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Support multi-node shared Target training and per-Draft packing - #9
Train independent Draft experiments across a static multi-node cluster while sharing compatible Target features. Each Draft keeps its own weights, optimizer, learning-rate schedule, progress and checkpoints. Sequence packing can be enabled separately for each Draft, including mixed packed and unpacked training in one session.
Features stay on their producer node while each Draft synchronizes gradients across nodes. Drafts can resume from different checkpoints, and healthy experiments can continue after a failed Draft's reader processes have exited.
Adds the multinode-shared Qwen3-8B / DSpark 4K recipe and a training and recovery guide for two eight-GPU nodes without a shared filesystem.
Verification
1,054 CPU and source regression tests passed, along with Ruff, compilation, documentation link checks, and wheel/sdist build audits.
Two nodes with 16 NVIDIA L20X GPUs at 4K context: packed and mixed packing training, independent checkpoint recovery, failure isolation, and native export with strict loading.
Compatibility and provenance
Uses the existing experiments configuration and checkpoint formats. Multi-node sharing requires TransferEngine, node-local feature affinity and inference_batch_size=1. Shared runs follow each Draft's optimizer-step limit; training.source_work_budget remains a single-Draft setting.
The new recipe retains its TorchSpec attribution and license notice.
This change extends shared Target training to a static multi-node cluster. Independent Draft experiments can reuse compatible Target features. Each Draft keeps its own weights, optimizer, learning-rate schedule, progress, and checkpoints. Packing can be set independently for each Draft, so packed and unpacked Drafts can train together.
Changes
Configuration and planning (aspec/multi_draft.py):
Multi-draft planning accepts static_multi_node children. Each child must use node_local_required feature affinity and inference_batch_size=1.
The single-node-only rejection is removed.
Trainer allocation uses each child's requested node count and GPUs per node.
Each experiment receives a node-major slice of the shared training reservation (experiment_gpu_allocation).
Preflight (preflight_multi_draft): A new multi-node-only preflight checks each child and the shared source. It writes and prints a report. It closes node-local stores.
Node-local admission assigns source entries to nodes. It tracks per-node watermarks and demand.
Finite demand must divide evenly across source nodes.
Output placement must match the admitted node.
Checkpoint state resumes from the oldest outstanding epoch.
get_ready_pool_size_by_node is added.
Inference manager (aspec/controller/inference_manager.py): Node-local dispatch for a shared source checks per-node ready prompts. Refill skips the global and per-node full-pool check for this mode.
Fencing and teardown:
Owner fencing delegates to wait_for_owner_exit after child actors are killed.
Cleanup raises SourceTeardownBlockedError if training started but owners were not fenced.
The Ray driver is retained when remote owner exit is unverified.
Entry point (aspec/train_entry.py):--preflight-only no longer rejects shared-target plans. When it is set, the entry point runs preflight instead of training.
Recipes and catalog:
New configs/recipes/qwen3_8b_4k_multinode_multi_draft_nvlink.yaml for two nodes, Qwen3-8B, DSpark, and 4K context. It defines draft_a and draft_b.
tools/recipe_catalog.json adds a multinode-shared entry. The shared-target entry now sets draft_experiments to 2.
Recipe acceptance uses draft_gpus // draft_experiments for expected trainer ranks.
Documentation: Updates cover the sharing guide, the multi-node guide, the recipe catalog, the architecture and decisions documents, the support document, the roadmap, the README files, and the contributor validation guide. The sharing guide adds a two-experiment walkthrough with separate step limits and a resume to a shared 64-step learning-rate horizon.
Tests: CPU tests cover shared-node GPU reservation, rank allocation, rejection of multi-sample target requests, per-Draft packing, rejection of finite training.source_work_budget in multi-draft runs, shared-source admission and accounting, checkpoint replay, preflight results, and fencing failures.
Compatibility
The change uses the existing experiments configuration and checkpoint formats.
Multi-node sharing requires TransferEngine, feature_affinity=node_local_required, and inference_batch_size=1.
