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This updates how we track the number of bytes send / recv on rapidsmpf channels, using the new metrics added in
rapidsai/rapidsmpf#1207.

Most of the lines changed here are a mechanical change to the signature of shutdown_on_error. Instead of taking *channels it takes seprate chs_in and chs_out, so that we know which channel is an input and which is an output for the given ir (most channels are both inputs and outputs, so that IR context is important). Some actors use side/auxiliary channels (replay channels, prefilter channels, ...). IIUC, including these in either chs_in or chs_out would double-count some data, so I've added another parameter auxiliary_channels to shutdown_on_error whose inputs/outputs are not recorded in the tracer.

The actual changes here are to

  1. Update our actor tracer to record the input/output bytes by memory tier (matching rapidsmpf)
  2. Update shutdown_on_error to record the metrics in the finally shutdown block.
  3. Delete our TracingChannel channel wrapper.

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This updates how we track the number of bytes send / recv on rapidsmpf
channels, using the new metrics added in
rapidsai/rapidsmpf#1207 rather than a proxy.
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  • Improvements

    • Improved streaming execution tracing and error handling across shuffle, sort, group-by, join, scan, union, and related operations.
    • Streaming diagnostics now report input and output transfer volumes by memory tier, including host and device memory.
    • Channel activity is tracked more consistently during failures and buffered-channel processing.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage validating traced data transfers and host/device memory accounting.

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Actor-graph tracing now records input and output bytes by MemoryType. shutdown_on_error categorizes channels for cleanup and metric collection. Actor modules no longer use trace_channel. Tests verify device, host, and pinned-host accounting.

Actor-graph tracing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tracing metrics contract
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/tracing.py, python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/utils.py
ActorTracer stores per-memory-type byte counts. record_channel_metrics replaces tracing channel proxies. shutdown_on_error records boundary-channel metrics and emits aggregate and per-tier statistics.
Actor shutdown context integration
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/collectives/*, groupby.py, hint_sorted.py, io.py, join.py, over.py, prefilter_actor.py, repartition.py, union.py
Actor shutdown contexts pass input, output, and auxiliary channels through the categorized shutdown_on_error API. Manual trace_channel wrapping is removed.
Node delivery and replay paths
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/nodes.py, python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/utils.py
Default, fanout, metadata, empty, and buffered-replay paths use centralized tracing. Empty-node delivery uses send_chunk with the tracer.
Memory-tier tracing validation
python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_tracing.py
An SPMD test compares producer and consumer metrics with channel metrics for device, host, and pinned-host memory.

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Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: madsbk, rjzamora

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No actionable current-head risk remains from the previously reported shutdown call concern.

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python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/prefilter_actor.py (1)

184-184: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use shutdown_channels_on_error for the internal execution channels.

When a non-skip path reaches this call, *execution.channels passes ch_target_replay and ch_domain_replay positionally to keyword-only parameters. Context-manager entry raises TypeError before execution.tasks start. These are internal channels, not actor boundaries, so wrap them with shutdown_channels_on_error(context, *execution.channels) instead of assigning them to chs_in or chs_out.

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In `@python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/prefilter_actor.py` at
line 184, Update the non-skip context-manager setup to wrap internal execution
channels with shutdown_channels_on_error(context, *execution.channels) instead
of passing execution.channels directly or assigning them to actor-boundary
channel parameters. Preserve the existing task startup flow after the context
manager enters successfully.
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55-56: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add a unit benchmark for shutdown_on_error channel-metric tracing. shutdown_on_error calls record_channel_metrics in its finally path for each actor. The test checks metric correctness but does not measure this per-actor tracing overhead. CONTRIBUTING.md requires unit tests and unit benchmarks for contributions.

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In `@python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_tracing.py` around lines 55 - 56, Add
a unit benchmark alongside test_send_and_recv_bytes that exercises
shutdown_on_error for each actor and measures the record_channel_metrics tracing
performed in its finally path, while validating the emitted channel metrics
remain correct. Follow the repository’s existing benchmark conventions and
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Inline comments:
In `@python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/collectives/sort.py`:
- Line 819: Update sort_actor’s channel configuration so chs_in contains only
ch_in, ensuring ActorTracer.input_bytes counts each payload once. Keep
ch_sample_replay and ch_chunk_store available separately for cleanup-only
shutdown handling.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/prefilter_actor.py`:
- Line 184: Update the non-skip context-manager setup to wrap internal execution
channels with shutdown_channels_on_error(context, *execution.channels) instead
of passing execution.channels directly or assigning them to actor-boundary
channel parameters. Preserve the existing task startup flow after the context
manager enters successfully.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_tracing.py`:
- Around line 55-56: Add a unit benchmark alongside test_send_and_recv_bytes
that exercises shutdown_on_error for each actor and measures the
record_channel_metrics tracing performed in its finally path, while validating
the emitted channel metrics remain correct. Follow the repository’s existing
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