feat(validators): support AICR_NCCL_RUNTIME_IMAGE override for NCCL checks - #2386
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…hecks Adds an env-var override for the NCCL launcher/worker workload image baked into per-platform TrainingRuntime templates, so operators can qualify a different CUDA/NCCL/MPI combination (e.g. CUDA 13 on GKE TCPXO) without rebuilding the validator image. Closes NVIDIA#1751
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The override changes which NCCL runtime image executes, but the documentation does not define the minimum image contract, so operators could select a syntactically valid but unusable image. The change is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to document the contract and correct the example and scope wording. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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In `@validators/performance/nccl_benchmark_runtime_test.go`:
- Around line 443-445: Add table-driven regression coverage for the NCCL
runtime-image contract: in
validators/performance/nccl_benchmark_runtime_test.go:443-445, test
embedded-runtime override and custom-runtime bypass through applyNCCLResources;
in pkg/validator/v1/job_plan_internal.go:203-214, verify forwarding only to
default, NET, and NVLS checks, omission of blank values, and rejection of
catalog injection; in validators/performance/nccl_runtime_image.go:67-170, cover
blank and valid inputs, malformed references returning ErrCodeInvalidRequest,
replacement of all workload containers, and preservation of unrelated sidecars.
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Multi-persona review — Approve with comments
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The implementation is correct and fail-closed. The unstructured-map mutation chain (NestedSlice → mutate live refs → SetNestedSlice) is sound and mirrors the existing applyNCCLWorkerScheduling pattern; buildEnv forwarding is correctly scoped to the three NCCL checks, dedups the catalog-supplied duplicate (trust boundary preserved), and omits blank/unset; both fail-closed paths (malformed ref → ErrCodeInvalidRequest, touched==0 → ErrCodeInternal) are right; the {fix-ssh-perms, node} container scope covers all shipped templates with the GKE tcpxo-daemon sidecar correctly excluded. go vet clean; distribution/reference already vendored. No runtime correctness bug found.
Every surviving finding is a completeness gap against issue #1751's own explicit success criteria — none blocks on correctness, but F1 (docs) and F2 (tests) are enumerated close-criteria and should land before #1751 is considered satisfied.
🟠 Major — surfaced here (they concern absent content, so no inline anchor)
🟠 New env var AICR_NCCL_RUNTIME_IMAGE is undocumented. Zero hits across docs/ + README.md + CHANGELOG.md. Siblings are documented — AICR_NCCL_FABRIC (docs/user/validation.md:53,65) and AICR_VALIDATOR_IMAGE_* (docs/contributor/validator.md:389). This breaks the mandatory "update docs in the same PR" rule for a new env var, and misses issue #1751 criteria (b) distinguish from aicr validate --image / AICR_VALIDATOR_IMAGE_* and (d) recommend immutable digests. make qualify does not catch a missing section.
→ Add a paragraph in docs/user/validation.md beside AICR_NCCL_FABRIC: scope (overrides the launcher/worker CUDA/NCCL/MPI workload image in the baked-in templates; nccl-all-reduce-bw/-net/-nvls only), the explicit "this is not the validator snapshot-agent image" contrast, fail-fast-on-malformed, no effect on a recipe-supplied runtime, and a digest-pinning recommendation.
🟠 Issue-mandated unit tests are absent. No test exercises resolveNCCLRuntimeImage / applyNCCLRuntimeImageOverride / setWorkloadImages, and the buildEnv forward branch (job_plan_internal.go:210-214) has 0 executions — while the sibling ncclFabricEnv has a full suite (TestBuildJobPlan_ForwardsNCCLFabricEnv, job_plan_test.go:531). TestEmbeddedCatalog_NCCLEntriesExist only locks entry names. The untested surface includes both fail-closed guarantees. This is issue #1751 criterion (a), already flagged by CodeRabbit; no automated gate blocks it (validators/ is excluded from the coverage floor; the funcs are unexported).
→ Add nccl_runtime_image_test.go (table-driven: unset/blank → "", valid tag + valid digest passthrough, malformed → ErrCodeInvalidRequest; apply: no-op on "", renders into every fix-ssh-perms+node, tcpxo-daemon untouched, replicatedJobs-absent + touched==0 → ErrCodeInternal), and clone the ncclFabricEnv scoping block in job_plan_test.go for ncclRuntimeImageEnv.
Confirmed non-issues (examined, cleared)
- Mutation/aliasing & ordering — override-then-scheduling do independent read-modify-write cycles; no lost update.
- buildEnv trim asymmetry — orchestrator forwards verbatim, pod
TrimSpaces; whitespace-only → no-op. Harmless, matchesncclFabricEnv. customRuntime == ""gating — a recipe-supplied runtime correctly owns its own image; override + validation skipped.- Mutable tag accepted — not a code defect:
ParseNormalizedNamedcorrectly accepts any well-formed ref; issue #1751 only recommends digests (a docs obligation, folded into the docs finding).
