haoailab.com/blogs/fasth3-preview/) is FastVideo's four-step
+DMD2 student of H3-Base. It reuses H3's text encoder, VAEs, tokenizers, and
+schedulers unchanged, replacing 49 denoiser evaluations with four. It is fused
+into the checkpoint at load time rather than switched per request, because it
+carries full-rank deltas that no LoRA layer can express.
+
+The bundle publishes four variants, so download one and point `--lora-path` at
+it; the repository root is refused rather than guessed at:
+
+```bash
+export FASTH3_DIR=/path/to/fasth3
+hf download FastVideo/FastVideo-FastH3-4-step-Preview-v1-LoRA \
+  dense-datafree/adapter_model.safetensors --local-dir "${FASTH3_DIR}"
+export FASTH3_LORA="${FASTH3_DIR}/dense-datafree/adapter_model.safetensors"
+```
+
+Add `--task-type fl2va --lora-path "${FASTH3_LORA}"` to a non-offloaded server
+command. T2VA is served by the FL2VA partition, so `--task-type fl2va` is
+correct even though FastH3 preview v1 distills T2VA only. Because the adapter is
+fused, `--lora-backend` does not apply and a request carrying a `lora=` field is
+rejected rather than served without the adapter it asked for.
+
+```bash
+-F 'num_inference_steps=4' \
+-F 'extra_params={"task":"t2va","duration":4.4}'
+```
+
+Requests must ask for `num_inference_steps=4` and `task=t2va`: the release's five
+sigma points bound four denoiser evaluations, and that count is what the step
+scheduler admits a request on. The server denoises on the release's own ladder,
+keeping H3's per-modality shifts at the checkpoint values, so a request that
+overrides `flow_shift` or `audio_flow_shift` is rejected - it would sample the
+student at noise levels it was never distilled at.
+
+Only a release that identifies itself as FastH3 is fused; any other
+`fastvideo-lora-v2` adapter stays on the dynamic LoRA route. A claimed artifact
+is then held to its own metadata: one that misdeclares its tensor counts or
+leaves a transformer block unedited is refused at startup instead of serving
+mostly base H3 weights on a four-step schedule. Offload is refused for the same
+reason - `--enable-cpu-offload`, `--enable-layerwise-offload` and
+`--enable-distributed-layerwise-offload` all bypass the fusion, so they fail fast.
+
+The VSA variants are supported through FastVideo's external kernel. Install a
+`fastvideo-kernel` build that provides the `fastvideo_kernel` Python module,
+then add the following flags to the same command:
+
+```bash
+--diffusion-attention-backend FASTVIDEO_VSA \
+--fastvideo-vsa-topk 64
+```
+
+FastH3 VSA applies its learned `.set_weight` compression gates to the complete
+packed `[text | cond | audio | video]` document using the official H3 geometry:
+text/condition/audio prefix tiles never cross segment boundaries, and target
+video rows use `(4, 4, 4)` 3-D tiles (64 tokens). Prefix queries remain dense;
+video queries select all prefix tiles plus the configured top-k video tiles.
+Pure Ulysses sequence parallelism is supported: the learned gate follows the
+same sequence-to-head all-to-all as Q/K/V before VSA runs. Ring and all-gather
+SP remain unsupported because they do not present a complete packed sequence
+to each block-sparse kernel rank.
+
+The Dense / Data-Free variant does not require `fastvideo-kernel` and should be
+served with a dense attention backend.
+
+Measured on 8x NVIDIA B300 with USP8, VAE patch-parallel 8, `TRTLLM_ATTN`, at
+1344x768, 4.4 s, seed 1101, one warmup excluded and two runs recorded:
+
+| Adapter | Steps | End-to-end | Diffusion engine |
+| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
+| none (base H3) | 50 | 25.8 / 26.4 s | 16.22 / 16.28 s |
+| FastH3 Dense | 4 (5 sigma points) | 11.7 / 11.8 s | 2.37 / 2.36 s |
+
+The denoising speedup is 6.9x. End-to-end is 2.2x because text encoding, VAE
+decoding and muxing are a fixed cost that dominates a clip this short; longer
+generations move the end-to-end figure toward the denoising one. Fusing the
+adapter does not measurably change startup: weight loading took 77.3 s with it
+against 85.8 s without.
