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uv run pytest tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers -q
uv run make format
uv run make verify (as applicable for touched paths)
Configure a sentence_transformers provider entry with allowed_models for embed/rerank, start the service, and confirm the first query loads models while subsequent queries reuse the in-process cache (no Hub reload)
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New Features
Added local sentence-transformers support for generating embeddings and reranking results.
The local model catalog includes configured allowed models and excludes language-model entries.
Models can be selected from the configured allowed-model list and run with optional device and cache-directory settings.
Embedding and reranking models are reused during the process to avoid repeated initialization.
Requests to use unsupported language models return an error.
This change adds a local sentence-transformers inference provider for embeddings and reranking. It builds a catalog from configured models, creates and caches models in-process, and registers the provider type.
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Local sentence-transformers inference
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Provider and model creation src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/model_cache.py, src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py, src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/README.md, tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/test_model_cache.py, tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/test_provider.py, tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/README.md, tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/__init__.py
The provider builds a catalog from configured models, omits LLM entries, and creates embedding and reranking models in-process. The cache stores the two model types separately. Tests cover catalog construction, model classification, creation, reuse, and unsupported LLM requests.
Package export and registry wiring src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/__init__.py, src/providers/inference/registry.py, tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/test_provider.py
The package exports the provider, and the registry maps sentence_transformers to its class. A test checks the registry mapping.
sequenceDiagram
participant SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider
participant SentenceTransformersModelCache
participant EmbeddingModel
participant CrossEncoder
SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider->>SentenceTransformersModelCache: Look up model by ID and type
alt Embedding model cache miss
SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider->>EmbeddingModel: Create embedding model
SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider->>SentenceTransformersModelCache: Store embedding model
else Reranker cache miss
SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider->>CrossEncoder: Create reranker
SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider->>SentenceTransformersModelCache: Store reranker
end
lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack#2872: Specifies local sentence-transformers embeddings and cross-encoder reranking; this PR implements the provider and cache.
Suggested reviewers: tisnik, jrobertboos
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review d7bb8
Configured local models are not used by service queries. Resolve or explicitly defer their integration before merging.
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The prior concern remains unresolved. SentenceTransformersModelCache uses unrestricted _embeddings and _rerankers dictionaries at `src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/model_cache.py:14…
Fix category: bounded cache/eviction. Add a configurable maximum and an LRU or equivalent eviction policy for embedding and rerank caches. Release model resources when entries are evicted. Alternatively, enforce and document a maximum `allo…
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PASSED. The PR changes only inference-provider registration, local model loading/caching, documentation, and tests. The new provider has no HTTP endpoint or remote discovery, and its only log entry re…
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PASSED. The PR changes only inference-provider registration, local model loading/caching, documentation, and tests. The new provider has no HTTP endpoint or remote discovery, and its only log entry records configured model names/IDs, not secrets or tokens. The diff adds no subprocess, SQL, command execution, response/WebSocket handling, Kubernetes Secret, or OwnerReference changes. Existing authenticated endpoint paths are unchanged.
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The prior concern remains unresolved. SentenceTransformersModelCache uses unrestricted _embeddings and _rerankers dictionaries at src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/model_cache.py:14-17. put() retains every distinct model ID at lines 69-72. Provider creation adds loaded embedding and rerank models at provider.py:123-135 and 149-159. The sentence-transformers configuration requires at least one allowed_models entry but sets no maximum at src/models/config.py:1009-1016. This permits unbounded retention of heavyweight CPU/GPU models for the provider lifetime.
Resolution
Fix category: bounded cache/eviction. Add a configurable maximum and an LRU or equivalent eviction policy for embedding and rerank caches. Release model resources when entries are evicted. Alternatively, enforce and document a maximum allowed_models count and reject configurations above it. Add tests for the bound and eviction or rejection behavior.
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First-use model loading blocks the caller thread.
SentenceTransformer(...) and CrossEncoder(...) run synchronously inside _create_embedding and _create_rerank. On a cache miss, they can download weights from the Hub and load them into memory. This takes seconds. If an async request handler calls get_model_instance on first use, the event loop stalls for all requests.
