* Studio: defer llama.cpp update probes and self-heal MLX on macOS
Two macOS startup problems shared one root area in the FastAPI lifespan:
- The llama.cpp capability + freshness probes ran inline before the server
yielded, so a cold/slow/flaky network on the GitHub freshness check blocked
'Application startup complete' (~34s on CI, longer in the field). Move both
probes to a daemon thread; app.state stays None until ready (status routes
already re-probe at request time). Opt out with UNSLOTH_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=1.
- Train and Export were greyed out because mlx/mlx-lm/mlx-vlm arrive only
transitively and a resolver backtrack silently drops them, so CHAT_ONLY stayed
true. Add utils/mlx_repair.py: when Apple Silicon is detected without MLX,
reinstall mlx/mlx-lm/mlx-vlm by name on a daemon thread and re-run hardware
detection (opt out UNSLOTH_DISABLE_MLX_AUTOREPAIR=1). Surface a chat_only_reason
in /api/health plus a sidebar tooltip so a greyed Train/Export explains itself
instead of failing silently.
* Studio: guard model defaults against a None model name
load_model_defaults(None) called model_name.lower() with no guard, raising
'Error loading model defaults for None' before any model is selected. Return
an empty dict for a falsy/non-str name.
* Studio: drop obsolete upstream macOS + Windows Blackwell prebuilt pins
Both pins worked around gaps in ggml-org upstream prebuilts, but Studio now
routes every GPU host and all of macOS to the unslothai/llama.cpp fork
(published_repo_for_host), which ships the needed bundles, so both pins are
dead code on the default install path:
- macOS b9415: macOS always routes to the fork (its own macOS bundles), and
host_supports_macos_minos() is the backstop. The pin only fired under an
explicit --published-repo ggml-org override.
- Windows Blackwell b9360: Windows-NVIDIA routes to the fork, whose
windows-x64-cuda13 bundle covers Blackwell (manifest max_sm 120, toolkit
13.3), so the pin's self-disable check makes it dormant on every default
install; it could only activate under the same upstream override on a
13.0-13.2 driver.
Remove the pin constants, functions, and call sites. Keep the Blackwell
capability detection (_drop_blackwell_incapable_windows_cuda, _host_is_blackwell,
_windows_cuda_attempt_covers_blackwell) that still drops a non-sm_120 cuda-12.4
build on a Blackwell host. After this, an explicit --published-repo ggml-org
override on a Blackwell 13.0-13.2 host loses its GPU fallback and lands on CPU;
the default fork path is unaffected. Update the install selection-logic and
macOS-compat unit tests for the new no-pin behavior.
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* Studio: walk back deeper on the macOS upstream prebuilt path
After removing the b9415 macOS pin, the explicit --published-repo ggml-org
upstream path still used the default 2-release fallback, so a pre-macOS-26 host
behind a run of macOS-26-only builds would exhaust two too-new plans (minos is
only checked post-download) and drop to a source build before reaching a
loadable older release. Walk back as deep as the fork macOS path
(DEFAULT_MAX_MACOS_RELEASE_FALLBACKS), turning the removed static pin into
dynamic discovery. Addresses review feedback on the macOS upstream fallback.
* Studio: pin transformers during MLX self-heal so it cannot break Studio
mlx-lm/mlx-vlm declare transformers>=5, but the single-env install pins
transformers==4.57.6. The self-heal used --upgrade with no constraint, so it
could upgrade transformers in the live venv and break the rest of Studio just to
make import mlx.core pass. Pin transformers to the installed version via a
constraint file: the resolver either finds an mlx build compatible with it or
fails (we stay chat-only), never upgrading transformers underneath Studio.
Addresses review feedback on the MLX repair install.
* Studio: harden MLX self-heal against an unsupported mlx-vlm
Pinning transformers alone made uv backtrack mlx-vlm to 0.3.9 (below unsloth-zoo's
mlx-vlm>=0.4.4), which imports but breaks VLM Train/Export -- so the self-heal
could clear chat-only onto a broken stack. Mirror the main installer: set
UV_OVERRIDE=overrides-darwin-arm64.txt so a current mlx-vlm coexists with the
transformers pin, require the same minimum versions unsloth-zoo declares, and
gate/validate on a full mlx_stack_available() check (not a bare import) so an
old or partial stack stays chat-only. Addresses PR review.
