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.claude/settings.local.json

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+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [
+      "Bash(python -m pytest)"
+    ]
+  }
+}

.gitignore

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+__pycache__

AGENTS.md

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+# llamacpp-ha — Agent instructions
+
+## Project overview
+
+`llamacpp-ha` is a slot-aware load balancer for llama.cpp servers. It exposes a single OpenAI-compatible HTTP API and distributes inference requests across multiple backends using a global request queue, per-backend slot tracking, and session affinity. The codebase is pure Python 3.13 async with FastAPI + aiohttp.
+
+## Commands
+
+```bash
+# Install (editable, with test deps)
+pip install -e ".[test]"
+
+# Run all tests
+python -m pytest
+
+# Run a single test file
+python -m pytest tests/test_scheduler.py -v
+
+# Start the proxy
+llamacpp-ha --config config.json
+```
+
+## Architecture
+
+All source lives in `src/llamacpp_ha/`. Module responsibilities:
+
+| Module | Responsibility |
+|---|---|
+| `config.py` | `BackendConfig` + `ProxyConfig` (pydantic-settings, `LLAMACPP_HA_` env prefix) |
+| `registry.py` | Polls `/health`, `/v1/models`, `/slots` on each backend; maintains live/dead state |
+| `slot_tracker.py` | Per-backend `asyncio.Condition`; `acquire()` blocks until a slot is free |
+| `queue.py` | FIFO `asyncio.Future` queue; `asyncio.Event` wakeup for the scheduler |
+| `scheduler.py` | Drains the queue, resolves futures with a chosen `BackendState`; `notify_slot_released()` triggers re-drain |
+| `policies.py` | `RoundRobinPolicy` — per-model atomic counter over `BackendCandidate` list |
+| `session_store.py` | SHA-256 prefix hash → preferred backend; TTL eviction |
+| `forwarder.py` | aiohttp outbound request; streaming SSE via `iter_chunked`; releases slot in `finally` |
+| `middleware.py` | `ApiKeyMiddleware` — `Bearer` token validation; `/monitor` and `/monitor/data` are exempt |
+| `monitor.py` | `ProxyStats` dataclass + `build_router()` for `/monitor` (HTML) and `/monitor/data` (JSON) |
+| `proxy.py` | `create_app()` — wires all components; registers FastAPI routes; lifespan manages tasks |
+| `__main__.py` | CLI entry point (`llamacpp-ha` script) |
+
+## Critical design invariants
+
+**Slot release must be awaited, not task-spawned.** `SlotTracker.release()` is `async` and must be `await`ed directly. Scheduling it as a task causes a race where the scheduler checks `has_free_slot()` before the release runs. This applies in `forwarder.py` (both the streaming `finally` block and the error path).
+
+**`QueueEntry.future` has no default.** The `future` field is `None` by default. Callers must create it explicitly: `entry.future = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()`. Never use `asyncio.get_event_loop()` — it is deprecated in async contexts.
+
+**`build_router()` creates a new `APIRouter` instance each call.** The router must not be a module-level singleton; doing so causes route handlers to share state across test cases.
+
+**`ProxyStats` is per-app.** Created in `create_app()` and passed into `build_router()`. Never use module-level counters or timestamps in `monitor.py`.
+
+**`scheduler.start()` is `def`, not `async def`.** It creates a task; it does not need to be awaited.
+
+**`asyncio.shield` in `_dispatch`.** The queue entry future is shielded so that a client timeout doesn't cancel the backend dispatch. On timeout, the entry is removed from the queue and the future is cancelled manually.
+
+## Testing
+
+- Tests are in `tests/` using `unittest` (not pytest-native style), with `IsolatedAsyncioTestCase` for async tests.
+- `pytest.ini_options` sets `asyncio_mode = "auto"` so async test methods run without additional decorators.
+- Integration tests (`test_integration.py`) use `with TestClient(app) as client:` — the context manager form is required to run the FastAPI lifespan (which starts the scheduler and opens the aiohttp session).
+- Test helpers: `_entry(**kwargs)` creates a `QueueEntry` with a future attached via `asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()`.
+- All 113 tests must pass: `python -m pytest` should exit 0.
+
+## Style
+
+- Python 3.13+; use `from __future__ import annotations` in all modules.
+- No comments unless the WHY is non-obvious (hidden constraint, asyncio race, workaround).
+- No docstrings on internal helpers.
+- Type annotations on all public functions and dataclass fields.
+- `asyncio.get_running_loop()` everywhere; never `asyncio.get_event_loop()`.

CLAUDE.md

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+@AGENTS.md

README.md

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+# llamacpp-ha
+
+Smart load balancer for [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp) servers. Presents a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint while distributing inference requests across multiple backends with slot-aware scheduling, session affinity, model-affinity reordering, and a live monitor page.
+
+## Features
+
+- **OpenAI-compatible API** — drop-in replacement for any client using `/v1/chat/completions`, `/v1/completions`, `/v1/embeddings`, `/v1/models`, etc.
+- **Slot-aware scheduling** — tracks each backend's inference slot capacity (from `/slots`) and queues requests instead of sending them to overloaded backends
+- **Preemption prevention** — optional `max_models` limit per backend prevents llama.cpp from evicting a running model's KV cache when a new model request arrives
+- **Model-affinity reordering** — queued requests for an already-loaded model can be promoted ahead of waiting requests (configurable with starvation protection)
+- **Session affinity** — routes follow-up turns in a conversation back to the same backend, improving KV-cache reuse
+- **Round-robin policy** — distributes load evenly across backends per model
+- **Backend health polling** — continuously polls `/health` and `/v1/models`; removes dead backends from rotation automatically; resets slot counters on recovery
+- **Request queue** — FIFO queue with configurable timeout; returns 503 with a JSON error body when no slot becomes available in time
+- **API key auth** — optional `Bearer` token validation; the proxy rewrites outbound auth to match each backend's own key
+- **Monitor page** — self-contained HTML dashboard at `/monitor` (no CDN dependencies); auto-refreshes every 3 seconds
+- **Catch-all proxy** — non-inference paths are forwarded best-effort to a live backend
+
+## Requirements
+
+- Python 3.13+
+- llama.cpp server(s) with `--slots` endpoint enabled
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+pip install .
+# or in editable mode for development:
+pip install -e ".[test]"
+```
+
+## Quick start
+
+Copy the example config and edit it:
+
+```bash
+cp config.json.example config.json
+llamacpp-ha --config config.json
+```
+
+The proxy starts on `http://0.0.0.0:8080` by default.
+
+## Configuration
+
+Configuration is a JSON file. All fields also accept environment variable overrides with the `LLAMACPP_HA_` prefix (nested fields use `__` as delimiter).
+
+```json
+{
+  "host": "0.0.0.0",
+  "port": 8080,
+  "api_keys": ["your-secret-key"],
+  "poll_interval": 5,
+  "slot_wait_timeout": 30,
+  "session_idle_ttl": 300,
+  "default_max_models": 1,
+  "max_queue_skip": 4,
+  "backends": [
+    {
+      "url": "http://localhost:8081",
+      "api_key": null,
+      "model_ids": [],
+      "max_models": 1
+    },
+    {
+      "url": "http://localhost:8082",
+      "api_key": "backend-secret",
+      "model_ids": ["llama3"]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### Global fields
+
+| Field | Default | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| `host` | `0.0.0.0` | Listen address |
+| `port` | `8080` | Listen port |
+| `api_keys` | `[]` | Accepted bearer tokens. Empty = no auth. |
+| `poll_interval` | `5.0` | Seconds between backend health polls |
+| `slot_wait_timeout` | `30.0` | Max seconds a request waits for a free slot |
+| `session_idle_ttl` | `300.0` | Seconds before an idle session is evicted |
+| `default_max_models` | `null` | Maximum concurrent models per backend (null = unlimited). Applied to backends that do not set their own `max_models`. |
+| `max_queue_skip` | `0` | How many times a queued request may be bypassed by a model-affinity promotion before it is frozen at head-of-line. `0` disables reordering. |
+
+### Per-backend fields
+
+| Field | Default | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| `url` | required | Backend base URL |
+| `api_key` | `null` | Injected as `Authorization: Bearer <key>` on outbound requests; client key is stripped |
+| `model_ids` | `[]` | Override the model list instead of polling `/v1/models` |
+| `max_models` | `null` | Maximum concurrent distinct models on this backend. Overrides `default_max_models`. `null` = unlimited. |
+
+### Environment variable overrides
+
+```bash
+LLAMACPP_HA_PORT=9090 llamacpp-ha --config config.json
+LLAMACPP_HA_API_KEYS='["key1","key2"]' llamacpp-ha --config config.json
+```
+
+## Preemption prevention (`max_models`)
+
+llama.cpp evicts the current model's KV cache when a different model is loaded, which can interrupt an in-flight request. Setting `max_models: 1` on a backend tells the proxy to block requests for a second model until all slots for the first model are released.
+
+```json
+{
+  "default_max_models": 1,
+  "backends": [
+    {"url": "http://localhost:8081"},
+    {"url": "http://localhost:8082"}
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+With this configuration each backend serves exactly one model at a time. When both backends are busy with different models, a third request waits in the queue until a slot is freed on a compatible backend.
+
+Set `default_max_models: 2` (or higher) to allow two models to share a backend's slots simultaneously when hardware permits.
+
+## Model-affinity reordering (`max_queue_skip`)
+
+By default the queue is strict FIFO. Setting `max_queue_skip` to a positive integer enables a two-phase dispatch:
+
+1. **Affinity pass** — scans the queue for requests whose model is already active on a free backend. Matching requests are promoted and dispatched immediately, bypassing earlier entries.
+2. **FIFO pass** — remaining entries are dispatched in arrival order.
+
+Each time a request is bypassed, its `skip_count` is incremented. Once `skip_count` reaches `max_queue_skip` the entry is frozen at head-of-line and blocks the affinity pass — preventing indefinite starvation.
+
+```json
+{
+  "max_queue_skip": 4
+}
+```
+
+This trades strict fairness for throughput: a warm model serves back-to-back requests without stalling for a cold-start on another model, while the `max_queue_skip` cap guarantees every request is eventually served.
+
+## CLI reference
+
+```
+llamacpp-ha [--config PATH] [--host HOST] [--port PORT] [--log-level LEVEL]
+```
+
+`--config` defaults to `config.json` in the current directory. `--host` and `--port` override the values in the config file.
+
+## API endpoints
+
+| Method | Path | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| `GET` | `/health` | Returns `{"status":"ok"}` if at least one backend is live, 503 otherwise |
+| `GET` | `/v1/models` | Aggregated model list across all live backends |
+| `POST` | `/v1/chat/completions` | Slot-gated, session-aware inference (streaming supported) |
+| `POST` | `/v1/completions` | Same as above |
+| `POST` | `/v1/embeddings` | Slot-gated pass-through |
+| `POST` | `/v1/images/*`, `/v1/audio/*` | Slot-gated pass-through |
+| `*` | `/*` | Best-effort forward to any live backend |
+| `GET` | `/monitor` | HTML dashboard |
+| `GET` | `/monitor/data` | Dashboard data as JSON (exempt from API key auth) |
+
+### Session affinity
+
+The proxy assigns a session ID to every request. It is sent back via both a cookie (`x-llm-session`) and a response header (`X-Session-ID`). Clients can echo either on subsequent requests to pin their conversation to the same backend. The affinity record expires after `session_idle_ttl` seconds of inactivity.
+
+### Streaming
+
+SSE streaming responses (`text/event-stream`) are passed through transparently. The backend slot is held for the duration of the stream and released when the final chunk is sent.
+
+## Monitor
+
+Open `http://localhost:8080/monitor` in a browser. The page polls `/monitor/data` every 3 seconds and shows:
+
+- Uptime, total requests served, queue depth, active sessions, live backend count
+- Per-backend: URL, live/dead status, models, slot usage (`acquired/total`), time since last poll
+- Current queue contents with wait time and estimated token count
+- Active sessions grouped by model
+
+The monitor page and its data endpoint are exempt from API key authentication.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+client
+  │
+  ▼
+ApiKeyMiddleware
+  │
+  ▼
+FastAPI app (proxy.py)
+  ├── GET /v1/models         ──► BackendRegistry.get_all_models()
+  ├── POST /v1/chat/...      ──► RequestQueue ──► Scheduler ──► SlotTracker
+  │                                                              │
+  │                                               BackendState ◄─┘
+  │                                                    │
+  │                                               forwarder.py ──► aiohttp ──► backend
+  ├── GET /health
+  ├── GET /monitor[/data]    ──► monitor.py
+  └── /* catch-all           ──► forwarder.forward_best_effort()
+
+BackendRegistry              polls /health + /v1/models + /slots every poll_interval;
+                             calls on_backend_recovered when a dead backend comes back live
+SlotTracker                  asyncio.Condition per backend; acquire blocks until slot free;
+                             enforces max_models (preemption prevention)
+SessionStore                 SHA-256 prefix hash → preferred backend URL; TTL eviction
+RequestQueue                 FIFO asyncio.Future queue; asyncio.Event for wakeup
+Scheduler                    two-phase dispatch (affinity pass + FIFO); N-skip reordering
+RoundRobinPolicy             per-model atomic counter for backend selection
+```
+
+## Development
+
+```bash
+# Install with test dependencies
+pip install -e ".[test]"
+
+# Run all tests
+python -m pytest
+
+# Run a specific module
+python -m pytest tests/test_scheduler.py -v
+```
+
+Tests use `unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase` for async tests and Starlette's `TestClient` as a context manager for integration tests that require the full lifespan (aiohttp session, scheduler, registry).
+
+## License
+
+MIT

config.json.example

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+{
+  "host": "0.0.0.0",
+  "port": 8080,
+  "api_keys": ["your-secret-key"],
+  "poll_interval": 5,
+  "slot_wait_timeout": 30,
+  "session_idle_ttl": 300,
+  "backends": [
+    {
+      "url": "http://localhost:8081",
+      "api_key": null,
+      "model_ids": []
+    },
+    {
+      "url": "http://localhost:8082",
+      "api_key": "backend-secret",
+      "model_ids": ["llama3"]
+    }
+  ]
+}

