Run end-to-end supervised fine-tuning (SFT) of the Alpamayo-1.5 VLM action model on PAI (with navigation conditioning) or LingoQA (for visual question answering). The agent collects a small set of choices from the user up front (Stage-1 task — nav / vqa / default trajectory, W&B preference, dataset and checkpoint paths, which stage(s) to run), then drives the whole pipeline. Use when an agent must convert the released `nvidia/Alpamayo-1.5-10B` checkpoint into A1-format with `convert_checkpoint.py to-a1`, prepare PAI + nav annotations or LingoQA Scenery, run Stage-1 VLM SFT on the chosen task, optionally continue into Stage-2 trajectory-diffusion-expert training (for trajectory tasks), and evaluate; when setting up the `a1_5_sft` uv venv from scratch; when overriding Hydra config (`vla_processor` variant, `chunk_ids`, learning rate, DeepSpeed); when diagnosing common SFT failures (flash-attn dtype warnings, wandb 403, DeepSpeed grad-accum mismatch, `use_cache` checkpointing warnings, hardcoded-path slip-ups in
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Run end-to-end supervised fine-tuning (SFT) of the Alpamayo-1.5 VLM action model on PAI (with navigation conditioning) or LingoQA (for visual question answering). The agent collects a small set of choices from the user up front (Stage-1 task — nav / vqa / default trajectory, W&B preference, dataset and checkpoint paths, which stage(s) to run), then drives the whole pipeline. Use when an agent must convert the released `nvidia/Alpamayo-1.5-10B` checkpoint into A1-format with `convert_checkpoint.py to-a1`, prepare PAI + nav annotations or LingoQA Scenery, run Stage-1 VLM SFT on the chosen task, optionally continue into Stage-2 trajectory-diffusion-expert training (for trajectory tasks), and evaluate; when setting up the `a1_5_sft` uv venv from scratch; when overriding Hydra config (`vla_processor` variant, `chunk_ids`, learning rate, DeepSpeed); when diagnosing common SFT failures (flash-attn dtype warnings, wandb 403, DeepSpeed grad-accum mismatch, `use_cache` checkpointing warnings, hardcoded-path slip-ups in the shipped config). Trigger keywords: alpamayo, alpamayo-1.5, alpamayo1_5, alpamayo1.5, sft, post-train, post-training, fine-tune, finetune, vlm, action expert, trajectory diffusion, reasoning vla, qwen3-vl, qwen3, pai, physical_ai_av, physicalai-autonomous-vehicles, lingoqa, lingo qa, scenery, vqa, visual question answering, navigation, nav, route, hydra, omegaconf, deepspeed, zero2, torchrun, accelerate, flash-attn, flash attention, transformers, huggingface, Alpamayo-1.5-10B, Alpamayo-R1-10B, convert_checkpoint, to-a1, A1-format, min_ade, ade, corner_distance, wandb, hydra override, hydra full error, use_cache, gradient checkpointing, ddp_find_unused_parameters, pretrained_model_name_or_path, stage1_vlm_checkpoint_path, uv sync, PAIDatasetWithNav, LingoQADataset, vla_processor, gdown.
license
Apache-2.0
metadata
{"author":"nvidia","version":"2026.05"}
Alpamayo-1.5 SFT (Post-training)
This skill teaches an agent to fine-tune Alpamayo-1.5 end-to-end. The
recipe at recipes/alpamayo1_5_sft/ extends the Alpamayo-1 SFT pipeline
with two new Stage-1 task flavours:
Navigation-conditioned trajectory — trajectory prediction guided by
route instructions (e.g. "Turn left in 40m"), trained on PAI with a
separate nav-annotation JSON.
Visual Question Answering — driving-scene Q&A, demonstrated on
the LingoQA Scenery split.
A default-trajectory Stage-1 variant (same pattern as Alpamayo-1 SFT) is
also available. Stage-2 trajectory-diffusion-expert training is supported
on top of the trajectory-style Stage-1 outputs (nav or default). Both
stages share one entry point (train_hf.py) and one base
config (configs/sft_base.yaml). Evaluation runs
through evaluate_hf.py. Validated on 8× H100 80 GB.
Inputs to collect from the user (ask once, up front)
Before any download, install, or training step, ask the user for the
following. Confirm all answers before proceeding. If running in a context
where you cannot ask the user, halt and report rather than guess.
