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frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant into tile_dsl.mask.apply_mask_chunk; retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the FP8 forward suite; scope its five known e5m2 dataset edges to their O comparison on cc 10.7 - #1209

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Claude Code trailer; two bookkeeping edits in the posted copy only: the PENDING force-push bullet struck as done, 4efc394d annotated
"(amended to 00eb961d)". The local rules corpus (.claude/rules/frost-tile-dsl.md s10d, frost-gotchas.md perf-loss row,
.claude/docs/frost-perf-ledger.md s10d status + perf-loss row) was updated to "one op, apply_mask_chunk" at PR-open.)

Cleanup TODO (NOT deleted -- classify keep/delete per the frost_dev keep rule once #1209 merges): untracked frost_dev scripts that still
name the retired apply_mask_chunk_bits / apply_mask_chunk_form / MASK_FORM identifiers
(/bin/grep -rlE 'apply_mask_chunk_bits|apply_mask_chunk_form|MASK_FORM' frost_dev --include=*.py --include=*.sh, 11 files):

  • frost_dev/mask_sass/bitwise_ab.py
  • frost_dev/mask_sass/m1_dump.py
  • frost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/cells.sh
  • frost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/measure_row.py
  • frost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/tools/dump_sm100.py
  • frost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/tools/probe_d192_dense_window_sentinel.py
  • frost_dev/mask_sass/pr2/tools/probe_d192_f16_mask_sass.py
  • frost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/EXP_C_ostream_relchunk_sass/tools/probe.py
  • frost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/SASS_TAX_sass/tools/probe.py
  • frost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/gate_bitwise.sh
  • frost_dev/results/d512_mxfp8_waves_2026-09-23/measure_exp.sh

Title: frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant into tile_dsl.mask.apply_mask_chunk; retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the FP8 forward suite; scope its five known e5m2 dataset edges to their O comparison on cc 10.7

Commits (worktree .worktrees/mask-collapse):

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3b8b8aa0 frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant -- apply_mask_chunk IS the bit-word mask op (was 625fc6d2 before the rebase)
3c756142 test(sdpa/frost): retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the per-tensor FP8 forward suite (amended after the cc 10.7 run; was 26d80584)
10f88af1 test(sdpa/frost): scope the five known e5m2 0.04-bound dataset edges of the per-tensor FP8 forward suite to their O comparison on cc 10.7 (was 4efc394d / 00eb961d = a broad xfail(strict=False), re-scoped after the #1209 review as 45e2c462; then the Stats assertion of test_fp8_thd_sliding_window moved ahead of _check on the Codex follow-up)

Rebase note (2026-09-23): rebased from 8efd9510 onto develop 2c3783d7 (7 develop commits in between). #1200 (bd1e4832)
moved the d512 backward stage-2 kernel bwd/kernels/bprop_d512_f16_sm100.py -> bwd/kernels/sm100/bprop_d512_f16.py
(99 % similarity: only its _common_sm100 import and a comment changed), so git's rename detection carried commit 1's
collapse edit (import apply_mask_chunk, drop MASK_FORM, the one masked site) onto the NEW path with no conflict; the old
path no longer exists, and #1200 had already re-pointed test_sm100_mask_form.py::_KERNELS ("bwd" row) at the new basename,
which api_dsl._sm100_kernel_path(_SM100_STAGE2_FILE) resolves. Post-rebase grep for bprop_d512_f16_sm100 | apply_mask_chunk_form | MASK_FORM over python/ + test/: only the retired-vocabulary prose / the pins' negative regexes, plus two
ValueError("bprop_d512_f16_sm100: ...") message prefixes in the moved kernel that develop itself kept in #1200 (pre-existing,
not this PR's). Both commit messages unchanged.

Labels: cat-cleanup (commit 1 is a no-behaviour-change refactor; commit 2 widens test coverage), area:frost / op:sdpa, orig-*.
No Capabilities change -> SUPPORT_MATRIX_TRACKER.md untouched (Rule S2 exempt).

Why

#1192 (SM107) and #1197 (SM100) put the register-to-predicate ("bit-word") softmax mask behind a per-kernel
MASK_FORM = MASK_FORM_BITS constant and an apply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM) dispatcher, so each arch line could
be A/B'd and rolled out on its own GPU. Both lines ship the bit-word form now; the selector is dead weight -- 26 module
constants, 49 form=MASK_FORM, kwargs and a dispatcher that only ever picks one arm -- and it is a foot-gun: a kernel could
flip back to the slower lowering with bitwise-identical output, which no numerics test can see. This is the "PR 3: collapse
the constant" step of the plan in frost_dev/mask_sass/REPORT.md s8.

The second commit is the follow-up the #1197 review surfaced: test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py still carried
_skip_on_rubin / _skip_d256_on_rubin / _skip_d512_on_rubin ("sm107 serves d128 only") from before the Rubin d192x128 /
d256 / d512 per-tensor FP8 kernels existed, so ~97 cc 10.7 cases were skips -- and a stale skip is a hole in the decline
detector (it is how the d192 dense fp8 window-sentinel decline went live on develop for Rubin unnoticed).

