Radix insert can reach the pending-backup/stale-tail split probe on only a subset of CP ranks. The previous opportunistic ack drain called writing_check(), which may issue a scalar write-visibility collective while other ranks are polling inflight transfer state with a different tensor shape. That ordering mismatch matches the observed Gloo 4-vs-2 abort after CP_HICACHE_FALLBACK insert_deferred_pending_backup_split logs. This keeps the split probe local and conservative: it leaves ready write acks queued and lets the globally ordered scheduler/cache-event path drain them. The regression test locks the contract by making any collective from the pending-split probe fail. Constraint: CP radix insert/pending-split probing is not globally ordered across ranks. Rejected: Drain ready write acks from the split probe | can interleave with scheduler poll collectives and corrupt distributed collective ordering. Confidence: high Scope-risk: narrow Directive: Do not call writing_check() or any CP/TP collective from radix pending-split probes; drain write acks only from globally ordered paths. Tested: Remote cjy container: PYTHONPATH=python python -m pytest -q test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_cp_hicache_metadata.py => 126 passed, 21 warnings. Tested: Remote cjy container: python -m py_compile python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/hiradix_cache.py => PY_COMPILE_OK. Not-tested: Full ETE prefill/decode replay after this change. Co-authored-by: OmX <omx@oh-my-codex.dev>
Unit Tests
Component-level tests that do not launch a server or load model weights. Tests can use CPU or GPU — the key criterion is no server process.
Quick Start
- Find the source file under
python/sglang/srt/. - Create the corresponding test here, mirroring the source tree:
srt/mem_cache/radix_cache.py → unit/mem_cache/test_radix_cache.py srt/sampling/sampling_params.py → unit/sampling/test_sampling_params.py - Register for CI at the top of the file (after imports, before test classes):
from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci register_cpu_ci(est_time=5, suite="stage-a-test-cpu") # or: register_cuda_ci(est_time=10, suite="stage-b-test-1-gpu-small") - Run locally:
pytest test/registered/unit/ -v # all unit tests pytest test/registered/unit/mem_cache/ -v # one module - Run with coverage:
# summary pytest test/registered/unit/ --cov --cov-config=.coveragerc -v # PR incremental check (require ≥60% on changed lines) pytest test/registered/unit/ --cov --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml diff-cover coverage.xml --compare-branch=origin/main --fail-under=60
Example
"""Unit tests for <module> — no server, no model loading."""
from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
register_cpu_ci(est_time=5, suite="stage-a-test-cpu")
import unittest
from sglang.srt.<module> import TargetClass
from sglang.test.test_utils import CustomTestCase
class TestTargetClass(CustomTestCase):
def test_basic_behavior(self):
obj = TargetClass(...)
self.assertEqual(obj.method(), expected)
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()
Rules
- No
popen_launch_server()orEngine(...). - No model weight loading.
- Use
CustomTestCase(fromsglang.test.test_utils, adds CI retry). - Use
unittest.mockfor dependencies that are expensive to construct.