Studio: tighten code comments for vision_image_size path

studio/backend/core/training/trainer.py

@@ -3057,15 +3057,9 @@ class UnslothTrainer:
 
                     logger.info("Configuring DeepSeek OCR data collator...\n")
                     FastVisionModel.for_training(self.model)
-                    # DeepSeek OCR's (image_size, base_size, crop_mode) tuple
+                    # DeepSeek OCR's (image_size, base_size, crop_mode) is a
-                    # is a single preset (Tiny / Small / Base / Large / Gundam).
+                    # coupled preset; changing image_size alone desyncs the
-                    # Changing image_size in isolation desynchronizes the per-
+                    # per-crop pixel grid from num_queries. Use Gundam.
-                    # crop pixel grid from num_queries downstream, so the
-                    # user-selected vision_image_size is intentionally ignored
-                    # here. Default to the Gundam preset, which is the
-                    # recommended training configuration. Threading the Image
-                    # Size knob through DeepSeek OCR requires patching
-                    # dynamic_preprocess first.
                     if training_args.get("vision_image_size") is not None:
                         logger.info(
                             "Vision image resize ignored for DeepSeek OCR "

studio/backend/core/training/worker.py

@@ -965,10 +965,8 @@ def _mlx_vlm_max_resized_size(width: int, height: int, target: int) -> tuple[int
     largest_side = max(width, height)
     if largest_side <= target:
         return width, height
-    # Mirror UnslothVisionDataCollator's integer formula at
+    # Integer formula matches unsloth_zoo's collator (Python round() differs
-    # unsloth_zoo/vision_utils.py so MLX and Torch produce the same pixels.
+    # by 1px on half-pixel cases). max(1, _) avoids zero-side degenerate output.
-    # Python's round() uses banker's rounding which can disagree by 1px on
-    # half-pixel cases (e.g. 333x1000 with target 500).
     new_w = max(1, (width * target + largest_side // 2) // largest_side)
     new_h = max(1, (height * target + largest_side // 2) // largest_side)
     return new_w, new_h
@@ -989,9 +987,8 @@ def _resize_mlx_vlm_image(image, resize):
     if new_size != image.size:
         resampling = getattr(Image, "Resampling", Image).LANCZOS
         image = image.resize(new_size, resampling)
-    # mlx-vlm's internal collator square-resizes PIL images. Return a writable
+    # Return a writable ndarray so mlx-vlm skips its PIL-path square-resize
-    # ndarray so Studio's max-dimension resize is the final one (like
+    # and HF processors don't warn on non-writable views.
-    # trainer.py) and HF processors don't warn on non-writable views.
     return np.array(image, copy = True)
 
 
@@ -1211,9 +1208,7 @@ def _run_mlx_training(event_queue, stop_queue, config):
     is_vlm = bool(is_dataset_image and getattr(model, "_is_vlm_model", False))
     model._is_vlm_model = is_vlm
     vision_image_size = config.get("vision_image_size")
-    # Mirror the Torch trainer.py exclusion: DeepSeek OCR's preset is a tuple
+    # DeepSeek OCR uses a coupled preset tuple; skip resize like the Torch path.
-    # (image_size, base_size, crop_mode), so resizing dataset images outside
-    # that preset desyncs the token grid. Skip the resize on MLX too.
     _model_name_lower = str(config.get("model_name", "")).lower()
     _is_deepseek_ocr = "deepseek" in _model_name_lower and "ocr" in _model_name_lower
     if is_vlm and vision_image_size is not None and _is_deepseek_ocr:

studio/backend/models/training.py

@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ class TrainingStartRequest(BaseModel):
     @field_validator("vision_image_size", mode = "before")
     @classmethod
     def _check_vision_image_size(cls, v: Any) -> Optional[int]:
-        # mode="before" runs ahead of Pydantic's int coercion so True/False
+        # mode="before" sees True/False as bool (not 1/0) for a precise error.
-        # surface as bool (not 1/0) and we can give a precise error.
         if v is None:
             return v
         if isinstance(v, bool):
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ class TrainingStartRequest(BaseModel):
         elif isinstance(v, float) and v.is_integer():
             coerced = int(v)
         else:
-            # numpy ints and other Integral subclasses (no hard numpy import).
+            # numpy ints / Integral subclasses, without a hard numpy import.
             try:
                 import numbers
 

studio/backend/tests/test_mlx_training_worker_config.py

@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ def test_mlx_vlm_resize_uses_max_dimension_like_torch_trainer():
     assert _mlx_vlm_max_resized_size(1000, 1000, 512) == (512, 512)
     assert _mlx_vlm_max_resized_size(256, 128, 1536) == (256, 128)
     assert _mlx_vlm_max_resized_size(512, 256, 512) == (512, 256)
-    # Half-pixel cases must match the Torch collator's integer formula
+    # Half-pixel cases must match the Torch collator (not banker's round).
-    # (w * size + size_func // 2) // size_func, not Python round() which
-    # uses banker's rounding.
     assert _mlx_vlm_max_resized_size(333, 1000, 500) == (167, 500)
     assert _mlx_vlm_max_resized_size(1000, 333, 500) == (500, 167)

studio/backend/tests/test_studio_train_validation.py

@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ class TestVisionImageSizeCap:
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [True, False])
     def test_bool_error_says_integer_not_range(self, value):
-        # Regression guard: pre-fix the bool was coerced to 1/0 and the
+        # Regression guard: bools must say "integer or null", not "in [256, 2048]".
-        # message read "must be in [256, 2048] (got 1)", which was confusing.
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc:
             _check_field("vision_image_size", value)
         assert "integer or null" in str(exc.value)

studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/params-section.tsx

@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ export function ParamsSection(): ReactElement {
   const isCpt = store.trainingMethod === "cpt";
   const isRawText = isRawTextDatasetFormat(store.datasetFormat);
   const showVisionLora = store.isVisionModel && store.isDatasetImage === true;
-  // DeepSeek OCR's preset is a coupled tuple, so the backend ignores any
+  // DeepSeek OCR uses a coupled preset; backend ignores user image size.
-  // user-selected image size for it. Hide the control rather than offer a
-  // setting that silently has no effect.
   const _selectedModelLower = (store.selectedModel ?? "").toLowerCase();
   const isDeepseekOcr =
     _selectedModelLower.includes("deepseek") &&

studio/frontend/src/features/studio/sections/training-section.tsx

@@ -80,16 +80,12 @@ export function TrainingSection() {
   };
 
   const handleSaveConfig = () => {
-    // Save vision fields for any vision-capable model unless we have positive
+    // isDatasetImage is null during dataset checks; treat that as "save it"
-    // confirmation the dataset is text-only. isDatasetImage is undetermined
+    // so an in-flight check doesn't silently drop the user's choice.
-    // (null) before a dataset check completes, after dataset edits, and on
-    // import; treating that as "don't save" would silently drop the user's
-    // vision_image_size choice in those windows.
     const includeVisionFields =
       store.isVisionModel && store.isDatasetImage !== false;
-    // DeepSeek OCR ignores vision_image_size at training time (mappers.ts
+    // DeepSeek OCR ignores vision_image_size; don't emit it to YAML either,
-    // sends null), so do not emit it to YAML either; otherwise a stale
+    // or a later import on a non-DeepSeek model would activate the stale value.
-    // value could later apply to a non-DeepSeek vision model.
     const selectedModelLower = (store.selectedModel ?? "").toLowerCase();
     const isDeepseekOcr =
       selectedModelLower.includes("deepseek") &&

studio/frontend/src/features/training/lib/model-defaults.ts

@@ -130,18 +130,14 @@ export function mapBackendModelConfigToTrainingPatch(
   const randomSeed = toNumber(training?.random_seed);
   if (randomSeed !== undefined) patch.randomSeed = randomSeed;
 
-  // Only patch visionImageSize when the model config explicitly carries it.
+  // Only patch when the config carries the key; model-switch reset lives in
-  // Resetting a stale value on model SWITCH happens in
+  // setSelectedModel so same-model reloads don't wipe a user's choice.
-  // training-config-store.ts setSelectedModel, not here, so that same-model
-  // defaults reloads do not wipe a value the user just selected.
   if (Object.hasOwn(training ?? {}, "vision_image_size")) {
     const raw = training?.vision_image_size;
     if (raw == null) {
       patch.visionImageSize = null;
     } else {
-      // Mirror the backend validator at studio/backend/models/training.py:169.
+      // Drop anything the backend validator would reject.
-      // Anything not an integer in [256, 2048] is dropped so the store and UI
-      // never show a value the backend would reject.
       const n = toNumber(raw);
       if (n !== undefined && Number.isInteger(n) && n >= 256 && n <= 2048) {
         patch.visionImageSize = n;

studio/frontend/src/features/training/lib/yaml-config.ts

@@ -27,15 +27,10 @@ export function parseYamlConfig(text: string): BackendModelConfig {
     console.warn("Ignored unknown YAML keys:", unknownKeys.join(", "));
   }
 
-  // YAML import means "use this config as authoritative". An absent
+  // File import is authoritative: forge vision_image_size = null when the
-  // vision_image_size should reset the in-memory value to Default, not
+  // training section is missing, malformed, or missing the key, so a stale
-  // preserve a stale one. Same-model defaults reloads (which also flow
+  // store value cannot survive an import. (Same-model defaults reloads
-  // through the model-config mapper) skip the reset via Object.hasOwn
+  // preserve user choice via Object.hasOwn in model-defaults.ts.)
-  // in model-defaults.ts; here we forge the key so import always wins.
-  // This also covers configs where the training section is missing,
-  // null, an array, or any non-mapping scalar - in all such cases the
-  // mapper would otherwise emit no vision patch and the previously
-  // selected image size would silently persist.
   const rawTraining = raw.training;
   const isPlainTrainingObject =
     rawTraining != null &&

studio/frontend/src/features/training/stores/training-config-store.ts

@@ -390,9 +390,7 @@ export const useTrainingConfigStore = create<TrainingConfigStore>()(
                 error instanceof Error
                   ? error.message
                   : "Failed to load model defaults",
-              // Defaults load failed, so we cannot map the new model's
+              // Defaults load failed; reset so no prior model's value lingers.
-              // vision_image_size. Reset to the global default so a stale
-              // value from a prior model never silently applies.
               visionImageSize: DEFAULT_HYPERPARAMS.visionImageSize,
             });
 
@@ -502,10 +500,8 @@ export const useTrainingConfigStore = create<TrainingConfigStore>()(
         },
         setSelectedModel: (selectedModel) => {
           const previousModel = get().selectedModel;
-          // True model switch resets the image size sentinel so a stale
+          // Reset vision_image_size on a true switch only; same-model reloads
-          // value from a previous model does not silently apply to the new
+          // go through the mapper, which preserves the user's choice.
-          // one. We do this here (not in mapBackendModelConfigToTrainingPatch)
-          // so same-model defaults reloads do not wipe the user's choice.
           const patch: { selectedModel: string | null; modelDefaultsError: null; visionImageSize?: number | null } = {
             selectedModel,
             modelDefaultsError: null,