feat(eval): add MRCR mode for long-context acceptance rate benchmarks - #1064
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- New 'mrcr' eval mode using Inspect AI harness + OpenAI's MRCR dataset - Buckets samples by context length and diffs spec-decode Prometheus counters per bucket to measure acceptance rates - Refactor _fetch_model_name() -> _fetch_model_info() to also return max_model_len from /v1/models - Add CLI args: --mrcr-max-context, --mrcr-max-samples-per-bucket - Add MRCR dependencies: inspect-ai, openai>=3.1.0, pandas, pyarrow, tiktoken, huggingface_hub
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesThe evaluation CLI adds a MRCR Long-Context Evaluation
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new long-context benchmark can submit samples larger than the target model limit, causing those requests to fail while still producing misleading bucket-level acceptance-rate results; invalid limit values also fail late after unnecessary dataset work. These bounded correctness and CLI-handling issues should be fixed before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Extracted the 78-line _run_mrcr() function from evaluate.py into a clean run_mrcr() entrypoint in mrcr_bench.py. Uses dependency injection (fetch_model_info, require_metrics helpers) to keep mrcr_bench decoupled from evaluate.py's implementation details. Benefits: - evaluate.py stays minimal (~300 lines core logic) - MRCR logic is self-contained in mrcr_bench.py - Clear separation: benchmarking harness vs. dataset-specific logic Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Pass model_info as data instead of fetch_model_info function. This makes the interface clearer: data dependencies are explicit, not hidden behind function parameters. The metrics fetching still uses a function parameter since it's called in a loop with error handling specific to evaluate.py. Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
More descriptive name that reflects the testing goal (evaluating long-context behavior) rather than the specific dataset. Leaves room to add other long-context approaches (datasets, harnesses) in the future while keeping the mode focused and coherent. Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@scripts/evaluate/evaluate.py`:
- Around line 479-480: Update the argparse definitions for both MRCR limit
options near the shown defaults to use a shared positive-integer type validator,
rejecting zero and negative values during argument parsing before dataset
processing begins. Define or reuse the validator in the argument-parsing code
and preserve the existing integer defaults.
In `@scripts/evaluate/mrcr_bench.py`:
- Line 223: Update warn_if_oversized and its use in run_mrcr so samples
exceeding max_model_len are filtered out before inspect_eval; assign the
returned valid samples back to the bucket and skip evaluation when none remain,
preserving bucket labels for nonempty valid subsets.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Reject non-positive MRCR limits during argument parsing.
A value of 0 or a negative value makes load_mrcr_buckets() discard every sample. The script then downloads and scans the dataset before it exits with an empty-bucket error.
Use a shared positive-integer type validator for both options.
Proposed fix
+def _positive_int(value: str) -> int:
+ number = int(value)
+ if number < 1:
+ raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("value must be greater than zero")
+ return number
+
parser.add_argument(
"--mrcr-max-context",
- type=int,
+ type=_positive_int,
...
parser.add_argument(
"--mrcr-max-samples-per-bucket",
- type=int,
+ type=_positive_int,As per path instructions, scripts must handle argument parsing robustly.
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In `@scripts/evaluate/evaluate.py` around lines 479 - 480, Update the argparse
definitions for both MRCR limit options near the shown defaults to use a shared
positive-integer type validator, rejecting zero and negative values during
argument parsing before dataset processing begins. Define or reuse the validator
in the argument-parsing code and preserve the existing integer defaults.
