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An SSM snapshot is installed into the radix tree and immediately scheduleForEviction()-ed, so
the eviction policy is its only owner — no KvCache ever holds or locks it. The block it
lives on is still referenced by the producing request through SeqBlock::treeBlock.

Block::clearStaleBlocksAfterPageUnlink() prunes empty tail nodes. Evicting that unheld snapshot
therefore detached a block a live request was still pointing at, and its next _commitBlock()
dereferenced the now-null parent link and died in Block::tokensPerBlock():

Block::tokensPerBlock()
  addOrGetExistingBlock(NodeBase*, vector<TokenIdExt>, bool, bool*)
    KvCache::_commitBlock(int, bool, bool, bool)
      KvCache::commit(Span<TokenIdExt const>, bool)

The block is vulnerable only while it is still a leaf — the request's own next commit gives it
a child and closes the window — which is why this surfaced as a ~1.7% flake rather than a hard
failure.

Requiring every life-cycle slot to be empty before pruning (already on main) covers hybrid
attention+SSM models such as Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, where the attention page keeps a slot non-null. It
does nothing for a pure-SSM model: with no attention life cycle the condition is trivially
true and the block is detached exactly as before.

KvCache::_reattachOrphanTreeBlocks() closes that gap. On commit, if the block we are about to
use as prev was detached, it walks back to the deepest surviving ancestor and re-attaches the
blocks we still hold. detachNext() only clears prev and the parent's map entry, so the block's
ordinal, tokens and surviving pages are all intact — nothing has to be rebuilt. The evicted page
stays absent, which is correct: pruneMatch() truncates reuse before a block that lacks it.

Insertion split

Insertion is split so both paths share one implementation:

getExistingBlock() pure query — the block already in the tree that supersedes this one, or nullptr
attachBlock() pure mutation — link under prev, absorb a covered shorter sibling. Debug-asserts the query is empty

addOrGetExistingBlock() (builds a block) and attachOrGetExistingBlock() (takes one) are thin
wrappers over the pair, so the query now runs before construction and a block that would be
discarded is never built.

UselessBlockError is removed. A partial block covered by a longer sibling now returns that
sibling instead of throwing; the two call sites that caught it did nothing but unwrap e.block,
which is what the return value already expresses. The type never crossed the KVCM2 API boundary,
so this is internal only.

Test Coverage

tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_nvbug_6625710.py covers both configurations —
hybrid for the all-life-cycles condition, pure_ssm for the re-attach.

Verified on a clean build, same machine, fix stashed vs. applied:

without re-attach with re-attach
test_pure_ssm SIGSEGV at the post-resume commit() passes
test_hybrid_attention_and_ssm passes

Note the "without" baseline already contains the all-life-cycles prune condition, so this
demonstrates that condition alone does not cover pure-SSM.

test_pure_ssm also asserts its own precondition (that the snapshot really was evicted), so
re-tuning gpu_quota or CHURN_REQUESTS cannot make it pass vacuously.

Full KVCM2 suite green on the C++ backend.

Known gaps

  • The Python backend keeps its own copy of this logic and still needs both fixes; the new
    tests fail there. Tracked separately.
  • make_test_block (nanobind test helper) now rejects a pre-existing block instead of writing
    into it; its callers are the event-manager tests, which were not runnable in my environment.

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  • Fixed radix-tree detachment for pure-SSM cache snapshots.
  • Added _reattachOrphanTreeBlocks() to reconnect held blocks before partial-block creation and commit operations.
  • Split block lookup and mutation into getExistingBlock(), attachBlock(), and attachOrGetExistingBlock().
  • Reused longer sibling blocks that cover shorter prefixes.
  • Removed UselessBlockError and its handling.
  • Strengthened cache sanity checks for page presence and lock state.
  • Updated nanobind test-block creation to reject equivalent existing blocks.
  • No configuration or test-list changes were included.
  • Python backend support remains outstanding.

QA Engineer Review

  • Added TestNvBug6625710.
  • Added next_token().
  • Added test_hybrid_attention_and_ssm().
  • Added test_pure_ssm().
  • Tests cover hybrid attention+SSM and pure-SSM snapshot eviction, resumption, and commit operations.
  • The tests are not listed in test-db/ or qa/.
  • Verdict: needs follow-up.

