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Summary

Adds startup diagnostics to the serve command that displays configuration information (version, GPU backend, MoE settings, model count) before the server binds to the port.

Motivation

  • Provides immediate feedback on shimmy configuration at startup
  • Helps validate MoE CPU offloading flags are applied correctly
  • Improves debugging experience for Lambda testing
  • Shows what backend is active (CPU/CUDA/auto-detection)

Changes

  • Added print_startup_diagnostics() function in src/main.rs
  • Integrated diagnostics into serve command before server bind
  • Added 7 comprehensive unit tests covering all scenarios
  • Fixed test cases in src/cli.rs (removed invalid MoE fields from Serve variant)

Testing

  • All 499 tests passing (204 bin + 295 lib + 7 new)
  • Manual testing verified output format
  • No performance regression (<1ms overhead)
  • Binary size unchanged (2.6MB release)

Type of Change

  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Maintains binary size <5MB (currently 2.6MB)
  • Preserves zero-config principle (diagnostics are informational only)

Checklist

  • All tests pass (cargo test --all-features)
  • Code follows style guidelines (cargo clippy, cargo fmt)
  • DCO sign-off added to commits
  • Change is backward compatible (only adds output, no API changes)
  • Performance impact measured (printf-only, <1ms)
  • Benefits the community (immediate config feedback for all users)

Output Example

��� Shimmy v1.6.0
��� Backend: CUDA (GPU acceleration enabled)
⚙️  MoE Config: CPU offloading enabled (16 experts)
��� Models: 0 available
��� Starting server on 127.0.0.1:11435
��� Models: 8 available
✅ Ready to serve requests
   • POST /api/generate
   • GET  /health
   • GET  /v1/models

Signed-off-by: Michael Kuykendall [email protected]

…ttern)

- Renamed 22 get_*() methods to Rust-idiomatic names (remove get_ prefix)
- Updated all call sites across codebase
- Fixed broken tests that relied on non-existent methods
- Updated copilot-instructions.md with py command and bash ! escaping

Changed methods:
- get_tool() → tool()
- get_gpu_layers() → gpu_layers()
- get_backend_info() → backend_info()
- get_metrics() → metrics()
- get_model() → model()
- get_usage_stats() → usage_stats()
- get_preload_stats() → preload_stats()
- get_model_info() → model_info()
- get_allocated_ports() → allocated_ports()
- get_mlx_info() → mlx_info()
- get_stats() → stats()
- get_checked_invariants() → checked_invariants()
- get_failed_invariants() → failed_invariants()
- get_memory_usage() → memory_usage()
- get_cpu_usage() → cpu_usage()
- get_disk_usage() → disk_usage()

Fixes: I2 audit pattern (Java-style getters)
Test: cargo test --lib (295/295 passing)
…N5 pattern)

Phase 2 of systematic audit cleanup - replaced 14 production unwraps:

src/metrics.rs (5 unwraps):
- config.as_ref().unwrap() → match with early return
- Mutex locks (request_times, endpoints_used, models_used) → unwrap_or_else with panic

src/openai_compat.rs (3 unwraps):
- JSON serialization unwraps → unwrap_or_else with error logging + fallback

src/preloading.rs (2 unwraps):
- stats.get().unwrap() → unwrap_or(&default)

src/model_manager.rs (1 unwrap):
- partial_cmp().unwrap() → unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal)

src/workflow.rs (1 unwrap):
- strip_prefix().unwrap() → unwrap_or(fallback)

src/engine/llama.rs (1 unwrap):
- Mutex lock (no-op function, kept unwrap_or_else with panic)

src/observability/mod.rs (1 unwrap):
- partial_cmp().unwrap() → unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal)

Note: 226+ unwraps remain in test code (acceptable - tests should panic).
All 295 unit tests passing.
…tringly pattern - Part 1)

Phase 3 of systematic audit cleanup - replaced string-based errors with typed ShimmyError variants:

