<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><testsuites><testsuite name="pytest" errors="2" failures="6" skipped="3" tests="18" time="3470.091" timestamp="2026-07-16T17:28:33.704744" hostname="kserve-group-test-r77cn-e2e-llm-inference-service-pod"><testcase classname="" name="explainer.test_art_explainer" time="0.000"><skipped message="collection skipped">('/workspace/source/test/e2e/explainer/test_art_explainer.py', 38, 'Skipped: ODH does not support art explainer at the moment')</skipped></testcase><testcase classname="" name="llmisvc.test_llm_auth" time="0.000"><error message="collection failure">ImportError while importing test module '/workspace/source/test/e2e/llmisvc/test_llm_auth.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
../../python/kserve/.venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/python.py:617: in _importtestmodule
    mod = import_path(self.path, mode=importmode, root=self.config.rootpath)
../../python/kserve/.venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/pathlib.py:567: in import_path
    importlib.import_module(module_name)
/usr/lib64/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:1204: in _gcd_import
    ???
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:1176: in _find_and_load
    ???
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:1147: in _find_and_load_unlocked
    ???
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:690: in _load_unlocked
    ???
../../python/kserve/.venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py:186: in exec_module
    exec(co, module.__dict__)
llmisvc/test_llm_auth.py:29: in &lt;module&gt;
    from .test_llm_inference_service import (
E   ImportError: cannot import name '_collect_diagnostics' from 'e2e.llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service' (/workspace/source/test/e2e/llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py)</error></testcase><testcase classname="" name="llmisvc.test_llm_tls" time="0.000"><error message="collection failure">ImportError while importing test module '/workspace/source/test/e2e/llmisvc/test_llm_tls.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
../../python/kserve/.venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/python.py:617: in _importtestmodule
    mod = import_path(self.path, mode=importmode, root=self.config.rootpath)
../../python/kserve/.venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/pathlib.py:567: in import_path
    importlib.import_module(module_name)
/usr/lib64/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:1204: in _gcd_import
    ???
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:1176: in _find_and_load
    ???
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:1147: in _find_and_load_unlocked
    ???
&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;:690: in _load_unlocked
    ???
../../python/kserve/.venv/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py:186: in exec_module
    exec(co, module.__dict__)
llmisvc/test_llm_tls.py:29: in &lt;module&gt;
    from .test_llm_inference_service import (
E   ImportError: cannot import name '_collect_diagnostics' from 'e2e.llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service' (/workspace/source/test/e2e/llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py)</error></testcase><testcase classname="" name="predictor.test_grpc" time="0.000"><skipped message="collection skipped">('/workspace/source/test/e2e/predictor/test_grpc.py', 35, 'Skipped: Not testable in ODH at the moment')</skipped></testcase><testcase classname="" name="predictor.test_torchserve" time="0.000"><skipped message="collection skipped">('/workspace/source/test/e2e/predictor/test_torchserve.py', 34, 'Skipped: ODH does not support torchserve at the moment')</skipped></testcase><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_flow_control" name="test_flow_control_smoke[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-flow-control-utilization-detector]" time="963.396"><failure message="AssertionError: Service returned 401:">test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'scheduler-flow-control-round-robin', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], prompt='KServe...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-fc-smok-80287f19'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
flow_control_auth = None

    @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        "test_case",
        [
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-flow-control-round-robin",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="fc-smoke-test",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.flow_control,
                ],
                id="flow-control-utilization-detector",
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-flow-control-concurrency-detector",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="fc-concurrency-test",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.flow_control,
                ],
                id="flow-control-concurrency-detector",
            ),
        ],
        indirect=True,
    )
    def test_flow_control_smoke(test_case: TestCase, flow_control_auth):
        """Verify that the EPP boots and serves traffic with flow control enabled.
    
        Sends requests with different fairness IDs, InferenceObjective headers, and
        default headers. When a downstream auth provider is available (via the
        flow_control_auth fixture), also verifies the auth -&gt; flow control pipeline.
        """
        inject_k8s_proxy()
        kserve_client = KServeClient(
            config_file=os.environ.get("KUBECONFIG", "~/.kube/config"),
            client_configuration=client.Configuration(),
        )
    
        service_name = test_case.llm_service.metadata.name
        prefix = test_case.log_prefix
        test_failed = False
    
        if flow_control_auth:
            if not test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations:
                test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations = {}
            test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations.update(
                flow_control_auth.get("annotations", {})
            )
    
        try:
            print(f"{prefix} Creating LLMInferenceService {service_name}")
            create_llmisvc(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for ready")
            wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
                kserve_client, test_case.llm_service, test_case.wait_timeout
            )
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for model response")
&gt;           wait_for_model_response(kserve_client, test_case, test_case.wait_timeout)

llmisvc/test_flow_control.py:126: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

args = (&lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eab21e90&gt;, TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'scheduler-fl...        {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-fc-smok-80287f19'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m'), 900)
kwargs = {}, func_name = 'wait_for_model_response'
timestamp_start = '2026-07-16T17:29:36.851056', start_time = 1784222976.8514276
duration = 902.8749163150787, timestamp_end = '2026-07-16T17:44:39.726362'

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        func_name = func.__name__
    
        timestamp_start = datetime.now().isoformat()
        logger.info(
            f"[{func_name}] [{timestamp_start}] start - args={args}, kwargs={kwargs}"
        )
        start_time = time.time()
    
        try:
&gt;           result = func(*args, **kwargs)

llmisvc/logging.py:40: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eab21e90&gt;
test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'scheduler-flow-control-round-robin', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], prompt='KServe...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-fc-smok-80287f19'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
timeout_seconds = 900, extra_headers = None

    @log_execution
    def wait_for_model_response(
        kserve_client: KServeClient,
        test_case: TestCase,  # noqa: F811
        timeout_seconds: int = 900,
        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ) -&gt; str:
        def get_successful_response():
            try:
                if test_case.url_getter:
                    service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
                else:
                    service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            except Exception as e:
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
            model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
            headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
            if extra_headers:
                headers.update(extra_headers)
    
            if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
                test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
            elif test_case.prompt is not None:
                test_payload = {
                    "model": test_case.model_name
                    if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                    else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                    "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                    "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
                }
            else:
                test_payload = None
    
            logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
            try:
                if test_payload is not None:
                    response = post_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        json_data=test_payload,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
                else:
                    response = get_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
            logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
            if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
                return response
            raise AssertionError(
                f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
            )
    
&gt;       response = wait_for(get_successful_response, timeout=timeout_seconds, interval=5.0)

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1119: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

assertion_fn = &lt;function wait_for_model_response.&lt;locals&gt;.get_successful_response at 0x7f02eae34c20&gt;
timeout = 900, interval = 5.0

    def wait_for(
        assertion_fn: Callable[[], Any], timeout: float = 5.0, interval: float = 0.1
    ) -&gt; Any:
        """Wait for the assertion to succeed within timeout."""
        deadline = time.time() + timeout
        last_msg = None
        while True:
            try:
&gt;               return assertion_fn()

