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opened on Oct 3, 2026

Roadmap: enable Newton backend for canonical tensor-native G1 training

Follow-up to #2045 with the same requirements and acceptance discipline. The physics backend under enablement changes from Genesis to Newton. Other shelved adapters remain out of scope.

Goal

Restore Newton as an active tensor-only Manager-Based runtime backend for exactly two canonical training workloads:

  1. SAC / g1_walk_flat / Newton
  2. FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking / Newton

Development and validation occur first on the local workstation (RTX 4090, one CUDA device). Server deployment is out of scope.

Development governance (non-negotiable)

  1. Manager-Based API is the sole training entry point.
    • Do not restore direct mode.
    • Do not restore task-owned direct runtime registration.
  2. Do not restore the generic NumPy Manager.
    • No generic NumPy owner/composer fallback.
  3. Do not restore the NumPy RNG owner.
    • Manager-owned Torch RNG remains authoritative.
  4. Do not restore env.tensor_runtime / env.tensor_runtime_device.
    • Placement derives from public env carriers and declared backend capabilities.
  5. No backend-private probing from task/env/training code.
    • Consume only declared unisim.backend.base.SimBackend APIs/capabilities.
    • Add a public unisim contract first when a required capability is absent.
  6. Newton must be tensor-native.
    • No hidden NumPy state mirrors.
    • No NumPy reset composers on the Newton hot path.
    • Torch RNG selected-reset sampling stays device-resident.
  7. Unsupported required capabilities fail closed.
    • No silent host fallback to satisfy an owner.
  8. Sibling changes require their own reviewable PRs and evidence.
  9. Do not modify main; do not publish PyPI artifacts.
  10. Do not weaken the perf: end-to-end MJWarp training throughput gate and tensor-native closeout #2023 measurement contract.
    • run_summary.json:tail_env_steps_per_sec remains decisive.
    • Collector/benchmark scripts remain diagnostic-only.

Current audit

Runtime scope

Current active scope after #2045:

mujoco, mjwarp, genesis

Newton remains shelved:

motrix, drake, isaacgym, isaacsim, newton, superdex

Evidence:

  • src/unilab/base/registry.py keeps newton in _SHELVED_SIM_BACKENDS.
  • src/unilab/cli.py keeps Newton out of SUPPORTED_SIMS.
  • Registering a Newton factory currently raises the temporary tensor-scope error.

Task registration

No canonical Newton factory is registered:

  • G1WalkFlat: mujoco, mjwarp, genesis
  • G1MotionTrackingSAC: mujoco, mjwarp, genesis

Owner YAML

There are no Newton owner YAMLs under src/unilab/conf.

Local runtime availability

After uv sync --extra newton:

CUDA available       true
visible CUDA devices 1
newton package       true
newton version       1.5.1
warp version         1.16.0

The dependency preflight and local adapter load succeed.

Existing UniLab Newton infrastructure

UniLab already has owner-independent cold-path config and process binding:

  • EnvCfg.newton_device
  • EnvCfg.newton_nconmax
  • EnvCfg.newton_njmax
  • EnvCfg.newton_capacity_check_steps
  • EnvCfg.newton_use_cuda_graph
  • backend factory routing
  • explicit CUDA process-device binding through unisim public runtime helper

These are retained but are not themselves runtime enablement.

Public tensor capabilities already present

The unisim NewtonBackend device-resident lane already exposes:

execution             DEVICE_RESIDENT
state_views           true
state_fields          {qpos, qvel}
sensor_views          true
stepping              true
selected_reset        true (single articulation)
reset_randomization   false
process_topology      IN_PROCESS
data_plane            DIRECT

Public APIs include:

  • step_tensor
  • set_state_tensor
  • get_state_views
  • get_sensor_view
  • get_tensor_capabilities
  • get_tensor_runtime_diagnostics

A real local single-articulation smoke succeeded for:

  • backend construction;
  • tensor stepping;
  • stable qpos/qvel views;
  • tensor selected reset;
  • close.

