From 8b0c2a71ad38cfc96b312cf78495254cb2416d29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NanoCode012 <nano@axolotl.ai>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 21:29:05 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: improve error message on failed dataset load (#2637)
 [skip ci]

* fix(log): clarify error on dataset loading failed

* fix: add path for easy tracking of broken config

* fix: improve error message based on pr feedback
---
 src/axolotl/utils/data/shared.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/data/shared.py b/src/axolotl/utils/data/shared.py
index e657262b9..d2e119f77 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/data/shared.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/data/shared.py
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ def load_dataset_w_config(
             **load_ds_kwargs,
         )
     if not ds:
-        raise ValueError("unhandled dataset load")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "The dataset could not be loaded. This could be due to a misconfigured dataset path "
+            f"({config_dataset.path}). Try double-check your path / name / data_files. "
+            "This is not caused by the dataset type."
+        )
 
     return ds