---
id: pr-vllm-36185
repo: vllm-project/vllm
pr: 36185
title: Reenable features for ROCm attention backends
author: Rohan138
date: '2026-03-06'
url: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/36185
source_category: upstream-code
architectures:
- sm100
tags: []
techniques: []
hardware_features: []
kernel_types: []
languages: []
captured_at: '2026-05-16'
status: merged
merge_sha: c5362c739fb31c171fd345ed4a83fb0127804aa3
inclusion_reason: defer
changed_paths:
- docs/design/attention_backends.md
- vllm/v1/attention/backend.py
- vllm/v1/attention/backends/mla/rocm_aiter_mla.py
- vllm/v1/attention/backends/mla/rocm_aiter_mla_sparse.py
- vllm/v1/attention/backends/mla/triton_mla.py
- vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_fa.py
- vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_unified_attn.py
- vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_attn.py
artifact_dir: evidence/pull-bundles/vllm/gh-36185
head_ref_oid: 54b19968c83b56e17e0fd41bddd36711578b2f84
---
# Reenable features for ROCm attention backends

- Repository: `vllm-project/vllm`
- PR: [36185](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/36185)
- Decision: `defer`
- Reason: defer

## Changed Paths

- `docs/design/attention_backends.md`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backend.py`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backends/mla/rocm_aiter_mla.py`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backends/mla/rocm_aiter_mla_sparse.py`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backends/mla/triton_mla.py`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_fa.py`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_aiter_unified_attn.py`
- `vllm/v1/attention/backends/rocm_attn.py`

## Evidence Bundle

`evidence/pull-bundles/vllm/gh-36185`
