precommit

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          pytest -v -n8 --dist loadfile --ignore=tests/e2e/ --ignore=tests/patched/ tests/
+          pytest -v -n8 --dist loadfile --ignore=tests/e2e/ --ignore=tests/patched/ --ignore=tests/cli/ tests/
           pytest -v tests/patched/
+          pytest -v tests/cli/
 
       - name: cleanup pip cache
         run: |
@@ -172,8 +173,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          pytest -v -n8 --dist loadfile --ignore=tests/e2e/ --ignore=tests/patched/ tests/
+          pytest -v -n8 --dist loadfile --ignore=tests/e2e/ --ignore=tests/patched/ --ignore=tests/cli/ tests/
           pytest -v tests/patched/
+          pytest -v tests/cli/
 
       - name: cleanup pip cache
         run: |

cicd/Dockerfile.jinja

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ RUN if [ "$NIGHTLY_BUILD" = "true" ] ; then \
 
 RUN pip install packaging==23.2 setuptools==75.8.0
 RUN if [ "$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS" != "" ] ; then \
-        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,optimizers,ray,$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
+        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray,$AXOLOTL_EXTRAS] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
     else \
-        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,optimizers,ray] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
+        pip install --no-build-isolation -e .[deepspeed,flash-attn,ring-flash-attn,optimizers,ray] $AXOLOTL_ARGS; \
     fi
 
 RUN python scripts/unsloth_install.py | sh

cicd/cicd.sh

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ set -e
 
 python -c "import torch; assert '$PYTORCH_VERSION' in torch.__version__"
 
-pytest -v --durations=10 -n8 --ignore=tests/e2e/ --ignore=tests/patched/ /workspace/axolotl/tests/
+pytest -v --durations=10 -n8 --ignore=tests/e2e/ --ignore=tests/patched/ --ignore=tests/cli /workspace/axolotl/tests/
 pytest -v --durations=10 /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/patched/lora_kernels  # running these with the other patches causes a failure
 pytest -v --durations=10 --ignore=tests/e2e/patched/lora_kernels /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/patched
 pytest -v --durations=10 -n1 /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/solo/
 pytest -v --durations=10 /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/integrations/
-pytest -v --durations=10 --ignore=tests/e2e/solo/ --ignore=tests/e2e/patched/ --ignore=tests/e2e/multigpu/ --ignore=tests/e2e/integrations/ /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/
+pytest -v --durations=10 /workspace/axolotl/tests/cli
+pytest -v --durations=10 --ignore=tests/e2e/solo/ --ignore=tests/e2e/patched/ --ignore=tests/e2e/multigpu/ --ignore=tests/e2e/integrations/ --ignore=tests/cli /workspace/axolotl/tests/e2e/

docs/config.qmd

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ tokenizer_legacy:
 resize_token_embeddings_to_32x:
 # Optional[bool] Whether to shrink the embeddings to len(tokenizer). By default, we won't shrink.
 shrink_embeddings:
+# Whether to load the model with randomly initialized weights. Useful for
+# pre-training a model from scratch or debugging purposes.
+random_init_weights:
 
 # (Internal use only)
 # Used to identify which the model is based on
@@ -617,6 +620,14 @@ ddp_timeout:
 ddp_bucket_cap_mb:
 ddp_broadcast_buffers:
 
+# Sequence parallelism
+# Set to a divisor of the number of GPUs available to split sequences into chunks of equal size.
+# Use in long context training to prevent OOM when sequences cannot fit into a single GPU's VRAM.
+# E.g., if 4 GPUs are available, set this value to 2 to split each sequence into two equal-sized
+# subsequences, or set to 4 to split into four equal-sized subsequences.
+# See https://axolotl-ai-cloud.github.io/axolotl/docs/sequence_parallelism.html for more details.
+sequence_parallel_degree:
+
 # Path to torch distx for optim 'adamw_anyprecision'
 torchdistx_path:
 

docs/sequence_parallelism.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+---
+title: Sequence Parallelism
+description: Train with long sequences split across multiple GPUs.
+---
+
+# Sequence Parallelism
+
+Sequence parallelism is a technique that splits sequences across multiple GPUs,
+allowing you to train with very long sequences that wouldn't fit on a single GPU. Each
+GPU processes a different portion of the sequence, and the results are aggregated
+through a ring communication pattern.
+
+## When to Use Sequence Parallelism
+
+Use sequence parallelism when:
+
+- You need to train with sequence lengths that don't fit into a single GPU's memory
+- You have multiple GPUs available
+- You're experiencing OOM (Out Of Memory) errors with long sequences
+
+## Configuration
+
+To enable sequence parallelism, add the following to your configuration file:
+
+```yaml
+# Set to a divisor (> 1) of the number of GPUs available
+sequence_parallel_degree: 4  # Split sequences across 4 GPUs
+```
+
+The `sequence_parallel_degree` should be a divisor of the total number of GPUs. For example:
+
+- With 8 GPUs, valid values would be 2, 4, or 8
+- With 4 GPUs, valid values would be 2 or 4
+
+## Implementation Details
+
+When sequence parallelism is enabled:
+
+1. Each sequence is divided into equal chunks across the GPUs in a sequence parallel group
+2. The data collator handles the chunking of input_ids, attention_mask, labels, and position_ids
+3. Position IDs are adjusted to maintain proper relative positions, especially for packed sequences
+4. The trainer uses special ring communication patterns for attention operations
+
+## Requirements
+
+To use sequence parallelism, you need:
+
+- Multiple GPUs (at least 2)
+- The `ring-flash-attn` package. Install with:
+  - `pip install axolotl[ring-flash-attn]` (preferred)
+  - `pip install ring-flash-attn>=0.1.4`
+
+## Limitations
+
+- Flash attention must be enabled for this to work (`flash_attention: true` in config YAML)
+- May have a small performance overhead due to communication between GPUs
+
+## Example
+
+```yaml
+# Example config with sequence parallelism
+base_model: meta-llama/Llama-3-8B-Instruct
+sequence_len: 8192
+sequence_parallel_degree: 2  # Split each sequence into 4 parts
+flash_attention: true  # Required with sequence parallelism
+...
+```
+
+This will train the Llama 3 8B model with 8K context length, with each sequence split
+into 2 subsequences of length 4096 across 2 GPUs.
+
+## Sample Packing with Sequence Parallelism
+
+Sequence parallelism is compatible with Axolotl's sample packing functionality. When using both features together:
+
+1. Samples are first packed together
+2. The packed sequences are then divided across GPUs in the sequence parallel group
+3. Position IDs are automatically adjusted to maintain proper relative positions
+
+## Effect on Batch Size
+
+When using sequence parallelism, your effective global batch size is **divided** by the `sequence_parallel_degree`. This happens because:
+
+- Each group of `sequence_parallel_degree` GPUs works on the same batch (just different parts of each sequence)
+- The number of batches processed per step decreases
+
+For example:
+- With 8 GPUs and no sequence parallelism: 8 different batches processed per step
+- With 8 GPUs and `sequence_parallel_degree=4`: Only 2 different batches processed per step (each split across 4 GPUs)
+- If your per-GPU `micro_batch_size` is 2, the global batch size decreases from 16 to 4

requirements.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 bitsandbytes==0.45.3
 triton>=3.0.0
 mamba-ssm==1.2.0.post1
-flash-attn==2.7.4.post1
 xformers>=0.0.23.post1
 autoawq==0.2.7.post3
 liger-kernel==0.5.3
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ einops
 colorama
 numba
 numpy>=1.24.4,<=2.0.1
+
 # qlora things
 evaluate==0.4.1
 scipy

setup.py

@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ def parse_requirements():
         lines = [r.strip() for r in requirements_file.readlines()]
         for line in lines:
             is_extras = (
-                "flash-attn" in line
-                or "flash-attention" in line
-                or "deepspeed" in line
-                or "mamba-ssm" in line
-                or "lion-pytorch" in line
+                "deepspeed" in line or "mamba-ssm" in line or "lion-pytorch" in line
             )
             if line.startswith("--extra-index-url"):
                 # Handle custom index URLs
@@ -39,7 +35,6 @@ def parse_requirements():
                 "bitsandbytes",
                 "triton",
                 "mamba-ssm",
-                "flash-attn",
                 "xformers",
                 "autoawq",
                 "liger-kernel",
@@ -124,9 +119,8 @@ setup(
         ],
     },
     extras_require={
-        "flash-attn": [
-            "flash-attn==2.7.4.post1",
-        ],
+        "flash-attn": ["flash-attn==2.7.4.post1"],
+        "ring-flash-attn": ["ring-flash-attn>=0.1.4", "yunchang==0.6.0"],
         "deepspeed": [
             "deepspeed==0.16.4",
             "deepspeed-kernels",

src/axolotl/cli/train.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def do_train(cfg: DictDefault, cli_args: TrainerCliArgs) -> None:
+def do_train(cfg: DictDefault, cli_args: TrainerCliArgs):
     """
     Trains a `transformers` model by first loading the dataset(s) specified in the
     `axolotl` config, and then calling `axolotl.train.train`. Also runs the plugin
@@ -44,16 +44,13 @@ def do_train(cfg: DictDefault, cli_args: TrainerCliArgs) -> None:
         dataset_meta = load_datasets(cfg=cfg, cli_args=cli_args)
 
     model, tokenizer, trainer = train(cfg=cfg, dataset_meta=dataset_meta)
+    del model, tokenizer, trainer
+
     plugin_manager = PluginManager.get_instance()
-
-    del model
-    del tokenizer
-    del trainer
-
     plugin_manager.post_train_unload(cfg)
 
 
-def do_cli(config: Union[Path, str] = Path("examples/"), **kwargs) -> None:
+def do_cli(config: Union[Path, str] = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
     """
     Parses `axolotl` config, CLI args, and calls `do_train`.
 

src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from transformers import (
 from transformers.training_args import OptimizerNames
 from trl.trainer.utils import RewardDataCollatorWithPadding
 
-from axolotl.core.trainers.base import (
+from axolotl.core.trainers import (
     AxolotlCPOTrainer,
     AxolotlKTOTrainer,
     AxolotlMambaTrainer,
@@ -762,6 +762,10 @@ class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
                 self.cfg.kd_top_k_before_softmax
             )
 
+        training_arguments_kwargs["sequence_parallel_degree"] = (
+            self.cfg.sequence_parallel_degree
+        )
+
         if self.cfg.reward_model:
             training_args_cls = AxolotlRewardConfig
         elif self.cfg.process_reward_model:
@@ -845,9 +849,10 @@ class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
         self, training_args: AxolotlTrainingArguments, is_eval=False, **kwargs
     ):
         if training_args.pretraining:
-            if self.cfg.pretraining_sample_concatenation is False:
-                return DataCollatorForSeq2Seq(self.tokenizer, **kwargs)
-            if self.cfg.micro_batch_size > 1:
+            if (
+                self.cfg.pretraining_sample_concatenation is False
+                or self.cfg.micro_batch_size > 1
+            ):
                 return DataCollatorForSeq2Seq(self.tokenizer, **kwargs)
             return None
 
