wip ao upgrade

2026-01-05 18:23:33 +00:00
153 changed files with 479 additions and 7894 deletions
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
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--- a/.github/workflows/base.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ jobs:
    timeout-minutes: 480
    # this job needs to be run on self-hosted GPU runners...
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-m
-    env:
-      HAS_DOCKERHUB_CREDS: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME != '' && secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '' }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.8.0
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64"
          - cuda: "128"
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -42,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.0
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
          - cuda: "128"
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -50,15 +46,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: "129"
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            cudnn_version: ""
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
-            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
          - cuda: "130"
            cuda_version: 13.0.0
            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -66,15 +53,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: "130"
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
-            cudnn_version: ""
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            torch_cuda_arch_list: "9.0+PTX"
-            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
 #          - cuda: "128"
 #            cuda_version: 12.8.1
 #            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -101,7 +79,6 @@ jobs:
            axolotlai/axolotl-base
      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && env.HAS_DOCKERHUB_CREDS == 'true' }}
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -112,7 +89,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/${{ matrix.dockerfile }}
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
          tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras != '' && '-' || '' }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras }}
          labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}
@@ -127,8 +103,6 @@ jobs:
    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'axolotl-ai-cloud' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || !github.event.pull_request.draft) }}
    timeout-minutes: 480
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-m
-    env:
-      HAS_DOCKERHUB_CREDS: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME != '' && secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '' }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
@@ -140,7 +114,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.8.0
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64"
          - cuda: "128"
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -148,7 +121,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
          - cuda: "128"
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -156,15 +128,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.0
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: "129"
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            cudnn_version: ""
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            torch_cuda_arch_list: "7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0+PTX"
-            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
          - cuda: "130"
            cuda_version: 13.0.0
            cudnn_version: ""
@@ -172,15 +135,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            torch_cuda_arch_list: "9.0+PTX"
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: "130"
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
-            cudnn_version: ""
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            torch_cuda_arch_list: "9.0+PTX"
-            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv-base"
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -192,7 +146,6 @@ jobs:
            axolotlai/axolotl-base-uv
      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && env.HAS_DOCKERHUB_CREDS == 'true' }}
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -203,7 +156,6 @@ jobs:
        with:
          context: .
          file: ./docker/${{ matrix.dockerfile }}
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
          tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras != '' && '-' || '' }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras }}
          labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -20,32 +20,22 @@ jobs:
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.8.0
            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64"
+            is_latest: true
          - cuda: 128
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.0
            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
          - cuda: 128
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-            is_latest: true
-          - cuda: 129
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: 130
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
-            python_version: "3.11"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
+#          - cuda: 130
+#            cuda_version: 13.0.0
+#            python_version: "3.11"
+#            pytorch: 2.9.1
+#            axolotl_extras:
    runs-on: axolotl-gpu-runner
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
@@ -71,7 +61,6 @@ jobs:
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
        with:
          context: .
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
          build-args: |
            BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && 'main' || github.ref_name }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}
            CUDA=${{ matrix.cuda }}
@@ -98,32 +87,22 @@ jobs:
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.8.0
            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64"
+            is_latest: true
          - cuda: 128
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.0
            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
          - cuda: 128
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            axolotl_extras:
-            is_latest: true
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: 129
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
-          - cuda: 130
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
-            python_version: "3.11"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras:
-            platforms: "linux/amd64,linux/arm64"
+#          - cuda: 130
+#            cuda_version: 13.0.0
+#            python_version: "3.11"
+#            pytorch: 2.9.1
+#            axolotl_extras:
    runs-on: axolotl-gpu-runner
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
@@ -148,7 +127,6 @@ jobs:
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
        with:
          context: .
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
          build-args: |
            BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && 'main' || github.ref_name }}-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras != '' && '-' || '' }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras }}
            CUDA=${{ matrix.cuda }}
@@ -169,11 +147,11 @@ jobs:
          - cuda: 128
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
+            pytorch: 2.8.0
            axolotl_extras:
-            is_latest: true
-          - cuda: 130
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
+            is_latest:
+          - cuda: 128
+            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            axolotl_extras:
@@ -202,7 +180,6 @@ jobs:
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
        with:
          context: .
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
          build-args: |
            BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && 'main' || github.ref_name }}-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras != '' && '-' || '' }}${{ matrix.axolotl_extras }}
            CUDA=${{ matrix.cuda }}
--- a/.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml
@@ -35,26 +35,14 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.8.0
            axolotl_extras: fbgemm-gpu
            num_gpus: 2
+            nightly_build: "true"
          - cuda: 128
            cuda_version: 12.8.1
            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras: "fbgemm-gpu"
-            num_gpus: 2
-          - cuda: 129
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras: "fbgemm-gpu"
-            num_gpus: 2
-            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv.jinja"
-          - cuda: 130
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
-            python_version: "3.11"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            axolotl_extras:
-#            axolotl_extras: fbgemm-gpu
+            axolotl_extras: fbgemm-gpu
            num_gpus: 2
+            nightly_build: "true"
    runs-on: [self-hosted, modal]
    timeout-minutes: 120
    steps:
@@ -76,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
          echo "AXOLOTL_EXTRAS=${{ matrix.axolotl_extras}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "CUDA=${{ matrix.cuda }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "N_GPUS=${{ matrix.num_gpus }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NIGHTLY_BUILD=${{ matrix.nightly_build }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "CODECOV_TOKEN=${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "E2E_DOCKERFILE=${{ matrix.dockerfile || 'Dockerfile.jinja'}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - name: Run tests job on Modal
        run: |
          modal run -m cicd.multigpu
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
-          pip3 install wheel packaging==26.0
+          pip3 install wheel packaging==23.2
          pip3 install --no-build-isolation -e .
          pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt -r requirements-tests.txt

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ jobs:
        id: tag
        run: echo ::set-output name=TAG_NAME::$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d / -f 3)

-      - name: Update version in VERSION file
+      - name: Update version in setup.py
        run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG_NAME }}" | sed 's/^v//' > VERSION
+          sed -i -E 's/version="([0-9.]+)",/version="${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG_NAME }}",/g' setup.py

      - name: Build a source dist
        run: |
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-nightly.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: upgrade pip
        run: |
          pip3 install --upgrade pip
-          pip3 install --upgrade packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel
+          pip3 install --upgrade packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel

      - name: Install PyTorch
        run: |
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -54,13 +54,8 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.11", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.11"]
        pytorch_version: ["2.8.0", "2.9.0", "2.9.1"]
-        exclude:
-          - python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch_version: "2.8.0"
-          - python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch_version: "2.9.0"
    timeout-minutes: 20

    steps:
@@ -87,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: upgrade pip
        run: |
          pip3 install --upgrade pip
-          pip3 install --upgrade packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel
+          pip3 install --upgrade packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel

      - name: Install PyTorch
        run: |
@@ -115,10 +110,10 @@ jobs:

      - name: Pre-Download dataset fixture
        run: |
-          hf download --repo-type=dataset axolotl-ai-internal/axolotl-oss-dataset-fixtures
+          huggingface-cli download --repo-type=dataset axolotl-ai-internal/axolotl-oss-dataset-fixtures

      - name: Show HF cache
-        run: hf cache ls
+        run: hf cache scan

      - name: Run tests
        run: |
@@ -132,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
          pytest -v --durations=10 tests/cli/ --cov=axolotl --cov-append --cov-report=xml

      - name: Show HF cache
-        run: hf cache ls
+        run: hf cache scan

      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
@@ -149,13 +144,8 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        python_version: ["3.11", "3.12"]
+        python_version: ["3.11"]
        pytorch_version: ["2.8.0", "2.9.0", "2.9.1"]
-        exclude:
-          - python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch_version: "2.8.0"
-          - python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch_version: "2.9.0"
    timeout-minutes: 20

    steps:
@@ -182,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: upgrade pip
        run: |
          pip3 install --upgrade pip
-          pip3 install --upgrade packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 setuptools_scm build wheel psutil
+          pip3 install --upgrade packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 setuptools_scm build wheel psutil

      - name: Install PyTorch
        run: |
@@ -210,7 +200,7 @@ jobs:
          axolotl --help

      - name: Show HF cache
-        run: hf cache ls
+        run: hf cache scan

      - name: Run tests
        run: |
@@ -219,10 +209,10 @@ jobs:
          pytest -v --durations=10 tests/cli/

      - name: Show HF cache
-        run: hf cache ls
+        run: hf cache scan

  gate-skip-e2e:
-    needs: [pre-commit]
+    needs: [pre-commit, pytest, pytest-sdist]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      skip: ${{ steps.compute.outputs.skip }}
@@ -258,16 +248,16 @@ jobs:
    # this job needs to be run on self-hosted GPU runners...
    runs-on: [self-hosted, modal]
    timeout-minutes: 120
-    needs: [pre-commit, pytest]
+    needs: [pre-commit, pytest, pytest-sdist, gate-skip-e2e]

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        include:
-          - cuda: 129
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            python_version: "3.12"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
+          - cuda: 128
+            cuda_version: 12.8.1
+            python_version: "3.11"
+            pytorch: 2.8.0
            num_gpus: 1
            axolotl_extras:
            dockerfile: "Dockerfile-uv.jinja"
@@ -326,12 +316,6 @@ jobs:
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            num_gpus: 1
            axolotl_extras:
-          - cuda: 130
-            cuda_version: 13.0.0
-            python_version: "3.11"
-            pytorch: 2.9.1
-            num_gpus: 1
-            axolotl_extras:
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -369,9 +353,9 @@ jobs:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        include:
-          - cuda: 129
-            cuda_version: 12.9.1
-            python_version: "3.12"
+          - cuda: 128
+            cuda_version: 12.8.1
+            python_version: "3.11"
            pytorch: 2.9.1
            num_gpus: 1
            axolotl_extras:
--- a/.runpod/src/config/config.yaml
+++ b/.runpod/src/config/config.yaml
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@
 # eval_table_size: # Approximate number of predictions sent to wandb depending on batch size. Enabled above 0. Default is 0
 # eval_table_max_new_tokens: # Total number of tokens generated for predictions sent to wandb. Default is 128

+# # Save model as safetensors (require safetensors package)
+# save_safetensors:
+
 # # Whether to mask out or include the human's prompt from the training labels
 # train_on_inputs: false
 # # Group similarly sized data to minimize padding.
@@ -509,6 +512,7 @@ profiler_steps: ${PROFILER_STEPS}
 loss_watchdog_threshold: ${LOSS_WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD}
 loss_watchdog_patience: ${LOSS_WATCHDOG_PATIENCE}

+save_safetensors: ${SAVE_SAFETENSORS}
 train_on_inputs: ${TRAIN_ON_INPUTS}
 group_by_length: ${GROUP_BY_LENGTH}
 gradient_checkpointing: ${GRADIENT_CHECKPOINTING}
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Features:
 #### Using pip

 ```bash
-pip3 install -U packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install -U packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation axolotl[flash-attn,deepspeed]

 # Download example axolotl configs, deepspeed configs
--- a/1
+++ b/1
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.15.0.dev0
--- a/cicd/Dockerfile-uv.jinja
+++ b/cicd/Dockerfile-uv.jinja
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN if [ "$NIGHTLY_BUILD" = "true" ] ; then \
        sed -i 's#^datasets.*#datasets @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/datasets.git@main#' requirements.txt; \
    fi

-RUN uv pip install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0
+RUN uv pip install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0
 RUN uv pip install torchvision
 RUN if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ] ; then \
        uv pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray,$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
--- a/cicd/Dockerfile.jinja
+++ b/cicd/Dockerfile.jinja
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RUN if [ "$NIGHTLY_BUILD" = "true" ] ; then \
        sed -i 's#^datasets.*#datasets @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/datasets.git@main#' requirements.txt; \
    fi

-RUN pip install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 psutil
+RUN pip install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 psutil
 RUN if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ] ; then \
        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray,$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
    else \
--- a/cicd/multigpu.py
+++ b/cicd/multigpu.py
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ template_loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(searchpath=cicd_path)
 template_env = jinja2.Environment(
    loader=template_loader, autoescape=select_autoescape()
 )
-dockerfile = os.environ.get("E2E_DOCKERFILE", "Dockerfile.jinja")
-df_template = template_env.get_template(dockerfile)
+df_template = template_env.get_template("Dockerfile.jinja")

 df_args = {
    "AXOLOTL_EXTRAS": os.environ.get("AXOLOTL_EXTRAS", ""),
@@ -28,11 +27,8 @@ df_args = {
    "CUDA": os.environ.get("CUDA", "126"),
    "GITHUB_REF": os.environ.get("GITHUB_REF", "refs/heads/main"),
    "GITHUB_SHA": os.environ.get("GITHUB_SHA", ""),
-    "NIGHTLY_BUILD": os.environ.get("NIGHTLY_BUILD", ""),
    "CODECOV_TOKEN": os.environ.get("CODECOV_TOKEN", ""),
    "HF_HOME": "/workspace/data/huggingface-cache/hub",
-    "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": os.environ.get("PYTHONUNBUFFERED", "1"),
-    "DEEPSPEED_LOG_LEVEL": os.environ.get("DEEPSPEED_LOG_LEVEL", "WARNING"),
 }

 dockerfile_contents = df_template.render(**df_args)
--- a/cicd/multigpu.sh
+++ b/cicd/multigpu.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e

 # Only run two tests at a time to avoid OOM on GPU (with coverage collection)
-pytest -v --durations=10 -n2 --maxfail=3 \
+pytest -v --durations=10 -n2 --maxfail=4 \
  --ignore=/workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/multigpu/solo/ \
  --ignore=/workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/multigpu/patched/ \
  /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/multigpu/ \
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ ARG AXOLOTL_EXTRAS=""
 ARG AXOLOTL_ARGS=""
 ARG CUDA="118"
 ARG PYTORCH_VERSION="2.1.2"
-ARG TARGETARCH

 ENV PYTORCH_VERSION=$PYTORCH_VERSION

@@ -21,17 +20,13 @@ RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git

 WORKDIR /workspace/axolotl

-# If AXOLOTL_EXTRAS is set, append it in brackets; don't install deepspeed with arm64
-RUN if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-        BASE_EXTRAS="flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray"; \
+# If AXOLOTL_EXTRAS is set, append it in brackets
+RUN if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ] ; then \
+        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray,$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
    else \
-        BASE_EXTRAS="deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray"; \
+        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
    fi && \
-    if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ]; then \
-        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[$BASE_EXTRAS,$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
-    else \
-        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[$BASE_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
-    fi && \    python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh && \
+    python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh && \
    python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh && \
    pip install pytest && \
    pip cache purge
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-base
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-base
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ ARG CUDA_VERSION="11.8.0"
 ARG CUDNN_VERSION="8"
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION="22.04"
 ARG MAX_JOBS=4
-ARG TARGETARCH

 FROM nvidia/cuda:$CUDA_VERSION-cudnn$CUDNN_VERSION-devel-ubuntu$UBUNTU_VERSION AS base-builder

 ENV PATH="/root/miniconda3/bin:${PATH}"

-ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION="3.10"
 ARG PYTORCH_VERSION="2.1.2"
-ARG CUDA="128"
+ARG CUDA="118"
 ARG TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST="7.0 7.5 8.0 8.6 9.0+PTX"

 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=$PYTHON_VERSION
@@ -24,17 +22,11 @@ RUN apt-get update \
        librdmacm-dev librdmacm1 rdmacm-utils slurm-wlm \
    && rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-        MINICONDA_ARCH="x86_64"; \
-    elif [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-        MINICONDA_ARCH="aarch64"; \
-    else \
-        echo "Unsupported architecture: $TARGETARCH"; exit 1; \
-    fi \
-    && wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-${MINICONDA_ARCH}.sh \
+    && wget \
+    https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
    && mkdir /root/.conda \
-    && bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-${MINICONDA_ARCH}.sh -b \
-    && rm -f Miniconda3-latest-Linux-${MINICONDA_ARCH}.sh \
+    && bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b \
+    && rm -f Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
    && conda tos accept --override-channels --channel https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main \
    && conda tos accept --override-channels --channel https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r \
    && conda create -n "py${PYTHON_VERSION}" python="${PYTHON_VERSION}"
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@ ENV PATH="/root/miniconda3/envs/py${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin:${PATH}"

 WORKDIR /workspace

-RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && pip3 install -U packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel psutil && \
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && pip3 install -U packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel psutil && \
    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U torch==${PYTORCH_VERSION}+cu${CUDA} torchvision --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu$CUDA && \
    python3 -m pip cache purge

@@ -59,34 +51,8 @@ RUN git lfs install --skip-repo && \
    pip3 install -U --no-cache-dir pydantic==1.10.10 && \
    pip3 cache purge

-RUN case "$PYTORCH_VERSION" in \
-        2.9.[0-9]*) \
-            if [ "$CUDA" = "128" ]; then \
-                if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-                    WHL_FILE="flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl"; \
-                    WHL_VERSION="v0.5.4"; \
-                elif [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-                    WHL_FILE="flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl"; \
-                    WHL_VERSION="v0.6.4"; \
-                else \
-                    echo "Unsupported architecture: $TARGETARCH"; exit 1; \
-                fi; \
-                wget -nv https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/${WHL_VERSION}/${WHL_FILE}; \
-                pip3 install --no-cache-dir ${WHL_FILE}; \
-                rm ${WHL_FILE}; \
-            elif [ "$CUDA" = "130" ]; then \
-                if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-                    WHL_FILE="flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl"; \
-                    WHL_VERSION="v0.5.4"; \
-                elif [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-                    WHL_FILE="flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl"; \
-                    WHL_VERSION="v0.6.4"; \
-                else \
-                    echo "Unsupported architecture: $TARGETARCH"; exit 1; \
-                fi; \
-                wget -nv https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/${WHL_VERSION}/${WHL_FILE}; \
-                pip3 install --no-cache-dir ${WHL_FILE}; \
-                rm ${WHL_FILE}; \
-            fi \
-            ;; \
-    esac
+RUN if [ "$PYTORCH_VERSION" =~ ^2\.9\.[0-9]+$ ] && [ "$CUDA" = "128" ] ; then \
+        wget https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/v0.4.17/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
+        pip3 install --no-cache-dir flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
+        rm flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
+    fi
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-base-nightly
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-base-nightly
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ENV PATH="/root/miniconda3/envs/py${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin:${PATH}"

 WORKDIR /workspace

-RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && pip3 install -U packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel && \
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && pip3 install -U packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel && \
    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U torch --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu$CUDA && \
    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "causal_conv1d @ git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d.git@main" && \
    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir "mamba_ssm @ git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba.git@main" && \
--- a/docker/Dockerfile-uv-base
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile-uv-base
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ ARG CUDA_VERSION="12.6.3"
 ARG CUDNN_VERSION=""
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION="22.04"
 ARG MAX_JOBS=4
-ARG TARGETARCH

 FROM nvidia/cuda:$CUDA_VERSION-cudnn$CUDNN_VERSION-devel-ubuntu$UBUNTU_VERSION AS base-builder

@@ -32,35 +31,12 @@ ENV PATH="/workspace/axolotl-venv/bin:${PATH}"

 RUN uv pip install packaging setuptools wheel psutil \
    && uv pip install torch==${PYTORCH_VERSION} torchvision \
+    && 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 [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-        uv pip install --no-build-isolation "causal_conv1d @ git+https://github.com/Dao-AILab/causal-conv1d.git@main"; \
-        uv pip install "mamba_ssm @ git+https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba.git@main"; \
+RUN if [ "$PYTORCH_VERSION" = "2.9.0" ] && [ "$CUDA" = "128" ] ; then \
+        wget https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/v0.4.17/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
+        uv pip install --no-cache-dir flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
+        rm flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
    fi
-
-RUN case "$PYTORCH_VERSION" in \
-        2.9.[0-9]*) \
-            if [ "$TARGETARCH" = "amd64" ]; then \
-                if [ "$CUDA" = "128" ]; then \
-                    wget -nv https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/v0.5.4/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
-                    uv pip install --no-cache-dir flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
-                    rm flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
-                elif [ "$CUDA" = "130" ]; then \
-                    wget -nv https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/v0.5.4/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
-                    uv pip install --no-cache-dir flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
-                    rm flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl; \
-                fi \
-            elif [ "$TARGETARCH" = "arm64" ]; then \
-                if [ "$CUDA" = "128" ]; then \
-                    wget -nv https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/v0.6.4/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl; \
-                    uv pip install --no-cache-dir flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl; \
-                    rm flash_attn-2.8.3+cu128torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl; \
-                elif [ "$CUDA" = "130" ]; then \
-                    wget -nv https://github.com/mjun0812/flash-attention-prebuild-wheels/releases/download/v0.6.4/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl; \
-                    uv pip install --no-cache-dir flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl; \
-                    rm flash_attn-2.8.3+cu130torch2.9-cp311-cp311-linux_aarch64.whl; \
-                fi \
-            fi \
-            ;; \
-    esac
--- a/docs/amd_hpc.qmd
+++ b/docs/amd_hpc.qmd
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE=1
 Download a base model using the Hugging Face CLI:

 ```bash
-hf download meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B --local-dir ~/hfdata/llama3.1-8B
+huggingface-cli download meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B --local-dir ~/hfdata/llama3.1-8B
 ```

 ### 10. Create Axolotl Configuration
--- a/docs/installation.qmd
+++ b/docs/installation.qmd
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ We recommend using WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) or Docker.
   ```
 4. (Optional) Login to Hugging Face:
   ```{.bash}
-   hf auth login
+   huggingface-cli login
   ```

 ## Troubleshooting {#sec-troubleshooting}
--- a/docs/rlhf.qmd
+++ b/docs/rlhf.qmd
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ feedback. Various methods include, but not limited to:
 - [Kahneman-Tversky Optimization (KTO)](#kto)
 - [Odds Ratio Preference Optimization (ORPO)](#orpo)
 - [Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO)](#grpo)
- [Group Reward-Decoupled Policy Optimization (GDPO)](#gdpo)


 ## RLHF using Axolotl
@@ -721,102 +720,6 @@ trl:

 For more information, see [GRPO docs](https://huggingface.co/docs/trl/v0.17.0/en/grpo_trainer#loss-types).

