From 8c8a1ceacbe5889fd7b97b121aaa0dbc1ed30c9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 01:20:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] docs(examples): add persistent_inference.py for
 multi-call amortization
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Adds an example script that constructs WanI2VFast() once, calls
prewarm() once, then runs generate() in a loop over multiple prompts.
Borrows the "don't recreate the engine per request" pattern from LLM
serving (vLLM continuous batching, SGLang).

The cold-start cost (~129s model load + ~7s prewarm = ~136s on 8xH100)
is paid once. Each subsequent generate() runs at amortized steady-state
~15.5s. For users running multiple generations from the same starting
image, this is a large multiplier on top of the existing prewarm() win
from #1.

Measured on 8xH100, 3 prompts back-to-back, 480*832 / 81 frames:

  construct:                 128932 ms (once)
  prewarm:                     7020 ms (once)
  generate[0]:                15587 ms
  generate[1]:                15202 ms
  generate[2]:                15160 ms
  total wall-clock:          181901 ms

  naive (3 separate invocations of generate_fast.py):  ~568s
  speedup with persistent pipe:                         3.13x

Speedup grows with more prompts: at 10 calls ≈5x, at 100 calls ≈7x.

Library code is unchanged. The example is pure documentation of how to
use the existing public API (WanI2VFast, prewarm, generate) correctly
for the multi-call case.

Files:
  + examples/persistent_inference.py  (new, 174 lines)

Tier A: outputs are bit-identical to the canonical baseline at the same
seed; the script is functionally equivalent to running generate_fast.py
3 times sequentially, just with model load + prewarm amortized.
---
 examples/persistent_inference.py | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 198 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/persistent_inference.py

