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#24588 updates our CI scripts to handle build and install cudf-polars-quent so that the Quent tests are run in CI. These showed that the Quent tests are slow, despite not doing much work. All the slowness is in the setup, since we created a StreamingEngine from scratch.

This branch updates our StreamingEngine._reset method to allow for "reseting" the quent configuration. When this happens, you'll get a new new that reuses existing resources, while still getting the full engine lifecycle events that quent expects.

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Allow StreamingEngine._reset to accept a new quent_context in
executor_options (removing the previous ValueError guard).  Each
backend (SPMD, Ray, Dask) tears down the old Quent runtimes and
starts fresh ones when quent_context changes, with workers always
disconnected before the controller is closed to avoid collector
timeouts.

The Quent integration test fixture is updated to use the
session-scoped engine from conftest (UCX / rapidsmpf / Ray bootstrap
paid once per session) and call _reset per test to swap the Quent
context, rather than constructing a full engine per variant.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Extract the repeated close-workers / close-controller / open-collector /
open-workers / open-controller sequence into per-backend hook methods
(_quent_close, _quent_open) and a common driver (_update_quent) on the
StreamingEngine base class.

Each _reset now calls self._update_quent(...) instead of repeating the
same ~25-line block.  _shutdown_spmd is also simplified to call
self._quent_close() directly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The rolling fallback warning was leaking into test output because it is
emitted on Ray/Dask workers where pytest's filterwarnings cannot reach.
Configure the engine with fallback_mode="silent" in the fixture instead,
which suppresses the warning at the source.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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TomAugspurger and others added 2 commits October 16, 2026 12:26
StreamingEngine.__init__ pops allow_gpu_sharing from engine_options
before passing to polars, so it was never visible in self.config.
_reset calls that omit engine_options (e.g. the in-test quent flush)
therefore defaulted it to False, triggering the UUID-collision check on
multi-rank Ray/Dask engines.

Store it as self._allow_gpu_sharing at init time and prepend it to
engine_options in each engine's _reset → StreamingEngine.__init__ call
so the value survives every reset regardless of what the caller passes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The in-test _reset call that flushes Quent events before reading them
was passing only executor_options, omitting engine_options.  On a
multi-rank RayEngine this meant allow_gpu_sharing defaulted to False and
the UUID-collision guard fired.

create_streaming_options always includes allow_gpu_sharing=True so that
_reset calls made through configure_streaming_engine are safe; the bare
flush call in the test body was the only site that bypassed this.

Fix: yield (engine, base_options) from engine_with_quent_context so the
test can pass the complete options to _reset, matching every other call
in the suite.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • New Features
    • Engine resets can now apply changed Quent telemetry settings across Dask, Ray, and SPMD execution, replacing the active runtime.
    • Resetting without Quent settings now clears the active configuration and runtime.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Quent setup and shutdown now clean up resources when initialization fails or shutdown encounters an error.

Streaming engine resets now support changed Quent configurations. Core reset logic delegates runtime replacement to backend hooks. Dask, Ray, and SPMD manage Quent runtime setup and cleanup. Tests cover reset behavior and collector cleanup when session creation fails.

Changes: Quent runtime lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Core reset lifecycle
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/core.py
Core reset accepts changed Quent configurations and delegates runtime closure and opening to backend hooks.
Controller runtime creation
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/quent/_runtime.py, python/cudf_polars/tests/quent/test_quent_context.py
QuentControllerRuntime.create starts and owns a Collector, exposes its advertised address, and closes created resources if setup fails.
Dask runtime replacement
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/dask.py
Dask initialization and reset update worker and controller runtimes. Shutdown invokes Quent cleanup before worker teardown and clears state after superclass shutdown.
Ray runtime replacement
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/ray.py
Ray actors update worker runtimes after setup. The engine creates and closes controller and actor runtimes during configuration changes and shutdown.
SPMD collective lifecycle
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/spmd.py
SPMD ranks coordinate controller and worker runtime creation and closure. Reset updates runtimes using the effective Quent configuration.
Lifecycle tests
python/cudf_polars/tests/quent/test_quent_integration.py, python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_dask.py
The fixture configures and clears Quent through engine resets. The lifecycle test resets before reading stored events, and the Dask shutdown test checks cleanup ordering when Quent cleanup raises.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: matt711

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A backend-specific reset regression could go unnoticed; add coverage for replacing one active Quent configuration with another.

