- v2/README.md: point to designv4.md as the unified design (design_v3 as north star); refresh the scope table (joint/N-way/workflow RL, Qwen-Omni cascade, cross-model Workflow, tiled VAE co-scheduling, WorldModelSession), package layout (program/Workflow, runtime/session, the 7 methods, new model dirs), the demonstrated-stress-tests list (§9.3–§9.10), and counts (49→127, 20 files). Sessions moved out of "out of scope"; WebRTC wire stays out. - designv4.md: drop two intermediate absolute suite totals (milestone "91/97 passed") in favor of "zero regressions" so the only absolute count is the current 127 (intro + layout) — no stale numbers.
v2
A scoped, CPU-testable realization of the model-native, (recipe, runtime) runtime. The full
write-up is ../designv4.md — the unified design, reflecting exactly what is
built and tested here (with ../design_v3.md as the north-star argument it
elaborates).
It is "mini" in two senses: (1) it supports a deliberate subset of models/methods, and (2) the heavy
neural forwards are small numpy stand-ins so the whole thing runs and is tested on a laptop with no
GPU and no torch. The architecture is real; the kernels are toys. On a GPU box you swap
ComponentSpec.factory for the torch adapters (which wrap the real fastvideo.models.* modules) and
nothing else in the runtime, scheduler, caches, parity, training, or workflow code changes — that is
the whole point of the (recipe, runtime) separation.
127 tests, 20 files, run two ways (pytest and a zero-dependency runner). Python 3.10+ and numpy only.
Scope
| Supported | |
|---|---|
| Inference | Wan2.1-1.3B (T2V, bidirectional diffusion) · LTX2.3 (two-stage distilled: 8-step base → upsample → 3-step refine) · Wan-causal (chunked/streaming rollout, the self-forcing student) |
| Training | finetuning (flow-match) · DMD2 distillation · DiffusionNFT (likelihood-free RL) · self-forcing (causal) — all on Wan2.1-1.3B |
| Joint / multi-expert RL | UniRL/PromptRL joint LM+generator RL (unified) · N-way joint RL over arbitrary experts (multi_expert) · end-to-end RL over a cross-model workflow (workflow_rl) |
| Omni / MoT | Cosmos3 & BAGEL — one resident MoT instance, ar_decode + diffusion_denoise on shared weights · Qwen-Omni thinker→talker→vocoder — three separate experts, three loop types, cascaded + streaming |
| Composition & scheduling | cross-model Workflow (T2I→I2V: flux-t2i → wan-i2v) · tiled VAE decode (VAE_TILE units co-scheduled with denoise steps) |
| Interactive | WorldModelSession — long-lived world-model rollout with persistent cross-request state, frame streaming, step-boundary cancellation |
The one invariant (designv4 §1)
Model cards own components, loops, recipes, and parity.
Programs compose loops into tasks. Workflows compose models into pipelines.
The scheduler executes the steps of loops as WorkUnits under one budget.
Caches are correct by key, not by hope.
Training records behavior on the same loops it serves.
Package layout → designv4 §12
| Package | What it is | Validated by |
|---|---|---|
card/ |
ModelCard = (components, loops, recipe, parity) as one versioned, validatable object; ModelInstance (one resident card; many loops bind shared components by reference) |
test_contracts.py |
loop/ |
the driven-loop contract init/next/advance/finalize; typed WorkPlan/StepResult/LoopState; the single LoopRunner; policies (CFG/flow-shift/precision/expert); the flow-match + FlowGRPO SDE samplers |
test_policies.py, test_inference.py |
program/ |
Program of typed nodes (ModelLoopNode/ComponentNode) for one model; Workflow + WorkflowRegistry for cross-model pipelines |
test_inference.py, test_t2i_i2v_workflow.py |
runtime/ |
Engine (serial + step-interleaved, workflow-aware), AsyncEngine, DisaggregatedRunner + role pools, layered scheduler, RuntimeLoopContext, WorldModelSession |
test_admission.py, test_interleave_gate.py, test_serving.py, test_world_session.py |
cache/ |
typed CacheKey (partitioned per-component by adapter+weights), per-class pools (feature/residual/slab_kv/paged_kv) |
test_cache.py |
memory/ · transport/ · parallel/ |
tagged pools + reservation-before-admission; connectors (chunk_ready + credit flow); ParallelPlan + pre-flight validation |
test_admission.py, test_serving.py, test_contracts.py |
parity/ |
ParityAligner, the C0–C4 consistency ladder, the batch-of-N interleave gate |
test_parity.py, test_interleave_gate.py |
extend/ |
observers (Profiler, NaNWatch) + interceptors (cache-dit ResidualSkipInterceptor), state per request & per CFG branch |
test_extensions.py |
training/ |
rollout = serve loop + capture; BehaviorRecord; WeightSyncPlan (per-component role); rewards; 7 methods (4 base + unified_rl, joint_multi_rl, workflow_rl) |
test_training.py, test_unified_rl.py, test_joint_multi_rl.py, test_workflow_rl.py |
serving/ · deploy/ |
our own OpenAI server (stdlib asyncio); DeploymentCard; our own LocalFleet; DynamoWorkerAdapter (frontable, not relied upon) |
test_serving.py, test_serving_fixes.py |
models/ |
the concrete cards: wan21/ ltx2/ wan_causal/ · omni/ cosmos3/ bagel/ qwen_omni/ · unified/ multi_expert/ · image_video/ tiled/ + the numpy toy backend |
all |
Enforced boundary (designv4 §3, §8): training/ imports card/loop/runtime/models; the
engine never imports training. card/ imports no runtime. Cross-model Workflow orchestration sits
above the engine (no change to the single-instance hot path).