Input
Why you need it
Default if user has no preference
Stage-1 task (nav / vqa)
Picks the Hydra --config-name (sft_stage1_nav / sft_stage1_lingoqa), the vla_processor variant (nav / vqa), and the dataset class (PAIDatasetWithNav / LingoQADataset)
Ask explicitly — there's no safe default; each task pulls a different dataset
Stage(s) to run (stage1 / stage2 / both / eval)
Determines which torchrun -m alpamayo1_5_sft.train_hf … / evaluate_hf invocations to issue. Stage 2 only applies to the trajectory task (nav), not vqa
both then eval for nav; stage1 only for vqa
PAI dataset directory
Required for nav. Used as --output-dir for download_pai.py and as data.{train,val}_dataset.local_dir.
Ask — no safe default
PAI chunk IDs
For nav: use the specific list bundled by the nav annotations (214 224 276 317 420 727 728 968 982 1519 1657 1984 2277 2368 2372 2447 2599 2634 2868). Not used for vqa.
The 19-chunk nav list for nav
Nav annotations JSON
Path to the nav_demo_samples.json from the Alpamayo-1.5 repo. Each entry has clip_id, t0_relative, nav_text, optionally cot. Required for nav.
Ask — must be downloaded out-of-band
LingoQA data root
Required for vqa. Directory containing train.parquet + images/train/ from the LingoQA Scenery split (downloaded via gdown).
Ask — must be downloaded out-of-band (Google Drive)
Alpamayo-1.5 checkpoint dir
Where huggingface-cli download nvidia/Alpamayo-1.5-10B lands.
Ask — no safe default
A1-format converted dir
Output of convert_checkpoint.py to-a1. Used as model.checkpoint_path (Stage 1) and model.pretrained_model_name_or_path (Stage 2).
<ckpt-dir>-A1-format next to the raw HF dir
W&B logging? (yes / no)
configs/sft_base.yaml ships with the wandb default commented out and trainer.report_to: none. If yes, uncomment - /wandb: default in sft_base.yaml, set trainer.report_to: wandb, fill in team + project in configs/wandb/default.yaml, and export WANDB_API_KEY. If no, leave the shipped config as-is.
no
Conditional: Stage-1 checkpoint
Only if Stage(s) = stage2 or eval. Path to an existing output_stage1_<task>/checkpoint-XXXX/ dir.
n/a
Conditional: Stage-2 checkpoint
Only if Stage(s) = eval. Path to an existing output_stage2/checkpoint-XXXX/ dir.
n/a
Suggested question flow
Ask in a single round if your interface supports it; otherwise sequentially:
"Stage-1 task: nav (PAI + nav annotations) or vqa (LingoQA)?"
"Which stage(s) should I run? (stage1, stage2, both, eval).
Note: Stage 2 doesn't apply to vqa."
(if nav) "Where should the PAI dataset live (or where is it
already)?"
(if nav) "Path to the nav annotations JSON (nav_demo_samples.json)?"
(if vqa) "Path to the LingoQA root (contains train.parquet +
images/train/)?"
"Where should Alpamayo-1.5-10B/ live (or where is it already)?"
"Where should the converted A1-format checkpoint be written?
(default: <above>-A1-format)"
"Log to W&B? If yes, paste WANDB_API_KEY, project, team. If no,
I'll disable W&B (the shipped config has it on by default)."
(stage2/eval) "Path to existing Stage-1 / Stage-2 checkpoint?"
Capture the answers verbatim
export YOUR_HOME="/path/to/workspace"
export TASK="nav" # nav | vqa
export STAGES="both" # stage1 | stage2 | both | eval
export PAI_DIR="/path/to/pai_dataset" # nav only
export PAI_CHUNK_IDS="214 224 276 317 420 727 728 968 982 1519 1657 1984 2277 2368 2372 2447 2599 2634 2868"
export NAV_ANNOTATIONS="/path/to/nav_demo_samples.json" # nav only
export LINGOQA_DIR="/path/to/LingoQA" # vqa only
export CKPT_DIR_RAW="/path/to/Alpamayo-1.5-10B" # raw HF download target
export CKPT_DIR_A1="${CKPT_DIR_RAW}-A1-format" # converted (consumed by training)
export USE_WANDB="no" # yes | no
export WANDB_API_KEY="" # only if USE_WANDB=yes
export WANDB_TEAM="..." # only if USE_WANDB=yes
export WANDB_PROJECT="..." # only if USE_WANDB=yes
export STAGE1_CKPT="" # set if STAGES in {stage2, eval}
export STAGE2_CKPT="" # set if STAGES = eval
After this, do not ask the user further questions — run the rest of the
pipeline end-to-end. Mid-run halt conditions: hard-stop errors (CUDA OOM,
missing files, hydra errors), or the user explicitly interrupting.