Source: Path instructions
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| if max_model_len is not None: | ||
| warn_if_oversized(root_url, model_name, subset, samples, max_model_len) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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vLLM OpenAI-compatible server max_model_len request exceeds maximum context length rejected chat completions error
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The error message indicating that a request exceeds the maximum context length in vLLM occurs because vLLM treats the total of the input prompt tokens and the requested max_tokens (output) as a hard constraint against the model's configured maximum context window [1][2]. Unlike some implementations that automatically clamp the output to fit the remaining window, vLLM validates that the combined length does not exceed --max-model-len [1][2]. To resolve or address this error: 1. Understand the Constraint: The limit is defined by --max-model-len [3][4]. If this is not set, vLLM derives it from the model config (e.g., config.json), but the effective limit is often further constrained by the amount of KV cache memory actually available on your GPU [2][5]. 2. Adjust Server Configuration: - If the error occurs during server startup (e.g., 'max seq len is larger than the maximum number of tokens that can be stored in KV cache'), you must decrease --max-model-len to match your GPU's actual capacity [2][5]. - Alternatively, increase available memory by raising --gpu-memory-utilization, using --kv-cache-dtype fp8, or reducing --max-num-seqs [2]. - You can set --max-model-len to -1 or 'auto' to allow vLLM to automatically profile and select the maximum length that fits in the available GPU memory [3][6]. 3. Manage Client Requests: If the server is correctly configured but you are still receiving this error for specific requests, you must reduce the length of your input prompt or lower the max_tokens value in your API call [7][2]. Note that vLLM requires the total (prompt + requested output) to be within the server's effective --max-model-len [1][2]. Recent versions of vLLM have improved error reporting to provide a more specific code, 'context_length_exceeded' (often with an HTTP 400 or 413 status), to help distinguish these events from other types of bad requests [8][9]. If you observe inconsistent or confusing error messages, ensure you are running a recent version of vLLM, as there have been multiple fixes related to error surfacing and stale config values after auto-fitting [7][10].
Citations:
- 1: GitHub issue 42474 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: https://aitoolsguidebook.com/en/articles/vllm-context-length-exceeded/
- 3: https://docs.vllm.ai/en/stable/configuration/engine_args/
- 4: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_ai_inference_server/3.1/html/vllm_server_arguments/vllm-server-usage_server-arguments
- 5: GitHub issue 6211 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: https://docs.vllm.ai/en/stable/cli/serve/
- 7: GitHub issue 33418 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 8: GitHub pull request 37011 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 9: GitHub pull request 34363 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 10: GitHub pull request 39102 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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In Inspect AI, when using fail_on_error=False, the evaluation process is configured to suppress failure of the entire evaluation task due to individual sample errors [1][2]. By default, Inspect AI will terminate an evaluation on the first sample error [1][3]. Setting fail_on_error=False changes this behavior such that individual sample errors do not trigger an overall evaluation failure, allowing the process to continue running other samples [1][2][4]. Regarding error handling during the generation phase and solver execution: 1. Handling of Sample Errors: When a sample fails (for instance, during solver execution or model generation), the error is caught by the evaluation runner [5][2]. 2. Impact of continue_on_fail: If you have configured fail_on_error thresholds (e.g., a specific count or proportion of allowed errors), the continue_on_fail parameter determines when the termination occurs [1][2]. Setting continue_on_fail=True allows the evaluation to continue through all samples and only potentially fail at the very end if the failure threshold is ultimately met [1][6]. 3. Scoring Failed Samples: If you wish to obtain scores for samples that encountered errors rather than simply marking them as failures, you can use score_on_error=True [2][6]. Note that even if a sample is scored, it may still be counted toward the fail_on_error threshold used to mark the final evaluation log status as 'error' [2][3]. 4. Retries: You can specify --retry-on-error (or the corresponding parameter in code) to automatically retry samples a set number of times before they are considered permanent errors [4][3]. For managing solver-specific errors, developers are encouraged to use robust custom tool definitions and implement structured error handling within their custom solvers to manage runtime exceptions gracefully [7][8].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/blob/7b17bdfed616e6284c7550f585e4552636f75ee7/src/inspect_ai/_eval/task/task.py