* Studio: filter Blackwell-incapable CUDA in resolve_upstream_asset_choice
resolve_upstream_asset_choice returned the first windows-cuda choice unfiltered,
so a Blackwell host could be handed an sm_120-incapable cuda-12.4 build while the
sibling planners drop it. Apply _drop_blackwell_incapable_windows_cuda here too
and fall through to the CPU bundle on a Blackwell host with no capable GPU asset.
Addresses PR review.
* Studio: re-poll health so MLX self-heal reaches an open UI
The sidebar cached the initial /api/health, so a successful background MLX
self-heal (chat_only flips false) did not re-enable Train/Export until a manual
reload. While chat-only for the recoverable mlx_unavailable reason, re-poll
/api/health and stop once Train/Export become available. Addresses PR review.
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* Studio: make the disabled Train/Export tooltip reachable
The greyed Train/Export items pass a tooltip explaining why (e.g. MLX missing),
but a disabled <button> fires no pointer events and SidebarMenuButton only showed
tooltips while collapsed, so the explanation never appeared. Wrap a disabled
button in a focusable span and show its tooltip while expanded too; enabled items
keep the collapsed-only behavior. Addresses PR review.
* Studio: gate Train/Export on the full MLX stack, not bare mlx.core
detect_hardware enabled MLX training whenever `import mlx.core` worked, but the
MLX self-heal (utils/mlx_repair) treats a stack without mlx-lm/mlx-vlm at the
versions unsloth-zoo requires as inadequate. That asymmetry let the UI enable
Train/Export on exactly the partial/backtracked stack the self-heal is trying to
repair (greyed-in-but-broken VLM export). Gate on the same mlx_stack_available()
criterion so a partial stack stays chat-only (reason mlx_unavailable) and the
background repair restores it. Addresses PR review.
* Fix MLX repair and health auth for PR #6494
* Fix macOS upstream prebuilt fallback for PR #6494
* Fix MLX stack validation for PR #6494
* Fix MLX self-heal validation for PR #6494
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* Review fixes: isolate hardware-state test, robust transformers pin
- test_chat_only_reason.py: detect_hardware() assigns module globals directly,
which monkeypatch does not revert; the autouse fixture now saves and restores
DEVICE/CHAT_ONLY/CHAT_ONLY_REASON/IS_ROCM so a chat-only verdict here cannot
leak into other backend tests (e.g. test_utils.py) on a GPU host.
- mlx_repair.py: read the transformers version from importlib.metadata instead of
importing transformers, so the install pin is not silently dropped when
transformers has valid metadata but fails to import.
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* Fix CI: model full MLX stack in dispatch tests, keep selection test offline
dispatch (macOS) job:
- detect_hardware now gates MLX on the full stack (mlx_stack_available imports
mlx_lm/mlx_vlm and checks dist versions), so faking only mlx.core makes the
apple_silicon_mlx profile resolve to CPU. The dispatch tests assert the routing
decision when the stack IS usable, so model a complete stack:
test_hardware_dispatch_matrix patches utils.mlx_repair.mlx_stack_available and
test_is_mlx_dispatch_gate patches hardware._has_usable_mlx_stack. The stack
predicate's own internals stay covered by test_mlx_repair.py.
Repo tests (CPU) job:
- test_no_cuda_attempt_on_published_path_for_13_1 fell through to a live
github_release_assets() upstream fetch after the Blackwell filter dropped every
published attempt, which the offline security scanner blocks. Stub that fetch so
the walk-back deterministically finds no usable CUDA build and raises
PrebuiltFallback without network.
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* Harden MLX self-heal: prepare transformers constraint inside the try
attempt_mlx_repair runs on a daemon thread, but _transformers_constraint_args was
called before the try. A failure there (e.g. tempfile.mkstemp on a full disk or a
bad TMPDIR) would propagate unhandled and silently kill the self-heal thread.