pyproject.toml

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+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "llamacpp-ha"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Smart load balancer for llama.cpp servers"
+requires-python = ">=3.13"
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.115",
+    "uvicorn[standard]>=0.32",
+    "aiohttp>=3.11",
+    "pydantic-settings>=2.7",
+    "pydantic>=2.10",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "httpx>=0.28",
+    "pytest>=8",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.24",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+llamacpp-ha = "llamacpp_ha.__main__:main"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["src/llamacpp_ha"]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+asyncio_mode = "auto"
+testpaths = ["tests"]

src/llamacpp_ha/__main__.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import sys
+
+import uvicorn
+
+from .config import ProxyConfig
+from .proxy import create_app
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="llamacpp-ha load balancer")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--config",
+        default="config.json",
+        help="Path to JSON config file (default: config.json)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--host", help="Override listen host")
+    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, help="Override listen port")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--log-level",
+        default="info",
+        choices=["debug", "info", "warning", "error"],
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=args.log_level.upper(),
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s",
+    )
+
+    overrides = {}
+    if args.host:
+        overrides["host"] = args.host
+    if args.port:
+        overrides["port"] = args.port
+
+    try:
+        config = ProxyConfig.from_file(args.config, **overrides)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"Config file not found: {args.config}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    app = create_app(config)
+    uvicorn.run(app, host=config.host, port=config.port, log_level=args.log_level)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/llamacpp_ha/config.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from typing import Any
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, field_validator
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
+
+
+class BackendConfig(BaseModel):
+    url: str
+    api_key: str | None = None
+    model_ids: list[str] = []
+    # Maximum number of distinct models allowed in-flight simultaneously on this
+    # backend.  Set to 1 for llama.cpp to prevent mid-request model preemption.
+    # None means the backend handles concurrency itself (no proxy-level limit).
+    max_models: int | None = None
+
+    @field_validator("url")
+    @classmethod
+    def strip_trailing_slash(cls, v: str) -> str:
+        return v.rstrip("/")
+
+
+class ProxyConfig(BaseSettings):
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
+        env_prefix="LLAMACPP_HA_",
+        env_nested_delimiter="__",
+    )
+
+    host: str = "0.0.0.0"
+    port: int = 8080
+    api_keys: list[str] = []
+    poll_interval: float = 5.0
+    slot_wait_timeout: float = 30.0
+    session_idle_ttl: float = 300.0
+    default_slot_capacity: int = 1
+    # Fallback max_models applied to any backend that does not set its own.
+    # None = unlimited.  Set to 1 globally when all backends are llama.cpp.
+    default_max_models: int | None = None
+    # How many queue positions a model-affinity request may skip ahead.
+    # 0 = pure FIFO (default).  N > 0 enables reordering: the scheduler looks
+    # for a request matching an already-active model and can promote it up to N
+    # positions; each bypassed entry accumulates a skip count and is immune to
+    # further skipping once it reaches N.
+    max_queue_skip: int = 0
+    backends: list[BackendConfig] = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_file(cls, path: str, **overrides: Any) -> "ProxyConfig":
+        with open(path) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+        data.update(overrides)
+        return cls(**data)

src/llamacpp_ha/forwarder.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from typing import AsyncIterator
+
+import aiohttp
+from fastapi import Request
+from fastapi.responses import Response, StreamingResponse
+from starlette.datastructures import Headers
+
+from .registry import BackendState
+from .scheduler import Scheduler
+from .slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_STREAM_CHUNK = 8192
+_HOP_BY_HOP = frozenset(
+    [
+        "connection",
+        "keep-alive",
+        "proxy-authenticate",
+        "proxy-authorization",
+        "te",
+        "trailers",
+        "transfer-encoding",
+        "upgrade",
+        "content-encoding",
+        "content-length",
+    ]
+)
+
+
+def _forward_headers(request: Request, backend: BackendState) -> dict[str, str]:
+    headers: dict[str, str] = {}
+    for name, value in request.headers.items():
+        if name.lower() not in _HOP_BY_HOP and name.lower() != "host":
+            headers[name] = value
+
+    if backend.config.api_key:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {backend.config.api_key}"
+    else:
+        headers.pop("Authorization", None)
+        headers.pop("authorization", None)
+
+    return headers
+
+
+async def forward_request(
+    request: Request,
+    backend: BackendState,
+    session: aiohttp.ClientSession,
+    slot_tracker: SlotTracker,
+    scheduler: Scheduler,
+    model_id: str = "",
+    path_override: str | None = None,
+) -> Response:
+    path = path_override or request.url.path
+    query = request.url.query
+    target = backend.url + path + (f"?{query}" if query else "")
+    headers = _forward_headers(request, backend)
+    body = await request.body()
+
+    try:
+        resp_ctx = session.request(
+            method=request.method,
+            url=target,
+            headers=headers,
+            data=body if body else None,
+            allow_redirects=False,
+        )
+
+        resp = await resp_ctx.__aenter__()
+
+        content_type = resp.headers.get("Content-Type", "")
+        is_streaming = "text/event-stream" in content_type
+
+        response_headers = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in resp.headers.items()
+            if k.lower() not in _HOP_BY_HOP
+        }
+
+        if is_streaming:
+            async def generate() -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
+                try:
+                    async for chunk in resp.content.iter_chunked(_STREAM_CHUNK):
+                        yield chunk
+                finally:
+                    await resp_ctx.__aexit__(None, None, None)
+                    await slot_tracker.release(backend.url, model_id)
+                    scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+
+            return StreamingResponse(
+                generate(),
+                status_code=resp.status,
+                headers=response_headers,
+                media_type=content_type,
+            )
+        else:
+            try:
+                data = await resp.read()
+            finally:
+                await resp_ctx.__aexit__(None, None, None)
+            await slot_tracker.release(backend.url, model_id)
+            scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+            return Response(
+                content=data,
+                status_code=resp.status,
+                headers=response_headers,
+                media_type=content_type,
+            )
+
+    except Exception as exc:
+        log.error("Forward error to %s: %s", backend.url, exc)
+        await slot_tracker.release(backend.url, model_id)
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+        raise
+
+
+async def forward_best_effort(
+    request: Request,
+    registry_backends: list[BackendState],
+    session: aiohttp.ClientSession,
+) -> Response:
+    """Forward without slot gating to any live backend (catch-all paths)."""
+    if not registry_backends:
+        return Response(content="No live backends", status_code=503)
+
+    backend = registry_backends[0]
+    path = request.url.path
+    query = request.url.query
+    target = backend.url + path + (f"?{query}" if query else "")
+    headers = _forward_headers(request, backend)
+    body = await request.body()
+
+    try:
+        async with session.request(
+            method=request.method,
+            url=target,
+            headers=headers,
+            data=body if body else None,
+            allow_redirects=False,
+        ) as resp:
+            content_type = resp.headers.get("Content-Type", "")
+            response_headers = {
+                k: v
+                for k, v in resp.headers.items()
+                if k.lower() not in _HOP_BY_HOP
+            }
+            data = await resp.read()
+            return Response(
+                content=data,
+                status_code=resp.status,
+                headers=response_headers,
+                media_type=content_type,
+            )
+    except Exception as exc:
+        log.error("Best-effort forward error: %s", exc)
+        return Response(content="Backend error", status_code=502)

src/llamacpp_ha/middleware.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from fastapi import Request, Response
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+from starlette.types import ASGIApp
+
+_EXEMPT_PATHS = frozenset(["/monitor", "/monitor/data"])
+
+
+class ApiKeyMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, api_keys: list[str]) -> None:
+        super().__init__(app)
+        self._keys: frozenset[str] = frozenset(api_keys)
+
+    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next) -> Response:
+        if not self._keys:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        if request.url.path in _EXEMPT_PATHS:
+            return await call_next(request)
+
+        auth = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+        if not auth.startswith("Bearer "):
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": {"message": "Missing or invalid API key", "type": "auth_error"}},
+                status_code=401,
+            )
+        token = auth[len("Bearer "):]
+        if token not in self._keys:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": {"message": "Invalid API key", "type": "auth_error"}},
+                status_code=401,
+            )
+
+        return await call_next(request)

src/llamacpp_ha/monitor.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse
+
+from .queue import RequestQueue
+from .registry import BackendRegistry
+from .session_store import SessionStore
+from .slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ProxyStats:
+    """Per-app counters and timing. Created by create_app, passed to build_router."""
+    start_time: float = field(default_factory=time.monotonic)
+    total_requests: int = 0
+
+    def increment_requests(self) -> None:
+        self.total_requests += 1
+
+    def uptime_str(self) -> str:
+        secs = int(time.monotonic() - self.start_time)
+        h, remainder = divmod(secs, 3600)
+        m, s = divmod(remainder, 60)
+        return f"{h:02d}:{m:02d}:{s:02d}"
+
+
+_HTML = """<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="UTF-8">
+<title>llamacpp-ha Monitor</title>
+<style>
+  * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+  body { font-family: monospace; background: #0d1117; color: #c9d1d9; padding: 20px; }
+  h1 { color: #58a6ff; margin-bottom: 4px; font-size: 1.4em; }
+  .subtitle { color: #8b949e; font-size: 0.85em; margin-bottom: 20px; }
+  h2 { color: #79c0ff; margin: 20px 0 8px; font-size: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
+  table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0.85em; }
+  th { background: #161b22; color: #8b949e; text-align: left; padding: 6px 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #30363d; }
+  td { padding: 6px 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #21262d; }
+  tr:hover td { background: #161b22; }
+  .badge { display: inline-block; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 10px; font-size: 0.8em; }
+  .badge-live { background: #0f2c12; color: #3fb950; }
+  .badge-dead { background: #2c0f0f; color: #f85149; }
+  .slots { color: #d29922; }
+  .empty { color: #484f58; font-style: italic; }
+  #status { float: right; font-size: 0.8em; color: #8b949e; }
+  .summary { display: flex; gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 10px 0 20px; }
+  .stat { background: #161b22; border: 1px solid #30363d; border-radius: 6px; padding: 10px 16px; }
+  .stat-val { font-size: 1.6em; color: #58a6ff; }
+  .stat-label { font-size: 0.75em; color: #8b949e; margin-top: 2px; }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>llamacpp-ha <span id="status">loading...</span></h1>
+<div class="subtitle">Smart Load Balancer for llama.cpp</div>
+
+<div class="summary">
+  <div class="stat"><div class="stat-val" id="uptime">-</div><div class="stat-label">Uptime</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="stat-val" id="total-req">-</div><div class="stat-label">Requests Served</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="stat-val" id="queue-depth">-</div><div class="stat-label">Queue Depth</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="stat-val" id="session-count">-</div><div class="stat-label">Active Sessions</div></div>
+  <div class="stat"><div class="stat-val" id="live-count">-</div><div class="stat-label">Live Backends</div></div>
+</div>
+
+<h2>Backends</h2>
+<table>
+  <thead><tr><th>URL</th><th>Status</th><th>Models</th><th>Slots</th><th>Last Poll</th></tr></thead>
+  <tbody id="backends-body"><tr><td colspan="5" class="empty">Loading...</td></tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+<h2>Queue</h2>
+<table>
+  <thead><tr><th>Request ID</th><th>Model</th><th>Session</th><th>Wait (s)</th><th>Est. Tokens</th></tr></thead>
+  <tbody id="queue-body"><tr><td colspan="5" class="empty">Queue is empty</td></tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+<h2>Sessions by Model</h2>
+<table>
+  <thead><tr><th>Model</th><th>Active Sessions</th></tr></thead>
+  <tbody id="sessions-body"><tr><td colspan="2" class="empty">No active sessions</td></tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+<script>
+(function() {
+  function esc(s) {
+    return String(s).replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;');
+  }
+
+  function render(data) {
+    document.getElementById('uptime').textContent = data.uptime;
+    document.getElementById('total-req').textContent = data.total_requests;
+    document.getElementById('queue-depth').textContent = data.queue_depth;
+    document.getElementById('session-count').textContent = data.session_count;
+    document.getElementById('live-count').textContent = data.live_backend_count;
+
+    const bBody = document.getElementById('backends-body');
+    if (!data.backends.length) {
+      bBody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="5" class="empty">No backends configured</td></tr>';
+    } else {
+      bBody.innerHTML = data.backends.map(b => {
+        const badge = b.live
+          ? '<span class="badge badge-live">live</span>'
+          : '<span class="badge badge-dead">dead</span>';
+        const models = b.models.length ? esc(b.models.join(', ')) : '<span class="empty">none</span>';
+        const slots = `<span class="slots">${b.slots_acquired}/${b.slots_total}</span>`;
+        const age = b.last_poll_age == null ? '<span class="empty">never</span>' : esc(b.last_poll_age.toFixed(1)) + 's';
+        return `<tr><td>${esc(b.url)}</td><td>${badge}</td><td>${models}</td><td>${slots}</td><td>${age}</td></tr>`;
+      }).join('');
+    }
+
+    const qBody = document.getElementById('queue-body');
+    if (!data.queue.length) {
+      qBody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="5" class="empty">Queue is empty</td></tr>';
+    } else {
+      qBody.innerHTML = data.queue.map(e => {
+        const tok = e.estimated_tokens != null ? esc(e.estimated_tokens) : '<span class="empty">-</span>';
+        const sid = e.session_id ? esc(e.session_id) : '<span class="empty">-</span>';
+        return `<tr><td>${esc(e.request_id.slice(0,12))}</td><td>${esc(e.model_id||'-')}</td><td>${sid}</td><td>${esc(e.wait_seconds.toFixed(2))}</td><td>${tok}</td></tr>`;
+      }).join('');
+    }
+
+    const sBody = document.getElementById('sessions-body');
+    const sbm = data.sessions_by_model;
+    const keys = Object.keys(sbm);
+    if (!keys.length) {
+      sBody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="2" class="empty">No active sessions</td></tr>';
+    } else {
+      sBody.innerHTML = keys.map(m =>
+        `<tr><td>${esc(m)}</td><td>${esc(sbm[m])}</td></tr>`
+      ).join('');
+    }
+
+    document.getElementById('status').textContent = 'updated ' + new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
+  }
+
+  function poll() {
+    fetch('/monitor/data')
+      .then(r => r.json())
+      .then(render)
+      .catch(err => {
+        document.getElementById('status').textContent = 'error: ' + err.message;
+      });
+  }
+
+  poll();
+  setInterval(poll, 3000);
+})();
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
+"""
+
+
+def build_router(
+    registry: BackendRegistry,
+    slot_tracker: SlotTracker,
+    request_queue: RequestQueue,
+    session_store: SessionStore,
+    stats: ProxyStats,
+) -> APIRouter:
+    router = APIRouter()
+
+    @router.get("/monitor", response_class=HTMLResponse, include_in_schema=False)
+    async def monitor_page() -> HTMLResponse:
+        return HTMLResponse(content=_HTML)
+
+    @router.get("/monitor/data", include_in_schema=False)
+    async def monitor_data() -> JSONResponse:
+        states = registry.get_all_states()
+        backends_data = []
+        for state in states:
+            acquired, total = slot_tracker.usage(state.url)
+            age = state.last_poll_age
+            backends_data.append(
+                {
+                    "url": state.url,
+                    "live": state.live,
+                    "models": list(state.models),
+                    "slots_acquired": acquired,
+                    "slots_total": total,
+                    "last_poll_age": None if age == float("inf") else round(age, 1),
+                }
+            )
+
+        queue_snapshot = await request_queue.snapshot()
+        session_count = await session_store.count()
+        sessions_by_model = await session_store.count_by_model()
+        live_count = sum(1 for s in states if s.live)
+
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {
+                "uptime": stats.uptime_str(),
+                "total_requests": stats.total_requests,
+                "queue_depth": len(queue_snapshot),
+                "session_count": session_count,
+                "live_backend_count": live_count,
+                "backends": backends_data,
+                "queue": queue_snapshot,
+                "sessions_by_model": sessions_by_model,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return router

