[drbh]

this pr addresses the case where the kernel-builder git status fields are present but cannot be deserialized. previously, serde would silently drop invalid flattened fields and deserialize git as None, which could hide a dirty: true value.

KernelBuilderVersion is now deserialized through a repr type that distinguishes missing git fields from invalid ones. missing fields still deserialize as None, while incomplete or invalid fields return an error. legacy sha metadata remains supported.

a regression test covers an invalid commit with dirty: true

[github-actions]

Coverage report — kernels/

Measured on: Python 3.10 / Torch 2.13.0.
Other CI configurations are not included in this number.
Hardware-gated code paths (ROCm/XPU/NPU/Darwin/Windows) are excluded or unreachable on the Linux+CUDA runner.

Total coverage: 84.3% — threshold: 80% — ✅

Per-file breakdown

Name	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
src/kernels/__init__.py	13	0	100%
src/kernels/_system.py	6	1	83%	10
src/kernels/_versions.py	63	7	89%	46, 49, 52-53, 56-57, 100
src/kernels/backends.py	212	62	71%	40, 44, 48-51, 68, 90, 108, 117, 121, 125-127, 148, 157, 161, 165-167, 188, 199, 201, 208-211, 224, 228, 232-252, 260, 283-303
src/kernels/compat.py	8	1	88%	5
src/kernels/deps.py	58	4	93%	59-60, 101, 104
src/kernels/hf_hub.py	62	5	92%	18, 20, 114, 136-137
src/kernels/importer.py	48	3	94%	106, 110, 113
src/kernels/install.py	50	5	90%	78, 116-117, 155, 173
src/kernels/layer/__init__.py	6	0	100%
src/kernels/layer/_interval_tree.py	103	4	96%	23, 52, 147, 150
src/kernels/layer/device.py	48	14	71%	42, 47-49, 91, 96-98, 101, 149, 152, 155-157
src/kernels/layer/func.py	82	7	91%	83, 113, 185, 303, 309, 322, 340
src/kernels/layer/globals.py	5	0	100%
src/kernels/layer/kernelize.py	74	8	89%	255, 281, 289-290, 296, 300, 316-318
src/kernels/layer/layer.py	211	16	92%	169, 212, 218, 231, 339, 419-420, 432, 441, 449, 460, 489, 493, 506, 559, 589
src/kernels/layer/mode.py	14	0	100%
src/kernels/layer/repos.py	144	42	71%	27, 33, 36-43, 63-64, 70, 73-76, 90, 94, 103-104, 110, 113-116, 123-124, 130, 133-136, 143-144, 150, 153-156, 163-164, 170, 173-176, 257
src/kernels/load.py	74	9	88%	218, 224, 230-231, 252-264
src/kernels/locking.py	108	70	35%	42-109, 113-136, 144, 148-155, 159-169, 173-180
src/kernels/status.py	49	2	96%	23, 81
src/kernels/variants.py	278	22	92%	64, 95, 116, 146, 255-256, 298-301, 303, 387-394, 400-406, 437-443, 455-461, 611-613
src/kernels/verify.py	88	1	99%	32
TOTAL	1804	283	84%

Updated by the Test kernels workflow on commit c8923e0533021e4a1d872e1934c04c77e5cf25da.

[danieldk]

Great catch!