-### GDPO
-
-GDPO (Group Reward-Decoupled Policy Optimization) extends GRPO for multi-reward training. It addresses the **reward advantage collapse** problem by normalizing each reward function independently before combining them.
-
-::: {.callout-tip}
-Use GDPO when training with multiple reward functions. For single reward, GRPO and GDPO produce equivalent results.
-:::
-
-Paper: [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.05242](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.05242)
-
-GDPO uses TRL's native `multi_objective_aggregation` parameter under the hood. When you set `rl: gdpo`, axolotl automatically configures TRL to use `normalize_then_sum` aggregation.
-
-```yaml
-base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct
-
-vllm:
-    host: 0.0.0.0
-    port: 8000
-    tensor_parallel_size: 2
-    gpu_memory_utilization: 0.85
-
-rl: gdpo
-
-trl:
-    beta: 0.001
-    max_completion_length: 256
-    use_vllm: true
-    num_generations: 4
-    reward_funcs:
-        - rewards.format_reward
-        - rewards.correctness_reward
-    reward_weights: [1.0, 2.0]
-
-datasets:
-    - path: openai/gsm8k
-      name: main
-      type: rewards.oai_gsm8k_transform
-```
-
-You can also use GRPO with explicit aggregation control:
-
-```yaml
-rl: grpo
-trl:
-    multi_objective_aggregation: normalize_then_sum  # GDPO behavior
-    # or: sum_then_normalize  # Default GRPO behavior
-```
-
-#### GDPO vs GRPO
-
-| Aspect | GRPO | GDPO |
-|--------|------|------|
-| **Aggregation** | `sum_then_normalize` | `normalize_then_sum` |
-| **Multi-reward** | May collapse advantages | Preserves reward signals |
-| **Single reward** | Standard behavior | Equivalent to GRPO |
-
-#### Why GDPO?
-
-When using multiple rewards with GRPO, different reward combinations can produce identical advantages:
-
-```
-# Example: format + correctness rewards
-[format=0, correct=3] → sum=3
-[format=1, correct=2] → sum=3  ← GRPO sees these as equal!
-[format=2, correct=1] → sum=3
-[format=3, correct=0] → sum=3
-```
-
-GDPO normalizes each reward independently, preserving their relative differences.
-
-#### Reward Functions
-
-GDPO uses the same reward function format as GRPO:
-
-```python
-# rewards.py
-def format_reward(completions, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
-    return [1.0 if len(c) > 10 else 0.0 for c in completions]
-
-def correctness_reward(completions, answers, **kwargs) -> list[float]:
-    rewards = []
-    for completion, answer in zip(completions, answers):
-        # Your scoring logic here
-        rewards.append(score)
-    return rewards
-```
-
-#### Sequence Parallelism
-
-GDPO supports sequence parallelism for long-context training:
-
-```yaml
-rl: gdpo
-context_parallel_size: 2
-```
-
 ### SimPO

 SimPO uses [CPOTrainer](https://huggingface.co/docs/trl/main/en/cpo_trainer) but with alternative loss function.
--- a/examples/apertus/README.md
+++ b/examples/apertus/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This guide shows how to fine-tune it with Axolotl with multi-turn conversations
 git clone https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git
 cd axolotl

-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation -e '.[flash-attn]'

 # Install CCE https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy
--- a/examples/arcee/README.md
+++ b/examples/arcee/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Thanks to the team at Arcee.ai for using Axolotl in supervised fine-tuning the A
 git clone https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git
 cd axolotl

-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation -e '.[flash-attn]'

 # Install CCE https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy
--- a/examples/colab-notebooks/colab-axolotl-example.ipynb
+++ b/examples/colab-notebooks/colab-axolotl-example.ipynb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
    "%%capture\n",
    "# This step can take ~5-10 minutes to install dependencies\n",
    "!pip install --no-build-isolation axolotl[flash-attn]>=0.9.1\n",
-    "!pip install \"cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@e39ca1d\""
+    "!pip install \"cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@318b7e2\""
   ]
  },
  {
--- a/examples/devstral/README.md
+++ b/examples/devstral/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Thanks to the team at MistralAI for giving us early access to prepare for this r

 ```bash
 # Ensure you have Pytorch installed (Pytorch 2.6.0 min)
-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation 'axolotl[flash-attn]>=0.12.0'
 ```

--- a/examples/devstral/devstral-small-qlora.yml
+++ b/examples/devstral/devstral-small-qlora.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ gradient_checkpointing: true
 resume_from_checkpoint:
 logging_steps: 1
 flash_attention: true
-scaling_softmax: true

 loss_watchdog_threshold: 5.0
 loss_watchdog_patience: 3
--- a/examples/eaft/eaft-example.yml
+++ b/examples/eaft/eaft-example.yml
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-base_model: google/gemma-3-1b-it
-
-model_type: Gemma3ForCausalLM
-cls_model_config: Gemma3TextConfig
-
-# gemma3 doesn't seem to play nice with ddp
-ddp_find_unused_parameters: true
-
-chat_template: gemma3
-eot_tokens:
-  - <end_of_turn>
-
-load_in_8bit: false
-load_in_4bit: false
-strict: false
-
-datasets:
-  - path: cgato/SlimOrcaDedupCleaned
-    type: chat_template
-    field_messages: conversations
-    message_property_mappings:
-      role: from
-      content: value
-
-dataset_prepared_path:
-val_set_size: 0
-output_dir: ./outputs/eaft-gemma-3-1b
-
-use_eaft: true
-eaft_alpha: 1.0
-eaft_k: 20
-
-sequence_len: 1024
-sample_packing: false
-
-adapter:
-lora_model_dir:
-
-wandb_project:
-wandb_entity:
-wandb_watch:
-wandb_name:
-wandb_log_model:
-
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
-micro_batch_size: 1
-eval_batch_size: 1
-max_steps: 1000
-evaluation_strategy: "no"
-optimizer: adamw_torch_fused
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 5e-5
-
-train_on_inputs: false
-group_by_length: false
-bf16: auto
-fp16:
-tf32: true
-
-gradient_checkpointing: true
-gradient_checkpointing_kwargs:
-  use_reentrant: false
-
-early_stopping_patience:
-resume_from_checkpoint:
-local_rank:
-logging_steps: 1
-xformers_attention:
-flash_attention: true
-
-warmup_ratio: 0.1
-weight_decay: 0.0
-debug:
-deepspeed:
-fsdp:
-fsdp_config:
-special_tokens:
--- a/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-1b-qlora.yml
+++ b/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-1b-qlora.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 base_model: google/gemma-3-1b-it

 model_type: Gemma3ForCausalLM
-cls_model_config: Gemma3TextConfig

 # Automatically upload checkpoint and final model to HF
 # hub_model_id: username/custom_model_name
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ output_dir: ./outputs/out
 adapter: qlora
 lora_r: 32
 lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0
+lora_dropout: 0.05
 lora_target_linear: true

 sequence_len: 2048
--- a/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-270m-qlora.yml
+++ b/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-270m-qlora.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 base_model: google/gemma-3-270m-it

 model_type: Gemma3ForCausalLM
-cls_model_config: Gemma3TextConfig

 # Automatically upload checkpoint and final model to HF
 # hub_model_id: username/custom_model_name
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ output_dir: ./outputs/out
 adapter: qlora
 lora_r: 32
 lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0
+lora_dropout: 0.05
 lora_target_linear: true

 sequence_len: 2048
--- a/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-4b-qlora.yml
+++ b/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-4b-qlora.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ base_model: google/gemma-3-4b-it

 # Need to set else transformers tries to load vision too
 model_type: Gemma3ForCausalLM
-cls_model_config: Gemma3TextConfig

 load_in_4bit: true

@@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ sample_packing: true

 lora_r: 32
 lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0
-lora_target_linear: true
+lora_dropout: 0.05
+lora_target_modules: 'model.language_model.layers.[\d]+.(mlp|cross_attn|self_attn).(up|down|gate|q|k|v|o)_proj'

 wandb_project:
 wandb_entity:
--- a/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-4b-vision-qlora.yml
+++ b/examples/gemma3/gemma-3-4b-vision-qlora.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pad_to_sequence_len: false

 lora_r: 32
 lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0
+lora_dropout: 0.05
 lora_target_modules: 'model.language_model.layers.[\d]+.(mlp|cross_attn|self_attn).(up|down|gate|q|k|v|o)_proj'

 wandb_project:
--- a/examples/gemma3n/README.md
+++ b/examples/gemma3n/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Gemma-3n is a family of multimodal models from Google found on [HuggingFace](htt

 ```bash
 # Ensure you have Pytorch installed (Pytorch 2.6.0 min)
-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation 'axolotl[flash-attn]>=0.12.0'
 ```

--- a/examples/glm4.7-flash/README.md
+++ b/examples/glm4.7-flash/README.md
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# Finetune Z.ai's GLM-4.7-Flash with Axolotl
-
-[GLM-4.7-Flash](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.7-Flash) is a 30B-A3B MoE model.
-
-This guide shows how to fine-tune it with Axolotl.
-
-## Getting started
-
-1. Install Axolotl following the [installation guide](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/installation.html).
-
-2. Install [Cut Cross Entropy](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy) to reduce training VRAM usage
-
-3. Run the finetuning example:
-
-```bash
-axolotl train examples/glm4.7-flash/glm4.7-flash-qlora.yaml
-```
-
-This config uses about X GiB VRAM.
-
-Let us know how it goes. Happy finetuning! 🚀
-
-### TIPS
-
- For inference, the official Z.ai team recommends `top_p: 0.95`, `temperature: 1.0`, and `max_new_tokens: 131072`.
- You can run a full finetuning by removing the `adapter: qlora` and `load_in_4bit: true` from the config.
- Read more on how to load your own dataset at [docs](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/dataset_loading.html).
-
-## Optimization Guides
-
-Please check the [Optimizations doc](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/optimizations.html).
-
-## Related Resources
-
- [GLM-4.7-Flash on HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.7-Flash)
- [GLM-4.7 Blog](https://z.ai/blog/glm-4.7)
- [Axolotl Docs](https://docs.axolotl.ai)
- [Axolotl Website](https://axolotl.ai)
- [Axolotl GitHub](https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl)
- [Axolotl Discord](https://discord.gg/7m9sfhzaf3)
--- a/examples/glm4.7-flash/glm4.7-flash-qlora.yaml
+++ b/examples/glm4.7-flash/glm4.7-flash-qlora.yaml
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-base_model: zai-org/GLM-4.7-Flash
-
-# Automatically upload checkpoint and final model to HF
-# hub_model_id: username/custom_model_name
-
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.cut_cross_entropy.CutCrossEntropyPlugin
-
-load_in_4bit: true
-
-datasets:
-  - path: fozziethebeat/alpaca_messages_2k_test
-    type: chat_template
-
-dataset_prepared_path: last_run_prepared
-val_set_size: 0.1
-output_dir: ./outputs/lora-out
-
-adapter: qlora
-lora_model_dir:
-
-sequence_len: 2048
-sample_packing: true
-
-lora_r: 32
-lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0.05
-lora_target_linear: true
-lora_target_modules:
-  - gate_proj
-  - down_proj
-  - up_proj
-  - q_proj
-  - v_proj
-  - k_proj
-  - o_proj
-
-wandb_project: glm-4.7-flash
-wandb_entity:
-wandb_watch:
-wandb_name: qlora
-wandb_log_model:
-
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
-micro_batch_size: 2
-num_epochs: 1
-optimizer: adamw_bnb_8bit
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 0.0002
-
-bf16: auto
-tf32: false
-
-gradient_checkpointing: true
-resume_from_checkpoint:
-logging_steps: 1
-flash_attention: true
-
-warmup_ratio: 0.1
-evals_per_epoch: 1
-saves_per_epoch: 1
-
-# save_first_step: true  # uncomment this to validate checkpoint saving works with your config
--- a/examples/gpt-oss/README.md
+++ b/examples/gpt-oss/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This guide shows how to fine-tune it with Axolotl with multi-turn conversations

 ```bash
 # Ensure you have Pytorch installed (Pytorch 2.6.0 min)
-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation 'axolotl[flash-attn]>=0.12.0'
 ```

--- a/examples/granite4/README.md
+++ b/examples/granite4/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This guide shows how to fine-tune it with Axolotl with multi-turn conversations
 git clone https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git
 cd axolotl

-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation -e '.[flash-attn]'

 # Install CCE https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy
--- a/examples/hunyuan/README.md
+++ b/examples/hunyuan/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Tencent released a family of opensource models called HunYuan with varying param
 git clone https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git
 cd axolotl

-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation -e '.[flash-attn]'

 # Install CCE https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy
--- a/examples/jamba/qlora_fsdp_large.yaml
+++ b/examples/jamba/qlora_fsdp_large.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ datasets:
 dataset_prepared_path: last_run_prepared
 val_set_size: 0.0
 output_dir: jamba-large-fsdp-qlora-ft
+save_safetensors: true
 adapter: qlora
 sequence_len: 2048
 sample_packing: true
--- a/examples/llama-3/qlora-1b-gdpo.yaml
+++ b/examples/llama-3/qlora-1b-gdpo.yaml
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-base_model: meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct
-
-chat_template: llama3
-
-rl: gdpo
-
-trl:
-  beta: 0.001
-  max_completion_length: 128
-  num_generations: 2
-  temperature: 0.7
-  top_p: 0.95
-
-  use_vllm: false
-
-
-  multi_objective_aggregation: normalize_then_sum
-
-  reward_funcs:
-    - rwd.format_reward
-    - rwd.correctness_reward
-  reward_weights: [1.0, 2.0]
-
-  log_completions: true
-  num_completions_to_print: 3
-  scale_rewards: true
-
-datasets:
-  - path: openai/gsm8k
-    name: main
-    split: train[:1000]
-    type: rwd.gsm8k_transform
-
-val_set_size: 0.0
-output_dir: ./outputs/llama3-gdpo-out
-
-sequence_len: 512
-sample_packing: false
-pad_to_sequence_len: false
-
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 8
-micro_batch_size: 1
-num_epochs: 1
-max_steps: 100
-
-optimizer: adamw_torch_fused
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 5e-5
-weight_decay: 0.01
-warmup_steps: 10
-
-bf16: auto
-tf32: true
-
-gradient_checkpointing: true
-gradient_checkpointing_kwargs:
-  use_reentrant: false
-
-flash_attention: true
-logging_steps: 1
-save_steps: 50
-save_safetensors: true
-
-special_tokens:
-  pad_token: "<|end_of_text|>"
-
-
-seed: 42
--- a/examples/llama-3/qlora-fsdp-405b.yaml
+++ b/examples/llama-3/qlora-fsdp-405b.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ datasets:
 dataset_prepared_path: last_run_prepared
 val_set_size: 0.0
 output_dir: ./outputs/out/qlora-llama3_1-405b
+save_safetensors: true

 adapter: qlora

--- a/examples/magistral/README.md
+++ b/examples/magistral/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Thanks to the team at MistralAI for giving us early access to prepare for these

 ```bash
 # Ensure you have Pytorch installed (Pytorch 2.7.0 min)
-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation 'axolotl[flash-attn]>=0.12.0'
 ```

--- a/examples/mamba/config.yml
+++ b/examples/mamba/config.yml
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ saves_per_epoch: 1
 weight_decay: 0.0
 special_tokens:
 tokens:
+save_safetensors: False

 # save_first_step: true  # uncomment this to validate checkpoint saving works with your config
--- a/examples/ministral3/ministral3-3b-qlora.yaml
+++ b/examples/ministral3/ministral3-3b-qlora.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ gradient_checkpointing: true
 resume_from_checkpoint:
 logging_steps: 1
 flash_attention: true
-scaling_softmax: true

 warmup_ratio: 0.1
 evals_per_epoch: 1
--- a/examples/qwen3-next/README.md
+++ b/examples/qwen3-next/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This guide shows how to fine-tune it with Axolotl with multi-turn conversations
 git clone https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git
 cd axolotl

-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation -e '.[flash-attn]'

