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[None][perf] Read only the checkpoint shards that hold the draft's keys - #21836
DSv4DSparkForCausalLM exposes mtp.<stage>. checkpoint prefixes. ModelLoader passes these prefixes through session and separate draft-loading paths and filters draft weights. HfWeightLoader selects matching SafeTensors shards for native and rank-striped reads. It falls back to all files when prefixes are absent, no shard matches, header inspection fails, or the raw weight cache is enabled. Current-head CI, build, and test results are not available.
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tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py adds the parameterized test test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys. Its three cases cover session/native, session/rank-striped, and separate/native loading. The test covers omitted index entries, shard-read counts, tensor keys, metadata, values, and raw-cache reuse. Header-failure fallback and multi-rank shard agreement are not directly covered. No matching entry was found in the searched test-db/ or qa/ lists. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.
Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py — Verify header-based shard selection for native and rank-striped reads. Verify full-file fallback for unreadable headers, no matches, and raw-cache reuse.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dspark.py — Verify that checkpoint_key_prefixes returns mtp.<stage>. for each configured stage.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_loader.py — Verify prefix propagation and draft-weight filtering in both loading paths. Verify unchanged behavior for models without prefixes.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py — The new parameterized test verifies selective shard reads, omitted index entries, tensor equivalence, and cache reuse. No matching test-db/ or qa/ list entry was found.
Description
The embedded DSpark draft of DeepSeek-V4/V4.1 is the mtp.* namespace of the target checkpoint, and speculative_model points at that checkpoint (it defaults to it). The draft's load still opened every shard of it. For DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash that is 48 files (527 GB) for 2,401 draft tensors (7.4 GiB) that sit in 3 of them (7.9 GB); with rank-striped read-ahead the draft session reads the whole checkpoint a second time.
What changes:
A draft model may name the checkpoint key prefixes its load_weights reads: DSv4DSparkForCausalLM.checkpoint_key_prefixes returns mtp.<stage>. for each stage (V4.1 inherits it). Nothing else declares prefixes, so every other draft loads as before.
ModelLoader passes them to the draft's checkpoint load as key_prefixes, on the AUTO session path and the GMS path, and hands the draft only the keys under them, whichever files were read. A key outside the prefixes is then missing from every draft load, not only from one that skipped files, so an incomplete declaration shows up wherever the draft is tested.
HfWeightLoader reads only the files whose SafeTensors headers hold keys under those prefixes, on the native and the rank-striped read-ahead paths. It reads the shard headers, not model.safetensors.index.json, so a key the index omits is still found. It reads every file when no file holds such a key, or when a header cannot be read; on the rank-striped path the ranks' file lists must agree, so a header that only some ranks fail to read stops the load with the existing discovery check.
With TRTLLM_HF_WEIGHT_CACHE on, the draft keeps the full file set, so it reuses the target's cache entry instead of evicting it.
Other loaders get the argument like the other optional loader arguments (model=, source_identity=): MX's native fallback reaches HfWeightLoader and filters; loaders that do not know the argument ignore it and read everything.
Read once instead (not done): reusing the mtp.* entries of the target's own read would save at most the draft preparation that remains with this change (about 1-2 s per rank, see below), and it does not fit main's loaders cleanly:
DeepSeek-V4/V4.1's load_weights hands the loader's dict to ConsumableWeightsDict.take_ownership, which empties it, so the draft entries would have to be taken out before the target load and kept alive through it.
The target and draft loads are independent sessions today (rank-striped read-ahead finishes with the target's session; MX's P2P target load returns no host tensors at all; lazy checkpoints close their handles when cleared). Sharing entries couples their lifetimes and adds a path per loader kind.
