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Type of change: Bug fix

AutoQuantize can measure a group of quantized expert layers at their enclosing MLP output. That enclosing module is often a plain PyTorch container and does not carry distributed-group information, so its sensitivity score was not combined across data- or expert-parallel workers.

This PR obtains the distributed groups from the quantized layers when the scoring module does not provide them. It also preserves construction order for quantized modules, scoring modules, and their registered hyperparameters so every worker accumulates scores in the same order.

The temporary state needed by backward-based scoring is now managed by one shared session. The session installs and removes forward patches and invocation-specific output-gradient hooks, controls parameter gradients, and restores the active quantization recipes even when scoring raises an exception. Scoring methods remain responsible for their own score calculation.

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N/A — this fixes existing AutoQuantize behavior and does not add an API or flag.

Testing

  • pre-commit run --files modelopt/torch/quantization/algorithms.py tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_autoquant.py
  • pytest -q tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_autoquant.py — 102 passed
  • Added a real two-rank gradient AutoQuantize test covering MoE experts scored at an enclosing MLP.
  • Added regressions for deterministic hyperparameter registration, per-invocation replay for reused score modules, exact forward-attribute restoration, partial setup rollback, and cleanup after a scoring failure.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved quantization scoring consistency through deterministic ordering and invocation handling.
    • Added more reliable distributed score aggregation, including support for mixture-of-experts models.
    • Improved gradient-based scoring for repeated evaluations, tuple outputs, and checkpoint-compatible workflows.
    • Ensured model behavior and scoring state are restored after successful or failed evaluations.
    • Avoided unnecessary output replay when gradients are not required.

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Backward scoring now uses reusable sessions with scoped cleanup and invocation-specific output hooks. Shared searcher behavior moved to a common base. Module registration and score aggregation preserve deterministic behavior. Tests add MoE, repeated-invocation, and failure-cleanup coverage.

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Quantization scoring

Layer / File(s) Summary
Deterministic registration and aggregation
modelopt/torch/quantization/algorithms.py, tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_autoquant.py
Module collections and hparam registrations preserve insertion order. Score aggregation can use an associated quant module’s parallel state. MoE tests cover distributed aggregation, synchronized candidates, deduplication, and registration order.
Scoped backward-scoring orchestration
modelopt/torch/quantization/algorithms.py, tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_autoquant.py
Backward scoring uses sessions to patch forwards, configure gradients, attach invocation-specific output hooks, restore temporary state, and share searcher behavior.
Failure cleanup and invocation validation
tests/unit/torch/quantization/test_autoquant.py
Tests cover repeated shared-module invocations, detached outputs, scoring failures, setup failures, forward restoration, parameter gradients, and active recipes.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d5a62

The PR changes distributed AutoQuantize scoring and backward-scoring cleanup. At the current head, retained autograd graphs may invoke scoring hooks after temporary state is removed, and forward restoration can shadow later class behavior; these bounded runtime-correctness risks require owner follow-up before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AutoQuantizeGradientSearcher
  participant ScoringSession
  participant ScoreModule
  participant ModelOutput
  AutoQuantizeGradientSearcher->>ScoringSession: start scoring iteration
  ScoringSession->>ScoreModule: patch forward and register output hook
  ScoreModule->>ModelOutput: produce differentiable output
  ModelOutput->>ScoringSession: provide output gradient
  ScoringSession->>AutoQuantizeGradientSearcher: accumulate importance score
  AutoQuantizeGradientSearcher->>ScoringSession: finish iteration
  ScoringSession->>ScoreModule: restore forward and gradients
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modelopt/torch/quantization/algorithms.py (1)

1485-1491: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Restore forward by removing the temporary instance attribute.

module.forward is normally a class attribute accessed as a bound method. The restore callback writes the saved bound method into the instance __dict__, so every score module keeps a permanent self-referential forward entry after scoring. That entry also shadows the class method if the module class is swapped later, for example by a dynamic-module conversion or a state restore.

Save the original instance-level value, then restore or delete it.

♻️ Proposed restore that preserves the original attribute layout
             for module in self.score_modules:
                 original_forward = module.forward
                 self._original_forwards[module] = original_forward
+                had_instance_forward = "forward" in module.__dict__
+                instance_forward = module.__dict__.get("forward")
                 module.forward = types.MethodType(patched_forward, module)
-                self._stack.callback(setattr, module, "forward", original_forward)
+                if had_instance_forward:
+                    self._stack.callback(setattr, module, "forward", instance_forward)
+                else:
+                    self._stack.callback(module.__dict__.pop, "forward", None)
                 hook = module.register_full_backward_hook(self.backward_hook)
                 self._stack.callback(hook.remove)
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In `@modelopt/torch/quantization/algorithms.py` around lines 1485 - 1491, Update
the score-module cleanup around _original_forwards so restoring forward
preserves the original instance attribute layout: save whether an instance-level
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- Around line 1485-1491: Update the score-module cleanup around
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971-971: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep local_score as a tensor.

Line 971 extracts each importance tensor with .item(). This can synchronize GPU execution during the distributed regression test. Compare tensor values instead.

Proposed fix
 local_score = sum(
-    hparam._importance_dict[recipe][score_module].item()
+    hparam._importance_dict[recipe][score_module]
     for score_module in hparam.score_modules
 )
 ...
-assert candidate["scores"][recipe_idx] == pytest.approx(local_score * size)
+torch.testing.assert_close(
+    local_score * size,
+    torch.tensor(
+        candidate["scores"][recipe_idx],
+        device=local_score.device,
+        dtype=local_score.dtype,
+    ),
+)

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