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📝 SummarySummaryAdds an optional, default-on The server provides a bounded, non-streaming OpenAI-compatible HTTP subset for Completions and constrained Chat Completions. It validates request limits, uses one serialized worker, bounds queue count and bytes, returns The server also provides health, readiness, model-listing, and Prometheus metrics endpoints. It supports request-correlated logs without prompt or generated content. Configurable shutdown deadlines limit queued work during graceful shutdown. The change adds Libevent packaging, Docker development dependencies, Conan installation, build documentation, user documentation, and server-focused tests. Streaming, cancellation, authentication, TLS, multiple models, continuous batching, Triton, Dynamo, and distributed scheduling remain unsupported. Architecture impact
WalkthroughThe change adds a Libevent-based ChangesText generation server
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant HttpServer
participant InferenceService
participant Task
Client->>HttpServer: Submit completion request
HttpServer->>InferenceService: Queue validated request
InferenceService->>Task: Generate completion
Task-->>InferenceService: Return generated text
InferenceService-->>HttpServer: Return Response
HttpServer-->>Client: Send HTTP response
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Normal completion traffic can steadily consume server memory and eventually disrupt service, so request cleanup should be fixed before merge. Forward-proxy clients can also receive incorrect 404 responses. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 8 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@conanfile.py`:
- Around line 82-83: Update the Conan package definition around the trtmc-server
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| copy(self, "trtmc-server", src=str(build), dst=str(module_bin), keep_path=False) | ||
| copy(self, "trtmc-server", src=str(build), dst=str(script_bin), keep_path=False) |
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Declare or bundle Libevent for the Conan package.
trtmc-server links PkgConfig::LIBEVENT through shared Libevent SONAMEs. The Conan package stages only the project DSOs, so a consumer without Ubuntu's Libevent runtime packages cannot start trtmc-server. The Dockerfiles are unaffected because each installs libevent-dev, which depends on the required runtime packages. Bundle the Libevent libraries or declare the runtime dependency for the standalone Conan package.
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In `@conanfile.py` around lines 82 - 83, Update the Conan package definition
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Expose one text-generation bundle through a standalone, non-streaming OpenAI-compatible HTTP subset. Serialize Task execution behind bounded request and byte queues with explicit validation, overload, health, metrics, and graceful-drain behavior. Add Libevent to supported build environments, package the server binary, and document its operational and compatibility limits. Signed-off-by: Vivian Chen <140748220+xuanzic@users.noreply.github.com>
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In `@apps/server/server.cpp`:
- Around line 756-764: Update the request lifecycle around handle and the
deferred send callback so every terminal path releases the request owned by
evhttp_request_own: successful send completion and connection-abort/error paths
must free it, while preserving the existing cleanup when defer fails. Use the
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- Around line 726-730: Update the URI extraction in handle() to use the parsed
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| const char* raw_uri = evhttp_request_get_uri(request); | ||
| std::string route = raw_uri == nullptr ? "/" : raw_uri; | ||
| const auto query = route.find('?'); | ||
| if (query != std::string::npos) | ||
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Extract the path from the parsed URI.
HTTP clients using a forward proxy can send an absolute-form target. handle() then compares the full target from evhttp_request_get_uri(request) with the route names and returns 404.
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- const char* raw_uri = evhttp_request_get_uri(request);
- std::string route = raw_uri == nullptr ? "/" : raw_uri;
- const auto query = route.find('?');
- if (query != std::string::npos)
- route.resize(query);
+ const auto* uri = evhttp_request_get_evhttp_uri(request);
+ const char* path = uri == nullptr ? nullptr : evhttp_uri_get_path(uri);
+ std::string route = path == nullptr || *path == '\0' ? "/" : path;evhttp_uri_get_path() does not percent-decode escaped characters. The change fixes absolute-form targets only. Supporting percent-encoded route aliases requires evhttp_uridecode() and an explicit route-contract decision.
