ISSUE #45208: [Qwen3MoE] Potentially a bug on `Qwen3MoeSparseMoeBlock`
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Author: KbKuuhaku  |  Created: 2026-04-03T05:26:11Z

Hi,

I found a typing mismatch on [`Qwen3MoeSparseMoeBlock`](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/src/transformers/models/qwen3_moe/modeling_qwen3_moe.py#L275):

```python
class Qwen3MoeSparseMoeBlock(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, config: Qwen3MoeConfig):
        super().__init__()
        self.experts = Qwen3MoeExperts(config)
        self.gate = Qwen3MoeTopKRouter(config)

    def forward(self, hidden_states: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
        batch_size, sequence_length, hidden_dim = hidden_states.shape
        hidden_states_reshaped = hidden_states.view(-1, hidden_dim)
        _, routing_weights, selected_experts = self.gate(hidden_states_reshaped)
        final_hidden_states = self.experts(hidden_states_reshaped, selected_experts, routing_weights)
        return final_hidden_states.reshape(batch_size, sequence_length, hidden_dim)
```

if the code is correct, the return type of `forward` should be `torch.Tensor`. However, i don't know whether returning `routing_weights` is also needed or not. Also, `Qwen3MoeSparseMoeBlock` is used in `Qwen3MoeDecoderLayer` as  `self.mlp`, and there is a residual connection after `self.mlp(hidden_states)`:

```python
# Fully Connected
residual = hidden_states
hidden_states = self.post_attention_layernorm(hidden_states)
hidden_states = self.mlp(hidden_states)
hidden_states = residual + hidden_states
return hidden_states
```

If we return a tuple of tensors, `hidden_states = residual + hidden_states` will give this error
```bash
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'Tensor' and 'tuple'
```

Did i miss something? Should we also return the `routing_weights` for computing loss during training?

--- Comment by Rocketknight1 at 2026-04-08T12:29:47Z ---
Yes, it does seem like this is just an incorrect annotation. Would you be willing to open a PR for it?

--- Comment by KbKuuhaku at 2026-04-19T13:40:45Z ---
Sorry for the late reply, been busy working on my project last week, I think #45352 already fixed the typo, thanks for the fix!


ISSUE #45206: Gemma4: PLE (Per-Layer Embeddings) implementation is underdocumented and config is misleading
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: w4nderlust  |  Created: 2026-04-03T04:56:17Z

## Description

I was implementing Gemma4 inference from scratch (in Rust) and the Per-Layer Embeddings (PLE) system was by far the hardest part to get right. The config fields are misleading, the embedding type is non-obvious, and the full pipeline involves several undocumented steps. Sharing this in case it helps others and in case you want to improve the docs.

### Problem 1: `hidden_size_per_layer_input` is ambiguous

The config says `hidden_size_per_layer_input: 256`, which sounds like it's the embedding dimension. But `embed_tokens_per_layer.weight` has shape `[262144, 8960]` where `8960 = 35 layers * 256`. The actual embedding dimension is `num_hidden_layers * hidden_size_per_layer_input`, not `hidden_size_per_layer_input` alone.

This confused me because the `__init__` in `Gemma4TextModel` seems like it should create `nn.Embedding(vocab, 256)` but then loading the pretrained weight of shape `[vocab, 8960]` would fail. (It doesn't fail because `from_pretrained` handles the resize, but it's not obvious from reading the code.)

### Problem 2: `embed_tokens_per_layer` is secretly a `Gemma4TextScaledWordEmbedding`

The PLE embedding isn't a plain `nn.Embedding`. It's a `Gemma4TextScaledWordEmbedding` that multiplies the lookup result by `sqrt(hidden_size_per_layer_input) = sqrt(256) = 16.0`.

This isn't mentioned anywhere in the config, the docstrings, or the model card. I only found it by inspecting `type(lm.embed_tokens_per_layer).__name__` after my outputs were 16x too small.

### Problem 3: The full PLE pipeline has undocumented steps

The actual PLE computation involves:

1. Token-identity: `embed_tokens_per_layer(input_ids)` (scaled by sqrt(256)) -> reshape to `[B, S, num_layers, ple_dim]`
2. Context-aware projection: `per_layer_model_projection(inputs_embeds)` (a Linear) -> scale by `1/sqrt(hidden_size)` -> reshape to `[B, S, num_layers, ple_dim]` -> RMSNorm (`per_layer_projection_norm`)
3. Combine: `(context_projection + token_identity) * (1/sqrt(2))`
4. Each layer `i` gets `per_layer_inputs[:, :, i, :]`

This involves weights that aren't mentioned in the config at all:
- `per_layer_model_projection` (Linear, hidden_size -> num_layers * ple_dim)
- `per_layer_projection_norm` (RMSNorm, dim=ple_dim)
- Two hardcoded scale factors: `1/sqrt(hidden_size)` and `1/sqrt(2)`

The `get_per_layer_inputs()` and `project_per_layer_inputs()` methods implement this, but there are no docstrings explaining the overall pipeline or the scale factors.

## Suggestion

Adding a docstring to `Gemma4TextModel` (or the config class) explaining:

1. That `hidden_size_per_layer_input` is the per-layer dimension, and the total embedding dim is `num_hidden_layers * hidden_size_per_layer_input`
2. That the PLE embedding is scaled by `sqrt(hidden_size_per_layer_input)`
3. A brief description of the full PLE pipeline (token lookup + context projection + norm + combine with scale factors)

This would save a lot of pain for anyone implementing Gemma4 outside of HuggingFace transformers (e.g. llama.cpp, candle, mlx, etc.).

## Environment

- transformers 5.5.0
- Model: google/gemma-4-E2B-it


ISSUE #45205: Gemma4: chat_template missing from tokenizer_config.json, requires manual loading from separate file
State: open  |  Labels:
Author: w4nderlust  |  Created: 2026-04-03T04:55:51Z

## Description

The Gemma4 models (e.g. `google/gemma-4-E2B-it`) don't include `chat_template` in `tokenizer_config.json`. The chat template is shipped as a separate `chat_template.jinja` file instead.

This means the standard `tokenizer.apply_chat_template()` workflow fails out of the box:

```python
from transformers import AutoTokenizer

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("google/gemma-4-E2B-it")
tokenizer.apply_chat_template([{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}], tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True)
```

```
ValueError: Cannot use chat template functions because tokenizer.chat_template is not set
and no template argument was passed!
```

## Workaround

You have to manually load the Jinja file and set it on the tokenizer:

```python
import os
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download

chat_template_path = hf_hub_download("google/gemma-4-E2B-it", "chat_template.jinja")
with open(chat_template_path) as f:
    tokenizer.chat_template = f.read()
```

## Expected behavior

`tokenizer.chat_template` should be set automatically when loading the tokenizer, either by embedding the template in `tokenizer_config.json` (like other models do) or by having `AutoTokenizer` detect and load the `.jinja` file automatically.

This affects all Gemma4 variants I tested: E2B-it, E4B-it.

## Environment

- transformers 5.5.0
- Python 3.14
- macOS

--- Comment by w4nderlust at 2026-04-03T05:14:12Z ---
Quick correction: the `chat_template.jinja` IS auto-loaded correctly by transformers when the file is present in the model directory. The issue is that the chat template is only in a separate `.jinja` file and not embedded in `tokenizer_config.json`.

This means any deployment that downloads only the standard tokenizer files (tokenizer.json + tokenizer_config.json) without also downloading `chat_template.jinja` will silently end up with `tokenizer.chat_template = None`.

This is really a model packaging issue rather than a transformers bug. I'll open a PR on the model repo to embed the template in `tokenizer_config.json`. Other Gemma models (e.g. Gemma 3) do embed it, so this seems like an oversight.

--- Comment by zucchini-nlp at 2026-04-07T11:56:08Z ---
Not sure what you mean by embedding jinja template in a config, since loading an `AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained` loads the template as well (checked with your code snippet). We have moved from storing templates inside tokenizer/processor config to storing them in a separate jinja file. It gives us visually better template inspection and allows to load the same config, no matter if we're loading a tokenizer or a processor

So if you meant to copy the contents of template inside a `tokenizer_config.json`, that should not be the case

--- Comment by w4nderlust at 2026-04-08T22:23:22Z ---
@zucchini-nlp I see! So from_pretrained already auto-loads .jinja files from chat_template.jinja and additional_chat_templates/ — that's good. But this caused confusion for me when working on Nemotron (PR #45300) because older model versions on the hub didn't have this structure yet.

Would be helpful to document this auto-discovery behavior more prominently, especially for users upgrading from older model versions.

Here's a proposed documentation addition (replaced the backticks with $$$ for avoiding messing up rendering in GitHub):

```markdown
## Automatic `.jinja` File Loading

When you use `AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained()`, the transformers library automatically discovers and loads chat templates from separate `.jinja` files. This allows for better template inspection and reusability across tokenizers and processors.

### File Locations

Templates are auto-loaded from two locations:

1. **Default template**: `chat_template.jinja` in the model's root directory
2. **Additional templates**: Any `.jinja` files in the `additional_chat_templates/` directory

### How It Works

When loading a model, transformers will:
- First check for a `chat_template` field in `tokenizer_config.json`
- If not present, look for `.jinja` files and auto-load them
- Render templates using the Jinja2 templating engine

### Example Repository Structure

$$$
model-repo/
├── config.json
├── tokenizer_config.json          # May or may not have chat_template field
├── chat_template.jinja            # Automatically loaded
├── additional_chat_templates/
│   ├── system_prompt.jinja
│   └── function_calling.jinja
└── ...other model files...
$$$

### Inline vs. File-Based Templates

**File-based (recommended for new models):**
- Separate `.jinja` files are automatically discovered and loaded
- Better for visual inspection and maintenance
- Default approach for recent models (Gemma2, Mistral, etc.)

**Inline templates (legacy):**
- Templates stored directly in `tokenizer_config.json`
- Still fully supported but may be less maintainable for complex templates

### Backward Compatibility

Older models may have chat templates embedded only in `tokenizer_config.json`. When upgrading to newer versions of transformers, ensure your model repository includes the `.jinja` files or the `chat_template` field in the config to maintain compatibility.

$$$python
from transformers import AutoTokenizer

# Works with both inline and file-based templates
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("model-id")
tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False)
$$$

Both approaches work seamlessly with `apply_chat_template()`.
```

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--- Comment by w4nderlust at 2026-05-06T22:00:37Z ---
I think the suggested documentation, at a minimum, is warranted

--- Comment by zucchini-nlp at 2026-05-07T09:29:39Z ---
@stevhliu re docs

Not sure if we have it anywhere about how the legacy is resolved with chat templates. We had like 2-3 different ways to save it in the past, so i understand the confusion

--- Comment by stevhliu at 2026-05-07T15:42:25Z ---
yeah we should definitely add some docs for this! i'll take a look and add something for it :)


ISSUE #45203: Add PolarQuant quantization: Hadamard-rotated Lloyd-Max optimal weights + KV cache
State: open  |  Labels:
Author: caiovicentino  |  Created: 2026-04-03T01:52:14Z

## 🚀 Feature request

### Motivation

PolarQuant is a quantization method that uses **Walsh-Hadamard rotation + Lloyd-Max optimal centroids** for both weight compression and KV cache compression. It achieves better PPL per bit than existing methods because:

1. **Hadamard rotation** decorrelates weight/activation values → distribution becomes Gaussian
2. **Lloyd-Max quantization** is provably MSE-optimal for Gaussian distributions
3. **No calibration data needed** — unlike GPTQ/AWQ, works on any model instantly

### Results

Tested on Qwen3.5-9B (WikiText-2 PPL, lower is better):

| Method | Bits | PPL | Δ vs FP16 |
|--------|------|-----|-----------|
| FP16 Baseline | 16 | 6.37 | — |
| **PolarQuant Q5 + INT4** | **~4** | **6.54** | **+0.17** |
| torchao INT4 (absmax) | 4 | 6.68 | +0.31 |
| BnB NF4 | 4 | ~6.7 | +0.33 |

PolarQuant beats torchao INT4 by **0.14 PPL** at the same effective bit-width — a significant gap.