diff --git a/examples/persistent_inference.py b/examples/persistent_inference.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9948343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/persistent_inference.py
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+"""Persistent-pipeline example: amortize model load + warmup across many prompts.
+
+Pattern borrowed from LLM serving (vLLM, SGLang): don't construct the engine
+per request. Construct WanI2VFast once, call prewarm() once, then loop over
+prompts. Cold-start cost (~100 s model load + ~7 s prewarm) is paid once;
+each subsequent generate() runs at steady-state speed.
+
+Usage:
+    MASTER_ADDR=127.0.0.1 MASTER_PORT=29500 \\
+        torchrun --nproc_per_node=8 \\
+        --master_addr=127.0.0.1 --master_port=29500 \\
+        examples/persistent_inference.py \\
+        --ckpt_dir lingbot-world-base-cam \\
+        --image examples/03/image.jpg \\
+        --action_path examples/03 \\
+        --save_dir output
+
+Three prompts run back-to-back. Output: output/persistent_{0,1,2}.mp4.
+
+Wall-clock expectation (8xH100, 480*832, 81 frames):
+    Naive (3 separate `generate_fast.py` invocations): ~3 x 126 s ~= 378 s.
+    Persistent (this script):                          ~104 s + 7 s + 3 x 15.5 s ~= 158 s.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Allow running this file directly from the repo root: add the parent dir
+# (repo root) to sys.path so `import wan` resolves to the in-tree package.
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
+from PIL import Image
+
+import wan  # noqa: E402
+from wan.configs import MAX_AREA_CONFIGS, WAN_CONFIGS  # noqa: E402
+from wan.distributed.util import init_distributed_group  # noqa: E402
+from wan.utils.utils import save_video  # noqa: E402
+
+
+PROMPTS = [
+    "A serene lakeside scene with a lone tree standing in calm water, "
+    "surrounded by distant snow-capped mountains under a bright blue sky "
+    "with drifting white clouds — gentle ripples reflect the tree and "
+    "sky, creating a tranquil, meditative atmosphere.",
+    "A sweeping cinematic journey along the Great Wall of China, winding "
+    "through golden autumn hills under a brilliant blue sky — stone "
+    "pathways stretch into the distance, watchtowers stand sentinel.",
+    "Aerial flight over a vast tropical rainforest at dawn, mist rising "
+    "from the canopy, sunlight breaking through tall trees, a winding "
+    "river snaking through the green expanse below.",
+]
+
+
+def _parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.split("\n")[0])
+    parser.add_argument("--task", default="i2v-A14B",
+                        choices=list(WAN_CONFIGS.keys()))
+    parser.add_argument("--size", default="480*832")
+    parser.add_argument("--ckpt_dir", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--image", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument("--action_path", default=None)
+    parser.add_argument("--frame_num", type=int, default=81)
+    parser.add_argument("--chunk_size", type=int, default=3)
+    parser.add_argument("--base_seed", type=int, default=42)
+    parser.add_argument("--save_dir", default="output")
+    parser.add_argument("--ulysses_size", type=int, default=8)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def _init_distributed():
+    rank = int(os.environ.get("RANK", 0))
+    world_size = int(os.environ.get("WORLD_SIZE", 1))
+    local_rank = int(os.environ.get("LOCAL_RANK", 0))
+    torch.cuda.set_device(local_rank)
+    if world_size > 1:
+        dist.init_process_group(backend="nccl", rank=rank, world_size=world_size)
+        init_distributed_group()
+    if rank == 0:
+        logging.basicConfig(
+            level=logging.INFO,
+            format="[%(asctime)s] %(message)s",
+            handlers=[logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)],
+        )
+    else:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
+    return rank, local_rank, world_size
+
+
+def main():
+    args = _parse_args()
+    rank, local_rank, world_size = _init_distributed()
+
+    cfg = WAN_CONFIGS[args.task]
+    img = Image.open(args.image).convert("RGB")
+
+    if rank == 0:
+        logging.info(f"Persistent inference: {len(PROMPTS)} prompts, "
+                     f"size={args.size}, frame_num={args.frame_num}")
+
+    # ── Cold start: construct pipe once. Paid before the timed window. ──
+    t_construct = time.perf_counter()
+    pipe = wan.WanI2VFast(
+        config=cfg,
+        checkpoint_dir=args.ckpt_dir,
+        device_id=local_rank,
+        rank=rank,
+        t5_fsdp=True,
+        dit_fsdp=True,
+        use_sp=(args.ulysses_size > 1),
+    )
+    construct_ms = (time.perf_counter() - t_construct) * 1000.0
+    if rank == 0:
+        logging.info(f"WanI2VFast() construction: {construct_ms:.0f} ms")
+
+    # ── One-time prewarm. After this, generate() runs at steady state. ──
+    t_warm = time.perf_counter()
+    pipe.prewarm(
+        img,
+        max_area=MAX_AREA_CONFIGS[args.size],
+        frame_num=args.frame_num,
+        chunk_size=args.chunk_size,
+    )
+    warm_ms = (time.perf_counter() - t_warm) * 1000.0
+    if rank == 0:
+        logging.info(f"prewarm(): {warm_ms:.0f} ms")
+
+    # ── Generate loop. Each call should run at amortized steady-state cost. ──
+    save_dir = Path(args.save_dir)
+    if rank == 0:
+        save_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    per_call_ms = []
+    for i, prompt in enumerate(PROMPTS):
+        if dist.is_initialized():
+            torch.cuda.synchronize()
+            dist.barrier()
+        t0 = time.perf_counter()
+
+        video = pipe.generate(
+            prompt,
+            img,
+            action_path=args.action_path,
+            chunk_size=args.chunk_size,
+            max_area=MAX_AREA_CONFIGS[args.size],
+            frame_num=args.frame_num,
+            shift=cfg.sample_shift,
+            seed=args.base_seed + i,
+            offload_model=False,
+        )
+
+        if dist.is_initialized():
+            torch.cuda.synchronize()
+            dist.barrier()
+        elapsed_ms = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000.0
+        per_call_ms.append(elapsed_ms)
+
+        if rank == 0:
+            out_path = save_dir / f"persistent_{i}.mp4"
+            save_video(
+                tensor=video[None],
+                save_file=str(out_path),
+                fps=cfg.sample_fps,
+                nrow=1,
+                normalize=True,
+                value_range=(-1, 1),
+            )
+            logging.info(
+                f"prompt[{i}]: generate() {elapsed_ms:.0f} ms -> {out_path}")
+
+    if rank == 0:
+        total = construct_ms + warm_ms + sum(per_call_ms)
+        logging.info("=" * 60)
+        logging.info(f"SUMMARY  prompts={len(PROMPTS)}  hardware=8xH100")
+        logging.info(f"  construct:        {construct_ms:>8.0f} ms (once)")
+        logging.info(f"  prewarm:          {warm_ms:>8.0f} ms (once)")
+        for i, ms in enumerate(per_call_ms):
+            logging.info(f"  generate[{i}]:      {ms:>8.0f} ms")
+        avg = sum(per_call_ms) / len(per_call_ms)
+        logging.info(f"  generate avg:     {avg:>8.0f} ms")
+        logging.info(f"  total wall-clock: {total:>8.0f} ms")
+        naive_est = construct_ms + warm_ms + len(PROMPTS) * (construct_ms + avg)
+        logging.info(f"  naive estimate (separate invocations): {naive_est:>8.0f} ms")
+        logging.info(f"  speedup vs naive: {naive_est / total:.2f}x")
+        logging.info("=" * 60)
+
+    if dist.is_initialized():
+        dist.barrier()
+        dist.destroy_process_group()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

From 72eab5129e757d72b30ee8c378f3c08779f14e77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 01:26:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] feat: add T5 prompt-embedding cache to WanI2VFast
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Adds a per-pipe-instance cache of T5 encoder outputs keyed by
sha256(prompt). Same-prompt re-encodes hit the dict instead of re-
running umt5-xxl, saving ~360-430 ms per repeat call.

Pattern borrowed from SGLang's RadixAttention: when the same prompt
appears across calls, the encoder output is identical, so cache and
return the prior tensor.

Implementation:
  - `self._t5_cache: dict[str, list[Tensor]]` initialized in __init__
  - `clear_text_cache()` public method to free the dict
  - In generate(), check cache before invoking text_encoder; populate
    after first compute.

Bit-identical: cached tensor IS the prior call's tensor (no copy, no
quantization). MD5 preserved across cached vs uncached calls.

Measured on 8xH100, 480*832/81 frames, same prompt, twice:

  call[0] (cold T5):  15520.9 ms  md5=ed2f8262… (cache_size: 1)
  call[1] (cached):   15089.4 ms  md5=ed2f8262… (cache_size: 1)
  delta:              +431.5 ms saved

Bigger when paired with examples/persistent_inference.py (same-prompt
loop). Effectively zero when prompts vary every call.

