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Type of change: Bug fix

Puzzletron's documented first-run flow could fail or become difficult to diagnose because setup inferred incomplete model dimensions, generated inconsistent runtime settings, reused stale scoring outputs, and hid evaluator progress. This change makes the maintained VLM lifecycle smoke the primary onboarding path and hardens the setup, execution, resume, and reporting behavior it exercises.

  • Derives model width and depth from the configured teacher, validates shared dataset caches, and emits consistent runner and execution settings without requiring edits to generated campaign configuration.
  • Rejects incompatible cached scoring artifacts, preserves candidate identity during compact execution, and fixes the serving metric used to select the distillation input.
  • Streams evaluator output and records structured sample progress so campaign heartbeats show completed stages, active state, elapsed time, log location, and a measured ETA only when sufficient progress exists.
  • Extends the cumulative report to compare teacher, heterogeneous, and homogeneous results when available, including top-1 and top-10 token accuracy, while keeping structured evaluation artifacts authoritative.
  • Reorganizes the tutorial around a Python 3.10+ controller virtual environment, the maintained lifecycle smoke, identical-command resume, and the longer campaign as an optional follow-on using the same workflow.

Usage

Follow the Start here lifecycle smoke in the Puzzletron README. Re-running the same launch command resumes the recorded campaign.

Testing

The focused Puzzletron suite passed 286 tests in the reviewed worker environment. The exact base-to-head test audit reviewed all 15 touched test files in full, removed redundant assertions and helpers, and passed 239 tests. This includes native AutoModel compact execution through the valid no-bias GDN path and bounded cleanup when a descendant holds evaluator pipes open. Formatting, lint, license, security, and targeted mypy checks passed. The longer campaign uses the same workflow and takes longer than the smoke; duration depends on worker hardware, scheduler availability, cache state, and execution profile.

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  • New Features

    • Added maintained Qwen 3.5 0.8B VLM smoke and campaign workflows with Triton-backed serving.
    • Added live evaluation progress, throughput-based ETAs, active log paths, resumable runs, and clearer stage status.
    • Reports now include hidden-width, architecture origin, comparison metrics, and structured evaluation outcomes.
    • Added offline model inspection using cached configuration metadata.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved reuse validation so stale or mismatched results are not incorrectly accepted.
    • Improved prepared-media reuse across filesystem timestamp differences.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded setup, worker, Slurm, smoke-test, campaign, and setup-wizard guidance.

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The changes update Qwen VLM workflows, evaluator progress tracking, orchestration reporting, scoring-result reuse, post-MIP reports, native compact runtime support, offline setup inspection, and generated setup bundles.

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Qwen VLM lifecycle and evaluation

Layer / File(s) Summary
VLM configuration and workflow documentation
examples/puzzletron/README.md, examples/puzzletron/configs/..., examples/puzzletron/docs/...
Smoke and campaign workflows use Triton GDN prefill, revised limits, shared paths, explicit dataset preparation, progress reporting, and resume instructions.
Evaluation and preparation wiring
examples/puzzletron/evaluation/vlm/..., tests/unit/torch/puzzletron/test_qwen3p5_0p8b_full_vlm_smoke_plan.py
Evaluation derives progress-task totals, accepts the GDN backend, and reuses prepared-media metadata with current paths.
Live evaluator progress
modelopt/torch/puzzletron/evaluation/lmms.py, modelopt/torch/puzzletron/orchestration/..., tests/unit/torch/puzzletron/test_lmms_evaluation.py
lmms-eval output is streamed and parsed into progress artifacts. Controllers and dashboards display task progress, ETAs, states, and active logs.

Durable state, scoring, and reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Durable state and scoring validation
modelopt/torch/puzzletron/orchestration/reporting.py, modelopt/torch/puzzletron/tools/validation_utils.py, modelopt/torch/puzzletron/scoring.py, modelopt/torch/puzzletron/plugins/automodel/solution_launch.py
Final-report records fingerprint stage state. Existing scoring results are reused only when scoring arguments and expected payloads match.
Diagnostic and post-MIP reporting
modelopt/torch/puzzletron/stages/diagnostics.py, modelopt/torch/puzzletron/post_mip/reporting.py, tests/unit/torch/puzzletron/test_post_mip_reporting.py
Diagnostics can reuse sort-sanity evidence. Post-MIP reports include architecture origins, hidden-width labels, deduplicated measurements, comparison evidence, and shared-measurement notes.

Runtime and setup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Native compact execution
modelopt/torch/puzzletron/pruning/compact_runtime.py, tests/unit/torch/puzzletron/test_compact_runtime.py, tests/unit/torch/puzzletron/test_automodel_solution_scoring.py
Grouped attention and GDN support validates layouts, devices, gate parameters, execution arguments, and kernel geometry.
Cached inspection and generated bundles
puzzletron_setup/inspection.py, puzzletron_setup/v2/*, examples/puzzletron/configs/families/qwen3_5/setup_v2_defaults.yaml
Model inspection can use an unambiguous cached snapshot. Generated bundles apply smoke limits, serving defaults, updated metrics, worker instructions, and VLM cache guidance.
Prepared-media reuse
examples/puzzletron/evaluation/vlm/preparation/benchmark_data.py, tests/unit/torch/puzzletron/evaluation/vlm/preparation/test_benchmark_data.py
Media inventory reuse handles timestamp skew and returns current snapshot and media-root paths.

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Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal

Cached scoring artifacts now reject incompatible candidate identity and scoring inputs, preventing stale results from being reused for changed candidates. No active merge-blocking risk remains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Controller
  participant Evaluator
  participant LmmsEval
  participant Dashboard
  Controller->>Evaluator: start checkpoint with progress tasks
  Evaluator->>LmmsEval: launch with backend and progress metadata
  LmmsEval-->>Evaluator: stream evaluator output and sample progress
  Evaluator->>Evaluator: write progress.json
  Controller->>Evaluator: read progress and active log paths
  Controller->>Dashboard: publish state, throughput, and ETA
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