docs(architecture): propose stable Task C ABI - #1203
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Review status: HUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED The change defines a future public ABI and removes the final compatibility path. Confirm implementation ownership, consumer migration plans, release compatibility policy, and companion ADR coverage before adoption. WalkthroughThe changes add ADR 0001 for a proposed stable pure C ABI, a header-only C++17 wrapper, versioned task contracts, ownership rules, compatibility policy, migration phases, and validation gates. The ADR index now lists this proposed document. ChangesStable Task API Contract
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The proposed Task C ABI documentation has minor ambiguities in future asynchronous behavior and an incorrect result-view lifetime sentence that could mislead implementers or SDK consumers. Clarifying these contract details before adoption will avoid incompatible behavior and unsafe result handling. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 8 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)
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Full details: Shared Change Blast RadiusExplanation Repository inspection could not start because the shell tool returned an internal stream error on repeated attempts. The provided description identifies a model-agnostic C ABI need and several consumer and compatibility claims, but repository evidence and the actual diff remain unverified. Comment |
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In `@website/docs/context/adr/0001-stable-task-api-c-abi.md`:
- Around line 857-860: Define and reserve a stable TRTMC_ERROR_TIMEOUT value in
the published trtmc_error_code_t error list, or document its allocation and
compatibility behavior in the companion asynchronous ADR. Ensure request_next’s
timeout behavior references this defined code while preserving existing
error-code compatibility.
- Around line 847-849: Update the task state-machine documentation around the
transitions diagram to add created → cancelled and queued → cancelled paths,
reflecting that request_cancel can release cancellation from any non-terminal
state. Document that cancellation requests made after a terminal state are
idempotent no-ops.
- Around line 1024-1026: Update the result-lifetime statement near the
model-release guidance to state that each owned result remains alive while its
borrowed views are used and is released afterward; preserve the existing
ordering for error handles and the model.
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| created -> queued -> running -> completed | ||
| |----> cancelled | ||
| `----> failed |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Complete the cancellation state machine.
The diagram shows cancellation only from running, but request_cancel may be called from any thread and releasing any non-terminal request requests cancellation. Add created -> cancelled and queued -> cancelled transitions. Define cancellation after a terminal state as an idempotent no-op.
Proposed state-machine clarification
- created -> queued -> running -> completed
- |----> cancelled
- `----> failed
+ created -> queued -> running -> completed
+ | | |----> cancelled
+ | | `----> failed
+ | `---------> cancelled
+ `--------------------> cancelledAlso applies to: 854-855
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In `@website/docs/context/adr/0001-stable-task-api-c-abi.md` around lines 847 -
849, Update the task state-machine documentation around the transitions diagram
to add created → cancelled and queued → cancelled paths, reflecting that
request_cancel can release cancellation from any non-terminal state. Document
that cancellation requests made after a terminal state are idempotent no-ops.
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| - `timeout_ns == 0` polls. `UINT64_MAX` waits without a caller deadline. | ||
| - A wait timeout returns a `TIMEOUT` error without changing request state. | ||
| - Model execution failures are `FAILED` terminal events, not errors returned by | ||
| `request_next`; `event_terminal_view` exposes their stable code and message. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Define the timeout error code.
The asynchronous rules require request_next to return a TIMEOUT error, but the published trtmc_error_code_t values do not define TRTMC_ERROR_TIMEOUT. Reserve a stable code in the core error list, or define its allocation and compatibility behavior in the companion asynchronous ADR.
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In `@website/docs/context/adr/0001-stable-task-api-c-abi.md` around lines 857 -
860, Define and reserve a stable TRTMC_ERROR_TIMEOUT value in the published
trtmc_error_code_t error list, or document its allocation and compatibility
behavior in the companion asynchronous ADR. Ensure request_next’s timeout
behavior references this defined code while preserving existing error-code
compatibility.
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| Every non-NULL error is released, every owned result is released before its | ||
| borrowed views are used again, and the model is released last. Failure never | ||
| requires the caller to clean a partially initialized output handle. |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Fix the result lifetime statement.
The example reads view.text before api->result_release(result). The sentence currently says that the result is released before its borrowed views are used, which reverses the required order. State that the result is released after all borrowed views are used.
Proposed wording fix
- every owned result is released before its borrowed views are used again
+ every owned result is released after all borrowed views are used📝 Committable suggestion
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| Every non-NULL error is released, every owned result is released before its | |
| borrowed views are used again, and the model is released last. Failure never | |
| requires the caller to clean a partially initialized output handle. | |
| Every non-NULL error is released, every owned result is released after all borrowed views are used, and the model is released last. Failure never requires the caller to clean a partially initialized output handle. |
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In `@website/docs/context/adr/0001-stable-task-api-c-abi.md` around lines 1024 -
1026, Update the result-lifetime statement near the model-release guidance to
state that each owned result remains alive while its borrowed views are used and
is released afterward; preserve the existing ordering for error handles and the
model.
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Background
The current public Task boundary passes C++ virtual interfaces, STL types,
RTTI, and exceptions across shared libraries. That is convenient in-tree but
cannot be the long-term compiler-neutral SDK contract.
This proposal is grounded in the current 99-family inventory and primary
sources from Hugging Face, vLLM, SGLang, SGLang-Omni, ONNX Runtime, Triton,
DLPack, and Arrow. It separates semantic model tasks from derived helpers and
transport/service APIs.
Exit Criteria
calling convention, ownership contract, and version-negotiation algorithm.
family capabilities without prematurely freezing unproven task layouts.
compatibility fallback.
Implementation
core/task version negotiation, and size-versioned structures.
Every later task requires a focused companion ADR with its first real family
and consumer.
URLs, and multi-stage topology outside family task interfaces.
removing the current public C++ surface.
Change categories
Validation
Commands and Results
npm run clear && npm run build: passed; all diagrams and the optimizedDocusaurus production build completed.
python3 -m pytest tools/tests/test_public_source_hygiene.py -q: 5 passed.git diff --check: passed.Hardware, Environment, and Revisions
8ab283e6b16f2d5bb22f9d27c5abd01e2f9d9fdb.applicable to this documentation-only change.
task inventory is bound to the repository head named above.
Not Run / Remaining Gaps
were not run because this PR changes documentation only.
phase requires its own code, package, and real-family evidence.
Notes For Future Readers
catalog and migration roadmap.
trtmc.task.text.generateare not publishedABI identifiers until a companion ADR is accepted.
real text request before adding async, media, allocator, adapter, or session
machinery.
forwarding header, fallback, or second dispatch path.
Risk level
Low risk: this PR changes only a Proposed ADR and its index. It does not change
runtime behavior, public headers, shipped libraries, bundle bytes, or CI gates.