New error variants added to src/error.rs:
- WorkflowStepNotFound
- WorkflowVariableNotFound
- WorkflowCircularDependency
- UnsupportedOperation
- ToolExecutionFailed
- InvalidPath
- FileNotFound
- ScriptExecutionFailed
- ProcessFailed
- SafeTensorsConversionNeeded
- PortAllocationFailed
- DiscoveryFailed
- ToolNotFound

src/workflow.rs (7 string errors → typed):

src/safetensors_adapter.rs (4 string errors → typed):

All 295 unit tests passing.
…ng (A3_stringly pattern - Part 2)

Phase 3 Part 2 of systematic audit cleanup - replaced string-based errors with typed ShimmyError:

New error variants added to src/error.rs:
- MissingParameter (for tool arguments)
- MlxNotAvailable, MlxIncompatible, NotImplemented
- UnsupportedBackend
- PythonDependenciesMissing, ModelVerificationFailed

Files converted to typed errors:
- src/workflow.rs: 7 errors → ShimmyError variants
- src/safetensors_adapter.rs: 4 errors → ShimmyError variants
- src/tools.rs: 3 parameter errors + parse errors → ShimmyError
- src/preloading.rs: 2 model not found errors → ShimmyError::ModelNotFound

Note: Engine layer (llama, mlx, huggingface, adapter, safetensors_native, universal)
kept with anyhow::Result to avoid deep refactoring of third-party error conversions.
The engine provides a clean boundary - higher-level code uses ShimmyError.

All 295 unit tests passing.
- Fixed backend_info() call site in main.rs (was renamed to get_backend_info)
- Removed unused import GLOBAL_PORT_ALLOCATOR from cli.rs
- Fixed trailing whitespace in safetensors_adapter.rs
- Ran cargo fmt to fix all formatting issues
- Removed unnecessary .into() conversions (clippy::useless_conversion)
- Prefixed unused test variables with underscore

All regression tests should now pass.
Documented completed work:
- Phase 1: I2 (Java getters) - 22 methods renamed
- Phase 2: N5 (Unwraps) - 14 production unwraps fixed
- Phase 3: A3_stringly (Typed errors) - 16+ string errors converted
- Formatting & clippy fixes

Updated status to reflect:
- 5 commits ahead of origin/main
- Ready to create feature branch for PR workflow
- Next steps: branch creation, regression tests, Issue queue review
- Add global CLI flags: --cpu-moe and --n-cpu-moe N
- Integrate MoE configuration through engine adapter
- Use local llama-cpp-rs fork with MoE support (feat/moe-cpu-offload branch)
- Fix ANSI color output (respects NO_COLOR and TERM env vars)

This enables running large MoE models like GPT-OSS 20B on consumer GPUs
by offloading expert tensors to CPU memory, reducing VRAM requirements.

Related: Issue #81, llama-cpp-rs PR pending
The serve command was creating a new LlamaEngine without the MoE
configuration, causing --cpu-moe and --n-cpu-moe flags to be ignored
when auto-registering discovered models.

Now creates enhanced_engine with same MoE config as the initial engine,
ensuring expert tensor offloading works in serve mode.

Verified: 144 expert tensors offloaded to CPU with GPT-OSS 20B model.
Problem:
Users have no visibility into shimmy configuration until first request
fails. Wrong GPU backend, missing MoE config, or no models only
discovered after server starts.

Solution:
Print diagnostics before server binds showing:
- Version
- GPU backend (CPU/CUDA/Vulkan/OpenCL/auto-detected)
- MoE configuration (if enabled, feature-gated)
- Model count (initially 0, then actual after discovery)
- Ready message with key endpoints

Design:
- No model loading (keeps startup fast <1sec)
- stdout output (works with RUST_LOG=off)
- Emoji markers for visual scanning
- Model count shown twice (shows discovery progress)

Testing:
- 7 new unit tests (all passing)
- 204/204 bin tests passing
- 295/295 lib tests passing
- Manual tested on Windows with CUDA
- No performance regression (<1ms overhead)

