[ROCm][CI] Fix Kimi K3 KDA on ROCm (#50262)

Signed-off-by: Stefan Koncarevic <stefan.koncarevic@amd.com>

.buildkite/check-torch-abi.py

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+
+"""Audit vLLM compiled libraries for PyTorch stable ABI compliance."""
+
+import fnmatch
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from torch_abi_audit import inspect_package
+from torch_abi_audit.report import ExtensionReport, PackageReport
+
+# Temporary allowlist of extensions not yet on the stable ABI.
+# Shrink and remove over time.
+ALLOWED_UNSTABLE_LIBRARIES: tuple[str, ...] = (
+    "_flashkda_C.abi3.so",
+    "vllm_flash_attn/_vllm_fa2_C.abi3.so",
+    "vllm_flash_attn/_vllm_fa3_C.abi3.so",
+    "third_party/deep_gemm/_C*.so",
+)
+
+
+def _relative_path(lib: ExtensionReport, package_root: Path) -> str:
+    try:
+        return lib.path.relative_to(package_root).as_posix()
+    except ValueError:
+        return lib.path.name
+
+
+def _is_torch_unstable(lib: ExtensionReport) -> bool:
+    return lib.error is None and lib.torch.uses_torch and not lib.torch.stable
+
+
+def _matches_allowlist(rel_path: str, patterns: tuple[str, ...]) -> bool:
+    return any(fnmatch.fnmatch(rel_path, pattern) for pattern in patterns)
+
+
+def _iter_libs(report: PackageReport) -> tuple[ExtensionReport, ...]:
+    return (*report.extensions, *report.bundled_libs)
+
+
+def _collect_unstable(report: PackageReport) -> list[str]:
+    return sorted(
+        _relative_path(lib, report.root)
+        for lib in _iter_libs(report)
+        if _is_torch_unstable(lib)
+    )
+
+
+def _find_stale_allowlist_entries(
+    report: PackageReport, patterns: tuple[str, ...]
+) -> list[str]:
+    """Allowlist patterns that match a built library which is no longer unstable."""
+    stale: list[str] = []
+    for pattern in patterns:
+        for lib in _iter_libs(report):
+            if lib.error is not None:
+                continue
+            if not fnmatch.fnmatch(_relative_path(lib, report.root), pattern):
+                continue
+            if not _is_torch_unstable(lib):
+                stale.append(pattern)
+                break
+    return stale
+
+
+def check_torch_abi(
+    package: str = "vllm",
+    patterns: tuple[str, ...] = ALLOWED_UNSTABLE_LIBRARIES,
+) -> int:
+    report = inspect_package(package)
+    if report.error:
+        print(f"error: failed to inspect {package!r}: {report.error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    unstable = _collect_unstable(report)
+    unexpected = [
+        rel_path for rel_path in unstable if not _matches_allowlist(rel_path, patterns)
+    ]
+    stale = _find_stale_allowlist_entries(report, patterns)
+
+    if unexpected or stale:
+        if unexpected:
+            print(
+                "Not allowed: torch-unstable libraries outside "
+                f"ALLOWED_UNSTABLE_LIBRARIES: {', '.join(unexpected)}",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+        if stale:
+            print(
+                "Not allowed: stale ALLOWED_UNSTABLE_LIBRARIES entries: "
+                f"{', '.join(stale)}",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+        return 1
+
+    print("Torch stable ABI check passed.")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(">>> Auditing vLLM extension modules for PyTorch stable ABI compliance")
+    sys.exit(check_torch_abi())

.buildkite/ci_config.yaml

@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ run_all_patterns:
   - "CMakeLists.txt"
   - "requirements/common.txt"
   - "requirements/cuda.txt"
+  - "requirements/kv_connectors.txt"
   - "requirements/build/cuda.txt"
   - "requirements/test/cuda.txt"
   - "setup.py"
   - "csrc/"
   - "cmake/"
+  - ".buildkite/check-torch-abi.py"
 run_all_exclude_patterns:
   - "docker/Dockerfile."
   - "csrc/cpu/"

.buildkite/ci_config_intel.yaml

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ name: vllm_intel_ci
 job_dirs:
   - ".buildkite/intel_jobs"
 run_all_patterns:
+  - ".buildkite/ci_config_intel.yaml"
+  - ".buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh"
   - "docker/Dockerfile"
+  - "docker/Dockerfile.xpu"
   - "CMakeLists.txt"
   - "requirements/common.txt"
   - "requirements/xpu.txt"
-  - "requirements/build/cuda.txt"
-  - "requirements/test/cuda.txt"
   - "setup.py"
   - "csrc/"
   - "cmake/"
 run_all_exclude_patterns:
-  - "docker/Dockerfile."
   - "csrc/cpu/"
   - "csrc/rocm/"
   - "cmake/hipify.py"

.buildkite/ci_config_rocm.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: vllm_rocm_ci
+job_dirs:
+  - ".buildkite/hardware_tests"
+run_all_patterns:
+  - "docker/Dockerfile.rocm"
+  - "docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base"
+  - "docker/ci-rocm.hcl"
+  - "docker/docker-bake-rocm.hcl"
+  - ".buildkite/hardware_tests/amd.yaml"
+  - ".buildkite/scripts/ci-bake-rocm.sh"
+  - ".buildkite/scripts/rocm/"
+  - ".buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.py"
+  - ".buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh"
+  - "CMakeLists.txt"
+  - "requirements/common.txt"
+  - "requirements/rocm.txt"
+  - "requirements/build/rocm.txt"
+  - "requirements/test/rocm.txt"
+  - "setup.py"
+  - "csrc/"
+  - "cmake/"
+run_all_exclude_patterns:
+  - "csrc/cpu/"
+  - "cmake/cpu_extension.cmake"

.buildkite/hardware_tests/amd.yaml

@@ -1,22 +1,84 @@
-group: Hardware - AMD Build 
+group: Hardware - AMD Build
+
+# ROCm image flow:
+# 1. Refresh the long-lived ROCm base image only when Dockerfile.rocm_base changes.
+# 2. Build ci_base from either the stable base or the freshly refreshed base.
+# 3. Build the per-commit ROCm CI image and smoke-test it before GPU jobs run.
 steps:
-  - label: "AMD: :docker: build image"
-    key: image-build-amd
+  - label: "AMD: :docker: refresh ROCm base"
+    key: refresh-rocm-base-amd
     depends_on: []
     device: amd_cpu
     no_plugin: true
     commands:
-    - >
-      docker build
-      --build-arg max_jobs=16
-      --build-arg REMOTE_VLLM=1
-      --build-arg ARG_PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH='gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950'
-      --build-arg VLLM_BRANCH=$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
-      --tag "rocm/vllm-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
-      -f docker/Dockerfile.rocm
-      --target test
-      --no-cache
-      --progress plain .
-    - docker push "rocm/vllm-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+      - bash .buildkite/scripts/rocm/refresh-base-image.sh
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: "tty"
+      TERM: "xterm-256color"
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: 1  # Transient Docker/BuildKit failure
+          limit: 1
+        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 1
+        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 1
+
+  # Ensure ci_base is up-to-date before building the test image.
+  # Compares a content hash of ci_base-affecting files against the remote
+  # image label. If hashes match the build is skipped (< 30 s); if they
+  # differ ci_base is rebuilt and pushed automatically.
+  - label: "AMD: :docker: ensure ci_base"
+    key: ensure-ci-base-amd
+    soft_fail: false
+    depends_on:
+      - refresh-rocm-base-amd
+    device: amd_cpu
+    no_plugin: true
+    commands:
+      - bash .buildkite/scripts/rocm/build-ci-base.sh
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: "tty"
+      TERM: "xterm-256color"
+      VLLM_BAKE_FILE: "docker/docker-bake-rocm.hcl"
+      PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH: "gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950"
+      REMOTE_VLLM: "1"
+      VLLM_BRANCH: "$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: 1  # Transient Docker/BuildKit failure
+          limit: 1
+        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 1
+        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 1
+
+  - label: "AMD: :docker: build test image and artifacts"
+    key: image-build-amd
+    soft_fail: false
+    depends_on:
+      - ensure-ci-base-amd
+    device: amd_cpu
+    no_plugin: true
+    commands:
+      - bash .buildkite/scripts/rocm/build-test-image.sh
+      - bash .buildkite/scripts/rocm/smoke-test-image.sh
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+      BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: "tty"
+      TERM: "xterm-256color"
+      VLLM_BAKE_FILE: "docker/docker-bake-rocm.hcl"
+      PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH: "gfx90a;gfx942;gfx950"
+      IMAGE_TAG: "rocm/vllm-ci:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+      REMOTE_VLLM: "1"
+      VLLM_BRANCH: "$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: 1  # Transient Docker/BuildKit failure
+          limit: 1
+        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 1
+        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 1

.buildkite/hardware_tests/cpu.yaml

@@ -12,32 +12,41 @@ steps:
   - vllm/_custom_ops.py
   - tests/kernels/attention/test_cpu_attn.py
   - tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_fused_moe.py
-  - tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_fp8_fused_moe.py
+  - tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_quant_fused_moe.py
   - tests/kernels/test_onednn.py
   - tests/kernels/test_awq_int4_to_int8.py
   - tests/kernels/quantization/test_cpu_fp8_scaled_mm.py
+  - tests/kernels/mamba/cpu/test_cpu_gdn_ops.py
+  - tests/kernels/mamba/test_cpu_short_conv.py
+  - tests/kernels/mamba/test_causal_conv1d.py
+  - tests/kernels/mamba/test_mamba_ssm.py
   commands:
     - |
       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 30m "
       pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/attention/test_cpu_attn.py
       pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_fused_moe.py
-      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_fp8_fused_moe.py
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_quant_fused_moe.py
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/test_cpu_short_conv.py
       pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/test_onednn.py
       pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/test_awq_int4_to_int8.py
-      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/quantization/test_cpu_fp8_scaled_mm.py"
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/quantization/test_cpu_fp8_scaled_mm.py
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/cpu/test_cpu_gdn_ops.py
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/test_causal_conv1d.py
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/test_mamba_ssm.py"
 
-- label: CPU-Compatibility Tests
-  depends_on: []
-  device: intel_cpu
-  no_plugin: true
-  source_file_dependencies:
-  - cmake/cpu_extension.cmake
-  - setup.py
-  - vllm/platforms/cpu.py
-  commands:
-    - |
-      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 20m "
-      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-compatibility-test.sh"
+# Note: SDE can't be downloaded from CI host because of AWS WAF
+# - label: CPU-Compatibility Tests
+#   depends_on: []
+#   device: intel_cpu
+#   no_plugin: true
+#   source_file_dependencies:
+#   - cmake/cpu_extension.cmake
+#   - setup.py
+#   - vllm/platforms/cpu.py
+#   commands:
+#     - |
+#       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 20m "
+#       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-compatibility-test.sh"
 
 - label: CPU-Language Generation and Pooling Model Tests
   depends_on: []
@@ -50,29 +59,51 @@ steps:
   - tests/models/language/pooling/
   commands:
     - |
-      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 40m "
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 50m "
       pytest -x -v -s tests/models/language/generation -m cpu_model
       pytest -x -v -s tests/models/language/pooling -m cpu_model"
 
+- label: CPU-ModelRunnerV2 Tests
+  depends_on: []
+  device: intel_cpu
+  no_plugin: true
+  soft_fail: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/v1/worker/cpu/
+  - vllm/v1/worker/gpu/
+  - vllm/v1/sample/ops/topk_topp_triton.py
+  - vllm/v1/sample/ops/topk_topp_sampler.py
+  - tests/v1/sample/test_topk_topp_sampler.py
+  - tests/v1/e2e/test_cpu_linear_attn_chunked_prefix.py
+  commands:
+    - |
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 45m "
+      uv pip install git+https://github.com/triton-lang/triton-cpu.git@270e696d
+      VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER=1 pytest -x -v -s tests/models/language/generation/test_granite.py -m cpu_model
+      # TODO: move to CPU-Kernel Tests once triton-cpu has a pre-built wheel
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/v1/sample/test_topk_topp_sampler.py::TestTritonTopkTopp
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/v1/e2e/test_cpu_linear_attn_chunked_prefix.py"
+
 - label: CPU-Quantization Model Tests
   depends_on: []
   device: intel_cpu
   no_plugin: true
   source_file_dependencies:
   - csrc/cpu/
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/cpu_wna16.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/gptq_marlin.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/auto_gptq.py
   - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/compressed_tensors/schemes/compressed_tensors_w8a8_int8.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kernels/scaled_mm/cpu.py
-  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/kernels/mixed_precision/cpu.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/kernels/linear/mixed_precision/cpu.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/kernels/linear/scaled_mm/cpu.py
   - vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe/experts/cpu_moe.py
   - tests/quantization/test_compressed_tensors.py
   - tests/quantization/test_cpu_wna16.py
+  - tests/quantization/test_cpu_w8a8.py
   commands:
     - |
-      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 20m "
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 45m "
       pytest -x -v -s tests/quantization/test_compressed_tensors.py::test_compressed_tensors_w8a8_logprobs
-      pytest -x -v -s tests/quantization/test_cpu_wna16.py"
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/quantization/test_cpu_wna16.py
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/quantization/test_cpu_w8a8.py"
       
 - label: CPU-Distributed Tests (PP+TP)
   depends_on: []
@@ -114,8 +145,21 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - |
       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 45m "
-      pytest -x -v -s tests/models/multimodal/generation --ignore=tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_pixtral.py -m cpu_model --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB"
-  parallelism: 3
+      pytest -x -v -s tests/models/multimodal/generation --ignore=tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_pixtral.py --ignore=tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_qwen2_5_vl.py -m cpu_model --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB"
+  parallelism: 4
+
+- label: CPU-Qwen2.5-VL Multimodal Tests
+  depends_on: []
+  device: intel_cpu
+  no_plugin: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  # - vllm/
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/rotary_embedding
+  - tests/models/multimodal/generation/
+  commands:
+    - |
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh 40m "
+      VLLM_CI_ENV=0 pytest -x -v -s tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_qwen2_5_vl.py"
 
 - label: "Arm CPU Test"
   depends_on: []

.buildkite/hardware_tests/intel.yaml

@@ -8,10 +8,3 @@ steps:
     commands: 
     - bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-hpu-test.sh
 
-  - label: "Intel GPU Test"
-    depends_on: []
-    soft_fail: true
-    device: intel_gpu
-    no_plugin: true
-    commands: 
-    - bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-xpu-test.sh

.buildkite/hardware_tests/intel_xpu_ci/test-intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+group: Intel
+steps:
+  - label: ":docker: Build XPU image"
+    soft_fail: true
+    optional: true
+    depends_on: []
+    key: image-build-xpu
+    commands:
+      - bash -lc '.buildkite/image_build/image_build_xpu.sh "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7" "vllm-ci-test-repo" "$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"'
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 2
+        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 2
+  - label: "XPU example Test"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 50
+    optional: true
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 2+
+      mem: 24+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - .buildkite/hardware_tests/intel_xpu_ci/test-intel.yaml
+      - .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh example'
+  - label: "XPU V1 test"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 70
+    optional: true
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 24+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - .buildkite/hardware_tests/intel_xpu_ci/test-intel.yaml
+      - .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh v1'
+  - label: "XPU server test"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 45
+    optional: true
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 16+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - .buildkite/hardware_tests/intel_xpu_ci/test-intel.yaml
+      - .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh server'

.buildkite/image_build/image_build.sh

@@ -79,12 +79,18 @@ setup_buildx_builder() {
     docker buildx ls | grep -E '^\*|^NAME' || docker buildx ls
 }
 
+annotate_image_tags() {
+    .buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh \
+        "${IMAGE_TAG:-}" "${IMAGE_TAG_LATEST:-}"
+}
+
 check_and_skip_if_image_exists() {
     if [[ -n "${IMAGE_TAG:-}" ]]; then
         echo "--- :mag: Checking if image exists"
         if docker manifest inspect "${IMAGE_TAG}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "Image already exists: ${IMAGE_TAG}"
             echo "Skipping build"
+            annotate_image_tags
             exit 0
         fi
         echo "Image not found, proceeding with build"
@@ -171,6 +177,18 @@ BRANCH=$4
 IMAGE_TAG=$5
 IMAGE_TAG_LATEST=${6:-} # only used for main branch, optional
 
+# When TORCH_NIGHTLY=1, build the base CI image against PyTorch nightly so the
+# entire existing pipeline runs on nightly torch (CUDA/GPU lane only). Delegate
+# to the dedicated nightly build (PYTORCH_NIGHTLY=1, CUDA 13.0) and tag it at the
+# normal IMAGE_TAG that every test step already pulls -- no separate image tag,
+# no duplicate "vLLM Against PyTorch Nightly" pipeline section.
+if [[ "${TORCH_NIGHTLY:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+    echo "--- :warning: TORCH_NIGHTLY=1 -- building base image on PyTorch nightly"
+    SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+    exec "${SCRIPT_DIR}/image_build_torch_nightly.sh" \
+        "${REGISTRY}" "${REPO}" "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}" "${BRANCH}" "${IMAGE_TAG}"
+fi
+
 # build config
 TARGET="test-ci"
 VLLM_BAKE_FILE_PATH="${VLLM_BAKE_FILE_PATH:-docker/docker-bake.hcl}"
@@ -254,3 +272,5 @@ echo "--- :docker: Building ${TARGET}"
 docker --debug buildx bake -f "${VLLM_BAKE_FILE_PATH}" -f "${CI_HCL_PATH}" --progress plain "${TARGET}"
 
 echo "--- :white_check_mark: Build complete"
+
+annotate_image_tags

.buildkite/image_build/image_build.yaml

@@ -13,6 +13,60 @@ steps:
         - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
           limit: 2
 
+  - label: ":docker: :smoking: Non-root smoke tests"
+    key: image-build-smoke-test
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build
+    commands:
+    # Smoke 1: the default (root) image must still be importable
+    # under a non-root UID via `--user 2000:0`. Validates the `vllm` passwd
+    # entry + group-0-writable /home/vllm + uv path cleanup from #31959.
+    # Uses `import vllm` rather than `vllm serve --help` because the latter
+    # instantiates `VllmConfig` which requires a GPU attached to the
+    # container.
+    - docker run --rm --user 2000:0 --entrypoint python3 "$IMAGE_TAG" -c "import vllm; print(vllm.__version__)"
+    # Smoke 2: assert the non-root enabling invariants are baked
+    # into the image. Runs as UID 2000:0 via a shell so we can verify
+    # filesystem perms + passwd/group file state + wrapper presence without
+    # triggering vLLM's GPU-requiring config-init path. The opt-in
+    # `vllm-openai-nonroot` target adds only `USER vllm`, `WORKDIR
+    # /home/vllm`, and an `ENTRYPOINT` override on top of these invariants;
+    # its build correctness is reviewed at the Dockerfile level. Wrapper
+    # logic is covered separately by the pre-commit hook
+    # `test-nonroot-entrypoint` (see .pre-commit-config.yaml).
+    - |
+      docker run --rm --user 2000:0 --entrypoint /bin/sh "$IMAGE_TAG" -ec '
+        if ! getent passwd 2000 | grep -q ^vllm:; then
+          echo FAIL: UID 2000 != vllm
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        if ! id -gn 2>/dev/null | grep -qx root; then
+          echo FAIL: GID 0 not root group
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        touch /home/vllm/.smoke && rm /home/vllm/.smoke
+        touch /opt/uv/cache/.smoke && rm /opt/uv/cache/.smoke
+        if ! test -x /usr/local/bin/vllm-nonroot-entrypoint.sh; then
+          echo FAIL: wrapper missing
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        if ! test -w /etc/passwd; then
+          echo FAIL: /etc/passwd not group-writable
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        if ! test -w /etc/group; then
+          echo FAIL: /etc/group not group-writable
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo non-root invariants OK
+      '
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 2
+        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 2
+
   - label: ":docker: Build CPU image"
     key: image-build-cpu
     depends_on: []
@@ -56,3 +110,21 @@ steps:
           limit: 2
         - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
           limit: 2
+
+  - label: ":docker: Build arm64 image"
+    key: arm64-image-build
+    depends_on: []
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - ".buildkite/image_build/image_build.yaml"
+      - ".buildkite/image_build/image_build_arm64.sh"
+      - "docker/Dockerfile"
+    commands:
+    - .buildkite/image_build/image_build_arm64.sh $REGISTRY $REPO $BUILDKITE_COMMIT
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+    retry:
+      automatic:
+        - exit_status: -1  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 2
+        - exit_status: -10  # Agent was lost
+          limit: 2

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_arm64.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <registry> <repo> <commit>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+REGISTRY=$1
+REPO=$2
+BUILDKITE_COMMIT=$3
+IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$REPO:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-arm64"
+
+# authenticate with AWS ECR
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY" || true
+
+# skip build if image already exists
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Image found"
+else
+  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
+  # build for arm64 GPU targets: Grace/GH200 (sm_90),
+  # Blackwell/Thor (sm_100/sm_103/sm_110), and DGX Spark/GB10
+  # (sm_121, family-covered by 12.0 under CUDA 13)
+  docker build --file docker/Dockerfile \
+    --platform linux/arm64 \
+    --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+    --build-arg nvcc_threads=4 \
+    --build-arg torch_cuda_arch_list="9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0" \
+    --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 \
+    --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
+    --tag "$IMAGE" \
+    --target test \
+    --progress plain .
+  # push
+  docker push "$IMAGE"
+fi
+
+.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE"

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_cpu.sh

@@ -9,26 +9,26 @@ fi
 REGISTRY=$1
 REPO=$2
 BUILDKITE_COMMIT=$3
+IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$REPO:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-cpu"
 
 # authenticate with AWS ECR
 aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY" || true
 
 # skip build if image already exists
-if [[ -z $(docker manifest inspect "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-cpu) ]]; then
-  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
-else
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "Image found"
-  exit 0
+else
+  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
+  # build
+  docker build --file docker/Dockerfile.cpu \
+    --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+    --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
+    --build-arg VLLM_CPU_X86=true \
+    --tag "$IMAGE" \
+    --target vllm-test \
+    --progress plain .
+  # push
+  docker push "$IMAGE"
 fi
 
-# build
-docker build --file docker/Dockerfile.cpu \
-  --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
-  --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
-  --build-arg VLLM_CPU_X86=true \
-  --tag "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-cpu \
-  --target vllm-test \
-  --progress plain .
-
-# push
-docker push "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-cpu
+.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE"

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_cpu_arm64.sh

@@ -9,25 +9,25 @@ fi
 REGISTRY=$1
 REPO=$2
 BUILDKITE_COMMIT=$3
+IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$REPO:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-arm64-cpu"
 
 # authenticate with AWS ECR
 aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY" || true
 
 # skip build if image already exists
-if [[ -z $(docker manifest inspect "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-arm64-cpu) ]]; then
-  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
-else
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "Image found"
-  exit 0
+else
+  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
+  # build
+  docker build --file docker/Dockerfile.cpu \
+    --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+    --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
+    --tag "$IMAGE" \
+    --target vllm-test \
+    --progress plain .
+  # push
+  docker push "$IMAGE"
 fi
 
-# build
-docker build --file docker/Dockerfile.cpu \
-  --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
-  --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
-  --tag "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-arm64-cpu \
-  --target vllm-test \
-  --progress plain .
-
-# push
-docker push "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-arm64-cpu
+.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE"

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_hpu.sh

@@ -9,26 +9,26 @@ fi
 REGISTRY=$1
 REPO=$2
 BUILDKITE_COMMIT=$3
+IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$REPO:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-hpu"
 
 # authenticate with AWS ECR
-aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY"
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY" || true
 
 # skip build if image already exists
-if [[ -z $(docker manifest inspect "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-hpu) ]]; then
-  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
-else
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "Image found"
-  exit 0
+else
+  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
+  # build
+  docker build \
+    --file tests/pytorch_ci_hud_benchmark/Dockerfile.hpu \
+    --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+    --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
+    --tag "$IMAGE" \
+    --progress plain \
+    https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-gaudi.git
+  # push
+  docker push "$IMAGE"
 fi
 
-# build
-docker build \
-  --file tests/pytorch_ci_hud_benchmark/Dockerfile.hpu \
-  --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
-  --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
-  --tag "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-hpu \
-  --progress plain \
-  https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-gaudi.git
-
-# push
-docker push "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-hpu
+.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE"

