arxiv: 2604.15186 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-16 · 💻 cs.DC · cs.AI

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Scepsy: Serving Agentic Workflows Using Aggregate LLM Pipelines

Marcel Wagenl\"ander , Otto White , Britannio Jarrett , Pedro Silvestre , Yanda Tao , Guo Li , Huanzhou Zhu , Ll\'uis Vilanova

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keywords agentic workflowsLLM servingGPU schedulingworkflow executionaggregate pipelinesthroughput optimizationlatency reduction

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Scepsy allocates GPUs to multi-LLM agentic workflows by modeling stable per-model execution time shares instead of unpredictable end-to-end paths.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Agentic workflows run complex tasks by chaining multiple LLMs whose overall execution times vary unpredictably because of branching and data-dependent behavior. Scepsy observes that the fraction of total time spent on each individual LLM stays comparatively stable from run to run. It profiles each LLM under different parallelism settings, assembles those fractions into an Aggregate LLM Pipeline that predicts latency and throughput for any candidate allocation, then searches over fractional GPU shares, tensor-parallel degrees, and replica counts to meet a throughput target at minimum latency. A hierarchical placement step maps the chosen allocation onto the physical cluster while respecting topology and reducing fragmentation. The resulting system delivers substantially higher throughput and lower latency than baselines that treat each LLM in isolation or rely on manual allocations.

Core claim

By constructing an Aggregate LLM Pipeline from profiled execution-time shares, Scepsy can explore and select GPU allocations (fractional shares, tensor parallelism degrees, and replica counts) that achieve target throughput at low latency for arbitrary agentic workflows, then place those allocations on the cluster with a topology-aware heuristic.

What carries the argument

The Aggregate LLM Pipeline: a lightweight predictor assembled from stable per-LLM execution-time shares that estimates workflow latency and throughput for any combination of fractional GPU shares, tensor parallelism, and replica counts.

If this is right

Allocations found via the predictor satisfy throughput targets while cutting end-to-end latency without requiring knowledge of exact workflow branches.
Hierarchical placement of the chosen allocation reduces GPU fragmentation and respects network topology on real clusters.
A single profiling pass per LLM suffices for repeated executions of the same workflow structure.
The search over fractional shares and parallelism degrees can be performed quickly because the predictor is lightweight.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The same stability-of-shares idea could be applied to other composite systems whose stages have data-dependent durations but fixed relative costs.
If the stability assumption weakens for some workflows, online re-profiling of shares could be added as a lightweight extension.
The approach suggests a general principle for scheduling unpredictable multi-model pipelines: optimize on aggregate component costs rather than full-path simulation.

Load-bearing premise

The share of total execution time consumed by each LLM inside the workflow remains stable from one run to the next even when overall workflow duration varies.

What would settle it

Execute the same agentic workflow repeatedly with varied inputs and check whether the measured time proportion for any single LLM deviates substantially across runs.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.15186 by Britannio Jarrett, Guo Li, Huanzhou Zhu, Ll\'uis Vilanova, Marcel Wagenl\"ander, Otto White, Pedro Silvestre, Peter Pietzuch, Yanda Tao.

**Figure 1.** Figure 1: Beam search as an agentic workflow (Beam search uses inference-time scaling, which uses LLMs to explore multiple reasoning paths as a search tree.) enable novel capabilities and improve accuracy-cost tradeoffs [5]. These workflows are diverse and often tailored to specific tasks; common features include using LLMs of different sizes for different roles, or leveraging inference-time scaling [43] technique… view at source ↗

**Figure 2.** Figure 2: Scepsy Overview Generator Verifier 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Execution time (s) (a) Absolute Generator Verifier 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Execution time fraction (b) Relative [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 3.** Figure 3: Distribution of absolute/relative end-to-end execution [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 4.** Figure 4: Construction of an Aggregate LLM Pipeline for beam search workflow. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 5.** Figure 5: Overview of GPU scheduling in Scepsy the Aggregate LLM Pipeline. Based on the ratios, the GPU scheduler 1 enumerates possible assignments of LLMs to GPUs fractions; 2 maps each LLM’s GPU fraction to GPUs, determining how many GPUs each LLM would be deployed on and co-locations; and 3 it then uses the LLM-to-GPU mapping to explore the tensor parallelism degree and number of replicas to infer potential paral… view at source ↗

