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Description

Remove eagle_choices and all code related to eagle3 static trees.

This feature only worked on 2-model, which was deprecated a long time ago and is disabled now.

I am labeling this API breaking because I am removing the argument in EagleDecodingConfig. However, note that the static tree path is now dead code - the functionality has already been turned off.

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  • Removed eagle_choices and static Eagle3 tree support from configuration, runtime code, APIs, documentation, manifests, and examples.
  • Updated SpecTreeManager and related speculative-decoding code to support dynamic trees only.
  • Updated callers and tests for the changed public APIs.
  • Removed obsolete static-tree verification logic and accepted-path handling.
  • Configuration and test-list changes use valid formats and remain consistent.
  • No correctness, performance, error-handling, or API-consistency issues found in the reviewed changes.

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  • Removed test_draft_token_tree_quickstart_advanced_eagle3.
  • Removed test_draft_token_tree_quickstart_advanced_eagle3_depth_1_tree.
  • Deleted test_static_tree_verification_for_target_model.
  • Removed the corresponding entries from tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml and tests/integration/defs/.test_durations.
  • The removed integration tests are not covered because the deprecated static-tree functionality no longer exists.
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Signed-off-by: Mike Iovine <miovine@nvidia.com>
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Walkthrough

The change removes static Eagle tree support and accepted-path metadata. Dynamic tree mode becomes the only tree mode. Tree managers, attention buffers, samplers, execution metadata, examples, documentation, manifests, and related tests are updated accordingly.

Changes

Speculative decoding simplification

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove static Eagle configuration
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py, docs/source/..., examples/llm-api/quickstart_advanced.py, tensorrt_llm/usage/llm_args_golden_manifest.json
Removed eagle_choices, its validation, accepted-path sizing override, CLI usage, telemetry entry, and related documentation.
Use dynamic-tree runtime state
tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_tree_manager.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/eagle3.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention_backend/trtllm.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/utils.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/mtp_dynamic_tree.py, cpp/tensorrt_llm/...
Made SpecTreeManager dynamic-tree-only. Updated Eagle3 metadata, attention buffer allocation, and kernel-selection comments to use dynamic tree length and internal capacity.
Simplify execution and sampling paths
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/..., tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/model_drafter.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/..., tests/...
Removed accepted-path propagation, static tree verification, draft-layer tracking, and tree-manager dispatch checks. Updated manager construction tests and removed obsolete tree tests from the test list.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 72d1a

The change removes the obsolete static-tree API and implementation. Merge-readiness risk is low because one new debug message may be malformed, reducing diagnostic quality without affecting runtime behavior; this should be corrected or explicitly accepted by the owner.

Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia

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tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py (1)

195-201: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add -> None to both changed constructors.

Update SpecSampler.__init__ and SpecTreeManager.__init__ to comply with the “Annotate every function” guideline.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py` around lines 195 - 201,
Update SpecSampler.__init__ in
tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py at lines 195-201 and
SpecTreeManager.__init__ in tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_tree_manager.py
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_tree_manager.py`:
- Line 331: Update the debug logging call in the tree manager to pass one fully
formatted string containing self.dynamic_tree_max_topK, rather than separate
printf-style format and argument parameters.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py`:
- Around line 195-201: Update SpecSampler.__init__ in
tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py at lines 195-201 and
SpecTreeManager.__init__ in tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_tree_manager.py
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Review summary - Approve

Reviewed the full diff; no blocking or major issues found.

Left 3 non-blocking note(s) inline on the diff:

  • [MINOR] tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/eagle3.py:273 - Two-model dynamic-tree accepted-path handling removed
  • [MINOR] tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py:1053 - Batched fast-path no longer guards against a spec tree manager
  • [NIT] tensorrt_llm/_torch/attention_backend/trtllm.py:1242 - Fallback buf_dim branch is now unreachable

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# read/write all of the hidden states
if not self.is_draft_model or (is_first_draft
and spec_tree_manager is None):
if not self.is_draft_model or is_first_draft:

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[MINOR] Two-model dynamic-tree accepted-path handling removed

The removed branch elif is_first_draft and spec_tree_manager is not None: selected only the accepted-path hidden states for the draft model's first drafter layer. It is now collapsed into if not self.is_draft_model or is_first_draft:, which reads the full [start_idx, start_idx+seq_len) range for every first-draft step. This is correct for the static-tree removal, but the deleted logic also served the dynamic tree on the two-model path — and Eagle3ResourceManager.__init__ (eagle3.py:96) still constructs a SpecTreeManager whenever config.use_dynamic_tree is set, independent of one-/two-model. Concrete failure: if a two-model + use_dynamic_tree=True config is still reachable, the draft model now feeds all hidden states instead of the accepted-path subset into the first drafter layer, producing wrong draft proposals rather than a crash. Please confirm two-model dynamic tree is fully disabled/unreachable; if it is, this is dead code and fine.

# per-request pybind chatter into one batched
# add_new_tokens_to_requests call. Single-pass eligibility check with
# early-break; falls through when any invariant breaks.
if self._batch_fastpath_eligible and logprobs_state_list is None:

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[MINOR] Batched fast-path no longer guards against a spec tree manager

The fast-path eligibility previously required self.get_spec_tree_manager(resource_manager) is None; that guard is now gone and the method itself was deleted. In the dynamic-tree world this is intended to be equivalent because tree generation steps carry draft tokens and are excluded by the existing greedy/no-draft-token eligibility checks. This is a behavioral change to a hot path with no new test asserting that a dynamic-tree batch still bypasses the fast path. Suggest confirming an existing dynamic-tree test exercises this collapse (greedy + tree) so a future eligibility tweak cannot silently route tree requests through the batched pybind path.

# 1D layout for flexible view() in the drafting loop.
buf_dim = (spec_tree_manager._internal_buf_dim
if spec_tree_manager is not None else
max_total_draft_tokens + 1)

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[NIT] Fallback buf_dim branch is now unreachable

buf_dim = (spec_tree_manager._internal_buf_dim if spec_tree_manager is not None else max_total_draft_tokens + 1) keeps an else fallback, but with static tree gone is_spec_dec_tree is only True when use_dynamic_tree is set, and that always constructs a SpecTreeManager. So spec_tree_manager is None cannot co-occur with entering this is_spec_dec_tree block — the max_total_draft_tokens + 1 fallback is dead. Harmless, but could be simplified to spec_tree_manager._internal_buf_dim with an assert.

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