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"""Unit tests for the PRIME-RL composer-loss adapter.
Verifies parity with PRIME-RL's upstream ``default_loss_fn``
(``src/prime_rl/trainer/rl/loss.py`` lines 116-165). Hand-computed
expected values use the upstream formula; the parity test at the bottom
imports PRIME-RL itself (skip-marked when not installed) and compares
outputs end-to-end.
License: MIT.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import math
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Optional
import pytest
import torch
import warnings
from composer_replication.recipes.prime_rl.composer_loss import LossOutputs, loss_fn
def _loss_value(result) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Return the scalar loss tensor from either a LossOutputs struct or a
bare Tensor. The recipe wraps its return in LossOutputs to satisfy
PRIME-RL's setup_loss_fns contract; tests written against the older
bare-Tensor return path keep working through this helper.
"""
if isinstance(result, torch.Tensor):
return result
# LossOutputs: dataclass (upstream) or namedtuple (fallback).
return result.loss
# Try to import PRIME-RL upstream for the parity test; skip-mark if
# unavailable. PRIME-RL pulls in heavy deps (jaxtyping, beartype) and
# is not part of the framework's own test environment.
#
# Visibility: when the import fails we emit a UserWarning at module load
# so the skip is *visible* in pytest output ("PytestUnhandledThreadExceptionWarning"
# is too noisy; UserWarning is captured by pytest's default filterwarnings
# and printed in the run summary). Without this, CI without prime-rl
# silently never runs the parity test and a real divergence could go
# undetected for releases at a time.
try:
from prime_rl.trainer.rl.loss import ( # type: ignore[import-not-found]
LossInputs as PrimeRLLossInputs,
default_loss_fn as prime_rl_default_loss_fn,
)
from prime_rl.configs.trainer import ( # type: ignore[import-not-found]
DefaultLossConfig as PrimeRLDefaultLossConfig,
)
_HAS_PRIME_RL = True
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — broad: missing module, version skew, etc.
_HAS_PRIME_RL = False
warnings.warn(
"prime-rl is not importable in this environment; the upstream "
"parity test (test_parity_with_prime_rl_default_loss_fn) will be "
"skipped. The shadow-parity test below still runs against an "
"in-file reference reimplementation.",
UserWarning,
stacklevel=2,
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test double — duck-typed stand-in for PRIME-RL's LossInputs
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@dataclass
class FakeLossInputs:
trainer_logprobs: torch.Tensor
inference_logprobs: torch.Tensor
advantages: torch.Tensor
loss_mask: torch.Tensor
teacher_logprobs: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None
def _make_inputs(
seq: int = 8,
*,
same_logprobs: bool = True,
teacher: bool = False,
seed: int = 0,
) -> FakeLossInputs:
"""Build a realistic (seq,) LossInputs stand-in.
Uses ``requires_grad`` on ``trainer_logprobs`` so callers can also
sanity-check that the loss is differentiable end-to-end. Default
log-probs are clamped to a moderate negative range so
``exp(trainer_lp) - exp(inference_lp)`` stays inside the 0.2 PRIME-RL
default DPPO band — i.e. tokens are not all DPPO-masked by chance.
"""
g = torch.Generator().manual_seed(seed)
# Negative log-probs in [-2, -0.5] keep exp() in roughly [0.13, 0.6]
# so probs_diff differences stay tiny under small perturbation.
trainer = -(0.5 + 1.5 * torch.rand(seq, generator=g))
trainer = trainer.detach().clone().requires_grad_(True)
if same_logprobs:
# Tiny perturbation -> probs_diff ~ 0, no DPPO masking.
inference = trainer.detach().clone() + 0.001 * torch.randn(
seq, generator=g
)
else:
inference = -(0.5 + 1.5 * torch.rand(seq, generator=g))
advantages = torch.randn(seq, generator=g)
loss_mask = torch.ones(seq, dtype=torch.bool)
teacher_lp = torch.randn(seq, generator=g) if teacher else None
return FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer,
inference_logprobs=inference,
advantages=advantages,
loss_mask=loss_mask,
teacher_logprobs=teacher_lp,
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Reference re-implementation (independent restatement of upstream).