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_torch_nightly.sh

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ docker buildx ls
 echo "--- :mag: Checking if image already exists"
 if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "Image found: $IMAGE_TAG — skipping build"
+  .buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE_TAG"
   exit 0
 fi
 echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
@@ -66,3 +67,5 @@ docker buildx build --file docker/Dockerfile \
   --progress plain .
 
 echo "--- :white_check_mark: Torch nightly image build complete: $IMAGE_TAG"
+
+.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE_TAG"

.buildkite/image_build/image_build_xpu.sh

@@ -9,26 +9,26 @@ fi
 REGISTRY=$1
 REPO=$2
 BUILDKITE_COMMIT=$3
+IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$REPO:$BUILDKITE_COMMIT-xpu"
 
 # authenticate with AWS ECR
-aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY"
-aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin "$REGISTRY" || true
+aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 936637512419.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com || true
 
 # skip build if image already exists
-if ! docker manifest inspect "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-xpu &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
-else
+if docker manifest inspect "$IMAGE" &> /dev/null; then
   echo "Image found"
-  exit 0
+else
+  echo "Image not found, proceeding with build..."
+  # build
+  docker build \
+    --file docker/Dockerfile.xpu \
+    --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
+    --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
+    --tag "$IMAGE" \
+    --progress plain .
+  # push
+  docker push "$IMAGE"
 fi
 
-# build
-docker build \
-  --file docker/Dockerfile.xpu \
-  --build-arg max_jobs=16 \
-  --build-arg buildkite_commit="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
-  --tag "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-xpu \
-  --progress plain .
-
-# push
-docker push "$REGISTRY"/"$REPO":"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"-xpu
+.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh "$IMAGE"

.buildkite/intel_jobs/basic_correctness.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+group: Basic Correctness
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: XPU Sleep Mode
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/basic_correctness/test_cumem.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
+      pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_cpu_offload.py &&
+      pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_mem.py::test_end_to_end'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/benchmarks_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+group: Benchmarks
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: Benchmarks CLI Test
+  key: benchmarks-cli-test
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/benchmarks/
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s benchmarks/'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/engine_intel.yaml

@@ -2,9 +2,51 @@ group: Engine Intel
 depends_on:
   - image-build-xpu
 steps:
+- label: Engine
+  key: engine
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/compilation/
+  - vllm/config/
+  - vllm/engine/
+  - vllm/entrypoints/logger.py
+  - vllm/envs.py
+  - vllm/logger.py
+  - vllm/logging_utils/
+  - vllm/platforms/
+  - vllm/sequence.py
+  - vllm/triton_utils/
+  - vllm/utils/
+  - tests/engine
+  - tests/test_sequence
+  - tests/test_config
+  - tests/test_logger
+  - tests/test_vllm_port
+  - tests/test_jit_monitor.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s engine/test_arg_utils.py test_sequence.py test_logger.py test_vllm_port.py test_jit_monitor.py'
+
 - label: Engine (1 GPU)
   timeout_in_minutes: 30
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -19,3 +61,41 @@ steps:
       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
       'cd tests &&
       pytest -v -s v1/engine --ignore v1/engine/test_preprocess_error_handling.py'
+
+- label: V1 e2e (2 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 2+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/compilation/
+    - vllm/config/
+    - vllm/distributed/
+    - vllm/engine/
+    - vllm/envs.py
+    - vllm/forward_context.py
+    - vllm/inputs/
+    - vllm/logger.py
+    - vllm/logging_utils/
+    - vllm/model_executor/
+    - vllm/multimodal/
+    - vllm/platforms/
+    - vllm/sampling_params.py
+    - vllm/transformers_utils/
+    - vllm/triton_utils/
+    - vllm/utils/
+    - vllm/v1/
+    - tests/v1/e2e/spec_decode
+  commands:
+  - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/e2e/spec_decode/test_spec_decode.py -k "tensor_parallelism"'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/expert_parallelism_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+group: Expert Parallelism
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: EPLB Algorithm
+  key: eplb-algorithm
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/distributed/eplb
+  - tests/distributed/test_eplb_algo.py
+  - tests/distributed/test_eplb_utils.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s distributed/test_eplb_algo.py'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/kernels_intel.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ steps:
 - label: vLLM IR Tests
   timeout_in_minutes: 30
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:

.buildkite/intel_jobs/lora_intel.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ steps:
 - label: LoRA Runtime + Utils
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -34,6 +38,10 @@ steps:
 - label: LoRA Fused/MoE Kernels
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -49,11 +57,15 @@ steps:
       'cd tests &&
       export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
       pytest -v -s lora/test_fused_moe_lora_kernel.py && 
-      pytest -v -s lora/test_moe_lora_align_sum.py'
+      pytest -v -s lora/test_moe_lora_align_sum.py --deselect="tests/lora/test_moe_lora_align_sum.py::test_moe_lora_align_block_size_mixed_base_and_lora[1]"'
 
 - label: LoRA Punica Kernels
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -69,11 +81,17 @@ steps:
       'cd tests &&
       export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
       set -o pipefail &&
-      pytest -v -s lora/test_punica_ops.py --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size[expand-0-xpu:0-dtype0-3-43264-32-4-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype1-1-2049-64-128-16]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype0-1-2049-128-1-32]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype0-1-2049-256-1-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype0-1-2049-256-8-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[expand-0-xpu:0-dtype0-3-2049-128-8-16]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype0-1-2049-128-8-32]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels[expand-0-xpu:0-dtype1-1-2049-256-128-32]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype0-3-64256-32-4-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype1-2-29696-32-4-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype1-3-49408-32-4-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size[shrink-0-xpu:0-dtype0-2-16384-32-4-4]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size[expand-0-xpu:0-dtype0-2-51328-32-4-4]"'
+      pytest -v -s lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels &&
+      pytest -v -s lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_kernels_hidden_size &&
+      pytest -v -s lora/test_punica_ops.py::test_add_lora_fused_moe_early_exit'
 
 - label: LoRA Punica FP8/XPU Ops
-  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -94,6 +112,10 @@ steps:
 - label: LoRA Models
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 2+
+    mem: 24+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -108,15 +130,19 @@ steps:
       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
       'cd tests &&
       export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
-      (pytest -v -s lora/test_mixtral.py --deselect="tests/lora/test_mixtral.py::test_mixtral_lora[4]" || true) &&
       pytest -v -s lora/test_quant_model.py --deselect="tests/lora/test_quant_model.py::test_quant_model_lora[model0]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_quant_model.py::test_quant_model_lora[model1]" --deselect="tests/lora/test_quant_model.py::test_quant_model_tp_equality[model0]" &&
       pytest -v -s lora/test_transformers_model.py &&
       pytest -v -s lora/test_chatglm3_tp.py &&
+      pytest -v -s lora/test_llama_tp.py::test_llama_lora &&
       pytest -s -v lora/test_minicpmv_tp.py'
 
 - label: LoRA Multimodal
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:

.buildkite/intel_jobs/misc_intel.yaml

@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ depends_on:
   - image-build-xpu
 steps:
 - label: V1 Core + KV + Metrics
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -29,8 +33,12 @@ steps:
       pytest -v -s v1/executor'
 
 - label: V1 Sample + Logits
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 90
   device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
   no_plugin: true
   working_dir: "."
   env:
@@ -38,7 +46,17 @@ steps:
     REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
     VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
   source_file_dependencies:
-    - vllm/
+    - vllm/config/
+    - vllm/distributed/
+    - vllm/engine/
+    - vllm/inputs/
+    - vllm/logger.py
+    - vllm/model_executor/
+    - vllm/platforms/
+    - vllm/sampling_params.py
+    - vllm/transformers_utils/
+    - vllm/utils/
+    - vllm/v1/
     - tests/v1/sample
     - tests/v1/logits_processors
     - tests/v1/test_oracle.py
@@ -47,9 +65,222 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - >-
       bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
-      'export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
+      'pip install lm_eval[api]>=0.4.12 &&
+      export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
       cd tests &&
       pytest -v -s v1/logits_processors --ignore=v1/logits_processors/test_custom_online.py --ignore=v1/logits_processors/test_custom_offline.py &&
       pytest -v -s v1/test_oracle.py &&
       pytest -v -s v1/test_request.py &&
-      pytest -v -s v1/test_outputs.py'
+      pytest -v -s v1/test_outputs.py &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/sample'
+
+- label: Basic Models Tests (Initialization)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - tests/models/test_initialization.py
+    - tests/models/registry.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'export VLLM_XPU_FUSED_MOE_USE_REF=1 &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s models/test_initialization.py::test_can_initialize_large_subset[Eagle3MiniMaxM2ForCausalLM]'
+
+- label: XPU CPU Offload
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - vllm/v1/kv_offload/
+    - vllm/v1/kv_connector/
+    - tests/v1/kv_offload/
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_offloading_connector.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/kv_offload &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/kv_connector/unit/test_offloading_connector.py'
+
+- label: NixlConnector PD accuracy (4 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  num_devices: 4
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 4+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+    - vllm/v1/worker/kv_connector_model_runner_mixin.py
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+    - vllm/platforms/xpu.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_xpu_disagg_accuracy_test.sh &&
+      PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=1 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_xpu_disagg_accuracy_test.sh &&
+      PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=1 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_xpu_disagg_accuracy_test.sh &&
+      PREFILLER_TP_SIZE=2 DECODER_TP_SIZE=2 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_xpu_disagg_accuracy_test.sh'
+
+- label: Regression
+  key: regression
+  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/config/
+  - vllm/distributed/
+  - vllm/engine/
+  - vllm/inputs/
+  - vllm/model_executor/
+  - vllm/multimodal/
+  - vllm/platforms/
+  - vllm/sampling_params.py
+  - vllm/transformers_utils/
+  - vllm/utils/
+  - vllm/v1/
+  - tests/test_regression
+  commands:
+  - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'pip install modelscope\<1.38 &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s test_regression.py'
+
+- label: Metrics, Tracing (2 GPUs)
+  key: metrics-tracing-2-gpus
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  num_devices: 2
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 2+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/config/
+  - vllm/distributed/
+  - vllm/engine/
+  - vllm/inputs/
+  - vllm/model_executor/
+  - vllm/multimodal/
+  - vllm/platforms/
+  - vllm/sampling_params.py
+  - vllm/tracing/
+  - vllm/transformers_utils/
+  - vllm/utils/
+  - vllm/v1/
+  - tests/v1/tracing
+  commands:
+  - >-
+    bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+    'pip install opentelemetry-sdk\>=1.26.0 opentelemetry-api\>=1.26.0 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp\>=1.26.0 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai\>=0.4.1 &&
+    cd tests &&
+    pytest -v -s v1/tracing'
+
+- label: Async Engine, Inputs, Utils, Worker
+  key: async-engine-inputs-utils-worker
+  timeout_in_minutes: 55
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/assets/
+  - vllm/config/
+  - vllm/distributed/
+  - vllm/engine/
+  - vllm/inputs/
+  - vllm/model_executor/
+  - vllm/multimodal/
+  - vllm/platforms/
+  - vllm/sampling_params.py
+  - vllm/tokenizers/
+  - vllm/transformers_utils/
+  - vllm/utils/
+  - vllm/v1/
+  - tests/detokenizer
+  - tests/multimodal
+  - tests/utils_
+  commands:
+  - >-
+    bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+    'cd tests &&
+    pip install av &&
+    pytest -v -s detokenizer &&
+    pytest -v -s -m "not cpu_test" ./multimodal &&
+    pytest -v -s utils_ --ignore=utils_/test_mem_utils.py'
+
+- label: Fusion Unit Tests
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/compilation/
+    - tests/compile/passes/test_qk_norm_rope_fusion.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s compile/passes/test_qk_norm_rope_fusion.py'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/model_executor_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+group: Model Executor Intel
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: Model Executor (Intel)
+  key: model-executor-intel
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+  - vllm/config/model.py
+  - vllm/model_executor
+  - tests/model_executor
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl libsodium23 &&
+      pip3 install tensorizer==2.10.1 &&
+      pip3 install runai-model-streamer[s3,gcs,azure]\>=0.15.7 &&
+      export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn &&
+      export PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1 &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s model_executor -m "not slow_test" --ignore="model_executor/layers/test_rocm_unquantized_gemm.py" --deselect="tests/model_executor/model_loader/test_reload.py::test_kv_scale_reload"'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/model_runner_v2_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+group: Model Runner V2 Intel
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: Model Runner V2 Core Tests (Intel)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 2+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/v1/worker/gpu/
+    - vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
+    - vllm/v1/core/sched/
+    - vllm/v1/attention/
+    - tests/v1/engine/test_llm_engine.py
+    - tests/v1/e2e/
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'export VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER=1 &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/engine/test_llm_engine.py -k "not test_engine_metrics" &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general/test_context_length.py &&
+      ENFORCE_EAGER=1 pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general/test_async_scheduling.py -k "not ngram" &&
+      pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/test_struct_output_generate.py -k "xgrammar and not speculative_config6 and not speculative_config7 and not speculative_config8 and not speculative_config0" &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general/test_min_tokens.py'
+
+- label: Model Runner V2 Examples (Intel)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/v1/worker/gpu/
+    - vllm/v1/core/sched/
+    - vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
+    - examples/basic/offline_inference/
+    - examples/generate/multimodal/
+    - examples/features/
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'export VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER=1 &&
+      cd examples &&
+      python3 basic/offline_inference/chat.py &&
+      python3 basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m &&
+      python3 generate/multimodal/vision_language_offline.py --seed 0 &&
+      python3 features/automatic_prefix_caching/prefix_caching_offline.py'
+
+- label: Model Runner V2 Distributed (2 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 2+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/v1/worker/gpu/
+    - vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
+    - tests/basic_correctness/test_basic_correctness.py
+    - tests/v1/distributed/test_async_llm_dp.py
+    - tests/v1/distributed/test_eagle_dp.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'export VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER=1 &&
+      cd tests &&
+      TARGET_TEST_SUITE=L4 pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_basic_correctness.py -m "distributed\(num_gpus=2\)" -k "not ray and not True"'
+
+- label: Model Runner V2 Spec Decode
+  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/v1/worker/gpu/
+  - vllm/v1/worker/gpu_worker.py
+  - tests/v1/spec_decode/test_max_len.py
+  - tests/v1/spec_decode/test_rejection_sampler_utils.py
+  - tests/v1/e2e/spec_decode/test_spec_decode.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'export VLLM_USE_V2_MODEL_RUNNER=1 &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s v1/spec_decode/test_synthetic_rejection_sampler_utils.py'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/models_distributed_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+group: Models - Distributed
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: Distributed Model Tests (2 GPUs)
+  key: distributed-model-tests-2-gpus
+  timeout_in_minutes: 65
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 2+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/model_loader/sharded_state_loader.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/
+  - tests/model_executor/model_loader/test_sharded_state_loader.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s model_executor/model_loader/test_sharded_state_loader.py -m "not slow_test"'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/models_multimodal_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+group: Models - Multimodal
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: "Multi-Modal Models (Standard) 1: qwen2"
+  key: multi-modal-models-standard-1-qwen2
+  timeout_in_minutes: 70
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'pip install av &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py -m core_model -k "qwen2" &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_ultravox.py -m core_model'
+
+- label: "Multi-Modal Models (Standard) 2: qwen3 + gemma"
+  key: multi-modal-models-standard-2-qwen3-gemma
+  timeout_in_minutes: 70
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_qwen2_5_vl.py -m core_model'
+
+- label: "Multi-Modal Models (Standard) 3: llava + qwen2_vl"
+  key: multi-modal-models-standard-3-llava-qwen2-vl
+  timeout_in_minutes: 65
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py -m core_model -k "not qwen2 and not qwen3 and not gemma" &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_qwen2_vl.py -m core_model'
+
+- label: "Multi-Modal Models (Standard) 4: other + whisper"
+  key: multi-modal-models-standard-4-other-whisper
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'pip install av &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal -m core_model --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_ultravox.py --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_qwen2_5_vl.py --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_qwen2_vl.py --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_whisper.py  --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_memory_leak.py --ignore models/multimodal/processing'
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Processor # 44min
+  key: multi-modal-processor
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  - tests/models/registry.py
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'pip install av matplotlib ftfy &&
+      pip install open-clip-torch --no-deps &&
+      cd tests &&
+      pytest -v -s models/multimodal/processing/test_tensor_schema.py
+      --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB'
+  parallelism: 4

.buildkite/intel_jobs/quantization.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+group: Quantization
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: Quantization
+  key: quantization
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 16+
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - csrc/
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization
+  - tests/quantization
+  commands:
+  # - VLLM_TEST_FORCE_LOAD_FORMAT=auto pytest -v -s quantization/ --ignore quantization/test_blackwell_moe.py
+  - >-
+    bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+    'VLLM_TEST_FORCE_LOAD_FORMAT=auto pytest -v -s tests/quantization/test_per_token_kv_cache.py --deselect="tests/quantization/test_per_token_kv_cache.py::test_triton_unified_attention_per_token_head_scale[int4-16-128-num_heads0-seq_lens1]"'
+

.buildkite/intel_jobs/samplers_intel.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+group: Samplers Intel
+depends_on:
+  - image-build-xpu
+steps:
+- label: Samplers Test (FlashInfer)
+  key: samplers-test-flashinfer-intel
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  device: intel_gpu
+  agent_tags:
+    label: production
+    gpu: 1+
+    mem: 24+
+  no_plugin: true
+  working_dir: "."
+  env:
+    REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+    REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers
+  - vllm/sampling_metadata.py
+  - tests/samplers
+  - tests/conftest.py
+  - vllm/entrypoints/generate/beam_search
+  commands:
+    - >-
+      bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+      'cd tests &&
+      VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_SAMPLER=1 pytest -v -s samplers'

.buildkite/intel_jobs/test-intel.yaml

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ steps:
   - label: "XPU example Test"
     depends_on:
       - image-build-xpu
-    timeout_in_minutes: 30
+    timeout_in_minutes: 50
     device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 2+
+      mem: 24+
     no_plugin: true
     env:
       REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
@@ -36,14 +40,48 @@ steps:
         python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --attention-backend=TRITON_ATTN &&
         python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --quantization fp8 &&
         python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --kv-cache-dtype fp8 &&
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model nvidia/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-FP8 --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --quantization modelopt --kv-cache-dtype fp8 --attention-backend TRITON_ATTN --max-model-len 4096 &&
         python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model superjob/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-GPTQ-Int4 --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --max-model-len 8192 &&
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model TheBloke/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.3-AWQ --block-size 64 --enforce-eager &&
         python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 &&
-        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --enable-expert-parallel'
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --enable-expert-parallel &&
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model superjob/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-GPTQ-Int4 --max-model-len 8192 &&
+        VLLM_XPU_FUSED_MOE_USE_REF=1 python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507-FP8 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --max-model-len 8192 &&
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model INCModel/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507-MXFP4-LLMC --enforce-eager -tp 2 --max-model-len 8192
+        '
+  - label: "XPU W8A8 FP8 Linear Examples"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 24+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+      VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/
+      - .buildkite/intel_jobs/test-intel.yaml
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --linear-backend xpu --model RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-FP8 --enforce-eager --max-model-len 4096 &&
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --linear-backend xpu --model neuralmagic/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-FP8-dynamic --enforce-eager --max-model-len 4096 &&
+        python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --linear-backend xpu --model meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct --quantization fp8 --enforce-eager --max-model-len 4096
+        '
   - label: "XPU V1 test"
     depends_on:
       - image-build-xpu
-    timeout_in_minutes: 30
+    timeout_in_minutes: 70
     device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 24+
     no_plugin: true
     env:
       REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
@@ -61,5 +99,98 @@ steps:
         pytest -v -s v1/worker --ignore=v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py --ignore=v1/worker/test_worker_memory_snapshot.py &&
         pytest -v -s v1/structured_output &&
         pytest -v -s v1/test_serial_utils.py &&
-        pytest -v -s v1/spec_decode --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_max_len.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_speculators_eagle3.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_acceptance_length.py &&
-        pytest -v -s v1/kv_connector/unit --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_example_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_lmcache_integration.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_client.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_metadata_server.py'
+        pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general/test_correctness_sliding_window.py --deselect="tests/v1/e2e/general/test_correctness_sliding_window.py::test_sliding_window_retrieval[True-1-5-google/gemma-3-1b-it]" &&
+        pytest -v -s v1/spec_decode --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_max_len.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_speculators_eagle3.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_acceptance_length.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_speculators_correctness.py &&
+        pytest -v -s v1/kv_connector/unit --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_example_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_lmcache_integration.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_client.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_metadata_server.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_offloading_connector.py'
+  - label: "XPU server test"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 45
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 16+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/
+      - .buildkite/intel_jobs/test-intel.yaml 
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'pip install av &&
+        cd tests &&
+        pytest -v -s entrypoints/multimodal/openai/chat_completion/test_audio_in_video.py &&
+        pytest -v -s benchmarks/test_serve_cli.py'
+  - label: "XPU quantization test"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 30
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 16+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/
+      - .buildkite/intel_jobs/test-intel.yaml 
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'cd tests &&
+        pytest -v -s quantization/test_auto_round.py &&
+        pytest -v -s quantization/test_online.py'
+  - label: "XPU GPQA Eval (GPT-OSS)"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 24+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+      VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/
+      - tests/evals/gpt_oss/
+      - .buildkite/intel_jobs/test-intel.yaml
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'pip install "gpt-oss[eval]==0.0.5" &&
+        cd tests &&
+        pytest -s -v evals/gpt_oss/test_gpqa_correctness.py --config-list-file=configs/models-xpu.txt'
+  - label: "XPU compressed tensors FP8 test"
+    depends_on:
+      - image-build-xpu
+    timeout_in_minutes: 60
+    device: intel_gpu
+    agent_tags:
+      label: production
+      gpu: 1+
+      mem: 16+
+    no_plugin: true
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: "public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      REPO: "vllm-ci-test-repo"
+      VLLM_TEST_DEVICE: "xpu"
+    source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/
+      - tests/quantization/test_compressed_tensors.py
+      - .buildkite/intel_jobs/test-intel.yaml
+    commands:
+      - >-
+        bash .buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh
+        'cd tests &&
+        pytest -v -s quantization/test_compressed_tensors.py::test_compressed_tensors_fp8'

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/configs/Meta-Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # For hf script, without -t option (tensor parallel size).
 # bash .buildkite/lm-eval-harness/run-lm-eval-mmlupro-vllm-baseline.sh -m meta-llama/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8 -l 250 -t 8 -f 5
 model_name: "meta-llama/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-FP8"
+rocm_safetensors_load_strategy: lazy
 required_gpu_arch:
   - gfx942
   - gfx950

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/configs/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-30B-A3B-FP8.yaml

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ tasks:
     value: 0.7142
   - name: "exact_match,flexible-extract"
     value: 0.4579
-env_vars:
-  VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_MOE_FP8: "1"
-  VLLM_FLASHINFER_MOE_BACKEND: "throughput"
+moe_backend: "flashinfer_cutlass"
 limit: 1319
 num_fewshot: 5
 max_model_len: 262144

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/run-lm-eval-chartqa-vllm-vlm-baseline.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # We can use this script to compute baseline accuracy on chartqa for vllm.
 #
 # Make sure you have lm-eval-harness installed:
-#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11"
+#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.12"
 
 usage() {
     echo``

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/run-lm-eval-gsm-hf-baseline.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # We can use this script to compute baseline accuracy on GSM for transformers.
 #
 # Make sure you have lm-eval-harness installed:
-#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11"
+#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.12"
 
 usage() {
     echo``

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/run-lm-eval-gsm-vllm-baseline.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # We use this for fp8, which HF does not support.
 #
 # Make sure you have lm-eval-harness installed:
-#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11"
+#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.12"
 
 usage() {
     echo``

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/run-lm-eval-mmlupro-vllm-baseline.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # We use this for fp8, which HF does not support.
 #
 # Make sure you have lm-eval-harness installed:
-#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11"
+#   pip install "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.12"
 
 usage() {
     echo``

.buildkite/lm-eval-harness/test_lm_eval_correctness.py

@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ def launch_lm_eval(eval_config, tp_size):
     if current_platform.is_rocm() and "Nemotron-3" in eval_config["model_name"]:
         model_args += "attention_backend=TRITON_ATTN"
 
