[Bugfix] Fix Dense module loading for sentence-transformers embedding models v3 #22614

FFFfff1FFFfff · 2025-08-11T03:52:41Z

Purpose:
This PR adds automatic support for Sentence-Transformers Dense projection layers in vLLM, enabling proper handling of models that require dimension transformation (e.g., 1024→1792) during embedding generation.

Resolves the following issues:

Missing Dense projection functionality for ST models in vLLM
Incorrect output dimensions (1024 instead of expected 1792 for models like TencentBAC/Conan-embedding-v1)
Ensures numerical consistency with HuggingFace Sentence-Transformers implementation

Key Modifications:

vllm/transformers_utils/config.py: Added get_hf_file_bytes() for reading model files
vllm/model_executor/models/adapters.py: Core ST projector detection and loading logic
vllm/model_executor/layers/pooler.py: Integration of projector into embedding pipeline
vllm/model_executor/models/bert.py: Model-specific projector initialization
tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py: Comprehensive test suite (merged and optimized)

Test Plan:
python -m pytest tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py -v
python -m pytest tests/model_executor/test_st_projector_unit.py -v

Test Result:
tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py::test_st_projector_loading PASSED
tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py::test_compare_with_hf_dimensions PASSED
tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py::test_embedding_numerical_similarity PASSED
tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py::test_embedding_quality_checks PASSED
tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py::test_non_projector_models_mteb PASSED

Average cosine similarity: 1.000000 (100% match with HuggingFace)
Embedding dimensions match: 1792
✓ All numerical similarity tests passed!

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Code Review

This pull request adds support for Sentence-Transformers Dense projection layers, which is a great enhancement for handling a wider range of embedding models. The implementation looks solid, with good test coverage for both unit and integration scenarios. My main feedback concerns error handling in the new file loading and weight parsing logic. Using broad except Exception clauses can mask important errors and make debugging difficult. I've suggested replacing them with more specific exception handling and logging to improve robustness and maintainability.

gemini-code-assist · 2025-08-11T03:54:01Z

vllm/model_executor/models/adapters.py

+    try:
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            # Ensure weights are float32 for numerical stability
+            linear.weight.copy_(weight.to(torch.float32))
+            if use_bias and bias is not None and linear.bias is not None:
+                linear.bias.copy_(bias.to(torch.float32))
+        return True
+    except Exception:
+        return False


The broad except Exception can mask errors like shape mismatches when copying weights, which would be better to raise to the user. Silently returning False can lead to models with partially or incorrectly loaded weights without any warning.

Suggested change

try:

with torch.no_grad():

# Ensure weights are float32 for numerical stability

linear.weight.copy_(weight.to(torch.float32))

if use_bias and bias is not None and linear.bias is not None:

linear.bias.copy_(bias.to(torch.float32))

return True

except Exception:

return False

try:

with torch.no_grad():

# Ensure weights are float32 for numerical stability

linear.weight.copy_(weight.to(torch.float32))

if use_bias and bias is not None and linear.bias is not None:

linear.bias.copy_(bias.to(torch.float32))

return True

except RuntimeError as e:

logger.warning("Failed to load weights into linear layer: %s", e)

return False

gemini-code-assist · 2025-08-11T03:54:01Z

vllm/model_executor/models/adapters.py

+    try:
+        b = get_hf_file_bytes(f"{folder}/model.safetensors", model_path,
+                              revision)
+        if b is not None:
+            import io
+
+            from safetensors.torch import load as st_load
+            sd = st_load(io.BytesIO(b))
+            return _load_weights_from_state_dict(sd, linear, use_bias)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return False


The broad except Exception: pass in _load_from_safetensors (and similarly in _load_from_pytorch_bin) can hide important errors during weight loading, making debugging difficult. It's better to catch specific exceptions related to file I/O or parsing and log them.

Suggested change

try:

b = get_hf_file_bytes(f"{folder}/model.safetensors", model_path,

revision)

if b is not None:

import io

from safetensors.torch import load as st_load

sd = st_load(io.BytesIO(b))

return _load_weights_from_state_dict(sd, linear, use_bias)

except Exception:

pass

return False

try:

b = get_hf_file_bytes(f"{folder}/model.safetensors", model_path,

revision)

if b is not None:

import io

from safetensors.torch import load as st_load

sd = st_load(io.BytesIO(b))

return _load_weights_from_state_dict(sd, linear, use_bias)

except (IOError, ValueError, ImportError) as e:

logger.debug("Failed to load safetensors from %s: %s", folder, e)

pass

gemini-code-assist · 2025-08-11T03:54:02Z

vllm/model_executor/models/adapters.py

+    try:
+        b = get_hf_file_bytes(f"{folder}/pytorch_model.bin", model_path,
+                              revision)
+        if b is not None:
+            import io
+            sd = torch.load(io.BytesIO(b), map_location="cpu")
+            return _load_weights_from_state_dict(sd, linear, use_bias)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return False


The broad except Exception: pass can hide important errors during weight loading, making debugging difficult. It's better to catch specific exceptions related to file I/O or parsing and log them. For example, torch.load can raise pickle.UnpicklingError.

