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vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+import asyncio
+import contextlib
+import multiprocessing
+import queue
+import sys
+import uuid
+import weakref
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from collections import defaultdict, deque
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Sequence
+from concurrent.futures import Future
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from threading import Thread
+from typing import Any, TypeAlias, TypeVar
+
+import msgspec.msgpack
+import zmq
+import zmq.asyncio
+
+from vllm.config import VllmConfig
+from vllm.logger import init_logger
+from vllm.lora.request import LoRARequest
+from vllm.tasks import SupportedTask
+from vllm.utils.async_utils import in_loop
+from vllm.utils.network_utils import (
+    close_sockets,
+    get_open_port,
+    get_open_zmq_inproc_path,
+    make_zmq_socket,
+)
+from vllm.v1.engine import (
+    EngineCoreOutputs,
+    EngineCoreRequest,
+    EngineCoreRequestType,
+    ReconfigureDistributedRequest,
+    ReconfigureRankType,
+    UtilityOutput,
+)
+from vllm.v1.engine.coordinator import DPCoordinator
+from vllm.v1.engine.core import EngineCore, EngineCoreProc
+from vllm.v1.engine.exceptions import EngineDeadError
+from vllm.v1.engine.utils import (
+    CoreEngineActorManager,
+    CoreEngineProcManager,
+    launch_core_engines,
+)
+from vllm.v1.executor import Executor
+from vllm.v1.serial_utils import MsgpackDecoder, MsgpackEncoder, bytestr
+
+logger = init_logger(__name__)
+
+AnyFuture: TypeAlias = asyncio.Future[Any] | Future[Any]
+
+_R = TypeVar("_R")  # Return type for collective_rpc
+
+EngineIdentity = bytes
+
+
+class EngineCoreClient(ABC):
+    """
+    EngineCoreClient: subclasses handle different methods for pushing
+        and pulling from the EngineCore for asyncio / multiprocessing.
+
+    Subclasses:
+    * InprocClient: In process EngineCore (for V0-style LLMEngine use)
+    * SyncMPClient: ZMQ + background proc EngineCore (for LLM)
+    * AsyncMPClient: ZMQ + background proc EngineCore w/ asyncio (for AsyncLLM)
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def make_client(
+        multiprocess_mode: bool,
+        asyncio_mode: bool,
+        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+        executor_class: type[Executor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+    ) -> "EngineCoreClient":
+        # TODO: support this for debugging purposes.
+        if asyncio_mode and not multiprocess_mode:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "Running EngineCore in asyncio without multiprocessing "
+                "is not currently supported."
+            )
+
+        if multiprocess_mode and asyncio_mode:
+            return EngineCoreClient.make_async_mp_client(
+                vllm_config, executor_class, log_stats
+            )
+
+        if multiprocess_mode and not asyncio_mode:
+            return SyncMPClient(vllm_config, executor_class, log_stats)
+
+        return InprocClient(vllm_config, executor_class, log_stats)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def make_async_mp_client(
+        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+        executor_class: type[Executor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+        client_addresses: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        client_count: int = 1,
+        client_index: int = 0,
+    ) -> "MPClient":
+        parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
+        client_args = (
+            vllm_config,
+            executor_class,
+            log_stats,
+            client_addresses,
+            client_count,
+            client_index,
+        )
+        if parallel_config.data_parallel_size > 1:
+            if parallel_config.data_parallel_external_lb:
+                # External load balancer - client per DP rank.
+                return DPAsyncMPClient(*client_args)
+            # Internal load balancer - client balances to all DP ranks.
+            return DPLBAsyncMPClient(*client_args)
+        return AsyncMPClient(*client_args)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def shutdown(self): ...
+
+    def get_output(self) -> EngineCoreOutputs:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_supported_tasks(self) -> tuple[SupportedTask, ...]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def add_request(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def profile(self, is_start: bool = True) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def reset_mm_cache(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def reset_prefix_cache(self, reset_running_requests: bool = False) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def sleep(self, level: int = 1) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def wake_up(self, tags: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def is_sleeping(self) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def execute_dummy_batch(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def execute_dummy_batch_async(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def abort_requests(self, request_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def add_lora(self, lora_request: LoRARequest) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def remove_lora(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def list_loras(self) -> set[int]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def pin_lora(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def save_sharded_state(
+        self, path: str, pattern: str | None = None, max_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def collective_rpc(
+        self,
+        method: str | Callable[..., _R],
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        args: tuple = (),
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[_R]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def dp_engines_running(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns True id data parallel engines are collectively in a
+        running state."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def scale_elastic_ep(self, new_data_parallel_size: int) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def get_output_async(self) -> EngineCoreOutputs:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def get_supported_tasks_async(self) -> tuple[SupportedTask, ...]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def add_request_async(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def profile_async(self, is_start: bool = True) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def reset_mm_cache_async(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def reset_prefix_cache_async(
+        self, reset_running_requests: bool = False
+    ) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def sleep_async(self, level: int = 1) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def wake_up_async(self, tags: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def is_sleeping_async(self) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def abort_requests_async(self, request_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def add_lora_async(self, lora_request: LoRARequest) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def remove_lora_async(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def list_loras_async(self) -> set[int]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def pin_lora_async(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def save_sharded_state_async(
+        self, path: str, pattern: str | None = None, max_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    async def collective_rpc_async(
+        self,
+        method: str | Callable[..., _R],
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        args: tuple = (),
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[_R]:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class InprocClient(EngineCoreClient):
+    """
+    InprocClient: client for in-process EngineCore. Intended
+    for use in LLMEngine for V0-style add_request() and step()
+        EngineCore setup in this process (no busy loop).
