Fixing HPU with manual overrides.

Author: Narsil

Dockerfile-intel

@@ -96,11 +96,17 @@ COPY backends backends
 COPY backends/python/server/text_embeddings_server/models/__init__.py backends/python/server/text_embeddings_server/models/__init__.py
 COPY backends/python/server/pyproject.toml backends/python/server/pyproject.toml
 
+# Re-override some deps uv cannot handle them because they are
+# git compiled versions.
+# uninstall torchvision because sentence-transformers forces the reinstall
+# which would crash transformers
 RUN cd backends/python/server && \
     pip install -U pip uv && \
     uv venv && \
     cp -r /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/* /usr/src/backends/python/server/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ && \
-    make install-hpu
+    make install-hpu && \
+    cp -r /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/torch /usr/src/backends/python/server/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ && \
+    uv pip uninstall torchvision
 
 FROM intel/intel-extension-for-pytorch:2.6.10-xpu AS xpu
 

backends/python/server/pyproject.toml

@@ -55,20 +55,31 @@ conflicts = [
 override-dependencies = [
    "intel-sycl-rt==2025.0.4; extra == 'xpu'",
    "intel-openmp==2025.0.4; extra == 'xpu'",
+   # Prebuilt on hpu container
+   "numpy<2.0; extra == 'xpu'",
+   # torch on hpu is installed from the docker image
+   # which has a git tag handle, and cannot be seen
+   # by uv therefore by the lock.
+   # This line should force uv to ignore installing torch, but it doesn't
+   # seem to work. Therefore there is still an override within Dockerfile-intel
+   # More info: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/9174
+   # "torch; sys_platform == 'never' and extra == 'hpu'",
 ]
 constraint-dependencies = [
 	"torch==2.5.1; extra == 'hpu'",
+    "numpy<2.0; extra == 'xpu'",
 	"torch==2.6.0; extra == 'cpu'",
 	"torch==2.6.0; extra == 'gpu'",
 	"torch==2.6.0+xpu; extra == 'xpu'",
-        # "torch; extra == 'hpu'",
 ]
 
 [tool.uv.sources]
 torch = [
   { index = "torch-cpu", extra = "cpu" },
   { index = "torch-gpu", extra = "gpu" },
   { index = "torch-xpu", extra = "xpu" },
+  # Add a proper index when available
+  # { index = "torch-cpu", extra = "hpu" },
 ]
 intel-extension-for-pytorch = [ {index = "xpu" }]
 oneccl_bind_pt = [ {index = "xpu" }]