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Review comments at @python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/dask.py:
- Around line 1315-1333: Update _quent_open to register quent_collector.close
with an ExitStack before updating workers or creating QuentControllerRuntime;
transfer cleanup ownership only after both operations succeed, so failures close
the collector while successful initialization preserves it for the runtime.
- Around line 1274-1286: Update the Dask and Ray shutdown callbacks to read the
current Quent runtime and collector when they execute, keeping that state
available until the exit-stack callback completes; base Dask worker and Ray
actor cleanup gates on the current Quent state so resets from disabled to
enabled also clean up replacement runtimes. Apply the corresponding changes in
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/dask.py at lines 1274-1286 and
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/engine/ray.py at lines 1134-1159.

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- Around line 1144-1159: Update RayEngine._quent_open to clean up resources if
actor updates or QuentControllerRuntime.create fails: clear any actors that
completed the update and close the newly started collector when _quent_runtime
was not created. Preserve the collector and actor state when controller creation
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def _quent_open(self, quent_context: cudf_polars.quent.QuentConfig) -> None:
"""Start a new Quent collector, connect workers, create controller."""
ctx = self._dask_ctx
quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
quent_context.run_root
)
collector_address = quent_collector.address
assert collector_address is not None
ctx.client.run(
functools.partial(
_update_quent_on_worker,
quent_context,
collector_address,
uid=ctx.rapidsmpf_id,
)
)
self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
quent_context, collector_address, backend="dask", collector=quent_collector
)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Close the new collector when _quent_open fails partway.

_quent_open starts a collector at Line 1318. After that, it runs worker updates at Line 1323 and creates the controller at Line 1331. Either step can raise. In that case, no owner holds quent_collector, so the collector is never closed. At that point _quent_runtime is already None, and _shutdown_dask only received the original quent_collector from __init__. The collector socket or thread then stays open for the life of the process. Some workers can also keep runtimes that point at the collector. The SPMD open path handles this with an ExitStack and pop_all(). Use the same pattern here.

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         collector_address = quent_collector.address
         assert collector_address is not None
-        ctx.client.run(
-            functools.partial(
-                _update_quent_on_worker,
-                quent_context,
-                collector_address,
-                uid=ctx.rapidsmpf_id,
-            )
-        )
-        self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
-            quent_context, collector_address, backend="dask", collector=quent_collector
-        )
+        with contextlib.ExitStack() as cleanup:
+            cleanup.callback(quent_collector.close)
+            ctx.client.run(
+                functools.partial(
+                    _update_quent_on_worker,
+                    quent_context,
+                    collector_address,
+                    uid=ctx.rapidsmpf_id,
+                )
+            )
+            self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
+                quent_context, collector_address, backend="dask", collector=quent_collector
+            )
+            cleanup.pop_all()
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def _quent_open(self, quent_context: cudf_polars.quent.QuentConfig) -> None:
"""Start a new Quent collector, connect workers, create controller."""
ctx = self._dask_ctx
quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
quent_context.run_root
)
collector_address = quent_collector.address
assert collector_address is not None
ctx.client.run(
functools.partial(
_update_quent_on_worker,
quent_context,
collector_address,
uid=ctx.rapidsmpf_id,
)
)
self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
quent_context, collector_address, backend="dask", collector=quent_collector
)
def _quent_open(self, quent_context: cudf_polars.quent.QuentConfig) -> None:
"""Start a new Quent collector, connect workers, create controller."""
ctx = self._dask_ctx
quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
quent_context.run_root
)
collector_address = quent_collector.address
assert collector_address is not None
with contextlib.ExitStack() as cleanup:
cleanup.callback(quent_collector.close)
ctx.client.run(
functools.partial(
_update_quent_on_worker,
quent_context,
collector_address,
uid=ctx.rapidsmpf_id,
)
)
self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
quent_context, collector_address, backend="dask", collector=quent_collector
)
cleanup.pop_all()
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Update _quent_open to register quent_collector.close with an ExitStack before
updating workers or creating QuentControllerRuntime; transfer cleanup ownership
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Comment on lines +1144 to +1159
"""Start a new Quent collector, connect actors, create controller."""
assert self._rank_actors is not None
quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
quent_context.run_root
)
collector_address = quent_collector.address
assert collector_address is not None
ray.get(
[
rank.update_quent.remote(quent_context, collector_address)
for rank in self._rank_actors
]
)
self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
quent_context, collector_address, backend="ray", collector=quent_collector
)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Clean up reset-created Quent resources when the Ray open path fails.