 # Install CCE https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy
--- a/examples/swanlab/README.md
+++ b/examples/swanlab/README.md
@@ -1,285 +0,0 @@
-# SwanLab Integration Examples
-
-This directory contains example configurations demonstrating SwanLab integration with Axolotl.
-
-## Examples Overview
-
-### 1. DPO with Completion Logging
-**File**: `dpo-swanlab-completions.yml`
-
-Demonstrates DPO (Direct Preference Optimization) training with RLHF completion table logging.
-
-**Features**:
- Basic SwanLab experiment tracking
- Completion table logging (prompts, chosen/rejected responses, rewards)
- Memory-bounded buffer for long training runs
- Cloud sync configuration
-
-**Best for**: RLHF practitioners who want to analyze model outputs qualitatively
-
-**Quick start**:
-```bash
-export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-completions.yml
-```
-
---
-
-### 2. LoRA with Performance Profiling
-**File**: `lora-swanlab-profiling.yml`
-
-Demonstrates standard LoRA fine-tuning with performance profiling enabled.
-
-**Features**:
- SwanLab experiment tracking
- Automatic profiling of trainer methods
- Profiling metrics visualization
- Performance optimization guidance
-
-**Best for**: Engineers optimizing training performance and comparing different configurations
-
-**Quick start**:
-```bash
-export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train examples/swanlab/lora-swanlab-profiling.yml
-```
-
---
-
-### 3. Full-Featured DPO Production Setup
-**File**: `dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml`
-
-Comprehensive production-ready configuration with ALL SwanLab features enabled.
-
-**Features**:
- Experiment tracking with team workspace
- RLHF completion logging
- Performance profiling
- Lark (Feishu) team notifications
- Private deployment support
- Production checklist and troubleshooting
-
-**Best for**: Production RLHF training with team collaboration
-
-**Quick start**:
-```bash
-export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-export SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://open.feishu.cn/...
-export SWANLAB_LARK_SECRET=your-webhook-secret
-accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml
-```
-
---
-
-### 4. Custom Trainer Profiling (Python)
-**File**: `custom_trainer_profiling.py`
-
-Python code examples showing how to add SwanLab profiling to custom trainers.
-
-**Features**:
- `@swanlab_profile` decorator examples
- Context manager profiling for fine-grained timing
- `ProfilingConfig` for advanced filtering and throttling
- Multiple profiling patterns and best practices
-
-**Best for**: Advanced users creating custom trainers
-
-**Usage**:
-```python
-from custom_trainer_profiling import CustomTrainerWithProfiling
-# See file for detailed examples and patterns
-```
-
---
-
-## Feature Matrix
-
-| Example | Tracking | Completion Logging | Profiling | Lark Notifications | Team Workspace |
-|---------|----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|----------------|
-| dpo-swanlab-completions.yml | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ (auto) | ➖ (commented) | ➖ (commented) |
-| lora-swanlab-profiling.yml | ✅ | ➖ (disabled) | ✅ (auto) | ➖ (commented) | ➖ (commented) |
-| dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ (auto) | ✅ | ✅ |
-| custom_trainer_profiling.py | N/A | N/A | ✅ (manual) | N/A | N/A |
-
---
-
-## Configuration Quick Reference
-
-### Basic SwanLab Setup
-```yaml
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabPlugin
-
-use_swanlab: true
-swanlab_project: my-project
-swanlab_experiment_name: my-experiment
-swanlab_mode: cloud  # cloud, local, offline, disabled
-```
-
-### RLHF Completion Logging
-```yaml
-swanlab_log_completions: true
-swanlab_completion_log_interval: 100  # Log every 100 steps
-swanlab_completion_max_buffer: 128    # Memory-bounded buffer
-```
-
-### Lark Team Notifications
-```yaml
-swanlab_lark_webhook_url: https://open.feishu.cn/...
-swanlab_lark_secret: your-webhook-secret  # Required for production
-```
-
-### Team Workspace
-```yaml
-swanlab_workspace: my-research-team
-```
-
-### Private Deployment
-```yaml
-swanlab_web_host: https://swanlab.yourcompany.com
-swanlab_api_host: https://api.swanlab.yourcompany.com
-```
-
---
-
-## Authentication
-
-### Recommended: Environment Variable
-```bash
-export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-export SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://open.feishu.cn/...
-export SWANLAB_LARK_SECRET=your-webhook-secret
-```
-
-### Alternative: Config File (less secure)
-```yaml
-swanlab_api_key: your-api-key
-swanlab_lark_webhook_url: https://open.feishu.cn/...
-swanlab_lark_secret: your-webhook-secret
-```
-
---
-
-## Common Use Cases
-
-### Use Case 1: Migrate from WandB to SwanLab
-Start with `lora-swanlab-profiling.yml`, add your model/dataset config, disable WandB:
-```yaml
-use_swanlab: true
-use_wandb: false
-```
-
-### Use Case 2: Analyze DPO Model Outputs
-Use `dpo-swanlab-completions.yml`, adjust completion logging interval based on your training length:
-```yaml
-swanlab_completion_log_interval: 50   # More frequent for short training
-swanlab_completion_log_interval: 200  # Less frequent for long training
-```
-
-### Use Case 3: Optimize Training Performance
-Use `lora-swanlab-profiling.yml`, run multiple experiments with different optimizations:
- Baseline: `flash_attention: false, gradient_checkpointing: false`
- Flash Attention: `flash_attention: true`
- Gradient Checkpointing: `gradient_checkpointing: true`
- Both: `flash_attention: true, gradient_checkpointing: true`
-
-Compare profiling metrics in SwanLab dashboard.
-
-### Use Case 4: Production RLHF with Team Collaboration
-Use `dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml`, set up team workspace and Lark notifications:
-```yaml
-swanlab_workspace: ml-team
-swanlab_lark_webhook_url: ...
-swanlab_lark_secret: ...
-```
-
---
-
-## Viewing Your Experiments
-
-### Cloud Mode
-Visit [https://swanlab.cn](https://swanlab.cn) and navigate to your project.
-
-**Dashboard sections**:
- **Metrics**: Training loss, learning rate, profiling metrics
- **Tables**: RLHF completions (for DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO)
- **Config**: Hyperparameters and configuration
- **System**: Resource usage (GPU, memory, CPU)
- **Files**: Logged artifacts
-
-### Local Mode
-```bash
-swanlab watch ./swanlog
-# Open browser to http://localhost:5092
-```
-
---
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### SwanLab not initializing
-```bash
-# Check API key
-echo $SWANLAB_API_KEY
-
-# Verify SwanLab is installed
-pip show swanlab
-
-# Check config
-grep -A 5 "use_swanlab" your-config.yml
-```
-
-### Completions not appearing
- Verify you're using an RLHF trainer (DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO)
- Check `swanlab_log_completions: true`
- Wait for `swanlab_completion_log_interval` steps
- Look for "Registered SwanLab RLHF completion logging" in logs
-
-### Lark notifications not working
- Test webhook manually: `curl -X POST "$SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL" ...`
- Verify `SWANLAB_LARK_SECRET` is set correctly
- Check bot is added to Lark group chat
- Look for "Registered Lark notification callback" in logs
-
-### Profiling metrics not appearing
- Verify `use_swanlab: true`
- Check SwanLab is initialized (look for init log message)
- Profiling metrics are under "profiling/" namespace
- Profiling auto-enabled when SwanLab is enabled
-
---
-
-## Performance Notes
-
-### Overhead Comparison
-
-| Feature | Overhead per Step | Memory Usage |
-|---------|------------------|--------------|
-| Basic tracking | < 0.1% | ~10 MB |
-| Completion logging | < 0.5% | ~64 KB (buffer=128) |
-| Profiling | < 0.1% | ~1 KB |
-| **Total** | **< 0.7%** | **~10 MB** |
-
-### Best Practices
-1. Use ONE logging tool in production (disable WandB/MLflow when using SwanLab)
-2. Adjust completion log interval based on training length (100-200 steps)
-3. Keep completion buffer size reasonable (128-512)
-4. Profile critical path methods first (training_step, compute_loss)
-5. Use ProfilingConfig to throttle high-frequency operations
-
---
-
-## Further Reading
-
- **Full Documentation**: [src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/README.md](../../src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/README.md)
- **SwanLab Docs**: [https://docs.swanlab.cn](https://docs.swanlab.cn)
- **Axolotl Docs**: [https://axolotl-ai-cloud.github.io/axolotl/](https://axolotl-ai-cloud.github.io/axolotl/)
- **DPO Paper**: [Direct Preference Optimization](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18290)
-
---
-
-## Contributing
-
-Found an issue or have an improvement? Please submit a PR or open an issue:
- [Axolotl Issues](https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/issues)
- [SwanLab Issues](https://github.com/SwanHubX/SwanLab/issues)
--- a/examples/swanlab/custom_trainer_profiling.py
+++ b/examples/swanlab/custom_trainer_profiling.py
@@ -1,299 +0,0 @@
-"""Example: Custom Trainer with SwanLab Profiling
-
-This example demonstrates how to add SwanLab profiling to your custom trainer.
-
-Features:
- @swanlab_profile decorator for automatic profiling
- swanlab_profiling_context for fine-grained profiling
- ProfilingConfig for advanced filtering and throttling
-
-Usage:
-    1. Create your custom trainer extending AxolotlTrainer
-    2. Add @swanlab_profile decorators to methods you want to profile
-    3. Use swanlab_profiling_context for fine-grained profiling within methods
-    4. Enable SwanLab in your config (use_swanlab: true)
-
-See also:
-    - examples/swanlab/lora-swanlab-profiling.yml for config
-    - src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/profiling.py for implementation
-"""
-
-from axolotl.core.trainers.base import AxolotlTrainer
-from axolotl.integrations.swanlab.profiling import (
-    ProfilingConfig,
-    swanlab_profile,
-    swanlab_profiling_context,
-    swanlab_profiling_context_advanced,
-)
-
-
-class CustomTrainerWithProfiling(AxolotlTrainer):
-    """Custom trainer with SwanLab profiling enabled.
-
-    This trainer demonstrates three profiling patterns:
-    1. Decorator-based profiling (@swanlab_profile)
-    2. Context manager profiling (swanlab_profiling_context)
-    3. Advanced profiling with filtering (ProfilingConfig)
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        # Create custom profiling config for high-frequency operations
-        self.fast_op_config = ProfilingConfig(
-            enabled=True,
-            min_duration_ms=0.5,  # Only log if duration > 0.5ms
-            log_interval=50,  # Log every 50th call
-        )
-
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Pattern 1: Decorator-based Profiling
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Best for: Methods you always want to profile
-    # Overhead: ~2-5 microseconds per call (negligible)
-
-    @swanlab_profile
-    def training_step(self, model, inputs):
-        """Main training step - always profile.
-
-        Profiling metric: profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.training_step
-        """
-        return super().training_step(model, inputs)
-
-    @swanlab_profile
-    def compute_loss(self, model, inputs, return_outputs=False):
-        """Loss computation - always profile.
-
-        Profiling metric: profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.compute_loss
-        """
-        return super().compute_loss(model, inputs, return_outputs)
-
-    @swanlab_profile
-    def prediction_step(self, model, inputs, prediction_loss_only, ignore_keys=None):
-        """Prediction step - always profile.
-
-        Profiling metric: profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.prediction_step
-        """
-        return super().prediction_step(model, inputs, prediction_loss_only, ignore_keys)
-
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Pattern 2: Fine-grained Context Manager Profiling
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Best for: Profiling specific code blocks within a method
-    # Use case: When you want to profile forward vs backward separately
-
-    def complex_training_step(self, model, inputs):
-        """Training step with fine-grained profiling.
-
-        Profiling metrics:
-        - profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.forward_pass
-        - profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.backward_pass
-        - profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.optimizer_step
-        """
-        # Profile just the forward pass
-        with swanlab_profiling_context(self, "forward_pass"):
-            outputs = model(**inputs)
-            loss = outputs.loss
-
-        # Profile just the backward pass
-        with swanlab_profiling_context(self, "backward_pass"):
-            loss.backward()
-
-        # Profile optimizer step
-        with swanlab_profiling_context(self, "optimizer_step"):
-            self.optimizer.step()
-            self.optimizer.zero_grad()
-
-        return outputs
-
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Pattern 3: Advanced Profiling with Filtering
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Best for: High-frequency operations where you want to throttle logging
-    # Use case: Methods called 100+ times per step
-
-    def _prepare_inputs(self, inputs):
-        """Prepare inputs - throttled profiling.
-
-        This method is called frequently (once per batch), so we throttle
-        profiling to reduce overhead:
-        - Only log if duration > 0.5ms (skip very fast operations)
-        - Only log every 50th call (reduce logging frequency)
-
-        Profiling metric: profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.prepare_inputs
-        """
-        with swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(
-            self, "prepare_inputs", config=self.fast_op_config
-        ):
-            return super()._prepare_inputs(inputs)
-
-    def _prepare_input_for_model(self, input_ids):
-        """Another high-frequency operation - throttled profiling.
-
-        Profiling metric: profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.prepare_input_for_model
-        """
-        with swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(
-            self, "prepare_input_for_model", config=self.fast_op_config
-        ):
-            # Your custom input preparation logic
-            return input_ids
-
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Pattern 4: Exception-safe Profiling
-    # ========================================================================
-    # Profiling is exception-safe: duration is logged even if method raises
-
-    @swanlab_profile
-    def potentially_failing_method(self):
-        """This method may raise an exception.
-
-        SwanLab profiling will still log the duration before re-raising.
-        Profiling metric: profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.potentially_failing_method
-        """
-        # Do some work
-        result = self._do_risky_computation()
-
-        # If this raises, profiling duration is still logged
-        if result < 0:
-            raise ValueError("Invalid result")
-
-        return result
-
-    def _do_risky_computation(self):
-        """Placeholder for risky computation."""
-        return 42
-
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Advanced Example: Custom ProfilingConfig Per Method
-# ============================================================================
-
-
-class AdvancedProfilingTrainer(AxolotlTrainer):
-    """Trainer with method-specific profiling configurations."""
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        # Different profiling configs for different method types
-        self.critical_path_config = ProfilingConfig(
-            enabled=True,
-            min_duration_ms=0.0,  # Log everything on critical path
-            log_interval=1,  # Log every call
-        )
-
-        self.fast_path_config = ProfilingConfig(
-            enabled=True,
-            min_duration_ms=1.0,  # Only log if > 1ms
-            log_interval=100,  # Log every 100th call
-        )
-
-        self.debug_config = ProfilingConfig(
-            enabled=True,
-            min_duration_ms=0.0,  # Log everything
-            log_interval=1,  # Log every call
-        )
-
-    def training_step(self, model, inputs):
-        """Critical path - log everything."""
-        with swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(
-            self, "training_step", config=self.critical_path_config
-        ):
-            return super().training_step(model, inputs)
-
-    def _prepare_inputs(self, inputs):
-        """Fast path - throttle logging."""
-        with swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(
-            self, "prepare_inputs", config=self.fast_path_config
-        ):
-            return super()._prepare_inputs(inputs)
-
-    def _debug_method(self, data):
-        """Debug-only method - verbose logging."""
-        with swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(
-            self, "debug_method", config=self.debug_config
-        ):
-            # Your debug logic
-            pass
-
-
-# ============================================================================
-# How to Use This Custom Trainer
-# ============================================================================
-
-"""
-To use this custom trainer:
-
-1. Save this file to your project (e.g., my_custom_trainer.py)
-
-2. Create a config file that uses your custom trainer:
-
-    # config.yml
-    base_model: NousResearch/Llama-3.2-1B
-
-    # ... other config ...
-
-    plugins:
-      - axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabPlugin
-
-    use_swanlab: true
-    swanlab_project: my-profiling-experiment
-
-    # Optional: Specify custom trainer
-    # (Or modify axolotl to use your custom trainer class)
-
-3. Run training:
-
-    export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-    accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train config.yml
-
-4. View profiling metrics in SwanLab dashboard:
-   - profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.training_step
-   - profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.forward_pass
-   - profiling/Time taken: CustomTrainerWithProfiling.backward_pass
-   - etc.
-
-5. Compare profiling metrics across runs:
-   - Run baseline without optimizations
-   - Run with flash_attention enabled
-   - Run with gradient_checkpointing enabled
-   - Compare profiling metrics to see performance impact
-"""
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Tips for Effective Profiling
-# ============================================================================
-
-"""
-1. Profile the critical path first:
-   - training_step, compute_loss, prediction_step
-   - These methods are called most frequently and have biggest impact
-
-2. Use throttling for high-frequency operations:
-   - Methods called 100+ times per step
-   - Use log_interval=50 or log_interval=100
-   - Reduces profiling overhead and dashboard clutter
-
-3. Filter noise with min_duration_ms:
-   - Set min_duration_ms=1.0 to skip very fast operations
-   - Focus on operations that actually take time
-
-4. Compare across runs:
-   - Run same config multiple times to check consistency
-   - Compare different optimization strategies
-   - Track profiling trends over time
-
-5. Monitor distributed training:
-   - Check for per-rank timing differences
-   - Look for stragglers (slower ranks)
-   - Identify synchronization bottlenecks
-
-6. Disable profiling in production:
-   - from axolotl.integrations.swanlab.profiling import DEFAULT_PROFILING_CONFIG
-   - DEFAULT_PROFILING_CONFIG.enabled = False
-
-7. Exception handling:
-   - Profiling is exception-safe
-   - Duration logged even if method raises
-   - Useful for debugging methods that fail intermittently
-"""
--- a/examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-completions.yml
+++ b/examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-completions.yml
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-# SwanLab DPO Training Example with Completion Logging
-#
-# This example demonstrates DPO (Direct Preference Optimization) training
-# with SwanLab integration for experiment tracking and completion table logging.
-#
-# Features enabled:
-# - SwanLab experiment tracking
-# - RLHF completion table logging (prompts, chosen/rejected responses, rewards)
-# - Lark (Feishu) team notifications (optional)
-#
-# To run:
-#   export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-#   accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-completions.yml
-
-# Model Configuration
-base_model: meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
-model_type: LlamaForCausalLM
-tokenizer_type: AutoTokenizer
-
-special_tokens:
-  pad_token: <|finetune_right_pad_id|>
-  eos_token: <|eot_id|>
-
-# Quantization
-load_in_8bit: true
-load_in_4bit: false
-
-# LoRA Configuration
-adapter: lora
-lora_r: 32
-lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0.05
-lora_target_linear: true
-
-# DPO Configuration
-chat_template: llama3
-rl: dpo
-
-datasets:
-  - path: fozziethebeat/alpaca_messages_2k_dpo_test
-    type: chat_template.default
-    field_messages: conversation
-    field_chosen: chosen
-    field_rejected: rejected
-    message_property_mappings:
-      role: role
-      content: content
-    roles:
-      system:
-        - system
-      user:
-        - user
-      assistant:
-        - assistant
-
-# Dataset and Output
-dataset_prepared_path:
-val_set_size: 0.05
-output_dir: ./outputs/dpo-swanlab-out
-
-# Training Configuration
-sequence_len: 4096
-sample_packing: false
-micro_batch_size: 2
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
-num_epochs: 4
-
-# Optimization
-optimizer: adamw_bnb_8bit
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 0.0002
-warmup_ratio: 0.1
-weight_decay: 0.0
-
-# Precision
-bf16: auto
-tf32: false
-
-# Performance
-gradient_checkpointing: true
-flash_attention: true
-
-# Checkpointing and Logging
-logging_steps: 1
-evals_per_epoch: 4
-saves_per_epoch: 1
-
-# ============================================================================
-# SwanLab Integration
-# ============================================================================
-
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabPlugin
-
-# Basic SwanLab Configuration
-use_swanlab: true
-swanlab_project: dpo-training
-swanlab_experiment_name: llama-3-dpo-completions-demo
-swanlab_description: "DPO training with completion table logging"
-swanlab_mode: cloud  # Options: cloud, local, offline, disabled
-
-# SwanLab Authentication
-# Recommended: Set via environment variable
-#   export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-# Or set in config (less secure):
-# swanlab_api_key: your-api-key
-
-# Optional: Team workspace
-# swanlab_workspace: my-research-team
-
-# ============================================================================
-# RLHF Completion Table Logging
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# Automatically logs model completions to SwanLab for qualitative analysis:
-# - Prompts from your DPO dataset
-# - Chosen responses (preferred)
-# - Rejected responses (non-preferred)
-# - Reward differences
-#
-# View the table in SwanLab dashboard under "rlhf_completions"
-
-swanlab_log_completions: true
-swanlab_completion_log_interval: 100  # Log every 100 training steps
-swanlab_completion_max_buffer: 128    # Keep last 128 completions in memory
-
-# Memory Usage Notes:
-# - Buffer size 128: ~64 KB (default, recommended)
-# - Buffer size 512: ~256 KB (for more historical completions)
-# - Buffer size 1024: ~512 KB (maximum for very long training runs)
-
-# Performance Notes:
-# - Completion logging overhead: < 0.5% per training step
-# - Only logs every N steps to minimize impact
-# - Memory-bounded buffer prevents memory leaks
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Optional: Lark (Feishu) Team Notifications
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# Get real-time training notifications in your team chat
-# Uncomment to enable:
-
-# swanlab_lark_webhook_url: https://open.feishu.cn/open-apis/bot/v2/hook/xxxxxxxxxx
-# swanlab_lark_secret: your-webhook-secret  # Recommended for production
-
-# Notifications sent for:
-# - Training start
-# - Training completion
-# - Training errors
-# - Metric milestones (if configured)
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Optional: Private SwanLab Deployment
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# For enterprise users with private SwanLab deployment:
-
-# swanlab_web_host: https://swanlab.yourcompany.com
-# swanlab_api_host: https://api.swanlab.yourcompany.com
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Disable WandB if you're migrating from it
-# ============================================================================
-
-# wandb_project:
-# wandb_entity:
-# use_wandb: false
--- a/examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml
+++ b/examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml
@@ -1,329 +0,0 @@
-# SwanLab Full-Featured DPO Training Example
-#
-# This example demonstrates ALL SwanLab integration features:
-# - Experiment tracking with cloud sync
-# - RLHF completion table logging
-# - Performance profiling
-# - Lark (Feishu) team notifications
-# - Team workspace collaboration
-#
-# Use this as a reference for production RLHF training setups.
-#
-# To run:
-#   export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-#   export SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://open.feishu.cn/...
-#   export SWANLAB_LARK_SECRET=your-webhook-secret
-#   accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train examples/swanlab/dpo-swanlab-full-featured.yml
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Model Configuration
-# ============================================================================
-
-base_model: meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
-model_type: LlamaForCausalLM
-tokenizer_type: AutoTokenizer
-
-special_tokens:
-  pad_token: <|finetune_right_pad_id|>
-  eos_token: <|eot_id|>
-
-# Quantization for efficient training
-load_in_8bit: true
-load_in_4bit: false
-
-# ============================================================================
-# LoRA Configuration
-# ============================================================================
-
-adapter: lora
-lora_r: 32
-lora_alpha: 16
-lora_dropout: 0.05
-lora_target_linear: true  # Target all linear layers
-
-# ============================================================================
-# DPO (Direct Preference Optimization) Configuration
-# ============================================================================
-
-chat_template: llama3
-rl: dpo  # Enable DPO trainer
-
-datasets:
-  - path: fozziethebeat/alpaca_messages_2k_dpo_test
-    type: chat_template.default
-    field_messages: conversation
-    field_chosen: chosen
-    field_rejected: rejected
-    message_property_mappings:
-      role: role
-      content: content
-    roles:
-      system:
-        - system
-      user:
-        - user
-      assistant:
-        - assistant
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Dataset and Output Configuration
-# ============================================================================
-
-dataset_prepared_path:
-val_set_size: 0.05
-output_dir: ./outputs/dpo-swanlab-full-featured-out
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Training Configuration
-# ============================================================================
-
-sequence_len: 4096
-sample_packing: false
-
-micro_batch_size: 2
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
-num_epochs: 4
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Optimization
-# ============================================================================
-
-optimizer: adamw_bnb_8bit
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 0.0002
-warmup_ratio: 0.1
-weight_decay: 0.0
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Precision and Performance
-# ============================================================================
-
-bf16: auto
-tf32: false
-
-gradient_checkpointing: true
-flash_attention: true
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Checkpointing and Logging
-# ============================================================================
-
-logging_steps: 1
-evals_per_epoch: 4
-saves_per_epoch: 1
-
-# ============================================================================
-# SwanLab Integration - Full Configuration
-# ============================================================================
-
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabPlugin
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Basic SwanLab Configuration
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-use_swanlab: true
-swanlab_project: dpo-production
-swanlab_experiment_name: llama-3-dpo-full-featured-v1
-swanlab_description: |
-  Production DPO training with all SwanLab features enabled:
-  - Completion table logging for qualitative analysis
-  - Performance profiling for optimization
-  - Lark notifications for team collaboration
-
-swanlab_mode: cloud  # Options: cloud, local, offline, disabled
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Team Collaboration
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Workspace for team collaboration (shared experiments)
-swanlab_workspace: ml-research-team
-
-# Authentication (recommended: use environment variable)
-#   export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-# Or set in config (less secure):
-# swanlab_api_key: your-api-key
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# RLHF Completion Table Logging
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Automatically logs model completions for qualitative analysis:
-# - Prompts from your DPO dataset
-# - Chosen responses (preferred)
-# - Rejected responses (non-preferred)
-# - Reward differences
-#
-# View in SwanLab dashboard under "rlhf_completions" table
-
-swanlab_log_completions: true
-swanlab_completion_log_interval: 100  # Log every 100 steps
-swanlab_completion_max_buffer: 256    # Larger buffer for long training runs
-
-# Buffer size recommendations:
-# - 128: Default, ~64 KB memory (recommended for most cases)
-# - 256: ~128 KB memory (this config, good for longer training)
-# - 512: ~256 KB memory (maximum for very long runs)
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Lark (Feishu) Team Notifications
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Get real-time training notifications in your team chat
-#
-# Notifications sent for:
-# - Training start
-# - Training completion
-# - Training errors
-# - Metric milestones (if configured)
-
-# Recommended: Set via environment variables
-#   export SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://open.feishu.cn/...
-#   export SWANLAB_LARK_SECRET=your-webhook-secret
-
-# Or set in config (less secure):
-# swanlab_lark_webhook_url: https://open.feishu.cn/open-apis/bot/v2/hook/xxxxxxxxxx
-# swanlab_lark_secret: your-webhook-secret  # REQUIRED for production
-
-# Security note: ALWAYS use swanlab_lark_secret in production to prevent
-# unauthorized parties from sending fake notifications to your team chat.
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Performance Profiling
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Profiling is automatically enabled when SwanLab is enabled.
-# Metrics logged to SwanLab under "profiling/" namespace:
-#   profiling/Time taken: AxolotlTrainer.training_step
-#   profiling/Time taken: AxolotlTrainer.compute_loss
-#   profiling/Time taken: AxolotlTrainer.prediction_step
-#
-# Use these metrics to:
-# - Identify bottlenecks in training loop
-# - Compare performance across different configurations
-# - Monitor performance regressions over time
-# - Debug unexpected slowdowns
-
-# For custom profiling in your own trainer, see:
-#   examples/swanlab/custom_trainer_profiling.py
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Optional: Private SwanLab Deployment
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# For enterprise users with private SwanLab deployment:
-
-# swanlab_web_host: https://swanlab.yourcompany.com
-# swanlab_api_host: https://api.swanlab.yourcompany.com
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Optional: Model Checkpointing to SwanLab
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Log model checkpoints to SwanLab (coming soon)
-
-swanlab_log_model: false
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Disable Other Logging Tools (Recommended)
-# ============================================================================
-# Using multiple logging tools simultaneously can impact performance:
-# - Expected overhead: ~1-2% per logger
-# - Potential config/callback conflicts
-#
-# For production training, use ONLY SwanLab:
-
-# wandb_project:
-# use_wandb: false
-#
-# use_mlflow: false
-#
-# use_comet: false
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Expected Training Behavior
-# ============================================================================
-
-# With this configuration, you should see:
-#
-# 1. SwanLab Initialization (rank 0 only):
-#    INFO: SwanLab initialized for project: dpo-production
-#    INFO: SwanLab experiment: llama-3-dpo-full-featured-v1
-#    INFO: SwanLab mode: cloud
-#    INFO: SwanLab workspace: ml-research-team
-#
-# 2. Completion Logging (rank 0 only):
-#    INFO: Registered SwanLab RLHF completion logging callback for DPOTrainer
-#          (log_interval=100, max_buffer=256)
-#
-# 3. Lark Notifications (rank 0 only):
-#    INFO: Registered Lark notification callback with HMAC authentication
-#
-# 4. Distributed Training Detection (if multi-GPU):
-#    INFO: Distributed training detected (world_size=N)
-#    INFO: Only rank 0 will initialize SwanLab
-#    INFO: Other ranks will skip SwanLab to avoid conflicts
-#
-# 5. Training Start Notification (Lark):
-#    Your team chat receives: "Training started: llama-3-dpo-full-featured-v1"
-#
-# 6. Periodic Completion Logging:
-#    Every 100 steps, completion table is updated in SwanLab dashboard
-#
-# 7. Training Complete Notification (Lark):
-#    Your team chat receives: "Training completed: llama-3-dpo-full-featured-v1"
-#    With link to SwanLab dashboard and final metrics
-#
-# 8. SwanLab Dashboard Shows:
-#    - Training metrics (loss, learning rate, etc.)
-#    - Completion table (rlhf_completions)
-#    - Profiling metrics (profiling/Time taken: ...)
-#    - Hyperparameters and configuration
-#    - System resource usage
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Production Checklist
-# ============================================================================
-
-# Before deploying to production, verify:
-# ✅ SwanLab API key is set via environment variable (not in config)
-# ✅ Lark webhook secret is set (required for HMAC authentication)
-# ✅ Workspace is set to your team's workspace
-# ✅ Experiment name is descriptive and unique
-# ✅ Only SwanLab is enabled (other loggers disabled)
-# ✅ Completion logging buffer size is appropriate for your training duration
-# ✅ Private deployment hosts are set (if using enterprise SwanLab)
-# ✅ Test run completes successfully and shows up in SwanLab dashboard
-# ✅ Lark notifications are received in team chat
-# ✅ Profiling metrics are logged correctly
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Troubleshooting
-# ============================================================================
-
-# If SwanLab initialization fails:
-# 1. Check SWANLAB_API_KEY environment variable is set
-# 2. Verify swanlab_project is set in config
-# 3. Check swanlab_mode is valid (cloud/local/offline/disabled)
-# 4. Verify internet connectivity (for cloud mode)
-
-# If Lark notifications not received:
-# 1. Check SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL is set correctly
-# 2. Verify SWANLAB_LARK_SECRET matches your Lark bot settings
-# 3. Test webhook manually: curl -X POST "$SWANLAB_LARK_WEBHOOK_URL" ...
-# 4. Check training logs for "Registered Lark notification callback"
-# 5. Verify bot is added to the target Lark group chat
-
-# If completions not appearing in SwanLab:
-# 1. Verify you're using an RLHF trainer (DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO)
-# 2. Check swanlab_log_completions is true
-# 3. Wait for log_interval steps (default: 100)
-# 4. Check training logs for "Registered SwanLab RLHF completion logging"
-
-# If profiling metrics not appearing:
-# 1. Verify use_swanlab is true
-# 2. Check SwanLab is initialized (check logs)
-# 3. Look under "profiling/" namespace in dashboard
-# 4. Profiling may be disabled if DEFAULT_PROFILING_CONFIG.enabled = False
-
-# For more help:
-# - SwanLab docs: https://docs.swanlab.cn
-# - Axolotl SwanLab integration: src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/README.md
-# - GitHub issues: https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/issues
--- a/examples/swanlab/lora-swanlab-profiling.yml
+++ b/examples/swanlab/lora-swanlab-profiling.yml
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-# SwanLab LoRA Training Example with Performance Profiling
-#
-# This example demonstrates standard LoRA fine-tuning with SwanLab integration
-# for performance profiling and optimization.
-#
-# Features enabled:
-# - SwanLab experiment tracking
-# - Performance profiling (training step, forward/backward pass timing)
-# - Real-time metrics visualization
-#
-# To run:
-#   export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-#   accelerate launch -m axolotl.cli.train examples/swanlab/lora-swanlab-profiling.yml
-
-# Model Configuration
-base_model: NousResearch/Llama-3.2-1B
-
-# Dataset Configuration
-datasets:
-  - path: teknium/GPT4-LLM-Cleaned
-    type: alpaca
-
-val_set_size: 0.1
-output_dir: ./outputs/lora-swanlab-profiling-out
-
-# LoRA Configuration
-adapter: lora
-lora_r: 16
-lora_alpha: 32
-lora_dropout: 0.05
-lora_target_modules:
-  - gate_proj
-  - down_proj
-  - up_proj
-  - q_proj
-  - v_proj
-  - k_proj
-  - o_proj
-
-# Training Configuration
-sequence_len: 2048
-sample_packing: true
-eval_sample_packing: true
-
-micro_batch_size: 2
-gradient_accumulation_steps: 2
-num_epochs: 1
-
-# Optimization
-optimizer: adamw_8bit
-lr_scheduler: cosine
-learning_rate: 0.0002
-warmup_ratio: 0.1
-weight_decay: 0.0
-
-# Precision
-bf16: auto
-tf32: false
-
-# Performance
-gradient_checkpointing: true
-flash_attention: true
-
-# Checkpointing and Logging
-logging_steps: 1
-evals_per_epoch: 4
-saves_per_epoch: 1
-
-# Loss Monitoring
-loss_watchdog_threshold: 5.0
-loss_watchdog_patience: 3
-
-special_tokens:
-  pad_token: "<|end_of_text|>"
-
-# ============================================================================
-# SwanLab Integration
-# ============================================================================
-
-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabPlugin
-
-# Basic SwanLab Configuration
-use_swanlab: true
-swanlab_project: lora-profiling
-swanlab_experiment_name: llama-3.2-1b-profiling-demo
-swanlab_description: "LoRA fine-tuning with performance profiling"
-swanlab_mode: cloud  # Options: cloud, local, offline, disabled
-
-# SwanLab Authentication
-# Recommended: Set via environment variable
-#   export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key
-# Or set in config (less secure):
-# swanlab_api_key: your-api-key
-
-# Optional: Team workspace
-# swanlab_workspace: my-ml-team
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Performance Profiling
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# SwanLab automatically profiles trainer methods when enabled.
-# Profiling metrics appear in SwanLab dashboard under "profiling/" namespace.
-#
-# Built-in profiling:
-# - Minimal overhead (< 0.1% per step)
-# - High-precision timing (microsecond accuracy)
-# - Exception-safe (logs duration even if method fails)
-#
-# View profiling metrics in SwanLab dashboard:
-#   profiling/Time taken: AxolotlTrainer.training_step
-#   profiling/Time taken: AxolotlTrainer.compute_loss
-#   profiling/Time taken: AxolotlTrainer.prediction_step
-#
-# For custom profiling in your own trainer, see:
-#   examples/swanlab/custom_trainer_profiling.py
-
-# Completion logging is disabled for non-RLHF trainers
-swanlab_log_completions: false  # Only works with DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Optional: Compare with Multiple Runs
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# To compare profiling metrics across different configurations:
-#
-# 1. Run baseline without flash attention:
-#    swanlab_experiment_name: llama-3.2-1b-no-flash-attn
-#    flash_attention: false
-#
-# 2. Run with gradient checkpointing:
-#    swanlab_experiment_name: llama-3.2-1b-grad-checkpoint
-#    gradient_checkpointing: true
-#
-# 3. Run with both:
-#    swanlab_experiment_name: llama-3.2-1b-optimized
-#    flash_attention: true
-#    gradient_checkpointing: true
-#
-# Then compare profiling metrics in SwanLab dashboard to see performance impact
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Optional: Lark (Feishu) Team Notifications
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# Get notified when profiling experiments complete:
-
-# swanlab_lark_webhook_url: https://open.feishu.cn/open-apis/bot/v2/hook/xxxxxxxxxx
-# swanlab_lark_secret: your-webhook-secret
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Profiling Best Practices
-# ============================================================================
-#
-# 1. Run multiple epochs to see profiling trends over time
-# 2. Ignore first ~10 steps (warmup period, slower)
-# 3. Look for outliers (steps that take significantly longer)
-# 4. Compare profiling metrics before/after optimization changes
-# 5. Monitor per-rank profiling in distributed training
-#
-# Common bottlenecks to profile:
-# - training_step: Overall step time (should be consistent)
-# - compute_loss: Loss computation (scales with sequence length)
-# - prediction_step: Evaluation time (can be slow for large val sets)
-#
-# If you see inconsistent timing:
-# - Check for data loading bottlenecks
-# - Monitor GPU utilization (may be CPU-bound)
-# - Check for gradient accumulation effects
-# - Verify CUDA kernel synchronization
-
-# ============================================================================
-# Disable WandB if you're migrating from it
-# ============================================================================
-
-# wandb_project:
-# use_wandb: false
--- a/examples/trinity/README.md
+++ b/examples/trinity/README.md
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ This guide shows how to fine-tune it with Axolotl with multi-turn conversations