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1215: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

    def get_successful_response():
        try:
            if test_case.url_getter:
                service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            else:
                service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
        except Exception as e:
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
        model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
        if extra_headers:
            headers.update(extra_headers)
    
        if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
            test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
        elif test_case.prompt is not None:
            test_payload = {
                "model": test_case.model_name
                if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
            }
        else:
            test_payload = None
    
        logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
        try:
            if test_payload is not None:
                response = post_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    json_data=test_payload,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
            else:
                response = get_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
        logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
        if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
            return response
&gt;       raise AssertionError(
            f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
        )
E       AssertionError: Service returned 401:

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1115: AssertionError</failure></testcase><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-scheduler-v06-pd-config-migration-workload-llmd-simulator-pd]" time="132.755" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-scheduler-v06-nonzero-threshold-migration-workload-llmd-simulator-pd]" time="60.254" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-scheduler-with-precise-prefix-cache-inline-config-workload-llmd-simulator-kvcache]" time="130.504" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-workload-llmd-simulator0]" time="63.680" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-workload-llmd-simulator1]" time="945.998"><failure message="AssertionError: Service returned 401:">test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], prompt='KServe is a', service_name='llmisvc-router-m...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-llmisvc-8461fd55'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')

    @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        "test_case",
        [
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-gateway-ref",
                        "router-with-managed-route",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-custom-route-timeout",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="custom-route-timeout-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-refs",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="router-with-refs-test",
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0]],
                            routes=[ROUTER_ROUTES[0], ROUTER_ROUTES[1]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=["router-managed", "workload-pd-cpu", "model-fb-opt-125m"],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-custom-route-timeout-pd",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    service_name="custom-route-timeout-pd-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-refs-pd",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    service_name="router-with-refs-pd-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[1],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[1]],
                            routes=[ROUTER_ROUTES[2], ROUTER_ROUTES[3]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-dp-ep-gpu",
                        "workload-dp-ep-prefill-gpu",
                        "model-deepseek-v2-lite",
                    ],
                    prompt="Delve into the multifaceted implications of a fully disaggregated cloud architecture, specifically "
                    "where the compute plane (P) and the data plane (D) are independently deployed and managed for a "
                    "geographically distributed, high-throughput, low-latency microservices ecosystem. Beyond the "
                    "fundamental challenges of network latency and data consistency, elaborate on the advanced "
                    "considerations and trade-offs inherent in such a setup: 1. Network Architecture and Protocols: "
                    "How would the network fabric and underlying protocols (e.g., RDMA, custom transport layers) need to "
                    "evolve to support optimal performance and minimize inter-plane communication overhead, especially for "
                    "synchronous operations? Discuss the role of network programmability (e.g., SDN, P4) in dynamically "
                    "optimizing routing and traffic flow between P and D. 2. Advanced Data Consistency and Durability: "
                    "Explore sophisticated data consistency models (e.g., causal consistency, strong eventual consistency) "
                    "and their applicability in balancing performance and data integrity across a globally distributed data plane. "
                    "Detail strategies for ensuring data durability and fault tolerance, including multi-region replication, "
                    "intelligent partitioning, and recovery mechanisms in the event of partial or full plane failures. "
                    "3. Dynamic Resource Orchestration and Cost Optimization: Analyze how an orchestration layer would intelligently "
                    "manage the independent scaling of compute (P) and data (D) resources, considering fluctuating workloads, "
                    "cost efficiency, and performance targets (e.g., using predictive analytics for resource provisioning). "
                    "Discuss mechanisms for dynamically reallocating compute nodes to different data partitions based on "
                    "workload patterns and data locality, potentially involving live migration strategies. "
                    "4. Security and Compliance in a Distributed Landscape: Address the enhanced security perimeter "
                    "challenges, including securing communication channels between P and D (encryption in transit, mutual TLS), "
                    "fine-grained access control to data at rest and in motion, and identity management across disaggregated "
                    "components. Discuss how such an architecture impacts compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) "
                    "concerning data sovereignty, privacy, and auditability. 5. Operational Complexity and Observability: "
                    "Examine the increased complexity in monitoring, logging, and tracing across highly decoupled compute and "
                    "data planes. What specialized tooling and practices (e.g., distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, advanced AIOps) "
                    "would be essential? How would incident response and troubleshooting differ in this disaggregated environment "
                    "compared to traditional integrated systems? Consider the challenges of pinpointing root causes across "
                    "independent failures. 6. Real-world Applicability and Future Trends: Identify specific industries "
                    "or use cases (e.g., high-frequency trading, IoT edge processing, large language model inference) "
                    "where the benefits of P/D disaggregation would strongly outweigh its complexities. "
                    "Conclude by speculating on emerging technologies or paradigms (e.g., serverless compute functions "
                    "directly interacting with object storage, in-memory disaggregation) that could further drive or "
                    "transform P/D disaggregation in cloud computing.",
                    max_tokens=2000,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_gpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_nvidia,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_nvidia_roce,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-no-scheduler",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.no_scheduler,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-simulated-dp-ep-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="This test simulates DP+EP that can run on CPU, the idea is to test the LWS-based deployment, "
                    "but without the resources requirements for DP+EP (GPUs and ROCe/IB).",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_multi_node],
            ),
            # Scheduler config tests
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-inline-config",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-inline-config-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            # Chat completions endpoint coverage
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                        "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                    ],
                    model_name="Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                    endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                    payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-configmap-ref",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-configmap-ref-test",
                    before_test=[create_scheduler_configmap],
                    after_test=[delete_scheduler_configmap],
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-replicas",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-ha-replicas-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-custom-template",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-custom-template-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            # Scheduler v0.6 → v0.7 migration tests.
            # Deploy v0.6-style configs and verify the controller migrates them
            # so the v0.7 scheduler boots successfully.
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-v06-pd-config-migration",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-pd",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-v06-pd-migration-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-v06-nonzero-threshold-migration",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-pd",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-v06-threshold-migration-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Precise prefix KV cache routing test
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-precise-prefix-cache-inline-config",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-kvcache",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="precise-prefix-cache-test",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Models endpoint coverage
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/models",
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="data"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/completions
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches("facebook/opt-125m"),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                    peers=[
                        TestCase(
                            base_refs=[
                                "router-managed",
                                "workload-llmd-simulator",
                                "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                            ],
                            endpoint="/v1/completions",
                            prompt="KServe is a",
                            payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                            response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                                "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
                            ),
                            url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                            extra_headers={
                                MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                            },
                        ),
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/chat/completions
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                    payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches("facebook/opt-125m"),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                    peers=[
                        TestCase(
                            base_refs=[
                                "router-managed",
                                "workload-llmd-simulator",
                                "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                            ],
                            endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                            prompt="What is KServe?",
                            payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                            response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                                "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
                            ),
                            url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                            extra_headers={
                                MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                            },
                        ),
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — LoRA adapter
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    model_name=f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1"
                    ),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    },
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                    pytest.mark.lora,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/models (base + LoRA)
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/models",
                    response_assertion=assert_models_contains(
                        "facebook/opt-125m",
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                        "lora-adapter-1",
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    ),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                    pytest.mark.lora,
                ],
            ),
            # PVC storage tests -- validate direct PVC volume mount with real vLLM serving
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-simulated-dp-ep-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_multi_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
        ],
        indirect=["test_case"],
        ids=generate_test_id,
    )
    @log_execution
    def test_llm_inference_service(test_case: TestCase):  # noqa: F811
        inject_k8s_proxy()
    