+
+        * pushes EngineCoreRequest directly into the EngineCore
+        * pulls EngineCoreOutputs by stepping the EngineCore
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.engine_core = EngineCore(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_output(self) -> EngineCoreOutputs:
+        outputs, _ = self.engine_core.step_fn()
+        return outputs and outputs.get(0) or EngineCoreOutputs()
+
+    def get_supported_tasks(self) -> tuple[SupportedTask, ...]:
+        return self.engine_core.get_supported_tasks()
+
+    def add_request(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> None:
+        req, request_wave = self.engine_core.preprocess_add_request(request)
+        self.engine_core.add_request(req, request_wave)
+
+    def abort_requests(self, request_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+        if len(request_ids) > 0:
+            self.engine_core.abort_requests(request_ids)
+
+    def shutdown(self) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.shutdown()
+
+    def profile(self, is_start: bool = True) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.profile(is_start)
+
+    def reset_mm_cache(self) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.reset_mm_cache()
+
+    def reset_prefix_cache(self, reset_running_requests: bool = False) -> bool:
+        return self.engine_core.reset_prefix_cache(reset_running_requests)
+
+    def sleep(self, level: int = 1) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.sleep(level)
+
+    def wake_up(self, tags: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.wake_up(tags)
+
+    def is_sleeping(self) -> bool:
+        return self.engine_core.is_sleeping()
+
+    def execute_dummy_batch(self) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.execute_dummy_batch()
+
+    def add_lora(self, lora_request: LoRARequest) -> bool:
+        return self.engine_core.add_lora(lora_request)
+
+    def remove_lora(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        return self.engine_core.remove_lora(lora_id)
+
+    def list_loras(self) -> set[int]:
+        return self.engine_core.list_loras()
+
+    def pin_lora(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        return self.engine_core.pin_lora(lora_id)
+
+    def save_sharded_state(
+        self, path: str, pattern: str | None = None, max_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        self.engine_core.save_sharded_state(path, pattern, max_size)
+
+    def collective_rpc(
+        self,
+        method: str | Callable[..., _R],
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        args: tuple = (),
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[_R]:
+        return self.engine_core.collective_rpc(method, timeout, args, kwargs)
+
+    def dp_engines_running(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
+
+@dataclass
+class BackgroundResources:
+    """Used as a finalizer for clean shutdown, avoiding
+    circular reference back to the client object."""
+
+    ctx: zmq.Context
+    # If CoreEngineProcManager, it manages local engines;
+    # if CoreEngineActorManager, it manages all engines.
+    engine_manager: CoreEngineProcManager | CoreEngineActorManager | None = None
+    coordinator: DPCoordinator | None = None
+    output_socket: zmq.Socket | zmq.asyncio.Socket | None = None
+    input_socket: zmq.Socket | zmq.asyncio.Socket | None = None
+    first_req_send_socket: zmq.asyncio.Socket | None = None
+    first_req_rcv_socket: zmq.asyncio.Socket | None = None
+    stats_update_socket: zmq.asyncio.Socket | None = None
+    output_queue_task: asyncio.Task | None = None
+    stats_update_task: asyncio.Task | None = None
+    shutdown_path: str | None = None
+
+    # Set if any of the engines are dead. Here so that the output
+    # processing threads can access it without holding a ref to the client.
+    engine_dead: bool = False
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        """Clean up background resources."""
+
+        self.engine_dead = True
+        if self.engine_manager is not None:
+            self.engine_manager.close()
+        if self.coordinator is not None:
+            self.coordinator.close()
+
+        if isinstance(self.output_socket, zmq.asyncio.Socket):
+            # Async case.
+            loop = self.output_queue_task._loop if self.output_queue_task else None
+
+            sockets = (
+                self.output_socket,
+                self.input_socket,
+                self.first_req_send_socket,
+                self.first_req_rcv_socket,
+                self.stats_update_socket,
+            )
+
+            tasks = (self.output_queue_task, self.stats_update_task)
+
+            def close_sockets_and_tasks():
+                close_sockets(sockets)
+                for task in tasks:
+                    if task is not None and not task.done():
+                        with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                            task.cancel()
+
+            if loop is not None:
+                if in_loop(loop):
+                    close_sockets_and_tasks()
+                elif not loop.is_closed():
+                    loop.call_soon_threadsafe(close_sockets_and_tasks)
+            else:
+                # Loop has been closed, try to clean up directly.
+                del tasks
+                del close_sockets_and_tasks
+                close_sockets(sockets)
+                del self.output_queue_task
+                del self.stats_update_task
+        else:
+            # Sync case.
+
+            # ZMQ context termination can hang if the sockets
+            # aren't explicitly closed first.
+            close_sockets((self.output_socket, self.input_socket))
+
+            if self.shutdown_path is not None:
+                # We must ensure that the sync output socket is
+                # closed cleanly in its own thread.
+                with self.ctx.socket(zmq.PAIR) as shutdown_sender:
+                    shutdown_sender.connect(self.shutdown_path)
+                    # Send shutdown signal.
+                    shutdown_sender.send(b"")
+
+    def validate_alive(self, frames: Sequence[zmq.Frame]):
+        if len(frames) == 1 and (frames[0].buffer == EngineCoreProc.ENGINE_CORE_DEAD):
+            self.engine_dead = True
+            raise EngineDeadError()
+
+
+class MPClient(EngineCoreClient):
+    """
+    MPClient: base client for multi-proc EngineCore.
+        EngineCore runs in a background process busy loop, getting
+        new EngineCoreRequests and returning EngineCoreOutputs
+
+        * pushes EngineCoreRequests via input_socket
+        * pulls EngineCoreOutputs via output_socket
+
+        * AsyncMPClient subclass for AsyncLLM usage
+        * SyncMPClient subclass for LLM usage
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        asyncio_mode: bool,
+        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+        executor_class: type[Executor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+        client_addresses: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    ):
+        self.vllm_config = vllm_config
+        # Serialization setup.