@@ -875,9 +880,7 @@ class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
             if "max_length" in kwargs:
                 kwargs.pop("max_length")
         elif use_batch_sampler_collator:
-            if self.cfg.model_config_type in SUPPORTED_MULTIPACK_MODEL_TYPES:
-                collator = V2BatchSamplerDataCollatorForSeq2Seq
-            elif (
+            if self.cfg.model_config_type in SUPPORTED_MULTIPACK_MODEL_TYPES or (
                 self.cfg.model_config_type in ["llama"]
                 and self.cfg.flash_attention is not True
             ):
@@ -908,6 +911,8 @@ class HFCausalTrainerBuilder(TrainerBuilderBase):
                 collator = DataCollatorForSeq2Seq
 
         kwargs["return_tensors"] = "pt"
+        if issubclass(collator, DataCollatorForSeq2Seq):
+            kwargs["sequence_parallel_degree"] = training_args.sequence_parallel_degree
 
         return collator(
             *collator_args,

src/axolotl/core/trainers/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Init for axolotl.core.trainers"""
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-import
+# flake8: noqa
+
+from .base import AxolotlTrainer
+from .dpo.trainer import AxolotlDPOTrainer
+from .grpo.trainer import AxolotlGRPOTrainer
+from .mamba import AxolotlMambaTrainer
+from .relora import ReLoRATrainer
+from .trl import (
+    AxolotlCPOTrainer,
+    AxolotlKTOTrainer,
+    AxolotlORPOTrainer,
+    AxolotlPRMTrainer,
+    AxolotlRewardTrainer,
+    TRLPPOTrainer,
+)

src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py

@@ -1,365 +1,47 @@
-"""
-module for customized trainers
-"""
+"""Module for customized trainers"""
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-# pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 import logging
 import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import wraps
-from typing import Dict, Literal, Optional
+from typing import Any, Literal
 
+import datasets
 import torch
 from datasets import Dataset
-from peft.optimizers import create_loraplus_optimizer
 from torch import nn
-from torch.optim.lr_scheduler import OneCycleLR
-from torch.utils.data import BatchSampler, DataLoader, RandomSampler, SequentialSampler
+from torch.utils.data import (
+    BatchSampler,
+    DataLoader,
+    RandomSampler,
+    Sampler,
+    SequentialSampler,
+)
 from transformers import Trainer
 from transformers.trainer_utils import PREFIX_CHECKPOINT_DIR, seed_worker
-from transformers.utils import is_sagemaker_mp_enabled
-from trl import CPOTrainer, KTOTrainer, ORPOTrainer, PRMTrainer, RewardTrainer
 from trl.trainer.utils import pad_to_length
+from typing_extensions import override
 
-from axolotl.integrations.base import BaseOptimizerFactory
-from axolotl.monkeypatch.relora import ReLoRAScheduler
-from axolotl.utils.samplers import MultipackBatchSampler, get_dataset_lengths
-from axolotl.utils.schedulers import (
-    RexLR,
-    get_cosine_schedule_with_min_lr,
-    get_cosine_schedule_with_quadratic_warmup,
-    get_cosine_schedule_with_warmup_decay_constant,
+from axolotl.core.trainers.mixins import (
+    OptimizerMixin,
+    SchedulerMixin,
+    SequenceParallelMixin,
 )
+from axolotl.core.trainers.utils import (
+    sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging,
+    sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging,
+)
+from axolotl.utils.samplers import MultipackBatchSampler, get_dataset_lengths
 
-if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled():
-    import smdistributed.modelparallel.torch as smp
-
-LOG = logging.getLogger("axolotl.core.trainer_builder")
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def _sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names, kwargs=None):
-    if isinstance(tag_names, str):
-        tag_names = [tag_names]
-
-    if kwargs is not None:
-        if "tags" not in kwargs:
-            kwargs["tags"] = tag_names
-        elif "tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["tags"], list):
-            kwargs["tags"].extend(tag_names)
-        elif "tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["tags"], str):
-            tag_names.append(kwargs["tags"])
-            kwargs["tags"] = tag_names
-
-    return kwargs
-
-
-def _sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging(dataset_tags, kwargs=None):
-    if isinstance(dataset_tags, str):
-        dataset_tags = [dataset_tags]
-
-    if (dataset_tags is not None) and (kwargs is not None):
-        if "dataset_tags" not in kwargs:
-            kwargs["dataset_tags"] = dataset_tags
-        elif "dataset_tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["dataset_tags"], list):
-            kwargs["dataset_tags"].extend(dataset_tags)
-        elif "dataset_tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["dataset_tags"], str):
-            dataset_tags.append(kwargs["dataset_tags"])
-            kwargs["dataset_tags"] = dataset_tags
-
-    return kwargs
-
-
-class SchedulerMixin(Trainer):
-    """
-    Mixin class for scheduler setup in CausalTrainer.
-    """
-
-    args = None  # type: "AxolotlTrainingArguments"  # type: ignore[name-defined]
-
-    def create_scheduler(
-        self, num_training_steps: int, optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer = None
-    ):
-        """
-        Setup the scheduler. The optimizer of the trainer must have been set up either before this method is called or
-        passed as an argument.
-
-        Args:
-            num_training_steps (int): The number of training steps to do.
-            optimizer (torch.optim.Optimizer): The training optimizer
-        """
-        use_cosine_quadratic = (
-            self.args.lr_scheduler_type == "cosine"
-            and self.args.lr_quadratic_warmup is True
-        )
-
-        use_cosine_min_lr = (
-            self.args.lr_scheduler_type == "cosine"
-            and self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio is not None
-        )
-
-        # fmt: off
-        if self.lr_scheduler is None:  # type: ignore  # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition
-            # fmt: on
-            if self.args.alternate_lr_scheduler_type == "one_cycle":
-                num_warmup_steps = self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps)
-                pct_start = num_warmup_steps / num_training_steps
-                extra_lr_kwargs = {}
-                if "pct_start" not in self.args.lr_scheduler_kwargs:
-                    extra_lr_kwargs["pct_start"] = pct_start
-                if "anneal_strategy" not in self.args.lr_scheduler_kwargs:
-                    extra_lr_kwargs["anneal_strategy"] = "cos"
-
-                self.lr_scheduler = OneCycleLR(
-                    optimizer,
-                    max_lr=self.args.learning_rate,
-                    total_steps=num_training_steps,
-                    **extra_lr_kwargs,
-                    **self.args.lr_scheduler_kwargs,
-                )
-            elif self.args.alternate_lr_scheduler_type == "rex":
-                if use_cosine_min_lr:
-                    assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_min_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
-
-                self.lr_scheduler = RexLR(
-                    optimizer=optimizer,
-                    max_lr=self.args.learning_rate,
-                    min_lr=0 if not use_cosine_min_lr else (self.args.learning_rate * self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio),
-                    total_steps=num_training_steps,
-                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
-                )
-            elif use_cosine_quadratic:
-                if use_cosine_min_lr:
-                    LOG.warning("Both cosine quadratic warmup and min lr detected. Using quadratic warmup.")
-
-                self.lr_scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_quadratic_warmup(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
-                    optimizer,
-                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
-                    num_training_steps=num_training_steps,
-                )
-            elif self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio and self.args.cosine_constant_lr_ratio and use_cosine_min_lr:
-                assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_min_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
-                assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_constant_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_constant_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
-                self.lr_scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_warmup_decay_constant(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
-                    optimizer,
-                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
-                    num_training_steps=num_training_steps,
-                    min_lr_ratio=self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio,
-                    constant_lr_ratio=self.args.cosine_constant_lr_ratio,
-                )
-            elif self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio and use_cosine_min_lr:
-                assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_min_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
-                self.lr_scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_min_lr(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
-                    optimizer,
-                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
-                    num_training_steps=num_training_steps,
-                    min_lr_ratio=self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio,
-                )
-            else:
-                return super().create_scheduler(num_training_steps, optimizer=optimizer)
-        else:
-            if use_cosine_quadratic:
-                LOG.warning("axolotl's cosine scheduler with quadratic warmup not used (e.g., because of deepspeed).")
-
-            if use_cosine_min_lr:
-                LOG.warning("axolotl's cosine scheduler with min lr not used (e.g., because of deepspeed).")
-
-        return self.lr_scheduler
-
-
-class OptimizerMixin(Trainer):
-    """
-    Mixin class for shared handling of building custom optimizers
-    """
-
-    args = None  # type: "AxolotlTrainingArguments"  # type: ignore[name-defined]
-
-    def create_optimizer_grouped_parameters(
-        self, opt_model, optimizer_kwargs
-    ) -> list[dict]:
-        decay_parameters = self.get_decay_parameter_names(opt_model)
-        params: dict = {
-            "to_weight_decay": {},  # LayerNorm and bias
-            "embeddings": {},  # lm_head, embed_tokens,
-            "no_weight_decay": {},
-        }
-        lr_groups_lookup = {}
-        lr_groups_learning_rates = {}
-        if self.args.lr_groups:
-            for lr_group in self.args.lr_groups:
-                group_name = lr_group["name"]
-                group_modules = lr_group["modules"]
-                for module in group_modules:
-                    lr_groups_lookup[module] = group_name
-                lr_groups_learning_rates[group_name] = lr_group["lr"]
-                params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"] = {}
-
-        for name, param in opt_model.named_parameters():
-            if not param.requires_grad:
-                continue
-            if name.endswith("modules_to_save.default.weight") or any(
-                embed_name in name for embed_name in ["embed_tokens", "lm_head"]
-            ):
-                params["embeddings"][name] = param
-            elif name in decay_parameters:
-                lr_group_modules = [
-                    group_modules
-                    for group_modules in lr_groups_lookup
-                    if group_modules in name
-                ]
-                if lr_groups_lookup and any(lr_group_modules):
-                    lr_group_module = lr_group_modules[0]
-                    group_name = lr_groups_lookup[lr_group_module]
-                    params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"][name] = param
-                else:
-                    params["to_weight_decay"][name] = param
-            else:
-                params["no_weight_decay"][name] = param
-        optimizer_grouped_parameters = []
-        if params["to_weight_decay"]:
-            optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
-                {
-                    "params": list(params["to_weight_decay"].values()),
-                    "weight_decay": self.args.weight_decay,
-                    "lr": optimizer_kwargs["lr"],
-                }
-            )
-        if params["embeddings"]:
-            lr = optimizer_kwargs["lr"]  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-            if self.args.embedding_lr_scale:
-                lr *= self.args.embedding_lr_scale  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-            elif self.args.embedding_lr:
-                lr = self.args.embedding_lr  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-            optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
-                {
-                    "params": list(params["embeddings"].values()),
-                    "weight_decay": 0.0,
-                    "lr": lr,
-                }
-            )
-        if params["no_weight_decay"]:
-            optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
-                {
-                    "params": list(params["no_weight_decay"].values()),
-                    "weight_decay": 0.0,
-                    "lr": optimizer_kwargs["lr"],
-                }
-            )
-        for group_name, group_lr in lr_groups_learning_rates.items():
-            if params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"]:
-                optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
-                    {
-                        "params": list(
-                            params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"].values()
-                        ),
-                        "weight_decay": self.args.weight_decay,
-                        "lr": group_lr,
-                    }
-                )
-
-        return optimizer_grouped_parameters
-
-    def create_optimizer(self):
-        if (
-            self.args.loraplus_lr_ratio is None
-            and self.args.embedding_lr_scale is None
-            and self.args.embedding_lr is None
-            and self.args.lr_groups is None
-            and self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs is None
-        ):
-            return super().create_optimizer()
-
-        opt_model = self.model_wrapped if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled() else self.model
-
-        if (
-            not self.optimizer
-            and self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs is not None
-            and issubclass(self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs[0], BaseOptimizerFactory)
-        ):
-            optimizer_factory_cls, optimizer_kwargs = self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs
-            self.optimizer = optimizer_factory_cls()(
-                opt_model, self.args, **optimizer_kwargs
-            )
-
-        if not self.optimizer:
-            if self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs is not None:
-                optimizer_cls, optimizer_kwargs = self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs
-            else:
-                optimizer_cls, optimizer_kwargs = self.get_optimizer_cls_and_kwargs(
-                    self.args, opt_model
-                )
-
-            optimizer_grouped_parameters = self.create_optimizer_grouped_parameters(
-                opt_model, optimizer_kwargs
-            )
-
-            if self.args.loraplus_lr_ratio is not None:
-                loraplus_lr_ratio = getattr(self.args, "loraplus_lr_ratio", None)
-                loraplus_lr_embedding = getattr(
-                    self.args, "loraplus_lr_embedding", 1e-6
-                )
-                self.optimizer = create_loraplus_optimizer(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
-                    opt_model,
-                    optimizer_cls,
-                    loraplus_lr_ratio=loraplus_lr_ratio,
-                    loraplus_lr_embedding=loraplus_lr_embedding,
-                    **optimizer_kwargs,
-                )
-            else:
-                # Overwrite `params` in case it's created by `get_optimizer_cls_and_kwargs`
-                # e.g. for GaLore optimizer.
-                if "params" in optimizer_kwargs:
-                    optimizer_grouped_parameters = optimizer_kwargs.pop("params")
-
-                # Overwrite `model` in case it's created by `get_optimizer_cls_and_kwargs`
-                # e.g. for LOMO optimizer.
-                if "model" in optimizer_kwargs:
-                    optimizer_grouped_parameters = optimizer_kwargs.pop("model")
-
-                # For layer-wise dummy optimizers we overwrite optimizer_grouped_parameters with `optimizer_dict`
-                # to avoid arguments conflicts.
-                if "optimizer_dict" in optimizer_kwargs:
-                    optimizer_grouped_parameters = optimizer_kwargs.pop(
-                        "optimizer_dict"
-                    )
-
-                self.optimizer = optimizer_cls(
-                    optimizer_grouped_parameters, **optimizer_kwargs
-                )
-
-            if optimizer_cls.__name__ == "Adam8bit":
-                import bitsandbytes
-
-                manager = bitsandbytes.optim.GlobalOptimManager.get_instance()
-
-                skipped = 0
-                for module in opt_model.modules():
-                    if isinstance(module, nn.Embedding):
-                        skipped += sum(
-                            {
-                                p.data_ptr(): p.numel() for p in module.parameters()
-                            }.values()
-                        )
-                        LOG.info(f"skipped {module}: {skipped/2**20}M params")
-                        manager.register_module_override(
-                            module, "weight", {"optim_bits": 32}
-                        )
-                        LOG.debug(f"bitsandbytes: will optimize {module} in fp32")
-                LOG.info(f"skipped: {skipped/2**20}M params")
-
-        if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled():
-            self.optimizer = smp.DistributedOptimizer(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
-                self.optimizer
-            )
-
-        return self.optimizer
-
-
-class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
-    """
-    Extend the base Trainer for axolotl helpers
-    """
+class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, SequenceParallelMixin, Trainer):
+    """Extend the base Trainer for axolotl helpers"""
 
