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fix(inference): recover interrupted managed vLLM install - #9656

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Summary

Recover a validated managed vLLM container that remains after an interrupted install instead of reporting its fixed port as an unrelated process. Reject incomplete or mismatched ownership evidence before the installer can pull an image, remove a container, or launch a runtime.

Related Issue

Fixes #9582

Changes

  • Validate the existing host-local managed vLLM container through its receipt, bindings, serving identity, and API-key fingerprint before allowing the fixed-port guard to continue.
  • Reuse the existing ID-pinned replacement path after validation. The focused tests cover both replacement of the validated container and denial of invalid recovery evidence.

Type of Change

  • Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
  • Code change with doc updates
  • Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
  • Doc only (includes code sample changes)

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  • Tests added or updated for changed behavior
  • Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
  • Tests not applicable — justification:
  • Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
  • Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: self-review confirms receipt, container-ID, binding, serving-identity, and API-key-fingerprint validation remains required before replacement; the negative test proves invalid evidence does not trigger pull, removal, or launch.
  • Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

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  • Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run validate:pr passed after refreshing origin/main when hooks were skipped or unavailable
  • Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/inference/vllm.test.ts src/lib/inference/vllm-serving-port.test.ts — 71 passed; npm run typecheck:cli; npm run test:changed.
  • Applicable broad gate passed — npm test for broad runtime/test-harness changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes — command/result:
  • Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
  • npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
  • Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
  • New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

Signed-off-by: prekshivyas prekshiv@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved installation recovery when the configured serving port is occupied by a managed vLLM runtime.
    • Validated interrupted managed runtimes can be replaced automatically after ownership and endpoint verification.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented replacement when the recovered runtime changes or no longer matches the expected managed runtime.
    • Prevented recovery when runtime ownership, endpoint, or container validation fails.
    • Port conflicts and recovery failures now produce clear installation errors instead of proceeding unsafely.

Signed-off-by: prekshivyas <prekshiv@nvidia.com>
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Installation recovery now returns the validated managed vLLM container ID and carries it through replacement checks. Installation replaces the container only when its identity remains unchanged. Tests cover successful recovery and fail-closed behavior.

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Managed vLLM recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Recovery identity contract
src/lib/inference/serving/vllm-host-local-lifecycle.ts, src/lib/inference/serving/vllm-host-local-lifecycle.test.ts
Host-local recovery returns containerId with baseUrl and apiKey. Lifecycle tests verify the returned container identity.
Identity-validated replacement
src/lib/inference/vllm.ts
Port-conflict recovery accepts only the local vLLM endpoint and passes the recovered container ID to preflight and startup replacement checks. Replacement fails when the current managed container has a different identity.
Recovery safety coverage
src/lib/inference/vllm-serving-port.test.ts
Tests cover successful replacement, rejection of a different port, container changes after recovery, and recovery exceptions. Failed cases skip removal, image pulling, and relaunch.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to edcb7

If the managed container identity changes during recovery, the installer can still pull an image instead of rejecting the mismatched evidence first, potentially causing an unintended replacement or runtime launch. Merge should wait until the guard and test enforce rejection without an image pull.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Installer
  participant HostLocalRecovery
  participant Docker
  participant VllmStartup
  Installer->>HostLocalRecovery: Recover host-local endpoint
  HostLocalRecovery->>Docker: Inspect managed container
  Docker-->>HostLocalRecovery: Validated containerId, baseUrl, apiKey
  HostLocalRecovery-->>Installer: Return recovery data
  Installer->>VllmStartup: Replace expected containerId
  VllmStartup->>Docker: Verify identity before removal
  Docker-->>VllmStartup: Allow replacement or fail closed
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Suggested labels: area: inference

Suggested reviewers: ericksoa, senthilr-nv, dongni-yang

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes recovery for interrupted managed vLLM installations.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address [#9582] by recovering validated managed containers and rejecting mismatched or raced ownership evidence before replacement.
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In `@src/lib/inference/vllm.ts`:
- Around line 1745-1747: Preserve the validated container ID returned by
recoverHostLocalManagedVllmEndpoint through the replacement flow; require and
compare that ID in vllmContainerReplacementTarget and startContainer, failing if
reinspection finds a different managed container. Add a public install test that
swaps the ID after recovery and verifies neither removal nor launch occurs.
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The overall line coverage in commit edcb75b in the fix/9582-vllm-interr... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit b251570 in the main branch.


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  • established — ownership receipt at src/lib/inference/vllm-serving-port.test.ts:219: Retain the established term.
  • justified — replacement guard at src/lib/inference/vllm.ts:1894: Retain the term because it distinguishes recovery validation from pre-removal identity verification.

