Repository: jax-ml/jax
Pull request #24703 (2024-11-04 22:43:53)

Update JAX landing page - Flax
@jakevdp 


Patch:
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 2dd856ab8..7d555fe85 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ numerical computing tools; the following is just a small sample of what is out t
     .. grid-item:: :material-outlined:`hub;2em` **Neural networks**
 
        - Flax_
-       - NNX_
        - Equinox_
        - Keras_
 
@@ -79,8 +78,8 @@ numerical computing tools; the following is just a small sample of what is out t
     .. grid-item:: :material-outlined:`storage;2em` **Data loading**
 
        - Grain_
-       - `Tensorflow datasets`_
-       - `Hugging Face datasets`_
+       - `TensorFlow Datasets`_
+       - `Hugging Face Datasets`_
 
     .. grid-item:: :material-regular:`construction;2em` **Miscellaneous tools**
 
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ numerical computing tools; the following is just a small sample of what is out t
 
     .. grid-item:: :material-regular:`bar_chart;2em` **Probabilistic modeling**
 
-       - `Tensorflow probabilty`_
+       - `TensorFlow Probabilty`_
        - Distrax_
 
     .. grid-item:: :material-outlined:`animation;2em` **Physics & simulation**
@@ -164,17 +163,16 @@ maintains an up-to-date list.
 .. _Equinox: https://docs.kidger.site/equinox/
 .. _Flax: https://flax.readthedocs.io/
 .. _Grain: https://github.com/google/grain
-.. _Hugging Face datasets: https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/
+.. _Hugging Face Datasets: https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/
 .. _JAX MD: https://jax-md.readthedocs.io/
 .. _Keras: https://keras.io/
 .. _Levanter: https://github.com/stanford-crfm/levanter
 .. _Lineax: https://github.com/patrick-kidger/lineax
 .. _MaxText: https://github.com/google/maxtext/
-.. _NNX: https://flax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nnx/
 .. _Numpyro: https://num.pyro.ai/en/latest/index.html
 .. _Optax: https://optax.readthedocs.io/
 .. _Optimistix: https://github.com/patrick-kidger/optimistix
 .. _Orbax: https://orbax.readthedocs.io/
 .. _PyMC: https://www.pymc.io/
-.. _Tensorflow datasets: https://www.tensorflow.org/datasets
-.. _Tensorflow probabilty: https://www.tensorflow.org/probability
+.. _TensorFlow Datasets: https://www.tensorflow.org/datasets
+.. _TensorFlow Probabilty: https://www.tensorflow.org/probability
diff --git a/jax/_src/api.py b/jax/_src/api.py
index a902c7de4..cc42a37b0 100644
--- a/jax/_src/api.py
+++ b/jax/_src/api.py
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ def _update_debug_special_global(_):
     jax_jit.global_state().post_hook = None
 
 def _update_debug_special_thread_local(_):
-  if (config.debug_nans.get_local() == True or
-      config.debug_infs.get_local() == True):
+  if (getattr(config._thread_local_state, "jax_debug_nans", False) or
+      getattr(config._thread_local_state, "jax_debug_infs", False)):
     jax_jit.thread_local_state().post_hook = _nan_check_posthook
   else:
     jax_jit.thread_local_state().post_hook = None
diff --git a/jax/_src/compute_on.py b/jax/_src/compute_on.py
index 7bd9b9b08..b5194ddad 100644
--- a/jax/_src/compute_on.py
+++ b/jax/_src/compute_on.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ compute_on_context = ComputeOnContext()
 @contextmanager
 def extend_compute_type(c_type: str):
   compute_on_context.stack.append(c_type)
-  config.compute_on_context_manager.set_local(
-      tuple(compute_on_context.stack))
+  config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+      compute_on_context_manager=tuple(compute_on_context.stack))
   try:
     if len(set(filter(lambda x: x is not None, set(compute_on_context.stack)))) > 1:
       raise NotImplementedError(
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def extend_compute_type(c_type: str):
     yield compute_on_context.stack[-1]
   finally:
     compute_on_context.stack.pop()
-    config.compute_on_context_manager.set_local(tuple(compute_on_context.stack))
+    config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        compute_on_context_manager=tuple(compute_on_context.stack))
 
 def current_compute_type() -> str | None:
   return compute_on_context.stack[-1] if compute_on_context.stack else None
diff --git a/jax/_src/config.py b/jax/_src/config.py
index 0e113c894..0860168b2 100644
--- a/jax/_src/config.py
+++ b/jax/_src/config.py
@@ -22,23 +22,14 @@ import logging
 import os
 import sys
 import threading
-from typing import Any, Generic, NamedTuple, NoReturn, Optional, Protocol, TypeVar, cast, TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Any, Generic, NamedTuple, NoReturn, Protocol, TypeVar, cast
 
 from jax._src import lib
 from jax._src.lib import guard_lib
 from jax._src.lib import jax_jit
 from jax._src.lib import xla_client
-from jax._src.lib import xla_extension_version
 from jax._src import logging_config
 
-# TODO(phawkins): reenable pytype after xla_extension_version >= 295
-# pytype: skip-file
-
-if xla_extension_version >= 295:
-  config_ext = xla_client._xla.config
-else:
-  config_ext = None
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _T = TypeVar('_T')
@@ -200,79 +191,49 @@ class Config:
       already_configured_with_absl = True
 
 
-if xla_extension_version >= 295:
-  def trace_context():
-    """Returns a tuple of configuration values that affect tracing.
+def trace_context():
+  """Returns a tuple of configuration values that affect tracing.
 