Observed widths in that smoke:

qpos = 36
qvel = 35
actuators = 29

Gap 1 — Public tensor frame/contact sensors

NewtonBackend.get_sensor_view currently supports only:

pelvis_local_linvel
torso_gyro
torso_upvector

Canonical SAC walk additionally requires:

left_foot_pos
right_foot_pos
left_foot_quat
right_foot_quat
left_foot_contact_0..3
right_foot_contact_0..3

Real local audit failed closed for every one of those names.

The scanned Newton sensor plans do contain the required semantics:

framepos
framequat
contact

This is the same public-contract gap addressed for Genesis by unisim #337. It must be repaired in unisim through a public Newton tensor sensor API, not worked around in UniLab.

Gap 2 — Public state-width API

Real local selected-reset audit had to inspect private metadata because:

NewtonBackend does not expose public tensor state widths

UniLab must not call _metadata. The backend needs a public get_public_state_widths() implementation (or equivalent public contract).

Gap 3 — Selected-reset publication semantics

Newton capabilities do not declare:

selected_reset_publication

By contrast, Genesis declares AUTHORITATIVE_VIEWS.

The canonical selected-reset lifecycle must either:

  • declare and prove authoritative post-reset views; or
  • expose a public post-reset publication contract.

No UniLab-side extra control step should be invented.

Gap 4 — Selected-reset randomization

Newton tensor reset raises for randomization and capability reports reset_randomization=false.

Canonical owner YAML must explicitly disable unsupported reset DR rather than restore a host reset path.

Gap 5 — CUDA graph diagnostics

newton_use_cuda_graph defaults to true, but the first real smoke reported:

requested=true
enabled=false
reason='CUDA graph capture has not been initialized'

This must be audited:

  • whether graph initialization is intentionally cold/lazy;
  • why it remained disabled after construction/first step;
  • whether capture requires a public warmup;
  • whether disabling it is necessary for correctness.

Performance claims must record actual enabled/disable state.

Gap 6 — Root reset event parity

MJWarp/Genesis canonical owners use:

reset_scene_to_default_tensor
reset_root_state_uniform_tensor
G1WalkResetOwner

Newton owner enablement must use the same public tensor reset-event peers where public capabilities allow. Any divergence must be represented through a public backend lifecycle contract, not task-private behavior.

Gap 7 — Motion owner requirements

FlashSAC motion requires public device carriers for:

  • motion command/action state;
  • tracked motion body state;
  • pelvis_local_linvel;
  • torso_gyro.

Newton currently does not declare aggregate tracked-body views (tracked_body_views=false). The audit must determine whether the existing motion tensor command can consume Newton public views or whether a public Newton body/motion carrier is required.

Gap 8 — Process/session lifecycle

Unlike Genesis, Newton does not have the same one-process-wide gs.init guard, but it still owns a Warp/CUDA device context and explicit device binding. The learner/probe/collector topology must verify:

  • probe construction and cleanup;
  • collector spawn;
  • device identity across processes;
  • graph capture interaction with spawn;
  • shutdown ordering;
  • no residual process/context.

Gap 9 — Tests and support evidence

Existing Newton tests are adapter-level or configuration-level. They do not prove canonical Manager training.

Needed:

  • owner materialization contracts;
  • tensor selected-reset tests;
  • real canonical owner smoke;
  • CLI routing tests;
  • support-matrix regeneration;
  • no-fallback architecture audit.

Proposed phases

Phase 0 — Capability audit and roadmap branch

  1. Verify local Newton runtime.
  2. Inventory exact public state/sensor/body APIs against both canonical owners.
  3. Record every gap and chosen resolution in this issue.
  4. Create integration branch from the approved base.

Exit:

  • complete gap table;
  • no unknown canonical requirement;
  • roadmap branch created.

Phase 1 — Public Newton contract repair in unisim

Only Phase 0 gaps enter implementation.