Δ generate_ms (repeat call): 15521 → 15089  (-3%)
MD5 unchanged.
Tier: A (bit-identical).
---
 wan/image2video_fast.py | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wan/image2video_fast.py b/wan/image2video_fast.py
index 4061f47..c80efa2 100644
--- a/wan/image2video_fast.py
+++ b/wan/image2video_fast.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import gc
+import hashlib
 import logging
 import math
 import os
@@ -142,6 +143,17 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.sample_neg_prompt = config.sample_neg_prompt
 
+        # T5 prompt-embedding cache. Same-prompt re-encodes hit this dict
+        # instead of re-running the umt5-xxl encoder (~360 ms/call).
+        # Keyed by sha256(prompt.utf8); value is the list returned by
+        # T5EncoderModel.__call__ (already device-resident). Unbounded;
+        # callers can clear via `pipe.clear_text_cache()` if needed.
+        self._t5_cache: dict[str, list] = {}
+
+    def clear_text_cache(self):
+        """Drop all cached T5 prompt embeddings. Frees ~4 MB per entry."""
+        self._t5_cache.clear()
+
     def prewarm(
         self,
         img,
@@ -458,14 +470,22 @@ def generate(self,
         timesteps = self.scheduler.timesteps[timesteps_index]
 
         # preprocess
-        if not self.t5_cpu:
-            self.text_encoder.model.to(self.device)
-            context = self.text_encoder([input_prompt], self.device)
-            if offload_model:
-                self.text_encoder.model.cpu()
+        # T5 cache: skip the encoder entirely if we've seen this exact prompt
+        # before in this pipe instance. Bit-identical: cached tensor is the
+        # same object returned by the prior call.
+        cache_key = hashlib.sha256(input_prompt.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+        if cache_key in self._t5_cache:
+            context = self._t5_cache[cache_key]
         else:
-            context = self.text_encoder([input_prompt], torch.device('cpu'))
-            context = [t.to(self.device) for t in context]
+            if not self.t5_cpu:
+                self.text_encoder.model.to(self.device)
+                context = self.text_encoder([input_prompt], self.device)
+                if offload_model:
+                    self.text_encoder.model.cpu()
+            else:
+                context = self.text_encoder([input_prompt], torch.device('cpu'))
+                context = [t.to(self.device) for t in context]
+            self._t5_cache[cache_key] = context
 
         # cam preparation (only if action_path is provided)
         dit_cond_dict = None

From 7addb0c314915eb170f716dc2c85f749596917b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:43:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] refactor(perf): thread frame_seqlen kwarg through DiT
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Step 2.1 of B3 (eliminate .item() syncs). Adds an optional frame_seqlen
kwarg to WanModelFast.forward, sp_dit_forward_causal, CausalWanAttentionBlock,
CausalWanSelfAttention, and sp_attn_forward_causal. When provided, skips
the math.prod(grid_sizes[0][1:]).item() sync at the start of each attention
forward (model_fast.py:108, sequence_parallel.py:462) — caller already has
the value as a Python int.

Default frame_seqlen=None falls back to the original .item() path for any
external callers. Bit-identical otherwise.

Pipeline (image2video_fast.py) passes frame_seqlen from prewarm() and the
generate() chunk loop where the value is already computed.
---
 wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py | 10 +++++++---
 wan/image2video_fast.py              |  4 +++-
 wan/modules/model_fast.py            | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
index f6d27cd..0039a68 100644
--- a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
+++ b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
     crossattn_cache=None,
     current_start=0,
     max_attention_size=1_000_000,
+    frame_seqlen=None,
 ):
     """
     x:                  A list of videos each with shape [C, T, H, W].
@@ -378,7 +379,8 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
         context=context,
         context_lens=context_lens,
         dit_cond_dict=dit_cond_dict,
-        max_attention_size=max_attention_size)
+        max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
+        frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen)
 
     for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
         kwargs.update(
@@ -410,7 +412,8 @@ def sp_attn_forward_causal(
     freqs,
     kv_cache=None,
     current_start=0,
-    max_attention_size=1_000_000):
+    max_attention_size=1_000_000,
+    frame_seqlen=None):
     r"""
     Sequence-parallel causal self-attention using Ulysses all-to-all.
 
@@ -459,7 +462,8 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
     padded_seq_lens = s * sp_size
     seq_lens_int = int(seq_lens)
 
-    frame_seqlen = math.prod(grid_sizes[0][1:]).item()
+    if frame_seqlen is None:
+        frame_seqlen = math.prod(grid_sizes[0][1:]).item()
     current_start_frame = current_start // frame_seqlen
 
     # Apply causal RoPE on full (padded) sequence with local heads
diff --git a/wan/image2video_fast.py b/wan/image2video_fast.py
index c80efa2..082a5d0 100644
--- a/wan/image2video_fast.py
+++ b/wan/image2video_fast.py
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ def _noop_no_sync():
                 crossattn_cache=warmup_cross_kv,
                 current_start=0,
                 max_attention_size=kv_size,
+                frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
             )
 
         if dist.is_initialized():
@@ -609,7 +610,8 @@ def noop_no_sync():
                     'kv_cache': self_kv_cache,
                     'crossattn_cache': cross_kv_cache,
                     'current_start': chunk_id * chunk_size * frame_seqlen,
-                    'max_attention_size': kv_size if max_attention_size is None else max_attention_size
+                    'max_attention_size': kv_size if max_attention_size is None else max_attention_size,
+                    'frame_seqlen': frame_seqlen,
                 }
 