What changed

Commit 1 -- tile_dsl/mask.py (python/cudnn/frost/tile_dsl/mask.py)

  • apply_mask_chunk takes the bit-word body: band edges per lane -> one keep-word per 32 columns via two saturating shifts
    (keep_below_word / keep_from_word / band_mask_words) -> one arith.select per cell (apply_mask_words), which
    ptxas lowers to R2P + one FSEL per cell. Same signature, same mask_value / bottom_right / causal_diag /
    window_right semantics, same trace-time MASK_BOUND_LIMIT guard (its messages now read apply_mask_chunk:).
  • Deleted: apply_mask_chunk_bits, apply_mask_chunk_form, MASK_FORM_CELLS / MASK_FORM_BITS / MASK_FORMS, and the
    per-cell compare + select body. The header comment keeps the measured record of the form it replaced (3-7 instr/cell,
    51-72 % of a masked tile ahead of the exp burst; the 128-live-i1 predicate spill on the mxfp8 d512 SWA build).
  • Unchanged: MASK_WORD_COLS, MASK_BOUND_LIMIT, the three word builders, apply_mask_words, every tile-level bound helper.

Commit 1 -- 26 kernels (12 sm107/prefill_*, 12 sm100/prefill_*, sm100/decode_d128_f16.py,
bwd/kernels/sm100/bprop_d512_f16.py -- the post-#1200 path): import apply_mask_chunk, drop the constant + its comment block, every
apply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM) site -> apply_mask_chunk(...). Site counts unchanged (19 sm107 / 28 sm100
prefill / 1 decode / 1 bwd -- the migration table in test_sm100_mask_form.py::_KERNELS still holds). The five d512
tcgen05_wait(LOAD) comments and config_sm100.canonicalize_d192_lowering's domain comment say "bit-word form" /
apply_mask_chunk instead of the retired names.

Commit 1 -- pins rewritten for the new invariant, SASS pins untouched:

  • test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py::test_sm107_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk (replaces ..._mask_form_is_the_bits_form
    • ..._every_mask_site_takes_the_module_mask_form): every masked site is a direct apply_mask_chunk( call, no form=,
      no apply_mask_chunk_form / _bits, no module MASK_FORM.
  • test_sm100_mask_form.py::test_sm100_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk: same, counted against the migration table.
  • test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py: the domain-guard test calls apply_mask_chunk; test_the_mask_op_has_one_form replaces
    test_mask_form_vocabulary and asserts the six retired names stay absent from tile_dsl.mask. The host emulation of
    the per-cell formula (mask_cells) stays as the reference the op is pinned against.
  • test_sm107_masked_softmax_sass_is_register_to_predicate, test_sm100_masked_softmax_sass_is_register_to_predicate,
    test_sm107_fp8_epilogue_and_scheduler_sass_pins: unchanged rows and ceilings (R2P > 0, ISETP / predicate-to-register /
    spill ceilings) -- they are form-independent; only prose and one assert message moved off the retired vocabulary.

Commit 2 -- test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py

  • The three markers + the runtime skip in _check_fp8_strided_stats are gone (33 decorators): d192x128 masks / wide-SWA /
    leading-zero-KV / THD / strided stats, every d256 test and the whole d512 section now run on cc 10.7 too. The d512 section
    header no longer claims the flavor is sm100-only (nor that no d512 MXFP8 kernel exists).
  • TWO Rubin declines are still true and stay as markers with their real reason, each pinned host-side (no GPU) in
    test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py:
    • _skip_pack_gqa_wide_on_rubin -- the sm107 fp8 row packs GQA on d128 only (pack_gqa_d_shapes = {(128, 128)}), a
      DECLARED decline: the packed d192 tests and the d256 param of the packed d128/d256 tests (_D128_D256_PACK_GQA; the THD
      users keep the plain _D128_D256). Pin test_sm107_fp8_pack_gqa_is_d128_only: packed d192/d256/d512 ineligible with a
      reason naming the knob, unpacked eligible, packed d128 eligible (invert when a wider kernel gains PackGQA).
    • _skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin -- found BY the cc 10.7 run: the sm107 fp8 d256 kernel has not ported strided Stats
      (compile() raises NotImplementedError("strided Stats not ported (contiguous [B, H, S] only)")) while the row declares
      Stats on every flavor and mismatch()'s generic dense_layout_ok admits the layout, so the strict engine pin dies at
      build_plans -- a Capabilities gap (the d512 fp8 kernel and all four sm107 MXFP8 kernels carry the same guard; d128 /
      d192x128 fp8 ported it and pass the strided-Stats tests on cc 10.7). Pin
      test_sm107_fp8_strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192: the typed raise on the d256 / d512 templates under a strided
      lse_stride, no guard on d128 / d192x128, and the per-kernel guard set for fp8 + mxfp8. Not fixed here (no engines.py
      edit, no port) -- see Follow-ups.
  • test_fp8_large_flavors_serve_exact_shapes_only pins the envelope floors on BOTH rows (the table is arch-independent, rule 8b');
    test_fp8_d512_envelope_floor_declines_straddling_shapes checks both device lines' shape maps.

Commit 3 -- test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py (+ one marker line in test/python/pytest.ini): the five known e5m2 dataset edges are
tracked as a known issue, SCOPED to their O comparison on cc 10.7