What is demonstrated (each backed by a test)
Core contracts:
- Loop inversion is safe under interleaving — concurrent requests interleaved at step granularity
are bit-identical to serial, across every model and loop type (
test_interleave_gate.py,test_omni.py). A buggy module-global interceptor breaks the gate; the per-request one passes. - The (recipe, runtime) pair is enforced — a card whose recipe
assumes_loopan undeclared loop failsvalidate()(test_contracts.py). - Caches are correct by key, partitioned per component, so a transformer weight-sync does not flush
a frozen text-encoder's feature cache (
test_cache.py). - Train ≡ serve by construction — every method drives the same loop the engine serves, in the
ROLLOUT profile (
test_training.py).
Stress tests (the design held — see designv4 §9):
- §9.3 Joint LM+generator RL (UniRL/PromptRL) — one reward → a token policy-gradient on the LM and a FlowGRPO PPO on the DiT; likelihood-based C2 (per-step log-prob identity ⇒ PPO ratio == 1).
- §9.5 Qwen-Omni cascade — three separate experts, three loop types, cross-stage conditioning, streaming codec→waveform.
- §9.6 Cross-model Workflow — T2I→I2V across two distinct models; the I2V stage provably consumes the generated image; each model keeps its own interleave-parity guarantee.
- §9.7 N-way joint RL — generalizes joint RL to N experts (per-component sync, dict grad-targets); the substrate was already N-ready, only the method body looped over two.
- §9.8 Interactive world-model session — persistent cross-request state, transactional
step-boundary cancellation, no cross-session smearing (
test_world_session.py). - §9.9 End-to-end RL over a workflow — one final-video reward trains an earlier model (the T2I
generator); proven causal by a control (constant reward ⇒ nothing moves) (
test_workflow_rl.py). - §9.10 Heterogeneous WorkUnit co-scheduling —
VAE_TILEunits interleave bit-identically withDIFFUSION_STEPunits through one budget; tiling is exact (test_tiled_scheduling.py).
Run it
cd /Users/willlin/src/FastVideo-mini
python3 -m pytest v2/tests/ -q # 127 tests
python3 v2/run_tests.py # same suite, ZERO deps (no pytest needed)
python3 -m v2.examples # the worked examples
Running the real models (GPU)
Each ComponentSpec records the real load_id (e.g.
fastvideo.models.dits.wanvideo:WanTransformer3DModel). To run real Wan/LTX/etc.:
- install torch + the parent
fastvideopackage + weights; - replace each
ComponentSpec.factorywith a lazy adapter that loads the real module and exposes the same call surface the loops use (a velocity forward;vae.decode;text_encoder.encode); - swap the numpy flow-match/SDE samplers for the real schedulers inside the loop's step body. The loops, policies, scheduler, caches, parity gates, training methods, and workflows are unchanged.
Serving & fleet (our own version — Dynamo is an option, not a dependency)
AsyncEngine (queue, lifecycle, live streaming, step-boundary cancellation) · role/stage pools +
disaggregation (output bit-identical to inline) · transport/ connectors (chunk_ready + credit
flow) · our own LocalFleet (cost/affinity/least-loaded routing, health/drain) · a DynamoWorkerAdapter
exporting the same DeploymentCard + cost model so Dynamo can front us · a framework-free OpenAI
server (/v1/chat SSE, /v1/images, /v1/videos job+poll, /v1/models, /health, /metrics).
Workflows are first-class servables — a workflow_id is addressable in the same namespace as a
model_id (see designv4 §9.6).
import asyncio
from v2.models import build_default_engine, build_omni_engine
from v2.runtime import AsyncEngine
from v2.serving import OmniOpenAIServer
async def serve():
eng = build_default_engine(); build_omni_engine(eng)
host, port = await OmniOpenAIServer(AsyncEngine(eng)).serve(port=8000)
asyncio.run(serve())
Deliberately out of scope
The ComfyUI workflow compiler, WebRTC realtime transport (the interactive session logic is built;
the realtime wire is not), full LLM-grade AR serving (radix prefix trees, speculative decoding), and
real distributed parallelism (the mesh builder is a CPU fake; multi-node is multiple pools fronted
by the fleet). A live Dynamo integration is also out — we ship the adapter + contract, and LocalFleet
covers the fleet role without it. The honest open questions (does step-level scheduling pay; the <100ms
interactive latency target; quality/C4) are GPU-port measurements, named in designv4 §13.