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The new metadata path bypasses the upstream-GGML compatibility guard, allowing unsupported checkpoints to fail during graph construction.
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Adds StarNodes INT8 ConvRot metadata support to the existing safetensors loader without changing weights or kernels.
Changes:
- Maps file-level quantization metadata to the INT8 tensorwise loader.
- Requires weight and scale tensors and preserves
.comfy_quantprecedence.
Verification: inspected loader guards and upstream execution behavior; builds and tests were not run.
| File | Description |
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| src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp | Parses StarNodes metadata into per-layer quantization configurations. |
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Review comments at @src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp:
- Around line 273-274: Update the group-size fallback in the layer configuration
parsing so an int8_convrot layer missing both convrot_groupsize and group_size
uses the documented default of 256 instead of zero. Preserve the existing
validation and divisibility check for other layer types and explicitly
configured values.
- Line 257: Adjust the quantization metadata parsing in the safetensors reader
so malformed optional _quantization_metadata does not abort loading when valid
per-layer .comfy_quant configurations are available. Ignore the unusable layer
map in that case, while still report or reject it only when a layer actually
requires the map; preserve the preferred per-layer configuration path.
- Around line 278-279: Update the StarNodes metadata handling around the
int8_tensorwise check to reject configurations when SD_USE_UPSTREAM_GGML is
enabled, before comfy_quant_configs.emplace inserts them. Preserve insertion
behavior for non-upstream-GGML builds and other formats.
- Around line 264-265: Update the StarNodes metadata-to-tensor matching near the
weight and weight_scale lookups in safetensors loading to normalize only the
documented model.diffusion_model. prefix before comparison. Require the
normalized name to resolve unambiguously to both corresponding tensors, so valid
int8_convrot entries enter the tensorwise INT8 path without broad matching; add
coverage for an AIO checkpoint with _quantization_metadata and no matching
.comfy_quant tensor.
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| auto quantization_item = metadata_item->find("_quantization_metadata"); | ||
| if (quantization_item != metadata_item->end() && quantization_item->is_string()) { | ||
| try { | ||
| const nlohmann::json quantization = nlohmann::json::parse(quantization_item->get<std::string>()); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Do not reject valid per-layer configurations because optional metadata is malformed.
If a checkpoint has valid .comfy_quant tensors and a malformed _quantization_metadata string, this new parse fails before the reader can use the preferred per-layer configurations. The same checkpoint previously reached tensor loading. Ignore an unusable optional layer map when the applicable per-layer configurations are already available, or limit the error to a layer that requires the map. ComfyUI documents .comfy_quant as the per-module configuration. (github.com)
Also applies to: 283-285
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Review comment at @src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp at line 257:
Adjust the quantization metadata parsing in the safetensors reader so malformed
optional _quantization_metadata does not abort loading when valid per-layer
.comfy_quant configurations are available. Ignore the unusable layer map in that
case, while still report or reject it only when a layer actually requires the
map; preserve the preferred per-layer configuration path.
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| header_.find(module_name + ".weight") == header_.end() || | ||
| header_.find(module_name + ".weight_scale") == header_.end() || |
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rg -n -F --glob '!build/**' --glob '!dist/**' -e '_quantization_metadata' -e 'int8_convrot' -e 'model.diffusion_model' -e 'comfy_quant' .Repository: leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp
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<source kind="search">
<title>GitHub - Starnodes2024/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter: Ultimate Model Converter for ComfyUI using comfyui-kitchen - Convert between Transformers, FP32, FP16, FP8. INT8, NVFP4, INT8 Comvrot · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/Starnodes2024/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last week; 2. comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter ... * ConvRot Detection & Display: The Layers Info node now correctly detects and displays ConvRot rotation metadata including group size (e.g., `INT8_CONVROT (GS:256)`) for both per-tensor `.comfy_quant` blobs and legacy global `_quantization_metadata` headers. ... The converted model is saved to `models/diffusion_models/` with proper quantization metadata.
# ⭐ StarNodes Model Converter v1.5.5
## 🆕 New Features
* **23.9.26 W6A8 Added 24.9.26 Ming image profile. Captains minmax changelog: 26.9 Qwen-Image-2.1 MaxQ & Z-Image MaxQ profiles added
* **Star Checkpoint Saver (AIO) Saves model+clip+vae as one AIO checkpoint. Works with mixed quantizations (e.g. NVFP4 model + NVFP4 text encoder + BF16 VAE)
* Star Model Layers Info Node: Added a new dedicated analysis node (`⭐ Star Model Layers Info`) that inspects `.safetensors` and `.gguf` files to report per-layer quantization formats, parameter counts, and tensor sizes. Supports Normal View (flat list) and Tree View (hierarchical grouped view with layer ranges).