  • WHAT: the five ids -- test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16], test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128], test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2],
    test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128], test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False] -- carry a known_e5m2_edge_on_rubin
    marker (registered in pytest.ini; attached per param combo with pytest.param(..., marks=...), the three stacked
    parametrize decorators rewritten as one combined list with the SAME ids, test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2 on its own
    _D128_D256_PACK_GQA_E5M2 list, the d192 THD tuple as a pytest.param). An autouse fixture tells _check whether the running
    item is marked AND _SM == 107; _check then (i) asserts Amax_O FIRST, (ii) turns ONLY the O comparison into an imperative
    pytest.xfail(...) when max|O-ref| lands inside the measured window (atol, _E5M2_EDGE_MAX = 0.0425], (iii) asserts diff <= atol
    as before for everything else. So a build error, a failed _run / _run_thd, an Amax_O mismatch, a deviation PAST the window,
    or any deviation on an unmarked id stays FATAL; a pass on another dataset is a plain pass (no XPASS bookkeeping); _half_atol
    is untouched. This replaces the broad xfail(strict=False) of the first push (00eb961d), which would have hidden every
    failure mode of those five tests (review comment by CodeRabbit, confirmed by the Codex bot with fault injection).
  • WHY: all five read max|O-ref| 0.0404-0.0423 (0.0406 / 0.0423 / 0.0404 / 0.0409 / 0.0409) against the shared 4e-2 e5m2 bound
    (_half_atol, test(sdpa): budget fp8 midpoint flips per d-row; widen e5m2 d512 envelope (sm103 lane) #971) on the 204-SM Rubin dataset, identical to 17 digits on develop and branch (rubin_final_control.log
    vs rubin_final_branch.log; pr1/GATES.md) -- the develop full-file control shows the same 4 (4 failed / 114 passed / 117
    skipped), the branch shows those 4 plus the 5th that commit 2 newly un-skipped. The kernel is untouched by commits 2-3 and
    commit 1 is byte-identical, so these are dataset edges (torch's Philox lays draws out by SM count), not regressions. The
    user's decision (2026-09-23): track them as a known issue; do NOT widen the bound.
  • Host pin (runs wherever the module runs -- the file is requires_blackwell-gated): test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_compare
    drives _check on synthetic tensors through all five outcomes -- inside the bound passes; 0.0405 on a marked id -> pytest.xfail;
    past the window -> AssertionError on max|O-ref|; Amax_O off by 0.1 inside the window -> AssertionError on amax_o;
    0.0405 on an UNMARKED id -> AssertionError.
  • Host check (build box): --collect-only -m "L0 or L1" yields 236 items (235 + the pin) with the same five ids; -m known_e5m2_edge_on_rubin lists exactly those five; no PytestUnknownMarkWarning.

No behaviour change -- byte-identical cubins (commit 1)

The masked per-tensor fp8 d128 causal + padded specialization (the SASS-pin row, production geometry: cga2, S=8K, Stats +
Amax_O) was trace-compiled on the build box before and after the collapse (CUTE_DSL_ARCH pinned, CUTE_DSL_KEEP=cubin,
compiled-plan cache off; frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/cubin_probe.py):

arch cubin bytes md5 before md5 after R2P / ISETP / FSEL / STL / LDL
sm_107a (sm107/prefill_d128_fp8.py) 136040 7f37f174467d399c8fcfaad019f28d62 7f37f174467d399c8fcfaad019f28d62 32 / 96 / 536 / 5 / 9
sm_100a (sm100/prefill_d128_fp8.py) 155048 e3424f1e441770396c6885a7185ba044 e3424f1e441770396c6885a7185ba044 32 / 94 / 1042 / 5 / 9

Identical bytes -> identical O / LSE / Amax_O for that specialization by construction; the other 24 kernels take the same
one-line site edit and the same op body, and their site counts are pinned.

Tests (host, build box, worktree under FROST_WORKTREE, -m "L0 or L1")

Re-run 2026-09-23 on the REBASED 3-commit tree (4efc394d; CUDA_PATH = the internal toolkit so the SASS pins find an
nvdisasm that decodes sm_107a -- without it the 8 + 2 SASS-pin cases SKIP, they do not fail):

suite result
sdpa/frost/test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py + test/python/test_import_boundaries.py (the boundaries file lives at test/python/, not under sdpa/frost/) 59 passed
sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py -k "mask_form or mask_site or sass_pins or register_to_predicate or pack_gqa_is_d128_only or strided_stats_is_not_ported" 22 passed, 0 skipped (12 site pins, 4 fp8 epilogue/scheduler SASS pins, 2 masked-arm SASS pins, 2 ring-wait SASS pins, the pack_gqa + strided-Stats decline pins)
sdpa/frost/test_sm100_mask_form.py 18 passed, 0 skipped (14 site pins, 2 window-sentinel, 2 sm_100a masked-arm SASS pins)
pytest --collect-only -q sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py -m "L0 or L1" -o addopts= 236 tests collected (235 + the scoping pin; the five e5m2 ids present under their original names; -m known_e5m2_edge_on_rubin lists exactly those five)

Pre-rebase (2-commit tree, same box) for the record: 59 / 20 / 18 passed, plus -k "pack_gqa_is_d128_only or declines_split_kv_and_pack_gqa or epilogue_gate_declines or gate_row" 5 passed and -k "strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192 or pack_gqa_is_d128_only" 2 passed (both now inside the 22 above).

black -l 160: 33 files unchanged (commit 3's file re-checked: unchanged). Guardword scan git diff origin/develop | grep -nE 'uumn|FenceCode|/home/scratch|compute_arch|gitlab-master': empty on the rebased tree. SPDX headers untouched.

Rubin run (commit 2 proof; cc 10.7, 204-SM part, one GPU, 2026-09-23, logs frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_{control_develop,branch}.log)

lane result
develop 8efd9510, the 97 ids (control) 97 skipped (the retired markers), as expected
branch, the 97 newly-unskipped ids 94 passed / 3 failed -> 94 passed, 2 = the strided-Stats Capabilities gap (now _skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin + its host pin), 1 = the e5m2 THD tolerance edge below

The 94 include every d192x128 mask / wide-SWA / leading-zero-KV / THD case, every d256 case but the two strided-Stats ids, the
whole d512 section (masks, output dtypes, sink, GQA, padded KV, stats, multi-tile, THD x7, head-dim envelope x8, floors) and
test_fp8_strided_stats_other_flavors[d192_d128_*].