+
 ## Key parameters
 
 | Parameter | Recommended value | Notes |

recipes/NVIDIA/SANA-Video-2B.md

@@ -119,6 +119,30 @@ MODEL=Efficient-Large-Model/SANA-Video_2B_480p_diffusers \
 bash examples/online_serving/text_to_video/run_curl_sana_video.sh
 ```
 
+##### Parallel native serving
+
+The native pipelines support tensor parallelism (up to 2 GPUs) and CFG
+parallelism. Tensor parallelism on 2 GPUs:
+
+```bash
+vllm serve Efficient-Large-Model/SANA-Video_2B_480p_diffusers \
+  --omni \
+  --model-class-name SanaVideoPipeline \
+  --tensor-parallel-size 2 \
+  --dtype bfloat16 \
+  --port 8091
+```
+
+For CFG parallelism on 2 GPUs, replace `--tensor-parallel-size 2` with
+`--cfg-parallel-size 2`; it splits the guided and unguided branches across the
+two GPUs and only helps when `guidance_scale` is above 1. Passing both flags
+combines the two on 4 GPUs.
+
+Whether tensor parallelism lowers latency depends on the interconnect. Each
+transformer block adds an all-reduce, so it speeds up generation only on fast
+GPU links such as NVLink and can be slower than a single GPU on PCIe-only
+systems. Measure on your hardware before enabling it.
+
 To run the black-box compatibility backend for T2V, replace the server script
 with `run_server_sana_video_diffusers.sh`. The same `/v1/videos` request
 works; `num_frames` is adapted to Diffusers' `frames` argument. The script
@@ -178,6 +202,75 @@ Use the native `SanaVideoPipeline` and `SanaImageToVideoPipeline` for the
 primary SANA execution paths. The Diffusers adapter is retained as a
 validated compatibility/reference backend.
 
+#### Native Cache-DiT and CPU offload
+
+The native T2V and I2V pipelines support Cache-DiT, model-level CPU offload,
+and layerwise CPU offload through the common diffusion flags. Layerwise mode
+keeps non-block transformer modules, the text encoder, and the VAE on the
+runtime device while prefetching DiT blocks in order.
+
+Add one of the following flag sets to either native offline command above:
+
+```bash
+# Cache-DiT
+--cache-backend cache_dit
+
+# Model-level CPU offload
+--enable-cpu-offload
+
+# Layerwise CPU offload
+--enable-layerwise-offload
+
+# Cache-DiT plus model-level offload
+--cache-backend cache_dit --enable-cpu-offload
+
+# Cache-DiT plus layerwise offload
+--cache-backend cache_dit --enable-layerwise-offload
+
+# Distributed layerwise offload (weights sharded across the DP group)
+--enable-distributed-layerwise-offload
+```
+
+If both CPU offload flags are supplied, the common offloader keeps its existing
+layerwise precedence. Cache-DiT refreshes each request from the explicit
+`num_inference_steps`; when that field is omitted, both native SANA pipelines
+default to 50 inference steps.
+
+Cache-DiT and CPU offload require TP1, CFG1, and SP1. Combining them with
+tensor, CFG, or sequence parallelism raises before checkpoint components are
+loaded, as do other cache backends such as TeaCache. Cache-DiT cannot be
+combined with distributed layerwise offload: per-rank cache skips would
+desynchronize the weight AllGather.
+
+Measured on one A800-SXM4-80GB (driver 580.126.09, CUDA 13.0, PyTorch
+2.11.0+cu130, Diffusers 0.38.0) with `DIFFUSION_ATTENTION_BACKEND=CUDNN_ATTN`,
+81 frames, 50 steps, seed 42, each configuration in its own process:
+
+| Configuration | 480p T2V latency | 480p T2V generation peak |
+|---|---:|---:|
+| Baseline | 120.19 s | 24.07 GiB |
+| Cache-DiT | 77.11 s (1.56x) | 24.07 GiB |
+| Model CPU offload | 121.15 s | 16.81 GiB (-7.26 GiB) |
+| Layerwise offload | 118.63 s | 20.75 GiB (-3.32 GiB) |
+
+Cache-DiT gives 1.54x on 720p I2V (37.0 s to 24.1 s). Latency is the median of
+three measured runs after one warmup. Offload trades startup peak too: 14.28
+GiB baseline against 6.14 GiB for model-level and 6.80 GiB for layerwise.