     args = None  # type: "AxolotlTrainingArguments"  # type: ignore[name-defined]
     tag_names = ["axolotl"]
@@ -376,12 +58,18 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
         self.eval_data_collator = eval_data_collator
         self.dataset_tags = dataset_tags
         self._signature_columns = None  # workaround for pylint
+
         super().__init__(*_args, **kwargs)
+
         self.train_data_collator = self.data_collator
         self._stored_metrics = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
         if self.args.orpo_alpha:
             self.loss_fct = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss(reduction="none")
 
+        # Initialize sequence parallelism if enabled
+        if self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            self._setup_sequence_parallel()
+
     def _wrap_model(self, model, training=True, dataloader=None):
         if self.args.torch_compile:
             torch._dynamo.config.accumulated_cache_size_limit = (  # pylint: disable=protected-access
@@ -394,142 +82,247 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
             )
         return super()._wrap_model(model, training=training, dataloader=dataloader)
 
-    def _get_train_sampler(self) -> Optional[torch.utils.data.Sampler]:
-        if self.args.sample_packing and not self.args.pretraining:
-            if self.args.multipack_real_batches:
-                batch_size = self.args.per_device_train_batch_size
-                batch_max_len = self.args.max_seq_length
-            else:
-                batch_size = 1
-                train_batch_size = (
-                    self.state.train_batch_size or self.args.per_device_train_batch_size
-                )
-                batch_max_len = train_batch_size * self.args.max_seq_length
+    def _create_multipack_sampler(
+        self, base_sampler: Sampler, dataset: Dataset
+    ) -> MultipackBatchSampler:
+        """
+        Helper method to create a `MultipackBatchSampler` for multipacking sequences
+        for training.
 
-            if self.args.curriculum_sampling:
-                sampler = SequentialSampler(self.train_dataset)
-            else:
-                sampler = RandomSampler(self.train_dataset)
+        Args:
+            base_sampler: Sampler to wrap with `MultipackBatchSampler`.
+            dataset: Dataset to sample from.
 
-            return MultipackBatchSampler(
-                sampler,
-                lengths=get_dataset_lengths(self.train_dataset),
-                packing_efficiency_estimate=self.args.sample_packing_efficiency,
-                batch_max_len=batch_max_len,
-                batch_size=batch_size,
-                group_size=self.args.sample_packing_group_size,
-                bin_size=self.args.sample_packing_bin_size,
-                drop_last=True,
+        Returns:
+            Multipack (sample packing) batch sampler.
+        """
+        if self.args.multipack_real_batches:
+            batch_size = self.args.per_device_train_batch_size
+            batch_max_len = self.args.max_seq_length
+        else:
+            batch_size = 1
+            train_batch_size = (
+                self.state.train_batch_size or self.args.per_device_train_batch_size
             )
-        if self.args.curriculum_sampling:
-            return SequentialSampler(self.train_dataset)
-        return super()._get_train_sampler()
+            batch_max_len = train_batch_size * self.args.max_seq_length
 
-    def _get_eval_sampler(
-        self, eval_dataset: Dataset
-    ) -> Optional[torch.utils.data.Sampler]:
-        if self.args.sample_packing and self.args.eval_sample_packing is not False:
-            if self.args.multipack_real_batches:
-                batch_size = self.args.per_device_eval_batch_size
-                batch_max_len = self.args.max_seq_length
-            else:
-                batch_size = 1
-                batch_max_len = (
-                    self.args.per_device_eval_batch_size * self.args.max_seq_length
-                )
-            return MultipackBatchSampler(
-                SequentialSampler(eval_dataset),
-                lengths=get_dataset_lengths(self.eval_dataset),
-                packing_efficiency_estimate=self.args.sample_packing_efficiency,
-                batch_max_len=batch_max_len,
-                batch_size=batch_size,
-                group_size=self.args.sample_packing_group_size,
-                bin_size=self.args.sample_packing_bin_size,
-                drop_last=True,
+        return MultipackBatchSampler(
+            base_sampler,
+            lengths=get_dataset_lengths(dataset),
+            packing_efficiency_estimate=self.args.sample_packing_efficiency,
+            batch_max_len=batch_max_len,
+            batch_size=batch_size,
+            drop_last=True,
+        )
+
+    def _get_train_sampler(self) -> Sampler | None:
+        """
+        Helper method to get the sampler for training. Handles cases for sequence
+        parallelism, sample packing, and curriculum sampling (sequential).
+
+        Returns:
+            If the dataset is non-empty, a sampler is returned, the type of which
+                depends on the passed training args.
+        """
+        use_sample_packing = self.args.sample_packing and not self.args.pretraining
+
+        # Determine the base sampler first
+        if self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            base_sampler = self._sp_get_train_sampler(self.train_dataset)
+        elif self.args.curriculum_sampling:
+            base_sampler = SequentialSampler(self.train_dataset)
+        elif use_sample_packing:
+            base_sampler = RandomSampler(self.train_dataset)
+        else:
+            # Default to parent class implementation for standard random sampling
+            return super()._get_train_sampler()
+
+        # Apply multipack wrapper if needed
+        if use_sample_packing:
+            return self._create_multipack_sampler(
+                base_sampler=base_sampler,
+                dataset=self.train_dataset,
             )
-        return super()._get_eval_sampler(eval_dataset)
 
-    def get_train_dataloader(self) -> DataLoader:
-        if self.args.sample_packing and not self.args.pretraining:
-            train_dataset = self.train_dataset
-            if "length" in train_dataset.features.keys():
-                train_dataset = train_dataset.remove_columns(["length"])
-            data_collator = self.data_collator
-            dataloader_params = {
-                "batch_size": self._train_batch_size,
-                "collate_fn": data_collator,
-                "num_workers": self.args.dataloader_num_workers,
-                "pin_memory": self.args.dataloader_pin_memory,
-            }
-            if self.args.dataloader_prefetch_factor:
-                dataloader_params["prefetch_factor"] = (
-                    self.args.dataloader_prefetch_factor
-                )
+        return base_sampler
 
-            sampler = self._get_train_sampler()
+    def _get_eval_sampler(self, eval_dataset: Dataset | None = None) -> Sampler | None:
+        """
+        Helper method to get the sampler for evaluation. Handles sequence parallelism
+        and sample packing cases.
+
+        Returns:
+            If the dataset is non-empty, a sampler is returned, the type of which
+                depends on the passed training args.
+        """
+        eval_dataset = eval_dataset if eval_dataset is not None else self.eval_dataset
+
+        # Multipacking enabled if training is enabled and eval is not explicitly disabled
+        use_multipack = (
+            self.args.sample_packing and self.args.eval_sample_packing is not False
+        )
+
+        # Determine the base sampler
+        if self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            base_sampler = self._sp_get_eval_sampler(eval_dataset)
+        elif use_multipack:
+            base_sampler = SequentialSampler(eval_dataset)
+        else:
+            return super()._get_eval_sampler(eval_dataset)
+
+        # Apply multipack wrapper if needed
+        if use_multipack:
+            return self._create_multipack_sampler(
+                base_sampler=base_sampler,
+                dataset=eval_dataset,
+            )
+
+        return base_sampler
+
+    def _create_dataloader_params(self, is_eval=False, custom_batch_size=None):
+        """Create common dataloader parameters for train or eval."""
+        batch_size = custom_batch_size or (
+            self.args.eval_batch_size if is_eval else self._train_batch_size
+        )
+
+        params = {
+            "batch_size": batch_size,
+            "collate_fn": self.data_collator,
+            "num_workers": self.args.dataloader_num_workers,
+            "pin_memory": self.args.dataloader_pin_memory,
+        }
+
+        # Add persistent workers only for training
+        if not is_eval and hasattr(self.args, "dataloader_persistent_workers"):
+            params["persistent_workers"] = self.args.dataloader_persistent_workers
+
+        # Add prefetch factor if specified
+        if self.args.dataloader_prefetch_factor:
+            params["prefetch_factor"] = self.args.dataloader_prefetch_factor
+
+        return params
+
+    def _prepare_dataloader(
+        self, dataset, sampler, is_eval=False, custom_batch_size=None
+    ):
+        """Prepare a dataloader with the given dataset and sampler."""
+        # Get base parameters
+        dataloader_params = self._create_dataloader_params(is_eval, custom_batch_size)
+
+        # Add sampler configuration
+        if not isinstance(dataset, torch.utils.data.IterableDataset):
             if isinstance(sampler, BatchSampler):
+                # batch_size and batch_sampler are mutually exclusive
                 dataloader_params["batch_sampler"] = sampler
                 del dataloader_params["batch_size"]
             else:
                 dataloader_params["sampler"] = sampler
                 dataloader_params["drop_last"] = self.args.dataloader_drop_last
-            dataloader_params["worker_init_fn"] = seed_worker
 
+            if not is_eval:
+                dataloader_params["worker_init_fn"] = seed_worker
+
+        # Create the dataloader
+        dataloader = DataLoader(dataset, **dataloader_params)
+
+        if self.args.sample_packing and (
+            (not is_eval and not self.args.pretraining)
+            or (is_eval and self.args.eval_sample_packing is not False)
+        ):
             self.accelerator.even_batches = False
-            return self.accelerator.prepare_data_loader(
-                DataLoader(train_dataset, **dataloader_params)
-            )
-        return super().get_train_dataloader()
 