Key facts an agent must internalise before running anything:
Same entry point for every Stage-1 variant.alpamayo1_5_sft.train_hf
reads --config-name sft_stage1_{nav,lingoqa} and the differences are
purely in the YAML (dataset class, vla_processor variant, output dir,
hyperparams).
Convert before training. You cannot point Stage 1 at the raw HF
Alpamayo-1.5-10B dir — its _target_ paths use alpamayo1_5.*. Run
scripts/convert_checkpoint.py to-a1 once to remap them to
alpamayo_r1.*. Output of that script is what training reads.
Stage 1 ≠ Stage 2 model class. Stage 1 instantiates
TrainableReasoningVLA.from_alpamayo_checkpoint (loads VLM weights from
the converted A1-format directory). Stage 2 instantiates
TrainableAlpamayoR1.from_pretrained and additionally takes the
Stage-1 trainer output as stage1_vlm_checkpoint_path.
Stage 2 only applies to the trajectory task (nav). It does not
run on a VQA Stage-1 checkpoint — the action expert is
trajectory-specific.
DeepSpeed only in Stage 1. Stage 2 turns DeepSpeed off
(trainer.deepspeed: null) and enables ddp_find_unused_parameters=true.
W&B is OFF by default. Same as Alpamayo-1 SFT, the shipped
configs/sft_base.yaml has the wandb default
commented out and trainer.report_to: none. To enable, uncomment
- /wandb: default in sft_base.yaml, set trainer.report_to: wandb,
fill in team + project in
configs/wandb/default.yaml, and export
WANDB_API_KEY.
The shipped task configs have absolute hardcoded paths for the
author's workstation (e.g. local_dir: /home/yesfandiari/sample_data_1_5/
in sft_stage1_nav.yaml,
data_root: /home/yesfandiari/lingo in
sft_stage1_lingoqa.yaml,
checkpoint_path: /home/yesfandiari/model_1/ in
configs/models/ar1_5_base.yaml).
You must override all three on the CLI (or edit the YAMLs before
launching).
Install — a1_5_sft venv
Single uv venv at recipes/alpamayo1_5_sft/a1_5_sft/. uv handles
everything; do not create a separate conda env.
# 1) Install uv (skip if already installed)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
# 2) Provision the venv
cd "$YOUR_HOME/alpamayo-recipes/recipes/alpamayo1_5_sft"
uv venv a1_5_sft # if `a1_5_sft/` already exists, skip this line
source a1_5_sft/bin/activate
uv sync --active
Non-interactive harnesses (agents, CI, bash -c "..." per step):
the export PATH=... above only persists for the current shell. Either
append the line to ~/.bashrc once, or re-export it at the top of every
non-interactive shell that calls uv. Forgetting this is the most
common reason a subsequent step reports uv: command not found.
After every uv sync, verify the import contract the recipe assumes:
Then either edit
configs/models/ar1_5_base.yaml to set
checkpoint_path: "$CKPT_DIR_A1", or pass
model.checkpoint_path="$CKPT_DIR_A1" on every Stage-1 launch.
Dataset — PAI (nav / trajectory) or LingoQA (VQA)
PAI — nav task
export HF_TOKEN=<your HuggingFace token>
cd "$YOUR_HOME/alpamayo-recipes"
# Download exactly the chunks the bundled nav annotations reference.
# IMPORTANT: --chunk-ids takes ONE string argument (the script splits it
# internally); always wrap $PAI_CHUNK_IDS in double quotes so bash doesn't
# word-split the space-separated list into multiple argparse tokens.
python scripts/download_pai.py \
--chunk-ids "$PAI_CHUNK_IDS" \
--camera camera_front_wide_120fov camera_cross_left_120fov \
camera_cross_right_120fov camera_front_tele_30fov \
--calibration camera_intrinsics sensor_extrinsics \
--labels egomotion \
--output-dir "$PAI_DIR"
Each entry has clip_id, t0_relative, nav_text, and optionally cot.
Save the file locally and remember the path as $NAV_ANNOTATIONS — it
goes into data.{train,val}_dataset.annotations_path.
