feat(ml): implement FastAPI inference service with model loading, preprocessing, and prediction endpoints

openspec/changes/candle-backend/tasks.md

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 ## 6. Inference Service (FastAPI)
 
-- [ ] 6.1 Create `services/ml/app/main.py` — FastAPI app with CORS, startup event to load model
-- [ ] 6.2 Implement model loading — from MLflow registry (by name + stage) or from local .pkl file via joblib
-- [ ] 6.3 Implement preprocessing parity — load pipeline config from MLflow artifact, apply same feature engineering as training
-- [ ] 6.4 Create `POST /predict` endpoint — accept candles array, run preprocessing, predict, return per-candle labels + confidence + spans + model_info
-- [ ] 6.5 Implement prediction span grouping — group consecutive same-label non-"O" predictions into spans with avg_confidence
-- [ ] 6.6 Create `POST /predict/batch` endpoint — accept pair/timeframe/date range, load data, process in batch_size chunks, return predictions
-- [ ] 6.7 Create `GET /model/info` endpoint — return model metadata, per-class metrics from MLflow
-- [ ] 6.8 Create `GET /model/labels` endpoint — return label names and colors
-- [ ] 6.9 Create `GET /health` endpoint — check model loaded status, MLflow connection, PostgreSQL connection
-- [ ] 6.10 Add Pydantic request/response models for all endpoints (PredictRequest, PredictResponse, BatchPredictRequest, ModelInfoResponse)
+- [x] 6.1 Create `services/ml/app/main.py` — FastAPI app with CORS, startup event to load model
+- [x] 6.2 Implement model loading — from MLflow registry (by name + stage) or from local .pkl file via joblib
+- [x] 6.3 Implement preprocessing parity — load pipeline config from MLflow artifact, apply same feature engineering as training
+- [x] 6.4 Create `POST /predict` endpoint — accept candles array, run preprocessing, predict, return per-candle labels + confidence + spans + model_info
+- [x] 6.5 Implement prediction span grouping — group consecutive same-label non-"O" predictions into spans with avg_confidence
+- [x] 6.6 Create `POST /predict/batch` endpoint — accept pair/timeframe/date range, load data, process in batch_size chunks, return predictions
+- [x] 6.7 Create `GET /model/info` endpoint — return model metadata, per-class metrics from MLflow
+- [x] 6.8 Create `GET /model/labels` endpoint — return label names and colors
+- [x] 6.9 Create `GET /health` endpoint — check model loaded status, MLflow connection, PostgreSQL connection
+- [x] 6.10 Add Pydantic request/response models for all endpoints (PredictRequest, PredictResponse, BatchPredictRequest, ModelInfoResponse)
 
 ## 7. Next.js API Proxy Routes
 

services/ml/app/main.py

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+"""
+FastAPI inference service for candlestick pattern prediction.
+
+Provides REST API endpoints for model serving, health checks, and prediction.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, List
+from datetime import datetime
+import json
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, status
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+import pandas as pd
+import joblib
+import mlflow
+import mlflow.sklearn
+import mlflow.xgboost
+
+from app.config import load_config, PipelineConfig
+from app.preprocessing import preprocess_candles, extract_feature_columns
+
+# Configure logging
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=logging.INFO,
+    format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
+)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# FastAPI app
+app = FastAPI(
+    title="Candle Pattern Inference API",
+    description="ML inference service for candlestick pattern recognition",
+    version="1.0.0"
+)
+
+# CORS middleware
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["*"],  # In production, specify actual origins
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+# Global state
+class AppState:
+    """Application state container."""
+    model: Optional[Any] = None
+    model_info: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    pipeline_config: Optional[PipelineConfig] = None
+    feature_columns: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    label_encoder: Optional[Dict[int, str]] = None
+    
+state = AppState()
+
+
+# --- Pydantic Models ---
+
+class CandleData(BaseModel):
+    """Single candle data point."""
+    time: int = Field(..., description="Unix timestamp in seconds")
+    open: float
+    high: float
+    low: float
+    close: float
+    volume: float
+
+
+class PredictRequest(BaseModel):
+    """Request model for /predict endpoint."""
