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Problem

#2069: WorkerCapacity derives one gateway-wide admission budget by summing max_running_requests across every healthy worker with no model dimension. In multi-model deployments the priority scheduler's guarantees (concurrency limits, class reservations, queueing, preemption) are incorrect: an idle model's capacity inflates a saturated model's budget, and scaling one model silently tightens another's limit. Failure is silent — no error, and the utilization metric reports health while a pool is oversubscribed.

The per-model capacity redesign is a genuine interface change (per the issue) and is not in this PR's scope. This lands the issue's interim mitigations, which it calls "worth documenting regardless of when the fix lands."

Refs: #2069

Solution

  • One-time warn! in WorkerCapacity when the healthy fleet reports more than one distinct model id — fires at startup or on the first lifecycle event that makes the fleet multi-model (covers workers appearing after boot via discovery). The message names the failure mode and both mitigations (--worker-capacity-override, one gateway per model). A latch (AtomicBool) keeps it once-per-process.
  • Document the limitation on priority_scheduler_enabled in config/types.rs (the in-repo docs/ tree was removed; the field doc comment is now the canonical place).
  • Fix the dangling reference: capacity.rs's module doc pointed at .claude/priority-scheduling/01-worker-capacity-design.md, which isn't in the repo — replaced with the actual fleet-wide semantics note.

Scope guard: WorkerCapacity::spawn's only production caller is the priority-scheduler state constructor, so the warning cannot fire for users who never enabled the feature.

Changes

  • model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rsdistinct_model_count helper, warn-once latch + warn_once_if_multi_model, called from spawn and the event loop; module doc rewritten
  • model_gateway/src/config/types.rs — limitation documented on the field
  • 5 new tests (distinct-model counting; warn fires for multi-model, silent for single-model, latches once) using tracing-test for log assertions

Test Plan

  • worker::capacity::tests::distinct_model_count_{counts_unique_models,single_model_fleet} — grouping primitive
  • warn_once_if_multi_model_{logs_for_multi_model_fleet,quiet_for_single_model,sets_flag_once} — warning behavior via tracing-test::traced_test
  • Verified the warn path is only reachable when the priority scheduler is enabled (single production call site: middleware/scheduler/state.rs)

Gate output (macOS, rustc 1.97.1 stable):

  • cargo test -p smg --lib1430 passed, 0 failed
  • cargo +nightly fmt --all — silent success
  • cargo clippy -p smg --all-targets -- -D warnings — only the pre-existing unneeded_wildcard_pattern at model_gateway/src/worker/monitor.rs:744 (untouched here, as in prior PRs); changed files lint-clean
  • cargo check -p smg-python — bindings compile (types.rs touched; doc-comment-only change)
Checklist
  • cargo +nightly fmt passes
  • cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings passes (changed files clean; one pre-existing lint elsewhere, noted above)
  • (Optional) Documentation updated — the field doc comment is the documentation change
  • (Optional) Please join us on Slack #sig-smg to discuss, review, and merge PRs

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WorkerCapacity derives one fleet-wide admission budget across all
healthy workers with no model dimension, so with multiple models an
idle model's slots mask a saturated model's queue (smg-project#2069). The real
fix (per-model capacity) is an interface change; this lands the
interim mitigations from the issue:

- one-time warn! at startup or on the first event that makes the
  healthy fleet multi-model, pointing at mitigations
  (--worker-capacity-override, one gateway per model)
- document the limitation on priority_scheduler_enabled
- replace the dangling .claude/priority-scheduling design-doc
  reference in capacity.rs with the actual fleet-wide semantics

Refs: smg-project#2069
Signed-off-by: ishan <ishanvgf@gmail.com>
@github-actions github-actions Bot added the model-gateway Model gateway crate changes label Aug 7, 2026
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation

    • Documented the priority scheduler’s fleet-wide admission-capacity limitation, its impact on multi-model deployments, warning behavior, and available workarounds.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved detection of fleets serving multiple models, including workers identified only by labels.
    • Improved model counting when workers advertise model cards or rely on primary model identifiers.
    • Added a one-time warning when multiple model IDs are detected, helping identify configurations affected by shared admission capacity.

Walkthrough

The change documents the priority scheduler’s fleet-wide capacity limit and adds one-time multi-model fleet detection to WorkerCapacity. It counts advertised model IDs, falls back to primary model IDs, checks the initial worker state, and adds tests for warning behavior.

Changes

Multi-model capacity detection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Warning state and model detection
model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs, model_gateway/src/config/types.rs
WorkerCapacity stores a warning latch and counts distinct model IDs across worker model cards. It falls back to each worker’s primary model ID when no model cards exist. Configuration documentation describes the fleet-wide capacity limitation and workarounds.
Lifecycle checks and test coverage
model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs
Initialization checks the healthy-worker snapshot. Tests cover distinct counts, no-card fallback counting, one-shot warnings, warning emission, and single-model silence.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 52b5c

The warning may be missed when a second model becomes healthy after startup, leaving incorrect scheduler capacity assumptions silent; the lifecycle path should be fixed and covered before merge.

