Deprecate the single-format quantization CLI flags in favour of --recipe - #2426
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--recipe was already authoritative over all of these -- silently on hf_ptq, and
with a runtime warning on megatron_bridge -- and modelopt/recipe/presets.py
already records the intent in a comment ("the long-term direction is to retire
--qformat / --kv_cache_qformat in favour of --recipe"). Make it a real
deprecation:
examples/hf_ptq --qformat, --kv_cache_qformat
examples/megatron_bridge/quantize.py --quant_cfg, --kv_cache_quant, --weight_only
examples/torch_onnx --qformat
A recipe carries the quantization config, the calibration algorithm and the
KV-cache setting in one file, so they cannot drift apart the way separate flags
can. That drift is not hypothetical: the preset path applies no MTP exclusion
while the recipe unit default_disabled_quantizers disables mtp.*, so the same
model quantizes differently depending on which entry point was used.
The warning comes from a shared argparse action, RecipeSupersededAction, so it
fires only when a flag is actually passed -- argparse invokes an action for
options present on the command line, never for a default. That matters because
several of these default to a quantizing value (--qformat fp8,
--kv_cache_qformat fp8_cast); warning on the defaults would fire on every run,
including runs that correctly use --recipe and never mention the flag.
examples/speculative_decoding/scripts/quantize_drafter.py keeps --qformat
undeprecated: it has no --recipe alternative, so there would be nothing to
migrate to.
Defaults and parsed values are unchanged; the action stores exactly what
store / store_true would have.
Signed-off-by: Shengliang Xu <shengliangx@nvidia.com>
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In `@CHANGELOG.rst`:
- Line 24: Update the CHANGELOG entry’s deprecation-scope wording to enumerate
six flags consistently and clarify that --recipe is authoritative only for the
applicable quantization settings, while an AutoQuantize recipe without an
explicit kv_cache field still uses --kv_cache_qformat. Preserve the documented
migration guidance and required KV-cache fallback behavior.
In `@modelopt/recipe/presets.py`:
- Line 124: Update RecipeSupersededAction.__call__ so its DeprecationWarning
remains visible to CLI users despite argparse’s warning context, while
preserving storage of values or const. Attribute the warning to the CLI caller
frame or apply a narrowly scoped filter for this deprecation, without changing
quantization behavior.
In `@tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_hf_ptq_args.py`:
- Line 853: Move the in-function imports of RecipeSupersededAction and inspect
into the module-level import section of test_hf_ptq_args.py, and remove the
local import statements while preserving their existing usage.
- Around line 826-829: Add focused parameterized coverage near the existing
qformat argument tests for the --weight_only flag, verifying nargs=0 sets it
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Add coverage for --weight_only and recipe precedence.
The current tests cover only value-taking flags. No test covers --weight_only with nargs=0, const=True, and default=False, its deprecation warning, or the branch that ignores this legacy flag when --recipe is set. Add focused coverage for these contracts.
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In `@tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_hf_ptq_args.py` around lines 826 - 829, Add
focused parameterized coverage near the existing qformat argument tests for the
--weight_only flag, verifying nargs=0 sets it true, emits the deprecation
warning, and defaults to false when omitted. Also cover that providing --recipe
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Comment: the new DeprecationWarning is emitted from inside argparse, so Python's default filters suppress it in real runs — users will never see the deprecation this PR exists to deliver.
Needs action:
- Make the warning visible in a normal run: raise
FutureWarning(shown by default) or route it throughwarn_rank_0/stderr inmodelopt/recipe/presets.py;DeprecationWarningfrom a non-__main__frame is ignored, and pytest's own filters hide this in the tests. - Add a check that the warning actually reaches stderr under default filters (subprocess run of one example script), since
pytest.warnspasses either way. - Cover the
nargs=0, const=Truepath (--weight_only, the only flag whose action semantics changed fromstore_true) with a unit test ofRecipeSupersededActionintests/unit/recipe/test_presets.py. - Replace or drop
test_recipe_superseded_action_is_wired_to_both_flags— it asserts oninspect.getsourcetext and leaves dead code (unusedparser/del parser, unusedsys.argvpatch, function-localimport inspect). Inspectparser._actionsinstead. - Fix the CHANGELOG entry: it says "all five" while listing six flags.
No action needed:
- Custom action is reasonable: argparse's
deprecated=Trueneeds 3.13, min supported is 3.10.
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This warning will not be visible to users in practice. Python's default filters are default::DeprecationWarning:__main__ plus ignore::DeprecationWarning; the __main__ filter matches the module of the frame selected by stacklevel. With stacklevel=2 inside an argparse.Action.__call__, that frame is argparse's own take_action, i.e. module argparse — so the warning is ignored and python hf_ptq.py --qformat nvfp4 prints nothing.
The tests don't catch this because pytest.warns installs simplefilter("always") and pytest's default -W config re-enables DeprecationWarning.
Options: use FutureWarning (the documented category for warnings aimed at end users of an application, shown by default), or emit through warn_rank_0/a plain stderr print. Whichever you pick, please add a coverage check that the message reaches stderr under default filters (e.g. a subprocess invocation of one of the scripts).
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This is the one flag whose action semantics actually change (store_true → custom action with nargs=0, const=True), and it has no test. A direct unit test of RecipeSupersededAction in tests/unit/recipe/test_presets.py — parser with a nargs=0, const=True flag, asserting args.weight_only is True when passed and False when omitted — would cover the self.const if self.nargs == 0 else values branch that only this call site exercises.
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This test asserts on the source text of parse_args via inspect.getsource and string slicing, which breaks on any reformatting (e.g. the action moving below help=) without the behavior changing. It also carries dead code: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() / del parser, the unused sys.argv monkeypatch, and a function-local import inspect (imports belong at the top of the file).