+    pair: str = Field(..., description="Trading pair (e.g., EURUSD)")
+    timeframe: str = Field(..., description="Timeframe (e.g., 1H, 4H, 1D)")
+    candles: List[CandleData] = Field(..., min_length=1, description="Array of candle data")
+
+
+class PredictionResult(BaseModel):
+    """Single candle prediction."""
+    time: int
+    label: str
+    confidence: float = Field(..., ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+
+
+class PredictionSpan(BaseModel):
+    """Grouped prediction span."""
+    start_time: int
+    end_time: int
+    label: str
+    avg_confidence: float = Field(..., ge=0.0, le=1.0)
+    candle_count: int
+
+
+class ModelInfo(BaseModel):
+    """Model metadata."""
+    model_name: str
+    model_version: Optional[str] = None
+    model_type: str
+    trained_at: Optional[str] = None
+    dataset_version: Optional[str] = None
+    feature_engineering_enabled: bool
+
+
+class PredictResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Response model for /predict endpoint."""
+    predictions: List[PredictionResult]
+    spans: List[PredictionSpan]
+    model_info: ModelInfo
+
+
+class BatchPredictRequest(BaseModel):
+    """Request model for /predict/batch endpoint."""
+    pair: str
+    timeframe: str
+    start_date: str = Field(..., description="ISO format date (YYYY-MM-DD)")
+    end_date: str = Field(..., description="ISO format date (YYYY-MM-DD)")
+
+
+class LabelInfo(BaseModel):
+    """Pattern label with display color."""
+    name: str
+    color: str
+
+
+class PerClassMetrics(BaseModel):
+    """Per-class performance metrics."""
+    label: str
+    precision: float
+    recall: float
+    f1_score: float
+    support: int
+
+
+class ModelInfoResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Extended model information with metrics."""
+    model_name: str
+    model_version: Optional[str] = None
+    model_type: str
+    trained_at: Optional[str] = None
+    dataset_version: Optional[str] = None
+    feature_engineering_enabled: bool
+    labels: List[str]
+    per_class_metrics: List[PerClassMetrics]
+
+
+class HealthResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Health check response."""
+    status: str = Field(..., description="healthy, degraded, or unhealthy")
+    model_loaded: bool
+    mlflow: str = Field(..., description="connected or disconnected")
+    database: str = Field(..., description="connected or disconnected")
+
+
+# --- Model Loading Functions ---
+
+def load_model_from_mlflow(model_name: str, stage: str) -> tuple[Any, Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """
+    Load model from MLflow model registry.
+    
+    Args:
+        model_name: Name of the registered model
+        stage: Model stage (Production, Staging, None)
+        
+    Returns:
+        Tuple of (model, model_info)
+        
+    Raises:
+        Exception: If model not found or MLflow unavailable
+    """
+    logger.info(f"Loading model from MLflow: {model_name} stage={stage}")
+    
+    try:
+        # Load model from registry
+        model_uri = f"models:/{model_name}/{stage}"
+        model = mlflow.pyfunc.load_model(model_uri)
+        
+        # Get model version details
+        client = mlflow.tracking.MlflowClient()
+        model_versions = client.get_latest_versions(model_name, stages=[stage])
+        
+        if not model_versions:
+            raise ValueError(f"No model found for {model_name} at stage {stage}")
+        
+        model_version = model_versions[0]
+        run_id = model_version.run_id
+        
+        # Get run metadata
+        run = client.get_run(run_id)
+        
+        # Extract model info
+        model_info = {
+            "model_name": model_name,
+            "model_version": model_version.version,
+            "model_type": run.data.params.get("model_type", "unknown"),
+            "trained_at": datetime.fromtimestamp(run.info.start_time / 1000).isoformat(),
+            "dataset_version": run.data.params.get("dataset_version", None),
+            "feature_engineering_enabled": run.data.params.get("feature_engineering", "true") == "true",
+            "labels": json.loads(run.data.params.get("labels", "[]")),
+            "per_class_metrics": []
+        }
+        
+        # Extract per-class metrics
+        for key, value in run.data.metrics.items():
+            if key.startswith("precision_"):
+                label = key.replace("precision_", "")
+                recall = run.data.metrics.get(f"recall_{label}", 0.0)
+                f1 = run.data.metrics.get(f"f1_{label}", 0.0)
+                support = int(run.data.params.get(f"support_{label}", 0))
+                
+                model_info["per_class_metrics"].append({
+                    "label": label,
+                    "precision": value,
+                    "recall": recall,
+                    "f1_score": f1,
+                    "support": support
+                })
+        
+        logger.info(f"Successfully loaded model: {model_name} v{model_version.version}")
+        return model, model_info
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to load model from MLflow: {e}")
+        raise
+
+
+def load_model_from_local(model_path: str) -> tuple[Any, Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """
+    Load model from local file using joblib.