                 if offload_model:
diff --git a/wan/modules/model_fast.py b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
index 3c18ed2..07b4f1b 100644
--- a/wan/modules/model_fast.py
+++ b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
@@ -85,14 +85,16 @@ def forward(
         freqs,
         kv_cache=None,
         current_start=0,
-        max_attention_size=1_000_000
+        max_attention_size=1_000_000,
+        frame_seqlen=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
             x(Tensor): Shape [B, L, num_heads, C / num_heads]
             grid_sizes(Tensor): Shape [B, 3], the second dimension contains (F, H, W)
             freqs(Tensor): Rope freqs, shape [1024, C / num_heads / 2]
-            block_mask (BlockMask)
+            frame_seqlen(int, optional): Pre-computed H*W/(patch_h*patch_w). If
+                provided, skips a `.item()` sync on `grid_sizes`.
         """
         b, s, n, d = *x.shape[:2], self.num_heads, self.head_dim
 
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
 
         q, k, v = qkv_fn(x)
 
-        frame_seqlen = math.prod(grid_sizes[0][1:]).item()
+        if frame_seqlen is None:
+            frame_seqlen = math.prod(grid_sizes[0][1:]).item()
         current_start_frame = current_start // frame_seqlen
         roped_query = causal_rope_apply(q, grid_sizes, freqs, start_frame=current_start_frame).type_as(v)
         roped_key = causal_rope_apply(k, grid_sizes, freqs, start_frame=current_start_frame).type_as(v)
@@ -246,7 +249,8 @@ def forward(
         kv_cache=None,
         crossattn_cache=None,
         current_start=0,
-        max_attention_size=1_000_000
+        max_attention_size=1_000_000,
+        frame_seqlen=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
@@ -262,7 +266,8 @@ def forward(
         # self-attention
         y = self.self_attn(
             self.norm1(x).float() * (1 + e[1].squeeze(2)) + e[0].squeeze(2),
-            seq_lens, grid_sizes, freqs, kv_cache, current_start, max_attention_size)
+            seq_lens, grid_sizes, freqs, kv_cache, current_start, max_attention_size,
+            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen)
         with torch.amp.autocast('cuda', dtype=torch.float32):
             x = x + y * e[2].squeeze(2)
 
@@ -468,7 +473,8 @@ def forward(
         kv_cache=None,
         crossattn_cache=None,
         current_start=0,
-        max_attention_size=1_000_000
+        max_attention_size=1_000_000,
+        frame_seqlen=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Run the diffusion model with kv caching.
@@ -580,7 +586,8 @@ def forward(
             context=context,
             context_lens=context_lens,
             dit_cond_dict=dit_cond_dict,
-            max_attention_size=max_attention_size)
+            max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
+            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen)
 
         for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
             kwargs.update(

From e6b9a9dfa55838f1d40984d5b12d0186cfd91c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:46:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] refactor(perf): replace crossattn is_init.item() with
 pipe-level bool

Step 2.2 of B3. Threads cross_attn_first_call kwarg from WanI2VFast.generate()
through WanModelFast.forward / sp_dit_forward_causal /
CausalWanAttentionBlock.forward into WanCrossAttention.forward.

WanI2VFast tracks _cross_attn_initialized as a Python bool, reset at the
top of generate() and flipped True after the first DiT forward. When the
kwarg is provided, WanCrossAttention uses it as the gate; otherwise it
falls back to the existing crossattn_cache["is_init"].item() check, so
external callers (and the prewarm() throwaway forward) keep working.

The .fill_(1) on the tensor is preserved to keep cache state consistent
for any caller still relying on it.
---
 wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py |  4 +++-
 wan/image2video_fast.py              | 18 +++++++++++++++--
 wan/modules/model_fast.py            | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
index 0039a68..b4be184 100644
--- a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
+++ b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
     current_start=0,
     max_attention_size=1_000_000,
     frame_seqlen=None,
+    cross_attn_first_call=None,
 ):
     """
     x:                  A list of videos each with shape [C, T, H, W].
@@ -380,7 +381,8 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
         context_lens=context_lens,
         dit_cond_dict=dit_cond_dict,
         max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
-        frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen)
+        frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
+        cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call)
 
     for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
         kwargs.update(
diff --git a/wan/image2video_fast.py b/wan/image2video_fast.py
index 082a5d0..3c68470 100644
--- a/wan/image2video_fast.py
+++ b/wan/image2video_fast.py
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ def __init__(
         # callers can clear via `pipe.clear_text_cache()` if needed.
         self._t5_cache: dict[str, list] = {}
 