-    These values are included in the cache key for linear_util.cache.
+  These values are included in the cache key for linear_util.cache.
 
-    Values included in this set should also most likely be included in
-    the C++ JIT state, which is handled separately.
-    """
-    return (axis_env_state.value, mesh_context_manager.value, xla_metadata_context_manager.value,
-            compute_on_context_manager.value, enable_x64.value,
-            numpy_rank_promotion.value, default_matmul_precision.value,
-            dynamic_shapes.value,
-            eager_constant_folding.value,
-            numpy_dtype_promotion.value,
-            default_device.value, random_seed_offset.value,
-            threefry_partitionable.value,
-            threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering.value,
-            sharding_in_types.value,
-            softmax_custom_jvp.value,
-            enable_memories.value,
-            disable_jit.value,
-            debug_key_reuse.value,
-            jax_xla_profile_version.value,
-            # Technically this affects jaxpr->stablehlo lowering, not tracing.
-            hlo_source_file_canonicalization_regex.value,
-            pgle_profiling_runs.value,
-            enable_pgle.value,
-            use_shardy_partitioner.value)
-else:
-  def trace_context():
-    """Returns a tuple of configuration values that affect tracing.
-
-    These values are included in the cache key for linear_util.cache.
-
-    Values included in this set should also most likely be included in
-    the C++ JIT state, which is handled separately.
-    """
-    tls = jax_jit.thread_local_state()
-    axis_env_state = ()
-    mesh_context_manager = ()
-    xla_metadata_context_manager = ()
-    compute_on_context_manager = ()
-
-    context: Any = tls.extra_jit_context
-    if context and context.axis_env_state is not None:
-      axis_env_state = context.axis_env_state
-    if context and context.mesh_context_manager:
-      mesh_context_manager = context.mesh_context_manager
-    if context and context.xla_metadata_context_manager:
-      xla_metadata_context_manager = context.xla_metadata_context_manager
-    if context and context.compute_on_context_manager:
-      compute_on_context_manager = context.compute_on_context_manager
-    return (axis_env_state, mesh_context_manager, xla_metadata_context_manager,
-            compute_on_context_manager, enable_x64.value,
-            numpy_rank_promotion.value, default_matmul_precision.value,
-            dynamic_shapes.value,
-            eager_constant_folding.value,
-            numpy_dtype_promotion.value,
-            default_device.value, random_seed_offset.value,
-            threefry_partitionable.value,
-            threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering.value,
-            sharding_in_types.value,
-            softmax_custom_jvp.value,
-            enable_memories.value,
-            disable_jit.value,
-            debug_key_reuse.value,
-            jax_xla_profile_version.value,
-            # Technically this affects jaxpr->stablehlo lowering, not tracing.
-            hlo_source_file_canonicalization_regex.value,
-            pgle_profiling_runs.value,
-            enable_pgle.value,
-            use_shardy_partitioner.value)
+  Values included in this set should also most likely be included in
+  the C++ JIT state, which is handled separately.
+  """
+  tls = jax_jit.thread_local_state()
+  axis_env_state = ()
+  mesh_context_manager = ()
+  xla_metadata_context_manager = ()
+  compute_on_context_manager = ()
+
+  context: Any = tls.extra_jit_context
+  if context and context.axis_env_state is not None:
+    axis_env_state = context.axis_env_state
+  if context and context.mesh_context_manager:
+    mesh_context_manager = context.mesh_context_manager
+  if context and context.xla_metadata_context_manager:
+    xla_metadata_context_manager = context.xla_metadata_context_manager
+  if context and context.compute_on_context_manager:
+    compute_on_context_manager = context.compute_on_context_manager
+  return (axis_env_state, mesh_context_manager, xla_metadata_context_manager,
+          compute_on_context_manager, enable_x64.value,
+          numpy_rank_promotion.value, default_matmul_precision.value,
+          dynamic_shapes.value,
+          eager_constant_folding.value,
+          numpy_dtype_promotion.value,
+          default_device.value, random_seed_offset.value,
+          threefry_partitionable.value,
+          threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering.value,
+          sharding_in_types.value,
+          softmax_custom_jvp.value,
+          enable_memories.value,
+          disable_jit.value,
+          debug_key_reuse.value,
+          jax_xla_profile_version.value,
+          # Technically this affects jaxpr->stablehlo lowering, not tracing.
+          hlo_source_file_canonicalization_regex.value,
+          pgle_profiling_runs.value,
+          enable_pgle.value,
+          use_shardy_partitioner.value)
 
 config = Config()
 
@@ -284,185 +245,94 @@ parse_flags_with_absl = config.parse_flags_with_absl
 class NoDefault: pass
 no_default = NoDefault()
 
-if xla_extension_version >= 295:
-  class State(config_ext.Config[_T]):
 
