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Type of change: documentation (agent skill) + one template bug fix

Aligns the evaluation skill's three upstream-tracked benchmarks (Terminal-Bench 2.1,
SWE-bench Verified, MRCR) with the current nvidia-eval-factory-benchmarking configs, and
fixes guidance that turned out to be wrong when a full three-benchmark campaign was run with
the skill end to end. Rebased on #2499. The first commit is the alignment; the other two
address review (MRCR serving scoped per variant, limit_samples canary guidance, and
regression tests for the template's ++limit gate and its folded serve command). The skill text keeps only the rules; the evidence behind them is below.

GDPVal is out of scope. It was removed from this skill in #2470, and this PR replaces #2464.

Alignment with upstream

  • Sandbox region via HARBOR_ECS_REGION. TB2.1's ECR repo name tracks the region;
    SWE-bench's stays in us-west-2.
  • One interceptor order for both harbor benchmarks, with http_pairs_dump last. Upstream
    is split on its position, which changes only what the dump records, never the score.
    Interceptor lists replace wholesale on merge, so a leaf must restate the whole chain.
  • capture_request_body goes on the service. A shared block injects an alias-only entry with
    no type.
  • MLflow tags gain task_name and nemo-evaluator-next-version.
  • TB2.1 max_concurrent: 50 for nano-class models, 15 for larger ones (all upstream non-nano
    leaves override it to 15).
  • proxy.request_timeout must always be set explicitly. Otherwise it inherits the model
    fragment's serving value, which ranges from 3600 to 36000 upstream, and TB2.1 has no
    benchmark key for it.
  • MRCR:
    • parallelism is 512, deliberately above server capacity, so --max-num-seqs must no
      longer be derived from it.
    • limit_samples now reaches the gym through a gated ++limit.
    • Observability capture is on.
    • 128K is its own upstream benchmark on the condensed gym schema.

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what the skill said what actually happens
username: ${oc.env:USER} nel-next only expands ${VAR} / ${VAR:-default}. The config passes --dry-run and fails at --submit with "remote username contains invalid characters".
MRCR canary via ++limit edited into collect_rollout_params limit_samples is now gated through. Under the 0.2.6 launcher the -o path is ++evaluation.nemo_evaluator_config.config.params.limit_samples. ++config.params… creates a bogus top-level key.
the condensed gym schema's bootstrap is in the runtime image It lives in upstream configs/models/gym_eval_command.yaml, which is composed in. A standalone config must carry the command: block.
mean/prefix_matched ~0.55 is healthy That value is calibrated to the 1M golden. A 128K run at pass@1 ≈ 95 measured ≈ 1.0. The signal is a collapse toward 0.
NVFP4 MoE VLLM_* env vars as reliable knobs They are build-dependent: one vLLM build logged them as unknown and ignored them. Check the server log once per image.

Rules the skill lacked

  • MRCR variant. Pick the largest variant within the checkpoint's trained context. On a
    262K-context model, 1M needs VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN and measures extrapolation, which
    a quantization comparison would then entangle with quantization damage. The serving setup
    follows the variant: 128K serves at the trained context without the override.
  • SWE-bench reasoning_effort. openhands-sdk sends reasoning_effort: high on every call,
    and canonical bench.yaml doesn't strip it. A server whose accepted set excludes high
    returns HTTP 400 on the first call of every trial, so pass@1 is 0. The fix is to overwrite
    it with the server default via proxy.extra_body. terminus-2 (TB2.1) and Gym's
    simple_agent (MRCR) never send the key (46/46 and 110/110 requests checked).
  • Reasoning toggles go in extra_body.chat_template_kwargs. Don't write out no-op sampling
    defaults; top_k is not one (vLLM's default is -1).
  • Upstream model fragment. Consult configs/models/<model>/ when it exists, for serving
    flags, the thinking toggle and reasoning_replay.mode.

Usage

No API change. Regenerating a config from the skill now yields the aligned values:

# recipes/examples/example_eval_next.yaml
services:
  model:
    proxy:
      request_timeout: 3600                  # always explicit
benchmarks:
  - max_concurrent: 50                       # nano-class; larger models 15
    sandbox:
      region: ${HARBOR_ECS_REGION:-us-east-1}
cluster:
  username: ${USER}                          # NOT ${oc.env:USER}

Testing

  • python -m pytest plugins/modelopt/skills/ -o addopts="": 7/7 pass, including the new
    tests/test_example_mrcr.py. It checks that example_mrcr.yaml emits ++limit=N only when
    limit_samples is set, and that the folded vLLM serve command shell-parses with every flag
    intact. Each check fails when its defect is reintroduced.

  • markdownlint-cli2 on the changed Markdown: 0 errors. Both example YAMLs parse.
    The full pre-commit suite was not run after the squash, because the sandbox could not fetch
    hook repos. The pre-squash commits passed it.

  • Exercised end to end. Configs built from this skill ran a BF16 campaign for a 262K-context
    MoE reasoning model on an internal cluster to completion:

    • MRCR-128K: 1470/1470 rollouts
    • Terminal-Bench 2.1: 712/712 trials
    • SWE-bench Verified: 2500/2500 trials

    Each correction above is a defect that campaign surfaced.

