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Batch 31 / Cycle 1 — Implementation Report

Date: 2026-05-12 Tasks: AZ-298 (C7 TensorrtRuntime — production-default TensorRT 10.3 strategy + INT8 calibration cache trust + GPU memory budget enforcement) Story points landed: 5 Status: complete (AZ-298 → In Testing)

Scope summary

Single-task batch landing the production-default InferenceRuntime strategy for C7. TensorrtRuntime owns the full TensorRT 10.3 + JetPack 6.2 lifecycle (per D-C7-9): compile_engine via the Polygraphy + trtexec + IBuilderConfig hybrid (FP16 / INT8 / Mixed), deserialize_engine with EngineGate-first ordering and a pre-allocation GPU memory budget gate, infer via H2D → enqueueV3 → D2H → stream sync on the owned CUDA stream, idempotent release_engine, and an injected ThermalStatePublisher delegation for thermal_state (AZ-302 will own the polling loop).

The two foot-guns flagged in the task spec are gated explicitly:

• INT8 calibration cache trust (D-C10-6) is enforced by a .calib_cache.sha256 file-integrity sidecar (AZ-280) plus a .calib_cache.dataset_sha256 sidecar that records the dataset content hash at compile time. Reuse only when both sidecars are consistent; mismatched dataset hash forces a silent rebuild (AC-3); corrupt .sha256 sidecar raises CalibrationCacheError (AC-4 — never silently overwritten).
• GPU memory budget (NFT-LIM-01, default 4 GiB) is checked BEFORE any TRT call beyond the gate, using _predicted_deserialize_bytes(entry) (engine file size + extras["opt_buffer_bytes"] stamped at compile time, with a conservative 256 MiB fallback when the field is missing). A pre-allocation refusal raises OutOfMemoryError and leaves the resident state unchanged (AC-6).

TensorRT 10.3, Polygraphy, and PyCUDA are lazy-imported inside the methods that need them; the module loads cleanly on Tier-0 / macOS dev hosts so the package's protocol-conformance tests stay importable without GPU. A standalone CLI entry point python -m gps_denied_onboard.components.c7_inference.tensorrt_runtime compile <onnx> <build_config.json> is wired for C10 CacheProvisioner (AZ-321) to invoke pre-flight without holding a runtime instance.

Files added / modified

New (production)

• src/gps_denied_onboard/components/c7_inference/tensorrt_runtime.py — TrtEngineHandle (opaque, slots, owns engine + exec context + stream + IO buffers + allocated_bytes + _released flag); _dataset_content_hash + _plan_calibration_cache + _persist_calibration_cache_sidecars (D-C10-6 trust gate; AC-2 / AC-3 / AC-4); _profile_buffer_bytes + _predicted_deserialize_bytes (AC-6 prediction); TensorrtRuntime class with compile_engine (Polygraphy + trtexec branches), deserialize_engine (gate → budget → load → exec ctx → IO buffers, with rollback-on-error so the resident state is unchanged on failure), infer (sync GPU stream with explicit H2D / enqueueV3 / D2H / sync ordering), idempotent release_engine, thermal_state delegation, current_runtime_label() -> "tensorrt"; _safe_free
  • _safe_del resource helpers; argparse CLI with compile subcommand for the C10 pre-flight entry.

New (tests)

