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Richard Palethorpe 799cc9f211 feat: bound global admission and expose running backend traces (#11560)
feat: bound backend admission and expose running traces

Add process-wide backend execution admission without blocking UI or administrative HTTP work. Represent backend operations while they are in flight, surface running traces with immediate log links, and tie streaming admission leases to the gRPC receive lifecycle.

Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex: GPT-5

Signed-off-by: Richard Palethorpe <io@richiejp.com>
2026-08-18 08:56:59 +02:00

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package model
import (
"context"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"strings"
"time"
grpc "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc"
pb "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/grpc/proto"
processManager "github.com/mudler/go-processmanager"
"github.com/mudler/xlog"
"github.com/phayes/freeport"
"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
)
const (
LLamaCPP = "llama-cpp"
IKLLamaCPP = "ik-llama-cpp"
)
var Aliases = map[string]string{
"go-llama": LLamaCPP,
"llama": LLamaCPP,
"ik_llama": IKLLamaCPP,
"ik-llama": IKLLamaCPP,
"embedded-store": LocalStoreBackend,
"valkey": ValkeyStoreBackend,
"huggingface-embeddings": TransformersBackend,
"transformers-musicgen": TransformersBackend,
"sentencetransformers": TransformersBackend,
"mamba": TransformersBackend,
"stablediffusion": StableDiffusionGGMLBackend,
}
var TypeAlias = map[string]string{
"sentencetransformers": "SentenceTransformer",
"huggingface-embeddings": "SentenceTransformer",
"mamba": "Mamba",
"transformers-musicgen": "MusicgenForConditionalGeneration",
}
const (
WhisperBackend = "whisper"
StableDiffusionGGMLBackend = "stablediffusion-ggml"
Trellis2CppBackend = "trellis2cpp"
TransformersBackend = "transformers"
LocalStoreBackend = "local-store"
ValkeyStoreBackend = "valkey-store"
)
// starts the grpcModelProcess for the backend, and returns a grpc client
// It also loads the model
func (ml *ModelLoader) grpcModel(backend string, o *Options) func(string, string, string) (*Model, error) {
return func(modelID, modelName, modelFile string) (*Model, error) {
xlog.Debug("Loading Model with gRPC", "modelID", modelID, "file", modelFile, "backend", backend, "options", *o)
// Distributed mode: delegate to the model router if set. No load
// event is emitted here: this branch runs per inference request and
// the actual load happens on the worker node.
ml.mu.Lock()
router := ml.modelRouter
ml.mu.Unlock()
if router != nil {
xlog.Info("Routing model to remote node via ModelRouter", "modelID", modelID, "backend", backend)
return router(o.context, backend, modelID, modelName, modelFile, o.gRPCOptions, o.parallelRequests)
}
uri := ml.GetAllExternalBackends(o)[backend]
start := time.Now()
started := BackendLoadEvent{ModelID: modelID, ModelName: modelName, Backend: backend, BackendURI: uri}
finish, admissionErr := ml.notifyLoadStarted(started)
if admissionErr != nil {
return nil, admissionErr
}
m, err := ml.spawnGRPCModel(backend, uri, o, modelID, modelName, modelFile)
completed := BackendLoadEvent{
ModelID: modelID,
ModelName: modelName,
Backend: backend,
BackendURI: uri,
Duration: time.Since(start),
Err: err,
}
ml.notifyLoadObserver(completed)
if finish != nil {
finish(completed)
}
return m, err
}
}
// spawnGRPCModel starts the backend process (or attaches to a remote
// address), waits for it to come up, and issues the LoadModel RPC. Reached
// only for actual loads: LoadModel resolves cache hits and coalesces
// concurrent loads before invoking the grpcModel closure. uri is the
// resolved external-backend runtime (empty when the backend isn't
// registered).
