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// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
//! 2026-09-25: Scheduler lever resolution tests: lever polarities in
//! `defaults()` and in `from_env()`, and the guard against environment
//! reads on the per-token path.
//!
//! Owner: scheduler.
//! Invariants: none beyond the types.
use super::*;
#[test]
fn the_five_opt_out_levers_ship_on() {
// 2026-09-25: Each is spelled as a negative env var; an opt-in resolver
// would turn all five off.
let d = SchedLevers::defaults();
assert!(d.fast_greedy_grammar, "METRALE_DISABLE_FAST_GREEDY");
assert!(d.fast_masked, "METRALE_DISABLE_FAST_MASKED");
assert!(d.mtp_minp, "METRALE_NO_MTP_MINP");
assert!(d.mtp_verify_sample, "METRALE_NO_MTP_VERIFY_SAMPLE");
assert!(d.forced_token_fastpath, "METRALE_DISABLE_FORCED_TOKEN");
}
/// 2026-09-25: The two turn-termination levers ship ON, and they accept
/// `false` as well as `0`.
///
/// Pinned in `from_env()`, not just `defaults()`, for the reason
/// `spec_think_is_off_in_the_resolver_the_server_actually_uses` exists:
/// `defaults()` is a hand-written literal and cannot catch a change to
/// what the server resolves.
#[test]
fn the_turn_termination_levers_ship_on_in_the_live_resolver() {
// 2026-09-25: SAFETY: nothing else in this test binary writes these
// variables. `cargo test` runs tests on parallel threads, so a
// concurrent environment access from another test is not excluded.
unsafe {
std::env::remove_var("METRALE_TOOL_RESPONSE_STOP");
std::env::remove_var("METRALE_TOOL_EOS_ESCAPE");
}
let live = SchedLevers::from_env(None, None, None);
assert!(live.tool_response_stop, "METRALE_TOOL_RESPONSE_STOP");
assert!(live.tool_eos_escape, "METRALE_TOOL_EOS_ESCAPE");
assert!(SchedLevers::defaults().tool_response_stop);
assert!(SchedLevers::defaults().tool_eos_escape);
// 2026-09-25: The rule they resolve through, exercised directly.
// `!= "1"` would pass the `0` case and silently ignore every other
// spelling.
use crate::scheduler::helpers::parse_flag_default_on as f;
assert!(f(None));
assert!(f(Some("1")));
assert!(f(Some("true")));
assert!(f(Some("junk")), "unknown values keep the shipped behaviour");
assert!(!f(Some("0")));
assert!(!f(Some("false")));
assert!(!f(Some("FALSE")), "case-insensitive");
assert!(!f(Some(" 0 ")), "trimmed");
}
#[test]
fn every_opt_in_lever_ships_off() {
let d = SchedLevers::defaults();
assert!(!d.force_temp_zero);
assert!(!d.dflash_masked_verify && !d.dflash_adaptive && !d.dflash_spec_think);
assert!(!d.disable_watchdogs);
assert!(!d.decode_timing && !d.mtp_timing && !d.adadec_diagnostic);
}
/// 2026-09-25: `defaults()` cannot catch a change to what the server
/// resolves.
///
/// It is a hand-written struct literal; `from_env()` is the constructor
/// `met serve` actually calls. A resolver change that touches only
/// `from_env()` can leave `defaults()` — and so
/// `every_opt_in_lever_ships_off` above — unchanged and green while
/// production resolves a different value.
///
/// This asserts the resolver itself, with no env set.
/// `mtp_gate::spec_dispatch_eligible` reads `dflash_spec_think` as
///
/// if inside_thinking && !spec_think { return false; }
///
/// for both lanes, so defaulting it on would let plain MTP speculate
/// inside `<think>`.
#[test]
fn spec_think_is_off_in_the_resolver_the_server_actually_uses() {
// 2026-09-25: SAFETY: nothing else in this test binary writes these
// variables. `cargo test` runs tests on parallel threads, so a
// concurrent environment access from another test is not excluded.
unsafe { std::env::remove_var("METRALE_DFLASH_SPEC_THINK") };
let live = SchedLevers::from_env(None, None, None);
assert!(
!live.dflash_spec_think,
"METRALE_DFLASH_SPEC_THINK must stay OPT-IN: from_env() resolved it ON. \
It is the one lever here that is not gated behind dflash_verify_raw_argmax, \
so defaulting it on changes plain-MTP serving and deterministically \
damages agentic trajectories. See mtp_gate::spec_dispatch_eligible."
);
assert!(
live.dflash_masked_verify,
"masked_verify is intentionally default-ON"
);
assert!(
live.dflash_seam_serial,
"seam_serial is intentionally default-ON"
);
}
#[test]
fn the_loop_watchdog_is_toggleable_at_runtime() {
// 2026-09-25: The one lever that changes mid-run: the TUI ops REPL
// flips it.
let d = SchedLevers::defaults();
assert!(!d.loop_watchdog());
d.set_loop_watchdog(true);
assert!(d.loop_watchdog());
d.set_loop_watchdog(false);
assert!(!d.loop_watchdog());
}
#[test]
fn an_absent_mtp_gate_flag_leaves_the_legacy_variable_reachable() {
// 2026-09-25: `None` (no `--mtp-gate` flag) must leave
// `METRALE_MTP_GATE_FORCE` in charge.