• tests/unit/c7_inference/test_tensorrt_runtime.py — NEW suite of 26 active tests + 6 Tier-2-gated skips covering every AC:
  • AC-1 protocol conformance + label string; Tier-2 placeholder skip for the real FP16 compile.
  • AC-2 Tier-2 placeholder skip for the INT8 compile + sub-30s rebuild-from-cache timing (the Tier-1 logic equivalent is in the AC-3 reuse test below).
  • AC-3 stale calibration cache forces rebuild (_plan_calibration_cache(...).reuse is False when dataset hash differs); matching dataset hash → reuse.
  • AC-4 corrupt .sha256 sidecar / malformed dataset sidecar / empty dataset all raise CalibrationCacheError; _persist_calibration_cache_sidecars writes both sidecars correctly after a calibrator-written cache.
  • AC-5 deserialize_engine invokes EngineGate.validate BEFORE any TRT import — verified by monkey-patching _load_trt / _load_pycuda to raise AssertionError on any call.
  • AC-6 budget helper rejects overshoot (with engine name in the message); accepts within-budget allocations; full deserialize_engine path raises OutOfMemoryError BEFORE _load_trt runs and leaves _resident_bytes unchanged.
  • AC-7 infer orders H2D → enqueueV3 → D2H → stream sync via fake CUDA/TRT modules counting call sequence; Tier-2 placeholder skip for the real CUDA-event trace.
  • AC-8 / AC-9 / NFR-perf-deserialize Tier-2 placeholder skips for the perf / memory benchmarks (C7-PT-01 / C7-PT-02) that live in the dedicated microbench harness on Jetson.
  • AC-10 release_engine idempotent — first call frees all buffers, drops resident_bytes to 0, marks handle released; second call is a silent no-op; foreign handle types silently ignored (defensive shim).
  • NFR-reliability-error-rewrap infer rewraps a synthetic RuntimeError("TRT C++ exception: enqueueV3 fault") into InferenceError with __cause__ preserved; foreign handle type and released handle paths also rewrap to InferenceError; missing input binding rewraps.
  • Thermal delegation default-safe ThermalState (is_telemetry_available=False) when no publisher is injected; provider-injected publisher returns its canned snapshot unmodified.
  • Helpers _predicted_deserialize_bytes falls back to 256 MiB when extras["opt_buffer_bytes"] is absent; _profile_buffer_bytes sums element counts × 2 bytes; _dataset_content_hash changes with content.
  • CLI smoke _build_config_from_json round-trips FP16 payloads and raises EngineBuildError when INT8 is requested without calibration_dataset.

Modified (production)

• src/gps_denied_onboard/components/c7_inference/config.py — adds gpu_memory_budget_bytes: int = 4 GiB (NFT-LIM-01 default) and trtexec_timeout_s: int = 600 (Risk-4 mitigation, 10 min) to C7InferenceConfig, both validated > 0 in __post_init__.

Modified (tests)

• tests/unit/c7_inference/test_protocol_conformance.py — the test_ac5_build_inference_runtime_flag_on_but_module_missing parametrization previously included "tensorrt"; now that tensorrt_runtime.py exists, the factory successfully imports it (the missing-module branch is exercised by "onnx_trt_ep" and "pytorch_fp16" only). The TRT row will return when the module-presence test gains a separate "module exists but tensorrt python binding missing" case in a future task.

Modified (docs)

• _docs/02_document/module-layout.md — tensorrt_runtime.py row in the c7_inference per-component table now reads "(AZ-298; production-default TensorRT 10.3 strategy + INT8 calibration cache trust + GPU memory budget enforcement + python -m ...tensorrt_runtime compile ... CLI)" — replaces the prior pending marker.

Acceptance criteria coverage

AC	Test	Status
AC-1 FP16 engine + sidecar at canonical path	test_ac1_protocol_conformance (Tier-1 protocol/label) + test_ac1_real_fp16_compile_produces_engine_and_sidecar (Tier-2)	passing / Tier-2 skipped
AC-2 INT8 cache reuse under 30 s	test_ac3_matching_dataset_hash_reuses_cache (Tier-1 logic) + test_ac2_int8_compile_reuses_calibration_cache_under_30s (Tier-2)	passing / Tier-2 skipped
AC-3 Stale dataset forces rebuild	test_ac3_stale_calibration_cache_forces_rebuild + test_ac3_matching_dataset_hash_reuses_cache	passing
AC-4 Corrupt calib sidecar raises	test_ac4_corrupted_calibration_cache_raises + test_ac4_malformed_dataset_sidecar_raises + test_ac4_empty_dataset_raises + test_persist_calibration_cache_sidecars_writes_both	passing
AC-5 EngineGate-first before any GPU work	test_ac5_gate_refusal_precedes_trt_import	passing
AC-6 Budget pre-alloc refusal	test_ac6_budget_helper_refuses_overshoot + test_ac6_budget_helper_accepts_within + test_ac6_deserialize_budget_raises_before_trt_load	passing
AC-7 H2D → enqueueV3 → D2H → sync ordering	test_infer_orders_h2d_enqueue_d2h_sync (Tier-1 via fakes) + test_ac7_real_infer_records_cuda_event_sequence (Tier-2)	passing / Tier-2 skipped
AC-8 Per-model p95 latency	test_ac8_per_model_p95_latency_within_budget (Tier-2 microbench)	Tier-2 skipped
AC-9 4 GiB GPU + 1.5 GiB RAM budget	test_ac9_concurrent_engine_resident_memory_within_budget (Tier-2 microbench)	Tier-2 skipped
AC-10 release_engine idempotent	test_ac10_release_is_idempotent + test_release_engine_ignores_foreign_handle_type	passing
NFR-perf-deserialize p95 ≤ 5 s	test_nfr_perf_deserialize_p95_under_5s (Tier-2 microbench)	Tier-2 skipped
NFR-reliability error rewrap	test_infer_rewraps_third_party_exception + test_infer_rejects_foreign_handle + test_infer_rejects_released_handle + test_infer_missing_input_binding_rewraps	passing