+        self.encoder = MsgpackEncoder()
+        self.decoder = MsgpackDecoder(EngineCoreOutputs)
+
+        # ZMQ setup.
+        sync_ctx = zmq.Context(io_threads=2)
+        self.ctx = zmq.asyncio.Context(sync_ctx) if asyncio_mode else sync_ctx
+
+        # This will ensure resources created so far are closed
+        # when the client is garbage collected, even if an
+        # exception is raised mid-construction.
+        self.resources = BackgroundResources(ctx=sync_ctx)
+        self._finalizer = weakref.finalize(self, self.resources)
+        success = False
+        try:
+            # State used for data parallel.
+            self.engines_running = False
+
+            self.stats_update_address: str | None = None
+            if client_addresses:
+                # Engines are managed externally to this client.
+                input_address = client_addresses["input_address"]
+                output_address = client_addresses["output_address"]
+                self.stats_update_address = client_addresses.get("stats_update_address")
+            else:
+                # Engines are managed by this client.
+                with launch_core_engines(vllm_config, executor_class, log_stats) as (
+                    engine_manager,
+                    coordinator,
+                    addresses,
+                ):
+                    self.resources.coordinator = coordinator
+                    self.resources.engine_manager = engine_manager
+
+                (input_address,) = addresses.inputs
+                (output_address,) = addresses.outputs
+                self.stats_update_address = addresses.frontend_stats_publish_address
+                if coordinator is not None:
+                    assert self.stats_update_address == (
+                        coordinator.get_stats_publish_address()
+                    )
+
+            # Create input and output sockets.
+            self.input_socket = self.resources.input_socket = make_zmq_socket(
+                self.ctx, input_address, zmq.ROUTER, bind=True
+            )
+            self.resources.output_socket = make_zmq_socket(
+                self.ctx, output_address, zmq.PULL
+            )
+
+            parallel_config = vllm_config.parallel_config
+            dp_size = parallel_config.data_parallel_size
+            dp_rank = parallel_config.data_parallel_rank
+            dp_local_size = parallel_config.data_parallel_size_local
+            offline_mode = parallel_config.data_parallel_rank_local is not None
+            # Client manages local+remote EngineCores in pure internal LB case.
+            # Client manages local EngineCores in hybrid and external LB case.
+            local_engines_only = (
+                parallel_config.data_parallel_hybrid_lb
+                or parallel_config.data_parallel_external_lb
+            )
+
+            num_ranks = dp_local_size if local_engines_only else dp_size
+            self.engine_ranks_managed = (
+                [dp_rank] if offline_mode else list(range(dp_rank, dp_rank + num_ranks))
+            )
+            assert parallel_config.data_parallel_size_local <= len(
+                self.engine_ranks_managed
+            )
+
+            # ZMQ identity of each engine that this client will talk to.
+            self.core_engines: list[EngineIdentity] = [
+                rank.to_bytes(2, "little") for rank in self.engine_ranks_managed
+            ]
+
+            # Wait for ready messages from each engine on the input socket.
+            identities = set(self.core_engines)
+            sync_input_socket = zmq.Socket.shadow(self.input_socket)
+            while identities:
+                if not sync_input_socket.poll(timeout=600_000):
+                    raise TimeoutError(
+                        "Timed out waiting for engines to send"
+                        "initial message on input socket."
+                    )
+                identity, _ = sync_input_socket.recv_multipart()
+                identities.remove(identity)
+
+            self.core_engine: EngineIdentity = self.core_engines[0]
+            self.utility_results: dict[int, AnyFuture] = {}
+
+            # Request objects which may contain pytorch-allocated tensors
+            # that we need to keep references to until zmq is done with the
+            # underlying data.
+            self.pending_messages = deque[tuple[zmq.MessageTracker, Any]]()
+
+            # Start monitoring engine core processes for unexpected failures
+            self.start_engine_core_monitor()
+
+            success = True
+        finally:
+            if not success:
+                self._finalizer()
+
+    def shutdown(self):
+        # Terminate background resources.
+        self._finalizer()
+
+    def _format_exception(self, e: Exception) -> Exception:
+        """If errored, use EngineDeadError so root cause is clear."""
+        return (
+            EngineDeadError(suppress_context=True) if self.resources.engine_dead else e
+        )
+
+    def ensure_alive(self):
+        if self.resources.engine_dead:
+            raise EngineDeadError()
+
+    def add_pending_message(self, tracker: zmq.MessageTracker, msg: Any):
+        if not tracker.done:
+            self.pending_messages.appendleft((tracker, msg))
+
+    def free_pending_messages(self):
+        while self.pending_messages and self.pending_messages[-1][0].done:
+            self.pending_messages.pop()
+
+    def dp_engines_running(self) -> bool:
+        return self.engines_running
+
+    def start_engine_core_monitor(self):
+        """Start a monitor thread for engine core processes."""
+        engine_manager = self.resources.engine_manager
+        if (
+            engine_manager is None
+            or not hasattr(engine_manager, "processes")
+            or not engine_manager.processes
+        ):
+            # No engine processes to monitor
+            return
+
+        engine_processes = engine_manager.processes
+        self_ref = weakref.ref(self)
+
+        # Monitor engine core process liveness. If any die unexpectedly,
+        # logs an error, shuts down the client and invokes the failure
+        # callback to inform the engine.
