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Type of change: Bug fix

Fixes the launcher example added in #2149, which could not run at all.

pipeline.global_vars is a fixed-field dataclass (GlobalVariables), not a free-form mapping, so an unknown key is rejected at launch:

Error processing argument 'pipeline.global_vars.drafter=/hf-local/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16-DSpark':
Invalid argument: No parameter named 'drafter' exists for <function launch at 0x...>

The Nemotron-3.5 DSpark warm-start example invented drafter:. draft_model is the field that already exists for exactly this purpose, so the fix is to use it.

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File Change
examples/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16/hf_streaming_dspark_warmstart.yaml drafter:draft_model: (the reported bug)
examples/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5/specdec_bench.yaml draft_model_dir:draft_model: — the same latent break, pre-existing. Only the global-var key is renamed; the script's --draft_model_dir flag is unchanged.
tools/precommit/check_launcher_yaml.py Reject unknown global_vars keys, and <<global_vars.X>> references to keys that are never defined.

Why the pre-commit check

This is the second time this class has shipped — the comment on GlobalVariables.draft_model records the first (OMNIML-5024, the gemma-4-E4B-it MTP parent). Both times it surfaced only when a user set up a cluster environment and ran the job.

The hook reads the field names out of core.py with a regex rather than importing it: importing pulls in nemo_run, which the pre-commit environment does not have.

Testing

  • The check passes on every launcher YAML in the tree (exit 0).
  • Reintroducing drafter: reproduces the failure as a pre-commit error naming the valid keys:
    ERROR: .../hf_streaming_dspark_warmstart.yaml: global_vars key 'drafter' is not a field of
    GlobalVariables (valid: draft_model, hf_data, hf_local, hf_model, output_dir)
    
  • A dangling <<global_vars.nonexistent>> is likewise reported.
  • Full pre-commit suite passes on all three files.

Not end-to-end verified against a live cluster — the reported error is a launch-time argument-parsing failure that occurs before any job is submitted, and it is gone. Later steps in that YAML still need the environment-specific placeholders (<vllm-image-with-nemotron_h-eagle3>, chat template path) filled in.

Additional Information

Follow-up to #2149.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Updated launcher benchmark configurations to use consistent draft-model settings.
    • Corrected checkpoint references in streaming warm-start configurations.
  • Validation

    • Added checks to detect undefined or invalid launcher configuration variables before execution, helping identify configuration errors earlier.

…the schema

`pipeline.global_vars` is a fixed-field dataclass (`GlobalVariables` in
tools/launcher/core.py), not a free-form mapping, so an unknown key fails at launch with
"No parameter named 'X' exists".

The Nemotron-3.5 DSpark warm-start example (#2149) invented `drafter:`, so the example in
the repo could not run at all:

    Error processing argument 'pipeline.global_vars.drafter=...':
    Invalid argument: No parameter named 'drafter' exists for <function launch>

`draft_model` is the field that already exists for exactly this purpose. Renaming the key
and its one reference fixes the example. The Kimi-K2.5 specdec_bench example had the same
latent break with `draft_model_dir:`; only the global-var key is renamed there, the
script's `--draft_model_dir` flag is unchanged.

This is the second time the class has shipped -- the comment on `GlobalVariables.draft_model`
records the first (OMNIML-5024) -- so check_launcher_yaml now rejects unknown global_vars
keys and references to keys that are never defined. It reads the field names out of core.py
with a regex rather than importing it, since importing pulls in nemo_run, which the
pre-commit environment does not have. Verified both ways: the check passes on every
launcher YAML in the tree, and reintroducing `drafter:` reproduces the error as a
pre-commit failure naming the valid keys.

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Two launcher examples now use draft_model consistently. Pre-commit validation now checks declared global_vars keys and all global_vars references against GlobalVariables.