        kserve_client = KServeClient(
            config_file=os.environ.get("KUBECONFIG", "~/.kube/config"),
            client_configuration=client.Configuration(),
        )
    
        service_name = test_case.llm_service.metadata.name
        if not test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations:
            test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations = {}
    
        test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations[
            "security.opendatahub.io/enable-auth"
        ] = "false"
        prefix = test_case.log_prefix
    
        test_failed = False
        try:
            print(f"{prefix} Creating LLMInferenceService {service_name}")
            create_llmisvc(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for LLMInferenceService {service_name} to be ready")
            wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
                kserve_client, test_case.llm_service, test_case.wait_timeout
            )
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for model response from {service_name}")
&gt;           wait_for_model_response(
                kserve_client,
                test_case,
                test_case.wait_timeout,
                extra_headers=test_case.extra_headers,
            )

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:810: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

args = (&lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f137d50ec10&gt;, TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llm...        {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-llmisvc-8461fd55'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m'), 900)
kwargs = {'extra_headers': {'X-Gateway-Model-Name': 'publishers/kserve-ci-e2e-test/models/facebook/opt-125m'}}
func_name = 'wait_for_model_response'
timestamp_start = '2026-07-16T17:35:45.768610', start_time = 1784223345.769116
duration = 901.6529974937439, timestamp_end = '2026-07-16T17:50:47.422116'

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        func_name = func.__name__
    
        timestamp_start = datetime.now().isoformat()
        logger.info(
            f"[{func_name}] [{timestamp_start}] start - args={args}, kwargs={kwargs}"
        )
        start_time = time.time()
    
        try:
&gt;           result = func(*args, **kwargs)

llmisvc/logging.py:40: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f137d50ec10&gt;
test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], prompt='KServe is a', service_name='llmisvc-router-m...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-llmisvc-8461fd55'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
timeout_seconds = 900
extra_headers = {'X-Gateway-Model-Name': 'publishers/kserve-ci-e2e-test/models/facebook/opt-125m'}

    @log_execution
    def wait_for_model_response(
        kserve_client: KServeClient,
        test_case: TestCase,  # noqa: F811
        timeout_seconds: int = 900,
        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ) -&gt; str:
        def get_successful_response():
            try:
                if test_case.url_getter:
                    service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
                else:
                    service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            except Exception as e:
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
            model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
            headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
            if extra_headers:
                headers.update(extra_headers)
    
            if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
                test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
            elif test_case.prompt is not None:
                test_payload = {
                    "model": test_case.model_name
                    if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                    else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                    "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                    "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
                }
            else:
                test_payload = None
    
            logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
            try:
                if test_payload is not None:
                    response = post_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        json_data=test_payload,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
                else:
                    response = get_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
            logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
            if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
                return response
            raise AssertionError(
                f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
            )
    
&gt;       response = wait_for(get_successful_response, timeout=timeout_seconds, interval=5.0)

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1119: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

assertion_fn = &lt;function wait_for_model_response.&lt;locals&gt;.get_successful_response at 0x7f137d767c40&gt;
timeout = 900, interval = 5.0

    def wait_for(
        assertion_fn: Callable[[], Any], timeout: float = 5.0, interval: float = 0.1
    ) -&gt; Any:
        """Wait for the assertion to succeed within timeout."""
        deadline = time.time() + timeout
        last_msg = None
        while True:
            try:
&gt;               return assertion_fn()

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1215: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

    def get_successful_response():
        try:
            if test_case.url_getter:
                service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            else:
                service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
        except Exception as e:
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
        model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
        if extra_headers:
            headers.update(extra_headers)
    
        if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
            test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
        elif test_case.prompt is not None:
            test_payload = {
                "model": test_case.model_name
                if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
            }
        else:
            test_payload = None
    
        logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
        try:
            if test_payload is not None:
                response = post_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    json_data=test_payload,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
            else:
                response = get_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
        logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
        if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
            return response
&gt;       raise AssertionError(
            f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
        )
E       AssertionError: Service returned 401:

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1115: AssertionError</failure></testcase><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_flow_control" name="test_flow_control_smoke[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-flow-control-concurrency-detector]" time="941.060"><failure message="AssertionError: Service returned 401:">test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'scheduler-flow-control-concurrency-detector', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], promp...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-fc-conc-1c5a0c75'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
flow_control_auth = None

    @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        "test_case",
        [
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-flow-control-round-robin",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="fc-smoke-test",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.flow_control,
                ],
                id="flow-control-utilization-detector",
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-flow-control-concurrency-detector",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="fc-concurrency-test",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.flow_control,
                ],
                id="flow-control-concurrency-detector",
            ),
        ],
        indirect=True,
    )
    def test_flow_control_smoke(test_case: TestCase, flow_control_auth):
        """Verify that the EPP boots and serves traffic with flow control enabled.
    
        Sends requests with different fairness IDs, InferenceObjective headers, and
        default headers. When a downstream auth provider is available (via the
        flow_control_auth fixture), also verifies the auth -&gt; flow control pipeline.
        """
        inject_k8s_proxy()
        kserve_client = KServeClient(
            config_file=os.environ.get("KUBECONFIG", "~/.kube/config"),
            client_configuration=client.Configuration(),
        )
    
        service_name = test_case.llm_service.metadata.name
        prefix = test_case.log_prefix
        test_failed = False
    
        if flow_control_auth:
            if not test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations:
                test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations = {}
            test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations.update(
                flow_control_auth.get("annotations", {})
            )
    
        try:
            print(f"{prefix} Creating LLMInferenceService {service_name}")
            create_llmisvc(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for ready")
            wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
                kserve_client, test_case.llm_service, test_case.wait_timeout
            )
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for model response")
&gt;           wait_for_model_response(kserve_client, test_case, test_case.wait_timeout)

llmisvc/test_flow_control.py:126: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

args = (&lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eaea8710&gt;, TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'scheduler-fl...        {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-fc-conc-1c5a0c75'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m'), 900)
kwargs = {}, func_name = 'wait_for_model_response'
timestamp_start = '2026-07-16T17:45:18.683359', start_time = 1784223918.6842113
duration = 902.1318068504333, timestamp_end = '2026-07-16T18:00:20.816021'

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        func_name = func.__name__
    
        timestamp_start = datetime.now().isoformat()
        logger.info(
            f"[{func_name}] [{timestamp_start}] start - args={args}, kwargs={kwargs}"
        )
        start_time = time.time()
    
        try:
&gt;           result = func(*args, **kwargs)

llmisvc/logging.py:40: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eaea8710&gt;
test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'scheduler-flow-control-concurrency-detector', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], promp...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-fc-conc-1c5a0c75'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
timeout_seconds = 900, extra_headers = None