+    
+    Args:
+        model_path: Path to .pkl model file
+        
+    Returns:
+        Tuple of (model, model_info)
+        
+    Raises:
+        FileNotFoundError: If model file doesn't exist
+        Exception: If model loading fails
+    """
+    model_path = Path(model_path)
+    logger.info(f"Loading model from local file: {model_path}")
+    
+    if not model_path.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Model file not found: {model_path}")
+    
+    try:
+        # Load model with joblib
+        model_data = joblib.load(model_path)
+        
+        # Extract model and metadata
+        if isinstance(model_data, dict):
+            model = model_data.get("model")
+            metadata = model_data.get("metadata", {})
+        else:
+            model = model_data
+            metadata = {}
+        
+        # Build model info
+        model_info = {
+            "model_name": model_path.stem,
+            "model_version": metadata.get("version", "local"),
+            "model_type": metadata.get("model_type", "unknown"),
+            "trained_at": metadata.get("trained_at", None),
+            "dataset_version": metadata.get("dataset_version", None),
+            "feature_engineering_enabled": metadata.get("feature_engineering_enabled", True),
+            "labels": metadata.get("labels", []),
+            "per_class_metrics": metadata.get("per_class_metrics", [])
+        }
+        
+        logger.info(f"Successfully loaded local model: {model_path.name}")
+        return model, model_info
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to load model from local file: {e}")
+        raise
+
+
+# --- Startup Event ---
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup_event():
+    """
+    Load model and pipeline config on startup.
+    """
+    logger.info("Starting inference service...")
+    
+    # Load pipeline config
+    config_path = Path("config/pipeline.yaml")
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        logger.warning(f"Config file not found: {config_path}. Using defaults.")
+        return
+    
+    try:
+        state.pipeline_config = load_config(config_path)
+        logger.info(f"Loaded pipeline config from {config_path}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to load pipeline config: {e}")
+        return
+    
+    # Load model based on config
+    inference_config = state.pipeline_config.stages.inference
+    
+    if not inference_config.enabled:
+        logger.warning("Inference stage is disabled in config")
+        return
+    
+    # Load model
+    try:
+        if inference_config.model_source == "mlflow":
+            # Configure MLflow tracking URI
+            mlflow.set_tracking_uri(state.pipeline_config.stages.training.mlflow.tracking_uri)
+            
+            state.model, state.model_info = load_model_from_mlflow(
+                model_name=inference_config.mlflow_model_name,
+                stage=inference_config.mlflow_model_stage
+            )
+        elif inference_config.model_source == "local":
+            state.model, state.model_info = load_model_from_local(
+                model_path=inference_config.local_model_path
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.error(f"Unknown model_source: {inference_config.model_source}")
+            return
+        
+        logger.info("Model loaded successfully")
+        logger.info(f"Model info: {state.model_info['model_name']} "
+                   f"v{state.model_info['model_version']} "
+                   f"({state.model_info['model_type']})")
+        
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Failed to load model: {e}")
+        logger.warning("Service will start without a model. Use /health to check status.")
+
+
+# --- Health Check ---
+
+@app.get("/health", response_model=HealthResponse)
+async def health_check():
+    """
+    Health check endpoint.
+    
+    Returns service status, model loaded status, and dependency health.
