fix(config): stop silently dropping CLI flags passed with --config

[debermudez]

Important

Stacked on #1274. Base is dbermudez/aip-1128-..., so this diff shows only this issue's commits. Retarget to main once #1274 merges.

Summary

When --config was supplied, resolve_config routed only a subset of CLIConfig into the YAML base. Every other explicitly-set flag was discarded without a word — aiperf profile -f base.yaml --random-seed 42 ran with a different seed than the user asked for and said nothing.

Fixes AIP-1133.

The guarantee

A CLI flag passed alongside --config either changes the resolved config, or raises an error naming it. It is never silently ignored.

CLIConfig is the source of truth, and structurally so: resolve_config takes a CLIConfig and a path, and both aiperf profile and aiperf service call it with nothing else. A flag can reach AIPerfConfig only by being a field on CLIConfig, which is what lets the classification test enumerate model_fields and claim completeness.

Four enforcement layers, each covering the previous one's blind spot:

1. The universe is derived, not maintained — every set is subtracted from frozenset(CLIConfig.model_fields).
2. Runtime is default-deny — model_fields_set - ROUTED - EXEMPT raises on the remainder. Gates on set, never truthiness, so --prompt-batch-size 0 counts.
3. Classification is mandatory — a new field belongs to no set and fails CI at authoring time.
4. The classification is verified — layer 3 only proves someone applied a label; test_routed_field_never_silently_no_ops proves the label is true, for every routed field, against both a synthetic and a file dataset.

Verified by simulation — adding a fake option to CLIConfig seven different ways is caught in all seven. Before layer 3 existed, one of seven was.

Scope found by audit

The issue scopes this to INPUT_FIELDS and estimates ~50 fields. Probing every field in every section (build a CLIConfig with only that field set, resolve, diff against baseline) found the hole spanned four sections plus 49 fields that belonged to no section at all — 17 of which were dropping silently, including every --mlflow-* flag, --otel-url, --scenario.

What routes now

Essentially everything. 26 flags remain rejected, all deliberately or for stated reasons:

Group	Count	Why
Sweep family	22	Genuinely unimplemented — see below
--public-dataset, --hf-weka-dataset	2	Would switch the dataset type
--sweep-type	1	Belongs with the sweep family
--no-fixed-schedule	1	Suppresses an auto-promotion that only happens when phases are built from flags; under --config the YAML declares them, so there is nothing to suppress

The sweep family is deliberately out of scope for this PR and tracked as AIP-1144. It is the one real gap. --concurrency-min/max/steps, --isl-*/--osl-*, the *-sla-ms filters and --parameter-sweep-* resolve cleanly and change nothing — verified individually, including that --ttft-sla-ms does not take effect even alongside --search-recipe and --streaming, contrary to the example in resolver.py's own module docstring, which this PR corrects. Routing them means translating three flags into one generated list inside a discriminated-union sweep block, and settling whether CLI sweep flags merge into a YAML sweep: block or apply only when the config declares none. That is a design question rather than wiring, so it belongs in its own PR. Until then they error by name, which is the guarantee holding via its error path rather than a hole in it.

Approach

Rather than the per-field-class _apply_*_overrides the issue proposes (~20 functions, 800–1200 lines re-deriving routing that already exists), the resolver reuses the builders the CLI-only path already uses. Repeatedly the fix was "this builder exists and this path never called it" — build_mlflow, build_otel, build_network_latency, build_warmup, _maybe_build_reset_kv_cache, _maybe_build_server_profiler.

build_dataset needed one real change: it inferred the dataset type from which flags are populated, which is wrong under --config where the YAML declares it. It now takes declared_type/declared_format and in that mode reads the type instead of inferring, does not materialize defaults for values the user did not set, and leaves the config file owning dataset identity. Without the middle point the override would carry images.batch_size=1 and turns.stddev=0 into YAML the user never mentioned.

This deletes _apply_dataset_synthesis_overrides, _apply_dataset_filter_overrides, and _apply_random_pool_batch_size_overrides (added in #1274) in favour of one _apply_dataset_overrides.

Behavior changes worth review attention

Flags that were accepted-and-ignored now fail. Deliberate, and a hard error rather than a deprecation warning: for a benchmarking tool, silently ignoring --random-seed corrupts published results. Called out for maintainer sign-off — if you would rather warn for one release first, that is a small change to reject_unrouted_cli_flags.

