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Overview

ThunderAgent's public proxy card now inherits the wrapped worker's runtime_config (including token_budget) before register_model, so frontend admission matches the backend policy.

Details

Previously ThunderAgent built an incomplete ModelDeploymentCard and dropped backend runtime contract fields. The proxy waits for a backend MDC (prefer one with token_budget), copies runtime_config wholesale including runtime_data, then overlays CLI parser flags / publish-sglang-generate. Forwards kv_cache_block_size. If no backend card appears, keeps the old empty card and logs a warning. Full removal of public proxy registration is left as follow-up.

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ThunderAgent registration / ModelDeploymentCard path and the new tests covering runtime_config inheritance.

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  • New Features

    • The ThunderAgent proxy now automatically inherits compatible runtime settings and KV-cache configuration from available backend model cards.
    • Backend configuration discovery waits briefly for a valid model card and safely falls back when configuration is unavailable or invalid.
    • Tool-call and reasoning parser settings continue to apply on top of inherited backend configuration.
  • Reliability

    • Malformed, incomplete, or unsupported backend settings are handled safely without preventing proxy registration.

ThunderAgent's public model card was built from a fresh ModelRuntimeConfig,
so frontend admission never saw backend policy such as token_budget.
Copy the wrapped worker's runtime_config wholesale, then overlay CLI parsers.

Signed-off-by: Jasim Kareem <mj9034812@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Jasim Kareem <mj9034812@gmail.com>
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Walkthrough

ThunderAgent now discovers backend model cards, inherits their runtime configuration and KV-cache block size, applies parser and capability overlays, and uses the result for proxy registration. Tests cover discovery, parsing, inheritance, polling, and capacity snapshots.

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Proxy policy inheritance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend card discovery and parsing
components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/proxy_card.py, components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/tests/test_proxy_card.py
Adds backend-card selection and polling. Parses runtime configuration and KV-cache block size. Copies supported runtime fields and normalizes taints.
Router configuration and registration
components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/capacity.py, components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/__main__.py, components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/tests/test_capacity.py, components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/tests/test_main.py
Exposes backend model cards through WorkerCapacityProvider. Uses inherited runtime policy and cache block size during proxy registration. Applies parser and SGLang capability overlays. Adds integration coverage.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e2e14

The proxy can omit backend token limits during delayed discovery or inheritance failures, allowing requests that later fail at the backend. These paths should be corrected before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #14762 requires the backend model card to remain authoritative and requires ThunderAgent to stop registering a second public model. This PR adds backend-card discovery and copies `runtime_config… Remove public proxy register_model() registration and route ThunderAgent through the existing post-preprocessing router or flow-control contract. Add tests that verify the frontend uses the backend model card and that ThunderAgent does no…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 24.44% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 45 functions across 6 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: inheriting the backend runtime_config for the ThunderAgent proxy model card.
Description check ✅ Passed The description covers the overview, implementation details, reviewer starting point, and linked issue. It explains runtime_config inheritance, parser overlays, kv_cache_block_size forwarding, fallbac…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed files support issue #14762. They retrieve backend model cards, inherit runtime policy, preserve KV-cache metadata, and test these behaviors. No unrelated change is demonstrated.
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Explanation

Issue #14762 requires the backend model card to remain authoritative and requires ThunderAgent to stop registering a second public model. This PR adds backend-card discovery and copies runtime_config, runtime_data, and kv_cache_block_size before register_model, with focused tests for inheritance. However, worker() still calls register_model() for the public proxy, so the synthetic-card design remains. The frontend still uses the proxy card rather than the standard backend-owned preprocessing and admission path.

Resolution

Remove public proxy register_model() registration and route ThunderAgent through the existing post-preprocessing router or flow-control contract. Add tests that verify the frontend uses the backend model card and that ThunderAgent does not publish a second model.

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In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/__main__.py`:
- Around line 84-92: The runtime configuration inheritance flow must propagate
validation and type errors instead of registering a proxy with an empty policy.
In apply_runtime_config_mapping, continue ignoring only intentional
unknown-field AttributeError cases while re-raising ValueError and TypeError
from setattr; in __main__.py’s runtime_config_from_card_json handling, log the
inheritance failure and re-raise it, preserving the ModelRuntimeConfig()
fallback only for the explicit no-card path.
- Around line 76-83: The proxy registration path in worker() must not fall back
to an empty ModelRuntimeConfig when wait_for_backend_card or
WorkerCapacityProvider.get_model_cards() yields no authoritative card. Update
_proxy_runtime_config to keep polling or retrying registration until a backend
model card is available, then derive runtime settings from that card before
calling register_model.

