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Extends the --inclusive-tpot flag (originally added for default and exp modes in #1141) to estimate and recommend modes, enabling benchmark-comparable TPOT values across all CLI modes and Python API functions.

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What changed

  1. Core utilities (src/aiconfigurator/cli/report_and_save.py):

    • Added get_inclusive_tpot() for scalar transformations
    • Complements existing _apply_inclusive_tpot() for DataFrames
  2. Estimate mode (src/aiconfigurator/cli/main.py):

    • Added --inclusive-tpot CLI argument
    • Transforms display TPOT before printing (presentation layer only)
    • Handles all estimate submodes: agg, disagg, afd, static, static_ctx, static_gen
  3. Recommend mode (src/aiconfigurator/cli/api.py, main.py):

    • Added --inclusive-tpot CLI argument
    • Threaded flag through: _run_recommend()cli_recommend()_execute_and_wrap_result()
    • Also added to cli_default() and cli_exp() for Python API users
    • Updated all mock_args for save_results() compatibility
  4. Tests (tests/unit/cli/):

    • 10 unit tests for get_inclusive_tpot() scalar utility
    • 4 argument parsing tests (estimate + recommend modes)
    • All tests passing
  5. Documentation (docs/cli_user_guide.md):

    • Updated Inclusive TPOT section with estimate and recommend examples
    • Added Python API usage examples to docstrings

Design principles

  • Output transformation only - never modifies internal calculations
  • TTFT always unchanged
  • Formula: (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl
  • Default: False (backward compatible)
  • All new parameters added at end of function signatures (kwargs-safe)

Example usage

CLI (estimate mode):
```bash
aiconfigurator cli estimate
--model-path meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B
--system h100_sxm
--batch-size 128
--inclusive-tpot
```

CLI (recommend mode):
```bash
aiconfigurator cli recommend
--model-path Qwen/Qwen3-32B
--system h200_sxm
--target-request-rate 50
--inclusive-tpot
```

Python API:
```python
from aiconfigurator.cli.api import cli_recommend

result = cli_recommend(
model_path="Qwen/Qwen3-32B",
system="h200_sxm",
target_request_rate=50.0,
inclusive_tpot=True,
)
```

Test plan

  • All 15 new tests passing
  • All existing tests passing (no regression)
  • Argument parsing validated for estimate and recommend modes
  • Scalar transformation utility tested (formula, edge cases)
  • Python API examples added to docstrings
  • CLI user guide updated

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  • New Features

    • Added the --inclusive-tpot option for estimate, recommend, experiment, and default workflows.
    • Estimate results and EPD logs can display inclusive TPOT based on time to first token, inter-token latency, and output length.
    • API workflows support enabling inclusive TPOT reporting.
    • SLA filtering and internal calculations continue to use inter-token latency.
  • Documentation

    • Added usage guidance and examples for supported CLI modes and API workflows.
    • Clarified how estimate output reports and transforms TPOT values.

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Walkthrough

The change adds inclusive TPOT calculation and exposes it through CLI and API modes. Displayed and saved results can use the transformed value. SLA filtering and internal calculations continue to use inter-token latency. Documentation and unit tests cover the option.

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Inclusive TPOT presentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Inclusive TPOT calculation and estimate output
src/aiconfigurator/cli/report_and_save.py, src/aiconfigurator/cli/main.py, tests/unit/cli/test_cli_workflow.py
Adds get_inclusive_tpot and applies it to estimate output when enabled. Tests cover the formula and edge cases.
Public API propagation
src/aiconfigurator/cli/api.py
Adds inclusive_tpot to default, recommend, and experiment APIs. The option reaches task execution and saved results.
CLI flags, parsing, and documentation
src/aiconfigurator/cli/main.py, tests/unit/cli/test_argument_parsing.py, docs/cli_user_guide.md
Adds estimate and recommend flags, validates their default and enabled states, and documents supported modes and output behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b4aba

The change adds inclusive TPOT formatting across estimate and recommend workflows, but merge should proceed with owner awareness that invalid output lengths may produce incorrect scalar results and the documentation may overstate transformation of saved estimate CSV files.

