This branch migrates the entire vLLM stack from `dev205+g07351e088` + Genesis
v7.64 to `0.20.1rc1.dev16+g7a1eb8ac2` + Genesis v7.65 dev tip (commit
`d89a089`). v7.65 is on Sandermage's `dev` branch — explicitly the cross-rig
testing surface he requested in discussion #19; he'll merge dev→main once we
both confirm stable. Pin gates restated when that lands.
What changes
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Pin migration:
- vLLM image: nightly-07351e08... → nightly-7a1eb8ac2... (dev205 → v0.20.1rc1.dev16)
- Genesis: 64dd18b (v7.64) → d89a089 (v7.65 dev tip)
Sidecar churn:
- DROPPED: patch_pn12_ffn_pool_anchor.py (PN12 native on v0.20)
- DROPPED: patch_pn12_compile_safe_custom_op.py (Genesis P38B in-source hook)
- DROPPED: patch_fa_max_seqlen_clamp.py (Genesis PN17 + P15B)
- ADDED: patch_workspace_lock_disable.py (relaxes vllm#39226 strict assertion;
P98 covers same surface but auto-skips on v0.20 due to drift-marker false
positive — pending Sandermage marker fix)
Env-var alignment to Sandermage's PROD set (start_27b_int4_TQ_k8v4.sh@dev):
- FIXED naming bugs that silently no-op'd patches:
- PN9_INDEPENDENT_DRAFTER_ATT → _ATTN (was silently OFF)
- PN22 → PN22_LOCAL_ARGMAX_TP (was silently OFF)
- PN26_BLOCK_KV → PN26_SPARSE_V_BLOCK_KV (fell back to default 4, not 8)
- PN26_NUM_WARPS → PN26_SPARSE_V_NUM_WARPS
- PN26_THRESHOLD → PN26_SPARSE_V_THRESHOLD (fell back to default 0.001, not 0.01)
- ADDED explicit-OFFs to match Sander's PROD verbatim:
- P78_TOLIST_CAPTURE_GUARD=0 (we use our own patch_tolist_cudagraph.py)
- P81_FP8_BLOCK_SCALED_M_LE_8=0 (FP8-specific, no-op on TQ3)
- P82=0, P82_THRESHOLD_SINGLE=0.3
- Cap divergence (justified): PROFILE_RUN_CAP_M=4128 + PREALLOC_TOKEN_BUDGET=4128
(Sander uses 4096 — vLLM `interface.py:639` forces our config's Mamba
block_size to 4128 due to TQ3 + TP=1 page-size math; lower values
AssertionError at boot)
- Carry-forward (intentional): P4 (hybrid TQ required), P65 (TQ spec-CG
downgrade — pending v0.20 verification that #40880 closure makes it
redundant)
Cold-start cache mounts (closes #22):
- All 10 composes now mount torch_compile_cache + Triton cache from
`models/qwen3.6-27b/vllm/cache/`. First boot warms (~6 min); warm boot
drops to ~3.2 min (47% faster). Per-stage savings on long-text:
- Dynamo bytecode transform: 18s → 5s (-73%)
- torch.compile: 57s → 9s (-85%)
- Initial profiling/warmup: 51s → 7s (-87%)
Mamba block_size cap fix:
- v0.20 enforces `long_prefill_token_threshold >= block_size`; on hybrid
Mamba+TQ3, vLLM forces block_size=4128. Bumped GENESIS_PROFILE_RUN_CAP_M
and PREALLOC_TOKEN_BUDGET 4096→4128 across all 5 main composes.
Default 48K compose:
- Required workspace_lock_disable sidecar after initial v0.20 boot hit
vllm#39226 strict assertion. Caught during validation, fixed.
Context restored vs dev205 backoffs (validated 33K + 50K stress on v0.20):
- long-text: 185K → 214K (+16%)
- long-vision: 140K → 198K (+41%)
- bounded-thinking: 185K → 214K (+16%)
Bench results (n=5, results/v0.20-migration/):
- long-text 214K narr 49.74 / code 67.39 (CV 2.6/2.7%)
- long-vision 198K narr 50.32 / code 66.12 (CV 2.3/4.1%)
- bounded-thinking 214K narr 49.77 / code 65.80 (CV 1.4/2.3%)
- tools-text 75K (fp8) narr 53.32 / code 69.66 (CV 2.3/1.4%)
- dual-turbo 262K (TP=2) narr 58.33 / code 76.01 per-stream
269 TPS aggregate at n=4 streams (3.63x speedup)
- default 48K narr 48.82 / code 65.98 (n=3)
Validation: verify-full 8/8 on every variant. verify-stress 33K AND 50K
tool-prefill PASS on every variant — the cliff that fired on EVERY dev205
config no longer reproduces.