**Figure 6.** Figure 6: Throughput–latency comparison across workloads and [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 7.** Figure 7: Scepsy vs Aegaeon throughput-latency comparison across workloads and cluster scales 3P/1D, 2P/2D, and 1P/3D (four instances per node). For 8- GPU experiments (two nodes), we use the same per-node configurations [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 9.** Figure 9: Effect of combined workflows on per-workload per [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_9.png] view at source ↗

**Figure 11.** Figure 11: Search time as scheduling parameters scale for the combined workflow. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_11.png] view at source ↗

read the original abstract

Agentic workflows carry out complex tasks by orchestrating multiple large language models (LLMs) and tools. Serving such workflows at a target throughput with low latency is challenging because they can be defined using arbitrary agentic frameworks and exhibit unpredictable execution times: execution may branch, fan-out, or recur in data-dependent ways. Since LLMs in workflows often outnumber available GPUs, their execution also leads to GPU oversubscription. We describe Scepsy, a new agentic serving system that efficiently schedules arbitrary multi-LLM agentic workflows onto a GPU cluster. Scepsy exploits the insight that, while agentic workflows have unpredictable end-to-end latencies, the shares of each LLM's total execution times are comparatively stable across executions. Scepsy decides on GPU allocations based on these aggregate shares: first, it profiles the LLMs under different parallelism degrees. It then uses these statistics to construct an Aggregate LLM Pipeline, which is a lightweight latency/throughput predictor for allocations. To find a GPU allocation that minimizes latency while achieving a target throughput, Scepsy uses the Aggregate LLM Pipeline to explore a search space over fractional GPU shares, tensor parallelism degrees, and replica counts. It uses a hierarchical heuristic to place the best allocation onto the GPU cluster, minimizing fragmentation, while respecting network topology constraints. Our evaluation on realistic agentic workflows shows that Scepsy achieves up to 2.4x higher throughput and 27x lower latency compared to systems that optimize LLMs independently or rely on user-specified allocations.

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

Scepsy builds a practical scheduler around the observation that per-LLM time shares stay relatively stable even when full workflow latency does not, then searches fractional GPU allocations from that predictor.

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Scepsy targets the problem of running agentic workflows that chain multiple LLMs on limited GPU clusters. The central new element is the Aggregate LLM Pipeline: a lightweight model built from profiled execution-time shares of each LLM, which then feeds a search over tensor-parallel degrees, replica counts, and fractional shares to meet a throughput target at low latency. A hierarchical heuristic then maps the chosen allocation onto the cluster while limiting fragmentation and respecting topology. That combination is a focused systems response to oversubscription and unpredictable branching in these workflows. The reported gains of 2.4x throughput and 27x lower latency against independent LLM optimization or hand-tuned allocations suggest the approach can deliver measurable efficiency when the stability assumption holds. The paper is clear about the distinction between unpredictable end-to-end times and more consistent per-model shares, and the profiling-plus-search structure is straightforward to implement. The main soft spot is the load-bearing stability claim. The abstract asserts that shares are comparatively stable but supplies no variance numbers, no ablation on how prediction error grows with input diversity or branching depth, and no quantitative bound on acceptable fluctuation. If the full evaluation contains those measurements and shows the heuristic tolerates the observed variance, the results strengthen; otherwise the headline numbers rest on an untested extrapolation. Workload definitions and baseline implementations also need enough detail for others to reproduce the comparison. This paper is for systems researchers and practitioners who deploy multi-LLM agentic applications and need better resource packing than per-model tuning allows. Readers who care about concrete schedulers for production-like AI pipelines will find usable ideas here. It shows honest engagement with the constraints of real clusters and therefore deserves a serious referee, even if the evaluation section requires tightening.

Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper presents Scepsy, a serving system for arbitrary agentic workflows that orchestrate multiple LLMs and tools on GPU clusters. It observes that while end-to-end latencies are unpredictable due to data-dependent branching, fan-out, and recursion, the proportional shares of each LLM's execution time remain comparatively stable. Scepsy profiles LLMs under varying parallelism, builds an Aggregate LLM Pipeline as a lightweight latency/throughput predictor, searches over fractional GPU allocations, tensor parallelism degrees, and replica counts to meet target throughput at minimal latency, and applies a hierarchical heuristic for topology-aware placement. Evaluation on realistic workflows reports up to 2.4× higher throughput and 27× lower latency versus independent LLM optimization or user-specified allocations.