In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/proxy_card.py`:
- Around line 60-62: Update the polling flow around select_backend_card and
wait_for_backend_card so a selected card with token_budget returns immediately,
while a valid fallback card without token_budget is retained and returned only
when polling times out. Continue polling after selecting the fallback,
preserving it across subscriber snapshots until timeout.

In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/tests/test_proxy_card.py`:
- Line 188: Add an appropriate pytest.mark.timeout marker to both polling tests
identified by their pytest.mark.asyncio decorators, including the second test
near the additionally referenced location. Keep the existing async test behavior
unchanged and choose a timeout sufficient for the polling and asyncio.sleep
operations.

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Comment on lines +76 to +83
"ThunderAgent registering %s without a backend model card; "
"frontend admission will not see engine runtime policy "
"such as token_budget",
config.model_name,
)
runtime_cfg = ModelRuntimeConfig()
else:
kv_cache_block_size = kv_cache_block_size_from_card_json(card_json)

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not register the proxy without a backend model card.

When wait_for_backend_card times out, or WorkerCapacityProvider.get_model_cards() returns no cards after a subscriber failure, _proxy_runtime_config creates an empty ModelRuntimeConfig. worker() then passes it to register_model.

The frontend preprocessor skips token-budget validation when token_budget is absent and delegates validation to the backend. Requests above the backend's published token budget can therefore pass frontend admission and fail at the backend. Keep polling or retry registration until an authoritative backend card is available.

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In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/__main__.py` around lines 76 - 83,
The proxy registration path in worker() must not fall back to an empty
ModelRuntimeConfig when wait_for_backend_card or
WorkerCapacityProvider.get_model_cards() yields no authoritative card. Update
_proxy_runtime_config to keep polling or retrying registration until a backend
model card is available, then derive runtime settings from that card before
calling register_model.

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Comment on lines +84 to +92
try:
runtime_cfg = runtime_config_from_card_json(card_json, ModelRuntimeConfig)
except Exception as exc:
logger.warning(
"Failed to inherit backend runtime_config for %s: %s",
config.model_name,
exc,
)
runtime_cfg = ModelRuntimeConfig()

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not silently register a proxy with incomplete backend runtime policy.

apply_runtime_config_mapping catches every exception from setattr. A recognized field such as kv_transfer_enforcement can raise ValueError during validation, so the field is omitted while inheritance continues. Keep the intentional unknown-field AttributeError path, but re-raise validation and type errors.

When an inheritance error reaches _proxy_runtime_config, __main__.py replaces the failed result with ModelRuntimeConfig(). register_model then receives an empty policy, so frontend admission loses fields such as token_budget and context_length. Log and re-raise the error instead. Keep the existing empty-policy fallback only for the explicit no-card branch.

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In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/__main__.py` around lines 84 - 92,
The runtime configuration inheritance flow must propagate validation and type
errors instead of registering a proxy with an empty policy. In
apply_runtime_config_mapping, continue ignoring only intentional unknown-field
AttributeError cases while re-raising ValueError and TypeError from setattr; in
__main__.py’s runtime_config_from_card_json handling, log the inheritance
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selected = select_backend_card(get_cards())
if selected is not None:
return selected

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Continue polling after selecting a fallback card.

When select_backend_card sees only a valid card without token_budget, wait_for_backend_card returns it immediately. _proxy_runtime_config then registers that card before another worker card with token_budget can appear in the subscriber snapshot. Keep the fallback card, but return it only at timeout. Return immediately when a selected card contains token_budget.

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In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/proxy_card.py` around lines 60 -
62, Update the polling flow around select_backend_card and wait_for_backend_card
so a selected card with token_budget returns immediately, while a valid fallback
card without token_budget is retained and returned only when polling times out.
Continue polling after selecting the fallback, preserving it across subscriber
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assert kv_cache_block_size_from_card_json("{not json") is None


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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add timeout markers to both polling tests.

These tests exercise polling and asyncio.sleep. Add an appropriate @pytest.mark.timeout(...) to prevent an implementation regression from hanging the test process.

As per path instructions, “Tests involving polling, sleeps, network calls, or subprocess waits must have an appropriate @pytest.mark.timeout.”