    @log_execution
    def wait_for_model_response(
        kserve_client: KServeClient,
        test_case: TestCase,  # noqa: F811
        timeout_seconds: int = 900,
        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ) -&gt; str:
        def get_successful_response():
            try:
                if test_case.url_getter:
                    service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
                else:
                    service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            except Exception as e:
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
            model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
            headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
            if extra_headers:
                headers.update(extra_headers)
    
            if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
                test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
            elif test_case.prompt is not None:
                test_payload = {
                    "model": test_case.model_name
                    if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                    else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                    "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                    "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
                }
            else:
                test_payload = None
    
            logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
            try:
                if test_payload is not None:
                    response = post_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        json_data=test_payload,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
                else:
                    response = get_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
            logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
            if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
                return response
            raise AssertionError(
                f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
            )
    
&gt;       response = wait_for(get_successful_response, timeout=timeout_seconds, interval=5.0)

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1119: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

assertion_fn = &lt;function wait_for_model_response.&lt;locals&gt;.get_successful_response at 0x7f02eae36200&gt;
timeout = 900, interval = 5.0

    def wait_for(
        assertion_fn: Callable[[], Any], timeout: float = 5.0, interval: float = 0.1
    ) -&gt; Any:
        """Wait for the assertion to succeed within timeout."""
        deadline = time.time() + timeout
        last_msg = None
        while True:
            try:
&gt;               return assertion_fn()

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1215: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

    def get_successful_response():
        try:
            if test_case.url_getter:
                service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            else:
                service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
        except Exception as e:
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
        model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
        if extra_headers:
            headers.update(extra_headers)
    
        if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
            test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
        elif test_case.prompt is not None:
            test_payload = {
                "model": test_case.model_name
                if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
            }
        else:
            test_payload = None
    
        logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
        try:
            if test_payload is not None:
                response = post_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    json_data=test_payload,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
            else:
                response = get_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
        logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
        if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
            return response
&gt;       raise AssertionError(
            f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
        )
E       AssertionError: Service returned 401:

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1115: AssertionError</failure></testcase><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-workload-llmd-simulator2]" time="963.951"><failure message="AssertionError: Service returned 401:">test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], prompt='What is KServe?', service_name='llmisvc-rout...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-llmisvc-53a6ad30'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')

    @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        "test_case",
        [
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-gateway-ref",
                        "router-with-managed-route",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-custom-route-timeout",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="custom-route-timeout-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-refs",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="router-with-refs-test",
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0]],
                            routes=[ROUTER_ROUTES[0], ROUTER_ROUTES[1]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=["router-managed", "workload-pd-cpu", "model-fb-opt-125m"],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-custom-route-timeout-pd",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    service_name="custom-route-timeout-pd-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-refs-pd",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    service_name="router-with-refs-pd-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[1],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[1]],
                            routes=[ROUTER_ROUTES[2], ROUTER_ROUTES[3]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-dp-ep-gpu",
                        "workload-dp-ep-prefill-gpu",
                        "model-deepseek-v2-lite",
                    ],
                    prompt="Delve into the multifaceted implications of a fully disaggregated cloud architecture, specifically "
                    "where the compute plane (P) and the data plane (D) are independently deployed and managed for a "
                    "geographically distributed, high-throughput, low-latency microservices ecosystem. Beyond the "
                    "fundamental challenges of network latency and data consistency, elaborate on the advanced "
                    "considerations and trade-offs inherent in such a setup: 1. Network Architecture and Protocols: "
                    "How would the network fabric and underlying protocols (e.g., RDMA, custom transport layers) need to "
                    "evolve to support optimal performance and minimize inter-plane communication overhead, especially for "
                    "synchronous operations? Discuss the role of network programmability (e.g., SDN, P4) in dynamically "
                    "optimizing routing and traffic flow between P and D. 2. Advanced Data Consistency and Durability: "
                    "Explore sophisticated data consistency models (e.g., causal consistency, strong eventual consistency) "
                    "and their applicability in balancing performance and data integrity across a globally distributed data plane. "
                    "Detail strategies for ensuring data durability and fault tolerance, including multi-region replication, "
                    "intelligent partitioning, and recovery mechanisms in the event of partial or full plane failures. "
                    "3. Dynamic Resource Orchestration and Cost Optimization: Analyze how an orchestration layer would intelligently "
                    "manage the independent scaling of compute (P) and data (D) resources, considering fluctuating workloads, "
                    "cost efficiency, and performance targets (e.g., using predictive analytics for resource provisioning). "
                    "Discuss mechanisms for dynamically reallocating compute nodes to different data partitions based on "
                    "workload patterns and data locality, potentially involving live migration strategies. "
                    "4. Security and Compliance in a Distributed Landscape: Address the enhanced security perimeter "
                    "challenges, including securing communication channels between P and D (encryption in transit, mutual TLS), "
                    "fine-grained access control to data at rest and in motion, and identity management across disaggregated "
                    "components. Discuss how such an architecture impacts compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) "
                    "concerning data sovereignty, privacy, and auditability. 5. Operational Complexity and Observability: "
                    "Examine the increased complexity in monitoring, logging, and tracing across highly decoupled compute and "
                    "data planes. What specialized tooling and practices (e.g., distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, advanced AIOps) "
                    "would be essential? How would incident response and troubleshooting differ in this disaggregated environment "
                    "compared to traditional integrated systems? Consider the challenges of pinpointing root causes across "
                    "independent failures. 6. Real-world Applicability and Future Trends: Identify specific industries "
                    "or use cases (e.g., high-frequency trading, IoT edge processing, large language model inference) "
                    "where the benefits of P/D disaggregation would strongly outweigh its complexities. "
                    "Conclude by speculating on emerging technologies or paradigms (e.g., serverless compute functions "
                    "directly interacting with object storage, in-memory disaggregation) that could further drive or "
                    "transform P/D disaggregation in cloud computing.",
                    max_tokens=2000,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_gpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_nvidia,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_nvidia_roce,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-no-scheduler",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.no_scheduler,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-simulated-dp-ep-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="This test simulates DP+EP that can run on CPU, the idea is to test the LWS-based deployment, "
                    "but without the resources requirements for DP+EP (GPUs and ROCe/IB).",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_multi_node],
            ),
            # Scheduler config tests
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-inline-config",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-inline-config-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            # Chat completions endpoint coverage
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                        "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                    ],
                    model_name="Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                    endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                    payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-configmap-ref",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-configmap-ref-test",
                    before_test=[create_scheduler_configmap],
                    after_test=[delete_scheduler_configmap],
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-replicas",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-ha-replicas-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-custom-template",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-custom-template-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            # Scheduler v0.6 → v0.7 migration tests.
            # Deploy v0.6-style configs and verify the controller migrates them
            # so the v0.7 scheduler boots successfully.
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-v06-pd-config-migration",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-pd",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-v06-pd-migration-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-v06-nonzero-threshold-migration",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-pd",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-v06-threshold-migration-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Precise prefix KV cache routing test
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-precise-prefix-cache-inline-config",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-kvcache",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="precise-prefix-cache-test",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Models endpoint coverage
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/models",
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="data"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/completions
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches("facebook/opt-125m"),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                    peers=[
                        TestCase(
                            base_refs=[
                                "router-managed",
                                "workload-llmd-simulator",
                                "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                            ],
                            endpoint="/v1/completions",
                            prompt="KServe is a",
                            payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                            response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                                "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
                            ),
                            url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                            extra_headers={
                                MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                            },
                        ),
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/chat/completions
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                    payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches("facebook/opt-125m"),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                    peers=[
                        TestCase(
                            base_refs=[
                                "router-managed",
                                "workload-llmd-simulator",
                                "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                            ],
                            endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                            prompt="What is KServe?",
                            payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                            response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                                "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
                            ),
                            url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                            extra_headers={
                                MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                            },
                        ),
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — LoRA adapter
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    model_name=f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1"
                    ),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    },
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                    pytest.mark.lora,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/models (base + LoRA)
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/models",
                    response_assertion=assert_models_contains(
                        "facebook/opt-125m",
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                        "lora-adapter-1",
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    ),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                    pytest.mark.lora,
                ],
            ),
            # PVC storage tests -- validate direct PVC volume mount with real vLLM serving
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-simulated-dp-ep-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_multi_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
        ],
        indirect=["test_case"],
        ids=generate_test_id,
    )
    @log_execution
    def test_llm_inference_service(test_case: TestCase):  # noqa: F811
        inject_k8s_proxy()
    
