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The change adds shared Heun math and a MiniMax-H3 scheduler that reuses the existing denoising loop. MiniMax-H3 accepts euler and heun through extra_params["sampler"]; Euler remains the default. Heun uses fresh video and audio schedulers per request, and cache acceleration is rejected for Heun. Other pipelines retain their existing sampler contract.

The final Heun step keeps its Euler result because its destination sigma is zero. The scheduler tracks proposal and correction calls across repeated timesteps, resets state on set_timesteps, and rejects calls past the schedule. No test execution results or current review findings were supplied.

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The change adds scheduler and parameter-contract unit tests, updates an existing workflow-schema test, and expands Diffusers-reference integration coverage for T2VA, FL2VA, Ref2VA, and blockwise FP8 T2VA. The B200 CI list includes the new scheduler unit test and Heun integration selectors. No manual-QA list entry was found for these Heun tests. Coverage is sufficient based on the described test cases and CI registration; execution results are not available.

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  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/samplers.py — Adds Heun schedule expansion, derivative calculation, and trapezoidal updates. Verify evaluation order and precision behavior for half-precision samples.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/pipeline.py — Adds the base sampler capability and schema helper. Pipelines without supported sampler choices continue to expose no sampler parameter.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/heun_scheduler.py — Adds MiniMax-H3 Heun proposal/correction scheduling. Verify repeated-timestep state handling, the final Euler step, and past-end rejection.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/pipeline_minimax_h3.py — Adds per-request sampler selection and fresh Heun video/audio schedulers. Verify Euler default behavior, invalid sampler rejection, and the cache-acceleration guard.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py — Covers schedule behavior, numerical results, in-place updates, state reset, parameter validation, and scheduler selection. Listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_pipeline.py — Updates the FL2VA extra-parameter expectation to include sampler; the existing pipeline test file is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.
  • tests/integration/defs/examples/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_e2e.py — Adds Diffusers-reference Heun cases and transformer evaluation-count checks for supported workflows and blockwise FP8. The Heun selectors are listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml.
  • tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml — Registers the new Heun scheduler unit test and Heun integration selectors, including blockwise FP8 T2VA. No corresponding manual-QA list entry was found.

Description

VisualGen pipelines each run one fixed sampler. This PR adds per-request sampler selection to
BasePipeline through a shared extra_params["sampler"] key, adds Heun's second-order sampler,
and enables both for MiniMax-H3 (T2VA, FL2VA and Ref2VA), e.g.
VisualGenParams(extra_params={"sampler": "heun"}). Euler stays the default, so existing requests
are unchanged. Pipelines that don't opt in still reject the key.

Heun is implemented as MiniMaxH3HeunScheduler, a subclass of Diffusers' MiniMaxH3Scheduler
whose timesteps list Heun's evaluation order, so it runs through the existing denoise loop with
no changes. The model-agnostic Heun math lives in _torch/visual_gen/samplers.py for reuse by
other pipelines. Heun evaluates the transformer 2S − 1 times for S steps: 53 versus Euler's 27 at
num_inference_steps=28. The last step lands on sigma = 0 and keeps its Euler result, as in
k-diffusion and Diffusers. Heun with cache acceleration enabled is rejected.

Test Coverage

  • tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py: 22 CPU tests covering the
    2S − 1 schedule, bit-exact Euler proposals, parity with an independent k-diffusion-style Heun,
    second-order convergence on a closed-form flow, callers that update latents in place, and the
    sampler parameter contract.
  • tests/integration/defs/examples/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_e2e.py::test_minimax_h3_diffusers_lpips_and_audio_reference:
    adds Heun cases that compare TRT-LLM against Diffusers running the same Heun scheduler, and every
    case now checks the transformer evaluation count. The cases are listed in l0_b200.yml, with the
    FP8 case in post-merge.

Results on 1× B200 (128×128, 124 frames, 28 steps, seed 0). All existing Euler cases also pass.

Case LPIPS (< 0.15) Audio log-STFT (< 0.10) Evaluations
t2va-heun 0.0197 0.0098 53
fl2va-heun 0.0257 0.0096 53
ref2va-heun 0.0073 0.0017 53
t2va-fp8-blockwise-heun 0.0828 0.0525 53

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Add a per-request sampler choice to VisualGen pipelines and Heun's
second-order method, enabled first for MiniMax-H3.

- BasePipeline.supported_samplers / sampler_param_specs(): a shared
  extra_params["sampler"] entry (Literal choices, first is the default).
  Pipelines without a choice are unchanged and reject the key.
- _torch/visual_gen/samplers.py: model-agnostic Heun math (evaluation
  order, derivative, trapezoidal update).
- MiniMaxH3HeunScheduler: subclasses diffusers' MiniMaxH3Scheduler and
  exposes Heun's 2S-1 evaluations through timesteps, so the existing
  denoise loop and per-evaluation conditioning plan run it unchanged.
  The first evaluation of each step is the parent's Euler step; the step
  ending at sigma=0 keeps its Euler result.
- MiniMaxH3Pipeline accepts sampler "euler" (default, unchanged output)
  or "heun"; Heun uses per-request scheduler instances.

Tests:
- test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py: evaluation count, bit-exact Euler
  proposals, parity with an independent Heun reference, second-order
  convergence against the closed-form Gaussian flow, in-place callers,
  state reset, and the sampler extra_params contract.
- test_minimax_h3_e2e.py: T2VA Heun vs Diffusers' ModularPipeline running
  the same Heun scheduler (LPIPS / audio log-STFT gates), plus the
  evaluation count (53 for 28 steps).