src/llamacpp_ha/policies.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BackendCandidate:
+    """Minimal view of a backend passed to routing policies."""
+    url: str
+    index: int  # position in the original backends list
+
+
+class RoutingPolicy(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def select(self, model_id: str, candidates: list[BackendCandidate]) -> BackendCandidate:
+        """Select one backend from the candidate list for the given model."""
+
+
+class RoundRobinPolicy(RoutingPolicy):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._counters: dict[str, int] = {}
+
+    def select(self, model_id: str, candidates: list[BackendCandidate]) -> BackendCandidate:
+        if not candidates:
+            raise ValueError("No candidates available")
+        count = self._counters.get(model_id, 0)
+        chosen = candidates[count % len(candidates)]
+        self._counters[model_id] = count + 1
+        return chosen

src/llamacpp_ha/proxy.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import logging
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator
+
+import aiohttp
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, Response
+
+from .config import ProxyConfig
+from .forwarder import forward_best_effort, forward_request
+from .middleware import ApiKeyMiddleware
+from .monitor import ProxyStats, build_router as build_monitor_router
+from .policies import RoundRobinPolicy
+from .queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+from .registry import BackendRegistry, BackendState
+from .scheduler import Scheduler
+from .session_store import SessionStore
+from .slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_APPLICATION_JSON = "application/json"
+_SESSION_COOKIE = "x-llm-session"
+_SESSION_HEADER = "X-Session-ID"
+_SLOT_GATED_PATHS = [
+    "/v1/chat/completions",
+    "/v1/completions",
+    "/v1/embeddings",
+    "/v1/images/generations",
+    "/v1/images/edits",
+    "/v1/images/variations",
+    "/v1/audio/speech",
+    "/v1/audio/transcriptions",
+    "/v1/audio/translations",
+]
+
+
+class _HttpSession:
+    """Mutable holder for the shared aiohttp session, created inside lifespan."""
+
+    __slots__ = ("client",)
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.client: aiohttp.ClientSession | None = None
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Pure helpers
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def _estimate_tokens(body: dict) -> int | None:
+    msgs = body.get("messages", [])
+    if not msgs:
+        prompt = body.get("prompt", "")
+        if isinstance(prompt, str):
+            return max(1, len(prompt) // 4)
+        return None
+    total = 0
+    for m in msgs:
+        content = m.get("content", "")
+        if isinstance(content, str):
+            total += max(1, len(content) // 4)
+    return total or None
+
+
+def _get_model(body: dict) -> str:
+    return body.get("model", "")
+
+
+def _session_id_from(request: Request) -> str | None:
+    return (
+        request.cookies.get(_SESSION_COOKIE)
+        or request.headers.get(_SESSION_HEADER)
+    )
+
+
+def _attach_session(response: Response, session_id: str) -> None:
+    response.set_cookie(
+        _SESSION_COOKIE, session_id, httponly=True, samesite="lax", secure=True
+    )
+    response.headers[_SESSION_HEADER] = session_id
+
+
+def _init_slot_tracker(
+    registry: BackendRegistry,
+    slot_tracker: SlotTracker,
+    default_max_models: int | None,
+) -> None:
+    for state in registry.get_all_states():
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity(state.url, state.slot_capacity)
+        effective_max = (
+            state.config.max_models
+            if state.config.max_models is not None
+            else default_max_models
+        )
+        slot_tracker.set_max_models(state.url, effective_max)
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Background tasks
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async def _sync_capacities(
+    registry: BackendRegistry, slot_tracker: SlotTracker, interval: float
+) -> None:
+    while True:
+        await asyncio.sleep(interval)
+        for state in registry.get_all_states():
+            slot_tracker.set_capacity(state.url, state.slot_capacity)
+
+
+async def _expire_sessions(session_store: SessionStore) -> None:
+    while True:
+        await asyncio.sleep(60)
+        await session_store.expire()
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Route handlers (bound to app components via functools.partial)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async def _dispatch_entry(
+    request_queue: RequestQueue,
+    stats: ProxyStats,
+    config: ProxyConfig,
+    model_id: str,
+    session_id: str | None,
+    body: dict,
+) -> BackendState | JSONResponse:
+    stats.increment_requests()
+    loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    entry = QueueEntry(
+        model_id=model_id,
+        session_id=session_id,
+        estimated_tokens=_estimate_tokens(body),
+        future=loop.create_future(),
+    )
+    await request_queue.enqueue(entry)
+    try:
+        backend: BackendState = await asyncio.wait_for(
+            asyncio.shield(entry.future),
+            timeout=config.slot_wait_timeout,
+        )
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+        await request_queue.remove(entry)
+        if not entry.future.done():
+            entry.future.cancel()
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": {"message": "No slot available (timeout)", "type": "overloaded"}},
+            status_code=503,
+        )
+    return backend
+
+
+def _list_models(*, registry: BackendRegistry) -> JSONResponse:
+    models = registry.get_all_models()
+    data = [
+        {"id": m, "object": "model", "created": 0, "owned_by": "llamacpp-ha"}
+        for m in models
+    ]
+    return JSONResponse({"object": "list", "data": data})
+
+
+def _health(*, registry: BackendRegistry) -> Response:
+    if registry.get_all_live_backends():
+        return Response(content='{"status":"ok"}', media_type=_APPLICATION_JSON)
+    return Response(
+        content='{"status":"no live backends"}',
+        status_code=503,
+        media_type=_APPLICATION_JSON,
+    )
+
+
+async def _catch_all(
+    request: Request,
+    *,
+    http: _HttpSession,
+    registry: BackendRegistry,
+    stats: ProxyStats,
+) -> Response:
+    if http.client is None:
+        return Response(content="Proxy not ready", status_code=503)
+    stats.increment_requests()
+    live = registry.get_all_live_backends()
+    return await forward_best_effort(request, live, http.client)
+
+
+async def _inference_endpoint(
+    request: Request,
+    *,
+    http: _HttpSession,
+    slot_tracker: SlotTracker,
+    scheduler: Scheduler,
+    session_store: SessionStore,
+    request_queue: RequestQueue,
+    stats: ProxyStats,
+    config: ProxyConfig,
+) -> Response:
+    if http.client is None:
+        return Response(
+            content='{"error":{"message":"Proxy not ready","type":"server_error"}}',
+            status_code=503,
+            media_type=_APPLICATION_JSON,
+        )
+
+    raw = await request.body()
+    try:
+        body: dict[str, Any] = json.loads(raw) if raw else {}
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        body = {}
+
+    model_id = _get_model(body)
+    session_id = _session_id_from(request) or session_store.new_session_id()
+
+    result = await _dispatch_entry(
+        request_queue, stats, config, model_id, session_id, body
+    )
+    if isinstance(result, Response):
+        return result
+
+    backend = result
+    if model_id:
+        messages = body.get("messages", [])
+        await session_store.update(
+            session_id,
+            model_id=model_id,
+            messages=messages if messages else None,
+            preferred_backend=backend.url,
+        )
+
+    response = await forward_request(
+        request=request,
+        backend=backend,
+        session=http.client,
+        slot_tracker=slot_tracker,
+        scheduler=scheduler,
+        model_id=model_id,
+    )
+    _attach_session(response, session_id)
+    return response
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# App factory
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def create_app(config: ProxyConfig) -> FastAPI:
+    slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+    session_store = SessionStore(ttl=config.session_idle_ttl)
+    request_queue = RequestQueue()
+    stats = ProxyStats()
+    http = _HttpSession()
+
+    async def _on_backend_recovered(url: str) -> None:
+        await slot_tracker.reset_acquired(url)
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+
+    registry = BackendRegistry(config, on_backend_recovered=_on_backend_recovered)
+    scheduler = Scheduler(
+        queue=request_queue,
+        registry=registry,
+        slot_tracker=slot_tracker,
+        session_store=session_store,
+        policy=RoundRobinPolicy(),
+        max_queue_skip=config.max_queue_skip,
+    )
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> AsyncGenerator[None, None]:
+        http.client = aiohttp.ClientSession(
+            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=300),
+            connector=aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False),
+        )
+        _init_slot_tracker(registry, slot_tracker, config.default_max_models)
+        registry.start()
+        scheduler.start()
+        cap_task = asyncio.create_task(
+            _sync_capacities(registry, slot_tracker, config.poll_interval),
+            name="capacity-sync",
+        )
+        expire_task = asyncio.create_task(
+            _expire_sessions(session_store), name="session-expiry"
+        )
+        yield
+        cap_task.cancel()
+        expire_task.cancel()
+        await scheduler.stop()
+        await registry.stop()
+        if http.client:
+            await http.client.close()
+
+    app = FastAPI(title="llamacpp-ha", lifespan=lifespan)
+    app.add_middleware(ApiKeyMiddleware, api_keys=config.api_keys)
+    app.include_router(
+        build_monitor_router(
+            registry=registry,
+            slot_tracker=slot_tracker,
+            request_queue=request_queue,
+            session_store=session_store,
+            stats=stats,
+        )
+    )
+
+    def list_models_handler() -> JSONResponse:
+        return _list_models(registry=registry)
+
+    def health_handler() -> Response:
+        return _health(registry=registry)
+
+    async def inference_handler(request: Request) -> Response:
+        return await _inference_endpoint(
+            request,
+            http=http,
+            slot_tracker=slot_tracker,
+            scheduler=scheduler,
+            session_store=session_store,
+            request_queue=request_queue,
+            stats=stats,
+            config=config,
+        )
+
+    async def catch_all_handler(request: Request, full_path: str) -> Response:  # noqa: ARG001
+        return await _catch_all(request, http=http, registry=registry, stats=stats)
+
+    app.add_api_route("/v1/models", list_models_handler, methods=["GET"])
+    app.add_api_route("/health", health_handler, methods=["GET"])
+
+    for path in _SLOT_GATED_PATHS:
+        app.add_api_route(path, inference_handler, methods=["POST"])
+
+    app.add_api_route(
+        "/{full_path:path}",
+        catch_all_handler,
+        methods=["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH", "OPTIONS", "HEAD"],
+        include_in_schema=False,
+    )
+
+    return app

src/llamacpp_ha/queue.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import time
+import uuid
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+@dataclass
+class QueueEntry:
+    request_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: uuid.uuid4().hex)
+    model_id: str = ""
+    session_id: str | None = None
+    arrival_time: float = field(default_factory=time.monotonic)
+    estimated_tokens: int | None = None
+    # Created explicitly by the enqueuing coroutine via asyncio.get_running_loop()
+    future: asyncio.Future | None = field(default=None)
+    # Populated by scheduler at dispatch time
+    assigned_backend: str | None = None
+    # Incremented each time a later entry is dispatched ahead of this one via
+    # model-affinity reordering.  When it reaches max_queue_skip the entry
+    # becomes immune to further skipping (starvation prevention).
+    skip_count: int = 0
+
+    @property
+    def wait_seconds(self) -> float:
+        return time.monotonic() - self.arrival_time
+
+
+class RequestQueue:
+    """Global FIFO queue for pending inference requests."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._entries: list[QueueEntry] = []
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self._wakeup = asyncio.Event()
+
+    @property
+    def wakeup_event(self) -> asyncio.Event:
+        return self._wakeup
+
+    async def enqueue(self, entry: QueueEntry) -> None:
+        async with self._lock:
+            self._entries.append(entry)
+        self._wakeup.set()
+
+    async def remove(self, entry: QueueEntry) -> None:
+        async with self._lock:
+            try:
+                self._entries.remove(entry)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+
+    async def pending(self) -> list[QueueEntry]:
+        async with self._lock:
+            return list(self._entries)
+
+    async def depth(self) -> int:
+        async with self._lock:
+            return len(self._entries)
+
+    async def snapshot(self) -> list[dict]:
+        async with self._lock:
+            return [
+                {
+                    "request_id": e.request_id,
+                    "model_id": e.model_id,
+                    "session_id": (e.session_id or "")[:8] or None,
+                    "wait_seconds": round(e.wait_seconds, 2),
+                    "estimated_tokens": e.estimated_tokens,
+                    "skip_count": e.skip_count,
+                }
+                for e in self._entries
+            ]
+
+    def notify(self) -> None:
+        """Wake the scheduler without holding the lock."""
+        self._wakeup.set()