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Requesting changes on commit 1f9e330.

  • src/lib/inference/vllm.ts:1897-1900: Require the recovered endpoint to use VLLM_PORT before accepting it as evidence for the failed serving-port probe. After #9655, recovery returns the validated container binding, which can differ from the configured port. If port 8000 is held by a foreign process while a valid managed container uses 19000, this branch accepts the 19000 container, later removes it, and then fails to launch on the still-occupied 8000. Reject the mismatch before image pull, removal, or launch, and add a regression test for this state.
  • src/lib/inference/serving/vllm-host-local-lifecycle.test.ts:154: The focused lifecycle suite fails because this expectation omits the new containerId field. Update the configured-port expectation so the complete focused suite passes.

Local evidence: CLI build and type check passed; vllm.test.ts passed 69 tests; vllm-serving-port.test.ts passed 8 tests; vllm-host-local-lifecycle.test.ts passed 12 tests and failed the expectation above. The earlier container-ID review finding is resolved by the two ID equality checks. The ambient-Docker advisor scenario now fails closed when the daemon returns a different or absent container ID.

@senthilr-nv senthilr-nv added bug-fix PR fixes a bug or regression area: install Install, setup, prerequisites, or uninstall flow area: local-models Local model providers, downloads, launch, or connectivity provider: vllm vLLM local or hosted provider behavior security v0.0.112 Release target labels Aug 20, 2026

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Critical blocker on commit 1f9e330: after the fixed serving-port probe fails, runVllmInstall accepts a recovered managed endpoint without requiring its loopback port to equal VLLM_PORT. If a foreign process owns port 8000 while the valid managed container uses a configured port such as 19000, this path can remove the valid managed container and then fail to launch on the still-occupied port 8000. Reject the recovered-port mismatch before image pull, removal, or launch, and add a regression for that state.

Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>

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Approved on commit 27d7ece. Recovery now admits a managed runtime only when the validated loopback endpoint matches VLLM_PORT, carries the validated container ID through both replacement checks, and fails before image work, removal, or launch on a mismatched port or identity. Focused evidence: CLI type-check passed; both focused Vitest files passed 22/22; repository hooks and pre-push CLI TypeScript passed. Security review found no issues; docs remain accurate.

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189-212: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the startup-time identity race.

The current fixture returns an empty row during the bearer-auth preflight, so the test exits before startContainer. Use explicit Docker responses: MANAGED_CONTAINER_ID during preflight and a different ID immediately before replacement. Assert failure before dockerForceRm and dockerRunDetached.

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In `@src/lib/inference/vllm-serving-port.test.ts` around lines 189 - 212, Update
the test for the managed-container identity race by making its Docker lookup
return MANAGED_CONTAINER_ID during bearer-auth preflight, then return a
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preflight, then return a different container ID immediately before replacement.
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Approved on commit edcb75b. The follow-up now reaches the startup replacement check with the recovered container ID, changes the ID immediately before removal, and proves the installer fails without removal or launch. Focused evidence: the vLLM serving-port suite passed 9/9; formatting, commit hooks, pre-push CLI TypeScript, DCO, and GitHub signature verification passed.

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189-213: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not expect an image pull after the container identity changes.

When the second lookup returns a different container, the recovery evidence is mismatched. The PR objective requires this case to prevent image pulls, removal, and relaunch. The assertion at Line 209 currently codifies an image pull.

Move the final identity check before dockerPullWithProgressWatchdog in src/lib/inference/vllm.ts, then assert that the image pull is not called.

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+    expect(mocks.dockerPullWithProgressWatchdog).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
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In `@src/lib/inference/vllm-serving-port.test.ts` around lines 189 - 213, Move the
final managed-container identity validation in installVllm before
dockerPullWithProgressWatchdog, aborting when the recovered container differs
from the current lookup. Update the test to assert
dockerPullWithProgressWatchdog, dockerForceRm, and dockerRunDetached are not
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Disposition for the latest CodeRabbit image-pull comment on commit edcb75b: no change. The test models the container ID changing after the early preflight, so image acquisition has already completed when the immediate pre-removal check detects the race. Moving that check before the pull would duplicate preflight and remove the check from the TOCTOU boundary it protects. The required contract is no removal or launch of an unverified container, which the test proves. The separate recovered-port mismatch test still stops before image work when the mismatch is known at admission.

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senthilr-nv dismissed apurvvkumaria’s stale review August 20, 2026 02:29

The requested VLLM_PORT guard and regression were implemented in commit 27d7ece. The latest PR commit edcb75b was revalidated and approved.

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