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Background

Publish the passing original-source InternVL3 Edge integration as a family-owned change. The existing image-health oracle assumes a native vision plan; Edge bundles need a narrow reader for actual Edge visual features instead. Edge 0.10.1 has no feature-dump CLI.

Exit Criteria

  • Keep original-source FP16 InternVL3 1B/2B/8B on native x86 SM80 and 14B on native x86 SM120 within their recorded profiles.
  • Preserve native fallback, family ownership, and unchanged generation/vision gates.
  • Exclude quantized sources, InternVL3.5, additional platforms, and public multiple-image generation. No catalog-wide qualification claim.

Implementation

  • Family-local configuration dispatch, pinned Python direct-builder mapping, bundle composition, and persistent C++ Edge runtime integration.
  • Preserve the current native build body and request semantics; warn and retry native only after Edge preparation failure, never after publication.
  • Add a 117-line test-only C++ visual reader, explicitly approved for the existing image-health test. Update that existing oracle and its existing unit test; no new validation framework or gate changes.
  • Update the family recipe and website source with exact revisions and evidence boundaries.

Change categories

  • Model or runtime behavior
  • Bundle or artifact format
  • Dependencies

Validation

Commands and Results

Current commit: 14f20142253d9175329da752139dd9f39458dc91.

  • pytest -q families/internvl/tests tools/tests/test_architecture.py core/builder/tests/test_bundle_writer.py core/builder/tests/test_build.py -k "not official_checkpoint_e2e": 135 passed, four explicit GPU-E2E deselections, no missing-dependency skips.
  • cmake --build <native-build> --target trtmc trtmc_backend_trt trtmc_model_internvl internvl_edge_vision_features test_bundle_format_v1 test_cli: passed natively on SM80 and SM120 with the official pinned Edge SDK.
  • ctest --test-dir <native-build> -R '^(bundle_format_v1|cli)$' --output-on-failure --no-tests=error: 2 passed per platform. These are generic bundle/CLI checks, not model qualification.
  • Real visual-only replay through the modified native_vision_features and unchanged existing health assertion: passed, 1,310,720 finite nonzero features from the retained pinned InternVL3-14B visual engine. This is not a full-model E2E. TensorRT emitted a cross-device-model warning for that retained engine.
  • npm --prefix website run test:model-support: 14 passed; npm --prefix website run build: passed, including 34 SVG checks.
  • python -m tools.community_ci source-quality --base 40d529d4033f011538c7e609f58f593ec3c81769: passed, including 212 existing checks.

Hardware, Environment, and Revisions

Native Linux x86_64, SM80/SM120, CUDA 13.3, TensorRT 11.1.0.106, original-source FP16. Official Edge and source revisions are listed above and in the family recipe. The helper replay restores the exact 14B revision e22931943e5336f85e06f4e2b38f3e5e6ee4de3b; it uses the existing family image fixture.

Not Run / Remaining Gaps

No fresh full-model inference or performance claim is made for this publication head. Historical full-model receipts, detailed in families/internvl/docs/edge-llm.md: all four profiles passed local builds, public/direct comparisons, and independent HF image/text comparisons (NED 0, exact tokens). The original Edge two-image workload passed unchanged gates. Existing 2B/8B manifest E2Es passed at context 384; supplementary comparisons used context 1024. These are preserved rollout receipts, not fresh-head inference or CI results.

Contributor Self-Review

  • I have completed a self-review of this change.

Reviewed family isolation, original native build preservation, dispatch exclusions, plugin and buffer lifetime, bounded safe extraction, unchanged test gates, and historical-versus-current evidence labels.

Notes For Future Readers

Risk level

  • Medium

Optional native SDK and external-weight runtime integration introduce compatibility and artifact-size risks. Admission is narrow, native fallback is retained, and full-model fresh-head replay remains a documented gap.