+        def monitor_engine_cores():
+            sentinels = [proc.sentinel for proc in engine_processes]
+            died = multiprocessing.connection.wait(sentinels)
+            _self = self_ref()
+            if not _self or _self.resources.engine_dead:
+                return
+            _self.resources.engine_dead = True
+            proc_name = next(
+                proc.name for proc in engine_processes if proc.sentinel == died[0]
+            )
+            logger.error(
+                "Engine core proc %s died unexpectedly, shutting down client.",
+                proc_name,
+            )
+            _self.shutdown()
+            # Note: For MPClient, we don't have a failure callback mechanism
+            # like MultiprocExecutor, but we set engine_dead flag which will
+            # cause subsequent operations to raise EngineDeadError
+
+        Thread(
+            target=monitor_engine_cores, daemon=True, name="MPClientEngineMonitor"
+        ).start()
+
+
+def _process_utility_output(
+    output: UtilityOutput, utility_results: dict[int, AnyFuture]
+):
+    """Set the result from a utility method in the waiting future."""
+    future = utility_results.pop(output.call_id)
+    failure_message = output.failure_message
+    try:
+        if failure_message is not None:
+            future.set_exception(Exception(failure_message))
+        else:
+            assert output.result is not None
+            future.set_result(output.result.result)
+    except asyncio.InvalidStateError:
+        # This can happen if the future is cancelled due to the
+        # original calling task being cancelled.
+        if failure_message is not None:
+            logger.error(
+                "Cancelled call to utility method failed with error: %s",
+                failure_message,
+            )
+
+
+class SyncMPClient(MPClient):
+    """Synchronous client for multi-proc EngineCore."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, executor_class: type[Executor], log_stats: bool
+    ):
+        super().__init__(
+            asyncio_mode=False,
+            vllm_config=vllm_config,
+            executor_class=executor_class,
+            log_stats=log_stats,
+        )
+
+        self.is_dp = self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_size > 1
+        self.outputs_queue = queue.Queue[EngineCoreOutputs | Exception]()
+
+        # Ensure that the outputs socket processing thread does not have
+        # a ref to the client which prevents gc.
+        ctx = self.ctx
+        out_socket = self.resources.output_socket
+        decoder = self.decoder
+        utility_results = self.utility_results
+        outputs_queue = self.outputs_queue
+
+        shutdown_path = get_open_zmq_inproc_path()
+        resources = self.resources
+        resources.shutdown_path = shutdown_path
+
+        def process_outputs_socket():
+            assert isinstance(out_socket, zmq.Socket)
+            shutdown_socket = ctx.socket(zmq.PAIR)
+            try:
+                shutdown_socket.bind(shutdown_path)
+                poller = zmq.Poller()
+                poller.register(shutdown_socket, zmq.POLLIN)
+                poller.register(out_socket, zmq.POLLIN)
+                while True:
+                    socks = poller.poll()
+                    if not socks:
+                        continue
+                    if len(socks) == 2 or socks[0][0] == shutdown_socket:
+                        # shutdown signal, exit thread.
+                        break
+
+                    frames = out_socket.recv_multipart(copy=False)
+                    resources.validate_alive(frames)
+                    outputs: EngineCoreOutputs = decoder.decode(frames)
+                    if outputs.utility_output:
+                        _process_utility_output(outputs.utility_output, utility_results)
+                    else:
+                        outputs_queue.put_nowait(outputs)
+            except Exception as e:
+                outputs_queue.put_nowait(e)
+            finally:
+                # Close sockets.
+                shutdown_socket.close(linger=0)
+                out_socket.close(linger=0)
+
+        # Process outputs from engine in separate thread.
+        self.output_queue_thread = Thread(
+            target=process_outputs_socket,
+            name="EngineCoreOutputQueueThread",
+            daemon=True,
+        )
+        self.output_queue_thread.start()
+
+        # The thread takes on responsibility for closing the socket.
+        self.resources.output_socket = None
+
+    def get_output(self) -> EngineCoreOutputs:
+        # If an exception arises in process_outputs_socket task,
+        # it is forwarded to the outputs_queue so we can raise it
+        # from this (run_output_handler) task to shut down the server.
+        outputs = self.outputs_queue.get()
+        if isinstance(outputs, Exception):
+            raise self._format_exception(outputs) from None
+        if outputs.wave_complete is not None:
+            self.engines_running = False
+        return outputs
+
+    def _send_input(self, request_type: EngineCoreRequestType, request: Any):
+        self.ensure_alive()
+        self.free_pending_messages()
+        # (Identity, RequestType, SerializedRequest)
+        msg = (self.core_engine, request_type.value, *self.encoder.encode(request))
+
+        if len(msg) <= 3:
+            # No auxiliary buffers => no tensor backing buffers in request.
