[ROCm][CI] Stage C-II of gating additional test groups (#46537)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Karatzas <akaratza@amd.com>

.buildkite/test-amd.yaml

@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ steps:
   timeout_in_minutes: 180
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
   agent_pool: mi300_1
+  optional: true
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
@@ -829,6 +830,7 @@ steps:
   timeout_in_minutes: 180
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
   agent_pool: mi300_1
+  optional: true
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/distributed/eplb
@@ -1631,6 +1633,7 @@ steps:
   timeout_in_minutes: 180
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
   agent_pool: mi300_1
+  optional: true
   torch_nightly: true
   parallelism: 2
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
@@ -2197,6 +2200,7 @@ steps:
   timeout_in_minutes: 180
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
   agent_pool: mi300_2
+  optional: true
   num_gpus: 2
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:
@@ -2215,21 +2219,6 @@ steps:
   - TP_SIZE=1 DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s v1/distributed/test_external_lb_dp.py
   - DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/test_multi_api_servers.py
 
-- label: NixlConnector PD + Spec Decode acceptance (2 GPUs) # TBD
-  timeout_in_minutes: 180
-  mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
-  agent_pool: mi300_2
-  num_gpus: 2
-  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
-  source_file_dependencies:
-  - vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py
-  - vllm/v1/worker/kv_connector_model_runner_mixin.py
-  - tests/v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/
-  - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
-  commands:
-  - uv pip install --system -r /vllm-workspace/requirements/kv_connectors_rocm.txt
-  - ATTENTION_BACKEND=TRITON_ATTN bash v1/kv_connector/nixl_integration/spec_decode_acceptance_test.sh
-
 - label: Distributed Tests (2xH100-2xMI300) # TBD
   timeout_in_minutes: 180
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
@@ -2254,6 +2243,7 @@ steps:
   timeout_in_minutes: 180
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental, amdproduction, amdgfx942nightly, amdmi300]
   agent_pool: mi300_2
+  optional: true
   num_gpus: 2
   working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/tests"
   source_file_dependencies:

.buildkite/test_areas/benchmarks.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ steps:
   - tests/benchmarks/
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s benchmarks/
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: Attention Benchmarks Smoke Test (B200)
   key: attention-benchmarks-smoke-test-b200

.buildkite/test_areas/distributed.yaml

@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ steps:
   - TP_SIZE=1 DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s v1/distributed/test_eagle_dp.py
   - TP_SIZE=1 DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s v1/distributed/test_external_lb_dp.py
   - DP_SIZE=2 pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/test_multi_api_servers.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_2
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/distributed/
+      - vllm/engine/
+      - vllm/executor/
+      - vllm/worker/worker_base.py
+      - vllm/v1/engine/
+      - vllm/v1/worker/
+      - tests/v1/distributed
+      - tests/entrypoints/openai/test_multi_api_servers.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: Distributed Compile + RPC Tests (2 GPUs)
   key: distributed-compile-rpc-tests-2-gpus

.buildkite/test_areas/engine.yaml

@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ steps:
   commands:
     # Only run tests that need exactly 2 GPUs
     - pytest -v -s v1/e2e/spec_decode/test_spec_decode.py -k "tensor_parallelism"
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_2
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: V1 e2e (4 GPUs)
   key: v1-e2e-4-gpus

.buildkite/test_areas/expert_parallelism.yaml

@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - pytest -v -s distributed/test_eplb_algo.py
   - pytest -v -s distributed/test_eplb_utils.py
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/distributed/eplb
+      - tests/distributed/test_eplb_algo.py
+      - tests/distributed/test_eplb_utils.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: EPLB Execution # 17min
   key: eplb-execution

.buildkite/test_areas/misc.yaml

@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ steps:
       'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.26.0' \
       'opentelemetry-semantic-conventions-ai>=0.4.1'"
   - pytest -v -s v1/tracing
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_2
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: Python-only Installation
   key: python-only-installation

.buildkite/test_areas/model_executor.yaml

@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ steps:
     # calls that the signal method cannot interrupt.
     - pytest -v -s model_executor -m '(not slow_test)' --timeout=900 --timeout-method=thread
     - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/completion/test_tensorizer_entrypoint.py --timeout=900 --timeout-method=thread
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+      - vllm/config/model.py
+      - vllm/model_executor
+      - tests/model_executor
+      - tests/entrypoints/openai/completion/test_tensorizer_entrypoint.py
+      - vllm/_aiter_ops.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py

.buildkite/test_areas/models_language.yaml

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ steps:
     - pytest -v -s models/language -m 'core_model and (not slow_test)'
   mirror:
     torch_nightly: {}
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
 
 - label: Language Models Tests (Extra Standard) %N
   key: language-models-tests-extra-standard
@@ -32,6 +36,21 @@ steps:
   parallelism: 2
   mirror:
     torch_nightly: {}
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/model_executor/models/
+      - vllm/model_executor/model_loader/
+      - vllm/model_executor/layers/
+      - vllm/v1/attention/backends/
+      - vllm/v1/attention/selector.py
+      - tests/models/language/pooling/test_embedding.py
+      - tests/models/language/generation/test_common.py
+      - tests/models/language/pooling/test_classification.py
+      - vllm/_aiter_ops.py
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
 
 - label: Language Models Tests (Hybrid) %N
   key: language-models-tests-hybrid

.buildkite/test_areas/models_multimodal.yaml

@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ steps:
   - vllm/v1/core/
   commands:
   - pytest -s -v test_lm_eval_correctness.py --config-list-file=configs/models-mm-small.txt --tp-size=1
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - vllm/multimodal/
+      - vllm/inputs/
+      - vllm/v1/core/
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py
+      - vllm/model_executor/model_loader/
 
 - label: Multi-Modal Models (Extended Generation 1)
   key: multi-modal-models-extended-generation-1

.buildkite/test_areas/pytorch.yaml

@@ -195,3 +195,11 @@ steps:
   - requirements/test/nightly-torch.txt
   commands:
   - bash standalone_tests/pytorch_nightly_dependency.sh
+  mirror:
+    amd:
+      device: mi300_1
+      depends_on:
+      - image-build-amd
+      source_file_dependencies:
+      - requirements/test/nightly-torch.txt
+      - vllm/platforms/rocm.py