-    __slots__ = (
-        '_name', '_update_thread_local_hook', '_update_global_hook',
-        '_validator', '_default_context_manager_value', '__doc__', '__name__',
-    )
+class _Unset: pass
+unset = _Unset()
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        name: str,
-        default: _T,
-        help,
-        update_global_hook: Callable[[_T], None] | None = None,
-        update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[_T | None], None] | None = None,
-        validator: Callable[[Any], None] | None = None,
-        extra_description: str = '',
-        default_context_manager_value: Any = no_default,
-        include_in_jit_key: bool = False,
-    ):
-      super().__init__(default, include_in_jit_key)
-      self._name = name
-      self.__name__ = name[4:] if name.startswith('jax_') else name
-      self.__doc__ = (f"Context manager for `{name}` config option"
-                      f"{extra_description}.\n\n{help}")
-      self._update_global_hook = update_global_hook
-      self._update_thread_local_hook = update_thread_local_hook
-      self._validator = validator
-      self._default_context_manager_value = default_context_manager_value
-      if self._validator:
-        self._validator(default)
-      if self._update_global_hook:
-        self._update_global_hook(default)
-
-    def __bool__(self) -> NoReturn:
-      raise TypeError(
-          "bool() not supported for instances of type '{0}' "
-          "(did you mean to use '{0}.value' instead?)".format(
-              type(self).__name__))
-
-    def _set(self, value: _T) -> None:
-      if self._validator:
-        self._validator(value)
-      self.set_global(value)
-      if self._update_global_hook:
-        self._update_global_hook(value)
-
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def __call__(self, new_val: Any = no_default):
-      if new_val is no_default:
-        if self._default_context_manager_value is not no_default:
-          new_val = self._default_context_manager_value  # default_context_manager_value provided to constructor
-        else:
-          # no default_value provided to constructor and no value provided as an
-          # argument, so we raise an error
-          raise TypeError(f"Context manager for {self.__name__} config option "
-                          "requires an argument representing the new value for "
-                          "the config option.")
-      if self._validator:
-        self._validator(new_val)
-      prev_val = self.swap_local(new_val)
-      if self._update_thread_local_hook:
-        self._update_thread_local_hook(new_val)
-      try:
-        yield
-      finally:
-        self.set_local(prev_val)
-        if self._update_thread_local_hook:
-          if prev_val is config_ext.unset:
-            self._update_thread_local_hook(None)
-          else:
-            self._update_thread_local_hook(cast(Optional[Any], prev_val))
+_thread_local_state = threading.local()
 
-    def _add_hooks(self, update_global_hook, update_thread_local_hook):
-      """Private method that adds hooks to an existing context-manager.
+class State(Generic[_T]):
 
-      Used to avoid cyclic import dependencies."""
-      self._update_thread_local_hook = update_thread_local_hook
-      self._update_global_hook = update_global_hook
-      update_global_hook(self.get_global())
+  __slots__ = (
+      '_name', '_value', '_update_thread_local_hook', '_update_global_hook',
+      '_validator', '_default_context_manager_value', '__doc__', '__name__',
+  )
 
-else:
-  class _Unset: pass
-  unset = _Unset()
+  def __init__(
+      self,
+      name: str,
+      default: _T,
+      help,
+      update_global_hook: Callable[[_T], None] | None = None,
+      update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[_T | None], None] | None = None,
+      validator: Callable[[Any], None] | None = None,
+      extra_description: str = '',
+      default_context_manager_value: Any = no_default,
+  ):
+    self._name = name
+    self.__name__ = name[4:] if name.startswith('jax_') else name
+    self.__doc__ = (f"Context manager for `{name}` config option"
+                    f"{extra_description}.\n\n{help}")
+    self._update_global_hook = update_global_hook
+    self._update_thread_local_hook = update_thread_local_hook
+    self._validator = validator
+    self._default_context_manager_value = default_context_manager_value
+    self._set(default)
 
-  _thread_local_state = threading.local()
+  def __bool__(self) -> NoReturn:
+    raise TypeError(
+        "bool() not supported for instances of type '{0}' "
+        "(did you mean to use '{0}.value' instead?)".format(
+            type(self).__name__))
 
-  class State(Generic[_T]):
+  def _set(self, value: _T) -> None:
+    if self._validator:
+      self._validator(value)
+    self._value = value
+    if self._update_global_hook:
+      self._update_global_hook(value)
 