-    def get_eval_dataloader(self, eval_dataset: Optional[Dataset] = None) -> DataLoader:
+        # Return unprepared dataloader if using sequence parallelism
+        if self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            return dataloader
+
+        # Otherwise prepare with accelerator
+        return self.accelerator.prepare_data_loader(dataloader)
+
+    def get_train_dataloader(self) -> DataLoader:
+        """Get dataloader for training"""
+        train_dataset = self.train_dataset
+        data_collator = self.data_collator  # type: ignore
+
+        # Handle dataset preprocessing
+        if isinstance(train_dataset, datasets.Dataset):
+            if self.args.sample_packing and not self.args.pretraining:
+                train_dataset = train_dataset.remove_columns(["length"])
+            if not self.args.sample_packing or self.args.pretraining:
+                train_dataset = self._remove_unused_columns(
+                    train_dataset, description="training"
+                )
+        else:
+            self.data_collator = self._get_collator_with_removed_columns(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                data_collator,
+                description="training",
+            )
+
+        # Get sampler and create dataloader
+        sampler = self._get_train_sampler()
+        return self._prepare_dataloader(train_dataset, sampler, is_eval=False)
+
+    def get_eval_dataloader(self, eval_dataset: Dataset | None = None) -> DataLoader:
+        """Get dataloader for evaluation"""
+        eval_dataset = eval_dataset if eval_dataset is not None else self.eval_dataset
+
+        # Handle special case: sample packing is enabled but eval_sample_packing is False
         if self.args.sample_packing and self.args.eval_sample_packing is False:
             self.data_collator = (  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
                 self.eval_data_collator
             )
-            if eval_dataset:
+            if "length" in eval_dataset.column_names:
                 eval_dataset = eval_dataset.remove_columns(["length"])
             dataloader = super().get_eval_dataloader(eval_dataset)
             self.data_collator = (  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
                 self.train_data_collator
             )
+
             return dataloader
 
-        if self.args.sample_packing and self.args.eval_sample_packing is not False:
-            eval_dataset = (
-                eval_dataset if eval_dataset is not None else self.eval_dataset
+        # Handle sample packing or sequence parallelism
+        if (
+            self.args.sample_packing
+            and self.args.eval_sample_packing is not False
+            or self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1
+        ):
+            # Get appropriate data collator
+            self.data_collator = (  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                self.eval_data_collator
+                if hasattr(self, "eval_data_collator") and self.eval_data_collator
+                else self.data_collator
+            )
+            if "length" in eval_dataset.column_names:
+                eval_dataset = eval_dataset.remove_columns(["length"])
+
+            # Handle dataset preprocessing for SP
+            if self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+                if isinstance(eval_dataset, datasets.Dataset):
+                    eval_dataset = self._remove_unused_columns(
+                        eval_dataset, description="evaluation"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    self.data_collator = self._get_collator_with_removed_columns(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                        self.data_collator, description="evaluation"
+                    )
+
+            # Use eval_batch_size for sample packing, per_device_eval_batch_size otherwise
+            batch_size = (
+                self.args.eval_batch_size
+                if self.args.sample_packing
+                else self.args.per_device_eval_batch_size
+            )
+            sampler = self._get_eval_sampler(eval_dataset)
+            dataloader = self._prepare_dataloader(
+                eval_dataset, sampler, is_eval=True, custom_batch_size=batch_size
             )
 
-            eval_sampler = self._get_eval_sampler(eval_dataset)
-            eval_dataset = eval_dataset.remove_columns(["length"])
-            data_collator = self.data_collator
-            dataloader_params = {
-                "batch_size": self.args.eval_batch_size,
-                "collate_fn": data_collator,
-                "num_workers": self.args.dataloader_num_workers,
-                "pin_memory": self.args.dataloader_pin_memory,
-            }
-            if self.args.dataloader_prefetch_factor:
-                dataloader_params["prefetch_factor"] = (
-                    self.args.dataloader_prefetch_factor
-                )
-
-            if isinstance(eval_sampler, BatchSampler):
-                dataloader_params["batch_sampler"] = eval_sampler
-                del dataloader_params["batch_size"]
-            else:
-                dataloader_params["sampler"] = eval_sampler
-                dataloader_params["drop_last"] = self.args.dataloader_drop_last
-
-            self.accelerator.even_batches = False
-            return self.accelerator.prepare_data_loader(
-                DataLoader(eval_dataset, **dataloader_params)
-            )
+            return dataloader
 
         return super().get_eval_dataloader(eval_dataset)
 
     def _get_bench_sampler(
         self, bench_dataset: Dataset
-    ) -> Optional[torch.utils.data.Sampler]:
+    ) -> torch.utils.data.Sampler | None:
         if self.args.world_size <= 1:
             return SequentialSampler(bench_dataset)
         return None
@@ -554,6 +347,7 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
         return DataLoader(bench_dataset, **dataloader_params)
         # return self.accelerator.prepare(DataLoader(bench_dataset, **dataloader_params))
 
+    @override
     def compute_loss(
         self, model, inputs, return_outputs=False, num_items_in_batch=None
     ):
@@ -570,6 +364,7 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
                 return_outputs=return_outputs,
                 num_items_in_batch=num_items_in_batch,
             )
+
         return super().compute_loss(
             model,
             inputs,
@@ -744,10 +539,10 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
         Overwrite the `push_to_hub` method in order to force-add the tags when pushing the
         model on the Hub. Please refer to `~transformers.Trainer.push_to_hub` for more details.
         """
-        kwargs = _sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging(
+        kwargs = sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging(
             dataset_tags=self.dataset_tags, kwargs=kwargs
         )
-        kwargs = _sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names=self.tag_names, kwargs=kwargs)
+        kwargs = sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names=self.tag_names, kwargs=kwargs)
 
         return super().push_to_hub(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -764,15 +559,13 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
 
         return res
 
-    def log(self, logs: Dict[str, float], start_time: Optional[float] = None) -> None:
+    def log(self, logs: dict[str, float], start_time: float | None = None) -> None:
         """
         Log `logs` on the various objects watching training, including stored metrics.
 
         Args:
-            logs (`Dict[str, float]`):
-                The values to log.
-            start_time (`Optional[float]`):
-                The start of training.
+            logs: The values to log.
+            start_time: The start of training.
         """
         # logs either has 'loss' or 'eval_loss'
         train_eval = "train" if "loss" in logs else "eval"
@@ -784,7 +577,7 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
         return super().log(logs, start_time)
 
     def store_metrics(
-        self, metrics: Dict[str, float], train_eval: Literal["train", "eval"] = "train"
+        self, metrics: dict[str, float], train_eval: Literal["train", "eval"] = "train"
     ) -> None:
         for key, value in metrics.items():
             self._stored_metrics[train_eval][key].append(value)
@@ -797,110 +590,26 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(SchedulerMixin, OptimizerMixin, Trainer):
         os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
         return super()._save_checkpoint(model, trial, **kwargs)
 
-
-class AxolotlMambaTrainer(AxolotlTrainer):
-    """
-    Mamba specific trainer to handle loss calculation
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "mamba"]
-
-    def compute_loss(
+    def training_step(
         self,
-        model,
-        inputs,
-        return_outputs=False,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-        num_items_in_batch=None,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    ):
-        input_ids = inputs.pop("input_ids")
-        lm_logits = model(input_ids).logits
+        model: nn.Module,
+        inputs: dict[str, torch.Tensor | Any],
+        num_items_in_batch: int | None = None,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Perform a training step on a batch of inputs. Overrides the
+        `transformers.trainer.Trainer` method to handle sequence parallelism if
+        enabled.
 
-        labels = input_ids.to(lm_logits.device)
-        shift_logits = lm_logits[:, :-1, :].contiguous()
-        labels = labels[:, 1:].contiguous()
+        Args:
+            model: Model to perform training step for.
+            inputs: Dictionary mapping.
+        """
+        # Set up sequence parallelism for this step if enabled
+        if self.args.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            self._update_ring_flash_attn_params(inputs)
 
-        loss_fct = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
-        lm_loss = loss_fct(
-            shift_logits.view(-1, shift_logits.size(-1)), labels.view(-1)
-        )
+        # Proceed with normal training step
+        loss = super().training_step(model, inputs, num_items_in_batch)
 
-        return lm_loss
-
-
-class ReLoRATrainer(AxolotlTrainer):
-    """
-    Trainer subclass that uses the OneCycleLR scheduler
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "relora"]
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.lr_scheduler = None
-
-    def create_scheduler(
-        self,
-        num_training_steps: int,
-        optimizer: Optional[torch.optim.Optimizer] = None,
-    ):
-        optimizer = self.optimizer if optimizer is None else optimizer
-        lr_scheduler = super().create_scheduler(num_training_steps, optimizer)
-
-        if self.args.relora_steps:
-            warmup_steps = (
-                self.args.relora_warmup_steps if self.args.relora_warmup_steps else 10
-            )
-            anneal_steps = (
-                self.args.relora_anneal_steps if self.args.relora_anneal_steps else 1
-            )
-            self.lr_scheduler = ReLoRAScheduler(
-                optimizer,
-                lr_scheduler,
-                self.args.relora_steps,
-                anneal_steps,
-                warmup_steps,
-            )
-        else:
-            self.lr_scheduler = lr_scheduler
-
-        return self.lr_scheduler
-
-
-class AxolotlORPOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, ORPOTrainer):
-    """
-    Extend the base ORPOTrainer for axolotl helpers
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "orpo"]
-
-
-class AxolotlKTOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, KTOTrainer):
-    """
-    Extend the base KTOTrainer for axolotl helpers
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "kto"]
-
-
-class AxolotlCPOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, CPOTrainer):
-    """
-    Extend the base CPOTrainer for axolotl helpers
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "cpo"]
-
-
-class AxolotlRewardTrainer(SchedulerMixin, RewardTrainer):
-    """
-    Extend the base RewardTrainer for axolotl helpers
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "reward"]
-
-
-class AxolotlPRMTrainer(SchedulerMixin, PRMTrainer):
-    """
-    Extend the base trl.PRMTrainer for axolotl helpers
-    """
-
-    tag_names = ["axolotl", "prm"]
+        return loss

src/axolotl/core/trainers/dpo/trainer.py

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ from transformers import Trainer
 from transformers.utils import is_sagemaker_mp_enabled
 from trl import DPOTrainer
 
-from axolotl.core.trainers.base import (
-    SchedulerMixin,
-    _sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging,
-    _sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging,
+from axolotl.core.trainers.mixins import SchedulerMixin
+from axolotl.core.trainers.utils import (
+    sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging,
+    sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging,
 )
 
 if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled():
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ class AxolotlDPOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, DPOTrainer):
         Overwrite the `push_to_hub` method in order to force-add the tags when pushing the
         model on the Hub. Please refer to `~transformers.Trainer.push_to_hub` for more details.
         """
-        kwargs = _sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging(
+        kwargs = sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging(
             dataset_tags=self.dataset_tags, kwargs=kwargs
         )
-        kwargs = _sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names=self.tag_names, kwargs=kwargs)
+        kwargs = sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names=self.tag_names, kwargs=kwargs)
 
         return super().push_to_hub(*args, **kwargs)
 

src/axolotl/core/trainers/mamba.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""Module for mamba trainer"""
+
+import torch
+
+from axolotl.core.trainers.base import AxolotlTrainer
+
+
+class AxolotlMambaTrainer(AxolotlTrainer):
+    """Mamba specific trainer to handle loss calculation"""
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "mamba"]
+
+    def compute_loss(
+        self,
+        model,
+        inputs,
+        return_outputs=False,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        num_items_in_batch=None,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    ):
+        input_ids = inputs.pop("input_ids")
+        lm_logits = model(input_ids).logits
+
+        labels = input_ids.to(lm_logits.device)
+        shift_logits = lm_logits[:, :-1, :].contiguous()
+        labels = labels[:, 1:].contiguous()
+
+        loss_fct = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
+        lm_loss = loss_fct(
+            shift_logits.view(-1, shift_logits.size(-1)), labels.view(-1)
+        )
+
+        return lm_loss

src/axolotl/core/trainers/mixins/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Init for axolotl.core.trainers.mixins"""
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-import
+# flake8: noqa
+
+from .optimizer import OptimizerMixin
+from .scheduler import SchedulerMixin
+from .sequence_parallel import SequenceParallelMixin

