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DeepSeek 1017: near-million-token needle and memory floor

Two saved runs found one exact-string needle at 63 percent depth in random filler, with 1034753 and 1035020 prompt tokens. Each completion is seven tokens, with zero cached prompt tokens. These are two different build/setup observations, not repeated measurements of one unchanged configuration or evidence of general long-document reasoning.

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THE SOURCE IN CONTEXT

Two saved runs found one exact-string needle at 63 percent depth in random filler, with 1034753 and 1035020 prompt tokens. Each completion is seven tokens, with zero cached prompt tokens. These are two different build/setup observations, not repeated measurements of one unchanged configuration or evidence of general long-document reasoning.

What does success mean here?

Two saved runs found one exact-string needle at 63 percent depth in random filler, with 1034753 and 1035020 prompt tokens. Each completion is seven tokens, with zero cached prompt tokens. These are two different build/setup observations, not repeated measurements of one unchanged configuration or evidence of general long-document reasoning.

Source: Elevatormusic · pinned document Elevatormusic · pinned document

How much latency and headroom were observed?

The first token took 830.4 seconds in the earlier run and 817.7 seconds in the final setup. During the final fill, minimum host MemAvailable was 1779 MiB on the head and 2542 MiB on the worker. The source describes engine swap policy, host reclaim settings, Engram page dropping and earlyoom thresholds. This is a tuned narrow-margin observation, not a safe default capacity.

Source: Elevatormusic · pinned document

What is still unknown?

Exact executed image digests and request sampling values are absent from the selected raw records. The author also reports slower prefill states and final-image runs below the best earlier result. One depth, one string and a seven-token output do not validate multiple needles, long generation, multimodal context, concurrent near-million-token requests or general answer correctness.

Source: Elevatormusic · pinned document Elevatormusic · pinned document

What do the saved usage counts establish?

The two saved JSON records retain the actual prompt count, seven completion tokens, zero cached prompt tokens and zero reported reasoning tokens. These values establish the size and outcome of the performed requests. Zero reasoning tokens does not identify an unlogged request thinking flag, and a configured context limit is not an additional completed request.

Source: Elevatormusic · pinned document

Reported figures and their conditions

Selected facts reported by the original author. Each row has its own configuration and measurement boundary. Run AI Here has not reproduced these tests.

Attributed source results; no cross-source ranking
Configuration / workloadMetricReported valueEvidence
fd2365042f56 near-1M first tokenttft830.4 ssingle prompt, no variance estimateOriginal row ↗
92aa710b533d near-1M first tokenttft817.7 ssingle prompt, no variance estimateOriginal row ↗
near-1M final head minimum MemAvailableminimum memavailable1779 MiBminimum observed in this one fill, not a safe capacity guaranteeOriginal row ↗
near-1M final worker minimum MemAvailableminimum memavailable2542 MiBminimum observed in this one fill, not a safe capacity guaranteeOriginal row ↗
fd2365042f56 near-1M first token · ttft · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefixfd2365042f56
input_tokens1034753
output_tokens7
cached_tokens0
cache_statezero prefix-cache hit tokens; not a cold OS page-cache guarantee
experiment_date2026-10-18T01:51:54Z
needle_foundTrue
reasoning_tokens0
total_seconds835.8
92aa710b533d near-1M first token · ttft · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefix92aa710b533d
input_tokens1035020
output_tokens7
cached_tokens0
cache_statezero prefix-cache hit tokens; not a cold OS page-cache guarantee
experiment_date2026-10-18T04:47:07Z
needle_foundTrue
reasoning_tokens0
total_seconds825.9
near-1M final head minimum MemAvailable · minimum memavailable · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefix92aa710b533d
input_tokens1035020
output_tokens7
cache_statesame final needle; cached_tokens 0
experiment_date2026-10-18
memory_kindminimum_host_MemAvailable_during_prefill
nodehead
earlyoom_limit_MiB_at_measurement1536
earlyoom_later_limit_MiB1024
OS_memory_controls_changedTrue
ordinary_host_baseline_inferredFalse
near-1M final worker minimum MemAvailable · minimum memavailable · conditions
Conditions for this result only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefix92aa710b533d
input_tokens1035020
output_tokens7
cache_statesame final needle; cached_tokens 0
experiment_date2026-10-18
memory_kindminimum_host_MemAvailable_during_prefill
nodeworker
earlyoom_limit_MiB_at_measurement1536
earlyoom_later_limit_MiB1024
OS_memory_controls_changedTrue
ordinary_host_baseline_inferredFalse