* ConvRot Detection & Display: The Layers Info node now correctly detects and displays ConvRot rotation metadata including group size (e.g., `INT8_CONVROT (GS:256)`) for both per-tensor `.comfy_quant` blobs and legacy global `_quantization_metadata` headers.
* AIO Prefix Normalization: The Layers Info analyzer now handles the `model.diffusion_model.` prefix mismatch between tensor keys and metadata keys. Metadata stored by the converter strips `AIO_MODEL_PREFIX`, so the analyzer tries stripping `model.diffusion_model.`, `diffusion_model.`, and `model.` (longest-first) plus suffix matching as a last resort.
* Quantization Profile Export: Added optional `save_profile` toggle to the Layers Info node that exports a layer-by-layer JSON profile compatible with Star Ultimate Model Converter Pro's profile import.
* AWQ W4A16 Support: Added full AWQ W4A16 quantization target format using comfy-kitchen's `TensorCoreAWQW4A16Layout` with asymmetric scale + zero-point storage and proper ComfyUI loader-compatible tensor naming (`_scale`, `_zero`).
* W4A8 ConvRot Support: Added W4A8 ConvRot target format using comfy-kitchen's `AsymW4A8Int8Layout` with configurable group size (16), ConvRot rotation (GS:256), codebook, and symmetric quantization. Includes robust suffix mapping for `s_rel`, `s_channel`, and `codebook` tensors.
* SVDQuant W4A4: Added SVDQuant W4A4 target format with configurable rank (8–512) and refinement iterations.
## 🔧 Fixes & Improvements
* 2 new Text encoder profiles for maximum quality
* Metadata Key Prefix Matching: Fixed critical bug where the Layers Info analyzer could not match legacy metadata entries for AIO-converted models. The converter strips `model.diffusion_model.` when writing metadata keys, but the analyzer previously only tried exact match or stripping `model.`. Now uses ordered prefix stripping (`model.diffusion_model.` → `diffusion_model.` → `model.`) plus 3-segment suffix fallback.
* Legacy Label Parity: Fixed `_label_from_legacy_meta` to display group sizes (`GS:256`, `QGS:64`) and handle all format types (`awq_w4a16`, `int4_cr`, `nvfp4`, `mxfp8`) identically to `_label_from_comfy_quant`. Previously returned bare labels like `INT8_CONVROT` without group size info.
* ConvRot Metadata Integrity: Verified that `convrot: true` is only written to metadata when rotation actually succeeds. The native path uses a `convrot_used` flag gated by try/except; the comfy-kitchen path writes it only after successful `quantize()` call. Failed rotations fall back to unrotated INT8 or BF16 without false metadata.
* Dequantization Safety: Added input validation that rejects models containing lossless-incompatible formats (NVFP4, MXFP8, W4A4, AWQ W4A16, ConvRot-rotated INT8) when attempting to dequantize for re-conversion. Prevents silent quality degradation…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter/star_ultimate_converter.py at main · Starnodes2024/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/Starnodes2024/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter/blob/main/star_ultimate_converter.py</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 days ago; 2. comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter ... NODE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) ... elif metadata and "_quantization_metadata" in metadata: ... def resolve_input(mode, diffusion_model, checkpoint, text_encoder, custom_path, vae="None"):
from comfy_kitchen.tensor import (
TensorCoreConvRotW4A4Layout,
TensorCoreMXFP8Layout,
TensorCoreNVFP4Layout,
TensorWiseINT8Layout,
)
KITCHEN_AVAILABLE = True
except ImportError:
ck = None
ck_registry = None
TensorCoreConvRotW4A4Layout = None
TensorCoreMXFP8Layout = None
TensorCoreNVFP4Layout = None
TensorWiseINT8Layout = None
KITCHEN_AVAILABLE = False
print("⚠️ [Star Ultimate Model Converter] comfy-kitchen not found.")
W4A8_LAYOUT = None
try:
from comfy_kitchen.tensor import AsymW4A8Int8Layout as W4A8_LAYOUT
except ImportError:
try:
from comfy_kitchen.tensor.w4a8_int8 import AsymW4A8Int8Layout as W4A8_LAYOUT
except ImportError:
W4A8_LAYOUT = None
W4A8_AVAILABLE = W4A8_LAYOUT is not None
AWQ_W4A16_LAYOUT = None
try:
from comfy_kitchen.tensor import TensorCoreAWQW4A16Layout as AWQ_W4A16_LAYOUT
except ImportError:
try:
from comfy_kitchen.tensor.awq_w4a16 import TensorCoreAWQW4A16Layout as AWQ_W4A16_LAYOUT
except ImportError:
AWQ_W4A16_LAYOUT = None
AWQ_W4A16_AVAILABLE = AWQ_W4A16_LAYOUT is not None
NODE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
MODELS_JSON = os.path.join(NODE_DIR, "models.json")
EXTENDED_METADATA_KEYS = ["config", "license", "encrypted_wandb_properties"]
AIO_MODEL_PREFIX = "model.diffusion_model."