### Proposal

Add `PolarQuantConfig` as a native quantization method in transformers, with two components:

#### 1. Weight Quantization (`PolarQuantConfig`)

```python
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, PolarQuantConfig

model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    "google/gemma-4-31B-it",
    quantization_config=PolarQuantConfig(weight_bits=5, kv_bits=3),
    device_map="auto",
)
```

Pipeline: Load BF16 → Hadamard rotate → Lloyd-Max Q5 quantize → dequant → torchao INT4

#### 2. KV Cache Compression (`PolarQuantCache`)

```python
from transformers import PolarQuantCache

outputs = model.generate(
    input_ids,
    past_key_values=PolarQuantCache(num_layers=60, nbits=3),
    max_new_tokens=512,
)
```

This provides **5.3x KV cache compression** (16-bit → 3-bit), enabling much longer context on consumer GPUs. Currently, `QuantoQuantizedCache` is the only built-in quantized cache option.

### Why not use existing methods?

| Feature | PolarQuant | torchao | BnB | GPTQ | AWQ |
|---------|-----------|---------|-----|------|-----|
| Calibration-free | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| KV cache compression | ✅ (Q2/Q3/Q4) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Hadamard rotation | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Optimal centroids | ✅ (Lloyd-Max) | ❌ | NF4 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Best PPL at 4-bit | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | Close | Close |

### Implementation plan

1. `PolarQuantConfig` in `quantization_config.py`
2. `PolarQuantHfQuantizer` in `quantizers/quantizer_polarquant.py`
3. `PolarQuantCache` in `cache_utils.py` (extending existing `QuantizedCacheConfig`)
4. Tests + documentation

The implementation is self-contained (~500 lines) with scipy as the only additional dependency (for Lloyd-Max centroid computation, runs once at init).

### References

- **Paper**: [PolarQuant: Hadamard-Rotated Lloyd-Max Quantization for LLM Compression](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29078)
- **Code**: [github.com/caiovicentino/polarengine-vllm](https://github.com/caiovicentino/polarengine-vllm)
- **Models**: [HuggingFace Collection](https://huggingface.co/collections/caiovicentino1/polarquant-models-69cbc96292c5174df2088b08) (36 quantized models)

### Proven at scale

- Gemma 4 31B-it: 62.5 GB → 21.5 GB (fits RTX 4090), 24.9 tok/s
- Qwen3.5 9B: 17.9 GB → 6.5 GB, 43.1 tok/s, PPL 6.54
- Qwen3.5 27B: → 17.7 GB, PPL 5.37
- 36 models published on HuggingFace

Happy to implement if there's interest from maintainers!

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-04-06T03:38:15Z ---
## Update: 49 models quantized, video models validated

Since opening this issue, we've significantly expanded PolarQuant validation:

### Scale
- **49 models** published on HuggingFace (was 36)
- Now includes **LLMs, MoE, video generation, image generation, and diffusion models**
- Models from Google, Qwen, NVIDIA, Tencent, Netflix, Lightricks, H Company

### New results

**Video models (first quantization method to compress video generators):**

| Model | Original | PQ5 | Reduction | cos_sim |
|-------|----------|-----|-----------|---------|
| HY-OmniWeaving (Tencent) | 79 GB | 28 GB | -65% | 0.9986 |
| LTX-2.3 (22B, Lightricks) | 46 GB | 15 GB | -68% | 0.9986 |
| VOID (Netflix) | 42 GB | 13 GB | -69% | 0.9986 |
| CogVideoX-5b-I2V | 21.6 GB | 8.7 GB | -60% | 0.9986 |

Video generation validated end-to-end: [demo video](https://huggingface.co/caiovicentino1/HY-OmniWeaving-PolarQuant-Q5)

**MoE models:**

| Model | Experts | Original | PQ5 Codes |
|-------|---------|----------|-----------|
| Holo3-35B-A3B | 256 experts, 8 active | 70 GB | 21.9 GB |
| GLM-4.7-Flash | 64 experts, 4 active | 61 GB | 19 GB |
| Gemma-4-26B-A4B | 128 experts | 25.2 GB | — |

**Benchmark (PQ5 beats BF16):**

| Benchmark | BF16 | PQ5+INT4 | Delta |
|-----------|------|----------|-------|
| HellaSwag | 64.5% | **67.0%** | **+2.5%** |
| Winogrande | 72.5% | **73.0%** | **+0.5%** |
| VRAM | 56.4 GB | 18.7 GB | -67% |

*(Qwopus3.5-27B, 0-shot, n=200)*

### Implementation readiness

The `PolarQuantConfig` + `PolarQuantCache` implementation is ready (~500 lines). We'd be happy to submit a PR if there's interest from maintainers.

Key advantage over existing quantizers: **no calibration data needed** + **KV cache compression** (currently only `QuantoQuantizedCache` exists in transformers).

cc @SunMarc @TheBloke @sayakpaul — would love feedback on whether this fits the transformers quantization roadmap.

All models: https://huggingface.co/collections/caiovicentino1/polarquant-models-69cbc96292c5174df2088b08

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-04-08T09:27:50Z ---
We use Hadamard rotation too but followed it with E8 lattice VQ instead of Lloyd-Max scalar quantization. One thing we found that might be relevant:

Phi-3-mini has head_dim=96 (not power of 2). Hadamard needs power-of-2 dimensions, so we zero-pad to 128 before the transform and slice back after. Works fine, no quality penalty from the padding. Might be worth handling in PolarQuant too if you hit non-standard models.

Also, if you test on Qwen models, heads up that they need the first/last 2 layers left uncompressed or quality collapses. We saw this on Qwen2.5-7B with both our E8 approach and basic Hadamard+quant. Seems to be a Qwen architecture thing, not quantizer-specific.

Our code for reference: https://github.com/jagmarques/nexusquant

--- Comment by Rocketknight1 at 2026-04-09T13:26:44Z ---
cc @SunMarc

--- Comment by SunMarc at 2026-04-09T14:11:22Z ---
Hey @caiovicentino, I'm not sure if this is worth adding for model weights unless it is supported by popular serving tools like vllm or there is enough interest from the community.  However, for KV Cache, I think it can be worth adding it but from this blogpost maybe it will be even better consider adding turboquant as it also relies on polarquant ? https://research.google/blog/turboquant-redefining-ai-efficiency-with-extreme-compression/

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-04-09T19:18:10Z ---
Thanks @SunMarc and @jagmarques — both comments are actionable. Let me address each.

## Re @SunMarc — KV cache first, weights conditional

Agreed this is the right framing. Let me clarify where PolarQuant stands on both axes:

**vLLM adoption (weights):**
- Our PR [vllm-project/vllm#37190](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/37190) is open and under active review. Latest validated numbers: 37.4 tok/s on RTX PRO 6000 for a 35B MoE in INT4 with expert offloading (1.58x the all-in-GPU baseline of 23.6 tok/s)
- Several models already serve natively via standard GPTQ / CompressedTensors formats (zero plugin):
  - `Qwopus3.5-9B-v3-PolarQuant-v7-GPTQ` — 67.07% HumanEval (narrowly edges out 66.87% BF16 on this specific benchmark — at 9B scale and standard mode only; the 27B thinking-mode story is more complicated and the BF16 baseline wins there)
  - `Qwopus-MoE-35B-A3B-PolarQuant-Q5` — PPL 6.56 on full WikiText-2 (295K tokens), low-PPL regime
- The honest take: for serving, PolarQuant is primarily a **distribution format** that decodes into standard INT4/GPTQ. The runtime story is already covered by existing transformers quantizers. Which is why we agree weight quantization doesn't have a clear case here.

**TurboQuant connection — you're right to flag it:**
Google's TurboQuant uses random rotations + uniform quantization, which is conceptually adjacent to our Hadamard rotation + Lloyd-Max. The shared insight is that **rotation before quantization kills outliers cheaply**. They extend it with dimension-adaptive rotations which we haven't explored — potentially foldable into a unified "rotation-based cache quantization" path.

**Proposed scope for a KV cache PR:**
1. `PolarQuantizedCache` class implementing the `Cache` interface
2. 5-bit codes for K and V with per-head-group scales
3. Hadamard rotation on `head_dim` before quantization (shared utility)
4. Test suite: PPL correctness + memory reduction + latency benchmarks
5. Docs + example in `docs/source/en/kv_cache.md`
6. Benchmarks on Llama-3.1-8B and Qwen3-7B comparing with `QuantoQuantizedCache`

If that lands cleanly and shows clear wins vs Quanto, weight quantization can follow later based on ecosystem pull. Does this scope work for you? Happy to start the PR once we have your ack on direction.

## Re @jagmarques — Phi-3 padding + Qwen layer quirks

Both points are extremely useful, thank you.

**Phi-3-mini head_dim=96:**
Yes — we handle this by zero-padding to 128 before the transform and slicing back after. Confirmed no quality penalty in our testing either. I'll document this clearly in the `PolarQuantizedCache` implementation so non-power-of-2 head dims "just work".

**Qwen first/last 2 layers uncompressed:**
This aligns with what another tester ([Arien0](https://huggingface.co/caiovicentino1/Qwopus3.5-9B-v3-PolarQuant-Q5/discussions/3)) independently reported today on Qwen3.5 weight quantization. Their broader list of precision-sensitive layers:
- `linear_attn.*`
- `mtp.*` (MTP head)
- `lm_head`
- `embed_tokens`
- `norm.*`
- First/last 2 decoder layers (your observation)

Would you mind if I tag you on the KV cache PR when it's up? You've clearly tested more edge cases than I have — a cross-check against the E8 lattice VQ approach would be valuable.

Also curious: how did E8 lattice VQ compare to scalar Lloyd-Max at equivalent bits on Qwen2.5-7B? Happy to compare notes if you're open to it.

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-04-09T19:23:20Z ---
Yeah tag me on the PR, happy to cross-check. On E8 vs Lloyd-Max on Qwen: we only have 1.5B data so far (2 KV heads, needs boundary=1 or it blows up). Haven't run 7B yet. The Arien0 layer list is useful, we found the same first/last 2 layers thing independently on Qwen2.5-1.5B. Will share numbers when we have them on 7B.