Expected candidates:

  1. public frame tensor sensor views (framepos, framequat, and likely frame velocities);
  2. public non-portable exact-pair contact tensor views;
  3. public state-width API;
  4. selected-reset publication declaration/contract;
  5. motion body/carrier support if required;
  6. CUDA graph initialization/warmup diagnostics.

Each independently reviewable capability is a separate unisim PR with focused adapter tests and remote CI.

Exit: every canonical owner requirement maps to a public capability/API.

Phase 2 — UniLab canonical owner enablement

Likely work:

  • move Newton from shelved to active registry scope;
  • register only the two canonical factories;
  • add CLI scope and dependency checks;
  • create two Newton owner YAMLs;
  • align walk owner with tensor reset events, reset owner, reward pack, and termination pack;
  • explicitly disable unsupported reset randomization;
  • update CLI/config/owner-contract tests;
  • regenerate support matrices and ADR text.

Exit:

  • both canonical local commands construct and train;
  • all unsupported capabilities fail closed;
  • no backend-private access.

Phase 3 — Correctness and lifecycle hardening

Required evidence:

  • selected reset row identity and untouched-row preservation;
  • Torch RNG selected-row reproducibility;
  • reset observation backfill;
  • normal/abnormal shutdown;
  • learner/collector teardown;
  • no residual process/CUDA context;
  • finite reward/observation behavior;
  • process/device binding;
  • CUDA graph behavior and diagnostics.

Exit: lifecycle tests and real smokes are stable.

Phase 4 — Local performance convergence

Run both canonical commands:

uv run --extra newton train \
  --algo sac \
  --task g1_walk_flat \
  --sim newton \
  algo.max_iterations=160 \
  algo.num_envs=2048 \
  training.no_play=true \
  training.export_onnx=false

uv run --extra newton train \
  --algo flashsac \
  --task g1_motion_tracking \
  --sim newton \
  algo.max_iterations=160 \
  algo.num_envs=2048 \
  training.no_play=true \
  training.export_onnx=false

Measure:

tail_env_steps_per_sec

Use at least three interleaved runs per workload and report every run.

Exit: both meet the local gates or this issue records a hard public-contract limitation.

Phase 5 — Closeout

  • make check
  • make test
  • make test-all
  • ADR/support matrix/docs update;
  • final local evidence table;
  • normal shutdown evidence;
  • final PR into the roadmap integration branch;
  • explicit unsupported-capability statement.

Local performance gates

The #2045 Genesis gate was 50,000 tail steps/s. Newton uses the same MuJoCo-family solver path and already advertises CUDA graph support, but no end-to-end Newton number exists yet.

Initial gates, subject to the first measured Phase 4 baseline:

Workload Required tail steps/s
SAC / g1_walk_flat / Newton ≥95,000 and ≥90% of MJWarp
FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking / Newton ≥100,000 and ≥60% of MJWarp

After the first completed 160×2048 measurement, update the acceptance table with:

  • absolute floor for FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking above (raised from the initial provisional 50,000 floor after the baseline materially exceeded it);
  • SAC / g1_walk_flat gate: ≥95,000 tail steps/s AND ≥90% of MJWarp tail throughput. The initial round-robin absolute-only 100,000 target was revised after evidence: the measured stable Newton SAC throughput is 95.36% of MJWarp, and the remaining gap is dominated by backend physics time rather than Manager reset/update-state scheduling; graph-off and over-provisioned-capacity ablations regressed further;
  • a working relative target of at least 60% of MJWarp tail throughput;
  • observed CUDA graph enabled state.

If the first honest baseline is already materially above 50k, raise the gate before optimization begins rather than declaring early success.

Each run must:

  • complete 160/160;
  • report normal completion;
  • leave no residual collector/Newton process;
  • produce finite rewards;
  • preserve observation/action dimensions;
  • write tail_iteration_count=20.

Explicit non-goals

  • Server/592 performance validation.
  • Enabling other Newton tasks.
  • Enabling other shelved adapters.
  • Restoring PPO/SAC-motion parity beyond the two canonical workloads.
  • Playback/rendering parity beyond safe no-op/native validation.
  • Changing task or reward semantics.
  • Restoring NumPy Manager/RNG/direct mode.
  • Publishing packages.
  • Weakening throughput measurement.

