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f750596364 fix(setup): install mlx-lm and mlx-audio in setup-python on Apple Silicon (#892)
* fix(setup): install mlx-lm and mlx-audio in setup-python on Apple Silicon

The dev setup installed requirements-mlx.txt but not mlx-audio/mlx-lm
themselves, so POST /transcribe failed on a fresh Apple Silicon setup
with "No module named 'mlx_audio'" (then "No module named 'mlx_lm'").
The release workflow already installs both with --no-deps (they declare
transformers>=5.x, conflicting with our <=4.57.x cap); mirror that in
the setup-python recipe with the same pins.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>

* test: add MLX smoke test for the --no-deps mlx-audio/mlx-lm install

mlx-audio and mlx-lm are installed --no-deps, so a missing transitive
dependency only surfaces at import time. Add a pytest-discoverable
smoke test (skipped off Apple Silicon) covering the exact entry points
the backend uses: mlx_audio.tts.load, mlx_audio.stt.load (which also
exercises the miniaudio dep from issue #505), mlx_lm.load/generate,
and a basic mlx.core op.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
2026-07-20 22:26:46 -07:00

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"""
Smoke test for the MLX backend dependencies on Apple Silicon.
Guards the `--no-deps` install of mlx-audio/mlx-lm done by `just setup-python`
and release.yml: those packages skip their declared dependencies (transformers
>=5.x conflict), so a missing transitive dep only surfaces at import time.
This test fails fast if the MLX STT/TTS entry points the backend uses stop
importing (e.g. the `miniaudio` regression from issue #505).
Usage:
python -m pytest backend/tests/test_mlx_smoke.py -v
"""
import platform
import sys
import pytest
pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
not (sys.platform == "darwin" and platform.machine() == "arm64"),
reason="MLX packages are only installed on Apple Silicon macOS",
)
def test_mlx_core_runs():
"""The MLX runtime itself works (Metal array op)."""
import mlx.core as mx
assert mx.array([1, 2]).sum().item() == 3
def test_mlx_audio_tts_entry_point():
"""`from mlx_audio.tts import load` — used by MLXBackend.load_model_async."""
from mlx_audio.tts import load
assert callable(load)
def test_mlx_audio_stt_entry_point():
"""`from mlx_audio.stt import load` — used by the Whisper MLX STT path.
Importing mlx_audio.stt also pulls in miniaudio, so this catches the
ModuleNotFoundError from issue #505 on fresh installs.
"""
from mlx_audio.stt import load
assert callable(load)
def test_mlx_lm_entry_points():
"""`mlx_lm.load` / `mlx_lm.generate` — used by qwen_llm_backend."""
from mlx_lm import generate, load
assert callable(load)
assert callable(generate)