A deployment that stages the target to local storage but leaves speculative_model on the shared copy defeats a path check, and content identity would need checks of its own; the shard filter does not care where the draft lives.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py::test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys (session path with native and rank-striped read-ahead, and the GMS path): writes a five-shard checkpoint whose index omits one draft key, and loads the draft through ModelLoader with DSv4DSparkForCausalLM's own prefixes (two stages) and without any. With the prefixes, the loader maps only the three shards that hold stage-0/1 keys (not the one that holds only stage-2 keys), and the draft gets exactly the mtp.0./mtp.1. tensors, byte-identical (dtype, shape, bytes) to the full read. With the raw weight cache on, the draft maps no file and gets the same tensors from the target's cache entry. All three cases fail without the change. CPU test, run by l0_cpu (unittest/_torch/pyexecutor).
unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_*.py and unittest/_torch/models/checkpoints: 459 passed with the change, 456 without (the new test's three cases). The same 10 tests in test_weight_loader.py fail in both arms with MPI_ERR_OTHER from that container's MPI setup.
unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic: 722 passed in both arms.
test_rank_striped_read_ahead.py::test_real_mpi_success_and_rank_local_failures hangs in that container in both arms and is left to CI, as are the GPU tests that load a DSpark draft (TestDeepSeekV41::test_gsm8k_dspark, TestDeepSeekV4ProDSpark, TestDeepSeekV4FlashDSpark).
Measured
The table below was measured with the first commit, which picked the draft's files from model.safetensors.index.json. The selection now reads the shard headers instead: on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash that is 48 headers (19.1 MiB), which took 1.5 s with a cold page cache and 0.6-0.8 s warm on one CPU node, against about 0.2 s for the index, and it picks the same 3 files. The draft preparation below therefore grows by up to about 1.3 s, and a load still saves over 40 s.
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Draft checkpoint loading uses model-declared key prefixes to filter SafeTensors files and draft weights. Native and rank-striped loading apply file filtering. Tests cover shard selection, tensor contents, and raw-weight cache reuse.
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Summary
Expose and pass draft key prefixes tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dspark.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_loader.py
DSv4DSparkForCausalLM exposes mtp.<stage>. prefixes for configured stages. ModelLoader passes valid prefixes to both draft-loading paths and filters weights before draft materialization.
Select checkpoint files and verify draft loading tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py
Native and rank-striped loading filter files by header keys when applicable. The loader retains all files when filtering is inapplicable, header inspection fails, or no files match. Tests cover shard reads, tensor contents, and cache reuse.
NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#20782: Introduces separate draft checkpoint-loading paths that this change extends with key-prefix handling.
NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#20703: Changes checkpoint format and I/O policy contracts used by the prefix-filtering changes.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 34aff
The change narrows draft checkpoint reads to the shards that hold the draft's weights, and the main path is covered by tests. Remaining concerns are limited: some fallback paths are untested, and a rare partial header-read failure across ranks would stop the load. It is mergeable, with these items worth follow-up.
Security architecture risk: Minimal · up to 34aff
The reviewed change narrows data loading without adding authority or broadening access. Existing agreement, failure-containment, and cleanup controls remain in place.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — For the inspected flow, checkpoint-header keys can influence selection only among files already discovered for that checkpoint load. They do not supply additional paths or introduce a new credential, service, or tenant authority transition. The affected execution scope remains the loading process and its participating ranks.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Prefixes come from draft-owned model state, and both draft consumers receive the filtered mapping. Enabled raw-weight caching deliberately retains the complete file set, preserving the target-compatible cache key instead of creating a competing prefix-specific entry. Cached tensors remain shared under the existing read-only contract; prefix filtering adds no stronger isolation guarantee.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — A header-read failure on only some ranks can produce different selected file lists. Existing discovery consensus then aborts before materialization rather than loading divergent state. Mapping failures cancel and close read-ahead resources; session finalization coordinates errors and cleanup. Advisory read-ahead degradation after successful population does not retry a partially mutated model.
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The key assertions catch an unfiltered full load, but they can pass if the loader reads extra files and discards their tensors. Record the files passed to native prefetch and the rank-striped read-ahead plan, as well as _load_safetensors_file, and assert the expected sets.
Coverage summary: The modified test adds native and rank-striped cases for shard selection, tensor equality, and the unindexed-file fallback. The CPU CI list selects the parent directory. Coverage is insufficient for detecting extra reads.
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lines 697 - 784:
Update test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys to record file
reads at native prefetch, the rank-striped read-ahead plan, and
_load_safetensors_file; assert that the draft load reads only shards 3 and 4
when the index is complete, and all files when an unindexed file contains a
draft key. Keep the existing tensor and key assertions.
With a positive cache limit, narrowing the draft file set can make it miss the target’s full-file cache entry. The current test disables the cache, so it cannot detect that regression.
Add a case that loads the full checkpoint, then loads it with draft prefixes. Assert that the draft receives the full file set and reuses the cached entry.
