fix instance type mismatch in /instance/previews endpoint

Derive instance_meta from the actual instance type returned by
place_instance() instead of using the requested instance_meta from
the loop variable. place_instance() overrides single-node placements
to MlxRing, but the preview response was still reporting the original
requested type (e.g., MlxJaccl), causing a mismatch.

Closes #1426

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

src/exo/master/api.py

@@ -143,7 +143,12 @@ from exo.shared.types.openai_responses import (
     ResponsesResponse,
 )
 from exo.shared.types.state import State
-from exo.shared.types.worker.instances import Instance, InstanceId, InstanceMeta
+from exo.shared.types.worker.instances import (
+    Instance,
+    InstanceId,
+    InstanceMeta,
+    MlxJacclInstance,
+)
 from exo.shared.types.worker.shards import Sharding
 from exo.utils.banner import print_startup_banner
 from exo.utils.channels import Receiver, Sender, channel
@@ -467,6 +472,14 @@ class API:
             shard_assignments = instance.shard_assignments
             placement_node_ids = list(shard_assignments.node_to_runner.keys())
 
+            # Derive instance_meta from the actual instance type, since
+            # place_instance() may override it (e.g., single-node → MlxRing)
+            actual_instance_meta = (
+                InstanceMeta.MlxJaccl
+                if isinstance(instance, MlxJacclInstance)
+                else InstanceMeta.MlxRing
+            )
+
             memory_delta_by_node: dict[str, int] = {}
             if placement_node_ids:
                 total_bytes = model_card.storage_size.in_bytes
@@ -479,14 +492,14 @@ class API:
             if (
                 model_card.model_id,
                 sharding,
-                instance_meta,
+                actual_instance_meta,
                 len(placement_node_ids),
             ) not in seen:
                 previews.append(
                     PlacementPreview(
                         model_id=model_card.model_id,
                         sharding=sharding,
-                        instance_meta=instance_meta,
+                        instance_meta=actual_instance_meta,
                         instance=instance,
                         memory_delta_by_node=memory_delta_by_node or None,
                         error=None,
@@ -496,7 +509,7 @@ class API:
                 (
                     model_card.model_id,
                     sharding,
-                    instance_meta,
+                    actual_instance_meta,
                     len(placement_node_ids),
                 )
             )