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Any way to manually clear the cache for static prompt for generator.generate_tokens?

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I am wondering if there exists any way to manually clear the cache for static prompt for generator.generate_tokens. We are running an algorithm where a lot of computations can be saved by cache, however in our setting, we have several static prompts instead of one. By setting all of them to static prompt, we observe the gpu memory keeps going up. So can we manually clear the cache for static prompt here?

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Start by inspecting the generator.generate_tokens entry point and how its static-prompt cache retains GPU memory. Determine whether the current API exposes a manual cache-clear operation and what behavior is expected when switching among several static prompts. No file or test is named, so completion criteria need clarification before implementation.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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