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In `@validators/performance/nccl_benchmark_runtime_test.go`:
- Line 531: Update the test call around applyNCCLResources to pass a non-empty
custom runtime override, then modify applyNCCLResources to skip runtime-image
mutation whenever customRuntime is non-empty while retaining the existing image
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| // it if called this way — the recipe-supplied runtime owns its image. | ||
| if err := applyNCCLResources(ctx, fakeClient, config, | ||
| recipe.CriteriaAcceleratorH100, recipe.CriteriaServiceEKS, variantDefault, fabricEFA, | ||
| runtimeWithSelector, ""); err != nil { |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Test the non-empty custom-runtime input.
Line 531 passes "", so this test does not verify the stated bypass behavior. applyNCCLResources currently applies a non-empty runtimeImage without checking customRuntime, which can replace a recipe-supplied image if that argument reaches this function. Pass a non-empty override here and skip image mutation when customRuntime != "".
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In `@validators/performance/nccl_benchmark_runtime_test.go` at line 531, Update
the test call around applyNCCLResources to pass a non-empty custom runtime
override, then modify applyNCCLResources to skip runtime-image mutation whenever
customRuntime is non-empty while retaining the existing image application
behavior for empty customRuntime.
Signed-off-by: Mohit Yadav <ymohit799057@gmail.com>
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In `@docs/user/validation.md`:
- Around line 78-82: Update the runtime-image documentation near the
AICR_NCCL_RUNTIME_IMAGE guidance to state the minimum contract: the image must
provide a compatible all_reduce_perf binary and MPI runtime, support SSH-based
startup, and include the fabric-specific dependencies required when using -net
or -nvls. Clarify that the image must be operationally compatible, since
resolveNCCLRuntimeImage() validates only image-reference syntax.
- Line 80: Update the platform example around the CUDA 12.9 image reference to
replace the relative word “today” with a stable pinned image tag or digest, or
an explicit date such as August 29, 2026, so the documentation does not become
stale.
- Around line 88-89: Update the statement describing validateNcclAllReduceBw to
say the reference fails before any NCCL benchmark resources are created, rather
than claiming it runs before any cluster resources are created.
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| launcher/worker workload image — the CUDA/NCCL/MPI/SSH/transport runtime that | ||
| `all_reduce_perf` actually runs in, distinct per platform (e.g. GKE H100/TCPXO | ||
| ships a CUDA 12.9 image today). To qualify a different CUDA/NCCL combination — | ||
| for example CUDA 13 on GKE TCPXO with an R580-or-newer driver — set | ||
| `AICR_NCCL_RUNTIME_IMAGE=<image ref>` in the `aicr validate` environment. The |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the minimum runtime-image contract.
The section names CUDA, NCCL, MPI, SSH, and transport support, but does not state what an alternate image must provide. Document the required all_reduce_perf and MPI compatibility, SSH startup requirements, and fabric-specific dependencies for -net and -nvls. resolveNCCLRuntimeImage() validates reference syntax only, so a syntactically valid but unusable image can still reach execution.
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In `@docs/user/validation.md` around lines 78 - 82, Update the runtime-image
documentation near the AICR_NCCL_RUNTIME_IMAGE guidance to state the minimum
contract: the image must provide a compatible all_reduce_perf binary and MPI
runtime, support SSH-based startup, and include the fabric-specific dependencies
required when using -net or -nvls. Clarify that the image must be operationally
compatible, since resolveNCCLRuntimeImage() validates only image-reference
syntax.
| embedded `nccl-all-reduce-bw` / `-net` / `-nvls` template pins a specific | ||
| launcher/worker workload image — the CUDA/NCCL/MPI/SSH/transport runtime that | ||
| `all_reduce_perf` actually runs in, distinct per platform (e.g. GKE H100/TCPXO | ||
| ships a CUDA 12.9 image today). To qualify a different CUDA/NCCL combination — |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Replace the relative date in the platform example.
Line [80] uses “today”, which will become stale when the platform template changes. Reference the pinned image tag or digest, or use an explicit date such as August 29, 2026 and update it with the template.
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In `@docs/user/validation.md` at line 80, Update the platform example around the
CUDA 12.9 image reference to replace the relative word “today” with a stable
pinned image tag or digest, or an explicit date such as August 29, 2026, so the
documentation does not become stale.
| reference fails the check immediately, before any cluster resources are | ||
| created, rather than silently falling back to the compiled default. |
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Limit this statement to NCCL benchmark resources.
validateNcclAllReduceBw resolves the image before applying the TrainingRuntime, TrainJob, RoCE ResourceClaimTemplate, or ComputeDomain. It does not prove that no cluster resources already exist because the check runs inside a validator Job. Replace “before any cluster resources are created” with “before any NCCL benchmark resources are created.”
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In `@docs/user/validation.md` around lines 88 - 89, Update the statement
describing validateNcclAllReduceBw to say the reference fails before any NCCL
benchmark resources are created, rather than claiming it runs before any cluster
resources are created.
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Adds an env-var override for the NCCL launcher/worker workload image baked into per-platform TrainingRuntime templates, so operators can qualify a different CUDA/NCCL/MPI combination (e.g. CUDA 13 on GKE TCPXO) without rebuilding the validator image.
Closes #1751