Test coverage: The modified test adds native and rank-striped cases for shard selection, tensor equality, and unindexed-file fallback. The parent directory is listed in l0_b300.yml. Coverage is insufficient for prefix-enabled cache reuse.
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702:
Update the checkpoint-loading test that removes TRTLLM_HF_WEIGHT_CACHE so it
exercises a positive cache limit: load the full checkpoint first, then load with
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py:
- Around line 651-656: Before pruning `weight_files` into `selected`, inspect
the prefix keys in every candidate shard header and compare them with the index
entries in `needed`. If they differ, fall back to all candidate files; otherwise
preserve the existing selective file loading and logging behavior.
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- Around line 697-784: Update
test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys to record file reads at
native prefetch, the rank-striped read-ahead plan, and _load_safetensors_file;
assert that the draft load reads only shards 3 and 4 when the index is complete,
and all files when an unindexed file contains a draft key. Keep the existing
tensor and key assertions.
- Line 702: Update the checkpoint-loading test that removes
TRTLLM_HF_WEIGHT_CACHE so it exercises a positive cache limit: load the full
checkpoint first, then load with draft prefixes, and assert the draft receives
the full file set and reuses the cached entry. Preserve the existing
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Approving — the comments below are optional touch-ups, not blockers.
The fallbacks are conservative where they need to be. An unlisted shard, a prefix with no holder, an unreadable index, or the weight cache being on all force a full read. On the rank-striped path the index read sits inside the preflight try, so an index error goes through the coordinated native fallback and doesn't raise on a single rank. The test checks byte equality for both I/O policies and covers the unindexed-file case, which is where this kind of change usually breaks. I traced the MX path: key_prefixes reaches the HfWeightLoader fallback and is not passed on to ModelExpress, so loaders that don't know the argument are safe.
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Ticket tag. This is a perf feature that changes how draft checkpoints load, so it should cite a JIRA ticket in place of [None].
Description. The description is cut off mid-sentence ("Read once instead (not done): reusing t"). Please finish or remove that paragraph so readers can see which alternative was considered and why it was rejected.
Test gaps (optional): the weight-cache short-circuit (cache on → all files read) and _load_separate_draft_weights have no coverage. The new test only goes through _materialize_draft_checkpoint_weights.
The test does not cover a header-read error or a prefix that matches no shard. A regression could propagate the error or omit files.
Keep the shards valid and inject a one-time OSError into the selector’s safetensors.safe_open call. Assert that every shard is loaded and the draft tensors are preserved. Add a no-matching-prefix case and assert that every shard is loaded.
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Extend test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys with fallback
cases: inject a one-time OSError into the selector’s safetensors.safe_open
header read and verify that loading continues with every shard and preserves the
draft tensors; also test a prefix matching no shard and verify every shard is
loaded. Keep the checkpoint shards valid and retain the existing tensor-content
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test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys with fallback cases:
inject a one-time OSError into the selector’s safetensors.safe_open header read
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tensors; also test a prefix matching no shard and verify every shard is loaded.
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827-830: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Low value
Ranks can disagree on the selected file list.
If a header read fails on only some ranks, _files_with_key_prefixes falls back to all files on those ranks. The other ranks keep the pruned list. The discovery check at selections then raises a RuntimeError for a failure that the fallback was meant to absorb. The PR description says this is intended. The load stops instead of reading all files.
This failure is rare. It can happen with a flaky shared filesystem. Consider making the fallback rank-coordinated. For example, allgather a "header read failed" flag and let every rank fall back when any rank reports one.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py around lines 827 - 830:
Coordinate header-read failure handling in _selected_safetensors_files so every rank falls back to the complete file list when any rank fails to read a header. Preserve the existing pruned selection when all ranks succeed, and ensure the resulting file lists agree before the selections discovery check.
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when any rank fails to read a header. Preserve the existing pruned selection
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The embedded DSpark draft (DeepSeek-V4/V4.1) is the mtp.* namespace of the
target checkpoint, yet its load read every shard of speculative_model. On
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash that is 48 files (527 GB) for 2,401 draft tensors that
sit in 3 of them (7.9 GB).