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-04-09T19:33:13Z ---
@jagmarques thanks — yes, absolutely will tag you on the PR when it's up. But thinking about this more, reviewing a finished PR isn't the right shape of engagement here when you already have complementary infrastructure running. Let me propose something better than just tagging, on top of the PR review.

Independent confirmation of the first/last 2 layers thing across two testers is genuinely useful — you on Qwen2.5-1.5B, Arien0 on Qwen3.5-9B. Two independent observations on different Qwen sizes converging on the same layer carve-out is a strong signal. We'll bake that into the default config for the `PolarQuantizedCache` implementation.

## Technical question on your E8 setup

When you say "2 KV heads, needs boundary=1 or it blows up" — is that the lattice decoder boundary parameter (how far to search from the query point during codebook lookup)? And is the failure mode runtime divergence, quality collapse, or numerical overflow on the small-head case?

We use scalar Lloyd-Max in PolarQuant specifically to sidestep the codebook-search complexity of lattice VQ, but we haven't rigorously compared at the same bitrate.

Also: does your E8 setup also skip `lm_head`, `embed_tokens`, and the norm layers (per Arien0's broader list), or does lattice VQ handle those fine without the carve-out?

## Proposal — align before the PR lands, not just at review time

You'll still get tagged on the PR when it opens (as you asked), but there's real value in aligning earlier since you already have the parallel setup. Concrete ideas, pick whichever works:

1. **Shared scope doc / gist.** I can start one with the 6-point scope from my earlier reply to @SunMarc, and you can redline what's missing or wrong from the E8 / lattice VQ angle. This locks the PR boundary before code lands.

2. **Your E8 reference, if sharable.** A paper, repo, or even just a sketch of the head_dim padding + lattice decoder. Not to copy — to make the scalar vs lattice comparison clean when numbers land.

3. **Your 1.5B numbers are already load-bearing.** If E8 meaningfully beats scalar Lloyd-Max at 5-bit on the same head_dim, the cache implementation probably needs to support both. If they're roughly equivalent, scalar wins on throughput and we simplify. I'd rather see your 1.5B results now and align on harness than discover a meaningful gap after the PR is written.

4. **Harness convergence.** Are you using `lm_eval` for PPL + downstream, or something custom? Our weight-quant benchmarks have been WikiText-2 PPL + HumanEval, but KV cache eval is a different beast. Happy to converge on one protocol so our numbers are directly comparable when your 7B run completes.

We can keep the technical back-and-forth on this issue thread if you prefer visibility, or move to a gist / private channel if it gets noisy. Your call.

Our current runs have been on Qwen3.5 series (9B, 27B, MoE). We haven't tested Qwen2.5-1.5B or Qwen2.5-7B yet, so your 7B results would be a genuine apples-to-apples comparison against PolarQuant scalar Lloyd-Max if we coordinate on the harness first.

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-04-09T19:54:48Z ---
boundary=1 means the first and last decoder layers stay at full precision (fp16 KV, no quantization). On Qwen2.5-1.5B with 2 KV heads, compressing those layers produces PPL in the millions. With boundary=1, E8 3-bit quant-only drops to +0.22%. Pure quality collapse, not numerical overflow.

We don't touch lm_head, embed_tokens, or norms since our pipeline only compresses the KV cache, not weights. The broader layer list from Arien0 is weight-quant specific.

Harness: PPL on multi-topic passages plus needle-in-a-haystack for factual recall. Our repo has the pipeline code, the E8 implementation is in nexusquant/core/e8_lattice.py.

At 3-bit, E8 lattice and scalar quant are both near-lossless on Gemma-2-2b. The gap shows at 2-bit where E8 gives +0.15% vs uniform scalar at +5.33%. Whether Lloyd-Max closes that gap at 2-bit is the comparison we haven't run yet.

--- Comment by SunMarc at 2026-04-10T13:45:47Z ---
Happy to have a PR for `PolarQuantizedCache` @caiovicentino !

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-04-10T19:55:52Z ---
Saw @caiovicentino closed the first PR at #45364 after flagging the TurboQuant overlap. Left a longer reply there with our multi-needle numbers on Qwen2.5-7B and Gemma-2-2b: tldr is single-needle tests at position 0.25 happened to favor different quantizers on different models, but at 0.5 and 0.75 the story changes. On the 8+ KV head models (Mistral-7B, Llama-3-8B, Qwen3-8B) all quantizers we tested pass NIAH at every position. Will run whatever the next PR shape looks like on our harness.

--- Comment by Quentin-M at 2026-04-11T00:15:16Z ---
> unless it is supported by popular serving tools like vllm or there is enough interest from the community

Incredibly excited about @caiovicentino's models - they are incredibly tiny which unlocks very real & very practical use-cases.
My modest hardware was able to cram STT/TSS models, as well as a VT model in the freed space... It's ridiculously amazing, and unlocked the multi-modal capabilities I was seeking without having to fork another $15,000 in GPUs. Scale that up to a datacenter-scale, and there are literal billions to be saved.

The lack of calibration requirement is another major improvement.
PolarQuant / HLWQ truly can't be ignored.

Thank you for your work @caiovicentino.
I am following your models closely, I will swap my Voxtral by your HLWQ version today.

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-04-11T01:17:51Z ---
Thank you both — @Quentin-M for the deployment story (the $15k GPU displacement is exactly what I hoped this work would unlock for people on modest hardware), and @jagmarques for being willing to run future work on your NIAH harness.

Quick context for the rest of the thread, since the naming changed mid-stream: the WEIGHT-quantization track has been renamed **HLWQ** (Hadamard-Lloyd Weight Quantization) because I discovered "PolarQuant" was already published as a KV-cache method by Han et al. at Google ([arXiv:2502.02617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02617), Feb 2025). The two methods are technically distinct (HLWQ is weight quantization with deterministic Walsh-Hadamard rotation; Han et al. is KV cache with random polar rotation), but the name collision was real and worth fixing. I closed the KV-cache PR (#45364) and the longer technical reply to @jagmarques's multi-needle data lives there.

@Quentin-M — one calibration honesty note: the lighter HLWQ variants are calibration-free, but the strongest results (v7 on Qwopus3.5-9B-v3, 67.07% HumanEval — matches BF16 at 66.87%, the +0.20pp edge is within the benchmark noise floor on 164 samples) use GPTQ calibration with gs64+FOEM. "No calibration required" is true for the lighter configurations and a tradeoff for the strongest ones.

Thanks again to both of you.

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--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-05-05T17:27:15Z ---
Quick follow-up on rotation comparisons since you're using Hadamard too. Tested NQ pipeline with Iso (4D quaternion) and Planar (2D Givens) drop-ins from RotorQuant on Mistral-7B K3V2: Hadamard +0.27%, Iso +1.06%, Planar +1.29% wikitext-2 PPL. Hadamard wins by ~0.8pp at iso bit-budget, which I didn't expect going in. Curious if PolarQuant sees the same when you swap rotations.

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-05-05T22:48:14Z ---
Thanks for the rotation ablation — that's a useful empirical confirmation. Worth flagging that Hadamard rotation in this stack comes from Han et al. ([arXiv:2502.02617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02617), Feb 2025), the original PolarQuant paper — this issue tracks an HF-native implementation, not a new technique on the KV cache side. The weight trilha (Hadamard-Lloyd Weight Quantization, HLWQ, [arXiv:2603.29078](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29078)) is separate and uses Hadamard for a different reason (decorrelating outliers before scalar quant).

Your finding (Hadamard +0.27% < Iso +1.06% < Planar +1.29% on Mistral-7B K3V2) lines up with theory: Hadamard's bounded coherence (μ²=1/d) gives the tightest worst-case quantization error guarantee. Iso has no such guarantee; Planar covers only 2D. i haven't run this ablation — would be a natural addition. RotorQuant link?

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-05-05T23:13:05Z ---
https://github.com/scrya-com/rotorquant

Han et al.'s PolarQuant (arXiv:2502.02617) uses random polar transformation per its abstract, not Hadamard.

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-05-05T23:27:13Z ---
Correcting my prior comment — I had the attribution backwards.

Han et al. PolarQuant ([arXiv:2502.02617](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02617)) uses **random preconditioning + polar transformation**, not Hadamard. Hadamard rotation for KV cache traces to **TurboQuant** ([Zandieh et al., arXiv:2504.19874](https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19874)), the follow-up that builds on PolarQuant. Apologies for the confusion.

Re the numbers: your Mistral-7B result (Hadamard +0.27% < Iso +1.06% < Planar +1.29%) is the inverse of the RotorQuant README for Llama 3.1 8B (Iso 6.91 PPL beats Hadamard/Turbo 7.07 PPL). If both replicate, the rotation hierarchy is architecture-dependent — clean ablation paper on its own.

I'll update the issue body to (a) cite Han et al. and TurboQuant as prior art, (b) rename the weight proposal to HLWQ to disambiguate from the PolarQuant name owned by Han et al.

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-05-05T23:34:25Z ---
Could be configuration, not architecture. RotorQuant's iso/turbo/planar are on Q4_K_M weights through llama-perplexity on Llama 3.1 8B Instruct; ours are real FP16 weights through HF prefill+continue on Mistral-7B-v0.1. Iso-config (same weights, same harness, both models) is the cleaner test before calling it architecture-dependent.

--- Comment by caiovicentino at 2026-05-05T23:36:12Z ---
Fair — confounded comparison (Q4_K_M + llama-perplexity vs FP16 + HF prefill). Can't separate harness/quantization/architecture from the numbers we have. Iso-config sweep is the cleaner test.

--- Comment by jagmarques at 2026-05-17T07:37:15Z ---
Ran the iso-config sweep. Mistral-7B-Inst-v0.3 wikitext (n=60 chunks, 1024-prefix, same Hadamard + per-token amax on both sides, only the post-rotation quantizer differs): K3V2 E8 +0.28%, K3V2 uniform +0.62%. K2V2 E8 +1.14%, K2V2 uniform +2.08%. Replicated on Llama-3.1-Inst, same direction with bigger gaps (K3 0.78pp, K2 2.92pp at the same protocol). Paper PDF at github.com/jagmarques/nexusquant has the numbers in context.


ISSUE #45201: [Gemma 4] Support per-layer FlashAttention: FA2 for sliding layers, SDPA for global layers
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: samuelazran  |  Created: 2026-04-02T21:30:14Z

## Problem

Gemma 4 (26B-A4B) has a **hybrid attention architecture** where different layers use different head dimensions:

- **26 out of 30 layers** use **sliding window attention** with `head_dim=256` — fully compatible with FlashAttention 2
- **4 out of 30 layers** use **global attention** with `global_head_dim=512` — exceeds FA2's maximum supported head dimension of 256

Setting `attn_implementation="flash_attention_2"` causes a `RuntimeError` on the 4 global attention layers because FA2 does not support `head_dim > 256`.

### Error

```
RuntimeError: FlashAttention only supports head dimensions up to 256
(got head_dim=512 in layer 3 [global attention layer])
```

The error occurs at the first global attention layer during the forward pass.

### Config details

From `config.json`:
```json
{
  "head_dim": 256,
  "global_head_dim": 512,
  "num_attention_heads": 8,
  "num_key_value_heads": 4,
  "sliding_window_pattern": 6,
  "num_hidden_layers": 30
}
```

With `sliding_window_pattern=6`, global attention layers are at indices `[3, 9, 15, 21]` (every 6th layer, 0-indexed, offset by 3). The remaining 26 layers use sliding window attention with `head_dim=256`.