Move the call inside the try and initialize constraint_path so any such failure
is caught and leaves Studio chat-only instead of crashing the thread.
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* Reduce and tighten comments and docstrings in tests
Shorten verbose comments and docstrings across the test suite without
changing any test logic. Remove narration that restates the next line,
collapse long module and test docstrings to a single line, and drop banner
separators. Keep regression context (issue and PR references, run ids),
skip reasons, mocking and timing rationale, license headers, lint and type
directives, and commented-out code.
Comments and docstrings only: an AST signature check confirms no code,
assertions, or string literals changed, and the suite byte-compiles cleanly.
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Trim and tighten code comments and docstrings across the repository. Comment-only: every changed file verified code-identical to main via AST/token comparison.
Raise ruff line-length to 100 and extend the local pre-commit format pipeline (def-signature magic-comma normalization, short multi-line assert collapse, kwarg '=' spacing, blank-line-after-short-import removal, adjacent string-literal / f-string+plain merge, redundant-pass pruning). Every transform re-checks the file AST and is dropped if it would differ; the whole-repo reformat is verified AST-identical per file and idempotent.
* mlx fixes
* Fix studio integration, local dataset files, chat templates without the torch gpu imports
* pass grad norm in mlx worker
* fix(studio): pass MLX grad clipping settings
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* mlx: update grad value
* fix(mlx): address ci and clipping review
* fix backward compatibility and CI tests
* unsloth local is mlx function
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* studio mlx: hardcode value clipping, drop max_grad_value from frontend
Simplifies the MLX grad-clipping plumbing now that we are standardising on
elementwise value clipping at [-5, 5] for the compiled MLX path and norm
clipping disabled. The MLX worker no longer reads max_grad_norm /
max_grad_value from the request; both are pinned in one place. Frontend
stops sending the field at all, and the TypeScript request type drops it
to match. Non-MLX (CUDA/AMD/Intel) is untouched and continues to pick up
HF TrainingArguments' default max_grad_norm = 1.0.
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* Add Apple Silicon MLX routing
Rewrite __init__.py: detect MLX on macOS arm64 before any torch imports
Extract original GPU init to _gpu_init.py (unchanged)
MLX path imports FastMLXModel from unsloth_zoo, skips all GPU code
GPU path unchanged: from ._gpu_init import *
* Add Apple Silicon MLX routing
- Rewrite __init__.py: detect MLX on macOS arm64 before any torch imports
- Extract original GPU init to _gpu_init.py (unchanged)
- MLX path imports FastMLXModel from unsloth_zoo, skips all GPU code
- GPU path unchanged: from ._gpu_init import *
* mlx with studio
* mlx with studio
* updating temporary install.sh
* updating temporary install.sh
* adding t_v5 path
* adding t_v5 path
* fixing vision training
* fixing vision training
* adding chat
* adding chat
* minor
* minor
* Adding export and fixing training issues, inference with lora adaptors
* Adding export and fixing training issues, inference with lora adaptors
* fix: MLX worker pass load_in_4bit, override is_vlm based on dataset, streaming for VLM
* fix: MLX worker pass load_in_4bit, override is_vlm based on dataset, streaming for VLM
* Merge mlx-apple-silicon into main
* update install.sh to point to main branch
* update install.sh to point to main branch
* fix: export returns 3 values (success, message, output_path) matching upstream worker
* fix: export returns 3 values (success, message, output_path) matching upstream worker
* fix(mlx): show training-process peak memory in Studio UI, not system-wide
Studio UI was showing ~95 GB during MLX training because get_gpu_utilization
read "In use system memory" from IORegistry's AGXAccelerator — system-wide
GPU memory across all processes (training + backend + browser + Display).
Now the trainer's mx.get_peak_memory value is forwarded through the
progress event and surfaced via /api/train/hardware while training is
active. Falls back to the system-wide reading when training is not running.
* fix(mlx): show training-process peak memory in Studio UI, not system-wide
Studio UI was showing ~95 GB during MLX training because get_gpu_utilization
read "In use system memory" from IORegistry's AGXAccelerator — system-wide
GPU memory across all processes (training + backend + browser + Display).
