[MLI-6891] feat: wire forwarder_max_concurrency through K8s forwarder template

[diazagasatya]

Linear: MLI-6891
Follow-up to: #835 (MLI-6876)

Why

MLI-6876 added forwarder_max_concurrency to the API schema and plumbed it through to ResourceArguments (11 injection sites). But the K8s manifest templates never referenced ${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY} — so the field was silently dropped at the rendering layer. API callers could set the field with no actual effect on the running forwarder.

This PR is the load-bearing piece that makes the field actually work end-to-end on the llm-engine API path.

What changes

• Adds --set "max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY}" to all 6 http-forwarder containers in service_template_config_map_circleci.yaml and the corresponding 4 forwarder containers in charts/model-engine/templates/service_template_config_map.yaml
• Adds a _strip_optional_set_pairs preprocessor in k8s_endpoint_resource_delegate.py that drops any - --set / - "...${KEY}..." arg pair from the template when KEY's value is None. Generic — usable by any future optional kwarg using the same pattern
• Updates forwarder_max_concurrency's description in the DTOs to reflect the actual fallback (config-file default, not per_worker — earlier docstring was inaccurate)

Backward compatibility

Zero behavior change for any existing endpoint that doesn't explicitly set forwarder_max_concurrency:

Caller state	Rendered manifest	Forwarder behavior
forwarder_max_concurrency=None (current default)	No --set max_concurrency line	Uses config-file default (100) — same as today
forwarder_max_concurrency=5	--set "max_concurrency=5"	Forwarder admits 5 in-flight requests

Tests

Added three focused unit tests for _strip_optional_set_pairs:

• test_strip_optional_set_pairs_drops_when_none
• test_strip_optional_set_pairs_keeps_when_set
• test_strip_optional_set_pairs_handles_unknown_key

Also ran the full test_k8s_endpoint_resource_delegate.py suite locally — 59 passed, 0 failed, including the cross-cutting test_resource_arguments_type_and_add_datadog_env_to_main_container that renders every forwarder container with full substitution.

Out of scope

• OpenAPI spec regen: this PR only changes a description string on existing fields (no schema-level changes), so I skipped the regen step. Happy to add a follow-up commit with regen if reviewers prefer.

Rollout chain status

	Ticket	Repo	State
✅	MLI-5366	scaleapi/models	Merged
✅	MLI-6876	scaleapi/llm-engine	Merged (#835)
🟡	MLI-6875	scaleapi/launch-python-client	PR #180 open
⏳	MLI-6874	scaleapi/models	Not started
🟡	MLI-6891	scaleapi/llm-engine	this PR

After MLI-6891 + MLI-6876 are both in the next llm-engine release, forwarder_max_concurrency is functional end-to-end on the API path.

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Greptile Summary

This PR completes the forwarder_max_concurrency end-to-end wire-up by adding --set "max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY}" to forwarder container templates and introducing a _strip_optional_set_pairs preprocessor that cleanly removes the arg-pair from the rendered manifest when the value is None, preserving backward compatibility.

• Adds the max_concurrency arg to 6 of 7 http-forwarder containers in the CircleCI template and all 4 in the Helm chart; the LWS streaming GPU container in the CircleCI template was missed (see comment).
• Introduces _strip_optional_set_pairs as a generic preprocessor for optional --set kwargs — correctly placed before safe_substitute and covered by three new unit tests.
• Corrects the forwarder_max_concurrency docstring on both Create and Update DTOs to reflect the actual config-file fallback default (100) rather than the previously incorrect per_worker description.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge for all production traffic; only the CircleCI test template for LWS streaming GPU endpoints would render an incorrect manifest when forwarder_max_concurrency is explicitly set.

