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Summary

Expose TensorRT-LLM's native KV events and per-rank KV load through OpenEngine so Dynamo can route requests to the DP rank with the best prefix reuse. OpenEngine validates the rank selected by Dynamo. Multi-node deployments use one Dynamo sidecar per node.

flowchart LR
    subgraph TRT["TensorRT-LLM engine across nodes"]
        K["KV cache"] --> E["Native ZMQ KV events by DP rank"]
        K --> L["Per-rank KV load"]
        L --> C["OpenEngine Control: discovery and load"]
        I["OpenEngine Inference"]
    end
    E --> S["Dynamo sidecars: one per node"]
    C --> S
    S --> R["Dynamo KV-aware router"]
    R -->|selected DP rank| I
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This PR uses the native event sink already merged in #19359. The companion Dynamo changes are in ai-dynamo/dynamo#15087.

Validation

  • Focused OpenEngine, scheduler, GPU prefix-isolation, and native/Python event-hash tests passed in earlier local validation.
  • An earlier two-node B200 run verified eight-rank discovery, targeted generation, KV events, and Dynamo choosing ranks 0 and 4 for prewarmed prefixes; it predates the latest discovery RPC refactor.
  • Local pre-commit checks passed. CI on f80a97f1c2 found the missing serve CLI stability entry; 3b1ca778d8 adds it. CI rerun is pending.

Remaining validation

  • The latest image (f80a97f1c2 runtime) has passed build and import checks. The Lyris six-node sidecar KV smoke, live RPC probe, and four controlled GLM benchmark arms have been submitted but have no completed results yet.
  • Model-backed multi-rank routing with multiple gRPC frontends and signed parent-child affinity remain unverified until their respective E2E probes pass. The event stream has no idle heartbeat, so consumers must track sequence gaps and use replay and health checks.

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Walkthrough

This change adds OpenEngine KV-cache load reporting, KV-event source discovery and replay, attention-DP rank targeting, authenticated parent affinity, and isolated cache reuse for generation dummy requests.

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OpenEngine telemetry and request handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Sample and transport KV-cache load
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache_load.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/*, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tensorrt_llm/llmapi/*, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/*
The executor samples and aggregates KV block usage across attention-DP ranks. Rank-state payloads can carry KV-load fields.
Expose load and discovery data through OpenEngine
tensorrt_llm/commands/serve.py, tensorrt_llm/executor/*, tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/control.py, tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/server.py, tests/unittest/grpc/openengine/test_control.py
Serve configuration, executor APIs, RPC paths, and control responses expose KV capacity, load snapshots, and discovery metadata.
Publish and discover KV-event sources
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache_events.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor_creator.py, tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/{kv_events.py,node.py,control.py}, tests/unittest/grpc/openengine/*, tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_streaming_kv_events.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml
Replay sends use nonblocking chunks of up to 64 events per publisher-loop tick. Startup gathers publisher descriptors and can start follower-node metadata listeners. OpenEngine exposes filtered event sources.
Validate and route request affinity
tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/{affinity.py,request_mapping.py,servicer.py}, tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/README.md, tests/unittest/grpc/openengine/test_servicer.py
OpenEngine validates target-rank hints and signed parent-affinity metadata, then passes applicable scheduling parameters to generation.
OpenEngine capability documentation
tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/README.md
The README describes KV-event discovery, load reporting, node metadata, rank routing, and subagent affinity.

Dummy request cache isolation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Separate dummy-request cache reuse
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py
Generation dummy requests use salt zero for cache reuse. A CUDA-only regression test checks that a dummy request does not reuse a real request’s committed prefix.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PyExecutorCreator
  participant initialize_node_discovery
  participant PyExecutorRanks
  participant NodeMetadataServer
  PyExecutorCreator->>initialize_node_discovery: initialize when ZMQ event discovery is configured
  initialize_node_discovery->>PyExecutorRanks: gather hosts and source descriptors
  PyExecutorRanks-->>initialize_node_discovery: return rank placements and source descriptors
  initialize_node_discovery->>NodeMetadataServer: start listener on follower nodes
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Suggested reviewers: chzblych

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fc18b

A multi-node startup hang is possible if an unexpected exception occurs during node metadata listener setup. Broaden the exception handling around the second collective before merging. Request routing with rank hints now behaves consistently.

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130-153: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add disabled-attention-DP rank-hint tests.

The existing tests cover rank hints only with enable_attention_dp = True. Add cases with attention DP disabled: rank 0 must reach Generate and map to strict scheduling, while rank 1 must abort with INVALID_ARGUMENT. Without these cases, a regression in the dp_size = 1 branch can pass undetected.

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Add tests in the `test_servicer.py` suite for rank hints with
`enable_attention_dp` disabled: verify rank 0 reaches `Generate` with strict
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/node.py:
- Around line 132-140: Update the listener-startup exception handler around
NodeMetadataServer construction to catch Exception so any ordinary startup
failure is recorded and synchronized before the second allgather; preserve
BaseException handling inside NodeMetadataServer.

Review comments at @tests/unittest/grpc/openengine/test_node.py:
- Around line 1-175: Add tests/unittest/grpc/openengine/test_node.py to the CPU
test list in test-db/l0_cpu.yml alongside the other OpenEngine tests so these
tests run in CI.

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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/grpc/openengine/servicer.py:
- Around line 130-153: Add tests in the `test_servicer.py` suite for rank hints
with `enable_attention_dp` disabled: verify rank 0 reaches `Generate` with
strict scheduling, and rank 1 aborts with `INVALID_ARGUMENT`. Use the existing
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Also addressed the review-summary suggestion in 2361706: the existing rank-hint tests now cover non-ADP rank 0 with strict scheduling and reject rank 1 with INVALID_ARGUMENT. The focused OpenEngine suite passes (59 tests).

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Overall LGTM.

nit: This feature depends on compatible behavior in TensorRT-LLM and Dynamo. Please clarify this dependency in the PR description. At companion commit e419430b, Dynamo’s KV router supplies a rank. Its sidecar rejects these requests when TensorRT-LLM enables conversation affinity and disables external rank targeting. The companion also lacks conversation-ID and signed parent-affinity header forwarding. Identify the Dynamo revision required for affinity support, the supported configurations, and which combinations were tested. If support is pending, document that KV routing currently requires conversation affinity to remain disabled. Update the README to match.

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@chienchunhung Thanks for flagging the cross-repo dependency. I am a making a note for myself to update the docs once we get dynamo support released. Currently it sits in a branch which I don't want to tag here.

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