  • Differential check. Terminal-Bench configs generated from the pre- and post-change skill,
    from the same brief and in isolation, differ on:

    • interceptor chain
    • concurrency
    • top_k
    • region interpolation
    • MLflow tags

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Additional Information

The companion internal eval-config change now carries only the internal values: the ECR URLs,
the region default and the cluster image notes. It points here for the generic rules.

Known gaps not fixed here, worth a follow-up:

  • references/nel-next.md:136 and references/launcher-workflow.md:207 derive --max-num-seqs
    from parallelism / DP. nel-next has no parallelism field (its analogue is
    max_concurrent), and MRCR's 512 is deliberately not a server cap.
  • references/launcher-workflow.md:200-201 makes --max-num-batched-tokens and
    --enable-chunked-prefill always-include defaults, but example_eval_next.yaml omits both.
  • references/launcher-workflow.md:27 says sbatch_comment belongs under execution: and is
    otherwise inert, yet all three shipped examples put it under cluster:.
  • MoE detection (--enable-expert-parallel) is unresolvable from the facts the skill asks for
    when the model handle has no -A*B suffix.

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified region configuration, benchmark-specific container repository behavior, and the distinct Gym and Harbor evaluation routes.
    • Expanded Terminal-Bench, SWE-bench, and MRCR guidance for concurrency, parallelism, timeouts, proxy settings, reasoning configuration, and score interpretation.
    • Documented request-body capture, model-call observability, interceptor ordering, and MLflow metadata.
    • Explained how to limit MRCR canary rollouts while keeping data preparation in full.
    • Clarified 1M and 128K benchmark configurations, including context-length requirements and use of the long-context override.

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Evaluation recipes and guidance now cover Harbor region and proxy settings, Terminal-Bench and SWE-bench configuration, and MRCR serving variants. The MRCR example forwards optional canary limits to Gym and captures model calls.

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Evaluation guidance and configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared Harbor setup and proxy configuration
plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/env.example, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/examples/example_eval_next.yaml, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/references/nel-next.md, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/SKILL.md
Documents Harbor region handling and updates proxy configuration, timeouts, interceptors, request capture, image guidance, and MLflow attribution.
Terminal-Bench and SWE-bench guidance
plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/tasks/aa_next/*
Updates backend distinctions, concurrency, timeouts, region settings, interceptor ordering, reasoning-effort guidance, and score reporting.
MRCR variants and serving configuration
plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/examples/gym/example_mrcr.yaml, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/tasks/gym/mrcr.md, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/SKILL.md
Updates MRCR variant selection, schema requirements, server and client concurrency guidance, and prefix-match interpretation.
MRCR canary limits and model-call capture
plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/examples/gym/example_mrcr.yaml, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/recipes/tasks/gym/mrcr.md, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/references/gym.md, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/tests/test_example_mrcr.py, plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/SKILL.md
Adds conditional forwarding of limit_samples to Gym, clarifies that preparation still runs in full, and tests the rendered rollout limit.

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Replace stale MRCR canary guidance.

This line says that limit_samples is inert. The PR forwards limit_samples to Gym. Users will not use the new forwarding when they follow this canary procedure. Update the instruction to use the forwarded field and link to the recipe.

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Align the nel-next harbor recipes and the MRCR gym template with the
current nvidia-eval-factory-benchmarking bench.yaml files:

- nel-next: HARBOR_ECS_REGION, always-explicit proxy.request_timeout,
  shared interceptor order (http_pairs_dump last), per-service
  capture_request_body, chat_template_kwargs for reasoning toggles,
  MLflow task_name / nemo-evaluator-next-version tags, ${USER} fix.
- TB2.1: concurrency 50 (nano) / 15 (larger models).
- SWE-bench: reasoning_effort override for servers that reject "high".
- MRCR: parallelism 512 (not a server cap), limit_samples canary gate,
  observability capture, pick the variant by trained context.

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Comment: the new MRCR behavior still conflicts with instructions in the skill entry point and shared reference.

Needs action:

  • Reconcile MRCR canary guidance in SKILL.md and references/gym.md with the newly forwarded limit_samples; see inline comment.
  • Scope the 1M serving instructions in SKILL.md to that variant and document the 128K serving adjustment; see inline comment.
  • Add regression coverage for rendering example_mrcr.yaml with null and numeric limit_samples, checking that ++limit is respectively omitted or emitted.

No action needed:

  • The design reuses existing templates and launcher paths. The PR explains why the upstream condensed schema needs additional bootstrap and why nel-next cannot use OmegaConf environment syntax.
  • The reported end-to-end campaigns are useful validation; no existing tests were weakened.

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The new template forwarding makes this guidance correct, but the mandatory reading still says the opposite: SKILL.md MRCR step 6 says limit_samples is inert on the gym path, and references/gym.md's launcher-pin procedure says it does not reach Gym and instructs users to edit collect_rollout_params. The PR body acknowledges this, but it is directly part of the behavior changed here rather than an unrelated follow-up. Update both to describe the MRCR forwarding and link to this canary procedure, so an agent does not bypass the newly supported limiter.