Shared runs follow each Draft's optimizer-step limit.
training.source_work_budget applies only to single-Draft runs. A finite value is rejected in multi-draft runs.
The shared-target catalog entry now defines two experiments. Its behavior changes accordingly.
Verification
The PR description reports the following. These results are author-reported. They were not re-run for this summary.
491 CPU tests passed.
Ruff and documentation link checks passed.
Packed and mixed-packing training were tested.
Independent checkpoint recovery and failure isolation were tested.
Native export with strict loading was tested on two nodes with 16 NVIDIA L20X GPUs at 4K context.
Scope and limitations
Elastic membership and broader node-failure recovery are not included.
Online weight synchronization and untrusted-tenant isolation are listed as unsupported.
Automatic recovery from CUDA driver, DMA, or RDMA hangs is unsupported.
Static multi-node single-Draft training still excludes elastic membership and cross-node Target TP.
Linked issue #21 lists four expected outcomes. All four are unchecked in the issue text. The author reports validation on the tested two-node topology. Broader topologies are not covered.
Share node-local Target features across independent cross-node Draft groups, with per-Draft placement, checkpoint recovery, preflight and reader fencing.
Add the multinode-shared recipe, usage documentation and CPU regression coverage.
The pull request adds static multi-node support for independent Draft experiments sharing Target features. It changes planning, node-local source admission, inference dispatch, preflight, and cleanup. It also adds a multi-node recipe, tests, and user and contributor documentation.
Changes: Static Multi-Node Shared Multi-Draft Training
Planning now supports static multi-node children with node-local feature affinity and inference batch size 1. It assigns each Draft a node-major share of the training reservation. The recipe and catalog define a two-node, two-Draft setup. Recipe selection and checkpoint restoration use experiment configuration rather than a recipe-name check.
Node-local source admission and accounting aspec/controller/shared_source.py, tests/cpu/test_shared_source.py
The shared source tracks demand, ready work, and admission placement per node. It assigns eligible readers to source entries, validates output placement, and clears assignments when work is cancelled, retired, or finalized. Tests cover packed and unpacked readers, checkpoint epochs, and node-local output dispatch.
Shared-source dispatch selects buffered prompts assigned to the leased node and passes their execution IDs to per-node ready-pool checks. Refill skips the full-pool check for this dispatch path. Tests cover shared and non-shared admission behavior.
Runtime preflight and owner cleanup aspec/multi_draft.py, aspec/train_entry.py, tests/cpu/test_multi_draft_runtime.py, tests/test_startup_cleanup.py
The runtime adds multi-Draft preflight, records child and source results, and closes node-local stores. Trainer allocation uses each child’s requested node and GPU width. Cleanup waits for owner exit and raises SourceTeardownBlockedError when owners remain unfenced; the entry point retains Ray when that error is active.
Project and user documentation describes static multi-node sharing, per-Draft packing and recovery, setup constraints, and the new recipe. Contributor guidance adds a multi-node acceptance command and updates the documented contract-check scope.
Two conditional failure paths should be fixed before merge. A failed evidence write during cleanup can shut down Ray before reader processes are confirmed stopped. A low shared-pool size can pass validation yet leave unpacked multi-node training unable to make progress. The recovery walkthrough also needs the TensorBoard install step.
Pre-merge checks: 4
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Title check
The title names the main change: multi-node shared Target training with per-Draft packing. The changeset adds static multi-node support for shared Target features, multi-draft preflight, and per-exper…
Linked Issues check
Directly linked issue #21 is open and active, so its coding requirements apply. The whole-PR summary (base fd4dfa2, head bc01191) shows implementation for each objective.