Docs + charts:
- README + SINGLE_CARD + DUAL_CARD + CLIFFS + EXAMPLES + STRUCTURED_COT
+ FAQ + UPSTREAM + 3 engine docs + model README + INTERNALS + CHANGELOG
all updated with new pin, ctx, TPS numbers, and "v0.20 unblock" section
- performance.{png,svg} + variants regenerated with measured TPS
- vram-budget.{png,svg} + variants regenerated with measured VRAM
- UPSTREAM tracker: 5 issues moved ✅ closed (PR #12, #13, #14, #15, P104
superseded by PN17 + P15B)
Issues addressed:
- #16 (Cliff 1 mech B leaks past PN12 on inductor-compiled FFN) — partial:
v0.20's revised TQ FA paths close the synthetic stress; PN25 (Sander's
proper compile-path opaque-op fix) is on dev but explicitly opt-in pending
worker-fork registration fix. Workarounds documented (tools-text fp8 path
/ --enforce-eager) until Sander ships PN25 default-on.
- #20 (launch.sh port + container-name mismatch) — already closed by
77ca576 (post-issue-filing).
- #22 (cold-start caching) — closed by cache mounts above.
Remaining caveats:
- Cliff 2 (DeltaNet GDN forward, single prompt ≥50-60K) unchanged —
architectural, applies to all single-card vLLM TQ3 paths. Mitigation:
dual-turbo TP=2 (state splits across cards) or llama.cpp 262K.
- Default 48K narr_TPS (48.82) slightly under chart's 55 reference —
bench variance + sample size n=3; not regression.
- Dual.yml / dual-dflash* not re-benched on v0.20; numbers carry forward
from dev205 (fp8 paths were not TPS-changed by the migration).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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Client examples
Copy-pasteable snippets for talking to the club-3090 endpoint. The default URL is http://localhost:8020; the served model name is qwen3.6-27b-autoround (vLLM) or qwen3.6-27b-autoround (llama.cpp via the --alias flag we set).
All examples assume:
- Server running:
bash scripts/launch.shis up - API endpoint:
http://localhost:8020(override withOPENAI_BASE_URLenv var or client-sidebase_url)
The endpoint is OpenAI-compatible — anything that speaks OpenAI's /v1/chat/completions API works without modification, just point base_url at the local endpoint.
max_tokens defaults — important if you've enabled thinking
Qwen3.6-27B is a thinking model. The <think>...</think> block before the answer routinely runs 2-4K tokens on medium reasoning, 4-8K on harder coding problems, and can exceed 16K on competition-grade problems. If max_tokens cuts the response off mid-think, the model never reaches the answer and the request looks like an "empty response" or truncated garbage. We hit this exact trap on our LiveCodeBench v6 baseline (docs/STRUCTURED_COT.md caveat section).
Use these defaults:
| Scenario | max_tokens |
|---|---|
| FREE thinking on (default long-text / long-vision composes) | 8192 minimum. 16384 for hard reasoning / competition-grade problems. |
FSM bounded thinking (bounded-thinking.yml) |
4096 is fine — grammar caps the think block to a few hundred tokens of structured form. |
enable_thinking: False |
Set as tight as the answer needs (50-200 typically). |
| Tool-using agents (multi-turn) | 1024-2048 per turn. If a middle turn needs >2K to think, your prompt structure probably needs work. |
The smoke-test examples below use max_tokens: 200 because they ask short questions where thinking + answer fits comfortably. Real workloads should follow the table above.
Quick curl sanity test
curl -sf http://localhost:8020/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Capital of France?"}],
"max_tokens": 200
}' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content'
Expected response: a sentence containing Paris. The max_tokens: 200 headroom is intentional — Qwen3.6 thinks before answering by default, so even simple questions burn ~50–150 tokens inside <think>...</think> before reaching the answer. Set tighter (max_tokens: 30) only if you also pass chat_template_kwargs: {"enable_thinking": false} to skip the think block — that's what verify-full.sh does internally.
Python — openai SDK (recommended)
pip install openai
Basic chat
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="http://localhost:8020/v1", api_key="not-needed")
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about tensor cores."}],
max_tokens=120,
temperature=0.6,
top_p=0.95,
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
Streaming
stream = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain attention in 100 words."}],
max_tokens=300,
stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
delta = chunk.choices[0].delta.content or ""
print(delta, end="", flush=True)
print()
Tool calling
Works on both engines (vLLM with --tool-call-parser qwen3_coder and llama.cpp with --jinja — both ship enabled in the default composes):
tools = [
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "get_weather",
"description": "Get current weather in a city",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"city": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["city"],
},
},
}
]
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "What's the weather in Tokyo?"}],
tools=tools,
tool_choice="auto",
max_tokens=200,
)
msg = resp.choices[0].message
if msg.tool_calls:
for tc in msg.tool_calls:
print(f"Call {tc.function.name}({tc.function.arguments})")
else:
print(msg.content)
Vision (image input)
vLLM and llama.cpp both auto-load the vision tower / mmproj when configured. Send images as base64 or URLs:
import base64
from pathlib import Path
img_b64 = base64.b64encode(Path("photo.png").read_bytes()).decode()
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": [
{"type": "text", "text": "Describe this image."},
{
"type": "image_url",
"image_url": {"url": f"data:image/png;base64,{img_b64}"},
},
],
}
],
max_tokens=200,
extra_body={"chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False}},
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
Reasoning mode (vLLM with Genesis only)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Solve: 7x + 14 = 49. Show your reasoning."}],
max_tokens=2048, # FREE thinking on; 2048 fits easy math comfortably. Bump to 8192 for harder reasoning.