-    __slots__ = (
-        '_name', '_value', '_update_thread_local_hook', '_update_global_hook',
-        '_validator', '_default_context_manager_value', '__doc__', '__name__',
-    )
+  @property
+  def value(self) -> _T:
+    val = _thread_local_state.__dict__.get(self._name, unset)
+    return cast(_T, val) if val is not unset else self._value
+
+  @contextlib.contextmanager
+  def __call__(self, new_val: Any = no_default):
+    if new_val is no_default:
+      if self._default_context_manager_value is not no_default:
+        new_val = self._default_context_manager_value  # default_context_manager_value provided to constructor
+      else:
+        # no default_value provided to constructor and no value provided as an
+        # argument, so we raise an error
+        raise TypeError(f"Context manager for {self.__name__} config option "
+                        "requires an argument representing the new value for "
+                        "the config option.")
+    if self._validator:
+      self._validator(new_val)
+    prev_val = getattr(_thread_local_state, self._name, unset)
+    setattr(_thread_local_state, self._name, new_val)
+    if self._update_thread_local_hook:
+      self._update_thread_local_hook(new_val)
+    try:
+      yield
+    finally:
+      if prev_val is unset:
+        delattr(_thread_local_state, self._name)
+        if self._update_thread_local_hook:
+          self._update_thread_local_hook(None)
+      else:
+        setattr(_thread_local_state, self._name, prev_val)
+        if self._update_thread_local_hook:
+          self._update_thread_local_hook(cast(_T, prev_val))
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        name: str,
-        default: _T,
-        help,
-        update_global_hook: Callable[[_T], None] | None = None,
-        update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[_T | None], None] | None = None,
-        validator: Callable[[Any], None] | None = None,
-        extra_description: str = '',
-        default_context_manager_value: Any = no_default,
-        include_in_jit_key: bool = False,
-    ):
-      self._name = name
-      self.__name__ = name[4:] if name.startswith('jax_') else name
-      self.__doc__ = (f"Context manager for `{name}` config option"
-                      f"{extra_description}.\n\n{help}")
-      if include_in_jit_key:
-        assert update_global_hook is None
-        assert update_thread_local_hook is None
-        update_global_hook = lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
-            **{self.__name__: val})
-        update_thread_local_hook = lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
-            **{self.__name__: val})
-      self._update_global_hook = update_global_hook
-      self._update_thread_local_hook = update_thread_local_hook
-      self._validator = validator
-      self._default_context_manager_value = default_context_manager_value
-      self._set(default)
-    def __bool__(self) -> NoReturn:
-      raise TypeError(
-          "bool() not supported for instances of type '{0}' "
-          "(did you mean to use '{0}.value' instead?)".format(
-              type(self).__name__))
-
-    def _set(self, value: _T) -> None:
-      if self._validator:
-        self._validator(value)
-      self._value = value
-      if self._update_global_hook:
-        self._update_global_hook(value)
-
-    @property
-    def value(self) -> _T:
-      val = _thread_local_state.__dict__.get(self._name, unset)
-      return cast(_T, val) if val is not unset else self._value
-
-    def get_local(self) -> Any:
-      return _thread_local_state.__dict__.get(self._name, unset)
-
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def __call__(self, new_val: Any = no_default):
-      if new_val is no_default:
-        if self._default_context_manager_value is not no_default:
-          new_val = self._default_context_manager_value  # default_context_manager_value provided to constructor
-        else:
-          # no default_value provided to constructor and no value provided as an
-          # argument, so we raise an error
-          raise TypeError(f"Context manager for {self.__name__} config option "
-                          "requires an argument representing the new value for "
-                          "the config option.")
-      if self._validator:
-        self._validator(new_val)
-      prev_val = getattr(_thread_local_state, self._name, unset)
-      setattr(_thread_local_state, self._name, new_val)
-      if self._update_thread_local_hook:
-        self._update_thread_local_hook(new_val)
-      try:
-        yield
-      finally:
-        if prev_val is unset:
-          delattr(_thread_local_state, self._name)
-          if self._update_thread_local_hook:
-            self._update_thread_local_hook(None)
-        else:
-          setattr(_thread_local_state, self._name, prev_val)
-          if self._update_thread_local_hook:
-            self._update_thread_local_hook(cast(_T, prev_val))
-
-    def _add_hooks(self, update_global_hook, update_thread_local_hook):
-      """Private method that adds hooks to an existing context-manager.
-
-      Used to avoid cyclic import dependencies."""
-      self._update_thread_local_hook = update_thread_local_hook
-      self._update_global_hook = update_global_hook
-      update_global_hook(self._value)
+  def _add_hooks(self, update_global_hook, update_thread_local_hook):
+    """Private method that adds hooks to an existing context-manager.
+
+    Used to avoid cyclic import dependencies."""
+    self._update_thread_local_hook = update_thread_local_hook
+    self._update_global_hook = update_global_hook
+    update_global_hook(self._value)
 
 
 UPGRADE_BOOL_HELP = (
@@ -483,7 +353,6 @@ def bool_state(
     update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[bool | None], None] | None = None,
     upgrade: bool = False,
     extra_description: str = '',
-    include_in_jit_key: bool = False,
 ) -> State[bool]:
   """Set up thread-local state and return a contextmanager for managing it.
 
@@ -548,8 +417,7 @@ def bool_state(
   s = State[bool](
       name, default, help, update_global_hook=update_global_hook,
       update_thread_local_hook=update_thread_local_hook,
-      extra_description=extra_description, default_context_manager_value=True,
-      include_in_jit_key=include_in_jit_key)
+      extra_description=extra_description, default_context_manager_value=True)
   config.add_option(name, s, bool, meta_args=[], meta_kwargs={"help": help})
   setattr(Config, name, property(lambda _: s.value))
   return s
@@ -563,7 +431,6 @@ def enum_state(
     *,
     update_global_hook: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
     update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[str | None], None] | None = None,
-    include_in_jit_key: bool = False,
 ) -> State[str]:
   """Set up thread-local state and return a contextmanager for managing it.
 