Suggested change

try:

b = get_hf_file_bytes(f"{folder}/pytorch_model.bin", model_path,

revision)

if b is not None:

import io

sd = torch.load(io.BytesIO(b), map_location="cpu")

return _load_weights_from_state_dict(sd, linear, use_bias)

except Exception:

pass

return False

try:

b = get_hf_file_bytes(f"{folder}/pytorch_model.bin", model_path,

revision)

if b is not None:

import io

import pickle

sd = torch.load(io.BytesIO(b), map_location="cpu")

return _load_weights_from_state_dict(sd, linear, use_bias)

except (IOError, pickle.UnpicklingError, ValueError) as e:

logger.debug("Failed to load pytorch_model.bin from %s: %s", folder, e)

pass

vllm/transformers_utils/config.py

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This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be
merged. Please rebase the PR, @FFFfff1FFFfff.

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FFFfff1FFFfff · 2025-08-12T01:41:11Z

FIX #15509, #16898, #22117
@DarkLight1337 @noooop

Could you please take a look on this Pr, I already revised based on previous review. Thanks a lot!

noooop

Thanks for your contribution

You need to fix conflicts and pre-commit

to fix conflicts, I'm not very familiar with git commands, so I prefer to first roll back the conflicting files, merge main into this PR, and then add the changes back. (The conflicts is solved anyway. LOL

noooop · 2025-08-12T01:55:13Z

tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py

+@pytest.mark.parametrize("model_info", ST_PROJECTOR_MODELS)
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Projector loading and single-sentence inference verified. MTEB batch processing optimization pending.")
+def test_st_projector_models_mteb(hf_runner, vllm_runner,
+                                  model_info: EmbedModelInfo) -> None:
+    """Test ST models with projectors using MTEB."""
+    if not model_info.enable_test:
+        pytest.skip("Skipping test.")
+    vllm_extra_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if model_info.architecture == "GteNewModel":
+        vllm_extra_kwargs["hf_overrides"] = {"architectures": ["GteNewModel"]}
+    mteb_test_embed_models(hf_runner, vllm_runner, model_info,
+                           vllm_extra_kwargs)


I think just one test is enough

noooop · 2025-08-12T01:56:00Z

tests/models/language/pooling/test_st_projector.py

+# Test models without ST projectors (for regression testing)
+NON_PROJECTOR_MODELS = [
+    EmbedModelInfo("thenlper/gte-large",
+                   architecture="BertModel",
+                   enable_test=True),
+    EmbedModelInfo("Alibaba-NLP/gte-base-en-v1.5",
+                   architecture="GteNewModel",
+                   enable_test=True),
+    EmbedModelInfo("Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B",
+                   architecture="Qwen3ForCausalLM",
+                   dtype="float32",
+                   enable_test=True),
+]


These models have already been tested in other files

noooop · 2025-08-12T01:57:13Z

tests/model_executor/test_st_projector_unit.py

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0


The mteb_test_embed_models test is sufficient, there is no need for this test.

requirements/test.txt

FFFfff1FFFfff · 2025-08-12T02:59:40Z

Got it! I'll sort out the conflicts and push the updates soon. Appreciate it! @noooop

FFFfff1FFFfff · 2025-08-12T03:42:58Z

Hi @noooop @DarkLight1337 , I've completed the updates for this PR.
CI checks are still running, but the changes are ready for your review. Thanks a lot!

DarkLight1337 · 2025-08-12T04:55:20Z

vllm/transformers_utils/config.py

@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@
                                             RWConfig, SpeculatorsConfig,
                                             Step3TextConfig, Step3VLConfig,
                                             UltravoxConfig)
+
+try:
+    from vllm.transformers_utils.configs.mllama import MllamaConfig


We have removed both MllamaConfig and NVLM_D_Config, you can remove them from this file

Got it. Will fix it! Thanks a lot @noooop @DarkLight1337
I have one more question. I've been running pre-commit locally multiple times before submitting this PR, but it seems the CI's automated pre-commit still catches minor formatting issues (like extra spaces or blank lines) and fails after making modifications. Is there a way to avoid this, or should I run some specific pre-commit configuration to match exactly what CI expects?

How did you install pre-commit for this repo?

I used pip install pre-commit and pre-commit install. Should I run pre-commit run --all-files --hook-stage manual to catch these CI-only checks locally? Or any other command?

Actually it looks like you did modify this file in your PR. So it's normal that pre-commit would format this file, even though those lines are not from your PR

Does your local pre-commit remove the line that is added in CI?

Got it! I took a try follow your instruction. Seems that pre-commit works this time! Waiting for the remaining pending checks.

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