After the 7-step LoRA training run finishes and the in-memory
inference assertion passes, the smoke test now exports the trained
model in three formats, drops the in-memory model + trainer to
reclaim memory, and reloads each export from disk to re-run the
"<<HELLO!!>> My name is " inference assertion. Each reload is
expected to still complete with "Unsloth" -- catching round-trip
regressions where the saved weights silently corrupt or fail to
load.
Formats exercised:
- LoRA adapter via model.save_pretrained_merged(save_method="lora").
Reloaded with FastMLXModel.from_pretrained on the adapter dir;
the loader auto-detects adapter_config.json and pulls down the
base model.
- Merged 16-bit via model.save_pretrained_merged(save_method=
"merged_16bit"). Fuses LoRA into the base, dequantizes to fp16,
saves an HF-compatible safetensors directory. Reload via
FastMLXModel.from_pretrained on the saved dir.
- GGUF via model.save_pretrained_gguf(quantization_method=
"not_quantized"). Builds llama.cpp via cmake on the runner with
GGML_METAL=ON (only the llama-cli, llama-quantize, and
llama-gguf-split targets), then runs the produced bf16 GGUF
through llama-cli with a fixed seed and asserts "Unsloth" in
stdout. GGUF infra failures (cmake / build / convert) are
surfaced as RuntimeError so we notice -- if Mac CI starts hitting
build flakes the assertion can be softened.
Workflow timeout bumped 15 -> 25 min to budget for the llama.cpp
cmake build (~5-7 min on the macos-14 standard runner).
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