Signed-off-by: Jhao-Ting Chen <jhaotingc@users.noreply.github.com>
Fold the T2VA-only Heun reference test into the parametrized Diffusers
reference test as a sampler dimension, so Heun is gated on every task:
t2va-heun, fl2va-heun and ref2va-heun. Euler cases keep their ids.

Every case now also checks the transformer evaluation count: 27 for
Euler and 53 for Heun at 28 grid points.

Signed-off-by: Jhao-Ting Chen <jhaotingc@users.noreply.github.com>
Add t2va-fp8-blockwise-heun to the Diffusers reference test, and to the
post-merge B200 list next to its Euler counterpart.

Signed-off-by: Jhao-Ting Chen <jhaotingc@users.noreply.github.com>
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MiniMax-H3 now supports Euler and Heun sampling. The change adds shared Heun calculations, a MiniMax-H3 Heun scheduler, sampler selection in the pipeline, and unit and end-to-end coverage.

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MiniMax-H3 sampling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Heun calculations and scheduler
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/samplers.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/heun_scheduler.py
Adds timestep expansion, derivative and trapezoidal update helpers, plus a MiniMax-H3 scheduler that proposes and corrects steps.
Sampler selection and inference
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/pipeline.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/pipeline_minimax_h3.py
Adds the shared sampler parameter schema. MiniMax-H3 selects Euler or fresh video and audio Heun schedulers, then uses their timesteps during denoising. Heun requests are rejected when cache acceleration is enabled.
Sampler validation coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py, tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_pipeline.py, tests/integration/defs/examples/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_e2e.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml
Adds tests for scheduler calculations, sampler selection, reference outputs, and evaluation counts. Registers the Heun tests in the B200 test lists.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Request
  participant MiniMaxH3Pipeline
  participant VideoScheduler
  participant AudioScheduler
  participant DenoisingLoop
  Request->>MiniMaxH3Pipeline: pass sampler choice
  MiniMaxH3Pipeline->>VideoScheduler: set_timesteps
  MiniMaxH3Pipeline->>AudioScheduler: set_timesteps
  VideoScheduler-->>MiniMaxH3Pipeline: return video timesteps
  AudioScheduler-->>MiniMaxH3Pipeline: return audio timesteps
  MiniMaxH3Pipeline->>DenoisingLoop: run with selected schedulers and timesteps
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Heun sampling has no established production failure in the supplied evidence, but the cache-acceleration rejection should be tested to protect that request contract.

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Nitpick comments: 2
tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/pipeline_minimax_h3.py: 1

1147-1152: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a test for the Heun cache-acceleration rejection.

_request_schedulers("heun") now raises ValueError when cache_accelerator.is_enabled() is true. The PR objectives list this as a contract: "Heun with cache acceleration is rejected."

test_minimax_h3_request_schedulers covers only the Euler, Heun and unsupported-name paths. If someone removes or inverts this guard, Heun would run with cached steps that assume one transformer evaluation per step. No unit test would catch it.

Add this case to tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py:

def test_minimax_h3_heun_rejects_cache_acceleration():
    pipeline = _bare_pipeline()
    pipeline.cache_accelerator = SimpleNamespace(is_enabled=lambda: True)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="does not support cache acceleration"):
        pipeline._request_schedulers("heun")
    # Euler is unaffected.
    assert pipeline._request_schedulers("euler")[0] is pipeline.scheduler

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Review comment at
@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/pipeline_minimax_h3.py around
lines 1147 - 1152:
Add coverage in `test_minimax_h3_request_schedulers` for `_request_schedulers`:
with an enabled `cache_accelerator`, verify the Heun request raises `ValueError`
mentioning unsupported cache acceleration, and verify an Euler request still
returns the existing scheduler.

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tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py: 1

104-112: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality

Test coverage summary (no defects found in this file).

  • Added: tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py, CPU only.
  • Scheduling: test_heun_schedule_takes_2s_minus_1_evaluations (8 parameter IDs) and test_video_and_audio_heun_schedules_stay_in_lockstep.
  • Numerics:
    • Euler-proposal bit parity for float32 and bfloat16.
    • Single-step Heun equals Euler.
    • Match with an independent k-diffusion Heun reference.
    • Second-order convergence against the closed-form Gaussian solution.
  • State handling: in-place latent writes, and state reset plus a past-the-end ValueError.
  • Parameter contract: the sampler Literal spec, rejection of the key on pipelines without a sampler choice, _request_schedulers, and infer forwarding.
  • Test list: the file is registered in l0_b200.yml. Because it needs no GPU, you could place it in l0_cpu.yml instead. That is optional.
  • Gap: the cache-acceleration rejection has no test (see the comment on pipeline_minimax_h3.py).
  • Verdict: sufficient, with that one follow-up.
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104 - 112:
No change to test_heun_schedule_takes_2s_minus_1_evaluations is required; it is
CPU-only and the coverage is sufficient. If changing test-suite placement,
register it with the CPU test suite rather than the GPU suite.

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Review comments at
@tensorrt_llm/_torch/visual_gen/models/minimax_h3/pipeline_minimax_h3.py:
- Around line 1147-1152: Add coverage in `test_minimax_h3_request_schedulers`
for `_request_schedulers`: with an enabled `cache_accelerator`, verify the Heun
request raises `ValueError` mentioning unsupported cache acceleration, and
verify an Euler request still returns the existing scheduler.

Review comments at
@tests/unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_minimax_h3_heun_scheduler.py:
- Around line 104-112: No change to
test_heun_schedule_takes_2s_minus_1_evaluations is required; it is CPU-only and
the coverage is sufficient. If changing test-suite placement, register it with
the CPU test suite rather than the GPU suite.

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