# Used by hand-computed expected-value tests so we don't accidentally
# encode our own bugs as ground truth.
#
# SHADOW-PARITY MAPPING
# ---------------------
# The body below is structurally identical to PRIME-RL's
# ``default_loss_fn`` at ``src/prime_rl/trainer/rl/loss.py`` lines
# 116-153 (commit pinned by /tmp/prime-rl-clone clone). The mapping,
# line-by-line, is:
#
# upstream line 133-135 -> ``log_ir = ...``,
# ``ir = torch.exp(log_ir)``
# (we elide the unused ``mismatch_kl``
# term — upstream returns it as a metric
# only; we drop metrics in the reference
# because our channel-1 loss is a scalar
# and we compare ``.loss`` only.)
# upstream line 137 -> ``probs_diff = exp(trainer_lp) - exp(inference_lp)``
# upstream line 138 -> ``invalid_high = probs_diff > dppo_mask_high``
# upstream line 139 -> ``invalid_low = probs_diff < -dppo_mask_low``
# upstream line 140 -> ``pos_adv = advantages > 0``
# upstream line 142 -> ``invalid = where(pos_adv, invalid_high, invalid_low)``
# upstream line 148 -> ``keep = loss_mask & ~invalid``
# (upstream uses ``& is_masked``; we
# pre-cast ``loss_mask`` via ``to(bool)``)
# upstream line 150 -> ``adv_tau * advantages`` (inlined)
# upstream line 151 -> ``pg = keep_f * (adv_tau * advantages) * ir``
# upstream line 152 -> ``kl = lm_f * log_ir**2``
# upstream line 153 -> ``return (-pg + kl_tau * kl).sum()``
#
# Differences (intentional, do not affect ``.loss``):
# * upstream returns ``LossOutputs(loss=..., metrics={...})``; we
# return only the loss scalar because the seven metric entries
# (lines 155-163) don't influence backward and are validated
# separately in ``test_parity_with_prime_rl_default_loss_fn``.
# * upstream casts via ``loss_mask & is_masked`` (Bool & Bool); our
# ``keep_f.to(trainer_lp.dtype)`` matches exactly because both
# ``keep_mask`` and ``loss_mask`` are bool tensors broadcast to
# ``trainer_lp.dtype`` for the float multiply.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def _reference_default_loss(
trainer_lp: torch.Tensor,
inference_lp: torch.Tensor,
advantages: torch.Tensor,
loss_mask: torch.Tensor,
*,
dppo_mask_high: float,
dppo_mask_low: float,
adv_tau: float,
kl_tau: float,
) -> torch.Tensor:
log_ir = trainer_lp - inference_lp
ir = torch.exp(log_ir)
probs_diff = torch.exp(trainer_lp) - torch.exp(inference_lp)
invalid_high = probs_diff > dppo_mask_high
invalid_low = probs_diff < -dppo_mask_low
pos_adv = advantages > 0
invalid = torch.where(pos_adv, invalid_high, invalid_low)
keep = loss_mask.to(torch.bool) & ~invalid
keep_f = keep.to(trainer_lp.dtype)
lm_f = loss_mask.to(trainer_lp.dtype)
pg = keep_f * (adv_tau * advantages) * ir
kl = lm_f * log_ir**2
return (-pg + kl_tau * kl).sum()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 1 — finite scalar on realistic (seq,) tensors
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_returns_finite_scalar():
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=16)
result = loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0)
# Must be a LossOutputs (dataclass when prime-rl is installed,
# NamedTuple fallback otherwise). PRIME-RL's setup_loss_fns reads
# ``.loss`` and ``.metrics`` from this struct.
assert hasattr(result, "loss") and hasattr(result, "metrics"), (
f"loss_fn must return a LossOutputs-shaped struct; got {type(result)}"
)
assert isinstance(result.metrics, dict)
assert "channel_1_pg_loss" in result.metrics
out = result.loss
assert isinstance(out, torch.Tensor)
assert out.shape == (), f"expected scalar, got shape {tuple(out.shape)}"
assert torch.isfinite(out).item()