src/axolotl/core/trainers/mixins/optimizer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+"""Module for Axolotl trainer optimizer mixin"""
+
+import logging
+
+from peft.optimizers import create_loraplus_optimizer
+from torch import nn
+from transformers.trainer import Trainer
+from transformers.utils import is_sagemaker_mp_enabled
+
+from axolotl.integrations.base import BaseOptimizerFactory
+
+if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled():
+    import smdistributed.modelparallel.torch as smp
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class OptimizerMixin(Trainer):
+    """Mixin class for shared handling of building custom optimizers"""
+
+    args = None  # type: "AxolotlTrainingArguments"  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+
+    def create_optimizer_grouped_parameters(
+        self, opt_model, optimizer_kwargs
+    ) -> list[dict]:
+        decay_parameters = self.get_decay_parameter_names(opt_model)
+        params: dict = {
+            "to_weight_decay": {},  # LayerNorm and bias
+            "embeddings": {},  # lm_head, embed_tokens,
+            "no_weight_decay": {},
+        }
+        lr_groups_lookup = {}
+        lr_groups_learning_rates = {}
+        if self.args.lr_groups:
+            for lr_group in self.args.lr_groups:
+                group_name = lr_group["name"]
+                group_modules = lr_group["modules"]
+                for module in group_modules:
+                    lr_groups_lookup[module] = group_name
+                lr_groups_learning_rates[group_name] = lr_group["lr"]
+                params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"] = {}
+
+        for name, param in opt_model.named_parameters():
+            if not param.requires_grad:
+                continue
+            if name.endswith("modules_to_save.default.weight") or any(
+                embed_name in name for embed_name in ["embed_tokens", "lm_head"]
+            ):
+                params["embeddings"][name] = param
+            elif name in decay_parameters:
+                lr_group_modules = [
+                    group_modules
+                    for group_modules in lr_groups_lookup
+                    if group_modules in name
+                ]
+                if lr_groups_lookup and any(lr_group_modules):
+                    lr_group_module = lr_group_modules[0]
+                    group_name = lr_groups_lookup[lr_group_module]
+                    params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"][name] = param
+                else:
+                    params["to_weight_decay"][name] = param
+            else:
+                params["no_weight_decay"][name] = param
+        optimizer_grouped_parameters = []
+        if params["to_weight_decay"]:
+            optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
+                {
+                    "params": list(params["to_weight_decay"].values()),
+                    "weight_decay": self.args.weight_decay,
+                    "lr": optimizer_kwargs["lr"],
+                }
+            )
+        if params["embeddings"]:
+            lr = optimizer_kwargs["lr"]  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+            if self.args.embedding_lr_scale:
+                lr *= self.args.embedding_lr_scale  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+            elif self.args.embedding_lr:
+                lr = self.args.embedding_lr  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+            optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
+                {
+                    "params": list(params["embeddings"].values()),
+                    "weight_decay": 0.0,
+                    "lr": lr,
+                }
+            )
+        if params["no_weight_decay"]:
+            optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
+                {
+                    "params": list(params["no_weight_decay"].values()),
+                    "weight_decay": 0.0,
+                    "lr": optimizer_kwargs["lr"],
+                }
+            )
+        for group_name, group_lr in lr_groups_learning_rates.items():
+            if params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"]:
+                optimizer_grouped_parameters.append(
+                    {
+                        "params": list(
+                            params[f"to_weight_decay_{group_name}"].values()
+                        ),
+                        "weight_decay": self.args.weight_decay,
+                        "lr": group_lr,
+                    }
+                )
+
+        return optimizer_grouped_parameters
+
+    def create_optimizer(self):
+        if (
+            self.args.loraplus_lr_ratio is None
+            and self.args.embedding_lr_scale is None
+            and self.args.embedding_lr is None
+            and self.args.lr_groups is None
+            and self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs is None
+        ):
+            return super().create_optimizer()
+
+        opt_model = self.model_wrapped if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled() else self.model
+
+        if (
+            not self.optimizer
+            and self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs is not None
+            and issubclass(self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs[0], BaseOptimizerFactory)
+        ):
+            optimizer_factory_cls, optimizer_kwargs = self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs
+            self.optimizer = optimizer_factory_cls()(
+                opt_model, self.args, **optimizer_kwargs
+            )
+
+        if not self.optimizer:
+            if self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs is not None:
+                optimizer_cls, optimizer_kwargs = self.optimizer_cls_and_kwargs
+            else:
+                optimizer_cls, optimizer_kwargs = self.get_optimizer_cls_and_kwargs(
+                    self.args, opt_model
+                )
+
+            optimizer_grouped_parameters = self.create_optimizer_grouped_parameters(
+                opt_model, optimizer_kwargs
+            )
+
+            if self.args.loraplus_lr_ratio is not None:
+                loraplus_lr_ratio = getattr(self.args, "loraplus_lr_ratio", None)
+                loraplus_lr_embedding = getattr(
+                    self.args, "loraplus_lr_embedding", 1e-6
+                )
+                self.optimizer = create_loraplus_optimizer(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                    opt_model,
+                    optimizer_cls,
+                    loraplus_lr_ratio=loraplus_lr_ratio,
+                    loraplus_lr_embedding=loraplus_lr_embedding,
+                    **optimizer_kwargs,
+                )
+            else:
+                # Overwrite `params` in case it's created by `get_optimizer_cls_and_kwargs`
+                # e.g. for GaLore optimizer.
+                if "params" in optimizer_kwargs:
+                    optimizer_grouped_parameters = optimizer_kwargs.pop("params")
+
+                # Overwrite `model` in case it's created by `get_optimizer_cls_and_kwargs`
+                # e.g. for LOMO optimizer.
+                if "model" in optimizer_kwargs:
+                    optimizer_grouped_parameters = optimizer_kwargs.pop("model")
+
+                # For layer-wise dummy optimizers we overwrite optimizer_grouped_parameters with `optimizer_dict`
+                # to avoid arguments conflicts.
+                if "optimizer_dict" in optimizer_kwargs:
+                    optimizer_grouped_parameters = optimizer_kwargs.pop(
+                        "optimizer_dict"
+                    )
+
+                self.optimizer = optimizer_cls(
+                    optimizer_grouped_parameters, **optimizer_kwargs
+                )
+
+            if optimizer_cls.__name__ == "Adam8bit":
+                import bitsandbytes
+
+                manager = bitsandbytes.optim.GlobalOptimManager.get_instance()
+
+                skipped = 0
+                for module in opt_model.modules():
+                    if isinstance(module, nn.Embedding):
+                        skipped += sum(
+                            {
+                                p.data_ptr(): p.numel() for p in module.parameters()
+                            }.values()
+                        )
+                        LOG.info(f"skipped {module}: {skipped/2**20}M params")
+                        manager.register_module_override(
+                            module, "weight", {"optim_bits": 32}
+                        )
+                        LOG.debug(f"bitsandbytes: will optimize {module} in fp32")
+                LOG.info(f"skipped: {skipped/2**20}M params")
+
+        if is_sagemaker_mp_enabled():
+            self.optimizer = smp.DistributedOptimizer(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                self.optimizer
+            )
+
+        return self.optimizer

src/axolotl/core/trainers/mixins/scheduler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""Module for Axolotl trainer scheduler mixin"""
+
+import logging
+
+import torch
+from torch.optim.lr_scheduler import OneCycleLR
+from transformers.trainer import Trainer
+
+from axolotl.utils.schedulers import (
+    RexLR,
+    get_cosine_schedule_with_min_lr,
+    get_cosine_schedule_with_quadratic_warmup,
+    get_cosine_schedule_with_warmup_decay_constant,
+)
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SchedulerMixin(Trainer):
+    """
+    Mixin class for scheduler setup in CausalTrainer.
+    """
+
+    args = None  # type: "AxolotlTrainingArguments"  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+
+    def create_scheduler(
+        self, num_training_steps: int, optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer = None
+    ):
+        """
+        Setup the scheduler. The optimizer of the trainer must have been set up either before this method is called or
+        passed as an argument.
+
+        Args:
+            num_training_steps (int): The number of training steps to do.
+            optimizer (torch.optim.Optimizer): The training optimizer
+        """
+        use_cosine_quadratic = (
+            self.args.lr_scheduler_type == "cosine"
+            and self.args.lr_quadratic_warmup is True
+        )
+
+        use_cosine_min_lr = (
+            self.args.lr_scheduler_type == "cosine"
+            and self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio is not None
+        )
+
+        # fmt: off
+        if self.lr_scheduler is None:  # type: ignore  # pylint: disable=access-member-before-definition
+            # fmt: on
+            if self.args.alternate_lr_scheduler_type == "one_cycle":
+                num_warmup_steps = self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps)
+                pct_start = num_warmup_steps / num_training_steps
+                extra_lr_kwargs = {}
+                if "pct_start" not in self.args.lr_scheduler_kwargs:
+                    extra_lr_kwargs["pct_start"] = pct_start
+                if "anneal_strategy" not in self.args.lr_scheduler_kwargs:
+                    extra_lr_kwargs["anneal_strategy"] = "cos"
+
+                self.lr_scheduler = OneCycleLR(
+                    optimizer,
+                    max_lr=self.args.learning_rate,
+                    total_steps=num_training_steps,
+                    **extra_lr_kwargs,
+                    **self.args.lr_scheduler_kwargs,
+                )
+            elif self.args.alternate_lr_scheduler_type == "rex":
+                if use_cosine_min_lr:
+                    assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_min_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
+
+                self.lr_scheduler = RexLR(
+                    optimizer=optimizer,
+                    max_lr=self.args.learning_rate,
+                    min_lr=0 if not use_cosine_min_lr else (self.args.learning_rate * self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio),
+                    total_steps=num_training_steps,
+                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
+                )
+            elif use_cosine_quadratic:
+                if use_cosine_min_lr:
+                    LOG.warning("Both cosine quadratic warmup and min lr detected. Using quadratic warmup.")
+
+                self.lr_scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_quadratic_warmup(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                    optimizer,
+                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
+                    num_training_steps=num_training_steps,
+                )
+            elif self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio and self.args.cosine_constant_lr_ratio and use_cosine_min_lr:
+                assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_min_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
+                assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_constant_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_constant_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
+                self.lr_scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_warmup_decay_constant(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                    optimizer,
+                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
+                    num_training_steps=num_training_steps,
+                    min_lr_ratio=self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio,
+                    constant_lr_ratio=self.args.cosine_constant_lr_ratio,
+                )
+            elif self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio and use_cosine_min_lr:
+                assert 0 <= self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio <= 1.0, "cosine_min_lr_ratio must be between 0.0 and 1.0"
+                self.lr_scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_min_lr(  # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+                    optimizer,
+                    num_warmup_steps=self.args.get_warmup_steps(num_training_steps),
+                    num_training_steps=num_training_steps,
+                    min_lr_ratio=self.args.cosine_min_lr_ratio,
+                )
+            else:
+                return super().create_scheduler(num_training_steps, optimizer=optimizer)
+        else:
+            if use_cosine_quadratic:
+                LOG.warning("axolotl's cosine scheduler with quadratic warmup not used (e.g., because of deepspeed).")
+
+            if use_cosine_min_lr:
+                LOG.warning("axolotl's cosine scheduler with min lr not used (e.g., because of deepspeed).")
+
+        return self.lr_scheduler