If the intent is "the action stays wired", introspect the real parser instead — e.g. assert isinstance(action, RecipeSupersededAction) for the qformat/kv_cache_qformat entries of parser._actions — or drop this test, since the two behavioral tests above already fail if the action is removed.
…cope Review on #2426 raised four points; all four held up. The warning never reached anyone. Python ignores DeprecationWarning everywhere except __main__, and argparse invokes the action from its own module, so the attributed frame is argparse and the default filters dropped it -- the deprecated flag kept working with nothing said, which is the one thing a deprecation must not do. It looked fine because pytest enables every warning. It is now a FutureWarning, the category Python documents for deprecations aimed at end users and one that is shown by default. The test for it reproduces CPython's default filters rather than trusting pytest's, and it fails if the category is put back. Changelog: the entry enumerated six flags and then said "all five". It also claimed --recipe was authoritative over all of them, but a weight AutoQuantize recipe that omits kv_cache still falls back to --kv_cache_qformat (examples/hf_ptq/hf_ptq.py), so migrating without setting kv_cache in the recipe would quietly keep using the flag. Both corrected, with the fallback called out so the migration note is actionable. Also adds coverage for the nargs=0/const=True form the action supports -- --weight_only on megatron_bridge is the only user, and nothing exercised it, so storing [] instead of the const would not have been caught -- and moves two in-function imports in the test to module scope. Signed-off-by: Shengliang Xu <shengliangx@nvidia.com>
…it lives Follow-up on review. Three points, all fair. The visibility test was reconstructing CPython's default filters in-process, which only proves the fix if my reconstruction of those filters is right -- circular for a bug that was entirely about mis-modelling them. It is now a subprocess that runs the real interpreter with its real defaults and asserts the message reaches stderr. Verified it fails when the category is put back to DeprecationWarning. The --weight_only contract now lives in tests/unit/recipe/test_presets.py, beside the action, rather than in the hf_ptq argument tests. It is the only caller of the nargs=0 branch, and it is the one flag whose semantics this change actually alters (store_true to a custom action), so storing the empty list argparse hands it instead of const would have silently turned weight-only quantization off with nothing to catch it. The wiring test asserted on the source text of parse_args via inspect.getsource and string slicing, so reordering a keyword argument would have failed it while the wiring was intact. It now introspects the parser hf_ptq actually builds, and the dead scaffolding around it is gone. Signed-off-by: Shengliang Xu <shengliangx@nvidia.com>
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Approving: every concern from the previous review is fixed in the diff, and the change stays small, backward compatible and well tested.
No action needed:
- ✔️ Resolved since the last review:
DeprecationWarning→FutureWarninginmodelopt/recipe/presets.py, a subprocess test proving the warning reaches stderr under default filters, a directnargs=0, const=Trueunit test for--weight_only, theinspect.getsourcetest replaced withparser._actionsintrospection, and the CHANGELOG "all five"/six-flag mismatch corrected. - Design is settled: a single
argparse.Actionshared by three CLIs, needed because argparse'sdeprecated=Truerequires 3.13 whilepyproject.tomlpins>=3.10. - Not blocking:
examples/hf_ptq/scripts/huggingface_example.shstill passes--qformaton the non-recipe path, so example runs will now print the deprecation — expected, but worth migrating the shipped scripts/READMEs in a follow-up.
Complex PR: spans 6 directories (≥ 5); 1 existing test file modified or removed. Looping in a human for approval.
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What does this PR do?
Type of change: deprecation
Deprecates the single-format quantization CLI flags in favour of
--recipe. Passing one now emits aDeprecationWarning; nothing else changes.examples/hf_ptq--qformat,--kv_cache_qformatexamples/megatron_bridge/quantize.py--quant_cfg,--kv_cache_quant,--weight_onlyexamples/torch_onnx--qformat--recipewas already authoritative over all six — silently onhf_ptq, and with a runtime warning onmegatron_bridge— andmodelopt/recipe/presets.pyalready records the intent in a comment: "the long-term direction is to retire--qformat/--kv_cache_qformatin favour of--recipe". This makes that a real deprecation.A recipe carries the quantization config, the calibration algorithm and the KV-cache setting in one file, so they cannot drift apart the way separate flags can. That drift is not hypothetical: the preset path applies no MTP exclusion while the recipe unit
default_disabled_quantizersdisablesmtp.*, so the same model quantizes differently depending on which entry point was used.The warning fires only when a flag is actually passed
RecipeSupersededActionis anargparse.Action, and argparse invokes an action only for options present on the command line — never for a default. That matters because several of these default to a quantizing value (--qformat fp8,--kv_cache_qformat fp8_cast); warning on the defaults would fire on every run, including runs that correctly use--recipeand never mention the flag.examples/speculative_decoding/scripts/quantize_drafter.pykeeps--qformatundeprecated: it has no--recipe, so there would be nothing to migrate to.Usage
Testing
Three tests in
tests/examples/hf_ptq/test_hf_ptq_args.py, all passing:--qformat/--kv_cache_qformatraisesDeprecationWarningand still parses the value;fp8,fp8_cast) untouched;Defaults and parsed values were diffed against
mainand are unchanged — the action stores exactly whatstore/store_truewould have.rufffindings are at parity withmainon every changed file.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
CONTRIBUTING.md: N/AAdditional Information
Draft: the removal release for these flags is not decided here, only the deprecation.
Summary by CodeRabbit
FutureWarningmessages only when explicitly provided.--recipeinstead of deprecated options in Hugging Face PTQ, Megatron-Bridge, and torch-to-ONNX workflows.kv_cachesetting continue to use--kv_cache_qformatas a fallback.