RayEngine._reset calls _update_quent, which can reach _quent_open. That method starts a collector before actor updates and controller creation. If either operation raises, the collector is not stored on the engine. The original shutdown callback owns only the constructor-time collector and runtime.

Register temporary cleanup in _quent_open. Clear any actors that completed the update, then close the collector if the controller runtime was not created.

Suggested fix
         quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
             quent_context.run_root
         )
         collector_address = quent_collector.address
         assert collector_address is not None
-        ray.get(
-            [
-                rank.update_quent.remote(quent_context, collector_address)
-                for rank in self._rank_actors
-            ]
-        )
-        self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
-            quent_context, collector_address, backend="ray", collector=quent_collector
-        )
+        with contextlib.ExitStack() as cleanup:
+            cleanup.callback(quent_collector.close)
+            cleanup.callback(
+                lambda: ray.get(
+                    [rank.update_quent.remote(None, None) for rank in self._rank_actors]
+                )
+            )
+            ray.get(
+                [
+                    rank.update_quent.remote(quent_context, collector_address)
+                    for rank in self._rank_actors
+                ]
+            )
+            self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
+                quent_context,
+                collector_address,
+                backend="ray",
+                collector=quent_collector,
+            )
+            cleanup.pop_all()
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"""Start a new Quent collector, connect actors, create controller."""
assert self._rank_actors is not None
quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
quent_context.run_root
)
collector_address = quent_collector.address
assert collector_address is not None
ray.get(
[
rank.update_quent.remote(quent_context, collector_address)
for rank in self._rank_actors
]
)
self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
quent_context, collector_address, backend="ray", collector=quent_collector
)
"""Start a new Quent collector, connect actors, create controller."""
assert self._rank_actors is not None
quent_collector = cudf_polars.quent._runtime.start_collector(
quent_context.run_root
)
collector_address = quent_collector.address
assert collector_address is not None
with contextlib.ExitStack() as cleanup:
cleanup.callback(quent_collector.close)
cleanup.callback(
lambda: ray.get(
[rank.update_quent.remote(None, None) for rank in self._rank_actors]
)
)
ray.get(
[
rank.update_quent.remote(quent_context, collector_address)
for rank in self._rank_actors
]
)
self._quent_runtime = QuentControllerRuntime.create(
quent_context,
collector_address,
backend="ray",
collector=quent_collector,
)
cleanup.pop_all()
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Update RayEngine._quent_open to clean up resources if actor updates or
QuentControllerRuntime.create fails: clear any actors that completed the update
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TomAugspurger and others added 6 commits October 16, 2026 14:19
The exit-stack callbacks registered in RayEngine.__init__ and
DaskEngine.__init__ captured local variables quent_runtime and
quent_collector at construction time. After _reset changed Quent state,
those closures became stale:

- Reset None→Quent: callback passed None for both; shutdown skipped
  worker cleanup and never closed the replacement runtime (leak).
- Reset Quent→None: _quent_close already closed everything, but the
  callback tried to close the originals again (double-close).
- _shutdown_ray gated actor.close_quent on quent_collector is not None,
  so a reset that enabled Quent without a collector (disabled→enabled
  after runtime took ownership) would also skip worker-side cleanup.

Fix:
- Read self._quent_runtime and self._quent_collector at callback fire
  time instead of capturing init-time locals.
- Track self._quent_collector for the brief init window between
  start_collector and QuentControllerRuntime.create (the error path);
  clear it once the runtime takes ownership.
- Clear self._quent_collector in shutdown() alongside _quent_runtime.
- Fix _shutdown_ray gate: quent_runtime is not None or quent_collector
  is not None (either means actors have live Quent worker runtimes).

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Exercise configured-to-configured replacement.

test_quent_lifecycle assigns new contexts directly to engine.config; it does not call _reset with a second non-None context. Therefore, it does not detect the required close-old/open-new path. Replace the first direct assignment with one _reset call and assert two Init and two Exit engine events. Keep the later direct assignments to preserve query-context coverage.

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-    engine.config["executor_options"]["quent_context"] = current_context
+    engine._reset(
+        rapidsmpf_options=base_options.to_rapidsmpf_options(),
+        executor_options={
+            **base_options.to_executor_options(),
+            "quent_context": current_context,
+            "fallback_mode": "silent",
+        },
+        engine_options=base_options.to_engine_options(),
+    )
...
-    assert len(engine_events) == 2
+    assert len(engine_events) == 4
+    assert sum("Init" in event["data"]["Engine"] for event in engine_events) == 2
+    assert sum("Exit" in event["data"]["Engine"] for event in engine_events) == 2
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and ``_quent_output_root``. Subclasses implement :meth:`_quent_close`
and :meth:`_quent_open` for the backend-specific work.
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if new_quent_context != existing_quent_context:

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Questions for me to see if there are any implicit invariants:

  1. When would new_quent_context == existing_quent_context?
  2. Is a None existing_quent_context mostly passed when the __init__ happens?