The Helm chart (production) is correctly updated for all four forwarder containers. The one gap is the LWS streaming http-forwarder in the CircleCI template, which was not updated to include max_concurrency. Any CI test that renders an LWS streaming GPU deployment with a non-None forwarder_max_concurrency would produce a manifest that diverges from the production Helm output, potentially masking the omission during review.

model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/gateways/resources/templates/service_template_config_map_circleci.yaml — the LWS streaming GPU forwarder block (~line 2797) is missing the two-line max_concurrency addition present in every other updated container.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/gateways/resources/k8s_endpoint_resource_delegate.py	Adds _strip_optional_set_pairs preprocessor that removes --set "...${KEY}..." arg-pairs for None-valued kwargs before template substitution; correctly placed before safe_substitute. The generic nature of the preprocessor also silently changes behavior for other existing Optional kwargs (e.g. FORWARDER_TYPE=None), though that prior behavior was already broken.
model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/gateways/resources/templates/service_template_config_map_circleci.yaml	Adds max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY} to 6 http-forwarder containers, but misses the LWS streaming GPU forwarder container (~line 2797), leaving it inconsistent with the Helm chart which correctly updated all 4 equivalent containers including its LWS streaming path.
charts/model-engine/templates/service_template_config_map.yaml	Adds max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY} to all 4 forwarder containers (sync, streaming, LWS sync, LWS streaming), matching the expected coverage.
model-engine/model_engine_server/common/dtos/model_endpoints.py	Corrects the docstring for forwarder_max_concurrency on both Create and Update DTOs to say the fallback is the config-file default (100), not per_worker.
model-engine/tests/unit/infra/gateways/resources/test_k8s_endpoint_resource_delegate.py	Adds three focused unit tests for _strip_optional_set_pairs covering the drop-when-None, keep-when-set, and unknown-key no-op cases.

Comments Outside Diff (1)

1. model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/gateways/resources/templates/service_template_config_map_circleci.yaml, line 2797-2800 (link)

   Missing max_concurrency in LWS streaming GPU forwarder

   The LeaderWorkerSet streaming GPU http-forwarder container (starting ~line 2769) was not updated, while the Helm chart's equivalent path ({{- else if eq $mode "streaming" }} in the LWS section, line 677) was correctly updated. LeaderWorkerSetRunnableImageStreamingGpuArguments extends _BaseDeploymentArguments, which declares FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY: Optional[int], so when a non-None value is passed the rendered CI manifest will silently omit the --set max_concurrency arg while the production manifest includes it. Add the two lines below after line 2799 to match every other forwarder container in this file:

                     - --set
                     - "max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY}"
   

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   Path: model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/gateways/resources/templates/service_template_config_map_circleci.yaml
   Line: 2797-2800
   
   Comment:
   **Missing `max_concurrency` in LWS streaming GPU forwarder**
   
   The LeaderWorkerSet streaming GPU http-forwarder container (starting ~line 2769) was not updated, while the Helm chart's equivalent path (`{{- else if eq $mode "streaming" }}` in the LWS section, line 677) was correctly updated. `LeaderWorkerSetRunnableImageStreamingGpuArguments` extends `_BaseDeploymentArguments`, which declares `FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY: Optional[int]`, so when a non-None value is passed the rendered CI manifest will silently omit the `--set max_concurrency` arg while the production manifest includes it. Add the two lines below after line 2799 to match every other forwarder container in this file:
   
   ```
                     - --set
                     - "max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY}"
   ```
   
   How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

   

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### Issue 1 of 1
model-engine/model_engine_server/infra/gateways/resources/templates/service_template_config_map_circleci.yaml:2797-2800
**Missing `max_concurrency` in LWS streaming GPU forwarder**

The LeaderWorkerSet streaming GPU http-forwarder container (starting ~line 2769) was not updated, while the Helm chart's equivalent path (`{{- else if eq $mode "streaming" }}` in the LWS section, line 677) was correctly updated. `LeaderWorkerSetRunnableImageStreamingGpuArguments` extends `_BaseDeploymentArguments`, which declares `FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY: Optional[int]`, so when a non-None value is passed the rendered CI manifest will silently omit the `--set max_concurrency` arg while the production manifest includes it. Add the two lines below after line 2799 to match every other forwarder container in this file:

```
                  - --set
                  - "max_concurrency=${FORWARDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY}"
```

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