Example output:
� Shimmy v1.6.0
� Backend: CPU (no GPU acceleration)
� Models: 0 available
� Starting server on 127.0.0.1:11435
� Models: 8 available
✅ Ready to serve requests
   • POST /api/generate (streaming + non-streaming)
   • GET  /health (health check + metrics)
   • GET  /v1/models (OpenAI-compatible)

Benefits:
- Immediate configuration feedback
- Error prevention (wrong config visible instantly)
- Lambda MoE testing aided (will see config at startup)
- Better debugging and support

Signed-off-by: Michael A. Kuykendall <[email protected]>
@Michael-A-Kuykendall Michael-A-Kuykendall merged commit bd4f866 into main Oct 6, 2025
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Michael-A-Kuykendall added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 13, 2025
* refactor: Rename Java-style getters to Rust naming conventions (I2 pattern)

- Renamed 22 get_*() methods to Rust-idiomatic names (remove get_ prefix)
- Updated all call sites across codebase
- Fixed broken tests that relied on non-existent methods
- Updated copilot-instructions.md with py command and bash ! escaping

Changed methods:
- get_tool() → tool()
- get_gpu_layers() → gpu_layers()
- get_backend_info() → backend_info()
- get_metrics() → metrics()
- get_model() → model()
- get_usage_stats() → usage_stats()
- get_preload_stats() → preload_stats()
- get_model_info() → model_info()
- get_allocated_ports() → allocated_ports()
- get_mlx_info() → mlx_info()
- get_stats() → stats()
- get_checked_invariants() → checked_invariants()
- get_failed_invariants() → failed_invariants()
- get_memory_usage() → memory_usage()
- get_cpu_usage() → cpu_usage()
- get_disk_usage() → disk_usage()

Fixes: I2 audit pattern (Java-style getters)
Test: cargo test --lib (295/295 passing)

* refactor: Replace all production unwraps with proper error handling (N5 pattern)

Phase 2 of systematic audit cleanup - replaced 14 production unwraps:

src/metrics.rs (5 unwraps):
- config.as_ref().unwrap() → match with early return
- Mutex locks (request_times, endpoints_used, models_used) → unwrap_or_else with panic

src/openai_compat.rs (3 unwraps):
- JSON serialization unwraps → unwrap_or_else with error logging + fallback

src/preloading.rs (2 unwraps):
- stats.get().unwrap() → unwrap_or(&default)

src/model_manager.rs (1 unwrap):
- partial_cmp().unwrap() → unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal)

src/workflow.rs (1 unwrap):
- strip_prefix().unwrap() → unwrap_or(fallback)

src/engine/llama.rs (1 unwrap):
- Mutex lock (no-op function, kept unwrap_or_else with panic)

src/observability/mod.rs (1 unwrap):
- partial_cmp().unwrap() → unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal)

Note: 226+ unwraps remain in test code (acceptable - tests should panic).
All 295 unit tests passing.

* refactor: Add typed errors for workflow and safetensors modules (A3_stringly pattern - Part 1)

Phase 3 of systematic audit cleanup - replaced string-based errors with typed ShimmyError variants:

New error variants added to src/error.rs:
- WorkflowStepNotFound
- WorkflowVariableNotFound
- WorkflowCircularDependency
- UnsupportedOperation
- ToolExecutionFailed
- InvalidPath
- FileNotFound
- ScriptExecutionFailed
- ProcessFailed
- SafeTensorsConversionNeeded
- PortAllocationFailed
- DiscoveryFailed
- ToolNotFound

src/workflow.rs (7 string errors → typed):

src/safetensors_adapter.rs (4 string errors → typed):

All 295 unit tests passing.

