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… reset CacheStreamRunner::finish_endpoint used to hard-reset encoder cache and predictor state (Decoder::reset(), zero_caches(), cache_filled_frames_, attn_mask_) on every mid-stream endpoint, and flush a synthetic zero-padded tail through the finalizing_ (is_last) path to resolve trailing subwords early. Both caused real correctness problems on an ordinary conversational pause crossing the EOU threshold mid-sentence: the hard reset threw away the model's acoustic/linguistic context, so the next segment decoded as if it were a brand new utterance (wrong capitalization), and finalizing_ specifically biases the RNNT head to float a marginal terminal '.'/'?' above blank -- appropriate at genuine end-of-stream, wrong for a mid-sentence pause. fire_eou already has the right-sized reset for a checkpoint like this: Decoder::reset_utterance(), documented as "soft utterance reset for callers that intentionally preserve predictor context" -- this was already being called, then immediately overridden by a second, harder reset one layer up. Removing that second reset (and the now-unneeded synthetic tail-flush and mel_buf_ preserve/split dance that existed to support it) lets the next segment continue the same utterance with full context, same as it already does at every ordinary chunk boundary. Also drops force_eou_pending_ and poll_endpoint/finish_endpoint's after_chunk/preserve_buffered_future parameters, both now dead with the mel_buf_ split logic gone. Verified against two real recordings: streaming with --endpointing on now matches both batch decode and streaming with --endpointing off, where before it inserted spurious capitalization/punctuation at ordinary mid-sentence pauses. test_endpointer's policy suite (13 cases, no model needed) still passes unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… its checks
The integration test was silently producing empty transcripts (all
"non-empty" checks passing vacuously against a stub RecognizerConfig,
or failing with no real diagnostic) against a prompt-conditioned
multilingual RNNT model like nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming: it constructs
CacheStreamRunner/BufferedStreamRunner directly, bypassing Recognizer,
and never called set_prompt_index() -- something Recognizer::
streaming_recognize always does for exactly this reason. Also hardcoded
rnnt_right_context=1, which isn't a supported context size for that
model at all (it only exposes {0, 3, 6, 13}). Both now match what
Recognizer actually does: set_prompt_index(prompt_index_for_lang(
"auto")), and -1 (the model's own trained value) instead of a hardcoded
1.
Separately, the test's only capitalization-adjacent check
(leading_punctuation) only catches a literal punctuation mark leaking
onto the front of a final -- it does not catch a continuation being
capitalized as if it started a new sentence, which is the actual
primary symptom of the bug fixed in the previous commit (a false
mid-sentence EOU hard-resetting decoder state). Verified this the hard
way: the existing checks all passed against the pre-fix runner code,
including on this exact repro. Added a real check for it
(spurious_capitalization), using the test's own known audio structure
(one utterance | gap | one utterance) as ground truth for where a real
utterance boundary can legitimately occur, specifically avoiding using
the model's own trailing punctuation as justification (a leaked
terminal '.'/'?' is itself a symptom of the same bug, so trusting it
would validate the bug using its own artifact).
Confirmed both new/fixed checks fail against the pre-fix runner code
and pass against the fix.
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Soft EOU is intended to preserve transcript context across pauses, but the continuation after the expected pause is not validated against uninterrupted decoding. Spurious capitalization or altered post-pause text could therefore reach users unnoticed. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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Use Unicode-aware capitalization detection.
starts_with_uppercase_letter passes only the first UTF-8 byte to std::isupper. Therefore, it can miss uppercase code points such as É or Д and fail to detect spurious capitalization in multilingual transcripts. Decode the first code point before checking capitalization, or state that this integration check supports English transcripts only.
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In `@tests/cpp/asr/test_endpointer.cpp` at line 65, Update
starts_with_uppercase_letter to decode the first UTF-8 code point before
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- Around line 277-279: Extend the endpointer test around the controlled gap to
use a single sentence split across the silence, then validate the post-gap final
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| // Instead use ground truth this harness controls: no utterance-2 audio | ||
| // is fed until the gap ends, so any final before that point can only be | ||
| // an internal (never legitimate) split of utterance 1. |
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Test the continuation after the expected EOU.