        kserve_client = KServeClient(
            config_file=os.environ.get("KUBECONFIG", "~/.kube/config"),
            client_configuration=client.Configuration(),
        )
    
        service_name = test_case.llm_service.metadata.name
        if not test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations:
            test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations = {}
    
        test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations[
            "security.opendatahub.io/enable-auth"
        ] = "false"
        prefix = test_case.log_prefix
    
        test_failed = False
        try:
            print(f"{prefix} Creating LLMInferenceService {service_name}")
            create_llmisvc(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for LLMInferenceService {service_name} to be ready")
            wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
                kserve_client, test_case.llm_service, test_case.wait_timeout
            )
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for model response from {service_name}")
&gt;           wait_for_model_response(
                kserve_client,
                test_case,
                test_case.wait_timeout,
                extra_headers=test_case.extra_headers,
            )

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:810: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

args = (&lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f137dccab50&gt;, TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llm...        {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-llmisvc-53a6ad30'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m'), 900)
kwargs = {'extra_headers': {'X-Gateway-Model-Name': 'publishers/kserve-ci-e2e-test/models/facebook/opt-125m'}}
func_name = 'wait_for_model_response'
timestamp_start = '2026-07-16T17:51:48.058030', start_time = 1784224308.0586329
duration = 903.6344721317291, timestamp_end = '2026-07-16T18:06:51.693106'

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        func_name = func.__name__
    
        timestamp_start = datetime.now().isoformat()
        logger.info(
            f"[{func_name}] [{timestamp_start}] start - args={args}, kwargs={kwargs}"
        )
        start_time = time.time()
    
        try:
&gt;           result = func(*args, **kwargs)

llmisvc/logging.py:40: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f137dccab50&gt;
test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llmd-simulator'], prompt='What is KServe?', service_name='llmisvc-rout...              {'name': 'workload-llmd-simulator-llmisvc-53a6ad30'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
timeout_seconds = 900
extra_headers = {'X-Gateway-Model-Name': 'publishers/kserve-ci-e2e-test/models/facebook/opt-125m'}

    @log_execution
    def wait_for_model_response(
        kserve_client: KServeClient,
        test_case: TestCase,  # noqa: F811
        timeout_seconds: int = 900,
        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ) -&gt; str:
        def get_successful_response():
            try:
                if test_case.url_getter:
                    service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
                else:
                    service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            except Exception as e:
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
            model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
            headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
            if extra_headers:
                headers.update(extra_headers)
    
            if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
                test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
            elif test_case.prompt is not None:
                test_payload = {
                    "model": test_case.model_name
                    if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                    else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                    "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                    "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
                }
            else:
                test_payload = None
    
            logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
            try:
                if test_payload is not None:
                    response = post_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        json_data=test_payload,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
                else:
                    response = get_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
            logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
            if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
                return response
            raise AssertionError(
                f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
            )
    
&gt;       response = wait_for(get_successful_response, timeout=timeout_seconds, interval=5.0)

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1119: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

assertion_fn = &lt;function wait_for_model_response.&lt;locals&gt;.get_successful_response at 0x7f137d4c4360&gt;
timeout = 900, interval = 5.0

    def wait_for(
        assertion_fn: Callable[[], Any], timeout: float = 5.0, interval: float = 0.1
    ) -&gt; Any:
        """Wait for the assertion to succeed within timeout."""
        deadline = time.time() + timeout
        last_msg = None
        while True:
            try:
&gt;               return assertion_fn()

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1215: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

    def get_successful_response():
        try:
            if test_case.url_getter:
                service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            else:
                service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
        except Exception as e:
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
        model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
        if extra_headers:
            headers.update(extra_headers)
    
        if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
            test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
        elif test_case.prompt is not None:
            test_payload = {
                "model": test_case.model_name
                if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
            }
        else:
            test_payload = None
    
        logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
        try:
            if test_payload is not None:
                response = post_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    json_data=test_payload,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
            else:
                response = get_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
        logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
        if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
            return response
&gt;       raise AssertionError(
            f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
        )
E       AssertionError: Service returned 401:

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1115: AssertionError</failure></testcase><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_gateway_section_name" name="test_gateway_section_name_propagation[cluster_single_node-cluster_cpu-with-section-name]" time="13.964" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_gateway_section_name" name="test_gateway_section_name_propagation[cluster_single_node-cluster_cpu-without-section-name]" time="33.801" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_autoscaling_wva" name="test_llm_autoscaling_hpa_deployment[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-workload-llmd-simulator-no-replicas-prometheus-scrape-scaling-hpa]" time="907.572"><failure message="AssertionError: Missing true conditions: {'Ready', 'WorkloadsReady', 'RouterReady'}, expected {'Ready', 'WorkloadsReady', 'RouterReady'}, got [{'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'message': 'failed to reconcile main workload scaling: failed to reconcile main VA: failed to get v1alpha1.VariantAutoscaling kserve-ci-e2e-test/autoscale-hpa-deploy-kserve-va: no matches for kind &quot;VariantAutoscaling&quot; in version &quot;llmd.ai/v1alpha1&quot;', 'reason': 'ScalingCRDNotFound', 'severity': 'Info', 'status': 'False', 'type': 'MainWorkloadReady'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'severity': 'Info', 'status': 'True', 'type': 'PresetsCombined'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'message': 'failed to reconcile main workload scaling: failed to reconcile main VA: failed to get v1alpha1.VariantAutoscaling kserve-ci-e2e-test/autoscale-hpa-deploy-kserve-va: no matches for kind &quot;VariantAutoscaling&quot; in version &quot;llmd.ai/v1alpha1&quot;', 'reason': 'ScalingCRDNotFound', 'status': 'False', 'type': 'Ready'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'status': 'Unknown', 'type': 'RouterReady'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'message': 'failed to reconcile main workload scaling: failed to reconcile main VA: failed to get v1alpha1.VariantAutoscaling kserve-ci-e2e-test/autoscale-hpa-deploy-kserve-va: no matches for kind &quot;VariantAutoscaling&quot; in version &quot;llmd.ai/v1alpha1&quot;', 'reason': 'ScalingCRDNotFound', 'status': 'False', 'type': 'WorkloadsReady'}]">test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llmd-simulator-no-replicas', 'prometheus-scrape', 'scaling-hpa'], prom...              {'name': 'scaling-hpa-autoscale-hpa-deplo-347a3180'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')

