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fix(system): report a host Ascend NPU in device info and the flush snapshot - #2582

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Summary

VoiceStudio's device detection and memory reporting only understood CUDA, Intel XPU and Apple MPS. On an Ascend NPU host /system/info advertised no accelerator at all — the OS fallback reads lspci VGA/3D rows, and an NPU is neither — while /sysinfo and the post-flush snapshot both reported 0 GB even while the NPU was busy.

Changes

  • Resolve the host accelerator once in _active_accelerator() and use it from _detect_gpu(), get_sys_info() and flush_memory(). CUDA, XPU and NPU expose the same get_device_name / get_device_properties / memory_allocated / memory_reserved shape, so one path covers all three; MPS keeps its own branch (unified memory, no device-side total). total_memory is still read through getattr(..., 0.0), exactly as the XPU branch did.
  • Add the _is_npu module flag beside _is_xpu (hasattr(torch, "npu") and torch.npu.is_available()), so a build without torch.npu is unaffected.
  • The post-flush snapshot in /system/flush-memory also gains XPU, which it never covered (it tested only MPS and CUDA).

Type

  • 🐛 Bug fix

Testing

  • tests/backend/api/test_system_gpu_detection.py gains 5 cases: _detect_gpu() reports the NPU name/total on an NPU host; CUDA still wins over NPU; the CPU-only OS fallback is unchanged; /sysinfo reports NPU VRAM and gpu_active; the flush snapshot reads NPU allocated/reserved.
  • fail-before / pass-after: with this PR's system.py reverted to main the three NPU cases fail (3 failed, 4 passed); with the change, all 7 pass.
  • Not tested on real hardware. This machine has no GPU or NPU and its torch build cannot even be imported, so the run above substitutes torch via sys.modules - the same technique tests/test_device_caps.py already uses. The torch.npu surface (get_device_name / get_device_properties(0).total_memory / memory_allocated / memory_reserved / current_device) mirrors torch.xpu's and total_memory is read defensively. Real CUDA, XPU, MPS and Ascend NPU hosts, and the smoke-matrix job, were not exercised.

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  • I've tested this locally
  • I've updated relevant documentation (if applicable)
  • No local machine paths, logs, or personal env details in this PR
  • Maintained version files are in sync (if an owner-requested bump)
  • If this PR changes runtime behavior, the regression fixture at tests/fixtures/omnivoice_data/ still loads green on the smoke-matrix CI job (macOS + Windows + Linux)

System device information and post-flush snapshots now report Ascend NPU device and memory details, with CUDA, XPU, and MPS handling preserved. This fills the gap in accelerator reporting and adds a changelog entry. Hardware and smoke-matrix validation were not performed, so behavior on real accelerator devices remains unverified.

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The system router now detects NPU availability and selects CUDA, XPU, or NPU for GPU detection and memory reporting. Tests cover accelerator selection, system information, and post-flush memory snapshots.

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Accelerator reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Accelerator selection and GPU detection
backend/api/routers/system.py, tests/backend/api/test_system_gpu_detection.py
The router detects NPU availability and selects CUDA, XPU, or NPU for device details. Tests cover NPU detection, CUDA precedence, and CPU-only fallback.
System and post-flush memory reporting
backend/api/routers/system.py, tests/backend/api/test_system_gpu_detection.py, CHANGELOG.md
System information and post-flush snapshots use the selected accelerator’s memory APIs. Tests check NPU memory values. The changelog records NPU device and VRAM reporting and NPU and XPU snapshot coverage.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: debpalash

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 76eee

This change adds Ascend NPU device and memory reporting to system info and the post-flush snapshot. On hosts with several NPUs, the reported name may not match the device whose memory is shown. This is a minor reporting inconsistency and is safe to follow up after merge.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 01a6f

The change is limited to accelerator reporting on existing host-management endpoints. Access controls and cleanup behavior are preserved, but real NPU and mixed-accelerator behavior has not been validated.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The supported change scope is host accelerator diagnostics on existing endpoints. NPU identity and memory values become visible to callers already permitted to read host information; the change does not introduce request-controlled device selection or additional cleanup privileges.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The state-changing flush operation remains behind the router's administrative boundary. The new backend calls observe memory after cleanup and do not bypass authorization or accept an attacker-supplied backend.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The changed snapshot leaves lifecycle ordering and resource ownership intact. Existing unload handling uses locks and leases, permits per-resource outcomes, and supports repeated unloading. Snapshot failures remain caught after cleanup, whereas free_vram requests cache-release errors to propagate. Thus flushed=true is not a transactional guarantee that every resource or driver-held allocation was released.
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I18n Completeness (21 Locales) ✅ Passed The pull request changes only CHANGELOG.md, backend/api/routers/system.py, and a backend test file. It changes no Electron UI files and adds or changes no Electron t('...') keys or hardcoded Electron …
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[Medium risk] Adds Ascend NPU detection to device info reporting.