--input-file and --custom-dataset-type now override the YAML. Earlier revisions rejected them under "the config file owns dataset identity" — a rule this codebase does not actually hold, since --model overrides models.items and --url overrides endpoint.urls. They now override dataset.path / dataset.format within the declared type. Switching the type stays rejected: the variants barely overlap, so --public-dataset against a file config means "discard a third of my config", surfaced as a validation error listing fields the user never touched.

One shape recurred five times. build_mlflow, build_logging_runtime, build_otel, build_warmup and the Baseten guards were all written for the CLI-only path — where a missing companion really is missing — and fired on the YAML path where the config file supplies it. Each now takes a base_* parameter. Worth watching for in any future builder.

Review

All six findings from @ajcasagrande's review are addressed, plus the CHANGES_REQUESTED Baseten item and both review-bot findings; each reproduced locally before fixing, with per-finding detail in the threads. Two were serious: --num-conversations was hard-rejected with a factually wrong message, and the reconciliation only fired when the entire override was empty, so any inert flag riding along with a routable one was still dropped.

Documentation

• docs/dev/global-invariants.md — the contract, the four enforcement layers, how to classify a new flag, known gaps
• docs/cli-options.md — regenerated; --config no longer promises that CLI flags simply override the file
• AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md / .github/copilot-instructions.md / .cursor/rules/python.mdc — the rule, kept in sync by check-agent-files-sync

Test plan

• Full suite: 18891 passed, 174 skipped, 3 xfailed, 0 failures
• All pre-commit hooks pass on every commit
• New-option simulation: caught in 7 of 7 categories
• Invariant suite verified to have teeth — disabling the per-flag reconciliation fails 35 of its cases; restoring _apply_implicit_media_batch in override mode fails 13 more
• Rebased onto the updated base; --prompt-batch-size 0 (now ge=0) verified to override YAML rather than being dropped as falsy
• The classification gate caught --system-prompt/--system-prompt-file arriving from feat(dataset): add --system-prompt/--system-prompt-file for verbatim system prompts #1268 during a rebase — its first real catch from outside this PR

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • CLI flags layered over YAML configuration now apply reliably across datasets, profiling, telemetry, runtime, phases, warmup, and random seeds.
  • Dataset and media overrides preserve existing YAML settings while applying only explicitly provided values.
  • Configuration file paths can now be supplied and reused as validated path values.

• Bug Fixes

  • Unsupported or ineffective flags now produce clear, flag-specific errors instead of being silently ignored.
  • Improved validation and precedence handling for telemetry, scheduling, dataset formats, and media settings.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance on configuration override behavior, routing rules, and validation expectations.

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Quick install:

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[ajcasagrande]

Code review — external verification against ajc/fix-v2-regressions

Reviewed 89423e3364 by checking it out standalone (/tmp/pr1280-review, own venv) and diffing observed behavior per-flag against ajc/fix-v2-regressions, which fixes the same defect with the opposite strategy (route the missing flags rather than reject them). Measured matrix over 258 CLIConfig fields with -f <yaml> --flag <value>:

	this PR	ajc/fix-v2-regressions
raise	106	45
change config	72	80
silent no-op	2	51

Neither branch is a superset of the other:

• 47 flags this PR now rejects loudly are still silently dropped on that branch. PR wins.
• 10 flags that branch genuinely routes are hard-rejected here: warmup_duration, warmup_num_sessions, warmup_request_count, concurrency_ramp_duration, prefill_concurrency_ramp_duration, request_cancellation_rate, fixed_schedule, public_dataset, model_selection_strategy, conversation_turn_delay_stddev.
• mlflow / otel / network_latency routing (5148ad8fc8) is a real fix the other branch does not have — verified this PR resolves mlflow.tracking_uri and otel.metrics_url where the branch resolves both to None.

The classification machinery is the right shape and the enforcement layers are load-bearing. Six findings inline; all confirmed by runtime reproduction, not by reading. Findings 1 and 2 let the original bug through anyway, and Finding 2 is a user-visible regression on a very common flag.