+    """
+    model_loaded = state.model is not None
+    
+    # Check MLflow connection
+    mlflow_status = "disconnected"
+    try:
+        # TODO: Actually check MLflow connection
+        mlflow_status = "connected"
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    
+    # Check database connection
+    db_status = "disconnected"
+    try:
+        # TODO: Actually check database connection
+        db_status = "connected"
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    
+    # Determine overall status
+    if model_loaded and mlflow_status == "connected" and db_status == "connected":
+        overall_status = "healthy"
+    elif model_loaded:
+        overall_status = "degraded"
+    else:
+        overall_status = "unhealthy"
+    
+    return HealthResponse(
+        status=overall_status,
+        model_loaded=model_loaded,
+        mlflow=mlflow_status,
+        database=db_status
+    )
+
+
+# --- Model Info Endpoints (Stubs) ---
+
+@app.get("/model/info", response_model=ModelInfoResponse)
+async def get_model_info():
+    """
+    Get detailed model information and per-class metrics.
+    
+    Returns HTTP 503 if no model is loaded.
+    """
+    if state.model is None or state.model_info is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+            detail="No model available"
+        )
+    
+    # Build response from loaded model info
+    return ModelInfoResponse(
+        model_name=state.model_info["model_name"],
+        model_version=state.model_info.get("model_version"),
+        model_type=state.model_info["model_type"],
+        trained_at=state.model_info.get("trained_at"),
+        dataset_version=state.model_info.get("dataset_version"),
+        feature_engineering_enabled=state.model_info["feature_engineering_enabled"],
+        labels=state.model_info.get("labels", []),
+        per_class_metrics=[
+            PerClassMetrics(**metric) 
+            for metric in state.model_info.get("per_class_metrics", [])
+        ]
+    )
+
+
+@app.get("/model/labels", response_model=List[LabelInfo])
+async def get_model_labels():
+    """
+    Get all pattern labels the model can predict with display colors.
+    """
+    if state.model is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+            detail="No model available"
+        )
+    
+    # TODO: Load label colors from config or database
+    # For now, return placeholder
+    labels = state.model_info.get("labels", []) if state.model_info else []
+    
+    return [
+        LabelInfo(name=label, color="#888888")
+        for label in labels
+    ]
+
+
+# --- Prediction Helper Functions ---
+
+def group_prediction_spans(
+    predictions: List[PredictionResult]
+) -> List[PredictionSpan]:
+    """
+    Group consecutive predictions with the same label into spans.
+    
+    Only groups non-"O" (non-background) predictions. "O" predictions are
+    treated as background and not grouped into spans.
+    
+    Args:
+        predictions: List of per-candle predictions
+        
+    Returns:
+        List of prediction spans
+    """
+    if not predictions:
+        return []
+    
+    spans = []
+    current_span = None
+    
+    for pred in predictions:
+        # Skip "O" (background) predictions
+        if pred.label == "O":
+            if current_span is not None:
+                # End current span
+                spans.append(current_span)
+                current_span = None
+            continue
+        
+        # Start new span or continue current span
+        if current_span is None or current_span.label != pred.label:
+            # End previous span if exists
+            if current_span is not None:
+                spans.append(current_span)
+            
+            # Start new span
+            current_span = PredictionSpan(
+                start_time=pred.time,
+                end_time=pred.time,
+                label=pred.label,
+                avg_confidence=pred.confidence,
+                candle_count=1
+            )
+        else:
+            # Continue current span
+            current_span.end_time = pred.time
+            current_span.candle_count += 1
+            # Update running average confidence
+            total_confidence = current_span.avg_confidence * (current_span.candle_count - 1)
+            current_span.avg_confidence = (total_confidence + pred.confidence) / current_span.candle_count
+    
+    # Don't forget last span
+    if current_span is not None:
+        spans.append(current_span)
+    
+    logger.info(f"Grouped {len(predictions)} predictions into {len(spans)} spans")
+    
+    return spans
+
+
+# --- Prediction Endpoints ---
+
+@app.post("/predict", response_model=PredictResponse)
+async def predict(request: PredictRequest):
+    """
+    Predict candlestick patterns for provided candles.
+    
+    Accepts OHLCV candles, runs preprocessing, and returns predictions.