# Differentiable: gradient flows to trainer_logprobs.
out.backward()
assert inputs.trainer_logprobs.grad is not None
assert torch.isfinite(inputs.trainer_logprobs.grad).all().item()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 2 — DPPO mask drops tokens whose probs_diff exceeds dppo_mask_high
# (advantage-conditioned: positive advantages use the high gate)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_dppo_mask_high_drops_positive_advantage_outliers():
"""Token with positive advantage and probs_diff > dppo_mask_high is dropped.
Build a 4-token sample where token 0 has ``probs_diff`` huge and
positive (trainer prob ~ 1, inference prob ~ 0) AND positive
advantage. Tokens 1..3 have tiny probs_diff. With the upstream
sign-conditioned gate, only token 0 should be dropped.
"""
# trainer_lp ~ 0 -> exp ~ 1; inference_lp = -10 -> exp ~ 4.5e-5.
# probs_diff[0] ~ 1.0 >> dppo_mask_high (0.2).
trainer_lp = torch.tensor(
[0.0, math.log(0.30), math.log(0.40), math.log(0.50)],
requires_grad=True,
)
inference_lp = torch.tensor(
[-10.0, math.log(0.31), math.log(0.39), math.log(0.51)]
)
advantages = torch.tensor([+5.0, +1.0, -1.0, +1.0])
mask = torch.ones(4, dtype=torch.bool)
inputs = FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp,
inference_logprobs=inference_lp,
advantages=advantages,
loss_mask=mask,
)
out = _loss_value(loss_fn(
inputs,
alpha_sdpo=0.0,
beta_dpo=0.0,
dppo_mask_high=0.2,
dppo_mask_low=0.2,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
))
expected = _reference_default_loss(
trainer_lp.detach(),
inference_lp,
advantages,
mask,
dppo_mask_high=0.2,
dppo_mask_low=0.2,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
)
assert torch.isclose(out, expected, atol=1e-5), (
f"got {out.item()}, expected {expected.item()}"
)
# Token 0 was DPPO-dropped from pg_loss but still contributes to kl_loss
# (loss_mask gates KL, not the DPPO mask). The pg gradient on token 0
# should be zero; KL contributes a small grad. We assert the pg path
# is masked by checking the gradient magnitude is dominated by the
# tiny kl_tau * 2 * log_ir term, not by the +5 advantage.
out.backward()
g0 = inputs.trainer_logprobs.grad[0].item()
# If pg weren't masked, |g0| would be on the order of
# advantage * importance_ratio * 1 ~ 5 * exp(10) ~ 1e5.
# With pg masked, |g0| is on the order of
# 2 * kl_tau * log_ir ~ 2 * 1e-3 * 10 = 0.02.
assert abs(g0) < 1.0, (
f"DPPO mask should suppress the pg gradient on token 0; got |g0|={abs(g0)}"
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 3 — DPPO mask catches the lower bound on negative-advantage tokens
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_dppo_mask_low_drops_negative_advantage_outliers():
"""Symmetric coverage: probs_diff < -dppo_mask_low drops a NEGATIVE-adv token."""
# Token 0: trainer prob ~ 0, inference prob ~ 1, so probs_diff ~ -1.
# Negative advantage -> the low gate applies -> dropped.
trainer_lp = torch.tensor(
[-10.0, math.log(0.30), math.log(0.40)], requires_grad=True
)
inference_lp = torch.tensor(
[0.0, math.log(0.31), math.log(0.39)]
)
advantages = torch.tensor([-5.0, +1.0, -1.0])
mask = torch.ones(3, dtype=torch.bool)
inputs = FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp,
inference_logprobs=inference_lp,
advantages=advantages,
loss_mask=mask,
)
out = _loss_value(loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0))
expected = _reference_default_loss(
trainer_lp.detach(),
inference_lp,
advantages,
mask,
dppo_mask_high=0.2,
dppo_mask_low=0.2,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
)
assert torch.isclose(out, expected, atol=1e-5)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 4 — sign-conditioning: a positive-advantage token whose probs_diff
# is *negative* (and large in magnitude) is NOT dropped, because the
# high gate doesn't fire on a negative probs_diff.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_dppo_mask_sign_conditioned_on_advantage():
"""A positive-advantage token with probs_diff < -dppo_mask_low survives.