func (ml *ModelLoader) spawnGRPCModel(backend, uri string, o *Options, modelID, modelName, modelFile string) (*Model, error) {
var client *Model
getFreeAddress := func() (string, error) {
port, err := freeport.GetFreePort()
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("failed allocating free ports: %s", err.Error())
}
return fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port), nil
}
// If no specific model path is set for transformers/HF, set it to the model path
for _, env := range []string{"HF_HOME", "TRANSFORMERS_CACHE", "HUGGINGFACE_HUB_CACHE"} {
if os.Getenv(env) == "" {
err := os.Setenv(env, ml.ModelPath)
if err != nil {
xlog.Error("unable to set environment variable to modelPath", "error", err, "name", env, "modelPath", ml.ModelPath)
}
}
}
// Check if the backend is provided as external
if uri != "" {
xlog.Debug("Loading external backend", "uri", uri)
// check if uri is a file or an address
if fi, err := os.Stat(uri); err == nil {
xlog.Debug("external backend is file", "file", fi)
serverAddress, err := getFreeAddress()
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed allocating free ports: %s", err.Error())
}
// Make sure the process is executable
process, err := ml.startProcess(uri, modelID, serverAddress)
if err != nil {
xlog.Error("failed to launch", "error", err, "path", uri)
return nil, err
}
xlog.Debug("GRPC Service Started")
client = NewModel(modelID, serverAddress, process)
} else {
xlog.Debug("external backend is a uri")
// address
client = NewModel(modelID, uri, nil)
}
} else {
xlog.Error("Backend not found", "backend", backend)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("backend not found: %s", backend)
}
xlog.Debug("Wait for the service to start up")
xlog.Debug("Options", "options", o.gRPCOptions)
// Wait for the service to start up
ready := false
for i := range o.grpcAttempts {
alive, err := client.GRPC(o.parallelRequests, ml.wd).HealthCheck(context.Background())
if alive {
xlog.Debug("GRPC Service Ready")
ready = true
break
}
if err != nil && i == o.grpcAttempts-1 {
xlog.Error("failed starting/connecting to the gRPC service", "error", err)
}
time.Sleep(time.Duration(o.grpcAttemptsDelay) * time.Second)
}
if !ready {
xlog.Debug("GRPC Service NOT ready")
startupErr := grpcStartupError(client.Process())
stopLoadProcess(client, modelID)
return nil, startupErr
}
// Clone before setting the per-load fields: o.gRPCOptions is shared by
// retried/auto-discovery attempts, and a plain struct copy would copy
// the protobuf message's internal mutex.
options := proto.Clone(o.gRPCOptions).(*pb.ModelOptions)
options.Model = modelName
options.ModelFile = modelFile
options.ModelPath = ml.ModelPath
xlog.Debug("GRPC: Loading model with options", "options", options)
res, err := client.GRPC(o.parallelRequests, ml.wd).LoadModel(o.context, options)
if err != nil {
stopLoadProcess(client, modelID)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load model: %w", err)
}
if !res.Success {
stopLoadProcess(client, modelID)
return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load model (no success): %s", res.Message)
}
// Register size for size-aware eviction using the caller-supplied estimate
// (computed via pkg/vram, which handles multi-file and non-GGUF models).
if ml.wd != nil && o.modelSizeBytes > 0 {
ml.wd.RegisterModelSize(modelID, o.modelSizeBytes)
}
return client, nil
}
const startupStderrTailBytes = 4096
func grpcStartupError(process *processManager.Process) error {
if process == nil {
return errors.New("grpc service not ready")
}
select {
case <-process.Done():
default:
return errors.New("grpc service not ready")
}
exitCode, err := process.ExitCode()
if err != nil {
return errors.New("grpc service not ready: backend process exited before becoming ready")
}
diagnostic := lastNonEmptyLine(process.StderrPath(), startupStderrTailBytes)
if diagnostic == "" {
return fmt.Errorf("grpc service not ready: backend process exited with code %s", strings.TrimSpace(exitCode))
}
return fmt.Errorf("grpc service not ready: backend process exited with code %s: %s", strings.TrimSpace(exitCode), diagnostic)
}
func lastNonEmptyLine(path string, maxBytes int64) string {
// #nosec G304 -- path comes from the process manager for this backend's stderr file.