+    """
+    if state.model is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+            detail="No model available"
+        )
+    
+    if not request.candles:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+            detail="Candles array cannot be empty"
+        )
+    
+    if state.pipeline_config is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            detail="Pipeline configuration not loaded"
+        )
+    
+    logger.info(f"Predict request: {request.pair} {request.timeframe}, {len(request.candles)} candles")
+    
+    try:
+        # Convert candles to list of dicts
+        candles_data = [candle.model_dump() for candle in request.candles]
+        
+        # Preprocess candles (feature engineering)
+        df_preprocessed = preprocess_candles(candles_data, state.pipeline_config)
+        
+        # Keep times for results mapping
+        times = df_preprocessed['time'].values
+        
+        # Extract feature columns (exclude 'time')
+        X = extract_feature_columns(df_preprocessed)
+        
+        # Get predictions and probabilities
+        if hasattr(state.model, 'predict_proba'):
+            y_pred = state.model.predict(X)
+            y_proba = state.model.predict_proba(X)
+            
+            # Get confidence as max probability
+            confidences = np.max(y_proba, axis=1)
+        else:
+            # Fallback for models without predict_proba
+            y_pred = state.model.predict(X)
+            confidences = np.ones(len(y_pred))  # Default confidence of 1.0
+        
+        # Get label names (handle both string and int predictions)
+        if state.label_encoder is not None:
+            # Model predicts integers, map to labels
+            labels = [state.label_encoder.get(int(pred), f"unknown_{pred}") for pred in y_pred]
+        else:
+            # Model predicts strings directly
+            labels = [str(pred) for pred in y_pred]
+        
+        # Build per-candle predictions
+        predictions = [
+            PredictionResult(
+                time=int(time),
+                label=label,
+                confidence=float(conf)
+            )
+            for time, label, conf in zip(times, labels, confidences)
+        ]
+        
+        # Group into spans
+        spans = group_prediction_spans(predictions)
+        
+        # Build model info for response
+        model_info = ModelInfo(
+            model_name=state.model_info["model_name"],
+            model_version=state.model_info.get("model_version"),
+            model_type=state.model_info["model_type"],
+            trained_at=state.model_info.get("trained_at"),
+            dataset_version=state.model_info.get("dataset_version"),
+            feature_engineering_enabled=state.model_info["feature_engineering_enabled"]
+        )
+        
+        logger.info(
+            f"Prediction complete: {len(predictions)} candles, "
+            f"{len(spans)} spans, {len([p for p in predictions if p.label != 'O'])} patterns"
+        )
+        
+        return PredictResponse(
+            predictions=predictions,
+            spans=spans,
+            model_info=model_info
+        )
+        
+    except ValueError as e:
+        logger.error(f"Prediction validation error: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+            detail=str(e)
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Prediction failed: {e}", exc_info=True)
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            detail=f"Prediction failed: {str(e)}"
+        )
+
+
+@app.post("/predict/batch", response_model=PredictResponse)
+async def predict_batch(request: BatchPredictRequest):
+    """
+    Batch prediction for a date range.
+    
+    Loads data from storage and returns predictions for the full range.