extra_body={"chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": True}},
)
msg = resp.choices[0].message
print("Reasoning:", getattr(msg, "reasoning_content", "") or "(empty)")
print("Answer: ", msg.content)
Note: llama.cpp emits the
<think>...</think>tokens inline rather than peeling them into a separatereasoning_contentfield. If you need that split, post-process client-side or stick with vLLM.
Python — requests (no SDK)
For environments where you can't install the openai package:
import requests, json
resp = requests.post(
"http://localhost:8020/v1/chat/completions",
headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={
"model": "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What is 17 × 23?"}],
"max_tokens": 50,
},
timeout=60,
)
print(resp.json()["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])
For streaming, use stream=True and parse SSE lines:
with requests.post(
"http://localhost:8020/v1/chat/completions",
headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
json={"model": "qwen3.6-27b-autoround", "messages": [...], "stream": True, "max_tokens": 200},
stream=True,
) as r:
for line in r.iter_lines():
if not line or not line.startswith(b"data: "):
continue
payload = line[6:]
if payload == b"[DONE]":
break
chunk = json.loads(payload)
delta = chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].get("content", "")
print(delta, end="", flush=True)
TypeScript / Node — openai SDK
npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "http://localhost:8020/v1",
apiKey: "not-needed",
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Quicksort in Rust, please." }],
// FREE thinking is on by default. 4096 covers easy code-gen think+answer;
// 8192 is the safe default for harder coding problems. 800 traps mid-think.
max_tokens: 4096,
temperature: 0.6,
top_p: 0.95,
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);
Streaming:
const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "qwen3.6-27b-autoround",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "..." }],
max_tokens: 300,
stream: true,
});
for await (const chunk of stream) {
process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? "");
}
process.stdout.write("\n");
Connecting third-party clients
Open WebUI
Settings → Connections → Add OpenAI Connection:
- Base URL:
http://localhost:8020/v1(orhttp://<host-ip>:8020/v1from another machine on your LAN — see Security) - API Key: anything (e.g.
sk-local) — the server doesn't check it - Model:
qwen3.6-27b-autoround
Vision, tool calling, streaming all work through the WebUI's standard flows.
Cline / Roo (VS Code agentic coder)
In the Cline settings panel:
- API Provider: OpenAI Compatible
- Base URL:
http://localhost:8020/v1 - API Key:
sk-local(any non-empty string) - Model ID:
qwen3.6-27b-autoround
Cline sends large tool returns (file reads, web fetches) up to ~25K tokens. As of 2026-05-01 PM (vLLM v0.20 + Genesis v7.65 dev tip migration), both vllm/long-vision (198K + vision) and vllm/long-text (214K text-only) handle these cleanly. Both 33K-token AND 50K-token tool-prefill stress now PASS on master. The only remaining caveat: don't use vLLM single-card for one-shot prompts >50K (Cliff 2 — DeltaNet GDN forward — still applies; switch to llamacpp/default or dual-turbo.yml instead). See docs/SINGLE_CARD.md and the VRAM diagram.
Cursor
Settings → Models → Add OpenAI-compatible:
- Override OpenAI Base URL:
http://localhost:8020/v1 - Verify config: click "Verify" — should list
qwen3.6-27b-autoround - Model name:
qwen3.6-27b-autoround
Cursor's "Apply" feature works against this model since tool-calling is supported.
LiteLLM proxy / aider / Continue.dev
All work the same way — OpenAI-compatible endpoint at http://localhost:8020/v1, any non-empty API key. Confirmed working with the default compose.
Security note: network binding
The default composes bind to 0.0.0.0:8020 so other machines on your LAN can connect. If you're on a shared / coffee-shop / coworking network, that exposes your model to anyone who can route to your machine.
To restrict to localhost-only:
# In any docker-compose.*.yml under ports:
ports:
- "127.0.0.1:8020:8000" # was: "8020:8000"
Or override at run-time with --host 127.0.0.1 (llama.cpp) / by editing the compose locally.
See also
models/qwen3.6-27b/README.md— variant matrix + VRAM diagramdocs/SINGLE_CARD.mdanddocs/DUAL_CARD.md— workload → recommended composescripts/launch.sh— interactive variant pickerscripts/health.sh— runtime health probe