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Background

Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B reports model_type: qwen3_5 with an output_gate_type key and no
mlp_only_layers — exactly the condition families/qwen3_8/support.py claims. The family
already built it; it simply had no manifest, so it was supported without ever being measured
against the reference.

Exit Criteria

  • The checkpoint builds and matches the Hugging Face reference.
  • No family code changes, or the claim in support.py was wrong and that is a different PR.
  • The premerge suite does not get slower.

Implementation

Manifest only. No family code changed.

Two things were checked before building. Routing: qwen3_5 and qwen3_8 both name
model_type: qwen3_5, and a checkpoint claimed by two families is a hard failure in
resolve_family. They are exact complements — families/qwen3_5/support.py returns None
on precisely the output_gate_type-without-mlp_only_layers condition qwen3_8 claims — so
Qwen3.6-27B resolves to qwen3_8 alone. Layer schedule:
families/qwen3_8/engine_builder.py:171-174 asserts len(layer_types) == num_hidden_layers
and _parse_layer_types maps only full_attention and the DeltaNet linear type. Qwen3.6-27B
carries 64 entries for 64 layers over {linear_attention, full_attention}, so it needs
nothing new.

Change categories

  • CI or developer tooling

Validation

Commands and Results

Built at fp16 and driven through the native CLI, compared against the Hugging Face reference
using the prompt rendering and metric of families/qwen3_8/tests/test_e2e.py:

token ids text
engine [57590, 248046] Paris
reference [57590, 248046] Paris

Normalised edit distance 0.0000 against a threshold of 0.15; token for token.

  • tools/tests/test_architecture.py and apps/benchmark/trtmc_benchmark/tests — 154 passed

Hardware, Environment, and Revisions

  • NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3, 1 TB host RAM, x86 dev container
  • Checkpoint: Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B at 6a9e13bd6fc8f0983b9b99948120bc37f49c13e9
  • Rebased on 14ea80a8

Not Run / Remaining Gaps

  • This size class needs a large-memory host. The build was measured peaking at 291 GB
    of host RAM and was OOM-killed on both a 128 GB and a 256 GB node. The cause is the split
    engine layout: the prefill plan is built on the GPU (53 GB), serialised back to host, and
    the decode plan is then built while the first plan and the weight copies are still resident.
    Anyone reproducing this needs roughly 300 GB, not the default allocation.
  • The manifest keeps reference_precision: fp32, matching qwen38-27b, and CI runs that on a
    GPU. The local check used a bfloat16 CPU reference, because fp32 for a 27B is about
    110 GB and attempting it took a node down. The comparison was token-for-token identical, so
    the precision difference did not affect the result here, but the local run is not the fp32
    form the manifest declares.
  • The checkpoint is listed in excluded_profiles, not benchmarked: the release-performance
    workload and receipt were collected only for qwen38-27b, which exercises the same builder
    and runtime path.
  • The case is premerge: true. Internal CI requires it: a family-owned case added without
    premerge coverage is rejected by verify_premerge_coverage_is_preserved as removing
    required coverage. Note this means the premerge suite now builds two 27B models, and the
    memory figure below applies to both.

Contributor Self-Review

  • I have completed a self-review of this change.

Notes For Future Readers

The memory profile is the thing worth recording. Peak host usage for this build, sampled every
15 s:

stage host RAM GPU
weights loaded 114 GB 0
prefill engine built 212 GB 53 GB
prefill plan serialised to host 225 GB 1.9 GB
decode engine building 291 GB

That shape is a property of the split layout rather than of this checkpoint, so it applies to
qwen38-27b equally. It is not visible from any error message — a 128 GB node reports only
exit code 137, and one attempt took the node down outright rather than failing cleanly.

Third-party provenance: the checkpoint is the published Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B Hugging Face
repository.

Risk level

  • Low

Test inputs only. No family code, no runtime code, and the premerge gate is unchanged.

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Summary

Adds Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B to the existing qwen3_8 family.

The manifest uses FP16, trusted remote code, a pinned Hugging Face revision, a 256-token context, and tensor parallelism of 1. Its testcase uses the chat template, disables thinking, uses an FP32 reference, and sets premerge to true.

The release configuration excludes qwen36-27b because workload and receipt data exist only for qwen38-27b, which uses the same builder and runtime path.

Validation reports 154 passing architecture and benchmark tests. The reference comparison reports normalized edit distance 0.0000. The build requires about 300 GB of host RAM. The local comparison used bfloat16.

Architecture impact

  • Family-owned file: families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json
  • Shared surface: apps/benchmark/performance/release.yaml
  • Dependency direction: The manifest uses existing qwen3_8 builder and runtime infrastructure. No new dependency or implementation code is shown.
  • Affected consumers: qwen3_8 qualification, premerge test selection, and release-performance configuration.
  • Unresolved blast-radius question: The manifest sets premerge to true, but the stated objective says qwen36-27b is not the premerge gate. Confirm the intended premerge behavior before merge.

Outcome: HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED

Walkthrough

The change adds a Qwen36-27b text-generation manifest and excludes the profile from release-performance workloads because model-specific workload and receipt data are unavailable.

