Tracker /v1/network/assign now accepts an optional `hf_repo` query param
to restrict assignment to a specific model, and returns `gap_found: bool`
so callers know whether they received a real gap vs a redundancy slot.
Node startup with --model-id (no explicit shard args) now queries the
tracker first for an uncovered gap for that model before defaulting to
full coverage (0..n-1). This means a second node with --model-id will
serve only the missing layers, not the whole model again.
Auto-join fallback (no --model-id) now prints why it fell through
instead of silently switching to stub-model.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tracker now prints a line when a node registers and on every heartbeat
received. Node prints its assigned node_id after successful registration
and starts a daemon heartbeat thread (30s interval) that logs each send.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tracker:
- _NodeEntry gains hf_repo + num_layers fields (parsed from register body)
- GET /v1/network/assign — finds the biggest uncovered shard gap across
registered HF-model nodes; returns {hf_repo, shard_start, shard_end, num_layers}
- Returns 503 when no HF-model nodes are registered yet
Node startup:
- When model_id is set: registers with tracker including hf_repo + num_layers
so other nodes can auto-join this model
- When model_id is empty/None: queries /v1/network/assign, gets assigned the
missing layers, loads TorchNodeServer with the assigned shard automatically
- Fixes empty-string model_id leaking from DEFAULTS (treats "" same as None)
Usage: `meshnet-node start --tracker http://localhost:8080 --quantization bfloat16`
Node discovers what to serve and joins the network without any model flags.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
