From 525aaab8085e41935ed90663da1db7cab3baa9a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan <evanev7@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:44:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 src/exo/master/api.py                    | 12 ++++-----
 src/exo/shared/types/worker/instances.py | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/exo/master/api.py b/src/exo/master/api.py
index 85d964b7..af7cfa73 100644
--- a/src/exo/master/api.py
+++ b/src/exo/master/api.py
@@ -524,15 +524,15 @@ class API:
 
             if (
                 model_card.model_id,
-                sharding,
-                instance_meta,
+                instance.sharding(),
+                instance.instance_meta(),
                 len(placement_node_ids),
             ) not in seen:
                 previews.append(
                     PlacementPreview(
                         model_id=model_card.model_id,
-                        sharding=sharding,
-                        instance_meta=instance_meta,
+                        sharding=instance.sharding(),
+                        instance_meta=instance.instance_meta(),
                         instance=instance,
                         memory_delta_by_node=memory_delta_by_node or None,
                         error=None,
@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@ class API:
             seen.add(
                 (
                     model_card.model_id,
-                    sharding,
-                    instance_meta,
+                    instance.sharding(),
+                    instance.instance_meta(),
                     len(placement_node_ids),
                 )
             )
diff --git a/src/exo/shared/types/worker/instances.py b/src/exo/shared/types/worker/instances.py
index 76bd6fd4..25e2b753 100644
--- a/src/exo/shared/types/worker/instances.py
+++ b/src/exo/shared/types/worker/instances.py
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ from pydantic import model_validator
 
 from exo.shared.models.model_cards import ModelTask
 from exo.shared.types.common import Host, Id, NodeId
-from exo.shared.types.worker.runners import RunnerId, ShardAssignments, ShardMetadata
+from exo.shared.types.worker.runners import RunnerId, ShardAssignments
+from exo.shared.types.worker.shards import (
+    PipelineShardMetadata,
+    Sharding,
+    ShardMetadata,
+    TensorShardMetadata,
+)
 from exo.utils.pydantic_ext import CamelCaseModel, TaggedModel
 
 
@@ -24,16 +30,40 @@ class BaseInstance(TaggedModel):
     def shard(self, runner_id: RunnerId) -> ShardMetadata | None:
         return self.shard_assignments.runner_to_shard.get(runner_id, None)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def instance_meta() -> InstanceMeta: ...
+
+    def sharding(self) -> Sharding:
+        if all(
+            isinstance(sm, PipelineShardMetadata)
+            for sm in self.shard_assignments.runner_to_shard.values()
+        ):
+            return Sharding.Pipeline
+        if all(
+            isinstance(sm, TensorShardMetadata)
+            for sm in self.shard_assignments.runner_to_shard.values()
+        ):
+            return Sharding.Tensor
+        raise ValueError("shard metadata malformed")
+
 
 class MlxRingInstance(BaseInstance):
     hosts_by_node: dict[NodeId, list[Host]]
     ephemeral_port: int
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def instance_meta() -> InstanceMeta:
+        return InstanceMeta.MlxRing
+
 
 class MlxJacclInstance(BaseInstance):
     jaccl_devices: list[list[str | None]]
     jaccl_coordinators: dict[NodeId, str]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def instance_meta() -> InstanceMeta:
+        return InstanceMeta.MlxJaccl
+
 
 # TODO: Single node instance
 Instance = MlxRingInstance | MlxJacclInstance