+    moe_backend = eval_config.get("moe_backend", None)
+    if moe_backend is not None:
+        model_args += f"moe_backend={moe_backend},"
+
+    if current_platform.is_rocm():
+        rocm_load_strategy = eval_config.get("rocm_safetensors_load_strategy")
+        if rocm_load_strategy is not None:
+            model_args += f"safetensors_load_strategy={rocm_load_strategy},"
+
     env_vars = eval_config.get("env_vars", None)
     with scoped_env_vars(env_vars):
         results = lm_eval.simple_evaluate(

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/latency-tests-arm64-cpu.json

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     {
         "test_name": "latency_llama8B_tp1",
         "environment_variables": {
-            "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
             "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
             "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
             "VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE": 40

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/latency-tests-cpu.json

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     {
         "test_name": "latency_llama8B_tp2",
         "environment_variables": {
-            "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
 	    "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
 	    "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
 	    "VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 1,

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/serving-tests-arm64-cpu.json

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
       200
     ],
     "server_environment_variables": {
-      "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
       "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
       "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
       "VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 1,

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/serving-tests-cpu-asr.json

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     ],
     "max_concurrency_list": [12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128, 200],
     "server_environment_variables": {
-      "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
       "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120
     },
     "server_parameters": {

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/serving-tests-cpu-embed.json

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       128
     ],
     "server_environment_variables": {
-      "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
       "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
       "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
       "VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 1,

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/serving-tests-cpu-text.json

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     ],
     "max_concurrency_list": [12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128, 200],
     "server_environment_variables": {
-      "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
       "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
       "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
       "VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 1,
@@ -31,30 +30,9 @@
     }
   },
   "tests": [
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_sharegpt",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
-        "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp2_sharegpt",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
-        "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json"
-      }
-    },
     {
       "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "dataset_name": "random",
@@ -62,158 +40,10 @@
         "random-output-len": 128
       }
     },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp2_random_128_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp4_random_128_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 4
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_128_2048",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 2048
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp2_random_128_2048",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 2048
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp4_random_128_2048",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 4
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 2048
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_2048_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 2048,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp2_random_2048_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 2048,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp4_random_2048_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 4
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 2048,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_2048_2048",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 2048,
-        "random-output-len": 2048
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp2_random_2048_2048",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 2048,
-        "random-output-len": 2048
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp4_random_2048_2048",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 4
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 2048,
-        "random-output-len": 2048
-      }
-    },
     {
       "test_name": "serving_llama8B_int4_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4",
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_int4_tp2_random_128_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4",
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_int4_tp4_random_128_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 4
+        "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "hugging-quants/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-AWQ-INT4",
@@ -225,8 +55,7 @@
     {
       "test_name": "serving_llama8B_int8_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8",
@@ -236,26 +65,12 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_int8_tp2_random_128_128",
+      "test_name": "serving_llama1B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 2
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
-        "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8",
-        "dataset_name": "random",
-        "random-input-len": 128,
-        "random-output-len": 128
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_int8_tp4_random_128_128",
-      "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 4
-      },
-      "client_parameters": {
-        "model": "RedHatAI/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-quantized.w8a8",
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
         "dataset_name": "random",
         "random-input-len": 128,
         "random-output-len": 128
@@ -264,8 +79,7 @@
     {
       "test_name": "serving_llama3B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
@@ -274,11 +88,22 @@
         "random-output-len": 128
       }
     },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama70B_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
     {
       "test_name": "serving_granite2B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "ibm-granite/granite-3.2-2b-instruct",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "ibm-granite/granite-3.2-2b-instruct"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "ibm-granite/granite-3.2-2b-instruct",
@@ -290,8 +115,7 @@
     {
       "test_name": "serving_qwen1.7B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B",
@@ -303,8 +127,7 @@
     {
       "test_name": "serving_qwen4B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-4B",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-4B"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-4B",
@@ -316,8 +139,7 @@
     {
       "test_name": "serving_qwen8B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-8B",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-8B"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-8B",
@@ -326,11 +148,34 @@
         "random-output-len": 128
       }
     },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_qwen14B_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-14B"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-14B",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_qwen30B_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
     {
       "test_name": "serving_glm9B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "zai-org/glm-4-9b-hf",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "zai-org/glm-4-9b-hf"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "zai-org/glm-4-9b-hf",
@@ -342,8 +187,7 @@
     {
       "test_name": "serving_gemma7B_tp1_random_128_128",
       "server_parameters": {
-        "model": "google/gemma-7b",
-        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+        "model": "google/gemma-7b"
       },
       "client_parameters": {
         "model": "google/gemma-7b",
@@ -351,6 +195,94 @@
         "random-input-len": 128,
         "random-output-len": 128
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_gemma3-4b_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_environment_variables": {
+	"VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 0
+      },
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-3-4b-it"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-3-4b-it",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_gemma3-12b_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_environment_variables": {
+	"VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 0
+      },
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-3-12b-it"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-3-12b-it",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_gemma4-4b_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_environment_variables": {
+	"VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 0
+      },
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-E4B-it"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-E4B-it",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_gemma4-2b_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_environment_variables": {
+	"VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 0
+      },
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-E2B-it"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-E2B-it",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_gemma4-26b_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_environment_variables": {
+	"VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 0,
+        "VLLM_CPU_ATTN_SPLIT_KV": 0
+      },
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_phi4_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "microsoft/Phi-4-reasoning"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "microsoft/Phi-4-reasoning",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
     }
   ]
 }

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/serving-tests-cpu.json

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     ],
     "max_concurrency_list": [12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128, 200],
     "server_environment_variables": {
-      "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
       "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
       "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
       "VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 1,

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/serving-tests.json

@@ -1,77 +1,107 @@
-[
-    {
-        "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_sharegpt",
-        "qps_list": [1, 4, 16, "inf"],
-        "server_parameters": {
-            "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
-            "tensor_parallel_size": 1,
-            "disable_log_stats": "",
-            "load_format": "dummy"
-        },
-        "client_parameters": {
-            "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
-            "backend": "vllm",
-            "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
-            "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json",
-            "temperature": 0,
-            "num_prompts": 200
-        }
+{
+  "defaults": {
+    "qps_list": [
+      "inf"
+    ],
+    "max_concurrency_list": [12, 16, 24, 32, 64, 128, 200],
+    "server_parameters": {
+      "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
+      "tensor_parallel_size": 1,
+      "dtype": "bfloat16"
     },
-    {
-        "test_name": "serving_llama70B_tp4_sharegpt",
-        "qps_list": [1, 4, 16, "inf"],
-        "server_parameters": {
-            "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct",
-            "tensor_parallel_size": 4,
-            "disable_log_stats": "",
-            "load_format": "dummy"
-        },
-        "client_parameters": {
-            "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct",
-            "backend": "vllm",
-            "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
-            "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json",
-            "temperature": 0,
-            "num_prompts": 200
-        }
-    },
-    {
-        "test_name": "serving_mixtral8x7B_tp2_sharegpt",
-        "qps_list": [1, 4, 16, "inf"],
-        "server_parameters": {
-            "model": "mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1",
-            "tensor_parallel_size": 2,
-            "disable_log_stats": "",
-            "load_format": "dummy"
-        },
-        "client_parameters": {
-            "model": "mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1",
-            "backend": "vllm",
-            "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
-            "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json",
-            "temperature": 0,
-            "num_prompts": 200
-        }
-    },
-    {
-        "test_name": "serving_llama70B_tp4_sharegpt_specdecode",
-        "qps_list": [2],
-        "server_parameters": {
-            "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct", 
-            "tensor_parallel_size": 4,
-            "speculative_config": {
-                "model": "turboderp/Qwama-0.5B-Instruct",
-                "num_speculative_tokens": 4,
-                "draft_tensor_parallel_size": 1
-            }
-        },
-        "client_parameters": {
-            "model": "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct",
-            "backend": "vllm",
-            "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
-            "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json",
-            "temperature": 0,
-            "num_prompts": 200 
-        }
+    "client_parameters": {
+      "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
+      "backend": "vllm",
+      "ignore-eos": "",
+      "temperature": 0,
+      "num_prompts": 200
     }
-]
+  },
+  "tests": [
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_sharegpt",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "dataset_name": "sharegpt",
+        "dataset_path": "./ShareGPT_V3_unfiltered_cleaned_split.json"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_128_2048",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 2048
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_2048_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 2048,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama8B_tp1_random_2048_2048",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "tensor_parallel_size": 1
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 2048,
+        "random-output-len": 2048
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_llama70B_tp4_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct",
+        "async_scheduling": "",
+	"no_enable_prefix_caching": "",
+        "max_num_batched_tokens": 8192
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "test_name": "serving_gemma4-e4b_tp1_random_128_128",
+      "server_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-E4B-it",
+	"enable_auto_tool_choice": "",
+	"tool_call_parser": "gemma4",
+	"chat_template": "examples/tool_chat_template_gemma4.jinja",
+	"reasoning_parser": "gemma4"
+      },
+      "client_parameters": {
+        "model": "google/gemma-4-E4B-it",
+        "dataset_name": "random",
+        "random-input-len": 128,
+        "random-output-len": 128
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/throughput-tests-arm64-cpu.json

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     {
         "test_name": "throughput_llama8B_tp1",
         "environment_variables": {
-            "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
             "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
             "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
             "VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE": 40

.buildkite/performance-benchmarks/tests/throughput-tests-cpu.json

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     {
         "test_name": "throughput_llama8B_tp2",
         "environment_variables": {
-            "VLLM_RPC_TIMEOUT": 100000,
 	    "VLLM_ALLOW_LONG_MAX_MODEL_LEN": 1,
 	    "VLLM_ENGINE_ITERATION_TIMEOUT_S": 120,
 	    "VLLM_CPU_SGL_KERNEL": 1,

.buildkite/scripts/annotate-build-artifact.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+#
+# Append a build artifact line to the Buildkite annotation.
+# Usage: annotate-build-artifact.sh <label> <value> <context>
+set -e
+echo "- **${1}**: \`${2}\`" | \
+  buildkite-agent annotate --append --style 'info' \
+    --context "${3:?context is required}"

.buildkite/scripts/annotate-image-build.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+#
+# Append the Docker image tag(s) an image-build step pushed to a Buildkite
+# annotation, so the built image tags show up on the build page instead of
+# being buried in the job logs.
+#
+# Usage: annotate-image-build.sh <image_tag> [<image_tag> ...]
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# buildkite-agent only exists on Buildkite agents; no-op elsewhere so the
+# image build scripts stay runnable locally.
+if ! command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "buildkite-agent not found; skipping image tag annotation"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+label="${BUILDKITE_LABEL:-Image build}"
+content=""
+for image in "$@"; do
+    [[ -n "$image" ]] || continue
+    content+="- **${label}**: \`${image}\`"$'\n'
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$content" ]]; then
+    echo "No image tags provided; nothing to annotate"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Best-effort: a flaky annotation must never fail an otherwise successful
+# (and expensive) image build.
+if ! printf '%s' "$content" | \
+    buildkite-agent annotate --append --style 'info' --context 'docker-images'; then
+    echo "warning: failed to annotate build with image tags"
+fi

.buildkite/scripts/annotate-release.sh

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -ex
-
-# Get release version, default to 1.0.0.dev for nightly/per-commit builds
-RELEASE_VERSION=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//')
-if [ -z "${RELEASE_VERSION}" ]; then
-  RELEASE_VERSION="1.0.0.dev"
-fi
-
-buildkite-agent annotate --style 'info' --context 'release-workflow' << EOF
-To download the wheel (by commit):
-\`\`\`
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_aarch64.whl .
-
-(Optional) For CUDA 12.9:
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cu129-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_31_aarch64.whl .
-
-(Optional) For CPU:
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cpu-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_x86_64.whl .
-aws s3 cp s3://vllm-wheels/${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}/vllm-${RELEASE_VERSION}+cpu-cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_35_aarch64.whl .
-\`\`\`
-
-Docker images are published automatically by the "Publish release images to DockerHub" pipeline step.
-EOF

.buildkite/scripts/build-macos-wheel.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+#
+# Build the macOS arm64 CPU wheel natively on a macOS agent (the `macmini`
+# queue) into artifacts/dist/ for upload-nightly-wheels.sh.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# The macmini queue uses persistent checkouts, so refresh tags for setuptools-scm.
+git fetch --tags --force origin
+
+# The Rust frontend build needs protoc.
+if ! command -v protoc >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  brew install protobuf
+fi
+
+# upload-nightly-wheels.sh expects exactly one wheel.
+rm -rf artifacts/dist
+mkdir -p artifacts/dist
+
+export VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=cpu
+export VLLM_REQUIRE_RUST_FRONTEND=1
+export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0
+# uv's CPython is universal2; force an arm64-only build and tag so the wheel
+# isn't mislabelled universal2 and installed on Intel Macs where import fails.
+export ARCHFLAGS="-arch arm64"
+export _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM="macosx-11.0-arm64"
+export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL="${CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL:-4}"
+
+uv venv --python 3.12
+uv pip install -r requirements/build/cpu.txt --index-strategy unsafe-best-match
+uv build --wheel --no-build-isolation -o artifacts/dist
+
+ls -l artifacts/dist/*.whl

.buildkite/scripts/check-ray-compatibility.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ if python3 -c "import torch; assert torch.version.hip" 2>/dev/null; then
         TORCH_INDEX_URL=""
     fi
 else
-    TORCH_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu130"
+    if [ "${TORCH_NIGHTLY:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        TORCH_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu130"
+    else
+        TORCH_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu130"
+    fi
 fi
 echo ">>> Using PyTorch index: ${TORCH_INDEX_URL:-PyPI default}"
 

.buildkite/scripts/ci-clean-log.sh

@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ INPUT_FILE="$1"
 # Strip timestamps
 sed -i 's/^\[[0-9]\{4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}T[0-9]\{2\}:[0-9]\{2\}:[0-9]\{2\}Z\] //' "$INPUT_FILE"
 
+# Strip Buildkite inline timestamp markers (ESC _bk;t=<ms> BEL)
+sed -i 's/\x1B_bk;t=[0-9]*\x07//g' "$INPUT_FILE"
+
 # Strip colorization
 sed -i -r 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g' "$INPUT_FILE"

.buildkite/scripts/ci-fetch-log.sh

@@ -1,55 +1,178 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Usage: ./ci-fetch-log.sh <buildkite_job_url> [output_file]
-#        ./ci-fetch-log.sh <build_number> <job_uuid> [output_file]
+# Fetch vLLM Buildkite CI logs (public; no login required).
 #
-# Downloads the raw log for a Buildkite job from the public, unauthenticated
-# /organizations/<org>/pipelines/<pipeline>/builds/<n>/jobs/<uuid>/download
-# endpoint, then strips ANSI/timestamps via ci-clean-log.sh.
+# Usage:
+#   ci-fetch-log.sh [--soft|--all] --pr [<PR>]  failed jobs in the PR's latest
+#                                               build (current branch if omitted)
+#   ci-fetch-log.sh [--soft|--all] <build_url>  failed jobs in that build
+#   ci-fetch-log.sh <job_url> [output]          one job; both #<job_uuid> and
+#                                               ?sid=<id> URL forms work
+#   ci-fetch-log.sh <build> <job_uuid> [output]
 #
-# Find <build_number> and <job_uuid> via:
-#   gh pr checks <PR> --repo vllm-project/vllm
-# Each failing row's URL is .../builds/<build_number>#<job_uuid>.
+# --soft also fetches soft-failed jobs; --all fetches every finished job.
+# Saves each log as ci-<build>-<job-name>.log (ANSI/timestamps stripped) and
+# prints "<file>\t<job name>" per job. [output] is single-job only; "-"
+# streams to stdout. Existing files are kept; CI_FETCH_LOG_FORCE=1 refetches.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
 ORG="vllm"
 PIPELINE="ci"
+UA="vllm-ci-fetch-log"
+UUID_RE='[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}'
 
 usage() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 <buildkite_job_url> [output_file]"
-    echo "       $0 <build_number> <job_uuid> [output_file]"
+    sed -n '2,15p' "$0" | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//'
     exit 1
 }
 
-if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then usage; fi
+die() {
+    echo "$1" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
 
-if [[ "$1" == https://* ]]; then
+BUILD="" JOB="" SID="" OUT=""
+SCOPE="failed"
+
+while :; do
+    case "${1:-}" in
+    --soft) SCOPE="soft" ;;
+    --all) SCOPE="all" ;;
+    *) break ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+--pr)
+    PR="${2:-}"
+    # gh pr checks exits non-zero when checks are failing; that is the
+    # expected case here.
+    URL=$(gh pr checks ${PR:+"$PR"} --repo vllm-project/vllm 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -oE "https://buildkite.com/${ORG}/${PIPELINE}/builds/[0-9]+" |
+        sort -t/ -k7 -n | tail -1 || true)
+    [ -n "$URL" ] || die "No Buildkite build found via: gh pr checks ${PR:-<current branch>}"
+    BUILD="${URL##*/}"
+    ;;
+https://*)
     BUILD=$(echo "$1" | sed -nE 's#.*/builds/([0-9]+).*#\1#p')
-    JOB=$(echo "$1" | grep -oE '[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f-]+' | head -n 1)
-    OUT="${2:-ci-${BUILD}-${JOB:0:8}.log}"
-else
-    if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then usage; fi
+    JOB=$(echo "$1" | grep -oE "#${UUID_RE}" | head -n 1 | cut -c2- || true)
+    SID=$(echo "$1" | grep -oE "[?&]sid=${UUID_RE}" | head -n 1 | sed 's/.*sid=//' || true)
+    OUT="${2:-}"
+    [ -n "$BUILD" ] || die "Could not parse build number from: $1"
+    ;;
+[0-9]*)
+    [ $# -ge 2 ] || usage
     BUILD="$1"
     JOB="$2"
-    OUT="${3:-ci-${BUILD}-${JOB:0:8}.log}"
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$BUILD" ] || [ -z "$JOB" ]; then
-    echo "Could not parse build number or job UUID from: $1" >&2
+    OUT="${3:-}"
+    ;;
+*)
     usage
-fi
+    ;;
+esac
 
 COOKIES=$(mktemp)
-trap 'rm -f "$COOKIES"' EXIT
+JOBS_TSV=$(mktemp)
+trap 'rm -f "$COOKIES" "$JOBS_TSV"' EXIT
 
-# Buildkite issues a session cookie on first hit; subsequent /download needs it.
-curl -fsSL -c "$COOKIES" -A "vllm-ci-fetch-log" \
+# Buildkite issues a session cookie on first hit; later requests need it.
+curl -fsSL -c "$COOKIES" -A "$UA" \
     "https://buildkite.com/${ORG}/${PIPELINE}/builds/${BUILD}" -o /dev/null
 
-curl -fsSL -b "$COOKIES" -A "vllm-ci-fetch-log" \
-    "https://buildkite.com/organizations/${ORG}/pipelines/${PIPELINE}/builds/${BUILD}/jobs/${JOB}/download" \
-    -o "$OUT"
+# The build's job list (id, step uuid, state, name) is served as JSON from
+# the user-facing /data/jobs endpoint. Flatten it to TSV for easy filtering:
+#   job_id  step_uuid  failed  soft_failed  finished  slug  name
+curl -fsSL -b "$COOKIES" -A "$UA" \
+    "https://buildkite.com/${ORG}/${PIPELINE}/builds/${BUILD}/data/jobs" |
+    python3 -c '
+import json, re, sys
 
-bash "$(dirname "$0")/ci-clean-log.sh" "$OUT"
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+if data.get("has_next_page"):
+    print("warning: job list is paginated; some jobs not shown", file=sys.stderr)
+for r in data["records"]:
+    if r.get("type") != "script":
+        continue
+    name = (r.get("name") or "").replace("\t", " ").replace("\n", " ")
+    slug = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]+", "-", name.lower()).strip("-")[:60]
+    print("\t".join([
+        r["id"],
+        r.get("step_uuid") or "",
+        str(r.get("passed") is False),
+        str(bool(r.get("soft_failed"))),
+        str(bool(r.get("finished_at"))),
+        slug,
+        name,
+    ]))
+' >"$JOBS_TSV" || die "Could not list jobs for build ${BUILD}"
 
-echo "$OUT"
+if [ -n "$SID" ] && [ -z "$JOB" ]; then
+    # The ?sid= in builds/<N>/list URLs is the *step* uuid, not the job uuid.
+    JOB=$(awk -F'\t' -v s="$SID" '$1 == s || $2 == s {print $1; exit}' "$JOBS_TSV")
+    [ -n "$JOB" ] || die "No job matching sid=${SID} in build ${BUILD}"
+fi
+
+fetch_job() { # <job_uuid> <output_file>
+    curl -fsSL -b "$COOKIES" -A "$UA" \
+        "https://buildkite.com/organizations/${ORG}/pipelines/${PIPELINE}/builds/${BUILD}/jobs/$1/download" \
+        -o "$2"
+    bash "$(dirname "$0")/ci-clean-log.sh" "$2"
+}
+
+if [ -n "$JOB" ]; then
+    # Single-job mode.
+    NAME=$(awk -F'\t' -v j="$JOB" '$1 == j {print $7; exit}' "$JOBS_TSV")
+    SLUG=$(awk -F'\t' -v j="$JOB" '$1 == j {print $6; exit}' "$JOBS_TSV")
+    [ -n "$OUT" ] || OUT="ci-${BUILD}-${SLUG:-${JOB:0:13}}.log"
+    if [ "$OUT" = "-" ]; then
+        TMP=$(mktemp)
+        fetch_job "$JOB" "$TMP"
+        cat "$TMP"
+        rm -f "$TMP"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    if [ -e "$OUT" ] && [ -z "${CI_FETCH_LOG_FORCE:-}" ]; then
+        die "Refusing to overwrite existing ${OUT} (set CI_FETCH_LOG_FORCE=1 or pass an output path)."
+    fi
+    fetch_job "$JOB" "$OUT"
+    printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OUT" "${NAME:-$JOB}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Build-wide mode: fetch finished jobs matching $SCOPE.
+[ -z "$OUT" ] || die "[output_file] is only valid when fetching a single job."
+
+case "$SCOPE" in
+failed) FILTER='$3 == "True" && $4 == "False" && $5 == "True"' ;;
+soft) FILTER='$3 == "True" && $5 == "True"' ;;
+all) FILTER='$5 == "True"' ;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$SCOPE" = "failed" ]; then
+    SOFT=$(awk -F'\t' '$3 == "True" && $4 == "True"' "$JOBS_TSV" | wc -l)
+    [ "$SOFT" -eq 0 ] || echo "Skipping ${SOFT} soft-failed job(s); use --soft to include them." >&2
+fi
+
+FOUND=0
+EMITTED=" "
+while IFS=$'\t' read -r job_id _ _ _ _ slug name; do
+    FOUND=$((FOUND + 1))
+    out="ci-${BUILD}-${slug:-${job_id:0:13}}.log"
+    # Retries share a name with the original job; disambiguate by uuid.
+    case "$EMITTED" in
+    *" $out "*) out="ci-${BUILD}-${slug:-job}-${job_id:0:13}.log" ;;
+    esac
+    EMITTED="${EMITTED}${out} "
+    if [ -e "$out" ] && [ -z "${CI_FETCH_LOG_FORCE:-}" ]; then
+        echo "Keeping existing ${out} (set CI_FETCH_LOG_FORCE=1 to refetch)." >&2
+    elif ! fetch_job "$job_id" "$out"; then
+        echo "Failed to download log for job ${job_id} (${name})." >&2
+        continue
+    fi
+    printf '%s\t%s\n' "$out" "$name"
+done < <(awk -F'\t' "$FILTER" "$JOBS_TSV")
+
+if [ "$FOUND" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "No matching jobs in build ${BUILD} (scope: ${SCOPE})." >&2
+fi

.buildkite/scripts/generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh

@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ $PYTHON .buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py --version "$SUBPATH" --curr
 echo "Uploading indices to $S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 
-# copy to /nightly/ only if it is on the main branch and not a PR
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]]; then
+# copy to /nightly/ only when enabled for a main branch build that is not a PR
+if [[ "${UPDATE_NIGHTLY_INDEX:-1}" == "1" && \
+      "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && \
+      "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]]; then
     echo "Uploading indices to overwrite /nightly/"
     aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "s3://$BUCKET/nightly/"
 fi
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ pure_version="${version%%+*}"
 echo "Pure version (without variant): $pure_version"
 
