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Type of change: Bug fix

Fix ONNX AutoCast for models whose external initializers exceed the in-memory protobuf limit.

  • Keep external tensor payloads reference-only during graph sanitization and type inference, then materialize them once before value-dependent classification and conversion.
  • Duplicate shared initializers directly in GraphProto, preserving external-data metadata without reading tensor bytes.
  • Use file-backed ONNX paths for validation, shape inference, reference execution, and custom-operator inspection when required.
  • Avoid a redundant sanitizer pass in the fully sanitized AutoCast path while preserving existing behavior for direct PrecisionConverter and convert_to_f16() callers.

No CLI flags, dependencies, or public return types change.

Usage

python -m modelopt.onnx.autocast \
    --onnx_path model.onnx \
    --output_path model_bf16.onnx \
    --low_precision_type bf16

Testing

  • Ran the complete CPU-only AutoCast unit suite with no GPU visible: 248 passed.
  • Ran focused ONNX utility regressions covering shared initializer duplication and file-backed protobuf routing: 8 passed.
  • Ran pre-commit on all changed files.
  • Ran CPU-only integration coverage with an exact 2,147,485,696-byte external initializer using protobuf 7.35.1 and 6.33.6.
  • Verified BF16, FP16, shared-initializer, and aggregate-external-data runtime-cast cases.
  • Verified every integration output with onnx.checker.check_model(..., full_check=True); outputs expected to remain external-data-backed did so.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed ONNX AutoCast failures for models with external initializers larger than 2 GiB.
    • Improved handling of large or external-data models during shape inference, conversion, and runtime validation.
    • Preserved external initializer metadata while avoiding unnecessary data materialization.
    • Improved temporary-file cleanup when model loading or inference fails.
    • Improved processing of shared initializers, nested graphs, and custom nodes.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for large models, external initializers, nested graphs, custom nodes, and runtime cleanup.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the changelog with recent fixes and benchmarking information.

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Walkthrough

ONNX AutoCast now handles external initializers larger than 2 GiB. It loads external data after type inference, resolves model-relative paths during sanitization, centralizes protobuf-size detection, duplicates shared initializers through protobuf processing, and manages temporary files during reference execution.

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ONNX external-data handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Protobuf limits and initializer duplication
modelopt/onnx/utils.py, tests/unit/onnx/test_onnx_utils.py
The utilities centralize protobuf size detection and duplicate shared initializers while preserving nested-graph captures, sparse initializers, and external-data metadata.
External-data sanitization and conversion
modelopt/onnx/autocast/convert.py, modelopt/onnx/autocast/graphsanitizer.py, modelopt/onnx/autocast/precisionconverter.py, tests/unit/onnx/autocast/test_autocast.py, tests/unit/onnx/autocast/test_graphsanitizer.py
AutoCast passes the source model path to GraphSanitizer, loads external data after inference, and prevents duplicate sanitization in PrecisionConverter. Tests cover external conversion and custom-node discovery.
File-backed ONNX Runtime execution
modelopt/onnx/autocast/referencerunner.py, tests/unit/onnx/autocast/test_referencerunner.py
ReferenceRunner selects temporary file serialization for external or oversized models and cleans the temporary directory on session and input-loading failures.
Release note updates
CHANGELOG.rst
The changelog records the external-initializer fix, related release entries, and normalized historical release headings.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b790d

The ONNX AutoCast update adds support for large external initializers, but two historical changelog entries remain insufficiently specific or improperly grouped. This affects release documentation clarity rather than runtime behavior.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant convert
  participant GraphSanitizer
  participant PrecisionConverter
  participant ReferenceRunner
  participant ONNXRuntime
  convert->>GraphSanitizer: sanitize with source ONNX path
  convert->>convert: load external data after type inference
  convert->>PrecisionConverter: convert without repeated sanitization
  PrecisionConverter-->>ReferenceRunner: provide modified model
  ReferenceRunner->>ONNXRuntime: create memory or file-backed session
  ONNXRuntime-->>ReferenceRunner: run inference
  ReferenceRunner->>ReferenceRunner: clean temporary model data
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Found a correctness regression in the new direct GraphProto initializer duplication: a shared initializer that is also a top-level graph output is deleted even though the graph output still refers to it, producing an invalid/disconnected output. The new duplication coverage should include this case. Also, the newly expanded function-local trt_utils import should follow the project's module-level import convention unless there is a documented reason to defer it.

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Re-review complete. The prior correctness issue is addressed: shared initializers exposed as top-level graph outputs are retained, node consumers are rewired to duplicates, and a checker-backed regression covers the case. The prior minor import-convention issue is also resolved by moving the TensorRT helpers to module scope. The external-data/file-backed paths and cleanup behavior have focused test coverage, and I found no new blocking issues.

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Place the 0.27.1 feature under the quantization subsection.

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