#5429 (cb15a7a5) tightened three production-path branches to
DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda" and torch.cuda.is_available() and added a
new else: SUPPORTS_BFLOAT16 = False arm to let `import unsloth.trainer`
survive on a CPU-only CI host. We already ship the package on Intel
XPU / AMD HIP / NVIDIA CUDA and don't want any extra branching in
those hot paths.
Move the entire CPU-CI handling to one place -- the top of
unsloth/device_type.get_device_type() -- so the UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU=1
sentinel short-circuits detection and returns "cuda" before any
torch probe runs. Every downstream DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda" branch
then behaves identically to a real CUDA host, with no additional
checks. The two existing duplicate UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU returns
later in the function are dropped (the new top-of-function check
covers both).
Revert the three call-site changes:
- unsloth/_gpu_init.py:212 -> back to `if DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda":`
- unsloth/_gpu_init.py:247 -> back to `if DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda":`
- unsloth/models/_utils.py:1207 -> back to `if DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda":`
- unsloth/_gpu_init.py: drop the new `else: SUPPORTS_BFLOAT16 = False`
branch (dead under the top-of-function short-circuit).
Keep the two env-var gates that are needed for zoo's drift detectors
to inspect pristine TRL source (no behavioural change on production
hosts that never set UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU):
- unsloth/_gpu_init.py: `if env != "1": _patch_trl_trainer()`
- unsloth/models/rl.py:PatchFastRL: `if env == "1": return`
Verified:
- CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=5 python -c "import unsloth.trainer" produces
UnslothSFTTrainer.__init__ (TRL still patched on real hosts).
- UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU=1 + aggressive cuda spoof import succeeds and
trl.SFTTrainer.__init__.__qualname__ stays SFTTrainer.__init__.
- pytest tests/_zoo_compiler_cache_shim.py -> 5 passed, 1 skipped.
Lets `import unsloth.trainer` succeed on hosts without a CUDA/XPU/HIP
accelerator (typical of zoo's source-inspection test matrix). The env
var is read exactly once per process via @functools.cache on
`get_device_type()`, so production hosts pay no runtime cost.
Three edits beyond the device_type fallback:
* `_gpu_init.py:212/247` -- the bf16 + libcuda/bnb setup blocks call
`torch.cuda.get_device_capability()` and `libcuda_dirs()`/`bnb.functional.lib.*`
unconditionally when DEVICE_TYPE == "cuda". Guard with
`and torch.cuda.is_available()` so the new CPU-CI sentinel doesn't
fault those.
* `_gpu_init.py:353` -- gate `_patch_trl_trainer()` (the
`_backwards_compatible_trainer.__init__` wrapper). Under
UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU we want pristine upstream TRL classes for
downstream `inspect.getsource(SFTTrainer)` drift detectors.
* `models/_utils.py:1196` -- same `and torch.cuda.is_available()` guard
for `get_device_capability()` at import time.
* `models/rl.py:PatchFastRL` -- early-return under UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU=1
so the heavier `patch_trl_rl_trainers()` (which replaces
`trl.SFTTrainer` with the compiled `UnslothSFTTrainer` class)
doesn't fire either. Without this gate the drift detectors that
do `inspect.getsource(SFTTrainer)` see the wrapper source and
spurious fail.
Local sanity: `UNSLOTH_ALLOW_CPU=1 python -c "import unsloth.trainer"`
succeeds on a CPU-only venv, `trl.SFTTrainer.__init__.__qualname__`
stays `SFTTrainer.__init__` (not `UnslothSFTTrainer.__init__`), and
`inspect.getsource(SFTTrainer)` still contains `self._signature_columns`.
Without the env var on a CUDA host, TRL is still patched normally
(verified `UnslothSFTTrainer.__init__`).
Strictly comment / docstring trims. AST-verified against 12295c1f via
scripts/verify_trim_comment_only.py:
* unsloth/import_fixes.py: collapse the 32-line peft+transformers-4.x
drift header to 10 lines; remove redundant per-stub docstrings and
per-step numbered comments inside fix_peft_transformers_weight_
conversion_import; keep one-line docstrings on helpers + on the
public entry-point.