src/axolotl/core/trainers/mixins/sequence_parallel.py

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+"""Module for Axolotl trainer sequence parallelism mixin"""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+from datasets import Dataset
+from torch.utils.data import DistributedSampler, Sampler
+
+from axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.ring_attn import get_ring_attn_group
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    from ring_flash_attn import update_ring_flash_attn_params
+except ImportError:
+    # We pass silently here, but raise an ImportError in our Axolotl config validation
+    # if cfg.sequence_parallel_degree > 1 and `ring-flash-attn` is not installed.
+    pass
+
+
+class SequenceParallelMixin:
+    """
+    Mixin class for sequence parallelism support in trainers.
+
+    This mixin provides functionality for handling sequence parallelism,
+    including creating appropriate samplers, managing data partitioning,
+    and updating ring flash attention parameters during training.
+    """
+
+    args = None  # type: "AxolotlTrainingArguments"  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+
+    def _setup_sequence_parallel(self):
+        """Set up sequence parallelism environment."""
+        self.ring_attn_group = get_ring_attn_group()
+
+    def _create_sequence_parallel_sampler(
+        self,
+        dataset: Dataset,
+        shuffle: bool = True,
+        is_eval: bool = False,
+    ) -> DistributedSampler:
+        """
+        Helper method to create sampler for sequence parallelism (SP).
+
+        We create a distributed sampler with rank equal to the SP group ID, which
+        means that all ranks in the SP group receive the same sample / set of samples
+        per training step. We also set the number of replicas equal to the number of
+        SP groups, which is a bit of a hack / unintended use, but works!
+
+        Args:
+            dataset: Dataset to sample from.
+            shuffle: Whether to shuffle the dataset.
+            is_eval: Whether we are creating a sampler for evaluation or training.
+
+        Returns:
+            Distributed sampler.
+        """
+        num_sp_groups = self.args.world_size // self.args.sequence_parallel_degree
+        sp_group_id = dist.get_rank() // self.args.sequence_parallel_degree
+
+        return DistributedSampler(
+            dataset,
+            num_replicas=num_sp_groups,
+            rank=sp_group_id,
+            seed=self.args.seed if shuffle else None,
+            shuffle=shuffle,
+            drop_last=not is_eval,
+        )
+
+    def _sp_get_train_sampler(self, dataset) -> Sampler | None:
+        """
+        Get a training sampler configured for sequence parallelism.
+
+        Args:
+            dataset: The training dataset
+
+        Returns:
+            Configured sequence parallel sampler.
+        """
+        return self._create_sequence_parallel_sampler(
+            dataset,
+            shuffle=not self.args.curriculum_sampling,
+        )
+
+    def _sp_get_eval_sampler(self, eval_dataset) -> Sampler | None:
+        """
+        Get an evaluation sampler configured for sequence parallelism.
+
+        Args:
+            eval_dataset: The evaluation dataset.
+
+        Returns:
+            Configured sequence parallel sampler.
+        """
+        return self._create_sequence_parallel_sampler(
+            eval_dataset, shuffle=False, is_eval=True
+        )
+
+    def _update_ring_flash_attn_params(self, inputs: dict[str, torch.Tensor | Any]):
+        """
+        Calculate the cu_seqlens for the current forward pass and pass the value to
+        the substituted ring_flash_attn. This is accomplished by using the passed
+        `input_ids`.
+
+        Args:
+            inputs: Current batch of inputs.
+        """
+        # At this point, inputs should already be partitioned by the sequence
+        # parallel data collator
+        batch_size = inputs["input_ids"].shape[0]
+        seq_len = inputs["input_ids"].shape[1]
+        packed_seq_lens = [seq_len] * batch_size
+
+        # Calculate the full sequence length across all GPUs in this SP group
+        total_seq_len = seq_len * self.args.sequence_parallel_degree
+
+        cu_seqlens = torch.cumsum(
+            torch.tensor(
+                packed_seq_lens, device=torch.cuda.current_device(), dtype=torch.int32
+            ),
+            dim=-1,
+            dtype=torch.int32,
+        )
+        cu_seqlens = F.pad(
+            F.pad(cu_seqlens, (1, 0), value=0), (0, 1), value=total_seq_len
+        )
+
+        update_ring_flash_attn_params(cu_seqlens, self.ring_attn_group)

src/axolotl/core/trainers/relora.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""Module for ReLoRA trainer"""
+
+import torch
+
+from axolotl.core.trainers.base import AxolotlTrainer
+from axolotl.monkeypatch.relora import ReLoRAScheduler
+
+
+class ReLoRATrainer(AxolotlTrainer):
+    """Trainer subclass that uses the `OneCycleLR` scheduler"""
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "relora"]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.lr_scheduler = None
+
+    def create_scheduler(
+        self,
+        num_training_steps: int,
+        optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer | None = None,
+    ):
+        optimizer = self.optimizer if optimizer is None else optimizer
+        lr_scheduler = super().create_scheduler(num_training_steps, optimizer)
+
+        if self.args.relora_steps:
+            warmup_steps = (
+                self.args.relora_warmup_steps if self.args.relora_warmup_steps else 10
+            )
+            anneal_steps = (
+                self.args.relora_anneal_steps if self.args.relora_anneal_steps else 1
+            )
+            self.lr_scheduler = ReLoRAScheduler(
+                optimizer,
+                lr_scheduler,
+                self.args.relora_steps,
+                anneal_steps,
+                warmup_steps,
+            )
+        else:
+            self.lr_scheduler = lr_scheduler
+
+        return self.lr_scheduler

src/axolotl/core/trainers/trl.py

@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-"""
-module for TRL PPO training
-"""
+"""Module for TRL PPO trainer"""
 
 import torch
 from tqdm import tqdm
-from trl import PPOTrainer
+from trl import (
+    CPOTrainer,
+    KTOTrainer,
+    ORPOTrainer,
+    PPOTrainer,
+    PRMTrainer,
+    RewardTrainer,
+)
+
+from axolotl.core.trainers.mixins.scheduler import SchedulerMixin
 
 
 class TRLPPOTrainer(PPOTrainer):
-    """
-    wrapper for ppo trainer to handle customizations
-    """
+    """Wrapper for TRL PPO trainer to handle customizations"""
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "ppo"]
 
     def train(
         self,
@@ -31,9 +38,7 @@ class TRLPPOTrainer(PPOTrainer):
             "batch_size": 16,
         }
 
-        for epoch, batch in tqdm(  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
-            enumerate(self.dataloader)
-        ):
+        for _, batch in tqdm(enumerate(self.dataloader)):
             query_tensors = batch["input_ids"]
 
             # generate model response
@@ -65,3 +70,43 @@ class TRLPPOTrainer(PPOTrainer):
                 rewards,
                 columns_to_log=["query", "response", "ref_response", "ref_rewards"],
             )
+
+
+class AxolotlORPOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, ORPOTrainer):
+    """
+    Extend the base ORPOTrainer for axolotl helpers
+    """
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "orpo"]
+
+
+class AxolotlKTOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, KTOTrainer):
+    """
+    Extend the base KTOTrainer for axolotl helpers
+    """
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "kto"]
+
+
+class AxolotlCPOTrainer(SchedulerMixin, CPOTrainer):
+    """
+    Extend the base CPOTrainer for axolotl helpers
+    """
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "cpo"]
+
+
+class AxolotlRewardTrainer(SchedulerMixin, RewardTrainer):
+    """
+    Extend the base RewardTrainer for axolotl helpers
+    """
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "reward"]
+
+
+class AxolotlPRMTrainer(SchedulerMixin, PRMTrainer):
+    """
+    Extend the base trl.PRMTrainer for axolotl helpers
+    """
+
+    tag_names = ["axolotl", "prm"]

src/axolotl/core/trainers/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""Utils for Axolotl trainers"""
+
+
+def sanitize_kwargs_for_tagging(tag_names, kwargs=None):
+    if isinstance(tag_names, str):
+        tag_names = [tag_names]
+
+    if kwargs is not None:
+        if "tags" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["tags"] = tag_names
+        elif "tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["tags"], list):
+            kwargs["tags"].extend(tag_names)
+        elif "tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["tags"], str):
+            tag_names.append(kwargs["tags"])
+            kwargs["tags"] = tag_names
+
+    return kwargs
+
+
+def sanitize_kwargs_for_ds_tagging(dataset_tags, kwargs=None):
+    if isinstance(dataset_tags, str):
+        dataset_tags = [dataset_tags]
+
+    if (dataset_tags is not None) and (kwargs is not None):
+        if "dataset_tags" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["dataset_tags"] = dataset_tags
+        elif "dataset_tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["dataset_tags"], list):
+            kwargs["dataset_tags"].extend(dataset_tags)
+        elif "dataset_tags" in kwargs and isinstance(kwargs["dataset_tags"], str):
+            dataset_tags.append(kwargs["dataset_tags"])
+            kwargs["dataset_tags"] = dataset_tags
+
+    return kwargs

src/axolotl/core/training_args.py

@@ -207,14 +207,19 @@ class AxolotlTrainingMixins:
         },
     )
 
+    sequence_parallel_degree: Optional[int] = field(
+        default=1,
+        metadata={"help": "The number of workers to use in sequence parallelism"},
+    )
+
 
 @dataclass
 class AxolotlTrainingArguments(AxolotlTrainingMixins, TrainingArguments):
     """
     Training arguments for Causal trainer
 
-    This code is duplicated due to HF TrainingArguments not setting output_dir with a defaujlt value
-    so it can't be used as a mixin.
+    This code is duplicated due to HF TrainingArguments not setting output_dir with a
+    default value so it can't be used as a mixin.
     """
 
 

src/axolotl/monkeypatch/attention/ring_attn.py

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""
+Ring attention group registration and flash attention patching.
+
+Make use of the `ring-flash-attn` (https://github.com/zhuzilin/ring-flash-attention)
+package, specifically the `hf_adapter.substitute_hf_flash_attn` function to patch in
+their sequence parallel version of Flash Attention 2.
+"""
+
+import torch.distributed as dist
+from accelerate.logging import get_logger
+
+from axolotl.logging_config import configure_logging
+
+configure_logging()
+LOG = get_logger(__name__)
+
+RING_ATTN_GROUP = None
+
+
+def get_ring_attn_group() -> dist.ProcessGroup:
+    """
+    Getter for ring attention group on this rank.
+
+    Returns:
+        The process group for ring attention for this rank.
+    """
+    return RING_ATTN_GROUP
+
+
+def set_ring_attn_group(ring_attn_group: dist.ProcessGroup):
+    """
+    Setter for ring attention group on this rank.
+
+    Args:
+        Process group for ring attention.
+    """
+    global RING_ATTN_GROUP  # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    RING_ATTN_GROUP = ring_attn_group
+
+
+def register_ring_attn(sequence_parallel_degree: int):
+    """
+    Create ring attention group and substitute flash attn with ring flash attn.
+
+    Args:
+        sequence_parallel_degree: Sequence parallelism factor.
+    """
+    LOG.info(
+        "Enabling ring attention sequence parallelism: "
+        f"each sequence will be processed across {sequence_parallel_degree} GPUs"
+    )
+
+    world_size = dist.get_world_size()
+    assert sequence_parallel_degree <= world_size, (
+        f"sequence_parallel_degree ({sequence_parallel_degree}) "
+        f"must be less than or equal to world_size ({world_size})"
+    )
+    assert world_size % sequence_parallel_degree == 0, (
+        f"sequence_parallel_degree ({sequence_parallel_degree}) "
+        f"must evenly divide world_size ({world_size})"
+    )
+
+    # Detailed logging of group formation
+    rank = dist.get_rank()
+    group_assignments = {}
+
+    for i in range(world_size // sequence_parallel_degree):
+        ring_attn_ranks = list(
+            range(
+                i * sequence_parallel_degree,
+                (i + 1) * sequence_parallel_degree,
+            )
+        )
+        group = dist.new_group(ranks=ring_attn_ranks, backend="nccl")
+
+        # Track which GPUs are in which groups
+        for r in ring_attn_ranks:
+            group_assignments[r] = i
+
+        if rank in ring_attn_ranks:
+            set_ring_attn_group(group)
+
+    # Log the GPU group assignments
+    if rank == 0:
+        LOG.info(f"Sequence parallel group assignments: {group_assignments}")
+
+    from ring_flash_attn import substitute_hf_flash_attn
+
+    substitute_hf_flash_attn(get_ring_attn_group(), sequence_parallel_degree)

src/axolotl/train.py

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def execute_training(
     cfg: DictDefault, trainer: Any, resume_from_checkpoint: str | None
 ):
     """
-    Execute the training process with appropriate backend configurations.
+    Execute the training process with appropriate SDP kernel configurations.
 
