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Type of change: documentation.

Replace legacy TensorRT checkpoint export, support matrix, and engine-build instructions with export_hf_checkpoint and TensorRT-LLM's PyTorch backend. Preserve the existing 0.48.0 deprecation / 0.49.0 removal notice and page URL. Update the customized-model guide and deployment skill to match.

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Follow the linked unified HF export guide. No API changes.

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Removes instructions for the TensorRT backend that current TensorRT-LLM releases no longer support.

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  • Documentation
    • Updated TensorRT-LLM deployment guidance to use export_hf_checkpoint with the PyTorch backend.
    • Clarified that this workflow does not require TensorRT engine construction.
    • Updated DBRX customization instructions for exporting and deploying quantized models.
    • Added TensorRT-LLM version requirements and links to unified Hugging Face deployment guidance.
    • Removed guidance for the legacy TensorRT-LLM checkpoint exporter and outdated troubleshooting steps.

Signed-off-by: Chad Voegele <cvoegele@nvidia.com>
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The documentation now directs TensorRT-LLM deployments to use export_hf_checkpoint with the PyTorch backend. It marks export_tensorrt_llm_checkpoint as deprecated and removes legacy engine-build troubleshooting guidance.

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TensorRT-LLM deployment guidance

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Updated deployment workflow
docs/source/deployment/1_tensorrt_llm.rst, docs/source/guides/_customized_model_quantization.rst, plugins/modelopt/skills/deployment/references/trtllm.md
The documentation uses export_hf_checkpoint and the PyTorch backend. It raises the documented TensorRT-LLM minimum version to 1.2.0, identifies export_tensorrt_llm_checkpoint as deprecated and unsupported by current releases, and removes engine-build troubleshooting entries.

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The recommended checkpoint export example can fail or write to an unintended temporary directory, so it should be corrected before merge.

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The replacement guidance is sound, but the deployment skill still advertises an incompatible TensorRT-LLM minimum version.

Needs action:

  • Update the TensorRT-LLM requirement in plugins/modelopt/skills/deployment/references/trtllm.md to the unified-checkpoint minimum documented in 3_unified_hf.rst; see inline comment.

The legacy export path using `export_tensorrt_llm_checkpoint()` is deprecated. Use the unified HF checkpoint format with `export_hf_checkpoint()` instead.

If you encounter a legacy checkpoint (no `hf_quant_config.json`, has `rank*.safetensors` pattern), it needs the TRT-LLM build API to create an engine before deployment. See `docs/source/deployment/1_tensorrt_llm.rst`.
Current TensorRT-LLM releases no longer support the legacy TensorRT backend. Re-export the quantized source model with `export_hf_checkpoint()` and deploy using the PyTorch backend. See `docs/source/deployment/3_unified_hf.rst`.

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Please also update this file's TensorRT-LLM >= 0.17.0 requirement. The replacement workflow depends on unified HF checkpoint loading, while docs/source/deployment/3_unified_hf.rst documents TensorRT-LLM v1.2.0 as the minimum. As written, the skill tells users that 0.17.x is supported and then directs them to a deployment path that requires a substantially newer release.

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Chad's Agent: Updated the requirement to TensorRT-LLM >= 1.2.0 and linked the unified HF guide in ed61daa. Pre-commit checks passed.

Signed-off-by: Chad Voegele <cvoegele@nvidia.com>

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The prior compatibility concern is resolved; the deployment guidance now consistently requires TensorRT-LLM 1.2.0.

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  • ✔️ Resolved since the last review: plugins/modelopt/skills/deployment/references/trtllm.md now matches the unified-checkpoint minimum and links the relevant guide.

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## Requirements

- TensorRT-LLM >= 0.17.0
- TensorRT-LLM >= 1.2.0 (see `docs/source/deployment/3_unified_hf.rst`)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the linked export_hf_checkpoint example.

The new reference points to docs/source/deployment/3_unified_hf.rst, whose example passes export_dir as the second positional argument. The API signature places dtype before export_dir, so this binds the path to dtype and does not select the requested output directory. Use export_hf_checkpoint(model, export_dir=export_dir). (github.com)

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chadvoegele merged commit c118d35 into main Sep 16, 2026
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Chad's Agent

Type of change: documentation.

Replace legacy TensorRT checkpoint export, support matrix, and
engine-build instructions with `export_hf_checkpoint` and TensorRT-LLM's
PyTorch backend. Preserve the existing 0.48.0 deprecation / 0.49.0
removal notice and page URL. Update the customized-model guide and
deployment skill to match.

Follow the linked unified HF export guide. No API changes.

- `git diff --check` passed.
- `uvx pre-commit run --files docs/source/deployment/1_tensorrt_llm.rst
docs/source/guides/_customized_model_quantization.rst
plugins/modelopt/skills/deployment/references/trtllm.md` passed.
- Full Sphinx build delegated to the Docs workflow; preview expected
after deployment.

- Is this change backward compatible?: ✅ Documentation only; page URL
retained.
- If you copied code from any other sources or added a new PIP
dependency, did you follow guidance in `CONTRIBUTING.md`: N/A
- Did you write any new necessary tests?: N/A — documentation only.
- Did you update Changelog?: N/A — guidance correction; no new API
deprecation.
- Did you get Claude approval on this PR?: ❌ Not requested yet.

Removes instructions for the TensorRT backend that current TensorRT-LLM
releases no longer support.

<!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai
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- **Documentation**
- Updated TensorRT-LLM deployment guidance to use `export_hf_checkpoint`
with the PyTorch backend.
- Clarified that this workflow does not require TensorRT engine
construction.
- Updated DBRX customization instructions for exporting and deploying
quantized models.
- Added TensorRT-LLM version requirements and links to unified Hugging
Face deployment guidance.
- Removed guidance for the legacy TensorRT-LLM checkpoint exporter and
outdated troubleshooting steps.
<!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->

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Signed-off-by: Chad Voegele <cvoegele@nvidia.com>
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#2438 #2402 #2434 (#2504)

## Cherry-picked PRs

- #2202
- #2317
- #2314
- #2403
- #2203
- #2413
- #2436
- #2451
- #2336
- #2438
- #2402
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added Step-3.7 PTQ recipes for routed experts and MLPs using NVFP4,
with FP8 KV-cache support.
  * Added SDXL FP4 quantization with FP8 convolution support.
  * Expanded FP4 ONNX export guidance to include Flux and SDXL.
  * Added BF16 compatibility for FP8 ONNX export.

* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved ONNX handling for large models, external data, metadata,
opsets, and output types.
  * Improved attention quantization and invalid dynamic-scale handling.
* Quantization now reports unmatched weight configurations, with an
override for valid pipeline-parallel workflows.

* **Documentation**
* Updated calibration, ONNX opset, CLI, Step-3.7, and TensorRT-LLM
deployment guidance.
* Updated deployment guidance to use unified Hugging Face exports with
the TensorRT-LLM PyTorch backend.
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