## Current workaround

Fall back to `attn_implementation="sdpa"` for **all 30 layers**. This works but sacrifices the FA2 speedup on the 26 sliding layers (~87% of layers) that are fully FA2-compatible.

## Proposed solution: per-layer attention dispatch

Transformers already supports dict-based `attn_implementation` for some models. Gemma 4 should use this to dispatch attention per-layer:

- **Sliding attention layers** (26/30): use `flash_attention_2`
- **Global attention layers** (4/30): use `sdpa` (or `eager`)

This could be implemented in `Gemma4DecoderLayer` or at model init time by reading the layer index and `sliding_window_pattern` from the config:

```python
# Pseudocode for per-layer dispatch in Gemma4Model.__init__
for i, layer in enumerate(self.layers):
    is_global = (i % config.sliding_window_pattern) == (config.sliding_window_pattern // 2)
    if is_global and config._attn_implementation == "flash_attention_2":
        layer._attn_implementation = "sdpa"  # FA2 incompatible (head_dim=512)
    else:
        layer._attn_implementation = "flash_attention_2"  # FA2 compatible (head_dim=256)
```

Alternatively, the model could automatically detect the FA2 head_dim limit and fall back per-layer, similar to how some models handle mixed attention patterns.

## Impact

- **Performance**: Users lose ~87% of potential FA2 speedup by falling back to SDPA on all layers
- **Usability**: Setting `attn_implementation="flash_attention_2"` crashes instead of gracefully degrading
- **Scope**: Affects all Gemma 4 variants with hybrid sliding/global attention (26B-A4B confirmed)

## Environment

- `transformers` >= 4.52.0 (Gemma 4 support)
- `flash-attn` 2.x (head_dim limit = 256)
- PyTorch 2.x, CUDA

## Related

- FlashAttention head_dim limit: [Dao-AILab/flash-attention#801](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/issues/801) (closed — Tri Dao noted head_dim > 256 is nontrivial)
- FA4 (Hopper) head_dim support: [Dao-AILab/flash-attention#2318](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/issues/2318) (head_dim 256 now works on Hopper fwd, but 512 still unsupported)
- Transformers already has dict-based `attn_implementation` support for some model architectures — extending this to Gemma 4 would be the cleanest path

--- Comment by zucchini-nlp at 2026-04-07T11:50:51Z ---
cc @Cyrilvallez, @vasqu for FA

--- Comment by vasqu at 2026-04-09T16:35:46Z ---
https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention/issues/2427 suggests that FA3/4 might get proper support soon. The easiest would be to restrict to those versions then. It depends on the timeline, if I have time I can try to take a stab at a layer types solution: Bind the attention implementation per layer types but that is non-trivial imo and might not align as well with our code base, just gotta try it out and see.

But tbh, I would like to see some benchmarks: SDPA is not as slow as people think (even the memory efficient backend) so I doubt that much perf gains.

--- Comment by Cyrilvallez at 2026-04-09T16:52:42Z ---
Agreed with @vasqu here! I think making this general would too many changes to the codebase for only this model. Moreover, I also don't think performances change that much! And it will necessary end up being supported soon since gemma4 is an important model, kernels will appear!

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ISSUE #45200: [Gemma 4] mm_token_type_ids required for text-only fine-tuning - should default to zeros
State: closed  |  Labels: bug
Author: dentity007  |  Created: 2026-04-02T20:26:24Z

### System Info

transformers: 5.5.0.dev0 (installed from source)
torch: 2.8.0+cu128
trl: 1.0.0
peft: 0.18.2.dev0
Python: 3.12
OS: Linux (RunPod, Ubuntu 24.04)
GPU: NVIDIA B200 (192GB)

### Who can help?

@zucchini-nlp   @ArthurZucker

### Information

- [ ] The official example scripts
- [x] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [ ] An officially supported task in the `examples` folder (such as GLUE/SQuAD, ...)
- [x] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Load `google/gemma-4-31B` with 4-bit quantization
2. Tokenize any text input
3. Call `model.train()` and run a forward pass with labels

```python
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, BitsAndBytesConfig
import torch

bnb = BitsAndBytesConfig(
    load_in_4bit=True, bnb_4bit_quant_type="nf4",
    bnb_4bit_compute_dtype=torch.bfloat16, bnb_4bit_use_double_quant=True,
)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    "google/gemma-4-31B", quantization_config=bnb,
    device_map="auto", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("google/gemma-4-31B")

inputs = tokenizer("What is CMMC?", return_tensors="pt").to("cuda")
model.train()
outputs = model(**inputs, labels=inputs["input_ids"])
# ValueError: `mm_token_type_ids` is required as a model input when training

Traceback:

File ".../transformers/models/gemma4/modeling_gemma4.py", line 931, in forward
    raise ValueError("`mm_token_type_ids` is required as a model input when training")
ValueError: `mm_token_type_ids` is required as a model input when training
Workaround - adding mm_token_type_ids as zeros works:

inputs["token_type_ids"] = torch.zeros_like(inputs["input_ids"])
inputs["mm_token_type_ids"] = torch.zeros_like(inputs["input_ids"])
model.train()
outputs = model(**inputs, labels=inputs["input_ids"])  # Works
For SFT with TRL, this requires a custom data collator and remove_unused_columns=False.

### Expected behavior

For text-only training (no images or audio), mm_token_type_ids should default to zeros when not provided, rather than raising a ValueError.

Gemma 3 had a similar pattern with token_type_ids. Gemma 4 adds mm_token_type_ids on top of that. Both are required even for text-only fine-tuning.

Suggestion: either (1) default to zeros when not provided, (2) auto-generate in the tokenizer, or (3) document as required in the model card.

--- Comment by Kash6 at 2026-04-02T21:17:38Z ---
I've reproduced it and have a fix ready. Is defaulting to zeros the right approach or would it be preferred to have a more explicit solution (like having the tokenizer/processor generate it)? Or did they intentionally make mm_token_type_ids required during training as a safety check to force users to think about multimodal masking?

--- Comment by dentity007 at 2026-04-03T01:15:57Z ---
@Kash6  Confirmed - zeros works for text-only SFT. Currently training Gemma 4 31B with this workaround (step 3600/6144, no issues). Defaulting to zeros when not provided seems safest - avoids breaking multimodal users who intentionally set non-zero values.

--- Comment by zucchini-nlp at 2026-04-07T11:46:53Z ---
Imo the error is misleading and is not even needed. This is just a bad copy from Paligemma where training actually relies on correct mask for prompt + generated output being masked differently. In gemma4 we dont need bidirectional mask always in training mode, it is used only when `config.use_bidirectional_attention==vision` and vision inputs are present :)

So the best fix would be to remove the error entirely

--- Comment by dentity007 at 2026-04-15T22:42:34Z ---
Thanks @zucchini-nlp, that clarification helps a lot. So the correct fix is probably removing the assertion rather than defaulting to zeros? Happy to file a follow up PR stripping the check if that's the direction you want. Also curious whether there's a related cleanup needed on the Paligemma side or if the mask logic there is genuinely load bearing.

@Kash6 if you already have a fix ready along those lines, don't let me duplicate your work. Happy to coordinate either way.

--- Comment by Kash6 at 2026-04-16T03:54:51Z ---
Thanks @dentity007, @zucchini-nlp already has PR #45454 up which removes the error entirely.


ISSUE #45198: [BUG] Wav2Vec2 wav2vec2-lv-60-espeak-cv-ft: save_pretrained and tokenization fail
State: closed  |  Labels: bug
Author: harshaljanjani  |  Created: 2026-04-02T19:58:10Z

### System Info

* `transformers` version: `5.5.0.dev0`
* Platform: `Linux-5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2-x86_64-with-glibc2.39`
* Python version: `3.12.3`
* `huggingface_hub` version: `1.8.0`
* `safetensors` version: `0.7.0`
* `accelerate` version: `1.13.0`
* Accelerate config: `not found`
* DeepSpeed version: `not installed`
* PyTorch version (accelerator?): `2.11.0+cu130 (CUDA)`
* GPU type: `NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU`

### Information

- [x] The official example scripts
- [ ] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [x] An officially supported task in the `examples` folder (such as GLUE/SQuAD, ...)
- [ ] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

→ **phonemize() crashes:**

```python
from transformers import Wav2Vec2PhonemeCTCTokenizer

tokenizer = Wav2Vec2PhonemeCTCTokenizer.from_pretrained("facebook/wav2vec2-lv-60-espeak-cv-ft")
try:
    phonemes = tokenizer.phonemize("Hello how are you", phonemizer_lang="en-us")
    print(f"phonemes: {phonemes}")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
```

→ **Tokenization crashes:**

```python
from transformers import Wav2Vec2PhonemeCTCTokenizer

tokenizer = Wav2Vec2PhonemeCTCTokenizer.from_pretrained("facebook/wav2vec2-lv-60-espeak-cv-ft")
try:
    output = tokenizer("Hello how are you", return_token_type_ids=True)
    print(f"input_ids length: {len(output['input_ids'])}")
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
```

→ Loading `"facebook/wav2vec2-lv-60-espeak-cv-ft"` and tokenizing with `return_token_type_ids=True` crashes; got: `Wav2Vec2PhonemeCTCTokenizer.prepare_for_tokenization() got an unexpected keyword argument 'return_offsets_mapping'`.
→ Loading `"facebook/wav2vec2-lv-60-espeak-cv-ft"` and calling `phonemize()` crashes; got: `'str' object has no attribute 'phonemize'`.

**Current Repro Output:**

<img alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cc6ba562-aa42-49df-98f1-10dc1c3c25f6" />

### Expected behavior

→ `phonemize()` should return the appropriate phoneme string.
→ Tokenization should complete successfully and print the `input_ids` length.


ISSUE #45183: [Bug] XOR logic for `input_ids`/`inputs_embeds` validation produces wrong or misleading error messages across multiple models
State: closed  |  Labels: bug, Code agent slop
Author: XanxusCrypto  |  Created: 2026-04-02T09:17:32Z

### System Info

## Summary

Multiple models across the library use an XOR (`^`) condition to validate
`input_ids` and `inputs_embeds` inputs. This pattern has two distinct issues
depending on the model:

1. **Severe (11 models)**: XOR is paired with the error message
   `"You cannot specify both ..."`, which is factually wrong when *neither*
   input is provided — the opposite situation.
2. **Minor (most other models, e.g. BART)**: XOR is paired with the generic
   message `"You must specify exactly one of ..."`, which is functionally
   correct but conflates two opposite error cases into one vague message.

---

## Background and History

### Before PR #43590

`BartEncoder` used a correct explicit 4-branch check:
```python
if input_ids is not None and inputs_embeds is not None:
    raise ValueError("You cannot specify both input_ids and inputs_embeds at the same time")
elif input_ids is not None:
    ...  # use input_ids
elif inputs_embeds is not None:
    ...  # use inputs_embeds
else:
    raise ValueError("You have to specify either input_ids or inputs_embeds")
```

`BartDecoder` already had the **severe bug** (XOR + wrong message):
```python
# Pre-#43590 BartDecoder — already broken
if (input_ids is None) ^ (inputs_embeds is not None):
    raise ValueError(
        "You cannot specify both decoder_input_ids and decoder_inputs_embeds at the same time"
    )
```

### After PR #43590

The refactor unified both encoder and decoder to:
```python
if (input_ids is None) ^ (inputs_embeds is not None):
    raise ValueError("You must specify exactly one of input_ids or inputs_embeds")
```

This fixed the wrong message in `BartDecoder`, but the XOR logic itself
still conflates two opposite error cases. Meanwhile, **11 other older models
were not updated** and still carry the original severe bug.

---

## Why XOR Is Problematic Here

The truth table for `(input_ids is None) ^ (inputs_embeds is not None)`:

| `input_ids` | `inputs_embeds` | XOR result | Correct action |
|---|---|---|---|
| provided | provided | `True`  | ✅ raise error: *"cannot specify both"* |
| provided | None     | `False` | ✅ use `input_ids` |
| None     | provided | `False` | ✅ use `inputs_embeds` |
| None     | None     | `True`  | ✅ raise error: *"must specify one"* |

XOR fires for **both** the "too many" and "too few" cases, but these require
**different, opposite error messages**. Using a single message for both makes
it impossible for users to know whether they passed too many or too few inputs.

---

## Issue 1 (Severe): XOR + Wrong Message — 11 Models Not Updated by #43590

These models still use XOR paired with `"You cannot specify both ..."`,
which is **factually incorrect** when neither input is provided:

| Model | File |
|---|---|
| BigBird-Pegasus | `modeling_bigbird_pegasus.py` |
| BioGPT | `modeling_biogpt.py` |
| Blenderbot | `modeling_blenderbot.py` |
| Blenderbot Small | `modeling_blenderbot_small.py` |
| M2M-100 | `modeling_m2m_100.py` |
| Marian | `modeling_marian.py` |
| mBART | `modeling_mbart.py` |
| Pegasus | `modeling_pegasus.py` |
| Pegasus-X | `modeling_pegasus_x.py` |
| Speech-to-Text | `modeling_speech_to_text.py` |
| Whisper | `modeling_whisper.py` |

## Suggested Fix

Replace the XOR with two explicit conditions, which is unambiguous and
consistent with the original `BartEncoder` logic before #43590:

