# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only # Copyright 2026-present the Unsloth AI Inc. team. All rights reserved. """ End-to-end MLX smoke test on real Apple Silicon -- multi-process driver. Two subcommands so the workflow can drive cold-start reloads in fresh Python processes (the way real users hit the load path): python run_real_mlx_smoke.py train --workdir DIR python run_real_mlx_smoke.py reload --format {lora|merged|gguf} --dir D The `train` subcommand: 1. Loads `unsloth/gemma-3-270m-it` via FastMLXModel.from_pretrained. 2. Applies LoRA r=8 on q/k/v/o. 3. Computes pre-training loss + grad norm via mx.nn.value_and_grad. 4. Trains 7 deterministic steps on a dataset of the SAME row repeated ("<> My name is Unsloth!"), with batch_size=2 and gradient_accumulation_steps=3 so each step processes 6 sequences and the run sees 42 sequences total. 5. Computes post-training loss + grad norm. 6. Generates from "<> My name is " and asserts "Unsloth" appears in the in-memory completion. 7. Saves the trained model in three formats: - LoRA adapter (save_pretrained_merged save_method="lora") - Merged 16-bit (save_pretrained_merged save_method="merged_16bit") - GGUF (save_pretrained_gguf, best-effort -- skipped with a clear reason if save raises; e.g. llama.cpp's convert_hf_to_gguf currently asserts on Gemma-3-270m's tokenizer vocab. Soft-skipped so the LoRA + merged checks continue to gate the PR.) 8. Emits `train_metrics.json` with per-phase timing / peak GPU / peak RSS / per-step losses / pre+post grad norms / generations / gguf_supported flag, for regression detection across CI runs. Reloads run as separate workflow steps so each is a fresh Python process. For lora / merged the reload uses FastMLXModel.from_pretrained directly. For gguf the reload spawns the llama-cli binary built by save_pretrained_gguf and parses stdout. Each subcommand emits `_reload_metrics.json` next to the saved dir. The two upstream unsloth_zoo bugs the earlier draft of this script worked around are fixed in unslothai/unsloth-zoo#627: GGUF export no longer raises NotImplementedError on Apple Silicon (llama_cpp.py catches it from the device_type module-level call) and LoRA reload via FastMLXModel.from_pretrained(lora_dir) works without an external config.json copy (mlx_loader.py preserves local_path when config.json is missing so the adapter_config.json branch can run). Determinism: seeds Python `random`, `numpy`, and `mlx.core.random` in every process before any MLX operation. Forwards `random_state=SEED` to FastMLXModel.from_pretrained / get_peft_model and `seed=SEED` to MLXTrainingConfig. Metal still has minor reduction-order nondeterminism, so loss assertions are bounds rather than exact. Only runnable on a real Apple Silicon host; invoked from .github/workflows/mlx-ci.yml on the macos-14 runner. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json import math import os import random as _random import resource import subprocess import sys import time from pathlib import Path import numpy as np SEED = 3407 TRAIN_TEXT = "<> My name is Unsloth!" PROMPT = "<> My name is " EXPECT_IN_OUTPUT = "Unsloth" MODEL_NAME = "unsloth/gemma-3-270m-it" # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Determinism + telemetry helpers # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def _seed_everything() -> None: _random.seed(SEED) np.random.seed(SEED) import mlx.core as mx mx.random.seed(SEED) def _peak_gpu_gb() -> float: import mlx.core as mx if not mx.metal.is_available(): return 0.0 # Newer MLX deprecates mx.metal.get_peak_memory in favour of the # top-level mx.get_peak_memory; fall back to the old API for # compatibility with older MLX versions still present in the # environment. getter = getattr(mx, "get_peak_memory", None) or getattr( mx.metal, "get_peak_memory", None ) if getter is None: return 0.0 try: return float(getter()) / (1024**3) except Exception: return 0.0 def _peak_rss_gb() -> float: """Peak resident set size for this process. macOS getrusage returns bytes; Linux returns kilobytes.""" rss = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF).ru_maxrss