From 0ed81d8afa917de505eb2fde9c005754bab83707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciaranbor <ciaranborourke-dev@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 15:30:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Implement image generation warmup

---
 src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/generator/generate.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 src/exo/worker/runner/runner.py                    | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/generator/generate.py b/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/generator/generate.py
index e3bdcc8a..872a15ec 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/generator/generate.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/engines/mflux/generator/generate.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import io
 from typing import Generator
 
+from PIL import Image
 import mlx.core as mx
 from mflux.config.config import Config
 from mflux.models.flux.variants.txt2img.flux import Flux1
@@ -30,6 +31,17 @@ def parse_size(size_str: str | None) -> tuple[int, int]:
     return (1024, 1024)
 
 
+def warmup_mflux(model: Flux1) -> Image.Image:
+    prompt = "Warmup"
+    image = model.generate_image(
+        seed=2,
+        prompt=prompt,
+        config=Config(num_inference_steps=1, height=256, width=256),
+    )
+
+    return image.image
+
+
 def mflux_generate(
     model: Flux1,
     task: ImageGenerationTaskParams,
diff --git a/src/exo/worker/runner/runner.py b/src/exo/worker/runner/runner.py
index 7f60cfc4..703cbcc4 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/runner/runner.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/runner/runner.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ from exo.shared.types.models import ModelTask
 from exo.shared.types.tasks import (
     ChatCompletion,
     ConnectToGroup,
-    ImageGeneration,
     ImageEdits,
+    ImageGeneration,
     LoadModel,
     Shutdown,
     StartWarmup,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ from exo.shared.types.worker.runners import (
     RunnerWarmingUp,
 )
 from exo.utils.channels import ClosedResourceError, MpReceiver, MpSender
-from exo.worker.engines.mflux.generator.generate import mflux_generate
+from exo.worker.engines.mflux.generator.generate import mflux_generate, warmup_mflux
 from exo.worker.engines.mflux.utils_mflux import initialize_mflux
 from exo.worker.engines.mlx.generator.generate import mlx_generate, warmup_inference
 from exo.worker.engines.mlx.utils_mlx import (
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ def main(
                             logger.info(
                                 f"runner initialized in {time.time() - setup_start_time} seconds"
                             )
+                        elif (
+                            ModelTask.TextToImage in model_tasks
+                            or ModelTask.ImageToImage in model_tasks
+                        ):
+                            assert isinstance(model, Flux1)
+                            image = warmup_mflux(model=model)
+                            logger.info(f"warmed up by generating {image.size} image")
+
                         current_status = RunnerReady()
                         logger.info("runner ready")
                     case ChatCompletion(