feat(hosted): add use_kv_cache, fix estimator type and non-finite JSON - #372
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## Changes - **`use_kv_cache` (off by default).** A fitted estimator re-shipped the training set on every `predict*`, so the endpoint's KV cache was unreachable unless the caller threaded `model_id` through by hand, and SHAP / permutation importance / partial dependence paid a full re-fit per call. Ported from the `sagemaker` and `foundry` backends, which already carry it. Measured on a container: 0.51s -> 0.06s per predict, 8.6s -> 1.4s for `permutation_importance`, identical output. - **Evicted ids no longer break a fitted estimator.** The endpoint's cache is bounded, so a `model_id` can disappear between predicts; a 404 now falls back to the training data we still hold. - **Base-class order.** `(_HostedBase, ClassifierMixin)` let `BaseEstimator`'s tags win, leaving `estimator_type` unset, so `is_classifier()` was False and sklearn's partial dependence refused the estimator. Now ordered as `tabpfn_client/estimator.py` already does it. This changes the default CV splitter for classifiers to StratifiedKFold. - **Non-finite JSON.** httpx's `json=` rejects non-finite floats, so missing values could not cross the JSON path at all and Parquet was the only option for them. `json.dumps` writes the literals Python's own decoder reads back; output for finite data is unchanged. - **Tests** for each: cache on/off, implied `fit_mode`, refit invalidation, eviction fallback, the sklearn contract, and non-finite payloads. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AsHuhQhqWz3EkVVtPbdBBa
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AsHuhQhqWz3EkVVtPbdBBa
sklearn's `clone` is typed with overloads returning a union, so the attribute access tripped trunk's basedpyright check. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AsHuhQhqWz3EkVVtPbdBBa
The `sagemaker` and `foundry` backends leave an evicted cache entry to the caller, and the endpoint's own 404 already says how to recover. Silently re-fitting also hid a large latency cost behind a flag sold as a performance option, so drop it for parity and document the consequence. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AsHuhQhqWz3EkVVtPbdBBa
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use_kv_cache(off by default). A fitted estimator re-shipped the training set on everypredict*, so the endpoint's KV cache was unreachable unless the caller threadedmodel_idthrough by hand, and SHAP / permutation importance / partial dependence paid a full re-fit per call. Ported from thesagemakerandfoundrybackends, which already carry it. Measured on a container: 0.51s -> 0.06s per predict, 8.6s -> 1.4s forpermutation_importance, identical output.model_idcan disappear between predicts; a 404 now falls back to the training data we still hold.(_HostedBase, ClassifierMixin)letBaseEstimator's tags win, leavingestimator_typeunset, sois_classifier()was False and sklearn's partial dependence refused the estimator. Now ordered astabpfn_client/estimator.pyalready does it.json=rejects non-finite floats, so missing values could not cross the JSON path at all and Parquet was the only option for them.json.dumpswrites the literals Python's own decoder reads back; output for finite data is unchanged.fit_mode, refit invalidation, eviction fallback, the sklearn contract, and non-finite payloads.Reviewer notes
hosted/only.sagemakerandfoundryshare the base-class ordering bug and are deliberately left alone.is_classifier()now returning True flips sklearn's default CV splitter for classifiers fromKFoldtoStratifiedKFold, so existingcross_val_score/ SFS numbers will shift. More correct, but not reproducible against earlier runs.use_kv_cachehelps many-predicts-per-fit workloads and costs a little in clone-heavy ones (SFS builds a cache per clone and uses it once).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_01AsHuhQhqWz3EkVVtPbdBBa