if sys.platform == "darwin": return float(rss) / (1024**3) return float(rss) / (1024**2) class Phase: """Wall-clock + memory tracker for a named phase. Records into a metrics dict so we can later JSON-dump for regression detection.""" def __init__(self, name: str, metrics: dict): self.name = name self.metrics = metrics def __enter__(self): self._t0 = time.perf_counter() print(f"\n=== phase:{self.name} START ===", flush = True) return self def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb): elapsed = time.perf_counter() - self._t0 peak_gpu = _peak_gpu_gb() peak_rss = _peak_rss_gb() self.metrics.setdefault("phases", {})[self.name] = { "elapsed_seconds": round(elapsed, 3), "peak_gpu_gb": round(peak_gpu, 3), "peak_rss_gb": round(peak_rss, 3), "ok": exc_type is None, } status = "OK" if exc_type is None else f"FAIL ({exc_type.__name__})" print( f"=== phase:{self.name} {status} elapsed={elapsed:.2f}s " f"peak_gpu={peak_gpu:.2f}GB peak_rss={peak_rss:.2f}GB ===", flush = True, ) return False # don't swallow exceptions def _compute_loss_and_grad_norm(model, tokenizer, text: str) -> tuple[float, float]: """One forward+backward of next-token cross-entropy on `text`. Returns (loss, ||grad||_2).""" import mlx.core as mx import mlx.nn as nn from mlx.utils import tree_flatten ids = list(tokenizer.encode(text)) eos_id = getattr(tokenizer, "eos_token_id", None) if eos_id is not None: ids.append(int(eos_id)) if len(ids) < 2: raise RuntimeError(f"text too short to compute loss: {len(ids)} tokens") inputs = mx.array([ids[:-1]], dtype = mx.int32) targets = mx.array([ids[1:]], dtype = mx.int32) def loss_fn(m): logits = m(inputs) return nn.losses.cross_entropy(logits, targets, reduction = "mean") loss_and_grad = nn.value_and_grad(model, loss_fn) loss_val, grad = loss_and_grad(model) norm_sq = mx.array(0.0, dtype = mx.float32) for _name, value in tree_flatten(grad): v = value.astype(mx.float32) norm_sq = norm_sq + mx.sum(v * v) return float(loss_val.item()), float(mx.sqrt(norm_sq).item()) def _write_metrics(path: Path, metrics: dict) -> None: path.write_text(json.dumps(metrics, indent = 2, default = str)) print(f"\n[metrics] wrote {path}", flush = True) print(json.dumps(metrics, indent = 2, default = str), flush = True) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # `train` subcommand # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def cmd_train(args) -> int: _seed_everything() metrics: dict = { "subcommand": "train", "seed": SEED, "model": MODEL_NAME, "train_text": TRAIN_TEXT, "prompt": PROMPT, "phases": {}, } workdir = Path(args.workdir).resolve() workdir.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True) import mlx.core as mx from unsloth_zoo.mlx.loader import FastMLXModel from unsloth_zoo.mlx.trainer import MLXTrainer, MLXTrainingConfig hf_token = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN") or None with Phase("load_base", metrics): model, tokenizer = FastMLXModel.from_pretrained( MODEL_NAME, load_in_4bit = False, dtype = "float16", text_only = True, max_seq_length = 128, random_state = SEED, token = hf_token, trust_remote_code = False, ) metrics["base_src_path"] = str(getattr(model, "_src_path", "") or "") mx.random.seed(SEED) with Phase("apply_lora", metrics): # Standard unsloth LoRA target set (q/k/v/o + gate/up/down). # With bs=2 grad_accum=3 (effective batch 6) the q/k/v/o-only # LoRA collapsed in 7 steps -- training loss kept dropping but # inference output the structural skeleton ("My name") without # recovering the specific "Unsloth" token. Including the MLP # projections gives the LoRA enough capacity to memorize the # training row at the larger effective batch. model = FastMLXModel.get_peft_model( model, r = 8, lora_alpha = 16, lora_dropout = 0.0, target_modules = [ "q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj", "gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj", ], use_gradient_checkpointing = False, random_state = SEED, finetune_language_layers = True, finetune_attention_modules = True, finetune_mlp_modules = True, ) with Phase("pre_train_grad_probe", metrics): pre_loss, pre_norm = _compute_loss_and_grad_norm(model, tokenizer, TRAIN_TEXT) metrics["pre_train_loss"] = round(pre_loss, 4) metrics["pre_train_grad_norm"] = round(pre_norm, 4) assert math.isfinite(pre_loss) and math.isfinite(pre_norm) and pre_norm > 0 losses_per_step: list[float] = [] with Phase("train", metrics): config = MLXTrainingConfig( per_device_train_batch_size = 2, gradient_accumulation_steps = 3, max_steps = 7, learning_rate = 1e-3, warmup_steps = 0, lr_scheduler_type = "constant", optim = "adamw", weight_decay = 0.0, max_grad_norm = 1.0, logging_steps = 1, max_seq_length = 64, seed = SEED, use_cce = False, compile = False, gradient_checkpointing = False, output_dir = str(workdir / "trainer_outputs"), save_steps = 0, eval_steps = 0, dataset_text_field = "text", ) trainer = MLXTrainer( model = model, tokenizer = tokenizer, train_dataset = [{"text": TRAIN_TEXT}] * 64, args = config, ) def _on_step(step, total, loss, lr, tok_s, peak_gb, elapsed, num_tokens): losses_per_step.append(round(float(loss), 4)) print( f" step {step}/{total} loss={loss:.4f} lr={lr:.2e} " f"tok/s={tok_s:.0f} peak={peak_gb:.2f}GB", flush = True, ) trainer.add_step_callback(_on_step) train_result = trainer.train() metrics["losses_per_step"] = losses_per_step metrics["train_summary"] = { k: train_result[k] for k in ( "train_loss", "train_runtime", "train_steps", "trained_tokens", "train_samples_per_second", "compile_enabled", "patch_mode", ) if k in train_result } assert len(losses_per_step) == 7, f"expected 7 logged steps, got {losses_per_step}" for i, l in enumerate(losses_per_step): assert math.isfinite(l) and 0 < l < 50, f"step {i+1} loss bad: {l}" assert ( losses_per_step[-1] < losses_per_step[0] * 1.1 ), f"loss diverged: {losses_per_step[0]} -> {losses_per_step[-1]}" with Phase("post_train_grad_probe", metrics): post_loss, post_norm = _compute_loss_and_grad_norm(model, tokenizer, TRAIN_TEXT) metrics["post_train_loss"] = round(post_loss, 4) metrics["post_train_grad_norm"] = round(post_norm, 4) assert post_loss < pre_loss, f"post {post_loss} >= pre {pre_loss}" from mlx_lm import generate with Phase("inference_in_memory", metrics): model.eval() in_mem_out = generate( model, tokenizer, prompt = PROMPT, max_tokens = 48, verbose = False, ) metrics["in_memory_generation"] = in_mem_out assert ( EXPECT_IN_OUTPUT in in_mem_out ), f"in-memory generation gibberish: {in_mem_out!r}" # Save LoRA. unsloth-zoo#627 fixed FastMLXModel.from_pretrained(lora_dir) # so the cold-start reload below works on the saved adapter dir directly. lora_dir = workdir / "lora" with Phase("save_lora", metrics): model.save_pretrained_merged( str(lora_dir), tokenizer = tokenizer, save_method = "lora", ) metrics["lora_dir"] = str(lora_dir) assert (lora_dir / "adapters.safetensors").exists() assert (lora_dir / "adapter_config.json").exists() # Save merged_16bit (full HF directory) merged_dir = workdir / "merged_16bit" with Phase("save_merged_16bit", metrics): model.save_pretrained_merged( str(merged_dir), tokenizer = tokenizer, save_method = "merged_16bit", ) metrics["merged_dir"] = str(merged_dir) assert any(merged_dir.glob("*.safetensors")) # Save GGUF (best-effort). save_pretrained_gguf clones llama.cpp, # builds it with cmake (Metal=ON), then runs convert_hf_to_gguf. # For some models -- including unsloth/gemma-3-270m-it as of # 2026-05-07 -- llama.cpp's converter asserts on the tokenizer vocab # (`assert max(tokenizer.vocab.values()) < vocab_size`) because the # tokenizer carries reserved IDs beyond the embedding matrix size. # That's an llama.cpp / convert_hf_to_gguf limitation, not an # unsloth_zoo bug. Soft-skip with a recorded reason so the LoRA + # merged_16bit assertions still gate the PR. gguf_dir = workdir / "gguf" metrics["gguf_supported"] = False metrics["gguf_skip_reason"] = None metrics["gguf_dir"] = str(gguf_dir) with Phase("save_gguf", metrics): try: model.save_pretrained_gguf( str(gguf_dir), tokenizer = tokenizer, quantization_method = "not_quantized", ) gguf_files = sorted(gguf_dir.glob("*.gguf")) if not gguf_files: raise RuntimeError(f"no .gguf produced in {gguf_dir}") metrics["gguf_supported"] = True metrics["gguf_files"] = [p.name for p in gguf_files] except Exception as e: err_text = f"{type(e).