 # re-generate and copy to /<pure_version>/ only if it does not have "dev" in the version
-if [[ "$version" != *"dev"* ]]; then
+if [[ "${UPDATE_VERSION_INDEX:-1}" == "1" && "$version" != *"dev"* ]]; then
     echo "Re-generating indices for /$pure_version/"
     rm -rf "${INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR:?}"
     mkdir -p "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR"

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-amd-test.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# This script runs tests inside the corresponding ROCm docker container.
-# It handles both single-node and multi-node test configurations.
+# This script runs ROCm tests either directly in a native CI pod or inside the
+# corresponding Docker container. Multi-node tests continue to use Docker.
 #
 # Multi-node detection: Instead of matching on fragile group names, we detect
 # multi-node jobs structurally by looking for the bracket command syntax
@@ -28,32 +28,68 @@
 ###############################################################################
 set -o pipefail
 
-# Export Python path
-export PYTHONPATH=".."
+: "${BUILDKIT_PROGRESS:=plain}"
+: "${TERM:=xterm-256color}"
+: "${FORCE_COLOR:=1}"
+: "${CLICOLOR_FORCE:=1}"
+: "${PY_COLORS:=1}"
+: "${ROCM_DOCKER_TTY:=1}"
+: "${PYTHONFAULTHANDLER:=1}"
+: "${PYTEST_TIMEOUT:=2400}"
+if [[ " ${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:-} " != *" --color"* ]]; then
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS="${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:+${PYTEST_ADDOPTS} }--color=yes"
+fi
+if [[ " ${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:-} " != *" --durations="* ]]; then
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS="${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:+${PYTEST_ADDOPTS} }--durations=25"
+fi
+if [[ " ${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:-} " != *" --durations-min="* ]]; then
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS="${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:+${PYTEST_ADDOPTS} }--durations-min=1.0"
+fi
+# Dump stacks after 25 minutes, then stop an individual test after 40 minutes.
+if [[ " ${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:-} " != *" faulthandler_timeout="* ]]; then
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS="${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:+${PYTEST_ADDOPTS} }-o faulthandler_timeout=1500"
+fi
+if [[ " ${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:-} " != *" --timeout-method="* &&
+  " ${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:-} " != *" --timeout-method "* ]]; then
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS="${PYTEST_ADDOPTS:+${PYTEST_ADDOPTS} }--timeout-method=thread"
+fi
+export BUILDKIT_PROGRESS TERM FORCE_COLOR CLICOLOR_FORCE PY_COLORS PYTEST_ADDOPTS PYTEST_TIMEOUT ROCM_DOCKER_TTY
+export PYTHONFAULTHANDLER
+
+# Export Python path for commands that run directly on the host. Containerized
+# tests set this to /vllm-workspace below so spawned Python processes do not
+# depend on their current working directory.
+export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH:-..}"
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Helper Functions
 ###############################################################################
 
-cleanup_docker() {
-  # Get Docker's root directory
-  docker_root=$(docker info -f '{{.DockerRootDir}}')
-  if [ -z "$docker_root" ]; then
-    echo "Failed to determine Docker root directory."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  echo "Docker root directory: $docker_root"
+report_docker_usage() {
+  echo "--- Docker usage"
+  docker system df || true
+}
 
-  disk_usage=$(df "$docker_root" | tail -1 | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/%//')
-  threshold=70
-  if [ "$disk_usage" -gt "$threshold" ]; then
-    echo "Disk usage is above $threshold%. Cleaning up Docker images and volumes..."
-    docker image prune -f
-    docker volume prune -f && docker system prune --force --filter "until=72h" --all
-    echo "Docker images and volumes cleanup completed."
-  else
-    echo "Disk usage is below $threshold%. No cleanup needed."
-  fi
+clear_ci_orchestration_env() {
+  unset -v \
+    VLLM_TEST_GROUP_NAME \
+    VLLM_CI_REQUIRE_PERSISTENT_HF_CACHE \
+    VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_STEP \
+    VLLM_TEST_CACHE \
+    VLLM_CI_EXECUTION_MODE \
+    VLLM_CI_WORKSPACE \
+    VLLM_CI_REQUIRE_WORKSPACE_MOUNT \
+    VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS \
+    VLLM_CI_BRANCH \
+    VLLM_CI_BASE_IMAGE \
+    VLLM_CI_FALLBACK_IMAGE \
+    VLLM_CI_DOCKER_DISABLED \
+    VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_GLOB \
+    VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_CHECKSUM_GLOB \
+    VLLM_CI_EXPECTED_GPU_COUNT \
+    VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS \
+    VLLM_CI_RESULTS_ROOT \
+    VLLM_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_BEAM_SEARCH
 }
 
 cleanup_network() {
@@ -68,6 +104,383 @@ cleanup_network() {
   fi
 }
 
+prepare_artifact_image() {
+  if [[ "${VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if ! command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "buildkite-agent not found; cannot download ROCm wheel artifact"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local artifact_glob="${VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_GLOB:-artifacts/vllm-rocm-install/vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz}"
+  local archive=""
+  local metadata_file=""
+  local base_image="${VLLM_CI_BASE_IMAGE:-rocm/vllm-dev:ci_base}"
+  local artifact_image=""
+  local artifact_key=""
+  local base_digest=""
+  local wheel_dir=""
+  local context_dir=""
+  local workspace_dir=""
+
+  artifact_work_dir=$(mktemp -d -t vllm-rocm-artifact.XXXXXX)
+  wheel_dir="${artifact_work_dir}/wheels"
+  context_dir="${artifact_work_dir}/context"
+  workspace_dir="${context_dir}/workspace"
+  mkdir -p "${wheel_dir}" "${context_dir}/wheels" "${workspace_dir}"
+
+  echo "--- Downloading ROCm wheel artifact"
+  if ! buildkite-agent artifact download "${artifact_glob}" "${artifact_work_dir}"; then
+    echo "Failed to download ${artifact_glob}"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  buildkite-agent artifact download \
+    "artifacts/vllm-rocm-install/ci-base-image.txt" \
+    "${artifact_work_dir}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+  archive=$(find "${artifact_work_dir}" -name "vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz" -type f | head -1)
+  if [[ -z "${archive}" || ! -f "${archive}" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm wheel artifact archive was not found"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  metadata_file=$(find "${artifact_work_dir}" -name "ci-base-image.txt" -type f | head -1)
+  if [[ -n "${metadata_file}" && -s "${metadata_file}" ]]; then
+    base_image=$(tr -d '[:space:]' < "${metadata_file}")
+  fi
+
+  echo "--- Preparing local ROCm test image"
+  echo "Base image: ${base_image}"
+  docker pull "${base_image}" || return 1
+  base_digest=$(
+    docker image inspect \
+      --format='{{if .RepoDigests}}{{index .RepoDigests 0}}{{else}}{{.Id}}{{end}}' \
+      "${base_image}" 2>/dev/null || printf '%s' "${base_image}"
+  )
+
+  artifact_key=$(
+    {
+      printf 'base-image:%s\n' "${base_digest}"
+      sha256sum "${archive}"
+    } | sha256sum | cut -c1-24
+  )
+  artifact_image="rocm/vllm-ci-artifact:${artifact_key}"
+
+  if docker image inspect "${artifact_image}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Using existing local ROCm artifact image: ${artifact_image}"
+    image_name="${artifact_image}"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  tar -xzf "${archive}" -C "${wheel_dir}" || return 1
+  if ! ls "${wheel_dir}"/*.whl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "ROCm wheel artifact did not contain a wheel"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if [[ ! -d "${wheel_dir}/tests" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm wheel artifact did not contain the test workspace"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  cp "${wheel_dir}"/*.whl "${context_dir}/wheels/" || return 1
+  tar -C "${wheel_dir}" \
+    --exclude='*.whl' \
+    --exclude='.vllm-ci-artifact' \
+    --exclude='./.vllm-ci-artifact' \
+    -cf - . \
+    | tar -C "${workspace_dir}" -xf - || return 1
+  cat > "${context_dir}/Dockerfile" <<'EOF'
+ARG BASE_IMAGE
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
+COPY wheels/ /tmp/vllm-wheels/
+COPY workspace/ /vllm-workspace/
+RUN python3 -m pip install --no-deps --force-reinstall /tmp/vllm-wheels/*.whl \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/vllm-wheels
+WORKDIR /vllm-workspace
+EOF
+
+  echo "--- Building local ROCm test image"
+  docker build \
+    --pull=false \
+    --progress "${BUILDKIT_PROGRESS}" \
+    --build-arg "BASE_IMAGE=${base_image}" \
+    -t "${artifact_image}" \
+    "${context_dir}" || return 1
+  image_name="${artifact_image}"
+  return 0
+}
+
+is_native_runtime() {
+  [[ "${AMD_CI_RUNTIME:-}" == "native" || "${NATIVE_CI:-}" == "true" ]]
+}
+
+validate_native_workspace() {
+  local workspace_dir="${VLLM_CI_WORKSPACE:-/vllm-workspace}"
+  local workspace_real=""
+  local checkout_real=""
+  local workspace_mount=""
+
+  mkdir -p "${workspace_dir}" || return 1
+  workspace_real=$(readlink -m "${workspace_dir}") || return 1
+  if [[ -n "${BUILDKITE_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH:-}" ]]; then
+    checkout_real=$(readlink -m "${BUILDKITE_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH}") || return 1
+    if [[ "${checkout_real}" == "${workspace_real}" \
+      || "${checkout_real}" == "${workspace_real}/"* \
+      || "${workspace_real}" == "${checkout_real}/"* ]]; then
+      echo "Refusing to replace ${workspace_real}; it overlaps the Buildkite checkout ${checkout_real}" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+  if [[ "${VLLM_CI_REQUIRE_WORKSPACE_MOUNT:-1}" == "1" ]]; then
+    if ! command -v findmnt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "findmnt is required to verify the native workspace mount" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+    workspace_mount=$(findmnt -n -T "${workspace_real}" -o TARGET 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [[ "$(readlink -m "${workspace_mount:-/}")" != "${workspace_real}" ]]; then
+      echo "Native CI requires a dedicated volume mounted at ${workspace_real}" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+prepare_native_workspace() {
+  if [[ "${VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
+    echo "Native CI requires VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS=1"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if ! command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "buildkite-agent not found; cannot download ROCm wheel artifact"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  validate_native_workspace || return 1
+
+  local artifact_glob="${VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_GLOB:-artifacts/vllm-rocm-install/vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz}"
+  local artifact_checksum_glob="${VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_CHECKSUM_GLOB:-${artifact_glob}.sha256}"
+  local artifact_step="${VLLM_CI_ARTIFACT_STEP:-image-build-amd}"
+  local archive=""
+  local checksum=""
+  local download_dir=""
+  local metadata_dir=""
+  local recorded_base=""
+  local recorded_commit=""
+  local recorded_wheel=""
+  local workspace_dir="${VLLM_CI_WORKSPACE:-/vllm-workspace}"
+  local wheel_dir=""
+  local attempt=0
+  local attempt_dir=""
+  local -a archives=()
+  local -a checksums=()
+  local -a wheels=()
+
+  artifact_work_dir=$(mktemp -d -t vllm-rocm-artifact.XXXXXX) || return 1
+  wheel_dir="${artifact_work_dir}/wheels"
+  mkdir -p "${wheel_dir}" || return 1
+
+  echo "--- Downloading ROCm wheel artifact from ${artifact_step} (native in-pod)"
+  for attempt in 1 2 3; do
+    attempt_dir="${artifact_work_dir}/download-${attempt}"
+    rm -rf "${attempt_dir}" || return 1
+    mkdir -p "${attempt_dir}" || return 1
+    if buildkite-agent artifact download \
+      "${artifact_glob}" "${attempt_dir}" --step "${artifact_step}" \
+      && buildkite-agent artifact download \
+        "${artifact_checksum_glob}" "${attempt_dir}" --step "${artifact_step}"; then
+      download_dir="${attempt_dir}"
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "Artifact download attempt ${attempt}/3 failed"
+    if [[ "${attempt}" -lt 3 ]]; then
+      sleep $((attempt * 2))
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ -z "${download_dir}" ]]; then
+    echo "Failed to download ${artifact_glob} and ${artifact_checksum_glob} from ${artifact_step}"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  mapfile -t archives < <(
+    find "${download_dir}" -name "vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz" -type f -print
+  )
+  mapfile -t checksums < <(
+    find "${download_dir}" -name "vllm-rocm-install.tar.gz.sha256" -type f -print
+  )
+  if [[ ${#archives[@]} -ne 1 || ${#checksums[@]} -ne 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Expected exactly one ROCm archive and checksum; found ${#archives[@]} archive(s) and ${#checksums[@]} checksum(s)" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  archive="${archives[0]}"
+  checksum="${checksums[0]}"
+  if [[ "$(dirname "${archive}")" != "$(dirname "${checksum}")" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm archive and checksum were downloaded to different directories" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  (
+    cd "$(dirname "${archive}")"
+    sha256sum -c "$(basename "${checksum}")"
+  ) || return 1
+
+  tar --no-same-owner -xzf "${archive}" -C "${wheel_dir}" || return 1
+  mapfile -t wheels < <(
+    find "${wheel_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.whl' -print
+  )
+  if [[ ${#wheels[@]} -ne 1 ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm artifact must contain exactly one top-level wheel; found ${#wheels[@]}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  metadata_dir="${wheel_dir}/.vllm-ci-artifact"
+  for metadata_file in commit.txt native-base-image.txt wheel-filename.txt; do
+    if [[ ! -s "${metadata_dir}/${metadata_file}" ]]; then
+      echo "ROCm artifact metadata is missing ${metadata_file}" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  done
+  for metadata_file in ci-base-image.txt fallback-image.txt; do
+    if [[ ! -f "${metadata_dir}/${metadata_file}" ]]; then
+      echo "ROCm artifact metadata is missing ${metadata_file}" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  recorded_commit=$(tr -d '\r\n' < "${metadata_dir}/commit.txt")
+  recorded_base=$(tr -d '\r\n' < "${metadata_dir}/native-base-image.txt")
+  recorded_wheel=$(tr -d '\r\n' < "${metadata_dir}/wheel-filename.txt")
+  if [[ -z "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:-}" || "${recorded_commit}" != "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm artifact commit ${recorded_commit} does not match ${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:-unset}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${VLLM_CI_BASE_IMAGE:-}" || "${recorded_base}" != "${VLLM_CI_BASE_IMAGE}" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm artifact base ${recorded_base} does not match ${VLLM_CI_BASE_IMAGE:-unset}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  if [[ "${recorded_wheel}" != "$(basename "${wheels[0]}")" ]]; then
+    echo "ROCm artifact wheel manifest ${recorded_wheel} does not match $(basename "${wheels[0]}")" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  for required_dir in tests .buildkite requirements; do
+    if [[ ! -d "${wheel_dir}/${required_dir}" ]]; then
+      echo "ROCm wheel artifact did not contain ${required_dir}/" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "--- Installing ROCm wheel into pod environment"
+  python3 -m pip install --no-deps --force-reinstall "${wheels[0]}" || return 1
+
+  echo "--- Preparing ${workspace_dir} from artifact"
+  find "${workspace_dir}" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf -- {} + || return 1
+  tar -C "${wheel_dir}" \
+    --exclude='*.whl' \
+    --exclude='.vllm-ci-artifact' \
+    --exclude='./.vllm-ci-artifact' \
+    -cf - . | tar --no-same-owner -C "${workspace_dir}" -xf - || return 1
+  if [[ ! -d "${workspace_dir}/tests" ]]; then
+    echo "Failed to stage the native test workspace" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+initialize_native_environment() {
+  local job_id="${BUILDKITE_JOB_ID:-${BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB:-local}}"
+  local job_id_suffix=""
+  local native_root=""
+  local hf_fstype=""
+  local hf_mount=""
+
+  if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Native ROCm CI currently requires the ci_base container to run as root" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  job_id="${job_id//[^A-Za-z0-9_.-]/_}"
+  job_id_suffix="${job_id##*-}"
+  job_id_suffix="${job_id_suffix:0:12}"
+  native_root="/tmp/vllm-native-${job_id}"
+  TMPDIR="/tmp/vllm-${job_id_suffix}/tmp"
+  VLLM_RPC_BASE_PATH="/tmp"
+  TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR="${native_root}/cache/torchinductor"
+  TRITON_CACHE_DIR="${native_root}/cache/triton"
+  VLLM_CACHE_ROOT="${native_root}/cache/vllm"
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME="${native_root}/cache/xdg"
+  : "${HF_HOME:=/home/buildkite-agent/huggingface}"
+  # datasets uses POSIX locks that are unsupported by the shared HF NFS cache.
+  # Keep processed datasets job-local while retaining the persistent Hub cache.
+  HF_DATASETS_CACHE="${native_root}/cache/huggingface/datasets"
+  : "${HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT:=300}"
+  : "${HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT:=60}"
+  export TMPDIR VLLM_RPC_BASE_PATH
+  export TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR TRITON_CACHE_DIR VLLM_CACHE_ROOT XDG_CACHE_HOME
+  export HF_HOME HF_DATASETS_CACHE HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT
+  export PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH=""
+
+  mkdir -p "${TMPDIR}" \
+    "${TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR}" \
+    "${TRITON_CACHE_DIR}" \
+    "${VLLM_CACHE_ROOT}" \
+    "${XDG_CACHE_HOME}" \
+    "${HF_HOME}" \
+    "${HF_DATASETS_CACHE}" || return 1
+
+  echo "Native compile caches: VLLM_CACHE_ROOT=${VLLM_CACHE_ROOT} TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR=${TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR}"
+
+  if [[ "${VLLM_CI_REQUIRE_PERSISTENT_HF_CACHE:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+    if ! command -v findmnt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "findmnt is required to verify the native Hugging Face cache mount" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+    hf_mount=$(findmnt -n -T "${HF_HOME}" -o TARGET 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [[ -z "${hf_mount}" || "${hf_mount}" == "/" ]]; then
+      echo "Native CI requires a persistent volume mounted at or above ${HF_HOME}" >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if command -v findmnt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    hf_fstype=$(findmnt -n -T "${HF_HOME}" -o FSTYPE 2>/dev/null || true)
+  fi
+  if [[ "${hf_fstype}" == nfs || "${hf_fstype}" == nfs4 ]]; then
+    # Keep hf-xet state local and avoid vectored writes on shared NFS.
+    export HF_XET_CACHE="${native_root}/cache/hf-xet"
+    export HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE=0
+    export HF_XET_RECONSTRUCTION_USE_VECTORED_WRITE=0
+    mkdir -p "${HF_XET_CACHE}" || return 1
+    echo "Configured hf-xet for shared ${hf_fstype} cache at ${HF_HOME}"
+  fi
+}
+
+run_native_preflight() {
+  local expected_gpus="${VLLM_CI_EXPECTED_GPU_COUNT:-1}"
+
+  if [[ ! "${expected_gpus}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    echo "Invalid VLLM_CI_EXPECTED_GPU_COUNT=${expected_gpus}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  python3 -c "import encodings, importlib.metadata as im, importlib.util as iu; [im.version(d) for d in ('transformers', 'torch', 'ray', 'sympy', 'markupsafe', 'vllm')]; missing=[m for m in ('torch.utils.model_zoo', 'transformers.models.nomic_bert', 'ray.dag', 'sympy.physics', 'markupsafe._speedups') if iu.find_spec(m) is None]; assert not missing, missing" || return 1
+
+  if [[ "${expected_gpus}" == "0" ]]; then
+    echo "Native CPU-only AMD job: skipping ROCm device validation"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  echo "--- ROCm info"
+  rocminfo || return 1
+  VLLM_CI_EXPECTED_GPU_COUNT="${expected_gpus}" python3 - <<'PY'
+import os
+
+import torch
+
+expected = int(os.environ["VLLM_CI_EXPECTED_GPU_COUNT"])
+assert torch.version.hip, "PyTorch is not a ROCm build"
+assert torch.cuda.is_available(), "ROCm GPU is not available to PyTorch"
+actual = torch.cuda.device_count()
+assert actual == expected, f"Expected {expected} ROCm GPU(s), found {actual}"
+PY
+}
+
 is_multi_node() {
   local cmds="$1"
   # Primary signal: NUM_NODES environment variable set by the pipeline
@@ -114,8 +527,7 @@ handle_pytest_exit() {
 # unquoted since they have no spaces and work fine.
 #
 # Already-quoted expressions (containing literal single quotes) are passed
-# through untouched to avoid double-quoting values injected by
-# apply_rocm_test_overrides.
+# through untouched to avoid double-quoting well-formed shell fragments.
 #
 # NOTE: This ONLY fixes -m/-k flags. It cannot recover arbitrary inner
 # double-quotes stripped by the calling shell (see header comment).
@@ -247,124 +659,109 @@ re_quote_pytest_markers() {
   echo "${output% }"
 }
 
-###############################################################################
-# ROCm-specific pytest command rewrites
-#
-# These apply ignore flags and environment overrides for tests that are not
-# yet supported or behave differently on ROCm hardware. Kept as a single
-# function so new exclusions are easy to add in one place.
-###############################################################################
-
-apply_rocm_test_overrides() {
-  local cmds="$1"
-
-  # --- Model registry filter ---
-  if [[ $cmds == *"pytest -v -s models/test_registry.py"* ]]; then
-    cmds=${cmds//"pytest -v -s models/test_registry.py"/"pytest -v -s models/test_registry.py -k 'not BambaForCausalLM and not GritLM and not Mamba2ForCausalLM and not Zamba2ForCausalLM'"}
-  fi
-
-  # --- LoRA: disable custom paged attention ---
-  if [[ $cmds == *"pytest -v -s lora"* ]]; then
-    cmds=${cmds//"pytest -v -s lora"/"pytest -v -s lora"}
-  fi
-
-  # --- Kernel ignores ---
-  if [[ $cmds == *" kernels/core"* ]]; then
-    cmds="${cmds} \
-    --ignore=kernels/core/test_fused_quant_layernorm.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/core/test_permute_cols.py"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $cmds == *" kernels/attention"* ]]; then
-    cmds="${cmds} \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_attention_selector.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_encoder_decoder_attn.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_flash_attn.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_flashinfer.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_prefix_prefill.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_cascade_flash_attn.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_mha_attn.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_lightning_attn.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/attention/test_attention.py"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $cmds == *" kernels/quantization"* ]]; then
-    cmds="${cmds} \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_int8_quant.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_machete_mm.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_block_fp8.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_block_int8.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_marlin_gemm.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_cutlass_scaled_mm.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/quantization/test_int8_kernel.py"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $cmds == *" kernels/mamba"* ]]; then
-    cmds="${cmds} \
-    --ignore=kernels/mamba/test_mamba_mixer2.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/mamba/test_causal_conv1d.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/mamba/test_mamba_ssm_ssd.py"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $cmds == *" kernels/moe"* ]]; then
-    cmds="${cmds} \
-    --ignore=kernels/moe/test_moe.py \
-    --ignore=kernels/moe/test_cutlass_moe.py"
-  fi
-
-  # --- Entrypoint ignores ---
-  if [[ $cmds == *" entrypoints/openai "* ]]; then
-    cmds=${cmds//" entrypoints/openai "/" entrypoints/openai \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/chat_completion/test_audio.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/completion/test_shutdown.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/test_completion.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/models/test_models.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/test_return_tokens_as_ids.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/chat_completion/test_root_path.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/openai/completion/test_prompt_validation.py "}
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $cmds == *" entrypoints/serve"* ]]; then
-    cmds="${cmds} \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/serve/lora/test_lora_adapters.py"
-  fi
-
-  if [[ $cmds == *" entrypoints/llm "* ]]; then
-    cmds=${cmds//" entrypoints/llm "/" entrypoints/llm \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_chat.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_accuracy.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_init.py \
-    --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_prompt_validation.py "}
-  fi
-
-  # Clean up escaped newlines from --ignore appends
-  cmds=$(echo "$cmds" | sed 's/ \\ / /g')
-
-  echo "$cmds"
-}
-
 ###############################################################################
 # Main
 ###############################################################################
 