Newly exposed e5m2 THD tolerance edge -- DECIDED 2026-09-23 (commit 3: classified with the other four, known-edge marker scoped to the O comparison, NOT widened): test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False]
(THD [200, 150] x [200, 150], H 8/8, e5m2, causal top-left) reads max|O-ref| = 0.0409305 > atol 0.0400 on the 204-SM
dataset (the e4m3 THD params pass; e5m2 dense d192 passes). Same class as the three e5m2 ids already classified as
pre-existing dataset edges on develop's Rubin gates (frost_dev/mask_sass/pr1/GATES.md: max|O-ref| 0.0404-0.0409 vs 0.0400,
identical to 17 digits on develop and branch; the shared e5m2 bound is _half_atol = 4e-2, tightened by #971). This id was
never RUN on cc 10.7 before, so it is new coverage, not a regression of this PR (the kernel is untouched by commit 2, and
commit 1 is byte-identical). Options for the lead / user: (a) classify with the other three as an e5m2 dataset edge and
track them together; (b) investigate whether the sm107 d192x128 fp8 THD path carries a real 1-ulp-class deviation (the
signature -- one e5m2 rounding step on a P/O value -- is the assert_close_fp8_grad midpoint-flip shape; an fp64 oracle at
this exact THD shape would settle it). Decision taken: (a) -- commit 3 marks all five as a known issue scoped to their O comparison; (b) stays
an optional follow-up.

Owed before ready-for-review

Full-file control (cc 10.7, 204-SM part, pre-rebase tree, logs rubin_fullfile_{develop,branch}.log): develop 8efd9510 114 passed / 117 skipped / 4 failed; this branch at commit 2 208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 failed. The 4 develop failures are the known e5m2 0.04-bound dataset edges (d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16], pack_gqa_e5m2[d128], thd[True-e5m2], thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128]); the 5th (d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False], 0.0409 > 0.0400) is newly un-skipped and of the same class. Commit 3 tracks exactly these five as a known issue scoped to their O comparison on cc 10.7 (user decision) -- no tolerance change; the final tree should read 208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 xfailed.

Rubin final run (2026-09-23, fractal-ts2-128 GPU 1, develop 2c3783d7 control, branch 00eb961d): the final head is the
xfail commit amended with two review nits (comment + reason wording only); the control is .worktrees/dev-control at develop
2c3783d7. Three lanes, all through frost_dev/remote_run.sh (REMOTE_GPU=1, -o addopts= -rfExXs):

lane summary line ids
control -- develop 2c3783d7, full sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py 4 failed, 114 passed, 117 skipped, 1 warning in 463.06s (0:07:43) (REMOTE_EXIT=1 = the 4 failures) FAILED (all max|O-ref| > 0.0400, the four known e5m2 dataset edges): test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16] 0.0406 · test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128] 0.0423 · test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2] 0.0404 · test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128] 0.0409
branch 00eb961d, full sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py 208 passed, 22 skipped, 5 xfailed, 5 warnings in 577.31s (0:09:37), REMOTE_EXIT=0, 0 failed XFAIL: the four control ids above + test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False] (every reason = the _xfail_e5m2_edge_on_rubin text). The 22 skips (-rs): 2 x _skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin (:821) + 20 x _skip_pack_gqa_wide_on_rubin (:1123 x4, :1166 x10, :1212 x1, :1235 x3, :1261 x1, :1289 x1) -- no other skip reason
branch 00eb961d, sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py -k mask 14 passed in 33.09s, REMOTE_EXIT=0 12 site pins test_sm107_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk[flavor{0..3}-{f16,fp8,mxfp8}] + 2 masked-arm SASS pins test_sm107_masked_softmax_sass_is_register_to_predicate[mxfp8-d512-causal_swa640], [fp8-d128-causal_padded]

Logs: frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final_control.log, frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final_branch.log,
frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final_sm107_mask.log. Note on the magnitudes: test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128] reads 0.0423
on develop and branch alike in every full-file run (rubin_fullfile_{develop,branch}.log, rubin_final_control.log) -- the
"0.0404-0.0409" range quoted above (and in the xfail reason / pr1/GATES.md, which tabulated the other three ids) covers four of
the five; the class is unchanged (deterministic, identical on both trees, kernel untouched), the actual range is 0.0404-0.0423.

Rubin re-proof after the review (2026-09-23, fractal-ts2-128 GPU 1, branch 45e2c462 = the scoped known-edge mechanism; control
unchanged: develop 2c3783d7 4 failed / 114 passed / 117 skipped):

lane summary line ids
branch 45e2c462, full sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py (-o addopts= -rfExXs) 209 passed, 22 skipped, 5 xfailed, 5 warnings in 693.70s (0:11:33), REMOTE_EXIT=0, 0 failed (209 = the 208 of the previous run + test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_compare) XFAIL, each with its MEASURED magnitude in the reason -- test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16] 0.0406 · test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128] 0.0423 · test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2] 0.0404 · test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False] 0.0409 · test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128] 0.0409, all in (0.0400, 0.0425]; Amax_O asserted first on every one of them. The 22 skips are the same 20 pack_gqa-wide + 2 strided-Stats ids

Log: frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final2_branch.log.

