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The change separates child construction from registration. The C++ constructor creates a child with fresh execution state, and registerChildRequest checks eligibility before adding it to the parent’s sequence group. The Python path also initializes the child before registration, which supports failure atomicity.

Request broadcasting and executor translation now preserve additional Python-owned fields. Translation uses executor position_ids when callers do not supply them. Audio encoder features and output length now use executor request values, with conflict checks for multimodal overrides.

The bindings expose the new child constructor and registration method. They also expose native child requests and Request.encoder_output_length. These API changes need checks for consistency between Python and native child creation. Review finding counts and final test status are unavailable from the supplied evidence.

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The change adds C++ unit tests and Python tests for request broadcast, input ownership, translation, child state, sequence completion, failure handling, and object lifetime. The tests cover important behavior and error paths; coverage verdict: sufficient. The changed Python test file is under unittest/_torch/executor, which is included by the l0_cpu.yml test list. No exact test-function declarations were confirmed. No specific manual-QA list entry was found.

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  • cpp/include/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/llmRequest.h — Declares child construction and registration APIs. Verify callers use registration only after successful initialization.
  • cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/llmRequest.cpp — Implements child state, ownership, sequence ordering, and registration checks. Verify rejected creation does not mutate parent state.
  • cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/bindings.cpp — Exposes child construction and registration, plus a read-only native-child property. Verify Python-facing behavior matches the C++ API.
  • cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/executor/request.cpp — Adds the read-only encoder_output_length property. Verify the value matches the underlying executor request.
  • cpp/tests/unit_tests/batch_manager/llmRequestTest.cpp — Adds C++ coverage for input isolation, fresh child state, seed progression, and invalid child creation. This is a native unit test, not an integration-list test.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py — Adds Python child construction and registration, preserves selected inputs and settings, and changes executor translation defaults and audio validation. Verify copy/share behavior and conflict errors.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/request_utils.py — Broadens broadcasted Python attributes and adds allow_missing behavior. Verify missing optional attributes are skipped only when that option is enabled.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_request_utils.py — Adds tests for broadcast round trips, translation, encoder inputs, child lifecycle, and failure handling. The unittest/_torch/executor directory is included in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml; no explicit manual-QA entry was found.

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  • Preserve request inputs through broadcast and translation. Carries logprob settings, routed-expert output selection, original EOS ID, multimodal item order, and arrival time. Preserves position IDs and encoder features/output lengths, and rejects conflicting encoder inputs.
  • Make child-request ownership explicit. Constructs children from selected inputs with fresh execution state, replacing blanket copying. Mutable inputs are independent; tensor inputs are shared read-only. Native and Python code retain the same executing child.
  • Tighten lifecycle checks. Rejects child creation after execution starts, duplicate request IDs, and invalid registration. Failed initialization leaves no partially registered child or consumed sequence slot.
  • Add regression coverage for transport round trips, input isolation, fresh runtime state, object lifetime, and sequence-group completion.

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The changes add native and Python APIs for creating child requests with fresh execution state. They also update executor-request conversion for position IDs and audio encoder inputs, and expand collection of Python-side request attributes for broadcasting.

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Request construction and input handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Native child-request lifecycle
cpp/include/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/llmRequest.h, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/llmRequest.cpp, cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/batch_manager/bindings.cpp, cpp/tests/unit_tests/batch_manager/llmRequestTest.cpp
The native API constructs and registers child requests. Validation covers eligibility, sequence order, capacity, and unique IDs. Tests cover copied inputs, fresh execution state, seeds, and rejected registrations.
Python child construction
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_request_utils.py
Python child creation uses copied mutable inputs and selected settings, then registers the child after initialization. Tests cover completion, failure handling, limits, and object lifetimes.
Executor request input conversion
cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/executor/request.cpp, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_request_utils.py
Conversion uses request position IDs when no override is supplied. It initializes encoder data from executor requests and checks audio input conflicts and output-length requirements.
Python request attribute collection
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/request_utils.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_request_utils.py
Broadcast collection includes additional Python-side attributes and supports skipping absent attributes for optional values. Tests check pickle round trips and translated request values.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ParentLlmRequest
  participant ChildLlmRequest
  participant NativeLlmRequest
  ParentLlmRequest->>ChildLlmRequest: construct child from copied inputs and settings
  ChildLlmRequest->>NativeLlmRequest: construct from native parent and child ID
  ChildLlmRequest->>NativeLlmRequest: register child after initialization
  ChildLlmRequest-->>ParentLlmRequest: return initialized child
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Possibly related issues

  • Issue 20852 in NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM reports speculative-decoding sampling behavior tied to child request construction. This change updates child input preservation and execution-state initialization, but the supplied context does not show that it resolves the reported distribution issue.