+        # Reset per generate() and flipped True after the first DiT forward.
+        # Passed into model.forward as `cross_attn_first_call` to skip the
+        # crossattn_cache["is_init"].item() sync inside WanCrossAttention.
+        self._cross_attn_initialized: bool = False
+
     def clear_text_cache(self):
         """Drop all cached T5 prompt embeddings. Frees ~4 MB per entry."""
         self._t5_cache.clear()
@@ -445,6 +450,10 @@ def generate(self,
         max_seq_len = chunk_size * lat_h * lat_w // (
             self.patch_size[1] * self.patch_size[2])
         max_seq_len = int(math.ceil(max_seq_len / self.sp_size)) * self.sp_size
+        # Reset per-generate state: cross-attn K/V cache will be freshly
+        # initialized below; the first DiT forward must compute and store.
+        self._cross_attn_initialized = False
+
         seed = seed if seed >= 0 else random.randint(0, sys.maxsize)
         seed_g = torch.Generator(device=self.device)
         seed_g.manual_seed(seed)
@@ -624,7 +633,10 @@ def noop_no_sync():
                     timestep = torch.stack(current_timestep).to(self.device)
 
                     noise_pred = self.model(
-                        x=latent_model_input, t=timestep, **kwargs)[0]
+                        x=latent_model_input, t=timestep,
+                        cross_attn_first_call=not self._cross_attn_initialized,
+                        **kwargs)[0]
+                    self._cross_attn_initialized = True
 
                     if offload_model:
                         torch.cuda.empty_cache()
@@ -648,7 +660,9 @@ def noop_no_sync():
                 # Update kv cache
                 context_timestep = [timesteps[-1] * 0.0]
                 timestep = torch.stack(context_timestep).to(self.device)
-                self.model(x=[x0], t=timestep, **kwargs)
+                self.model(x=[x0], t=timestep,
+                           cross_attn_first_call=False,
+                           **kwargs)
 
             pred_latent_chunks = torch.cat(pred_latent_chunks, dim=1)
 
diff --git a/wan/modules/model_fast.py b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
index 07b4f1b..8c1cdcb 100644
--- a/wan/modules/model_fast.py
+++ b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
@@ -156,12 +156,17 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
 
 class WanCrossAttention(WanSelfAttention):
 
-    def forward(self, x, context, context_lens, crossattn_cache=None):
+    def forward(self, x, context, context_lens, crossattn_cache=None,
+                cross_attn_first_call=None):
         r"""
         Args:
             x(Tensor): Shape [B, L1, C]
             context(Tensor): Shape [B, L2, C]
             context_lens(Tensor): Shape [B]
+            cross_attn_first_call(bool, optional): If provided, used as the
+                "first call this generation" gate instead of reading
+                crossattn_cache["is_init"].item() (which forces a CPU↔GPU
+                sync). Caller (pipeline) tracks this as a Python bool.
         """
         b, n, d = x.size(0), self.num_heads, self.head_dim
 
@@ -169,7 +174,11 @@ def forward(self, x, context, context_lens, crossattn_cache=None):
         q = self.norm_q(self.q(x)).view(b, -1, n, d)
 
         if crossattn_cache is not None:
-            if crossattn_cache["is_init"].item() == 0:
+            if cross_attn_first_call is None:
+                is_first = crossattn_cache["is_init"].item() == 0
+            else:
+                is_first = cross_attn_first_call
+            if is_first:
                 crossattn_cache["is_init"].fill_(1)
                 k = self.norm_k(self.k(context)).view(b, -1, n, d)
                 v = self.v(context).view(b, -1, n, d)
@@ -251,6 +260,7 @@ def forward(
         current_start=0,
         max_attention_size=1_000_000,
         frame_seqlen=None,
+        cross_attn_first_call=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
@@ -281,16 +291,19 @@ def forward(
             x = (1.0 + cam_scale) * x + cam_shift
 
         # cross-attention & ffn function
-        def cross_attn_ffn(x, context, context_lens, e, crossattn_cache=None):
-            x = x + self.cross_attn(self.norm3(x), context, context_lens, 
-                                    crossattn_cache=crossattn_cache)
+        def cross_attn_ffn(x, context, context_lens, e, crossattn_cache=None,
+                           cross_attn_first_call=None):
+            x = x + self.cross_attn(self.norm3(x), context, context_lens,
+                                    crossattn_cache=crossattn_cache,
+                                    cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call)
             y = self.ffn(
                 self.norm2(x).float() * (1 + e[4].squeeze(2)) + e[3].squeeze(2))
             with torch.amp.autocast('cuda', dtype=torch.float32):
                 x = x + y * e[5].squeeze(2)
             return x
 
-        x = cross_attn_ffn(x, context, context_lens, e, crossattn_cache)
+        x = cross_attn_ffn(x, context, context_lens, e, crossattn_cache,
+                           cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call)
         return x
 
 
@@ -475,6 +488,7 @@ def forward(
         current_start=0,
         max_attention_size=1_000_000,
         frame_seqlen=None,
+        cross_attn_first_call=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Run the diffusion model with kv caching.
@@ -587,7 +601,8 @@ def forward(
             context_lens=context_lens,
             dit_cond_dict=dit_cond_dict,
             max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
-            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen)
+            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
+            cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call)
 
         for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
             kwargs.update(

From d244f5c7dd3ee8432d2a482e9d7857a99d529478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:47:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] refactor(perf): fast-path self-attn when local_attn_size
 == -1
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Step 2.3 of B3. Adds a no-eviction branch in both
CausalWanSelfAttention.forward (model_fast.py) and sp_attn_forward_causal
(sequence_parallel.py) for the local_attn_size == -1 case (global cache,
the default and only path our shipped models use).

In that path, both kv_cache["global_end_index"] and kv_cache["local_end_index"]
start at 0 and advance by current_end - current_start every forward, so
local_end_index always equals current_end and local_start_index equals
current_start — both already available as Python ints. Eliminates the
two .item() syncs in the previous else-branch.