There are 20 samples in the bundled JSON. They're a smoke-test set, not
training data for the released Alpamayo 1.5. Loss should drop to near 0
within hundreds of steps (overfit) — that's the wiring check.
LingoQA — vqa only
Wayve distributes LingoQA via Google Drive. Use gdown:
$LINGOQA_DIR/
├── train.parquet # 148k QA pairs, ~3.5k video segments
└── images/train/ # front-camera JPEGs (5 frames per segment)
The loader uses Scenery only. The evaluation split lives separately;
the shipped sft_stage1_lingoqa.yaml references val.parquet for
validation — if you only downloaded train, set
data.val_dataset.parquet_name=train.parquet (overlapping val is fine
for the loss-shape smoke).
VLA processor variants
configs/vla_processor/ ships three variants; each
Stage-1 config selects one via a Hydra defaultsoverride.
Variant
Components
Supervised on
Selected by Stage-1 config
default
image, traj_history, prompt, traj_future
traj_future
(not selected by any shipped Stage-1 or Stage-2 config — sft_stage2_nav.yaml overrides to the nav variant; this row is reference-only)
nav
image, traj_history, route, prompt, traj_future
traj_future
sft_stage1_nav.yaml
vqa
image, question, answer
answer
sft_stage1_lingoqa.yaml
The Stage-1 task you chose in Inputs
determines which one is used; an agent normally doesn't edit these
directly. If you want to combine route conditioning with VQA, you'd
write a third Stage-1 YAML and the matching vla_processor variant.
Stage 1 — Nav-conditioned trajectory
Run this when $TASK = nav and $STAGES is stage1 or both.
Outputs land in output_stage1_nav/. The shipped config sets
num_train_epochs: 100000 so the 20-sample overfit can be run as long as
you like — kill it once loss is near zero.
What "healthy" Stage-1 nav logs look like
Loss should drop sharply toward zero within hundreds of steps (overfit on
20 samples). Reference plot: loss_A1-5_nav.png.
This 20-sample set is not released-model training data — the curve is
a wiring confirmation, not a fine-tuning gain signal.
Warnings that are noise
Same family as Alpamayo-1 SFT — flash-attn "only supports float16 and
bfloat16" (bfloat16 is supported; misreported warning), use_cache=True is incompatible with gradient checkpointing (transformers auto-disables
KV cache), DeepSpeed-vs-Accelerate grad-accum mismatch (DeepSpeed wins).
All cosmetic; ignore.
Stage 1 — LingoQA VQA
Run this when $TASK = vqa and $STAGES = stage1 (Stage 2 doesn't apply
to VQA).
LingoQA was included in the released Alpamayo-1.5 training mix, so loss
stays low and stable rather than dropping dramatically. That's the
expected shape; don't interpret flat loss as "broken". Reference plot:
loss_A1-5_lingoqa.png.
Stage 2 is not applicable
VQA Stage-1 outputs are not consumed by the action expert — there is no
trajectory target to diffuse. If you want a model that does both VQA and
trajectory, run VQA Stage 1 first, then run trajectory Stage 1 from that
checkpoint (set model.checkpoint_path to the VQA output), then Stage 2.
Stage 2 — Action expert (trajectory diffusion)
Stage 2 loads the full base checkpoint first, then applies the Stage-1 VLM
weights as the final override before freezing the VLM. Constructors do not
perform Stage-1 checkpoint I/O.
Run this when $STAGES is stage2 or both and $TASK ≠ vqa. If
$STAGES = both, this fires after Stage 1; if $STAGES = stage2, the
user has provided $STAGE1_CKPT as input.
# If $STAGES = both, pick the highest-numbered Stage-1 output:
if [ "$STAGES" = "both" ]; then
if [ "$TASK" != "nav" ]; then
echo "Stage 2 only applies to task=nav" >&2; exit 1
fi
STAGE1_CKPT=$(ls -d output_stage1_nav/checkpoint-* | sort -V | tail -1)
fi
cd "$YOUR_HOME/alpamayo-recipes/recipes/alpamayo1_5_sft"
torchrun --nproc_per_node 8 \
-m alpamayo1_5_sft.train_hf \
--config-path pkg://alpamayo1_5_sft/configs \
--config-name sft_stage2_nav \
model.pretrained_model_name_or_path="$CKPT_DIR_A1" \
model.stage1_vlm_checkpoint_path="$STAGE1_CKPT" \
data.train_dataset.local_dir="$PAI_DIR" \
data.train_dataset.annotations_path="$NAV_ANNOTATIONS" \
data.val_dataset.local_dir="$PAI_DIR" \
data.val_dataset.annotations_path="$NAV_ANNOTATIONS"
chunk_ids is already baked into sft_stage2_nav.yaml as the same
19-chunk nav list used in Stage 1 — no override needed. If you only have
a subset on disk, narrow the list in the YAML or override on the CLI to
match what you actually downloaded.