Suggested reviewers: zhaoyangwang-nvidia, lori-ren

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The change preserves request inputs and constructs child requests with fresh state, and no merge-blocking behavior issue was found. A small follow-up test addition would cover each native child-eligibility check separately.

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cpp/tests/unit_tests/batch_manager/llmRequestTest.cpp: 1

472-474: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test the two execution checks separately.

rejectChildConstructionAfterExecution sets both a generated token and kGENERATION_IN_PROGRESS, so it cannot detect removal of either conjunct in the native eligibility guard. Add separate cases for:

  • A generated token while the state remains kCONTEXT_INIT.
  • kGENERATION_IN_PROGRESS before adding a token.

Each case should assert that child creation throws, no child is registered, and the parent receives no seed. The inspected Python child tests do not cover these native predicates separately.

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Update rejectChildConstructionAfterExecution to test each createChildRequest
eligibility condition independently: add one case with a generated token while
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Carry logprob mode and format, routed-expert output selection, the original
EOS ID, multimodal item order, and arrival time in the request broadcast
sidecar. Preserve explicit None for the original EOS ID while allowing the
attribute to be absent on directly constructed executor requests.

Fall back to executor.Request.position_ids when no rank-local override is
supplied. Preserve direct encoder features and post-encoder output length,
including token-only encoder metadata. Expose the existing native output
length through a read-only Python property without changing serialized
layouts. Reject duplicate encoder feature sources and conflicting output
lengths instead of silently discarding an input.

Add CPU regressions that pickle real requests and sidecars before
reattachment and translation. Cover non-default and missing Python inputs,
arrival-time response metrics, position overrides, encoder downsampling,
shared child features, pause/restart, and conflicting encoder routes.
The request-utils module is already included in the CPU CI test list.

Validation: rebuilt and installed with run/run_build_wheel.sh --job_count 68;
409 CPU tests passed across request-utils, encoder-decoder, PyExecutor, and
executor bindings (8 non-CPU tests deselected). Applicable pre-commit hooks
passed. Live multi-GPU generation was not exercised.

Signed-off-by: Robin Kobus <19427718+Funatiq@users.noreply.github.com>
Child creation previously retained a native parent copy while Python executed
another native copy, then deep-copied every py_* attribute by name prefix.
That implicitly inherited runtime events, result history, and references to
previous siblings whenever a field was added to a request.

Construct native children from explicit request inputs with independent
mutable vectors and fresh execution state. Share tensor inputs read-only and
share the sequence-group completion vector deliberately. Register the actual
Python-backed child only after all Python input copying and initialization
succeeds, so native and Python ownership refer to the same executing request.
Keep the native createChildRequest entry point on this construction path.

Replace prefix-based Python copying with explicit input policies. Preserve
existing read-only encoder feature sharing and independent mutable model
inputs, while initializing result storage, events, cache/transfer bookkeeping,
sampler progress, and metrics from the constructor. Preserve seed derivation
and group response routing. Reject late construction, duplicate identities,
and invalid registration; failed copies do not consume a child slot or seed.
Handle absent native draft-token storage as an empty input.

Add native and CPU Python regressions for mutable input isolation, fresh
state, native/Python child identity, lifetime without reference cycles,
streaming/non-streaming group completion, and failed construction before and
after native initialization. The Python tests use the existing CPU-listed
request-utils module.

Validation: rebuilt and installed with run/run_build_wheel.sh --job_count 68,
regenerated binding stubs, and built llmRequestTest with 68 jobs. All 44 native
request tests and 416 affected CPU Python tests passed (8 non-CPU tests
excluded). Applicable pre-commit hooks passed. Model-backed and live multi-GPU
generation were not exercised.

Signed-off-by: Robin Kobus <19427718+Funatiq@users.noreply.github.com>
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