    @pytest.mark.autoscaling_hpa
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        "test_case",
        [
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-no-replicas",
                        "prometheus-scrape",
                        "scaling-hpa",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="autoscale-hpa-deploy",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
        ],
        indirect=["test_case"],
        ids=generate_test_id,
    )
    @log_execution
    def test_llm_autoscaling_hpa_deployment(test_case: TestCase):
        """HPA + Deployment: VA and HPA exist; pods scale up under load."""
        inject_k8s_proxy()
        kserve_client = _new_kserve_client()
        service_name = test_case.llm_service.metadata.name
    
        try:
&gt;           _create_and_wait(kserve_client, test_case)

llmisvc/test_llm_autoscaling_wva.py:537: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eab6b790&gt;
test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-llmd-simulator-no-replicas', 'prometheus-scrape', 'scaling-hpa'], prom...              {'name': 'scaling-hpa-autoscale-hpa-deplo-347a3180'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')

    def _create_and_wait(kserve_client, test_case):
        """Create LLMISVC and wait for it to be ready."""
        create_llmisvc(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
&gt;       wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
            kserve_client, test_case.llm_service, test_case.wait_timeout
        )

llmisvc/test_llm_autoscaling_wva.py:478: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

args = (&lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eab6b790&gt;, {'api_version': 'serving.kserve.io/v1alpha1',
 'kin...e-hpa-4c186bcf'},
                       {'name': 'scaling-hpa-autoscale-hpa-deplo-347a3180'}]},
 'status': None}, 900)
kwargs = {}, func_name = 'wait_for_llm_isvc_ready'
timestamp_start = '2026-07-16T18:01:10.556646', start_time = 1784224870.5569367
duration = 900.5954418182373, timestamp_end = '2026-07-16T18:16:11.152420'

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        func_name = func.__name__
    
        timestamp_start = datetime.now().isoformat()
        logger.info(
            f"[{func_name}] [{timestamp_start}] start - args={args}, kwargs={kwargs}"
        )
        start_time = time.time()
    
        try:
&gt;           result = func(*args, **kwargs)

llmisvc/logging.py:40: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f02eab6b790&gt;
given = {'api_version': 'serving.kserve.io/v1alpha1',
 'kind': 'LLMInferenceService',
 'metadata': {'annotations': None,
     ...toscale-hpa-4c186bcf'},
                       {'name': 'scaling-hpa-autoscale-hpa-deplo-347a3180'}]},
 'status': None}
timeout_seconds = 900

    @log_execution
    def wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
        kserve_client: KServeClient,
        given: V1alpha1LLMInferenceService,
        timeout_seconds: int = 900,
    ) -&gt; str:
        def assert_llm_isvc_ready():
            out = get_llmisvc(
                kserve_client,
                given.metadata.name,
                given.metadata.namespace,
                given.api_version.split("/")[1],
            )
    
            if "status" not in out:
                raise AssertionError("No status found in LLM inference service")
    
            status = out["status"]
            if "conditions" not in status:
                raise AssertionError("No conditions found in status")
    
            expected_true_conditions = {"Ready", "WorkloadsReady", "RouterReady"}
            got_true_conditions = set()
    
            conditions = status["conditions"]
    
            for condition in conditions:
                if condition.get("status") == "True":
                    got_true_conditions.add(condition.get("type"))
    
            missing_conditions = expected_true_conditions - got_true_conditions
            if missing_conditions:
                raise AssertionError(
                    f"Missing true conditions: {missing_conditions}, expected {expected_true_conditions}, got {conditions}"
                )
            return True
    
&gt;       return wait_for(assert_llm_isvc_ready, timeout=timeout_seconds, interval=1.0)

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1204: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

assertion_fn = &lt;function wait_for_llm_isvc_ready.&lt;locals&gt;.assert_llm_isvc_ready at 0x7f02eae36d40&gt;
timeout = 900, interval = 1.0

    def wait_for(
        assertion_fn: Callable[[], Any], timeout: float = 5.0, interval: float = 0.1
    ) -&gt; Any:
        """Wait for the assertion to succeed within timeout."""
        deadline = time.time() + timeout
        last_msg = None
        while True:
            try:
&gt;               return assertion_fn()

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1215: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

    def assert_llm_isvc_ready():
        out = get_llmisvc(
            kserve_client,
            given.metadata.name,
            given.metadata.namespace,
            given.api_version.split("/")[1],
        )
    
        if "status" not in out:
            raise AssertionError("No status found in LLM inference service")
    
        status = out["status"]
        if "conditions" not in status:
            raise AssertionError("No conditions found in status")
    
        expected_true_conditions = {"Ready", "WorkloadsReady", "RouterReady"}
        got_true_conditions = set()
    
        conditions = status["conditions"]
    
        for condition in conditions:
            if condition.get("status") == "True":
                got_true_conditions.add(condition.get("type"))
    
        missing_conditions = expected_true_conditions - got_true_conditions
        if missing_conditions:
&gt;           raise AssertionError(
                f"Missing true conditions: {missing_conditions}, expected {expected_true_conditions}, got {conditions}"
            )
E           AssertionError: Missing true conditions: {'Ready', 'WorkloadsReady', 'RouterReady'}, expected {'Ready', 'WorkloadsReady', 'RouterReady'}, got [{'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'message': 'failed to reconcile main workload scaling: failed to reconcile main VA: failed to get v1alpha1.VariantAutoscaling kserve-ci-e2e-test/autoscale-hpa-deploy-kserve-va: no matches for kind "VariantAutoscaling" in version "llmd.ai/v1alpha1"', 'reason': 'ScalingCRDNotFound', 'severity': 'Info', 'status': 'False', 'type': 'MainWorkloadReady'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'severity': 'Info', 'status': 'True', 'type': 'PresetsCombined'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'message': 'failed to reconcile main workload scaling: failed to reconcile main VA: failed to get v1alpha1.VariantAutoscaling kserve-ci-e2e-test/autoscale-hpa-deploy-kserve-va: no matches for kind "VariantAutoscaling" in version "llmd.ai/v1alpha1"', 'reason': 'ScalingCRDNotFound', 'status': 'False', 'type': 'Ready'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'status': 'Unknown', 'type': 'RouterReady'}, {'lastTransitionTime': '2026-07-16T18:01:23Z', 'message': 'failed to reconcile main workload scaling: failed to reconcile main VA: failed to get v1alpha1.VariantAutoscaling kserve-ci-e2e-test/autoscale-hpa-deploy-kserve-va: no matches for kind "VariantAutoscaling" in version "llmd.ai/v1alpha1"', 'reason': 'ScalingCRDNotFound', 'status': 'False', 'type': 'WorkloadsReady'}]