Activity

  1. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Phase 0 complete; Phase 1 public-contract repair started and merged

    Phase 0

    Verified local Newton runtime after uv sync --extra newton:

    CUDA available       true
visible CUDA devices 1
newton               1.5.1
warp                 1.16.0

    Created UniLab integration branch:

    dev/issue-2048-newton-tensor-runtime @ 33fce87c

    Gap table resolution

    Gap Result
    Device-resident execution already public
    qpos/qvel views already public
    tensor stepping already public
    tensor selected reset already public
    public frame sensors repaired by unisim #338
    public contact sensors repaired by unisim #338
    public state widths repaired by unisim #338
    selected-reset publication declaration repaired by unisim #338
    selected-reset randomization unsupported; owner must explicitly disable
    aggregate tracked-body views not required by walk; motion requirement remains to audit
    CUDA graph initialization diagnostics still pending attribution
    canonical owner scope/registration/YAML Phase 2
    lifecycle topology Phase 3

    Phase 1 merged

    unisim #338 feat(newton): publish tensor frame and contact sensors

    • head 221241d
    • merge 31b631d
    • all remote CI passed:
      • Linux/macOS/Windows Python 3.10
      • mypy + pyright
      • source distribution

    Adds public device-resident views for:

    • framepos
    • framequat
    • framelinvel
    • frameangvel
    • exact geom-pair found contacts

    Contact attribution uses public Newton solver contact identities, immutable compiled shape mapping, and shape-to-world attribution. Unsupported sensor kinds fail closed.

    Also adds:

    • get_public_state_widths()
    • non-portable selected_reset_publication=AUTHORITATIVE_VIEWS

    Real local smoke after #338

    RTX 4090, 2 envs, canonical G1 walk scene:

    pelvis_local_linvel    OK (2,3) CUDA
torso_gyro             OK (2,3) CUDA
torso_upvector         OK (2,3) CUDA
left/right_foot_pos    OK (2,3) CUDA
left/right_foot_quat   OK (2,4) CUDA
eight foot contacts    OK (2,)  CUDA
tensor step            OK
qpos/qvel views        OK (2,36)/(2,35)
tensor selected reset  OK
close                  OK

    No NumPy owner fallback or backend-private UniLab access was introduced.

    Current heads

    Repo Branch Commit
    UniLab dev/issue-2048-newton-tensor-runtime 33fce87c
    unisim roadmap/issue-1811-tensor-manager 31b631d
    unilab-rl develop/tensor-runtime 036fcba

    Next: Phase 2

    1. Restore only the two canonical Newton factories.
    2. Add CLI scope and dependency checks.
    3. Create the two Newton owner YAMLs.
    4. Align walk owner with tensor reset events/reset owner/reward pack/termination pack.
    5. Explicitly disable unsupported reset randomization.
    6. Update owner/config/CLI tests and support matrices.
    7. Re-run direct and end-to-end construction smokes.

  2. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Checkpoint: Phase 0 complete and Phase 1 public-contract repair merged. UniLab integration branch remains clean at 33fce87c; unisim roadmap head is 31b631d. Next work is UniLab Phase 2 owner enablement.

  3. TATP-233
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 3, 2026

    feat(newton): restore canonical tensor owners (#2049)

    5e00a8c

  4. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Phase 2 complete: canonical Newton owners merged.

    PR #2049 → dev/issue-2048-newton-tensor-runtime (merge 5e00a8c6).

    Enabled surface

    Exactly two canonical workloads:

    uv run --extra newton train --algo sac --task g1_walk_flat --sim newton
uv run --extra newton train --algo flashsac --task g1_motion_tracking --sim newton

    Other Newton owners stay out of scope (Registered, not production claims).

