upgrade to flash-attn 2.8.0.post2 (#2828)

* upgrade to flash-attn 2.8.0.post2

* use cu126 with torch 2.6

* seems vllm 0.8.5.post1 not compatible with cuda12.6.3 and torch 2.6

* cu126 + torch 2.6 as the default

* use cu126 for multigpu w torch 2.6 too

* drop vllm for now from ci for now

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ jobs:
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.5.1
             axolotl_extras:
-          - cuda: 124
+          - cuda: 126
-            cuda_version: 12.4.1
+            cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
             axolotl_extras: vllm
-            is_latest: true
           - cuda: 126
             cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
@@ -88,8 +87,8 @@ jobs:
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.5.1
             axolotl_extras:
-          - cuda: 124
+          - cuda: 126
-            cuda_version: 12.4.1
+            cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
             axolotl_extras:
@@ -146,8 +145,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - cuda: 124
+          - cuda: 126
-            cuda_version: 12.4.1
+            cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
             axolotl_extras:

.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - cuda: 124
+          - cuda: 126
-            cuda_version: 12.4.1
+            cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
-            axolotl_extras: vllm
+            axolotl_extras:
             num_gpus: 2
             nightly_build: "true"
           - cuda: 124

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - cuda: 124
+          - cuda: 126
-            cuda_version: 12.4.1
+            cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
             num_gpus: 1
-            axolotl_extras: vllm
+            axolotl_extras:
           - cuda: 126
             cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - cuda: 124
+          - cuda: 126
-            cuda_version: 12.4.1
+            cuda_version: 12.6.3
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
             num_gpus: 1
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
             python_version: "3.11"
             pytorch: 2.6.0
             num_gpus: 1
-            axolotl_extras: vllm
+            axolotl_extras:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

docker/Dockerfile-base

@@ -37,7 +37,3 @@ RUN git lfs install --skip-repo && \
     pip3 install awscli && \
     # The base image ships with `pydantic==1.8.2` which is not working
     pip3 install -U --no-cache-dir pydantic==1.10.10
-
-RUN if [ "$PYTORCH_VERSION" = "2.7.1" ] ; then \
-        pip3 install flash-attn==2.7.4.post1; \
-    fi

docker/Dockerfile-uv-base

@@ -34,7 +34,3 @@ RUN uv pip install packaging setuptools wheel psutil \
     && uv pip install --no-build-isolation "causal_conv1d @ git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d.git@main" \
     && uv pip install "mamba_ssm @ git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba.git@main" \
     && uv pip install awscli pydantic
-
-RUN if [ "$PYTORCH_VERSION" = "2.7.1" ] ; then \
-        uv pip install --no-build-isolation flash-attn==2.7.4.post1; \
-    fi

setup.py

@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ def get_package_version():
 
 
 extras_require = {
-    "flash-attn": ["flash-attn==2.7.4.post1"],
+    "flash-attn": ["flash-attn==2.8.0.post2"],
     "ring-flash-attn": [
-        "flash-attn==2.7.4.post1",
+        "flash-attn==2.8.0.post2",
         "ring-flash-attn>=0.1.4",
         "yunchang==0.6.0",
     ],