NVIDIA / NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM

[AutoDeploy][chore]: Deprecate and remove transformers mode

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Since Apr 2, 2026.

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Description

🚀 The feature, motivation and pitch

Deprecate and remove the mode="transformers" path in AutoDeploy. The graph mode is now the maintained and default path. The transformers mode was an early lightweight alternative that only applied cached-attention transforms without full-graph capture, but it is no longer actively tested or developed.

Removal scope:

  • Remove "transformers" from the mode Literal in LlmArgs
  • Remove config/transformers.yaml
  • Remove any transformers-mode-specific code paths or branches
  • Update documentation referencing transformers mode
Alternatives

Keep transformers mode as a legacy escape hatch, but this adds maintenance burden and test surface with no clear user demand.

Additional context

https://github.com/NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM/pull/12209 introduces agentic onboarding for models into the graph mode pipeline, thus eliminating the need for a lightweight transformers mode for testing.

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