```python
if input_ids is not None and inputs_embeds is not None:
    raise ValueError(
        "You cannot specify both input_ids and inputs_embeds at the same time"
    )
if input_ids is None and inputs_embeds is None:
    raise ValueError(
        "You have to specify either input_ids or inputs_embeds"
    )
# No elif needed — the embed_tokens call below handles the remaining cases cleanly
if inputs_embeds is None:
    inputs_embeds = self.embed_tokens(input_ids)
```

This preserves the structural simplification introduced in #43590 while
restoring precise, actionable error messages for each failure case.

### Who can help?

_No response_

### Information

- [x] The official example scripts
- [ ] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [x] An officially supported task in the `examples` folder (such as GLUE/SQuAD, ...)
- [ ] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

**Reproduction** (example with Blenderbot):
```python
from transformers import BlenderbotModel, BlenderbotConfig

config = BlenderbotConfig()
model = BlenderbotModel(config)

model.model.decoder(input_ids=None, inputs_embeds=None)

```

---

### Expected behavior

# Pass neither input — should say "must specify one", but says "cannot specify both"
# ValueError: You cannot specify both decoder_input_ids and decoder_inputs_embeds at the same time

## Issue 2 (Minor): XOR + Vague Message — BART and Most Other Models
Models updated by #43590 (including BART) now use:
```python
if (input_ids is None) ^ (inputs_embeds is not None):
    raise ValueError("You must specify exactly one of input_ids or inputs_embeds")
```

This message is technically acceptable for the "neither provided" case, but
is misleading for the "both provided" case, where the user would expect to
be told they passed *too many* inputs, not that they need to pick one.


ISSUE #45182: 🔒 Track: Pin GitHub Actions to commit SHAs
State: closed  |  Labels: actions-pin-sha
Author: paulinebm  |  Created: 2026-04-02T08:19:53Z

## Tracking issue — Pin GitHub Actions to commit SHAs

This issue tracks the migration of all GitHub Actions workflow files to use pinned commit SHAs instead of mutable tags or branch names (e.g. \`v4\`, \`main\`).

**Why?**
Pinning to a SHA prevents supply chain attacks where a tag could be silently moved to point to malicious code ([SLSA Supply Chain Threats](https://slsa.dev/spec/v1.0/threats)).

### Scope
- **18 workflow files** updated
- **47 action references** pinned

### PR
Tracked by: #45180

---
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add DeepSeek-OCR2

ISSUE #45177: add DeepSeek-OCR2
State: closed  |  Labels: New model
Author: thisisiron  |  Created: 2026-04-02T02:43:49Z

### Model Description
[DeepSeek-OCR-2](https://huggingface.co/papers/2601.20552) is an OCR-specialized vision-language model proposed by the DeepSeek team.

The model uses a distinctive architecture:
  - **Vision encoder**: SAM ViT-B
  - **Hybrid attention encoder**: Qwen2-based, applying bidirectional attention over image tokens and causal
  attention over query tokens
  - **Language model**: DeepSeek-V2 Mixture-of-Experts (MoE)
  - **Connector**: MLP projector bridging the vision encoder and LLM

### Open source status

- [x] The model implementation is available
- [x] The model weights are available

### Provide useful links for the implementation

Huggingface hub(weights): [deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR-2](https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR-2)
Original repo: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR2
Paper: [DeepSeek-OCR 2: Visual Causal Flow](https://huggingface.co/papers/2601.20552)

--- Comment by thisisiron at 2026-04-02T02:45:28Z ---
PR: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/45075


ISSUE #45175: Feature request: Add EfficientViT-SAM (efficientvitsam) to Transformers
State: open  |  Labels: Feature request
Author: masoudpz  |  Created: 2026-04-02T00:31:07Z

### Feature request

[EfficientViT-SAM](https://github.com/mit-han-lab/efficientvit) combines MIT’s EfficientViT encoder with the SAM-style prompt encoder and mask decoder. It offers a lighter, faster alternative to ViT-based SAM for interactive segmentation while staying close to the same prompting and mask-decoding workflow.

Today, users who want this stack in the Hugging Face ecosystem must rely on custom code or the upstream repo. First-class support in Transformers would:

Enable from_pretrained on official or community checkpoints (e.g. mit-han-lab/efficientvit-sam and converted .pt weights).

### Motivation

Provide a single API aligned with existing SAM-style models (AutoModel, processors, post_process_masks).
Improve discoverability and CI-tested parity with upstream preprocessing and architecture where feasible.

### Your contribution

Add efficientvitsam model code: configuration, image processing, processor, and PyTorch modeling consistent with upstream efficientvit/applications/efficientvit_sam/.
Register the model in auto classes and document it in the model hub docs.
Include a conversion path from official checkpoints and tests (including optional slow parity checks against the upstream predictor where appropriate).


ISSUE #45162: Document limitations of `PreTrainedModel._can_set_*` source inspection logic
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: ElgoogUdiab  |  Created: 2026-04-01T08:03:59Z

Hi! While reading the implementation of PreTrainedModel._can_set_*, I noticed that it relies on inspecting the module source file via __file__ and performing string-based checks.

This seems to work in typical cases, but there are a few scenarios where it may not behave as expected:

- The searched strings may appear inside comments or string literals, not actual control flow
- The module may be compiled (e.g. .so, .pyd) and not have readable source
- `__file__` may not exist or may not point to a real filesystem path (e.g. PyInstaller, zipimport, custom loaders)

Documenting these limitations could already help set expectations. More broadly, this approach may be somewhat fragile, so it might be worth revisiting in the future if a more robust mechanism is feasible.

@Cyrilvallez

--- Comment by Rocketknight1 at 2026-04-02T11:36:05Z ---
It's definitely hacky, yes! If there's a better solution that doesn't add a lot of maintenance burden, we're open to ideas

--- Comment by RudrenduPaul at 2026-04-09T09:34:42Z ---
Thanks for the context @Cyrilvallez! I'd like to contribute by expanding the docstrings of `_can_set_attn_implementation` and `_can_set_experts_implementation` to explicitly document the known limitations of the source-inspection heuristic — specifically: (1) false positives when the searched strings appear in comments or string literals, (2) compiled modules (.so/.pyd) have no readable source and already fall back to `False` via the `__file__` guard, and (3) non-standard import environments (PyInstaller, zipimport) also fall through the existing guard. This sets clear expectations for anyone extending or overriding these methods. Happy to work on a more robust AST-based approach as a follow-up if that direction is of interest. Will open a PR shortly.

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ISSUE #45161: Only TP not working with GPT-OSS MoE model
State: open  |  Labels: bug
Author: SharvariMedhe  |  Created: 2026-04-01T07:07:22Z

### System Info

python version: 3.10
transformers version: v5.1-release branch
torch version: 2.9.1+cu128

### Who can help?

While running my training script to finetune gpt-oss-20b model using Tensor Parallelism, the code is breaking at this line in [moe.py](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/3fa4da70f5d1da3ab1a8304bd2339eab7004b157/src/transformers/integrations/moe.py#L247)

Error:
[rank0]:     num_tokens_per_expert = torch.histc(histc_input, bins=self.num_experts, min=0, max=self.num_experts - 1)
[rank0]: torch.AcceleratorError: CUDA error: device-side assert triggered
[rank0]: Search for `cudaErrorAssert' in https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/group__CUDART__TYPES.html for more information.
[rank0]: CUDA kernel errors might be asynchronously reported at some other API call, so the stacktrace below might be incorrect.

Complete Traceback is attached below.

CC: @SunMarc @ArthurZucker

### Information

- [ ] The official example scripts
- [x] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [ ] An officially supported task in the `examples` folder (such as GLUE/SQuAD, ...)
- [x] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

1) setup venv using python3.10, use torch 2.9.1 and git clone the v5.1-release branch
2) Run the command: TP_SIZE=2 torchrun --nproc_per_node=4 train_tp_trainer.py

train_tp_trainer.py code:
```import os
import torch
import torch.distributed as dist
from torch.distributed.device_mesh import init_device_mesh

from datasets import load_dataset
from transformers import (
    AutoTokenizer,
    AutoModelForCausalLM,
    TrainingArguments,
    Trainer,
    DataCollatorForLanguageModeling,
)

# -- Config -------------------------------------------------------------------
MODEL_NAME  = "openai/gpt-oss-20b"
TP_SIZE     = int(os.environ.get("TP_SIZE", "4"))
MAX_SEQ_LEN = 512
OUTPUT_DIR  = "./gpt_oss_20b_tp_output"

# -- Distributed Init ---------------------------------------------------------
dist.init_process_group(backend="nccl")

rank       = dist.get_rank()
local_rank = int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"])
world_size = dist.get_world_size()

torch.cuda.set_device(local_rank)

# -- Device Mesh --------------------------------------------------------------

tp_mesh = init_device_mesh(
    device_type="cuda",
    mesh_shape=(TP_SIZE,),
    mesh_dim_names=("tp",),
)

