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The persisted storage selection already drives Helm cache backend selection (#1334). The regular model cache workflow, used by functions that run as plain containers rather than Helm charts, recorded its selection and ignored it: every regular model cache took the NVMesh path, a ReadWriteOnce writer whose volume is later flipped to ReadOnlyMany and re-claimed. That path cannot work on a shared filesystem, so the regular model cache had no distributed filesystem story even after Weka or OCI FSS is enabled in the catalog.

What changed

A request whose persisted selection is durable with the ReadWriteMany flow takes a shared-claim path:

  • The artifact's ReadWriteOnce claim (the translator always emits ReadWriteOnce) becomes one ReadWriteMany claim per cache handle on the StorageClass the selection recorded.
  • The writer Job populates it once. On completion the claim gets the existing populated label, the same durable marker the Helm path uses, so readers gate on the label and never on Job state.
  • Every reader in the namespace mounts that same claim, read-only at both the volume source and the volumeMount.
  • The writer Job's pod template records the UID of the claim it populated, so a completed Job from an earlier claim of the same name does not mark a new one populated.

Cleanup semantics follow from sharing: request cleanup no longer deletes the claim; the existing reference sweep (ComputeCleanupCacheReferences) reclaims it once no request's CacheReferenceName points at it. An unpopulated claim whose writer failed is removed so the next request retries cleanly. A claim of the same name that is not ReadWriteMany belongs to another flow and is neither mounted nor deleted.

Dispatch mirrors HelmCacheBackendFromSelection: durable ReadWriteMany takes this path, durable ReadOnlyMany takes the existing NVMesh path, a non-durable selection skips caching, and a request with no selection takes the legacy path unchanged.

Customer Release Notes

Model caching for functions that run as plain containers (the regular model cache, as opposed to Helm-based functions) now works on shared filesystem storage backends enabled in the storage capability catalog.

Plan Summary

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Usage

No operator action. The path activates for requests created after a shared filesystem provisioner is qualified in the catalog.

Testing

  • Shared-claim path: first request creates the ReadWriteMany claim on the selection's class and a writer with the UID witness; a completed writer marks the claim populated and returns it; a populated claim is reused without a writer; a failed writer removes the unpopulated claim; a same-name claim that is not shared is refused and left alone; a writer that mounts the claim read-only is rejected before any write.
  • Dispatch: a ReadWriteMany selection routes to the shared claim, a completed claim is mounted read-only at source and mount, a none selection makes no Kubernetes writes. Removing the dispatch makes the routing test fail.
  • Cleanup predicate covers shared, legacy, and NVMesh-shape requests; disabling it makes the test fail.
  • go test ./pkg/nvca/ ./pkg/storage/... and golangci-lint clean; Bazel deps verified per rule.

QA: a cluster run on a shared filesystem with a non-Helm function, confirming two requests for one cache handle share one claim and the second starts no writer.

Notes

Not in this PR: the cache binding lifecycle (#1435 and its controller), which adds per-cache reference tracking on top of this. The regular ReadOnlyMany shape is unchanged. #1357 stays open as the reference; this is the selection-driven form of its RWX path without the binding dependency.

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Issues

Relates to #1326

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added shared model-cache support for regular workflows using shared read/write storage.
    • Cache data is populated once and reused by subsequent readers through read-only mounts.
    • Storage behavior now follows the persisted cache selection, including support for disabling caching.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Shared cache storage is retained for reference-based cleanup instead of being removed prematurely.
    • Improved handling of failed, stale, or mismatched cache-population operations.
    • Added safeguards to ensure cache writers and read-only readers use the expected storage.

…y providers

The persisted storage selection already drove Helm cache backend
selection. The regular (container) workflow recorded its selection and
ignored it: every container cache took the NVMesh path, a ReadWriteOnce
writer whose volume is later flipped to ReadOnlyMany and re-claimed. On a
shared filesystem such as Weka or OCI FSS that path cannot work, so
container model caching had no distributed filesystem story.

A request whose selection is durable with the ReadWriteMany flow now takes
a shared-claim path: the artifact's ReadWriteOnce claim becomes one
ReadWriteMany claim per cache handle on the StorageClass the selection
recorded, the writer Job populates it once, the existing populated label
marks it durable, and every reader in the namespace mounts that same claim
read-only at both the volume source and the mount. The writer Job records
the UID of the claim it populated, so a completed Job never vouches for a
later claim of the same name. A non-durable selection skips caching, and a
request with no selection takes the legacy path unchanged.

Because the claim is shared, request cleanup no longer deletes it; the
reference sweep reclaims it once no request names it. An unpopulated claim
whose writer failed is removed so the next request can retry. A claim of
the same name that is not ReadWriteMany is neither mounted nor deleted.

The populated label and the writer witness key move to exported
constants in pkg/storage so both workflows share one definition.