src/llamacpp_ha/registry.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import time
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+import aiohttp
+
+from .config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_HEALTH_PATH = "/health"
+_MODELS_PATH = "/v1/models"
+_SLOTS_PATH = "/slots"
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BackendState:
+    config: BackendConfig
+    live: bool = False
+    models: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    slot_capacity: int = 1
+    last_poll_time: float | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def url(self) -> str:
+        return self.config.url
+
+    @property
+    def last_poll_age(self) -> float:
+        if self.last_poll_time is None:
+            return float("inf")
+        return time.monotonic() - self.last_poll_time
+
+
+class BackendRegistry:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: ProxyConfig,
+        on_backend_recovered: Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._config = config
+        self._states: dict[str, BackendState] = {
+            b.url: BackendState(config=b, slot_capacity=config.default_slot_capacity)
+            for b in config.backends
+        }
+        self._model_index: dict[str, list[BackendState]] = {}
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self._session: aiohttp.ClientSession | None = None
+        self._task: asyncio.Task | None = None
+        self._on_backend_recovered = on_backend_recovered
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Public read API (non-blocking, returns snapshots)
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def get_backends_for_model(self, model_id: str) -> list[BackendState]:
+        return list(self._model_index.get(model_id, []))
+
+    def get_all_live_backends(self) -> list[BackendState]:
+        return [s for s in self._states.values() if s.live]
+
+    def get_all_models(self) -> list[str]:
+        seen: set[str] = set()
+        result: list[str] = []
+        for state in self._states.values():
+            if state.live:
+                for m in state.models:
+                    if m not in seen:
+                        seen.add(m)
+                        result.append(m)
+        return result
+
+    def get_all_states(self) -> list[BackendState]:
+        return list(self._states.values())
+
+    def get_state(self, url: str) -> BackendState | None:
+        return self._states.get(url)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Lifecycle
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession(
+            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=10),
+            connector=aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False),
+        )
+        self._task = asyncio.create_task(self._poll_loop(), name="registry-poll")
+
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        if self._task:
+            self._task.cancel()
+            await asyncio.gather(self._task, return_exceptions=True)
+        if self._session:
+            await self._session.close()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Polling
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def _poll_loop(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            await self._poll_all()
+            await asyncio.sleep(self._config.poll_interval)
+
+    async def _poll_all(self) -> None:
+        states = list(self._states.values())
+        results = await asyncio.gather(
+            *[self._poll_one(s) for s in states], return_exceptions=True
+        )
+        for state, result in zip(states, results):
+            if isinstance(result, Exception):
+                log.warning("Poll error for %s: %s", state.url, result)
+
+        async with self._lock:
+            self._rebuild_index()
+
+    async def _poll_one(self, state: BackendState) -> None:
+        assert self._session is not None
+        url = state.url
+        headers = {}
+        if state.config.api_key:
+            headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {state.config.api_key}"
+
+        try:
+            async with self._session.get(url + _HEALTH_PATH, headers=headers) as resp:
+                live = resp.status == 200
+        except Exception:
+            live = False
+
+        if live:
+            models = await self._fetch_models(state, headers)
+            capacity = await self._fetch_slot_capacity(state, headers)
+        else:
+            models = state.models
+            capacity = state.slot_capacity
+
+        was_live = state.live
+        async with self._lock:
+            state.live = live
+            if live:
+                state.models = models
+                state.slot_capacity = capacity
+                state.last_poll_time = time.monotonic()
+
+        if live and not was_live and self._on_backend_recovered:
+            await self._on_backend_recovered(url)
+
+    async def _fetch_models(self, state: BackendState, headers: dict) -> list[str]:
+        assert self._session is not None
+        if state.config.model_ids:
+            return list(state.config.model_ids)
+        try:
+            async with self._session.get(
+                state.url + _MODELS_PATH, headers=headers
+            ) as resp:
+                if resp.status != 200:
+                    return state.models
+                data = await resp.json()
+                return [m["id"] for m in data.get("data", [])]
+        except Exception as exc:
+            log.debug("Failed to fetch models from %s: %s", state.url, exc)
+            return state.models
+
+    async def _fetch_slot_capacity(self, state: BackendState, headers: dict) -> int:
+        assert self._session is not None
+        try:
+            async with self._session.get(
+                state.url + _SLOTS_PATH, headers=headers
+            ) as resp:
+                if resp.status != 200:
+                    return state.slot_capacity
+                data = await resp.json()
+                if isinstance(data, list):
+                    return max(len(data), 1)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return state.slot_capacity
+
+    def _rebuild_index(self) -> None:
+        index: dict[str, list[BackendState]] = {}
+        for state in self._states.values():
+            if not state.live:
+                continue
+            for model in state.models:
+                index.setdefault(model, []).append(state)
+        self._model_index = index

src/llamacpp_ha/scheduler.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+
+from .policies import BackendCandidate, RoutingPolicy
+from .queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+from .registry import BackendRegistry, BackendState
+from .session_store import SessionStore
+from .slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Scheduler:
+    """
+    Continuously binds queued requests to backends.
+
+    Dispatch order
+    --------------
+    When max_queue_skip == 0 (default) the queue is pure FIFO.
+
+    When max_queue_skip > N the scheduler runs a two-phase dispatch on every
+    wakeup:
+
+    Phase 1 — model-affinity promotion
+      The scheduler scans the queue looking for entries whose model is already
+      in-flight on a free backend.  It promotes those entries ahead of earlier
+      entries that would require a model switch.  For every entry that is
+      bypassed, its skip_count is incremented.  Scanning stops as soon as an
+      entry with skip_count >= max_queue_skip is encountered (that entry is
+      frozen at the head and must be served next, preventing starvation).
+
+    Phase 2 — standard FIFO
+      Remaining entries are dispatched in arrival order to any backend that
+      can accept the model (slot free, max_models constraint satisfied).
+
+    Session affinity
+    ----------------
+    Session affinity is applied inside _resolve_backend as a hint: if the
+    preferred backend is in the candidate set it is chosen first.  Affinity
+    is re-pinned to whichever backend ultimately serves the request; it is
+    never queued on a preferred backend when a free alternative exists.
+
+    Preemption prevention
+    ---------------------
+    SlotTracker.can_accept() enforces the per-backend max_models limit.  A
+    backend with max_models=1 that is serving model-A will reject model-B
+    requests until all model-A slots are released, preventing llama.cpp from
+    preempting the in-flight generation.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        queue: RequestQueue,
+        registry: BackendRegistry,
+        slot_tracker: SlotTracker,
+        session_store: SessionStore,
+        policy: RoutingPolicy,
+        max_queue_skip: int = 0,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._queue = queue
+        self._registry = registry
+        self._slots = slot_tracker
+        self._sessions = session_store
+        self._policy = policy
+        self._max_queue_skip = max_queue_skip
+        self._task: asyncio.Task | None = None
+
+    def notify_slot_released(self) -> None:
+        """Called by the forwarder after a slot is freed; wakes the dispatch loop."""
+        self._queue.notify()
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        self._task = asyncio.create_task(self._loop(), name="scheduler")
+
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        if self._task:
+            self._task.cancel()
+            await asyncio.gather(self._task, return_exceptions=True)
+
+    async def _loop(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            await self._queue.wakeup_event.wait()
+            self._queue.wakeup_event.clear()
+            await self._dispatch_all()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Dispatch
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def _dispatch_all(self) -> None:
+        entries = await self._queue.pending()
+
+        # Prune stale futures first so they don't count in skip logic.
+        for entry in entries:
+            if entry.future is None or entry.future.done():
+                await self._queue.remove(entry)
+        entries = [e for e in entries if e.future is not None and not e.future.done()]
+
+        if not entries:
+            return
+
+        dispatched: set[int] = set()
+
+        if self._max_queue_skip > 0:
+            await self._affinity_pass(entries, dispatched)
+
+        # Standard FIFO pass for all remaining live entries.
+        for entry in entries:
+            if id(entry) in dispatched:
+                continue
+            if entry.future is None or entry.future.done():
+                await self._queue.remove(entry)
+                continue
+            if await self._try_dispatch(entry):
+                dispatched.add(id(entry))
+                await self._queue.remove(entry)
+
+    async def _affinity_pass(
+        self, entries: list[QueueEntry], dispatched: set[int]
+    ) -> None:
+        """Phase 1: promote entries whose model is already active on a free backend.
+
+        Stops scanning as soon as an entry with skip_count >= max_queue_skip is
+        encountered — that entry is frozen and must be served by the FIFO pass.
+        """
+        for i, entry in enumerate(entries):
+            if id(entry) in dispatched:
+                continue
+            if entry.skip_count >= self._max_queue_skip:
+                break  # frozen head-of-line; FIFO pass must handle it next
+
+            if await self._try_dispatch_affinity(entry):
+                dispatched.add(id(entry))
+                await self._queue.remove(entry)
+                # Bump skip_count for every earlier entry we bypassed.
+                for j in range(i):
+                    if id(entries[j]) not in dispatched:
+                        entries[j].skip_count += 1
+
+    async def _try_dispatch_affinity(self, entry: QueueEntry) -> bool:
+        """Dispatch only to a backend that already has entry.model_id in-flight."""
+        if not entry.model_id:
+            return False
+        live_backends = self._registry.get_backends_for_model(entry.model_id)
+        active_backends = [
+            b for b in live_backends
+            if entry.model_id in self._slots.active_model_set(b.url)
+            and self._slots.can_accept(b.url, entry.model_id)
+        ]
+        if not active_backends:
+            return False
+        return await self._acquire_and_resolve(entry, active_backends)
+
+    async def _try_dispatch(self, entry: QueueEntry) -> bool:
+        """Standard dispatch: any live backend that can accept this model."""
+        if entry.model_id:
+            live_backends = self._registry.get_backends_for_model(entry.model_id)
+        else:
+            live_backends = self._registry.get_all_live_backends()
+
+        if not live_backends:
+            return False
+
+        free_backends = [
+            b for b in live_backends if self._slots.can_accept(b.url, entry.model_id)
+        ]
+        if not free_backends:
+            return False
+
+        return await self._acquire_and_resolve(entry, free_backends)
+
+    async def _acquire_and_resolve(
+        self, entry: QueueEntry, candidates: list[BackendState]
+    ) -> bool:
+        chosen = await self._resolve_backend(entry, candidates)
+
+        # has_free_slot + acquire are not atomic: another coroutine could have
+        # taken the slot between the check above and here.  timeout=0 means
+        # "succeed now or not at all" so we simply leave the entry queued.
+        try:
+            async with asyncio.timeout(0):
+                await self._slots.acquire(chosen.url, entry.model_id)
+        except TimeoutError:
+            return False
+
+        if entry.future is not None and not entry.future.done():
+            entry.assigned_backend = chosen.url
+            entry.future.set_result(chosen)
+            log.debug("Dispatched %s -> %s", entry.request_id, chosen.url)
+            return True
+
+        # Future was cancelled between our acquire and here — release the slot back.
+        await self._slots.release(chosen.url, entry.model_id)
+        return False
+
+    async def _resolve_backend(
+        self, entry: QueueEntry, candidates: list[BackendState]
+    ) -> BackendState:
+        """Apply session affinity then routing policy to pick one backend."""
+        if entry.session_id:
+            preferred_url = await self._sessions.get_preferred_backend(entry.session_id)
+            if preferred_url:
+                for b in candidates:
+                    if b.url == preferred_url:
+                        return b
+        backend_candidates = [
+            BackendCandidate(url=b.url, index=i) for i, b in enumerate(candidates)
+        ]
+        chosen = self._policy.select(entry.model_id or "_any", backend_candidates)
+        return next(b for b in candidates if b.url == chosen.url)

src/llamacpp_ha/session_store.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import hashlib
+import json
+import time
+import uuid
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Session:
+    session_id: str
+    model_id: str | None = None
+    last_message_index: int = 0
+    prefix_hash: str = ""
+    preferred_backend: str | None = None
+    last_active: float = field(default_factory=time.monotonic)
+
+    def touch(self) -> None:
+        self.last_active = time.monotonic()
+
+    def is_expired(self, ttl: float) -> bool:
+        return (time.monotonic() - self.last_active) > ttl
+
+
+def compute_prefix_hash(messages: list[dict]) -> str:
+    """Hash the messages list for KV-cache affinity tracking."""
+    blob = json.dumps(messages, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode()
+    return hashlib.sha256(blob).hexdigest()[:16]
+
+
+class SessionStore:
+    def __init__(self, ttl: float = 300.0) -> None:
+        self._ttl = ttl
+        self._sessions: dict[str, Session] = {}
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+    def new_session_id(self) -> str:
+        return uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+    async def get_or_create(self, session_id: str) -> Session:
+        async with self._lock:
+            if session_id not in self._sessions:
+                self._sessions[session_id] = Session(session_id=session_id)
+            session = self._sessions[session_id]
+            session.touch()
+            return session
+
+    async def update(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        model_id: str | None = None,
+        messages: list[dict] | None = None,
+        preferred_backend: str | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        async with self._lock:
+            if session_id not in self._sessions:
+                self._sessions[session_id] = Session(session_id=session_id)
+            session = self._sessions[session_id]
+            if model_id is not None:
+                session.model_id = model_id
+            if messages is not None:
+                session.last_message_index = len(messages)
+                session.prefix_hash = compute_prefix_hash(messages)
+            if preferred_backend is not None:
+                session.preferred_backend = preferred_backend
+            session.touch()
+
+    async def get_preferred_backend(self, session_id: str) -> str | None:
+        async with self._lock:
+            session = self._sessions.get(session_id)
+            if session is None or session.is_expired(self._ttl):
+                return None
+            return session.preferred_backend
+
+    async def expire(self) -> int:
+        """Remove expired sessions. Returns count removed."""
+        async with self._lock:
+            expired = [
+                sid
+                for sid, s in self._sessions.items()
+                if s.is_expired(self._ttl)
+            ]
+            for sid in expired:
+                del self._sessions[sid]
+            return len(expired)
+
+    async def count(self) -> int:
+        async with self._lock:
+            return sum(
+                1 for s in self._sessions.values() if not s.is_expired(self._ttl)
+            )
+
+    async def count_by_model(self) -> dict[str, int]:
+        async with self._lock:
+            result: dict[str, int] = {}
+            for s in self._sessions.values():
+                if not s.is_expired(self._ttl) and s.model_id:
+                    result[s.model_id] = result.get(s.model_id, 0) + 1
+            return result
+
+    async def snapshot(self) -> list[Session]:
+        async with self._lock:
+            return [
+                s for s in self._sessions.values() if not s.is_expired(self._ttl)
+            ]