-# --- GPU initialization ---
+if is_native_runtime; then
+  echo "--- Native in-pod ROCm CI (AMD_CI_RUNTIME=${AMD_CI_RUNTIME:-unset}, NATIVE_CI=${NATIVE_CI:-unset})"
+  artifact_work_dir=""
+
+  cleanup_native_workspace() {
+    if [[ -n "${artifact_work_dir}" ]]; then
+      rm -rf "${artifact_work_dir}"
+    fi
+  }
+  trap cleanup_native_workspace EXIT
+
+  if [[ -n "${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS:-}" ]]; then
+    commands="${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS}"
+    commands_source="env"
+  else
+    commands="$*"
+    commands_source="argv"
+    if [[ -z "$commands" ]]; then
+      echo "Error: No test commands provided for native CI." >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$commands_source" == "argv" ]]; then
+    commands=$(re_quote_pytest_markers "$commands")
+  fi
+
+  if is_multi_node "$commands"; then
+    echo "Native CI does not support multi-node jobs yet."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if ! initialize_native_environment; then
+    echo "Failed to initialize the native test environment"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if ! prepare_native_workspace; then
+    echo "Failed to prepare native test workspace"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  export PYTHONPATH="${VLLM_CI_WORKSPACE:-/vllm-workspace}"
+
+  echo "Native test commands: $commands"
+  run_native_preflight || exit 1
+  # Keep AMD CI orchestration variables out of vLLM's runtime environment.
+  clear_ci_orchestration_env
+  /bin/bash -o pipefail -c "${commands}"
+  handle_pytest_exit "$?"
+fi
+
+# --- GPU initialization for legacy Docker execution ---
 echo "--- ROCm info"
 rocminfo
 
-# --- Docker housekeeping ---
-cleanup_docker
+# --- Docker status ---
+report_docker_usage
 
 # --- Pull test image ---
 echo "--- Pulling container"
-image_name="rocm/vllm-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
+image_name="${VLLM_CI_FALLBACK_IMAGE:-rocm/vllm-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:-local}}"
+artifact_work_dir=""
 container_name="rocm_${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}_$(tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c 10; echo)"
-docker pull "${image_name}"
 
 remove_docker_container() {
-  docker rm -f "${container_name}" || docker image rm -f "${image_name}" || true
+  if docker container inspect "${container_name}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    docker rm -f "${container_name}" || true
+  fi
+  if [[ "${VLLM_CI_REMOVE_TEST_IMAGE:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+    docker image rm -f "${image_name}" || true
+  else
+    # Keep images by default so later jobs on the same AMD node can reuse layers.
+    echo "Keeping ROCm test image locally: ${image_name}"
+  fi
+  if [[ -n "${artifact_work_dir}" ]]; then
+    rm -rf "${artifact_work_dir}"
+  fi
 }
 trap remove_docker_container EXIT
 
+# python_only_compile.sh runs `python setup.py develop` and needs the full repo tree
+# under /vllm-workspace (Dockerfile.rocm test stage: mkdir src && mv vllm).
+# The ROCm wheel artifact tarball only ships a thin tree (tests, etc.), so
+# artifact images cannot satisfy that test — use the full rocm/vllm-ci image.
+_cmd_probe="${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS:-}"
+if [[ -z "${_cmd_probe}" ]]; then
+  _cmd_probe="$*"
+fi
+if [[ "${VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS:-0}" == "1" && "${_cmd_probe}" == *python_only_compile.sh* ]]; then
+  echo "INFO: disabling VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS for python_only_compile (requires full /vllm-workspace tree)"
+  export VLLM_CI_USE_ARTIFACTS=0
+fi
+unset -v _cmd_probe
+
+if ! prepare_artifact_image; then
+  echo "Using full ROCm CI image: ${image_name}"
+  docker pull "${image_name}" || exit 1
+fi
+
 # --- Prepare commands ---
 echo "--- Running container"
 
@@ -372,6 +769,14 @@ HF_CACHE="$(realpath ~)/huggingface"
 mkdir -p "${HF_CACHE}"
 HF_MOUNT="/root/.cache/huggingface"
 
+# Hugging Face Hub defaults to 10s request/download timeouts, while the ROCm
+# CI image currently raises downloads to 60s. AMD model-test jobs routinely
+# start from a cold or partially-populated shared cache, and the 60s read cap
+# has still timed out before pytest reached the vLLM behavior under test.
+# Keep the CI default explicit and overridable from the Buildkite environment.
+: "${HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT:=300}"
+: "${HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT:=60}"
+
 # ---- Command source selection ----
 # Prefer VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS (preserves all inner quoting intact).
 # Fall back to $* for backward compatibility, but warn that inner
@@ -409,10 +814,38 @@ else
   echo "Skipping re-quoting for VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS input"
 fi
 
-commands=$(apply_rocm_test_overrides "$commands")
 echo "Final commands: $commands"
 
-MYPYTHONPATH=".."
+standalone_merge_base_env=()
+if [[ "$commands" == *python_only_compile.sh* ]]; then
+  # The ROCm test image often ships /vllm-workspace without .git. Resolve the
+  # wheels.vllm.ai commit from the agent checkout for this test only.
+  vllm_standalone_merge_base=""
+  checkout="${BUILDKITE_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH:-}"
+  if [[ -z "${checkout}" || ! -d "${checkout}" ]]; then
+    checkout="."
+  fi
+  # Pass safe.directory per-command because Buildkite uses mixed user IDs.
+  if git -c "safe.directory=${checkout}" -C "${checkout}" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    vllm_standalone_merge_base="$(
+      git -c "safe.directory=${checkout}" -C "${checkout}" merge-base HEAD origin/main 2>/dev/null || true
+    )"
+  fi
+  if [[ -z "${vllm_standalone_merge_base}" ]]; then
+    vllm_standalone_merge_base="${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:-}"
+  fi
+  echo "INFO: passing CI_STANDALONE_MERGE_BASE into container: ${vllm_standalone_merge_base}"
+  standalone_merge_base_env=(-e "CI_STANDALONE_MERGE_BASE=${vllm_standalone_merge_base}")
+fi
+
+MYPYTHONPATH="/vllm-workspace"
+
+container_job_id="${BUILDKITE_JOB_ID:-${BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB:-0}}"
+container_job_id="${container_job_id//[^A-Za-z0-9_.-]/_}"
+container_job_id_short="${container_job_id:0:8}"
+CONTAINER_TMPDIR="/tmp/vllm-${container_job_id_short}"
+CONTAINER_CACHE_ROOT="/tmp/vllm-buildkite-${container_job_id}/cache"
+CONTAINER_PREFLIGHT="mkdir -p \"\$TMPDIR\" \"\$TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR\" \"\$TRITON_CACHE_DIR\" \"\$VLLM_CACHE_ROOT\" \"\$XDG_CACHE_HOME\" && python -c \"import encodings, importlib.metadata as im, importlib.util as iu; [im.version(d) for d in ('transformers', 'torch', 'ray', 'sympy', 'markupsafe', 'vllm')]; missing=[m for m in ('torch.utils.model_zoo', 'transformers.models.nomic_bert', 'ray.dag', 'sympy.physics', 'markupsafe._speedups') if iu.find_spec(m) is None]; assert not missing, missing\""
 
 # Verify GPU access
 render_gid=$(getent group render | cut -d: -f3)
@@ -434,6 +867,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # --- Route: multi-node vs single-node ---
+clear_ci_orchestration_env
 if is_multi_node "$commands"; then
   echo "--- Multi-node job detected"
   export DCKR_VER=$(docker --version | sed 's/Docker version \(.*\), build .*/\1/')
@@ -480,26 +914,64 @@ if is_multi_node "$commands"; then
 else
   echo "--- Single-node job"
   echo "Render devices: $BUILDKITE_AGENT_META_DATA_RENDER_DEVICES"
+  docker_run_terminal_args=(-i)
+  if [[ "${ROCM_DOCKER_TTY}" == "1" ]]; then
+    docker_run_terminal_args+=(-t)
+    echo "Docker interactive stdin: enabled; TTY allocation: enabled"
+  else
+    echo "Docker interactive stdin: enabled; TTY allocation: disabled"
+  fi
+
+  ulimit_core_hard=$(ulimit -H -c)
+  if [[ "$ulimit_core_hard" == "unlimited" ]]; then
+    # docker run can't pass "unlimited" to --ulimit
+    ulimit_core_hard="-1"
+  fi
+   # Disable core dumps in the ROCm test container unless the ROCm debug agent is enabled
+  coredump_flags="--ulimit core=0:$ulimit_core_hard"
+  if [[ "$commands" == *"ROCm debug agent enabled"* ]]; then
+    # Works around https://github.com/rocm/rocm-systems/issues/6206
+    coredump_flags='-e HSA_COREDUMP_PATTERN="/tmp/gpucore.%p"'
+  else
+    echo "ROCm debug agent not enabled, coredumps are disabled in the test container."
+  fi
 
   docker run \
+    "${docker_run_terminal_args[@]}" \
     --device /dev/kfd $BUILDKITE_AGENT_META_DATA_RENDER_DEVICES \
     $RDMA_FLAGS \
     --network=host \
     --shm-size=16gb \
     --group-add "$render_gid" \
     --rm \
+    $coredump_flags \
     -e HF_TOKEN \
+    -e "HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT=${HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT}" \
+    -e "HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT=${HF_HUB_ETAG_TIMEOUT}" \
     -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID \
     -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
     -e BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB \
     -e BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT \
+    -e TERM \
+    -e FORCE_COLOR \
+    -e CLICOLOR_FORCE \
+    -e PY_COLORS \
+    -e PYTHONFAULTHANDLER \
+    -e PYTEST_ADDOPTS \
+    -e PYTEST_TIMEOUT \
     -v "${HF_CACHE}:${HF_MOUNT}" \
     -e "HF_HOME=${HF_MOUNT}" \
     -e "PYTHONPATH=${MYPYTHONPATH}" \
+    -e "TMPDIR=${CONTAINER_TMPDIR}/tmp" \
+    -e "TORCHINDUCTOR_CACHE_DIR=${CONTAINER_CACHE_ROOT}/torchinductor" \
+    -e "TRITON_CACHE_DIR=${CONTAINER_CACHE_ROOT}/triton" \
+    -e "VLLM_CACHE_ROOT=${CONTAINER_CACHE_ROOT}/vllm" \
+    -e "XDG_CACHE_HOME=${CONTAINER_CACHE_ROOT}/xdg" \
     -e "PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH=" \
+    "${standalone_merge_base_env[@]}" \
     --name "${container_name}" \
     "${image_name}" \
-    /bin/bash -c "${commands}"
+    /bin/bash -c "${CONTAINER_PREFLIGHT} && ${commands}"
 
   exit_code=$?
   handle_pytest_exit "$exit_code"

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-compatibility-test.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euox pipefail
 
-export VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE=1 
+export VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE=1
 export VLLM_CPU_CI_ENV=1
-# Reduce sub-processes for acceleration
-export TORCH_COMPILE_DISABLE=1 
+# Skip torch.compile via vLLM's --enforce-eager flag (passed below) instead of
+# TORCH_COMPILE_DISABLE=1, which torch 2.12 no longer treats as a silent no-op
+# when callers specify fullgraph=True.
 export VLLM_ENABLE_V1_MULTIPROCESSING=0
 
 SDE_ARCHIVE="sde-external-10.7.0-2026-02-18-lin.tar.xz"
@@ -49,15 +50,15 @@ wait_for_pid_and_check_log() {
 }
 
 # Test Sky Lake (AVX512F)
-./sde/sde64 -skl -- python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --dtype bfloat16 > test_0.log 2>&1 &
+./sde/sde64 -skl -- python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --dtype bfloat16 --enforce-eager > test_0.log 2>&1 &
 PID_TEST_0=$!
 
 # Test Cascade Lake (AVX512F + VNNI)
-./sde/sde64 -clx -- python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --dtype bfloat16 > test_1.log 2>&1 &
+./sde/sde64 -clx -- python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --dtype bfloat16 --enforce-eager > test_1.log 2>&1 &
 PID_TEST_1=$!
 
 # Test Cooper Lake (AVX512F + VNNI + BF16)
-./sde/sde64 -cpx -- python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --dtype bfloat16 > test_2.log 2>&1 &
+./sde/sde64 -cpx -- python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --dtype bfloat16 --enforce-eager > test_2.log 2>&1 &
 PID_TEST_2=$!
 
 wait_for_pid_and_check_log $PID_TEST_0 test_0.log

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test-arm.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -ex
 CORE_RANGE=${CORE_RANGE:-0-31}
 OMP_CORE_RANGE=${OMP_CORE_RANGE:-0-31}
 
-export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=16
+export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=32
 
 # Setup cleanup
 remove_docker_container() {
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ function cpu_tests() {
     pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/test_onednn.py
     pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/attention/test_cpu_attn.py
     pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/core/test_cpu_activation.py
-    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/moe/test_moe.py -k test_cpu_fused_moe_basic"
+    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_fused_moe.py
+    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/cpu/test_cpu_gdn_ops.py
+    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/moe/test_cpu_int4_moe.py
+    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/test_cpu_short_conv.py
+    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/test_causal_conv1d.py
+    pytest -x -v -s tests/kernels/mamba/test_mamba_ssm.py"
 
   # skip tests requiring model downloads if HF_TOKEN is not set
   # due to rate-limits
@@ -61,7 +66,6 @@ function cpu_tests() {
     set -e
     pytest -x -v -s tests/quantization/test_compressed_tensors.py::test_compressed_tensors_w8a8_logprobs"
 
-
   # basic online serving
   docker exec cpu-test bash -c '
     set -e
@@ -95,3 +99,4 @@ function cpu_tests() {
 # All of CPU tests are expected to be finished less than 40 mins.
 export -f cpu_tests
 timeout 2h bash -c cpu_tests
+

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh

@@ -7,10 +7,49 @@ set -euox pipefail
 # allow to bind to different cores
 CORE_RANGE=${CORE_RANGE:-48-95}
 NUMA_NODE=${NUMA_NODE:-1}
-IMAGE_NAME="cpu-test-$NUMA_NODE"
+AGENT_SLOT=${AGENT_SLOT:-}
+IMAGE_NAME="cpu-test-${NUMA_NODE}${AGENT_SLOT:+-${AGENT_SLOT}}"
 TIMEOUT_VAL=$1
 TEST_COMMAND=$2
 
+# Disk hygiene knobs. Reclaim space only once the Docker root filesystem crosses
+# DISK_USAGE_THRESHOLD percent, and cap the shared BuildKit cache at
+# BUILDKIT_CACHE_MAX so subsequent builds keep reusing the hottest layers.
+DISK_USAGE_THRESHOLD=${DISK_USAGE_THRESHOLD:-70}
+BUILDKIT_CACHE_MAX=${BUILDKIT_CACHE_MAX:-80GB}
+
+# Reclaim disk only when the host is under pressure. We trim (not purge) the
+# shared BuildKit cache so cross-job/cross-agent reuse stays intact, and only
+# touch dangling images; other agents' uniquely tagged images are left alone.
+prune_if_disk_pressure() {
+    local docker_root disk_usage
+    docker_root=$(docker info -f '{{.DockerRootDir}}' 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ -z "$docker_root" ]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    disk_usage=$(df "$docker_root" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '{print $5}' | tr -d '%')
+    if [ "${disk_usage:-0}" -gt "$DISK_USAGE_THRESHOLD" ]; then
+        echo "--- :broom: Disk usage ${disk_usage}% exceeds ${DISK_USAGE_THRESHOLD}%, reclaiming space"
+        docker image prune -f || true
+        docker builder prune -f --keep-storage="$BUILDKIT_CACHE_MAX" || true
+    else
+        echo "Disk usage ${disk_usage:-unknown}% within ${DISK_USAGE_THRESHOLD}% threshold; skipping prune"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Always drop this agent's image once the job ends (the default builder never
+# uses it as a cache source, so removing it costs no rebuild speed), then
+# reclaim space if needed. Guard every docker call with `|| true` so the trap
+# never overrides the test's exit code.
+cleanup() {
+    docker image rm -f "$IMAGE_NAME" || true
+    prune_if_disk_pressure
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Free space up front so a nearly-full host doesn't fail the build.
+prune_if_disk_pressure
+
 # building the docker image
 echo "--- :docker: Building Docker image"
 docker build --progress plain --tag "$IMAGE_NAME" --target vllm-test -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu .

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-ci-test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+test_suite="${1:-}"
+
+if [[ -z "${test_suite}" ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <example|v1|server>" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+case "${test_suite}" in
+  example)
+    pip install tblib==3.1.0
+
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 -O3 -cc.cudagraph_mode=NONE
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --distributed-executor-backend mp
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --attention-backend=TRITON_ATTN
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --quantization fp8
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --kv-cache-dtype fp8
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model nvidia/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-FP8 --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --quantization modelopt --kv-cache-dtype fp8 --attention-backend TRITON_ATTN --max-model-len 4096
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model superjob/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-GPTQ-Int4 --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --max-model-len 8192
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model TheBloke/TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v0.3-AWQ --block-size 64 --enforce-eager 
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --enable-expert-parallel
+    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model superjob/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-GPTQ-Int4 --max-model-len 8192
+    ;;
+  v1)
+    cd tests
+
+    pytest -v -s v1/core --ignore=v1/core/test_reset_prefix_cache_e2e.py --ignore=v1/core/test_scheduler_e2e.py
+    pytest -v -s v1/engine --ignore=v1/engine/test_output_processor.py
+    pytest -v -s v1/sample --ignore=v1/sample/test_logprobs.py --ignore=v1/sample/test_logprobs_e2e.py -k "not test_topk_only and not test_topp_only and not test_topk_and_topp"
+    pytest -v -s v1/worker --ignore=v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py --ignore=v1/worker/test_worker_memory_snapshot.py
+    pytest -v -s v1/structured_output
+    pytest -v -s v1/test_serial_utils.py
+    pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general/test_correctness_sliding_window.py --deselect="tests/v1/e2e/general/test_correctness_sliding_window.py::test_sliding_window_retrieval[True-1-5-google/gemma-3-1b-it]"
+    pytest -v -s v1/spec_decode --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_max_len.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_speculators_eagle3.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_acceptance_length.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_speculators_correctness.py
+    pytest -v -s v1/kv_connector/unit --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_example_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_lmcache_integration.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_client.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_metadata_server.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_offloading_connector.py
+    ;;
+  server)
+    pip install av
+    cd tests
+
+    pytest -v -s entrypoints/multimodal/openai/chat_completion/test_audio_in_video.py
+    pytest -v -s benchmarks/test_serve_cli.py
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown Intel test suite: ${test_suite}" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-intel-test.sh

@@ -243,8 +243,10 @@ container_name="xpu_${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}_$(tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head
 
 # ---- Command source selection ----
 commands=""
+commands_source=""
 if [[ -n "${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS:-}" ]]; then
   commands="${VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS}"
+  commands_source="env"
   echo "Commands sourced from VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS (quoting preserved)"
 elif [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
   all_yaml=true
@@ -303,8 +305,12 @@ if [[ -z "$commands" ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Raw commands: $commands"
-commands=$(re_quote_pytest_markers "$commands")
-echo "After re-quoting: $commands"
+if [[ "$commands_source" != "env" ]]; then
+  commands=$(re_quote_pytest_markers "$commands")
+  echo "After re-quoting: $commands"
+else
+  echo "Skipping re-quoting for VLLM_TEST_COMMANDS input"
+fi
 commands=$(apply_intel_test_overrides "$commands")
 echo "Final commands: $commands"
 
@@ -324,23 +330,6 @@ IMAGE="${IMAGE_TAG_XPU:-${image_name}}"
 
 echo "Using image: ${IMAGE}"
 
-if docker image inspect "${IMAGE}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "Image already exists locally, skipping pull"
-else
-  echo "Image not found locally, waiting for lock..."
-
-  flock /tmp/docker-pull.lock bash -c "
-    if docker image inspect '${IMAGE}' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      echo 'Image already pulled by another runner'
-    else
-      echo 'Pulling image...'
-      timeout 900 docker pull '${IMAGE}'
-    fi
-  "
-
-  echo "Pull step completed"
-fi
-
 remove_docker_container() {
   docker rm -f "${container_name}" || true
 }
@@ -352,17 +341,36 @@ if [[ -z "${ZE_AFFINITY_MASK:-}" ]]; then
   echo "Warning: ZE_AFFINITY_MASK is not set. Proceeding without device affinity." >&2
 fi
 
-docker run \
+export CMDS="${commands}"
+export HF_TOKEN ZE_AFFINITY_MASK
+
+{
+  flock 9
+  if docker image inspect "${IMAGE}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Image already exists locally, skipping pull"
+  else
+    echo "Image not found locally, pulling image..."
+    timeout 900 docker pull "${IMAGE}"
+    echo "Pull step completed"
+  fi
+
+  docker create \
     --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri \
     --net=host \
     --ipc=host \
     --privileged \
     -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path \
-    -v ${HOME}/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \
-    --entrypoint="" \
-    -e "HF_TOKEN=${HF_TOKEN:-}" \
-    -e "ZE_AFFINITY_MASK=${ZE_AFFINITY_MASK:-}" \
-    -e "CMDS=${commands}" \
+    -v "/data/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface" \
+    --entrypoint='' \
+    -e HF_TOKEN \
+    -e ZE_AFFINITY_MASK \
+    -e BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB \
+    -e BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT \
+    -e CMDS \
     --name "${container_name}" \
-    "${image_name}" \
-    bash -c 'set -e; echo "ZE_AFFINITY_MASK is ${ZE_AFFINITY_MASK:-}"; eval "$CMDS"'
+    "${IMAGE}" \
+    bash -c 'set -e; echo "ZE_AFFINITY_MASK is ${ZE_AFFINITY_MASK:-}"; eval "$CMDS"' \
+    >/dev/null
+} 9>/tmp/docker-pull.lock
+
+docker start -a "${container_name}"

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-npu-test.sh

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ RUN pip config set global.index-url http://cache-service-vllm.nginx-pypi-cache.s
 
 # Install for pytest to make the docker build cache layer always valid
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-    pip install pytest>=6.0  modelscope
+    pip install pytest>=6.0  'modelscope<1.38'
 
 WORKDIR /workspace/vllm
 

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-tpu-v1-test-part2.sh

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ echo "Results will be stored in: $RESULTS_DIR"
 echo "--- Installing Python dependencies ---"
 python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off git+https://github.com/thuml/depyf.git \
     && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off pytest pytest-asyncio tpu-info \
-    && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11" \
+    && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.12" \
     && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off hf-transfer tblib==3.1.0
 echo "--- Python dependencies installed ---"
 

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-tpu-v1-test.sh

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ echo "Results will be stored in: $RESULTS_DIR"
 echo "--- Installing Python dependencies ---"
 python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off git+https://github.com/thuml/depyf.git \
     && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off pytest pytest-asyncio tpu-info \
-    && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11" \
+    && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off "lm-eval[api]>=0.4.12" \
     && python3 -m pip install --progress-bar off hf-transfer tblib==3.1.0
 echo "--- Python dependencies installed ---"
 

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-xpu-test.sh

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This script build the CPU docker image and run the offline inference inside the container.
-# It serves a sanity check for compilation and basic model usage.
-set -ex
-
-image_name="xpu/vllm-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
-container_name="xpu_${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}_$(tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c 10; echo)"
-
-# Try building the docker image
-docker build -t "${image_name}" -f docker/Dockerfile.xpu .
-
-# Setup cleanup
-remove_docker_container() {
-  docker rm -f "${container_name}" || true
-}
-trap remove_docker_container EXIT
-
-# Run the image and test offline inference/tensor parallel
-docker run \
-    --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri \
-    --net=host \
-    --ipc=host \
-    --privileged \
-    -v /dev/dri/by-path:/dev/dri/by-path \
-    --entrypoint="" \
-    -e "HF_TOKEN=${HF_TOKEN}" \
-    -e "ZE_AFFINITY_MASK=${ZE_AFFINITY_MASK}" \
-    --name "${container_name}" \
-    "${image_name}" \
-    bash -c '
-    set -e
-    echo $ZE_AFFINITY_MASK
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 -O3 -cc.cudagraph_mode=NONE
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --distributed-executor-backend ray
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --distributed-executor-backend mp
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --attention-backend=TRITON_ATTN
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model facebook/opt-125m --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --quantization fp8
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model superjob/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507-GPTQ-Int4  --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --max-model-len 8192
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b  --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model ibm-research/PowerMoE-3b  --block-size 64 --enforce-eager -tp 2 --enable-expert-parallel
-    python3 examples/basic/offline_inference/generate.py --model OPEA/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-int4-sym-inc --block-size 64 --enforce-eager --max-model-len 8192
-    cd tests
-    pytest -v -s v1/core --ignore=v1/core/test_reset_prefix_cache_e2e.py --ignore=v1/core/test_scheduler_e2e.py
-    pytest -v -s v1/engine
-    pytest -v -s v1/sample --ignore=v1/sample/test_logprobs.py --ignore=v1/sample/test_logprobs_e2e.py
-    pytest -v -s v1/worker --ignore=v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py --ignore=v1/worker/test_worker_memory_snapshot.py
-    pytest -v -s v1/structured_output
-    pytest -v -s v1/spec_decode --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_max_len.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_tree_attention.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_speculators_eagle3.py --ignore=v1/spec_decode/test_acceptance_length.py
-    pytest -v -s v1/kv_connector/unit --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_multi_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_example_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_lmcache_integration.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_client.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_connector.py --ignore=v1/kv_connector/unit/test_hf3fs_metadata_server.py
-    pytest -v -s v1/test_serial_utils.py
-'