Now the trainer's mx.get_peak_memory() value is forwarded through the
progress event and surfaced via /api/train/hardware while training is
active. Falls back to the system-wide reading when training is not running.
* fix(mlx): make is_bfloat16_supported detect M1/M2 (no native bf16)
M1 and M2 chips emulate bf16 in software on the GPU, causing 40-70%
slower prefill compared to native fp16. M3+ have native bf16 (macOS
Sonoma+ MPSGraph). Replaces the always-True stub with chip-aware
detection via mx.device_info.
* fix(mlx): make is_bfloat16_supported() detect M1/M2 (no native bf16)
M1 and M2 chips emulate bf16 in software on the GPU, causing 40-70%
slower prefill compared to native fp16. M3+ have native bf16 (macOS
Sonoma+ MPSGraph). Replaces the always-True stub with chip-aware
detection via mx.device_info().
* feat(mlx): wire training_type="Full Finetuning" through MLX worker
Compute use_lora from the UI's training_type before loading the model,
pass full_finetuning=not use_lora to FastMLXModel.from_pretrained, and
let the existing 'if use_lora' branch skip get_peft_model. Matches the
GPU worker's flow.
* feat(mlx): wire training_type="Full Finetuning" through MLX worker
Compute use_lora from the UI's training_type before loading the model,
pass full_finetuning=not use_lora to FastMLXModel.from_pretrained, and
let the existing 'if use_lora' branch skip get_peft_model. Matches the
GPU worker's flow.
* fix(mlx): pass save_method='merged_16bit' from Studio's export page
Previously the MLX path called save_pretrained_merged with no
save_method, which fell through to a no-op that didn't actually fuse
LoRA into the base. Now Studio's "Merged Model" export properly
fuses LoRA + dequantizes any 4-bit base to bf16, matching the GPU
behavior for the same UI option.
* fix(mlx): pass save_method='merged_16bit' from Studio's export page
Previously the MLX path called save_pretrained_merged() with no
save_method, which fell through to a no-op that didn't actually fuse
LoRA into the base. Now Studio's "Merged Model" export properly
fuses LoRA + dequantizes any 4-bit base to bf16, matching the GPU
behavior for the same UI option.
* fix(studio): pass private to MLX push, return 3-tuples consistently
MLX push_to_hub branch now forwards private=private (matches GPU)
Existing 2-tuple early-returns ('repo_id+token required', 'PEFT model
needed') were tripping the route's 3-tuple unpack. Added a None
output_path so the unpack always succeeds.
* fix(studio): pass private to MLX push, return 3-tuples consistently
- MLX push_to_hub branch now forwards private=private (matches GPU)
- Existing 2-tuple early-returns ('repo_id+token required', 'PEFT model
needed') were tripping the route's 3-tuple unpack. Added a None
output_path so the unpack always succeeds.
* studio wirings
* studio wirings
* Merge pull request #5 from Manan17/feat/quant_config
studio wirings
* fix(mlx): wire train_on_completions for VLM via per-template lookup
Mirror the GPU worker: stop excluding VLMs and stop hardcoding
template detection. Look up the model in MODEL_TO_TEMPLATE_MAPPER and
fetch the per-template instruction/response markers from
TEMPLATE_TO_RESPONSES_MAPPER. The frontend already force-disables
train_on_completions for vision+image and audio cases, so backend
just trusts the flag.
* fix(mlx): wire train_on_completions for VLM via per-template lookup
Mirror the GPU worker: stop excluding VLMs and stop hardcoding
template detection. Look up the model in MODEL_TO_TEMPLATE_MAPPER and
fetch the per-template instruction/response markers from
TEMPLATE_TO_RESPONSES_MAPPER. The frontend already force-disables
train_on_completions for vision+image and audio cases, so backend
just trusts the flag.
* wire in lora rslora, init lora weights, random_state
* wire in lora rslora, init lora weights, random_state
* loftq studio error message fix
* loftq studio error message fix
* handle unknown optim and lr scheduler
* handle unknown optim and lr scheduler
* Merge pull request #6 from Manan17/update/peftkwargs
Update/peftkwargs
* feat(mlx): pass finetune_language/attention/mlp/vision flags to FastMLXModel
Studio's four UI checkboxes now actually flow through to MLX get_peft_model
(which was just updated in unsloth-zoo to honor them). Also drops the
incorrect train_projector wiring that tied projector LoRA to the
attn/mlp flags — those are language-side toggles, not projector toggles.
