[ci] Refactor CI file structure (#29343)

.buildkite/test_areas/model_executor.yaml

+group: Model Executor
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Model Executor
+  timeout_in_minutes: 35
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+  - vllm/config/model.py
+  - vllm/model_executor
+  - tests/model_executor
+  - tests/entrypoints/openai/test_tensorizer_entrypoint.py
+  commands:
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl libsodium23
+    - export VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn
+    - pytest -v -s model_executor
+    - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/test_tensorizer_entrypoint.py

.buildkite/test_areas/models_basic.yaml

+group: Models - Basic
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Basic Models Tests (Initialization)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  torch_nightly: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/test_initialization.py
+  commands:
+    # Run a subset of model initialization tests
+    - pytest -v -s models/test_initialization.py::test_can_initialize_small_subset
+
+- label: Basic Models Tests (Extra Initialization) %N
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  torch_nightly: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/
+  - tests/models/test_initialization.py
+  commands:
+    # Only when vLLM model source is modified - test initialization of a large
+    # subset of supported models (the complement of the small subset in the above
+    # test.) Also run if model initialization test file is modified
+    - pytest -v -s models/test_initialization.py -k 'not test_can_initialize_small_subset' --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
+  parallelism: 2
+
+- label: Basic Models Tests (Other)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/test_transformers.py
+  - tests/models/test_registry.py
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/test_transformers.py models/test_registry.py
+
+- label: Basic Models Test (Other CPU) # 5min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/test_utils.py
+  - tests/models/test_vision.py
+  no_gpu: true
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/test_utils.py models/test_vision.py
+
+- label: Transformers Nightly Models
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
+  optional: true
+  soft_fail: true
+  commands:
+    - pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/test_initialization.py
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/test_transformers.py
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/multimodal/processing/
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/multimodal/test_mapping.py
+    - python3 examples/offline_inference/basic/chat.py
+    - python3 examples/offline_inference/vision_language.py --model-type qwen2_5_vl
+    # Whisper needs spawn method to avoid deadlock
+    - VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn python3 examples/offline_inference/audio_language.py --model-type whisper

.buildkite/test_areas/models_distributed.yaml

+group: Models - Distributed
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Distributed Model Tests (2 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_gpus: 2
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/model_loader/sharded_state_loader.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/
+  - tests/basic_correctness/
+  - tests/model_executor/model_loader/test_sharded_state_loader.py
+  - tests/models/
+  commands:
+  - TARGET_TEST_SUITE=L4 pytest basic_correctness/ -v -s -m 'distributed(num_gpus=2)'
+  - CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1 pytest -v -s model_executor/model_loader/test_sharded_state_loader.py
+  # Avoid importing model tests that cause CUDA reinitialization error
+  - pytest models/test_transformers.py -v -s -m 'distributed(num_gpus=2)'
+  - pytest models/language -v -s -m 'distributed(num_gpus=2)'
+  - pytest models/multimodal -v -s -m 'distributed(num_gpus=2)' --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_whisper.py
+  - VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn pytest models/multimodal/generation/test_whisper.py -v -s -m 'distributed(num_gpus=2)'

.buildkite/test_areas/models_language.yaml

+group: Models - Language
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Language Models Tests (Standard)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 25
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  torch_nightly: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/language
+  commands:
+    # Test standard language models, excluding a subset of slow tests
+    - pip freeze | grep -E 'torch'
+    - pytest -v -s models/language -m 'core_model and (not slow_test)'
+
+- label: Language Models Tests (Extra Standard) %N
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  torch_nightly: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/
+  - tests/models/language/pooling/test_embedding.py
+  - tests/models/language/generation/test_common.py
+  - tests/models/language/pooling/test_classification.py
+  commands:
+    # Shard slow subset of standard language models tests. Only run when model
+    # source is modified, or when specified test files are modified
+    - pip freeze | grep -E 'torch'
+    - pytest -v -s models/language -m 'core_model and slow_test' --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
+  parallelism: 2
+
+- label: Language Models Tests (Hybrid) %N
+  timeout_in_minutes: 75
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  torch_nightly: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/language/generation
+  commands:
+    # Install fast path packages for testing against transformers
+    # Note: also needed to run plamo2 model in vLLM
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba@v2.2.5'
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.2'
+    # Shard hybrid language model tests
+    - pytest -v -s models/language/generation -m hybrid_model --num-shards=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB_COUNT --shard-id=$$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
+  parallelism: 2
+
+- label: Language Models Test (Extended Generation) # 80min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 110
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/language/generation
+  commands:
+    # Install fast path packages for testing against transformers
+    # Note: also needed to run plamo2 model in vLLM
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba@v2.2.5'
+    - uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation 'git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d@v1.5.2'
+    - pytest -v -s models/language/generation -m '(not core_model) and (not hybrid_model)'
+
+- label: Language Models Test (PPL)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 110
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/language/generation_ppl_test
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/language/generation_ppl_test
+
+- label: Language Models Test (Extended Pooling)  # 36min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 50
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/language/pooling
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/language/pooling -m 'not core_model'
+
+- label: Language Models Test (MTEB)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 110
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/language/pooling_mteb_test
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/language/pooling_mteb_test