  • Depends on SDK prerequisite feat(build): add optional native Edge-LLM SDK #1305. This branch carries its patch-equivalent commit 2be0ce7cec2a6730db19c5d83fc53e162ca69ac1 over main 40d529d4033f011538c7e609f58f593ec3c81769. Review/land the SDK first; do not enable auto-merge.
  • Only official GitHub Edge 0.10.1 / e8b29522938901f6df19ebeedd4b69bc8edbcd97 is used. Native builds only.
  • Successful full-model payloads were retired after saving receipts. Full inference on this publication head requires restoring exact sources and rebuilding. The 1B/14B profiles have no registered owning E2E; TP2/TP4 manifests are not Edge qualification.
  • The helper is built only with tests and Edge enabled, is not installed as a product executable, and performs visual inference only. Health is not cosine/HF feature parity.
  • Start review at dispatch.py, then edge_llm.py, runtime adapter, and the existing oracle. Reverting this family must not require another family.
  • Internal CI was requested after exact-head community admission; its protected result is reported below.

Exact-head CI update: Community CPU Required passed for 14f20142253d9175329da752139dd9f39458dc91. The protected TRTMC Internal CI / Automated premerge gate also passed. This does not broaden the model qualification scope above.

Provision the official pinned SDK through CMake with optional ONNX tools and native platform, capability, and exact JSON-header checks. Keep package discovery and dependency setup separate from model builds.

Transport explicit family-owned companion inputs without shared model dispatch. Add bounded bundle extraction and separate executable diagnostics from machine-readable results. Document the optional build/runtime workflow and extend existing tests.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Calafato <jcalafato@nvidia.com>
Keep original-source InternVL3 FP16 offload family-owned and limited to the recorded native profiles. Preserve the native builder and unchanged quality gates. Read actual Edge visual features with a narrow test-only helper for the existing image-health oracle.

Document exact historical model receipts separately from current source, native-build, and visual-health validation.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Calafato <jcalafato@nvidia.com>
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Summary

Adds optional native Edge-LLM execution for original-source InternVL3 FP16 models.

The change adds:

  • Pinned, optional Edge-LLM SDK provisioning.
  • InternVL-owned dispatch, preparation, bundle publication, and runtime support.
  • Explicit build execution inputs and local companion checkpoints.
  • Bounded bundle extraction and diagnostic stream separation.
  • Edge-backed visual feature extraction for the existing vision oracle.
  • Documentation for supported profiles, exclusions, and qualification limits.

Native TensorRT builds remain the fallback. Qualification covers InternVL3 1B, 2B, and 8B on SM80, and 14B on SM120. Quantized sources, InternVL3.5, additional platforms, and public multiple-image generation remain excluded.

Architecture impact

Family-owned files

InternVL owns model policy, checkpoint validation, Edge artifact handling, runtime contracts, and vision validation under families/internvl/.

Shared surfaces

The change extends:

  • BuildExecutionInputs and NamedCheckpoint.
  • Python and CLI build APIs.
  • BundleReader::copy_section.
  • Optional Edge-LLM CMake provisioning.
  • Bundle-based runtime selection.

Builds without execution inputs or Edge metadata retain the existing path.

Dependency directions

The optional top-level SDK integration exposes EdgeLLM::Core to the InternVL runtime. The runtime loads the adjacent Edge plugin from Edge bundles. The SDK requires matching native CUDA, TensorRT, GPU, Python, and JSON-header environments.

Affected consumers

Affected consumers include InternVL builders, Python and CLI build users, native InternVL runtime loading, vision-oracle tests, CMake packaging tests, and SDK configuration users.

Unresolved blast-radius questions

  • Review finding counts are unavailable from the supplied evidence.
  • Full fresh-model inference and performance results are not established for the publication head.
  • Qualification outside SM80 and SM120 remains unresolved.
  • Shared build and bundle changes need compatibility review across all family consumers.

Outcome

HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED

The available evidence does not resolve the material shared-surface compatibility and GPU-runtime questions. No blocking finding is established from the supplied evidence.

Walkthrough

The pull request adds optional Edge-LLM provisioning and InternVL execution, explicit build inputs with local checkpoints, bounded bundle-section streaming, and separated CLI result and diagnostic streams.