+            self.input_socket.send_multipart(msg, copy=False)
+            return
+
+        tracker = self.input_socket.send_multipart(msg, copy=False, track=True)
+        self.add_pending_message(tracker, request)
+
+    def call_utility(self, method: str, *args) -> Any:
+        call_id = uuid.uuid1().int >> 64
+        future: Future[Any] = Future()
+        self.utility_results[call_id] = future
+        self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.UTILITY, (0, call_id, method, args))
+
+        return future.result()
+
+    def get_supported_tasks(self) -> tuple[SupportedTask, ...]:
+        return self.call_utility("get_supported_tasks")
+
+    def add_request(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> None:
+        if self.is_dp:
+            self.engines_running = True
+        self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.ADD, request)
+
+    def abort_requests(self, request_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+        if request_ids and not self.resources.engine_dead:
+            self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.ABORT, request_ids)
+
+    def profile(self, is_start: bool = True) -> None:
+        self.call_utility("profile", is_start)
+
+    def reset_mm_cache(self) -> None:
+        self.call_utility("reset_mm_cache")
+
+    def reset_prefix_cache(self, reset_running_requests: bool = False) -> bool:
+        return self.call_utility("reset_prefix_cache", reset_running_requests)
+
+    def add_lora(self, lora_request: LoRARequest) -> bool:
+        return self.call_utility("add_lora", lora_request)
+
+    def remove_lora(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        return self.call_utility("remove_lora", lora_id)
+
+    def list_loras(self) -> set[int]:
+        return self.call_utility("list_loras")
+
+    def pin_lora(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        return self.call_utility("pin_lora", lora_id)
+
+    def sleep(self, level: int = 1) -> None:
+        self.call_utility("sleep", level)
+
+    def wake_up(self, tags: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
+        self.call_utility("wake_up", tags)
+
+    def is_sleeping(self) -> bool:
+        return self.call_utility("is_sleeping")
+
+    def execute_dummy_batch(self) -> None:
+        self.call_utility("execute_dummy_batch")
+
+    def collective_rpc(
+        self,
+        method: str | Callable[..., _R],
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        args: tuple = (),
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[_R]:
+        return self.call_utility("collective_rpc", method, timeout, args, kwargs)
+
+    def save_sharded_state(
+        self, path: str, pattern: str | None = None, max_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        self.call_utility("save_sharded_state", path, pattern, max_size)
+
+
+class AsyncMPClient(MPClient):
+    """Asyncio-compatible client for multi-proc EngineCore."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+        executor_class: type[Executor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+        client_addresses: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        client_count: int = 1,
+        client_index: int = 0,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(
+            asyncio_mode=True,
+            vllm_config=vllm_config,
+            executor_class=executor_class,
+            log_stats=log_stats,
+            client_addresses=client_addresses,
+        )
+
+        self.client_count = client_count
+        self.client_index = client_index
+        self.outputs_queue = asyncio.Queue[EngineCoreOutputs | Exception]()
+        try:
+            # If we are running in an asyncio event loop, start the queue task.
+            # Otherwise, it will be started lazily. If it is not started here,
+            # we could miss EXECUTOR_FAILED messages from engine core if they
+            # occur prior to any requests being sent.
+            asyncio.get_running_loop()
+            self._ensure_output_queue_task()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+
+    def _ensure_output_queue_task(self):
+        resources = self.resources
+        if resources.output_queue_task is not None:
+            return
+
+        # Perform IO in separate task to parallelize as much as possible.
+        # Avoid task having direct reference back to the client.
+        decoder = self.decoder
+        utility_results = self.utility_results
+        outputs_queue = self.outputs_queue
+        output_handler: (
+            Callable[[AsyncMPClient, EngineCoreOutputs], Awaitable[None]] | None
+        ) = getattr(self.__class__, "process_engine_outputs", None)
+        _self_ref = weakref.ref(self) if output_handler else None
+        output_socket = resources.output_socket
+        assert output_socket is not None
+
+        async def process_outputs_socket():
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    frames = await output_socket.recv_multipart(copy=False)
+                    resources.validate_alive(frames)
+                    outputs: EngineCoreOutputs = decoder.decode(frames)
+                    if outputs.utility_output:
+                        _process_utility_output(outputs.utility_output, utility_results)
+                        continue
+
+                    if output_handler is not None:
+                        assert _self_ref is not None
+                        _self = _self_ref()
+                        if not _self:
+                            # Client has been garbage collected, abort.
+                            return
+                        await output_handler(_self, outputs)
+
+                    if outputs.outputs or outputs.scheduler_stats:
+                        outputs_queue.put_nowait(outputs)
+            except Exception as e:
+                outputs_queue.put_nowait(e)
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                outputs_queue.put_nowait(EngineDeadError())
+
+        resources.output_queue_task = asyncio.create_task(
+            process_outputs_socket(), name="EngineCoreOutputQueueTask"
+        )
+
+    async def get_output_async(self) -> EngineCoreOutputs:
+        self._ensure_output_queue_task()
+        # If an exception arises in process_outputs_socket task,
+        # it is forwarded to the outputs_queue so we can raise it
+        # from this (run_output_handler) task to shut down the server.
+        assert self.outputs_queue is not None
+        outputs = await self.outputs_queue.get()
+        if isinstance(outputs, Exception):
+            raise self._format_exception(outputs) from None
+        return outputs
+
+    def _send_input(
+        self,
+        request_type: EngineCoreRequestType,
+        request: Any,
+        engine: EngineIdentity | None = None,
+    ) -> Awaitable[Any]:
+        if engine is None:
+            engine = self.core_engine
+
+        message = (request_type.value, *self.encoder.encode(request))
+        return self._send_input_message(message, engine, request)
+
+    def _send_input_message(
+        self, message: tuple[bytestr, ...], engine: EngineIdentity, objects: Any
+    ) -> Awaitable[Any]:
+        """
+        objects is a reference to retain until zmq is finished with the
+        buffers, in case they were extracted from tensors in the request.
+        """
+        self.ensure_alive()
+        self.free_pending_messages()
+
+        msg = (engine,) + message
+        if not objects or len(msg) <= 3:
+            # No auxiliary buffers => no tensor backing buffers in request.