PRIME-RL's gate is ``where(positive_advantages, invalid_high, invalid_low)``.
For positive advantages it only checks the upper bound, so
``probs_diff = -0.9`` with a positive advantage is KEPT; with a
negative advantage it would be DROPPED.
"""
# Token 0: probs_diff = exp(-10) - exp(0) ~ -1. Massively negative.
trainer_lp_pos = torch.tensor([-10.0], requires_grad=True)
inference_lp_pos = torch.tensor([0.0])
adv_pos = torch.tensor([+1.0])
mask = torch.ones(1, dtype=torch.bool)
inputs_pos = FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp_pos,
inference_logprobs=inference_lp_pos,
advantages=adv_pos,
loss_mask=mask,
)
out_pos = _loss_value(loss_fn(inputs_pos, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0))
# With positive advantage the LOW bound is not checked; the token is
# KEPT. pg = +1 * exp(-10 - 0) = ~4.5e-5; kl = (-10)^2 = 100.
# loss = -pg + 1e-3 * 100 ~ 0.1.
expected_pos = _reference_default_loss(
trainer_lp_pos.detach(),
inference_lp_pos,
adv_pos,
mask,
dppo_mask_high=0.2,
dppo_mask_low=0.2,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
)
assert torch.isclose(out_pos, expected_pos, atol=1e-5)
# Sanity: token wasn't masked, so kl_tau alone shouldn't dominate to
# zero — loss should be ~0.1, definitely not zero.
assert out_pos.item() > 0.05
# Same probs_diff but negative advantage -> DROPPED from pg.
trainer_lp_neg = torch.tensor([-10.0], requires_grad=True)
inputs_neg = FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp_neg,
inference_logprobs=inference_lp_pos,
advantages=torch.tensor([-1.0]),
loss_mask=mask,
)
out_neg = _loss_value(loss_fn(inputs_neg, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0))
expected_neg = _reference_default_loss(
trainer_lp_neg.detach(),
inference_lp_pos,
torch.tensor([-1.0]),
mask,
dppo_mask_high=0.2,
dppo_mask_low=0.2,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
)
assert torch.isclose(out_neg, expected_neg, atol=1e-5)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 5 — alpha_sdpo=0 must not raise (channel 2 disabled)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_alpha_sdpo_zero_does_not_raise():
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=6, teacher=True)
out = _loss_value(loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0))
assert torch.isfinite(out).item()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 6 — alpha_sdpo>0 still raises NotImplementedError
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_alpha_sdpo_nonzero_raises_not_implemented():
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=6, teacher=True)
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="SDPO"):
loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.5, beta_dpo=0.0)
def test_alpha_sdpo_nonzero_no_teacher_also_raises():
"""Defensive: even without teacher_logprobs, alpha_sdpo>0 must fail
rather than silently no-op."""
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=6, teacher=False)
with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.5, beta_dpo=0.0)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 7 — shape validation: (seq,) accepted, (B, T) rejected
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_advantages_shape_validates_seq_accepted():
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=12)
out = _loss_value(loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0))
assert out.shape == ()
def test_advantages_shape_validates_bt_rejected():
B, T = 2, 4
bad = FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=torch.zeros(B, T, requires_grad=True),
inference_logprobs=torch.zeros(B, T),
advantages=torch.zeros(B, T),
loss_mask=torch.ones(B, T, dtype=torch.bool),
)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="1-D"):
loss_fn(bad, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 8 — beta_dpo != 0 emits a warning but does not raise
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_beta_dpo_nonzero_warns():
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=8)
with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="DPO channel"):
out = _loss_value(loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.3))
assert torch.isfinite(out).item()
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 9 — config-validation knobs match PRIME-RL Field(..., ge=0)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"kw",
[
{"dppo_mask_high": -0.1},
{"dppo_mask_low": -0.1},
{"adv_tau": -0.1},
{"kl_tau": -0.1},
],
)
def test_negative_knobs_rejected(kw):
inputs = _make_inputs(seq=4)
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=">= 0"):
loss_fn(inputs, alpha_sdpo=0.0, beta_dpo=0.0, **kw)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 10 — disabling masking via wide bounds gives plain DPPO+KL on all
# tokens. This pins the "pure IS-corrected REINFORCE + KL" baseline.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_dppo_bounds_can_be_disabled():
"""Setting bounds to a huge value disables DPPO masking.
