feat(clef): add Clef-Flash support

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Background

Add native support and qualification for Cloudflare/clef-flash at fde727a287004204b7518dcc983fe64379776712. Flash uses the same released joint-schema implementation as Clef, with its own backbone and head dimensions and weights.

Exit Criteria

All seven Flash cases must pass the existing original-reference logit, probability, answer, and repeatability gates. Matched complete Task calls must beat a validated torch.compile(max-autotune) reference. Stable Community CI and Internal CI must pass on the final head.

Implementation

The existing Clef family owns Flash's build and C++ TensorRT runtime. This adds a pinned manifest, the Flash model-card outage fixture, checkpoint-specific E2E selection, and benchmark provenance. Flash uses FP32 sigmoid evaluation before BF16 rounding and explicit product rounding in visual-position interpolation. The 27B checkpoint retains its independently qualified arithmetic path; pooling is unchanged.

Change categories

• Model or runtime behavior
• Public API
• ABI
• Bundle or artifact format
• Dependencies
• Documentation only
• CI or developer tooling

Validation

Commands and Results

• python -m pytest families/clef/tests/test_benchmark_selection.py families/clef/tests/test_support.py -q: 19 passed. Benchmark selection accepts manifest case names and fixture stems, and rejects unknown/empty selections before model loading.

• Exact native token/span comparison: 27 cases passed.

• Native media preprocessing: image, resized image, and video patches and multimodal positions matched the original processor.

• python -m pytest families/clef/tests/test_delta_rule.py families/clef/tests/test_vision_attention.py families/clef/tests/test_support.py -q: 16 passed on GB300 / TensorRT 11.1.0.106.

• build/trtmc clef build /artifacts/checkpoint -o /artifacts/clef-flash-scoped.bundle --max-sequence-length 512: passed.

• TRTMC_RUNTIME_ROOT=/src/build TRTMC_CLEF_FLASH_CHECKPOINT=/artifacts/checkpoint TRTMC_CLEF_FLASH_BUNDLE=/artifacts/clef-flash-scoped.bundle python -m pytest families/clef/tests/test_e2e.py families/clef/tests/test_precision.py --e2e-model clef-flash -q: 8 passed, 7 unselected 27B cases skipped. All seven Flash cases passed the unchanged reference gates; the eighth test verifies sigmoid rounding.

• ruff check --config ruff.toml families/clef and git diff --check: passed.

• Existing 27B regression: all seven unchanged cases passed twice through one loaded Task with the restored original arithmetic and scoped runtime; maximum probability error 0.002188.

• python -m families.clef.tests.compare_sequence --checkpoint /artifacts/checkpoint --model clef-flash --bundle /artifacts/clef-flash-scoped.bundle --runtime-root /src/build --probe /src/build/clef_task_probe --output /artifacts/sequence: all seven cases passed twice through one loaded Task, with exact repeated results. Maximum probability error was 0.002362.

• Matched complete Task benchmarks used five warmups and 30 samples. Native p50 / validated torch.compile(max-autotune) p50: invoice 16.12 / 30.78 ms, outage 16.23 / 33.28 ms, receipt 19.65 / 75.14 ms, video 19.74 / 68.10 ms. Native measurements used python -m trtmc_benchmark.cli run --model clef-flash --case <case> --bundle /artifacts/clef-flash-scoped.bundle --no-build --runtime-root /src/build --worker /src/build/trtmc_benchmark_worker --warmup 5 --iterations 30.

• The compiled reference used python -m families.clef.tests.benchmark_compile --checkpoint /artifacts/checkpoint --model clef-flash --case <fixture> --dynamic static --emulate-precision-casts --aten-masked-scatter. Video additionally required --aten-layer-norm to retain reference accuracy. The existing helper records every fallback; compiler runs that failed the unchanged accuracy gate were excluded.

Hardware, Environment, and Revisions

Head bdcb8e9557225f3f3db2601b887fccf634c2aa3a; checkpoint Cloudflare/clef-flash@fde727a287004204b7518dcc983fe64379776712. NVIDIA GB300, driver 580.105.08, Ubuntu 24.04.4, TensorRT 11.1.0.106, Torch 2.12.0+cu130, Transformers 5.10.2, BF16 model weights with explicit FP32 arithmetic boundaries.