No new issue from this revision appears to block merging.

Summary

The PR adds Ascend NPU device and memory reporting to system information and post-flush snapshots, with regression tests. The changes since the previous review do not introduce a new actionable finding in the PR.

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Review comments at @backend/api/routers/system.py:
- Line 49: Update the NPU availability probe in the system router so it runs
after `torch_npu` has registered its extension, or ensure `torch_npu` is
imported before the cached probe is evaluated. Preserve the existing
availability check and make sure the router’s NPU reporting paths see the
registered device.
- Line 184: Update get_sys_info() and flush_memory() to use explicit device
index 0 for NPU memory allocation and capacity/property lookups, matching the
device selected by _detect_gpu(); preserve their existing return values and
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_is_xpu = False
try:
_is_npu = hasattr(torch, "npu") and torch.npu.is_available()

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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rg -n --hidden -g '!node_modules' -g '!dist' -g '!build' 'torch_npu|import torch|from torch|torch==|torch>=|torch<' .
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rg -n --hidden -g '*.py' 'FastAPI|uvicorn|include_router|create_app|lifespan|startup|backend.api.routers.system|routers.system' backend
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rg -n --hidden -g '*.py' -g '*.toml' -g '*.txt' -g '*.md' 'torch_npu|import torch|from torch|torch[[:space:]]*[<>=]' backend .github README* 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- system router ---'
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official PyTorch extension autoloading torch 2.5 torch_npu documentation

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**Official references:**

- **PyTorch 2.5 release notes:** device-extension autoloading is listed as a **prototype** feature. PyTorch says it uses the `torch.backends` entry point and can be disabled via an environment variable. ([pytorch.org](https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch2-5/))
- **TorchNPU documentation:** starting with **TorchNPU 2.5.1**, `import torch_npu` is no longer mandatory because of auto-registration; the docs still recommend explicit import to ensure device initialization. ([github.com](https://github.com/Ascend/pytorch))

**Version caveat:** this does not establish that every TorchNPU 2.5.x release autoloads. The TorchNPU note specifies **2.5.1 onward**, while PyTorch 2.5 describes its general autoload mechanism as a prototype.

Citations:

- 1: https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch2-5/
- 2: https://github.com/Ascend/pytorch

Load torch_npu before the cached probe.

backend/api/routers/system.py:49 caches NPU availability before the router fan-out completes, and the project supports torch&gt;=2.4 without an explicit torch_npu import; on installations without extension autoloading, all three reporting paths omit NPU data. Import torch_npu before this router loads, or probe NPU after registration.

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Review comment at @backend/api/routers/system.py at line 49:
Update the NPU availability probe in the system router so it runs after
`torch_npu` has registered its extension, or ensure `torch_npu` is imported
before the cached probe is evaluated. Preserve the existing availability check
and make sure the router’s NPU reporting paths see the registered device.

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props = backend.get_device_properties(0)
total_memory = float(getattr(props, "total_memory", 0.0))
return torch.xpu.get_device_name(0), round(total_memory / (1024 ** 3), 1)
return backend.get_device_name(0), round(total_memory / (1024 ** 3), 1)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Use device 0 consistently for NPU memory statistics.

_detect_gpu() caches device 0 at import, but get_sys_info() reads allocation without an index and capacity from current_device(), so a later NPU device change can combine device 0 identity with another device’s values. Pass the same explicit index (0) to the memory and property calls in get_sys_info() and flush_memory(); this affects multi-NPU hosts whose current device is not 0.

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Review comment at @backend/api/routers/system.py at line 184:
Update get_sys_info() and flush_memory() to use explicit device index 0 for NPU
memory allocation and capacity/property lookups, matching the device selected by
_detect_gpu(); preserve their existing return values and behavior otherwise.

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