""" Pre-cache pile examples to local JSONL so SAE training doesn't depend on HuggingFace streaming staying connected. v9b crashed at step 18,808 because the streaming client closed mid-training; this script removes that risk. Output: data/pile_cache.jsonl (one {"text": "..."} per line) Usage: python scripts/cache_pile_examples.py [--n 300000] """ import argparse import json import time from pathlib import Path from datasets import load_dataset REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] CACHE_PATH = REPO_ROOT / "data" / "pile_cache.jsonl" def main(): p = argparse.ArgumentParser() p.add_argument("--n", type=int, default=300_000, help="Number of examples to cache (~600 tok/example avg → 180M tok)") args = p.parse_args() CACHE_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) # If cache already has enough, skip. existing = 0 if CACHE_PATH.exists(): with CACHE_PATH.open(encoding="utf-8") as f: for _ in f: existing += 1 if existing >= args.n: print(f"[cache] {CACHE_PATH} already has {existing} >= {args.n}, skipping") return print(f"[cache] {existing} examples already in cache, need {args.n - existing} more") # Robust streaming with retry on transient HF errors. saved = existing max_retries = 10 retry = 0 t0 = time.monotonic() while saved < args.n and retry < max_retries: try: ds = load_dataset("monology/pile-uncopyrighted", split="train", streaming=True) it = iter(ds) # If we have existing, skip ahead. Streaming has no random access, # so we just take from the top; some duplication on retry is OK. with CACHE_PATH.open("a", encoding="utf-8") as f: for ex in it: if saved >= args.n: break text = ex.get("text", "") if not text: continue f.write(json.dumps({"text": text}, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n") saved += 1 if saved % 5_000 == 0: elapsed = time.monotonic() - t0 rate = saved / max(elapsed, 1) eta = (args.n - saved) / max(rate, 1) print(f"[cache] {saved}/{args.n} rate={rate:.0f}/s ETA={eta/60:.1f}m", flush=True) break # full pass succeeded except Exception as e: retry += 1 print(f"[cache] error: {type(e).__name__}: {str(e)[:160]} retry={retry}/{max_retries}", flush=True) time.sleep(5) print(f"[cache] done. {saved} examples in {CACHE_PATH} ({CACHE_PATH.stat().st_size/1024/1024:.0f} MB)") if __name__ == "__main__": main()