* Studio: warn when llama.cpp prebuilt is too old for MTP
Layered on #5527. Adds a one-shot llama-server --help capability probe
so users get a clear signal when their prebuilt is missing MTP support,
plus a graceful fallback if they load an MTP GGUF against an outdated
binary.
What's surfaced:
1. Startup log + stderr line in main.py:lifespan() if MTP isn't
advertised:
WARNING: llama.cpp prebuilt is missing MTP support
(--spec-type mtp / draft-mtp). Run `unsloth studio update` to
refresh it. MTP GGUFs will load without speculative decoding.
2. Load-time graceful fallback in load_model's spec block: skip the
auto-emit and log a clear warning instead of letting llama-server
fail with an unknown-flag error.
3. /api/inference/status now returns llama_cpp_supports_mtp: bool so
the frontend can show a banner / popup.
Probe internals:
- Class-level cache keyed on (binary_path, mtime). One subprocess call
the first time, instant thereafter. Touching the binary (e.g. via
`unsloth studio update`) invalidates the cache automatically because
the mtime changes, so the new build is picked up without restarting
the server.
- Recognises both upstream naming forms: the original draft-mtp from
llama.cpp PR #22673 and the renamed mtp variant in later commits.
- Spec block uses whichever token the binary accepts so we emit the
right value regardless of which release the user has.
Tests:
- 6 new cases in test_llama_cpp_mtp_detection.py covering each probe
variant (draft-mtp, renamed mtp, pre-MTP build, missing binary,
mtime-based cache invalidation).
- Existing 38 MTP detection cases still pass; broader 188-test
regression suite (server args, reload inheritance, gguf metadata,
load progress, context fit, model validation) still green.
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* Studio: auto-enable MTP speculative decoding for MTP GGUFs
Detect Unsloth's MTP (multi-token-prediction) GGUFs and auto-emit the
right --spec-type draft-mtp flags for llama-server (llama.cpp PR
#22673), so users get the speedup without configuration.
Detection prefers the GGUF metadata field <arch>.nextn_predict_layers
(verified on Qwen3.6-27B-MTP-GGUF / qwen35 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-MTP-GGUF
/ qwen35moe). Falls back to a -MTP marker in the identifier / filename
so HF-mode loads can detect MTP from the repo name before the GGUF is
downloaded.
Flag presets follow the Unsloth MTP guide:
GPU: --spec-type draft-mtp --spec-draft-n-max 6
CPU/Mac: --spec-type draft-mtp --spec-draft-n-max 3 \
--spec-type ngram-mod --spec-ngram-mod-n-match 24 \
--spec-ngram-mod-n-min 48 --spec-ngram-mod-n-max 6
User overrides win: if the caller passes --spec-type / --spec-default
via unsloth run / unsloth studio run pass-through (or HTTP
llama_extra_args), the auto-emit steps aside so llama-server only sees
the user's flag. Scalar tuning knobs like --spec-draft-n-max compose
with the auto preset via llama-server's last-wins parsing.
_already_in_target_state mirrors the same promotion so a repeat /load
with unchanged settings against an MTP backend running draft-mtp
short-circuits cleanly instead of forcing a reload.
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