src/llamacpp_ha/slot_tracker.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _SlotState:
+    capacity: int
+    max_models: int | None = None
+    acquired: int = 0
+    active_models: dict[str, int] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    condition: asyncio.Condition = field(default_factory=asyncio.Condition)
+
+
+class SlotTracker:
+    """Tracks per-backend slot usage with model-aware acquire/release.
+
+    Callers control timeouts via asyncio.timeout() at the call site rather than
+    passing a timeout parameter here — acquire() blocks until a slot is free.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._slots: dict[str, _SlotState] = {}
+
+    def _ensure(self, url: str, capacity: int = 1) -> _SlotState:
+        if url not in self._slots:
+            self._slots[url] = _SlotState(capacity=capacity)
+        return self._slots[url]
+
+    def set_capacity(self, url: str, capacity: int) -> None:
+        state = self._ensure(url, capacity)
+        state.capacity = max(capacity, 1)
+
+    def set_max_models(self, url: str, max_models: int | None) -> None:
+        state = self._ensure(url)
+        state.max_models = max_models
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Read helpers (non-blocking)
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _can_acquire(self, state: _SlotState, model_id: str) -> bool:
+        if state.acquired >= state.capacity:
+            return False
+        if model_id and model_id not in state.active_models:
+            if state.max_models is not None and len(state.active_models) >= state.max_models:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def has_free_slot(self, url: str) -> bool:
+        state = self._slots.get(url)
+        if state is None:
+            return True
+        return state.acquired < state.capacity
+
+    def can_accept(self, url: str, model_id: str) -> bool:
+        """True if this backend can accept a new request for model_id right now."""
+        state = self._slots.get(url)
+        if state is None:
+            return True
+        return self._can_acquire(state, model_id)
+
+    def active_model_set(self, url: str) -> frozenset[str]:
+        """Models currently in-flight on this backend."""
+        state = self._slots.get(url)
+        if state is None:
+            return frozenset()
+        return frozenset(state.active_models)
+
+    def usage(self, url: str) -> tuple[int, int]:
+        state = self._slots.get(url)
+        if state is None:
+            return 0, 1
+        return state.acquired, state.capacity
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Acquire / release
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def acquire(self, url: str, model_id: str = "") -> None:
+        """Acquire a slot for model_id.  Blocks until one is available.
+
+        Use asyncio.timeout() at the call site to bound the wait:
+            try:
+                async with asyncio.timeout(5.0):
+                    await tracker.acquire(url, model_id)
+            except TimeoutError:
+                ...
+        """
+        state = self._ensure(url)
+        async with state.condition:
+            while not self._can_acquire(state, model_id):
+                await state.condition.wait()
+            state.acquired += 1
+            if model_id:
+                state.active_models[model_id] = state.active_models.get(model_id, 0) + 1
+
+    async def release(self, url: str, model_id: str = "") -> None:
+        """Release a slot and notify waiters."""
+        state = self._slots.get(url)
+        if state is None:
+            return
+        async with state.condition:
+            state.acquired = max(0, state.acquired - 1)
+            if model_id and model_id in state.active_models:
+                count = state.active_models[model_id] - 1
+                if count <= 0:
+                    del state.active_models[model_id]
+                else:
+                    state.active_models[model_id] = count
+            state.condition.notify_all()
+
+    async def reset_acquired(self, url: str) -> None:
+        """Zero out slot tracking for a backend that just recovered from a crash."""
+        state = self._slots.get(url)
+        if state is None:
+            return
+        async with state.condition:
+            state.acquired = 0
+            state.active_models.clear()
+            state.condition.notify_all()

tests/test_config.py

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+import json
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+
+
+class TestBackendConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_url_trailing_slash_stripped(self):
+        b = BackendConfig(url="http://localhost:8080/")
+        self.assertEqual(b.url, "http://localhost:8080")
+
+    def test_defaults(self):
+        b = BackendConfig(url="http://localhost:8080")
+        self.assertIsNone(b.api_key)
+        self.assertEqual(b.model_ids, [])
+        self.assertIsNone(b.max_models)
+
+    def test_explicit_model_ids(self):
+        b = BackendConfig(url="http://x", model_ids=["llama3", "mistral"])
+        self.assertEqual(b.model_ids, ["llama3", "mistral"])
+
+    def test_max_models(self):
+        b = BackendConfig(url="http://x", max_models=1)
+        self.assertEqual(b.max_models, 1)
+
+    def test_max_models_none_is_unlimited(self):
+        b = BackendConfig(url="http://x", max_models=None)
+        self.assertIsNone(b.max_models)
+
+
+class TestProxyConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _write_config(self, data: dict) -> str:
+        f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+            mode="w", suffix=".json", delete=False
+        )
+        json.dump(data, f)
+        f.close()
+        return f.name
+
+    def test_defaults(self):
+        cfg = ProxyConfig()
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.host, "0.0.0.0")
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.port, 8080)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.api_keys, [])
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.poll_interval, 5.0)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.slot_wait_timeout, 30.0)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.session_idle_ttl, 300.0)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.backends, [])
+        self.assertIsNone(cfg.default_max_models)
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.max_queue_skip, 0)
+
+    def test_from_file_minimal(self):
+        path = self._write_config(
+            {"backends": [{"url": "http://localhost:8081"}]}
+        )
+        try:
+            cfg = ProxyConfig.from_file(path)
+            self.assertEqual(len(cfg.backends), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.backends[0].url, "http://localhost:8081")
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
+    def test_from_file_full(self):
+        data = {
+            "host": "127.0.0.1",
+            "port": 9090,
+            "api_keys": ["key1", "key2"],
+            "poll_interval": 10,
+            "slot_wait_timeout": 60,
+            "session_idle_ttl": 600,
+            "default_max_models": 2,
+            "max_queue_skip": 5,
+            "backends": [
+                {"url": "http://b1", "api_key": "secret", "model_ids": ["m1"], "max_models": 1},
+                {"url": "http://b2/"},
+            ],
+        }
+        path = self._write_config(data)
+        try:
+            cfg = ProxyConfig.from_file(path)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.host, "127.0.0.1")
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.port, 9090)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.api_keys, ["key1", "key2"])
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.poll_interval, 10)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.default_max_models, 2)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.max_queue_skip, 5)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.backends[0].api_key, "secret")
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.backends[0].model_ids, ["m1"])
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.backends[0].max_models, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.backends[1].url, "http://b2")
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
+    def test_from_file_with_overrides(self):
+        path = self._write_config({"port": 8080, "backends": []})
+        try:
+            cfg = ProxyConfig.from_file(path, port=9999)
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.port, 9999)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
+    def test_env_var_override(self):
+        old = os.environ.get("LLAMACPP_HA_PORT")
+        try:
+            os.environ["LLAMACPP_HA_PORT"] = "7777"
+            cfg = ProxyConfig()
+            self.assertEqual(cfg.port, 7777)
+        finally:
+            if old is None:
+                os.environ.pop("LLAMACPP_HA_PORT", None)
+            else:
+                os.environ["LLAMACPP_HA_PORT"] = old
+
+    def test_invalid_json_raises(self):
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+            mode="w", suffix=".json", delete=False
+        ) as f:
+            f.write("not json {{{")
+            path = f.name
+        try:
+            with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+                ProxyConfig.from_file(path)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_forwarder.py

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+import asyncio
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+from fastapi import Request
+from starlette.datastructures import Headers
+
+from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig
+from llamacpp_ha.forwarder import _forward_headers, forward_request
+from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendState
+from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+
+def _make_state(url="http://b1", api_key=None):
+    cfg = BackendConfig(url=url, api_key=api_key)
+    return BackendState(config=cfg)
+
+
+def _make_request(headers: dict, method="POST", path="/v1/chat/completions") -> MagicMock:
+    req = MagicMock()
+    req.headers = Headers(headers=headers)
+    req.url.path = path
+    req.url.query = ""
+    req.method = method
+    req.body = AsyncMock(return_value=b"")
+    return req
+
+
+def _make_scheduler():
+    sched = MagicMock()
+    sched.notify_slot_released = MagicMock()
+    return sched
+
+
+class TestForwardHeaders(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_injects_backend_api_key(self):
+        state = _make_state(api_key="backend-secret")
+        req = _make_request({"Authorization": "Bearer client-key", "Content-Type": "application/json"})
+        headers = _forward_headers(req, state)
+        self.assertEqual(headers["Authorization"], "Bearer backend-secret")
+        combined = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
+        self.assertIn("application/json", combined.get("content-type", ""))
+
+    def test_removes_auth_when_no_backend_key(self):
+        state = _make_state(api_key=None)
+        req = _make_request({"Authorization": "Bearer client-key"})
+        headers = _forward_headers(req, state)
+        combined = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
+        self.assertNotIn("authorization", combined)
+
+    def test_hop_by_hop_stripped(self):
+        state = _make_state()
+        req = _make_request({
+            "Connection": "keep-alive",
+            "Transfer-Encoding": "chunked",
+            "X-Custom": "value",
+        })
+        headers = _forward_headers(req, state)
+        combined = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
+        self.assertNotIn("connection", combined)
+        self.assertNotIn("transfer-encoding", combined)
+        self.assertEqual(combined.get("x-custom"), "value")
+
+    def test_host_header_stripped(self):
+        state = _make_state()
+        req = _make_request({"Host": "proxy.local", "Accept": "application/json"})
+        headers = _forward_headers(req, state)
+        combined = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
+        self.assertNotIn("host", combined)
+        self.assertIn("accept", combined)
+
+
+def _mock_aiohttp_response(
+    status: int = 200,
+    content_type: str = "application/json",
+    body: bytes = b'{"ok":true}',
+    headers: dict | None = None,
+) -> MagicMock:
+    resp = MagicMock()
+    resp.status = status
+    all_headers = {"Content-Type": content_type}
+    if headers:
+        all_headers.update(headers)
+    resp.headers = all_headers
+    resp.read = AsyncMock(return_value=body)
+    resp.content = MagicMock()
+    resp.content.iter_chunked = MagicMock()
+
+    ctx = MagicMock()
+    ctx.__aenter__ = AsyncMock(return_value=resp)
+    ctx.__aexit__ = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
+    return ctx, resp
+
+
+class TestForwardRequestNonStreaming(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def _acquire(self, tracker: SlotTracker, url: str) -> None:
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await tracker.acquire(url)
+
+    async def test_successful_passthrough(self):
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        await self._acquire(slot_tracker, "http://b1")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        ctx, _ = _mock_aiohttp_response(status=200, body=b'{"choices":[]}')
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        response = await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.body, b'{"choices":[]}')
+        acquired, _ = slot_tracker.usage("http://b1")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released.assert_called_once()
+
+    async def test_slot_released_on_forward_error(self):
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        await self._acquire(slot_tracker, "http://b1")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        ctx = MagicMock()
+        ctx.__aenter__ = AsyncMock(side_effect=Exception("network error"))
+        ctx.__aexit__ = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+            await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler)
+
+        acquired, _ = slot_tracker.usage("http://b1")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released.assert_called_once()
+
+    async def test_non_streaming_returns_full_body(self):
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        await self._acquire(slot_tracker, "http://b1")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        body = b'{"id":"xyz","choices":[{"text":"hello"}]}'
+        ctx, _ = _mock_aiohttp_response(body=body)
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        response = await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.body, body)
+
+    async def test_status_code_preserved(self):
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        await self._acquire(slot_tracker, "http://b1")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        ctx, _ = _mock_aiohttp_response(status=429, body=b"rate limited")
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        response = await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler)
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 429)
+
+    async def test_model_id_tracked_in_active_models(self):
+        """model_id passed to forward_request is reflected in slot tracker."""
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 2)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slot_tracker.acquire("http://b1", "my-model")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        ctx, _ = _mock_aiohttp_response(status=200, body=b"{}")
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler, model_id="my-model")
+
+        self.assertEqual(slot_tracker.active_model_set("http://b1"), frozenset())
+
+
+class TestForwardRequestStreaming(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def test_streaming_sse_passthrough(self):
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slot_tracker.acquire("http://b1")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        sse_chunks = [
+            b'data: {"choices":[{"delta":{"content":"hello"}}]}\n\n',
+            b'data: [DONE]\n\n',
+        ]
+
+        async def fake_iter_chunked(_size):
+            for chunk in sse_chunks:
+                yield chunk
+
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        resp.status = 200
+        resp.headers = {"Content-Type": "text/event-stream"}
+        resp.content = MagicMock()
+        resp.content.iter_chunked = fake_iter_chunked
+
+        ctx = MagicMock()
+        ctx.__aenter__ = AsyncMock(return_value=resp)
+        ctx.__aexit__ = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        response = await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler)
+
+        from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
+        self.assertIsInstance(response, StreamingResponse)
+
+        chunks = []
+        async for chunk in response.body_iterator:
+            chunks.append(chunk)
+
+        self.assertEqual(chunks, sse_chunks)
+        acquired, _ = slot_tracker.usage("http://b1")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released.assert_called_once()
+
+    async def test_streaming_slot_released_on_stream_end(self):
+        state = _make_state("http://b1")
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slot_tracker.acquire("http://b1")
+        scheduler = _make_scheduler()
+
+        async def fake_iter_chunked(_size):
+            yield b"data: chunk1\n\n"
+            yield b"data: chunk2\n\n"
+
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        resp.status = 200
+        resp.headers = {"Content-Type": "text/event-stream"}
+        resp.content = MagicMock()
+        resp.content.iter_chunked = fake_iter_chunked
+
+        ctx = MagicMock()
+        ctx.__aenter__ = AsyncMock(return_value=resp)
+        ctx.__aexit__ = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
+        session = MagicMock()
+        session.request = MagicMock(return_value=ctx)
+
+        req = _make_request({})
+        response = await forward_request(req, state, session, slot_tracker, scheduler)
+
+        acquired, _ = slot_tracker.usage("http://b1")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 1)
+
+        chunks = [chunk async for chunk in response.body_iterator]
+        self.assertEqual(len(chunks), 2)
+
+        acquired, _ = slot_tracker.usage("http://b1")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_integration.py