Codex follow-up (2026-09-24, head 10f88af1): in test_fp8_thd_sliding_window the independent Stats assertion
(assert_close(lse, lse_ref, atol=2e-2, rtol=2e-2)) followed _check, so a known-edge xfail would have skipped it; it now runs
BEFORE _check. The other four marked tests end with _check (no trailing assertion). Targeted Rubin re-run (fractal GPU 1,
-k thd_sliding_window or known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped or d192_d128_thd or pack_gqa_e5m2 or fp8_thd): 29 passed, 1 skipped, 4 xfailed,
REMOTE_EXIT=0 -- the sliding-window e5m2 id still xfails on its O compare with Stats having passed first
(frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/rubin_final3_targeted.log). frost pipeline 69552928 on 45e2c46: manual:frost passed; the two red jobs
are unrelated -- frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm103 exited 141 in its GPU-property bootstrap shell before pytest (CI infra), and
frost-sdpa:cutlass-4.8:sm107 is the nightly's pre-existing failure (12 inherited strict XPASS ids; 3230 passed / 2011 skipped).

Follow-ups (not in this PR)

  • Strided Stats on the sm107 fp8 d256 / d512 kernels (and all four sm107 MXFP8 kernels): port or declare per flavor.
    Today the sm107 fp8 row (and the mxfp8 row) declares Stats on every flavor and mismatch() has no per-flavor Stats-layout
    field, so a strided dense Stats graph is ADMITTED and then dies with a typed NotImplementedError at build_plans (a plan
    that enters the ranked list only to die in the lowering -- contract rules 1 / 8b). Either port the layout (the d256 f16
    sibling's lse_strides path is the model; d128 / d192x128 fp8 already have it) or add a per-flavor Capabilities field and
    declare it honestly -- with the SUPPORT_MATRIX_TRACKER.md row (Rule S2) and accept + reject tests. Pinned until then by
    test_sm107_fp8_strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192 (invert the arm when it lands).
  • The e5m2 edges' optional fp64-oracle investigation (decision taken: known issue, scoped xfail on the O comparison; an oracle run at
    the THD [200, 150] e5m2 causal shape would tell a dataset edge from a 1-ulp-class deviation -- not needed for this PR).
  • The local rules corpus (.claude/rules/frost-tile-dsl.md s10d) still describes the MASK_FORM = MASK_FORM_BITS per-kernel
    constant and apply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM); update to "one op, apply_mask_chunk" when the PR merges -- DONE 2026-09-23 at PR-open (see STATUS).
  • REPORT.md s8's remaining PR-3 items (unify the block-sparse predicate_bitmask_below copies onto keep_below_word /
    apply_mask_words; the mma.sync builders) are separate PRs with their own GPU A/Bs.

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…_chunk IS the bit-word mask op

NVIDIA#1192 (SM107) and NVIDIA#1197 (SM100) put the register-to-predicate mask behind a
per-kernel `MASK_FORM = MASK_FORM_BITS` constant and an `apply_mask_chunk_form`
dispatcher so each arch line could be A/B'd and rolled out separately.  Both
lines ship the bit-word form now, so the selector is dead weight: 27 module
constants, 46 `form=MASK_FORM,` kwargs and a dispatcher that could only ever
pick one arm.

- `tile_dsl/mask.py`: `apply_mask_chunk` takes the bit-word body (band edges ->
  keep-word per 32 columns via saturating shifts -> one `arith.select` per cell,
  R2P + FSEL in SASS), same signature, same trace-time `MASK_BOUND_LIMIT` guard
  (messages now say `apply_mask_chunk:`).  `apply_mask_chunk_bits`,
  `apply_mask_chunk_form`, `MASK_FORM_CELLS` / `MASK_FORM_BITS` / `MASK_FORMS`
  and the per-cell compare + select body are deleted; the header comment keeps
  the measured record of the form it replaced.  `keep_below_word`,
  `keep_from_word`, `band_mask_words`, `apply_mask_words`, `MASK_WORD_COLS`,
  `MASK_BOUND_LIMIT` unchanged.
- 26 kernels (12 sm107 prefill, 12 sm100 prefill, sm100 decode d128, bwd d512
  stage 2): import `apply_mask_chunk`, drop the constant + its comment block,
  every site `apply_mask_chunk_form(..., form=MASK_FORM)` -> `apply_mask_chunk(...)`
  (site counts unchanged: 19 sm107, 25 sm100 prefill, 1 decode, 1 bwd).  The
  five d512 `tcgen05_wait(LOAD)` comments and `config_sm100.canonicalize_d192_lowering`
  now say "bit-word form" / `apply_mask_chunk` instead of the retired names.
- Pins rewritten for the new invariant: `test_sm107_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk`
  / `test_sm100_every_mask_site_calls_apply_mask_chunk` (every masked site is a
  direct call, no `form=`, no module `MASK_FORM`, migration-table counts kept),
  `test_the_mask_op_has_one_form` (the vocabulary stays gone), the domain-guard
  test calls `apply_mask_chunk`.  The sm_107a / sm_100a SASS pins (R2P > 0,
  ISETP / predicate-to-register / spill ceilings) are untouched -- they are
  form-independent.

No behaviour change: the masked fp8 d128 causal+padded specialization
trace-compiled on this box before and after is byte-identical --
sm_107a cubin md5 7f37f174467d399c8fcfaad019f28d62 (R2P 32 / ISETP 96),
sm_100a cubin md5 e3424f1e441770396c6885a7185ba044 (R2P 32 / ISETP 94).
Host tests on the worktree: test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py + test_import_boundaries.py
59 passed; sm107 mask-site + SASS pins 20 passed; test_sm100_mask_form.py 18 passed.

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…sor FP8 forward suite

`_skip_on_rubin` / `_skip_d256_on_rubin` / `_skip_d512_on_rubin` all carried the
reason "sm107 serves d128 only".  It has not been true since the Rubin
d192x128 / d256 / d512 per-tensor FP8 kernels landed (api_dsl._SM107_FP8_KERNEL_FILES,
engines._sm100_fp8_spec(arch="sm107") claims all four flavors, THD on all four,
the same envelope floors) -- so 33 decorators plus the runtime twin in
`_check_fp8_strided_stats` were turning 97 cc 10.7 cases into skips, and a
skip is a hole in the decline detector (frost-gotchas: a stale `_skip_on_rubin`
hid the d192 dense fp8 window-sentinel decline on develop).

