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Fixes #9162.

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MMAR support is deprecated in favor of MONAI Bundles. For security reasons, load_from_mmar now raises DeprecatedError before downloading or loading a model. The old loading code is removed, while the public imports and signature remain available to give callers a clear error.

The three MMAR functions and RemoteMMARKeys are deprecated at 1.7.0 and scheduled for removal in 1.9.0. Lookup and download still work until removal. The loader is disabled immediately, including on development versions before 1.7.0.

The skipped MMAR suite is replaced with 41 offline tests covering loader rejection, public exports, lookup/download behavior, and deprecation warnings and removal behavior across the 1.7.0 and 1.9.0 release boundaries. A private lookup helper prevents duplicate deprecation warnings for string-ID downloads, with a regression test checking that only download_mmar warns. Class constants and MODEL_DESC remain readable without warnings; the deprecation note explains that they will be removed with the MMAR module in 1.9.0, and the tests cover attribute access. The loader is tested with warnings ignored and its decorator unwrapped.

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On Windows with Python 3.12.7:

  • python -m unittest tests.apps.test_mmar_download tests.utils.test_deprecated -v: 72 passed, no skips.
  • Black 26.10.0, isort 9.0.2, and Ruff 0.16.10 passed on the MMAR package and changed test file.
  • Pyrefly 1.3.2 reported zero errors in the changed source files.
  • A targeted Sphinx build of the MMAR section and API docstrings passed with warnings treated as errors.
  • git diff --check passed.

The documentation check uses a small Sphinx project with a stub for the existing bundle link. Full-suite, full-documentation, and coverage results are not claimed. CI is rerunning for the review update.

Types of changes

  • Breaking change: MMAR model loading is disabled for security reasons.
  • Regression tests added.
  • Docstrings and API documentation updated.
  • Full integration tests passed locally.
  • Full quick unit/distributed test suites passed locally.
  • Full make html documentation build passed.

Prepared with Astra 6 assistance and reviewed with Claude and by myself, Also deepseek was also evaluvating the issue . Both are credited in the commit trailers.

Disable load_from_mmar before any download or model loading, retain the
public signature, and deprecate the MMAR APIs for 1.7. Replace skipped
network tests with offline regression coverage and update the API docs.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Talha <muhammadtalha223@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Use the full release version in the MMAR deprecation decorators and test the actual APIs before and after that boundary. Keep loader rejection unconditional and scope the file-access guard to the MMAR module.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Talha <muhammadtalha223@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The MMAR lookup and download APIs are marked deprecated. load_from_mmar now raises DeprecatedError without downloading or loading models. Its arguments remain in place. Documentation and tests describe and verify these changes.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the two main changes: MMAR API deprecation and disabling load_from_mmar.
Description check Passed The description includes the issue reference, change summary, change types, tests, validation results, documentation updates, and known validation limits. It is complete and aligned with the template.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #9162 requires MMAR support to be deprecated and load_from_mmar to be disabled for security. The MMAR module now marks the public functions and RemoteMMARKeys as deprecated. load_from_mmar…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes update MMAR implementation, documentation, and focused tests. These changes implement or verify the deprecation and loader disablement required by #9162. No unrelated change is demonstrate…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 86.67% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 15 functions across 3 files.
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Issue #9162 requires MMAR support to be deprecated and load_from_mmar to be disabled for security. The MMAR module now marks the public functions and RemoteMMARKeys as deprecated. load_from_mmar raises DeprecatedError before download or loading. Lookup and download remain available until removal. Tests cover these behaviors and public exports.

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The changes update MMAR implementation, documentation, and focused tests. These changes implement or verify the deprecation and loader disablement required by #9162. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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Hi @Talhax55z thanks for this, I think it's doing what we need for security though I had minor changes. I would like @garciadias to have a look in relation to the relevant advisory.

__all__ = ["MODEL_DESC", "RemoteMMARKeys"]


class RemoteMMARKeys:

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This class should be marked as deprecated as well, eventually this whole mmar directory will be removed.

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__all__ = ["get_model_spec", "download_mmar", "load_from_mmar"]


@deprecated(since="1.7.0", msg_suffix="NVIDIA Clara MMAR support is deprecated. Please use MONAI Bundles instead.")