(1) Documented runnable reci…
Out of Scope Changes check
All changed areas connect to #21 or support its implementation: - Core multi-draft and shared-source code (aspec/multi_draft.py, aspec/controller/shared_source.py, aspec/controller/inference_manager.p…
Description check
The description covers the outcome, the main verification runs, and the compatibility notes. It states what changes for users: independent Draft experiments across a static multi-node cluster, shared …
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The title names the main change: multi-node shared Target training with per-Draft packing. The changeset adds static multi-node support for shared Target features, multi-draft preflight, and per-experiment packing, so the title matches the primary change. It is concise and specific.
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Explanation
Directly linked issue #21 is open and active, so its coding requirements apply. The whole-PR summary (base fd4dfa2, head bc01191) shows implementation for each objective.
(1) Documented runnable recipe without a shared filesystem [#21]: Adds configs/recipes/qwen3_8b_4k_multinode_multi_draft_nvlink.yaml, with two nodes, node-local output and cache directories, and a multinode-shared catalog entry in tools/recipe_catalog.json. Adds docs/user-guide/recipes.md and docs/user-guide/sharing.md walkthroughs. Author reports a two-node, 16-GPU run.
(2) Independent progress and resume from different checkpoints, with export and strict reload [#21]: Per-Draft draft_experiments handling in aspec/commands/recipes.py restores per-experiment checkpoints. Shared runs follow each Draft's optimizer-step limit. The walkthrough resumes two experiments from separate checkpoints. Author reports native export with strict loading.
(3) Feature sharing and committed-work identity preserved across packing and recovery [#21]: aspec/controller/shared_source.py assigns admissions to source nodes and keeps features node-local. Checkpoint state resumes from the oldest outstanding epoch. Tests in tests/cpu/test_shared_source.py cover checkpoint epoch replay and per-node packing. docs/framework/ARCHITECTURE.md states that physical capture identity is distinct from committed work.
(4) Bounded backpressure and safe fencing of failed readers [#21]: aspec/controller/inference_manager.py and shared_source.py apply per-node ready-pool checks. aspec/multi_draft.py fences owners through wait_for_owner_exit and raises SourceTeardownBlockedError when exit is unverified. Tests in tests/test_startup_cleanup.py and tests/cpu/test_multi_draft_runtime.py cover these paths. Topology and limitations are recorded in docs/support.md.
Elastic membership and broader node-failure recovery are excluded, as the issue states.
Limits: This assessment relies on the PR summary and the PR description. Source hunks were not read. Hardware results are author-reported and were not verified here.
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Explanation
All changed areas connect to #21 or support its implementation:
Core multi-draft and shared-source code (aspec/multi_draft.py, aspec/controller/shared_source.py, aspec/controller/inference_manager.py, aspec/train_entry.py, aspec/commands/recipes.py) implements multi-node sharing, per-Draft packing, preflight, and fencing.
The new recipe, catalog entry, and recipe README link implement the required runnable recipe.
Tests in tests/cpu/ and tests/test_startup_cleanup.py cover the new behavior. Test-path changes in tests/cpu/test_multi_draft_plan.py, tests/cpu/test_release_recipes.py, and tools/recipes.py support the new test layout.
Documentation (README, README_zh-CN, docs/ files, ROADMAP) describes the new capability and its limits. The ROADMAP status update matches the #21 scope.
No change was found that is demonstrably unrelated to #21. The removal of earlier qualification details from docs/support.md is a documentation edit. It does not add unrelated behavior. Because this assessment used the summary, individual hunks were not read.
Full details: Description check
Explanation
The description covers the outcome, the main verification runs, and the compatibility notes. It states what changes for users: independent Draft experiments across a static multi-node cluster, shared compatible Target features, per-Draft packing, and a new multinode-shared recipe with a recovery guide. The Verification section lists CPU and source tests, Ruff, compilation, link checks, and two-node L20X runs. The Outcome section does not state what remains unchanged, and the Verification section does not name the GPU runtime results precisely. The Verification section also omits the unverified scope and known limitations, which the template asks for. The test count in the description (1,054) differs from the PR objectives (491), so the author should confirm the number. The description is mostly complete, so this check passes; the gaps are non-critical.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @aspec/controller/shared_source.py:
- Line 340: The _node_watermarks admission gate can deadlock unpacked node-local
dispatch when a node’s watermark is below its local dispatch requirement.