The sliding-window eviction logic (local_attn_size > 0) is preserved
verbatim in the elif/else for any caller that re-enables it.
---
 wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 wan/modules/model_fast.py            | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
index b4be184..2ce0484 100644
--- a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
+++ b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
@@ -481,7 +481,16 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
 
     current_end = current_start + seq_lens
     kv_cache_size = kv_cache["k"].shape[1]
-    if self.local_attn_size != -1 and (current_end > kv_cache["global_end_index"].item()) and (
+    if self.local_attn_size == -1:
+        # Fast path (no eviction possible — cache is global). Both indices
+        # advance identically every forward, so local_end_index ==
+        # current_end and local_start_index == current_start. Python ints
+        # via current_start (kwarg) + seq_lens_int — no .item() syncs.
+        local_end_index = current_start + seq_lens_int
+        local_start_index = current_start
+        kv_cache["k"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = key
+        kv_cache["v"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = v
+    elif (current_end > kv_cache["global_end_index"].item()) and (
             seq_lens + kv_cache["local_end_index"].item() > kv_cache_size):
         # Calculate the number of new tokens added in this step
         # Shift existing cache content left to discard oldest tokens
diff --git a/wan/modules/model_fast.py b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
index 8c1cdcb..b2debcf 100644
--- a/wan/modules/model_fast.py
+++ b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
@@ -117,7 +117,16 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
         # If we are using local attention and the current KV cache size is larger than the local attention size, we need to truncate the KV cache
         kv_cache_size = kv_cache["k"].shape[1]
         num_new_tokens = roped_query.shape[1]
-        if self.local_attn_size != -1 and (current_end > kv_cache["global_end_index"].item()) and (
+        if self.local_attn_size == -1:
+            # Fast path (no eviction possible — cache is global). Both
+            # indices start at 0 and advance identically every forward, so
+            # local_end_index == current_end and local_start_index ==
+            # current_start. All Python ints — no .item() syncs.
+            local_end_index = current_end
+            local_start_index = current_start
+            kv_cache["k"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = roped_key
+            kv_cache["v"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = v
+        elif (current_end > kv_cache["global_end_index"].item()) and (
                 num_new_tokens + kv_cache["local_end_index"].item() > kv_cache_size):
             # Calculate the number of new tokens added in this step
             # Shift existing cache content left to discard oldest tokens

From 08226626b0ed765e92964a2b58ae01dbf0a1721e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:50:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] refactor(perf): pre-compute seq_lens_int once in SP path

Step 2.4 of B3. In sp_dit_forward_causal, computes seq_lens_int = int(seq_lens)
once at the top (replacing two separate int(seq_lens) casts on lines 309-310)
and threads it through kwargs into sp_attn_forward_causal.

Previously, sp_attn_forward_causal did `seq_lens_int = int(seq_lens)` per
attention layer (~32 syncs per forward). Now the per-layer cast is gone;
the value arrives as a Python int via the new kwarg.

CausalWanSelfAttention.forward and CausalWanAttentionBlock.forward accept
the same kwarg for signature parity (ignored in the non-SP path).
---
 wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py | 19 +++++++++++++------
 wan/modules/model_fast.py            |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
index 2ce0484..3105dd3 100644
--- a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
+++ b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
@@ -306,10 +306,14 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
     assert seq_lens.max() <= seq_len
     x = torch.cat(x)
 
-    # Pad sequence to be divisible by world_size for SP chunking
+    # Pad sequence to be divisible by world_size for SP chunking.
+    # int(seq_lens) is one cudaStreamSynchronize; cache it once so each
+    # attention layer can reuse via the seq_lens_int kwarg instead of
+    # re-casting per-layer (32x).
     sp_size = get_world_size()
-    padded_seq_lens = int((seq_lens + sp_size - 1) // sp_size * sp_size)
-    sp_pad_len = padded_seq_lens - int(seq_lens)
+    seq_lens_int = int(seq_lens)
+    padded_seq_lens = ((seq_lens_int + sp_size - 1) // sp_size) * sp_size
+    sp_pad_len = padded_seq_lens - seq_lens_int
     if sp_pad_len > 0:
         x = torch.cat([x, x.new_zeros(x.size(0), sp_pad_len, x.size(2))], dim=1)
 
@@ -382,7 +386,8 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
         dit_cond_dict=dit_cond_dict,
         max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
         frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
-        cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call)
+        cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call,
+        seq_lens_int=seq_lens_int)
 
     for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
         kwargs.update(
@@ -415,7 +420,8 @@ def sp_attn_forward_causal(
     kv_cache=None,
     current_start=0,
     max_attention_size=1_000_000,
-    frame_seqlen=None):
+    frame_seqlen=None,
+    seq_lens_int=None):
     r"""
     Sequence-parallel causal self-attention using Ulysses all-to-all.
 
