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1PythonAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 4/5Setup · hard

TLDR

A prototype governance layer that sits in front of shared LLM servers like vLLM, blocking unsafe or cross-tenant requests before they reach the model.

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    What it does
      Governs shared LLM serving
      Blocks unsafe requests
      Sits in front of vLLM
    Tech stack
      Python
      vLLM
      Docker Kubernetes
    Use cases
      Tenant authorization
      Cross-tenant leakage prevention
      Audit trace logging
    Audience
      Platform operators
      LLM infra teams
    Setup
      Validated prototype
      GPU needed for real tests
      Design partner pilots

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add tenant and task authorization in front of a shared vLLM or OpenAI-compatible LLM backend.

USE CASE 2

Block cross-tenant or unauthorized requests before they reach the model, with full audit trace logs.

USE CASE 3

Pilot a governance layer for a multi-tenant RAG or fine-tuned adapter platform before production hardening.

What is it built with?

PythonvLLMDockerKubernetesPrometheus

How does it compare?

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LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultyhardhardhard
Complexity4/54/54/5
Audienceops devopsdeveloperresearcher

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Described as a research prototype needing a GPU-backed vLLM setup for real integration testing, not a drop-in production tool.

In plain English

AKM-CLR is a governance and control layer that sits in front of shared LLM serving systems such as vLLM, deciding whether a request from a particular tenant or task should be allowed through, sent to a fallback, or blocked before it ever reaches the model. It is aimed at platforms that serve many different customers, tasks, retrieval augmented generation sources, or fine-tuned adapters from the same shared infrastructure, where a mistake could let one tenant see data or responses meant for another. The project provides tenant and task authorization, routing rules for domains and adapters, blocking of unsafe or cross-tenant requests before inference happens, safe fallback behavior, checks on model output, audit trace logs, and usage metrics, and it integrates with vLLM or any OpenAI-compatible backend. The author ran a series of controlled experiments to test the idea. These included a large simulated test with forty tenants, eighty adapters, and twenty domains, and a run of one thousand simulated attacks, both reporting zero measured leakage between tenants or adapters. A separate test placed the governance layer above a real vLLM server running the Qwen2.5 model, where authorized requests passed through while unsafe or unauthorized ones, including tenant spoofing and cross-tenant probing, were blocked before they reached the model. Later experiments tested packaging the project with Docker, Kubernetes manifests, a Helm chart skeleton, Prometheus metrics, and OpenTelemetry tracing, and a further test checked that a tenant is authorized to use a specific workspace, session, cache entry, or retrieved context object before a request goes to inference. The author describes this clearly as a validated prototype, not a production ready product, and is looking for a small number of design partners running multi-tenant LLM platforms to pilot it with. The README does not state a license.

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Prompt 1
Explain how AKM-CLR decides whether to forward, fallback, or block a tenant request before it reaches vLLM.
Prompt 2
Walk me through the workspace, session, and cache boundary checks AKM-CLR runs before inference.
Prompt 3
Show me what AKM-CLR's Docker and Kubernetes deployment packaging includes.
Prompt 4
What did the 1,000-attack gauntlet test measure, and what were the results?

Frequently asked questions

What is akm-clr-governance-layer?

A prototype governance layer that sits in front of shared LLM servers like vLLM, blocking unsafe or cross-tenant requests before they reach the model.

What language is akm-clr-governance-layer written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, vLLM, Docker.

How hard is akm-clr-governance-layer to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is akm-clr-governance-layer for?

Mainly ops devops.

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