@@ -603,7 +470,6 @@ def enum_state(
       update_global_hook=update_global_hook,
       update_thread_local_hook=update_thread_local_hook,
       validator=validator,
-      include_in_jit_key=include_in_jit_key,
   )
   config.add_option(
       name, s, 'enum',
@@ -622,7 +488,6 @@ def optional_enum_state(
     *,
     update_global_hook: Callable[[str | None], None] | None = None,
     update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[str | None], None] | None = None,
-    include_in_jit_key: bool = False,
 ) -> State[str | None]:
   """Set up thread-local state and return a contextmanager for managing it.
 
@@ -658,7 +523,7 @@ def optional_enum_state(
 
   s = State['str | None'](
       name, default, help, update_global_hook, update_thread_local_hook,
-      validate, include_in_jit_key=include_in_jit_key,
+      validate
   )
   config.add_option(
       name, s, 'enum',
@@ -676,7 +541,6 @@ def int_state(
     *,
     update_global_hook: Callable[[int], None] | None = None,
     update_thread_local_hook: Callable[[int | None], None] | None = None,
-    include_in_jit_key: bool = False,
 ) -> State[int]:
   """Set up thread-local state and return a contextmanager for managing it.
 
@@ -711,8 +575,7 @@ def int_state(
                        f'got {new_val} of type {type(new_val)}')
 
   s = State[int](name, default, help, update_global_hook,
-                 update_thread_local_hook, validate,
-                 include_in_jit_key=include_in_jit_key)
+                 update_thread_local_hook, validate)
   config.add_option(name, s, int, meta_args=[], meta_kwargs={"help": help})
   setattr(Config, name, property(lambda _: s.value))
   return s
@@ -963,119 +826,92 @@ def enum_flag(name, default, *args, **kwargs) -> Flag[str]:
 already_configured_with_absl = False
 
