dumps OnnxDiscrepancyCheck result on disc so they can be picked up later and gathered for a dashboard (microsoft#2503)

## Describe your changes

The pass OnnxDiscrepancyCheck is used to gather metrics on canary
models. They need to be dumped to let the user see them in detail, the
user can be a dashboard as well.

When `--test` is active, `add_discrepancy_check_pass` now injects
`max_mae: 0.1` and `report_output_dir` (set to the run config's
`output_dir`) into the discrepancy check pass configuration alongside
`reference_model_path`. Both `report_output_dir` and the CLI
`save_discrepancy_check_results` helper normalize file paths to their
parent directory to avoid writing artifacts under a path that looks like
a file.

Fixed test regressions in `test_workflow_run_command_with_test_override`
and `test_workflow_run_command_with_test_reuses_test_output_dir`:
- Set `mock_run.return_value = None` so `save_discrepancy_check_results`
exits early at its null-guard check instead of attempting to serialize a
`MagicMock` via `json.dumps`.
- Updated the `assert_called_once_with` expectation to include `max_mae`
and `report_output_dir` in the expected discrepancy check pass config.

`OnnxDiscrepancyCheck` now raises a `ValueError` after persisting the
report when any configured threshold is exceeded (numeric metric
thresholds or generation token sequence minimum), failing the run
instead of silently succeeding. This restores the documented "the pass
fails if any configured threshold is exceeded" behavior for `--test`
runs.

Replaced `print` statements in `olive/cli/base.py` with `logger.debug`
calls to follow the project's logging conventions.

Merged upstream changes from main (`microsoft#2502`) that added device-aware ONNX
session preparation and inference speedup measurement to
`OnnxDiscrepancyCheck`. The merge combined the device/torch_device setup
and enhanced `prepare_session` call from main with the `report_dir`
normalization and reference model export introduced by this branch.

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olive/cli/base.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import json
+import logging
 import re
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 from olive.hardware.constants import DEVICE_TO_EXECUTION_PROVIDERS
 from olive.resource_path import OLIVE_RESOURCE_ANNOTATIONS
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 TEST_OUTPUT_MARKER_FILE = "olive_test_output.json"
 
 
@@ -78,14 +81,44 @@ def add_discrepancy_check_pass(run_config: dict) -> dict:
     if not reference_model_path:
         return run_config
 
+    # Determine output directory for discrepancy results
+    report_dir = run_config.get("output_dir") or run_config.get("engine", {}).get("output_dir")
+    if report_dir and Path(report_dir).suffix and not Path(report_dir).is_dir():
+        report_dir = str(Path(report_dir).parent)
+    logger.debug("Adding OnnxDiscrepancyCheck pass with reference_model_path=%s", reference_model_path)
     passes["discrepancy_check"] = {
         "type": "OnnxDiscrepancyCheck",
         "reference_model_path": reference_model_path,
+        "max_mae": 0.1,
+        "report_output_dir": report_dir,
     }
     run_config["passes"] = passes
     return run_config
 
 
+def save_discrepancy_check_results(workflow_output, output_path: str) -> None:
+    """Save discrepancy check results from model attributes to the output directory."""
+    if not workflow_output or not workflow_output.has_output_model():
+        return
+
+    best = workflow_output.get_best_candidate()
+    if not best:
+        return
+
+    model_attrs = best.model_config.get("model_attributes") or {}
+    results = model_attrs.get("discrepancy_check_results")
+    if not results:
+        return
+
+    output_dir = Path(output_path)
+    if output_dir.suffix and not output_dir.is_dir():
+        output_dir = output_dir.parent
+    output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    report_path = output_dir / "discrepancy_check_results.json"
+    report_path.write_text(json.dumps(results, indent=2))
+    logger.debug("OnnxDiscrepancyCheck results saved to %s", report_path)
+
+
 class BaseOliveCLICommand(ABC):
     allow_unknown_args: ClassVar[bool] = False
 