f, err := os.Open(path)
if err != nil {
return ""
}
defer func() { _ = f.Close() }()
info, err := f.Stat()
if err != nil {
return ""
}
start := max(info.Size()-maxBytes, 0)
if _, err := f.Seek(start, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
return ""
}
contents, err := io.ReadAll(f)
if err != nil {
return ""
}
lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(contents)), "\n")
if len(lines) == 0 {
return ""
}
return strings.TrimSpace(lines[len(lines)-1])
}
// stopLoadProcess tears down a backend process whose load did not complete.
// The stop error is only logged: the load error is what the caller reports.
func stopLoadProcess(client *Model, modelID string) {
process := client.Process()
if process == nil {
return
}
if err := process.Stop(); err != nil {
xlog.Warn("failed to stop backend process after failed load", "error", err, "modelID", modelID)
}
}
// parallelSlotsFromOptions returns the effective n_parallel from the backend
// option strings ("parallel:N" / "n_parallel:N"), or "1" when unset — the
// llama.cpp default. Used only for the effective-tuning load log.
func parallelSlotsFromOptions(opts []string) string {
for _, o := range opts {
k, v, ok := strings.Cut(o, ":")
if ok && (k == "parallel" || k == "n_parallel") {
return strings.TrimSpace(v)
}
}
return "1"
}
func (ml *ModelLoader) backendLoader(opts ...Option) (client grpc.Backend, err error) {
o := NewOptions(opts...)
// backendLoader is not a synonym for "a model is being loaded": in
// distributed mode Load() deliberately bypasses the local cache and calls
// it on every inference request so SmartRouter re-picks a replica per
// request. Announcing a load unconditionally therefore made ordinary
// traffic against a resident model look like a retry storm in the INFO
// log. Reserve INFO for a genuine cold load; keep the per-call trace at
// DEBUG for anyone actually following the routing path.
coldLoad := !ml.isResident(o.modelID)
if coldLoad {
xlog.Info("BackendLoader starting", "modelID", o.modelID, "backend", o.backendString, "model", o.model)
} else {
xlog.Debug("BackendLoader invoked for an already-resident model", "modelID", o.modelID, "backend", o.backendString, "model", o.model)
}
// Surface the effective performance-relevant runtime options at load (some of
// these are auto-tuned for the detected hardware). Logged once per load so an
// admin can see what will actually run and pin or override any value in the
// model YAML — or set LOCALAI_DISABLE_HARDWARE_DEFAULTS=true to turn the
// hardware auto-tuning off entirely. Gated on an LLM-ish load (context set) so
// TTS/audio/other backends stay quiet, and on a cold load so it stays "once
// per load" rather than once per request.
if opt := o.gRPCOptions; coldLoad && opt != nil && opt.ContextSize > 0 {
xlog.Info("effective runtime tuning (override in the model YAML; LOCALAI_DISABLE_HARDWARE_DEFAULTS=true disables hardware auto-tuning)",
"modelID", o.modelID,
"context", opt.ContextSize,
"n_batch", opt.NBatch,
"n_gpu_layers", opt.NGPULayers,
"parallel", parallelSlotsFromOptions(opt.Options),
"flash_attention", opt.FlashAttention,
"f16", opt.F16Memory)
}
backend := strings.ToLower(o.backendString)
if realBackend, exists := Aliases[backend]; exists {
typeAlias, exists := TypeAlias[backend]
if exists {
xlog.Debug("alias is a type alias", "alias", backend, "realBackend", realBackend, "type", typeAlias)
o.gRPCOptions.Type = typeAlias
} else {
xlog.Debug("alias", "alias", backend, "realBackend", realBackend)
}
backend = realBackend
}
modelFileName := o.modelFile
if modelFileName == "" {
modelFileName = o.model
}
model, err := ml.LoadModelWithFile(o.modelID, o.model, modelFileName, ml.grpcModel(backend, o))
if err != nil {
// Defensive cleanup: the model usually wasn't registered yet (LoadModel
// failed before that), so StopGRPC reporting "model not found" is the
// expected case, not an error. The outer Failed-to-load log below
// carries the real reason.