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The KV cache radix tree now separates block lookup from attachment, reuses covering blocks, restores orphaned committed links after eviction, and removes UselessBlockError. New regression tests cover hybrid and pure-SSM snapshot eviction and resume flows.

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KV cache tree recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Radix lookup and attachment
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/blockRadixTree.*, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/exceptions.h
Lookup and attachment use separate helpers. Covering siblings and equivalent blocks are reused without UselessBlockError.
Orphan chain integration
cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/kvCache.*, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/kv_cache_manager_v2/storageManager.cpp
Snapshot and commit paths reattach orphaned blocks. Sanity checks validate page state and persistent-page usage.
Validation and regression coverage
cpp/tensorrt_llm/nanobind/kvCacheManagerV2.cpp, tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_nvbug_6625710.py
Test block creation rejects reused blocks. Regression tests exercise hybrid and pure-SSM eviction and resume scenarios.

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  participant Request
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  Request->>KVCache: Resume and commit tokens
  KVCache->>BlockRadixTree: Reattach orphaned committed blocks
  BlockRadixTree-->>KVCache: Restore parent links
  KVCache->>BlockRadixTree: Look up or attach a reusable block
  BlockRadixTree-->>KVCache: Return the matching block
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Test coverage summary.

  1. Test functions added: TestNvBug6625710.test_hybrid_attention_and_ssm and TestNvBug6625710.test_pure_ssm. Both delegate to the shared helper TestNvBug6625710._run. No test functions were modified or removed.
  2. Test-list registration: not confirmed. No file under tests/integration/test_lists/ is part of this cohort. See the separate verification comment.
  3. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.

The scenario coverage itself is strong. _run reproduces the reported failure path: request A commits a prefix and suspends while its tail block is still a leaf, churn requests force eviction of the unheld SSM snapshot, then A resumes and commits. The pure_ssm variant adds an explicit precondition probe at Line 146 that fails with an actionable message if the churn stops evicting the snapshot, so the test cannot pass vacuously. The hybrid variant documents why no equivalent probe exists.

Two gaps remain for follow-up:

  • Neither test asserts the post-fix tree state directly. Both rely on the commit at Line 162 not crashing. An assertion that A's prefix is still reusable after the resume, or that _reattachOrphanTreeBlocks restored the chain, would detect a silent regression where the chain is rebuilt incorrectly instead of not at all.
  • The covering-sibling reuse path added to getExistingBlock and the page-adoption path in attachOrGetExistingBlock are not directly exercised here. The concurrent re-commit case, where another request installs an equivalent block during the orphan window, has no test.

Do you want me to draft the additional assertions and a concurrent re-commit test case?

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In `@tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_nvbug_6625710.py` around lines
92 - 165, Extend TestNvBug6625710._run with a post-resume assertion verifying
A’s committed prefix remains reusable or its tree chain is correctly restored,
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[Codex] I reviewed the C++ orphan-block reattachment path and the new regression coverage. The core fix looks sound. I have two non-blocking test-scope suggestions:

  1. The new TestNvBug6625710 class is backend-agnostic, while the PR description says both cases still fail with TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND=python. Please either fix the Python path here or gate this class with the existing kv_test.requires_cpp_backend decorator and link the follow-up issue; otherwise an explicit Python-backend parity run gains deterministic failures.

  2. The eviction precondition is checked only for pure SSM. The hybrid case can verify it too: pruneMatch() truncates the final reusable prefix when the SSM snapshot is missing even if attention pages remain. Please assert probe._get_num_tokens_before_hybrid_pruning() == len(prompt) together with probe.num_committed_tokens < len(prompt). Without that guard, the hybrid test can pass vacuously if quota or churn behavior later stops evicting the snapshot.

CI currently shows zero failed tests; the red/unstable status comes from an aborted stage and approval-gated skipped stages, not a reported test failure.

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Thanks — both points were valid; fixed in fb2bc33.

1. Backend gating. Confirmed requires_cpp_backend exists (test_kv_cache_manager_v2.py:166) and is already used there. I gated the class on the same KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND == "cpp" constant but with its own reason string, since the existing decorator's reason reads "cold-page codec end-to-end test requires the C++ backend" and would be misleading in this test's skip output. Verified: TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND=python now reports 2 skipped instead of failing.