 
-if xla_extension_version >= 295:
-  trace_state = config_ext.Config(None, include_in_jit_key=True)
-  axis_env_state = config_ext.Config((), include_in_jit_key=True)
-  mesh_context_manager = config_ext.Config((), include_in_jit_key=True)
-  compute_on_context_manager = config_ext.Config((), include_in_jit_key=True)
-  xla_metadata_context_manager = config_ext.Config((), include_in_jit_key=True)
-else:
-  # The C++ JIT maintains its own copy of several configuration items as
-  # a global/thread-local state. These methods allow updates to part of the
-  # state when a configuration value changes.
-  class _GlobalExtraJitContext(NamedTuple):
-    numpy_rank_promotion: str | None = None
-    numpy_dtype_promotion: str | None = None
-    default_matmul_precision: Any | None = None
-    dynamic_shapes: bool = False
-    eager_constant_folding: bool = False
-    random_seed_offset: int = 0
-    threefry_partitionable: bool = False
-    threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering: bool = False
-    sharding_in_types: bool = False
-    softmax_custom_jvp: bool = False
-    xla_profile_version: int = 0
-    pgle_profiling_runs: int = 0
-    enable_pgle: bool = False
-    use_shardy_partitioner: bool = False
-
-
-  def _update_global_jit_state(**kw):
-    gs = jax_jit.global_state()
-    context = gs.extra_jit_context or _GlobalExtraJitContext()
-    gs.extra_jit_context = context._replace(**kw)
-
-
-  class _ThreadLocalExtraJitContext(NamedTuple):
-    """A namedtuple containing states to add to the cache key.
-
-    Just in time compilation (for jit, pmap, etc) behavior is configurable through
-    global and thread-local options, used in the cache key.
-
-    The initialization, which uses both config.py and core.py is done using
-    `_update_thread_local_jit_state` in core.py to prevent circular imports.
-    """
-    trace_state: Any | None = None
-    axis_env_state: Hashable = ()
-    mesh_context_manager: Hashable = ()
-    compute_on_context_manager: Hashable = ()
-    xla_metadata_context_manager: Hashable = ()
-
-    # Values set by _StateContextManager context managers.
-    # CAUTION: these must be initialized to `None`! The state context manager
-    # restores these to None on exit. If the object default is not `None`, the
-    # context manager is not a no-op, which leads to problems with stale state
-    # (e.g. spurious cache misses in tests).
-    numpy_rank_promotion: str | None = None
-    numpy_dtype_promotion: str | None = None
-    default_matmul_precision: Any | None = None
-    dynamic_shapes: bool | None = None
-    eager_constant_folding : bool | None = None
-    random_seed_offset: int | None = None
-    threefry_partitionable: bool | None = None
-    threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering: bool | None = None
-    sharding_in_types: bool | None = None
-    softmax_custom_jvp: bool | None = None
-    xla_profile_version: int | None = None
-    pgle_profiling_runs: int | None = None
-    enable_pgle: bool | None = None
-    use_shardy_partitioner: bool | None = None
-
-
-  class _ThreadLocalStateCache(threading.local):
-    """"A thread local cache for _ThreadLocalExtraJitContext
-
-    The extra_jit_context in jax_jit.thread_local_state() may get updated and thus
-    incurring dispatch overhead for comparing this python object during jit calls.
-    We want to deduplicate the objects that have the same hash/equality to also
-    have the same object ID, since the equality check is much faster if the object
-    IDs match.
-    """
-    def __init__(self):
-      self.canonicalize = functools.lru_cache(128)(lambda x: x)
-
-
-  _thread_local_state_cache = _ThreadLocalStateCache()
-
-
-  def update_thread_local_jit_state(**kw):
-    tls = jax_jit.thread_local_state()
-    # After xla_client._version >= 70, the thread_local object will necessarily
-    # be initialized when accessed. The following line can be removed when the
-    # minimum  jaxlib version is past version 70
-    context = tls.extra_jit_context or _ThreadLocalExtraJitContext()
-    tmp = context._replace(**kw)
-    tls.extra_jit_context = _thread_local_state_cache.canonicalize(tmp)
-
-  class JitConfig:
-    def __init__(self, name):
-      self._name = name
-
-    def value(self):
-      return getattr(jax_jit.thread_local_state().extra_jit_context, self._name)
+# The C++ JIT maintains its own copy of several configuration items as
+# a global/thread-local state. These methods allow updates to part of the
+# state when a configuration value changes.
+class _GlobalExtraJitContext(NamedTuple):
+  numpy_rank_promotion: str | None = None
+  numpy_dtype_promotion: str | None = None
+  default_matmul_precision: Any | None = None
+  dynamic_shapes: bool = False
+  eager_constant_folding: bool = False
+  random_seed_offset: int = 0
+  threefry_partitionable: bool = False
+  threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering: bool = False
+  sharding_in_types: bool = False
+  softmax_custom_jvp: bool = False
+  xla_profile_version: int = 0
+  pgle_profiling_runs: int = 0
+  enable_pgle: bool = False
+  use_shardy_partitioner: bool = False
+
+
+def _update_global_jit_state(**kw):
+  gs = jax_jit.global_state()
+  context = gs.extra_jit_context or _GlobalExtraJitContext()
+  gs.extra_jit_context = context._replace(**kw)
+
+
+class _ThreadLocalExtraJitContext(NamedTuple):
+  """A namedtuple containing states to add to the cache key.
+
+  Just in time compilation (for jit, pmap, etc) behavior is configurable through
+  global and thread-local options, used in the cache key.
+
+  The initialization, which uses both config.py and core.py is done using
+  `_update_thread_local_jit_state` in core.py to prevent circular imports.
+  """
+  trace_state: Any | None = None
+  axis_env_state: Hashable = ()
+  mesh_context_manager: Hashable = ()
+  compute_on_context_manager: Hashable = ()
+  xla_metadata_context_manager: Hashable = ()
+
+  # Values set by _StateContextManager context managers.
+  # CAUTION: these must be initialized to `None`! The state context manager
+  # restores these to None on exit. If the object default is not `None`, the
+  # context manager is not a no-op, which leads to problems with stale state
+  # (e.g. spurious cache misses in tests).
+  numpy_rank_promotion: str | None = None
+  numpy_dtype_promotion: str | None = None
+  default_matmul_precision: Any | None = None
+  dynamic_shapes: bool | None = None
+  eager_constant_folding : bool | None = None
+  random_seed_offset: int | None = None
+  threefry_partitionable: bool | None = None
+  threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering: bool | None = None
+  sharding_in_types: bool | None = None
+  softmax_custom_jvp: bool | None = None
+  xla_profile_version: int | None = None
+  pgle_profiling_runs: int | None = None
+  enable_pgle: bool | None = None
+  use_shardy_partitioner: bool | None = None
+
+
+class _ThreadLocalStateCache(threading.local):
+  """"A thread local cache for _ThreadLocalExtraJitContext
+
+  The extra_jit_context in jax_jit.thread_local_state() may get updated and thus
+  incurring dispatch overhead for comparing this python object during jit calls.
+  We want to deduplicate the objects that have the same hash/equality to also
+  have the same object ID, since the equality check is much faster if the object
+  IDs match.
+  """
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.canonicalize = functools.lru_cache(128)(lambda x: x)
 
-    def get_local(self):
-      return getattr(jax_jit.thread_local_state().extra_jit_context, self._name)
 
-    def set_local(self, value):
-      update_thread_local_jit_state(**{self._name: value})
+_thread_local_state_cache = _ThreadLocalStateCache()
 
-  trace_state = JitConfig('trace_state')
-  axis_env_state = JitConfig('axis_env_state')
-  mesh_context_manager = JitConfig('mesh_context_manager')
-  compute_on_context_manager = JitConfig('compute_on_context_manager')
-  xla_metadata_context_manager = JitConfig('xla_metadata_context_manager')
 
+def update_thread_local_jit_state(**kw):
+  tls = jax_jit.thread_local_state()
+  # After xla_client._version >= 70, the thread_local object will necessarily
+  # be initialized when accessed. The following line can be removed when the
+  # minimum  jaxlib version is past version 70
+  context = tls.extra_jit_context or _ThreadLocalExtraJitContext()
+  tmp = context._replace(**kw)
+  tls.extra_jit_context = _thread_local_state_cache.canonicalize(tmp)
 