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+"""
+Integration tests using an in-process fake llama.cpp backend.
+
+The fake backend runs as a FastAPI app via httpx.AsyncClient(transport=...).
+We patch aiohttp calls in the registry/forwarder so that requests go to our
+fake server without opening real TCP sockets.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import unittest
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import aiohttp
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+from llamacpp_ha.proxy import create_app
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers to build a minimal proxy with pre-seeded live backends
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _live_backend_config(url: str, models: list[str] | None = None) -> BackendConfig:
+    return BackendConfig(url=url, model_ids=models or ["test-model"])
+
+
+def _proxy_config(backend_urls: list[str], api_keys: list[str] | None = None) -> ProxyConfig:
+    return ProxyConfig(
+        host="127.0.0.1",
+        port=8080,
+        api_keys=api_keys or [],
+        poll_interval=9999,  # disable background polling during tests
+        slot_wait_timeout=1.0,
+        session_idle_ttl=300.0,
+        default_slot_capacity=2,
+        backends=[_live_backend_config(url) for url in backend_urls],
+    )
+
+
+def _seed_live(app_obj, backend_urls: list[str], models=None) -> None:
+    """Directly seed the registry with live backends (skipping real HTTP poll)."""
+    from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry
+    # Access the app's state via lifespan-created objects
+    # We do this by patching _poll_all to be a no-op and manually setting state
+    pass
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fake llama.cpp server (in-process, no real sockets)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _make_fake_backend(
+    model_id: str = "test-model",
+    response_content: str = '{"choices":[{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"hello"}}]}',
+    streaming: bool = False,
+    slow_seconds: float = 0,
+    slot_count: int = 2,
+) -> FastAPI:
+    fake = FastAPI()
+
+    @fake.get("/health")
+    async def health():
+        if slow_seconds:
+            await asyncio.sleep(slow_seconds)
+        return Response(status_code=200)
+
+    @fake.get("/v1/models")
+    async def models():
+        return JSONResponse({"object": "list", "data": [{"id": model_id, "object": "model"}]})
+
+    @fake.get("/slots")
+    async def slots():
+        return JSONResponse([{"id": i, "state": 0} for i in range(slot_count)])
+
+    @fake.post("/v1/chat/completions")
+    async def chat(request: Request):
+        if slow_seconds:
+            await asyncio.sleep(slow_seconds)
+        body = await request.json()
+        stream = body.get("stream", False)
+        if stream or streaming:
+            async def gen():
+                yield b'data: {"choices":[{"delta":{"content":"hello"}}]}\n\n'
+                yield b"data: [DONE]\n\n"
+            return StreamingResponse(gen(), media_type="text/event-stream")
+        return JSONResponse(json.loads(response_content))
+
+    @fake.post("/v1/completions")
+    async def completions(request: Request):
+        return JSONResponse({"choices": [{"text": "hello"}]})
+
+    return fake
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Integration test cases
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestHealthEndpoint(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _make_proxy_with_live_backend(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config(["http://fake-b1"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+
+        # Seed registry directly before first request
+        def _patch_registry(app_obj):
+            pass
+
+        return app, cfg
+
+    def test_health_no_live_backend_returns_503(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config([])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.get("/health")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 503)
+
+    def test_health_with_api_key_required(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config(["http://b1"], api_keys=["mykey"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.get("/health")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_health_with_valid_api_key(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config([], api_keys=["mykey"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        # No live backends -> 503 but authenticated
+        resp = client.get("/health", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer mykey"})
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 503)
+
+
+class TestModelsEndpoint(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_models_returns_list_format(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config(["http://b1"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        # Seed registry
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendState
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.get("/v1/models")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        data = resp.json()
+        self.assertEqual(data["object"], "list")
+        self.assertIn("data", data)
+
+    def test_models_deduplication(self):
+        """Models appearing on multiple backends appear once."""
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["shared", "only-b1"]),
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b2", model_ids=["shared", "only-b2"]),
+            ]
+        )
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendState
+        # Manually seed live
+        import asyncio
+
+        async def _seed():
+            from llamacpp_ha import proxy as _proxy_module
+            # Can't easily seed without internal access in this test structure
+            pass
+
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.get("/v1/models")
+        data = resp.json()
+        model_ids = [m["id"] for m in data["data"]]
+        self.assertEqual(len(model_ids), len(set(model_ids)), "Duplicates found")
+
+
+class TestApiKeyMiddlewareIntegration(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_request_rejected_without_key(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config([], api_keys=["secret"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.post("/v1/chat/completions", json={"model": "m", "messages": []})
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_monitor_exempt_from_auth(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config([], api_keys=["secret"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.get("/monitor")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_exempt_from_auth(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config([], api_keys=["secret"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        client = TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
+        resp = client.get("/monitor/data")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+
+class TestSlotExhaustionTimeout(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_timeout_when_no_slot_available(self):
+        """Request with no live backends times out and returns 503."""
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"])],
+            slot_wait_timeout=0.2,
+            default_slot_capacity=1,
+        )
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        # No live backends -> scheduler never dispatches -> timeout -> 503
+        with TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False) as client:
+            resp = client.post(
+                "/v1/chat/completions",
+                json={"model": "m", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]},
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 503)
+
+
+class TestCatchAllForwarding(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_catch_all_no_backends_returns_503(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config([])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        with TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False) as client:
+            resp = client.get("/some/unknown/path")
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 503)
+
+
+class TestMonitorIntegration(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_monitor_data_reflects_queue_depth(self):
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"])],
+            slot_wait_timeout=0.1,
+            default_slot_capacity=0,
+        )
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        with TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False) as client:
+            data = client.get("/monitor/data").json()
+            self.assertIsInstance(data["queue_depth"], int)
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(data["queue_depth"], 0)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_shows_all_backends(self):
+        cfg = _proxy_config(["http://b1", "http://b2", "http://b3"])
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        with TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False) as client:
+            data = client.get("/monitor/data").json()
+            self.assertEqual(len(data["backends"]), 3)
+            urls = {b["url"] for b in data["backends"]}
+            self.assertEqual(urls, {"http://b1", "http://b2", "http://b3"})
+
+
+class TestFullForwardPath(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Full path test: proxy starts up, monitor/data reflects backend state
+    (dead until polled), scheduler queues requests when no backends are live.
+    """
+
+    def test_backend_initially_dead_no_poll(self):
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://fake", model_ids=["test-model"])],
+            slot_wait_timeout=2.0,
+            default_slot_capacity=2,
+            poll_interval=9999,  # no background polling in test
+        )
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        with TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False) as client:
+            resp = client.get("/monitor/data")
+            data = resp.json()
+            # Backend exists but is dead until first poll completes
+            self.assertEqual(len(data["backends"]), 1)
+            self.assertFalse(data["backends"][0]["live"])
+
+
+class TestBackendFailover(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def test_dead_backend_not_in_model_index(self):
+        """Dead backends are not returned for model routing."""
+        from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry, BackendState
+
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"]),
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b2", model_ids=["m"]),
+            ]
+        )
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+
+        # Simulate: b1 live, b2 dead
+        async with reg._lock:
+            reg._states["http://b1"].live = True
+            reg._states["http://b1"].models = ["m"]
+            reg._states["http://b2"].live = False
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        backends = reg.get_backends_for_model("m")
+        self.assertEqual(len(backends), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(backends[0].url, "http://b1")
+
+    async def test_all_dead_returns_empty(self):
+        from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry
+
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"]),
+            ]
+        )
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+        backends = reg.get_backends_for_model("m")
+        self.assertEqual(backends, [])
+
+
+class TestModelRouting(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def test_routes_to_backend_serving_model(self):
+        from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+        from llamacpp_ha.policies import RoundRobinPolicy
+        from llamacpp_ha.queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry
+        from llamacpp_ha.scheduler import Scheduler
+        from llamacpp_ha.session_store import SessionStore
+        from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["model-a"]),
+                BackendConfig(url="http://b2", model_ids=["model-b"]),
+            ]
+        )
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+        async with reg._lock:
+            reg._states["http://b1"].live = True
+            reg._states["http://b1"].models = ["model-a"]
+            reg._states["http://b2"].live = True
+            reg._states["http://b2"].models = ["model-b"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        slots = SlotTracker()
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 2)
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b2", 2)
+        sessions = SessionStore()
+        queue = RequestQueue()
+        scheduler = Scheduler(queue, reg, slots, sessions, RoundRobinPolicy())
+
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        entry = QueueEntry(model_id="model-b", future=loop.create_future())
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(entry.future.result().url, "http://b2")
+
+
+class TestSlotExhaustionAndUnblock(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    """
+    Slot is fully occupied → request queues → slot released → request dispatched.
+    Tests the complete wait-and-unblock path without involving real HTTP.
+    """
+
+    async def test_queued_request_dispatched_after_slot_release(self):
+        from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+        from llamacpp_ha.policies import RoundRobinPolicy
+        from llamacpp_ha.queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry
+        from llamacpp_ha.scheduler import Scheduler
+        from llamacpp_ha.session_store import SessionStore
+        from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"])])
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+        async with reg._lock:
+            reg._states["http://b1"].live = True
+            reg._states["http://b1"].models = ["m"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        slots = SlotTracker()
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        sessions = SessionStore()
+        queue = RequestQueue()
+        scheduler = Scheduler(queue, reg, slots, sessions, RoundRobinPolicy())
+
+        # Occupy the only slot (simulating an in-flight request)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1")
+
+        # Enqueue a request — scheduler should not be able to dispatch
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        entry = QueueEntry(model_id="m", future=loop.create_future())
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        self.assertFalse(entry.future.done(), "Should be queued, not dispatched yet")
+
+        # Release the slot (simulates a prior request completing)
+        await slots.release("http://b1")
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+
+        # Scheduler re-evaluates on next wakeup
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done(), "Should be dispatched after slot freed")
+        self.assertEqual(entry.future.result().url, "http://b1")
+
+    async def test_multiple_queued_requests_dispatched_as_slots_free(self):
+        from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+        from llamacpp_ha.policies import RoundRobinPolicy
+        from llamacpp_ha.queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+        from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry
+        from llamacpp_ha.scheduler import Scheduler
+        from llamacpp_ha.session_store import SessionStore
+        from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"])])
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+        async with reg._lock:
+            reg._states["http://b1"].live = True
+            reg._states["http://b1"].models = ["m"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        slots = SlotTracker()
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 2)
+        sessions = SessionStore()
+        queue = RequestQueue()
+        scheduler = Scheduler(queue, reg, slots, sessions, RoundRobinPolicy())
+
+        # Fill both slots
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1")
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1")
+
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        entries = [QueueEntry(model_id="m", future=loop.create_future()) for _ in range(3)]
+        for e in entries:
+            await queue.enqueue(e)
+
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        dispatched = sum(1 for e in entries if e.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(dispatched, 0)
+
+        # Free one slot → one request dispatched
+        await slots.release("http://b1")
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        dispatched = sum(1 for e in entries if e.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(dispatched, 1)
+
+        # Free second slot → another dispatched
+        await slots.release("http://b1")
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        dispatched = sum(1 for e in entries if e.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(dispatched, 2)
+
+
+class TestSessionCookieIntegration(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_session_cookie_set_in_response(self):
+        """Proxy sets X-Session-ID header and cookie on inference responses."""
+        # No live backends → times out → 503, but we still get session tracking
+        # We verify the session machinery works by checking that when the proxy
+        # processes a request, it assigns a session and would attach it to the response.
+        # For a full round-trip we'd need a live backend; here we verify the 503
+        # path still doesn't crash the session handling.
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m"])],
+            slot_wait_timeout=0.1,
+        )
+        app = create_app(cfg)
+        with TestClient(app, raise_server_exceptions=False) as client:
+            resp = client.post(
+                "/v1/chat/completions",
+                json={"model": "m", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]},
+            )
+            # Times out (no live backend) → 503
+            self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 503)
+            # Even on timeout, no crash
+            self.assertIn("error", resp.json())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_middleware.py

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+import unittest
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from llamacpp_ha.middleware import ApiKeyMiddleware
+
+
+def _make_app(api_keys: list[str]) -> FastAPI:
+    app = FastAPI()
+    app.add_middleware(ApiKeyMiddleware, api_keys=api_keys)
+
+    @app.get("/test")
+    async def test_endpoint():
+        return {"ok": True}
+
+    @app.get("/monitor")
+    async def monitor():
+        return {"monitor": True}
+
+    @app.get("/monitor/data")
+    async def monitor_data():
+        return {"data": True}
+
+    return app
+
+
+class TestApiKeyMiddleware(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_no_keys_configured_passes_all(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app([]))
+        resp = client.get("/test")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_valid_key_passes(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1", "key2"]))
+        resp = client.get("/test", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer key1"})
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_valid_second_key_passes(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1", "key2"]))
+        resp = client.get("/test", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer key2"})
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_missing_key_returns_401(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1"]))
+        resp = client.get("/test")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_wrong_key_returns_401(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1"]))
+        resp = client.get("/test", headers={"Authorization": "Bearer wrongkey"})
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_malformed_auth_returns_401(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1"]))
+        resp = client.get("/test", headers={"Authorization": "key1"})
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_monitor_exempt(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1"]))
+        resp = client.get("/monitor")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_exempt(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1"]))
+        resp = client.get("/monitor/data")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_error_response_is_json(self):
+        client = TestClient(_make_app(["key1"]))
+        resp = client.get("/test")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.headers["content-type"], "application/json")
+        body = resp.json()
+        self.assertIn("error", body)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_monitor.py