if stopErr := ml.StopGRPC(only(o.modelID)); stopErr != nil {
xlog.Debug("cleanup stop after failed load", "error", stopErr, "model", o.modelID)
}
xlog.Error("Failed to load model", "modelID", o.modelID, "error", err, "backend", o.backendString)
return nil, err
}
return model.GRPC(o.parallelRequests, ml.wd), nil
}
// retryEnforce repeatedly invokes fn until it returns NeedMore=false or the
// retry budget is exhausted. It sleeps `retryInterval` between attempts and
// logs progress under `label`. Used by both LRU and group-exclusivity
// enforcement so the busy-model wait behaviour is identical.
func retryEnforce(fn func() EnforceLRULimitResult, maxRetries int, retryInterval time.Duration, label string) {
for attempt := range maxRetries {
result := fn()
if !result.NeedMore {
if result.EvictedCount > 0 {
xlog.Info("[ModelLoader] "+label+" enforcement complete", "evicted", result.EvictedCount)
}
return
}
if attempt < maxRetries-1 {
xlog.Info("[ModelLoader] Waiting for busy models to become idle before eviction",
"label", label,
"evicted", result.EvictedCount,
"attempt", attempt+1,
"maxRetries", maxRetries,
"retryIn", retryInterval)
time.Sleep(retryInterval)
} else {
xlog.Warn("[ModelLoader] "+label+" enforcement incomplete after max retries",
"evicted", result.EvictedCount,
"reason", "conflicts are still busy or pinned")
}
}
}
// enforceLRULimit enforces the LRU limit before loading a new model.
// This is called before loading a model to ensure we don't exceed the limit.
// It accounts for models that are currently being loaded by other goroutines.
// If models are busy and can't be evicted, it will wait and retry until space is available.
func (ml *ModelLoader) enforceLRULimit() {
if ml.wd == nil {
return
}
pendingLoads := ml.GetLoadingCount()
ml.mu.Lock()
maxRetries := ml.lruEvictionMaxRetries
retryInterval := ml.lruEvictionRetryInterval
ml.mu.Unlock()
retryEnforce(func() EnforceLRULimitResult {
return ml.wd.EnforceLRULimit(pendingLoads)
}, maxRetries, retryInterval, "LRU")
}
// enforceGroupExclusivity evicts every loaded model that shares a concurrency
// group with modelID before loading proceeds. Reuses the LRU retry settings so
// busy conflicts wait for the same window as a busy LRU eviction.
func (ml *ModelLoader) enforceGroupExclusivity(modelID string) {
if ml.wd == nil {
return
}
ml.mu.Lock()
maxRetries := ml.lruEvictionMaxRetries
retryInterval := ml.lruEvictionRetryInterval
ml.mu.Unlock()
retryEnforce(func() EnforceLRULimitResult {
return ml.wd.EnforceGroupExclusivity(modelID)
}, maxRetries, retryInterval, "group-exclusivity")
}
// updateModelLastUsed updates the last used time for a model (for LRU tracking)
func (ml *ModelLoader) updateModelLastUsed(m *Model) {
if ml.wd == nil || m == nil {
return
}
ml.wd.UpdateLastUsed(m.address)
}
func (ml *ModelLoader) Load(opts ...Option) (grpc.Backend, error) {
o := NewOptions(opts...)
ml.mu.Lock()
distributed := ml.modelRouter != nil
ml.mu.Unlock()
// In distributed mode, SmartRouter must run per inference request so
// PickBestReplica (core/services/nodes/replicapicker.go) picks the
// least-loaded replica each time. Bypass the local cache and the local
// LRU / concurrency-group watchdog enforcement: both are scoped to the
// in-process Model store, which in distributed mode only holds stubs for
// remote replicas. SmartRouter handles cluster-wide eviction
// (evictLRUAndFreeNode) and concurrency-group anti-affinity
// (narrowByGroupAntiAffinity) at the scheduler layer.