Working well

• ROUTED / UNROUTED / EXEMPT keyed on CLIConfig.model_fields (ffcf8be57e) is the correct place to draw the line, and deriving ROUTED from _ENDPOINT_FIELD_MAP / _LOADGEN_PHASE_FIELD_MAP / _AGENTIC_REPLAY_ROUTES rather than restating it is right.
• Keeping UNROUTED_UNDER_CONFIG hand-written so the classification test isn't vacuous is subtle and correct, and well documented at the point of use.
• build_dataset(declared_type=..., declared_format=...) reusing the CLI-only builder instead of adding a fifth _apply_*_overrides special case is the right architecture; deleting three of the existing four is real cleanup.
• Suppressing _apply_implicit_media_batch and the _apply_turns companion defaults in override mode is precisely the bug class that would otherwise clobber YAML the user never mentioned.
• --random-seed 42 under --config — the headline case — verified working end-to-end against aiperf-mock-server.

Suggested fix order: 2 (blocks merge) → 1 → 3 (so 1 and 2 can't recur) → 4 → 5, 6.

Verification: pytest tests/unit/config/ -n auto -q -p no:deepeval on PR head: 2398 passed, 90 skipped. Three aiperf profile runs completed against aiperf-mock-server --port 35271. Caveat: the sweep drives values from type annotations, so 78 of 258 fields (lists, free-form strings, paths) report SKIP on both sides; ui_type shows as a false NOOP (--ui dashboard degrades to simple on a non-TTY) and was verified routed by hand.

[ajcasagrande]

Fix order: pass YAML dataset identity through the Baseten-specific guards, then add a YAML baseten_trace regression test for --replay-speedup and extra-input collisions.

Assessment: the explicit no-silent-drop contract and broad routing coverage are strong, but this supported YAML+CLI trace override currently fails before a run starts.

Working well: dataset identity ownership and targeted telemetry/dataset override tests are thoughtfully handled.

🤖 The agent preserved the trace.

[debermudez]

Review addressed — 9 commits, in your suggested order

Rebased first: the base branch had been force-pushed onto newer main, so the stack was sitting on stale commits. Clean rebase, and the classification gate immediately caught --system-prompt/--system-prompt-file arriving from #1268 (cd62d35e1) — first time it has fired on a change from outside this PR, which is what it is for.

Order	Finding	Commit
2	--num-conversations hard-rejected	4121dcc96
1	combination-dependent silent drop	90001aedd
3	invariant could not catch 1 or 2	374433fd9
—	Baseten guards (CHANGES_REQUESTED)	56de7e569
4	--api-host + YAML api_port	01869bac9
5	messages name an untyped alias	bd8fed808
6	unfollowable advice under --config	0a71c6c3d
bot	OTel secondary flags need YAML URL	b3d999fb3
bot	omitted YAML dataset type	980abd2e2

Every finding reproduced locally before fixing; per-finding detail in the threads.

Two things worth pulling out

Finding 1'''s first cut reintroduced the bug class. CLIConfig is a TYPE_CHECKING-only import in resolver, so constructing it raised NameError, and my blanket except Exception swallowed it and reported every flag as routed — a guard that silently does nothing. The except is now narrow. Worth naming since it is exactly what this PR is about.

One shape, three times. build_mlflow (base_tracking_uri), build_logging_runtime (base_api_port), build_otel (base_metrics_url) are all guards written for the CLI-only path — where a missing companion really is missing — firing on the YAML path where the config file supplies it. Worth watching for in any future builder.

Verification

• Full suite: 18830 passed, 169 skipped, 3 xfailed, 0 failures
• New-option simulation still 7/7 caught
• Finding 3'''s new invariant verified to have teeth: disabling the finding-1 reconciliation fails 35 of its cases

Not taken

The 10 flags your branch routes and this one rejects: model_selection_strategy is now COMPANION_ROUTED and conversation_turn_delay_stddev routes, but the warmup_* / ramp / cancellation / fixed_schedule flags remain rejected — that is the LOADGEN routing gap scoped out of this PR, still loud rather than silent. --public-dataset stays rejected deliberately: it would replace the dataset the config file declares. Happy to fold the loadgen routing in here instead if you would rather not have a follow-up.

[ajcasagrande]

Review

Nothing here is blocking. The invariant this PR introduces holds up under direct attack: I drove every field in ROUTED_UNDER_CONFIG through three differently-shaped YAML configs looking for a flag that silently no-ops, and found zero. The three findings below are all MEDIUM gaps in the new guarantee, not crashes and not regressions.

I also confirmed the six findings from my Aug 18 review are genuinely fixed, not papered over (details in the "verified correct" section).