//
// 2026-09-25: The env var is process-global with no reset, so this is
// the only test in this binary that may write it — a second writer
// would make both order-dependent.
unsafe { std::env::remove_var("METRALE_MTP_GATE_FORCE") };
assert!(
!resolve_mtp_gate_force(None),
"an absent flag leaves the decision to the variable, which is unset"
);
assert!(resolve_mtp_gate_force(Some(true)));
assert!(!resolve_mtp_gate_force(Some(false)));
assert!(
SchedLevers::from_env(Some(true), None, None).mtp_gate_force,
"and the carried levers read the same resolution — one rule, not two"
);
}
#[test]
fn two_runs_hold_independent_levers() {
let a = SchedLevers::defaults();
let b = SchedLevers {
dflash_adaptive: true,
..SchedLevers::defaults()
};
assert!(!a.dflash_adaptive && b.dflash_adaptive);
a.set_loop_watchdog(true);
assert!(!b.loop_watchdog(), "and independent runtime state");
}
/// 2026-09-25: The scheduler thread must not read the environment per token.
///
/// `emit_step` and `decode_logits_step` run once per generated token per
/// sequence. An `std::env::var` call there allocates and takes the
/// process-wide environment lock, once per token per sequence instead of
/// once per run. The levers this path needs are `SchedLevers` fields.
///
/// A source-level check because the property is "who may read the
/// environment", which no runtime assertion can observe. The sibling table
/// for `metrale-model-layers` lives in `layers/ops/hot_path_env_guards.rs`.
#[test]
fn the_per_token_scheduler_path_does_not_read_the_environment() {
// 2026-09-26: (module, functions still allowed to read). A module is
// its `<module>.rs` plus every non-test `.rs` file under `<module>/`, so
// code that a split moves into a child file stays scanned.
const GUARDED: [(&str, &[&str]); 7] = [
("emit_step", &[]),
// 2026-09-25: Per verify step.
("verify_dflash_step", &[]),
("verify_k2_step", &[]),
// 2026-09-25: Per prefill chunk.
("prefill_a_step", &[]),
(
// 2026-09-25: Per sequence per decode step.
"decode_logits_seq",
&["process_seq_logits"],
),
// 2026-09-25: Every lever this module needs is a `SchedLevers`
// field, so the whole module is on the no-read list.
("decode_logits_step", &[]),
(
"helpers",
// 2026-09-26: `WatchdogParams::from_behavior` in
// `helpers/watchdog.rs` runs once per model load.
&["from_behavior"],
),
];
let dir = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("src/scheduler");
let mut offenders = Vec::new();
let mut scanned = 0usize;
for (module, allowed) in GUARDED {
for path in module_files(&dir, module) {
scanned += 1;
let file = path.strip_prefix(&dir).unwrap_or(&path).display();
let text = std::fs::read_to_string(&path)
.unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{} is a guarded path: {e}", path.display()));
let mut current = "<file scope>".to_string();
for (i, line) in text.lines().enumerate() {
let trimmed = line.trim_start();
for prefix in ["pub(crate) fn ", "pub(super) fn ", "pub fn ", "fn "] {
if let Some(rest) = trimmed.strip_prefix(prefix) {
current = rest
.split(['(', '<'])
.next()
.unwrap_or("?")
.trim()
.to_string();
break;
}
}
// 2026-09-25: Comments name these variables throughout; only
// code counts.
let code = line.split("//").next().unwrap_or("");
if code.contains("std::env::var") && !allowed.contains(¤t.as_str()) {
offenders.push(format!("{file}:{} in `{current}`", i + 1));
}
}
}
}
// 2026-09-26: 16 files hold these modules today. A lower count means a
// module moved out from under this table, not that the path got smaller.
assert!(scanned >= 16, "only {scanned} guarded files were found");
assert!(
offenders.is_empty(),
"environment reads on the per-token scheduler path. Resolve the \
variable ONCE into `SchedLevers` and read `sched.levers` instead — \
and reuse the parser in `helpers`, do not re-spell the rule: \
{offenders:?}"
);
}
/// 2026-09-25: The verify-step levers' polarities. `dflash_eagle_fix` is
/// asserted against `from_env()` as well as `defaults()`, for the reason
/// `spec_think_is_off_in_the_resolver_the_server_actually_uses` exists.
#[test]
fn the_verify_step_levers_hold_their_polarities() {
let d = SchedLevers::defaults();
assert!(d.dflash_eagle_fix, "the EAGLE append fix ships ON");
assert!(!d.dflash_step_timing);
assert!(!d.vision_timing);
// 2026-09-25: SAFETY: nothing else in this test binary writes these
// variables. `cargo test` runs tests on parallel threads, so a
// concurrent environment access from another test is not excluded.
unsafe { std::env::remove_var("METRALE_DFLASH_EAGLE_FIX") };
assert!(
SchedLevers::from_env(None, None, None).dflash_eagle_fix,
"METRALE_DFLASH_EAGLE_FIX must stay DEFAULT-ON in the resolver the \
server actually uses — `defaults()` is a hand-written literal and \
cannot catch a change here"
);
}
/// 2026-09-26: `<module>.rs` and every `.rs` file below `<module>/` whose
/// name does not end in `tests.rs`. The module file itself must exist.
fn module_files(dir: &std::path::Path, module: &str) -> Vec<std::path::PathBuf> {
let root = dir.join(format!("{module}.rs"));
assert!(root.is_file(), "{} is a guarded path", root.display());
let mut files = vec![root];
let mut pending = vec![dir.join(module)];
while let Some(d) = pending.pop() {
if !d.is_dir() {
continue;
}
for entry in std::fs::read_dir(&d).expect("readable scheduler directory") {
let path = entry.expect("readable scheduler directory").path();
let name = path.file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("");
if path.is_dir() {
pending.push(path);
} else if name.ends_with(".rs") && !name.ends_with("tests.rs") {
files.push(path);
}
}
}
files
}