annotations reference (e.g. 214, 224, 276, …) — Stage 2 will look for
chunk 0 and crash with FileNotFoundError: .../labels/egomotion/egomotion.chunk_0008.zip.
Pass data.{train,val}_dataset.chunk_ids="<X>-<X+1>" for any chunk you
actually have on disk (e.g. "214-215" for chunk 214 only).
Required parameter contract:
model.pretrained_model_name_or_path — the same converted
A1-format folder used for Stage 1 ($CKPT_DIR_A1). Do not point
at the Stage-1 output here; this loads the action-expert structure +
processor, not the VLM weights.
model.stage1_vlm_checkpoint_path — the Stage-1 Trainer output dir
(must contain model.safetensors.index.json + shards). This is the
directory whose VLM weights overwrite the
pretrained_model_name_or_path VLM weights at load time.
Outputs land in output_stage2/.
Smoke testing Stage 2 without a real Stage-1 run. On
memory-constrained hardware where Stage 1 OOMs, you can still exercise
Stage 2 wiring by pointing stage1_vlm_checkpoint_path at the same
directory as pretrained_model_name_or_path (the A1-format base).
The base checkpoint already satisfies the
model.safetensors.index.json + shards contract, so the load path
runs identically — you just won't get the Stage-1 fine-tuning gains.
Use this only for pipeline validation.
Evaluation
Run this when $STAGES is eval or both. If $STAGES = both, this
fires after Stage 2 finishes; if $STAGES = eval, the user has provided
$STAGE2_CKPT.
# If $STAGES = both, pick the highest-numbered Stage-2 output:
if [ "$STAGES" = "both" ]; then
STAGE2_CKPT=$(ls -d output_stage2/checkpoint-* | sort -V | tail -1)
fi
cd "$YOUR_HOME/alpamayo-recipes/recipes/alpamayo1_5_sft"
torchrun --nproc_per_node 8 \
-m alpamayo1_5_sft.evaluate_hf \
--config-path pkg://alpamayo1_5_sft/configs \
--config-name sft_stage2_nav \
evaluate.eval_ckpt="$STAGE2_CKPT" \
data.val_dataset.local_dir="$PAI_DIR" \
data.val_dataset.annotations_path="$NAV_ANNOTATIONS"
evaluate_hf.py auto-detects the model class
(TrainableReasoningVLA vs TrainableAlpamayoR1) and routes
eval_ckpt into the correct field. Metric set is the same as
Alpamayo-1: val/metric/ade, val/metric/min_ade,
val/metric/corner_distance, and by_t= breakdowns. Reference numbers
live in recipes/alpamayo1_sft/SKILL.md;
expect Alpamayo-1.5 results to be in the same magnitude band on a
trajectory split.
Logging — W&B, TensorBoard, offline
configs/sft_base.yaml ships with the wandb
default commented out and trainer.report_to: none, so unless the user
opts in nothing phones home.
If $USE_WANDB = no (the default)
Do nothing — the shipped config is already safe. For belt-and-braces
(e.g. machines where someone has previously run wandb login), prefix
launches with:
The API key must belong to an account with write access to
team/project — otherwise wandb fails at wandb.init() with a 403
(see pitfalls). Fail fast and
re-prompt the user; don't retry blindly.
Multi-GPU, multi-node, and cluster runs
Defaults assume single-node, 8× H100 80 GB. The Alpamayo-1 SFT
SKILL's multi-GPU section applies verbatim here — same torchrun
patterns, same OSMO / SLURM caveats. See
recipes/alpamayo1_sft/SKILL.md § Multi-GPU.
Cluster gotchas worth repeating:
Same paths on every node. PAI dataset, LingoQA dataset, nav
annotations JSON, A1-format checkpoint, and the venv must all be
visible at identical absolute paths on every rank.
Flash-attn builds from source per node. First run on a new node
takes 5–10 min before training starts.