Method note

I checked every finding against the stacked base (dbermudez/aip-1128-fix-random_pool-batching-regression-on-filedataset), not main — diffing against main pulls in six files from #1274 that this PR does not own. Every line I cite below is a + line in this PR's own diff.

Findings 2 and 3 were then put through an adversarial contest with a different model family, whose job was to break them. One objection landed and narrowed Finding 2's claimed blast radius — I had wrongly listed session IDs as non-reproducible (they take the dataset seed, which is set correctly). That correction is folded in below. Two other candidate findings I was holding died to my own probes before publication, and four more died against pydantic validation.

Common thread

All three findings share one shape, and it's worth stating once because it suggests where else to look: the mechanical invariant test only asserts that a flag changes something, so a flag that changes the wrong thing, or half of the right thing, passes. random_seed sets the dataset seed but not the envelope seed. A media flag sets width/height but leaves batch_size at 0. Both are "changed", so test_routed_field_never_silently_no_ops is satisfied. If you want a cheap follow-up that would have caught all of these: assert the --config path and the CLI-only path produce the same resolved config for the same flags, which is the differential probe that surfaced findings 2 and 3.

Verified correct — things you no longer have to defend

• All six findings from my Aug 18 review are fixed. Re-ran each: -f baseten.yaml --replay-speedup 2 now resolves (format=baseten_trace) instead of erroring; -f base.yaml --num-conversations 13 now yields entries=13 instead of a hard rejection; -f port.yaml --api-host 1.2.3.4 now resolves to api_port=9999, api_host='1.2.3.4' instead of raising. The base_* companion-parameter approach is a clean way to do it.
• build_logging_runtime(base_api_port=...) is safe. RuntimeConfig.api_port still defaults to None and _validate_api_host_requires_port still fires, so relaxing the builder cannot let --api-host through unpaired. I checked specifically because relaxing a guard for a merge path is exactly where a hole would hide.
• The "no target" early returns in _apply_phase_loadgen_overrides / _apply_warmup_overrides / _apply_dataset_overrides are unreachable, not silent drops. Every config shape that would reach them (phases missing, datasets missing, non-canonical phase name without kind, warmup-only) is already a validation error. I spent real time trying to reach them and could not.
• The warmup override path is sound across all 11 _WARMUP_FIELDS against a config that declares a warmup phase — a case neither rich_yaml nor trace_yaml covers, so it was untested. Every field either changes the config or raises. Worth adding a fixture for, but the behavior is right.
• _reject_inert_dataset_flags's _CLIConfig(**{field: ...}) round-trip does not misfire on any drivable field in DATASET_OVERRIDE_FIELDS | DATASET_FIELDS_OUTSIDE_INPUT.
• --fixed-schedule and --goodput route correctly. Both were candidate findings of mine; both were my own measurement error (an exclude_defaults=True dump hiding concurrency=1).
• Tests: tests/unit/config/ is 2580 passed / 103 skipped / 0 failed. Full tests/unit has 2 failures, both FileNotFoundError on a HuggingFace cache dir in test_tokenizer_validator.py — environment, not this PR.

The docs/dev/global-invariants.md write-up is genuinely good, and the "Known gaps" section being explicit about SWEEP_FIELDS_NOT_ROUTED is the right call.

[ajcasagrande]

Heads-up on an interaction with the isl/osl shorthand — I hit this from the other side while extracting some loader changes into #1313, and it lands in this PR's path.

The collision

A synthetic dataset can spell the same field two ways:

- name: workload
  type: synthetic
  isl: {mean: 128, stddev: 7}     # top-level shorthand
  prompts:
    isl: {mean: 256}              # nested

_hoist_synthetic_prompt_fields merges these with prompts.setdefault(key, config.pop(key)). When both name the same key the setdefault is a no-op but the pop still fires, so the shorthand is dropped wholesale — stddev: 7 is silently lost and the distribution falls back to 0.0.

Structurally this is the same thing _drop_alias_spellings exists for: one field, two spellings, validation quietly picking a winner. It just isn't an alias pair, so that function doesn't cover it.