.buildkite/test_areas/models_multimodal.yaml

+group: Models - Multimodal
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Multi-Modal Models (Standard) # 60min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 80
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pip freeze | grep -E 'torch'
+    - pytest -v -s models/multimodal -m core_model --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_whisper.py --ignore models/multimodal/processing
+    - cd .. && VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn pytest -v -s tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_whisper.py -m core_model  # Otherwise, mp_method="spawn" doesn't work
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Processor Test (CPU)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  no_gpu: true
+  commands:
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pytest -v -s models/multimodal/processing --ignore models/multimodal/processing/test_tensor_schema.py
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Processor # 44min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pytest -v -s models/multimodal/processing/test_tensor_schema.py
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Accuracy Eval (Small Models) # 50min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 70
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/.buildkite/lm-eval-harness"
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/multimodal/
+  - vllm/inputs/
+  - vllm/v1/core/
+  commands:
+  - pytest -s -v test_lm_eval_correctness.py --config-list-file=configs/models-mm-small.txt --tp-size=1
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Models (Extended) 1
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pytest -v -s models/multimodal -m 'not core_model' --ignore models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py --ignore models/multimodal/processing
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Models (Extended) 2
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py -m 'split(group=0) and not core_model'
+
+- label: Multi-Modal Models (Extended) 3
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/models/multimodal
+  commands:
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/TIGER-AI-Lab/Mantis.git
+    - pytest -v -s models/multimodal/generation/test_common.py -m 'split(group=1) and not core_model'
+
+# This test is used only in PR development phase to test individual models and should never run on main
+- label: Custom Models
+  optional: true
+  commands:
+    - echo 'Testing custom models...'
+    # PR authors can temporarily add commands below to test individual models
+    # e.g. pytest -v -s models/encoder_decoder/vision_language/test_mllama.py
+    # *To avoid merge conflicts, remember to REMOVE (not just comment out) them before merging the PR*

.buildkite/test_areas/plugins.yaml

+group: Plugins
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Plugin Tests (2 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_gpus: 2
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/plugins/
+  - tests/plugins/
+  commands:
+  # begin platform plugin and general plugin tests, all the code in-between runs on dummy platform
+  - pip install -e ./plugins/vllm_add_dummy_platform
+  - pytest -v -s plugins_tests/test_platform_plugins.py
+  - pip uninstall vllm_add_dummy_platform -y
+  # end platform plugin tests
+  # begin io_processor plugins test, all the code in between uses the prithvi_io_processor plugin
+  - pip install -e ./plugins/prithvi_io_processor_plugin
+  - pytest -v -s plugins_tests/test_io_processor_plugins.py
+  - pip uninstall prithvi_io_processor_plugin -y
+  # end io_processor plugins test
+  # begin stat_logger plugins test
+  - pip install -e ./plugins/vllm_add_dummy_stat_logger
+  - pytest -v -s plugins_tests/test_stats_logger_plugins.py
+  - pip uninstall dummy_stat_logger -y
+  # end stat_logger plugins test
+  # other tests continue here:
+  - pytest -v -s plugins_tests/test_scheduler_plugins.py
+  - pip install -e ./plugins/vllm_add_dummy_model
+  - pytest -v -s distributed/test_distributed_oot.py
+  - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/test_oot_registration.py # it needs a clean process
+  - pytest -v -s models/test_oot_registration.py # it needs a clean process
+  - pytest -v -s plugins/lora_resolvers # unit tests for in-tree lora resolver plugins