Hydra override cheatsheet
All overrides go on the torchrun command line without a leading --.
Override
What it does
model.checkpoint_path=<path>
Stage 1 A1-format base checkpoint dir
model.pretrained_model_name_or_path=<path>
Stage 2 base ckpt dir (same as $CKPT_DIR_A1)
model.stage1_vlm_checkpoint_path=<path>
Stage 2 Stage-1 trainer output
data.train_dataset.local_dir=<path>
PAI dataset root (nav / default)
data.val_dataset.local_dir=<path>
PAI val root (nav / default)
data.train_dataset.annotations_path=<path>
Nav annotations JSON (nav only)
data.train_dataset.data_root=<path>
LingoQA root (vqa only)
data.train_dataset.parquet_name=<file>
LingoQA parquet filename (default train.parquet)
data.train_dataset.chunk_ids="..."
PAI chunk range / list
trainer.learning_rate=1e-5
LR override
trainer.num_train_epochs=1
Epoch cap (nav config defaults to 100000)
trainer.per_device_train_batch_size=1
Per-rank batch size
trainer.gradient_accumulation_steps=8
Grad-accum (Stage 1 configs default to 4)
trainer.save_steps=200 trainer.save_total_limit=5
Checkpoint cadence
trainer.report_to=none
Switch off W&B/HF Hub logging without editing files
If this emits non-NaN loss in the first few optimizer steps without a
Hydra InstantiationException, the wiring is good.
Common failure modes (and the fix)
Run once with HYDRA_FULL_ERROR=1 to expose the chained traceback —
without it, InstantiationException hides the real cause behind a
one-liner.
Symptom
Root cause
Fix
Hydra complains MISSING ??? for data.val_dataset.local_dir / annotations_path
Forgot to override the val-side path (nav config has ??? placeholders on val)
Set data.val_dataset.local_dir and (for nav) data.val_dataset.annotations_path — easiest is to reuse the train paths
InstantiationException on alpamayo.data.pai_nav.PAIDatasetWithNav or alpamayo.data.lingoqa.LingoQADataset
The shared alpamayo editable install didn't take
uv pip show alpamayo-recipes → re-run uv sync --active
Hydra fails loading model.checkpoint_path=… with "target not found" / config-class errors
Pointed Stage 1 at the rawAlpamayo-1.5-10B HF dir instead of the converted A1-format one
Run scripts/convert_checkpoint.py to-a1 --input <raw> --output <a1-format> first; point model.checkpoint_path at the converted dir
Stage 1 launches but immediately FileNotFoundError: /home/yesfandiari/...
The shipped task configs have absolute hardcoded paths for the recipe author's machine
Override model.checkpoint_path, data.{train,val}_dataset.local_dir, data.{train,val}_dataset.annotations_path (nav) or data_root (vqa) on the CLI — see launch examples above
Stage 2 launches but FileNotFoundError: .../labels/egomotion/egomotion.chunk_0008.zip (or any chunk you didn't download)
Stage 2 inherits chunk_ids: "0-99" from sft_base.yaml. If you only downloaded the nav chunks (or any subset), the dataloader iterates 0..98 and hits the first missing one
Override data.{train,val}_dataset.chunk_ids="<X>-<X+1>" to a chunk you have on disk. For the nav recipe, any single chunk from the 19-chunk nav list (e.g. "214-215") is enough
The shipped wandb config points at a team/project you don't own, and report_to: wandb is on by default in this recipe
Set +wandb.team=<yours> +wandb.project=<yours> on the CLI, or pass trainer.report_to=none WANDB_MODE=disabled for tests, or edit configs/wandb/default.yaml
Flash Attention 2 only supports torch.float16 and torch.bfloat16 dtypes … repeated per submodule
Spurious transformers warning misreading the current dtype
Ignore — bfloat16 is supported; trainer is configured correctly
use_cache=True is incompatible with gradient checkpointing. Setting use_cache=False.
Stage 1 grad-ckpt is on; transformers auto-disables KV cache
Ignore
Gradient accumulation steps mismatch: GradientAccumulationPlugin has 1, DeepSpeed config has 4
Accelerate plugin default vs. Stage-1 DeepSpeed setting; DeepSpeed wins
Cosmetic; ignore
LingoQA loader complains about missing images/train/... files
Forgot to unzip images.zip after gdown
cd "$LINGOQA_DIR" && unzip images.zip; verify with ls "$LINGOQA_DIR/images/train" | head