__name__}: {e}" if "AssertionError" in err_text or "tokenizer.vocab" in err_text: metrics["gguf_skip_reason"] = ( f"llama.cpp convert_hf_to_gguf asserted on tokenizer " f"vocab for {MODEL_NAME} (max(vocab IDs) >= " f"vocab_size). Downstream llama.cpp limitation, not " f"unsloth_zoo. Underlying error: {err_text}" ) else: metrics["gguf_skip_reason"] = err_text print(f" GGUF SKIPPED: {metrics['gguf_skip_reason']}", flush = True) metrics["final_peak_gpu_gb"] = round(_peak_gpu_gb(), 3) metrics["final_peak_rss_gb"] = round(_peak_rss_gb(), 3) _write_metrics(workdir / "train_metrics.json", metrics) return 0 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # `reload` subcommand (fresh process per format) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def cmd_reload(args) -> int: _seed_everything() save_dir = Path(args.dir).resolve() if not save_dir.exists(): raise SystemExit(f"reload dir not found: {save_dir}") metrics: dict = { "subcommand": "reload", "format": args.format, "dir": str(save_dir), "phases": {}, } if args.format == "gguf": return _reload_gguf(save_dir, metrics) import mlx.core as mx from unsloth_zoo.mlx.loader import FastMLXModel from mlx_lm import generate hf_token = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN") or None with Phase(f"reload_{args.format}", metrics): mx.random.seed(SEED) m, t = FastMLXModel.from_pretrained( str(save_dir), load_in_4bit = False, dtype = "float16", text_only = True, max_seq_length = 128, random_state = SEED, token = hf_token, ) m.eval() with Phase(f"generate_{args.format}", metrics): out = generate(m, t, prompt = PROMPT, max_tokens = 48, verbose = False) metrics["generation"] = out print(f" [reload:{args.format}] output: {out!r}", flush = True) assert ( EXPECT_IN_OUTPUT in out ), f"reload {args.format!r} produced gibberish for {PROMPT!r}: {out!r}" metrics["final_peak_gpu_gb"] = round(_peak_gpu_gb(), 3) metrics["final_peak_rss_gb"] = round(_peak_rss_gb(), 3) _write_metrics(save_dir.parent / f"{args.format}_reload_metrics.json", metrics) return 0 def _reload_gguf(save_dir: Path, metrics: dict) -> int: candidates = [ Path("llama.cpp/llama-cli"), Path("llama.cpp/build/bin/llama-cli"), ] llama_cli = next((c for c in candidates if c.exists()), None) if llama_cli is None: raise SystemExit(f"llama-cli not found; checked {candidates}") gguf_files = sorted(save_dir.glob("*.gguf")) if not gguf_files: raise SystemExit(f"no .gguf files in {save_dir}") gguf_path = gguf_files[0] with Phase("reload_gguf", metrics): proc = subprocess.run( [ str(llama_cli), "-m", str(gguf_path), "-p", PROMPT, "-n", "24", "--temp", "0", "--seed", str(SEED), "-no-cnv", "--no-warmup", ], capture_output = True, text = True, timeout = 300, ) metrics["llama_cli_returncode"] = proc.returncode metrics["generation"] = (proc.stdout or "")[:1500] metrics["stderr_head"] = (proc.stderr or "")[:600] print(f" [reload:gguf] stdout (head):\n{proc.stdout[:800]}", flush = True) if proc.returncode != 0: raise SystemExit( f"llama-cli exit {proc.returncode}; stderr head: {proc.stderr[:400]}" ) assert EXPECT_IN_OUTPUT in ( proc.stdout or "" ), f"GGUF reload gibberish for {PROMPT!r}: {proc.stdout[:400]!r}" metrics["final_peak_rss_gb"] = round(_peak_rss_gb(), 3) _write_metrics(save_dir.parent / "gguf_reload_metrics.json", metrics) return 0 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # CLI # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def main() -> int: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest = "cmd", required = True) p_train = sub.add_parser("train") p_train.add_argument("--workdir", required = True) p_reload = sub.add_parser("reload") p_reload.add_argument( "--format", required = True, choices = ["lora", "merged", "gguf"], ) p_reload.add_argument("--dir", required = True) args = parser.parse_args() if args.cmd == "train": return cmd_train(args) if args.cmd == "reload": return cmd_reload(args) return 1 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())