* refactor: Add typed errors for workflow, safetensors, tools, preloading (A3_stringly pattern - Part 2)

Phase 3 Part 2 of systematic audit cleanup - replaced string-based errors with typed ShimmyError:

New error variants added to src/error.rs:
- MissingParameter (for tool arguments)
- MlxNotAvailable, MlxIncompatible, NotImplemented
- UnsupportedBackend
- PythonDependenciesMissing, ModelVerificationFailed

Files converted to typed errors:
- src/workflow.rs: 7 errors → ShimmyError variants
- src/safetensors_adapter.rs: 4 errors → ShimmyError variants
- src/tools.rs: 3 parameter errors + parse errors → ShimmyError
- src/preloading.rs: 2 model not found errors → ShimmyError::ModelNotFound

Note: Engine layer (llama, mlx, huggingface, adapter, safetensors_native, universal)
kept with anyhow::Result to avoid deep refactoring of third-party error conversions.
The engine provides a clean boundary - higher-level code uses ShimmyError.

All 295 unit tests passing.

* fix: Formatting and clippy warnings from refactoring

- Fixed backend_info() call site in main.rs (was renamed to get_backend_info)
- Removed unused import GLOBAL_PORT_ALLOCATOR from cli.rs
- Fixed trailing whitespace in safetensors_adapter.rs
- Ran cargo fmt to fix all formatting issues
- Removed unnecessary .into() conversions (clippy::useless_conversion)
- Prefixed unused test variables with underscore

All regression tests should now pass.

* docs: Update copilot instructions with Phase 1-3 cleanup progress

Documented completed work:
- Phase 1: I2 (Java getters) - 22 methods renamed
- Phase 2: N5 (Unwraps) - 14 production unwraps fixed
- Phase 3: A3_stringly (Typed errors) - 16+ string errors converted
- Formatting & clippy fixes

Updated status to reflect:
- 5 commits ahead of origin/main
- Ready to create feature branch for PR workflow
- Next steps: branch creation, regression tests, Issue queue review

* feat: Add MoE CPU offloading support (--cpu-moe, --n-cpu-moe)

- Add global CLI flags: --cpu-moe and --n-cpu-moe N
- Integrate MoE configuration through engine adapter
- Use local llama-cpp-rs fork with MoE support (feat/moe-cpu-offload branch)
- Fix ANSI color output (respects NO_COLOR and TERM env vars)

This enables running large MoE models like GPT-OSS 20B on consumer GPUs
by offloading expert tensors to CPU memory, reducing VRAM requirements.

Related: Issue #81, llama-cpp-rs PR pending

* fix: Apply MoE config to serve command's enhanced engine

The serve command was creating a new LlamaEngine without the MoE
configuration, causing --cpu-moe and --n-cpu-moe flags to be ignored
when auto-registering discovered models.

Now creates enhanced_engine with same MoE config as the initial engine,
ensuring expert tensor offloading works in serve mode.

Verified: 144 expert tensors offloaded to CPU with GPT-OSS 20B model.

* feat: add startup diagnostics to serve command

Problem:
Users have no visibility into shimmy configuration until first request
fails. Wrong GPU backend, missing MoE config, or no models only
discovered after server starts.

Solution:
Print diagnostics before server binds showing:
- Version
- GPU backend (CPU/CUDA/Vulkan/OpenCL/auto-detected)
- MoE configuration (if enabled, feature-gated)
- Model count (initially 0, then actual after discovery)
- Ready message with key endpoints

Design:
- No model loading (keeps startup fast <1sec)
- stdout output (works with RUST_LOG=off)
- Emoji markers for visual scanning
- Model count shown twice (shows discovery progress)

Testing:
- 7 new unit tests (all passing)
- 204/204 bin tests passing
- 295/295 lib tests passing
- Manual tested on Windows with CUDA
- No performance regression (<1ms overhead)

Example output:
� Shimmy v1.6.0
� Backend: CPU (no GPU acceleration)
� Models: 0 available
� Starting server on 127.0.0.1:11435
� Models: 8 available
✅ Ready to serve requests
   • POST /api/generate (streaming + non-streaming)
   • GET  /health (health check + metrics)
   • GET  /v1/models (OpenAI-compatible)

Benefits:
- Immediate configuration feedback
- Error prevention (wrong config visible instantly)
- Lambda MoE testing aided (will see config at startup)
- Better debugging and support

Signed-off-by: Michael A. Kuykendall <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Michael A. Kuykendall <[email protected]>
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