Original source-grounded editorial synthesis with local Spark Qwen assistance and Codex review; no site model benchmark.

Key reading notes

Source identity and full condition receipt

Source identity

Attribution and exact source identity
Original publisherElevatormusic
Reference typePerformance report
Model IDLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
Default recipe artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
Runtime topics["TensorFold"]
Source revision9c6ab02340b770c6c3e1a9a4d5e70a56c5829d32
Source commit date — not experiment date2026-10-18T05:40:29Z
Source checked2026-10-18
Declared licenseNot specified

Reported conditions

Unknown fields remain unspecified; context limits and measured input lengths are different
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
parallelismNot specified
kv_dtypeNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
experiment_date2026-10-18T01:51:54Z
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
weight_hashNot specified
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
input_tokensNot specified
output_tokensNot specified
concurrencyNot specified
cache_stateNot specified
quantizationNot specified
speculative_decodingNot specified
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified

fd2365042f56 near-1M first token

Conditions of this profile only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefixfd2365042f56
input_tokens1034753
output_tokens7
cached_tokens0
cache_statezero prefix-cache hit tokens; not a cold OS page-cache guarantee
experiment_date2026-10-18T01:51:54Z
needle_foundTrue
reasoning_tokens0
total_seconds835.8
Original experiment section

92aa710b533d near-1M first token

Conditions of this profile only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefix92aa710b533d
input_tokens1035020
output_tokens7
cached_tokens0
cache_statezero prefix-cache hit tokens; not a cold OS page-cache guarantee
experiment_date2026-10-18T04:47:07Z
needle_foundTrue
reasoning_tokens0
total_seconds825.9
Original experiment section

near-1M final head minimum MemAvailable

Conditions of this profile only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefix92aa710b533d
input_tokens1035020
output_tokens7
cache_statesame final needle; cached_tokens 0
experiment_date2026-10-18
memory_kindminimum_host_MemAvailable_during_prefill
nodehead
earlyoom_limit_MiB_at_measurement1536
earlyoom_later_limit_MiB1024
OS_memory_controls_changedTrue
ordinary_host_baseline_inferredFalse
Original experiment section

near-1M final worker minimum MemAvailable

Conditions of this profile only
modelDeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
model_artifactLibertAIDAI/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-EXL3-2.9bpw
model_revisionafc7aa0aab98ee735c0f54e0a122019af1ac08f1
Engram_revision1bae0e1088993b9b82de08f59de5be5a34e42170
weight_precisionEXL3 2.9bpw
systemtwo DGX Spark GB10, TP2
node_count2
engineTensorFold Python 0.6.6
runtime_execution_revisionNot specified
executed_image_digestNot specified
context_limit_tokens1048576
concurrency1
needle_depth_fraction0.63
workloadone exact-string needle in random filler lines
temperatureNot specified
top_pNot specified
thinkingNot specified
repetitions1
general_quality_evaluationFalse
multi_request_long_context_validatedFalse
runtime_revision_prefix92aa710b533d
input_tokens1035020
output_tokens7
cache_statesame final needle; cached_tokens 0
experiment_date2026-10-18
memory_kindminimum_host_MemAvailable_during_prefill
nodeworker
earlyoom_limit_MiB_at_measurement1536
earlyoom_later_limit_MiB1024
OS_memory_controls_changedTrue
ordinary_host_baseline_inferredFalse
Original experiment section

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