Reuse a device context across XPOIS, xFit and XScan

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Add a reusable device context for the XPOIS, xFit, and XScan pipeline so each worker can retain its model and CUDA streams across image-pair jobs. Device owners remain alive through the final packed copy; input, checkpoint, feature, and scientific-evidence contracts validate each result and reject reuse after failed cleanup.

GPU and live distributed execution remain unverified for this revision.

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The test module adds persistent-process contracts for scientific evidence, GPU memory exchange, strict descriptors, device-resident pipeline execution, validation, deterministic outputs, transfer accounting, and failure cleanup.

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Device pipeline contracts

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Evidence contracts and validation tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py	Adds test helpers and validates scientific-evidence packing, metadata, basis data, convergence, flux, background, and canonical-feature contracts.
GPU bridge and descriptor contracts tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py	Tests precision preservation, DLPack ownership, shared pointers, stream ordering, strict JSON descriptors, checkpoint identity, feature schemas, and candidate bounds.
Persistent GPU pipeline execution tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py	Validates model loading, device-resident stages, shared buffers, deterministic outputs, transfer accounting, evidence decoding, and runtime contract rejection.
Failure handling and model validation tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py	Tests stream cleanup, lock reuse, context state, changed-input rejection, solver configuration validation, and loaded-model compatibility.

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This change adds contract tests for the persistent GPU pipeline. The symbols the tests rely on match the production module, and no concrete defect was found. It is mergeable. The GPU tests should still be run on hardware, since the author has not yet done so.

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tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py (1)

552-564: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Capture the child output and bound the subprocess runtime.

The assertion at Line 564 reports only returncode == 0. On failure it does not say which module was imported eagerly, and the child stdout/stderr goes to the pytest capture of the parent. Add capture_output=True and include the child output in the assertion message. Add a timeout so a hung import cannot block CI without end.

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     result = subprocess.run(
         [
             sys.executable,
             "-c",
             (
                 "import sys; import cuphoton.xscan.device_pipeline; "
-                "raise SystemExit(any(name in sys.modules for name in "
-                "('cupy', 'torch')))"
+                "eager = [name for name in ('cupy', 'torch') "
+                "if name in sys.modules]; print(eager); "
+                "raise SystemExit(bool(eager))"
             ),
         ],
         check=False,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=300,
     )
-    assert result.returncode == 0
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout + result.stderr

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In `@tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py` around lines 552 - 564, Update the
subprocess.run invocation in the device pipeline import test to capture output,
decode it as text, and enforce a finite timeout. Make the child print the
eagerly imported module names, then include combined stdout and stderr in the
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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/xscan/test_device_pipeline.py`:
- Around line 552-564: Update the subprocess.run invocation in the device
pipeline import test to capture output, decode it as text, and enforce a finite
timeout. Make the child print the eagerly imported module names, then include
combined stdout and stderr in the return-code assertion message so failures
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Approving: the PR tree is byte-identical to the open GitLab branch for every file it touches, and my earlier findings remain as posted. Merge after the internal MR is merged so the histories match.

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