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+import unittest
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+from llamacpp_ha.monitor import ProxyStats, build_router
+from llamacpp_ha.queue import RequestQueue
+from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry, BackendState
+from llamacpp_ha.session_store import SessionStore
+from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+
+def _make_monitor_app(states=None):
+    cfg = ProxyConfig(backends=[BackendConfig(url=s.url) for s in (states or [])])
+    registry = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+    for state in (states or []):
+        registry._states[state.url] = state
+    registry._rebuild_index()
+
+    slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+    request_queue = RequestQueue()
+    session_store = SessionStore()
+    stats = ProxyStats()
+
+    app = FastAPI()
+    router = build_router(
+        registry=registry,
+        slot_tracker=slot_tracker,
+        request_queue=request_queue,
+        session_store=session_store,
+        stats=stats,
+    )
+    app.include_router(router)
+    return app, registry, slot_tracker, request_queue, session_store, stats
+
+
+class TestMonitorEndpoints(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_monitor_page_returns_html(self):
+        app, *_ = _make_monitor_app()
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/monitor")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn("text/html", resp.headers["content-type"])
+        self.assertIn("llamacpp-ha", resp.text)
+
+    def test_monitor_page_no_external_deps(self):
+        app, *_ = _make_monitor_app()
+        text = TestClient(app).get("/monitor").text
+        self.assertNotIn("cdn.", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("googleapis.com", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("unpkg.com", text)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_structure(self):
+        state = BackendState(config=BackendConfig(url="http://b1"), live=True, models=["m1", "m2"])
+        app, _, slot_tracker, *_ = _make_monitor_app([state])
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 4)
+        data = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()
+        for key in ("uptime", "total_requests", "queue_depth", "session_count",
+                    "live_backend_count", "backends", "queue", "sessions_by_model"):
+            self.assertIn(key, data)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_backend_fields(self):
+        state = BackendState(config=BackendConfig(url="http://b1"), live=True, models=["m1"])
+        app, _, slot_tracker, *_ = _make_monitor_app([state])
+        slot_tracker.set_capacity("http://b1", 3)
+        backend = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()["backends"][0]
+        self.assertEqual(backend["url"], "http://b1")
+        self.assertTrue(backend["live"])
+        self.assertEqual(backend["models"], ["m1"])
+        self.assertEqual(backend["slots_total"], 3)
+        self.assertIn("slots_acquired", backend)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_dead_backend(self):
+        state = BackendState(config=BackendConfig(url="http://b2-dead"), live=False, models=[])
+        app, *_ = _make_monitor_app([state])
+        data = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()
+        backends = {b["url"]: b for b in data["backends"]}
+        self.assertFalse(backends["http://b2-dead"]["live"])
+        self.assertEqual(data["live_backend_count"], 0)
+
+    def test_monitor_data_empty_state(self):
+        app, *_ = _make_monitor_app([])
+        data = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()
+        self.assertEqual(data["backends"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(data["queue"], [])
+        self.assertEqual(data["session_count"], 0)
+
+    def test_monitor_total_requests_reflects_stats(self):
+        app, *_, stats = _make_monitor_app()
+        stats.increment_requests()
+        stats.increment_requests()
+        data = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()
+        self.assertEqual(data["total_requests"], 2)
+
+    def test_monitor_uptime_is_string(self):
+        app, *_ = _make_monitor_app()
+        data = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()
+        self.assertRegex(data["uptime"], r"^\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}$")
+
+    def test_monitor_last_poll_age_never_polled(self):
+        """Backend that has never been polled should show null last_poll_age."""
+        state = BackendState(config=BackendConfig(url="http://b1"), live=False, models=[])
+        app, *_ = _make_monitor_app([state])
+        data = TestClient(app).get("/monitor/data").json()
+        self.assertIsNone(data["backends"][0]["last_poll_age"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_policies.py

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+import unittest
+
+from llamacpp_ha.policies import BackendCandidate, RoundRobinPolicy
+
+
+def _cands(n: int) -> list[BackendCandidate]:
+    return [BackendCandidate(url=f"http://b{i}", index=i) for i in range(n)]
+
+
+class TestRoundRobinPolicy(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_single_backend_always_chosen(self):
+        policy = RoundRobinPolicy()
+        cands = _cands(1)
+        for _ in range(5):
+            result = policy.select("m", cands)
+            self.assertEqual(result.url, "http://b0")
+
+    def test_distributes_evenly_across_two(self):
+        policy = RoundRobinPolicy()
+        cands = _cands(2)
+        chosen = [policy.select("m", cands).url for _ in range(6)]
+        self.assertEqual(chosen.count("http://b0"), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(chosen.count("http://b1"), 3)
+
+    def test_distributes_evenly_across_three(self):
+        policy = RoundRobinPolicy()
+        cands = _cands(3)
+        chosen = [policy.select("m", cands).url for _ in range(9)]
+        for i in range(3):
+            self.assertEqual(chosen.count(f"http://b{i}"), 3)
+
+    def test_per_model_counters_independent(self):
+        policy = RoundRobinPolicy()
+        cands = _cands(2)
+        r1 = policy.select("model-a", cands)
+        r2 = policy.select("model-b", cands)
+        # Both start at 0 -> both get b0
+        self.assertEqual(r1.url, "http://b0")
+        self.assertEqual(r2.url, "http://b0")
+        # Next calls for each model independently advance
+        r3 = policy.select("model-a", cands)
+        r4 = policy.select("model-b", cands)
+        self.assertEqual(r3.url, "http://b1")
+        self.assertEqual(r4.url, "http://b1")
+
+    def test_empty_raises(self):
+        policy = RoundRobinPolicy()
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            policy.select("m", [])
+
+    def test_wraps_around(self):
+        policy = RoundRobinPolicy()
+        cands = _cands(2)
+        urls = [policy.select("m", cands).url for _ in range(5)]
+        self.assertEqual(urls, ["http://b0", "http://b1", "http://b0", "http://b1", "http://b0"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_queue.py

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+import asyncio
+import unittest
+
+from llamacpp_ha.queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+
+
+def _entry(**kwargs) -> QueueEntry:
+    e = QueueEntry(**kwargs)
+    e.future = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+    return e
+
+
+class TestRequestQueue(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def test_enqueue_and_pending(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        e1 = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        e2 = _entry(model_id="m2")
+        await q.enqueue(e1)
+        await q.enqueue(e2)
+        pending = await q.pending()
+        self.assertEqual(len(pending), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(pending[0].model_id, "m1")
+        self.assertEqual(pending[1].model_id, "m2")
+
+    async def test_fifo_order(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        ids = []
+        for i in range(5):
+            e = _entry(model_id=f"m{i}")
+            await q.enqueue(e)
+            ids.append(e.request_id)
+        pending = await q.pending()
+        self.assertEqual([e.request_id for e in pending], ids)
+
+    async def test_remove(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        e1 = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        e2 = _entry(model_id="m2")
+        await q.enqueue(e1)
+        await q.enqueue(e2)
+        await q.remove(e1)
+        pending = await q.pending()
+        self.assertEqual(len(pending), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(pending[0].model_id, "m2")
+
+    async def test_remove_nonexistent_no_error(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        e = _entry(model_id="m")
+        await q.remove(e)  # should not raise
+
+    async def test_depth(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        self.assertEqual(await q.depth(), 0)
+        for _ in range(3):
+            await q.enqueue(_entry(model_id="m"))
+        self.assertEqual(await q.depth(), 3)
+
+    async def test_wakeup_event_set_on_enqueue(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        self.assertFalse(q.wakeup_event.is_set())
+        await q.enqueue(_entry(model_id="m"))
+        self.assertTrue(q.wakeup_event.is_set())
+
+    def test_notify_sets_wakeup(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        q.notify()
+        self.assertTrue(q.wakeup_event.is_set())
+
+    async def test_entry_metadata(self):
+        import time
+        before = time.monotonic()
+        e = QueueEntry(model_id="llama3", session_id="sess123", estimated_tokens=42)
+        after = time.monotonic()
+        self.assertEqual(e.model_id, "llama3")
+        self.assertEqual(e.session_id, "sess123")
+        self.assertEqual(e.estimated_tokens, 42)
+        self.assertIsNone(e.future)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(e.arrival_time, before)
+        self.assertLessEqual(e.arrival_time, after)
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(e.wait_seconds, 0)
+
+    async def test_snapshot_truncates_session_id(self):
+        q = RequestQueue()
+        e = _entry(model_id="m", session_id="abcdef1234567890")
+        await q.enqueue(e)
+        snap = await q.snapshot()
+        self.assertEqual(len(snap), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(snap[0]["session_id"], "abcdef12")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_registry.py

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+import asyncio
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry, BackendState
+
+
+def _make_config(backends=None):
+    if backends is None:
+        backends = [{"url": "http://b1"}, {"url": "http://b2"}]
+    return ProxyConfig(backends=[BackendConfig(**b) for b in backends])
+
+
+class TestBackendRegistry(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    def _make_registry(self, backends=None):
+        cfg = _make_config(backends)
+        return BackendRegistry(cfg)
+
+    async def test_initial_state_all_dead(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry()
+        live = reg.get_all_live_backends()
+        self.assertEqual(live, [])
+
+    async def test_get_all_states_returns_all(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry()
+        states = reg.get_all_states()
+        self.assertEqual(len(states), 2)
+        urls = {s.url for s in states}
+        self.assertEqual(urls, {"http://b1", "http://b2"})
+
+    async def test_liveness_transition(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry([{"url": "http://b1"}])
+        state = reg.get_state("http://b1")
+        self.assertFalse(state.live)
+
+        # Simulate a successful poll by directly mutating state
+        async with reg._lock:
+            state.live = True
+            state.models = ["llama3"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        live = reg.get_all_live_backends()
+        self.assertEqual(len(live), 1)
+
+    async def test_model_index_rebuilt(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry(
+            [{"url": "http://b1"}, {"url": "http://b2"}]
+        )
+        async with reg._lock:
+            b1 = reg.get_state("http://b1")
+            b2 = reg.get_state("http://b2")
+            b1.live = True
+            b1.models = ["m1", "m2"]
+            b2.live = True
+            b2.models = ["m2", "m3"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(reg.get_backends_for_model("m1")), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(reg.get_backends_for_model("m2")), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(reg.get_backends_for_model("m3")), 1)
+
+    async def test_get_all_models_deduplicated(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry(
+            [{"url": "http://b1"}, {"url": "http://b2"}]
+        )
+        async with reg._lock:
+            b1 = reg.get_state("http://b1")
+            b2 = reg.get_state("http://b2")
+            b1.live = True
+            b1.models = ["m1", "shared"]
+            b2.live = True
+            b2.models = ["m2", "shared"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        models = reg.get_all_models()
+        self.assertEqual(len(models), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(set(models)), 3)  # no duplicates
+
+    async def test_dead_backend_excluded_from_model_index(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry(
+            [{"url": "http://b1"}, {"url": "http://b2"}]
+        )
+        async with reg._lock:
+            b1 = reg.get_state("http://b1")
+            b2 = reg.get_state("http://b2")
+            b1.live = True
+            b1.models = ["m1"]
+            b2.live = False
+            b2.models = ["m1"]
+            reg._rebuild_index()
+
+        backends = reg.get_backends_for_model("m1")
+        self.assertEqual(len(backends), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(backends[0].url, "http://b1")
+
+    async def test_explicit_model_ids_used_over_backend_report(self):
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["only-this"])]
+        )
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+
+        # Simulate fetching models: should use config model_ids, not backend response
+        state = reg.get_state("http://b1")
+        mock_session = AsyncMock()
+        reg._session = mock_session
+
+        models = await reg._fetch_models(state, {})
+        self.assertEqual(models, ["only-this"])
+
+    async def test_last_poll_age_increases(self):
+        import time
+        reg = self._make_registry([{"url": "http://b1"}])
+        state = reg.get_state("http://b1")
+        state.last_poll_time = time.monotonic() - 10
+        age = state.last_poll_age
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(age, 9.9)
+
+    async def test_no_backends_for_unknown_model(self):
+        reg = self._make_registry()
+        result = reg.get_backends_for_model("no-such-model")
+        self.assertEqual(result, [])
+
+    async def test_poll_all_concurrent(self):
+        """poll_all runs backends concurrently; a slow backend doesn't block others."""
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(
+            backends=[BackendConfig(url=f"http://b{i}") for i in range(5)]
+        )
+        reg = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+
+        poll_times = []
+
+        async def fake_poll_one(state):
+            poll_times.append(asyncio.get_event_loop().time())
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+            async with reg._lock:
+                state.live = True
+                state.models = ["m1"]
+
+        with patch.object(reg, "_poll_one", side_effect=fake_poll_one):
+            import time
+            start = time.monotonic()
+            await reg._poll_all()
+            elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+
+        # 5 backends * 0.05s each, but concurrent: should finish in ~0.1s not 0.25s
+        self.assertLess(elapsed, 0.2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(reg.get_all_live_backends()), 5)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_scheduler.py