 # TODO(b/214340779): remove flag when XLA:CPU is improved.
 jax2tf_associative_scan_reductions = bool_state(
@@ -1266,7 +1102,10 @@ random_seed_offset = int_state(
     name='jax_random_seed_offset',
     default=0,
     help=('Offset to all random seeds (e.g. argument to jax.random.key()).'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True,
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        random_seed_offset=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        random_seed_offset=val)
 )
 
 legacy_prng_key = enum_state(
@@ -1301,7 +1140,10 @@ threefry_partitionable = bool_state(
           'may result in extraneous communication and/or redundant distributed '
           'computation. With this flag, the communication overheads disappear '
           'in some cases.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        threefry_partitionable=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        threefry_partitionable=val))
 
 threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering = bool_state(
     name='jax_threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering',
@@ -1309,14 +1151,20 @@ threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering = bool_state(
     help=('On GPU, lower threefry PRNG operations to a kernel implementation. '
           'This makes compile times faster at a potential runtime memory '
           'cost.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        threefry_gpu_kernel_lowering=val))
 
 sharding_in_types = bool_state(
     name='jax_sharding_in_types',
     default=False,
     help=('When True, enables forward only sharding propagation in JAX and '
           'avals have sharding on them.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        sharding_in_types=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        sharding_in_types=val))
 
 data_dependent_tracing_fallback = bool_state(
     name='jax_data_dependent_tracing_fallback',
@@ -1331,7 +1179,10 @@ softmax_custom_jvp = bool_state(
     help=('Use a new custom_jvp rule for jax.nn.softmax. The new rule should '
           'improve memory usage and stability. Set True to use new '
           'behavior. See https://github.com/jax-ml/jax/pull/15677'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        softmax_custom_jvp=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        softmax_custom_jvp=val))
 
 
 enable_custom_vjp_by_custom_transpose = bool_state(
@@ -1447,7 +1298,9 @@ enable_pgle = bool_state(
       'number times with collected data provided to the profile guided latency '
       'estimator.'
     ),
-    include_in_jit_key=True,
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(enable_pgle=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        enable_pgle=val),
 )
 
 pgle_profiling_runs = int_state(
@@ -1457,7 +1310,12 @@ pgle_profiling_runs = int_state(
         'Amount of times module should be profiled before recompilation when '
         'PGLE is used.'
     ),
-    include_in_jit_key=True,
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        pgle_profiling_runs=val
+    ),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        pgle_profiling_runs=val
+    ),
 )
 
 pgle_aggregation_percentile = int_state(
@@ -1523,7 +1381,10 @@ numpy_dtype_promotion = enum_state(
           'between arrays. Options are "standard" or "strict"; in strict-mode, '
           'binary operations between arrays of differing strongly-specified '
           'dtypes will result in an error.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: \
+      _update_global_jit_state(numpy_dtype_promotion=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: \
+      update_thread_local_jit_state(numpy_dtype_promotion=val))
 
 disallow_mesh_context_manager = bool_state(
     name='jax_disallow_mesh_context_manager',
@@ -1609,7 +1470,10 @@ numpy_rank_promotion = enum_state(
     default='allow',
     help=('Control NumPy-style automatic rank promotion broadcasting '
           '("allow", "warn", or "raise").'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: \
+      _update_global_jit_state(numpy_rank_promotion=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: \
+      update_thread_local_jit_state(numpy_rank_promotion=val))
 
 default_matmul_precision = optional_enum_state(
     name='jax_default_matmul_precision',
@@ -1645,7 +1509,10 @@ default_matmul_precision = optional_enum_state(
           '"algorithm" for functions that perform matrix multiplications, like '
           ':func:`jax.lax.dot`. To specify an algorithm, set this option to '
           'the name of a :class:`~jax.lax.DotAlgorithmPreset`.\n\n'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: \
+      _update_global_jit_state(default_matmul_precision=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: \
+      update_thread_local_jit_state(default_matmul_precision=val))
 
 traceback_filtering = enum_state(
     name = 'jax_traceback_filtering',
@@ -1680,14 +1547,20 @@ dynamic_shapes = bool_state(
     default=bool(os.getenv('JAX_DYNAMIC_SHAPES', '')),
     help=('Enables experimental features for staging out computations with '
           'dynamic shapes.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: \
+      _update_global_jit_state(dynamic_shapes=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: \
+      update_thread_local_jit_state(dynamic_shapes=val))
 
 # This is for stackless backward compat with e.g. equinox
 eager_constant_folding = bool_state(
     name='eager_constant_folding',
     default=False,
     help=('Attempt constant folding during staging.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True)
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: \
+      _update_global_jit_state(eager_constant_folding=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: \
+      update_thread_local_jit_state(eager_constant_folding=val))
 
