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[Bug]: LuisaRender RayTracer aborts on shutdown with fmt::format_error (“string pointer is null”) #2997

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@EntangledQuantum

Bug Description

Bug Description

I am testing Genesis's RayTracer / LuisaRender CUDA rendering path on Ubuntu 24.04 with an RTX 5090. Genesis initializes correctly, the scene is created successfully, and then the process aborts during shutdown while LuisaRender is caching compiled kernels.

The failure happens after a minimal RayTracer scene is constructed with no viewer window. I am using this setup to verify that the LuisaRender backend works correctly in my Genesis environment before moving on to more complex simulation and rendering workflows.

The crash is reproducible and does not appear to be caused by my Python code or by scene construction. Instead, the program terminates inside LuisaRender's CUDA backend during cleanup with:

fmt::v11::format_error: string pointer is null

Steps to Reproduce

import genesis as gs

gs.init(backend=gs.gpu)

scene = gs.Scene(
    renderer=gs.renderers.RayTracer(
        env_surface=gs.surfaces.Emission(
            emissive_texture=gs.textures.ColorTexture(color=(0.2, 0.3, 0.5)),
        ),
        env_radius=20.0,
    ),
    show_viewer=False,
)

### Expected Behavior

Genesis should shut down cleanly without throwing an exception or aborting.

### Screenshots/Videos

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### Relevant log output

```shell
[Genesis] Running on [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090] with backend gs.cuda. Device memory: 31.33 GB.
[Genesis] Genesis initialized.
[2026-06-30 02:28:24.964] [console] [warning] Failed to load built-in kernels: the provided PTX was compiled with an unsupported toolchain. Re-trying with patched PTX version...
[2026-06-30 02:28:24.964] [console] [warning] The PTX version is not supported by the installed CUDA driver. Trying to patch the PTX to make it compatible with the driver.
[2026-06-30 02:28:24.964] [console] [warning] Patch PTX version from 9.3 to 9.0.
[2026-06-30 02:28:25.009] [console] [warning] Found CUDA device runtime library '.../build/bin/libcudadevrt.a', but the driver does not recognize it when adding the kernel PTX. Indirect kernel dispatch will not be available.
[Genesis] Scene <...> created.
[Genesis] Exiting Genesis and caching compiled kernels...
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'fmt::v11::format_error'
  what():  string pointer is null

Environment

Environment
OS: Ubuntu 24.04
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Driver: 580.159.04
nvidia-smi reports CUDA Version: 13.0
CUDA toolkit: 13.3 (nvcc --version)
PyTorch CUDA: 13.2

Release version or Commit ID

Genesis commit: 8e44876
LuisaRender submodule commit: ac034080af1f537f4243bfa4914dd27adbca3589

Additional Context

git submodule status shows:

genesis/ext/LuisaRender at ac034080af1f537f4243bfa4914dd27adbca3589

The crash happens after successful initialization and scene creation, so this looks like a shutdown/cleanup issue in the CUDA backend rather than a scene construction failure.

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