This condition checks only extra splits before the expected pause endpoint. It excludes the post-gap final, which is the segment that must retain linguistic context.
The test can pass if the expected EOU still resets predictor state and the continuation starts with spurious capitalization. Use one sentence split around the silence gap. Then assert that the post-gap segment matches decoding without endpointing and does not start a new sentence.
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endpointer test around the controlled gap to use a single sentence split across
the silence, then validate the post-gap final segment as well as pre-gap
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@anand-nv any thoughts on this change? Every time there is a potential silence discovered when 'endpointing' is enabled, the decoder drops its state. In the case of false endpointing (and our decoder-based endpoint is really a weak proxy for silence) which happens frequently, this causes severe degradation in the transcript quality. |
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@ryanleary thanks for posting the issue and PR. I agree that preserving the RNNT state across an automatic EOU is preferable.
However, I see an edge case where it can allow punctuation associated with the previous utterance to be emitted after the reporting boundary. Can we also add a fix for it in this PR?
The model backed endpointer integration test also fails for me with this PR checked out due to above issue:
./build/cuda-asr/bin/test_endpointer ../models/nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b/nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b.q8_0.gguf $AUDIO --gpu 0 --chunk-ms 160 --gap-ms 1500 --eou-ms 800
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[integ] 2-utterance clip: 14.79s (gap 1500ms), eou=800ms, vad=token-silence
[integ] forced final @ 4.00s: 'But the more forgetfulness had then prevailed, the more power'
[PASS] integration: force_eou yields an immediate final (endpointing off)
[PASS] integration: forced final carries the transcript
[integ] EOU final @ 7.20s: 'But the more forgetfulness had then prevailed, the more powerful was the force of remembrance when she awoke'
[integ] end final: ', but the more forgetfulness had then prevailed, the more powerful was the force of remembrance when she awoke.'
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[FAIL] integration: terminal punctuation does not leak into the next final
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| if (endpointer_) { | ||
| force_eou_pending_ = true; |
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Removing force_eou_pending_ makes explicit force_eou use the same soft checkpoint path as automatic endpointing. That path publishes the current decoded transcript without draining buffered mel/right-context audio.
On CUDA with the same model and exactly 4.00 seconds of input:
force_eou: ...had then prevailed, the
finalize: ...had then prevailed, the more powerful
The forced result reports audio_processed_sec = 4.00 even though it has not committed all supplied audio. The existing test misses this because it only checks that the forced result is final and nonempty.
Can we preserve the distinction between automatic and forced EOU?
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Fixes #40.
Problem
CacheStreamRunner::finish_endpointtreated every EOU as a hard boundary: reset encoder cache + predictor state, and flushed a synthetic zero-padded tail that biases the RNNT head to emit a terminal./?.Example (real recording,
--stream --endpointing --stop-history-eou-ms 700)Same real recording, via
test_endpointer's integration test (each row a separateis_final):Fix
fire_eoualready does the right-sized reset for this:Decoder::reset_utterance()("soft utterance reset ... preserves predictor context"). It was being called, then immediately overridden by a second, harder reset infinish_endpoint.mel_buf_preserve-split logic that existed to support it. The next segment now just continues the same utterance with full context, like any ordinary chunk boundary.force_eou_pending_andpoll_endpoint/finish_endpoint'safter_chunk/preserve_buffered_futureparams, both dead once themel_buf_split logic is gone.Also fixed:
test_endpointer's RNNT integration testCacheStreamRunnerdirectly, bypassingRecognizer, and never calledset_prompt_index(). Also hardcoded an unsupportedrnnt_right_context = 1. Both now matchRecognizer.Testing
test_endpointerpolicy suite (13 cases, no model): passes unchanged.test_endpointerintegration test against nemotron-3.5-asr-streaming-0.6b: new/fixed checks fail on pre-fix runner code, pass on the fix.--stream --endpointing --stop-history-eou-ms 700) on two real recordings: streaming+endpointing now matches batch and streaming-without-endpointing output.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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