Validate this configuration in train-config validation against the per-node
output requirement used by try_dispatch_batch, while leaving packed dispatch
unchanged; add a real-controller regression test for the two-node,
two-rank-per-node case.
Review comments at @aspec/multi_draft.py:
- Around line 876-877: In the teardown flow guarded by `training_started` and
`owners_fenced`, determine whether teardown is blocked before calling
`persist_session()`. If persistence fails while teardown is blocked, raise the
`SourceTeardownBlockedError` with the persistence exception as its cause; when
teardown is not blocked, preserve the existing persistence-error behavior.
Review comments at @docs/user-guide/sharing.md:
- Line 143: Add an installation step before the walkthrough runs that directs
users to install the optional tracking extra before setting
config.logging.report_to to tensorboard; link to the existing tracking
installation instructions rather than duplicating an install command.
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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Require each node's ready watermark to cover its local dispatch round.
With dflash_packing disabled and feature_affinity=node_local_required, try_dispatch_batch dispatches only after each node supplies len(ranks) * per_dp_rank_batch_size outputs. The admission gate at aspec/controller/shared_source.py:340 admits a node only while its ready and admitted-but-unpublished count stays below that node's watermark. With two nodes and max_sample_pool_size=2, each node receives one credit. A Draft with two DP ranks per node needs two outputs per node, so the node can never reach that requirement. Admission stops, nothing dispatches, and no credit is released. aspec/config/train_config.py:515-516 accepts this configuration because it checks only that the watermark is at least one per node.
Validate each node's bounded watermark against its local dispatch requirement for the unpacked node-local path. Add a real-controller regression test for this configuration. Packed dispatch uses a different path and is outside this finding.
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Review comment at @aspec/controller/shared_source.py at line 340:
The _node_watermarks admission gate can deadlock unpacked node-local dispatch when a node’s watermark is below its local dispatch requirement. Validate this configuration in train-config validation against the per-node output requirement used by try_dispatch_batch, while leaving packed dispatch unchanged; add a real-controller regression test for the two-node, two-rank-per-node case.
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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win
Keep the blocked-teardown error when persistence fails.
If read-owner fencing fails and persist_session() raises, the guard never runs. The original persistence exception then reaches aspec/train_entry.py line 541. That check does not skip ray.shutdown() for this exception type, so ray.shutdown() can run while read owners may still hold published features. Any exception from persist_session() can cause this, for example an OSError from a full output filesystem.
Evaluate the teardown condition before persistence. Raise the blocked error from the persistence failure. Keep the persistence failure as __cause__.
Suggested fix
--- "a/aspec/multi_draft.py"+++ "b/aspec/multi_draft.py"@@ -871,14 +871,22 @@
# Fixed-budget experiment cost, including startup/cleanup; not a claim
# about GPU utilization or the scheduler's actual billed reservation.
session["budget_gpu_hours"] = allocated_gpus * session["wall_seconds"] / 3600
try:
- persist_session()- if training_started and not owners_fenced:- raise SourceTeardownBlockedError([- status for name, statuses in actor_statuses.items()- if name not in fenced_groups for status in statuses- ])+ blocked_error = None+ if training_started and not owners_fenced:+ blocked_error = SourceTeardownBlockedError([+ status for name, statuses in actor_statuses.items()+ if name not in fenced_groups for status in statuses+ ])+ try:+ persist_session()+ except Exception as persist_error:+ if blocked_error is None:+ raise+ raise blocked_error from persist_error+ if blocked_error is not None:+ raise blocked_error
finally:
for key, value in previous_environment.items():
if value is None:
os.environ.pop(key, None)
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Review comment at @aspec/multi_draft.py around lines 876 - 877:
In the teardown flow guarded by `training_started` and `owners_fenced`, determine whether teardown is blocked before calling `persist_session()`. If persistence fails while teardown is blocked, raise the `SourceTeardownBlockedError` with the persistence exception as its cause; when teardown is not blocked, preserve the existing persistence-error behavior.