- The three markers and the runtime skip are gone: the d192x128 masks / wide
  SWA / leading-zero-KV / THD / strided-stats tests, every d256 test and the
  whole d512 section now run on both arch lines.  The d512 section header no
  longer says the flavor is sm100-only (nor that no d512 MXFP8 kernel exists).
- TWO Rubin declines are still true and stay as markers with their real reason,
  each pinned host-side in test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py (no GPU needed):
  * `_skip_pack_gqa_wide_on_rubin` -- the sm107 row packs GQA on d128 only
    (`pack_gqa_d_shapes = {(128, 128)}`), a DECLARED decline: the packed d192
    tests and the d256 param of the packed d128/d256 tests (`_D128_D256_PACK_GQA`;
    the THD users keep the plain `_D128_D256`).  Pin:
    `test_sm107_fp8_pack_gqa_is_d128_only` (packed d192/d256/d512 ineligible with
    a reason naming the knob, unpacked eligible, packed d128 eligible).
  * `_skip_strided_stats_d256_on_rubin` -- the sm107 fp8 d256 kernel has NOT
    ported strided Stats: `compile()` raises NotImplementedError("strided Stats
    not ported (contiguous [B, H, S] only)") while the row declares Stats on
    every flavor and mismatch()'s generic `dense_layout_ok` admits the layout --
    a Capabilities GAP (also the d512 fp8 kernel and all four sm107 MXFP8
    kernels; d128 / d192x128 fp8 ported it).  Pin:
    `test_sm107_fp8_strided_stats_is_not_ported_beyond_d192` (the typed raise on
    the d256 / d512 templates under a strided `lse_stride`, no guard on d128 /
    d192x128, the per-kernel guard set for fp8 + mxfp8).  Follow-up, not this
    PR: port it (the d256 f16 sibling's `lse_strides` is the model) or declare
    the layout per flavor; then invert the arm and drop the marker.
- The two host-only tests that pinned the sm100 row / (10, 0) shape map alone
  now iterate both rows / both device lines (`test_fp8_large_flavors_serve_exact_shapes_only`,
  `test_fp8_d512_envelope_floor_declines_straddling_shapes`).

Rubin proof (cc 10.7, 204-SM part, GPU 6, 2026-09-23; develop control first:
the 97 ids all SKIPPED on develop @ 8efd951): 94 of the 97 newly-unskipped ids
PASS; `test_fp8_d256_strided_stats[e4m3|e5m2]` hit the strided-Stats gap above
(now the second marker); `test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False]` reads
max|O-ref| 0.0409 vs the shared e5m2 atol 0.0400 -- the same e5m2 dataset-edge
class as the three 0.0404-0.0409 ids already classified on develop's Rubin
gates.  The tolerance is NOT widened and the id stays un-skipped; it is
recorded for a decision (frost_dev/mask_sass/pr3/PR3_BODY.md).

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apply_mask_chunk now uses bit-word masking, and the form dispatcher and kernel-level selectors are removed. SM100 and SM107 kernels call the shared helper directly. Tests update mask checks and expand FP8 coverage across both architecture lines.

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Direct bit-word mask implementation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared mask helper and validation
python/cudnn/frost/tile_dsl/mask.py, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/config_sm100.py, test/python/sdpa/frost/test_tile_dsl_mask_bits.py
apply_mask_chunk now uses bit-word masking and documents its band construction, sentinel behavior, and Int32 bound limit. Tests check the bound guard and confirm that the dispatcher, alias, and form constants are absent. The D192 lowering comment names the direct helper.

Kernel integration and FP8 coverage

Layer / File(s) Summary
Direct helper calls in SDPA kernels
python/cudnn/sdpa/{bwd,fwd}/kernels/sm100/*, python/cudnn/sdpa/fwd/kernels/sm107/*, test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sm100_mask_form.py, test/python/sdpa/frost/frost_test_utils.py
SM100 and SM107 masked paths call apply_mask_chunk without a form argument or module-level selector. The mask-site and SASS checks now describe the direct bit-word operation.
Expanded FP8 tests across architectures
test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_dsl_sm107.py, test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py, test/python/pytest.ini
FP8 tests add SM107 coverage and use targeted skips and xfails. Capability assertions cover PackGQA, strided Stats, and flavor shape maps. A pytest marker identifies the bounded Rubin e5m2 comparison exception.

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Codex bot review · model: gpt-6-astra

Reviewed 00eb961df1a1 against base 61070749e3f4.

The mask consolidation makes sense; I found no approval-blocking production issue. I independently confirmed the linked xfail concern with fault injection. Please scope the expected failure to the known numerical assertion while retaining the intended data-dependent XPASS policy. Leaving a comment because an effective approval already exists.

Validation: All 26 changed kernel ASTs match the parent after verified elimination of the bits-only selector; all 9 retained mask helpers preserve executable ASTs apart from the diagnostic prefix. Config lowering and test utility executable ASTs are unchanged. Exact-head mask/helper and architecture checks: 186 passed, 34 skipped, 10 deselected. Focused SM100 numerical validation: 40 passed, covering FP8 d192/d256/d512 masks, THD/window cases, bottom-right trimming, MXFP8 sinks, and FP16/BF16 keyless rows. Runtime: DSL 4.7, cuDNN 9.26; source import and native-binding compatibility verified. Independent same-toolchain baseline/head compilation produced byte-identical cubins for SM100 FP8 d128 causal+padded and BF16 d512 causal+SWA specializations. The CPU execute path is unchanged; no new end-to-end timing claim is made. Fault injection through the actual marked test reproduced successful XFAIL exits for unrelated build, Amax, and large-output faults; all three unmarked sibling controls failed. The probe forced only the xfail architecture condition and is a pytest-policy check, not SM107 execution evidence. Existing owner pipeline 69545944 contains the exact reviewed head and is running. Pre-commit passed. No duplicate CI was started.