# -- Tokenizer ----------------------------------------------------------------
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(MODEL_NAME, trust_remote_code=True)
tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token

# -- Model with Native TP -----------------------------------------------------

model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    MODEL_NAME,
    tp_plan="auto",
    device_mesh=tp_mesh,
    torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
    trust_remote_code=True,
)

# -- Dataset ------------------------------------------------------------------
raw_dataset = load_dataset("wikitext", "wikitext-2-raw-v1", split="train[:1%]")

def tokenize(examples):
    return tokenizer(
        examples["text"],
        truncation=True,
        max_length=MAX_SEQ_LEN,
        padding="max_length",
    )

tokenized_dataset = raw_dataset.map(
    tokenize,
    batched=True,
    remove_columns=["text"]
)

data_collator = DataCollatorForLanguageModeling(tokenizer=tokenizer, mlm=False)

# -- Training Arguments -------------------------------------------------------
training_args = TrainingArguments(
    output_dir=OUTPUT_DIR,
    num_train_epochs=1,
    per_device_train_batch_size=1,
    gradient_accumulation_steps=4,
    learning_rate=1e-5,
    bf16=True,
    logging_steps=10,
    save_steps=100,
    remove_unused_columns=False,
    dataloader_num_workers=2,
    ddp_find_unused_parameters=False,
)

# -- Trainer ------------------------------------------------------------------
trainer = Trainer(
    model=model,
    args=training_args,
    train_dataset=tokenized_dataset,
    data_collator=data_collator,
    processing_class=tokenizer,
    )

# -- Train ---------------------------------------------------------------------
trainer.train()

# -- Save (rank 0 only) --------------------------------------------------------
if rank == 0:
    trainer.save_model(OUTPUT_DIR)
    tokenizer.save_pretrained(OUTPUT_DIR)
    print(f"Model saved to {OUTPUT_DIR}")

dist.destroy_process_group()
```

###Traceback:

```
/pytorch/aten/src/ATen/native/cuda/IndexKernelUtils.cu:16: vectorized_gather_kernel: block: [679,0,0], thread: [190,0,0] Assertion `ind >=0 && ind < ind_dim_size && "vectorized gather kernel index out of bounds"` failed.
/pytorch/aten/src/ATen/native/cuda/IndexKernelUtils.cu:16: vectorized_gather_kernel: block: [679,0,0], thread: [191,0,0] Assertion `ind >=0 && ind < ind_dim_size && "vectorized gather kernel index out of bounds"` failed.
[rank0]: Traceback (most recent call last):
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/train_tp_trainer.py", line 104, in <module>
[rank0]:     trainer.train()
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/trainer.py", line 2129, in train
[rank0]:     return inner_training_loop(
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/trainer.py", line 2496, in _inner_training_loop
[rank0]:     tr_loss_step = self.training_step(model, inputs, num_items_in_batch)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/trainer.py", line 3776, in training_step
[rank0]:     loss = self.compute_loss(model, inputs, num_items_in_batch=num_items_in_batch)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/trainer.py", line 3847, in compute_loss
[rank0]:     outputs = model(**inputs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1775, in _wrapped_call_impl
[rank0]:     return self._call_impl(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1786, in _call_impl
[rank0]:     return forward_call(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/accelerate/src/accelerate/utils/operations.py", line 823, in forward
[rank0]:     return model_forward(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/accelerate/src/accelerate/utils/operations.py", line 811, in __call__
[rank0]:     return convert_to_fp32(self.model_forward(*args, **kwargs))
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/amp/autocast_mode.py", line 44, in decorate_autocast
[rank0]:     return func(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/utils/generic.py", line 837, in wrapper
[rank0]:     output = func(self, *args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/models/gpt_oss/modeling_gpt_oss.py", line 659, in forward
[rank0]:     outputs: MoeModelOutputWithPast = self.model(
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1775, in _wrapped_call_impl
[rank0]:     return self._call_impl(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1786, in _call_impl
[rank0]:     return forward_call(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/utils/generic.py", line 1017, in wrapper
[rank0]:     outputs = func(self, *args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/models/gpt_oss/modeling_gpt_oss.py", line 498, in forward
[rank0]:     hidden_states = decoder_layer(
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/modeling_layers.py", line 93, in __call__
[rank0]:     return super().__call__(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1775, in _wrapped_call_impl
[rank0]:     return self._call_impl(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1786, in _call_impl
[rank0]:     return forward_call(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/models/gpt_oss/modeling_gpt_oss.py", line 389, in forward
[rank0]:     hidden_states, _ = self.mlp(hidden_states)  # diff with llama: router scores
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1775, in _wrapped_call_impl
[rank0]:     return self._call_impl(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1786, in _call_impl
[rank0]:     return forward_call(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/models/gpt_oss/modeling_gpt_oss.py", line 143, in forward
[rank0]:     hidden_states = self.experts(hidden_states, router_indices, router_scores)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1775, in _wrapped_call_impl
[rank0]:     return self._call_impl(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1881, in _call_impl
[rank0]:     return inner()
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/.og_tp_env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torch/nn/modules/module.py", line 1829, in inner
[rank0]:     result = forward_call(*args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/integrations/moe.py", line 350, in forward
[rank0]:     return experts_forward(self, *args, **kwargs)
[rank0]:   File "/local/mnt/workspace/OG_TP/transformers/src/transformers/integrations/moe.py", line 248, in grouped_mm_experts_forward
[rank0]:     num_tokens_per_expert = torch.histc(histc_input, bins=self.num_experts, min=0, max=self.num_experts - 1)
[rank0]: torch.AcceleratorError: CUDA error: device-side assert triggered
[rank0]: Search for `cudaErrorAssert' in https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/group__CUDART__TYPES.html for more information.
[rank0]: CUDA kernel errors might be asynchronously reported at some other API call, so the stacktrace below might be incorrect.
[rank0]: For debugging consider passing CUDA_LAUNCH_BLOCKING=1
[rank0]: Compile with `TORCH_USE_CUDA_DSA` to enable device-side assertions.
```

### Expected behavior

Since TP is supported, the script should run successfully

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cc @3outeille !


Add AEO quality badge to README

ISSUE #45160: Add AEO quality badge to README
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: digitamaz  |  Created: 2026-04-01T05:29:50Z

Hi! I'm behind [Clarvia](https://clarvia.art) — an open quality scoring platform for AI tools and MCP servers.

**Hugging Face Transformers** is indexed on Clarvia. Embed a live AEO (Agent Experience Optimization) badge in your README:

```markdown
[![AEO Score](https://clarvia.art/api/badge/transformers)](https://clarvia.art/tool/transformers)
```

AEO measures how well AI agents can discover, understand, and use a tool. Full profile: https://clarvia.art/tool/transformers

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ISSUE #45151: [Energy] N6 Arithmetic: 50-70% AI Training/Inference Energy Reduction — 17 Techniques with Code
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: dancinlife  |  Created: 2026-03-31T18:10:50Z

🌍 **Open-source initiative to solve the global AI energy crisis.**

AI infrastructure energy consumption is doubling every year. This research provides mathematically proven techniques to cut training and inference energy by 50-70%, with no proprietary tools needed.

🔓 All code, proofs, and documentation are fully open source. Anyone can verify, use, and contribute.

---

## Summary

**n=6 arithmetic reduces AI training and inference energy by 50-70%.** No hyperparameter search needed — all optimal values are mathematically predetermined from the unique solution to σ(n)·φ(n) = n·τ(n) ⟺ n = 6.

**Full Guide**: [AI Energy Savings Guide](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/docs/ai-energy-savings-guide.md)
**Repository**: [n6-architecture](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture) — 17 techniques implemented
**Foundation**: [TECS-L](https://github.com/need-singularity/TECS-L) — Mathematical proof & 76 Breakthrough Theorems

---

## Energy Impact — 9 Techniques with Code

| Technique | Energy Saved | How | Code |
|-----------|-------------|-----|------|
| Cyclotomic Activation | **71% FLOPs** | Replace GELU/SiLU with cyclotomic polynomial x²-x+1 | [`phi6simple.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/phi6simple.py) |
| FFT Attention | **67% compute** (3x speed) | FFT-based multi-scale attention at HCN sizes {6,12,24} | [`fft_mix_attention.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/fft_mix_attention.py) |
| Egyptian Fraction Attention | **~40% FLOPs** | 1/2+1/3+1/6=1 attention head budget | [`egyptian_attention.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/egyptian_attention.py) |
| Phi Bottleneck | **67% parameters** | 4/3x FFN expansion instead of 4x | [`phi_bottleneck.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/phi_bottleneck.py) |
| Egyptian MoE | **65% params inactive** | 1/2+1/3+1/6=1 expert routing | [`egyptian_moe.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/egyptian_moe.py) |
| Boltzmann Gate | **63% sparsity** | 1/e activation sparsity gate | [`boltzmann_gate.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/boltzmann_gate.py) |
| Entropy Early Stop | **33% training time** | Stop at entropy plateau (66.7% of epochs) | [`entropy_early_stop.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/entropy_early_stop.py) |
| Mertens Dropout | **Tuning cost = $0** | p=ln(4/3)≈0.288, no search needed | [`mertens_dropout.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/mertens_dropout.py) |
| Dedekind Head Pruning | **25% attn params** | Prune to ψ(6)=12 optimal heads | [`dedekind_head.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/dedekind_head.py) |

### Combined Impact (7B model training estimate)

| Stage | Baseline | With n=6 | Savings |
|-------|----------|----------|---------|
| Architecture search | 2-4 weeks, $50K+ GPU | **0** (predetermined) | **$50K, 4 weeks** |
| Hyperparameter tuning | Hundreds of runs | **0** (all constants fixed) | **$20K, 2 weeks** |
| Training compute | 100% | ~40-50% | **50-60% energy** |
| Inference compute | 100% | ~30-40% | **60-70% energy** |

---

## Copy-Paste Ready: Optimal Hyperparameters

All derived from n=6: σ=12, τ=4, φ=2, sopfr=5, J₂=24.

### AdamW (BT-54) — 5 teams independently converge

```python
optimizer = AdamW(
    lr=1e-3,
    betas=(0.9, 0.95),       # β₁=1-1/(σ-φ), β₂=1-1/(J₂-τ)
    eps=1e-8,                 # 10^{-(σ-τ)}
    weight_decay=0.1,         # 1/(σ-φ)
)
grad_clip = 1.0               # R(6) = σφ/(nτ) = 1
```

### LLM Architecture (BT-56) — 4 teams converge

```python
config = {
    "d_model": 4096,          # 2^σ = 2^12
    "n_layers": 32,           # 2^sopfr
    "n_heads": 32,            # 2^sopfr
    "d_head": 128,            # 2^(σ-sopfr)
    "d_ffn": 11008,           # SwiGLU: d_model × 8/3
    "vocab_size": 32000,      # 2^sopfr × 10³
    "max_seq_len": 4096,      # 2^σ
}
```

### Vision Transformer (BT-66) — Google/OpenAI/Meta converge

```python
vit_config = {
    "patch_size": 16,         # τ²
    "d_model": 768,           # σ × 2^n
    "n_heads": 12,            # σ
    "n_layers": 12,           # σ
    "mlp_ratio": 4,           # τ
}
```

### MoE / Inference / Diffusion