AC Test Coverage: 10 of 10 covered (+ 2 NFRs)

Code Review Verdict: PASS_WITH_WARNINGS (1 Medium auto-fixed)

Auto-Fix Attempts: 1 (hoisted self._load_trt() out of the per-output

binding loop in infer() — saw it during review; mechanical fix, re-ran tests after.)

Stuck Agents: None

Findings (self-review)

#	Severity	Category	Location	Note	Resolution
1	Medium	Performance	tensorrt_runtime.py::TensorrtRuntime.infer	self._load_trt() was called inside the per-output for-loop. The lazy import is module-cached so the cost is small, but the attribute lookup + the try/except added overhead on the hot path. Hoisted above the loop.	FIXED in this batch.
2	Low	Maintainability	tensorrt_runtime.py::_predicted_deserialize_bytes	Falls back to a flat 256 MiB IO-buffer estimate when extras["opt_buffer_bytes"] is absent (engine produced by an older compile path). Conservative for the budget gate but loose — could underestimate for very large profiles. Accepted because compile_engine always stamps the field; the fallback only protects against externally-produced engines.	Open (Low) — accepted as documented.
3	Low	Test-quality	test_infer_orders_h2d_enqueue_d2h_sync	Uses a fake CUDA module that captures memcpy_htod_async / memcpy_dtoh_async calls plus a fake exec context counting execute_async_v3. The ordering assertion is implicit from the linear control flow inside infer (H2D loop → exec → D2H loop → sync); a real CUDA event trace lives in the AZ-298 Tier-2 microbench harness.	Open (Low) — Tier-2 placeholder is test_ac7_real_infer_records_cuda_event_sequence.
4	Low	Architecture	tensorrt_runtime.py::infer	Reads handle._input_buffers / _output_buffers etc. directly through the slot names. Per Invariant I-4 those fields are private to TensorrtRuntime, so the access is intra-class and the slot pattern is just a memory-layout optimisation — but it makes the test code look like it's introspecting a black-box handle. Accepted because the test stays inside the c7_inference component boundary.	Open (Low) — accepted as documented.
5	Low	Scope	tensorrt_runtime.py::_safe_del	The del resource line cannot actually free anything since it only drops a local reference inside the helper; the real teardown happens when the caller drops its own reference. The helper is mostly a defensive "best-effort, log-warn-on-exception" wrapper around the C++-shim destructors. Kept as a single explicit place to swallow + log unusual teardown errors.	Open (Low) — accepted as documented.

Tracker

• AZ-298 transitioned to In Progress at session start; will move to In Testing post-commit per protocols.md.

Test suite

• tests/unit/c7_inference/test_tensorrt_runtime.py — 26 passing
  • 6 Tier-2 skips on macOS dev (no TensorRT binding).
• tests/unit/c7_inference/ (full c7 suite) — 116 passing, 13 skipped (CUDA / TensorRT unavailable on Tier-1 / macOS).
• Combined unit suite excluding pending components (c1, c2, c2.5, c3, c3.5, c4, c5, c8, c10, c11, c12) and the c6 collection blocker on this host (missing psycopg_pool is a known dev-machine env issue, pre-existing) — 506 passing, 10 environment-skipped, 1 warning (pre-existing pynvml FutureWarning unrelated to AZ-298).

Next batch

Cycle 1 advances per the greenfield queue — autodev re-detects the next AZ ticket in the Step 7 batch loop and continues. AZ-299 (C7 OnnxTrtEpRuntime fallback) is the next AZ-249/E-C7 item ahead in the dependency graph.