2. Hybrid precondition — you were right and I had it backwards. My code comment claimed hybrid had no equivalent probe. That was wrong: _get_num_tokens_before_hybrid_pruning() is exposed on both backends (_kv_cache.py:1104, nanobind kvCacheManagerV2.cpp:1780). The hybrid variant now asserts both

num_committed_tokens < len(prompt)                        # SSM truncation fired -> snapshot gone
_get_num_tokens_before_hybrid_pruning() == len(prompt)    # attention pages survived

so a shortfall can't be explained by the attention pages having been evicted too. Both tests still pass, which incidentally confirms the hybrid case was already evicting the snapshot — it just had nothing asserting it, exactly the vacuity risk you flagged.

On the Python parity: tracked as follow-up rather than fixed here, since it is a separate port of the same two changes into _block_radix_tree.py / _core/_kv_cache.py.

Agreed on the CI read — the red status is an aborted stage plus approval-gated skips, not a test failure.

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…der a live request

An SSM snapshot is installed into the radix tree and immediately
scheduleForEviction()-ed, so the eviction policy is its only owner -- no KvCache
ever holds or locks it. The block it lives on is still referenced by the
producing request through SeqBlock::treeBlock.

Block::clearStaleBlocksAfterPageUnlink() prunes empty tail nodes. Evicting that
unheld snapshot therefore detached a block a live request was still pointing at,
and its next _commitBlock() dereferenced the now-null parent link and died in
Block::tokensPerBlock(). The block is vulnerable only while it is still a leaf --
the request's own next commit gives it a child and closes the window -- which is
why this surfaced as a ~1.7% flake.

Requiring every life-cycle slot to be empty before pruning (already on main)
covers hybrid attention+SSM models, where the attention page keeps a slot
non-null. It does nothing for a pure-SSM model: with no attention life cycle the
condition is trivially true and the block is detached exactly as before.

KvCache::_reattachOrphanTreeBlocks() closes that gap. On commit, if the block we
are about to use as `prev` was detached, walk back to the deepest surviving
ancestor and re-attach the blocks we still hold. detachNext() only clears `prev`
and the parent's map entry, so ordinal, tokens and surviving pages are all
intact -- nothing has to be rebuilt. The evicted page stays absent, which is
correct: pruneMatch() truncates reuse before a block that lacks it.

Insertion is split so both paths share one implementation:

  getExistingBlock()  -- pure query: the block already in the tree that
                         supersedes this one, or nullptr.
  attachBlock()       -- pure mutation: link under `prev` and absorb a covered
                         shorter sibling. Debug-asserts the query is empty.

addOrGetExistingBlock() (builds a block) and attachOrGetExistingBlock() (takes
one) are thin wrappers over the pair, so the query now runs before construction
and a block that would be discarded is never built.

UselessBlockError is removed. A partial block covered by a longer sibling now
returns that sibling instead of throwing; the two call sites that caught it did
nothing but unwrap e.block, which is what the return value already expresses.
The type never crossed the KVCM2 API boundary, so this is internal only.

Tests: tests/unittest/kv_cache_manager_v2_tests/test_nvbug_6625710.py covers
both configurations -- hybrid for the all-life-cycles condition, pure-SSM for the
re-attach. pure_ssm segfaults without the fix and passes with it; it also asserts
its own precondition, so retuning the quota or churn count cannot make it pass
vacuously.

The Python backend keeps its own copy of this logic and still needs both fixes.

Signed-off-by: Yao Yao <lowsfer@users.noreply.github.com>
…hybrid precondition

Two review follow-ups on the regression tests.

Gate the class on the C++ backend. The Python backend keeps its own copy of the
prune logic and is not fixed yet, so an explicit
TLLM_KV_CACHE_MANAGER_V2_BACKEND=python run turned these into deterministic
failures rather than skips.

Guard the hybrid precondition. pruneMatch() truncates a reuse match at the last
block carrying an SSM snapshot, so a probe that can no longer reuse the whole
prompt proves the snapshot is gone -- that already guarded the pure-SSM variant.
For hybrid the attention pages survive independently, so also assert the
attention-only prefix (the length before hybrid pruning) still spans the prompt;
without it a shortfall could just mean the attention pages were evicted too. An
earlier comment claimed hybrid had no equivalent probe, which was wrong:
_get_num_tokens_before_hybrid_pruning() is exposed on both backends.

Signed-off-by: Yao Yao <lowsfer@users.noreply.github.com>
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