Limitations: No fresh independent Rubin hardware run in this review; the author's final full-file 208 passed / 22 skipped / 5 xfailed report remains author-reported evidence. The current Rubin FROST job selects test_sdpa_fp8_sm107.py and test_mhas_v2.py, so it does not collect the newly unskipped test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py cases. Maintainer-side lane selection needs to include that suite for the added coverage to become continuous.

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CI follow-up after the review: pipeline 69545944's SM107 job has 12 strict XPASS results in the unchanged native ragged-decode Stats tests, plus a separate CUDA 719 failure in test_sdpa_random_bwd_ragged_L0[test282] and its worker/teardown errors.

For test282, gradient determinism checks passed, then the error surfaced while converting packed reference output to uniform layout (fp16.py / helpers.py). Its asynchronous root cause remains unattributed; the stack alone does not establish an infrastructure issue or a regression. Please isolate it with matched inputs, backend/compiler artifacts and base/head before waiving it. Other lanes are still pending/running.

These outcomes are separate from this PR's five e5m2 xfail markers: the current SM107 lane does not collect that file.

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…of the per-tensor FP8 forward suite to their O comparison on cc 10.7

The five ids (test_fp8_d192_d128_output_dtypes[e5m2-bf16], test_fp8_pack_gqa_e5m2[d128],
test_fp8_thd[True-e5m2], test_fp8_d192_d128_thd[e5m2-True-False],
test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128]) read max|O-ref| 0.0404-0.0423 against the
shared 4e-2 e5m2 bound on the 204-SM Rubin dataset -- a data-dependent edge, four of them
identical on develop, the fifth newly un-skipped here.  Instead of a broad xfail, the
ids carry a known_e5m2_edge_on_rubin marker and _check turns ONLY their O comparison
into an imperative pytest.xfail when the deviation lands inside the measured window
(atol, 0.0425]; Amax_O is asserted first, and a build error, a failed run, an Amax_O
mismatch, a deviation past the window or any deviation on an unmarked id stay fatal.
The bound itself is unchanged.  Host pin test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_compare
exercises all five outcomes on synthetic tensors.

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Addressed the open review item in 45e2c462 (force-push; commits 1-2 are byte-identical to the reviewed head, only the third commit changed).

Scoped known-edge mechanism instead of a blanket xfail(strict=False) — details in the inline reply: the five ids carry a registered known_e5m2_edge_on_rubin marker; _check asserts Amax_O first and turns only the O comparison into an imperative pytest.xfail when max|O-ref| lands inside the measured window (atol, 0.0425]; build errors, run failures, Amax_O mismatches, deviations past the window and any deviation on an unmarked id stay fatal; no tolerance changed. A host pin (test_known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped_to_the_o_compare) covers all five outcomes on synthetic tensors.

Rubin re-proof on the new head (cc 10.7, 204-SM part): full test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py = 209 passed, 22 skipped, 5 xfailed, 0 failed; each XFAIL reason now carries its magnitude (0.0406 / 0.0423 / 0.0404 / 0.0409 / 0.0409 in (0.0400, 0.0425]). Develop control unchanged: 4 failed / 114 passed / 117 skipped (the same four ids, hard failures there).

Note for maintainers (from the Codex review): the Rubin FROST CI lane currently selects test_sdpa_fp8_sm107.py and test_mhas_v2.py only, so the ~97 cc 10.7 cases this PR un-skips in test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py are not collected there yet — adding that file to the sm107 lane is what makes the new coverage continuous.

@RomanAnders90 RomanAnders90 changed the title frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant into tile_dsl.mask.apply_mask_chunk; retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the FP8 forward suite; xfail(strict=False) its five known e5m2 dataset edges on cc 10.7 frost(sdpa): collapse the per-kernel MASK_FORM constant into tile_dsl.mask.apply_mask_chunk; retire the d128-only-era Rubin skips in the FP8 forward suite; scope its five known e5m2 dataset edges to their O comparison on cc 10.7 Sep 23, 2026
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  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm103 - ❌ New Failure! (nightly passed)
  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-4.8:sm107 - ❌ Old Failure (nightly failed)

sanitizer_tests

  • san:cpp_test:sm80 - ✅ Passed
  • san:cpp_test:sm90 - ✅ Passed
  • san:cpp_test:sm100 - ✅ Passed

triage

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# Asserted BEFORE the O comparison so the known-edge xfail below can never hide it.
assert abs(amax_o - amax_o_ref) <= 0.03, f"amax_o {amax_o:.4f} vs ref {amax_o_ref:.4f}"
if diff > atol and _CURRENT_ITEM_IS_KNOWN_EDGE and diff <= _E5M2_EDGE_MAX:
pytest.xfail(

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the Stats assertion reachable for the marked THD case.

When test_fp8_thd_sliding_window[False-e5m2-d128] reaches this xfail on SM107, pytest ends the test before the Stats assertion at Line 1777. A Stats regression can therefore be reported as the expected O deviation. Move the Stats assertion before _check in this test, or defer the O xfail until independent assertions complete. (docs.pytest.org)

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In `@test/python/sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py` at line 483, In the marked
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Codex bot review · model: gpt-6-astra

Reviewed 45e2c46211bc against base 0481d6ef459b.