+            return self.input_socket.send_multipart(msg, copy=False)
+
+        future: asyncio.Future[zmq.MessageTracker]
+        future = self.input_socket.send_multipart(msg, copy=False, track=True)
+
+        def add_pending(f: asyncio.Future[zmq.MessageTracker]):
+            with contextlib.suppress(BaseException):
+                self.add_pending_message(f.result(), objects)
+
+        future.add_done_callback(add_pending)
+        return future
+
+    async def call_utility_async(self, method: str, *args) -> Any:
+        return await self._call_utility_async(method, *args, engine=self.core_engine)
+
+    async def _call_utility_async(
+        self, method: str, *args, engine: EngineIdentity
+    ) -> Any:
+        call_id = uuid.uuid1().int >> 64
+        future = asyncio.get_running_loop().create_future()
+        self.utility_results[call_id] = future
+        message = (
+            EngineCoreRequestType.UTILITY.value,
+            *self.encoder.encode((self.client_index, call_id, method, args)),
+        )
+        await self._send_input_message(message, engine, args)
+        self._ensure_output_queue_task()
+        return await future
+
+    async def get_supported_tasks_async(self) -> tuple[SupportedTask, ...]:
+        return await self.call_utility_async("get_supported_tasks")
+
+    async def add_request_async(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> None:
+        request.client_index = self.client_index
+        await self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.ADD, request)
+        self._ensure_output_queue_task()
+
+    async def abort_requests_async(self, request_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+        if request_ids and not self.resources.engine_dead:
+            await self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.ABORT, request_ids)
+
+    async def profile_async(self, is_start: bool = True) -> None:
+        await self.call_utility_async("profile", is_start)
+
+    async def reset_mm_cache_async(self) -> None:
+        await self.call_utility_async("reset_mm_cache")
+
+    async def reset_prefix_cache_async(
+        self, reset_running_requests: bool = False
+    ) -> bool:
+        return await self.call_utility_async(
+            "reset_prefix_cache", reset_running_requests
+        )
+
+    async def sleep_async(self, level: int = 1) -> None:
+        await self.call_utility_async("sleep", level)
+
+    async def wake_up_async(self, tags: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
+        await self.call_utility_async("wake_up", tags)
+
+    async def is_sleeping_async(self) -> bool:
+        return await self.call_utility_async("is_sleeping")
+
+    async def execute_dummy_batch_async(self) -> None:
+        await self.call_utility_async("execute_dummy_batch")
+
+    async def add_lora_async(self, lora_request: LoRARequest) -> bool:
+        return await self.call_utility_async("add_lora", lora_request)
+
+    async def remove_lora_async(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        return await self.call_utility_async("remove_lora", lora_id)
+
+    async def list_loras_async(self) -> set[int]:
+        return await self.call_utility_async("list_loras")
+
+    async def pin_lora_async(self, lora_id: int) -> bool:
+        return await self.call_utility_async("pin_lora", lora_id)
+
+    async def save_sharded_state_async(
+        self, path: str, pattern: str | None = None, max_size: int | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        await self.call_utility_async("save_sharded_state", path, pattern, max_size)
+
+    async def collective_rpc_async(
+        self,
+        method: str | Callable[..., _R],
+        timeout: float | None = None,
+        args: tuple = (),
+        kwargs: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[_R]:
+        return await self.call_utility_async(
+            "collective_rpc", method, timeout, args, kwargs
+        )
+
+
+class DPAsyncMPClient(AsyncMPClient):
+    """Asyncio-compatible client for multi-proc, multi-engine (data parallel)
+    EngineCore. Assumes external load-balancing by default."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+        executor_class: type[Executor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+        client_addresses: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        client_count: int = 1,
+        client_index: int = 0,
+    ):
+        self.current_wave = 0
+
+        super().__init__(
+            vllm_config,
+            executor_class,
+            log_stats,
+            client_addresses,
+            client_count,
+            client_index,
+        )
+
+        # List of [waiting, running] pair per engine.
+        # Used only by DPLBAsyncMPClient subclass.
+        self.lb_engines: list[list[int]] = [[0, 0] for _ in self.core_engines]
+
+        self.first_req_sock_addr = get_open_zmq_inproc_path()
+        self.first_req_send_socket = self.resources.first_req_send_socket = (
+            make_zmq_socket(self.ctx, self.first_req_sock_addr, zmq.PAIR, bind=True)
+        )
+        try:
+            # If we are running in an asyncio event loop, start the stats task.
+            # Otherwise, it will be started lazily.
+            asyncio.get_running_loop()
+            self._ensure_stats_update_task()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+
+    def _ensure_stats_update_task(self):
+        resources = self.resources
+        if resources.stats_update_task is not None:
+            return
+
+        assert self.stats_update_address is not None
+        stats_addr: str = self.stats_update_address
+        assert len(self.engine_ranks_managed) > 0
+        # NOTE: running and waiting counts are all global from
+        # the Coordinator include all global EngineCores. This
+        # slice includes just the cores managed by this client.
+        count_slice = slice(
+            self.engine_ranks_managed[0], self.engine_ranks_managed[-1] + 1
+        )
+
+        async def run_engine_stats_update_task():
+            with (
+                make_zmq_socket(self.ctx, stats_addr, zmq.XSUB, linger=0) as socket,
+                make_zmq_socket(
+                    self.ctx, self.first_req_sock_addr, zmq.PAIR, bind=False, linger=0
+                ) as first_req_rcv_socket,
+            ):
+                assert isinstance(socket, zmq.asyncio.Socket)
+                assert isinstance(first_req_rcv_socket, zmq.asyncio.Socket)
+                self.resources.stats_update_socket = socket
+                self.resources.first_req_rcv_socket = first_req_rcv_socket
+                # Send subscription message.
+                await socket.send(b"\x01")
+
+                poller = zmq.asyncio.Poller()
+                poller.register(socket, zmq.POLLIN)
+                poller.register(first_req_rcv_socket, zmq.POLLIN)
+
+                while True:
+                    events = await poller.poll()
+                    if (
+                        not self.engines_running
+                        and len(events) == 2
+                        or (events[0][0] == first_req_rcv_socket)
+                    ):
+                        # Check if this is a regular request notification or
+                        # scale up notification
+                        buf = first_req_rcv_socket.recv(flags=zmq.NOBLOCK).result()
+
+                        decoded = msgspec.msgpack.decode(buf)
+                        if (
+                            isinstance(decoded, (list, tuple))
+                            and len(decoded) == 2
+                            and decoded[0] == "SCALE_ELASTIC_EP"
+                        ):
+                            # Extract new engine count from the decoded message
+                            new_engine_count = decoded[1]
+                            # Send scale up notification to coordinator
+                            scale_msg = msgspec.msgpack.encode(
+                                ("SCALE_ELASTIC_EP", new_engine_count)
+                            )
+                            await socket.send(scale_msg)
+                            continue
+
+                        # we're sending a request while the engines are
+                        # paused, so that it can wake the others up
+                        # (to run dummy EP loop).
