Test Qwen3.8 Flash Next TensorFold on one DGX Spark

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Test TensorFold for Qwen3.8 Flash Next on one DGX Spark. Add a separately addressable qwen-3.8-flash-next-fast config and service on static, preserving the existing dual-Spark NVFP4 service and allowing both model IDs to remain independently selectable. First test the pinned MiaAI Lab recipe (TensorFold v0.3.6.2, Vontra MLX 4-bit MTP checkpoint, int8 KV, 262144 context, 5 streams) and record prefill/decode and memory. Separately assess direct TensorFold CUDA support for the current NVIDIA NVFP4 checkpoint; do not substitute formats or alter the existing model config. TensorFold v0.3.6.2 rejects multimodal inputs, so mark this candidate text-only. Keep model artifacts out of Git, validate the serving config, install through ktxsvc on static, verify the OpenAI endpoint and compare with the prior two-Spark measurements. Preserve rollback by retaining the current config and model files.

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Progress: The separate qwen-3.8-flash-next-fast config is committed on main (6f31c1b) and synchronized to smarty, static, and shock. It uses static port 2067 and advertises text-only. The existing two-Spark service was stopped on both hosts and its service registrations removed to prevent reboot conflicts; configs and weights remain on disk for rollback. The reviewed MiaAI recipe is pinned at 4cd99569f00f84b397cee77900bec9cdf43287bd; its TensorFold 0.3.6.2 image is present on static. The MLX checkpoint download is progressing. A first managed start collided with the active download lock and exited before loading weights; it will be retried after preparation completes. A direct tensorfold info check on the existing NVIDIA ModelOpt NVFP4 checkpoint reports that TensorFold has no Qwen3.8 engine for those weights. Its media handler also rejects image/audio/video.

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The single-Spark TensorFold candidate is running on static at port 2067 as qwen-3.8-flash-next-fast (text-only, 262,144 context). Sequential uncached measurements:

• 7,922 prompt: 3.53 s prefill (2,245 tok/s)
• 31,540 prompt: 12.35 s (2,554 tok/s)
• 125,914 prompt: 56.55 s (2,226 tok/s)
• 240,117 prompt + 2,048 generated: 118.75 s prefill (2,022 tok/s), 42.01 s decode (48.7 tok/s), 161.2 s total
• Short decode: 64 tokens in 1.17 s (54.6 tok/s)

The old two-Spark NVFP4 services are stopped/uninstalled but their config and weights remain for rollback. TensorFold v0.3.6.2 reports the NVFP4 checkpoint as unsupported; this recipe uses the Vontra MLX 4-bit checkpoint. Smarty's API config includes static's control endpoint, which reports the fast service running. Results and pinned revisions are recorded at planning/work-units/models.server-40.md, commit 5894e6c.

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Updated static from MiaAI recipe commit 856bb6be4b58ce6a6727e6d071fb1c52f3f80e6e, TensorFold v0.3.6.3, using image tag v0.3.6.3-5f313914582d. Vision is enabled; remote URL fetching stays disabled. A PNG smoke request succeeded (identified the dominant color as red).

Sequential uncached tests, each with a 1,024-token completion cap (both reached the cap):

• 7,951 prompt: 3.20 s prefill (2,486 tok/s), 20.22 s decode (50.7 tok/s), 23.44 s total.
• 31,569 prompt: 12.69 s prefill (2,488 tok/s), 20.18 s decode (50.7 tok/s), 32.93 s total.

Current model ID remains qwen-3.8-flash-next-fast on static:2067, with 262,144 context. Commit d57211b updated the config/runner/README; ec77700 records the follow-up results. Both commits are pushed and synced to static, shock, and smarty.