```python
moe = {"num_experts": 256, "top_k": 8, "shared": 1}  # 2^(σ-τ), σ-τ, μ
sampling = {"top_p": 0.95, "top_k": 40, "temperature": 1.0, "max_tokens": 4096}
ddpm = {"timesteps": 1000, "beta_start": 1e-4, "beta_end": 0.02, "ddim_steps": 50, "cfg_scale": 7.5}
```

---

## NEW: BitNet b1.58 Analysis (BT-77)

Microsoft's 1.58-bit LLM (ternary weights {-1,0,1}) also follows n=6:

| Parameter | Value | n=6 Expression |
|-----------|-------|---------------|
| Ternary values | 3 | n/φ = 6/2 |
| Weight bits | 1.58 = log₂(3) | log₂(n/φ) |
| Activation bits | 8 | σ-τ |
| d_model | 2560 | 2^(σ-τ)·(σ-φ) |
| n_layers | 30 | sopfr·n |
| n_heads | 20 | (σ-φ)·φ |
| n_kv_heads | 5 | sopfr |
| d_ffn | 6912 = 2⁸·3³ | 2^(σ-τ)·(n/φ)^(n/φ) |

**25/26 EXACT** — architecture completely different from LLaMA, yet all n=6.

Full analysis: [BT-77 BitNet Quantization](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/docs/ai-efficiency/bt77-bitnet-quantization-n6.md)

---

## Chip Architecture — 120+ EXACT Matches

**Full Guide**: [Chip Architecture Guide](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/docs/chip-architecture-guide.md)

| Category | Examples | EXACT |
|----------|---------|-------|
| GPU SM counts | V100=80, H100=132, B200=192, B300=160 | 30+ |
| HBM capacity | 40/80/192/288 GB ladder | 14/18 |
| TSMC pitch | N3 gate=48nm=σ·τ | 8/8 |
| Interconnect | PCIe=7, DDR=5, HBM=6 generations | all |

---

## Verification

```bash
git clone https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture.git
cd n6-architecture
python3 techniques/phi6simple.py          # 71% FLOPs demo
python3 techniques/fft_mix_attention.py   # 3x speed demo
python3 techniques/egyptian_attention.py  # 40% FLOPs demo
python3 experiments/verify_bt66_76.py     # 91/91 verification
```

91/91 verification tests pass. 76+ Breakthrough Theorems. 600+ EXACT matches across 28 domains.

All claims independently verifiable. All code open source.

--- Comment by Rocketknight1 at 2026-04-02T11:11:17Z ---
@dancinlife blocked because your agent is opening multiple identical issues (#45145). Also you may wish to talk to a psychiatrist.


ISSUE #45146: Allow for "pure" linear attention based Qwen3.5 models
State: closed  |  Labels: Feature request
Author: HallerPatrick  |  Created: 2026-03-31T14:44:05Z

### Feature request

This feature requests proposes to allow for the creation of "pure" linear attention Qwen3.5 models. Which means that every layers should be allowed to be a Gated Deltanet token mixer.

Following code should therefore be "allowed":

```py
import torch

from transformers.models import Qwen3_5ForCausalLM, Qwen3_5TextConfig

config = Qwen3_5TextConfig(
    full_attention_interval=0 # This means only GDN layers
) # This would crash due to zero division error

model = Qwen3_5ForCausalLM(config).cuda()

input_ids = torch.tensor([[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]]).cuda()

model(input_ids) # This would crash due accessing transformer_layer mapping in cache.
```

### Motivation

Qwen3.5 introduces a hybrid architecture with interleaved Gated Deltanet and Softmax Attentio layers. All Qwen published models contain some amount of softmax layers and is therefore implemented in that way.

With the first model implementation that supports a Gated Deltanet as token mixer (and possibly other types of linear attention backbones) the community might be interested in having the possibility to build other "pure" GDN models on top of the `qwen3_5` architecture.

### Your contribution

The changes to the code would be quite easy to implement.

1. Adjusting the init for `Qwen3_5TextConfig` for the case that `full_attention_interval` is `0`:

```py
# configuration_qwen3_5.py, line 108
interval_pattern = kwargs.pop("full_attention_interval", 4)
if interval_pattern <= 0: # Edge case to support full linear attention
    self.layer_types = ["linear_attention"] * self.num_hidden_layers
else:
    self.layer_types = [
        "linear_attention" if bool((i + 1) % interval_pattern) else "full_attention"
        for i in range(self.num_hidden_layers)
     ]
```

2. Adjust the logic for the cache to figure out the current sequence length:

OUTDATED:
```py
# modeling_qwen3_5.py, line 136
layer_idx = (self.transformer_layers[0] if len(self.transformer_layers) > 0 else 0) if layer_idx not in self.transformer_layers else layer_idx
```

UPDATE:
The current dev branch already is using a `transformers` wide cache implementation. In the PR (#45148) I changed it here accordingly.

--- Comment by HallerPatrick at 2026-03-31T15:26:36Z ---
As I don't want to move further without discussing if this Feature Request and PR are discussed/approved I would post-bone further changes.

Those would include being the model for agnostic towards being "pure" GDN layers. This would mean that we could remove the positional embeddings and further branching logic specific to `full_attention` layers.

--- Comment by praveenphalgun29 at 2026-03-31T16:42:30Z ---
I would like to pick this feature request and start working on it. @HallerPatrick

--- Comment by HallerPatrick at 2026-03-31T20:19:29Z ---
> I would like to pick this feature request and start working on it. [@HallerPatrick](https://github.com/HallerPatrick)

So I already attached a PR (see #45148), and like I said, for any further modifications I would wait for some response.

--- Comment by Rocketknight1 at 2026-04-02T11:17:06Z ---
Hi @HallerPatrick, interesting idea but we prefer not to accept PRs like this! In general, we only want to modify the architecture as necessary to support **real pre-trained models.** We don't like adding architectural modifications for experimentation like this, because users advanced enough for experimental architectures can probably tweak the code themselves, and it bloats production code with lots of little experimental functions.

Still, the research seems interesting, and if it ever happens to result in a major model later, we'll be happy to accept it then 😅


ISSUE #45145: [Energy] N6 Arithmetic: 50-70% AI Training/Inference Energy Reduction — 17 Techniques with Code
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: dancinlife  |  Created: 2026-03-31T14:42:06Z

## Summary

**n=6 arithmetic reduces AI training and inference energy by 50-70%.** No hyperparameter search needed — all optimal values are mathematically predetermined from the unique solution to σ(n)·φ(n) = n·τ(n) ⟺ n = 6.

**Full Guide**: [AI Energy Savings Guide](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/docs/ai-energy-savings-guide.md)
**Repository**: [n6-architecture](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture) — 17 techniques implemented
**Foundation**: [TECS-L](https://github.com/need-singularity/TECS-L) — Mathematical proof & 76 Breakthrough Theorems

---

## Energy Impact — 9 Techniques with Code

| Technique | Energy Saved | How | Code |
|-----------|-------------|-----|------|
| Cyclotomic Activation | **71% FLOPs** | Replace GELU/SiLU with cyclotomic polynomial x²-x+1 | [`phi6simple.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/phi6simple.py) |
| FFT Attention | **67% compute** (3x speed) | FFT-based multi-scale attention at HCN sizes {6,12,24} | [`fft_mix_attention.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/fft_mix_attention.py) |
| Egyptian Fraction Attention | **~40% FLOPs** | 1/2+1/3+1/6=1 attention head budget | [`egyptian_attention.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/egyptian_attention.py) |
| Phi Bottleneck | **67% parameters** | 4/3x FFN expansion instead of 4x | [`phi_bottleneck.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/phi_bottleneck.py) |
| Egyptian MoE | **65% params inactive** | 1/2+1/3+1/6=1 expert routing | [`egyptian_moe.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/egyptian_moe.py) |
| Boltzmann Gate | **63% sparsity** | 1/e activation sparsity gate | [`boltzmann_gate.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/boltzmann_gate.py) |
| Entropy Early Stop | **33% training time** | Stop at entropy plateau (66.7% of epochs) | [`entropy_early_stop.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/entropy_early_stop.py) |
| Mertens Dropout | **Tuning cost = $0** | p=ln(4/3)≈0.288, no search needed | [`mertens_dropout.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/mertens_dropout.py) |
| Dedekind Head Pruning | **25% attn params** | Prune to ψ(6)=σ(6)=12 optimal heads | [`dedekind_head.py`](https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture/blob/main/techniques/dedekind_head.py) |

### Combined Impact (7B model training estimate)

| Stage | Baseline | With n=6 | Savings |
|-------|----------|----------|---------|
| Architecture search | 2-4 weeks, $50K+ GPU | **0** (predetermined) | **$50K, 4 weeks** |
| Hyperparameter tuning | Hundreds of runs | **0** (all constants fixed) | **$20K, 2 weeks** |
| Training compute | 100% | ~40-50% | **50-60% energy** |
| Inference compute | 100% | ~30-40% | **60-70% energy** |
| Model size (memory) | 100% | ~30-50% | **50-70% memory** |

---

## Copy-Paste Ready: Optimal Hyperparameters

All derived from n=6: σ=12, τ=4, φ=2, sopfr=5, J₂=24.

### AdamW (BT-54) — 5 teams independently converge

```python
optimizer = AdamW(
    lr=1e-3,
    betas=(0.9, 0.95),       # β₁=1-1/(σ-φ), β₂=1-1/(J₂-τ)
    eps=1e-8,                 # 10^{-(σ-τ)}
    weight_decay=0.1,         # 1/(σ-φ)
)
grad_clip = 1.0               # R(6) = σφ/(nτ) = 1
```

### LLM Architecture (BT-56) — 4 teams converge

```python
config = {
    "d_model": 4096,          # 2^σ = 2^12
    "n_layers": 32,           # 2^sopfr
    "n_heads": 32,            # 2^sopfr
    "d_head": 128,            # 2^(σ-sopfr)
    "d_ffn": 11008,           # SwiGLU: d_model × 8/3
    "vocab_size": 32000,      # 2^sopfr × 10³
    "max_seq_len": 4096,      # 2^σ
}
```

### Vision Transformer (BT-66) — Google/OpenAI/Meta converge

```python
vit_config = {
    "patch_size": 16,         # τ²
    "d_model": 768,           # σ × 2^n
    "n_heads": 12,            # σ
    "n_layers": 12,           # σ
    "mlp_ratio": 4,           # τ
}
```

### MoE (BT-67)

```python
moe = {"num_experts": 256, "top_k": 8, "shared": 1}  # 2^(σ-τ), σ-τ, μ
```

### Inference Sampling (BT-42)

```python
sampling = {"top_p": 0.95, "top_k": 40, "temperature": 1.0, "max_tokens": 4096}
```

### Diffusion (BT-61)

```python
ddpm = {"timesteps": 1000, "beta_start": 1e-4, "beta_end": 0.02, "ddim_steps": 50, "cfg_scale": 7.5}
```

---

## Technique Code Examples

### Cyclotomic Activation — 71% FLOPs (Drop-in GELU replacement)