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TPOT gains a wider view,
TTFT joins the measured queue.
Flags carry the choice downstream,
Tests check each edge case sound,
SLAs keep inter-token ground.

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871-875: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify saved-CSV behavior by mode.

Estimate mode changes terminal output only. Default, exp, and recommend modes also apply the transformation to saved CSV files. The current sentence incorrectly claims saved-CSV support for estimate mode.

Proposed documentation change
- The flag is available in default, exp, estimate, and recommend modes. It only affects terminal output and saved CSV — SLA filtering always uses inter-token latency.
+ The flag is available in default, exp, estimate, and recommend modes. It affects terminal output in all four modes and saved CSV files in default, exp, and recommend modes. SLA filtering always uses inter-token latency.

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In `@docs/cli_user_guide.md` around lines 871 - 875, Update the “Inclusive TPOT
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830-854: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add invalid-osl coverage.

The scalar tests cover valid edge cases but do not lock the behavior for zero or negative osl. Add parameterized coverage after the helper rejects non-positive values.

Proposed test
 class TestInclusiveTpotScalar:
     """Unit tests for get_inclusive_tpot scalar transformation."""
 
+    `@pytest.mark.parametrize`("osl", [0, -1])
+    def test_non_positive_osl_rejected(self, osl):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="osl"):
+            get_inclusive_tpot(ttft=500.0, tpot=20.0, osl=osl)
+
     def test_formula(self):

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In `@src/aiconfigurator/cli/main.py`:
- Around line 2749-2755: Update the EPD estimate flow so --inclusive-tpot is
either applied to the TPOT reported by _run_estimate_epd and its row["tpot"]
logging, or the option is explicitly rejected when --enable-epd is active;
ensure _run_estimate_mode passes or validates the setting before returning to
the EPD path, while preserving existing non-EPD behavior.

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- Around line 46-67: Update get_inclusive_tpot to validate that osl is greater
than zero before calculating the result; raise ValueError with a clear message
for zero or negative values, while preserving the existing formula for valid
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In `@docs/cli_user_guide.md`:
- Around line 871-875: Update the “Inclusive TPOT reporting” documentation to
state that estimate mode changes terminal output only, while default, exp, and
recommend modes apply the transformation to saved CSV files; retain that SLA
filtering always uses inter-token latency.

---

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- Around line 830-854: Add parameterized invalid-input coverage to
TestInclusiveTpotScalar for zero and negative osl values, asserting
get_inclusive_tpot rejects each non-positive value with the established
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def get_inclusive_tpot(
ttft: float,
tpot: float,
osl: int,
) -> float:
"""Compute inclusive TPOT from TTFT, TPOT, and OSL.

Inclusive TPOT spreads TTFT cost across all output tokens:
inclusive_tpot = (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl

This matches the end-to-end per-token latency reported by GuideLLM and other
benchmarking tools, making predicted values directly comparable to measurements.

Args:
ttft: Time to first token (ms).
tpot: Time per output token (ms).
osl: Output sequence length.

Returns:
Inclusive TPOT in ms.
"""
return (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject non-positive osl before dividing.

get_inclusive_tpot(..., osl=0) raises ZeroDivisionError, and a negative osl produces an invalid result. Validate osl > 0 and raise ValueError with a clear message.

Proposed fix
 def get_inclusive_tpot(
     ttft: float,
     tpot: float,
     osl: int,
 ) -> float:
@@
     Returns:
         Inclusive TPOT in ms.
     """
+    if osl <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("osl must be greater than 0")
     return (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl

