Switch settings from contextvar to thread local storage (for Colab) (#…

…1860)

dsp/utils/settings.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import copy
 import threading
-
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from contextvars import ContextVar
 from dsp.utils.utils import dotdict
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = dotdict(
@@ -31,8 +29,14 @@
 # Global base configuration
 main_thread_config = copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
 
-# Initialize the context variable with an empty dict as default
-dspy_ctx_overrides = ContextVar('dspy_ctx_overrides', default=dotdict())
+
+class ThreadLocalOverrides(threading.local):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.overrides = dotdict()  # Initialize thread-local overrides
+
+
+# Create the thread-local storage
+thread_local_overrides = ThreadLocalOverrides()
 
 
 class Settings:
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ def __new__(cls):
         return cls._instance
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
-        overrides = dspy_ctx_overrides.get()
+        overrides = getattr(thread_local_overrides, 'overrides', dotdict())
         if name in overrides:
             return overrides[name]
         elif name in main_thread_config:
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         self.__setattr__(key, value)
 
     def __contains__(self, key):
-        overrides = dspy_ctx_overrides.get()
+        overrides = getattr(thread_local_overrides, 'overrides', dotdict())
         return key in overrides or key in main_thread_config
 
     def get(self, key, default=None):
@@ -86,45 +90,49 @@ def get(self, key, default=None):
             return default
 
     def copy(self):
-        overrides = dspy_ctx_overrides.get()
+        overrides = getattr(thread_local_overrides, 'overrides', dotdict())
         return dotdict({**main_thread_config, **overrides})
 
     @property
     def config(self):
         config = self.copy()
-        del config['lock']
+        if 'lock' in config:
+            del config['lock']
         return config
 
     # Configuration methods
 
-    def configure(self, return_token=False, **kwargs):
+    def configure(self, **kwargs):
         global main_thread_config
-        overrides = dspy_ctx_overrides.get()
-        new_overrides = dotdict({**copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_CONFIG), **main_thread_config, **overrides, **kwargs})
-        token = dspy_ctx_overrides.set(new_overrides)
+
+        # Get or initialize thread-local overrides
+        overrides = getattr(thread_local_overrides, 'overrides', dotdict())
+        thread_local_overrides.overrides = dotdict(
+            {**copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_CONFIG), **main_thread_config, **overrides, **kwargs}
+        )
 
         # Update main_thread_config, in the main thread only
         if threading.current_thread() is threading.main_thread():
-            main_thread_config = new_overrides
-
-        if return_token:
-            return token
+            main_thread_config = thread_local_overrides.overrides
 
     @contextmanager
     def context(self, **kwargs):
         """Context manager for temporary configuration changes."""
-        token = self.configure(return_token=True, **kwargs)
+        global main_thread_config
+        original_overrides = getattr(thread_local_overrides, 'overrides', dotdict()).copy()
+        original_main_thread_config = main_thread_config.copy()
+
+        self.configure(**kwargs)
         try:
             yield
         finally:
-            dspy_ctx_overrides.reset(token)
+            thread_local_overrides.overrides = original_overrides
 
             if threading.current_thread() is threading.main_thread():
-                global main_thread_config
-                main_thread_config = dotdict({**copy.deepcopy(DEFAULT_CONFIG), **dspy_ctx_overrides.get()})
+                main_thread_config = original_main_thread_config
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        overrides = dspy_ctx_overrides.get()
+        overrides = getattr(thread_local_overrides, 'overrides', dotdict())
         combined_config = {**main_thread_config, **overrides}
         return repr(combined_config)
 

dspy/utils/parallelizer.py

@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@
 import threading
 import traceback
 import contextlib
-
-from contextvars import copy_context
 from tqdm.contrib.logging import logging_redirect_tqdm
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
 class ParallelExecutor:
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -80,10 +77,16 @@ def _execute_isolated_single_thread(self, function, data):
                 if self.cancel_jobs.is_set():
                     break
 
-                # Create an isolated context for each task
-                task_ctx = copy_context()
-                result = task_ctx.run(function, item)
-                results.append(result)
+                # Create an isolated context for each task using thread-local overrides
+                from dsp.utils.settings import thread_local_overrides
+                original_overrides = thread_local_overrides.overrides
+                thread_local_overrides.overrides = thread_local_overrides.overrides.copy()
+
+                try:
+                    result = function(item)
+                    results.append(result)
+                finally:
+                    thread_local_overrides.overrides = original_overrides
 
                 if self.compare_results:
                     # Assumes score is the last element of the result tuple
@@ -137,18 +140,30 @@ def interrupt_handler(sig, frame):
                 # If not in the main thread, skip setting signal handlers
                 yield
 
-        def cancellable_function(index_item):
+        def cancellable_function(parent_overrides, index_item):
             index, item = index_item
             if self.cancel_jobs.is_set():
                 return index, job_cancelled
-            return index, function(item)
+
+            # Create an isolated context for each task using thread-local overrides
+            from dsp.utils.settings import thread_local_overrides
+            original_overrides = thread_local_overrides.overrides
+            thread_local_overrides.overrides = parent_overrides.copy()
+
+            try:
+                return index, function(item)
+            finally:
+                thread_local_overrides.overrides = original_overrides
 
         with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.num_threads) as executor, interrupt_handler_manager():
+            # Capture the parent thread's overrides
+            from dsp.utils.settings import thread_local_overrides
+            parent_overrides = thread_local_overrides.overrides.copy()
+
             futures = {}
             for pair in enumerate(data):
-                # Capture the context for each task
-                task_ctx = copy_context()
-                future = executor.submit(task_ctx.run, cancellable_function, pair)
+                # Pass the parent thread's overrides to each thread
+                future = executor.submit(cancellable_function, parent_overrides, pair)
                 futures[future] = pair
 
             pbar = tqdm.tqdm(