.buildkite/test_areas/pytorch.yaml

+group: PyTorch
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: PyTorch Compilation Unit Tests
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - tests/compile
+  commands:
+  # Run unit tests defined directly under compile/,
+  # not including subdirectories, which are usually heavier
+  # tests covered elsewhere.
+  # Use `find` to launch multiple instances of pytest so that
+  # they do not suffer from https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/28965
+  - "find compile/ -maxdepth 1 -name 'test_*.py' -exec pytest -s -v {} \\;"
+
+- label: PyTorch Fullgraph Smoke Test
+  timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/compile
+  commands:
+  # Run smoke tests under fullgraph directory, except test_full_graph.py
+  # as it is a heavy test that is covered in other steps.
+  # Use `find` to launch multiple instances of pytest so that
+  # they do not suffer from https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/28965
+  - "find compile/fullgraph/ -name 'test_*.py' -not -name 'test_full_graph.py' -exec pytest -s -v {} \\;"
+
+- label: PyTorch Fullgraph
+  timeout_in_minutes: 40
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/compile
+  commands:
+    # fp8 kv scales not supported on sm89, tested on Blackwell instead
+  - pytest -v -s compile/fullgraph/test_full_graph.py -k 'not test_fp8_kv_scale_compile'
+    # Limit to no custom ops to reduce running time
+    # Wrap with quotes to escape yaml and avoid starting -k string with a -
+  - "pytest -v -s compile/distributed/test_fusions_e2e.py -k 'TRITON and not +quant_fp8 and not Llama-4'"
+
+- label: Pytorch Nightly Dependency Override Check # 2min
+  # if this test fails, it means the nightly torch version is not compatible with some
+  # of the dependencies. Please check the error message and add the package to whitelist
+  # in /vllm/tools/pre_commit/generate_nightly_torch_test.py
+  soft_fail: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - requirements/nightly_torch_test.txt
+  commands:
+  - bash standalone_tests/pytorch_nightly_dependency.sh
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.buildkite/test_areas/quantization.yaml

+group: Quantization
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Quantization
+  timeout_in_minutes: 90
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - csrc/
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization
+  - tests/quantization
+  commands:
+  # temporary install here since we need nightly, will move to requirements/test.in
+  # after torchao 0.12 release, and pin a working version of torchao nightly here
+
+  # since torchao nightly is only compatible with torch nightly currently
+  # https://github.com/pytorch/ao/issues/2919, we'll have to skip new torchao tests for now
+  # we can only upgrade after this is resolved
+  # TODO(jerryzh168): resolve the above comment
+  - uv pip install --system torchao==0.13.0 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu129
+  - uv pip install --system conch-triton-kernels
+  - VLLM_TEST_FORCE_LOAD_FORMAT=auto pytest -v -s quantization/ --ignore quantization/test_blackwell_moe.py
+
+- label: Quantized MoE Test (B200)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
+  gpu: b200
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - tests/quantization/test_blackwell_moe.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/deepseek_v2.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/gpt_oss.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/models/llama4.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/fused_moe
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/compressed_tensors
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/modelopt.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization/mxfp4.py
+  - vllm/v1/attention/backends/flashinfer.py
+  commands:
+    - pytest -s -v tests/quantization/test_blackwell_moe.py
+
+- label: Quantized Models Test
+  timeout_in_minutes: 60
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/quantization
+  - tests/models/quantization
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/quantization

.buildkite/test_areas/samplers.yaml

+group: Samplers
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Samplers Test
+  timeout_in_minutes: 75
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers
+  - vllm/sampling_metadata.py
+  - tests/samplers
+  - tests/conftest.py
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s samplers
+    - VLLM_USE_FLASHINFER_SAMPLER=1 pytest -v -s samplers

.buildkite/test_areas/tool_use.yaml

+group: Tool use
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: OpenAI-Compatible Tool Use
+  timeout_in_minutes: 35
+  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
+  fast_check: false
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - tests/tool_use
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'not cpu_test' tool_use
+
+- label: OpenAI-Compatible Tool Use (CPU)
+  depends_on: ~
+  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - tests/tool_use
+  no_gpu: true
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'cpu_test' tool_use

.buildkite/test_areas/weight_loading.yaml

+group: Weight Loading
+depends_on: 
+  - image-build
+steps:
+- label: Weight Loading Multiple GPU  # 33min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 45
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_gpus: 2
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/weight_loading
+  commands:
+    - bash weight_loading/run_model_weight_loading_test.sh -c weight_loading/models.txt
+
+- label: Weight Loading Multiple GPU - Large Models # optional
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
+  num_gpus: 2
+  gpu: a100
+  optional: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
+  - tests/weight_loading
+  commands:
+    - bash weight_loading/run_model_weight_loading_test.sh -c weight_loading/models-large.txt