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In `@apps/server/server.cpp` around lines 726 - 730, Update the URI extraction in
handle() to use the parsed path from the evhttp URI instead of comparing the
full request target, while retaining the existing "/" fallback and query-string
removal. Do not add percent-decoding; preserve escaped path characters and limit
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| evhttp_request_own(request); | ||
| service_.submit(route, body, [this, request, route](Response response) mutable { | ||
| if (!defer(base_, [this, request, route, response = std::move(response)]() mutable { | ||
| send(request, route, std::move(response)); | ||
| })) { | ||
| evhttp_request_free(request); | ||
| event_base_loopbreak(base_); | ||
| } | ||
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libevent evhttp_request_set_on_complete_cb user owned request free server 2.1
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In Libevent 2.1, the evhttp_request_set_on_complete_cb function is designed to register a callback that triggers after the output data has been successfully written and before the evhttp_request object is destroyed [1][2][3]. Regarding user-owned request memory management: 1. Intended Use: The callback is intended for tracking resources associated with a request, such as timing metrics or cleanup of context pointers (the cb_arg) [1][2]. 2. Reliability Issues: It is important to note that this callback is not guaranteed to be called in all scenarios [4]. Specifically, if an error occurs during the connection lifecycle (such as certain timeouts or EOF conditions), the evhttp_request object may be freed by the internal connection management code without triggering the on-complete callback [4]. 3. Memory Leaks: Because the callback is not invoked in every code path that destroys the request, relying on it to free user-owned memory (passed via cb_arg) can lead to memory leaks [4]. Developers have reported this as a known limitation in Libevent [4]. 4. Alternatives: Some developers have sought to address this by suggesting or implementing an "on-free" callback to ensure explicit resource deallocation regardless of how the request is destroyed, as the standard on-complete callback only covers successful completion paths [4][5]. For robust memory management, ensure your cleanup logic can safely handle requests being destroyed via different internal paths, rather than relying solely on the on-complete callback to trigger your deallocation logic [4].
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Citations:
- 1: https://libevent.org/doc/http_8h.html
- 2: https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/dda8968c71f684235abb3cf6c26810751bf2c31a/include/event2/http.h
- 3: https://www.daemon-systems.org/man/evhttp.3.html
- 4: GitHub issue 643 in libevent/libevent (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 5: GitHub pull request 591 in libevent/libevent (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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Release the owned POST request on every terminal path.
handle transfers ownership at apps/server/server.cpp:756. The deferred callback calls send, which calls evhttp_send_reply but never calls evhttp_request_free; only deferred-scheduling failure frees the request. Successful POST requests therefore retain the owned request and its buffers. Add cleanup for successful completion and connection-abort paths. Do not use evhttp_request_set_on_complete_cb as the sole cleanup path without a version-specific contract, because it is not guaranteed for every connection-error path.
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request owned by evhttp_request_own: successful send completion and
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Background
TensorRT-Model-Connect can execute bundles through native Task APIs but has no
reachable inference endpoint. This adds a deliberately narrow standalone MVP
so the team can evaluate the serving boundary before considering Triton,
Dynamo, streaming, or distributed scheduling.
Exit Criteria
Completions request shapes with deterministic validation and overload errors.
startup, readiness, drain, logging, and timing behavior.
for later integrations.
Implementation
trtmc-serverbinary using Libevent.ITextGeneration::generate; rejectunknown or unsupported fields rather than ignoring them.
429overload,503drain behavior, and a configurable queued-work shutdown deadline.
request-correlated JSON logs without prompt or generated content.
and document exact compatibility and security limits.
Change categories
Validation
Commands and Results
cmake --build build-server-native-check --parallel 4 --target trtmc-server test_server: passed.ctest --test-dir build-server-native-check --output-on-failure -R '^server$': passed, 1/1 tests.test_server: passed, including loopback HTTP and shutdown coverage.test_server: passed.npm run test:model-support: passed.trtmc run qwen3-0.6b-server.bundle --runtime-root build-server-qwen --prompt 'What is the capital of France? Answer in one word.' --max-new-tokens 10 --temperature 0 --top-k 0: passed.POST /v1/completionsrequest produced identical generated text. Constrained chat, metrics, structuredstream=truerejection, and Ctrl-C drain also passed.Hardware, Environment, and Revisions
5b77501f9c5258bd0af0a330cfb4f5374a8a54d0.14ea80a801f772c598d80a6eb9c96c8b41b1a82e(github/mainat branch creation).Qwen/Qwen3-0.6Bsnapshotc1899de289a04d12100db370d81485cdf75e47ca, FP16, maximum sequence length 256.Not Run / Remaining Gaps
npm run builddid not complete locally because the available Node.js 18 runtime fails in the existing Viz dependency withReferenceError: crypto is not defined; no Node.js 20+ image was locally available.Contributor Self-Review
Notes For Future Readers
BSD-3-Clause license; the system packages retain its license and notices.
apps/server/server.cpp, thenapps/server/tests/test_server.cpp, thenthe dependency/packaging and user-guide changes.
authentication/TLS, multiple models per process, Triton, and Dynamo.
transport exchange does not replace each family's correctness validation.
Risk level
This adds a network-facing binary and a new linked dependency, but the server
is build-time optional, loopback-only by default, non-authenticated limitations
are explicit, and existing Task/runtime ABI and bundle formats are unchanged.