Why this PR reaches it

Before this PR, nothing wrote prompts.isl alongside a YAML shorthand, so the second spelling never appeared. Routing --isl onto a YAML dataset creates it. Tracing resolve_config on this branch:

• :99 load_config_dict — does not hoist. _hoist_synthetic_prompt_fields is a Pydantic mode="before" validator (config/dataset/config.py:266) plus a datasets field validator, not a load-time normalizer.
• :100 _normalize_loaded_benchmark_shorthands → normalize_benchmark_input — model→models, dataset→datasets, phase shorthand. Does not reach the isl/osl hoist.
• :125 _apply_dataset_overrides → build_dataset → _build_prompts (_converter_dataset.py:66) emits prompts["isl"] = {"mean": 256}, leaving the top-level shorthand untouched.
• :135 AIPerfConfig.model_validate(merged) — the hoist runs here, with both keys present, and drops the shorthand's siblings.

Net: -f cfg.yaml --url http://host:8000 --isl 256 against a shorthand-form YAML silently resolves with stddev reset to 0.

The conditional bit, which is the part I'd flag

AIPerfConfig.model_validate mutates its input dict in place — I checked directly:

AFTER VALIDATE: {'name': 'workload', 'type': 'synthetic',
                 'prompts': {'isl': {'mean': 128, 'stddev': 7}}}

So at :113-118, when pre_overrides is empty, pre_merged is yaml_dict and the pre-validation pre-hoists the shorthand in place — by :125 the second spelling is gone and the bug can't fire. When pre_overrides is non-empty, deep_merge deepcopies, yaml_dict keeps the shorthand, and it fires.

pre_overrides is populated by any endpoint or input flag — --url, --model, --streaming, --header, --extra-inputs. So:

• -f cfg.yaml --isl 256 → correct, by accident
• -f cfg.yaml --url http://host:8000 --isl 256 → stddev silently zeroed

The difference between those two is a deepcopy that exists for an unrelated reason. Worth an explicit hoist rather than leaving it resting on that.

Suggested fix

#1313 fixes the normalizer to hoist per sub-field, so an explicit prompts value wins per-key and unmentioned sub-fields are inherited instead of discarded. It's a 13-line change to normalizers.py with no other dependencies, and #1313 touches only src/aiperf/config/loader/ — zero file overlap with this PR or #1274, so it can land in either order.

One test-side note: test_config_input_overrides.py's synthetic_yaml fixture uses the nested prompts.isl.mean form, so the invariant suite here can't currently see this. A shorthand-form fixture would close that — it's the same gap that let the existing test_isl_osl_does_not_clobber_existing_prompts look like coverage when it actually puts isl at top level and osl under prompts, so the two never collide on one key.

Happy to fold the normalizer fix into this PR instead if you'd rather not take a dependency — it's small, and I don't want to block you on merge ordering.

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Walkthrough

The change adds exhaustive --config flag classification and rejection. It routes dataset and non-dataset CLI overrides over YAML values. It preserves YAML-owned fields and adds coverage for routing, validation, phases, telemetry, runtime, endpoints, seeds, datasets, and path parsing.

Changes

CLI configuration routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Routing contract and completeness checks .cursor/rules/python.mdc, .github/copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, docs/cli-options.md, docs/dev/global-invariants.md, src/aiperf/config/flags/_config_flag_routing.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/_section_fields.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/cli_config.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/resolver.py, tests/unit/config/*	CLI fields are classified and validated. Explicitly supplied unrouted flags raise ConfigurationError with their declared spellings.
Dataset YAML overlay handling src/aiperf/config/flags/_converter_dataset.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/resolver.py, tests/unit/cli_runner/test_random_pool_batch_size_yaml_override.py, tests/unit/config/test_config_input_overrides.py, tests/unit/config/test_config_override_invariants.py, tests/unit/config/test_trace_flag_routing.py	Dataset overrides use YAML-declared identity and preserve unset values. Dataset compatibility, media defaults, random-pool handling, trace handling, and ineffective-flag errors are covered.
Resolver and phase overlay integration src/aiperf/config/flags/_converter_profiling.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/_converter_runtime.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/_converter_telemetry.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/_converter_warmup.py, src/aiperf/config/flags/resolver.py, tests/unit/cli_runner/test_random_seed_envelope_override.py, tests/unit/config/test_config_phase_overrides.py, tests/unit/config/test_config_telemetry_overrides.py	The resolver applies YAML-plus-CLI overlays for profiling, warmup, telemetry, runtime, endpoint probes, scenarios, SLOs, and random seeds. Secondary flags can use YAML-provided primary values.
Configuration path validation src/aiperf/config/loader/parsing.py, tests/unit/common/config/test_config_validators.py	parse_file accepts existing Path values and retains validation for missing and unsupported inputs.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9bbc5

CLI overrides used with a configuration file can still lose unspecified synthetic dataset values when the file uses the supported shorthand form, causing resolved runs to differ from the user's configuration. The PR is not merge-ready until that path is normalized and tested; a separate lint issue may also block validation.