//
// TODO(distributed-cache): see LoadModel for the rotating-replica-cache
// integration point that would let hot paths skip the per-request DB
// round-trip without giving up the shared PickBestReplica policy.
if distributed {
client, err := ml.backendLoader(opts...)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if m := ml.CheckIsLoaded(o.modelID); m != nil && m.Process() == nil {
client = newConnectionEvictingClient(client, o.modelID, func() {
if err := ml.ShutdownModel(o.modelID); err != nil {
xlog.Warn("Failed to shut down remote model after connection error", "model", o.modelID, "error", err)
}
})
}
return client, nil
}
// Return earlier if we have a model already loaded
// (avoid looping through all the backends)
if m := ml.CheckIsLoaded(o.modelID); m != nil {
xlog.Debug("Model already loaded", "model", o.modelID)
// Update last used time for LRU tracking
ml.updateModelLastUsed(m)
client := m.GRPC(o.parallelRequests, ml.wd)
// Wrap remote models so connection errors during inference trigger eviction
if m.Process() == nil {
client = newConnectionEvictingClient(client, o.modelID, func() {
ml.ShutdownModel(o.modelID)
})
}
return client, nil
}
// Evict any loaded model that shares a concurrency group with the
// requested one before applying the global LRU cap — group eviction may
// already make room, and otherwise LRU might evict an unrelated model
// only for the group check to immediately evict another.
ml.enforceGroupExclusivity(o.modelID)
// Enforce LRU limit before loading a new model
ml.enforceLRULimit()
// if a backend is defined, return the loader directly
if o.backendString != "" {
client, err := ml.backendLoader(opts...)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Wrap remote models so connection errors during inference trigger eviction
if m := ml.CheckIsLoaded(o.modelID); m != nil && m.Process() == nil {
client = newConnectionEvictingClient(client, o.modelID, func() {
ml.ShutdownModel(o.modelID)
})
}
return client, nil
}
// Otherwise scan for backends in the asset directory
var err error
// Collect the installed/external backends (the map is unordered).
available := []string{}
for b := range ml.GetAllExternalBackends(o) {
available = append(available, b)
}
// Build a deterministic, file-type-filtered candidate list so an
// incompatible backend (e.g. an audio codec like opus) can never win the
// trial loop for a GGUF/LLM model. See SelectAutoLoadBackends / #9287.
autoLoadBackends := SelectAutoLoadBackends(available, o.model)
if len(autoLoadBackends) == 0 {
xlog.Error("No backends found")
return nil, fmt.Errorf("no backends found")
}
xlog.Debug("Loading from the following backends (in order)", "backends", autoLoadBackends)
xlog.Info("Trying to load the model", "modelID", o.modelID, "backends", autoLoadBackends)
for _, key := range autoLoadBackends {
xlog.Info("Attempting to load", "backend", key)
options := append(opts, []Option{
WithBackendString(key),
}...)
model, modelerr := ml.backendLoader(options...)
if modelerr == nil && model != nil {
xlog.Info("Loads OK", "backend", key)
// Wrap remote models so connection errors during inference trigger eviction
if m := ml.CheckIsLoaded(o.modelID); m != nil && m.Process() == nil {
model = newConnectionEvictingClient(model, o.modelID, func() {
ml.ShutdownModel(o.modelID)
})
}
return model, nil
} else if modelerr != nil {
err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("[%s]: %w", key, modelerr))
xlog.Info("Fails", "backend", key, "error", modelerr.Error())
} else if model == nil {
err = errors.Join(err, fmt.Errorf("backend %s returned no usable model", key))
xlog.Info("Fails", "backend", key, "error", "backend returned no usable model")
}
}
return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load model - all backends returned error: %s", err.Error())
}