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Fix flaky test (possibly introduced by #2582) - #2956

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Resolves #2957

  1. Use recall as criteria in dynamic tests, instead of overlap
    The recall of dynamic batched tests must be at least the original recall times a factor, the factor is adjusted based on the number results, since fewer results lead to wider recall spread

  2. Run the BBQ recall tests with 500 queries (original bounds), plus a 100 query set with slightly relaxed bounds.
    The n_queries=500 test cases unambiguously pick the single-CTA implementation; only the small-query cases pick multi-CTA and have relaxed bounds

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  • Tests
    • Dynamic-batching checks now compare recall against ground truth and apply query-count-specific thresholds for 10, 50, and 100 queries.
    • BBQ scenarios now cover 500- and 100-query sets. The 100-query set uses adjusted recall thresholds; selected packed-layout thresholds have also changed. Recall diagnostics include the query count and metric.
    • CAGRA U8 tests now explicitly select multi-CTA search. The full-precision BBQ baseline threshold is lower.

Dynamic-batching tests now compare batched recall with naive ground-truth recall and use query-count-specific thresholds. BBQ tests update recall logging, baseline and layout thresholds, and query-count inputs. The U8 CAGRA test explicitly selects MULTI_CTA.

Changes: Dynamic batching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Ground-truth recall validation
cpp/tests/neighbors/dynamic_batching.cuh
The test computes naive ground-truth neighbors and compares batched recall with upstream recall. It logs both recall values and requires batched recall to meet a configurable fraction of upstream recall. Query counts of 10, 50, and 100 use thresholds of 0.85, 0.92, and 0.95.
Multi-CTA test configuration
cpp/tests/neighbors/dynamic_batching/test_cagra.cu
The tests remove the neighbor-overlap threshold. The U8 test is renamed from defaults to multi_cta and explicitly selects MULTI_CTA.

BBQ recall tests

Layer / File(s) Summary
Recall test configuration and output
cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_bbq.cuh
The recall log includes query count and metric. The full-precision baseline threshold decreases from 0.8 to 0.7. Inputs cover 500 and 100 queries; the 100-query cases reduce each configured ratio by 0.04. The packed 1-bit ratio increases from 0.84 to 0.85, and the transposed-2-bit/packed-1-bit ratio increases from 0.91 to 0.92.

Priority: Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

Suggested reviewers: lowener, achirkin

Merge Risk: Low · previous review a1123

The revised tests can miss some regressions or reject results previously within bounds. These test-only risks warrant owner awareness before merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

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Out of Scope Changes check Warning The diff in cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_bbq.cuh changes a different test, the CAGRA BBQ recall test. It does not change the dynamic-batching test named in #2957. The changes are: the full-precision … Remove the BBQ changes in cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_bbq.cuh from this pull request, and move them to a separate pull request that links the issue reporting their failure. Alternatively, add a linked issue or CI evidence that shows BBQ t…
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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing flaky tests. It is concise and related to the dynamic batching and BBQ test updates.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the test-stability changes, including recall-based criteria and adjusted BBQ query counts and thresholds.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #2957 reports flaky NEIGHBORS_DYNAMIC_BATCHING_TEST runs and gives no acceptance criteria. The change in cpp/tests/neighbors/dynamic_batching.cuh replaces the neighbor and distance overlap check…
Docstring Coverage Passed No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
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Issue #2957 reports flaky NEIGHBORS_DYNAMIC_BATCHING_TEST runs and gives no acceptance criteria. The change in cpp/tests/neighbors/dynamic_batching.cuh replaces the neighbor and distance overlap check with a ground-truth recall check. It computes naive_knn ground truth, measures upstream and batched recall, and requires batched recall to be at least min_recall_ratio times upstream recall. The ratio defaults to 0.975 and is lowered to 0.85, 0.92, and 0.95 for the 10-, 50-, and 100-query variants. The change in cpp/tests/neighbors/dynamic_batching/test_cagra.cu removes the shared min_overlap constant and sets MULTI_CTA explicitly for the U8 test. These changes target the flaky test named in #2957. Flakiness reduction is not verified by a test run. The evidence is limited to the diff.