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* feat(mlx): pass finetune_language/attention/mlp/vision flags to FastMLXModel
Studio's four UI checkboxes now actually flow through to MLX get_peft_model
(which was just updated in unsloth-zoo to honor them). Also drops the
incorrect train_projector wiring that tied projector LoRA to the
attn/mlp flags — those are language-side toggles, not projector toggles.
Co-Authored-By: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
* feat(mlx,ux): auto-imply finetune_language_layers when user picks attn/mlp
UI guardrail. The four checkboxes (vision/language/attention/MLP) carry
"scope × module-type" semantics that aren't obvious — picking just
"Attention modules" + "MLP modules" without "Language layers" naturally
reads as "fine-tune attn/mlp" but our backend reads it as "fine-tune
attn/mlp modules in *no* tower" → empty target_modules → zero
trainable params → crash inside value_and_grad.
If user selected attn or mlp module types but no layer scope, default
to language scope. Power users can still explicitly choose
language=False, vision=True if they want vision-only fine-tuning of
attn/mlp.
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* feat(mlx,ux): auto-imply finetune_language_layers when user picks attn/mlp
UI guardrail. The four checkboxes (vision/language/attention/MLP) carry
"scope × module-type" semantics that aren't obvious — picking just
"Attention modules" + "MLP modules" without "Language layers" naturally
reads as "fine-tune attn/mlp" but our backend reads it as "fine-tune
attn/mlp modules in *no* tower" → empty target_modules → zero
trainable params → crash inside value_and_grad.
If user selected attn or mlp module types but no layer scope, default
to language scope. Power users can still explicitly choose
language=False, vision=True if they want vision-only fine-tuning of
attn/mlp.
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* fix(mlx): wire top_k, repetition_penalty, and VLM top_p through to mlx-lm/mlx-vlm
Inference UI sliders for top_k and repetition_penalty had no effect on
MLX, and VLM top_p was also silently dropped. Plus a latent pre-existing
bug: mlx_vlm.generate_step expects temperature= (long form), but we
were passing temp= which silently fell into **kwargs — every VLM chat
was effectively greedy regardless of the temperature slider.
Text path (_generate_text):
make_sampler now receives top_k in addition to temp/top_p
make_logits_processors built and forwarded when repetition_penalty is
non-trivial (skip when 0.0/1.0 to avoid pointless overhead)
VLM path (_generate_vlm):
Pass top_p, top_k, repetition_penalty as kwargs (mlx_vlm.stream_generate
forwards them to generate_step's sampler/logits_processor builders)
Rename temp= → temperature= so it's actually consumed
Verified end-to-end with a smoke test on Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct (text) and
Qwen2.5-VL-3B-Instruct (VLM): each of {greedy, top_p=0.5, top_k=10,
rep_pen=1.5} now produces a distinct output, proving the parameters
reach the sampler.
Co-Authored-By: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
* fix(mlx): wire top_k, repetition_penalty, and VLM top_p through to mlx-lm/mlx-vlm
Inference UI sliders for top_k and repetition_penalty had no effect on
MLX, and VLM top_p was also silently dropped. Plus a latent pre-existing
bug: mlx_vlm.generate_step expects temperature= (long form), but we
were passing temp= which silently fell into **kwargs — every VLM chat
was effectively greedy regardless of the temperature slider.
Text path (_generate_text):
- make_sampler now receives top_k in addition to temp/top_p
- make_logits_processors built and forwarded when repetition_penalty is
non-trivial (skip when 0.0/1.0 to avoid pointless overhead)
VLM path (_generate_vlm):
- Pass top_p, top_k, repetition_penalty as kwargs (mlx_vlm.stream_generate
forwards them to generate_step's sampler/logits_processor builders)
- Rename temp= → temperature= so it's actually consumed
Verified end-to-end with a smoke test on Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct (text) and
Qwen2.5-VL-3B-Instruct (VLM): each of {greedy, top_p=0.5, top_k=10,
rep_pen=1.5} now produces a distinct output, proving the parameters
reach the sampler.