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1199: AssertionError</failure></testcase><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-workload-single-cpu-model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf0]" time="178.298" /><testcase classname="llmisvc.test_llm_inference_service" name="test_llm_inference_service[cluster_cpu-cluster_single_node-router-managed-workload-single-cpu-model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf1]" time="987.461"><failure message="AssertionError: Service returned 401:">test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-single-cpu', 'model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf'], prompt=None, service_n...               {'name': 'model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf-c0d503b0'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')

    @pytest.mark.asyncio(loop_scope="session")
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        "test_case",
        [
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-gateway-ref",
                        "router-with-managed-route",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-custom-route-timeout",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="custom-route-timeout-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-refs",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="router-with-refs-test",
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[0]],
                            routes=[ROUTER_ROUTES[0], ROUTER_ROUTES[1]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=["router-managed", "workload-pd-cpu", "model-fb-opt-125m"],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-custom-route-timeout-pd",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    service_name="custom-route-timeout-pd-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-with-refs-pd",
                        "scheduler-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="You are an expert in Kubernetes-native machine learning serving platforms, with deep knowledge of the KServe project. "
                    "Explain the challenges of serving large-scale models, GPU scheduling, and how KServe integrates with capabilities like multi-model serving. "
                    "Provide a detailed comparison with open source alternatives, focusing on operational trade-offs.",
                    service_name="router-with-refs-pd-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    expected_gateway=ROUTER_GATEWAYS[1],
                    before_test=[
                        lambda: create_router_resources(
                            gateways=[ROUTER_GATEWAYS[1]],
                            routes=[ROUTER_ROUTES[2], ROUTER_ROUTES[3]],
                        )
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.custom_gateway,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-dp-ep-gpu",
                        "workload-dp-ep-prefill-gpu",
                        "model-deepseek-v2-lite",
                    ],
                    prompt="Delve into the multifaceted implications of a fully disaggregated cloud architecture, specifically "
                    "where the compute plane (P) and the data plane (D) are independently deployed and managed for a "
                    "geographically distributed, high-throughput, low-latency microservices ecosystem. Beyond the "
                    "fundamental challenges of network latency and data consistency, elaborate on the advanced "
                    "considerations and trade-offs inherent in such a setup: 1. Network Architecture and Protocols: "
                    "How would the network fabric and underlying protocols (e.g., RDMA, custom transport layers) need to "
                    "evolve to support optimal performance and minimize inter-plane communication overhead, especially for "
                    "synchronous operations? Discuss the role of network programmability (e.g., SDN, P4) in dynamically "
                    "optimizing routing and traffic flow between P and D. 2. Advanced Data Consistency and Durability: "
                    "Explore sophisticated data consistency models (e.g., causal consistency, strong eventual consistency) "
                    "and their applicability in balancing performance and data integrity across a globally distributed data plane. "
                    "Detail strategies for ensuring data durability and fault tolerance, including multi-region replication, "
                    "intelligent partitioning, and recovery mechanisms in the event of partial or full plane failures. "
                    "3. Dynamic Resource Orchestration and Cost Optimization: Analyze how an orchestration layer would intelligently "
                    "manage the independent scaling of compute (P) and data (D) resources, considering fluctuating workloads, "
                    "cost efficiency, and performance targets (e.g., using predictive analytics for resource provisioning). "
                    "Discuss mechanisms for dynamically reallocating compute nodes to different data partitions based on "
                    "workload patterns and data locality, potentially involving live migration strategies. "
                    "4. Security and Compliance in a Distributed Landscape: Address the enhanced security perimeter "
                    "challenges, including securing communication channels between P and D (encryption in transit, mutual TLS), "
                    "fine-grained access control to data at rest and in motion, and identity management across disaggregated "
                    "components. Discuss how such an architecture impacts compliance with regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) "
                    "concerning data sovereignty, privacy, and auditability. 5. Operational Complexity and Observability: "
                    "Examine the increased complexity in monitoring, logging, and tracing across highly decoupled compute and "
                    "data planes. What specialized tooling and practices (e.g., distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, advanced AIOps) "
                    "would be essential? How would incident response and troubleshooting differ in this disaggregated environment "
                    "compared to traditional integrated systems? Consider the challenges of pinpointing root causes across "
                    "independent failures. 6. Real-world Applicability and Future Trends: Identify specific industries "
                    "or use cases (e.g., high-frequency trading, IoT edge processing, large language model inference) "
                    "where the benefits of P/D disaggregation would strongly outweigh its complexities. "
                    "Conclude by speculating on emerging technologies or paradigms (e.g., serverless compute functions "
                    "directly interacting with object storage, in-memory disaggregation) that could further drive or "
                    "transform P/D disaggregation in cloud computing.",
                    max_tokens=2000,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_gpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_nvidia,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_nvidia_roce,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-no-scheduler",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.no_scheduler,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-simulated-dp-ep-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m",
                    ],
                    prompt="This test simulates DP+EP that can run on CPU, the idea is to test the LWS-based deployment, "
                    "but without the resources requirements for DP+EP (GPUs and ROCe/IB).",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_multi_node],
            ),
            # Scheduler config tests
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-inline-config",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-inline-config-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            # Chat completions endpoint coverage
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                        "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                    ],
                    model_name="Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                    endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                    payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="choices"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-configmap-ref",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-configmap-ref-test",
                    before_test=[create_scheduler_configmap],
                    after_test=[delete_scheduler_configmap],
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-replicas",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-ha-replicas-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-custom-template",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-custom-template-test",
                ),
                marks=[pytest.mark.cluster_cpu, pytest.mark.cluster_single_node],
            ),
            # Scheduler v0.6 → v0.7 migration tests.
            # Deploy v0.6-style configs and verify the controller migrates them
            # so the v0.7 scheduler boots successfully.
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-v06-pd-config-migration",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-pd",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-v06-pd-migration-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-v06-nonzero-threshold-migration",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-pd",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="scheduler-v06-threshold-migration-test",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Precise prefix KV cache routing test
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "scheduler-with-precise-prefix-cache-inline-config",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator-kvcache",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    service_name="precise-prefix-cache-test",
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Models endpoint coverage
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/models",
                    response_assertion=create_response_assertion(with_field="data"),
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/completions
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches("facebook/opt-125m"),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                    peers=[
                        TestCase(
                            base_refs=[
                                "router-managed",
                                "workload-llmd-simulator",
                                "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                            ],
                            endpoint="/v1/completions",
                            prompt="KServe is a",
                            payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                            response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                                "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
                            ),
                            url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                            extra_headers={
                                MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                            },
                        ),
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/chat/completions
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-llmd-simulator",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                    prompt="What is KServe?",
                    payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches("facebook/opt-125m"),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                    peers=[
                        TestCase(
                            base_refs=[
                                "router-managed",
                                "workload-llmd-simulator",
                                "model-qwen2.5-0.5b",
                            ],
                            endpoint="/v1/chat/completions",
                            prompt="What is KServe?",
                            payload_formatter=chat_completions_payload,
                            response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                                "Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct"
                            ),
                            url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                            extra_headers={
                                MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct",
                            },
                        ),
                    ],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.llmd_simulator,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — LoRA adapter
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/completions",
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    model_name=f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    payload_formatter=completions_payload,
                    response_assertion=assert_model_field_matches(
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1"
                    ),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    },
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                    pytest.mark.lora,
                ],
            ),
            # Model-based routing via X-Gateway-Model-Name header — /v1/models (base + LoRA)
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf",
                    ],
                    endpoint="/v1/models",
                    response_assertion=assert_models_contains(
                        "facebook/opt-125m",
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                        "lora-adapter-1",
                        f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/lora-adapter-1",
                    ),
                    url_getter=get_model_routing_url,
                    extra_headers={
                        MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER: f"publishers/{KSERVE_TEST_NAMESPACE}/models/facebook/opt-125m",
                    },
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.model_routing,
                    pytest.mark.lora,
                ],
            ),
            # PVC storage tests -- validate direct PVC volume mount with real vLLM serving
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-single-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-pd-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    response_assertion=assert_200_with_choices,
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_single_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
            pytest.param(
                TestCase(
                    base_refs=[
                        "router-managed",
                        "workload-simulated-dp-ep-cpu",
                        "model-pvc",
                    ],
                    prompt="KServe is a",
                    before_test=[ensure_pvc_with_model],
                ),
                marks=[
                    pytest.mark.cluster_cpu,
                    pytest.mark.cluster_multi_node,
                    pytest.mark.pvc_storage,
                ],
            ),
        ],
        indirect=["test_case"],
        ids=generate_test_id,
    )
    @log_execution
    def test_llm_inference_service(test_case: TestCase):  # noqa: F811
        inject_k8s_proxy()
    