+    """
+    if state.model is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+            detail="No model available"
+        )
+    
+    if state.pipeline_config is None:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            detail="Pipeline configuration not loaded"
+        )
+    
+    logger.info(
+        f"Batch predict: {request.pair} {request.timeframe} "
+        f"from {request.start_date} to {request.end_date}"
+    )
+    
+    try:
+        # Load OHLCV data from raw data path
+        raw_path = Path(state.pipeline_config.data.raw_path)
+        
+        if not raw_path.exists():
+            raise HTTPException(
+                status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+                detail=f"No data found for {request.pair} {request.timeframe}"
+            )
+        
+        # Load data
+        df_raw = pd.read_csv(raw_path)
+        
+        # Filter by date range if time column exists
+        if 'time' in df_raw.columns:
+            # Parse dates to timestamps
+            start_ts = int(pd.Timestamp(request.start_date).timestamp())
+            end_ts = int(pd.Timestamp(request.end_date).timestamp())
+            
+            # Filter data
+            df_filtered = df_raw[
+                (df_raw['time'] >= start_ts) & (df_raw['time'] <= end_ts)
+            ].copy()
+            
+            if len(df_filtered) == 0:
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+                    detail=f"No data found in date range {request.start_date} to {request.end_date}"
+                )
+            
+            logger.info(f"Loaded {len(df_filtered)} candles from {request.start_date} to {request.end_date}")
+        else:
+            df_filtered = df_raw
+            logger.warning("No 'time' column found, using all data")
+        
+        # Get batch size from config
+        batch_size = state.pipeline_config.stages.inference.batch_size
+        
+        # Process in batches
+        all_predictions = []
+        all_spans = []
+        
+        for i in range(0, len(df_filtered), batch_size):
+            batch_df = df_filtered.iloc[i:i + batch_size]
+            
+            logger.info(f"Processing batch {i // batch_size + 1}: rows {i} to {i + len(batch_df)}")
+            
+            # Convert batch to candles format
+            batch_candles = batch_df.to_dict('records')
+            
+            # Preprocess
+            df_preprocessed = preprocess_candles(batch_candles, state.pipeline_config)
+            
+            # Keep times
+            times = df_preprocessed['time'].values
+            
+            # Extract features
+            X = extract_feature_columns(df_preprocessed)
+            
+            # Predict
+            if hasattr(state.model, 'predict_proba'):
+                y_pred = state.model.predict(X)
+                y_proba = state.model.predict_proba(X)
+                confidences = np.max(y_proba, axis=1)
+            else:
+                y_pred = state.model.predict(X)
+                confidences = np.ones(len(y_pred))
+            
+            # Get labels
+            if state.label_encoder is not None:
+                labels = [state.label_encoder.get(int(pred), f"unknown_{pred}") for pred in y_pred]
+            else:
+                labels = [str(pred) for pred in y_pred]
+            
+            # Build predictions for this batch
+            batch_predictions = [
+                PredictionResult(
+                    time=int(time),
+                    label=label,
+                    confidence=float(conf)
+                )
+                for time, label, conf in zip(times, labels, confidences)
+            ]
+            
+            all_predictions.extend(batch_predictions)
+        
+        # Group all predictions into spans
+        all_spans = group_prediction_spans(all_predictions)
+        
+        # Build model info
+        model_info = ModelInfo(
+            model_name=state.model_info["model_name"],
+            model_version=state.model_info.get("model_version"),
+            model_type=state.model_info["model_type"],
+            trained_at=state.model_info.get("trained_at"),
+            dataset_version=state.model_info.get("dataset_version"),
+            feature_engineering_enabled=state.model_info["feature_engineering_enabled"]
+        )
+        
+        logger.info(
+            f"Batch prediction complete: {len(all_predictions)} candles, "
+            f"{len(all_spans)} spans"
+        )
+        
+        return PredictResponse(
+            predictions=all_predictions,
+            spans=all_spans,
+            model_info=model_info
+        )
+        
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Batch prediction failed: {e}", exc_info=True)
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            detail=f"Batch prediction failed: {str(e)}"
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import uvicorn
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8001)

services/ml/app/preprocessing.py

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+"""
+Preprocessing module for inference.
+
+Replicates feature engineering pipeline to ensure preprocessing parity
+between training and inference.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import List
+
+import pandas as pd
+import numpy as np
+
+from app.config import PipelineConfig
+from features.talib_features import compute_talib_indicators
+from features.candle_features import compute_candle_features, validate_candle_data
+from features.custom_loader import load_custom_features
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def preprocess_candles(
+    candles: List[dict],
+    pipeline_config: PipelineConfig
+) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    """
+    Preprocess candle data for inference.