+
+Cache-DiT is approximate: it skips block computations, so its output differs
+from an uncached run. Similarity against a reference run is not used as a gate
+here because this pipeline does not reproduce its own trajectory on this
+hardware -- two runs of identical code differ by SSIM 0.9712 / rel_l2 8.7e-2 at
+50 steps. Cache-DiT output was checked frame by frame against the uncached run
+on 480p T2V and 720p I2V instead, and matches it in subject, composition,
+sharpness, and lighting.
+
+The numbers above use the offline example's default cache configuration.
+Lowering `residual_diff_threshold` in `cache_config` caches fewer steps,
+trading speed for a trajectory closer to the uncached run; see the
+[Cache-DiT guide](../../docs/user_guide/diffusion/cache_acceleration/cache_dit.md)
+for the tuning knobs.
+
 #### Notes
 
 - Key flags: select I2V explicitly with `--model-class-name
@@ -194,8 +287,14 @@ validated compatibility/reference backend.
   The denoising loop intentionally retains the checkpoint-compatible
   Diffusers `DPMSolverMultistepScheduler`.
 - Known limitations:
-    - Sequence/tensor/CFG parallelism, Cache-DiT, TeaCache, and step execution
-    are not validated for the native pipeline.
+    - Tensor parallelism (up to 2 GPUs) and CFG parallelism are supported for
+    the native pipeline. Sequence parallelism, TeaCache, and step execution
+    are not validated.
+    - Cache-DiT and CPU offload are limited to TP1/CFG1/SP1. Cache-DiT with
+    distributed layerwise offload is not supported by the native pipeline.
+    - Cache-DiT speedup and offload memory numbers above are single-GPU A800
+    measurements; other hardware will differ. Distributed layerwise offload is
+    only exercised single-rank here.
     - The Diffusers backend is a compatibility path and does not provide native
     vLLM-Omni parallelism or continuous batching.
     - Native describes pipeline and Transformer ownership, not a zero-Diffusers

recipes/Qwen/Qwen3-TTS.md

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ examples in this repository.
 
 Qwen3-TTS supports three task types, each backed by a dedicated model checkpoint:
 
-| Task Type     | Model                                    | Description                                                  |
-| ------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `CustomVoice` | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice`  | Predefined speaker voices with optional style/emotion control |
-| `VoiceDesign` | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign`  | Generate speech from a natural language voice description     |
-| `Base`        | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base`         | Voice cloning from reference audio + transcript              |
+| Task Type     | Model                                    | Description                                                   |
+| ------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `CustomVoice` | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-CustomVoice`   | Predefined speaker voices with optional style/emotion control |
+| `VoiceDesign` | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-VoiceDesign`   | Generate speech from a natural language voice description     |
+| `Base`        | `Qwen/Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base`          | Voice cloning from reference audio + transcript               |
 
 Smaller 0.6B variants are also available for `CustomVoice` and `Base`.
 
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ python examples/offline_inference/text_to_speech/qwen3_tts/end2end.py --query-ty
 - Key flags: `--omni` is required. `--deploy-config` points to the bundled two-stage pipeline config.
 - Async chunking: Enabled by default in `qwen3_tts.yaml` for streaming-friendly first-audio latency. Raw audio streaming requires `stream=true`, `stream_format="audio"`, and `response_format="pcm"`.
 - Task/model matching: Each task type requires its matching model checkpoint. Using a CustomVoice model for a Base (voice clone) request will fail.
+- Stored voices: Uploaded and precomputed voices use the Base task and require a Base checkpoint. Built-in preset speakers remain CustomVoice voices.
+- Base codec termination: Base requests without an explicit `max_new_tokens`
+  use a text-scaled safety ceiling (at least 192 codec frames and no more than
+  the configured model limit). If the Talker reaches that ceiling without
+  codec EOS, non-streaming serving discards the incomplete audio and retries
+  once with a fresh seed; an explicit `seed` or `max_new_tokens` disables the
+  retry. SSE and WebSocket clients receive structured errors and must discard
+  previously emitted audio when the error contains `"action":"discard"`;
+  raw PCM streams terminate with a connection error after any partial bytes
+  already sent.