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Addressed in d49cc63: SKILL.md step 6 now says the MRCR template forwards limit_samples as ++limit, pointing to the recipe's Canary section. references/gym.md now says the launcher-level limit_samples reaches the gym only when the template gates it (as example_mrcr.yaml does), and otherwise to add ++limit=N.

2. **Pick the variant first** (`config_n3_1m` / `config_n3_128k` / `config`) — it
sets the context cap, dataset *and* metric prefix; the three are not
comparable; set it in **both** `data_prep_params` and `collect_rollout_params`.
Take the largest variant within the checkpoint's trained context — see the recipe.

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The new largest-supported-variant rule permits 128K, but MRCR step 5 below still unconditionally prescribes --max-model-len 1100000 plus VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN=1. Following the entry point literally therefore retains the 1M serving envelope even after selecting 128K for a 262K checkpoint. Qualify step 5 as 1M-only and document the corresponding 128K serving setup (within trained context, with answer headroom and without the extrapolation override), rather than only changing the two dataset selectors.

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Addressed in d49cc63: SKILL.md step 5 now applies --max-model-len 1100000 + VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN=1 to 1M only. For 128K it says to serve at the trained context, leave answer headroom above 131,072 and skip the override. The recipe's serving section and the template comment say the same.

…t_samples

- SKILL.md step 5 and the MRCR recipe/template: the 1100000 max-model-len
  + VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN envelope is 1M-only; 128K serves at the
  checkpoint's trained context without the override.
- SKILL.md step 6 and references/gym.md: limit_samples is forwarded as
  ++limit by the MRCR template, no longer "inert".
- Add a stdlib-only regression test that example_mrcr.yaml omits ++limit
  for limit_samples: null and emits ++limit=N otherwise (plus a real
  Jinja render when jinja2 is available).

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Re the review checklist item on regression coverage: added plugins/modelopt/skills/evaluation/tests/test_example_mrcr.py in d49cc63. It checks that limit_samples defaults to null and that collect_rollout_params renders no ++limit for null and ++limit=5 for 5. It uses only the standard library so it runs in the CI skill-test job (which installs no YAML/Jinja), and adds a real Jinja render when jinja2 is available. 6/6 skill tests pass; removing the gate from the template makes 3 of them fail.

The CodeRabbit outside-diff note on SKILL.md:84 (stale "inert" canary guidance) is covered by the same commit.

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Comment: prior concerns are resolved, but the new inline comment in MRCR’s folded deployment command disables subsequent serving flags.

Needs action:

  • Move the variant note above deployment.command in recipes/examples/gym/example_mrcr.yaml; see inline comment.
  • Add a regression in evaluation/tests/test_example_mrcr.py verifying the folded deployment command preserves the KV-cache, reasoning-parser, and batching arguments when interpreted by the shell.

No action needed:

  • ✔️ Resolved since the last review: canary guidance, variant-specific serving guidance, limit-forwarding coverage, and the MLflow tag concern (the reply distinguishes the upstream tag from its container-pin variable).
  • The design retains existing templates and launcher paths; the PR explains the explicit-versus-condensed schema and environment-syntax choices.
  • No existing tests were weakened. The new test header matches LICENSE_HEADER.

--tensor-parallel-size 1
--data-parallel-size 1
--max-model-len 1100000
--max-model-len 1100000 # 1M only; 128K: trained context, drop VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN

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deployment.command is a YAML folded scalar (>-), so this # is command text, not a YAML comment. All following lines fold onto the same shell line: the shell comments out --kv-cache-dtype fp8, --reasoning-parser, prefix-caching and batching settings. This changes the intended serving configuration and can prevent the long-context deployment from fitting. Move this variant note outside the scalar, above command:, and add a regression checking that the folded command retains its trailing flags under shell parsing.

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Good catch, fixed in 6727bef. The 1M-only note is now in the comment block above command:, with a warning that # inside the folded scalar becomes shell text. tests/test_example_mrcr.py adds test_deployment_command_keeps_all_flags_under_shell_parsing, which folds the command, checks that shlex.split(..., comments=True) equals the comment-free split, and checks that --kv-cache-dtype, --reasoning-parser, --enable-prefix-caching, --enable-chunked-prefill and --max-num-batched-tokens are present. Re-adding the inline comment makes it fail.

The 1M-only note added in d49cc63 sat inside the folded `command: >-`
scalar, so `#` became shell text and commented out every later flag
(--kv-cache-dtype, --reasoning-parser, prefix caching, chunked prefill,
--max-num-batched-tokens). Move the note above `command:` and add a
regression test that the folded command shell-parses with no comment
and keeps those flags.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com>

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Approve: prior concerns are resolved, including the folded-command bug and regression coverage; canary guidance, variant-specific serving, and MLflow tag documentation are consistent.

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Large PR: spans 7 directories (≥ 5). The review came back clean, so this is an LGTM — a human should take the final look and approve.

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