Changes

Edge-LLM provisioning and InternVL execution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Edge-LLM SDK provisioning
CMakeLists.txt, cmake/EdgeLLM.cmake, cmake/edgellm/*, tools/tests/test_architecture.py, website/docs/user-guides/configure-runtime.md
CMake can provision or reuse a pinned Edge-LLM package. Native CUDA, TensorRT, GPU, JSON-header, Python, wheel, kernel, and ONNX requirements are validated.
InternVL Edge build routing
families/internvl/dispatch.py, families/internvl/edge_llm.py, families/internvl/model.py, families/internvl/docs/*, website/docs/features/model-families.md
InternVL admits supported requests, prepares Edge artifacts, publishes edge_llm.json, and falls back to the native builder for unsupported requests or Edge preparation failures.
InternVL Edge runtime contract
families/internvl/runtime/*
The runtime validates bundle metadata, loads the Edge plugin, manages CUDA resources, validates generation requests and responses, and selects Edge runtime creation when edge_llm.json is present.
Edge vision feature validation
families/internvl/tests/cpp/*, families/internvl/tests/test_vision_oracle.py, families/internvl/tests/vision_oracle.py
The vision helper runs Edge preprocessing and inference. The oracle extracts bundle sections, invokes the helper, reads FP16 features, and rejects unsafe artifact paths.

Explicit build inputs

Layer / File(s) Summary
Execution input contract and dispatch
core/builder/tensorrt_model_connect/*, core/builder/tests/test_build.py, website/docs/api/python-builder.md, website/docs/architecture/build-pipeline.md
The build API and CLI accept validated execution variants and local companion checkpoints. Explicit inputs dispatch to build_with_inputs; ordinary builds retain the existing path. Tests cover validation, environment handling, transaction behavior, and CLI forwarding.
CLI result and diagnostic streams
apps/cli/main.cpp
CLI results use the original standard-output stream. Library diagnostics use standard error. The captured CLI status is returned.

Bundle section streaming

Layer / File(s) Summary
Section copy API and validation
core/runtime/include/trtmc/bundle.h, core/runtime/bundle/bundle_format.cpp, core/runtime/tests/test_bundle_format_v1.cpp
BundleReader::copy_section streams named sections in 64 KiB chunks and reports missing sections, invalid bounds, truncation, and stream failures. Tests cover empty sections and chunk boundaries.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 14f20

Edge generation using the default token limit fails for nonempty prompts, so the native Edge path should be corrected before merge. Successful builds also leave unwanted diagnostic files.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 7 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 108 functions across 21 files. (13 skippe… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Shared Change Blast Radius ⚠️ Warning The pull request adds several shared surfaces, but it does not identify the required model-agnostic need and ownership boundary for all of them. core/builder/tensorrt_model_connect/build.py, `build_… Add an explicit shared-surface impact section to the pull request description and repository documentation. For each shared change, state the concrete model-agnostic need, production consumers, behavior and compatibility impact, validation,…
✅ Passed checks (7 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: adding native Edge execution for InternVL.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the required background, exit criteria, implementation, change categories, validation, environment, remaining gaps, self-review, risk, and future-reader notes. It also states sc…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Family Ownership Boundary ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes only the families/internvl family directory among family directories. New family code uses its local .edge_llm, families/internvl/runtime/edge_llm/*, and same-fami…
Shared Semantic Neutrality ✅ Passed PASS. The changed shared code remains model-agnostic. core/builder/tensorrt_model_connect/build.py transports validated generic BuildExecutionInputs and calls an explicitly supplied family `build_…
Benchmark Validation Integrity ✅ Passed No benchmark timing or performance accounting changed. The existing native path synchronizes CUDA and transfers features to host in families/internvl/tests/vision_oracle.py; the new Edge helper also…
Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 108 functions across 21 files. (13 skipped: 13 unsupported.)

Full details: Shared Change Blast Radius

Explanation

The pull request adds several shared surfaces, but it does not identify the required model-agnostic need and ownership boundary for all of them. core/builder/tensorrt_model_connect/build.py, build_cli.py, and __init__.py add public execution-input types, CLI flags, and a build_with_inputs contract. Repository search finds no build_with_inputs implementation in any family; the references are limited to core code, tests, and documentation. The InternVL Edge path uses the ordinary family build dispatch instead. BundleReader::copy_section is a shared public method, but its only production caller is the new InternVL adapter. The PR explains bounded extraction and gives extensive fallback, compatibility, and validation evidence, including Python tests, native SM80/SM120 builds, CTest, and the visual replay. It does not explain why these shared contracts cannot remain family-owned, identify actual production consumers for the execution-input contract, or document the full compatibility impact of the changed CLI stream behavior for existing CLI consumers. The changes are causally introduced by this PR, so the shared-change blast-radius condition applies.