Not Run / Remaining Gaps

Final-head Stable Community CI and Internal CI passed on bdcb8e9557225f3f3db2601b887fccf634c2aa3a. Other GPU platforms have not been qualified. Both required CI gates are satisfied; Dev CI is informational.

Contributor Self-Review

• I have completed a self-review of this change.

Contributor self-review completed on head bdcb8e9557225f3f3db2601b887fccf634c2aa3a: no blocking code or architecture findings. Both required final-head CI lanes passed.

Notes For Future Readers

Checkpoint selection is lazy, so selecting Flash alone does not build the 27B checkpoint. Runtime inference contains no Python or Torch. No accuracy threshold was changed. Dev CI is informational for this change; the readiness gates are stable Community CI and Internal CI. Leave this PR unmerged.

Risk level

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Precision changes are scoped to Flash, and all seven existing 27B cases retain their accuracy and repeatability. Existing bundles must be rebuilt to use the graph fixes; the bundle format and public Task ABI are unchanged.

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Summary

Adds native support for Cloudflare/clef-flash at revision fde727a287004204b7518dcc983fe64379776712. Flash uses its own checkpoint components, dimensions, and weights. The change adds a pinned manifest, outage fixture, model metadata, checkpoint-specific E2E selection, and benchmark case selection by manifest name or fixture stem.

When the configured hidden size is 4096, Clef evaluates sigmoid in FP32 before casting back to the model dtype. The same configuration enables explicit product rounding during visual-position interpolation. The 27B checkpoint retains its separate arithmetic path. Pooling is unchanged.

The author reports that all seven Flash cases passed the original-reference logit, probability, answer, and repeatability gates. The author also reports matching preprocessing for image, resized-image, and video patches, and matching multimodal positions. The reported E2E and precision run returned 8 passed, with 7 unselected 27B cases skipped. The reported delta-rule, vision-attention, and support tests returned 16 passed on GB300 with TensorRT 11.1.0.106.

The author reports that the 27B regression passed all seven cases twice through one loaded Task. Flash sequence comparison passed all seven cases twice through one loaded Task with exact repeated results. The reported maximum probability errors were 0.002188 for 27B and 0.002362 for Flash.

For matched complete-Task benchmarks with five warmups and 30 samples, the author reports native p50 and validated torch.compile(max-autotune) p50 results of 16.12/30.78 ms for invoice, 16.23/33.28 ms for outage, 19.65/75.14 ms for receipt, and 19.74/68.10 ms for video. Compiler runs that failed the unchanged accuracy gate were excluded. Video required --aten-layer-norm to retain reference accuracy.

Final-head Stable Community CI and Internal CI remain in progress. Other GPU platforms have not been qualified. Existing bundles must be rebuilt to use the graph fixes. The bundle format and public Task ABI are unchanged.

Architecture impact

• Family-owned files: Model, backbone, graph, runtime media code, manifests, fixtures, benchmark and E2E tooling, and tests reside in families/clef.
• Changed shared surfaces: website/data/hf-model-metadata.json adds Flash checkpoint metadata. The inspected references place the changed runtime behavior within the Clef family; no shared runtime implementation change is identified.
• Dependency direction: The graph and validation changes remain in the Clef family. Website metadata describes the checkpoint. The supplied evidence identifies no new cross-family dependency.
• Affected consumers: Clef Flash bundle builds, Clef E2E and benchmark workflows, and website metadata consumers. Clef 27B retains its separate arithmetic path, with a reported regression run.
• Unresolved blast radius: Stable Community CI and Internal CI are not complete, and other GPU platforms are not qualified. Compatibility across those environments remains unknown. Current review findings and severity counts were not supplied.

HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED. CI completion and cross-platform qualification remain unresolved. This outcome follows the REVIEW.md review contract and does not assert that a standards or specification violation was found.

Walkthrough

The change adds Clef-Flash build and test coverage. It adds configuration-driven sigmoid precision and vision interpolation rounding. Benchmark and sequence comparison tools now support model manifests and precision settings.