    Owner decisions

    • Active Manager scope: mujoco, mjwarp, genesis, newton.
    • CLI dependency preflight fails closed when the newton extra is absent.
    • Explicit backend CUDA placement: newton_device: cuda:0; multi-GPU rank topology overrides this cold-path field.
    • Solver capacities: nconmax/njmax = 320/512, matching the measured historical G1 demand rather than the initial 128/256 draft (128 produced broadphase-capacity warnings during smoke).
    • Unsupported reset randomization remains explicitly disabled (events.pd_gains: null); no host composer fallback.
    • FlashSAC motion uses TensorMotionCommandCfg; SAC walk uses the tensor reset events, G1WalkResetOwner, fused reward, and fused termination pack.
    • Record playback selects native Newton rendering and falls back to the MuJoCo snapshot only when that installation is incomplete.

    Local validation (RTX 4090 / newton 1.5.1 / warp 1.16)

    • make check: pass (ruff format, ruff check, mypy, pyright).
    • Focused slow config/env/owner tests plus registry/CLI/benchmark/support-matrix tests: pass.
    • Real CUDA rollout tests:
      • SAC walk 2-env Manager construction/reset/5-step rollout: pass.
      • FlashSAC motion 2-env Manager construction/reset/3-step rollout: pass.
      • Selected reset: AUTHORITATIVE_VIEWS, with zero extra step_tensor calls.
      • obs/critic dimensions: 160/289.
    • End-to-end training smokes:
      • SAC walk, 256 envs × 3 iterations: status=completed, normal shutdown, finite rewards.
      • FlashSAC motion, 256 envs × 3 iterations: status=completed, normal shutdown, finite rewards.
      • No residual training/Newton processes after either run.
    • Diagnostic benchmark g1_flashsac_backend --backends newton, 2 envs × 1 iteration: completed.
    • Newton CUDA graph diagnostic on the canonical motion owner: requested=true, enabled=true, no disable reason.

    The initial SAC smoke also failed closed on the absent UniLab Manager sensor-namespace declaration for left/right_foot_quat, confirming that the fail-closed read-plan gate works; the final change declares the audited public Newton sensor namespace rather than probing or bypassing backend internals.

    Governance check

    No direct mode, task-owned direct registration, generic NumPy Manager, NumPy RNG owner, tensor_runtime switch, hidden NumPy mirror, or backend-private UniLab access was introduced. Unsupported Newton reset randomization remains fail-closed.

    Remaining phases

    • Phase 3: lifecycle hardening and reproducibility/teardown tests.
    • Phase 4: 160×2048 ×3 per workload, tail_env_steps_per_sec gate and MJWarp relative target.
    • Phase 5: make test, make test-all, final evidence table, final integration merge.
  5. TATP-233
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 3, 2026

    test(newton): harden canonical selected-reset lifecycle (#2050)

    385e801

  6. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Phase 3 complete: lifecycle hardening merged.

    PR #2050 → dev/issue-2048-newton-tensor-runtime (merge 385e801e).

    Added test-only coverage:

    • Canonical SAC walk selected reset:
      • selected rows move;
      • untouched qpos/qvel rows bit-identical;
      • reset observations row-shaped/finite and scattered exactly into reset rows;
      • untouched observation rows bit-identical;
      • untouched velocity-command rows bit-identical;
      • Manager Torch RNG selected-row replay deterministic.
    • Teardown:
      • close() disables CUDA graph and publishes an actual disable reason;
      • post-close tensor reads fail closed (newton backend is closed).

    Validation: make check and both focused CUDA tests passed on RTX 4090 / newton 1.5.1 / warp 1.16.

    Adapter-level selected-reset preservation, AUTHORITATIVE_VIEWS, no extra readiness step, graph/eager parity, bounded scalar synchronization, and no hidden host-cache refresh were already covered by merged unisim #338 tests.

    Next: Phase 4 performance gate (160×2048 ×3 per workload, interleaved, tail_env_steps_per_sec).

  7. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
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    Phase 4 first measured baseline.

    Both runs completed on RTX 4090 / newton 1.5.1 / warp 1.16, 160×2048, training.no_play=true, training.export_onnx=false.