 - Known limitations: The server serves one model variant at a time. To switch task types (e.g., CustomVoice to Base), restart the server with the corresponding model.
 
 ## Hardware Support

recipes/README.md

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ recipes/
 | [`Qwen/Qwen3-Omni.md`](./Qwen/Qwen3-Omni.md) | Online serving for multimodal chat | 1x A100 80GB |
 | [`Qwen/Qwen3-TTS.md`](./Qwen/Qwen3-TTS.md) | Text-to-speech serving (CustomVoice / VoiceDesign / Base) | 1x H100/A100 80GB / 1x AMD MI300X |
 | [`SenseNova/SenseNova-U1.md`](./SenseNova/SenseNova-U1.md) | Unified image generation and understanding | 1x or 2x H200 / 1x AMD MI300X |
+| [`SenseNova/SenseNova-U1.5.md`](./SenseNova/SenseNova-U1.5.md) | Unified image generation and understanding, with an 8-step distilled LoRA | 1x A800 80GB |
 | [`StabilityAI/Stable-Audio-Open.md`](./StabilityAI/Stable-Audio-Open.md) | Offline + online text-to-audio generation (Stable Audio Open) | 1x RTX 4090 24GB / 1x AMD MI300X |
 | [`Tencent/Covo-Audio-Chat.md`](./Tencent/Covo-Audio-Chat.md) | Online serving for audio chat | 1x A100 80GB |
 | [`Tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0-Instruct.md`](./Tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0-Instruct.md) | DiT-only text-to-image serving and benchmark, including ModelOpt mixed FP8/NVFP4 | 4x H100/H800 80GB / 2x B200 |

recipes/SenseNova/SenseNova-U1.5.md

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# SenseNova-U1.5
+
+> Unified image generation and understanding, with an official 8-step distilled LoRA
+
+## Summary
+
+- Vendor: SenseNova
+- Model: `sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT`
+- LoRA: `sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT-LoRAs` (`SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT-LoRA-8step.safetensors`)
+- Task: text2img, img2img, img2text (visual understanding), text2text (chat)
+- Mode: Offline inference, Online serving (OpenAI-compatible API)
+- Maintainer: Community
+
+## When to use this recipe
+
+U1.5 runs on the same `SenseNovaU1Pipeline` as U1 — the checkpoint keeps
+`model_type: neo_chat`, so it resolves without `--model-class-name`. Relative to U1 the
+config flips two fields, `use_pixel_head` to `true` (the flow-matching head becomes a
+`ConvDecoder`) and `noise_scale_max_value` from 8.0 to 16.0; both are already read by
+`SenseNovaU1Config`. The checkpoint is 13 shards / 50.2 GB on disk, 30.3 GB of that fp32, and
+loads to roughly 34 GB in bf16.
+
+Use this recipe for U1.5 specifically, including its distilled few-step LoRA. For U1 see
+[SenseNova-U1](SenseNova-U1.md).
+
+## Hardware Support
+
+### GPU
+
+#### 1x A800 80GB
+
+- 1x NVIDIA A800 80GB PCIe with an Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y, driver 595.84, Linux
+- Python 3.12.13, vLLM 0.28.0, torch 2.13.0+cu130, CUDA 13.0, diffusers 0.40.0,
+  transformers 5.14.1, flashinfer 0.6.16.post3, BF16, TP=1
+- Peak GPU memory: 34.3 GB at 1024x1024, 36.4 GB at 1536x2720
+
+##### Text-to-Image
+
+```bash
+python examples/offline_inference/text_to_image/text_to_image.py \
+    --model sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT \
+    --prompt "Close portrait of an elderly woman by a farmhouse window, warm natural light." \
+    --width 1024 --height 1024 \
+    --seed 42 --num-inference-steps 50 --cfg-scale 4.0 \
+    --extra-body '{"think": false, "cfg_norm": "none", "timestep_shift": 3.0, "t_eps": 0.02}' \
+    --output sensenova_u15_t2i.png
+```
+
+Think mode (`"think": true`) is recommended for higher image quality.
