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  • New Features
    • Control how estimators are grouped during fitting and inference, with automatic batching available for supported tabular workflows.
    • Use a different estimator batch size for cached predictions when cached data is compatible.
    • Run batched ensemble predictions while preserving prediction results and input gradients.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved categorical feature handling in tabular model workflows.

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The PR adds configurable estimator batching to forward, fit, and predict. It stacks compatible ensemble inputs, records batching metadata in caches, and regroups compatible caches for prediction. Model integrations and tests cover batching behavior and validation.

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Estimator batching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Batch execution and stacking
sdm/models/base.py
forward and fit accept estimator batch sizes. The implementation stacks compatible contexts and queries, runs each batch, and restores per-estimator outputs.
Prediction batching and cache regrouping
sdm/models/base.py
predict batches queries, prepares caches for the requested batch size, checks schema and cache compatibility, and unstacks model outputs. Callbacks remain restricted to batch size 1.
Model integrations and benchmark batching
sdm/models/kumo/tabular/model.py, sdm/models/tabfm/model.py, benchmark/tabular/model.py
KumoTabular and TabFM use the shared categorical-mask helper. SDMModel selects estimator batch sizes explicitly or from automatic CUDA and input-size conditions. Cached prediction uses batched estimator forwarding.
Batching and compatibility coverage
test/models/test_base.py, test/models/kumo/tabular/test_model.py, test/models/tabfm/test_model.py, test/models/tabiclv2/test_model.py, test/explain/test_gradient.py
Tests cover batch sizes, estimator counts, cache predictions, callback restrictions, input compatibility, categorical targets, gradients, and output equivalence.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant ICLModel
  participant _forward_estimators
  participant _forward
  Caller->>ICLModel: forward(estimator_batch_size)
  ICLModel->>_forward_estimators: contexts, queries, batch size
  _forward_estimators->>_forward: stacked context and query batch
  _forward-->>_forward_estimators: batched output
  _forward_estimators-->>ICLModel: per-estimator outputs
  ICLModel-->>Caller: forward result
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The new estimator batching can make a default predict call fail after a batched fit for models whose caches hold non-tensor values. Cached CUDA prediction with a regrouped batch size also loses pinned-memory transfer overlap and rebuilds the caches on every call. Fix or explicitly accept both issues before merging.

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sdm/models/base.py-786-798 (1)

786-798: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate estimator shapes in _stack_tables and assert the guided error.

_stack_tables does not check block shapes. Members with different row counts reach torch.stack and fail with a raw PyTorch RuntimeError. The test then pins that internal message.

  • sdm/models/base.py#L786-L798: add a table.size() != ref.size() check. On mismatch, raise a ValueError that tells the user to set estimator_batch_size=1.
  • test/models/test_base.py#L618-L621: replace RuntimeError, match="stack expects" with ValueError, match="matching shapes" in both pytest.raises blocks.
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In `@sdm/models/base.py` around lines 786 - 798, Update `_stack_tables` in
`sdm/models/base.py` to compare each table’s size with the reference table and
raise a `ValueError` on mismatch, guiding users to set `estimator_batch_size=1`;
ensure the message includes “matching shapes.” In `test/models/test_base.py`
lines 618–621, update both `pytest.raises` assertions to expect that
`ValueError` and match “matching shapes.”
sdm/models/base.py-277-279 (1)

277-279: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject a non-positive estimator_batch_size.

With a negative value, range(0, len(contexts), estimator_batch_size) is empty. fit then freezes a cache with no estimator entries, and the next predict fails at self._cache[0] with a KeyError. With 0, range raises an unrelated ValueError. forward (through _forward_estimators) and predict have the same gap. Validate the value once, next to the callback check in forward, fit and predict.

Proposed fix
+        if estimator_batch_size is not None and estimator_batch_size < 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Expected 'estimator_batch_size' to be positive or None "
+                f"(got {estimator_batch_size})"
+            )
         if estimator_batch_size is None:
             estimator_batch_size = len(contexts)
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In `@sdm/models/base.py` around lines 277 - 279, Validate estimator_batch_size in
forward, fit, and predict before estimator batching begins; reject non-None
values below 1 with a clear ValueError, while preserving None as the default
behavior.