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Adding to @mroeschke's questions, from my reading (@TomAugspurger please correct me if I am wrong):

  • new == existing happens on most resets, since every backend's _reset defaults new to existing when quent_context isn't in executor_options. It also covers None == None at __init__ with Quent off.
  • existing is None is always the case at __init__ (hard-coded in dask.py:1128, ray.py:975, spmd.py:653), on a reset where Quent was off, and in SPMD after the early close (spmd.py:1024).

One thing that worries me: this compares the whole QuentConfig, including the per-query fields. Callers change those fields in engine.config between collects, e.g. the benchmark runner sets query_name per iteration (streaming/benchmarks/utils.py:1193). So a later _reset with the original config looks like a change, and Quent gets torn down and restarted.

The restart reuses the same engine_id, so the output directory ends up with two Engine lifecycles under one id. Toggling A → None → A does the same.

Could we compare only engine_id and output_root here, and raise if a closed engine_id is re-opened?

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Thanks, this is a nice consolidation.

existing_quent_context = None

# Collective: synchronize all ranks before tearing down the Context.
if self._comm.nranks > 1:

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Could we make the decision collective? quent_changing is decided per rank, but the close/open it guards is collective. If each rank calls _reset with its own QuentConfig() (different engine_ids), rank 0 sees no change while the others do, and the job hangs. A hang is hard to diagnose, so I'd rather have rank 0 decide (broadcast it, or all-gather a flag) than rely on callers passing identical configs.

and ``_quent_output_root``. Subclasses implement :meth:`_quent_close`
and :meth:`_quent_open` for the backend-specific work.
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Adding to @mroeschke's questions, from my reading (@TomAugspurger please correct me if I am wrong):

  • new == existing happens on most resets, since every backend's _reset defaults new to existing when quent_context isn't in executor_options. It also covers None == None at __init__ with Quent off.
  • existing is None is always the case at __init__ (hard-coded in dask.py:1128, ray.py:975, spmd.py:653), on a reset where Quent was off, and in SPMD after the early close (spmd.py:1024).

One thing that worries me: this compares the whole QuentConfig, including the per-query fields. Callers change those fields in engine.config between collects, e.g. the benchmark runner sets query_name per iteration (streaming/benchmarks/utils.py:1193). So a later _reset with the original config looks like a change, and Quent gets torn down and restarted.

The restart reuses the same engine_id, so the output directory ends up with two Engine lifecycles under one id. Toggling A → None → A does the same.

Could we compare only engine_id and output_root here, and raise if a closed engine_id is re-opened?

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if new_quent_context != existing_quent_context:
if existing_quent_context is not None:
self._quent_close()

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If _quent_close() raises here, _quent_runtime is cleared but the rest of the engine still points at the old runtime: engine.config's quent_context, _quent_output_root, and on Dask _dask_context.quent_controller_runtime.

Could we clear those too before re-raising, so a failed close doesn't leave the engine configured against a closed runtime?

"""Exit the context manager, calling :meth:`shutdown`."""
self.shutdown()

def _update_quent(

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Could these three methods be a single stub on StreamingEngine? Close is always followed by open, except at shutdown, so one hook that does both seems enough. Something like:

def _set_quent(self, config: QuentConfig | None) -> QuentConfig | None:
    """
    Replace this engine's Quent runtimes.

    Closes any running runtimes, then starts new ones for ``config``
    unless it is ``None``. Returns the effective configuration (on SPMD,
    rank 0's synchronized copy).
    """
    raise NotImplementedError

The call sites then become:

# __init__
executor_options["quent_context"] = self._set_quent(quent_context)

# _reset
if new_quent_context != existing_quent_context:
    new_quent_context = self._set_quent(new_quent_context)
executor_options["quent_context"] = new_quent_context

# shutdown
self._set_quent(None)

Is _update_quent needed? Besides the comparison, it only sets _quent_output_root, which StreamingEngine.__init__ already does from executor_options["quent_context"] (line 363), and every caller re-runs __init__ right after. On SPMD, the _reset comparison is also where the collective decision (spmd.py:1017) belongs.

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