Resolution

Add an explicit shared-surface impact section to the pull request description and repository documentation. For each shared change, state the concrete model-agnostic need, production consumers, behavior and compatibility impact, validation, and why the shared layer must own it. In particular, either provide a real family consumer for BuildExecutionInputs/build_with_inputs or remove that unused public API and keep companion handling family-local. Explain why BundleReader::copy_section belongs in the common reader instead of the InternVL adapter, and list its adapter and test consumers. Explain the top-level Edge CMake provisioning and the executable-wide stdout/stderr redirection, including affected CLI commands and dedicated validation. If these rationales cannot be provided, move the changes to family-local code or split unrelated shared changes into separate pull requests.


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In `@families/internvl/dispatch.py`:
- Around line 162-164: Update the successful Edge publication branch in the
dispatch flow to delete the persistent diagnostic log before returning after
edge_llm.publish. Preserve the failure-path log and the existing cleanup for
platform non-matches.

In `@families/internvl/runtime/edge_llm/adapter.cpp`:
- Line 185: Update default_max_new_tokens() to return a validated positive
budget derived from capacity_ minus input_limit_, reserving capacity for prompt
tokens while remaining within the model’s output limit. Preserve the override
contract and ensure the value passed through make_request and validate_response
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  • CMakeLists.txt
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  • core/runtime/bundle/bundle_format.cpp
  • core/runtime/include/trtmc/bundle.h
  • core/runtime/tests/test_bundle_format_v1.cpp
  • families/internvl/dispatch.py
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  • families/internvl/edge_llm.py
  • families/internvl/model.py
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  • families/internvl/runtime/plugin.cpp
  • families/internvl/tests/cpp/edge_vision_features.cpp
  • families/internvl/tests/test_vision_oracle.py
  • families/internvl/tests/vision_oracle.py
  • tools/tests/test_architecture.py
  • website/docs/api/python-builder.md
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if adapter is not None:
edge_llm.publish(request, writer, files, marker)
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the diagnostic log after a successful Edge publication.

build creates a persistent log file next to the bundle output at Lines 133-137. The failure path keeps it on purpose, and the platform non-match path deletes it at Line 165. The success path returns after publish and never deletes it. Every successful Edge build therefore leaves a hidden .<output>.edge-*.log file in the output directory.

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         else:
             # Edge preparation did not touch writer; publication cannot fallback.
             if adapter is not None:
                 edge_llm.publish(request, writer, files, marker)
+                log_path.unlink()  # A successful build keeps no diagnostics.
                 return
             log_path.unlink()  # A platform non-match is not an Edge failure.
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if adapter is not None:
edge_llm.publish(request, writer, files, marker)
return
if adapter is not None:
edge_llm.publish(request, writer, files, marker)
log_path.unlink() # A successful build keeps no diagnostics.
return
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In `@families/internvl/dispatch.py` around lines 162 - 164, Update the successful
Edge publication branch in the dispatch flow to delete the persistent diagnostic
log before returning after edge_llm.publish. Preserve the failure-path log and
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const char* task() const noexcept override { return IVisionLanguageGeneration::kTask; }
std::int32_t default_max_new_tokens() const override { return capacity_; }

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Reserve capacity for prompt tokens in default_max_new_tokens(). The CLI uses this value when --max-new-tokens is omitted. make_request copies it to request.maxGenerateLength, and validate_response passes that value to validate_capacity. Since the default is capacity_ and validate_capacity requires the budget to be at most capacity_ - prompt_tokens, every valid non-empty prompt causes the response validation to throw.

Return a positive default that leaves room for the prompt, such as a validated value derived from capacity_ - input_limit_.

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In `@families/internvl/runtime/edge_llm/adapter.cpp` at line 185, Update
default_max_new_tokens() to return a validated positive budget derived from
capacity_ minus input_limit_, reserving capacity for prompt tokens while
remaining within the model’s output limit. Preserve the override contract and
ensure the value passed through make_request and validate_response satisfies
validate_capacity for non-empty prompts.

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