A draft model may now name the checkpoint key prefixes its load_weights
reads (checkpoint_key_prefixes; DSv4DSparkForCausalLM returns mtp.<stage>.
for each stage). ModelLoader passes them to the draft load as key_prefixes,
and HfWeightLoader then reads only the files that
model.safetensors.index.json lists for those prefixes, on the native and
the rank-striped read-ahead paths. It reads every file when the index
cannot tell: no or unreadable index, a prefix without keys, a listed file
that is missing, or a safetensors file the index does not list. Loaders
that do not know key_prefixes ignore it, as they ignore other loader
arguments. With the raw HF weight cache on, the draft keeps the full file
set so that it can reuse the target's cache entry.
Measured with these files applied to NVIDIA#21438 at 66f5889 (main
d782229 + NVIDIA#21438) on one GB300 node: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-NVFP4, the
generation layout reduced to DEP4 with DSpark (3 stages), target read
from a node-local copy and the draft from the shared checkpoint, page
cache dropped before each load. Draft checkpoint preparation drops from
42.7/42.5 s to 0.8/0.7 s per rank: the old draft load prefetched all
491 GiB of shards again, the new one reads 3 files. In the second
before/after pair, where the target's own population matched (47.6 vs
47.8 s), total model loading went from 123.2 to 73.5 s: 43.8 s of draft
preparation and population, and about 5 s of the measurement's own
hashing of the draft tensors. With target and draft on the same shared
directory, the draft preparation went from 168.3 to 0.24 s. On all 4
ranks, the 2,401 draft tensors (sha256, dtype, shape) and all 2,184
loaded parameters and buffers are identical.
Test: test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys loads the
draft through ModelLoader with and without the prefixes from a written
four-shard checkpoint, with native and rank-striped I/O. Only the two
holder shards are read and every draft tensor is byte-identical (dtype,
shape, bytes); an unindexed file that holds a draft key makes it read
every file.
Signed-off-by: ziyixiong-nv <219238287+ziyixiong-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
The index may omit a key that a listed shard holds, and a full read still
returns it. Selecting by each shard's header keeps every draft key a full
read would return, whatever the index says; a header that cannot be read
makes it read every file.
Signed-off-by: ziyixiong-nv <219238287+ziyixiong-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
The file selection and the draft load now follow one declaration. A key
outside checkpoint_key_prefixes is missing from every draft load, not
only from one that skipped files, so an incomplete declaration shows up
wherever the draft is tested. The test uses DSv4DSparkForCausalLM's own
prefixes: with two stages, the shard holding only stage-2 keys is not read.
Signed-off-by: ziyixiong-nv <219238287+ziyixiong-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
The test now also loads the draft through _load_separate_draft_weights,
and with the raw HF weight cache on it checks that the draft reads no
file: it keeps the full file set and reuses the target's cache entry.
Signed-off-by: ziyixiong-nv <219238287+ziyixiong-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
_materialize_draft_checkpoint_weights now records the draft's checkpoint
I/O policy in _startup_metadata, so the test's ModelLoader, built without
__init__, sets it as the other draft-session tests do.
Signed-off-by: ziyixiong-nv <219238287+ziyixiong-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
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DSv4DSparkForCausalLMexposesmtp.<stage>.checkpoint prefixes.ModelLoaderpasses these prefixes through session and separate draft-loading paths and filters draft weights.HfWeightLoaderselects matching SafeTensors shards for native and rank-striped reads. It falls back to all files when prefixes are absent, no shard matches, header inspection fails, or the raw weight cache is enabled. Current-head CI, build, and test results are not available.QA Engineer Review
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.pyadds the parameterized testtest_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys. Its three cases cover session/native, session/rank-striped, and separate/native loading. The test covers omitted index entries, shard-read counts, tensor keys, metadata, values, and raw-cache reuse. Header-failure fallback and multi-rank shard agreement are not directly covered. No matching entry was found in the searchedtest-db/orqa/lists. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py— Verify header-based shard selection for native and rank-striped reads. Verify full-file fallback for unreadable headers, no matches, and raw-cache reuse.tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dspark.py— Verify thatcheckpoint_key_prefixesreturnsmtp.<stage>.for each configured stage.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_loader.py— Verify prefix propagation and draft-weight filtering in both loading paths. Verify unchanged behavior for models without prefixes.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py— The new parameterized test verifies selective shard reads, omitted index entries, tensor equivalence, and cache reuse. No matchingtest-db/orqa/list entry was found.Description