     Args:
         cfg: Dictionary mapping `axolotl` config keys to values.
@@ -177,9 +177,6 @@ def execute_training(
         resume_from_checkpoint: Path to checkpoint to resume from, if applicable.
     """
     LOG.info("Starting trainer...")
-    if cfg.group_by_length:
-        LOG.info("hang tight... sorting dataset for group_by_length")
-
     if cfg.flash_optimum:
         with torch.backends.cuda.sdp_kernel(
             # TODO configure these from the YAML w/ sdp_kernel_kwargs: ...

src/axolotl/utils/collators/batching.py

@@ -1,14 +1,59 @@
 """
-DataCollator for axolotl to pad labels and position_ids for packed sequences
+Data collators for axolotl to pad labels and position_ids for packed sequences. Also
+includes logic for handling sequence parallelism collation.
 """
 
+import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
 import numpy as np
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
 from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizerBase
 from transformers.utils import PaddingStrategy
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def adjust_position_ids_for_slice(
+    position_ids: torch.Tensor, start_idx: int
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """
+    Adjust position IDs for a sliced sequence to maintain proper relative positions.
+    This handles the case where position IDs might not be contiguous due to sample
+    packing.
+    """
+    # Convert to tensor if not already
+    # Find the boundaries between samples (where position_ids reset)
+    adjusted_pos_ids = position_ids.clone()
+
+    # Process each sequence in the batch
+    for i in range(position_ids.shape[0]):
+        seq = position_ids[i]
+
+        # Find sample boundaries
+        boundaries = []
+        for j in range(1, len(seq)):
+            if seq[j] < seq[j - 1]:
+                boundaries.append(j)
+
+        # No need to adjust if there are no boundaries or this is a single sample
+        if not boundaries:
+            adjusted_pos_ids[i] = seq - start_idx
+            continue
+
+        # Adjust each segment separately
+        prev_boundary = 0
+        for boundary in boundaries:
+            adjusted_pos_ids[i, prev_boundary:boundary] -= start_idx
+            prev_boundary = boundary
+
+        # Last segment
+        adjusted_pos_ids[i, prev_boundary:] -= start_idx
+
+    return adjusted_pos_ids
+
 
 @dataclass
 class DataCollatorForSeq2Seq:
@@ -43,6 +88,8 @@ class DataCollatorForSeq2Seq:
             The id to use when padding the labels (-100 will be automatically ignored by PyTorch loss functions).
         return_tensors (`str`):
             The type of Tensor to return. Allowable values are "np", "pt" and "tf".
+        sequence_parallel_degree (`int`):
+            The degree of sequence parallelism. Default to 1 for no sequence parallelism.
     """
 
     tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerBase
@@ -53,6 +100,16 @@ class DataCollatorForSeq2Seq:
     label_pad_token_id: int = -100
     position_pad_token_id: int = 0
     return_tensors: str = "pt"
+    sequence_parallel_degree: int = 1
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if self.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            from axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.ring_attn import get_ring_attn_group
+
+            # Get information about our position in the SP group
+            sp_group = get_ring_attn_group()
+            self.local_rank = dist.get_rank(group=sp_group)
+            self.local_world_size = dist.get_world_size(group=sp_group)
 
     def __call__(self, features, return_tensors=None):
         labels = None
@@ -119,8 +176,43 @@ class DataCollatorForSeq2Seq:
             )
             features["decoder_input_ids"] = decoder_input_ids
 
+        if self.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            features = self.apply_sequence_parallelism(features)
+
         return features
 
+    def apply_sequence_parallelism(
+        self, batch: dict[str, torch.Tensor]
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Apply sequence parallelism slicing to a batch.
+
+        Args:
+            batch: Batch dictionary from parent collator.
+
+        Returns:
+            Sliced batch dictionary.
+        """
+        keys_to_slice = ["input_ids", "attention_mask", "labels", "position_ids"]
+
+        for key in keys_to_slice:
+            if key in batch:
+                seq_len = batch[key].shape[1]
+                slice_size = seq_len // self.local_world_size
+                start_idx = self.local_rank * slice_size
+                end_idx = (
+                    start_idx + slice_size
+                    if self.local_rank < self.local_world_size - 1
+                    else seq_len
+                )
+                batch[key] = batch[key][:, start_idx:end_idx]
+
+                # Special handling for position_ids
+                if key == "position_ids" and self.local_rank > 0:
+                    batch[key] = adjust_position_ids_for_slice(batch[key], start_idx)
+
+        return batch
+
 
 @dataclass
 class BatchSamplerDataCollatorForSeq2Seq(DataCollatorForSeq2Seq):
@@ -148,6 +240,7 @@ class BatchSamplerDataCollatorForSeq2Seq(DataCollatorForSeq2Seq):
                         np.array(item[feature]) for item in features_ if feature in item
                     ]
                     out_features[i][feature] = np.concatenate(arrays)
+
         return super().__call__(out_features, return_tensors=return_tensors)
 
 
@@ -177,6 +270,7 @@ class V2BatchSamplerDataCollatorForSeq2Seq(DataCollatorForSeq2Seq):
                         np.array(item[feature]) for item in features_ if feature in item
                     ]
                     out_features[i][feature] = np.concatenate(arrays)
+
         return super().__call__(out_features, return_tensors=return_tensors)
 
 

src/axolotl/utils/config/__init__.py

@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ def normalize_config(cfg):
             with open(ds_config_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 cfg.deepspeed = json.load(f)
 
+    if cfg.sequence_parallel_degree is None:
+        cfg.sequence_parallel_degree = 1
+
     if cfg.saves_per_epoch:
         save_steps = 1.0 / (cfg.saves_per_epoch * cfg.num_epochs)
         if save_steps < 1.0:  # prevent saves on every step

src/axolotl/utils/models.py

@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ from axolotl.utils.gradient_checkpointing import hf_grad_checkpoint_offload_wrap
 from axolotl.utils.lora_embeddings import get_linear_embedding_layers
 from axolotl.utils.model_shard_quant import load_sharded_model, load_sharded_model_quant
 
-LOG = logging.getLogger("axolotl")
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+MULTIMODEL_AUTO_MODEL_MAPPING = {
+    "llava": LlavaForConditionalGeneration,
+    "mllama": MllamaForConditionalGeneration,
+}
 
 
 # copied from accelerator.FullyShardedDataParallelPlugin
@@ -476,7 +481,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
         else:
             self.text_model_config = self.model_config
 
-        self.AutoModelLoader = AutoModelForCausalLM  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+        self.auto_model_loader = AutoModelForCausalLM  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
     def apply_patches(self) -> None:
         # load any patches from plugins
@@ -547,6 +552,14 @@ class ModelLoader:
 
             patch_self_attn_lora(self.cfg)
 
+        if self.cfg.sequence_parallel_degree and self.cfg.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
+            from axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.ring_attn import register_ring_attn
+
+            # Initialize ring attn for sequence parallelism. This must be done after
+            # model init but before the first forward pass, since it modifies flash
+            # attn to use ring comm for SP training across multiple GPUs.
+            register_ring_attn(self.cfg.sequence_parallel_degree)
+
     def patch_attention(self) -> None:
         if hasattr(self.model_config, "model_type"):
             if self.model_config.model_type == "mllama" and self.cfg.flash_attention:
@@ -603,7 +616,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
 
             patch_self_attn_lora()
 
-    def patch_llama_derived_model(self) -> None:
+    def patch_llama_derived_model(self):
         """Modify all llama derived models in one block"""
         self.patch_loss_llama()
 
@@ -653,25 +666,16 @@ class ModelLoader:
                 "Shifted-sparse attention not currently implemented without flash attention."
             )
 
-    def set_auto_model_loader(self) -> None:
-        """set self.AutoModelLoader
-        - default value: AutoModelForCausalLM (set at __init__)
-        - when using a multi modality model, self.AutoModelLoader should
-          be set according to model type of the model
+    def set_auto_model_loader(self):
+        """
+        Set self.auto_model_loader. Defaults to `transformers.AutoModelForCausalLM`
+        (set at `__init__`). When using a multimodal model, `self.auto_model_loader`
+        should be set according to the type of the model.
         """
         if self.cfg.is_multimodal:
-            if self.model_config.model_type == "llava":
-                self.AutoModelLoader = (  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-                    LlavaForConditionalGeneration
-                )
-            elif self.model_config.model_type == "mllama":
-                self.AutoModelLoader = (  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-                    MllamaForConditionalGeneration
-                )
-            else:
-                self.AutoModelLoader = (
-                    AutoModelForVision2Seq  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-                )
+            self.auto_model_loader = MULTIMODEL_AUTO_MODEL_MAPPING.get(
+                self.model_config.model_type, AutoModelForVision2Seq
+            )
 
     def set_device_map_config(self) -> None:
         device_map = self.cfg.device_map
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
             from accelerate import infer_auto_device_map
 
             with init_empty_weights():
-                model_canvas = self.AutoModelLoader.from_config(
+                model_canvas = self.auto_model_loader.from_config(
                     self.model_config,
                     trust_remote_code=self.cfg.trust_remote_code or False,
                 )
@@ -916,11 +920,27 @@ class ModelLoader:
 
             if self.cfg.is_multimodal:
                 self.model_config.text_config = self.text_model_config
-            self.model = self.AutoModelLoader.from_pretrained(
-                self.base_model,
-                config=self.model_config,
-                **self.model_kwargs,
-            )
+
+            # Load model with random initialization if specified
+            if self.cfg.random_init_weights:
+                # AutoModel classes support the from_config method
+                if self.auto_model_loader in [
+                    AutoModelForCausalLM,
+                    AutoModelForVision2Seq,
+                ]:
+                    self.model = self.auto_model_loader.from_config(
+                        config=self.model_config,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    self.model = self.auto_model_loader(
+                        config=self.model_config,
+                    )
+            else:
+                self.model = self.auto_model_loader.from_pretrained(
+                    self.base_model,
+                    config=self.model_config,
+                    **self.model_kwargs,
+                )
 
             #  TODO (MengqingCao) split these patches seperately
             if self.cfg.flash_attention and not self.inference:
@@ -958,7 +978,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
             if self.cfg.is_multimodal:
                 self.model_config.text_config = self.text_model_config
             if self.cfg.gptq:
-                self.model = self.AutoModelLoader.from_pretrained(
+                self.model = self.auto_model_loader.from_pretrained(
                     self.base_model,
                     config=self.model_config,
                     trust_remote_code=self.cfg.trust_remote_code or False,
@@ -991,7 +1011,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
             if self.cfg.gptq:
                 if self.cfg.is_multimodal:
                     self.model_config.text_config = self.text_model_config
-                self.model = self.AutoModelLoader.from_pretrained(
+                self.model = self.auto_model_loader.from_pretrained(
                     self.base_model,
                     config=self.model_config,
                     trust_remote_code=self.cfg.trust_remote_code or False,
@@ -1011,7 +1031,7 @@ class ModelLoader:
 
                 if self.cfg.is_multimodal:
                     self.model_config.text_config = self.text_model_config
-                self.model = self.AutoModelLoader.from_pretrained(
+                self.model = self.auto_model_loader.from_pretrained(
                     self.base_model,
                     config=self.model_config,
                     trust_remote_code=self.cfg.trust_remote_code or False,
@@ -1307,7 +1327,7 @@ def load_model(
     """
     Load a model for a given configuration and tokenizer.
     """
-    loader = ModelLoader(
+    model_loader = ModelLoader(
         cfg,
         tokenizer,
         processor=processor,
@@ -1315,7 +1335,7 @@ def load_model(
         reference_model=reference_model,
         **kwargs,
     )
-    return loader.load_model()
+    return model_loader.load_model()
 
 
 def load_adapter(model, cfg, adapter, inference=False):

src/axolotl/utils/samplers/multipack.py

@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ def allocate(
 
 
 class MultipackBatchSampler(BatchSampler):
-    """
-    Batch Sampler class for multipack
-    """
+    """Batch sampler class for multipack"""
 
     def __init__(
         self,

src/axolotl/utils/schemas/config.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Main Axolotl input configuration Pydantic models"""
+"""Module with Pydantic models for configuration."""
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
 
     val_set_size: float | None = Field(default=0.0)
 