Co-Authored-By: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
* feat(mlx): map format_type to MLX save_method, reuse local save dir for hub push
export_merged_model: format_type="4-bit (FP4)" → save_method="merged_4bit"
(was hardcoded merged_16bit, ignoring the UI choice).
Both export_merged_model and export_base_model now pass save_directory=
to push_to_hub_merged so it reuses the just-written local folder
instead of re-saving under a relative "username/model" directory.
Co-Authored-By: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
* feat(mlx): map format_type to MLX save_method, reuse local save dir for hub push
- export_merged_model: format_type="4-bit (FP4)" → save_method="merged_4bit"
(was hardcoded merged_16bit, ignoring the UI choice).
- Both export_merged_model and export_base_model now pass save_directory=
to push_to_hub_merged so it reuses the just-written local folder
instead of re-saving under a relative "username/model" directory.
Co-Authored-By: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
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* restore install
* restore install
* fix(mlx): restore FastVisionModel as a distinct class
unsloth/__init__.py was assigning `FastVisionModel = FastLanguageModel`
right after defining `class FastVisionModel(FastLanguageModel)` with a
`for_training` static method. The alias erased the class binding, so
the documented `FastVisionModel.for_training(model)` call from upstream
Unsloth's VLM notebooks raised `AttributeError` on MLX.
Remove the offending alias. `FastVisionModel` is now a real subclass of
`FastLanguageModel` again — inherits `from_pretrained` /
`get_peft_model` / `for_inference`, exposes `for_training` as a no-op
pass-through (no-op because MLX doesn't have a train/eval mode flag;
the call exists purely for GPU/MLX notebook parity).
Verified end-to-end: Qwen3-VL-2B + LaTeX_OCR LoRA + vision LoRA via
FastVisionModel.from_pretrained → get_peft_model → for_training →
MLXTrainer.train runs 10 steps cleanly (loss 1.10 → 0.12, no NaNs,
peak 5.89 GB).
Studio's path (FastLanguageModel.from_pretrained for any repo,
auto-detect VLM in the loader) is unaffected. Tier-1 review finding #8.
* fix(mlx): restore FastVisionModel as a distinct class
unsloth/__init__.py was assigning `FastVisionModel = FastLanguageModel`
right after defining `class FastVisionModel(FastLanguageModel)` with a
`for_training` static method. The alias erased the class binding, so
the documented `FastVisionModel.for_training(model)` call from upstream
Unsloth's VLM notebooks raised `AttributeError` on MLX.
Remove the offending alias. `FastVisionModel` is now a real subclass of
`FastLanguageModel` again — inherits `from_pretrained` /
`get_peft_model` / `for_inference`, exposes `for_training` as a no-op
pass-through (no-op because MLX doesn't have a train/eval mode flag;
the call exists purely for GPU/MLX notebook parity).
Verified end-to-end: Qwen3-VL-2B + LaTeX_OCR LoRA + vision LoRA via
FastVisionModel.from_pretrained → get_peft_model → for_training →
MLXTrainer.train() runs 10 steps cleanly (loss 1.10 → 0.12, no NaNs,
peak 5.89 GB).
Studio's path (FastLanguageModel.from_pretrained for any repo,
auto-detect VLM in the loader) is unaffected. Tier-1 review finding #8.
* Studio: harden MLX training and export, restore GPU init guards
Studio export
Restore Tuple[bool, str, Optional[str]] contract on export_merged_model,
export_base_model, export_gguf, and export_lora_adapter, populating
output_path on successful local saves so routes/worker/CLI/frontend
details.output_path is non-empty again.
Lift the GPU save_method assignment out of the local-save branch so
Hub-only merged exports (save_directory='', push_to_hub=True) no longer
hit UnboundLocalError on the push branch.
For MLX merged and base hub-only export, stage to a tempfile.TemporaryDirectory
before push_to_hub_merged instead of passing save_directory=''.