- 2: https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/blob/d482209d573cdde116cc0f28abfb01712e91e80c/src/inspect_ai/_eval/eval.py
- 3: https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/blob/05322696a0f784ec399ef6abbafd3d2a250ea9cc/src/inspect_ai/_eval/eval.py
- 4: https://inspect.aisi.org.uk/llms-guide.txt
- 5: https://inspect.aisi.org.uk/handling-errors.html
- 6: https://github.com/UKGovernmentBEIS/inspect_ai/blob/d482209d573cdde116cc0f28abfb01712e91e80c/src/inspect_ai/_eval/task/task.py
- 7: https://inspect.aisi.org.uk/tutorial.html
- 8: https://inspect.aisi.org.uk/solvers.html
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In the vLLM project, speculative decoding metrics such as vllm:spec_decode_num_drafts are cumulative counters [1]. These metrics are designed to be incremented by the scheduler based on performance statistics aggregated across requests [2]. There is no direct mechanism where a context length rejection or a "request rejected" event triggers a specific decrement or "reject" increment for these metrics; rather, the counters track successful drafting and acceptance events [2][3]. If a draft is rejected or invalidated (e.g., due to grammar constraints or asynchronous scheduling limits), it is typically handled by either excluding those tokens from the accepted token counts or by treating them as invalid in ways that are subtracted from or never added to the relevant success metrics (e.g., num_draft_tokens or num_accepted_tokens) [4]. Because these are Prometheus-style counters, they are strictly monotonically increasing [1][5]. If a request is rejected due to context length, it simply stops being processed by the scheduler, and therefore does not contribute to further increments of speculative decoding metrics for that request [2][6]. Key technical points: - The metrics vllm:spec_decode_num_drafts, vllm:spec_decode_num_draft_tokens, and vllm:spec_decode_num_accepted_tokens are cumulative [1][3]. - Logic to calculate statistics (like acceptance rate) typically handles invalid or skipped drafts by checking the state of the scheduler or the output runner, rather than by modifying these counters directly [4]. - Prometheus implementations of these counters require caution to avoid "sum-of-sums" issues; loggers often compute deltas from these cumulative values to report per-interval performance [1][3].
Citations:
- 1: GitHub pull request 15415 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/c227aaa3/vllm/v1/spec_decode/metrics.py
- 3: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/c227aaa3/rust/src/llm/src/log_stats.rs
- 4: GitHub pull request 34757 in vllm-project/vllm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 5: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/c227aaa3/rust/src/metrics/src/scheduler.rs
- 6: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/7154856f/rust/src/engine-core-client/src/metrics.rs
Exclude samples that exceed max_model_len before evaluation.
When real_token_count() finds an input above max_model_len, warn_if_oversized() only logs it. run_mrcr() then passes the original samples to inspect_eval(..., fail_on_error=False). vLLM rejects the request before speculative decoding, so its counters exclude the failed sample while the CSV row still uses the full bucket label. Return only valid samples from the length check and skip empty buckets.
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@scripts/evaluate/mrcr_bench.py` at line 223, Update warn_if_oversized and its
use in run_mrcr so samples exceeding max_model_len are filtered out before
inspect_eval; assign the returned valid samples back to the bucket and skip
evaluation when none remain, preserving bucket labels for nonempty valid
subsets.
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Summary
Adds a new
long-contextevaluation mode for measuring speculative decoding acceptance rates across context-length buckets using OpenAI's MRCR dataset.Changes
long-contextmode — Iterates over context-length buckets, runs each through the target server using Inspect AI as the eval harness, and diffs spec-decode Prometheus counters around each bucket's run._fetch_model_info()— Refactored from_fetch_model_name()to also returnmax_model_lenfrom/v1/models.--mrcr-max-context(default: 131072) — skip buckets exceeding this--mrcr-max-samples-per-bucket(default: 20) — cap samples to bound eval costinspect-ai,openai>=3.1.0,pandas,pyarrow,tiktoken,huggingface_hubCode organization
mrcr_bench.py— Dataset loading (MRCR), task construction, and long-context eval entrypointevaluate.py— Minimal dispatching to mrcr_bench for the long-context mode; other modes (throughput, sweep) remain unchangedUsage
```bash
python evaluate.py --target http://localhost:8000/v1 long-context
--mrcr-max-context 131072 --mrcr-max-samples-per-bucket 20
```