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The diff in cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_bbq.cuh changes a different test, the CAGRA BBQ recall test. It does not change the dynamic-batching test named in #2957. The changes are: the full-precision baseline assertion lowered from 0.8 to 0.7; the packed_1b bound raised from 0.84 to 0.85; the transposed_2b plus packed_1b bound raised from 0.91 to 0.92; and new 500-query and 100-query input sets with a 0.04 slack on the 100-query set. The current PR description gives the reason: the 500-query cases select single-CTA and the small-query cases select multi-CTA. That is a claim about test input selection. It does not show that the BBQ test fails in #2957 or that it shares a cause with the dynamic-batching failure. The dynamic-batching diff does not reference the BBQ harness or its inputs. No linked issue reports a BBQ failure. These BBQ changes are therefore not connected to the stated requirement in #2957.

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Remove the BBQ changes in cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_bbq.cuh from this pull request, and move them to a separate pull request that links the issue reporting their failure. Alternatively, add a linked issue or CI evidence that shows BBQ test failures are part of #2957, and update this pull request description to state that link.

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365-365: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Select the search algorithm explicitly for each query-count case.

The 100-query case uses AUTO in one batch. On GPUs with 50 SMs or fewer, AUTO selects SINGLE_CTA, so the relaxed case does not guarantee MULTI_CTA coverage. Set SINGLE_CTA for the 500-query case and MULTI_CTA for the 100-query case. Both modes are supported by cagra::search_params.

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Review comment at @cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_bbq.cuh at line 365:
Update the test setup around query_sets to configure cagra::search_params
explicitly for each case: use SINGLE_CTA for the 500-query case and MULTI_CTA
for the 100-query case, rather than relying on AUTO.

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// A broken baseline would make the ratio check meaningless.
ASSERT_GT(reference_recall, 0.8) << "the full-precision CAGRA baseline is unexpectedly poor";
ASSERT_GT(reference_recall, 0.7) << "the full-precision CAGRA baseline is unexpectedly poor";

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Keep the original baseline floor for 500 queries.

If the dense recall falls to 0.75, a 500-query case can now pass when the BBQ recall meets its ratio. Previously, the baseline assertion failed. Keep the 0.8 floor for 500 queries and apply the lower floor to the 100-query cases.

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sherylll and others added 2 commits October 27, 2026 19:39
With 10 queries and k=10 the overlap check compares only 100 neighbors, so it
moves in coarse steps and fails sporadically. The 50 and 100 query cases cover
the same regime (fewer queries than max_batch_size) with far less spread.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
With few queries AUTO selects the multi-CTA search on most GPUs, which is
noisier and leaves the dense baseline close to its sanity bound, so the recall
checks flaked on some GPUs.

Run every code layout with 500 queries, where AUTO selects the single-CTA
search on all GPUs, using the original bounds again. Add a 100 query set that
keeps the multi-CTA coverage with slightly relaxed bounds, and lower the
baseline sanity bound to match. Log the query count and metric with each case.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The overlap between the direct and the batched results depends on the random
start nodes of the multi-CTA search, which are derived from each query's row
in the upstream batch, so it differs even when both searches are equally
accurate. It failed sporadically, mostly with few queries.

Compute the ground truth with naive_knn and require the batched recall to reach
a fraction of the direct recall, with a factor per query count (the 10 query
case comes back, with the lowest factor).

Ratio of batched to direct recall, F32 multi_cta, RTX PRO 6000 (15 + 5
repeats of every case):

  n_queries   ratio sd         lowest ratio   factor
  1000        0.004 - 0.005    0.981          0.975
  100         0.010 - 0.013    0.976          0.95
  50          0.004 - 0.019    0.964          0.92
  10          0.016 - 0.045    0.952          0.85

The mean ratio is 1.00 at every size, so batching does not change the recall
on average; the factors sit about 3.3 to 5 standard deviations below it.

Ping the U8 tests to mui-CTA.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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using opt_layout = std::optional<bbq_code_layout>;
const std::vector<std::tuple<bbq_code_layout, opt_layout, double>> code_specs{
{bbq_code_layout::packed_1b, opt_layout{}, 0.84},
{bbq_code_layout::packed_1b, opt_layout{}, 0.85},

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Keep the original ratios for the 500-query cases.

These ratios increase from 0.84 to 0.85 and from 0.91 to 0.92. A 500-query result retaining 84.5% recall now fails, although it meets the original bound. Restore the original ratios before applying the small-query slack. The PR objective specifies the original bounds for 500 queries. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Thanks for the fix and for the update after our offline discussion! LGTM

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