Co-Authored-By: Balaji Ganesan <bganesan@nvidia.com>
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The regular workflow now supports catalog-selected ReadWriteMany model caching. It creates one shared claim, populates it once through a writer Job, and mounts it read-only for readers. Persisted selections control Helm and cache behavior. Shared claims use reference-sweep cleanup.

Changes

RWX read-only model caching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Selection dispatch and cache contracts
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/storage/modelcache.go, docs/dev/sdd-storage-agnostic-cache-architecture.md, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/BUILD.bazel
Persisted selections now choose the RWX, legacy, or disabled cache path. Exported constants identify populated claims and writer metadata. Bazel includes the new implementation and tests.
Shared claim population lifecycle
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly_test.go
The RWX path creates or reuses shared claims, validates writer mounts, tracks writer Jobs, handles failures and stale Jobs, and marks completed claims populated.
Read-only mounting and cleanup
src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly.go, src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly_test.go
Completed shared claims mount read-only at pod and container levels. Cleanup preserves active and retrying writers and shared claims. Terminal writers are removed. Tests cover these states.

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This change adds shared ReadWriteMany claim caching with read-only reader mounts and writer-job lifecycle handling. No concrete current-head merge-blocking risk remains.

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src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache.go (1)

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Add request context to the shared-claim cleanup log.

core.GetLogger(ctx) only retrieves the logger stored in ctx; it does not derive context from req. Add req.Namespace and req.Name to this logger entry so operators can correlate retained claims with the ICMS request during cleanup diagnosis.

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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache.go` at
line 131, Add req.Namespace and req.Name to the Debugf call for “leaving shared
cache claim” so the cleanup log identifies the associated ICMS request. Preserve
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In
`@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly_test.go`:
- Line 168: Update the test fixture around
setupRWXReadOnlyModelCachingForRequest so boundSharedClaim and the completed
writer use a non-empty matching PVC UID, then add a mismatched-UID case
asserting the stale writer is deleted while caching remains in progress.

In
`@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache_rwx_readonly.go`:
- Line 110: The existing-claim path in sharedClaimFromArtifact must validate
that current.Spec.StorageClassName matches selection.StorageClassName before
accepting a ReadWriteMany claim. Return an error on mismatch without deleting
the existing claim, and add a regression test covering the same cache handle
requested with a different persisted StorageClass.
- Line 135: Update the ModelCachingInProgress return paths in the RWX
model-cache logic to return current.Name instead of an empty claim reference,
including the corresponding branches at all affected locations. Preserve the
existing ModelCachingInProgress status while ensuring setupContainerModelCaching
receives the shared-claim name for CacheReferenceName persistence.
- Around line 197-209: Update validateSharedClaimWriterJob to inspect container
VolumeMounts in addition to PodSpec.Volumes, requiring at least one writable
mount referencing ModelVolumeName and the expected claim before accepting the
writer Job. Add a test covering a Job that declares the PVC but has no matching
writable container mount.

In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache.go`:
- Line 130: Update CleanupModelCachingSetupArtifacts around
regularModelCacheKeepsSharedClaim so an active shared writer Job is preserved
during request cleanup, while terminal Jobs continue to be deleted; ensure the
associated shared claim also remains. Add a cleanup test covering an active Job
and claim that verifies neither is removed.

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In `@src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache.go`:
- Line 131: Add req.Namespace and req.Name to the Debugf call for “leaving
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Comment thread src/compute-plane-services/nvca/pkg/nvca/k8scomputebackend_modelcache.go Outdated
Five review findings, two of them real defects.

An in-progress result returned no claim name, so the request never
recorded the shared claim as its cache reference while the writer ran and
the reference sweep could not see the claim was in use. Every in-progress
result now names the claim once it exists.

Request cleanup deleted the writer Job unconditionally. The Job is shared
while it runs, so cleaning up one request cancelled population for every
other request waiting on the same claim. Shared-claim cleanup now removes
only a finished Job and always leaves the claim for the reference sweep.

A claim of the same name on a different StorageClass is refused rather
than mounted, since a later selection may record a new backend for the
same handle, and it is never deleted. The writer Job must mount the claim
read-write in a container, not only declare the volume, or a completed Job
would mark an empty claim populated. Tests give claims a real UID so the
writer witness comparison is exercised, including the stale-witness case.

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- Line 259: Update cleanupSharedClaimRequestArtifacts to preserve shared writer
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A Job with one failed Pod and retries remaining is not finished, but the
cleanup treated any failed Pod as terminal and deleted the shared writer
other requests were waiting on. Finished now means the JobComplete or
JobFailed condition, with CompletionTime as a fallback for a completed Job
whose conditions are not yet populated.

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@balajinvda balajinvda changed the title feat(nvca): cache container models on a shared claim for ReadWriteMany providers feat(nvca): serve the regular model cache from a shared claim on ReadWriteMany providers Sep 4, 2026
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