TARGET_FORMATS = [
"nvfp4",
"fp8",
"mxfp8",
"int8",
"int8_convrot",
"int4_convrot",
"int8_convrot_pruned",
"int4_convrot_pruned",
"w4a8_convrot",
"w4a8_convrot_pruned",
"w6a8_convrot",
"w6a8_convrot_pruned",
"awq_w4a16",
"w4a4",
"minimax_h3_native_mix",
"svdquant_w4a4",
"fp16",
"fp32",
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<title>comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter/star_ultimate_converter.py at main · budokkan05lucas-arch/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/budokkan05lucas-arch/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter/blob/main/star_ultimate_converter.py</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last month; fmt += " [ComfyUI scaled fp8]"elif metadata and "_quantization_metadata" in metadata: ... base_k_meta = base_k_file.split("model.diffusion_model.")[-1] ... final_metadata["converted_by"] = "Star Ultimate Model Converter"
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<title>Bug: NVFP4 quantized UNET models fail with shape mismatch when loaded via UNETLoader (convert_old_quants called after prefix strip) · Issue #13214 · Comfy-Org/ComfyUI · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 13214 in Comfy-Org/ComfyUI (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Published: 6 months ago; Crawled: 2 weeks ago; sd, metadata = comfy.utils.convert_old_quants(sd, diffusion_model_prefix, metadata=metadata) ... Any NVFP4-quantized model loaded as a standalone UNET (not a full checkpoint) whose safetensors file contains `_quantization_metadata` and whose state dict has a `model.diffusion_model.` prefix.
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<title>ComfyUI-INT8-Fast-ROCM/w4a8_int8.py at main · patientx/ComfyUI-INT8-Fast-ROCM · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/patientx/ComfyUI-INT8-Fast-ROCM/blob/main/w4a8_int8.py</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 months ago; def bridge_w4a8_metadata_to_comfy_quant(state_dict: dict, metadata) -> int: ... logging.warning(f"W4A8: failed to parse _quantization_metadata: {e}") ... "diffusion_model." + layer_name + ".weight",
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Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/Starnodes2024/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/Starnodes2024/comfyui-starnodes-modelconverter/blob/main/star_ultimate_converter.py?utm_source=openai
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Match StarNodes metadata names to their tensor names.
StarNodes AIO metadata strips model.diffusion_model. from layer names, while tensor keys retain that prefix. The exact lookups at src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp:264-265 skip the int8_convrot configuration even when both tensors exist. The affected weight then does not enter the INT8 tensorwise path.
Normalize only the documented prefixes before matching. Accept a normalized name only when its .weight and .weight_scale tensors identify one unambiguous module. Add coverage for an AIO checkpoint with _quantization_metadata and no matching .comfy_quant tensor.
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Review comment at @src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp around lines 264 - 265:
Update the StarNodes metadata-to-tensor matching near the weight and
weight_scale lookups in safetensors loading to normalize only the documented
model.diffusion_model. prefix before comparison. Require the normalized name to
resolve unambiguously to both corresponding tensors, so valid int8_convrot
entries enter the tensorwise INT8 path without broad matching; add coverage for
an AIO checkpoint with _quantization_metadata and no matching .comfy_quant
tensor.
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| config.group_size = layer.value().value("convrot_groupsize", | ||
| layer.value().value("group_size", 0)); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Use the ConvRot default when the group size is absent.
If an int8_convrot layer omits both group-size keys, this code sets group_size to zero. The validation at lines 388-395 then rejects the weight, even when its input width supports the documented default of 256. Apply that default for rotated INT8 layers, then retain the existing divisibility check. (github.com)
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Review comment at @src/model_io/safetensors_io.cpp around lines 273 - 274:
Update the group-size fallback in the layer configuration parsing so an
int8_convrot layer missing both convrot_groupsize and group_size uses the
documented default of 256 instead of zero. Preserve the existing validation and
divisibility check for other layer types and explicitly configured values.
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Summary
_quantization_metadatafrom safetensors file metadata.int8_convrotconfiguration into the existing INT8 tensorwise loader path..weightand.weight_scaletensors..comfy_quantmetadata when present.This allows StarNodes INT8 ConvRot checkpoints to load directly, without rewriting the checkpoint or changing weights, scales, or CUDA kernels.
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