@@ -118,6 +151,7 @@ def _run_workflow(self):
             workflow_output = olive_run(run_config)
             if getattr(self.args, "test", None) not in (None, False):
                 mark_test_output_path(self.args.output_path)
+                save_discrepancy_check_results(workflow_output, self.args.output_path)
             if not workflow_output.has_output_model():
                 print("No output model produced. Please check the log for details.")
             else:

olive/cli/run.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     add_telemetry_options,
     get_input_model_config,
     mark_test_output_path,
+    save_discrepancy_check_results,
     validate_test_output_path,
 )
 from olive.telemetry import action
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ def run(self):
         )
         if self.args.test not in (None, False):
             mark_test_output_path(output_path)
+            save_discrepancy_check_results(workflow_output, output_path)
 
         if self.args.list_required_packages is True:
             print("Required packages listed!")

olive/passes/onnx/discrepancy_check.py

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import json
 import logging
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
 from olive.data.config import DataConfig
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ class OnnxDiscrepancyCheck(Pass):
     - Longest common token sequence from the beginning between transformers
       generate and ONNX Runtime GenAI generate (when enabled)
 
-    The pass fails if any configured threshold is exceeded.
+    The pass status is marked as failed if any configured threshold is exceeded.
     """
 
     @classmethod
@@ -78,6 +80,22 @@ def _default_config(cls, accelerator_spec: AcceleratorSpec) -> dict[str, PassCon
                 required=True,
                 description="Path to the reference PyTorch/HuggingFace model to compare against.",
             ),
+            "report_output_dir": PassConfigParam(
+                type_=Optional[str],
+                default_value=None,
+                description=(
+                    "Directory where discrepancy check results and reference model are saved. "
+                    "If not specified, results are written to the pass cache directory."
+                ),
+            ),
+            "save_reference_model_state_dict": PassConfigParam(
+                type_=bool,
+                default_value=False,
+                description=(
+                    "Save the reference PyTorch model weights (state_dict) alongside the results. "
+                    "This allows direct comparison between the reference and optimized models."
+                ),
+            ),
             "max_mae": PassConfigParam(
                 type_=Optional[float],
                 default_value=None,
@@ -211,11 +229,18 @@ def _run_for_config(
             torch_device = torch.device("cuda")
         ref_model = ref_model.to(torch_device)
 
+        # Save reference PyTorch model for direct comparison
+        report_dir = config.report_output_dir or output_model_path
+        report_dir_path = Path(report_dir)
+        if report_dir_path.suffix and not report_dir_path.is_dir():
+            report_dir = str(report_dir_path.parent)
+        if config.save_reference_model_state_dict:
+            self._export_reference_model(ref_model, report_dir)
+
         session = model.prepare_session(
             device=device,
             execution_providers=[execution_provider] if execution_provider else None,
         )
-        io_config = model.io_config
 
         # Run inference on both and compare
         all_max_abs_diff = []
@@ -252,14 +277,19 @@ def _run_for_config(
         count_above_0_1 = sum(all_count_above_0_1)
         count_above_0_01 = sum(all_count_above_0_01)
 
-        logger.info(
-            "OnnxDiscrepancyCheck: max_abs_error=%.6f, elements_above_0.1=%d/%d, elements_above_0.01=%d/%d",
-            max_abs_error,
-            count_above_0_1,
-            total_elements,
-            count_above_0_01,
-            total_elements,
+        results = {
+            "max_abs_error": max_abs_error,
+            "elements_above_0_1": count_above_0_1,
+            "elements_above_0_01": count_above_0_01,
+            "total_elements": total_elements,
+        }
+
+        summary = (
+            f"OnnxDiscrepancyCheck: max_abs_error={max_abs_error:.6f}, "
+            f"elements_above_0.1={count_above_0_1}/{total_elements}, "
+            f"elements_above_0.01={count_above_0_01}/{total_elements}"
         )
+        logger.info(summary)
 
         # Measure inference speedup (ONNX vs PyTorch) on the target device
         if config.timing_iterations > 0:
@@ -292,19 +322,36 @@ def _run_for_config(
             )
 
         if failures:
-            raise RuntimeError("ONNX model discrepancy check failed:\n" + "\n".join(f"  - {f}" for f in failures))
+            results["status"] = "failed"
+            results["failures"] = failures
+            failure_msg = "ONNX model discrepancy check FAILED:\n" + "\n".join(f"  - {f}" for f in failures)
+            logger.error(failure_msg)
+        else:
+            results["status"] = "passed"
 