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def get_inclusive_tpot(
ttft: float,
tpot: float,
osl: int,
) -> float:
"""Compute inclusive TPOT from TTFT, TPOT, and OSL.
Inclusive TPOT spreads TTFT cost across all output tokens:
inclusive_tpot = (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl
This matches the end-to-end per-token latency reported by GuideLLM and other
benchmarking tools, making predicted values directly comparable to measurements.
Args:
ttft: Time to first token (ms).
tpot: Time per output token (ms).
osl: Output sequence length.
Returns:
Inclusive TPOT in ms.
"""
return (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl
def get_inclusive_tpot(
ttft: float,
tpot: float,
osl: int,
) -> float:
"""Compute inclusive TPOT from TTFT, TPOT, and OSL.
Inclusive TPOT spreads TTFT cost across all output tokens:
inclusive_tpot = (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl
This matches the end-to-end per-token latency reported by GuideLLM and other
benchmarking tools, making predicted values directly comparable to measurements.
Args:
ttft: Time to first token (ms).
tpot: Time per output token (ms).
osl: Output sequence length.
Returns:
Inclusive TPOT in ms.
"""
if osl <= 0:
raise ValueError("osl must be greater than 0")
return (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl
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In `@src/aiconfigurator/cli/report_and_save.py` around lines 46 - 67, Update
get_inclusive_tpot to validate that osl is greater than zero before calculating
the result; raise ValueError with a clear message for zero or negative values,
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Re: EPD mode not applying inclusive TPOT

Fixed in commit b8ffd0d46. The EPD code path now applies the inclusive TPOT transformation before logging output (lines 2599-2602 in main.py).

The transformation is only applied when both args.inclusive_tpot is set and the row contains the required ttft and tpot keys:

# Apply inclusive TPOT transformation if requested
if getattr(args, "inclusive_tpot", False) and "tpot" in row and "ttft" in row:
    from aiconfigurator.cli.report_and_save import get_inclusive_tpot
    row["tpot"] = get_inclusive_tpot(row["ttft"], row["tpot"], args.osl)

All EPD tests continue to pass.

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Re: Missing validation for osl <= 0

This is intentional. During adversarial review, we removed all validation from get_inclusive_tpot() to match the existing _apply_inclusive_tpot() DataFrame approach, which also has no validation.

Rationale ("fail naturally" philosophy):

  • EstimateResult values come from the SDK and should never be invalid in practice
  • If they are invalid, that's a bug that should fail loudly (ZeroDivisionError is obvious)
  • This simplification removed 44 lines of defensive code and 6 error tests
  • Matches existing patterns in the codebase

The DataFrame version (_apply_inclusive_tpot()) from the original PR #1141 has the same "no validation" approach - we're being consistent with that design.

If osl is ever 0 or negative, that indicates a fundamental problem with the SDK output that should be investigated, not silently handled.

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REQUEST_CHANGES · 5.8/10 · high confidence

What this PR does

This PR extends inclusive-TPOT reporting to estimate and recommend CLI modes and exposes the same option through the default, recommend, and experiment Python APIs. It adds a scalar conversion helper, threads the flag through display and save paths, covers EPD estimate output, and documents the new modes.

The output-only separation is thoughtfully preserved for SLA filtering, and the implementation explicitly covers the EPD estimate path while adding focused parsing and formula tests.

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The packet is blocked because the mandatory Claude Fable lane could not verify that claude-fable-5 served the request; only fallback Haiku and Sonnet models were observed. Independently, Codex confirmed that returned Python API data remains raw despite the new inclusive-TPOT contract and that cli_exp now forces completion-order-dependent parallel execution. Those candidate findings are preserved below but are not selected for posting from this blocked packet.

target_request_rate=target_request_rate,
target_concurrency=target_concurrency,
parallel_experiments=parallel_experiments,
inclusive_tpot=inclusive_tpot,

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Please make inclusive_tpot=True observable in the returned CLIResult, not only in terminal logging and saved CSVs. _execute_tasks keeps best_configs and pareto_fronts raw and uses this flag only inside log_final_summary; this wrapper then returns those raw frames unchanged. A focused probe returned TPOT 20.0 with the flag enabled, even though the new examples promise transformed result.best_configs. That makes the new option a no-op for a Python caller without save_dir. Please transform output copies before returning (while ensuring save_results does not apply the formula a second time), or revise the API surface and documentation if raw return values are intentional.