@@ -462,7 +468,8 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
 
     # padded_seq_lens = s * sp_size may exceed seq_lens due to SP padding
     padded_seq_lens = s * sp_size
-    seq_lens_int = int(seq_lens)
+    if seq_lens_int is None:
+        seq_lens_int = int(seq_lens)
 
     if frame_seqlen is None:
         frame_seqlen = math.prod(grid_sizes[0][1:]).item()
diff --git a/wan/modules/model_fast.py b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
index b2debcf..8cec4db 100644
--- a/wan/modules/model_fast.py
+++ b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def forward(
         current_start=0,
         max_attention_size=1_000_000,
         frame_seqlen=None,
+        seq_lens_int=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
@@ -95,7 +96,10 @@ def forward(
             freqs(Tensor): Rope freqs, shape [1024, C / num_heads / 2]
             frame_seqlen(int, optional): Pre-computed H*W/(patch_h*patch_w). If
                 provided, skips a `.item()` sync on `grid_sizes`.
+            seq_lens_int(int, optional): Accepted for signature parity with
+                the SP path (sp_attn_forward_causal). Unused here.
         """
+        del seq_lens_int
         b, s, n, d = *x.shape[:2], self.num_heads, self.head_dim
 
         # query, key, value function
@@ -270,6 +274,7 @@ def forward(
         max_attention_size=1_000_000,
         frame_seqlen=None,
         cross_attn_first_call=None,
+        seq_lens_int=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ def forward(
         y = self.self_attn(
             self.norm1(x).float() * (1 + e[1].squeeze(2)) + e[0].squeeze(2),
             seq_lens, grid_sizes, freqs, kv_cache, current_start, max_attention_size,
-            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen)
+            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen, seq_lens_int=seq_lens_int)
         with torch.amp.autocast('cuda', dtype=torch.float32):
             x = x + y * e[2].squeeze(2)
 

From 744c9802adb095da002578ee4547291ca7cebf4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prashant Patel <20832465+prashant182@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 04:57:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] refactor(kv): index_copy_ for KV-cache writes
 (multi-tenant primitive)
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E1 of the autoresearch sequence — see /workspace/lingbot-world-artifacts/EXPERIMENTS.md.

Replaces `kv_cache["k"][:, current_start:current_end] = roped_key` with
`kv_cache["k"].index_copy_(1, kv_write_index, roped_key)` in the
local_attn_size == -1 fast-path. kv_write_index is a [seq_lens]-shape
tensor built once per chunk in generate() via torch.arange and threaded
through as a kwarg.

Mirrored in both the non-SP (CausalWanSelfAttention.forward) and SP
(sp_attn_forward_causal) paths.

Why
- Multi-tenant prerequisite: at B>1 different users can be batched into
  one forward, each writing the same positions of their own KV slab.
  Slice-assign with a Python-int range works at B=1 but doesn't
  generalize cleanly; index_copy_ does.
- Graph capture: removes one of two Python-int slice sources keeping the
  DiT forward out of CUDA Graphs. (The cache READ slice
  `cache["k"][:, :local_end_index]` is still Python-int — that's the next
  experiment, E2.)

Verification
- Isolated test (test_e1_index_copy.py): B=1 and B=2, 7-chunk sequences,
  output and cache state bit-equal to slice path.
- End-to-end bench MD5 ed2f82628308a3f8acd9b7935bb84401 (locked).
- generate() 13414 ms — within noise of the post-B3 baseline (13523 ms).
  This commit ships no perf gain on its own; it's the enabler.

Defaults preserved: every new kwarg defaults to None; the slice path
remains the eager fallback for callers that don't pass kv_write_index.
---
 wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py | 22 ++++++++++++++------
 wan/image2video_fast.py              | 15 +++++++++++++-
 wan/modules/model_fast.py            | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
index 3105dd3..b25620a 100644
--- a/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
+++ b/wan/distributed/sequence_parallel.py
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
     max_attention_size=1_000_000,
     frame_seqlen=None,
     cross_attn_first_call=None,
+    kv_write_index=None,
 ):
     """
     x:                  A list of videos each with shape [C, T, H, W].
@@ -387,7 +388,8 @@ def sp_dit_forward_causal(
         max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
         frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
         cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call,
-        seq_lens_int=seq_lens_int)
+        seq_lens_int=seq_lens_int,
+        kv_write_index=kv_write_index)
 
     for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
         kwargs.update(
@@ -421,7 +423,8 @@ def sp_attn_forward_causal(
     current_start=0,
     max_attention_size=1_000_000,
     frame_seqlen=None,
-    seq_lens_int=None):
+    seq_lens_int=None,
+    kv_write_index=None):
     r"""
     Sequence-parallel causal self-attention using Ulysses all-to-all.
 
@@ -491,12 +494,19 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
     if self.local_attn_size == -1:
         # Fast path (no eviction possible — cache is global). Both indices
         # advance identically every forward, so local_end_index ==
-        # current_end and local_start_index == current_start. Python ints
-        # via current_start (kwarg) + seq_lens_int — no .item() syncs.
+        # current_end and local_start_index == current_start.
         local_end_index = current_start + seq_lens_int
         local_start_index = current_start
-        kv_cache["k"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = key
-        kv_cache["v"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = v
+        if kv_write_index is not None:
+            # Graph-stable write: index is a tensor input (shape fixed,
+            # contents vary per chunk). Lets torch.compile capture this
+            # forward once and replay across chunks instead of recompiling
+            # per current_start.
+            kv_cache["k"].index_copy_(1, kv_write_index, key)
+            kv_cache["v"].index_copy_(1, kv_write_index, v)
+        else:
+            kv_cache["k"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = key
+            kv_cache["v"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = v
     elif (current_end > kv_cache["global_end_index"].item()) and (
             seq_lens + kv_cache["local_end_index"].item() > kv_cache_size):
         # Calculate the number of new tokens added in this step
diff --git a/wan/image2video_fast.py b/wan/image2video_fast.py
index 3c68470..bd08026 100644
--- a/wan/image2video_fast.py
+++ b/wan/image2video_fast.py
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ def _noop_no_sync():
                 current_start=0,
                 max_attention_size=kv_size,
                 frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
+                kv_write_index=torch.arange(
+                    0, chunk_size * frame_seqlen,
+                    device=self.device, dtype=torch.long),
             )
 
         if dist.is_initialized():
@@ -611,6 +614,15 @@ def noop_no_sync():
                     "c2ws_plucker_emb": current_c2ws_plucker_emb.chunk(1, dim=0),
                 }
 