Changes

Clef-Flash support and precision handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure sigmoid precision families/clef/model.py, families/clef/graph.py, families/clef/backbone.py, families/clef/tests/test_precision.py	Graph sigmoid can evaluate in FP32 before casting back to the input dtype. Model construction enables this for hidden size 4096. The regression test compares TensorRT output with a Torch reference.
Pass precision settings to media interpolation families/clef/model.py, families/clef/runtime/media.h, families/clef/runtime/media.cpp, families/clef/runtime/plugin.cpp	Runtime metadata carries a vision product-rounding setting. When enabled, vision_positions uses volatile float intermediates for specified coordinate offsets and embedding products.
Add Clef-Flash checkpoint coverage families/clef/tests/manifests/*, families/clef/tests/fixtures/clef-flash-outage.json, families/clef/tests/test_e2e.py, families/clef/README.md, families/clef/NOTICE, website/data/hf-model-metadata.json	Adds a pinned Clef-Flash manifest and outage fixture. E2E tests now select cases across manifests. The README, notice, and model metadata include Clef-Flash details.
Extend benchmark and sequence validation families/clef/tests/benchmark_compile.py, families/clef/tests/compare_sequence.py, families/clef/tests/test_benchmark_selection.py, families/clef/README.md	The benchmark compiler selects a model manifest and fixtures, supports precision-cast emulation and ATen fallbacks, and records these settings. The sequence comparison utility checks repeated native results against Python model outputs.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CompareSequence
  participant PythonModel
  participant NativeProbe
  CompareSequence->>PythonModel: Score each manifest request
  CompareSequence->>NativeProbe: Submit each request sequence twice
  NativeProbe-->>CompareSequence: Return repeated scores and responses
  CompareSequence->>CompareSequence: Compare native results with reference

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❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 14.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 28 functions across 11 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Benchmark Validation Integrity	⚠️ Warning	The new Flash benchmark path compares different timed regions. benchmark_compile.py times call() (lines 121-136, 153-158), which receives an already parsed Python record and returns a Python dict.…	Use one explicit timing contract for both implementations. Either include equivalent JSON input parsing, device-to-host transfer, output reduction, answer construction, and response serialization in the compiled-reference timed call, or exp…

✅ Passed checks (7 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Family Ownership Boundary	✅ Passed	PASS. The changed implementation and validation files remain under families/clef. New imports use families.clef.*, the external joint_schema_model reference package, or shared model-agnostic lib…
Shared Semantic Neutrality	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes no shared code outside the excluded scopes. Python changes are in the Clef model-owned files, runtime changes are under families/clef/runtime, and test, fixture, manif…
Shared Change Blast Radius	✅ Passed	The change stays within the Clef family and does not alter a cross-family implementation or public Task contract. Graph, decoder_layer, vision_positions, the benchmark helper, and E2E validation…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the primary change: adding Clef-Flash support.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes all required sections, validation commands and results, environment details, remaining gaps, self-review confirmation, notes, and risk rationale. It is complete and directly r…

Full details: Benchmark Validation Integrity

Explanation

The new Flash benchmark path compares different timed regions. benchmark_compile.py times call() (lines 121-136, 153-158), which receives an already parsed Python record and returns a Python dict. It does not time JSON input parsing or response serialization. The native path times IStructuredDecision::decide; plugin.cpp parses request.document at lines 82-96 and serializes result.document with Json(...).dump() at lines 265-268 before returning. The native path also synchronizes the device-to-host logits copy at lines 236-239. The README claims both paths use the same public_task_call_wall boundary, and the PR activates this comparison for clef-flash through the new manifest and --model option. Therefore the reported native-versus-compiled p50 values do not have equivalent accounting.

Resolution

Use one explicit timing contract for both implementations. Either include equivalent JSON input parsing, device-to-host transfer, output reduction, answer construction, and response serialization in the compiled-reference timed call, or expose a native measurement boundary that excludes those operations and exclude them from the reference call as well. Keep validation outside both timed regions, record the selected boundary in both receipts, and add a regression test that checks the two accounting paths.

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