         # Generation token sequence comparison (transformers vs ONNX Runtime GenAI)
         if config.genai_model_path:
             longest_common = self.compare_generation(config, ref_model)
+            results["longest_common_token_sequence"] = longest_common
+            results["genai_model_path"] = config.genai_model_path
             if config.min_longest_common_tokens is not None and longest_common < config.min_longest_common_tokens:
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    f"ONNX model discrepancy check failed:\n"
-                    f"  - Longest common token sequence length {longest_common} is below "
+                results["status"] = "failed"
+                gen_failure = (
+                    f"Longest common token sequence length {longest_common} is below "
                     f"threshold {config.min_longest_common_tokens}"
                 )
-
-        # Return the model unchanged
+                results.setdefault("failures", []).append(gen_failure)
+                logger.error("ONNX model discrepancy check FAILED: %s", gen_failure)
+
+        # Save results to disk
+        report_path = Path(report_dir) / "discrepancy_check_results.json"
+        report_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        report_path.write_text(json.dumps(results, indent=2))
+
+        # Store results in model attributes so the CLI can persist them in the output directory
+        model_attributes = dict(model.model_attributes) if model.model_attributes else {}
+        model_attributes["discrepancy_check_results"] = results
+        model.model_attributes = model_attributes
         return model
 
     def _measure_speedup(
@@ -415,12 +462,22 @@ def compare_generation(self, config: type[BasePassConfig], ref_model) -> int:
 
         longest_common = _longest_common_token_sequence(transformers_tokens, genai_tokens)
 
-        logger.info(
-            "OnnxDiscrepancyCheck generation comparison: "
-            "transformers_len=%d, genai_len=%d, longest_common_token_sequence=%d",
-            len(transformers_tokens),
-            len(genai_tokens),
-            longest_common,
+        gen_summary = (
+            f"OnnxDiscrepancyCheck generation comparison: "
+            f"transformers_len={len(transformers_tokens)}, genai_len={len(genai_tokens)}, "
+            f"longest_common_token_sequence={longest_common}"
         )
+        logger.info(gen_summary)
 
         return longest_common
+
+    def _export_reference_model(self, ref_model, output_model_path: str):
+        """Save the reference PyTorch model weights for direct comparison."""
+        import torch
+
+        output_dir = Path(output_model_path)
+        output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        ref_pt_path = output_dir / "reference_model.pt"
+        torch.save(ref_model.state_dict(), str(ref_pt_path))
+        logger.info("Reference PyTorch model saved to %s", ref_pt_path)

test/cli/test_cli.py

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def test_workflow_run_command_with_overrides(mock_repo_exists, mock_run, tmp_pat
 
 @patch("olive.workflows.run")
 def test_workflow_run_command_with_test_override(mock_run, tmp_path):
+    mock_run.return_value = None
     config_path = tmp_path / "config.json"
     config_path.write_text(
         json.dumps(
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ def test_workflow_run_command_with_test_override(mock_run, tmp_path):
     cli_main(command_args)
 
     test_model_path = str(tmp_path / "output" / "test_model")
+    output_dir = str(tmp_path / "output")
     mock_run.assert_called_once_with(
         {
             "input_model": {
@@ -182,11 +184,13 @@ def test_workflow_run_command_with_test_override(mock_run, tmp_path):
                 "test_model_config": {"hidden_layers": 2},
                 "test_model_path": test_model_path,
             },
-            "output_dir": str(tmp_path / "output"),
+            "output_dir": output_dir,
             "passes": {
                 "discrepancy_check": {
                     "type": "OnnxDiscrepancyCheck",
                     "reference_model_path": test_model_path,
+                    "max_mae": 0.1,
+                    "report_output_dir": output_dir,
                 }
             },
         },
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ def test_workflow_run_command_with_test_rejects_non_test_output_dir(tmp_path):
 
 @patch("olive.workflows.run")
 def test_workflow_run_command_with_test_reuses_test_output_dir(mock_run, tmp_path):
+    mock_run.return_value = None
     config_path = tmp_path / "config.json"
     output_dir = tmp_path / "output"
     output_dir.mkdir()