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In `@sdm/models/base.py`:
- Around line 411-416: Update the estimator batch-size resolution around
_can_batch_cache so any requested size that would regroup an unbatchable fitted
cache falls back to its fitted batch size, including the default size of 1 after
a batched fit. Compare effective grouping sizes using
recipe_execution.num_members, then recheck the callback constraint after
resolution so a resulting batch size greater than 1 is rejected when callbacks
are enabled.
- Around line 971-986: Update _prediction_caches to preserve pinned CPU memory
when regrouping prediction caches: pin each stacked tensor when its source is
pinned, including both tensors in KVCacheEntry. Memoize regrouped caches by
estimator batch size so repeated predictions can reuse them.

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In `@sdm/models/base.py`:
- Around line 786-798: Update `_stack_tables` in `sdm/models/base.py` to compare
each table’s size with the reference table and raise a `ValueError` on mismatch,
guiding users to set `estimator_batch_size=1`; ensure the message includes
“matching shapes.” In `test/models/test_base.py` lines 618–621, update both
`pytest.raises` assertions to expect that `ValueError` and match “matching
shapes.”
- Around line 277-279: Validate estimator_batch_size in forward, fit, and
predict before estimator batching begins; reject non-None values below 1 with a
clear ValueError, while preserving None as the default behavior.

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Comment on lines +411 to +416
if (
estimator_batch_size > 1
and self._cache["estimator_batch_size"] == 1
and not _can_batch_cache(self._cache)
):
estimator_batch_size = 1

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fall back to the fitted batch size for any cache that cannot be regrouped.

The fallback covers only one case: the fit batch size is 1 and the predict batch size is >1. The reverse case fails. Suppose fit(..., estimator_batch_size=None) produces a cache with non-tensor values, and predict(x) then runs with its default of 1. In that case _prediction_caches splits the fitted batch and raises "Changing estimator batch size requires tensor caches". _can_batch_cache exists because such caches exist, so the default predict call can fail after a batched fit.

Resolve the effective batch size against the fitted batch size whenever regrouping is impossible. The resolved size can then be >1. For that reason, repeat the callback check after resolution.

Proposed fix
-        if (
-            estimator_batch_size > 1
-            and self._cache["estimator_batch_size"] == 1
-            and not _can_batch_cache(self._cache)
-        ):
-            estimator_batch_size = 1
+        num_members = recipe_execution.num_members
+        fitted_batch_size = cast(int, self._cache["estimator_batch_size"])
+        if min(estimator_batch_size, num_members) != min(
+            fitted_batch_size, num_members
+        ) and not _can_batch_cache(self._cache):
+            estimator_batch_size = fitted_batch_size
+        if callbacks and min(estimator_batch_size, num_members) != 1:
+            raise ValueError("Callbacks require 'estimator_batch_size=1'")
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if (
estimator_batch_size > 1
and self._cache["estimator_batch_size"] == 1
and not _can_batch_cache(self._cache)
):
estimator_batch_size = 1
num_members = recipe_execution.num_members
fitted_batch_size = cast(int, self._cache["estimator_batch_size"])
if min(estimator_batch_size, num_members) != min(
fitted_batch_size, num_members
) and not _can_batch_cache(self._cache):
estimator_batch_size = fitted_batch_size
if callbacks and min(estimator_batch_size, num_members) != 1:
raise ValueError("Callbacks require 'estimator_batch_size=1'")
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@sdm/models/base.py` around lines 411 - 416, Update the estimator batch-size
resolution around _can_batch_cache so any requested size that would regroup an
unbatchable fitted cache falls back to its fitted batch size, including the
default size of 1 after a batched fit. Compare effective grouping sizes using
recipe_execution.num_members, then recheck the callback constraint after
resolution so a resulting batch size greater than 1 is rejected when callbacks
are enabled.

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