Poem

A rabbit checks each flag in line
YAML and CLI now intertwine
No silent hops through config’s gate
Each field now changes or names its fate
Tests thump softly, green and bright
Carrots rest after review tonight

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Actionable comments posted: 4

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src/aiperf/config/flags/_config_flag_routing.py (1)

218-224: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the empty DATASET_SOURCE_IN_TYPE_FIELDS set or move the flags into it.

The set is empty, so the inputs |= DATASET_SOURCE_IN_TYPE_FIELDS union at Line 319 adds nothing. input_file and custom_dataset_type already reach the routed set through INPUT_FIELDS - DATASET_SOURCE_FIELDS - _INPUT_NOT_ON_DATASET. The docstring describes the two flags as if this set held them, so a later reader can conclude that removing the union changes routing.

Either list the two fields here explicitly, or delete the set and the union and keep the explanation with DATASET_SOURCE_FIELDS.

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In `@src/aiperf/config/flags/_config_flag_routing.py` around lines 218 - 224,
Update DATASET_SOURCE_IN_TYPE_FIELDS and its use in the routing logic so the
implementation matches the documented handling of input_file and
custom_dataset_type: either include both fields in the set, or remove the empty
set, its inputs union, and the now-unneeded explanation while preserving their
existing routing through the established input-field sets.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/aiperf/config/flags/_converter_warmup.py`:
- Around line 89-100: The warmup override logic must keep YAML-defined phases
valid: update the conversion around warmup_concurrency, warmup_request_rate, and
warmup_arrival_pattern so incompatible combinations are rejected with an error
naming the offending CLI flag, or transitioned with all required fields. Add
regression tests using warmup_yaml covering request-rate overrides on
concurrency phases and arrival-pattern overrides without a rate.

In `@tests/unit/cli_runner/test_random_pool_batch_size_yaml_override.py`:
- Around line 353-372: Convert filesystem setup to non-blocking async
operations, using awaited worker-thread calls and async-aware tests. In
tests/unit/cli_runner/test_random_pool_batch_size_yaml_override.py lines
353-372, make _write_single_turn_yaml asynchronous; at lines 389-396 replace
Path.touch. In tests/unit/config/test_config_override_invariants.py lines
249-272 and 275-296, make trace_yaml and rich_yaml asynchronous; in
tests/unit/cli_runner/test_random_seed_envelope_override.py lines 29-45, make
_write_minimal_yaml asynchronous. In
tests/unit/config/test_config_telemetry_overrides.py lines 31-49, 150-158, and
179-188, make base_yaml, api_port_yaml, and otel_yaml asynchronous; at lines
88-100 and 228-247 replace direct YAML reads/writes. In
tests/unit/config/test_config_phase_overrides.py lines 33-51, 54-73, 159-185,
and 276-298, make concurrency_yaml, gamma_yaml, warmup_yaml, and
trace_phase_yaml asynchronous; at lines 247-268 replace direct YAML writes, and
mark affected tests with pytest’s asyncio marker.

In `@tests/unit/config/test_config_override_invariants.py`:
- Around line 140-141: Update the Path branch in the annotation fixture to
remove hard-coded temporary filesystem paths; use relative probe paths or derive
them from the test’s tmp_path fixture while preserving the returned pair of Path
values.

In `@tests/unit/config/test_config_phase_overrides.py`:
- Around line 29-30: Update the profiling and warmup helper functions to
annotate their cfg parameter and return types, using the appropriate benchmark
configuration and phase types; declare warmup’s return as the phase type or None
while preserving its existing lookup behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/aiperf/config/flags/_config_flag_routing.py`:
- Around line 218-224: Update DATASET_SOURCE_IN_TYPE_FIELDS and its use in the
routing logic so the implementation matches the documented handling of
input_file and custom_dataset_type: either include both fields in the set, or
remove the empty set, its inputs union, and the now-unneeded explanation while
preserving their existing routing through the established input-field sets.

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