unsloth/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_cache.py
Daniel Han 1d289aab61 Studio diffusion (Phase 12): only engage FBCache on context-aware transformers; quantized threshold for GGUF
- apply_step_cache now engages only via the transformer's native enable_cache (the diffusers
  CacheMixin path), which exists exactly when the pipeline wraps the transformer call in a
  cache_context. The standalone apply_first_block_cache fallback installed on non-CacheMixin
  transformers too (e.g. Z-Image), whose pipeline opens no cache_context, so the load reported
  transformer_cache=fbcache and then the first generation crashed inside the hook. Such a model
  now runs uncached per the best-effort contract.
- GGUF transformers are quantized (the default Studio load path), so they now use the higher
  quantized FBCache threshold when the caller leaves it unset, instead of the dense default
  that could keep the cache from triggering.
- fbcache_flux_probe.py: compile cached runs with fullgraph=False (FBCache is a graph break, so
  fullgraph=True failed warmup and silently measured an eager cached run); output dir is now
  relative to the script, not a hardcoded path.
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
# Copyright 2026-present the Unsloth AI Inc. team. All rights reserved. See /studio/LICENSE.AGPL-3.0
"""Opt-in step caching for the diffusion transformer (First-Block-Cache).
Across denoising steps a DiT's output changes little once the trajectory settles, so most of
the transformer can be reused. First-Block-Cache (FBCache) computes the first block, and if
its residual barely changed from the previous step (within ``threshold``) it skips the
remaining blocks and reuses their cached output. diffusers ships it natively
(``transformer.enable_cache(FirstBlockCacheConfig(...))`` for CacheMixin models, or the
standalone ``apply_first_block_cache`` hook).
Measured on Flux.1-dev (28 steps, 1024px, B200): ~1.4x on top of torch.compile (2.83 ->
2.03 s) at LPIPS ~0.08 vs the no-cache output -- deep inside the speed-for-quality bar.
OFF by default and a deliberate per-load opt-in, because the win scales with step count: a
few-step distilled model (e.g. Z-Image-Turbo at ~8 steps) has almost no headroom and a
single skipped step is a large fraction of the trajectory, so caching is for many-step
models (Flux / Qwen-Image). It composes with torch.compile only with ``fullgraph=False``
(the cache's compiler-disabled decision is a graph break), which the speed layer switches to
automatically when a cache is engaged. Best-effort: an incompatible model (e.g. a transformer
whose block signature the hook does not recognise) is caught and the load proceeds uncached.
torch / diffusers imported lazily.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Any, Optional
TC_OFF = "off"
TC_FBCACHE = "fbcache"
TC_MODES = (TC_FBCACHE,)
# FBCache residual thresholds: higher skips more steps (faster, lower quality). The dense
# bf16 default; a quantised transformer shifts the residual distribution, so it needs a
# higher threshold for the cache to trigger at all (per ParaAttention's fp8 guidance).
DEFAULT_FBCACHE_THRESHOLD = 0.08
QUANT_FBCACHE_THRESHOLD = 0.12
def normalize_transformer_cache(value: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
"""Lower/strip a requested cache mode; None / "" / "none" / "off" -> None (disabled).
Raises ValueError for an unsupported value so a bad request is rejected cheaply."""
if value is None:
return None
normalized = str(value).strip().lower().replace("-", "_")
if not normalized or normalized in ("none", "off"):
return None
if normalized not in TC_MODES:
raise ValueError(
f"Unsupported transformer_cache '{value}'. Use one of: off, {', '.join(TC_MODES)}."
)
return normalized
def apply_step_cache(
pipe: Any,
*,
mode: Optional[str],
threshold: Optional[float] = None,
quant_active: bool = False,
logger: Any = None,
) -> Optional[str]:
"""Engage step caching on ``pipe.transformer``. Returns the mode actually engaged, or
None when disabled / unsupported (the load then runs uncached). ``threshold`` overrides
the default; ``quant_active`` raises the default so the cache still triggers on a
quantised transformer. Best-effort: never raises for an incompatible model."""
mode = normalize_transformer_cache(mode)
if mode is None:
return None
transformer = getattr(pipe, "transformer", None)
if transformer is None:
return None
thr = (
threshold
if threshold is not None
else (QUANT_FBCACHE_THRESHOLD if quant_active else DEFAULT_FBCACHE_THRESHOLD)
)
# Only engage via the transformer's native enable_cache (the diffusers CacheMixin path).
# That mixin is present exactly when the pipeline wraps the transformer call in a
# cache_context, which the First-Block-Cache hook requires at run time. The lower-level
# apply_first_block_cache hook would install on a non-CacheMixin transformer too (e.g.
# Z-Image), but its pipeline opens no cache_context, so the first generation would crash
# inside the hook -- so a model without enable_cache runs uncached per the best-effort
# contract instead of being reported as cached and then failing.
enable_cache = getattr(transformer, "enable_cache", None)
if not callable(enable_cache):
_warn(logger, mode, RuntimeError("transformer has no cache_context (not a CacheMixin)"))
return None
try:
from diffusers import FirstBlockCacheConfig
config = FirstBlockCacheConfig(threshold = thr)
enable_cache(config)
try:
transformer._unsloth_step_cache = f"{mode}@{thr}"
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — marker is best-effort
pass
if logger is not None:
logger.info("diffusion.cache: %s engaged (threshold=%s)", mode, thr)
return mode
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — incompatible model -> run uncached
_warn(logger, mode, exc)
return None
def _warn(logger: Any, what: str, exc: Exception) -> None:
if logger is not None:
logger.warning("diffusion.cache: %s unavailable (%s); running uncached", what, exc)