Significance. If the stability assumption and predictor accuracy hold under diverse inputs, Scepsy offers a practical approach to GPU oversubscription in multi-LLM serving, potentially improving efficiency for emerging agentic applications. The aggregate profiling and search-based allocation strategy is a concrete engineering contribution that could influence resource management in production LLM clusters, though its impact hinges on validation beyond the current evaluation scope.

major comments (3)

[Abstract, §3] Abstract and §3: The load-bearing claim that 'the shares of each LLM's total execution times are comparatively stable across executions' lacks any quantitative bound on variance, description of input diversity in the profiled workflows, or ablation showing how prediction error in the Aggregate LLM Pipeline grows with share fluctuation. Without these, the 2.4× throughput and 27× latency gains rest on an untested extrapolation.
[§5] §5: Workload definitions, baseline implementations (e.g., how 'systems that optimize LLMs independently' are realized), measurement methodology, statistical significance testing, and stability quantification are not detailed, preventing verification of the central performance claims from the text alone.
[§4] §4: No ablation or sensitivity analysis is presented on how the hierarchical heuristic's placement decisions degrade when the Aggregate LLM Pipeline's predictions deviate from measured end-to-end behavior under branching or recursion.

minor comments (2)

[§3.2] Clarify the exact construction of the Aggregate LLM Pipeline (e.g., how profiled statistics are aggregated into the predictor) with pseudocode or a small example.
[§3.1] Add a table or figure summarizing the profiled LLMs, their parallelism degrees, and measured share variances across runs.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments. We address each major point below and will incorporate revisions to improve clarity and rigor.

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Referee: [Abstract, §3] Abstract and §3: The load-bearing claim that 'the shares of each LLM's total execution times are comparatively stable across executions' lacks any quantitative bound on variance, description of input diversity in the profiled workflows, or ablation showing how prediction error in the Aggregate LLM Pipeline grows with share fluctuation. Without these, the 2.4× throughput and 27× latency gains rest on an untested extrapolation.

Authors: We agree that the stability claim would be strengthened by explicit quantitative bounds and an ablation on prediction error. The manuscript profiles LLMs across multiple realistic workflows with varied inputs, but we will add variance statistics (e.g., coefficient of variation per LLM share) and a new figure showing how Aggregate LLM Pipeline error scales with share fluctuation. This will directly support the reported gains. revision: yes
Referee: [§5] §5: Workload definitions, baseline implementations (e.g., how 'systems that optimize LLMs independently' are realized), measurement methodology, statistical significance testing, and stability quantification are not detailed, preventing verification of the central performance claims from the text alone.

Authors: We acknowledge that §5 requires expansion for reproducibility. We will add precise workload definitions (including input distributions and agentic frameworks used), detailed descriptions of baseline implementations, full measurement methodology, and statistical significance results (e.g., t-tests or confidence intervals). Stability quantification will be integrated with the variance data from the first comment. revision: yes
Referee: [§4] §4: No ablation or sensitivity analysis is presented on how the hierarchical heuristic's placement decisions degrade when the Aggregate LLM Pipeline's predictions deviate from measured end-to-end behavior under branching or recursion.

Authors: The hierarchical heuristic incorporates topology awareness to limit sensitivity to moderate errors, but we agree an explicit ablation is needed. We will add a sensitivity analysis in the revised §4, injecting controlled prediction deviations (based on observed variances) and reporting impact on placement quality, fragmentation, and end-to-end latency/throughput. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; empirical profiling and search are self-contained

full rationale

The paper's core chain is profiling LLM execution shares under varying parallelism, constructing an Aggregate LLM Pipeline predictor from those measured shares, and using the predictor inside a search over fractional GPU allocations, tensor parallelism, and replicas. No equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations appear in the abstract or described method that would make any output equivalent to its inputs by construction. The stability of per-LLM shares is presented as an empirical observation used to justify the predictor, not as a definitional premise that tautologically produces the claimed throughput or latency gains. Performance numbers are obtained from direct evaluation against independent baselines, not from internal consistency of the predictor itself. This is a standard empirical systems paper whose claims rest on external measurement rather than on any self-referential derivation.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

Review performed on abstract only; detailed parameter and axiom inventory impossible without full text. The central assumption is treated as a domain assumption below.

axioms (1)

domain assumption Shares of each LLM's total execution times remain comparatively stable across different workflow executions
This stability is the load-bearing premise that allows construction of the Aggregate LLM Pipeline predictor from profiling data.

invented entities (1)

Aggregate LLM Pipeline no independent evidence
purpose: Lightweight latency/throughput predictor used to evaluate candidate GPU allocations
New construct introduced by the paper and built from per-LLM execution share statistics.

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