 1. Install Axolotl following the main from the [installation guide](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/installation.html#sec-edge-build).

-2. Install [Cut Cross Entropy](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/custom_integrations.html#cut-cross-entropy) to reduce training VRAM usage.
-
-3. Run the finetuning example:
+2. Run the finetuning example:

    ```bash
    axolotl train examples/trinity/trinity-nano-preview-qlora.yaml
    ```

-This config uses about 24.9 GiB VRAM (w/o CCE).
+This config uses about 24.9 GiB VRAM.

 Let us know how it goes. Happy finetuning! 🚀

@@ -31,6 +29,10 @@ Let us know how it goes. Happy finetuning! 🚀

 Please check the [Optimizations doc](https://docs.axolotl.ai/docs/optimizations.html).

+## Limitations
+
+**Cut Cross Entropy (CCE)**: Currently not supported. We plan to include CCE support for Trinity in the near future.
+
 ## Related Resources

 - [Trinity Blog](https://www.arcee.ai/blog/the-trinity-manifesto)
--- a/examples/trinity/trinity-nano-preview-qlora.yaml
+++ b/examples/trinity/trinity-nano-preview-qlora.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 base_model: arcee-ai/Trinity-Nano-Preview
+trust_remote_code: true
 revision_of_model: 2ee94b0

 # Automatically upload checkpoint and final model to HF
 # hub_model_id: username/custom_model_name

-plugins:
-  - axolotl.integrations.cut_cross_entropy.CutCrossEntropyPlugin
+# CCE - N/A as of now
+# plugins:
+#   - axolotl.integrations.cut_cross_entropy.CutCrossEntropyPlugin

 load_in_8bit: false
 load_in_4bit: true
--- a/examples/voxtral/README.md
+++ b/examples/voxtral/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Thanks to the team at MistralAI for giving us early access to prepare for this r

 ```bash
 # Ensure you have Pytorch installed (Pytorch 2.6.0 min)
-pip3 install packaging==26.0 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
+pip3 install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0 wheel ninja
 pip3 install --no-build-isolation 'axolotl[flash-attn]>=0.12.0'
 ```

--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=8", "packaging==26.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=8", "packaging==23.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

 [project]
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl.git"
 py-modules = ["setuptools_axolotl_dynamic_dependencies"]
 include-package-data = true

-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { file = "VERSION" }
-
 [tool.setuptools.cmdclass]
 build_py = "setuptools_axolotl_dynamic_dependencies.BuildPyCommand"

@@ -60,6 +57,3 @@ indent-style = "space"
 skip-magic-trailing-comma = false
 line-ending = "auto"
 docstring-code-format = false
-
-[tool.uv.extra-build-dependencies]
-axolotl = ["huggingface_hub"]
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 --extra-index-url https://huggingface.github.io/autogptq-index/whl/cu118/

 # START section of dependencies that don't install on Darwin/MacOS
-bitsandbytes==0.49.1
+bitsandbytes==0.48.2
 triton>=3.0.0
 mamba-ssm==1.2.0.post1
 xformers>=0.0.23.post1
 liger-kernel==0.6.4
 # END section

-packaging==26.0
-huggingface_hub>=1.1.7
-peft>=0.18.1
+packaging==23.2
+
+huggingface_hub>=0.36.0
+peft>=0.18.0
 tokenizers>=0.22.1
-transformers==5.0.0
+transformers==4.57.1
 accelerate==1.12.0
-datasets==4.5.0
+datasets==4.4.2
 deepspeed>=0.18.3
-trl==0.27.1
+trl==0.25.1
 hf_xet==1.2.0
 kernels==0.11.5
-
 trackio>=0.13.0
 typing-extensions>=4.15.0

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ langdetect==1.0.9
 immutabledict==4.2.0
 antlr4-python3-runtime==4.13.2

-torchao==0.13.0
+torchao==0.15.0
 openenv-core==0.1.0
 schedulefree==1.4.1

@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ axolotl-contribs-mit==0.0.6
 # telemetry
 posthog==6.7.11

-mistral-common==1.8.8
+mistral-common==1.8.6
--- a/scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py
+++ b/scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ UV_PREFIX = "uv " if USE_UV else ""

 print(
    UNINSTALL_PREFIX
-    + f'{UV_PREFIX}pip install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@e39ca1d"'
+    + f'{UV_PREFIX}pip install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@318b7e2"'
 )
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """setup.py for axolotl"""

+import ast
 import os
 import platform
 import re
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ def parse_requirements(extras_require_map):
                _install_requires.append(line)
    try:
        xformers_version = [req for req in _install_requires if "xformers" in req][0]
-        install_xformers = platform.machine() != "aarch64"
        if "Darwin" in platform.system():
            # skip packages not compatible with OSX
            skip_packages = [
@@ -62,68 +62,44 @@ def parse_requirements(extras_require_map):
            else:
                raise ValueError("Invalid version format")

-            torch_parts = torch_version.split("+")
-            if len(torch_parts) == 2:
-                torch_cuda_version = torch_parts[1]
-                _dependency_links.append(
-                    f"https://download.pytorch.org/whl/{torch_cuda_version}"
-                )
-
            if (major, minor) >= (2, 9):
                extras_require_map.pop("fbgemm-gpu")
-                extras_require_map["fbgemm-gpu"] = [
-                    "fbgemm-gpu==1.4.0",
-                    "fbgemm-gpu-genai==1.4.2",
-                ]
+                extras_require_map["fbgemm-gpu"] = ["fbgemm-gpu-genai==1.4.1"]
                extras_require_map["vllm"] = ["vllm==0.11.1"]
-                if not install_xformers:
-                    _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
-                extras_require_map["vllm"] = ["vllm==0.13.0"]
-                if patch == 0:
-                    extras_require_map["vllm"] = ["vllm==0.13.0"]
-                else:
-                    extras_require_map["vllm"] = ["vllm==0.14.0"]
            elif (major, minor) >= (2, 8):
                extras_require_map.pop("fbgemm-gpu")
                extras_require_map["fbgemm-gpu"] = ["fbgemm-gpu-genai==1.3.0"]
                extras_require_map["vllm"] = ["vllm==0.11.0"]
-                if not install_xformers:
-                    _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
            elif (major, minor) >= (2, 7):
                _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
                if patch == 0:
-                    if install_xformers:
-                        _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.30")
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.30")
                    # vllm 0.9.x is incompatible with latest transformers
                    extras_require_map.pop("vllm")
                else:
-                    if install_xformers:
-                        _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.31")
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.31")
                    extras_require_map["vllm"] = ["vllm==0.10.1"]
            elif (major, minor) >= (2, 6):
                _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
-                if install_xformers:
-                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.29.post3")
+                _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.29.post3")
                # since we only support 2.6.0+cu126
                _dependency_links.append("https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu126")
                extras_require_map.pop("vllm")
            elif (major, minor) >= (2, 5):
                _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
-                if install_xformers:
-                    if patch == 0:
-                        _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post2")
-                    else:
-                        _install_requires.append("xformers>=0.0.28.post3")
+                if patch == 0:
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post2")
+                else:
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers>=0.0.28.post3")
                extras_require_map.pop("vllm")
            elif (major, minor) >= (2, 4):
                extras_require_map.pop("vllm")
-                if install_xformers:
-                    if patch == 0:
-                        _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
-                        _install_requires.append("xformers>=0.0.27")
-                    else:
-                        _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
-                        _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post1")
+                if patch == 0:
+                    _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers>=0.0.27")
+                else:
+                    _install_requires.pop(_install_requires.index(xformers_version))
+                    _install_requires.append("xformers==0.0.28.post1")
            else:
                raise ValueError("axolotl requires torch>=2.4")

@@ -134,11 +110,15 @@ def parse_requirements(extras_require_map):

 def get_package_version():
    with open(
-        Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) / "VERSION",
+        Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+        / "src"
+        / "axolotl"
+        / "__init__.py",
        "r",
        encoding="utf-8",
    ) as fin:
-        version_ = fin.read().strip()
+        version_match = re.search(r"^__version__\s*=\s*(.*)$", fin.read(), re.MULTILINE)
+    version_ = ast.literal_eval(version_match.group(1))
    return version_


--- a/src/axolotl/init.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/init.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 """Axolotl - Train and fine-tune large language models"""

 import pkgutil
-from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version

 __path__ = pkgutil.extend_path(__path__, __name__)  # Make this a namespace package

-try:
-    __version__ = version("axolotl")
-except PackageNotFoundError:
-    __version__ = "unknown"
+__version__ = "0.13.0.dev"
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/init.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/init.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import os
 from axolotl.logging_config import configure_logging

 os.environ.setdefault("TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM", "false")
-os.environ.setdefault("HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE", "1")
+os.environ.setdefault("HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER", "1")

 configure_logging()
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/checks.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/checks.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def check_user_token() -> bool:
        return bool(user_info)
    except LocalTokenNotFoundError:
        LOG.warning(
-            "Error verifying HuggingFace token. Remember to log in using `hf auth login` and get your access token from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens if you want to use gated models or datasets."
+            "Error verifying HuggingFace token. Remember to log in using `huggingface-cli login` and get your access token from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens if you want to use gated models or datasets."
        )
        return False
    except HTTPError:
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/merge_lora.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/merge_lora.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def do_merge_lora(*, cfg: DictDefault) -> None:
        cfg: Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values.
    """
    model, tokenizer, processor = load_model_and_tokenizer(cfg=cfg)
+    safe_serialization = cfg.save_safetensors is True

    LOG.info("Running merge of LoRA with base model...")
    model = model.merge_and_unload(progressbar=True)
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ def do_merge_lora(*, cfg: DictDefault) -> None:
        LOG.info(f"Saving merged model to: {str(Path(cfg.output_dir) / 'merged')}...")
        model.save_pretrained(
            str(Path(cfg.output_dir) / "merged"),
+            safe_serialization=safe_serialization,
            progressbar=True,
        )
        tokenizer.save_pretrained(
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/merge_sharded_fsdp_weights.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/merge_sharded_fsdp_weights.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from accelerate import PartialState
 from accelerate.utils import (
    SAFE_WEIGHTS_INDEX_NAME,
    SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME,
+    WEIGHTS_INDEX_NAME,
+    WEIGHTS_NAME,
    is_torch_version,
 )
 from huggingface_hub import split_torch_state_dict_into_shards
@@ -38,15 +40,17 @@ class BFloat16CastPlanner(_EmptyStateDictLoadPlanner):
 def _distributed_checkpoint_to_merged_weights(
    checkpoint_dir: Union[str, Path],
    save_path: str,
+    safe_serialization: bool = False,
    max_shard_size: str = "5GB",
 ) -> Path:
    """
    Passthrough to `torch.distributed.checkpoint.format_utils.dcp_to_torch_save`. Will
-    save under `save_path` as `model.safetensors`.
+    save under `save_path` as either `model.safetensors` or `pytorch_model.bin`.

    Args:
        checkpoint_dir: Directory where distributed checkpoint is saved.
        save_path: Path to save model to.
+        safe_serialization: Whether to save in safetensors format.
        max_shard_size: Max size of model shards to save.

    Returns:
@@ -72,7 +76,11 @@ def _distributed_checkpoint_to_merged_weights(
        if isinstance(value, torch.Tensor) and value.dtype != torch.bfloat16:
            state_dict[key] = value.to(torch.bfloat16)

-    filename_pattern = SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME.replace(".safetensors", "{suffix}.safetensors")
+    weights_name = SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME if safe_serialization else WEIGHTS_NAME
+
+    filename_pattern = weights_name.replace(".bin", "{suffix}.bin").replace(
+        ".safetensors", "{suffix}.safetensors"
+    )
    state_dict_split = split_torch_state_dict_into_shards(
        state_dict, filename_pattern=filename_pattern, max_shard_size=max_shard_size
    )
@@ -90,12 +98,19 @@ def _distributed_checkpoint_to_merged_weights(

    for shard_file, tensors in filename_to_tensors:
        shard = {tensor: state_dict[tensor] for tensor in tensors}
-        safe_save_file(
-            shard, os.path.join(save_path_, shard_file), metadata={"format": "pt"}
-        )
+
+        if safe_serialization:
+            safe_save_file(
+                shard, os.path.join(save_path_, shard_file), metadata={"format": "pt"}
+            )
+        else:
+            torch.save(shard, os.path.join(save_path_, shard_file))

    if index is not None:
-        save_index_file = os.path.join(save_path_, SAFE_WEIGHTS_INDEX_NAME)
+        save_index_file = (
+            SAFE_WEIGHTS_INDEX_NAME if safe_serialization else WEIGHTS_INDEX_NAME
+        )
+        save_index_file = os.path.join(save_path_, save_index_file)
        # Save the index as well
        with open(save_index_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fout:
            content = json.dumps(index, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n"
@@ -108,11 +123,13 @@ def _distributed_checkpoint_to_merged_weights(
 def merge_fsdp_weights(
    checkpoint_dir: str,
    output_path: str,
+    safe_serialization: bool = False,
    remove_checkpoint_dir: bool = False,
 ):
    """
    Merge the weights from sharded FSDP model checkpoints into a single combined checkpoint. Should be used if
-    `SHARDED_STATE_DICT` was used for the model. Weights will be saved to `{output_path}/model.safetensors`.
+    `SHARDED_STATE_DICT` was used for the model. Weights will be saved to `{output_path}/model.safetensors` if
+    `safe_serialization` else `pytorch_model.bin`.

    Note: this is a CPU-bound process.

@@ -121,6 +138,8 @@ def merge_fsdp_weights(
            The directory containing the FSDP checkpoints (can be either the model or optimizer).
        output_path (`str`):
            The path to save the merged checkpoint.
+        safe_serialization (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `True`):
+            Whether to save the merged weights with safetensors (recommended).
        remove_checkpoint_dir (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
            Whether to remove the checkpoint directory after merging.