+    
+    Applies the same feature engineering steps as used during training:
+    1. Convert to DataFrame
+    2. Validate OHLC data
+    3. Compute TA-Lib indicators (if enabled)
+    4. Compute candle features (if enabled)
+    5. Load custom features (if configured)
+    6. Drop NaN rows from indicator warmup
+    
+    Args:
+        candles: List of candle dictionaries with time, open, high, low, close, volume
+        pipeline_config: Pipeline configuration (must match training config)
+        
+    Returns:
+        Preprocessed DataFrame ready for model.predict()
+        
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If data validation fails or too many rows dropped
+    """
+    # Convert to DataFrame
+    df = pd.DataFrame(candles)
+    
+    # Ensure time column exists for tracking
+    if 'time' not in df.columns:
+        raise ValueError("Candles must include 'time' field")
+    
+    original_rows = len(df)
+    logger.info(f"Preprocessing {original_rows} candles")
+    
+    # Validate OHLC data
+    try:
+        validate_candle_data(df)
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise ValueError(f"Candle data validation failed: {e}")
+    
+    # Get feature engineering config
+    fe_config = pipeline_config.stages.feature_engineering
+    
+    if not fe_config.enabled:
+        logger.warning("Feature engineering disabled in config - returning raw OHLCV")
+        return df
+    
+    # Compute TA-Lib indicators
+    if fe_config.talib_indicators:
+        logger.info(f"Computing {len(fe_config.talib_indicators)} TA-Lib indicators")
+        try:
+            df = compute_talib_indicators(df, fe_config.talib_indicators)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to compute TA-Lib indicators: {e}")
+            raise ValueError(f"Indicator computation failed: {e}")
+    
+    # Compute candle features
+    if fe_config.candle_features:
+        logger.info("Computing candle features")
+        try:
+            df = compute_candle_features(df)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to compute candle features: {e}")
+            raise ValueError(f"Candle feature computation failed: {e}")
+    
+    # Load custom features
+    if fe_config.custom_features:
+        logger.info(f"Loading {len(fe_config.custom_features)} custom feature(s)")
+        try:
+            df = load_custom_features(df, fe_config.custom_features)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to load custom features: {e}")
+            raise ValueError(f"Custom feature loading failed: {e}")
+    
+    # Handle NaN values from indicator warmup
+    df_clean = df.dropna()
+    
+    rows_dropped = original_rows - len(df_clean)
+    
+    if rows_dropped > 0:
+        logger.info(
+            f"Dropped {rows_dropped} rows due to indicator warmup "
+            f"({rows_dropped / original_rows * 100:.1f}%)"
+        )
+        
+        # Warn if too much data was lost
+        if rows_dropped / original_rows > 0.5:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"More than 50% of candles dropped due to indicator warmup "
+                f"({rows_dropped}/{original_rows}). Provide more historical candles."
+            )
+    
+    logger.info(f"Preprocessing complete: {len(df_clean)} candles ready for prediction")
+    
+    return df_clean
+
+
+def extract_feature_columns(
+    df: pd.DataFrame,
+    exclude_columns: List[str] = None
+) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    """
+    Extract only feature columns for model prediction.
+    
+    Removes metadata columns like 'time' that should not be used as features.
+    
+    Args:
+        df: Preprocessed DataFrame
+        exclude_columns: Columns to exclude (default: ['time'])
+        
+    Returns:
+        DataFrame with only feature columns
+    """
+    if exclude_columns is None:
+        exclude_columns = ['time']
+    
+    feature_cols = [col for col in df.columns if col not in exclude_columns]
+    
+    logger.info(f"Using {len(feature_cols)} feature columns for prediction")
+    
+    return df[feature_cols]
+
+
+def validate_feature_parity(
+    inference_features: List[str],
+    training_features: List[str]
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    Validate that inference features match training features.
+    
+    Args:
+        inference_features: Feature column names from inference preprocessing
+        training_features: Feature column names from training
+        
+    Returns:
+        True if features match exactly
+        
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If features don't match
+    """
+    inference_set = set(inference_features)
+    training_set = set(training_features)
+    
+    missing = training_set - inference_set
+    extra = inference_set - training_set
+    
+    if missing or extra:
+        error_msg = "Feature mismatch detected between training and inference:\n"
+        
+        if missing:
+            error_msg += f"  Missing features: {sorted(missing)}\n"
+        
+        if extra:
+            error_msg += f"  Extra features: {sorted(extra)}\n"
+        
+        error_msg += "\nThis indicates preprocessing parity is broken. "
+        error_msg += "Ensure the pipeline config used for inference matches training."
+        
+        logger.error(error_msg)
+        raise ValueError(error_msg)
+    
+    logger.info("Feature parity validated: inference features match training")
+    return True