+
+##### Image-to-Image Editing
+
+```bash
+python examples/offline_inference/image_to_image/image_edit.py \
+    --model sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT \
+    --prompt "Turn this into an oil painting" \
+    --image input.png --resolution 1024 \
+    --seed 42 --num-inference-steps 25 --cfg-scale 4.0 \
+    --extra-args '{"think": true, "img_cfg_scale": 1.0, "cfg_norm": "none", "timestep_shift": 3.0}' \
+    --output sensenova_u15_edit.png
+```
+
+##### 8-step distilled LoRA
+
+The distilled LoRA is fused into the generation tower at load time:
+
+```bash
+python examples/offline_inference/text_to_image/text_to_image.py \
+    --model sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT \
+    --lora-path SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT-LoRA-8step.safetensors --lora-backend distill \
+    --prompt "Close portrait of an elderly woman by a farmhouse window, warm natural light." \
+    --width 1024 --height 1024 \
+    --seed 42 --num-inference-steps 8 --cfg-scale 1.0 \
+    --extra-body '{"think": false, "cfg_norm": "none", "timestep_shift": 3.0, "t_eps": 0.02}' \
+    --output sensenova_u15_lora8.png
+```
+
+**Use `--cfg-scale 1.0` with this LoRA.** It is distilled with DMD and runs without
+classifier-free guidance; the default `4.0` applies guidance twice and produces a
+blown-out, posterised image.
+
+##### Online serving
+
+```bash
+vllm serve sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT --omni --port 8091
+
+python examples/online_serving/sensenova_u1/openai_chat_client.py \
+    -s http://127.0.0.1:8091 -m img2text -i input.png -p "Describe this image."
+```
+
+`-s` takes the base URL; the client appends `/v1` itself.
+
+#### Measured latency (1x A800 80GB, 25 steps, median of 3 after a warmup)
+
+| Resolution | Step latency | Total |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 1024x1024 | 209.5 ms | 5.24 s |
+| 1536x1536 | 458.5 ms | 11.46 s |
+
+At 1536x2720 with 50 steps, end-to-end is 43.0 s.
+
+#### Measured latency (1x NVIDIA H200 139GB, single run, no warmup)
+
+Reported by @hsliuustc0106 against PR head `29c090d`, on one reserved CUDA device.
+
+- Python 3.12.13, vLLM 0.28.0, torch 2.13.0+cu130, CUDA 13.0, diffusers 0.40.0,
+  transformers 5.14.1, flashinfer 0.6.16.post3, BF16, TP=1
+- `sensenova/SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT` with `SenseNova-U1.5-8B-MoT-LoRA-8step.safetensors`,
+  seed 42, 1024x1024
+
+| Case | Stage latency | Peak GPU memory |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 50 steps, cfg 4.0, think off | 9017 ms | 34384 MiB |
+| 8 steps, cfg 1.0, no LoRA control | 624.00 ms, 77.85 ms/step | 34376 MiB |
+| 8 steps, cfg 1.0, distilled LoRA | 623.85 ms, 77.98 ms/step | 34364 MiB |
+| 50 steps, cfg 4.0, think on, `VLLM_OMNI_SENSENOVA_PAGED_DECODE=1` | 81622 ms | 34594 MiB |
+
+Each row runs the Text-to-Image command above with `--num-inference-steps` and
+`--cfg-scale` as listed and `think` set through `--extra-body`; the LoRA row adds
+`--lora-path` and `--lora-backend distill`.
+
+Single runs without a preceding warmup, so the think-on row carries the first-request
+compile rather than a steady state. The distilled LoRA fused into 168 parameters, and its
+image differs from the same-seed no-LoRA control in 1,048,574 of 1,048,576 pixels, MAE 58.62.
+
+```bash
+pytest -m "cpu and not cuda" tests/diffusion/models/sensenova_u1/ tests/diffusion/lora/test_loader.py -q
+pytest -m "cpu and not cuda" tests/config/test_environment_variables.py tests/diffusion/test_diffusion_worker.py -q
+pytest -m cuda tests/diffusion/models/sensenova_u1/test_sensenova_u1_attention_gqa.py \
+    tests/diffusion/models/sensenova_u1/test_sensenova_u1_paged_decode.py -q --tb=short
+```
+
+71, 13 and 9 passed. Serving reached `/health`; `img2text` returned a 1921-character
+description and `text2text` the expected answer.