@@ -158,7 +177,7 @@ def merge_fsdp_weights(
    if state.is_main_process:
        LOG.info(f"Merging FSDP weights from {checkpoint_dir_}")
        save_path = _distributed_checkpoint_to_merged_weights(
-            checkpoint_dir_, output_path
+            checkpoint_dir_, output_path, safe_serialization
        )
        LOG.info(f"Successfully merged FSDP weights and saved to {save_path}")
        if remove_checkpoint_dir:
@@ -191,6 +210,7 @@ def do_cli(config: Union[Path, str] = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
    merge_fsdp_weights(
        checkpoint_dir=str(fsdp_dir),
        output_path=output_path,
+        safe_serialization=True,
    )
    state = PartialState()
    state.wait_for_everyone()
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/quantize.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/quantize.py
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ def do_quantize(
    LOG.info(f"Saving quantized model to: {str(Path(output_dir) / 'quantized')}.")
    model.save_pretrained(
        str(Path(output_dir) / "quantized"),
+        safe_serialization=False,
        progressbar=True,
    )
    tokenizer.save_pretrained(
        str(Path(output_dir) / "quantized"),
+        safe_serialization=False,
        progressbar=True,
        save_jinja_files=cfg.tokenizer_save_jinja_files,
    )
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ def do_quantize(
            hub_model_id.rstrip("-")
            + f"-{quantization_config_to_str[type(quantization_config)]}"
        )
-        model.push_to_hub(hub_model_id)
+        model.push_to_hub(hub_model_id, safe_serialization=False)
        tokenizer.push_to_hub(hub_model_id)
        if processor:
            processor.push_to_hub(hub_model_id)
--- a/src/axolotl/core/builders/base.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/builders/base.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class TrainerBuilderBase(abc.ABC):
    def _configure_warmup_and_logging(
        self, total_num_steps: int, training_args_kwargs: dict
    ):
-        warmup_steps: int | float = 0
+        warmup_steps = 0
        warmup_ratio = 0.0
        if self.cfg.warmup_steps is not None:
            warmup_steps = self.cfg.warmup_steps
@@ -230,10 +230,6 @@ class TrainerBuilderBase(abc.ABC):
        else:
            warmup_ratio = 0.03

-        # transformers v5
-        if warmup_ratio > 0.0 and warmup_steps == 0:
-            warmup_steps = warmup_ratio
-
        if warmup_steps == 1:
            warmup_steps = 2

@@ -246,6 +242,7 @@ class TrainerBuilderBase(abc.ABC):
                else max(min(int(0.005 * total_num_steps), 10), 1)
            )

+        training_args_kwargs["warmup_ratio"] = warmup_ratio
        training_args_kwargs["warmup_steps"] = warmup_steps

    def _configure_precision_settings(self, training_args_kwargs: dict):
@@ -533,7 +530,9 @@ class TrainerBuilderBase(abc.ABC):
            "loraplus_lr_ratio",
            "loraplus_lr_embedding",
            "output_dir",
+            "save_safetensors",
            "save_only_model",
+            "include_tokens_per_second",
            "weight_decay",
            "seed",
            "dion_momentum",
@@ -546,7 +545,6 @@ class TrainerBuilderBase(abc.ABC):

        arg_map = {
            "dion_learning_rate": "dion_lr",
-            "include_num_input_tokens_seen": "include_tokens_per_second",
        }
        for kwarg, cfg_arg in arg_map.items():
            if hasattr(self.cfg, cfg_arg) and getattr(self.cfg, cfg_arg) is not None:
--- a/src/axolotl/core/builders/causal.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/builders/causal.py
@@ -373,18 +373,6 @@ class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
            # https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/performance/dl-performance-matrix-multiplication/index.html
            data_collator_kwargs["pad_to_multiple_of"] = multiple

-        if self.cfg.use_eaft:
-            from functools import partial
-
-            from axolotl.monkeypatch.loss.eaft import eaft_loss
-
-            configured_eaft_loss = partial(
-                eaft_loss,
-                alpha=self.cfg.eaft_alpha if self.cfg.eaft_alpha is not None else 1.0,
-                k=self.cfg.eaft_k if self.cfg.eaft_k is not None else 20,
-            )
-            trainer_kwargs["compute_loss_func"] = configured_eaft_loss
-
        trainer_cls = self._get_trainer_cls()

        trainer_kwargs, trainer_cls = self.hook_pre_create_trainer(
@@ -449,9 +437,7 @@ class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
                or self.cfg.micro_batch_size > 1
            ):
                return DataCollatorForSeq2Seq(self.tokenizer, **kwargs)
-            if not (self.cfg.sample_packing and self.cfg.pretrain_multipack_attn) or (
-                self.cfg.micro_batch_size == 1 and is_eval is False
-            ):
+            if not (self.cfg.sample_packing and self.cfg.pretrain_multipack_attn):
                return None

        if self.cfg.model_config_type == "mamba":
--- a/src/axolotl/core/builders/rl.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/builders/rl.py
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ class HFRLTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
        trainer_cls = None
        trainer_cls_args = [self.model]

-        if self.cfg.rl in {RLType.GRPO, RLType.GDPO}:
+        if self.cfg.rl is RLType.GRPO:
            trainer_cls = GRPOStrategy.get_trainer_class(
                sequence_parallel=self.cfg.context_parallel_size > 1
            )
            trainer_cls_args.extend(GRPOStrategy.set_trainer_args(self.cfg))
+
            trainer_kwargs.update(GRPOStrategy.set_trainer_kwargs(self.cfg))

        elif self.cfg.rl in [RLType.DPO, RLType.IPO]:
@@ -146,8 +147,6 @@ class HFRLTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):

        elif self.cfg.rl is RLType.KTO:
            training_args_cls = AxolotlKTOConfig
-            # KTOConfig in TRL >= 0.27.0 no longer accepts max_prompt_length
-            blocklist_args_kwargs = ["max_prompt_length"]

            training_args_kwargs["desirable_weight"] = (
                self.cfg.kto_desirable_weight or 1.0
@@ -156,14 +155,10 @@ class HFRLTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
                self.cfg.kto_undesirable_weight or 1.0
            )

-        elif self.cfg.rl in {RLType.GRPO, RLType.GDPO}:
+        elif self.cfg.rl is RLType.GRPO:
            training_args_cls = GRPOStrategy.get_training_args_class()
            training_args_kwargs.update(GRPOStrategy.set_training_args_kwargs(self.cfg))
            blocklist_args_kwargs = GRPOStrategy.get_blocklist_args_kwargs()
-            if self.cfg.rl is RLType.GDPO:
-                training_args_kwargs.setdefault(
-                    "multi_objective_aggregation", "normalize_then_sum"
-                )

        elif self.cfg.rl in [RLType.DPO, RLType.IPO]:
            training_args_cls = AxolotlDPOConfig
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from torch.utils.data import (
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, Trainer
 from transformers.trainer import TRAINING_ARGS_NAME
 from transformers.trainer_utils import PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR, has_length, seed_worker
-from transformers.utils import SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME, is_peft_available
+from transformers.utils import SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME, WEIGHTS_NAME, is_peft_available
 from trl.trainer.utils import pad_to_length
 from typing_extensions import override

@@ -660,10 +660,11 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(
            logs["tokens/train_per_sec_per_gpu"] = round(
                self.state.last_tokens_per_second.item() / self.args.logging_steps, 2
            )
-            if "total" in self.state.tokens:
-                logs["tokens/total"] = int(self.state.tokens["total"].item())
-            if "trainable" in self.state.tokens:
-                logs["tokens/trainable"] = int(self.state.tokens["trainable"].item())
+            if (
+                hasattr(self.state, "total_tokens")
+                and self.state.total_tokens is not None
+            ):
+                logs["total_tokens"] = int(self.state.total_tokens.item())

        del self._stored_metrics[train_eval]

@@ -738,38 +739,43 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(
                ).save_pretrained(
                    output_dir,
                    state_dict=state_dict,
+                    safe_serialization=self.args.save_safetensors,
                )
            else:
                LOG.info(
                    "Trainer.model is not a `PreTrainedModel`, only saving its state dict."
                )
-                safetensors.torch.save_file(
-                    state_dict,
-                    os.path.join(output_dir, SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME),
-                    metadata={"format": "pt"},
-                )
+                if self.args.save_safetensors:
+                    safetensors.torch.save_file(
+                        state_dict,
+                        os.path.join(output_dir, SAFE_WEIGHTS_NAME),
+                        metadata={"format": "pt"},
+                    )
+                else:
+                    torch.save(state_dict, os.path.join(output_dir, WEIGHTS_NAME))
        else:
            self.model.save_pretrained(
                output_dir,
                state_dict=state_dict,
+                safe_serialization=self.args.save_safetensors,
                is_main_process=self.accelerator.is_main_process,
            )

-        if self.processing_class is not None:
-            self.processing_class.save_pretrained(output_dir)
-        elif (
-            self.data_collator is not None
-            and hasattr(self.data_collator, "tokenizer")
-            and self.data_collator.tokenizer is not None
-        ):
-            LOG.info(
-                "Saving Trainer.data_collator.tokenizer by default as Trainer.processing_class is `None`"
-            )
-            save_jinja_files = True
-            if self.axolotl_cfg:
-                save_jinja_files = self.axolotl_cfg.tokenizer_save_jinja_files
-            self.data_collator.tokenizer.save_pretrained(
-                output_dir, save_jinja_files=save_jinja_files
-            )
-        # Good practice: save your training arguments together with the trained model
-        torch.save(self.args, os.path.join(output_dir, TRAINING_ARGS_NAME))
+            if self.processing_class is not None:
+                self.processing_class.save_pretrained(output_dir)
+            elif (
+                self.data_collator is not None
+                and hasattr(self.data_collator, "tokenizer")
+                and self.data_collator.tokenizer is not None
+            ):
+                LOG.info(
+                    "Saving Trainer.data_collator.tokenizer by default as Trainer.processing_class is `None`"
+                )
+                save_jinja_files = True
+                if self.axolotl_cfg:
+                    save_jinja_files = self.axolotl_cfg.tokenizer_save_jinja_files
+                self.data_collator.tokenizer.save_pretrained(
+                    output_dir, save_jinja_files=save_jinja_files
+                )
+            # Good practice: save your training arguments together with the trained model
+            torch.save(self.args, os.path.join(output_dir, TRAINING_ARGS_NAME))
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/grpo/init.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/grpo/init.py
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ class GRPOStrategy:
        if trl.rollout_func:
            grpo_args_kwargs["rollout_func"] = cls.get_rollout_func(trl.rollout_func)

-        if trl.multi_objective_aggregation is not None:
-            grpo_args_kwargs["multi_objective_aggregation"] = (
-                trl.multi_objective_aggregation
-            )
-
        return grpo_args_kwargs

    @classmethod
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/trl.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/trl.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 """Module for TRL RL trainers"""

-from trl import RewardTrainer
-from trl.experimental.cpo import CPOTrainer
-from trl.experimental.kto import KTOTrainer
-from trl.experimental.orpo import ORPOTrainer
-from trl.experimental.prm import PRMTrainer
+from trl import (
+    CPOTrainer,
+    KTOTrainer,
+    ORPOTrainer,
+    PRMTrainer,
+    RewardTrainer,
+)

 from axolotl.core.trainers.mixins import DistributedParallelMixin, RngLoaderMixin
 from axolotl.core.trainers.mixins.optimizer import OptimizerInitMixin, OptimizerMixin
--- a/src/axolotl/core/training_args.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/training_args.py
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Optional, Type

 from transformers import TrainingArguments
-from trl import RewardConfig
-from trl.experimental.cpo import CPOConfig
-from trl.experimental.kto import KTOConfig
-from trl.experimental.orpo import ORPOConfig
-from trl.experimental.prm import PRMConfig
+from trl import CPOConfig, KTOConfig, ORPOConfig, PRMConfig, RewardConfig

 from axolotl.integrations.config import merge_training_args

--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/cut_cross_entropy/README.md
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/cut_cross_entropy/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ python scripts/cutcrossentropy_install.py | sh

 - If you are installing from pip
 ```bash
-pip3 uninstall -y cut-cross-entropy && pip3 install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@e39ca1d"
+pip3 uninstall -y cut-cross-entropy && pip3 install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@318b7e2"
 ```

 ## Usage
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ plugins:

 ## Supported Models

- afmoe
 - apertus
 - arcee
 - cohere
 - cohere2
 - deepseek_v3
- exaone4
 - gemma
 - gemma2
 - gemma3
@@ -47,11 +45,8 @@ plugins:
 - glm
 - glm4
 - glm4_moe
- glm4_moe_lite
- glm46v
 - glm4v
 - glm4v_moe
- glm_image
 - gpt_oss
 - granite
 - granitemoe
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/cut_cross_entropy/init.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/cut_cross_entropy/init.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LOG = get_logger(__name__)

 _CCE_INSTALL_MESSAGE = (
    "Please install Axolotl's fork of cut_cross_entropy with transformers support using "
-    '`pip install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@e39ca1d"`'
+    '`pip install "cut-cross-entropy[transformers] @ git+https://github.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/ml-cross-entropy.git@318b7e2"`'
 )