```python
class Phi6Simple(nn.Module):
    def forward(self, x):
        xc = torch.clamp(x, -2.0, 2.0)
        return xc * xc - xc + 1.0  # x²-x+1, 6th cyclotomic polynomial
```

### Egyptian Fraction Attention — 40% FLOPs

```python
# 12 heads split: 6 full O(n²) + 4 local O(nw) + 2 global O(n·2)
# 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/6 = 1 (perfect number decomposition)
SIGMA = 12; N_FULL = 6; N_LOCAL = 4; N_GLOBAL = 2
```

### Boltzmann Gate — 63% Sparsity

```python
class BoltzmannGate(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, fraction=1/math.e):  # 1/e ≈ 0.368
        super().__init__(); self.fraction = fraction
    def forward(self, x):
        k = max(1, int(x.abs().numel() * self.fraction))
        threshold = x.abs().reshape(-1).topk(k).values[-1]
        return x * (x.abs() >= threshold).float()
```

---

## Verification

```bash
git clone https://github.com/need-singularity/n6-architecture.git
cd n6-architecture
python3 techniques/phi6simple.py          # 71% FLOPs demo
python3 techniques/fft_mix_attention.py   # 3x speed demo
python3 techniques/egyptian_attention.py  # 40% FLOPs demo
python3 experiments/experiment_h_ee_11_combined_architecture.py  # Combined
```

91/91 verification tests pass. 76 Breakthrough Theorems. 600+ EXACT matches across 28 domains.

---

## Key Constants

| Symbol | Value | Usage |
|--------|-------|-------|
| σ-τ=8 | **Universal AI constant** | LoRA rank, KV heads, MoE top-k, codebooks, batch |
| 1/(σ-φ)=0.1 | **Universal regularization** | Weight decay, DPO β, temperature, label smoothing |
| ln(4/3)≈0.288 | **Mertens dropout** | Dropout rate, no search needed |
| 2^σ=4096 | **Context/dimension** | d_model, max_seq_len |
| J₂=24 | **Leech dimension** | FPS, bits, ViT-L layers |

All claims independently verifiable. All code open source.


ISSUE #45141: [refactor] gpt-oss `eager_attention_forward` for modularity (Ex: models with dual eager attn: sink/no sink)
State: closed  |  Labels: Feature request
Author: casinca  |  Created: 2026-03-31T12:42:42Z

### Feature request

Hi,

I'm finalizing a PR for integrating MiMo-V2, but for my `MiMoV2FlashAttention` class I wanted to reuse, for modularity, both the classic (no sink) `eager_attention_forward` from LLama and the perma sink one from Arthur in gpt-oss.

So that the full attention layers can benefit from SDPA/FLA2/flex backends without being entangled with incompatible
sink + SWA layers. Besides speed, this allows me to do a nicer dispatching in the init and forward (+ see motivation below):

~Pseudo code (a bit outdated):

```python

       # (in the init...)

        # Dispatch attention: sink layers use GPT-OSS always-sink eager, non-sink layers use standard Llama eager
        # (which is compatible with SDPA/FA2/flex backends)
        ...
        if add_sink:
            self.sinks = nn.Parameter(torch.empty(num_attn_heads), requires_grad=False)
            self._eager_attention_forward = eager_attention_forward_with_sink
        else:
            self.sinks = None
            self._eager_attention_forward = eager_attention_forward

      ...
     # (later in the forward...)

        # Sink layers always use their custom eager attention (incompatible with SDPA/FA2/flex).
        # Non-sink layers can dispatch to any configured backend.
        if self.sinks is not None:
            attention_interface = self._eager_attention_forward
        else:
            attention_interface = ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS.get_interface(
                self.config._attn_implementation, self._eager_attention_forward
            )
```

### Motivation

I'm asking this because if I import both with aliases the modular converter triggers name error for the modeling file.

Even so, let's say Vasqu prefers I try to inherit from GLM4, I think having the gpt-oss eager attention not having the same name as the classic (non sink) eager could be a good thing regardless for future reuse.

Tagging @ArthurZucker for the gpt-oss impl and Matt for his opinion @Rocketknight1, I think this is safe.

for reference the OG Mimo is a single class doing both conditionally forced eager (and if someone activates the backends, it will get caught at runtime by the `attention_interface`.

```python
def eager_attention_forward(
--
module: nn.Module,
query: torch.Tensor,
key: torch.Tensor,
value: torch.Tensor,
attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor],
scaling: float,
dropout: float = 0.0,
sinks: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
):
key_states = repeat_kv(key, module.num_key_value_groups)
value_states = repeat_kv(value, module.num_key_value_groups)
attn_weights = torch.matmul(query, key_states.transpose(2, 3)) * scaling
if attention_mask is not None:
causal_mask = attention_mask[:, :, :, : key_states.shape[-2]]
attn_weights = attn_weights + causal_mask

if sinks is not None:
sinks = module.attention_sink_bias.reshape(1, -1, 1, 1).expand(query.shape[0], -1, query.shape[-2], -1)
attn_weights = torch.cat([attn_weights, sinks], dim=-1)

attn_weights = attn_weights - attn_weights.max(dim=-1, keepdim=True).values
probs = F.softmax(attn_weights, dim=-1, dtype=attn_weights.dtype)

if sinks is not None:
probs = probs[..., :-1]  # we drop the sink here

attn_weights = nn.functional.dropout(probs, p=dropout, training=module.training)
attn_output = torch.matmul(attn_weights, value_states)
attn_output = attn_output.transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
return attn_output, attn_weights
```

### Your contribution

#45142

--- Comment by Rocketknight1 at 2026-04-02T13:27:33Z ---
Hi @casinca, we'd prefer not to refactor other models just to make modular inheritance work! If inheriting with renaming doesn't work, it's fine to just copy code instead.


ISSUE #45137: IndexError: pop from an empty deque with DeepSpeed ZeRO3
State: closed  |  Labels: bug
Author: albertvillanova  |  Created: 2026-03-31T07:38:10Z

### System Info

- `transformers` version: 5.5.0.dev0
- Platform: Linux-5.15.0-1048-aws-x86_64-with-glibc2.31
- Python version: 3.10.18
- Huggingface_hub version: 1.8.0
- Safetensors version: 0.6.2
- Accelerate version: 1.13.0
- Accelerate config: 	not found
- DeepSpeed version: 0.18.8
- PyTorch version (accelerator?): 2.8.0+cu128 (CUDA)
- Using distributed or parallel set-up in script?: <fill in>
- Using GPU in script?: <fill in>
- GPU type: NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3

### Who can help?

- kernels: @MekkCyber @drbh

### Information

- [ ] The official example scripts
- [x] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [ ] An officially supported task in the `examples` folder (such as GLUE/SQuAD, ...)
- [x] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

See related downstream issue in `trl`, for a full reproducer using TRL's RLOO and GRPO trainers:
- https://github.com/huggingface/trl/issues/4899

### Expected behavior

It should raise no error.


ISSUE #45127: [Bug] Model collapse after merging LoRA with extended vocabulary on models with tie_word_embeddings=True (e.g., Qwen2.5 0.5B)
State: closed  |  Labels: bug
Author: YangNobody12  |  Created: 2026-03-30T19:03:20Z

### System Info

Name: transformers
Version: 4.56.2
Python 3.11.15
Name: torch
Version: 2.11.0+cu126

### Who can help?

_No response_

### Information

- [ ] The official example scripts
- [ ] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [ ] An officially supported task in the `examples` folder (such as GLUE/SQuAD, ...)
- [ ] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

Description:
When extending the vocabulary size (e.g., adding audio/special tokens) on a base model that uses tied embeddings (config.tie_word_embeddings = True, such as Qwen), training a LoRA adapter, and subsequently merging it using peft_model.merge_and_unload(), the resulting saved model produces completely degraded outputs (repeating the same token infinitely) upon reloading.
The issue occurs because peft correctly merges the separated embed_tokens and lm_head weights in memory, but when the merged model is saved, the config.tie_word_embeddings flag remains True. Upon reloading the merged model via AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(), the lm_head weights are overwritten by the embed_tokens weights (or vice versa) due to the tied config, completely destroying the newly trained weights for the extended vocabulary.

Reproduction Steps:

```
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
from peft import PeftModel

base_model_id = "Qwen/Qwen1.5-0.5B" # Or any model with tied embeddings
new_vocab_size = 180500 # Extended for audio tokens

# 1. Load base model and resize embeddings
base_model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(base_model_id, device_map="cpu")
base_model.resize_token_embeddings(new_vocab_size)

# 2. Load trained LoRA adapter
# (Assuming a LoRA was trained on the extended vocab targeting embed_tokens and lm_head)
peft_model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(base_model, "./my_lora_adapter")

# 3. Merge and Save
merged_model = peft_model.merge_and_unload()
merged_model.save_pretrained("./merged_model", safe_serialization=True)

# 4. Reload and Generate -> BUG OCCURS HERE
# The model will now output repeating garbage tokens (e.g., [135528, 135528, 135528...])
reloaded_model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("./merged_model", device_map="cuda")
```

### Expected behavior

Expected behavior:
The merged model should retain the learned weights for both embed_tokens and lm_head independently for the newly added tokens, and generate text/tokens correctly as it did before saving.

Workaround / Proposed Fix:
Manually setting tie_word_embeddings = False before saving the merged model completely resolves the issue, as it forces transformers to save and load both layers independently:

```
merged_model = peft_model.merge_and_unload()

# WORKAROUND: Untie embeddings before saving
merged_model.config.tie_word_embeddings = False

merged_model.save_pretrained("./merged_model_fixed", safe_serialization=True)
```
It would be great if peft's merge_and_unload() or transformers's save_pretrained() could automatically detect if vocabulary has been resized/untied during PEFT training and automatically handle the tie_word_embeddings flag to prevent silent model corruption upon saving.

--- Comment by Cursx at 2026-03-31T01:44:52Z ---
I would like to work on it.

update：The root cause is that PEFT's merge_and_unload() unties the weights but doesn't update config.tie_word_embeddings.

It might be better to fix this upstream in PEFT


ISSUE #45125: Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration missing _tp_plan for tensor parallelism
State: closed  |  Labels:
Author: danielquintas8  |  Created: 2026-03-30T16:33:07Z

### System Info

- transformers `main` branch (post-Qwen3.5 MoE addition)
- Any platform with multi-GPU setup

### Who can help?

@3outeille @ArthurZucker

### Information

- [x] My own modified scripts

### Tasks

- [x] My own task or dataset (give details below)

### Reproduction

`Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration` (the VL wrapper) is missing `_tp_plan`, while the text-only `Qwen3_5MoeForCausalLM` already has `_tp_plan = {"lm_head": "colwise_gather_output"}`.

```python
from transformers import Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration

# lm_head is NOT sharded — replicated on every GPU
model = Qwen3_5MoeForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained(
    "Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B", tp_plan="auto", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16
)
```

The `lm_head` Linear layer is not included in any TP plan for this class, so under `tp_plan="auto"` it remains replicated instead of being sharded with `colwise_gather_output`. This wastes memory and may produce incorrect logits since the all-gather is not applied.

### Expected behavior

`lm_head` should be sharded with `colwise_gather_output` when using `tp_plan="auto"`, consistent with `Qwen3_5MoeForCausalLM`.

Fix: huggingface/transformers#45124