+                current_start_int = chunk_id * chunk_size * frame_seqlen
+                current_end_int = current_start_int + chunk_size * frame_seqlen
+                # Pre-built KV-write index. Shape [seq_lens] is fixed; only
+                # the contents shift per chunk. Lets the inner attention
+                # forward use index_copy_ instead of Python-int slice
+                # indexing, which is the gate to torch.compile / CUDA Graphs.
+                kv_write_index = torch.arange(
+                    current_start_int, current_end_int,
+                    device=self.device, dtype=torch.long)
                 kwargs = {
                     'context': [context[0]],
                     'seq_len': max_seq_len,
@@ -618,9 +630,10 @@ def noop_no_sync():
                     'dit_cond_dict': dit_cond_dict,
                     'kv_cache': self_kv_cache,
                     'crossattn_cache': cross_kv_cache,
-                    'current_start': chunk_id * chunk_size * frame_seqlen,
+                    'current_start': current_start_int,
                     'max_attention_size': kv_size if max_attention_size is None else max_attention_size,
                     'frame_seqlen': frame_seqlen,
+                    'kv_write_index': kv_write_index,
                 }
 
                 if offload_model:
diff --git a/wan/modules/model_fast.py b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
index 8cec4db..0779b1a 100644
--- a/wan/modules/model_fast.py
+++ b/wan/modules/model_fast.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def forward(
         max_attention_size=1_000_000,
         frame_seqlen=None,
         seq_lens_int=None,
+        kv_write_index=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
@@ -98,6 +99,13 @@ def forward(
                 provided, skips a `.item()` sync on `grid_sizes`.
             seq_lens_int(int, optional): Accepted for signature parity with
                 the SP path (sp_attn_forward_causal). Unused here.
+            kv_write_index(LongTensor, optional): Pre-built index tensor of
+                shape [seq_lens] holding positions [current_start ...
+                current_end-1]. When provided, the fast-path uses
+                `index_copy_` instead of Python-int slice indexing — graph-
+                stable across chunks (the tensor's *contents* vary, but its
+                shape is fixed, so torch.compile / CUDA Graphs treats it as
+                one input rather than triggering per-chunk recompiles).
         """
         del seq_lens_int
         b, s, n, d = *x.shape[:2], self.num_heads, self.head_dim
@@ -125,11 +133,19 @@ def qkv_fn(x):
             # Fast path (no eviction possible — cache is global). Both
             # indices start at 0 and advance identically every forward, so
             # local_end_index == current_end and local_start_index ==
-            # current_start. All Python ints — no .item() syncs.
+            # current_start.
             local_end_index = current_end
             local_start_index = current_start
-            kv_cache["k"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = roped_key
-            kv_cache["v"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = v
+            if kv_write_index is not None:
+                # Graph-stable write: index is a tensor input. No Python int
+                # in the slice → torch.compile / CUDA Graphs can capture
+                # this forward once and replay across chunks.
+                kv_cache["k"].index_copy_(1, kv_write_index, roped_key)
+                kv_cache["v"].index_copy_(1, kv_write_index, v)
+            else:
+                # Eager fallback for callers that don't pass kv_write_index.
+                kv_cache["k"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = roped_key
+                kv_cache["v"][:, local_start_index:local_end_index] = v
         elif (current_end > kv_cache["global_end_index"].item()) and (
                 num_new_tokens + kv_cache["local_end_index"].item() > kv_cache_size):
             # Calculate the number of new tokens added in this step
@@ -275,6 +291,7 @@ def forward(
         frame_seqlen=None,
         cross_attn_first_call=None,
         seq_lens_int=None,
+        kv_write_index=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Args:
@@ -291,7 +308,8 @@ def forward(
         y = self.self_attn(
             self.norm1(x).float() * (1 + e[1].squeeze(2)) + e[0].squeeze(2),
             seq_lens, grid_sizes, freqs, kv_cache, current_start, max_attention_size,
-            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen, seq_lens_int=seq_lens_int)
+            frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen, seq_lens_int=seq_lens_int,
+            kv_write_index=kv_write_index)
         with torch.amp.autocast('cuda', dtype=torch.float32):
             x = x + y * e[2].squeeze(2)
 
@@ -503,6 +521,7 @@ def forward(
         max_attention_size=1_000_000,
         frame_seqlen=None,
         cross_attn_first_call=None,
+        kv_write_index=None,
     ):
         r"""
         Run the diffusion model with kv caching.
@@ -616,7 +635,8 @@ def forward(
             dit_cond_dict=dit_cond_dict,
             max_attention_size=max_attention_size,
             frame_seqlen=frame_seqlen,
-            cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call)
+            cross_attn_first_call=cross_attn_first_call,
+            kv_write_index=kv_write_index)
 
         for block_index, block in enumerate(self.blocks):
             kwargs.update(