+
+#### Verification
+
+```bash
+pytest -q tests/diffusion/models/sensenova_u1/
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+- Both `use_pixel_head` and `noise_scale_max_value` come from `config.json`; no flag is needed.
+- The checkpoint carries no `configuration_neo_chat.py`, so the loader logs a few
+  "does not appear to have a file named configuration_neo_chat.py" errors during startup and
+  then proceeds on the in-tree config. Generation is unaffected.
+- The LoRA targets the generation tower only (`*_mot_gen`); understanding-tower weights are
+  untouched.
+- Autoregressive decode (think, text-to-text and image-to-text) runs on a paged K/V cache under
+  a captured CUDA graph. It falls back to the ordinary cache when the device or the bundled
+  `flash_attn_varlen_func` cannot support it; set `VLLM_OMNI_SENSENOVA_PAGED_DECODE=0` to force
+  that fallback.
+- The first request after startup costs about 0.7 s more than the steady state whether the paged
+  path is on or off. Measured on one A800 with the inductor, triton and vLLM compile caches all
+  cleared, median of three runs: 718 ms above steady with the path on, 679 ms with it off.
+- Each request captures its own graphs, and a think request captures twice because the sequence
+  grows past the 512 bucket, so the capture cost is paid per request rather than once at
+  startup.

tests/assets/hunyuan_image3/hunyuan_image3_instruct_cot_ref.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+首先，我分析所有输入图像：图像1是一个圆形的logo，设计现代且抽象。它由不同色调的蓝色（深蓝、中蓝、浅蓝）和白色构成，这些色块以流畅的曲线相互交织，形成一个动态的、类似旋涡或波浪的图案。整个logo是扁平化的矢量图形，背景为纯黑色。图像2展示了四个并排摆放的卡通动物造型冰箱贴，<recaption>这幅图像以产品摄影的精致风格，呈现了一枚根据`image_1`标志定制的圆形珐琅冰箱贴。最终图像使用`image_2`的分辨率。冰箱贴居中放置在`image_2`的灰色织物背景上，其设计完美复刻了`image_1`中由深蓝、中蓝、浅蓝和白色构成的动态旋涡图案。整个冰箱贴被赋予了`image_2`中冰箱贴特有的高级质感：表面覆盖着一层光滑如镜的珐琅釉面，反射出柔和而清晰的高光；图案的每一个色块边缘都由纤细的抛光金属边框精确勾勒，增强了立体感。柔和的顶光在冰箱贴的弧形边缘上形成平滑的过渡，并在其下方投下淡淡的、轮廓模糊的阴影，使其与织物背景无缝融合，营造出一种真实、静谧的视觉效果。<relation_1>最终图像完整保留了`image_1`中标志的全部设计元素。这包括其完美的圆形轮廓，以及内部由深蓝、中蓝、浅蓝和白色组成的精确旋涡状图案布局、形状和色彩关系。</relation_1><relation_2>最终图像的分辨率、背景和材质均来自`image_2`。背景中灰色织物的纹理和质感被完整保留。冰箱贴的材质被完美重构，精确复刻了`image_2`中冰箱贴所展示的光滑珐琅质感、抛光金属边框的视觉效果，以及整体柔和、均匀的布光环境和由此产生的自然阴影。</relation_2></recaption><answer><boi><img_size_1024><img_ratio_36><timestep>[<img>]{3600}<eoi></answer>

tests/assets/hunyuan_image3/hunyuan_image_distill_cot_ref.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+首先，我分析所有输入图像：图像1是一个圆形logo，背景为黑色，主体由深蓝、中蓝、浅蓝和白色组成的抽象曲线构成，整体呈现出一种动态的、类似旋涡的视觉效果。图像2展示了四个并排摆放在灰色织物表面上的冰箱贴。这些冰箱贴的造型分别是长颈鹿、小鸟、蜜蜂和海豚，其关键特征是材质：它们具有光滑、高反光的珐琅质感，边缘有明显的银色金属包边，呈现出立体感。用户的指令是“基于图一的logo，参考图二中冰箱贴的材质，制作一个新的冰箱贴”。这个指令要求将一个二维的平面设计（logo）转化为一个具有特定三维物理属性（冰箱贴材质）的实体物品。核心在于保留logo的设计精髓，同时精确复刻参考图像中冰箱贴的材质和工艺感。为了构建最终的答案图像，我会将图一的圆形logo作为新冰箱贴的主体图案。这个圆形冰箱贴将拥有与图二冰箱贴一致的厚度和立体感。其表面会覆盖一层高光泽的透明釉质，完美再现珐琅的质感。logo内部的蓝色和白色区域将保持其原有的色彩，但会因为表面的光泽而出现明亮的高光反射。整个圆形的边缘会包裹一圈纤细而有光泽的银色金属边框，这不仅增加了产品的精致感，也与图二中的金属包边工艺相呼应。最后，将这个新制作的圆形冰箱贴放置在图二所示的灰色织物背景上，确保其光照、阴影和反射效果与周围环境和其他冰箱贴完全一致，使其看起来就像是和它们一起被拍摄的，从而创造出一个逼真且风格统一的视觉效果。</think><recaption>这幅图像以产品摄影的精准风格，展示了一枚根据`image_1`的logo设计定制的圆形冰箱贴。最终图像使用`image_2`的分辨率。该冰箱贴居中放置于`image_2`的灰色织物背景之上，其设计完美复刻了`image_1`中由深蓝、中蓝、浅蓝及白色构成的动态旋涡状抽象图案。整个冰箱贴被赋予了与`image_2`中冰箱贴完全一致的高级珐琅质感，表面覆盖着一层晶莹剔透的高光釉面，在柔和的顶光照射下，呈现出清晰而温润的高光反射。一圈纤薄而精致的银色金属边框紧密包裹着圆形主体，其金属光泽与釉面的质感形成精妙对比。冰箱贴在织物背景上投下了一层极其自然的柔和阴影，证明了其与环境光影的无缝融合，整体视觉效果真实可信，宛如一件精心制作的实体工艺品。<relation_1>最终图像完整保留了`image_1`中logo的全部核心设计元素。这包括其完美的圆形轮廓，以及内部由深蓝、中蓝、浅蓝和白色四种颜色构成的抽象旋涡图案的精确形态、色彩和布局。</relation_1><relation_2>最终图像的分辨率、背景和材质风格完全来自`image_2`。这包括其作为背景的灰色织物表面的独特纹理，以及应用于新冰箱贴上的、与`image_2`中冰箱贴完全相同的珐琅材质（高光釉面质感）和银色金属边框的物理属性。画面的整体光照环境，包括柔和的光源方向和质感，也与`image_2`保持一致。</relation_2></recaption><answer><boi><img_size_1024><img_ratio_36><timestep><guidance><timestep_r>[<img>]{3600}<eoi></answer>

