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What changed

  • Scan newly created environments by ID and revisit unfinished environments, so completion order cannot skip older environments.
  • Save scan progress in the rollout run directory without changing the training DB schema. A replacement SQLite DB invalidates the old checkpoint.
  • Deliver batches with an ID and acknowledge them after Slime adds the samples. Unacknowledged environments remain available after a buffer restart.

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  • PYTHONPATH=. pytest -q tests/rl/test_rollout_progress.py (4 passed)
  • python -m py_compile on the changed Python modules
  • git diff --check

This PR is based on v2. Group assembly behavior is left for a follow-up PR.

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  • Reliability
    • Rollout processing can resume from saved progress after a restart, helping prevent completed work from being missed or repeated.
    • Batches remain available until acknowledged, and repeated requests can retrieve the same in-flight batch.
  • New Features
    • Environment listings can now be filtered by multiple environment IDs.
    • Rollout logs can be stored in a configurable run directory.

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The change adds multi-environment filtering to data queries and checkpointed rollout scanning. The buffer server returns identified rollout batches and records acknowledgments. The rollout generator acknowledges batches after adding their samples to the buffer.

Changes: Rollout delivery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Environment query support
core/data_manager/contracts.py, core/data_manager/manager.py, core/data_manager/strategy/*_strategy_impl.py
EnvironmentQuery and DataManager.list_environment_rows accept multiple environment IDs. The cloud and SQLite strategies filter by those IDs. The manager also queries terminal steps for supplied sessions.
Rollout progress checkpoints
rl/rollout_progress.py, tests/rl/test_rollout_progress.py
RolloutProgress scans environments, tracks pending IDs, and saves state to a JSON checkpoint. It restores state when the database URL, database identity, and job session match. Tests cover restart behavior, late-finishing environments, and terminal-step read failures.
Batch delivery and acknowledgment
rl/buffer_server.py, rl/slime_generator.py
The buffer server loads progress, returns terminal rows in identified batches, and records acknowledgments. The generator acknowledges batches after adding samples. Row conversion includes fallbacks for prompt, environment ID, state, timestamp, and truncation fields.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SlimeGenerator
  participant buffer_server
  participant RolloutProgress
  participant DataManager
  SlimeGenerator->>buffer_server: Request rollout data
  buffer_server->>RolloutProgress: Read terminal rows
  RolloutProgress->>DataManager: Query environments and terminal steps
  DataManager-->>RolloutProgress: Return matching rows
  RolloutProgress-->>buffer_server: Return terminal rows
  buffer_server-->>SlimeGenerator: Return batch with batch_id
  SlimeGenerator->>buffer_server: Acknowledge batch_id
  buffer_server->>RolloutProgress: Record acknowledged environment IDs
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Suggested reviewers: binhuangpjlab, wangxuhongcn

Merge Risk: High · up to 60b6f

The new batch acknowledgment flow can feed duplicate rollout samples into training whenever a batch is smaller than the requested fetch count. Terminal rows with a null reward are also skipped and retried on every poll. Fix the duplicate delivery before merging, and handle null rewards.

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Minor · Handle null rewards in terminal rows. · buffer_server.py:215

rl/buffer_server.py:215
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle null rewards in terminal rows.

record_step permits a terminal row with reward=None. _build_item_from_row then evaluates float(None), and fetch_new_items_from_db skips the row. The environment remains pending and is retried on every poll.

🐛 Suggested fix
-        "reward": float(row.get("reward", 0.0)),
+        "reward": float(
+            row["reward"]
+            if row.get("reward") is not None
+            else row.get("step_reward", 0.0)
+        ),
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Review comment at @rl/buffer_server.py at line 215:
Update _build_item_from_row to handle rows whose reward is None: use step_reward
when present, falling back to 0.0, before converting the value to float. Ensure
terminal rows can be processed by fetch_new_items_from_db instead of being
skipped and retried.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @rl/slime_generator.py:
- Around line 636-646: Update the raw_results polling loop to fetch only one
batch per outer iteration, then process and acknowledge its metadata through the
existing ack_rollout_data request before fetching again. Do not repeatedly call
get_rollout_data while waiting for fetch_sample_count; preserve the existing
batch processing flow.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @rl/buffer_server.py:
- Line 215: Update _build_item_from_row to handle rows whose reward is None: use
step_reward when present, falling back to 0.0, before converting the value to
float. Ensure terminal rows can be processed by fetch_new_items_from_db instead
of being skipped and retried.

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  • core/data_manager/contracts.py
  • core/data_manager/manager.py
  • core/data_manager/strategy/cloud_strategy_impl.py
  • core/data_manager/strategy/sqlite_strategy_impl.py
  • rl/buffer_server.py
  • rl/rollout_progress.py
  • rl/slime_generator.py
  • tests/rl/test_rollout_progress.py

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Comment thread rl/slime_generator.py
Comment on lines +636 to +646
for meta_info in all_meta_info:
finished_groups_instance_id_list.extend(meta_info.get("finished_groups", []))
batch_id = meta_info.get("batch_id")
if batch_id:
response = requests.post(
f"{base_url}/ack_rollout_data",
json={"batch_id": batch_id},
timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
all_meta_info.clear()

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

sed -n '470,520p' rl/slime_generator.py
sed -n '625,665p' rl/slime_generator.py
sed -n '270,365p' rl/buffer_server.py
rg -n 'def get_rollout_data' -A30 rl/slime_generator.py

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rg -n -F -e 'def group_by_instance_id' -e 'group_by_instance_id(' -e 'def add_samples' rl/slime_generator.py rl
printf '\n--- relevant diff ---\n'
git diff edd99ca958969fb8baba7860de3ec5caae3266c5 60b6f6cf6d942a5a8374a8c94651b8c178d01f36 -- rl/slime_generator.py rl/buffer_server.py

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Acknowledge each batch before fetching again.

/get_rollout_data returns the current inflight_batch until /ack_rollout_data clears it. The inner loop polls this endpoint repeatedly before acknowledgement. If the first batch has fewer samples than fetch_sample_count, the same samples and meta_info are appended again. group_by_instance_id does not deduplicate them, so duplicate samples can reach data_buffer. A non-empty batch does not cause an infinite wait; it causes duplicate processing until the count is reached.

Fetch one batch per outer iteration. Process and acknowledge it before the next fetch.

Suggested fix
             raw_results = []
 
-            while len(raw_results) < fetch_sample_count:
-                await asyncio.sleep(5)
-                data, meta_info = await get_rollout_data(api_base_url=base_url)
-                raw_results.extend(data)
-                if meta_info:
-                    all_meta_info.append(meta_info)
-                print(f"get rollout data with length: {len(raw_results)}")
+            await asyncio.sleep(5)
+            data, meta_info = await get_rollout_data(api_base_url=base_url)
+            raw_results.extend(data)
+            if meta_info:
+                all_meta_info.append(meta_info)
+            print(f"get rollout data with length: {len(raw_results)}")
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[warning] 640-644: Request-controlled URL passed to requests; validate against an allowlist to prevent SSRF.
Context: requests.post(
f"{base_url}/ack_rollout_data",
json={"batch_id": batch_id},
timeout=30,
)
Note: [CWE-918] Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF).

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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Review comment at @rl/slime_generator.py around lines 636 - 646:
Update the raw_results polling loop to fetch only one batch per outer iteration,
then process and acknowledge its metadata through the existing ack_rollout_data
request before fetching again. Do not repeatedly call get_rollout_data while
waiting for fetch_sample_count; preserve the existing batch processing flow.

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