The fix is moving in the right direction: independently injected build failures, Amax failures and large O errors now fail normally, while the marked bounded O discrepancy alone xfails. Production code is unchanged from the reviewed head. One narrow nonblocking remnant remains in the linked Stats-assertion comment; please move that independent assertion before the possible xfail. Existing approval is retained.

Validation: Diff since 00eb961 is confined to pytest.ini and the FP8 test file. Production Python/C++ sources are unchanged, so the prior 186 passed/34 skipped host checks, 40 passed SM100 numerical checks, and two identical baseline/head cubins remain applicable to the PR head. Separately checked the clean isolated merge with new develop 0481d6e (#1106): four paged-FP8 causal/window cases and the new exception-scope test passed on SM100. New regression test passed on the exact head. Independent injection through real parametrized test items confirmed: build error, Amax error and O error 100 each fail; O error 0.0405 xfails only for the marked case and fails for an unmarked sibling. The actual marked THD sliding-window item still xfails with O error 0.0405 and Stats error 100; changing only O to a passing result exposes the Stats failure. These are pytest-policy probes with a forced architecture flag, not SM107 kernel execution claims. Current Style passed. Owner pipeline 69552928 is verified against the full current head and is running; no duplicate CI was started. Its SM107 result has 3230 passed, 2011 skipped and only the 12 inherited strict XPASS cases. The SM103 job exited 141 in its initial GPU-property shell pipeline before installing dependencies or starting pytest; that is a CI bootstrap failure, not a numerical result.

Limitations: The author's current-head full Rubin-file result remains author-reported evidence. This follow-up does not repeat unchanged GPU kernels or add a performance claim. The SM107 FROST lane's existing file selectors still omit the expanded FP8 suite. Updating that lane remains separate maintainer work; marker-level changes alone do not add continuous coverage.

Comment only: this PR already has an active approval; preserving existing approvals.

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Codex follow-up addressed in 10f88af1 (force-push; only the third commit changed again — production code untouched since the reviewed head).

  • test_fp8_thd_sliding_window: the independent Stats assertion (assert_close(lse, lse_ref, ...)) now runs before _check, so the known-edge xfail on the O comparison can no longer skip it. The other four marked tests end with _check and have no trailing assertion.
  • Targeted Rubin re-run on the new head (cc 10.7): -k "thd_sliding_window or known_e5m2_edge_is_scoped or d192_d128_thd or pack_gqa_e5m2 or fp8_thd" → 29 passed, 1 skipped, 4 xfailed, 0 failed; the sliding-window e5m2 id still xfails on its O compare with Stats having passed first.

Pipeline 69552928 on 45e2c46: manual:frost passed. The two red jobs are unrelated to this PR: frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm103 exited 141 in its GPU-property bootstrap shell before pytest started (CI infra, as Codex also noted), and frost-sdpa:cutlass-4.8:sm107 is the nightly's pre-existing failure (12 inherited strict-XPASS ids; 3230 passed / 2011 skipped). Re-running frost on the new head.

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🏁 Pipeline finished

SHA: 45e2c46
Targets: frost
Branch: cudnn-gh/pr-1209-45e2c46
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Last updated: 2026-09-24 03:41 UTC

25 passed, 1 failed, 6 manual

manual

  • manual:python_samples - Manual
  • manual:python_tests - Manual
  • manual:frost - ✅ Passed
  • manual:oss - Manual
  • manual:pycudnn - Manual
  • manual:multi_gpu - Manual
  • manual:backend - Manual

analysis

  • analysis:cudnn_clang_disable_exception - ✅ Passed
  • analysis:cudnn_v9_no_half_conversion - ✅ Passed
  • analysis:cudnn_clang - ✅ Passed
  • analysis:check-relative-includes - ✅ Passed
  • analysis:check-CUDNN_FRONTEND_SKIP_JSON_LIB - ✅ Passed
  • analysis:guardwords_scan - ✅ Passed
  • analysis:jax-import-guard - ✅ Passed
  • san:build - ✅ Passed

build

  • analysis:api_index - ✅ Passed
  • build:dev:linux:amd64 - ✅ Passed
  • build:rel:linux:amd64 - ✅ Passed
  • build:dev:linux:arm64 - ✅ Passed
  • build:rel:linux:arm64 - ✅ Passed
  • build:rel:win:amd64 - ✅ Passed

frost_tests

  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm80 - ✅ Passed
  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm100 - ✅ Passed
  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm120 - ✅ Passed
  • frost-linear:cutlass-rel:sm100 - ✅ Passed
  • frost-gemm:cutlass-rel:sm100 - ✅ Passed
  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-rel:sm103 - ✅ Passed
  • frost-sdpa:cutlass-4.8:sm107 - ❌ Old Failure (nightly failed)

sanitizer_tests

  • san:cpp_test:sm80 - ✅ Passed
  • san:cpp_test:sm90 - ✅ Passed
  • san:cpp_test:sm100 - ✅ Passed

triage

  • triage:ai - ✅ Passed

YangXu1990uiuc added a commit to YangXu1990uiuc/cudnn-frontend that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
… Rubin cases, NVIDIA#794 torch-free conftest) into yanxu/rule8-core

Conflict in sdpa/frost/test_sdpa_fwd_fp8_sm100.py: this branch adds test_fp8_thd_execute_requires_a_workspace
directly above test_fp8_thd, whose stacked parametrize NVIDIA#1209 collapsed into _THD_CASES. Kept the new test and
took develop's parametrization.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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