tests/benchmarks/benchmark_video_response_encoding.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
 """Benchmark legacy and automatic MP4 response encoding on synthetic input."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ import statistics
 import time
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import cast
 
 import numpy as np
 
 from vllm_omni.entrypoints.openai.video_api_utils import (
     _encode_video_bytes,
     _encode_video_bytes_legacy,
+    _PlanarFrameConverter,
 )
 
 
@@ -42,12 +45,19 @@ def _build_inputs(
     fps: int,
     audio_sample_rate: int,
     seed: int,
+    input_layout: str = "planar-backed",
 ) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
     rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
     planar = rng.random((3, frames, height, width), dtype=np.float32)
     video = planar.transpose(1, 2, 3, 0)
-    if not all(video[..., channel].flags.c_contiguous for channel in range(3)):
+    if input_layout == "interleaved":
+        video = np.ascontiguousarray(video)
+        if not video.flags.c_contiguous:
+            raise RuntimeError("synthetic video is not C-contiguous")
+    elif input_layout == "planar-backed" and not all(video[..., channel].flags.c_contiguous for channel in range(3)):
         raise RuntimeError("synthetic video does not expose contiguous channel planes")
+    elif input_layout != "planar-backed":
+        raise ValueError(f"unsupported input layout: {input_layout}")
 
     sample_count = max(1, round(frames / fps * audio_sample_rate))
     timeline = np.arange(sample_count, dtype=np.float32) / audio_sample_rate
@@ -86,8 +96,8 @@ def _measure(
 
 def _summarize(records: list[dict[str, object]], label: str) -> dict[str, object]:
     selected = [record for record in records if record["label"] == label]
-    wall_values = [float(record["wall_ms"]) for record in selected]
-    cpu_values = [float(record["process_cpu_ms"]) for record in selected]
+    wall_values = [cast(float, record["wall_ms"]) for record in selected]
+    cpu_values = [cast(float, record["process_cpu_ms"]) for record in selected]
     return {
         "runs": len(selected),
         "wall_ms": {
@@ -113,6 +123,16 @@ def _parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser.add_argument("--warmup", type=int, default=1)
     parser.add_argument("--rounds", type=_positive_int, default=3)
     parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=20260817)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--input-layout",
+        choices=("planar-backed", "interleaved"),
+        default="planar-backed",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--frame-conversion-workers",
+        type=_positive_int,
+        default=8,
+    )
     parser.add_argument("--output-json", type=Path)
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.warmup < 0:
@@ -129,33 +149,41 @@ def main() -> None:
         fps=args.fps,
         audio_sample_rate=args.audio_sample_rate,
         seed=args.seed,
+        input_layout=args.input_layout,
     )
     baseline = BenchmarkVariant("legacy", _encode_video_bytes_legacy)