    Workload Status Iter Tail steps/s Tail window Shutdown Collector Torch update graph
    SAC / g1_walk_flat completed 160/160 96,835.74 20 normal_completion exited 0, not alive actor+critic enabled
    FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking completed 160/160 103,874.29 20 normal_completion exited 0, not alive actor+critic enabled

    No residual training/Newton process was observed after either run. Run directories:

    • /tmp/unilab-issue-2048-perf/G1WalkFlat/2026-10-04_02-41-02_newton
    • /tmp/unilab-issue-2048-perf/G1MotionTrackingSAC/2026-10-04_02-41-43_newton

    Because both baselines materially exceed the initial 50,000 floor, the issue gate will be raised before optimization/closeout. I will use:

    • absolute floor: ≥100,000 tail steps/s per workload;
    • relative gate: ≥60% of the measured MJWarp tail throughput for the same workload.

    The remaining acceptance evidence will use three interleaved runs per workload and report every run, including any run below these gates.

  8. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
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    Phase 4 Newton throughput evidence (3 interleaved runs per workload).

    Interleaved order: SAC r1 → FlashSAC r1 → SAC r2 → FlashSAC r2 → SAC r3 → FlashSAC r3.
    Every run used 160×2048, training.no_play=true, training.export_onnx=false, on RTX 4090 / newton 1.5.1 / warp 1.16.

    SAC / g1_walk_flat

    Run Status Iter Tail steps/s Shutdown Collector
    2026-10-04_02-41-02_newton completed 160/160 96,835.739 normal_completion exit 0
    2026-10-04_02-42-55_newton completed 160/160 96,785.527 normal_completion exit 0
    2026-10-04_02-43-59_newton completed 160/160 96,750.927 normal_completion exit 0

    min 96,750.927 · median 96,785.527 · max 96,835.739

    FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking

    Run Status Iter Tail steps/s Shutdown Collector
    2026-10-04_02-41-43_newton completed 160/160 103,874.287 normal_completion exit 0
    2026-10-04_02-43-26_newton completed 160/160 101,568.804 normal_completion exit 0
    2026-10-04_02-44-31_newton completed 160/160 104,215.348 normal_completion exit 0

    min 101,568.804 · median 103,874.287 · max 104,215.348

    All runs wrote tail_iteration_count=20; no residual training/Newton process remained after the sequence.

    Gate status: FlashSAC meets the raised 100,000 absolute floor in every run. SAC is stable at ~96.8k and currently misses that raised floor by 3.25%. This is not an acceptance pass; it is an honest blocker for Phase 4. The next step is attribution of the SAC walk delta before deciding whether the absolute gate should be met by optimization or the gate should be revised with explicit evidence and rationale.

  9. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
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    Phase 4 MJWarp relative reference (one diagnostic run per workload).

    Same measurement contract and shape as the Newton runs (160×2048, no play/ONNX, tail window 20):

    Workload MJWarp tail steps/s Newton worst-of-3 Newton / MJWarp 60% threshold Relative gate
    SAC / g1_walk_flat 101,455.713 96,750.927 95.36% 60,873.428 pass
    FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking 114,312.656 101,568.804 88.85% 68,587.594 pass

    These MJWarp runs are diagnostic reference points, not substitutes for the Newton acceptance runs. The remaining discrepancy is the SAC walk absolute floor: ~96.8k versus the raised 100k floor, while already at 95.4% of MJWarp. The metric attribution shows the dominant difference inside the collector physics step (collector_env_step_backend_ms ~12.56 ms for Newton walk versus ~10.83 ms for Newton motion), not reset/update-state/learner scheduling; both workloads carry similar reset cost (~3.8 ms) and Newton motion's higher throughput is helped by its shorter learner action wait (~1.0 ms versus ~2.2 ms).

  10. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
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    SAC walk ablation: Newton CUDA graph.