Source _IS_MLX from unsloth instead of recomputing the platform check
(single source of truth, also enforces mlx-package availability).
Studio MLX training/inference
Pass token=hf_token into FastMLXModel.from_pretrained for gated/private
models, matching the inference path.
Strip hf_token and wandb_token from wandb.init(config=...) so secrets
do not leak into the W&B run config.
Replace load_from_disk(local_datasets[0]) with the existing
UnslothTrainer._resolve_local_files / _loader_for_files helpers so
uploaded JSON/JSONL/CSV/Parquet files train through the normal datasets
loader (load_from_disk still used for HF save_to_disk directories).
Make the dataset slice helper inclusive at the end and treat 0 as a real
index instead of "unset", matching the GPU and embedding paths.
Add a status_message -> message alias inside _send so the existing parent
pump (training.py) renders MLX status updates instead of blanks.
Forward min_p through generate_chat_response into _generate_text /
_generate_vlm and into make_sampler / vlm_kwargs so the sampling control
is no longer a no-op on MLX.
Wrap unsloth_zoo.mlx_loader / mlx_trainer imports with a clearer
ImportError pointing users at install.sh for Apple Silicon.
Exit the MLX stop-polling thread on EOFError/OSError instead of
busy-looping when the queue/pipe is permanently closed (one-line
why-safe rationale inline).
Studio frontend
ParamsSection subscribes to platform deviceType via the Zustand hook so
the gradient checkpointing dropdown re-renders after the async device
fetch completes.
Studio hardware
get_gpu_utilization MLX branch now reads _read_apple_gpu_stats once and
derives VRAM totals from psutil, removing the second ioreg subprocess
per utilization poll.
Unsloth core
Restore the os.geteuid == 0 guard around the CUDA ldconfig recovery
that was lost when GPU initialization moved into _gpu_init.py, plus the
non-root manual-fix warning branch. Non-root CUDA users no longer shell
out to ldconfig at import time.
Load dataprep/raw_text via importlib so the MLX import path no longer
pulls torch in through dataprep/__init__.py -> synthetic.py.
FastVisionModel.from_pretrained overrides the inherited delegator only
to inject text_only=False; this is an extension, not a duplication, and
is needed so VLM checkpoint loads keep the vision tower.
Wrap the MLX-branch unsloth_zoo import with a clearer ImportError.
* Studio: regression tests for MLX training/export and GPU init ldconfig guard
tests/python/test_gpu_init_ldconfig_guard.py asserts the geteuid root
check still wraps the ldconfig recovery and the non-root branch warns
bnb users; AST + source-text inspection so the test runs without torch.
tests/studio/test_export_output_path_contract.py covers the
Tuple[bool, str, Optional[str]] return contract on every export method,
the output_path assignment after successful local save, the Hub-only
GPU save_method binding fix, the MLX hub-only TemporaryDirectory
staging, and the single-source `_IS_MLX` import from unsloth.
tests/studio/test_mlx_training_worker_behaviors.py covers token
forwarding to FastMLXModel.from_pretrained, wandb config secret
stripping, file-aware local dataset loading, status_message ->
message aliasing, inclusive slice semantics, EOFError/OSError stop
thread exit, and the friendly mlx_loader / mlx_trainer ImportError.
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* fix(mlx): cap inference memory + release wired on unload + tame worker pre-pin
Three memory-hardening fixes for Studio's MLX path:
1. Inference applies the same Metal caps as the trainer.
load_model previously only called set_wired_limit(100% of recommended)
with no upper memory_limit, leaving large VLM checkpoints unbounded
during the loader allocation. Add _configure_memory_limits() that sets
memory_limit to 85% of recommended and wired_limit to min(recommended,
memory_limit) — matching MLXTrainer's defaults so behavior is the same
whether the user trains or just runs inference.
2. unload_model releases pinned memory back to the OS — but only when
the cache is empty. Without this, pinned wired bytes stayed allocated
to MLX after the model was gone, starving other apps. The release is
guarded on `not self.models` so unloading one of several cached
models doesn't un-pin weights still in use.