+    sequence_parallel_degree: int | None = None
+
     special_tokens: SpecialTokensConfig | None = None
     tokens: list[str] | None = None
     added_tokens_overrides: dict[int, str] | None = None
@@ -1102,6 +1104,29 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
 
         return data
 
+    @field_validator("sequence_parallel_degree", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_sequence_parallel_config(cls, value, info):
+        if not value:
+            value = 1
+
+        if value > 1:
+            if not info.data.get("flash_attention"):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "flash_attention: true must be set with sequence_parallel_degree > 1"
+                )
+
+            try:
+                import ring_flash_attn  # noqa: F401 # pylint:disable=unused-import
+            except ImportError as exception:
+                raise ImportError(
+                    "sequence_parallel_degree > 1 but ring_flash_attn is not installed. "
+                    "Please install it with `pip install axolotl[ring-flash-attn] "
+                    "or `pip install ring-flash-attn>=0.1.4`."
+                ) from exception
+
+        return value
+
 
 class AxolotlConfigWCapabilities(AxolotlInputConfig):
     """wrapper to valdiate gpu capabilities with the configured options"""

src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def process_datasets_for_packing(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset):
                     load_from_cache_file=not cfg.is_preprocess,
                     desc="Add position_id column (PoSE)",
                 )
-    elif cfg.sample_packing:
+    elif cfg.sample_packing or cfg.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
         drop_long_kwargs = {}
         if filter_map_kwargs:
             drop_long_kwargs["desc"] = "Add position_id column (Sample Packing)"
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def process_datasets_for_packing(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset):
             **filter_map_kwargs,
             **drop_long_kwargs,
         )
-        if cfg.eval_sample_packing is not False:
+        if cfg.eval_sample_packing or cfg.sequence_parallel_degree > 1:
             if eval_dataset:
                 eval_dataset = eval_dataset.map(
                     add_position_ids,
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ def calculate_total_num_steps(cfg, train_dataset, update=True):
                     - 1
                 )
                 * cfg.num_epochs
+                * cfg.sequence_parallel_degree
             )
             LOG.debug(
                 f"total_num_tokens: {cfg.total_num_tokens:_}, total_num_steps: {total_num_steps:_}",
@@ -473,7 +474,11 @@ def calculate_total_num_steps(cfg, train_dataset, update=True):
             LOG.debug(f"data_loader_len: {data_loader_len}", main_process_only=True)
             # FIXME: is there a bug here somewhere? the total num steps depends
             # on the agreed on value for sample_packing_eff_est
-            total_num_steps = int(math.floor(data_loader_len * cfg.num_epochs))
+            total_num_steps = int(
+                math.floor(
+                    data_loader_len * cfg.num_epochs * cfg.sequence_parallel_degree
+                )
+            )
 
             def calc_sample_packing_eff_est(estimates: List[float]):
                 LOG.info(f"sample_packing_eff_est across ranks: {repr(estimates)}")
@@ -494,7 +499,12 @@ def calculate_total_num_steps(cfg, train_dataset, update=True):
             )
     else:
         total_num_steps = int(
-            math.ceil(len(train_dataset) * cfg.num_epochs / cfg.batch_size)
+            math.ceil(
+                len(train_dataset)
+                * cfg.num_epochs
+                * cfg.sequence_parallel_degree
+                / cfg.batch_size
+            )
         )
     LOG.debug(f"total_num_steps: {total_num_steps}", main_process_only=True)
     return total_num_steps

tests/e2e/patched/test_sp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+"""Tests for sequence parallelism functionality."""
+
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,unused-argument
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+from accelerate.state import PartialState
+
+from axolotl.utils.dict import DictDefault
+
+# Use a single patch for ring_flash_attn if it's not available
+ring_flash_attn_mock = MagicMock()
+with patch.dict("sys.modules", {"ring_flash_attn": ring_flash_attn_mock}):
+    from axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.ring_attn import get_ring_attn_group
+    from axolotl.utils.collators.batching import adjust_position_ids_for_slice
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def partial_state():
+    """Create a real PartialState instance for testing."""
+    state = PartialState()
+    return state
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="cfg")
+def fixture_cfg():
+    cfg = DictDefault(
+        {
+            "base_model": "HuggingFaceTB/SmolLM2-135M",
+            "datasets": [
+                {
+                    "path": "mhenrichsen/alpaca_2k_test",
+                    "type": "alpaca",
+                },
+            ],
+            "micro_batch_size": 1,
+            "gradient_accumulation_steps": 1,
+            "learning_rate": 1e-3,
+            "output_dir": "./model-out",
+            "sequence_len": 512,
+            "special_tokens": {
+                "pad_token": "<|endoftext|>",
+            },
+        }
+    )
+
+    return cfg
+
+
+class TestSequenceParallelHelpers:
+    """Test helper functions used in sequence parallelism."""
+
+    def test_adjust_position_ids_for_slice(self, partial_state):
+        """Test position_ids adjustment for sequence slices."""
+        # Create sample position_ids with multiple sequences
+        position_ids = torch.tensor(
+            [
+                # First sequence with 2 samples
+                [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 1, 2, 3],
+                # Second sequence with 3 samples
+                [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1],
+            ]
+        )
+
+        # Adjust as if this was the second slice (start_idx = 4)
+        adjusted = adjust_position_ids_for_slice(position_ids, start_idx=4)
+
+        # For first sequence: [0,1,2,3,4,0,1,2,3] -> [-4,-3,-2,-1,0,-4,-3,-2,-1]
+        # For second sequence: [0,1,2,0,1,2,3,0,1] -> [-4,-3,-2,-4,-3,-2,-1,-4,-3]
+        expected_first_seq = torch.tensor([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 1, 2, 3]) - 4
+        expected_second_seq = torch.tensor([0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1]) - 4
+
+        assert torch.all(adjusted[0] == expected_first_seq)
+        assert torch.all(adjusted[1] == expected_second_seq)
+
+
+class TestRingAttention:
+    """Tests for the ring attention functionality."""
+
+    @patch("torch.distributed.new_group")
+    @patch("torch.distributed.get_rank")
+    @patch("torch.distributed.get_world_size")
+    def test_register_ring_attn(
+        self, mock_world_size, mock_rank, mock_new_group, partial_state
+    ):
+        """Test that ring attention groups are created correctly."""
+        from axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.ring_attn import register_ring_attn
+
+        # Setup mocks
+        mock_world_size.return_value = 8  # 8 GPUs total
+        mock_rank.return_value = 3  # GPU #3
+        mock_group = MagicMock()
+        mock_new_group.return_value = mock_group
+
+        # Call register_ring_attn with size 4
+        register_ring_attn(sequence_parallel_degree=4)
+
+        # Verify the number of calls without examining the arguments
+        assert mock_new_group.call_count == 2
+
+        # Just verify that new_group was called
+        mock_new_group.assert_called()
+
+    @patch("torch.distributed.get_rank")
+    @patch("torch.distributed.get_world_size")
+    def test_get_ring_attn_group_no_registration(
+        self, mock_world_size, mock_rank, partial_state
+    ):
+        """Test that get_ring_attn_group returns None when no group has been registered."""
+        # Setup mocks
+        mock_world_size.return_value = 4
+        mock_rank.return_value = 0
+
+        # Get the group without registration
+        group = get_ring_attn_group()
+
+        # Verify that None was returned
+        assert group is None
+
+
+# Mock a simplified DataCollator test
+@patch("axolotl.monkeypatch.attention.ring_attn.get_ring_attn_group")
+@patch("torch.distributed.get_rank")
+@patch("torch.distributed.get_world_size")
+def test_sequence_parallel_slicing(
+    mock_world_size, mock_rank, mock_get_group, partial_state
+):
+    """Test the basic sequence slicing logic without full collator instantiation."""
+    # Setup mocks
+    mock_get_group.return_value = MagicMock()
+    mock_rank.return_value = 1  # Second GPU
+    mock_world_size.return_value = 4  # 4 GPUs total
+
+    # Create a sample batch
+    batch = {
+        "input_ids": torch.tensor(
+            [
+                [101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112],
+                [201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212],
+            ]
+        ),
+        "attention_mask": torch.ones(2, 12),
+    }
+
+    # Simplified slicing logic from SequenceParallelDataCollator
+    def slice_batch(batch, rank, world_size):
+        result = {}
+        for key in batch:
+            seq_len = batch[key].shape[1]
+            slice_size = seq_len // world_size
+            start_idx = rank * slice_size
+            end_idx = start_idx + slice_size if rank < world_size - 1 else seq_len
+            result[key] = batch[key][:, start_idx:end_idx]
+        return result
+
+    # Slice the batch
+    result = slice_batch(
+        batch, rank=mock_rank.return_value, world_size=mock_world_size.return_value
+    )
+
+    # Check slicing
+    assert result["input_ids"].shape == (2, 3)  # 12 tokens / 4 GPUs = 3 tokens per GPU
+    expected_input_ids = torch.tensor(
+        [
+            [104, 105, 106],  # Second slice of first sequence
+            [204, 205, 206],  # Second slice of second sequence
+        ]
+    )
+    assert torch.all(result["input_ids"] == expected_input_ids)
+
+
+@patch.dict("sys.modules", {"ring_flash_attn": MagicMock()})
+def test_config_validation_with_valid_inputs(cfg):
+    """Test that valid sequence parallelism configurations pass validation."""
+    # Import the actual model class with appropriate mocks
+    from axolotl.utils.schemas.config import AxolotlInputConfig
+
+    # Valid configuration: sequence_parallel_degree > 1 and flash_attention is True
+    cfg = cfg | {
+        "sequence_parallel_degree": 2,
+        "flash_attention": True,
+    }
+
+    # Should validate without errors
+    config = AxolotlInputConfig(**cfg)
+    assert config.sequence_parallel_degree == 2
+    assert config.flash_attention is True
+
+
+def test_config_validation_with_invalid_inputs(cfg):
+    """Test that invalid sequence parallelism configurations fail validation."""
+    from axolotl.utils.schemas.config import AxolotlInputConfig
+
+    # Invalid configuration: sequence_parallel_degree > 1 but flash_attention is False
+    cfg = cfg | {
+        "sequence_parallel_degree": 2,
+        "flash_attention": False,
+    }
+
+    # Should raise ValidationError
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
+        AxolotlInputConfig(**cfg)
+
+    # Verify error message
+    assert "flash_attention: true must be set" in str(excinfo.value)

tests/test_exact_deduplication.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from constants import ALPACA_MESSAGES_CONFIG_REVISION, SPECIAL_TOKENS
 from datasets import Dataset
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer
 
+from axolotl.utils.config import normalize_config
 from axolotl.utils.data import prepare_dataset
 from axolotl.utils.data.rl import load_prepare_preference_datasets
 from axolotl.utils.data.utils import deduplicate_and_log_datasets
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ class TestDeduplicateNonRL(unittest.TestCase):
         self.tokenizer.add_special_tokens(SPECIAL_TOKENS)
         self.cfg_1 = DictDefault(
             {
+                "base_model": "huggyllama/llama-7b",
                 "tokenizer_config": "huggyllama/llama-7b",
                 "sequence_len": 1024,
                 "dataset_exact_deduplication": True,
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@ class TestDeduplicateNonRL(unittest.TestCase):
                 "num_epochs": 1,
             }
         )
+        normalize_config(self.cfg_1)
 
     def test_prepare_dataset_with_deduplication_train(self):
         """Verify that prepare_dataset function processes the dataset correctly with deduplication."""