* unsloth/_gpu_init.py: collapse the 8-line preamble above
fix_peft_transformers_weight_conversion_import() to 4 lines.
* tests/conftest.py: collapse the 13-line block comment above
_apply_unsloth_peft_import_fix_for_tests to 5 lines; tighten three
internal comments.
* import_fixes: stub transformers.conversion_mapping so peft 0.19.x imports on transformers 4.x
patch_peft_weight_converter_compatibility currently opens with
try:
from peft.utils import transformers_weight_conversion as twc
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
return
which silently no-ops on (peft 0.19.x, transformers 4.57.x): peft's
transformers_weight_conversion module unconditionally imports two
transformers-v5 submodules at module top
from transformers.conversion_mapping import ...
from transformers.core_model_loading import ...
and neither submodule exists on transformers < 5. peft itself only USES
those submodules inside an is_transformers_ge_v5 branch, but the top of
file import still explodes with
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'transformers.conversion_mapping'
The bare except above swallows that, so the weight converter compat
wrap never gets installed, and any downstream code that later does
from peft.utils import transformers_weight_conversion crashes with the
same ModuleNotFoundError.
Fix: synthesise minimal stub modules for transformers.conversion_mapping
and transformers.core_model_loading, install them into sys.modules, and
re-import peft.utils.transformers_weight_conversion so the kwargs compat
wrap can succeed on top. The stubs expose exactly the symbols peft 0.19.x
pulls in at module top (Concatenate / ConversionOps are real subclassable
classes since peft subclasses them as PeftConcatenate / FlattenDims /
PermuteDims), so peft's own class creation succeeds. None of the stubbed
callables actually fire on the 4.x branch because peft's runtime
is_transformers_ge_v5 gate keeps them unreachable.
Gating contract (strict no-op outside the (peft 0.19.x, transformers 4.x)
combination):
* No-op if peft is not installed.
* No-op if peft.utils.transformers_weight_conversion already imports
clean (transformers v5+, or any peft fork off the v5 path).
* Strictly additive: only stubs submodules that are currently missing
from sys.modules / find_spec. We never overwrite the real
transformers.conversion_mapping / transformers.core_model_loading
on transformers v5+.
* Idempotent: sentinel attribute (__unsloth_stub__) on the stub modules
makes a second call return False, a third call return False, etc.
* Surfaces drift unchanged: if peft fails for some reason OTHER than
these two specific missing submodules, the original ImportError is
left for the caller's own try/except to take over.
Forwards / backwards compatibility:
* transformers 4.57.6 -> install stubs.
* transformers 5.x (real submodules) -> first-import probe succeeds,
return False, never touch sys.modules.
* TRL 0.22 / 0.27 / 1.x -- none of these import either submodule
directly; they reach the peft conversion module (if at all) through
peft.tuners.tuners_utils, behind peft's own is_transformers_ge_v5
gate. Stubs are therefore unreachable from TRL on a 4.x install,
and on a 5.x install the real submodules win the import race.
* peft 0.18 / 0.19 / 0.20 -- the symbols stubbed cover the union of
what peft pulls at module top across the 0.19.x line; older peft
that doesn't import the v5 submodules at all hits the cheap
first-import-probe exit and we never touch sys.modules.
Wired into unsloth/_gpu_init.py to run BEFORE
patch_peft_weight_converter_compatibility (otherwise that function's
bare except would still silently no-op). Mirrors the equivalent fix
shipped in unsloth-zoo (the zoo-side stub installs itself via
apply_import_fixes() at zoo import time, but a user can run
unsloth without the zoo fix on an older unsloth_zoo, so the unsloth
side needs to own its own copy of the workaround).
tests/conftest.py is updated to pre-apply this specific fix via the
standalone import-fixes module so the GPU-free drift detector test
(tests/test_import_fixes_drift.py::test_peft_transformers_weight_conversion_importable_and_signature)
sees the same patched state that a real ``import unsloth`` would.
The pattern mirrors unsloth-zoo's tests/conftest.py
_apply_zoo_import_fixes_for_tests helper, scoped to just the peft fix.
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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.
Co-Authored-By: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
* 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.
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.
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>
* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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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