3. Worker pre-cap is conservative instead of aggressive.
The previous pre-pin set_wired_limit(100% of recommended) competed
with MLXTrainer's later more conservative cap. Replace with the same
85%-memory / min(rec, memory) pair that the trainer applies later
(idempotent re-apply). Bounds the model load + LoRA setup window
without over-pinning.
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* tests/studio: regression tests for the _IS_MLX dispatch gate
Two gates drive every MLX-vs-CUDA dispatch decision in Studio:
1. unsloth._IS_MLX in unsloth/__init__.py — evaluated once at import
time, read by Studio worker code to choose the GPU vs MLX trainer
and inference paths. Defined as
Darwin AND arm64 AND find_spec("mlx") is not None.
2. utils.hardware.detect_hardware() — runtime probe with priority
CUDA > XPU > MLX > CPU. The MLX branch is reached only when both
CUDA and XPU are unavailable and the host is Apple Silicon and
mlx is importable.
Neither gate had a direct test. Adds tests/studio/test_is_mlx_dispatch_gate.py
with six tests:
test_is_mlx_gate_uses_three_required_predicates
AST-walks unsloth/__init__.py and asserts the _IS_MLX assignment
is a BoolOp(And) of platform.system()=="Darwin",
platform.machine()=="arm64", and find_spec("mlx") is not None.
Catches accidental rewrites that drop a predicate.
test_is_mlx_gate_true_on_apple_silicon_with_mlx_present
Spoofs platform to Darwin/arm64, injects a fake mlx module so
find_spec returns a real ModuleSpec, re-evaluates the gate
expression. Verifies it flips True under the exact conditions
Studio expects.
test_is_mlx_gate_false_when_mlx_missing
Spoofs Apple Silicon but with mlx absent. Verifies the gate stays
False (so a Mac without mlx installed does not pretend to have
MLX support).
test_is_mlx_gate_false_on_non_apple_silicon
Canary on the actual Linux+CUDA / AMD / Intel test host: the gate
must remain False regardless of whether mlx happens to be
importable. Protects existing GPU users from accidental MLX
hijack when MLX support evolves.
test_detect_hardware_picks_mlx_when_only_apple_silicon_available
Forces torch.cuda and torch.xpu off, spoofs Apple Silicon, injects
fake mlx and mlx.core. detect_hardware() must return DeviceType.MLX.
test_detect_hardware_picks_cuda_on_real_host
Canary: on a real CUDA host detect_hardware() must return
DeviceType.CUDA. Protects against the MLX branch shadowing CUDA
dispatch on NVIDIA / AMD ROCm hosts.
Uses the same monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, ...) fake-mlx pattern as
the existing test_mlx_inference_backend.py — no new test infrastructure,
no real mlx install required.
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
* Add AGPL-3.0 SPDX header to Studio MLX regression tests
Four Studio MLX test files shipped without an SPDX-License-Identifier:
studio/backend/tests/test_mlx_training_worker_config.py
tests/studio/test_mlx_training_worker_behaviors.py
tests/studio/test_export_output_path_contract.py
tests/studio/test_is_mlx_dispatch_gate.py
They sit in or alongside studio/backend/, which is governed by
studio/LICENSE.AGPL-3.0, and exercise AGPL Studio code. Add the same
"# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only" header that's already on
test_mlx_inference_backend.py so the license declaration matches
the code under test rather than defaulting to the repo-root
Apache-2.0.
* Wrap MLX submodule imports with friendly install hint
The _IS_MLX block at the top of unsloth/__init__.py already catches the
missing-package case with a friendly install hint, but the follow-up
"from unsloth_zoo.mlx_trainer import ..." and "from unsloth_zoo.mlx_loader import ..."
lines run unguarded. An Apple Silicon user who has unsloth-zoo installed
but on an older version (e.g. the current PyPI release, before the MLX
modules ship) sees a raw ImportError on the submodule rather than the
hint that points at install.sh.
Wrap the two submodule imports in the same try/except shape so the
friendly install message fires whether the package is missing entirely
or just predates the MLX submodules. No-op once both packages release
together; smooths the transitional window where unsloth/main has merged
but unsloth-zoo on PyPI has not.
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