.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if python3 -c "import torch; raise SystemExit(0 if torch.version.hip is not None else 1)"; then
+    uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+REQUIREMENTS_FILE="${KV_CONNECTORS_REQUIREMENTS:-/vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt}"
+
+uv pip install --system -r "${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}"
+
+NIXL_METADATA=$(python3 - <<'PY'
+import importlib.metadata as metadata
+
+import torch
+
+cuda_version = torch.version.cuda
+if cuda_version is None:
+    raise SystemExit("torch.version.cuda is not set")
+
+print(cuda_version.split(".", 1)[0], metadata.version("nixl"))
+PY
+)
+read -r CUDA_MAJOR NIXL_VERSION <<<"${NIXL_METADATA}"
+
+# nixl>=1.1.0 can install multiple CUDA wheel variants. Keep only the variant
+# matching this CI image so nixl_ep_cpp links against the available libcudart.
+uv pip uninstall --system nixl-cu12 nixl-cu13 2>/dev/null || true
+uv pip install --system --no-deps "nixl-cu${CUDA_MAJOR}==${NIXL_VERSION}"
+
+python3 - <<'PY'
+import importlib.metadata as metadata
+
+for package_name in ("nixl", "nixl-cu12", "nixl-cu13"):
+    try:
+        version = metadata.version(package_name)
+    except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+        version = "not installed"
+    print(f"{package_name}: {version}")
+PY

.buildkite/scripts/publish-release-images.sh

@@ -130,6 +130,22 @@ docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${ROCM_BASE_CACHE_KEY}-rocm
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:latest-base
 docker push vllm/vllm-openai-rocm:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-base
 
+# ---- XPU ----
+
+docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${COMMIT}-x86_64-xpu
+
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${COMMIT}-x86_64-xpu vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:latest-x86_64
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:${COMMIT}-x86_64-xpu vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:latest-x86_64
+docker push vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64
+
+docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:latest || true
+docker manifest rm vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:v${RELEASE_VERSION} || true
+docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:latest vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:latest-x86_64 --amend
+docker manifest create vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:v${RELEASE_VERSION} vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:v${RELEASE_VERSION}-x86_64 --amend
+docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:latest
+docker manifest push vllm/vllm-openai-xpu:v${RELEASE_VERSION}
+
 # ---- CPU ----
 # CPU images are behind separate block steps and may not have been built.
 # All-or-nothing: inspect both arches first, then either publish everything

.buildkite/scripts/rocm/build-ci-base.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build the ROCm ci_base image, optionally from a freshly rebuilt ROCm base.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+metadata_get() {
+    local key="$1"
+    if command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        buildkite-agent meta-data get "${key}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+}
+
+main() {
+    local base_refreshed=""
+
+    base_refreshed="$(metadata_get rocm-base-refresh)"
+    if [[ "${base_refreshed}" == "1" ]]; then
+        export BASE_IMAGE
+        export CI_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG
+
+        BASE_IMAGE="$(metadata_get rocm-base-image)"
+        CI_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG="$(metadata_get rocm-base-push-stable-tag)"
+        CI_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG="${CI_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG:-0}"
+
+        echo "Using refreshed ROCm base image for ci_base: ${BASE_IMAGE}"
+        echo "Push stable ci_base tag: ${CI_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG}"
+    fi
+
+    bash .buildkite/scripts/ci-bake-rocm.sh ci-base-rocm-ci-with-deps
+}
+
+main "$@"

.buildkite/scripts/rocm/build-test-image.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build the ROCm CI test image or wheel artifact.
+#
+# When Dockerfile.rocm_base changes, always build the full image so downstream
+# ROCm tests can validate the freshly rebuilt base -> ci_base -> ci image chain.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+metadata_get() {
+    local key="$1"
+    if command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        buildkite-agent meta-data get "${key}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+}
+
+use_ci_base_if_present() {
+    local ci_base_image=""
+
+    ci_base_image="$(metadata_get rocm-ci-base-image)"
+    if [[ -z "${ci_base_image}" ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    export CI_BASE_IMAGE="${ci_base_image}"
+    echo "Using ROCm ci_base image selected by the preceding build step: ${CI_BASE_IMAGE}"
+}
+
+use_refreshed_base_if_present() {
+    local base_refreshed=""
+
+    base_refreshed="$(metadata_get rocm-base-refresh)"
+    if [[ "${base_refreshed}" != "1" ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    export BASE_IMAGE
+    export IMAGE_TAG_LATEST
+
+    BASE_IMAGE="$(metadata_get rocm-base-image)"
+    IMAGE_TAG_LATEST="$(metadata_get rocm-ci-image-descriptive)"
+
+    echo "Using refreshed ROCm base image for test image: ${BASE_IMAGE}"
+    if [[ -n "${IMAGE_TAG_LATEST}" ]]; then
+        echo "Also tagging full ROCm CI image as: ${IMAGE_TAG_LATEST}"
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+main() {
+    local base_refreshed=0
+
+    use_ci_base_if_present || true
+
+    if use_refreshed_base_if_present; then
+        base_refreshed=1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${ROCM_CI_ARTIFACT_ONLY:-0}" == "1" && "${base_refreshed}" != "1" ]]; then
+        echo "ROCM_CI_ARTIFACT_ONLY=1; building ROCm wheel artifact only"
+        IMAGE_TAG="" bash .buildkite/scripts/ci-bake-rocm.sh test-rocm-ci-with-artifacts
+        return
+    fi
+
+    bash .buildkite/scripts/ci-bake-rocm.sh test-rocm-ci-with-wheel
+}
+
+main "$@"

.buildkite/scripts/rocm/refresh-base-image.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,513 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build and publish a fresh ROCm base image when Dockerfile.rocm_base changes.
+#
+# Normal AMD CI builds should not pay for this path. The script no-ops unless
+# docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base changed relative to the branch base, the previous
+# main commit, or ROCM_BASE_REFRESH_FORCE=1 is set.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DOCKERFILE="${ROCM_BASE_DOCKERFILE:-docker/Dockerfile.rocm_base}"
+BASE_REPO="${ROCM_BASE_IMAGE_REPO:-rocm/vllm-dev}"
+CI_IMAGE_REPO="${ROCM_CI_IMAGE_REPO:-rocm/vllm-ci}"
+BUILDER_NAME="${ROCM_BASE_BUILDER_NAME:-vllm-rocm-base-builder}"
+DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_METADATA_VERSION="1"
+DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_FILES="${DOCKERFILE}"
+DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS="BASE_IMAGE TRITON_BRANCH TRITON_REPO PYTORCH_BRANCH PYTORCH_REPO PYTORCH_VISION_BRANCH PYTORCH_VISION_REPO PYTORCH_AUDIO_BRANCH PYTORCH_AUDIO_REPO FA_BRANCH FA_REPO AITER_BRANCH AITER_REPO MORI_BRANCH MORI_REPO PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH PYTHON_VERSION USE_SCCACHE"
+
+metadata_set() {
+    local key="$1"
+    local value="$2"
+
+    [[ -n "${value}" ]] || return 0
+    if command -v buildkite-agent >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        buildkite-agent meta-data set "${key}" "${value}" || true
+    fi
+}
+
+compute_content_hash() {
+    local path=""
+    local file=""
+
+    for path in "$@"; do
+        if [[ -d "${path}" ]]; then
+            while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+                printf 'file:%s\n' "${file}"
+                sha256sum "${file}"
+            done < <(find "${path}" -type f -print0 | sort -z)
+        elif [[ -f "${path}" ]]; then
+            printf 'file:%s\n' "${path}"
+            sha256sum "${path}"
+        else
+            printf 'missing:%s\n' "${path}"
+        fi
+    done | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1
+}
+
+clean_docker_tag() {
+    local input="$1"
+    echo "${input}" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9._-]/_/g' | cut -c1-128
+}
+
+tag_component() {
+    local input="$1"
+    local max_chars="${2:-24}"
+
+    clean_docker_tag "${input:-unknown}" | cut -c1-"${max_chars}"
+}
+
+extract_arg_default() {
+    local arg_name="$1"
+
+    sed -n -E "s/^[[:space:]]*ARG[[:space:]]+${arg_name}=\"?([^\"[:space:]]+)\"?.*/\\1/p" \
+        "${DOCKERFILE}" | head -1
+}
+
+resolve_image_digest() {
+    local image_ref="$1"
+
+    docker buildx imagetools inspect "${image_ref}" 2>/dev/null \
+        | sed -n -E 's/^Digest:[[:space:]]+//p' \
+        | head -1 || true
+}
+
+resolve_rocm_base_arg_value() {
+    local arg_name="$1"
+    local use_sccache="$2"
+
+    case "${arg_name}" in
+        USE_SCCACHE)
+            printf '%s\n' "${use_sccache}"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            extract_arg_default "${arg_name}"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+hash_rocm_base_arg_values() {
+    local use_sccache="$1"
+    local base_image_digest="$2"
+    local arg_name=""
+    local arg_value=""
+    shift 2 || true
+
+    for arg_name in "$@"; do
+        [[ -n "${arg_name}" ]] || continue
+        arg_value=$(resolve_rocm_base_arg_value "${arg_name}" "${use_sccache}")
+        printf 'arg:%s=%s\n' "${arg_name}" "${arg_value:-<empty>}"
+        if [[ "${arg_name}" == "BASE_IMAGE" && -n "${arg_value}" ]]; then
+            printf 'arg:%s.digest=%s\n' "${arg_name}" "${base_image_digest:-unknown}"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+rocm_version_from_base_image() {
+    local base_image="$1"
+    local version=""
+
+    version="$(sed -n -E 's/.*:([0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)-.*/\1/p' <<<"${base_image}")"
+    tag_component "${version:-${base_image}}" 16
+}
+
+git_diff_changed_base() {
+    local range="$1"
+    [[ -n "$(git diff --name-only "${range}" -- "${DOCKERFILE}" 2>/dev/null)" ]]
+}
+
+short_git_ref() {
+    local ref="$1"
+
+    git rev-parse --short "${ref}" 2>/dev/null || printf '%s\n' "${ref}"
+}
+
+extract_arg_default_from_ref() {
+    local ref="$1"
+    local arg_name="$2"
+    local content=""
+
+    content="$(git show "${ref}:${DOCKERFILE}" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    sed -n -E "s/^[[:space:]]*ARG[[:space:]]+${arg_name}=\"?([^\"[:space:]]+)\"?.*/\\1/p" \
+        <<<"${content}" | head -1
+}
+
+log_arg_default_changes() {
+    local old_ref="$1"
+    local new_ref="$2"
+    local content_args="${ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS:-${DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS}}"
+    local arg_name=""
+    local old_value=""
+    local new_value=""
+    local changed=0
+
+    echo "Changed ROCm base ARG defaults:"
+    for arg_name in ${content_args}; do
+        old_value="$(extract_arg_default_from_ref "${old_ref}" "${arg_name}")"
+        new_value="$(extract_arg_default_from_ref "${new_ref}" "${arg_name}")"
+        if [[ "${old_value}" != "${new_value}" ]]; then
+            echo "  - ${arg_name}: ${old_value:-<unset>} -> ${new_value:-<unset>}"
+            changed=1
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [[ "${changed}" == "0" ]]; then
+        echo "  - none detected; Dockerfile instructions changed outside tracked ARG defaults"
+    fi
+}
+
+log_arg_line_diff() {
+    local range="$1"
+    local arg_diff=""
+
+    arg_diff="$(
+        git diff --unified=0 "${range}" -- "${DOCKERFILE}" 2>/dev/null \
+            | awk '/^[+-][[:space:]]*ARG[[:space:]]/ && $0 !~ /^(---|\+\+\+)/ { print "  " $0 }' \
+            || true
+    )"
+
+    if [[ -n "${arg_diff}" ]]; then
+        echo "Changed Dockerfile ARG lines:"
+        printf '%s\n' "${arg_diff}"
+    fi
+}
+
+log_rocm_base_change_check() {
+    local context="$1"
+    local range="$2"
+    local old_ref="$3"
+    local old_short=""
+    local head_short=""
+
+    old_short="$(short_git_ref "${old_ref}")"
+    head_short="$(short_git_ref HEAD)"
+
+    echo "--- :mag: ROCm base refresh check"
+    echo "Context: ${context}"
+    echo "Dockerfile: ${DOCKERFILE}"
+    echo "Base revision: ${old_short}"
+    echo "Head revision: ${head_short}"
+    echo "Git diff range: ${range}"
+}
+
+log_rocm_base_rebuild_reason() {
+    local context="$1"
+    local range="$2"
+    local old_ref="$3"
+    local changed_files=""
+
+    log_rocm_base_change_check "${context}" "${range}" "${old_ref}"
+
+    changed_files="$(git diff --name-only "${range}" -- "${DOCKERFILE}" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    echo "Changed files:"
+    if [[ -n "${changed_files}" ]]; then
+        sed 's/^/  - /' <<<"${changed_files}"
+    else
+        echo "  - ${DOCKERFILE}"
+    fi
+    log_arg_default_changes "${old_ref}" HEAD
+    log_arg_line_diff "${range}"
+    echo "Decision: rebuilding ROCm base image because ${DOCKERFILE} changed."
+}
+
+rocm_base_changed_in_range() {
+    local context="$1"
+    local range="$2"
+    local old_ref="$3"
+
+    if git_diff_changed_base "${range}"; then
+        log_rocm_base_rebuild_reason "${context}" "${range}" "${old_ref}"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    log_rocm_base_change_check "${context}" "${range}" "${old_ref}"
+    echo "Decision: ROCm base refresh not required; ${DOCKERFILE} is unchanged."
+    return 1
+}
+
+rocm_base_changed() {
+    local base_branch="${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_BRANCH:-main}"
+    local base_ref="refs/remotes/origin/${base_branch}"
+    local merge_base=""
+
+    if [[ "${ROCM_BASE_REFRESH_SKIP:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+        echo "ROCM_BASE_REFRESH_SKIP=1 set; skipping ROCm base refresh"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${ROCM_BASE_REFRESH_FORCE:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
+        echo "ROCM_BASE_REFRESH_FORCE=1 set; refreshing ROCm base image"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Not in a git checkout; skipping ROCm base refresh unless forced"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST:-false}" != "false" ]]; then
+        git fetch --no-tags --depth=200 origin \
+            "+refs/heads/${base_branch}:${base_ref}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+        merge_base=$(git merge-base HEAD "${base_ref}" 2>/dev/null || true)
+        if [[ -z "${merge_base}" ]]; then
+            echo "Unable to determine merge base with PR base ${base_ref}; skipping ROCm base refresh unless forced"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        if rocm_base_changed_in_range \
+            "pull request build against ${base_ref}" \
+            "${merge_base}...HEAD" \
+            "${merge_base}"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    elif [[ "${BUILDKITE_BRANCH:-}" == "${ROCM_BASE_STABLE_BRANCH:-main}" ]] \
+        && git rev-parse --verify HEAD~1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if rocm_base_changed_in_range \
+            "stable branch build; comparing against previous ${ROCM_BASE_STABLE_BRANCH:-main} commit" \
+            "HEAD~1..HEAD" \
+            "HEAD~1"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    else
+        git fetch --no-tags --depth=200 origin \
+            "+refs/heads/${base_branch}:${base_ref}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+        merge_base=$(git merge-base HEAD "${base_ref}" 2>/dev/null || true)
+        if [[ -z "${merge_base}" ]]; then
+            echo "Unable to determine merge base with branch base ${base_ref}; skipping ROCm base refresh unless forced"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        if rocm_base_changed_in_range \
+            "branch build against ${base_ref}" \
+            "${merge_base}...HEAD" \
+            "${merge_base}"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    return 1
+}
+
+should_push_stable_tag() {
+    if [[ "${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST:-false}" != "false" ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${ROCM_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG:-}" == "1" ]]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [[ "${ROCM_BASE_PUSH_STABLE_TAG:-}" == "0" ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    [[ "${BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST:-false}" == "false" \
+        && "${BUILDKITE_BRANCH:-}" == "${ROCM_BASE_STABLE_BRANCH:-main}" ]]
+}
+
+setup_builder() {
+    echo "--- :buildkite: Setting up buildx builder for ROCm base"
+    if docker buildx inspect "${BUILDER_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        docker buildx use "${BUILDER_NAME}"
+    else
+        docker buildx create --name "${BUILDER_NAME}" --driver docker-container --use
+    fi
+    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap
+}
+
+compute_base_content_hash() {
+    local use_sccache="$1"
+    local base_image_digest="$2"
+    local content_files="${ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_FILES:-${DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_FILES}}"
+    local content_args="${ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS:-${DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS}}"
+    local -a content_paths=()
+    local -a content_arg_names=()
+
+    read -r -a content_paths <<< "${content_files}"
+    read -r -a content_arg_names <<< "${content_args}"
+
+    {
+        printf 'content-files-hash:%s\n' "$(compute_content_hash "${content_paths[@]}")"
+        printf 'dockerfile:%s\n' "${DOCKERFILE}"
+        printf 'resolved-build-args:\n'
+        hash_rocm_base_arg_values \
+            "${use_sccache}" "${base_image_digest}" "${content_arg_names[@]}"
+    } | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1
+}
+
+build_base_image() {
+    local use_sccache="${ROCM_BASE_USE_SCCACHE:-${USE_SCCACHE:-0}}"
+    local base_hash=""
+    local build_date=""
+    local build_suffix=""
+    local base_image_arg=""
+    local base_image_digest=""
+    local rocm_version=""
+    local triton_arg=""
+    local pytorch_arg=""
+    local pytorch_vision_arg=""
+    local pytorch_audio_arg=""
+    local fa_arg=""
+    local aiter_arg=""
+    local mori_arg=""
+    local python_version_arg=""
+    local pytorch_rocm_arch_arg=""
+    local pytorch_branch=""
+    local aiter_branch=""
+    local dependency_summary=""
+    local descriptor=""
+    local ci_descriptor=""
+    local descriptive_tag=""
+    local stable_tag="${BASE_REPO}:base"
+    local ci_descriptive_tag=""
+    local content_files="${ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_FILES:-${DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_FILES}}"
+    local content_args="${ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS:-${DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_CONTENT_ARGS}}"
+    local content_files_hash=""
+    local metadata_version="${ROCM_BASE_METADATA_VERSION:-${DEFAULT_ROCM_BASE_METADATA_VERSION}}"
+    local -a tags=()
+    local -a no_cache_args=()
+    local -a sccache_args=()
+    local -a content_paths=()
+
+    if [[ ! -f "${DOCKERFILE}" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: ROCm base Dockerfile not found: ${DOCKERFILE}" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    build_date="${ROCM_BASE_TAG_DATE:-$(date -u +%Y%m%d)}"
+    if [[ -n "${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER:-}" ]]; then
+        build_suffix="_bk_${BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER}"
+    fi
+    base_image_arg="$(extract_arg_default BASE_IMAGE)"
+    base_image_digest="$(resolve_image_digest "${base_image_arg}")"
+    read -r -a content_paths <<< "${content_files}"
+    content_files_hash="$(compute_content_hash "${content_paths[@]}")"
+    base_hash=$(compute_base_content_hash "${use_sccache}" "${base_image_digest}")
+    rocm_version="$(rocm_version_from_base_image "${base_image_arg}")"
+    triton_arg="$(extract_arg_default TRITON_BRANCH)"
+    pytorch_arg="$(extract_arg_default PYTORCH_BRANCH)"
+    pytorch_vision_arg="$(extract_arg_default PYTORCH_VISION_BRANCH)"
+    pytorch_audio_arg="$(extract_arg_default PYTORCH_AUDIO_BRANCH)"
+    fa_arg="$(extract_arg_default FA_BRANCH)"
+    aiter_arg="$(extract_arg_default AITER_BRANCH)"
+    mori_arg="$(extract_arg_default MORI_BRANCH)"
+    python_version_arg="$(extract_arg_default PYTHON_VERSION)"
+    pytorch_rocm_arch_arg="$(extract_arg_default PYTORCH_ROCM_ARCH)"
+    pytorch_branch="$(tag_component "${pytorch_arg}" 16)"
+    aiter_branch="$(tag_component "${aiter_arg}" 24)"
+    dependency_summary="base=${base_image_arg},rocm=${rocm_version},python=${python_version_arg},pytorch=${pytorch_arg},torchvision=${pytorch_vision_arg},torchaudio=${pytorch_audio_arg},triton=${triton_arg},flash-attn=${fa_arg},aiter=${aiter_arg},mori=${mori_arg},pytorch-rocm-arch=${pytorch_rocm_arch_arg}"
+    descriptor="$(clean_docker_tag "base_custom_aiter_${aiter_branch}_torch_${pytorch_branch}_${build_date}${build_suffix}")"
+    ci_descriptor="$(clean_docker_tag "ci_custom_aiter_${aiter_branch}_torch_${pytorch_branch}_${build_date}${build_suffix}")"
+
+    descriptive_tag="${BASE_REPO}:${descriptor}"
+    ci_descriptive_tag="${CI_IMAGE_REPO}:${ci_descriptor}"
+
+    tags=(-t "${descriptive_tag}")
+    if should_push_stable_tag; then
+        tags+=(-t "${stable_tag}")
+        metadata_set "rocm-base-push-stable-tag" "1"
+    else
+        metadata_set "rocm-base-push-stable-tag" "0"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${ROCM_BASE_NO_CACHE:-1}" == "1" ]]; then
+        no_cache_args=(--no-cache)
+    fi
+
+    for env_name in \
+        SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL \
+        SCCACHE_ENDPOINT \
+        SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME \
+        SCCACHE_REGION_NAME \
+        SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS; do
+        if [[ -n "${!env_name:-}" ]]; then
+            sccache_args+=(--build-arg "${env_name}=${!env_name}")
+        fi
+    done
+
+    echo "--- :docker: Building ROCm base image"
+    echo "Dockerfile: ${DOCKERFILE}"
+    echo "Descriptive tag: ${descriptive_tag}"
+    echo "Stable tag: ${stable_tag} ($(should_push_stable_tag && echo enabled || echo disabled))"
+    echo "Content hash: ${base_hash}"
+    echo "Dependency summary: ${dependency_summary}"
+    echo "USE_SCCACHE: ${use_sccache}"
+
+    docker buildx build \
+        "${no_cache_args[@]}" \
+        --pull \
+        --progress "${BUILDKIT_PROGRESS:-plain}" \
+        --file "${DOCKERFILE}" \
+        --build-arg "USE_SCCACHE=${use_sccache}" \
+        "${sccache_args[@]}" \
+        --label "org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm" \
+        --label "org.opencontainers.image.vendor=vLLM" \
+        --label "org.opencontainers.image.title=vLLM ROCm base" \
+        --label "org.opencontainers.image.revision=${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:-}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.metadata_version=${metadata_version}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.content_hash=${base_hash}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.content_files_hash=${content_files_hash}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dockerfile=${DOCKERFILE}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.image.descriptive=${descriptive_tag}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.image.stable=${stable_tag}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.git_commit=${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:-}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.stable_branch=${ROCM_BASE_STABLE_BRANCH:-main}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.descriptor=${descriptor}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency_summary=${dependency_summary}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.base_image=${base_image_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.base_image_digest=${base_image_digest}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.rocm=${rocm_version}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.python=${python_version_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.pytorch=${pytorch_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.torchvision=${pytorch_vision_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.torchaudio=${pytorch_audio_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.triton=${triton_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.flash_attention=${fa_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.aiter=${aiter_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.dependency.mori=${mori_arg}" \
+        --label "vllm.rocm_base.pytorch_rocm_arch=${pytorch_rocm_arch_arg}" \
+        "${tags[@]}" \
+        --push \
+        .
+
+    docker buildx imagetools inspect "${descriptive_tag}" >/dev/null
+
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-refresh" "1"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-image" "${descriptive_tag}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-image-descriptive" "${descriptive_tag}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-image-stable" "${stable_tag}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-image-ci-descriptive" "${ci_descriptive_tag}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-metadata-version" "${metadata_version}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-content-hash" "${base_hash}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-content-files-hash" "${content_files_hash}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-content-files" "${content_files}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-content-args" "${content_args}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-base-image-digest" "${base_image_digest}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dockerfile" "${DOCKERFILE}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-descriptor" "${descriptor}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-summary" "${dependency_summary}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-rocm" "${rocm_version}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-python" "${python_version_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-pytorch" "${pytorch_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-torchvision" "${pytorch_vision_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-torchaudio" "${pytorch_audio_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-triton" "${triton_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-flash-attention" "${fa_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-aiter" "${aiter_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-dependency-mori" "${mori_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-pytorch-rocm-arch" "${pytorch_rocm_arch_arg}"
+    metadata_set "rocm-ci-image-descriptive" "${ci_descriptive_tag}"
+
+    echo "--- :white_check_mark: ROCm base image published"
+    echo "Use BASE_IMAGE=${descriptive_tag} for downstream ROCm CI builds"
+}
+
+main() {
+    metadata_set "rocm-base-refresh" "0"
+
+    if ! rocm_base_changed; then
+        echo "ROCm base Dockerfile did not change; skipping base image refresh"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    setup_builder
+    build_base_image
+}
+
+main "$@"