The embedded DSpark draft of DeepSeek-V4/V4.1 is the
mtp.*namespace of the target checkpoint, andspeculative_modelpoints at that checkpoint (it defaults to it). The draft's load still opened every shard of it. For DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash that is 48 files (527 GB) for 2,401 draft tensors (7.4 GiB) that sit in 3 of them (7.9 GB); with rank-striped read-ahead the draft session reads the whole checkpoint a second time.What changes:
load_weightsreads:DSv4DSparkForCausalLM.checkpoint_key_prefixesreturnsmtp.<stage>.for each stage (V4.1 inherits it). Nothing else declares prefixes, so every other draft loads as before.ModelLoaderpasses them to the draft's checkpoint load askey_prefixes, on the AUTO session path and the GMS path, and hands the draft only the keys under them, whichever files were read. A key outside the prefixes is then missing from every draft load, not only from one that skipped files, so an incomplete declaration shows up wherever the draft is tested.HfWeightLoaderreads only the files whose SafeTensors headers hold keys under those prefixes, on the native and the rank-striped read-ahead paths. It reads the shard headers, notmodel.safetensors.index.json, so a key the index omits is still found. It reads every file when no file holds such a key, or when a header cannot be read; on the rank-striped path the ranks' file lists must agree, so a header that only some ranks fail to read stops the load with the existing discovery check.TRTLLM_HF_WEIGHT_CACHEon, the draft keeps the full file set, so it reuses the target's cache entry instead of evicting it.model=,source_identity=): MX's native fallback reachesHfWeightLoaderand filters; loaders that do not know the argument ignore it and read everything.Read once instead (not done): reusing the
mtp.*entries of the target's own read would save at most the draft preparation that remains with this change (about 1-2 s per rank, see below), and it does not fit main's loaders cleanly:load_weightshands the loader's dict toConsumableWeightsDict.take_ownership, which empties it, so the draft entries would have to be taken out before the target load and kept alive through it.speculative_modelon the shared copy defeats a path check, and content identity would need checks of its own; the shard filter does not care where the draft lives.Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py::test_draft_load_reads_only_the_shards_holding_draft_keys(session path with native and rank-striped read-ahead, and the GMS path): writes a five-shard checkpoint whose index omits one draft key, and loads the draft throughModelLoaderwithDSv4DSparkForCausalLM's own prefixes (two stages) and without any. With the prefixes, the loader maps only the three shards that hold stage-0/1 keys (not the one that holds only stage-2 keys), and the draft gets exactly themtp.0./mtp.1.tensors, byte-identical (dtype, shape, bytes) to the full read. With the raw weight cache on, the draft maps no file and gets the same tensors from the target's cache entry. All three cases fail without the change. CPU test, run byl0_cpu(unittest/_torch/pyexecutor).-m cpu_only(the CPU stage's view), with this PR's diff applied to a build of [TRTLLM-16622][feat] DeepSeek-V4.1: Perf optimizations for DS-V4.1-Flash-NVFP4 #21438 at 638dd0d (main 6f6fb34 + [TRTLLM-16622][feat] DeepSeek-V4.1: Perf optimizations for DS-V4.1-Flash-NVFP4 #21438) and with that build's own files:unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_*.pyandunittest/_torch/models/checkpoints: 459 passed with the change, 456 without (the new test's three cases). The same 10 tests intest_weight_loader.pyfail in both arms withMPI_ERR_OTHERfrom that container's MPI setup.unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic: 722 passed in both arms.test_rank_striped_read_ahead.py::test_real_mpi_success_and_rank_local_failureshangs in that container in both arms and is left to CI, as are the GPU tests that load a DSpark draft (TestDeepSeekV41::test_gsm8k_dspark,TestDeepSeekV4ProDSpark,TestDeepSeekV4FlashDSpark).Measured
The table below was measured with the first commit, which picked the draft's files from
model.safetensors.index.json. The selection now reads the shard headers instead: on DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash that is 48 headers (19.1 MiB), which took 1.5 s with a cold page cache and 0.6-0.8 s warm on one CPU node, against about 0.2 s for the index, and it picks the same 3 files. The draft preparation below therefore grows by up to about 1.3 s, and a load still saves over 40 s.(Keep the rest of the current Measured section unchanged.)
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