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Rob Ballantyne 1d2caaf554 Default null pyworker session cost to 2x max_perf
Reporting cost == max_perf puts an occupied worker at exactly 100%
utilization, which the autoscaler reads as "at target, no action."
The 3rd session_create then 429s on both active workers and stalls in
the global queue instead of triggering a cold-worker activation
(observed: 1→2 active scales fine, 2→3 does not).

Bumping cost to 2 * max_perf makes each session look like more than
one worker's work, so the autoscaler always keeps an extra active
worker hot. Slight over-provisioning, but the 3rd reservation lands
directly on a free worker rather than queueing.

Expose --session-cost on the client so the value can be swept without
edits. README documents the trade-off.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-12 11:31:26 +01:00

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import argparse
import asyncio
import logging
import os
import sys
import time
from vastai import Serverless
logging.basicConfig(
level=logging.INFO,
format="%(asctime)s[%(levelname)-5s] %(message)s",
datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
)
log = logging.getLogger(__file__)
ENDPOINT_NAME = "null-prod"
# Default cost passed to /session/create. Bumping this above the worker's
# max_perf (100) is how you tell the autoscaler "each session is more than
# one worker of work" — keeps an extra active worker warm and ready, so
# the next /session/create lands on a free worker instead of queueing.
# See README "Endpoint scaling parameters" for the math.
DEFAULT_SESSION_COST = 200
async def reserve(
client: Serverless,
*,
endpoint_name: str,
hold_for: float,
session_cost: int,
label: str = "session",
) -> None:
"""Open a session, hold the worker for `hold_for` seconds, close cleanly.
Uses the framework's session model — each session counts as one worker
occupied, but unlike a held HTTP request it isn't poisoning the
worker's throughput math. max_sessions=1 on the worker side means a
second /session/create against the same worker gets 429, so serverless
routes the second reservation to a free worker or scales a new one up.
"""
endpoint = await client.get_endpoint(name=endpoint_name)
# Session lifetime must outlast the hold. The framework expires sessions
# whose `expiration` (set to now + lifetime at creation) has passed; we
# don't make any keepalive requests so no extension happens.
lifetime = hold_for + 60
start = time.monotonic()
log.info(
"[%s] creating session (cost=%d, lifetime=%.0fs, hold=%.0fs)",
label, session_cost, lifetime, hold_for,
)
async with await endpoint.session(cost=session_cost, lifetime=lifetime) as s:
log.info("[%s] session %s open", label, s.session_id)
try:
await asyncio.sleep(hold_for)
log.info("[%s] hold complete, closing session", label)
except asyncio.CancelledError:
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
log.info("[%s] cancelled after %.1fs, closing session", label, elapsed)
raise
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
log.info("[%s] session closed cleanly after %.1fs", label, elapsed)
async def run_demo(
client: Serverless,
*,
endpoint_name: str,
interval: float,
plateau: float,
session_cost: int,
) -> None:
"""Trapezoidal load: ramp up three sessions, plateau, then scale down.
Start three sessions spaced `interval` seconds apart. Each holds for
`(n-1)*interval + plateau` seconds, so the first release fires
`plateau` seconds after the last session started — giving the
autoscaler time to actually have all three workers running before any
scale-down begins. Releases then fire `interval` seconds apart,
matching the ramp-up.
Each session ends via the SDK's `session.close()` on `async with` exit,
which posts to /session/end with proper auth — counted as a normal
success in metrics.
"""
n = 3
hold = (n - 1) * interval + plateau
tasks: list[asyncio.Task] = []
for i in range(1, n + 1):
label = f"res-{i}"
log.info("[%s] starting (hold=%.0fs)", label, hold)
task = asyncio.create_task(
reserve(
client,
endpoint_name=endpoint_name,
hold_for=hold,
session_cost=session_cost,
label=label,
),
name=label,
)
tasks.append(task)
if i < n:
log.info("Waiting %.0fs before next session...", interval)
await asyncio.sleep(interval)
log.info(
"All %d sessions in flight; holding plateau for %.0fs, "
"then scaling down %.0fs apart",
n,
plateau,
interval,
)
results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
for task, result in zip(tasks, results):
log.info("[%s] final: %r", task.get_name(), result)
def build_arg_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Vast Null PyWorker demo client")
p.add_argument(
"--endpoint",
default=os.environ.get("VAST_ENDPOINT", ENDPOINT_NAME),
help=f"Vast endpoint name (default: {ENDPOINT_NAME})",
)
p.add_argument(
"--duration",
type=float,
default=180.0,
help="Single-reserve mode: seconds to hold the worker (default: 180)",
)
modes = p.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)
modes.add_argument(
"--reserve",
action="store_true",
help="Make a single session (default if no mode given)",
)
modes.add_argument(
"--demo",
action="store_true",
help="Run the staggered 3-reservation trapezoid demo",
)
p.add_argument(
"--interval",
type=float,
default=30.0,
help="Demo mode: seconds between reservation steps (default: 30)",
)
p.add_argument(
"--plateau",
type=float,
default=300.0,
help=(
"Demo mode: seconds to hold all 3 reservations active before "
"scale-down starts. Gives the autoscaler time to fully spin "
"up the third worker (default: 300)"
),
)
p.add_argument(
"--session-cost",
type=int,
default=DEFAULT_SESSION_COST,
help=(
f"Cost reported to the autoscaler for each /session/create. "
f"Setting this above the worker's max_perf (100) over-provisions "
f"slightly, keeping an extra active worker warm so the next "
f"session lands without queueing (default: {DEFAULT_SESSION_COST})"
),
)
return p
async def main_async():
args = build_arg_parser().parse_args()
print("=" * 60)
print(f"Endpoint: {args.endpoint}")
print("=" * 60)
try:
async with Serverless() as client:
if args.demo:
await run_demo(
client,
endpoint_name=args.endpoint,
interval=args.interval,
plateau=args.plateau,
session_cost=args.session_cost,
)
else:
await reserve(
client,
endpoint_name=args.endpoint,
hold_for=args.duration,
session_cost=args.session_cost,
label="reservation",
)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
log.info("Interrupted; dropping any in-flight sessions")
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error: %s", e, exc_info=True)
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main_async())