 # This flag is temporary during rollout of the remat barrier.
 # TODO(parkers): Remove if there are no complaints.
@@ -1746,7 +1619,10 @@ jax_xla_profile_version = int_state(
         'Optional profile version for XLA compilation. This is meaningful '
         'only when XLA is configured to support the remote compilation '
         'profile feature.'),
-    include_in_jit_key=True,
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        xla_profile_version=val),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        xla_profile_version=val),
 )
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -1945,5 +1821,10 @@ use_shardy_partitioner = bool_state(
         'framework for MLIR. Currently Shardy is experimental in JAX. See '
         'www.github.com/openxla/shardy'
     ),
-    include_in_jit_key=True,
+    update_global_hook=lambda val: _update_global_jit_state(
+        use_shardy_partitioner=val
+    ),
+    update_thread_local_hook=lambda val: update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        use_shardy_partitioner=val
+    ),
 )
diff --git a/jax/_src/core.py b/jax/_src/core.py
index 7c92fa1b5..7d912e3c2 100644
--- a/jax/_src/core.py
+++ b/jax/_src/core.py
@@ -1016,16 +1016,18 @@ class TracingContext(threading.local):
   def set_trace(self, trace):
     self.trace = trace
     ts = ref(trace) if trace is not None else None
-    config.trace_state.set_local(ts)
+    config.update_thread_local_jit_state(trace_state=ts)
 
   def set_axis_env(self, axis_env):
     self.axis_env = axis_env
-    config.axis_env_state.set_local(axis_env.as_hashable_key())
+    config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+      axis_env_state=self.axis_env.as_hashable_key())
 
   def update_thread_local_jit_state(self):
     ts = ref(self.trace) if self.trace is not None else None
-    config.trace_state.set_local(ts)
-    config.axis_env_state.set_local(self.axis_env.as_hashable_key())
+    config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+      trace_state=ts,
+      axis_env_state=self.axis_env.as_hashable_key())
 
 trace_ctx = TracingContext()
 
@@ -1069,7 +1071,10 @@ def _initialize_jax_jit_thread_local_state():
 
   This function does not live in `config.py`, to prevent circular imports.
   """
-  trace_ctx.update_thread_local_jit_state()
+  tls = jax_jit.thread_local_state()
+
+  if tls.extra_jit_context is None:
+    trace_ctx.update_thread_local_jit_state()
 
 jax_jit.set_thread_local_state_initialization_callback(
     _initialize_jax_jit_thread_local_state)
diff --git a/jax/_src/mesh.py b/jax/_src/mesh.py
index 43791f2e5..8cb508378 100644
--- a/jax/_src/mesh.py
+++ b/jax/_src/mesh.py
@@ -224,17 +224,17 @@ class Mesh(contextlib.ContextDecorator):
     new_env = thread_resources.stack[-1].with_mesh(self)
     thread_resources.stack.append(new_env)
     thread_resources.env = new_env
-    jax_config.mesh_context_manager.set_local(
-        tuple(t.physical_mesh for t in thread_resources.stack
-              if not t.physical_mesh.empty))
+    jax_config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        mesh_context_manager=tuple(t.physical_mesh for t in thread_resources.stack
+                                   if not t.physical_mesh.empty))
     return self
 
   def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
     thread_resources.stack.pop()
     thread_resources.env = thread_resources.stack[-1]
-    jax_config.mesh_context_manager.set_local(
-        tuple(t.physical_mesh for t in thread_resources.stack
-              if not t.physical_mesh.empty))
+    jax_config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        mesh_context_manager=tuple(t.physical_mesh for t in thread_resources.stack
+                                   if not t.physical_mesh.empty))
     return False
 
   @property
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class AbstractMesh:
 
   @staticmethod
   def _extremely_unsafe_enter_tracing_context(mesh: AbstractMesh):
-    jax_config.mesh_context_manager.set_local(mesh)
+    jax_config.update_thread_local_jit_state(mesh_context_manager=mesh)
     return
 
 
diff --git a/jax/_src/xla_metadata.py b/jax/_src/xla_metadata.py
index 94e26eeef..94b482e2d 100644
--- a/jax/_src/xla_metadata.py
+++ b/jax/_src/xla_metadata.py
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ def set_xla_metadata(*args, **kwargs):
       thread_local_metadata.val,
       new_metadata,
   )
-  config.xla_metadata_context_manager.set_local(
-      tuple((v, k) for k, v in sorted(new_metadata.items()))
-  )
+  config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+      xla_metadata_context_manager=tuple(
+          (v, k) for k, v in sorted(new_metadata.items())))
   try:
     yield
   finally:
     thread_local_metadata.val = prev_metadata
-    config.xla_metadata_context_manager.set_local(
-        tuple((v, k) for k, v in sorted(prev_metadata.items()))
+    config.update_thread_local_jit_state(
+        xla_metadata_context_manager=tuple(
+            (v, k) for k, v in sorted(prev_metadata.items())
+        )
     )


Test patch:
diff --git a/tests/pmap_test.py b/tests/pmap_test.py
index 0df5d9971..6e0e795df 100644
--- a/tests/pmap_test.py
+++ b/tests/pmap_test.py
@@ -2215,6 +2215,8 @@ class CppPmapTest(PythonPmapTest):
     pmaped_f(inputs)
     self.assertEqual(pmaped_f._cache_size, 1)
 
+    config.update_thread_local_jit_state()
+
     pmaped_f(inputs)
     self.assertEqual(pmaped_f._cache_size, 1)