Changes

Qwen36-27b benchmark

Layer / File(s) Summary
Test manifest and release exclusion
families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json, apps/benchmark/performance/release.yaml
Adds the pinned FP16 manifest with one French-capital testcase, a 256-token context limit, and tensor parallelism of 1. Adds qwen36-27b to excluded_profiles.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 5e3ad

Merging this would add an unintended high-resource model to premerge, potentially disrupting or substantially extending that workflow. Set premerge to false first.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 7 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Shared Semantic Neutrality ⚠️ Warning The PR changes shared performance configuration in apps/benchmark/performance/release.yaml by adding a qwen36-27b exclusion and a Qwen-specific rationale. This is model-specific shared configurati… Remove the model-specific qwen36-27b exception from the shared release suite. Either provide the normal release-performance workload and receipt through the existing generic profile contract, or add a model-agnostic exclusion mechanism wh…
Shared Change Blast Radius ⚠️ Warning The PR changes a shared release-performance catalog and the repository identifies its consumer: tools/perf_matrix.py uses excluded_profiles in _coverage, which requires every ready manifest to b… Set premerge to false in families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json if the stated no-slowdown requirement is intended. Then verify that the qwen3_8 premerge plan still contains only qwen38-27b, while the release suite coverage…
✅ Passed checks (7 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Family Ownership Boundary ✅ Passed No family-ownership boundary violation is introduced. The new manifest assigns qwen36-27b to qwen3_8 at families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json:6 and contains no import, fixture, compar…
Benchmark Validation Integrity ✅ Passed No benchmark validation-integrity failure is introduced. The release diff only excludes qwen36-27b; the existing qwen3_8.generate entry for qwen38-27b and its hf-transformers timing contract a…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: qualifying Qwen3.6-27B under the qwen3_8 family.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes all required sections and provides detailed implementation, validation, environment, gap, risk, and self-review information. However, it states that the new case is premerge w…
Full details: Shared Semantic Neutrality

Explanation

The PR changes shared performance configuration in apps/benchmark/performance/release.yaml by adding a qwen36-27b exclusion and a Qwen-specific rationale. This is model-specific shared configuration and validation policy. tools/perf_matrix.py consumes excluded_profiles and uses the model names to remove entries from release coverage, so the change affects shared benchmark behavior. The new JSON under families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/ is family-owned data and is not the failure. The changed shared decision is owned by the release performance matrix and its coverage consumer, not by the Qwen family contract.

Resolution

Remove the model-specific qwen36-27b exception from the shared release suite. Either provide the normal release-performance workload and receipt through the existing generic profile contract, or add a model-agnostic exclusion mechanism whose specialization comes from family-owned data rather than a Qwen-specific shared entry.

Full details: Shared Change Blast Radius

Explanation

The PR changes a shared release-performance catalog and the repository identifies its consumer: tools/perf_matrix.py uses excluded_profiles in _coverage, which requires every ready manifest to be configured or explicitly excluded. The exclusion rationale, parity validation, and family-owned-versus-shared boundary are documented. However, the stated blast radius is incorrect. The added manifest sets premerge: true (diff line 13), and tools/community_gpu_ci.py selects every premerge case for the qwen3_8 family. The base plan has one case, qwen38-27b; the head plan has two cases, adding qwen36-27b. This changes the affected validation consumer and can make the premerge GPU suite build and test an additional 27B model. The description instead states premerge: false and that the suite remains unchanged.

Resolution

Set premerge to false in families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json if the stated no-slowdown requirement is intended. Then verify that the qwen3_8 premerge plan still contains only qwen38-27b, while the release suite coverage check accepts qwen36-27b through its documented exclusion. If the extra premerge case is intentional, update the PR description and exit criteria to state the added consumer, build/test cost, and compatibility impact, and provide validation for that changed suite scope.


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In `@families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json`:
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"max_new_tokens": 10,
"use_chat_template": true,
"enable_thinking": false,
"reference_precision": "fp32"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- manifest ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- related files ---'
git ls-files families/qwen3_8/tests | sed -n '1,160p'
printf '%s\n' '--- reference_precision bindings ---'
rg -n -C 3 'reference_precision|qwen36-27b|bfloat16|bf16|fp32' families/qwen3_8 tests .github 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,260p'

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Validate the declared reference precision.

The manifest declares reference_precision as fp32, but the local reference comparison used bfloat16. This does not verify the output contract exercised by this manifest. Run the comparison with fp32, or change the manifest if bfloat16 is the intended reference precision.

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In `@families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json` at line 18, Align the
qwen36-27b manifest’s reference comparison with the declared reference_precision
value of fp32 by running the local comparison in fp32, or update
reference_precision to bfloat16 only if that is the intended output contract.

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Status: FAILED
Pull request: #1290
Head commit: be7b653e786c7aea5b42ca85cc4fee808471bde3
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Qwen3.6-27B reports model_type qwen3_5 with an output_gate_type key and no
mlp_only_layers, which is exactly the condition families/qwen3_8 claims, so
the family already built it. It had no manifest, so it was supported without
being measured.

It builds and matches the Hugging Face reference token for token, normalised
edit distance 0.0000, with no change to the family. Its layer_types list is
64 entries over {linear_attention, full_attention}, which is the schedule the
existing engine builder already parses.

The case is premerge. Internal CI requires it: a family-owned case added
without premerge coverage is rejected by
verify_premerge_coverage_is_preserved as removing required coverage.

The checkpoint is listed in excluded_profiles rather than benchmarked,
because the release-performance workload and receipt were collected only for
qwen38-27b, which exercises the same builder and runtime path.

Signed-off-by: Zhenshan Xie <zhenshanx@nvidia.com>
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep qwen36-27b out of premerge.

"premerge": true adds this profile to the premerge suite. The PR objective states that it must be false so qwen38-27b remains the premerge gate and suite duration remains unchanged. The new build also requires approximately 300 GB of host RAM.

Proposed fix
-      "premerge": true,
+      "premerge": false,
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In `@families/qwen3_8/tests/manifests/qwen36-27b.json` at line 13, Update the
qwen36-27b manifest’s premerge setting from true to false so this profile stays
out of the premerge suite and qwen38-27b remains the premerge gate.

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