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Typically things are deprecated for two releases so you can add the argument removed="1.9.0". The other deprecated decorators the same.

Deprecate RemoteMMARKeys and schedule the class and all three MMAR functions for removal in 1.9.0. Keep model loading disabled immediately. Extend release-boundary tests and document the test cases and removal schedule.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Talha <muhammadtalha223@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
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removed="1.9.0",
msg_suffix="NVIDIA Clara MMAR support is deprecated. Please use MONAI Bundles instead.",
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def download_mmar(

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One deprecation ends up being reported twice here. download_mmar is decorated, and for a string item it delegates to get_model_spec, which carries the same decorator, so on 1.7.0 a single call such as download_mmar("clara_pt_prostate_mri_segmentation_1", mmar_dir=".", api=False) emits two FutureWarnings, one of them attributed to get_model_spec rather than to the function the caller invoked. Confirmed at this head commit by re-executing the module with version_val set to 1.7.0 and recording warnings: that call produced two FutureWarnings. Routing the internal lookup through a private undecorated helper would make a public call warn exactly once.

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Do we just suppress the warning for the call to get_model_spec? The alternative is move the body of get_model_spec into an auxiliary undecorated function which it and download_mmar call.

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Thanks both. I went with the helper approach: the lookup now lives in a private _get_model_spec that get_model_spec and download_mmar both call, so a public call warns once. I chose it over suppression because warnings.catch_warnings changes global warning state and isn't thread-safe. I added a test with a string model ID that expects exactly one warning (734dcca), and the docstring sections CodeRabbit asked for (d43c76d). Prepared with help from Claude and Codex (tagged Assisted-by in the commits).

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RemoteMMARKeys is a constants namespace, so this decorator only fires on instantiation, which nothing in the code base does. Verified at this head commit with version_val set to 1.7.0: attribute access such as RemoteMMARKeys.NAME emits no warning; with 1.9.0, attribute access still returns the constants while instantiating raises DeprecatedError. MODEL_DESC has the same property. The new test covers the instantiation path, so it does not exercise what users would actually observe. If the intent is simply that this module disappears at 1.9.0 then that is reasonable, but a sentence to that effect in the deprecation note (or a test on the attribute-access path) would make the schedule meaningful.

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Good point, thanks. The intent is that the constants and MODEL_DESC go away with the module in 1.9.0, so I added a sentence saying that, and that reading them doesn't warn, to the deprecation note. The tests now check that reading them emits no warning (734dcca). I left the instantiation-only behaviour as it is, since that's how @deprecated works on classes. Prepared with help from Claude and Codex.

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Reviewed the change against issue #9162 and the security advisory it references.

What I verified at e344df1:

  • load_from_mmar raises DeprecatedError before any download, file access or deserialization, and the public imports and signature are unchanged, so callers get a clear error rather than a silent fallback.
  • The deprecation schedule requested in review is in place for all four public definitions (get_model_spec, download_mmar, load_from_mmar, RemoteMMARKeys): since 1.7.0, removed 1.9.0. Both earlier comments on this PR are addressed by the head commit.
  • The old loading implementation and the now-unused private helpers were removed with no remaining references anywhere in the tree.
  • Locally, tests/apps/test_mmar_download.py plus tests/utils/test_deprecated.py give 71 passed with no skips, and ruff and black are clean on the changed files.

The two offline observations I left inline are cosmetic and do not affect the security goal, so I am not blocking on them. The only thing to keep in mind is that the remote test coverage for the still-supported download path is now mock-based, which is a reasonable trade-off for an offline suite.

Thanks for turning this around quickly.

Share the model lookup through an undecorated helper so string-ID downloads warn once. Clarify that constants remain accessible without warnings until the MMAR module is removed, and test both behaviors.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Talha <muhammadtalha223@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
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36-37: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the new lookup helper’s contract.

_get_model_spec can return the unchanged input for an unknown ID and raise IndexError for an invalid numeric index. Add Google-style Args, Returns, and Raises sections so callers can distinguish these outcomes. As per path instructions, “Docstrings should be present for all definition which describe each variable, return value, and raised exception in the appropriate section of the Google-style of docstrings.”

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Describe model IDs and indices, unchanged-input returns, and IndexError in Google-style docstring sections, as requested by CodeRabbit.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Talha <muhammadtalha223@gmail.com>
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