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Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
Add the TensorBoard install step to the walkthrough.
tensorboard is an optional extra, not a base dependency. The walkthrough sets logging.report_to = "tensorboard", which reaches an unguarded torch.utils.tensorboard import during tracking setup. Without the package, this import can raise ImportError before the first run starts. Neither sharing.md nor multinode.md tells the user to install the tracking extra. training.md documents .[tracking], but the walkthrough does not link to it.
Add the .[tracking] install step before the walkthrough runs, or set tracking to disabled in the walkthrough config.
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Review comment at @docs/user-guide/sharing.md at line 143:
Add an installation step before the walkthrough runs that directs users to install the optional tracking extra before setting config.logging.report_to to tensorboard; link to the existing tracking installation instructions rather than duplicating an install command.
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Outcome
Train independent Draft experiments across a static multi-node cluster while sharing compatible Target features. Each Draft keeps its own weights, optimizer, learning-rate schedule, progress and checkpoints. Sequence packing can be enabled separately for each Draft, including mixed packed and unpacked training in one session.
Features stay on their producer node while each Draft synchronizes gradients across nodes. Drafts can resume from different checkpoints, and healthy experiments can continue after a failed Draft's reader processes have exited.
Adds the
multinode-sharedQwen3-8B / DSpark 4K recipe and a training and recovery guide for two eight-GPU nodes without a shared filesystem.Verification
Compatibility and provenance
Uses the existing
experimentsconfiguration and checkpoint formats. Multi-node sharing requires TransferEngine, node-local feature affinity andinference_batch_size=1. Shared runs follow each Draft's optimizer-step limit;training.source_work_budgetremains a single-Draft setting.The new recipe retains its TorchSpec attribution and license notice.
Closes #21
Summary
This change extends shared Target training to a static multi-node cluster. Independent Draft experiments can reuse compatible Target features. Each Draft keeps its own weights, optimizer, learning-rate schedule, progress, and checkpoints. Packing can be set independently for each Draft, so packed and unpacked Drafts can train together.
Changes
aspec/multi_draft.py):static_multi_nodechildren. Each child must usenode_local_requiredfeature affinity andinference_batch_size=1.experiment_gpu_allocation).preflight_multi_draft): A new multi-node-only preflight checks each child and the shared source. It writes and prints a report. It closes node-local stores.aspec/controller/shared_source.py):get_ready_pool_size_by_nodeis added.aspec/controller/inference_manager.py): Node-local dispatch for a shared source checks per-node ready prompts. Refill skips the global and per-node full-pool check for this mode.wait_for_owner_exitafter child actors are killed.SourceTeardownBlockedErrorif training started but owners were not fenced.aspec/train_entry.py):--preflight-onlyno longer rejects shared-target plans. When it is set, the entry point runs preflight instead of training.configs/recipes/qwen3_8b_4k_multinode_multi_draft_nvlink.yamlfor two nodes, Qwen3-8B, DSpark, and 4K context. It definesdraft_aanddraft_b.tools/recipe_catalog.jsonadds amultinode-sharedentry. Theshared-targetentry now setsdraft_experimentsto2.draft_gpus // draft_experimentsfor expected trainer ranks.training.source_work_budgetin multi-draft runs, shared-source admission and accounting, checkpoint replay, preflight results, and fencing failures.Compatibility
experimentsconfiguration and checkpoint formats.feature_affinity=node_local_required, andinference_batch_size=1.training.source_work_budgetapplies only to single-Draft runs. A finite value is rejected in multi-draft runs.shared-targetcatalog entry now defines two experiments. Its behavior changes accordingly.Verification
The PR description reports the following. These results are author-reported. They were not re-run for this summary.
Scope and limitations
#21lists four expected outcomes. All four are unchecked in the issue text. The author reports validation on the tested two-node topology. Broader topologies are not covered.