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In `@components/src/dynamo/thunderagent_router/tests/test_proxy_card.py` at line
188, Add an appropriate pytest.mark.timeout marker to both polling tests
identified by their pytest.mark.asyncio decorators, including the second test
near the additionally referenced location. Keep the existing async test behavior
unchanged and choose a timeout sufficient for the polling and asyncio.sleep
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Previously reported defects still present:

  • Original discussion: Both async polling tests still use asyncio.sleep without the requested timeout markers.
  • Original discussion: Still present: _proxy_runtime_config falls back to an empty ModelRuntimeConfig() when no backend model card is available, so proxy registration can proceed without backend runtime policy such as token_budget.
  • Original discussion: Still present: apply_runtime_config_mapping catches all exceptions from setattr, and _proxy_runtime_config catches inheritance failures and replaces them with an empty ModelRuntimeConfig(), allowing validation/type errors to silently drop backend policy.
  • Original discussion: Still present: wait_for_backend_card returns as soon as select_backend_card finds any valid card, so an early fallback card without token_budget can prevent waiting for a later authoritative card with token_budget.
  • Original discussion: Still present: both async polling tests in test_proxy_card.py use asyncio.sleep through wait_for_backend_card but have no explicit pytest.mark.timeout marker.
  • Original discussion: Verified: wait_for_backend_card returns the first syntactically valid card immediately, even when it lacks token_budget. It does not retain that fallback while waiting for a token-budget-bearing card, allowing the proxy to register without the backend admission contract.
  • Original discussion: Verified: wait_for_backend_card returns the first valid fallback card immediately, despite select_backend_card preferring a card with token_budget. A later backend card carrying the admission policy is never considered.
  • Original discussion: Verified: after backend-card discovery times out or returns no cards, _proxy_runtime_config still registers the proxy with an empty ModelRuntimeConfig, so frontend admission loses the backend token-budget policy.
  • Original discussion: Verified: after discovery times out or fails, the proxy still registers with an empty ModelRuntimeConfig, dropping backend admission policy such as token_budget.
  • Original discussion: Verified: after the 30-second discovery timeout or a subscriber error, _proxy_runtime_config still creates an empty ModelRuntimeConfig and registers it. The frontend then lacks the backend token-budget/context policy, so requests can pass frontend admission and fail only after routing to the backend.
  • Original discussion: Verified: inheritance catches all exceptions from setattr, then _proxy_runtime_config catches all conversion failures and registers an empty configuration. A malformed or unsupported recognized runtime field can therefore discard token-budget and context policy instead of failing registration.
  • Original discussion: Verified: inheritance failures are caught and replaced with an empty ModelRuntimeConfig; apply_runtime_config_mapping also suppresses validation/type errors while copying fields.
  • Original discussion: Verified: runtime-config conversion catches all setattr failures and _proxy_runtime_config catches all conversion failures, then registers an empty policy. Invalid recognized backend fields can therefore silently remove frontend runtime constraints.
  • Original discussion: Verified: wait_for_backend_card returns the first valid fallback card immediately, so it does not wait for a backend card that publishes token_budget.
  • Original discussion: _proxy_runtime_config still falls back to an empty ModelRuntimeConfig when no backend card is found, and worker() registers that incomplete proxy policy.
  • Original discussion: apply_runtime_config_mapping still suppresses every setattr exception, and _proxy_runtime_config still catches inheritance failures and registers an empty runtime configuration.
  • Original discussion: wait_for_backend_card still returns immediately for the first valid card, including one without token_budget, instead of retaining it as a timeout fallback while continuing discovery.

if config.publish_sglang_generate:
_publish_sglang_generate_capability(runtime_cfg)
logger.info("Published SGLang engine-native generate capability")
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This duplicates the proxy-runtime rationale already recorded in proxy_card.py and restates the immediately following helper call. Keep the lasting explanation in the proxy-card module; this call site needs no second narration.

🤖 AI Fix

Remove the duplicate proxy runtime-config comment block.

assert cfg.bootstrap_port == 8998


def test_parser_overlay_does_not_drop_inherited_token_budget():

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This test does not exercise the parser-overlay path it names: it builds a fake runtime config and then assigns cfg.tool_call_parser directly, so it would still pass if _proxy_runtime_config stopped applying parser overlays or dropped token_budget while doing so. The supported overlay behavior is already protected across the entrypoint boundary by test_main.py::test_proxy_runtime_config_overlays_parsers_without_dropping_token_budget.

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Remove test_parser_overlay_does_not_drop_inherited_token_budget and rely on the _proxy_runtime_config overlay test for this contract.

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