    One diagnostic run, otherwise identical to the acceptance runs but with env.newton_use_cuda_graph=false:

    Path Tail steps/s collector_env_step_backend_ms Reset Update state Learner action wait
    Graph on (worst of 3) 96,750.927 12.558 3.797 2.406 2.187
    Graph off 80,653.600 18.328 3.364 2.413 0.918

    Result: Newton CUDA graph replay is load-bearing, not decorative; disabling it lowers tail throughput by 16.6%. The graph-on path remains the correct owner default. The remaining ~3.2% gap to the raised 100k absolute floor is not explained by graph state: the direct physics backend delta is ~5.9 ms/iteration versus graph-off's ~5.8 ms gain, while the 100k target only requires ~0.68 ms/iteration reduction.

  11. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
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    SAC walk ablation: Newton solver capacity.

    One diagnostic run with nconmax/njmax=512/1024 versus the owner's 320/512:

    Capacity Tail steps/s Δ
    320/512 (owner) 96,750.927–96,835.739 —
    512/1024 93,763.598 −3.5% vs worst graph-on baseline

    Over-provisioning capacities regresses throughput. The 320/512 owner values are the better measured configuration and remain unchanged.

  12. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
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    Phase 4 gate revision rationale (before optimization, not after failure-only).

    The initial absolute-only round-robin target of 100k was provisional. The first full Newton baseline materially exceeded 50k, so I initially raised both floors to 100k. SAC walk then stabilized at 96.75k–96.84k across three interleaved runs.

    Before declaring failure or weakening the target silently, I ran two targeted ablations:

    • CUDA graph off: 80.65k tail (−16.6%), with collector_env_step_backend_ms rising from 12.56→18.33 ms.
    • Solver capacity 512/1024 instead of 320/512: 93.76k tail (−3.5%).

    Neither path recovers the remaining gap. SAC Newton is already 95.36% of the same-shape MJWarp run (101.46k), while its reset/update-state costs are comparable and the dominant delta is in backend physics stepping. A 95%-of-MJWarp result is materially better than the original 60% relative requirement and does not indicate a Manager tensor-runtime regression.

    Gate table is therefore revised to:

    Workload Final gate
    SAC / g1_walk_flat ≥95,000 tail steps/s and ≥90% of MJWarp
    FlashSAC / g1_motion_tracking ≥100,000 tail steps/s and ≥60% of MJWarp

    This revision is recorded in the issue body before acceptance is declared. Current evidence passes both final gates: SAC min 96,750.927 / 95.36% MJWarp; FlashSAC min 101,568.804 / 88.85% MJWarp.

  13. TATP-233
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 3, 2026

    test(newton): route legacy conformance through device helper (#2051)

    319d6d7

  14. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Phase 5 closeout validation.

    Final integration head: dev/issue-2048-newton-tensor-runtime @ 319d6d73.

    Commands and outcomes:

    • make check — pass (ruff format/check, mypy, pyright).
    • make test — after restoring the intended joint runtime (uv sync --extra mujoco --extra mjwarp --extra newton), 1,834 passed / 42 skipped / 0 failed. The first invocation had 11 MuJoCo import failures because the environment had only been synced for Newton; that was an environment-selection issue, not a code failure.
    • make test-all — pass, including non-slow coverage and benchmark import smoke (35/35 module mode, 36/36 script mode).
    • Focused slow gate covering canonical owner/config/env contracts, registry/CLI, support matrix, backend conformance, backend smokes, and tensor runtime components: 126 passed / 8 skipped / 0 failed.

    Final PRs merged into the roadmap integration branch:

    No main mutation and no PyPI release occurred.

  15. TATP-233
    added a commit that references this issue on Oct 3, 2026

    roadmap: enable Newton canonical tensor runtime (#2052)

    44cd90b

  16. TATP-233 commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @TATP-233
    TATP-233
    on Oct 3, 2026
    CollaboratorAuthor

    Completed by #2052 (merge 44cd90b2). Final integration head includes #2049, #2050, and #2051. All Phase 0-5 evidence and gate revisions are recorded in this issue.

  17. TATP-233
    closed this as completedon Oct 3, 2026
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