+                        assert decoded[0] == "FIRST_REQ"
+                        target_eng_index = decoded[1]
+                        self.engines_running = True
+                        msg = msgspec.msgpack.encode(
+                            (target_eng_index, self.current_wave)
+                        )
+                        await socket.send(msg)
+
+                    buf = None
+                    while True:
+                        # Drain all stats events (we only care about latest).
+                        future: asyncio.Future[bytes] = socket.recv(flags=zmq.NOBLOCK)
+                        if isinstance(future.exception(), zmq.Again):
+                            break
+                        buf = future.result()
+                    if buf is None:
+                        continue
+
+                    # Update local load-balancing state.
+                    counts, wave, running = msgspec.msgpack.decode(buf)
+                    self.current_wave = wave
+                    self.engines_running = running
+                    if counts is not None:
+                        sliced_counts = counts[count_slice]
+                        self.lb_engines = sliced_counts
+                        logger.debug(
+                            "Received counts: %s (%s)", sliced_counts, count_slice
+                        )
+
+        resources.stats_update_task = asyncio.create_task(
+            run_engine_stats_update_task()
+        )
+
+    async def add_request_async(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> None:
+        self._ensure_stats_update_task()
+
+        request.current_wave = self.current_wave
+        request.client_index = self.client_index
+
+        chosen_engine = self.get_core_engine_for_request(request)
+        to_await = self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.ADD, request, chosen_engine)
+        if not self.engines_running:
+            # Notify coordinator that we're sending a request
+            req_msg = msgspec.msgpack.encode(("FIRST_REQ", chosen_engine))
+            await self.first_req_send_socket.send(req_msg)
+
+        await to_await
+
+        self._ensure_output_queue_task()
+
+    def get_core_engine_for_request(self, request: EngineCoreRequest):
+        return self.core_engine
+
+
+class DPLBAsyncMPClient(DPAsyncMPClient):
+    """Asyncio-compatible client for multi-proc, multi-engine (data parallel)
+    EngineCore. Load-balances between multiple engine processes."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vllm_config: VllmConfig,
+        executor_class: type[Executor],
+        log_stats: bool,
+        client_addresses: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        client_count: int = 1,
+        client_index: int = 0,
+    ):
+        self.client_count = client_count
+
+        # To route aborts to the correct engine.
+        self.reqs_in_flight: dict[str, EngineIdentity] = {}
+
+        super().__init__(
+            vllm_config,
+            executor_class,
+            log_stats,
+            client_addresses,
+            client_count,
+            client_index,
+        )
+
+        assert len(self.core_engines) > 1
+
+        self.eng_start_index = (
+            len(self.core_engines) * self.client_index
+        ) // client_count
+
+    def get_core_engine_for_request(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> EngineIdentity:
+        # Engines are in rank order.
+        if (eng_index := request.data_parallel_rank) is None:
+            current_counts = self.lb_engines
+            # TODO use P2C alg for larger DP sizes
+            num_engines = len(current_counts)
+            min_score = sys.maxsize
+            eng_index = 0
+            for i in range(num_engines):
+                # Start from client_index to help with balancing when engines
+                # are empty.
+                idx = (self.eng_start_index + i) % num_engines
+                waiting, running = current_counts[idx]
+                score = waiting * 4 + running
+                if score < min_score:
+                    min_score = score
+                    eng_index = idx
+            # Increment local waiting count for better balancing between stats
+            # updates from the coordinator (which happen every 100ms).
+            current_counts[eng_index][0] += self.client_count
+
+        chosen_engine = self.core_engines[eng_index]
+        # Record which engine is chosen for this request, to handle aborts.
+        self.reqs_in_flight[request.request_id] = chosen_engine
+        return chosen_engine
+
+    async def call_utility_async(self, method: str, *args) -> Any:
+        # Only the result from the first engine is returned.
+        return (
+            await asyncio.gather(
+                *[
+                    self._call_utility_async(method, *args, engine=engine)
+                    for engine in self.core_engines
+                ]
+            )
+        )[0]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    async def process_engine_outputs(
+        self: "DPLBAsyncMPClient", outputs: EngineCoreOutputs
+    ):
+        if outputs.finished_requests and self.reqs_in_flight:
+            for req_id in outputs.finished_requests:
+                self.reqs_in_flight.pop(req_id, None)
+
+    async def abort_requests_async(self, request_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+        if not request_ids or self.resources.engine_dead:
+            return
+
+        if len(request_ids) == 1:
+            # Fast-path common case.
+            if engine := self.reqs_in_flight.get(request_ids[0]):
+                await self._abort_requests(request_ids, engine)
+            return
+
+        by_engine = defaultdict[EngineIdentity, list[str]](list)
+        for req_id in request_ids:
+            if engine := self.reqs_in_flight.get(req_id):
+                by_engine[engine].append(req_id)
+        for engine, req_ids in by_engine.items():
+            await self._abort_requests(req_ids, engine)
+
+    async def _abort_requests(
+        self, request_ids: list[str], engine: EngineIdentity
+    ) -> None:
+        await self._send_input(EngineCoreRequestType.ABORT, request_ids, engine)
+
+    async def scale_elastic_ep(self, new_data_parallel_size: int) -> None:
+        """Scale elastic EP data parallel size"""
+        cur_data_parallel_size = len(self.core_engines)
+
+        assert new_data_parallel_size != cur_data_parallel_size, (
+            f"new_data_parallel_size {new_data_parallel_size} must be "
+            f"different from cur_data_parallel_size {cur_data_parallel_size}"
+        )
+
+        assert self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_backend == "ray", (
+            "Only ray DP backend supports scaling elastic EP"
+        )
+
+        scale_up = new_data_parallel_size > cur_data_parallel_size
+
+        if scale_up:
+            await self._scale_up_elastic_ep(
+                cur_data_parallel_size, new_data_parallel_size
+            )
+        else:
+            await self._scale_down_elastic_ep(
+                cur_data_parallel_size, new_data_parallel_size
+            )
+
+    async def _scale_up_elastic_ep(
+        self, cur_data_parallel_size: int, new_data_parallel_size: int
+    ) -> None:
+        """Scale up the data parallel size by creating new engine cores
+        and reconfiguring existing ones."""
