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[smg][ci] fix model pool GPU cleanup and add startup reliability improvements#16745

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  • Fix GPU deadlock: properly release GPUs when workers fail to start
  • Add 5s stagger delay between worker launches to reduce resource contention
  • Add 30s grace period before health checks to allow model loading
  • Reduce health check interval from 5s to 2s for faster detection
  • Add stderr logging when workers fail for better debugging

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- Fix GPU deadlock: properly release GPUs when workers fail to start
- Add 5s stagger delay between worker launches to reduce resource contention
- Add 30s grace period before health checks to allow model loading
- Reduce health check interval from 5s to 2s for faster detection
- Add stderr logging when workers fail for better debugging
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This pull request significantly enhances the robustness and reliability of the model pool's startup process and GPU resource management. It addresses potential GPU deadlocks by ensuring resources are properly released upon worker failure and improves startup stability through staggered worker launches and an initial grace period for model loading. Additionally, it refines health check mechanisms for faster issue detection and provides better debugging insights by logging worker stderr.

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  • GPU Cleanup: Ensures proper release of GPUs when model workers fail to start, preventing deadlocks and resource leaks.
  • Worker Launch Reliability: Implements a 5-second stagger delay between worker launches to mitigate resource contention during startup, improving stability.
  • Health Check Grace Period: Introduces a 30-second initial grace period before health checks begin, allowing sufficient time for models to load without premature failure.
  • Faster Health Checks: Reduces the health check interval from 5 seconds to 2 seconds for quicker detection of worker issues.
  • Improved Debugging: Adds comprehensive logging of stderr output when workers fail, providing better diagnostic information for troubleshooting.

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This pull request introduces several valuable improvements to the model pool's startup and cleanup logic. The fix for the GPU deadlock by ensuring GPUs are released when workers fail is critical and correctly implemented by using _evict_instance. The additions of a stagger delay, an initial grace period, and enhanced stderr logging for failed workers significantly improve the reliability and debuggability of the test infrastructure. The code is well-structured and the changes are clear. I have one suggestion to further improve the robustness of the new stderr reading logic to prevent potential hangs in the test framework.

Comment thread sgl-model-gateway/e2e_test/infra/model_pool.py
@slin1237 slin1237 merged commit 8a45a9c into main Jan 8, 2026
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@slin1237 slin1237 deleted the smg-ci-n/28 branch January 8, 2026 16:55
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