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+import asyncio
+import unittest
+
+from llamacpp_ha.config import BackendConfig, ProxyConfig
+from llamacpp_ha.policies import RoundRobinPolicy
+from llamacpp_ha.queue import QueueEntry, RequestQueue
+from llamacpp_ha.registry import BackendRegistry, BackendState
+from llamacpp_ha.scheduler import Scheduler
+from llamacpp_ha.session_store import SessionStore
+from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+
+def _make_state(url: str, models: list[str] | None = None) -> BackendState:
+    cfg = BackendConfig(url=url)
+    return BackendState(config=cfg, live=True, models=models or ["m1"])
+
+
+def _entry(**kwargs) -> QueueEntry:
+    e = QueueEntry(**kwargs)
+    e.future = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+    return e
+
+
+class TestScheduler(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    def _make_scheduler(self, live_backends=None, max_queue_skip: int = 0):
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(backends=[BackendConfig(url=b.url) for b in (live_backends or [])])
+        registry = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+        for state in (live_backends or []):
+            registry._states[state.url] = state
+        registry._rebuild_index()
+
+        slot_tracker = SlotTracker()
+        for state in (live_backends or []):
+            slot_tracker.set_capacity(state.url, 2)
+
+        session_store = SessionStore()
+        queue = RequestQueue()
+        scheduler = Scheduler(
+            queue=queue,
+            registry=registry,
+            slot_tracker=slot_tracker,
+            session_store=session_store,
+            policy=RoundRobinPolicy(),
+            max_queue_skip=max_queue_skip,
+        )
+        return scheduler, queue, registry, slot_tracker, session_store
+
+    async def test_dispatches_entry_to_live_backend(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        scheduler, queue, *_ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(entry.future.result().url, "http://b1")
+
+    async def test_skips_full_backends(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1")
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertFalse(entry.future.done())
+
+    async def test_session_affinity_preferred(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        b2 = _make_state("http://b2")
+        scheduler, queue, _, _, sessions = self._make_scheduler([b1, b2])
+
+        await sessions.get_or_create("sess1")
+        await sessions.update("sess1", preferred_backend="http://b2")
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1", session_id="sess1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(entry.future.result().url, "http://b2")
+
+    async def test_session_affinity_fallback_when_full(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        b2 = _make_state("http://b2")
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, sessions = self._make_scheduler([b1, b2])
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b2", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b2")
+
+        await sessions.get_or_create("sess1")
+        await sessions.update("sess1", preferred_backend="http://b2")
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1", session_id="sess1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(entry.future.result().url, "http://b1")
+
+    async def test_no_live_backends_entry_stays(self):
+        scheduler, queue, *_ = self._make_scheduler([])
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertFalse(entry.future.done())
+        self.assertEqual(await queue.depth(), 1)
+
+    def test_notify_slot_released_wakes_queue(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        scheduler, queue, *_ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+        self.assertTrue(queue.wakeup_event.is_set())
+
+    async def test_cancelled_future_cleaned_up(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        scheduler, queue, *_ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        entry.future.cancel()
+
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        self.assertEqual(await queue.depth(), 0)
+
+    async def test_round_robin_across_backends(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        b2 = _make_state("http://b2")
+        scheduler, queue, *_ = self._make_scheduler([b1, b2])
+
+        results = []
+        for _ in range(4):
+            e = _entry(model_id="m1")
+            await queue.enqueue(e)
+            await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+            results.append(e.future.result().url)
+
+        self.assertEqual(results.count("http://b1"), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(results.count("http://b2"), 2)
+
+    async def test_slot_released_then_dispatch(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1")
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        self.assertFalse(entry.future.done())
+
+        await slots.release("http://b1")
+        scheduler.notify_slot_released()
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done())
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # max_models / preemption prevention
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def test_max_models_blocks_second_model_on_same_backend(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        _, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 4)
+        slots.set_max_models("http://b1", 1)
+
+        # Occupy a slot with model-a
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1", "m1")
+
+        # Request for model-b should stay queued
+        cfg = ProxyConfig(backends=[BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m1", "m2"])])
+        registry = BackendRegistry(cfg)
+        registry._states["http://b1"] = BackendState(
+            config=BackendConfig(url="http://b1", model_ids=["m1", "m2"]),
+            live=True,
+            models=["m1", "m2"],
+        )
+        registry._rebuild_index()
+
+        sched2 = Scheduler(
+            queue=queue,
+            registry=registry,
+            slot_tracker=slots,
+            session_store=SessionStore(),
+            policy=RoundRobinPolicy(),
+        )
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m2")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await sched2._dispatch_all()
+        self.assertFalse(entry.future.done(), "model-b should be blocked by max_models=1")
+
+    async def test_max_models_allows_same_model(self):
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1")
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1])
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 4)
+        slots.set_max_models("http://b1", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1", "m1")
+
+        entry = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(entry)
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+        self.assertTrue(entry.future.done(), "same model should still be dispatchable")
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # N-skip reordering
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    async def test_no_reorder_when_max_queue_skip_zero(self):
+        """Default FIFO: model-B request is not promoted over model-A."""
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1", models=["m1"])
+        b2 = _make_state("http://b2", models=["m2"])
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1, b2], max_queue_skip=0)
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 1)
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b2", 1)
+
+        # Fill b1; b2 is free with m2 active
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1", "m1")
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b2", "m2")
+
+        # Queue: [m1-request (blocked), m2-request (could go to b2)]
+        e_m1 = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        e_m2 = _entry(model_id="m2")
+        await queue.enqueue(e_m1)
+        await queue.enqueue(e_m2)
+
+        # Release b2 slot so m2 can be served
+        await slots.release("http://b2", "m2")
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        # m2 can be dispatched even with max_queue_skip=0 because _dispatch_all
+        # scans all entries (not strict head-of-line per model)
+        self.assertFalse(e_m1.future.done())
+        self.assertTrue(e_m2.future.done())
+        # skip_count must NOT be bumped when max_queue_skip=0
+        self.assertEqual(e_m1.skip_count, 0)
+
+    async def test_affinity_promotes_matching_model(self):
+        """With max_queue_skip>0, a matching model gets promoted."""
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1", models=["m1"])
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1], max_queue_skip=3)
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 2)
+
+        # b1 already has m1 in-flight
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1", "m1")
+
+        # Queue: [m2-entry (no affinity), m1-entry (affinity match)]
+        e_other = _entry(model_id="m2")  # no backend serves m2
+        e_m1 = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(e_other)
+        await queue.enqueue(e_m1)
+
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        # m1 entry is promoted (affinity pass), m2 stays (no backend)
+        self.assertTrue(e_m1.future.done())
+        self.assertFalse(e_other.future.done())
+        # e_other was bypassed once
+        self.assertEqual(e_other.skip_count, 1)
+
+    async def test_skip_count_caps_reordering(self):
+        """Once skip_count reaches max_queue_skip the entry freezes at head."""
+        b1 = _make_state("http://b1", models=["m1"])
+        scheduler, queue, _, slots, _ = self._make_scheduler([b1], max_queue_skip=2)
+        slots.set_capacity("http://b1", 4)
+
+        # b1 has m1 active
+        async with asyncio.timeout(1.0):
+            await slots.acquire("http://b1", "m1")
+
+        e_other = _entry(model_id="m2")
+        e_other.skip_count = 2  # already at limit — must not be bypassed
+        e_m1 = _entry(model_id="m1")
+        await queue.enqueue(e_other)
+        await queue.enqueue(e_m1)
+
+        await scheduler._dispatch_all()
+
+        # Affinity pass stops at e_other (skip_count >= max_queue_skip),
+        # so e_m1 is NOT promoted via affinity. Both get a chance in FIFO pass.
+        # e_other (m2) has no backend → stays. e_m1 gets dispatched in FIFO pass.
+        self.assertTrue(e_m1.future.done())
+        # skip_count must NOT increase further (entry was frozen)
+        self.assertEqual(e_other.skip_count, 2)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_session_store.py

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+import asyncio
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from llamacpp_ha.session_store import SessionStore, compute_prefix_hash
+
+
+class TestComputePrefixHash(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_same_messages_same_hash(self):
+        msgs = [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]
+        self.assertEqual(compute_prefix_hash(msgs), compute_prefix_hash(msgs))
+
+    def test_different_messages_different_hash(self):
+        a = [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]
+        b = [{"role": "user", "content": "world"}]
+        self.assertNotEqual(compute_prefix_hash(a), compute_prefix_hash(b))
+
+    def test_empty_messages(self):
+        h = compute_prefix_hash([])
+        self.assertIsInstance(h, str)
+        self.assertEqual(len(h), 16)
+
+
+class TestSessionStore(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def test_get_or_create_new(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        session = await store.get_or_create("abc")
+        self.assertEqual(session.session_id, "abc")
+        self.assertIsNone(session.model_id)
+
+    async def test_get_or_create_existing(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        s1 = await store.get_or_create("abc")
+        await store.update("abc", model_id="llama3")
+        s2 = await store.get_or_create("abc")
+        self.assertEqual(s2.model_id, "llama3")
+
+    async def test_update_model_and_messages(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        await store.get_or_create("s1")
+        msgs = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]
+        await store.update("s1", model_id="m1", messages=msgs, preferred_backend="http://b1")
+        pref = await store.get_preferred_backend("s1")
+        self.assertEqual(pref, "http://b1")
+
+    async def test_affinity_hit(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        await store.get_or_create("s1")
+        await store.update("s1", preferred_backend="http://b2")
+        pref = await store.get_preferred_backend("s1")
+        self.assertEqual(pref, "http://b2")
+
+    async def test_affinity_miss_unknown_session(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        pref = await store.get_preferred_backend("nonexistent")
+        self.assertIsNone(pref)
+
+    async def test_ttl_expiry(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=0.05)
+        await store.get_or_create("s1")
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        pref = await store.get_preferred_backend("s1")
+        self.assertIsNone(pref)
+
+    async def test_expire_removes_stale(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=0.05)
+        await store.get_or_create("s1")
+        await store.get_or_create("s2")
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        removed = await store.expire()
+        self.assertEqual(removed, 2)
+        count = await store.count()
+        self.assertEqual(count, 0)
+
+    async def test_count_active(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        await store.get_or_create("s1")
+        await store.get_or_create("s2")
+        count = await store.count()
+        self.assertEqual(count, 2)
+
+    async def test_count_by_model(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        await store.get_or_create("s1")
+        await store.get_or_create("s2")
+        await store.get_or_create("s3")
+        await store.update("s1", model_id="m1")
+        await store.update("s2", model_id="m1")
+        await store.update("s3", model_id="m2")
+        by_model = await store.count_by_model()
+        self.assertEqual(by_model["m1"], 2)
+        self.assertEqual(by_model["m2"], 1)
+
+    async def test_update_nonexistent_session_no_error(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+        await store.update("nope", model_id="m1")  # should not raise
+
+    async def test_concurrent_access(self):
+        store = SessionStore(ttl=300.0)
+
+        async def worker(i):
+            sid = f"s{i}"
+            await store.get_or_create(sid)
+            await store.update(sid, model_id="m", preferred_backend=f"http://b{i}")
+
+        await asyncio.gather(*[worker(i) for i in range(20)])
+        count = await store.count()
+        self.assertEqual(count, 20)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

tests/test_slot_tracker.py

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+import asyncio
+import unittest
+
+from llamacpp_ha.slot_tracker import SlotTracker
+
+
+class TestSlotTracker(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    async def test_acquire_when_free(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 2)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+        acquired, total = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(total, 2)
+
+    async def test_has_free_slot(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.has_free_slot("http://b"))
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+        self.assertFalse(tracker.has_free_slot("http://b"))
+
+    async def test_timeout_when_full(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+        with self.assertRaises(TimeoutError):
+            async with asyncio.timeout(0.05):
+                await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+
+    async def test_release_unblocks_waiter(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+
+        results = []
+
+        async def waiter():
+            async with asyncio.timeout(2.0):
+                await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+            results.append(True)
+
+        task = asyncio.create_task(waiter())
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+        await tracker.release("http://b")
+        await task
+        self.assertEqual(results, [True])
+
+    async def test_release_below_zero(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        await tracker.release("http://b")
+        acquired, _ = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+
+    def test_set_capacity_increase(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 3)
+        _, total = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(total, 3)
+
+    def test_unknown_url_defaults(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.has_free_slot("http://unknown"))
+        acquired, total = tracker.usage("http://unknown")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(total, 1)
+
+    async def test_acquire_zero_timeout_succeeds_then_fails(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        async with asyncio.timeout(0):
+            await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+        with self.assertRaises(TimeoutError):
+            async with asyncio.timeout(0):
+                await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+
+    async def test_release_decrements(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 2)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b")
+        acquired, _ = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 2)
+        await tracker.release("http://b")
+        acquired, _ = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 1)
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Model-aware tests
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def test_can_accept_respects_max_models(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 4)
+        tracker.set_max_models("http://b", 1)
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-a"))
+
+    async def test_max_models_blocks_second_model(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 4)
+        tracker.set_max_models("http://b", 1)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        # model-a is still accepted (same model, slot available)
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-a"))
+        # model-b is blocked (max_models=1 already reached)
+        self.assertFalse(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-b"))
+
+    async def test_max_models_unblocks_after_release(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 4)
+        tracker.set_max_models("http://b", 1)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertFalse(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-b"))
+        await tracker.release("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-b"))
+
+    async def test_active_model_set(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 4)
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset())
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset({"model-a"}))
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-b")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset({"model-a", "model-b"})
+        )
+        await tracker.release("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset({"model-b"}))
+
+    async def test_acquire_tracks_active_models(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 4)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        acquired, _ = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset({"model-a"}))
+        await tracker.release("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset({"model-a"}))
+        await tracker.release("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset())
+
+    async def test_reset_acquired_clears_state(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 2)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        acquired, _ = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 2)
+        await tracker.reset_acquired("http://b")
+        acquired, _ = tracker.usage("http://b")
+        self.assertEqual(acquired, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(tracker.active_model_set("http://b"), frozenset())
+
+    async def test_reset_acquired_unblocks_waiters(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 1)
+        tracker.set_max_models("http://b", 1)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+
+        unblocked = []
+
+        async def waiter():
+            async with asyncio.timeout(2.0):
+                await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-b")
+            unblocked.append(True)
+
+        task = asyncio.create_task(waiter())
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+        self.assertFalse(unblocked)
+        await tracker.reset_acquired("http://b")
+        await task
+        self.assertEqual(unblocked, [True])
+
+    async def test_max_models_none_allows_any(self):
+        tracker = SlotTracker()
+        tracker.set_capacity("http://b", 4)
+        tracker.set_max_models("http://b", None)
+        await tracker.acquire("http://b", "model-a")
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-b"))
+        self.assertTrue(tracker.can_accept("http://b", "model-c"))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()