--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/init.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/init.py
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-from .args import KernelsArgs
-from .plugin import KernelsPlugin
-
-__all__ = [
-    "KernelsArgs",
-    "KernelsPlugin",
-]
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/args.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/args.py
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel, model_validator
-
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-class KernelsArgs(BaseModel):
-    use_scattermoe: bool | None = True
-
-    @model_validator(mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def check_use_kernels(cls, data):
-        if data.get("use_kernels") is not True:
-            LOG.warning(
-                "`use_kernels` must be set to True to use this. Automatically setting it to True."
-            )
-            data["use_kernels"] = True
-
-        return data
-
-    @model_validator(mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def check_experts_implementation(cls, data):
-        experts_implementation = data.get("experts_implementation")
-        if experts_implementation is None:
-            # transformers may default to batched_mm when unset
-            data["experts_implementation"] = "eager"
-        elif experts_implementation != "eager":
-            LOG.warning(
-                "`experts_implementation` must be set to 'eager' to use this. Automatically setting it to 'eager'."
-            )
-            data["experts_implementation"] = "eager"
-
-        return data
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/plugin.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/kernels/plugin.py
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-from kernels import (
-    LayerRepository,
-    Mode,
-    register_kernel_mapping,
-    replace_kernel_forward_from_hub,
-)
-
-from axolotl.integrations.base import BasePlugin
-from axolotl.utils.callbacks.models import get_causal_lm_model_cls_prefix
-
-
-class KernelsPlugin(BasePlugin):
-    def get_input_args(self):
-        return "axolotl.integrations.kernels.KernelsArgs"
-
-    def pre_model_load(self, cfg):
-        if cfg.use_scattermoe:
-            self._register_kernels()
-            self._kernelize_model(cfg.model_config_type)
-
-    def _register_kernels(self):
-        register_kernel_mapping(
-            {
-                "HFScatterMoEParallelExperts": {
-                    "cuda": {
-                        Mode.TRAINING: LayerRepository(
-                            repo_id="axolotl-ai-co/scattermoe",
-                            layer_name="HFScatterMoEGatedMLP",
-                        ),
-                        Mode.INFERENCE: LayerRepository(
-                            repo_id="axolotl-ai-co/scattermoe",
-                            layer_name="HFScatterMoEGatedMLP",
-                        ),
-                    },
-                }
-            }
-        )
-
-    def _kernelize_model(self, model_type: str):
-        if model_type == "olmoe":
-            from transformers.models.olmoe.modeling_olmoe import OlmoeSparseMoeBlock
-
-            replace_kernel_forward_from_hub(
-                OlmoeSparseMoeBlock, "HFScatterMoEParallelExperts"
-            )
-        else:
-            try:
-                model_moe_cls = get_model_moe_block(model_type)
-                replace_kernel_forward_from_hub(
-                    model_moe_cls, "HFScatterMoEParallelExperts"
-                )
-            except Exception as err:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported model type: {model_type}") from err
-
-
-def get_model_moe_block(model_type: str):
-    module_path = f"transformers.models.{model_type}.modeling_{model_type}"
-    model_cls_prefix, _ = get_causal_lm_model_cls_prefix(model_type)
-    module = __import__(module_path, fromlist=[f"{model_cls_prefix}SparseMoeBlock"])
-    model_cls = getattr(module, f"{model_cls_prefix}SparseMoeBlock")
-    return model_cls
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/llm_compressor/utils.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/llm_compressor/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def save_compressed_model(
    model: PreTrainedModel,
    output_dir: Union[str, bytes],
    trainer: Trainer,
+    safe_serialization: bool = False,
    save_compressed: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
    """
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def save_compressed_model(
        model (PreTrainedModel): The model to be saved.
        output_dir (str or bytes): Path where the model files will be written.
        trainer (Trainer): Hugging Face Trainer for process synchronization.
+        safe_serialization (bool): Use safe serialization if True.
        save_compressed (bool): Write compressed tensors if True.
    """
    trainer.accelerator.wait_for_everyone()
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ def save_compressed_model(
    modify_save_pretrained(model)
    model.save_pretrained(
        output_dir,
+        safe_serialization=safe_serialization,
        save_compressed=save_compressed,
        skip_sparsity_compression_stats=not save_compressed,
    )
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/README.md
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/README.md
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/init.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/init.py
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-"""SwanLab integration plugin for Axolotl"""
-
-from axolotl.integrations.swanlab.args import SwanLabConfig
-from axolotl.integrations.swanlab.plugins import SwanLabPlugin
-
-__all__ = ["SwanLabConfig", "SwanLabPlugin"]
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/args.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/args.py
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-"""SwanLab configuration arguments"""
-
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator, model_validator
-
-
-class SwanLabConfig(BaseModel):
-    """SwanLab configuration subset"""
-
-    use_swanlab: bool | None = Field(
-        default=True,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Enable SwanLab experiment tracking and visualization"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_project: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={"description": "Your SwanLab project name"},
-    )
-    swanlab_experiment_name: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={"description": "Set the name of your SwanLab experiment"},
-    )
-    swanlab_description: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={"description": "Description for your SwanLab experiment"},
-    )
-    swanlab_mode: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": '"cloud" to sync to SwanLab cloud, "local" for local only, "offline" to save metadata locally, "disabled" to turn off SwanLab'
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_workspace: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "SwanLab workspace name (organization or username)"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_api_key: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "SwanLab API key for authentication. Can also be set via SWANLAB_API_KEY environment variable"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_log_model: bool | None = Field(
-        default=False,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Whether to log model checkpoints to SwanLab (feature coming soon)"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_web_host: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Web address for SwanLab cloud environment (for private deployment)"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_api_host: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "API address for SwanLab cloud environment (for private deployment)"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_lark_webhook_url: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Lark (Feishu) webhook URL for sending training notifications to team chat"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_lark_secret: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Secret for Lark webhook HMAC signature authentication (optional)"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_log_completions: bool | None = Field(
-        default=True,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Enable logging RLHF completions to SwanLab for qualitative analysis (DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO)"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_completion_log_interval: int | None = Field(
-        default=100,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Number of training steps between completion table logging to SwanLab"
-        },
-    )
-    swanlab_completion_max_buffer: int | None = Field(
-        default=128,
-        json_schema_extra={
-            "description": "Maximum number of completions to buffer before logging (prevents memory leaks)"
-        },
-    )
-
-    @field_validator("swanlab_mode")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_swanlab_mode(cls, v):
-        """Validate swanlab_mode is one of the allowed values."""
-        if v is None:
-            return v
-
-        valid_modes = ["cloud", "local", "offline", "disabled"]
-        if v not in valid_modes:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Invalid swanlab_mode: '{v}'.\n\n"
-                f"Valid options: {', '.join(valid_modes)}\n\n"
-                f"Examples:\n"
-                f"  swanlab_mode: cloud     # Sync to SwanLab cloud\n"
-                f"  swanlab_mode: local     # Local only, no cloud sync\n"
-                f"  swanlab_mode: offline   # Save metadata locally\n"
-                f"  swanlab_mode: disabled  # Turn off SwanLab\n"
-            )
-        return v
-
-    @field_validator("swanlab_project")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_swanlab_project(cls, v):
-        """Validate swanlab_project is non-empty when provided."""
-        if v is not None and isinstance(v, str) and len(v.strip()) == 0:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "swanlab_project cannot be an empty string.\n\n"
-                "Either:\n"
-                "  1. Provide a valid project name: swanlab_project: my-project\n"
-                "  2. Remove the swanlab_project field entirely\n"
-            )
-        return v
-
-    @model_validator(mode="after")
-    def validate_swanlab_enabled_requires_project(self):
-        """Validate that if use_swanlab is True, swanlab_project must be set."""
-        if self.use_swanlab is True and not self.swanlab_project:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "SwanLab enabled (use_swanlab: true) but 'swanlab_project' is not set.\n\n"
-                "Solutions:\n"
-                "  1. Add 'swanlab_project: your-project-name' to your config\n"
-                "  2. Set 'use_swanlab: false' to disable SwanLab\n\n"
-                "Example:\n"
-                "  use_swanlab: true\n"
-                "  swanlab_project: my-llm-training\n"
-            )
-        return self
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/callbacks.py
@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-"""SwanLab callbacks for Axolotl trainers.
-
-This module provides HuggingFace Trainer callbacks for logging
-RLHF completions to SwanLab.
-"""
-
-from transformers import (
-    TrainerCallback,
-    TrainerControl,
-    TrainerState,
-    TrainingArguments,
-)
-
-from axolotl.integrations.swanlab.completion_logger import CompletionLogger
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-class SwanLabRLHFCompletionCallback(TrainerCallback):
-    """Callback for logging RLHF completions to SwanLab.
-
-    This callback periodically logs model completions (prompts, chosen/rejected
-    responses, rewards) to SwanLab during RLHF training for qualitative analysis.
-
-    Supports DPO, KTO, ORPO, and GRPO trainers.
-
-    Example usage:
-        >>> callback = SwanLabRLHFCompletionCallback(
-        ...     log_interval=100,  # Log every 100 steps
-        ...     max_completions=128,  # Keep last 128 completions
-        ... )
-        >>> trainer.add_callback(callback)
-
-    Attributes:
-        logger: CompletionLogger instance
-        log_interval: Number of steps between SwanLab logging
-        trainer_type: Auto-detected trainer type (dpo/kto/orpo/grpo)
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        log_interval: int = 100,
-        max_completions: int = 128,
-        table_name: str = "rlhf_completions",
-    ):
-        """Initialize SwanLab RLHF completion callback.
-
-        Args:
-            log_interval: Log to SwanLab every N steps. Default: 100
-            max_completions: Maximum completions to buffer. Default: 128
-            table_name: SwanLab table name. Default: "rlhf_completions"
-        """
-        super().__init__()
-        self.logger = CompletionLogger(maxlen=max_completions)
-        self.log_interval = log_interval
-        self.table_name = table_name
-        self.trainer_type: str | None = None  # Auto-detected
-        self._last_logged_step = 0
-
-    def on_init_end(
-        self,
-        args: TrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        """Detect trainer type on initialization."""
-        trainer = kwargs.get("trainer")
-        if trainer is not None:
-            trainer_name = trainer.__class__.__name__
-            if "DPO" in trainer_name:
-                self.trainer_type = "dpo"
-            elif "KTO" in trainer_name:
-                self.trainer_type = "kto"
-            elif "ORPO" in trainer_name:
-                self.trainer_type = "orpo"
-            elif "GRPO" in trainer_name:
-                self.trainer_type = "grpo"
-            else:
-                self.trainer_type = "unknown"
-
-            LOG.info(
-                f"SwanLab RLHF completion logging enabled for {trainer_name} "
-                f"(type: {self.trainer_type})"
-            )
-
-    def on_log(
-        self,
-        args: TrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        logs: dict | None = None,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        """Capture completions from logs and buffer them.
-
-        Different trainers log completions in different formats:
-        - DPO: logs['dpo/chosen'], logs['dpo/rejected'], logs['dpo/reward_diff']
-        - KTO: logs['kto/completion'], logs['kto/label'], logs['kto/reward']
-        - ORPO: logs['orpo/chosen'], logs['orpo/rejected']
-        - GRPO: logs['grpo/completion'], logs['grpo/reward']
-
-        Note: This is a placeholder implementation. Actual log keys depend
-        on the TRL trainer implementation. You may need to patch the trainers
-        to expose completion data in logs.
-        """
-        if logs is None or self.trainer_type is None:
-            return
-
-        step = state.global_step
-
-        # DPO completions
-        if self.trainer_type == "dpo":
-            if all(key in logs for key in ["dpo/prompt", "dpo/chosen", "dpo/rejected"]):
-                self.logger.add_dpo_completion(
-                    step=step,
-                    prompt=logs.get("dpo/prompt", ""),
-                    chosen=logs.get("dpo/chosen", ""),
-                    rejected=logs.get("dpo/rejected", ""),
-                    reward_diff=logs.get("dpo/reward_diff"),
-                )
-
-        # KTO completions
-        elif self.trainer_type == "kto":
-            if all(key in logs for key in ["kto/prompt", "kto/completion"]):
-                self.logger.add_kto_completion(
-                    step=step,
-                    prompt=logs.get("kto/prompt", ""),
-                    completion=logs.get("kto/completion", ""),
-                    label=logs.get("kto/label", False),
-                    reward=logs.get("kto/reward"),
-                )
-
-        # ORPO completions
-        elif self.trainer_type == "orpo":
-            if all(
-                key in logs for key in ["orpo/prompt", "orpo/chosen", "orpo/rejected"]
-            ):
-                self.logger.add_orpo_completion(
-                    step=step,
-                    prompt=logs.get("orpo/prompt", ""),
-                    chosen=logs.get("orpo/chosen", ""),
-                    rejected=logs.get("orpo/rejected", ""),
-                    log_odds_ratio=logs.get("orpo/log_odds_ratio"),
-                )
-
-        # GRPO completions
-        elif self.trainer_type == "grpo":
-            if all(key in logs for key in ["grpo/prompt", "grpo/completion"]):
-                self.logger.add_grpo_completion(
-                    step=step,
-                    prompt=logs.get("grpo/prompt", ""),
-                    completion=logs.get("grpo/completion", ""),
-                    reward=logs.get("grpo/reward"),
-                    advantage=logs.get("grpo/advantage"),
-                )
-
-        # Periodically log to SwanLab
-        if step - self._last_logged_step >= self.log_interval:
-            if len(self.logger) > 0:
-                self.logger.log_to_swanlab(table_name=self.table_name)
-                self.logger.clear()
-                self._last_logged_step = step
-
-    def on_train_end(
-        self,
-        args: TrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        """Log remaining completions at end of training."""
-        if len(self.logger) > 0:
-            LOG.info(
-                f"Training complete, logging final {len(self.logger)} completions to SwanLab"
-            )
-            self.logger.log_to_swanlab(table_name=self.table_name)
-            self._last_logged_step = state.global_step
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/completion_logger.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/completion_logger.py
@@ -1,228 +0,0 @@
-"""SwanLab completion logger for RLHF/DPO/KTO/ORPO/GRPO training.
-
-This module provides utilities for logging model completions during
-preference training to SwanLab for qualitative analysis.
-"""
-
-from collections import deque
-from collections.abc import Mapping
-from typing import Any
-
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-class CompletionLogger:
-    """Memory-bounded logger for RLHF completions.
-
-    Stores prompts, completions, and rewards in fixed-size deques to prevent
-    memory leaks during long training runs. Logs completion tables to SwanLab
-    for qualitative analysis of model outputs.
-
-    Example usage:
-        >>> logger = CompletionLogger(maxlen=128)
-        >>> logger.add_dpo_completion(
-        ...     step=0,
-        ...     prompt="What is AI?",
-        ...     chosen="Artificial Intelligence is...",
-        ...     rejected="AI means...",
-        ...     reward_diff=0.5
-        ... )
-        >>> logger.log_to_swanlab()
-
-    Attributes:
-        maxlen: Maximum number of completions to store (older ones are dropped)
-        data: Deque storing completion dictionaries
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, maxlen: int = 128):
-        """Initialize completion logger with bounded buffer.
-
-        Args:
-            maxlen: Maximum number of completions to store. When the buffer
-                is full, oldest completions are automatically discarded.
-                Default: 128 (sufficient for most RLHF runs without memory issues)
-        """
-        self.maxlen = maxlen
-        self.data: deque[Mapping[str, Any]] = deque(maxlen=maxlen)
-
-    def add_dpo_completion(
-        self,
-        step: int,
-        prompt: str,
-        chosen: str,
-        rejected: str,
-        reward_diff: float | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Add a DPO completion to the buffer.
-
-        Args:
-            step: Training step number
-            prompt: Input prompt
-            chosen: Chosen (preferred) completion
-            rejected: Rejected (non-preferred) completion
-            reward_diff: Reward difference (chosen - rejected), if available
-        """
-        entry = {
-            "step": step,
-            "prompt": prompt,
-            "chosen": chosen,
-            "rejected": rejected,
-        }
-        if reward_diff is not None:
-            entry["reward_diff"] = reward_diff
-
-        self.data.append(entry)
-
-    def add_kto_completion(
-        self,
-        step: int,
-        prompt: str,
-        completion: str,
-        label: bool,
-        reward: float | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Add a KTO completion to the buffer.
-
-        Args:
-            step: Training step number
-            prompt: Input prompt
-            completion: Model-generated completion
-            label: True if desirable, False if undesirable
-            reward: Reward score, if available
-        """
-        entry = {
-            "step": step,
-            "prompt": prompt,
-            "completion": completion,
-            "label": "desirable" if label else "undesirable",
-        }
-        if reward is not None:
-            entry["reward"] = reward
-
-        self.data.append(entry)
-
-    def add_orpo_completion(
-        self,
-        step: int,
-        prompt: str,
-        chosen: str,
-        rejected: str,
-        log_odds_ratio: float | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Add an ORPO completion to the buffer.
-
-        Args:
-            step: Training step number
-            prompt: Input prompt
-            chosen: Chosen (preferred) completion
-            rejected: Rejected (non-preferred) completion
-            log_odds_ratio: Log odds ratio between chosen and rejected
-        """
-        entry = {
-            "step": step,
-            "prompt": prompt,
-            "chosen": chosen,
-            "rejected": rejected,
-        }
-        if log_odds_ratio is not None:
-            entry["log_odds_ratio"] = log_odds_ratio
-
-        self.data.append(entry)
-
-    def add_grpo_completion(
-        self,
-        step: int,
-        prompt: str,
-        completion: str,
-        reward: float | None = None,
-        advantage: float | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Add a GRPO completion to the buffer.
-
-        Args:
-            step: Training step number
-            prompt: Input prompt
-            completion: Model-generated completion
-            reward: Reward score from reward model
-            advantage: Advantage estimate (reward - baseline)
-        """
-        entry = {
-            "step": step,
-            "prompt": prompt,
-            "completion": completion,
-        }
-        if reward is not None:
-            entry["reward"] = reward
-        if advantage is not None:
-            entry["advantage"] = advantage
-
-        self.data.append(entry)
-
-    def log_to_swanlab(self, table_name: str = "completions") -> bool:
-        """Log buffered completions to SwanLab as a table.
-
-        Creates a SwanLab echarts Table with all buffered completions.
-        Only logs if SwanLab is initialized and data is available.
-
-        Args:
-            table_name: Name of the table in SwanLab dashboard.
-                Default: "completions"
-
-        Returns:
-            True if logging succeeded, False otherwise
-        """
-        if not self.data:
-            LOG.debug("No completions to log to SwanLab")
-            return False
-
-        try:
-            import swanlab
-
-            if swanlab.get_run() is None:
-                LOG.debug("SwanLab not initialized, skipping completion logging")
-                return False
-
-            # Convert deque to list of dicts
-            completions = list(self.data)
-
-            # Extract headers from first entry (all entries should have same structure)
-            headers = list(completions[0].keys())
-
-            # Build rows: each completion becomes one row
-            rows = []
-            for completion in completions:
-                row = [completion.get(header, "") for header in headers]
-                rows.append(row)
-
-            # Log to SwanLab as echarts Table
-            swanlab.log({table_name: swanlab.echarts.Table().add(headers, rows)})
-
-            LOG.info(f"Logged {len(rows)} completions to SwanLab table '{table_name}'")
-            return True
-
-        except ImportError:
-            LOG.warning(
-                "SwanLab not installed, cannot log completions. "
-                "Install with: pip install swanlab"
-            )
-            return False
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            LOG.exception("Failed to log completions to SwanLab: %s", err)
-            return False
-
-    def clear(self) -> None:
-        """Clear all buffered completions."""
-        self.data.clear()
-
-    def __len__(self) -> int:
-        """Return number of buffered completions."""
-        return len(self.data)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        """String representation showing buffer status."""
-        return (
-            f"CompletionLogger(maxlen={self.maxlen}, "
-            f"buffered={len(self.data)}/{self.maxlen})"
-        )
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/plugins.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/plugins.py
@@ -1,554 +0,0 @@
-"""SwanLab Plugin for Axolotl"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-from axolotl.integrations.base import BasePlugin
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from transformers import TrainerCallback
-
-    from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-class SwanLabPlugin(BasePlugin):
-    """
-    SwanLab integration plugin for Axolotl.
-
-    Provides experiment tracking, visualization, and logging capabilities
-    using SwanLab (https://swanlab.cn).
-
-    Usage in config.yaml:
-        plugins:
-          - axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabPlugin
-
-        use_swanlab: true
-        swanlab_project: my-project
-        swanlab_experiment_name: my-experiment
-        swanlab_mode: cloud  # or 'local', 'offline', 'disabled'
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.swanlab_initialized = False
-        LOG.info("SwanLab plugin initialized")
-
-    def get_input_args(self) -> str:
-        """Returns the configuration model for SwanLab integration."""
-        return "axolotl.integrations.swanlab.SwanLabConfig"
-
-    def register(self, cfg: dict):
-        """Register SwanLab plugin with configuration and conflict detection."""
-        LOG.info("Registering SwanLab plugin")
-
-        # === Conflict Detection: Required Fields ===
-
-        # Check if SwanLab is enabled
-        if cfg.get("use_swanlab"):
-            # 1. Validate project name is set
-            if not cfg.get("swanlab_project"):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "SwanLab enabled but 'swanlab_project' is not set.\n\n"
-                    "Solutions:\n"
-                    "  1. Add 'swanlab_project: your-project-name' to your config\n"
-                    "  2. Set 'use_swanlab: false' to disable SwanLab\n\n"
-                    "See: src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/README.md for examples"
-                )
-
-            # 2. Validate swanlab_mode value
-            valid_modes = ["cloud", "local", "offline", "disabled"]
-            mode = cfg.get("swanlab_mode")
-            if mode and mode not in valid_modes:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"Invalid swanlab_mode: '{mode}'.\n\n"
-                    f"Valid options: {', '.join(valid_modes)}\n\n"
-                    f"Example:\n"
-                    f"  swanlab_mode: cloud  # Sync to SwanLab cloud\n"
-                    f"  swanlab_mode: local  # Local only, no cloud sync\n"
-                )
-
-            # 3. Check API key for cloud mode
-            import os
-
-            mode = cfg.get("swanlab_mode", "cloud")  # Default is cloud
-            if mode == "cloud":
-                api_key = cfg.get("swanlab_api_key") or os.environ.get(
-                    "SWANLAB_API_KEY"
-                )
-                if not api_key:
-                    LOG.warning(
-                        "SwanLab cloud mode enabled but no API key found.\n"
-                        "SwanLab may fail to initialize during training.\n\n"
-                        "Solutions:\n"
-                        "  1. Set SWANLAB_API_KEY environment variable:\n"
-                        "     export SWANLAB_API_KEY=your-api-key\n"
-                        "  2. Add 'swanlab_api_key: your-api-key' to config (less secure)\n"
-                        "  3. Run 'swanlab login' before training\n"
-                        "  4. Use 'swanlab_mode: local' for offline tracking\n"
-                    )
-
-        # === Conflict Detection: Multi-Logger Performance Warning ===
-
-        # Detect all active logging tools
-        active_loggers = []
-        if cfg.get("use_wandb"):
-            active_loggers.append("WandB")
-        if cfg.get("use_mlflow"):
-            active_loggers.append("MLflow")
-        if cfg.get("comet_api_key") or cfg.get("comet_project_name"):
-            active_loggers.append("Comet")
-        if cfg.get("use_swanlab"):
-            active_loggers.append("SwanLab")
-
-        if len(active_loggers) > 1:
-            LOG.warning(
-                f"\n{'=' * 70}\n"
-                f"Multiple logging tools enabled: {', '.join(active_loggers)}\n"
-                f"{'=' * 70}\n"
-                f"This may cause:\n"
-                f"  - Performance overhead (~1-2% per logger, cumulative)\n"
-                f"  - Increased memory usage\n"
-                f"  - Longer training time per step\n"
-                f"  - Potential config/callback conflicts\n\n"
-                f"Recommendations:\n"
-                f"  - Choose ONE primary logging tool for production training\n"
-                f"  - Use multiple loggers only for:\n"
-                f"    * Migration period (transitioning between tools)\n"
-                f"    * Short comparison runs\n"
-                f"    * Debugging specific tool issues\n"
-                f"  - Monitor system resources (CPU, memory) during training\n"
-                f"{'=' * 70}\n"
-            )
-
-            if len(active_loggers) >= 3:
-                LOG.error(
-                    f"\n{'!' * 70}\n"
-                    f"WARNING: {len(active_loggers)} logging tools enabled simultaneously!\n"
-                    f"{'!' * 70}\n"
-                    f"This is likely unintentional and WILL significantly impact performance.\n"
-                    f"Expected overhead: ~{len(active_loggers) * 1.5:.1f}% per training step.\n\n"
-                    f"STRONGLY RECOMMEND:\n"
-                    f"  - Disable all but ONE logging tool\n"
-                    f"  - Use config inheritance to manage multiple configs\n"
-                    f"{'!' * 70}\n"
-                )
-
-        # === Auto-Enable Logic ===
-
-        # Enable SwanLab if project is specified
-        if cfg.get("swanlab_project") and not cfg.get("use_swanlab"):
-            cfg["use_swanlab"] = True
-            LOG.info("Automatically enabled use_swanlab because swanlab_project is set")
-
-    def pre_model_load(self, cfg: DictDefault):
-        """Initialize SwanLab before model loading with runtime checks."""
-        if not cfg.use_swanlab:
-            return
-
-        # === Runtime Check: Import Availability ===
-        try:
-            import swanlab
-        except ImportError as err:
-            raise ImportError(
-                "SwanLab is not installed.\n\n"
-                "Install with:\n"
-                "  pip install swanlab\n\n"
-                "Or add to requirements:\n"
-                "  swanlab>=0.3.0\n\n"
-                f"Original error: {err}"
-            ) from err
-
-        # Log SwanLab version
-        try:
-            swanlab_version = swanlab.__version__
-            LOG.info(f"SwanLab version: {swanlab_version}")
-        except AttributeError:
-            LOG.warning("Could not determine SwanLab version")
-
-        # === Runtime Check: Distributed Training Setup ===
-        from axolotl.utils.distributed import get_world_size, is_main_process
-
-        world_size = get_world_size()
-        if world_size > 1:
-            mode = getattr(cfg, "swanlab_mode", "cloud")
-            LOG.info(
-                f"\n{'=' * 70}\n"
-                f"Distributed training detected (world_size={world_size})\n"
-                f"SwanLab mode: {mode}\n"
-                f"{'=' * 70}\n"
-                f"Behavior:\n"
-                f"  - Only rank 0 will initialize SwanLab\n"
-                f"  - Other ranks will skip SwanLab to avoid conflicts\n"
-            )
-
-            if mode == "cloud":
-                LOG.info(
-                    f"  - Only rank 0 will upload to SwanLab cloud\n"
-                    f"  - Other ranks run without SwanLab overhead\n"
-                    f"{'=' * 70}\n"
-                )
-
-        # Only initialize SwanLab on the main process (rank 0)
-        # to avoid creating multiple runs in distributed training
-        if not is_main_process():
-            LOG.debug("Skipping SwanLab initialization on non-main process")
-            return
-
-        # Initialize SwanLab run (passing all params directly to init)
-        try:
-            init_kwargs = self._get_swanlab_init_kwargs(cfg)
-            swanlab.init(**init_kwargs)
-            self.swanlab_initialized = True
-            LOG.info(f"SwanLab initialized with project: {cfg.swanlab_project}")
-
-            # Register Lark notification callback (if configured)
-            self._register_lark_callback(cfg)
-
-            # Log configuration (with error handling)
-            try:
-                config_dict = self._prepare_config_for_logging(cfg)
-                swanlab.config.update(config_dict)
-                LOG.debug("Successfully logged config to SwanLab")
-            except Exception as config_err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                LOG.warning(
-                    f"Failed to log config to SwanLab: {config_err}. Continuing anyway."
-                )
-
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            LOG.exception("Failed to initialize SwanLab: %s", err)
-            self.swanlab_initialized = False
-
-    def add_callbacks_pre_trainer(self, cfg: DictDefault, model):
-        """Add SwanLab callbacks before trainer creation."""
-        callbacks: list[TrainerCallback] = []
-
-        if not cfg.use_swanlab:
-            return callbacks
-
-        if not self.swanlab_initialized:
-            LOG.warning("SwanLab not initialized, skipping callback registration")
-            return callbacks
-
-        try:
-            from axolotl.utils.callbacks.swanlab import (
-                CustomSwanLabCallback,
-                SaveAxolotlConfigtoSwanLabCallback,
-            )
-
-            # Add our custom lightweight SwanLabCallback
-            # (avoids omegaconf/antlr4 version conflicts)
-            swanlab_callback = CustomSwanLabCallback()
-            callbacks.append(swanlab_callback)
-            LOG.info("Added CustomSwanLabCallback for metrics logging")
-
-            # Add Axolotl config logging callback
-            if cfg.axolotl_config_path:
-                config_callback = SaveAxolotlConfigtoSwanLabCallback(
-                    cfg.axolotl_config_path
-                )
-                callbacks.append(config_callback)
-                LOG.info("Added SaveAxolotlConfigtoSwanLabCallback")
-
-        except ImportError as err:
-            LOG.exception("Failed to import SwanLab callbacks: %s", err)
-
-        return callbacks
-
-    def post_trainer_create(self, cfg: DictDefault, trainer):
-        """Post-trainer creation hook."""
-        if cfg.use_swanlab and self.swanlab_initialized:
-            try:
-                import swanlab
-
-                # Log additional trainer information (with safe conversion)
-                trainer_config = {
-                    "total_steps": int(trainer.state.max_steps)
-                    if trainer.state.max_steps
-                    else None,
-                    "num_train_epochs": float(trainer.args.num_train_epochs)
-                    if trainer.args.num_train_epochs
-                    else None,
-                    "train_batch_size": int(trainer.args.train_batch_size)
-                    if hasattr(trainer.args, "train_batch_size")
-                    else None,
-                    "gradient_accumulation_steps": int(
-                        trainer.args.gradient_accumulation_steps
-                    )
-                    if trainer.args.gradient_accumulation_steps
-                    else None,
-                }
-                # Remove None values
-                trainer_config = {
-                    k: v for k, v in trainer_config.items() if v is not None
-                }
-
-                if trainer_config:
-                    swanlab.config.update(trainer_config)
-                    LOG.info("Logged trainer configuration to SwanLab")
-            except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                LOG.debug(f"Failed to log trainer config to SwanLab: {err}")
-
-            # Register RLHF completion logging callback if enabled
-            self._register_completion_callback(cfg, trainer)
-
-    def _get_swanlab_init_kwargs(self, cfg: DictDefault) -> dict:
-        """Prepare kwargs for swanlab.init().
-
-        Passes all configuration parameters directly to swanlab.init()
-        instead of using environment variables as an intermediate layer.
-
-        Returns:
-            dict: Keyword arguments for swanlab.init()
-        """
-        init_kwargs = {}
-
-        # Project name (required)
-        if cfg.swanlab_project:
-            init_kwargs["project"] = cfg.swanlab_project
-
-        # Experiment name
-        if cfg.swanlab_experiment_name:
-            init_kwargs["experiment_name"] = cfg.swanlab_experiment_name
-
-        # Description
-        if cfg.swanlab_description:
-            init_kwargs["description"] = cfg.swanlab_description
-
-        # Workspace (organization)
-        if cfg.swanlab_workspace:
-            init_kwargs["workspace"] = cfg.swanlab_workspace
-
-        # Mode: cloud, local, offline, disabled
-        if cfg.swanlab_mode:
-            init_kwargs["mode"] = cfg.swanlab_mode
-
-        # API key (pass directly instead of via env var)
-        if cfg.swanlab_api_key:
-            init_kwargs["api_key"] = cfg.swanlab_api_key
-
-        # Private deployment hosts (pass directly instead of via env var)
-        if cfg.swanlab_web_host:
-            init_kwargs["web_host"] = cfg.swanlab_web_host
-
-        if cfg.swanlab_api_host:
-            init_kwargs["api_host"] = cfg.swanlab_api_host
-
-        # Log model checkpoints (coming soon in SwanLab)
-        if cfg.swanlab_log_model:
-            init_kwargs["log_model"] = cfg.swanlab_log_model
-
-        # Custom branding - adds Axolotl identifier to SwanLab UI
-        # This helps identify runs from Axolotl vs other frameworks
-        init_kwargs["config"] = {"UPPERFRAME": "🦎 Axolotl"}
-
-        return init_kwargs
-
-    def _prepare_config_for_logging(self, cfg: DictDefault) -> dict:
-        """Prepare configuration dict for logging to SwanLab."""
-
-        def safe_convert(value):
-            """Convert value to JSON-serializable type."""
-            if value is None:
-                return None
-            if isinstance(value, (int, float, bool)):
-                return value
-            if isinstance(value, str):
-                return value
-            # Convert everything else to string
-            return str(value)
-
-        try:
-            # Extract important training parameters with safe conversion
-            config_dict = {
-                "base_model": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "base_model", "")),
-                "model_type": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "model_type", "")),
-                "sequence_len": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "sequence_len", None)),
-                "micro_batch_size": safe_convert(
-                    getattr(cfg, "micro_batch_size", None)
-                ),
-                "gradient_accumulation_steps": safe_convert(
-                    getattr(cfg, "gradient_accumulation_steps", None)
-                ),
-                "num_epochs": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "num_epochs", None)),
-                "max_steps": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "max_steps", None)),
-                "learning_rate": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "learning_rate", None)),
-                "lr_scheduler": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "lr_scheduler", "")),
-                "optimizer": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "optimizer", "")),
-                "warmup_ratio": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "warmup_ratio", None)),
-                "weight_decay": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "weight_decay", None)),
-                "seed": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "seed", None)),
-                "bf16": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "bf16", None)),
-                "tf32": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "tf32", None)),
-                "flash_attention": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "flash_attention", None)),
-                "sample_packing": safe_convert(getattr(cfg, "sample_packing", None)),
-            }
-
-            # Add FSDP/parallel config - only boolean flags
-            if hasattr(cfg, "fsdp_config") and cfg.fsdp_config:
-                config_dict["fsdp_enabled"] = True
-                config_dict["fsdp_version"] = safe_convert(
-                    getattr(cfg, "fsdp_version", None)
-                )
-
-            if hasattr(cfg, "deepspeed") and cfg.deepspeed:
-                config_dict["deepspeed_enabled"] = True
-
-            # Add context parallel info
-            if hasattr(cfg, "context_parallel_size"):
-                config_dict["context_parallel_size"] = safe_convert(
-                    getattr(cfg, "context_parallel_size", None)
-                )
-            if hasattr(cfg, "tensor_parallel_size"):
-                config_dict["tensor_parallel_size"] = safe_convert(
-                    getattr(cfg, "tensor_parallel_size", None)
-                )
-            if hasattr(cfg, "dp_shard_size"):
-                config_dict["dp_shard_size"] = safe_convert(
-                    getattr(cfg, "dp_shard_size", None)
-                )
-
-            # Remove None values and empty strings
-            config_dict = {
-                k: v
-                for k, v in config_dict.items()
-                if v is not None and v != "" and v != "None"
-            }
-
-            return config_dict
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            LOG.warning(f"Failed to prepare config for logging: {err}")
-            # Return minimal config
-            try:
-                lr = getattr(cfg, "learning_rate", None)
-                lr_value = float(lr) if lr is not None else None
-            except (TypeError, ValueError):
-                lr_value = None
-            return {
-                "base_model": str(getattr(cfg, "base_model", "unknown")),
-                "learning_rate": lr_value,
-            }
-
-    def _register_lark_callback(self, cfg: DictDefault):
-        """Register Lark (Feishu) notification callback if configured.
-
-        Lark notifications enable sending training updates to team chat channels,
-        useful for production monitoring and team collaboration.
-
-        Args:
-            cfg: Configuration object with Lark webhook settings
-        """
-        # Check if Lark webhook URL is configured
-        lark_webhook_url = getattr(cfg, "swanlab_lark_webhook_url", None)
-        if not lark_webhook_url:
-            return  # Lark not configured, skip
-
-        try:
-            import swanlab
-            from swanlab.plugin.notification import LarkCallback
-
-            # Get optional secret for HMAC signature authentication
-            lark_secret = getattr(cfg, "swanlab_lark_secret", None)
-
-            # Create Lark callback with webhook URL and optional secret
-            lark_callback = LarkCallback(
-                webhook_url=lark_webhook_url,
-                secret=lark_secret,
-            )
-
-            # Register callback with SwanLab
-            swanlab.register_callbacks([lark_callback])
-
-            if lark_secret:
-                LOG.info(
-                    "Registered Lark notification callback with HMAC authentication"
-                )
-            else:
-                LOG.info("Registered Lark notification callback (no HMAC secret)")
-                LOG.warning(
-                    "Lark webhook has no secret configured. "
-                    "For production use, set 'swanlab_lark_secret' to enable HMAC signature verification."
-                )
-
-        except ImportError as err:
-            LOG.warning(
-                f"Failed to import SwanLab Lark plugin: {err}\n\n"
-                "Lark notifications require SwanLab >= 0.3.0 with plugin support.\n"
-                "Install with: pip install 'swanlab>=0.3.0'\n\n"
-                "Continuing without Lark notifications..."
-            )
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            LOG.exception(
-                "Failed to register Lark callback: %s\n\n"
-                "Check your Lark webhook URL and secret configuration.\n"
-                "Continuing without Lark notifications...",
-                err,
-            )
-
-    def _register_completion_callback(self, cfg: DictDefault, trainer):
-        """Register RLHF completion logging callback if enabled and applicable.
-
-        This callback logs model completions (prompts, chosen/rejected responses,
-        rewards) to SwanLab during RLHF training for qualitative analysis.
-
-        Args:
-            cfg: Configuration object with completion logging settings
-            trainer: The trainer instance to add callback to
-        """
-        # Check if completion logging is enabled
-        log_completions = getattr(cfg, "swanlab_log_completions", True)
-        if not log_completions:
-            LOG.debug("SwanLab completion logging disabled by config")
-            return
-
-        # Check if trainer is an RLHF trainer
-        trainer_name = trainer.__class__.__name__
-        rlhf_trainers = ["DPO", "KTO", "ORPO", "GRPO", "CPO"]
-        is_rlhf_trainer = any(name in trainer_name for name in rlhf_trainers)
-
-        if not is_rlhf_trainer:
-            LOG.debug(
-                f"Trainer {trainer_name} is not an RLHF trainer, "
-                "skipping completion logging callback"
-            )
-            return
-
-        try:
-            from axolotl.integrations.swanlab.callbacks import (
-                SwanLabRLHFCompletionCallback,
-            )
-
-            # Get configuration parameters
-            log_interval = getattr(cfg, "swanlab_completion_log_interval", 100)
-            max_buffer = getattr(cfg, "swanlab_completion_max_buffer", 128)
-
-            # Create and register callback
-            completion_callback = SwanLabRLHFCompletionCallback(
-                log_interval=log_interval,
-                max_completions=max_buffer,
-                table_name="rlhf_completions",
-            )
-
-            trainer.add_callback(completion_callback)
-
-            LOG.info(
-                f"Registered SwanLab RLHF completion logging callback for {trainer_name} "
-                f"(log_interval={log_interval}, max_buffer={max_buffer})"
-            )
-
-        except ImportError as err:
-            LOG.warning(
-                f"Failed to import SwanLab completion callback: {err}\n\n"
-                "This is a bug - the callback should be available.\n"
-                "Please report this issue.\n\n"
-                "Continuing without completion logging..."
-            )
-        except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            LOG.exception(
-                "Failed to register SwanLab completion callback: %s\n\n"
-                "Continuing without completion logging...",
-                err,
-            )
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/profiling.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/swanlab/profiling.py
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-"""SwanLab profiling utilities for Axolotl trainers.
-
-This module provides decorators and context managers for profiling
-trainer methods and logging execution times to SwanLab.
-"""
-
-import time
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-from functools import wraps
-from typing import Any, Callable
-
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-@contextmanager
-def swanlab_profiling_context(trainer: Any, func_name: str):
-    """Context manager for profiling trainer methods.
-
-    Measures execution time and logs to SwanLab if enabled.
-
-    Example usage:
-        >>> with swanlab_profiling_context(self, "training_step"):
-        ...     result = do_expensive_computation()
-
-    Args:
-        trainer: Trainer instance (must have cfg attribute with use_swanlab flag)
-        func_name: Name of the function being profiled
-
-    Yields:
-        None
-    """
-    start_time = time.perf_counter()
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        duration = time.perf_counter() - start_time
-
-        # Check if SwanLab is enabled and initialized
-        use_swanlab = getattr(getattr(trainer, "cfg", None), "use_swanlab", False)
-        if use_swanlab:
-            try:
-                import swanlab
-
-                if swanlab.get_run() is not None:
-                    # Log profiling metric
-                    trainer_class = trainer.__class__.__name__
-                    metric_name = f"profiling/Time taken: {trainer_class}.{func_name}"
-
-                    swanlab.log({metric_name: duration})
-
-            except ImportError:
-                # SwanLab not installed, silently skip
-                pass
-            except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                # Log error but don't fail training
-                LOG.debug(f"Failed to log profiling metric for {func_name}: {err}")
-
-
-def swanlab_profile(func: Callable) -> Callable:
-    """Decorator to profile and log function execution time to SwanLab.
-
-    Automatically measures execution time of trainer methods and logs
-    to SwanLab as profiling metrics.
-
-    Example usage:
-        >>> class MyTrainer:
-        ...     @swanlab_profile
-        ...     def training_step(self, model, inputs):
-        ...         return super().training_step(model, inputs)
-
-    Args:
-        func: Function to profile (must be a method of a trainer instance)
-
-    Returns:
-        Wrapped function with profiling
-    """
-
-    @wraps(func)
-    def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        with swanlab_profiling_context(self, func.__name__):
-            return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    return wrapper
-
-
-class ProfilingConfig:
-    """Configuration for SwanLab profiling.
-
-    This class provides a centralized way to control profiling behavior.
-
-    Attributes:
-        enabled: Whether profiling is enabled globally
-        min_duration_ms: Minimum duration (in ms) to log (filters out very fast ops)
-        log_interval: Log every N function calls (to reduce overhead)
-    """
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        enabled: bool = True,
-        min_duration_ms: float = 0.1,
-        log_interval: int = 1,
-    ):
-        """Initialize profiling configuration.
-
-        Args:
-            enabled: Enable profiling. Default: True
-            min_duration_ms: Minimum duration to log (ms). Default: 0.1
-            log_interval: Log every N calls. Default: 1 (log all)
-        """
-        self.enabled = enabled
-        self.min_duration_ms = min_duration_ms
-        self.log_interval = log_interval
-        self._call_counts: dict[str, int] = {}
-
-    def should_log(self, func_name: str, duration_seconds: float) -> bool:
-        """Check if a profiling measurement should be logged.
-
-        Args:
-            func_name: Name of the profiled function
-            duration_seconds: Execution duration in seconds
-
-        Returns:
-            True if should log, False otherwise
-        """
-        if not self.enabled:
-            return False
-
-        # Check minimum duration threshold
-        duration_ms = duration_seconds * 1000
-        if duration_ms < self.min_duration_ms:
-            return False
-
-        # Check log interval
-        self._call_counts.setdefault(func_name, 0)
-        self._call_counts[func_name] += 1
-
-        # Always log on first call OR at intervals
-        count = self._call_counts[func_name]
-        if count == 1 or count % self.log_interval == 0:
-            return True
-
-        return False
-
-
-# Global profiling config (can be modified by users)
-DEFAULT_PROFILING_CONFIG = ProfilingConfig()
-
-
-@contextmanager
-def swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(
-    trainer: Any,
-    func_name: str,
-    config: ProfilingConfig | None = None,
-):
-    """Advanced profiling context with configurable behavior.
-
-    Similar to swanlab_profiling_context but with additional configuration
-    options for filtering and throttling profiling logs.
-
-    Example usage:
-        >>> config = ProfilingConfig(min_duration_ms=1.0, log_interval=10)
-        >>> with swanlab_profiling_context_advanced(self, "forward", config):
-        ...     output = model(inputs)
-
-    Args:
-        trainer: Trainer instance
-        func_name: Function name
-        config: Profiling configuration. If None, uses DEFAULT_PROFILING_CONFIG
-
-    Yields:
-        None
-    """
-    if config is None:
-        config = DEFAULT_PROFILING_CONFIG
-
-    start_time = time.perf_counter()
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        duration = time.perf_counter() - start_time
-
-        # Check if should log based on config
-        if config.should_log(func_name, duration):
-            # Check if SwanLab is enabled
-            use_swanlab = getattr(getattr(trainer, "cfg", None), "use_swanlab", False)
-            if use_swanlab:
-                try:
-                    import swanlab
-
-                    if swanlab.get_run() is not None:
-                        trainer_class = trainer.__class__.__name__
-                        metric_name = (
-                            f"profiling/Time taken: {trainer_class}.{func_name}"
-                        )
-
-                        swanlab.log({metric_name: duration})
-
-                except ImportError:
-                    pass
-                except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                    LOG.debug(f"Failed to log profiling metric for {func_name}: {err}")
--- a/src/axolotl/loaders/model.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/loaders/model.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from torch.distributed import DeviceMesh
 from transformers import (
    AutoModelForCausalLM,
    AutoModelForImageTextToText,
+    AutoModelForVision2Seq,
    AwqConfig,
    BitsAndBytesConfig,
    GPTQConfig,
@@ -225,7 +226,6 @@ class ModelLoader:
        ):
            self.model = self.model.merge_and_unload()