.buildkite/scripts/rocm/smoke-test-image.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Fast structural smoke test for the full ROCm CI image.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+image_ref="${VLLM_CI_SMOKE_IMAGE:-rocm/vllm-ci:${BUILDKITE_COMMIT:?BUILDKITE_COMMIT is required}}"
+
+docker run --rm --network=none --entrypoint /bin/bash "${image_ref}" -ec '
+  if [ ! -d /vllm-workspace ]; then echo Missing directory: /vllm-workspace >&2; exit 1; fi
+  if [ ! -d /vllm-workspace/tests ]; then echo Missing directory: /vllm-workspace/tests >&2; exit 1; fi
+  if [ ! -d /vllm-workspace/src/vllm ]; then echo Missing directory: /vllm-workspace/src/vllm >&2; exit 1; fi
+  if [ ! -x /vllm-workspace/src/vllm/vllm-rs ]; then echo Missing executable: /vllm-workspace/src/vllm/vllm-rs >&2; exit 1; fi
+
+  command -v python3
+  command -v uv
+  command -v pytest
+
+  if ! command -v amd-smi >/dev/null 2>&1 && ! command -v rocminfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo No ROCm CLI found in image >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  python3 - <<PY
+import torch
+import vllm
+
+print(torch.__version__)
+print(vllm.__version__)
+PY
+
+  echo AMD image smoke OK
+'

.buildkite/scripts/run-multi-node-test.sh

@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ run_nodes() {
         if [ "$node" -ne 0 ]; then
             docker exec -d "node$node" /bin/bash -c "cd $WORKING_DIR ; ${COMMANDS[$node]}"
         else
-            docker exec "node$node" /bin/bash -c "cd $WORKING_DIR ; ${COMMANDS[$node]}"
+            # Allocate a TTY (-t -i) for the foreground head node so its output
+            # keeps ANSI color in the Buildkite log (see run-amd-test.sh).
+            docker exec -t -i "node$node" /bin/bash -c "cd $WORKING_DIR ; ${COMMANDS[$node]}"
         fi
     done
 }

.buildkite/scripts/run-rust-frontend-cargo-ci.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+MODE="${1:-}"
+
+if [[ "$MODE" != "style-clippy" && "$MODE" != "test" ]]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 {style-clippy|test}" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+if ROOT_DIR="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)"; then
+  :
+else
+  SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
+  ROOT_DIR="$(cd -- "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../.." && pwd -P)"
+fi
+cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+
+export CARGO_TERM_COLOR="${CARGO_TERM_COLOR:-always}"
+export CARGO_HOME="${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}"
+export RUSTUP_HOME="${RUSTUP_HOME:-$HOME/.rustup}"
+export PATH="$CARGO_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+
+PROTOC_VERSION="${PROTOC_VERSION:-31.1}"
+CARGO_BINSTALL_VERSION="${CARGO_BINSTALL_VERSION:-1.20.1}"
+UV_VERSION="${UV_VERSION:-0.11.28}"
+PYO3_PYTHON_VERSION="${PYO3_PYTHON_VERSION:-3.12}"
+
+CARGO_SORT_VERSION_REQ="${CARGO_SORT_VERSION_REQ:-2}"
+CARGO_DENY_VERSION_REQ="${CARGO_DENY_VERSION_REQ:-0.20}"
+CARGO_NEXTEST_VERSION_REQ="${CARGO_NEXTEST_VERSION_REQ:-0.9}"
+
+log_section() {
+  echo "--- $*"
+}
+
+install_protoc() {
+  local arch
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    x86_64)
+      arch="x86_64"
+      ;;
+    aarch64|arm64)
+      arch="aarch_64"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unsupported protoc architecture: $(uname -m)" >&2
+      return 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  local url="https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v${PROTOC_VERSION}/protoc-${PROTOC_VERSION}-linux-${arch}.zip"
+  local tmp_dir
+  tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+  log_section "Installing protoc ${PROTOC_VERSION}"
+  curl -L --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf "$url" -o "$tmp_dir/protoc.zip"
+  mkdir -p "$CARGO_HOME/bin"
+  unzip -q "$tmp_dir/protoc.zip" bin/protoc 'include/*' -d "$CARGO_HOME"
+  chmod +x "$CARGO_HOME/bin/protoc"
+  rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+  protoc --version
+}
+
+rust_toolchain() {
+  awk -F '"' '/channel[[:space:]]*=/ { print $2; exit }' rust-toolchain.toml
+}
+
+install_rust_toolchain() {
+  log_section "Installing Rust toolchain"
+  if ! command -v rustup >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs \
+      | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain none
+  fi
+
+  local toolchain
+  toolchain="$(rust_toolchain)"
+  rustup toolchain install "$toolchain" --profile minimal --component rustfmt,clippy
+  rustup component add --toolchain "$toolchain" rustfmt clippy
+}
+
+install_cargo_binstall() {
+  log_section "Installing cargo-binstall ${CARGO_BINSTALL_VERSION}"
+  curl -L --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf \
+    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/v${CARGO_BINSTALL_VERSION}/install-from-binstall-release.sh" \
+    | env BINSTALL_VERSION="$CARGO_BINSTALL_VERSION" bash
+  cargo-binstall -V
+}
+
+install_cargo_sort() {
+  log_section "Installing cargo-sort ${CARGO_SORT_VERSION_REQ}"
+  cargo binstall --no-confirm --force "cargo-sort@${CARGO_SORT_VERSION_REQ}"
+}
+
+install_cargo_deny() {
+  log_section "Installing cargo-deny ${CARGO_DENY_VERSION_REQ}"
+  cargo binstall --no-confirm --force "cargo-deny@${CARGO_DENY_VERSION_REQ}"
+}
+
+install_cargo_nextest() {
+  log_section "Installing cargo-nextest ${CARGO_NEXTEST_VERSION_REQ}"
+  cargo binstall \
+    --no-confirm \
+    --force \
+    --secure \
+    "cargo-nextest@${CARGO_NEXTEST_VERSION_REQ}"
+}
+
+install_uv() {
+  log_section "Installing uv ${UV_VERSION}"
+  curl -L --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf \
+    "https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/${UV_VERSION}/uv-installer.sh" \
+    | env UV_INSTALL_DIR="$CARGO_HOME/bin" sh
+  uv --version
+}
+
+setup_pyo3_python() {
+  log_section "Installing Python ${PYO3_PYTHON_VERSION} for PyO3 tests"
+  uv python install "$PYO3_PYTHON_VERSION"
+  PYO3_PYTHON="$(uv python find \
+    --managed-python \
+    --no-project \
+    --resolve-links \
+    "$PYO3_PYTHON_VERSION")"
+  export PYO3_PYTHON
+
+  local python_libdir
+  python_libdir="$("$PYO3_PYTHON" - <<'PY'
+import pathlib
+import sysconfig
+
+libdir = pathlib.Path(sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBDIR"))
+ldlibrary = sysconfig.get_config_var("LDLIBRARY")
+assert sysconfig.get_config_var("Py_ENABLE_SHARED") == 1
+assert ldlibrary
+assert (libdir / ldlibrary).exists(), libdir / ldlibrary
+print(libdir)
+PY
+)"
+
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${python_libdir}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+  export LIBRARY_PATH="${python_libdir}:${LIBRARY_PATH:-}"
+}
+
+run_style_clippy() {
+  install_cargo_binstall
+  install_cargo_sort
+  install_cargo_deny
+
+  log_section "Checking Rust formatting"
+  cargo fmt --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
+
+  log_section "Checking Cargo.toml ordering"
+  cargo sort --workspace --check rust
+
+  log_section "Checking Rust dependency bans"
+  cargo deny \
+    --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml \
+    --config rust/deny.toml \
+    check \
+    bans
+
+  log_section "Running clippy"
+  cargo clippy \
+    --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml \
+    --workspace \
+    --all-targets \
+    --all-features \
+    --locked \
+    -- \
+    -D warnings
+}
+
+run_tests() {
+  install_uv
+  setup_pyo3_python
+  install_cargo_binstall
+  install_cargo_nextest
+
+  log_section "Running cargo nextest"
+  cargo nextest run \
+    --manifest-path rust/Cargo.toml \
+    --workspace \
+    --all-features \
+    --locked \
+    --no-fail-fast
+}
+
+install_protoc
+install_rust_toolchain
+
+case "$MODE" in
+  style-clippy)
+    run_style_clippy
+    ;;
+  test)
+    run_tests
+    ;;
+esac

.buildkite/scripts/scheduled_integration_test/deepseek_v2_lite_ep_eplb.sh

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ for BACK in "${BACKENDS[@]}"; do
     --data-parallel-size 2 \
     --enable-expert-parallel \
     --enable-eplb \
+    --eplb-config '{"use_async": false}' \
     --trust-remote-code \
     --max-model-len 2048 \
     --all2all-backend "$BACK" \

.buildkite/scripts/scheduled_integration_test/deepseek_v2_lite_prefetch_offload.sh

@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ if [[ -n "${ATTENTION_BACKEND:-}" ]]; then
   EXTRA_ARGS+=(--attention-backend "${ATTENTION_BACKEND}")
 fi
 
+# ROCm: run eager to avoid intermittent HIP-graph decode corruption.
+# See https://github.com/ROCm/clr/issues/279
+# TODO(aarushjain29): Revert after TheRock 7.14
+if command -v rocm-smi &> /dev/null || command -v amd-smi &> /dev/null || [[ -d /opt/rocm ]] || [[ -n "${ROCM_PATH:-}" ]]; then
+  echo "ROCm platform detected: adding --enforce-eager to avoid HIP-graph decode corruption"
+  EXTRA_ARGS+=(--enforce-eager)
+fi
+
 cleanup() {
   if [[ -n "${SERVER_PID:-}" ]] && kill -0 "${SERVER_PID}" 2>/dev/null; then
     kill "${SERVER_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true

.buildkite/scripts/scheduled_integration_test/qwen30b_a3b_fp8_block_ep_eplb.sh

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ for BACK in "${BACKENDS[@]}"; do
     --enforce-eager \
     --enable-eplb \
     --all2all-backend "$BACK" \
-    --eplb-config '{"window_size":10, "step_interval":100, "num_redundant_experts":0, "log_balancedness":true}' \
+    --eplb-config '{"window_size":10, "step_interval":100, "num_redundant_experts":0, "log_balancedness":true, "use_async":false}' \
     --tensor-parallel-size "${TENSOR_PARALLEL_SIZE}" \
     --data-parallel-size "${DATA_PARALLEL_SIZE}" \
     --enable-expert-parallel \

.buildkite/scripts/scheduled_integration_test/qwen30b_a3b_fp8_dp4_async_eplb.sh

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ wait_for_server() {
 
 MODEL="Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-FP8"
 BACK="allgather_reducescatter"
+if command -v rocm-smi &> /dev/null || [[ -d /opt/rocm ]] || [[ -n "${ROCM_PATH:-}" ]]; then
+  # Disable MOE padding for ROCm since it is causing eplb to fail.
+  export VLLM_ROCM_MOE_PADDING=0
+fi
 
 cleanup() {
   if [[ -n "${SERVER_PID:-}" ]] && kill -0 "${SERVER_PID}" 2>/dev/null; then

.buildkite/scripts/tool_call/run-bfcl-eval.sh

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ echo "============================================"
 # ---- Install bfcl-eval if missing ----
 if ! python3 -c "import bfcl_eval" 2>/dev/null; then
     echo "Installing bfcl-eval..."
-    pip install "bfcl-eval>=2025.10.20.1,<2026"
+    uv pip install "bfcl-eval>=2025.10.20.1,<2026"
 fi
 
 # ---- Cleanup handler ----
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ SERVE_ARGS=(
     --tensor-parallel-size "$TP_SIZE"
     --max-model-len "$MAX_MODEL_LEN"
     --enforce-eager
-    --no-enable-prefix-caching
+    --enable-prefix-caching
 )
 
 # Append reasoning parser if specified

.buildkite/scripts/trigger-ci-build.sh

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 # Default configuration
 PIPELINE="ci"
 DRY_RUN=true
+TORCH_NIGHTLY=false
 
 usage() {
     cat <<EOF
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ Sets RUN_ALL=1 and NIGHTLY=1 environment variables.
 SAFETY: Dry-run by default. Use --execute to actually trigger a build.
 
 Options:
-    --execute       Actually trigger the build (default: dry-run)
-    --pipeline      Buildkite pipeline slug (default: ${PIPELINE})
-    --commit        Override commit SHA (default: current HEAD)
-    --branch        Override branch name (default: current branch)
-    --message       Custom build message (default: auto-generated)
-    --help          Show this help message
+    --execute        Actually trigger the build (default: dry-run)
+    --pipeline       Buildkite pipeline slug (default: ${PIPELINE})
+    --commit         Override commit SHA (default: current HEAD)
+    --branch         Override branch name (default: current branch)
+    --message        Custom build message (default: auto-generated)
+    --torch-nightly  Also build and run the full suite against torch nightly
+                     (sets TORCH_NIGHTLY=1)
+    --help           Show this help message
 
 Prerequisites:
     - bk CLI installed: brew tap buildkite/buildkite && brew install buildkite/buildkite/bk
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ Examples:
     $(basename "$0")                        # Dry-run, show what would happen
     $(basename "$0") --execute              # Actually trigger the build
     $(basename "$0") --pipeline ci-shadow   # Dry-run with different pipeline
+    $(basename "$0") --torch-nightly        # Dry-run a full torch-nightly run
 EOF
     exit 1
 }
@@ -96,6 +100,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             MESSAGE="$2"
             shift 2
             ;;
+        --torch-nightly)
+            TORCH_NIGHTLY=true
+            shift
+            ;;
         --help|-h)
             usage
             ;;
@@ -171,11 +179,17 @@ if [[ $(echo "$REMOTE_BRANCHES" | wc -l) -gt 5 ]]; then
 fi
 echo ""
 
+# Environment variables passed to the build.
+BUILD_ENV=("RUN_ALL=1" "NIGHTLY=1")
+if [[ "$TORCH_NIGHTLY" == true ]]; then
+    BUILD_ENV+=("TORCH_NIGHTLY=1")
+fi
+
 log_info "Pipeline: ${PIPELINE}"
 log_info "Branch: ${BRANCH}"
 log_info "Commit: ${COMMIT}"
 log_info "Message: ${MESSAGE}"
-log_info "Environment: RUN_ALL=1, NIGHTLY=1"
+log_info "Environment: ${BUILD_ENV[*]}"
 echo ""
 
 # Build the command
@@ -187,9 +201,10 @@ CMD=(bk build create
     --commit "${COMMIT}"
     --branch "${BRANCH}"
     --message "${MESSAGE}"
-    --env "RUN_ALL=1"
-    --env "NIGHTLY=1"
 )
+for env_var in "${BUILD_ENV[@]}"; do
+    CMD+=(--env "${env_var}")
+done
 
 if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
     echo "=========================================="
@@ -210,8 +225,14 @@ if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
     echo "    --commit '$(escape_for_shell "${COMMIT}")' \\"
     echo "    --branch '$(escape_for_shell "${BRANCH}")' \\"
     echo "    --message '$(escape_for_shell "${MESSAGE}")' \\"
-    echo "    --env 'RUN_ALL=1' \\"
-    echo "    --env 'NIGHTLY=1'"
+    last_idx=$(( ${#BUILD_ENV[@]} - 1 ))
+    for i in "${!BUILD_ENV[@]}"; do
+        if [[ $i -eq $last_idx ]]; then
+            echo "    --env '$(escape_for_shell "${BUILD_ENV[$i]}")'"
+        else
+            echo "    --env '$(escape_for_shell "${BUILD_ENV[$i]}")' \\"
+        fi
+    done
     echo ""
     echo "=========================================="
     echo -e "${YELLOW}To actually trigger this build, run:${NC}"

.buildkite/scripts/upload-nightly-wheels.sh

@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ set -ex
 # manylinux platform tag with auditwheel.
 # Index generation is handled separately by generate-and-upload-nightly-index.sh.
 
-# shellcheck source=lib/manylinux.sh
-source .buildkite/scripts/lib/manylinux.sh
+# auditwheel is Linux-only; macOS wheels already carry a valid tag, so skip the
+# manylinux retag for them.
+WHEEL_PLATFORM="${VLLM_WHEEL_PLATFORM:-linux}"
+
+if [[ "$WHEEL_PLATFORM" == "linux" ]]; then
+  # shellcheck source=lib/manylinux.sh
+  source .buildkite/scripts/lib/manylinux.sh
+fi
 
 BUCKET="vllm-wheels"
 SUBPATH=$BUILDKITE_COMMIT
@@ -27,8 +33,10 @@ wheel="${wheel_files[0]}"
 
 # ========= detect manylinux tag and rename ==========
 
-wheel="$(apply_manylinux_tag "$wheel")"
-echo "Renamed wheel to: $wheel"
+if [[ "$WHEEL_PLATFORM" == "linux" ]]; then
+  wheel="$(apply_manylinux_tag "$wheel")"
+  echo "Renamed wheel to: $wheel"
+fi
 
 # Extract the version from the wheel
 version=$(unzip -p "$wheel" '**/METADATA' | grep '^Version: ' | cut -d' ' -f2)

.buildkite/scripts/upload-release-wheels-pypi.sh

@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ fi
 
 set -x # avoid printing secrets above
 
-# install twine and sdist build prerequisites from pypi
-python3 -m venv /tmp/vllm-release-env
+# install uv if not already available
+if ! command -v uv &> /dev/null; then
+  curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | UV_VERSION=0.11.14 sh
+  export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# install twine and sdist build prerequisites using uv with Python 3.12
+uv venv --python 3.12 /tmp/vllm-release-env
 source /tmp/vllm-release-env/bin/activate
-pip install twine
-pip install -r requirements/build/cuda.txt
+uv pip install twine
+uv pip install -r requirements/build/cuda.txt
 python3 -m twine --version
 
 # copy release wheels to local directory

.buildkite/scripts/upload-rocm-wheels.sh

@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ $PYTHON .buildkite/scripts/generate-nightly-index.py \
 echo "Uploading indices to $S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "$S3_COMMIT_PREFIX"
 
-# Update rocm/nightly/ if on main branch and not a PR
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" && "$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]] || [[ "$NIGHTLY" == "1" ]]; then
+# Only scheduled nightly builds should update the moving nightly index.
+if [[ "${NIGHTLY:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
     echo "Updating rocm/nightly/ index..."
     aws s3 cp --recursive "$INDICES_OUTPUT_DIR/" "s3://$BUCKET/rocm/nightly/"
 fi
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ echo ""
 echo "Install command (by commit):"
 echo "  pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://${BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com/$ROCM_SUBPATH/"
 echo ""
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" == "main" ]] || [[ "$NIGHTLY" == "1" ]]; then
+if [[ "${NIGHTLY:-0}" == "1" ]]; then
     echo "Install command (nightly):"
     echo "  pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://${BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com/rocm/nightly/"
 fi

.buildkite/scripts/xpu/create-xpu-ecr-manifest.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REGISTRY="public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+REPO="vllm-release-repo"
+ARCH_TAG="${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-$(uname -m)-xpu"
+PLATFORM_TAG="${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}-xpu"
+
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin ${REGISTRY}
+docker manifest rm ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}:${PLATFORM_TAG} || true
+docker manifest create ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}:${PLATFORM_TAG} ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}:${ARCH_TAG} --amend
+docker manifest push ${REGISTRY}/${REPO}:${PLATFORM_TAG}

.buildkite/scripts/xpu/push-nightly-builds-xpu.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+ORIG_TAG_NAME="$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"
+REPO="vllm/vllm-openai-xpu"
+
+echo "Pushing original XPU tag ${ORIG_TAG_NAME}-xpu to nightly tags in ${REPO}"
+
+aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7
+docker pull public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:"$ORIG_TAG_NAME"-x86_64-xpu
+
+docker tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-release-repo:"$ORIG_TAG_NAME"-x86_64-xpu ${REPO}:nightly-x86_64
+docker push ${REPO}:nightly-x86_64
+
+docker manifest rm ${REPO}:nightly || true
+docker manifest rm ${REPO}:nightly-"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" || true
+docker manifest create ${REPO}:nightly ${REPO}:nightly-x86_64 --amend
+docker manifest create ${REPO}:nightly-"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" ${REPO}:nightly-x86_64 --amend
+docker manifest push ${REPO}:nightly
+docker manifest push ${REPO}:nightly-"$BUILDKITE_COMMIT"

.buildkite/test_areas/attention.yaml

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ group: Attention
 depends_on: 
   - image-build
 steps:
-- label: V1 attention (H100)
-  key: v1-attention-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+- label: V1 attention (H100-MI300)
+  key: v1-attention-h100-mi300
+  timeout_in_minutes: 85
   device: h100
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/config/attention.py
@@ -12,11 +12,27 @@ steps:
     - vllm/v1/attention
     - tests/v1/attention
   commands:
-    - pytest -v -s v1/attention
+    - pytest -v -s v1/attention --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT
+  parallelism: 2
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 125
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/config/attention.py
+      - vllm/model_executor/layers/attention
+      - vllm/v1/attention
+      - tests/v1/attention
+      - vllm/_aiter_ops.py
+      - vllm/envs.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: V1 attention (B200)
   key: v1-attention-b200
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 80
   device: b200-k8s
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/config/attention.py
@@ -24,4 +40,5 @@ steps:
     - vllm/v1/attention
     - tests/v1/attention
   commands:
-    - pytest -v -s v1/attention
+    - pytest -v -s v1/attention --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT
+  parallelism: 2

.buildkite/test_areas/basic_correctness.yaml

@@ -4,15 +4,22 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Basic Correctness
   key: basic-correctness
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 68
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   - tests/basic_correctness/test_basic_correctness
   - tests/basic_correctness/test_cpu_offload
-  - tests/basic_correctness/test_cumem.py
+  - tests/basic_correctness/test_mem.py
   commands:
   - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-  - pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_cumem.py
+  - pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_mem.py
   - pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_basic_correctness.py
   - pytest -v -s basic_correctness/test_cpu_offload.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 60
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd

.buildkite/test_areas/benchmarks.yaml

@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Benchmarks CLI Test
   key: benchmarks-cli-test
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   - tests/benchmarks/
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s benchmarks/
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 40
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: Attention Benchmarks Smoke Test (B200)
   key: attention-benchmarks-smoke-test-b200
@@ -18,9 +25,9 @@ steps:
   num_gpus: 2
   optional: true
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
-  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   source_file_dependencies:
   - benchmarks/attention_benchmarks/
   - vllm/v1/attention/
   commands:
-  - python3 benchmarks/attention_benchmarks/benchmark.py --backends flash flashinfer --batch-specs "8q1s1k" --repeats 1 --warmup-iters 1
+  - python3 benchmarks/attention_benchmarks/benchmark.py --backends flash flashinfer --batch-specs "8q1s1k"

.buildkite/test_areas/compile.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Sequence Parallel Correctness Tests (2 GPUs)
   key: sequence-parallel-correctness-tests-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  timeout_in_minutes: 80
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Sequence Parallel Correctness Tests (2xH100)
   key: sequence-parallel-correctness-tests-2xh100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  timeout_in_minutes: 75
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   optional: true
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: AsyncTP Correctness Tests (2xH100)
   key: asynctp-correctness-tests-2xh100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   optional: true
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: AsyncTP Correctness Tests (B200)
   key: asynctp-correctness-tests-b200
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: b200-k8s
   optional: true
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Distributed Compile Unit Tests (2xH100)
   key: distributed-compile-unit-tests-2xh100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   num_devices: 2
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Fusion and Compile Unit Tests (2xB200)
   key: fusion-and-compile-unit-tests-2xb200
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: b200-k8s
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Fusion E2E Quick (H100)
   key: fusion-e2e-quick-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 15
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   num_devices: 1
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Fusion E2E Config Sweep (H100)
   key: fusion-e2e-config-sweep-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   num_devices: 1
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Fusion E2E TP2 Quick (H100)
   key: fusion-e2e-tp2-quick-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 35
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   num_devices: 2
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Fusion E2E TP2 AR-RMS Config Sweep (H100)
   key: fusion-e2e-tp2-ar-rms-config-sweep-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: h100
   num_devices: 2
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Fusion E2E TP2 (B200)
   key: fusion-e2e-tp2-b200
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   device: b200-k8s
   num_devices: 2

.buildkite/test_areas/cuda.yaml

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ group: CUDA
 depends_on: 
   - image-build
 steps:
-- label: Platform Tests (CUDA)
-  key: platform-tests-cuda
-  timeout_in_minutes: 15
+- label: Platform Tests
+  key: platform-tests
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/envs.py
@@ -16,15 +16,21 @@ steps:
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s cuda/test_cuda_context.py
     - pytest -v -s cuda/test_platform_no_cuda_init.py
+    - pytest -v -s cuda/test_cuda_compatibility_path.py
 
 - label: Cudagraph
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: cudagraph
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   source_file_dependencies:
   - tests/v1/cudagraph
   - vllm/v1/cudagraph_dispatcher.py
   - vllm/config/compilation.py
   - vllm/compilation
+  - vllm/v1/worker/encoder_cudagraph.py
+  - vllm/v1/worker/encoder_cudagraph_defs.py
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s v1/cudagraph/test_cudagraph_dispatch.py
-    - pytest -v -s v1/cudagraph/test_cudagraph_mode.py
+    - pytest -v -s v1/cudagraph/test_cudagraph_mode.py
+    - pytest -v -s v1/cudagraph/test_breakable_cudagraph.py
+    - pytest -v -s v1/cudagraph/test_encoder_cudagraph.py

.buildkite/test_areas/disaggregated.yaml

@@ -4,27 +4,55 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Distributed NixlConnector PD accuracy (4 GPUs)
   key: distributed-nixlconnector-pd-accuracy-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 55
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_4
+      timeout_in_minutes: 60
+      depends_on:
+        - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+        - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+        - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+        - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      commands:
+        - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
+        - ATTENTION_BACKEND=TRITON_ATTN bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+
 - label: Distributed FlashInfer NixlConnector PD accuracy (4 GPUs)
   key: distributed-flashinfer-nixlconnector-pd-accuracy-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 55
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - FLASHINFER=1 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
 
+- label: Push NixlConnector PP prefill PD accuracy (4 GPUs)
+  key: push-nixlconnector-pp-prefill-pd-accuracy-4-gpus
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_devices: 4
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_push_integration/
+  commands:
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_push_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+
 - label: DP EP Distributed NixlConnector PD accuracy tests (4 GPUs)
   key: dp-ep-distributed-nixlconnector-pd-accuracy-tests-4-gpus
   timeout_in_minutes: 30
@@ -34,36 +62,108 @@ steps:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - DP_EP=1 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_4
+      timeout_in_minutes: 40
+      depends_on:
+        - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+        - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+        - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+        - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      commands:
+        - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
+        - DP_EP=1 ATTENTION_BACKEND=TRITON_ATTN bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
 
 - label: CrossLayer KV layout Distributed NixlConnector PD accuracy tests (4 GPUs)
   key: crosslayer-kv-layout-distributed-nixlconnector-pd-accuracy-tests-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 55
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - CROSS_LAYERS_BLOCKS=True bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_4
+      timeout_in_minutes: 60
+      depends_on:
+        - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+        - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+        - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+        - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      commands:
+        - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
+        - CROSS_LAYERS_BLOCKS=True ATTENTION_BACKEND=TRITON_ATTN bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
 
 - label: Hybrid SSM NixlConnector PD accuracy tests (4 GPUs)
   key: hybrid-ssm-nixlconnector-pd-accuracy-tests-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - HYBRID_SSM=1 bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_4
+      timeout_in_minutes: 55
+      depends_on:
+        - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+        - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+        - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+        - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      commands:
+        - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
+        - HYBRID_SSM=1 ATTENTION_BACKEND=TRITON_ATTN bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_accuracy_test.sh
+
+- label: NixlConnector PD edge case test (2 GPUs)
+  key: nixlconnector-pd-edge-cases-2-gpus
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_devices: 2
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+    - vllm/v1/core/sched/
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+  env:
+    PREFILL_GPU_ID: "0"
+    DECODE_GPU_ID: "1"
+  commands:
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_edge_case_test.sh
+
+- label: Hybrid SSM NixlConnector PD prefix cache test (2 GPUs)
+  key: hybrid-ssm-nixlconnector-pd-prefix-cache-2-gpus
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_devices: 2
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+    - vllm/v1/core/sched/
+    - vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_coordinator.py
+    - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+  commands:
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_mamba_prefix_cache_test.sh
 
 - label: MultiConnector (Nixl+Offloading) PD accuracy (2 GPUs)
   key: multiconnector-nixl-offloading-pd-accuracy-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -73,12 +173,12 @@ steps:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/offloading/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
     - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_multi_connector_accuracy_test.sh
 
 - label: NixlConnector PD + Spec Decode acceptance (2 GPUs)
   key: nixlconnector-pd-spec-decode-acceptance-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   device: a100
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
@@ -87,12 +187,27 @@ steps:
     - vllm/v1/worker/kv_connector_model_runner_mixin.py
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
-    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/spec_decode_acceptance_test.sh
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_spec_decode_test.sh
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_2
+      timeout_in_minutes: 45
+      depends_on:
+        - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+        - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl/
+        - vllm/v1/worker/kv_connector_model_runner_mixin.py
+        - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
+        - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      commands:
+        - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
+        - KV_CACHE_MEMORY_BYTES=8G ATTENTION_BACKEND=TRITON_ATTN bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/config_sweep_spec_decode_test.sh
 
 - label: MultiConnector (Nixl+Offloading) PD edge cases (2 GPUs)
   key: multiconnector-nixl-offloading-pd-edge-cases-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -102,5 +217,27 @@ steps:
     - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/offloading/
     - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
   commands:
-    - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors.txt
-    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_multi_connector_edge_case_test.sh
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_multi_connector_edge_case_test.sh
+
+# P TP 4 - D DPEP 4 test case for DSv4-Flash
+- label: DSv4-Flash Disaggregated DP EP
+  key: dsv4-flash-disaggregated
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  device: h200
+  optional: true
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_devices: 8
+  env:
+    ENABLE_HMA_FLAG: "1"
+    DP_EP: "1"
+    GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION: "0.85"
+    PREFILLER_TP_SIZE: "4"
+    DECODER_TP_SIZE: "4"
+    PREFILL_BLOCK_SIZE: "256"
+    DECODE_BLOCK_SIZE: "256"
+    MODEL_NAMES: "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash"
+    VLLM_SERVE_EXTRA_ARGS: "--trust-remote-code,--kv-cache-dtype,fp8"
+  commands:
+    - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+    - bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/run_accuracy_test.sh

.buildkite/test_areas/distributed.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Distributed Comm Ops
   key: distributed-comm-ops
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Distributed DP Tests (2 GPUs)
   key: distributed-dp-tests-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 35
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -37,10 +37,27 @@ steps:
   - TP_SIZE=1 DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s v1/distributed/test_eagle_dp.py
   - TP_SIZE=1 DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s v1/distributed/test_external_lb_dp.py
   - DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/test_multi_api_servers.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_2
+      timeout_in_minutes: 45
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/distributed/
+      - vllm/engine/
+      - vllm/executor/
+      - vllm/worker/worker_base.py
+      - vllm/v1/engine/
+      - vllm/v1/worker/
+      - tests/v1/distributed
+      - tests/entrypoints/openai/test_multi_api_servers.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: Distributed Compile + RPC Tests (2 GPUs)
   key: distributed-compile-rpc-tests-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 65
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -63,7 +80,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Distributed Torchrun + Shutdown Tests (2 GPUs)
   key: distributed-torchrun-shutdown-tests-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -118,7 +135,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Distributed DP Tests (4 GPUs)
   key: distributed-dp-tests-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -139,7 +156,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Distributed Compile + Comm (4 GPUs)
   key: distributed-compile-comm-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 70
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -159,9 +176,9 @@ steps:
   # test multi-node TP with multiproc executor (simulated on single node)
   - pytest -v -s distributed/test_multiproc_executor.py::test_multiproc_executor_multi_node
 
-- label: Distributed Tests (8 GPUs)(H100)
-  key: distributed-tests-8-gpus-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+- label: Distributed Tests (8xH100)
+  key: distributed-tests-8xh100
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: h100
   num_devices: 8
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
@@ -180,8 +197,8 @@ steps:
   # test with torchrun tp=2 and dp=4 with ep
   - torchrun --nproc-per-node=8 ../examples/features/torchrun/torchrun_dp_example_offline.py --tp-size=2 --pp-size=1 --dp-size=4 --enable-ep
 
-- label: Distributed Tests (4 GPUs)(A100)
-  key: distributed-tests-4-gpus-a100
+- label: Distributed Tests (4xA100)
+  key: distributed-tests-4xa100
   device: a100
   optional: true
   num_devices: 4
@@ -195,9 +212,9 @@ steps:
   - TARGET_TEST_SUITE=A100 pytest basic_correctness/ -v -s -m 'distributed(num_gpus=2)'
   - pytest -v -s -x lora/test_mixtral.py
 
-- label: Distributed Tests (2 GPUs)(H100)
-  key: distributed-tests-2-gpus-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 15
+- label: Distributed Tests (2xH100-2xMI300)
+  key: distributed-tests-2xh100-2xmi300
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   device: h100
   optional: true
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
@@ -210,15 +227,15 @@ steps:
     - VLLM_ALLOW_INSECURE_SERIALIZATION=1 pytest -v -s tests/distributed/test_weight_transfer.py
     - pytest -v -s tests/distributed/test_packed_tensor.py
 
-- label: Distributed Tests (2 GPUs)(B200)
-  key: distributed-tests-2-gpus-b200
+- label: Distributed Tests (2xB200)
+  key: distributed-tests-2xb200
   device: b200-k8s
   optional: true
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
   num_devices: 2
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s tests/distributed/test_context_parallel.py
-    - pytest -v -s tests/distributed/test_nccl_symm_mem_allreduce.py
+    - pytest -v -s tests/distributed/test_nccl_symm_mem.py
     - pytest -v -s tests/v1/distributed/test_dbo.py
     - pytest -v -s tests/distributed/test_mnnvl_alltoall.py
 
@@ -244,7 +261,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Pipeline + Context Parallelism (4 GPUs)
   key: pipeline-context-parallelism-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  timeout_in_minutes: 55
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -259,7 +276,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: RayExecutorV2 (4 GPUs)
   key: rayexecutorv2-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:

.buildkite/test_areas/docker.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ depends_on:
   - image-build-cpu
 steps:
 - label: Docker Build Metadata
-  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: cpu-small
   source_file_dependencies:
     - .buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml

.buildkite/test_areas/e2e_integration.yaml

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ group: E2E Integration
 depends_on: 
   - image-build
 steps:
-- label: DeepSeek V2-Lite Accuracy
-  key: deepseek-v2-lite-accuracy
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+- label: DeepSeek V2-Lite Sync EPLB Accuracy (4xH100)
+  key: deepseek-v2-lite-sync-eplb-accuracy-4xh100
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   device: h100
   optional: true
   num_devices: 4
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - bash .buildkite/scripts/scheduled_integration_test/deepseek_v2_lite_ep_eplb.sh 0.25 200 8010
 
-- label: Qwen3-30B-A3B-FP8-block Accuracy
-  key: qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8-block-accuracy
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+- label: Qwen3-30B-A3B-FP8-block Sync EPLB Accuracy (4xH100)
+  key: qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8-block-sync-eplb-accuracy-4xh100
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   device: h100
   optional: true
   num_devices: 4
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - bash .buildkite/scripts/scheduled_integration_test/qwen30b_a3b_fp8_block_ep_eplb.sh 0.8 200 8020
 
-- label: Qwen3-30B-A3B-FP8-block Accuracy (B200)
-  key: qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8-block-accuracy-b200
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+- label: Qwen3-30B-A3B-FP8-block Sync EPLB Accuracy (2xB200)
+  key: qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8-block-sync-eplb-accuracy-2xb200
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: b200-k8s
   optional: true
   num_devices: 2
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Qwen3-30B-A3B-FP8 DP4 Async EPLB Accuracy
   key: qwen3-30b-a3b-fp8-dp4-async-eplb-accuracy
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   device: h100
   optional: true
   num_devices: 4
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: DeepSeek V2-Lite Prefetch Offload Accuracy (H100)
   key: deepseek-v2-lite-prefetch-offload-accuracy-h100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: h100
   optional: true
   num_devices: 1

.buildkite/test_areas/engine.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: Engine
   key: engine
-  timeout_in_minutes: 15
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/compilation/
@@ -26,39 +26,71 @@ steps:
   - tests/test_jit_monitor.py
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s engine test_sequence.py test_config.py test_logger.py test_vllm_port.py test_jit_monitor.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 40
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: Engine (1 GPU)
   key: engine-1-gpu
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/v1/engine/
     - tests/v1/engine/
+    - tests/v1/test_tensor_ipc_queue.py
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s v1/engine/test_preprocess_error_handling.py
     - pytest -v -s v1/engine --ignore v1/engine/test_preprocess_error_handling.py
+    - pytest -v -s v1/test_tensor_ipc_queue.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi250_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 45
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: e2e Scheduling (1 GPU)
   key: e2e-scheduling-1-gpu
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 53
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/v1/
     - tests/v1/e2e/general/
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general/test_async_scheduling.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi250_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 55
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: e2e Core (1 GPU)
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: e2e-core-1-gpu
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/v1/
     - tests/v1/e2e/general/
   commands:
     - pytest -v -s v1/e2e/general --ignore v1/e2e/general/test_async_scheduling.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi250_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 50
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/v1/
+      - tests/v1/e2e/general/
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: V1 e2e (2 GPUs)
   key: v1-e2e-2-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60 # TODO: Fix timeout after we have more confidence in the test stability
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25 # TODO: Fix timeout after we have more confidence in the test stability
   optional: true
   num_devices: 2
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -83,10 +115,17 @@ steps:
   commands:
     # Only run tests that need exactly 2 GPUs
     - pytest -v -s v1/e2e/spec_decode/test_spec_decode.py -k "tensor_parallelism"
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_2
+      timeout_in_minutes: 30
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: V1 e2e (4 GPUs)
   key: v1-e2e-4-gpus
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60 # TODO: Fix timeout after we have more confidence in the test stability
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20 # TODO: Fix timeout after we have more confidence in the test stability
   optional: true
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -114,7 +153,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: V1 e2e (4xH100)
   key: v1-e2e-4xh100
-  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  timeout_in_minutes: 35
   device: h100
   num_devices: 4
   optional: true

.buildkite/test_areas/entrypoints.yaml

@@ -3,38 +3,65 @@ depends_on:
   - image-build
 steps:
 - label: Entrypoints Unit Tests
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: entrypoints-unit-tests
-  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/entrypoints
-  - tests/entrypoints/
+  - tests/entrypoints/unit_tests
+  - tests/entrypoints/weight_transfer
   commands:
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/tool_parsers
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/ --ignore=entrypoints/llm --ignore=entrypoints/rpc --ignore=entrypoints/sleep --ignore=entrypoints/serve/instrumentator --ignore=entrypoints/openai --ignore=entrypoints/offline_mode --ignore=entrypoints/test_chat_utils.py  --ignore=entrypoints/pooling
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/unit_tests
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/weight_transfer
 
 - label: Entrypoints Integration (LLM)
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: entrypoints-integration-llm
-  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   - tests/entrypoints/llm
-  - tests/entrypoints/offline_mode
   commands:
   - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_generate.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_generate.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/test_collective_rpc.py --ignore=entrypoints/llm/offline_mode
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/test_generate.py # it needs a clean process
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/offline_mode # Needs to avoid interference with other tests
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/llm/offline_mode # Needs to avoid interference with other tests
   mirror:
     amd:
+      dind: false
       device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 55
       depends_on:
       - image-build-amd
 
-- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server openai - Part 1)
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server)
+  key: entrypoints-integration-api-server
+  device: h200_35gb
+  timeout_in_minutes: 75
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/entrypoints/serve
+  - tests/entrypoints/scale_out
+  commands:
+  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/serve --ignore=entrypoints/serve/dev/rpc
+  - PYTHONPATH=/vllm-workspace pytest -v -s entrypoints/serve/dev/rpc
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/scale_out
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 65
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server OpenAI - Part 1)
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: entrypoints-integration-api-server-openai-part-1
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  timeout_in_minutes: 68
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
@@ -42,62 +69,62 @@ steps:
   - tests/entrypoints/test_chat_utils
   commands:
   - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/chat_completion --ignore=entrypoints/openai/chat_completion/test_chat_with_tool_reasoning.py --ignore=entrypoints/openai/chat_completion/test_oot_registration.py
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai --ignore=entrypoints/openai/completion --ignore=entrypoints/openai/chat_completion --ignore=entrypoints/openai/responses --ignore=entrypoints/openai/correctness
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 65
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
-
-- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server openai - Part 2)
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server OpenAI - Part 2)
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: entrypoints-integration-api-server-openai-part-2
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  timeout_in_minutes: 83
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
   - tests/entrypoints/openai
   - tests/entrypoints/test_chat_utils
   commands:
+  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/chat_completion
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/completion --ignore=entrypoints/openai/completion/test_tensorizer_entrypoint.py
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/speech_to_text/
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/test_chat_utils.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 70
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
-- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server openai - Part 3)
-  key: entrypoints-integration-api-server-openai-part-3
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server Generate)
+  device: h200_35gb
+  key: entrypoints-integration-api-server-generate
   timeout_in_minutes: 50
-  device: h200_18gb
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
-  - tests/entrypoints/openai
-  - tests/entrypoints/test_chat_utils
-  commands:
-  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai --ignore=entrypoints/openai/chat_completion --ignore=entrypoints/openai/completion --ignore=entrypoints/openai/speech_to_text/ --ignore=entrypoints/openai/correctness/ --ignore=entrypoints/openai/tool_parsers/ --ignore=entrypoints/openai/responses --ignore=entrypoints/openai/test_multi_api_servers.py
-
-- label: Entrypoints Integration (API Server 2)
-  key: entrypoints-integration-api-server-2
-  timeout_in_minutes: 130
-  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
-  source_file_dependencies:
-  - vllm/
-  - tests/entrypoints/rpc
-  - tests/entrypoints/serve/instrumentator
   - tests/tool_use
+  - tests/entrypoints/tool_parsers
+  - tests/entrypoints/anthropic
+  - tests/entrypoints/generate
   commands:
-  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/serve/instrumentator
-  - PYTHONPATH=/vllm-workspace pytest -v -s entrypoints/rpc
   - pytest -v -s tool_use
-
-- label: Entrypoints Integration (Pooling)
-  key: entrypoints-integration-pooling
-  timeout_in_minutes: 50
-  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
-  source_file_dependencies:
-  - vllm/
-  - tests/entrypoints/pooling
-  commands:
-  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
-  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/pooling
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/tool_parsers
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/generate
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/anthropic
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 65
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: Entrypoints Integration (Responses API)
+  device: h200_35gb
   key: entrypoints-integration-responses-api
   timeout_in_minutes: 50
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
@@ -107,13 +134,67 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/responses
 
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (Speech to Text)
+  device: h200_35gb
+  key: entrypoints-integration-speech_to_text
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/entrypoints/speech_to_text
+  commands:
+  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/speech_to_text
+
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (Multimodal)
+  device: h200_35gb
+  key: entrypoints-integration-multimodal
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/entrypoints/multimodal
+  commands:
+  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/multimodal
+
+- label: Entrypoints Integration (Pooling)
+  device: h200_35gb
+  key: entrypoints-integration-pooling
+  timeout_in_minutes: 75
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/entrypoints/pooling
+  commands:
+  - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/pooling
+
 - label: OpenAI API Correctness
   key: openai-api-correctness
-  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: h200_18gb
   source_file_dependencies:
   - csrc/
   - vllm/entrypoints/openai/
-  - vllm/model_executor/models/whisper.py
-  commands: # LMEval+Transcription WER check
+  commands: # LMEval
   - pytest -s entrypoints/openai/correctness/
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 30
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - csrc/
+      - vllm/entrypoints/openai/
+      - vllm/model_executor/layers/
+      - vllm/v1/attention/backends/
+      - vllm/v1/attention/selector.py
+      - vllm/_aiter_ops.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      - vllm/model_executor/model_loader/
+      commands:
+      - bash ../tools/install_torchcodec_rocm.sh || exit 1
+      - pytest -s entrypoints/openai/correctness/

.buildkite/test_areas/expert_parallelism.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ depends_on:
 steps:
 - label: EPLB Algorithm
   key: eplb-algorithm
-  timeout_in_minutes: 15
+  timeout_in_minutes: 20
   device: h200_18gb
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -14,10 +14,22 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s distributed/test_eplb_algo.py
   - pytest -v -s distributed/test_eplb_utils.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      dind: false
+      device: mi300_1
+      timeout_in_minutes: 30
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/distributed/eplb
+      - tests/distributed/test_eplb_algo.py
+      - tests/distributed/test_eplb_utils.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: EPLB Execution # 17min
   key: eplb-execution
-  timeout_in_minutes: 27
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -29,7 +41,7 @@ steps:
 
 - label: Elastic EP Scaling Test
   key: elastic-ep-scaling-test
-  timeout_in_minutes: 20
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
   device: h100
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   num_devices: 4
@@ -40,4 +52,5 @@ steps:
   - vllm/compilation/
   - tests/distributed/
   commands:
+  - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
   - pytest -v -s distributed/test_elastic_ep.py

.buildkite/test_areas/fault_tolerance.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+group: Fault Tolerance
+depends_on:
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Fault Tolerance E2E (2xH100)
+  key: fault-tolerance-e2e-2xh100
+  timeout_in_minutes: 35
+  device: h100
+  num_devices: 2
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/v1/fault_tolerance/
+  - vllm/v1/worker/sentinel/
+  - vllm/entrypoints/serve/fault_tolerance/
+  - vllm/distributed/elastic_ep/
+  - vllm/distributed/device_communicators/
+  - vllm/v1/engine/
+  - vllm/v1/worker/
+  - tests/v1/fault_tolerance/
+  - tests/v1/distributed/test_external_lb_dp.py
+  commands:
+  # Base image has no nixl; install it or has_nixl_ep() skips the tests.
+  - bash /vllm-workspace/.buildkite/scripts/install-kv-connectors.sh
+  # https://github.com/NVIDIA/nccl/issues/1838
+  - export NCCL_CUMEM_HOST_ENABLE=0
+  - pytest -v -s v1/fault_tolerance/test_fault_tolerance_e2e.py