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When the heuristic found an optimal integer-feasible solution with the same objective as the root LP solution during the root loop, the solver only check for convergence after each cut pass. For instance, CPU FJ found the optimal solution for ns1116954 in $5$s, but the solver only terminates at $50$s+ after the first cut pass. This PR fixes that.

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…t. stop the solver if this is the case.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas L. Guidotti <nguidotti@nvidia.com>
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The solver checks configured absolute and relative MIP-gap tolerances after accepting heuristic and diving solutions, and during root cut-pass processing. It also updates concurrent-halt selection and excludes sub-MIP solves from one concurrent-halt update.

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Branch-and-Bound Solver

Layer / File(s) Summary
Incumbent acceptance and gap checks
cpp/src/branch_and_bound/branch_and_bound.cpp
Accepted heuristic and diving solutions are checked against configured absolute and relative MIP-gap tolerances. Successful incumbent updates use fetch_min for the upper bound and invoke the solution callback after releasing its mutex. If either tolerance is met, the solver sets optimal status and requests concurrent halt.
Root cut-pass completion
cpp/src/branch_and_bound/branch_and_bound.cpp
The root cut-pass LP uses the configured concurrent-halt flag when available, and otherwise uses the node halt flag. The cut-pass loop handles gap tolerances for fractional roots, finalizes the solution, and records cut-generation time. A repeated halt check is removed, and the symmetry generator count is assigned without an explicit cast to int.
Sub-MIP concurrent-halt update
cpp/src/dual_simplex/solve.cpp
The advanced-basis LP solve sets the concurrent-halt flag only when the solve is inside a MIP, is not inside a sub-MIP, and has a halt pointer.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 717ee

Custom B&B callers that supply an external halt pointer and enable root heuristics may see the root cut pass continue after a heuristic closes the gap. This can delay termination, but no incorrect result is established; the default production setup is unaffected.

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- Around line 3949-3950: Update the `lp_settings.concurrent_halt` assignment so
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`settings_.concurrent_halt` and the local `node_concurrent_halt_` convergence
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🟡 Minor · Do not publish root_lp_with_cuts before the cut loop completes. · branch_and_bound.cpp:3962-3979

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Do not publish root_lp_with_cuts before the cut loop completes.

When the root gap meets a tolerance, this branch returns before launch_root_heuristics() and do_cut_pass() run. However, root_lp_with_cuts is documented as the value after the full cut loop, and NaN indicates that the cut loop did not finish. Publishing the pre-cut root_objective_ here causes benchmark consumers to report a post-cut value and gap-closed-by-cuts metric for a cut loop that did not complete.

Move this publication to the normal completed-loop path, or leave the field as NaN for this early exit.

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…ent halt within sub-MIP

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@nguidotti nguidotti changed the title Fixed delayed termination during root loop [BUG] Fix delayed termination during root loop Sep 30, 2026
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