From 5c4705b18561c97293b3bcd5d71f70bda1323e9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wing Lian <wing@axolotl.ai>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 13:27:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] unset fa

---
 tests/e2e/multigpu/test_llama.py | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/e2e/multigpu/test_llama.py b/tests/e2e/multigpu/test_llama.py
index 7341c6dc4..5da2fefd3 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/multigpu/test_llama.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/multigpu/test_llama.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
 from packaging import version
 from transformers.testing_utils import get_torch_dist_unique_port
 
-from axolotl.cli.args import PreprocessCliArgs
-from axolotl.cli.preprocess import do_preprocess
 from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
 
 from tests.e2e.utils import check_tensorboard, require_torch_2_6_0
@@ -50,8 +48,11 @@ def sft_base_cfg():
         flash_attention=True,
         learning_rate=0.00001,
         optimizer="adamw_8bit",
+        # these need to be set since we aren't running schema validation
         micro_batch_size=2,
+        gradient_accumulation_steps=1,
     )
+
     return cfg
 
 
@@ -61,7 +62,21 @@ def sft_prepared_dataset_alpaca_cfg(module_temp_dir, sft_base_cfg):
     cfg = sft_base_cfg | DictDefault(
         dataset_prepared_path=dataset_prepared_path,
     )
-    do_preprocess(cfg, PreprocessCliArgs())
+
+    Path(module_temp_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with open(Path(module_temp_dir) / "config.yaml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as fout:
+        fout.write(yaml.dump(cfg.to_dict(), Dumper=yaml.Dumper))
+
+    execute_subprocess_async(
+        [
+            "axolotl",
+            "preprocess",
+            str(Path(module_temp_dir) / "config.yaml"),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    # unset flash attention since we have some flex attention tests too
+    cfg.flash_attention = None
     return cfg