+        cur_data_parallel_size = len(self.core_engines)
+
+        # Phase 1: Send reconfigure messages to all existing engines and wait
+        # for them to be sent
+        reconfig_futures = []
+        self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_master_port = get_open_port()
+        for engine in self.core_engines:
+            reconfig_request = ReconfigureDistributedRequest(
+                new_data_parallel_size=new_data_parallel_size,
+                new_data_parallel_rank=ReconfigureRankType.KEEP_CURRENT_RANK,
+                new_data_parallel_rank_local=ReconfigureRankType.KEEP_CURRENT_RANK,
+                new_data_parallel_master_ip=self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_master_ip,
+                new_data_parallel_master_port=self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_master_port,
+            )
+            coro = self._call_utility_async(
+                "reinitialize_distributed", reconfig_request, engine=engine
+            )
+            reconfig_futures.append(asyncio.create_task(coro))
+
+        logger.info("All reconfigure messages sent, starting engine creation")
+
+        # Phase 2: Create new engines now that reconfig messages have been sent
+        # self.resources.engine_manager is guaranteed to be
+        # CoreEngineActorManager for RayDPClient
+        assert isinstance(self.resources.engine_manager, CoreEngineActorManager)
+        self.resources.engine_manager.scale_up_elastic_ep(
+            self.vllm_config, new_data_parallel_size
+        )
+
+        # Create new CoreEngine objects for the new engines
+        new_engine_identities = set()
+        for i in range(cur_data_parallel_size, new_data_parallel_size):
+            new_engine = i.to_bytes(2, "little")
+            self.core_engines.append(new_engine)
+            new_engine_identities.add(new_engine)
+
+        # Wait for ready messages from new engines on the input socket
+        sync_input_socket = zmq.Socket.shadow(self.input_socket)
+        while new_engine_identities:
+            if not sync_input_socket.poll(timeout=600_000):
+                raise TimeoutError(
+                    "Timed out waiting for new engines to send initial "
+                    "message on input socket."
+                )
+            identity, _ = sync_input_socket.recv_multipart()
+            new_engine_identities.discard(identity)
+
+        # Phase 3: Wait for all existing engines to complete reconfiguration
+        logger.info("Waiting for existing engines to complete reconfiguration")
+        await asyncio.gather(*reconfig_futures)
+
+        # Notify coordinator about scale up through existing
+        # stats_update_task connection
+        self._ensure_stats_update_task()
+        scale_up_marker = msgspec.msgpack.encode(
+            ("SCALE_ELASTIC_EP", new_data_parallel_size)
+        )
+        await self.first_req_send_socket.send(scale_up_marker)
+
+        # Update the parallel config
+        self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_size = new_data_parallel_size
+        logger.info(
+            "[Elastic EP] Scale up completed, new data parallel size: %s",
+            new_data_parallel_size,
+        )
+
+    async def _scale_down_elastic_ep(
+        self, cur_data_parallel_size: int, new_data_parallel_size: int
+    ) -> None:
+        """Scale down the data parallel size by shutting down and
+        reconfiguring existing engine cores."""
+        cur_data_parallel_size = len(self.core_engines)
+
+        self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_master_port = get_open_port()
+
+        reconfig_futures = []
+        for cur_dp_rank, engine in enumerate(self.core_engines):
+            reconfig_request = ReconfigureDistributedRequest(
+                new_data_parallel_size=new_data_parallel_size,
+                new_data_parallel_rank=ReconfigureRankType.KEEP_CURRENT_RANK,
+                new_data_parallel_rank_local=ReconfigureRankType.KEEP_CURRENT_RANK,
+                new_data_parallel_master_ip=self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_master_ip,
+                new_data_parallel_master_port=self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_master_port,
+            )
+            if cur_dp_rank >= new_data_parallel_size:
+                reconfig_request.new_data_parallel_rank = (
+                    ReconfigureRankType.SHUTDOWN_CURRENT_RANK
+                )
+            coro = self._call_utility_async(
+                "reinitialize_distributed", reconfig_request, engine=engine
+            )
+            reconfig_futures.append(asyncio.create_task(coro))
+
+        for _ in range(new_data_parallel_size, cur_data_parallel_size):
+            self.core_engines.pop()
+
+        await asyncio.gather(*reconfig_futures)
+
+        assert isinstance(self.resources.engine_manager, CoreEngineActorManager)
+        self.resources.engine_manager.scale_down_elastic_ep(
+            cur_data_parallel_size, new_data_parallel_size
+        )
+
+        self._ensure_stats_update_task()
+        scale_down_marker = msgspec.msgpack.encode(
+            ("SCALE_ELASTIC_EP", new_data_parallel_size)
+        )
+        await self.first_req_send_socket.send(scale_down_marker)
+
+        self.vllm_config.parallel_config.data_parallel_size = new_data_parallel_size
+        logger.info(
+            "[Elastic EP] Scale down completed, new data parallel size: %s",
+            new_data_parallel_size,
+        )