Possibly related issues

  • smg-project/smg#2069 — The pull request documents the fleet-wide capacity limitation and adds the corresponding model-count handling and warning.

Possibly related PRs

Suggested reviewers: catherinesue, key4ng

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: warning when the priority scheduler handles a multi-model fleet.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the multi-model capacity issue, interim mitigations, documentation changes, tests, and validation results.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs (1)

676-729: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

🟡 Nit — Test both lifecycle warning paths.

These tests call warn_once_if_multi_model directly. They do not verify the startup call in WorkerCapacity::spawn or the recomputation call after a worker lifecycle event. Add traced async tests for both paths and assert that the warning is emitted once.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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In `@model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs` around lines 676 - 729, The current
tests cover only direct calls to warn_once_if_multi_model; add traced async
tests covering both lifecycle integrations: the startup invocation in
WorkerCapacity::spawn and the recomputation after a worker lifecycle event. Use
multi-model workers and assert the fleet-wide warning is emitted exactly once in
each path, then run the pr-test-analyzer agent to verify coverage.

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Inline comments:
In `@model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs`:
- Around line 257-259: Update distinct_model_count() to insert every model-card
ID returned by each worker’s models() collection instead of only the primary ID
from WokerMetadata::model_id(). Add a lifecycle-aware test covering one healthy
worker advertising multiple model cards and verify the distinct count and
multi-model warning behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs`:
- Around line 676-729: The current tests cover only direct calls to
warn_once_if_multi_model; add traced async tests covering both lifecycle
integrations: the startup invocation in WorkerCapacity::spawn and the
recomputation after a worker lifecycle event. Use multi-model workers and assert
the fleet-wide warning is emitted exactly once in each path, then run the
pr-test-analyzer agent to verify coverage.
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/// admission limits (#2069).
pub(super) fn distinct_model_count(workers: &[Arc<dyn Worker>]) -> usize {
let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
for w in workers {

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this becomes a loop in the hotloop just for the log
this doesnt seem right
it should be O(1) for logging

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Fixed in b4f5345 — the warning is now startup-only (checked once in WorkerCapacity::spawn); the worker-event loop no longer pays the O(fleet) count. Added a spawn-path latch test to cover it.

ighutake-debug and others added 2 commits August 8, 2026 10:22
Review on smg-project#2071:
- slin1237: the per-event warn check ran an O(fleet) distinct-model
  count in the worker-event loop just for a log. The warning is now
  startup-only (spawn), keeping the event loop O(1).
- CodeRabbit: distinct_model_count used only the primary model-card id;
  workers advertising multiple model cards could suppress the warning.
  Count every card from Worker::models() instead.

Adds a spawn-path latch test and a multi-card counting test.

Refs: smg-project#2069
Signed-off-by: ishan <ishanvgf@gmail.com>

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In `@model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs`:
- Around line 259-262: Update distinct_model_count() to fall back to each
worker’s primary model_id() when w.models() is empty, matching
WorkerRegistry::worker_model_ids() behavior. Preserve card-ID collection for
workers with model cards, and add a test covering empty model-card lists with
distinct primary model IDs so the count remains nonzero.
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Comment thread model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs
ighutake-debug and others added 5 commits August 9, 2026 15:21
Signed-off-by: ishan <ishanvgf@gmail.com>
CodeRabbit on smg-project#2071: distinct_model_count ignored workers with an
empty model-card list, so a fleet with distinct primary model ids via
the model_id label counted as zero models and suppressed the startup
warning. Fall back to worker.model_id() when models() is empty,
matching WorkerRegistry::worker_model_ids().

Refs: smg-project#2069
Signed-off-by: ishan <ishanvgf@gmail.com>

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model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs (1)

196-198: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

🔴 Important: Check multi-model fleets after lifecycle events.

warn_once_if_multi_model runs only from spawn. run_event_loop recomputes the healthy-worker snapshot after lifecycle events but never calls this method. A process that starts with one healthy model and later makes a second model healthy will not emit the warning required by this PR.

Trigger the latch from the lifecycle path. Because distinct_model_count scans the fleet, use an event-driven or incremental check instead of adding an unconditional fleet scan to every event. Add a test that makes a second model healthy after startup and verifies one warning.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs` around lines 196 - 198, Update the
lifecycle handling in run_event_loop to trigger warn_once_if_multi_model when a
newly healthy worker introduces a second model, while avoiding an unconditional
distinct_model_count fleet scan on every event; preserve the latch’s one-warning
behavior. Add a test covering a second model becoming healthy after startup and
verifying exactly one warning.

Source: Coding guidelines

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In `@model_gateway/src/worker/capacity.rs`:
- Around line 196-198: Update the lifecycle handling in run_event_loop to
trigger warn_once_if_multi_model when a newly healthy worker introduces a second
model, while avoiding an unconditional distinct_model_count fleet scan on every
event; preserve the latch’s one-warning behavior. Add a test covering a second
model becoming healthy after startup and verifying exactly one warning.

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