-        self._configure_experts_implementation()
        self._apply_activation_checkpointing()
        self._resize_token_embeddings()
        self._adjust_model_config()
@@ -233,10 +233,6 @@ class ModelLoader:
        self._configure_qat()
        log_gpu_memory_usage(LOG, "Memory usage after model load", 0)

-    def _configure_experts_implementation(self):
-        if self.cfg.experts_implementation is not None:
-            self.model.set_experts_implementation(self.cfg.experts_implementation)
-
    def _apply_activation_checkpointing(self):
        if self.cfg.activation_offloading is True:
            from axolotl.core.trainers.mixins.activation_checkpointing import (
@@ -438,7 +434,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
        """
        if self.cfg.is_multimodal:
            self.auto_model_loader = MULTIMODAL_AUTO_MODEL_MAPPING.get(
-                self.model_config.model_type, AutoModelForImageTextToText
+                self.model_config.model_type, AutoModelForVision2Seq
            )
            if isinstance(self.auto_model_loader, str):
                self.auto_model_loader = AutoModelForImageTextToText
@@ -480,7 +476,6 @@ class ModelLoader:
            max_memory = None

        self.model_kwargs["torch_dtype"] = self.cfg.torch_dtype
-        self.model_kwargs["dtype"] = self.cfg.torch_dtype

        is_ds_zero3 = is_deepspeed_zero3_enabled()

@@ -675,7 +670,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
        Uses the selected loader when provided; otherwise falls back to the auto loader.
        """
        loader = model_loader_class or self.auto_model_loader
-        if loader in [AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoModelForImageTextToText]:
+        if loader in [AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoModelForVision2Seq]:
            model = loader.from_config(
                config=self.model_config,
                trust_remote_code=self.cfg.trust_remote_code or False,
@@ -793,7 +788,6 @@ class ModelLoader:
                # Use auto model loader (handles gptq and default cases)
                model_loader_class = self.auto_model_loader

-            self.model_kwargs["dtype"] = self.model_kwargs["torch_dtype"]
            if self.cfg.reinit_weights:
                self.model = self._load_model_from_config(model_loader_class)
            else:
--- a/src/axolotl/loaders/patch_manager.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/loaders/patch_manager.py
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ class PatchManager:
        self._apply_llama_flash_attn_patches(model)
        self._apply_unsloth_patches(model)
        self._apply_lora_kernel_patch(model)
-        self._apply_scaling_softmax_patch(model)

    def _apply_flash_attention_patches(self):
        """Apply patches related to Flash Attention."""
@@ -220,6 +219,13 @@ class PatchManager:

            patch_qwen3_next_modeling_packing()

+        if self.cfg.model_config_type == "mistral3" and self.cfg.processor_type:
+            from axolotl.monkeypatch.models.mistral3.mistral_common_tokenizer import (
+                apply_mistral_tokenizer_image_patch,
+            )
+
+            apply_mistral_tokenizer_image_patch()
+
        if self.cfg.model_config_type == "kimi_linear":
            from axolotl.monkeypatch.models.kimi_linear.patch_kimi_linear import (
                patch_kimi_model,
@@ -554,16 +560,3 @@ class PatchManager:
            )

            patch_apertus_xielu_activation()
-
-    def _apply_scaling_softmax_patch(self, model: PreTrainedModel):
-        """Apply Scaling Softmax (SSMax) patch.  Ref: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.19399"""
-        if self.cfg.scaling_softmax:
-            from axolotl.monkeypatch.scaled_softmax_attn import (
-                patch_scaled_softmax_attention,
-            )
-
-            patch_scaled_softmax_attention(
-                scaling_factor_init=self.cfg.scaling_softmax_factor or 0.43,
-                bias=self.cfg.scaling_softmax_bias or 0.0,
-                model=model,
-            )
--- a/src/axolotl/loaders/processor.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/loaders/processor.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def load_processor(cfg: DictDefault, tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase):

            from axolotl.utils.mistral import HFMistralTokenizer

-            tokenization_mistral_common.MistralCommonBackend = HFMistralTokenizer
+            tokenization_mistral_common.MistralCommonTokenizer = HFMistralTokenizer

        _patch_mistralcommontokenizer()

--- a/src/axolotl/loaders/utils.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/loaders/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from typing import Type

 import addict
 import torch
-import transformers
 from transformers import AutoConfig, PretrainedConfig, PreTrainedModel

 from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
@@ -154,9 +153,6 @@ def load_model_config(cfg: DictDefault) -> PretrainedConfig | addict.Dict:
    This function determines the appropriate model config source, loads it, applies any
    necessary overrides, and validates it for compatibility with the `axolotl` config.

-    If `cfg.cls_model_config` is set, a custom config class from transformers will be
-    used instead of `AutoConfig` (e.g., 'LlamaConfig', 'MistralConfig').
-
    Args:
        cfg: Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values.

@@ -178,13 +174,8 @@ def load_model_config(cfg: DictDefault) -> PretrainedConfig | addict.Dict:
    if cfg.num_labels:
        # num_labels is used to initialize classifier models
        config_kwargs["num_labels"] = cfg.num_labels
-
-    config_cls = AutoConfig
-    if cfg.cls_model_config:
-        config_cls = getattr(transformers, cfg.cls_model_config)
-
    try:
-        model_config = config_cls.from_pretrained(
+        model_config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(
            model_config_name,
            trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
            **config_kwargs,
--- a/src/axolotl/models/mamba/modeling_mamba.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/models/mamba/modeling_mamba.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class MambaLMHeadModel(nn.Module, GenerationMixin):
        self,
        save_directory: Union[str, os.PathLike],
        state_dict: Optional[dict] = None,
+        safe_serialization: Optional[bool] = None,
    ):
        if state_dict is None:
            state_dict = self.state_dict()
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/loss/eaft.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/loss/eaft.py
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-"""
-eaft (entropy-aware focal training) loss implementation
-weights examples by entropy approximation from top-k logits
-
-Reference: https://github.com/ymxyll/LlamaFactory-EAFT/blob/e2ce19e8efcc226450ee8f2b81dfe4e69f1f945d/src/llamafactory/train/trainer_utils.py
-"""
-
-import torch
-import torch.nn.functional as F
-
-
-def eaft_loss(outputs, labels, num_items_in_batch=None, alpha=1.0, k=20):
-    """
-    compute eaft loss with entropy weighting
-
-    args:
-        outputs: model outputs containing logits
-        labels: target labels for computing loss
-        num_items_in_batch: for sample packing support
-        alpha: exponent for entropy weighting (default 1.0)
-        k: number of top logits for entropy approximation (default 20)
-    """
-    logits = outputs.logits
-
-    shift_logits = logits[..., :-1, :].contiguous()
-    shift_labels = labels[..., 1:].contiguous()
-
-    vocab_size = shift_logits.size(-1)
-    shift_logits_view = shift_logits.view(-1, vocab_size)
-    shift_labels_view = shift_labels.view(-1)
-
-    mask = shift_labels_view != -100
-
-    with torch.no_grad():
-        top_k_logits, _ = torch.topk(
-            shift_logits_view[mask].float(), k=min(k, vocab_size), dim=-1
-        )
-        top_k_probs = F.softmax(top_k_logits, dim=-1)
-        entropy = -(top_k_probs * torch.log(top_k_probs + 1e-10)).sum(dim=-1)
-        weights = torch.pow(entropy, alpha)
-
-    loss_fct = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss(reduction="none")
-    per_token_loss = loss_fct(shift_logits_view[mask], shift_labels_view[mask])
-    weighted_loss = per_token_loss * weights
-
-    if num_items_in_batch is not None:
-        loss = weighted_loss.sum() / num_items_in_batch
-    else:
-        loss = weighted_loss.mean()
-
-    return loss
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/models/mistral3/mistral_common_tokenizer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/models/mistral3/mistral_common_tokenizer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Monkeypatch to fix inefficient tensor conversion in MistralCommonBackend.apply_chat_template
+Monkeypatch to fix inefficient tensor conversion in MistralCommonTokenizer.apply_chat_template
 """

 import importlib
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ LOG = get_logger(__name__)


 def apply_mistral_tokenizer_image_patch():
-    """Apply patch to MistralCommonBackend.apply_chat_template to fix image tensor conversion."""
-    from transformers.tokenization_mistral_common import MistralCommonBackend
+    """Apply patch to MistralCommonTokenizer.apply_chat_template to fix image tensor conversion."""
+    from transformers.tokenization_mistral_common import MistralCommonTokenizer

    # Get original source
-    original_source = inspect.getsource(MistralCommonBackend.apply_chat_template)
+    original_source = inspect.getsource(MistralCommonTokenizer.apply_chat_template)
    original_source, _ = detab_code(original_source)

    # Define the replacement
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def apply_mistral_tokenizer_image_patch():
        )

        # Load necessary imports from the module
-        module_name = MistralCommonBackend.__module__
+        module_name = MistralCommonTokenizer.__module__
        module = importlib.import_module(module_name)

        # Detect what needs to be imported
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def apply_mistral_tokenizer_image_patch():
        exec(patched_source, globals())  # nosec B102