Consider a warm-up for the configured models, for example asyncio.to_thread in initialize(). Alternatively, document that callers must run the first lookup off the event loop. Confirm the first-query behavior in the service-level check listed in the PR.
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New sentence-transformers provider following established pattern. Moderate file count (11) and line count (658) with good test coverage. Two trivially-modified protected paths. No security, CI, or dependency concerns.
[stale-doc]docs/devel_doc/providers.md:37 — The providers documentation table lists the sentence-transformers provider as "❌ not supported in LCS", but this PR adds full support for embedding and rerank via sentence-transformers. The documentation is now incorrect and would mislead readers about the current capabilities.
Remediation: Update the "Supported in LCS" column for the sentence-transformers row from "❌" to "✅" in docs/devel_doc/providers.md.
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[missing-test]tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/test_provider.py — No test covers the behaviour when SentenceTransformer() or CrossEncoder() constructor raises an exception (e.g., invalid model ID, missing weights, out-of-memory). A test documenting exception propagation and confirming the cache is not poisoned with a partial entry would strengthen confidence in the error path.
[pattern-inconsistency]src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py:23 — EmbeddingModel is imported under TYPE_CHECKING guard while other providers (e.g., OpenAI) import it directly at module level. Not re-evaluated this pass (style sub-agent unavailable).
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src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/model_cache.py:49 edge-case — reclassified to info: match statement exhaustively covers both Literal values; implicit None return matches Optional type
src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py:118 edge-case — reclassified to info: safe under single-threaded async event loop; speculative multi-threaded scenario is not actionable
src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py:131 insecure-deserialization — reclassified to info: model identifiers come from admin-controlled configuration only; trust_remote_code=False is already the default
[stale-doc]docs/devel_doc/providers.md:37 — The Inference Providers table marks sentence-transformers as ❌ (not supported in LCS). This PR adds SentenceTransformersInferenceProvider to the provider registry, making it a supported provider. The table entry is now incorrect and will mislead contributors.
Remediation: Update the sentence-transformers row to show ✅ in the "Supported in LCS" column.
[protected-path]scripts/generate_openapi_schema.py, scripts/latest_tag.py — Two files under the scripts/ protected path are modified with whitespace-only docstring formatting fixes. The PR description does not explain why these governance/infrastructure files are being changed. Human approval is required for protected-path changes.
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[edge-case]src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/model_cache.py:48 — The match statement in get() has no default (case _:) branch. If a caller bypasses the type system at runtime, the method silently returns None without any indication that the value was unrecognized.
Remediation: Add a case _: branch that raises ValueError or explicitly returns None with a comment.
[edge-case]src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py:118 — The _create_embedding and _create_rerank methods use a non-atomic check-then-act pattern on the cache. In a concurrent context, the same heavyweight model could be loaded into memory more than once. This is consistent with how other providers in this codebase work but is worth noting for in-process transformer models.
[missing-test]tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/test_provider.py — No test covers the case where all configured allowed_models are typed as llm, which would produce an empty catalog. A test asserting the empty-catalog result and logged warnings would increase confidence in the filtering logic.
[insecure-deserialization]src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py:131 — SentenceTransformer() and CrossEncoder() load models that may contain pickle-serialized weights. Model IDs are admin-controlled configuration (not user-supplied at runtime), but a compromised Hub model could achieve code execution during first load.
[pattern-inconsistency]src/providers/inference/sentence_transformers/provider.py:23 — Every other provider module imports ModelType under if TYPE_CHECKING:. This module imports it at the top level instead. The TYPE_CHECKING guard is the established convention for type-only imports in this package.
Remediation: Wrap the ModelType import in if TYPE_CHECKING: to match peer providers.
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uv run pytest tests/unit/providers/inference/sentence_transformers -quv run make formatuv run make verify(as applicable for touched paths)sentence_transformersprovider entry withallowed_modelsfor embed/rerank, start the service, and confirm the first query loads models while subsequent queries reuse the in-process cache (no Hub reload)Summary by CodeRabbit