Raise when stepping SolverMuJoCo with disable_sensors when rne-derived attributes are requested

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Description

In SolverMuJoCo, raise when stepping with an output state that requests extended state attributes which require post-constraint RNE when sensors are disabled. This avoids populating state with stale values.

resolves #4109

Checklist

• New or existing tests cover these changes
• The documentation is up to date with these changes
• For user-facing changes, a fragment has been added by following the
  changelog fragment instructions

Test plan

uv run --extra dev -m newton.tests -k test_mujoco_solver

Bug fix

Steps to reproduce:

1. Build a model and request body_qdd (directly, or by constructing a
   SensorIMU).
2. Step it with SolverMuJoCo(model, disable_sensors=True).
3. Without this PR, state.body_qdd is populated every step from MuJoCo
   buffers that the sensor stage never refreshed — no error, no warning.

Minimal reproduction:

import newton

model = builder.finalize()
model.request_state_attributes("body_qdd")

solver = newton.solvers.SolverMuJoCo(model, disable_sensors=True)
state_in, state_out = model.state(), model.state()

for _ in range(10):
    solver.step(state_in, state_out, control, None, 1.0 / 60.0)
    print(state_out.body_qdd.numpy())  # unchanging before this PR

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • MuJoCo Warp now raises a clear ValueError when sensor processing is disabled but outputs requiring sensor-stage calculations are requested, preventing stale values from being published.
  • Simulation steps continue to succeed with sensors disabled when those outputs are not requested.

• Documentation

  • Clarified the runtime behavior and output limitations of the sensor-disable option.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

SolverMuJoCo.step() now raises ValueError when disable_sensors=True and the output requests body_qdd or body_parent_f. Tests cover rejected requests and valid steps without these fields.

Changes

MuJoCo sensor validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add RNE state validation newton/_src/solvers/mujoco/solver_mujoco.py	The MuJoCo Warp step path rejects body_qdd and body_parent_f requests when the sensor stage is disabled. The constructor documentation describes this behavior.
Test and document behavior newton/tests/test_mujoco_solver.py, changelog/4109.fixed.md	Tests cover the ValueError and successful steps without RNE-derived fields. The changelog records the behavior change.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to b9f36

The change prevents stale RNE-derived state on the Warp backend, but CPU-backed stepping can still silently publish stale acceleration or force values with sensors disabled. The validation and tests should cover both backends before merge.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: SolverMuJoCo now raises when disable_sensors is enabled and RNE-derived attributes are requested.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request satisfies issue #4109 by detecting the incompatible combination during step() and raising ValueError instead of publishing stale body_qdd or body_parent_f values. Tests cover both fai…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to the requested validation, documentation, changelog entry, and tests for issue #4109. No unrelated code changes are present.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 t…

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Explanation

The pull request satisfies issue #4109 by detecting the incompatible combination during step() and raising ValueError instead of publishing stale body_qdd or body_parent_f values. Tests cover both failure and valid execution paths.

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Docstring coverage is 80.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

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newton/_src/solvers/mujoco/solver_mujoco.py (1)

4161-4161: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate RNE-derived outputs on the CPU backend.

Line 4161 runs only in the MuJoCo Warp branch. With use_mujoco_cpu=True, disable_sensors=True, and a requested body_qdd or body_parent_f, the CPU path bypasses this check and then writes the fields in _update_newton_state(). This can still publish stale RNE-derived values.

Run _validate_rne_postconstraint(state_out) before the backend branch. Add CPU coverage to the rejection test. Update the disable_sensors documentation to state that post-constraint RNE is unavailable when sensors are disabled.

Proposed fix

 def step(self, state_in: State, state_out: State, control: Control, contacts: Contacts, dt: float) -> None:
+    self._validate_rne_postconstraint(state_out)
     if self.use_mujoco_cpu:
         ...
     else:
-        self._validate_rne_postconstraint(state_out)
         with wp.ScopedDevice(self.model.device), self._scoped_mujoco_warp_execution():

As per path instructions, “Verify that the MuJoCo change faithfully prevents stale RNE-derived outputs” and “covers both affected fields and relevant solver modes.”

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In `@newton/_src/solvers/mujoco/solver_mujoco.py` at line 4161, Move the
_validate_rne_postconstraint(state_out) call before the MuJoCo Warp/CPU backend
branch so CPU execution also rejects stale RNE-derived outputs when sensors are
disabled. Extend the rejection test to cover both body_qdd and body_parent_f
across the relevant CPU and Warp solver modes, and update the disable_sensors
documentation to state that post-constraint RNE is unavailable.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@newton/_src/solvers/mujoco/solver_mujoco.py`:
- Line 4161: Move the _validate_rne_postconstraint(state_out) call before the
MuJoCo Warp/CPU backend branch so CPU execution also rejects stale RNE-derived
outputs when sensors are disabled. Extend the rejection test to cover both
body_qdd and body_parent_f across the relevant CPU and Warp solver modes, and
update the disable_sensors documentation to state that post-constraint RNE is
unavailable.

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