        kserve_client = KServeClient(
            config_file=os.environ.get("KUBECONFIG", "~/.kube/config"),
            client_configuration=client.Configuration(),
        )
    
        service_name = test_case.llm_service.metadata.name
        if not test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations:
            test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations = {}
    
        test_case.llm_service.metadata.annotations[
            "security.opendatahub.io/enable-auth"
        ] = "false"
        prefix = test_case.log_prefix
    
        test_failed = False
        try:
            print(f"{prefix} Creating LLMInferenceService {service_name}")
            create_llmisvc(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for LLMInferenceService {service_name} to be ready")
            wait_for_llm_isvc_ready(
                kserve_client, test_case.llm_service, test_case.wait_timeout
            )
            print(f"{prefix} Waiting for model response from {service_name}")
&gt;           wait_for_model_response(
                kserve_client,
                test_case,
                test_case.wait_timeout,
                extra_headers=test_case.extra_headers,
            )

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:810: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

args = (&lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f137d4525d0&gt;, TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-sin...         {'name': 'model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf-c0d503b0'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m'), 900)
kwargs = {'extra_headers': {'X-Gateway-Model-Name': 'publishers/kserve-ci-e2e-test/models/facebook/opt-125m'}}
func_name = 'wait_for_model_response'
timestamp_start = '2026-07-16T18:11:17.474076', start_time = 1784225477.4744217
duration = 900.2016968727112, timestamp_end = '2026-07-16T18:26:17.676119'

    @functools.wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        func_name = func.__name__
    
        timestamp_start = datetime.now().isoformat()
        logger.info(
            f"[{func_name}] [{timestamp_start}] start - args={args}, kwargs={kwargs}"
        )
        start_time = time.time()
    
        try:
&gt;           result = func(*args, **kwargs)

llmisvc/logging.py:40: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

kserve_client = &lt;kserve.api.kserve_client.KServeClient object at 0x7f137d4525d0&gt;
test_case = TestCase(base_refs=['router-managed', 'workload-single-cpu', 'model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf'], prompt=None, service_n...               {'name': 'model-fb-opt-125m-with-lora-hf-c0d503b0'}]},
 'status': None}, model_name='facebook/opt-125m')
timeout_seconds = 900
extra_headers = {'X-Gateway-Model-Name': 'publishers/kserve-ci-e2e-test/models/facebook/opt-125m'}

    @log_execution
    def wait_for_model_response(
        kserve_client: KServeClient,
        test_case: TestCase,  # noqa: F811
        timeout_seconds: int = 900,
        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
    ) -&gt; str:
        def get_successful_response():
            try:
                if test_case.url_getter:
                    service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
                else:
                    service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            except Exception as e:
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
            model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
            headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
            if extra_headers:
                headers.update(extra_headers)
    
            if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
                test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
            elif test_case.prompt is not None:
                test_payload = {
                    "model": test_case.model_name
                    if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                    else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                    "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                    "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
                }
            else:
                test_payload = None
    
            logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
            try:
                if test_payload is not None:
                    response = post_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        json_data=test_payload,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
                else:
                    response = get_with_retry(
                        model_url,
                        headers=headers,
                        timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                    )
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
                raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
            logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
            if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
                return response
            raise AssertionError(
                f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
            )
    
&gt;       response = wait_for(get_successful_response, timeout=timeout_seconds, interval=5.0)

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1119: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

assertion_fn = &lt;function wait_for_model_response.&lt;locals&gt;.get_successful_response at 0x7f137d4c4ae0&gt;
timeout = 900, interval = 5.0

    def wait_for(
        assertion_fn: Callable[[], Any], timeout: float = 5.0, interval: float = 0.1
    ) -&gt; Any:
        """Wait for the assertion to succeed within timeout."""
        deadline = time.time() + timeout
        last_msg = None
        while True:
            try:
&gt;               return assertion_fn()

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1215: 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

    def get_successful_response():
        try:
            if test_case.url_getter:
                service_url = test_case.url_getter(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
            else:
                service_url = get_llm_service_url(kserve_client, test_case.llm_service)
        except Exception as e:
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to get service URL: {e}") from e
    
        model_url = service_url + test_case.endpoint
    
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
        if extra_headers:
            headers.update(extra_headers)
    
        if test_case.payload_formatter is not None:
            test_payload = test_case.payload_formatter(test_case)
        elif test_case.prompt is not None:
            test_payload = {
                "model": test_case.model_name
                if not extra_headers or MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER not in extra_headers
                else extra_headers[MODEL_ROUTING_HEADER],
                "prompt": test_case.prompt,
                "max_tokens": test_case.max_tokens,
            }
        else:
            test_payload = None
    
        logger.info(f"Calling LLM service at {model_url} with payload {test_payload}")
        try:
            if test_payload is not None:
                response = post_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    json_data=test_payload,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
            else:
                response = get_with_retry(
                    model_url,
                    headers=headers,
                    timeout=test_case.response_timeout,
                )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.error(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}")
            raise AssertionError(f"❌ Failed to call model: {e}") from e
    
        logger.info(f"Model response is {response.status_code}: {response.text[:500]}")
    
        if 200 &lt;= response.status_code &lt; 300:
            return response
&gt;       raise AssertionError(
            f"Service returned {response.status_code}: {response.text}"
        )
E       AssertionError: Service returned 401:

llmisvc/test_llm_inference_service.py:1115: AssertionError</failure></testcase></testsuite></testsuites>