        # Replace the method
-        MistralCommonBackend.apply_chat_template = patched_apply_chat_template
-        LOG.info("Successfully applied MistralCommonBackend tensor conversion patch")
+        MistralCommonTokenizer.apply_chat_template = patched_apply_chat_template
+        LOG.info("Successfully applied MistralCommonTokenizer tensor conversion patch")
    else:
-        LOG.warning("Could not find target code for MistralCommonBackend patching")
+        LOG.warning("Could not find target code for MistralCommonTokenizer patching")
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/relora.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/relora.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class ReLoRACallback(TrainerCallback):
                    f"{PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR}-{state.global_step}",
                    "adapter",
                ),
+                safe_serialization=True,
            )
            with torch.no_grad():
                merge_and_save(
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ class ReLoRACallback(TrainerCallback):

                    self.last_full_model = checkpoint_folder
            else:
-                model.model.save_pretrained(checkpoint_folder)
+                model.model.save_pretrained(checkpoint_folder, safe_serialization=True)

        return control

--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/scaled_softmax_attn.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/scaled_softmax_attn.py
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Scaled Softmax (SSMax) attention patch using FlexAttention.
-SSMax:  softmax(scores * s * log(n) + b) where n is the position index
-Ref: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.19399
-"""
-
-import torch
-from transformers import PreTrainedModel
-
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-try:
-    from torch.nn.attention.flex_attention import BlockMask
-    from transformers.integrations.flex_attention import (
-        compile_friendly_flex_attention,
-        repeat_kv,
-    )
-
-    FLEX_ATTENTION_AVAILABLE = True
-except ImportError:
-    FLEX_ATTENTION_AVAILABLE = False
-    BlockMask = None
-
-_ssmax_config = {}
-
-
-def patch_scaled_softmax_attention(
-    scaling_factor_init: float = 0.43, bias: float = 0.0, model: PreTrainedModel = None
-):
-    """Patch attention to apply SSMax via FlexAttention score_mod."""
-    global _ssmax_config
-
-    if not FLEX_ATTENTION_AVAILABLE:
-        raise RuntimeError("SSMax requires FlexAttention.")
-
-    _ssmax_config["ssmax_s"] = scaling_factor_init
-    _ssmax_config["ssmax_b"] = bias
-
-    from transformers.modeling_utils import ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS
-
-    if "flex_attention" in ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS:
-        _ssmax_config["original_flex_fn"] = ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS["flex_attention"]
-        ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS["flex_attention"] = ssmax_flex_attention_forward
-        LOG.info(
-            f"Patched flex_attention with SSMax (s={scaling_factor_init}, b={bias})"
-        )
-    else:
-        LOG.warning("flex_attention not found.  Ensure flex_attention:  true is set.")
-
-
-def ssmax_flex_attention_forward(
-    module: torch.nn.Module,
-    query: torch.Tensor,
-    key: torch.Tensor,
-    value: torch.Tensor,
-    attention_mask,
-    scaling: float | None = None,
-    softcap: float | None = None,
-    **kwargs,
-) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor | None]:
-    """FlexAttention forward with SSMax:  score * (s * log(n) + b)."""
-
-    if kwargs.get("dropout", 0.0) > 0:
-        raise ValueError("flex_attention does not support dropout")
-
-    ssmax_s = _ssmax_config.get("ssmax_s", 0.43)
-    ssmax_b = _ssmax_config.get("ssmax_b", 0.0)
-
-    position_ids = kwargs.get("position_ids", None)
-    position_ids_flat = position_ids.view(-1) if position_ids is not None else None
-
-    block_mask = attention_mask if isinstance(attention_mask, BlockMask) else None
-    score_mask = None if block_mask else attention_mask
-
-    if score_mask is not None:
-        score_mask = score_mask[:, :, :, : key.shape[-2]]
-
-    def score_mod(score, batch_idx, head_idx, q_idx, kv_idx):
-        """
-        Apply SSMax scaling:  score * (s * log(n) + b)
-        where n is the relative position within each packed sequence.
-        """
-        if position_ids_flat is not None:
-            relative_pos = position_ids_flat[q_idx]
-            n = (relative_pos + 1).float()
-        else:
-            n = (q_idx + 1).float()
-
-        n = torch.clamp(n, min=2.0)
-
-        ssmax_scale = ssmax_s * torch.log(n) + ssmax_b
-        score = score * ssmax_scale
-
-        if softcap is not None:
-            score = softcap * torch.tanh(score / softcap)
-
-        if score_mask is not None:
-            score = score + score_mask[batch_idx][0][q_idx][kv_idx]
-
-        return score
-
-    enable_gqa = True
-    if (query.shape[1] & (query.shape[1] - 1)) != 0:
-        key = repeat_kv(key, query.shape[1] // key.shape[1])
-        value = repeat_kv(value, query.shape[1] // value.shape[1])
-        enable_gqa = False
-
-    return_lse = query.device.type != "cpu"
-    flex_output = compile_friendly_flex_attention(
-        query,
-        key,
-        value,
-        score_mod=score_mod,
-        block_mask=block_mask,
-        enable_gqa=enable_gqa,
-        scale=scaling,
-        kernel_options=kwargs.get("kernel_options"),
-        return_lse=return_lse,
-        training=module.training,
-    )
-
-    if return_lse:
-        attention_output, lse = flex_output
-        lse = lse.to(value.dtype)
-    else:
-        attention_output, lse = flex_output, None
-
-    return attention_output.transpose(1, 2).contiguous(), lse
-
-
-def unpatch_scaled_softmax_attention():
-    """Restore the original FlexAttention function."""
-    global _ssmax_config
-    from transformers.modeling_utils import ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS
-
-    if "original_flex_fn" in _ssmax_config:
-        ALL_ATTENTION_FUNCTIONS["flex_attention"] = _ssmax_config["original_flex_fn"]
-        _ssmax_config.clear()
-        LOG.info("Unpatched flex_attention, restored original")
--- a/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/transformers/trainer_context_parallel.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/monkeypatch/transformers/trainer_context_parallel.py
@@ -52,15 +52,9 @@ def patch_prepare_context_parallel_inputs() -> None:
        if item in patched_source:
            items_to_import.append(item)

-    # Use a separate namespace to capture the exec'd function
-    namespace = {}
-    exec(f"from {module_name} import ({', '.join(items_to_import)})", namespace)
-    exec(patched_source, namespace)
+    exec(f"from {module_name} import ({', '.join(items_to_import)})", globals())
+    exec(patched_source, globals())

-    # Explicitly get the function from the namespace
-    axolotl_prepare_context_parallel_inputs = namespace[
-        "axolotl_prepare_context_parallel_inputs"
-    ]
    Trainer._original_prepare_context_parallel_inputs = (
        Trainer._prepare_context_parallel_inputs
    )
--- a/src/axolotl/processing_strategies.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/processing_strategies.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from transformers.models.voxtral import VoxtralProcessor

 from axolotl.utils.dict import remove_none_values
 from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
+from axolotl.utils.mistral.mistral3_processor import Mistral3Processor

 LOG = get_logger(__name__)

@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ class Mistral3ProcessingStrategy(ProcessingStrategy):

    def __init__(
        self,
-        processor,
+        processor: Mistral3Processor,
        chat_template: Optional[str] = None,
        image_size: int | tuple[int, int] | None = None,
        image_resize_algorithm: Resampling | None = None,
@@ -492,8 +493,6 @@ def get_processing_strategy(
    image_size: int | tuple[int, int] | None = None,
    image_resize_algorithm: Resampling | None = None,
 ):
-    from axolotl.utils.mistral.mistral3_processor import Mistral3Processor
-
    processing_kwargs = {
        "processor": processor,
        "chat_template": chat_template,
--- a/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/chat_template.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/prompt_strategies/chat_template.py
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ class ChatTemplatePrompter(Prompter):

        return self.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
            conversation,
-            tokenize=True,
-            return_dict=False,
            **chat_template_kwargs,
        )

--- a/src/axolotl/train.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/train.py
@@ -135,13 +135,16 @@ def setup_reference_model(
    return model_ref


-def setup_signal_handler(cfg: DictDefault, model: PreTrainedModel):
+def setup_signal_handler(
+    cfg: DictDefault, model: PreTrainedModel, safe_serialization: bool
+):
    """
    Set up signal handler for graceful termination.

    Args:
        cfg: Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values.
        model: The model to save on termination
+        safe_serialization: Whether to use safe serialization when saving
    """
    # ray workers don't have access to this signal
    if cfg.local_rank == 0 and not cfg.use_ray:
@@ -149,7 +152,9 @@ def setup_signal_handler(cfg: DictDefault, model: PreTrainedModel):
        def terminate_handler(_, __, model_weakref):
            if model_weakref() is not None:
                _model = model_weakref()
-                _model.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir)
+                _model.save_pretrained(
+                    cfg.output_dir, safe_serialization=safe_serialization
+                )

            cleanup_distributed()
            sys.exit(0)
@@ -214,6 +219,7 @@ def save_trained_model(
    cfg: DictDefault,
    trainer: Any,
    model: PreTrainedModel,
+    safe_serialization: bool,
 ):
    """
    Save the trained model according to configuration and training setup.
@@ -222,6 +228,7 @@ def save_trained_model(
        cfg: Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values.
        trainer: The trainer object.
        model: The trained model to save.
+        safe_serialization: Whether to use safe serialization.
    """
    LOG.info(f"Training completed! Saving trained model to {cfg.output_dir}.")

@@ -276,6 +283,7 @@ def save_trained_model(
                merge_fsdp_weights(
                    checkpoint_dir=str(fsdp_dir),
                    output_path=merged_path,
+                    safe_serialization=True,
                )
                trainer.accelerator.wait_for_everyone()
                if trainer.accelerator.is_main_process:
@@ -322,9 +330,11 @@ def save_trained_model(
                pass
    elif cfg.local_rank == 0:
        if cfg.rl and cfg.adapter and not cfg.rl_adapter_ref_model:
-            trainer.model.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir)
+            trainer.model.save_pretrained(
+                cfg.output_dir, safe_serialization=safe_serialization
+            )

-        model.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir)
+        model.save_pretrained(cfg.output_dir, safe_serialization=safe_serialization)

    if hasattr(cfg, "llmcompressor") and cfg.llmcompressor:
        # TODO: add integration support so this can be implemented completely within the plugin
@@ -334,6 +344,7 @@ def save_trained_model(
            model=model,
            output_dir=cfg.output_dir,
            trainer=trainer,
+            safe_serialization=safe_serialization,
            save_compressed=cfg.llmcompressor.save_compressed,
        )

@@ -438,6 +449,7 @@ def handle_untrained_tokens_fix(
    model: PreTrainedModel,
    tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizer,
    train_dataset: Dataset,
+    safe_serialization: bool,
 ):
    """
    Apply fixes for untrained tokens if configured.
@@ -447,6 +459,7 @@ def handle_untrained_tokens_fix(
        model: The model to apply fixes to.
        tokenizer: The tokenizer for token identification.
        train_dataset: The training dataset to use.
+        safe_serialization: Whether to use safe serialization when saving.
    """
    if not cfg.fix_untrained_tokens:
        return
@@ -470,7 +483,9 @@ def handle_untrained_tokens_fix(
    fix_untrained_tokens(model, tokenizer, train_dataset, **fix_kwargs)

    if cfg.local_rank == 0:
-        model.save_pretrained(str(Path(cfg.output_dir)))
+        model.save_pretrained(
+            str(Path(cfg.output_dir)), safe_serialization=safe_serialization
+        )


 def setup_model_and_trainer(
@@ -567,12 +582,15 @@ def train(
    ) = setup_model_and_trainer(cfg, dataset_meta)

    # Handle untrained tokens if configured
+    safe_serialization = cfg.save_safetensors is True
    train_dataset = dataset_meta.train_dataset
-    handle_untrained_tokens_fix(cfg, model, tokenizer, train_dataset)
+    handle_untrained_tokens_fix(
+        cfg, model, tokenizer, train_dataset, safe_serialization
+    )

    # Additional setup
    save_initial_configs(cfg, tokenizer, model, peft_config, processor)
-    setup_signal_handler(cfg, model)
+    setup_signal_handler(cfg, model, safe_serialization)
    setup_model_card(cfg)

    # Execute the training
@@ -584,7 +602,7 @@ def train(
        torch.cuda.empty_cache()

    # Save the trained model and cleanup
-    save_trained_model(cfg, trainer, model)
+    save_trained_model(cfg, trainer, model, safe_serialization)
    tokenizer.save_pretrained(
        str(Path(cfg.output_dir)), save_jinja_files=cfg.tokenizer_save_jinja_files
    )
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/perplexity.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/perplexity.py
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ from torch import Tensor
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from transformers.modeling_outputs import CausalLMOutput
 from transformers.modeling_utils import PreTrainedModel
-
-try:
-    from transformers.tokenization_python import PreTrainedTokenizer
-except ImportError:
-    from transformers.tokenization_utils import PreTrainedTokenizer
+from transformers.tokenization_utils import PreTrainedTokenizer

 from axolotl.utils.distributed import is_main_process

--- a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/swanlab.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/swanlab.py
@@ -1,248 +0,0 @@
-"""Callbacks for SwanLab integration"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-import os
-from shutil import copyfile
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-from transformers import (
-    TrainerCallback,
-    TrainerControl,
-    TrainerState,
-    TrainingArguments,
-)
-
-from axolotl.utils.logging import get_logger
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from axolotl.core.training_args import AxolotlTrainingArguments
-
-LOG = get_logger(__name__)
-
-
-class CustomSwanLabCallback(TrainerCallback):
-    """
-    Lightweight SwanLab callback that directly logs metrics without using
-    SwanLab's transformers integration (which requires omegaconf).
-
-    This avoids the antlr4 version conflict between omegaconf and axolotl.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._initialized = False
-        self.swanlab = None
-
-    def setup(self):
-        """Lazy initialization of SwanLab"""
-        if self._initialized:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            import swanlab
-
-            self.swanlab = swanlab
-
-            # Check if SwanLab run is initialized
-            if swanlab.get_run() is None:
-                LOG.warning("SwanLab run is not initialized")
-                return
-
-            self._initialized = True
-            LOG.info("CustomSwanLabCallback initialized successfully")
-        except ImportError:
-            LOG.error("SwanLab is not installed")
-
-    def on_train_begin(
-        self,
-        args: TrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        """Called at the beginning of training"""
-        if not state.is_world_process_zero:
-            return control
-
-        self.setup()
-
-        if not self._initialized:
-            return control
-
-        # Log training configuration
-        try:
-            self.swanlab.config.update(
-                {
-                    "train_batch_size": args.per_device_train_batch_size,
-                    "eval_batch_size": args.per_device_eval_batch_size,
-                    "learning_rate": args.learning_rate,
-                    "num_train_epochs": args.num_train_epochs,
-                    "max_steps": args.max_steps,
-                    "warmup_steps": args.warmup_steps,
-                    "logging_steps": args.logging_steps,
-                    "save_steps": args.save_steps,
-                    "gradient_accumulation_steps": args.gradient_accumulation_steps,
-                }
-            )
-            LOG.debug("Training configuration logged to SwanLab")
-        except Exception as err:
-            LOG.warning(f"Failed to log training config: {err}")
-
-        return control
-
-    def on_log(
-        self,
-        args: TrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        logs=None,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        """Called when logging metrics"""
-        if not state.is_world_process_zero:
-            return control
-
-        if not self._initialized:
-            self.setup()
-
-        if not self._initialized or logs is None:
-            return control
-
-        # Log metrics to SwanLab
-        try:
-            # Filter out non-numeric values and prepare for logging
-            metrics = {}
-            for key, value in logs.items():
-                if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
-                    # Use step from state
-                    metrics[key] = value
-
-            if metrics and state.global_step is not None:
-                self.swanlab.log(metrics, step=state.global_step)
-        except Exception as err:
-            LOG.warning(f"Failed to log metrics to SwanLab: {err}")
-
-        return control
-
-    def on_train_end(
-        self,
-        args: TrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        """Called at the end of training"""
-        if not state.is_world_process_zero:
-            return control
-
-        if self._initialized:
-            LOG.info("Training completed. SwanLab logs are available.")
-
-        return control
-
-
-class SaveAxolotlConfigtoSwanLabCallback(TrainerCallback):
-    """Callback to save axolotl config to SwanLab"""
-
-    def __init__(self, axolotl_config_path):
-        self.axolotl_config_path = axolotl_config_path
-
-    def on_train_begin(
-        self,
-        args: AxolotlTrainingArguments,
-        state: TrainerState,
-        control: TrainerControl,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
-        if state.is_world_process_zero:
-            try:
-                import swanlab
-
-                # Check if SwanLab is initialized
-                if swanlab.get_run() is None:
-                    LOG.warning(
-                        "SwanLab run is not initialized. Please initialize SwanLab before training."
-                    )
-                    return control
-
-                # Log Axolotl config as artifact
-                with NamedTemporaryFile(
-                    mode="w", delete=False, suffix=".yml", prefix="axolotl_config_"
-                ) as temp_file:
-                    copyfile(self.axolotl_config_path, temp_file.name)
-
-                    # Log config file to SwanLab
-                    with open(temp_file.name, "r", encoding="utf-8") as config_file:
-                        swanlab.log(
-                            {
-                                "axolotl_config": swanlab.Text(
-                                    config_file.read(), caption="Axolotl Config"
-                                )
-                            }
-                        )
-
-                    LOG.info(
-                        "The Axolotl config has been saved to the SwanLab run under logs."
-                    )
-
-                    # Clean up temp file
-                    os.unlink(temp_file.name)
-
-            except ImportError:
-                LOG.warning(
-                    "SwanLab is not installed. Install it with: pip install swanlab"
-                )
-            except (FileNotFoundError, ConnectionError) as err:
-                LOG.warning(f"Error while saving Axolotl config to SwanLab: {err}")
-
-            # Log DeepSpeed config if available
-            if args.deepspeed:
-                try:
-                    import swanlab
-
-                    with NamedTemporaryFile(
-                        mode="w",
-                        delete=False,
-                        suffix=".json",
-                        prefix="deepspeed_config_",
-                    ) as temp_file:
-                        skip_upload = False
-                        if isinstance(args.deepspeed, dict):
-                            json.dump(args.deepspeed, temp_file, indent=4)
-                        elif isinstance(args.deepspeed, str) and os.path.exists(
-                            args.deepspeed
-                        ):
-                            copyfile(args.deepspeed, temp_file.name)
-                        else:
-                            skip_upload = True
-
-                        if not skip_upload:
-                            temp_file.flush()
-                            with open(
-                                temp_file.name, "r", encoding="utf-8"
-                            ) as ds_config_file:
-                                swanlab.log(
-                                    {
-                                        "deepspeed_config": swanlab.Text(
-                                            ds_config_file.read(),
-                                            caption="DeepSpeed Config",
-                                        )
-                                    }
-                                )
-                            LOG.info(
-                                "The DeepSpeed config has been saved to the SwanLab run under logs."
-                            )
-
-                        # Clean up temp file
-                        os.unlink(temp_file.name)
-
-                except (FileNotFoundError, ConnectionError) as err:
-                    LOG.warning(
-                        f"Error while saving DeepSpeed config to SwanLab: {err}"
-                    )
-                except ImportError:
-                    pass
-
-        return control
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/tokens_per_second.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/tokens_per_second.py
@@ -101,3 +101,9 @@ class TokensPerSecondCallback(TrainerCallback):
        # Clear per-step tokens after logging
        if tokens and "trainable_tokens" in tokens:
            tokens["trainable_tokens"] = torch.zeros_like(tokens["trainable_tokens"])
+
+        if tokens and "total" in tokens:
+            logs["tokens/total"] = tokens["total"].item()
+
+        if tokens and "trainable" in tokens:
+            logs["tokens/trainable"] = tokens["trainable"].item()
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/data/rl.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/data/rl.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def _drop_long_sequences(

        return (len_prompt + len_completion) <= sequence_len

-    if rl in {RLType.GRPO, RLType.GDPO}:
+    if rl is RLType.GRPO:
        return True

    raise ValueError("Unknown RL type")
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/mistral/mistral_tokenizer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/mistral/mistral_tokenizer.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import numpy as np
 from mistral_common.protocol.instruct.validator import ValidationMode
 from mistral_common.tokens.tokenizers.utils import download_tokenizer_from_hf_hub
 from torch import Tensor
-from transformers.tokenization_mistral_common import MistralCommonBackend
+from transformers.tokenization_mistral_common import MistralCommonTokenizer
 from transformers.tokenization_utils_base import VERY_LARGE_INTEGER


-class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):
+class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonTokenizer):
    """
    Wraps mistral_common.tokens.tokenizers.mistral.MistralTokenizer
    and exposes HuggingFace API for special tokens.
@@ -37,19 +37,11 @@ class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):
    def name_or_path(self) -> str:
        return self._name_or_path

-    @name_or_path.setter
-    def name_or_path(self, name_or_path: str) -> None:
-        self._name_or_path = name_or_path
-
    @property
    def chat_template(self) -> str | None:
        """Chat template is not supported. Dummy method to satisfy HuggingFace API."""
        return "[This is a dummy chat template]"

-    @chat_template.setter
-    def chat_template(self, chat_template: str | None) -> None:
-        pass
-
    def _set_mode(self, mode: ValidationMode):
        """Set the mode of the MistralRequestValidator.

@@ -141,7 +133,7 @@ class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):
        r"""
        Patched fn to pass `name_or_path` and remove extra kwargs.

-        Instantiate a `MistralCommonBackend` from a predefined
+        Instantiate a `MistralCommonTokenizer` from a predefined
        tokenizer.

        Args:
@@ -150,7 +142,7 @@ class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):

                - A string, the *model id* of a predefined tokenizer hosted inside a model repo on huggingface.co.
                - A path to a *directory* containing the tokenizer config, for instance saved
-                  using the [`MistralCommonBackend.tokenization_mistral_common.save_pretrained`] method, e.g.,
+                  using the [`MistralCommonTokenizer.tokenization_mistral_common.save_pretrained`] method, e.g.,
                  `./my_model_directory/`.
            mode (`ValidationMode`, *optional*, defaults to `ValidationMode.test`):
                Validation mode for the `MistralTokenizer` tokenizer.
@@ -162,7 +154,7 @@ class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):
                exist.
            token (`str` or *bool*, *optional*):
                The token to use as HTTP bearer authorization for remote files. If `True`, will use the token generated
-                when running `hf auth login` (stored in `~/.huggingface`).
+                when running `huggingface-cli login` (stored in `~/.huggingface`).
            local_files_only (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
                Whether or not to only rely on local files and not to attempt to download any files.
            revision (`str`, *optional*, defaults to `"main"`):
@@ -187,12 +179,12 @@ class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):
                Whether or not the model should cleanup the spaces that were added when splitting the input text during the
                tokenization process.
            kwargs (additional keyword arguments, *optional*):
-                Not supported by `MistralCommonBackend.from_pretrained`.
+                Not supported by `MistralCommonTokenizer.from_pretrained`.
                Will raise an error if used.
        """
        if init_inputs:
            raise ValueError(
-                "`init_inputs` are not supported by `MistralCommonBackend.from_pretrained`."
+                "`init_inputs` are not supported by `MistralCommonTokenizer.from_pretrained`."
            )

        # Delete trust_remote_code as it does nothing
@@ -204,7 +196,7 @@ class HFMistralTokenizer(MistralCommonBackend):
        # Handle kwargs and AutoTokenizer case
        if kwargs and not kwargs.keys() == {"_from_auto"}:
            raise ValueError(
-                f"Kwargs {list(kwargs.keys())} are not supported by `MistralCommonBackend.from_pretrained`."
+                f"Kwargs {list(kwargs.keys())} are not supported by `MistralCommonTokenizer.from_pretrained`."
            )

        if not os.path.isfile(pretrained_model_name_or_path):
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