-    candidate = BenchmarkVariant("automatic", _encode_video_bytes)
+    converter = _PlanarFrameConverter(max_workers=args.frame_conversion_workers)
+    candidate = BenchmarkVariant(
+        "automatic",
+        partial(_encode_video_bytes, frame_converter=converter),
+    )
 
-    for _ in range(args.warmup):
-        for variant in (baseline, candidate):
-            _measure(
-                variant,
-                video=video,
-                audio=audio,
-                fps=args.fps,
-                audio_sample_rate=args.audio_sample_rate,
-            )
+    try:
+        for _ in range(args.warmup):
+            for variant in (baseline, candidate):
+                _measure(
+                    variant,
+                    video=video,
+                    audio=audio,
+                    fps=args.fps,
+                    audio_sample_rate=args.audio_sample_rate,
+                )
 
-    records: list[dict[str, object]] = []
-    for round_index in range(args.rounds):
-        order = (baseline, candidate) if round_index % 2 == 0 else (candidate, baseline)
-        for variant in order:
-            _, record = _measure(
-                variant,
-                video=video,
-                audio=audio,
-                fps=args.fps,
-                audio_sample_rate=args.audio_sample_rate,
-            )
-            record["round"] = round_index + 1
-            records.append(record)
+        records: list[dict[str, object]] = []
+        for round_index in range(args.rounds):
+            order = (baseline, candidate) if round_index % 2 == 0 else (candidate, baseline)
+            for variant in order:
+                _, record = _measure(
+                    variant,
+                    video=video,
+                    audio=audio,
+                    fps=args.fps,
+                    audio_sample_rate=args.audio_sample_rate,
+                )
+                record["round"] = round_index + 1
+                records.append(record)
+    finally:
+        converter.shutdown()
 
     output_hashes = {str(record["output_sha256"]) for record in records}
     if len(output_hashes) != 1:
@@ -165,8 +193,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     paired_savings_percent = []
     for round_index in range(args.rounds):
         pair = [record for record in records if record["round"] == round_index + 1]
-        baseline_ms = float(next(record["wall_ms"] for record in pair if record["label"] == baseline.label))
-        candidate_ms = float(next(record["wall_ms"] for record in pair if record["label"] == candidate.label))
+        baseline_ms = cast(float, next(record["wall_ms"] for record in pair if record["label"] == baseline.label))
+        candidate_ms = cast(float, next(record["wall_ms"] for record in pair if record["label"] == candidate.label))
         paired_savings_ms.append(baseline_ms - candidate_ms)
         paired_savings_percent.append((baseline_ms - candidate_ms) / baseline_ms * 100)
 
@@ -180,6 +208,8 @@ def main() -> None:
             "warmup": args.warmup,
             "rounds": args.rounds,
             "seed": args.seed,
+            "input_layout": args.input_layout,
+            "frame_conversion_workers": args.frame_conversion_workers,
             "video_shape": list(video.shape),
             "video_strides": list(video.strides),
             "codec_options": {"preset": "ultrafast", "threads": "0"},