At dppo_mask_high=dppo_mask_low=1e6, ``probs_diff`` never exceeds the
threshold so ``keep_mask == loss_mask`` and the loss reduces to the
plain DPPO+KL on the whole sequence.
"""
seq = 4
trainer_lp = torch.tensor(
[math.log(0.10), math.log(0.30), math.log(0.20), math.log(0.40)],
requires_grad=True,
)
inference_lp = torch.tensor(
[math.log(0.11), math.log(0.31), math.log(0.21), math.log(0.39)]
)
advantages = torch.tensor([+1.0, -1.0, +0.5, -0.5])
mask = torch.ones(seq, dtype=torch.bool)
inputs = FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp,
inference_logprobs=inference_lp,
advantages=advantages,
loss_mask=mask,
)
out = _loss_value(loss_fn(
inputs,
alpha_sdpo=0.0,
beta_dpo=0.0,
dppo_mask_high=1e6,
dppo_mask_low=1e6,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
))
expected = _reference_default_loss(
trainer_lp.detach(),
inference_lp,
advantages,
mask,
dppo_mask_high=1e6,
dppo_mask_low=1e6,
adv_tau=1.0,
kl_tau=1e-3,
)
assert torch.isclose(out, expected, atol=1e-6)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Test 11 — PARITY against PRIME-RL upstream's default_loss_fn.
# Skip-marked when prime-rl is not installable.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.skipif(
not _HAS_PRIME_RL,
reason="prime-rl not installed; skipping upstream parity test",
)
def test_parity_with_prime_rl_default_loss_fn():
"""Run identical inputs through ours and PRIME-RL's; loss must match."""
seq = 32
g = torch.Generator().manual_seed(42)
trainer_lp = -(0.1 + 2.0 * torch.rand(seq, generator=g)).to(torch.float32)
inference_lp = (trainer_lp + 0.05 * torch.randn(seq, generator=g)).to(torch.float32)
advantages = torch.randn(seq, generator=g, dtype=torch.float32)
loss_mask = torch.ones(seq, dtype=torch.bool)
# Use PRIME-RL's defaults (dppo_mask_high=0.2, etc.) directly.
cfg = PrimeRLDefaultLossConfig() # type: ignore[name-defined]
upstream_inputs = PrimeRLLossInputs( # type: ignore[name-defined]
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp,
inference_logprobs=inference_lp,
teacher_logprobs=None,
advantages=advantages,
loss_mask=loss_mask,
)
upstream_out = prime_rl_default_loss_fn(upstream_inputs, cfg) # type: ignore[name-defined]
ours = _loss_value(loss_fn(
FakeLossInputs(
trainer_logprobs=trainer_lp.clone(),
inference_logprobs=inference_lp.clone(),
advantages=advantages.clone(),
loss_mask=loss_mask.clone(),
),
alpha_sdpo=0.0,
beta_dpo=0.0,
dppo_mask_high=cfg.dppo_mask_high,
dppo_mask_low=cfg.dppo_mask_low,
adv_tau=cfg.adv_tau,
kl_tau=cfg.kl_tau,
))
assert torch.isclose(ours, upstream_out.loss, atol=1e-5, rtol=1e-5), (
f"Parity mismatch with PRIME-RL upstream: ours={ours.item()}, "
f"upstream={upstream_out.loss.item()}"
)