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result = _execute_and_wrap_result(tasks, mode="exp", top_n=top_n)
result = _execute_and_wrap_result(
tasks, mode="exp", top_n=top_n, parallel_experiments=True, inclusive_tpot=inclusive_tpot

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Please remove the new unconditional parallel_experiments=True here, or expose it as a separately designed opt-in. Before this PR, cli_exp() executed in declaration order, and the CLI exp path still does. In parallel mode _execute_tasks inserts results as futures complete and uses dictionary order to break equal-throughput ties; a focused two-task probe changed chosen_exp from the declared first experiment to the experiment that finished first. This alters existing cli_exp() behavior even when inclusive_tpot=False. Preserve the previous execution policy for this feature, and handle parallel execution separately with deterministic ordering and coverage if it is desired.

Extends the --inclusive-tpot flag (originally added for default and exp modes
in commit 30d7139) to estimate and recommend modes. This enables users to get
benchmark-comparable TPOT values across all CLI modes and Python API functions.

**Changes:**

1. **Core utilities** (src/aiconfigurator/cli/report_and_save.py):
   - Added get_inclusive_tpot() for scalar transformations
   - Complements existing _apply_inclusive_tpot() for DataFrames

2. **Estimate mode** (src/aiconfigurator/cli/main.py):
   - Added --inclusive-tpot CLI argument
   - Transform display TPOT before printing (presentation layer only)
   - Handles all estimate submodes: agg, disagg, afd, static, static_ctx, static_gen

3. **Recommend mode** (src/aiconfigurator/cli/api.py, main.py):
   - Added --inclusive-tpot CLI argument
   - Threaded flag through: _run_recommend() → cli_recommend() → _execute_and_wrap_result()
   - Also added to cli_default() and cli_exp() for Python API users
   - Updated all mock_args for save_results() compatibility

4. **Tests** (tests/unit/cli/):
   - 10 unit tests for get_inclusive_tpot() scalar utility
   - 4 argument parsing tests (estimate + recommend modes)
   - All tests passing (14 new + existing tests)

5. **Documentation** (docs/cli_user_guide.md):
   - Updated Inclusive TPOT section with estimate and recommend examples

**Design principles:**
- Output transformation only - never modifies internal calculations
- TTFT always unchanged
- Formula: (ttft + tpot * (osl - 1)) / osl
- Default: False (backward compatible)
- All new parameters added at end of function signatures (kwargs-safe)

Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Rehan Samaratunga <rsamarat@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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natoscott force-pushed the feat/inclusive-tpot-estimate-recommend branch from 9cb56fb to 8588b1c Compare September 2, 2026 03:02
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Thanks for the careful review — both findings are fair.

parallel_experiments=True in cli_exp (api.py): agreed, that was an accidental regression unrelated to this feature. Removed — cli_exp() is back to declaration-order execution.

Raw returns from CLIResult: you're right that the docstrings were misleading, and I've fixed them. On the direction, some context you may not have had: the original --inclusive-tpot change (#1141) deliberately scoped this as output-only — its commit message states the transformation is "applied to output copies only (terminal table and saved CSV)" and that "SDK callers receive raw DataFrames and can apply the formula themselves if needed." SLA filtering, pareto computation, and artifact generation all intentionally run on the raw frames. That design was reviewed and approved by a maintainer in #1141.

So rather than diverge and start transforming the returned frames (which would also make these functions inconsistent with cli_estimate, which returns a raw EstimateResult alongside the get_inclusive_tpot() helper), I've kept returns raw and corrected the docs to match that intent: the flag transforms terminal + CSV output, returned DataFrames stay raw, and callers who want the transformed value use get_inclusive_tpot(). Added a test locking that contract.

(For the same reason, get_inclusive_tpot() intentionally has no osl > 0 guard — per the #1141 review, osl is never zero in LLM inference, so it "fails naturally" like _apply_inclusive_tpot.)

If you'd still prefer the returned frames be transformed, I'm happy to do it — but wanted to flag the original design decision first so we make that change deliberately rather than as a bug fix. Let me know which you'd like.

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