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Launcher global variables

Layer / File(s) Summary
Global variable validation
tools/precommit/check_launcher_yaml.py
The pre-commit checker derives valid GlobalVariables fields, rejects unknown keys, and reports undefined global_vars references during launcher YAML scanning.
Example variable alignment
tools/launcher/examples/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5/specdec_bench.yaml, tools/launcher/examples/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-BF16/hf_streaming_dspark_warmstart.yaml
The examples rename draft model variables to draft_model and update task and checkpoint references.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 20147

The PR fixes invalid launcher variable names and adds validation, but the validation can still miss unresolved references and may not recheck existing YAML when the shared variable schema changes, allowing launch-time failures to reach users. Merge should wait for these bounded correctness gaps to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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In `@tools/precommit/check_launcher_yaml.py`:
- Around line 115-129: The target-selection logic must trigger a full YAML scan
when tools/launcher/core.py changes, since _global_vars_schema derives
validation fields from it. Update _select_targets to recognize core.py alongside
the hook itself, and add a regression test covering a staged core.py change that
selects all YAML files.
- Around line 140-143: Update the global-vars handling around
_global_vars_schema so an absent or null pipeline.global_vars is treated as an
empty mapping, while invalid non-mapping values do not bypass the
dangling-reference scan. Keep reference validation independent of global_vars
availability and preserve schema validation when a valid mapping is present.
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Comment on lines +115 to +129
def _global_vars_schema() -> set[str] | None:
"""Field names accepted by ``GlobalVariables``, or None if it can't be read.

Parsed out of ``core.py`` rather than imported: importing it pulls in ``nemo_run``,
which is not a dependency of the pre-commit environment.
"""
core = _LAUNCHER_DIR / "core.py"
try:
source = core.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
except OSError:
return None
match = re.search(r"^class GlobalVariables.*?(?=^@|\Z)", source, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
if not match:
return None
return set(re.findall(r"^\s{4}(\w+)\s*:", match.group(0), re.MULTILINE))

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Trigger a full scan when core.py changes.

_global_vars_schema makes tools/launcher/core.py an input to this hook. However, _select_targets only scans all YAML files when this hook changes. If a later change removes or renames a GlobalVariables field, staging only tools/launcher/core.py leaves existing YAML files unchecked and can preserve launch-time failures. Treat tools/launcher/core.py as a full-scan trigger and add a regression test.

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In `@tools/precommit/check_launcher_yaml.py` around lines 115 - 129, The
target-selection logic must trigger a full YAML scan when tools/launcher/core.py
changes, since _global_vars_schema derives validation fields from it. Update
_select_targets to recognize core.py alongside the hook itself, and add a
regression test covering a staged core.py change that selects all YAML files.

Comment on lines +140 to +143
schema = _global_vars_schema()
global_vars = pipeline.get("global_vars")
if schema is None or not isinstance(global_vars, dict):
return []

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not skip dangling-reference checks when global_vars is absent.

If a task contains <<global_vars.missing>> but pipeline.global_vars is absent or null, Line 142 returns before the reference scan at Line 152. The hook then passes the file, while the launcher leaves the unresolved placeholder in the task. Use an empty mapping for defined keys and run the reference check independently of the global_vars mapping type.

Proposed fix
 schema = _global_vars_schema()
 global_vars = pipeline.get("global_vars")
-if schema is None or not isinstance(global_vars, dict):
+if schema is None:
     return []
+defined = global_vars if isinstance(global_vars, dict) else {}
 errors = [
     ...
-    for key in global_vars
+    for key in defined
     if key not in schema
 ]
 ...
-    if ref not in global_vars
+    if ref not in defined
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schema = _global_vars_schema()
global_vars = pipeline.get("global_vars")
if schema is None or not isinstance(global_vars, dict):
return []
schema = _global_vars_schema()
global_vars = pipeline.get("global_vars")
if schema is None:
return []
defined = global_vars if isinstance(global_vars, dict) else {}
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In `@tools/precommit/check_launcher_yaml.py` around lines 140 - 143, Update the
global-vars handling around _global_vars_schema so an absent or null
pipeline.global_vars is treated as an empty mapping, while invalid non-mapping
values do not bypass the dangling-reference scan. Keep reference validation
independent of global_vars availability and preserve schema validation when a
valid mapping is present.

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