XPK Start: Sun Apr 19 00:18:55 UTC 2026 PyTorch was not found. Models won't be available and only tokenizers, configuration and file/data utilities can be used. 2026-04-19 00:19:19.769349: E external/local_xla/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_platform.cc:51] failed call to cuInit: INTERNAL: CUDA error: Failed call to cuInit: UNKNOWN ERROR (303) I0419 00:19:19.946853 139870164690752 max_utils.py:273] Attempting to initialize the jax distributed system... I0419 00:19:28.988790 139870164690752 distributed.py:149] Starting JAX distributed service on [::]:8482 I0419 00:19:28.991202 139870164690752 distributed.py:172] Connecting to JAX distributed service on mt-09-pdb-lt-1-bngaa-slice-job-0-0.mt-09-pdb-lt-1-bngaa:8482 I0419 00:19:31.194670 139870164690752 max_utils.py:284] Jax distributed system initialized! I0419 00:19:37.429256 139870164690752 max_utils.py:800] System Information: Jax Version: 0.9.2 I0419 00:19:37.429354 139870164690752 max_utils.py:801] System Information: Jaxlib Version: 0.9.2 I0419 00:19:37.429396 139870164690752 max_utils.py:802] System Information: Jax Backend: PJRT C API TFRT TPU v6 lite Built on Mar 4 2026 11:32:08 (1772652728) cl/878335365 I0419 00:19:37.429431 139870164690752 train_utils.py:378] WARNING: Sequence packing is essentially ignored for synthetic data. Please use a real dataset to use sequence packing. I0419 00:19:38.473726 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1718] Num_devices: 32, shape (1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1) I0419 00:19:38.474320 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1718] Num_devices: 32, shape (1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1) I0419 00:19:38.474499 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:688] Setting up checkpoint logger... I0419 00:19:38.474548 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:234] Creating checkpoint manager with ocdbt=True and zarr3=True I0419 00:19:38.474591 139870164690752 pytree_checkpoint_handler.py:592] save_device_host_concurrent_bytes=None I0419 00:19:38.474939 139870164690752 base_pytree_checkpoint_handler.py:441] Created BasePyTreeCheckpointHandler: use_ocdbt=True, use_zarr3=True, pytree_metadata_options=PyTreeMetadataOptions(support_rich_types=False), array_metadata_store=<orbax.checkpoint._src.metadata.array_metadata_store.Store object at 0x7f3571110350>, enable_pinned_host_transfer=False, save_concurrent_bytes: 96000000000 (89.4 GiB), restore_concurrent_bytes: 96000000000 (89.4 GiB) I0419 00:19:41.764345 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:266] Enabling policy for fixed interval checkpointing. I0419 00:19:41.764681 139870164690752 checkpoint_manager.py:708] [process=0][thread=MainThread] CheckpointManager init: checkpointers=None, item_names=('items',), item_handlers={'items': <orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f7da0>}, handler_registry=None I0419 00:19:41.764930 139870164690752 composite_checkpoint_handler.py:237] Deferred registration for item: "items". Adding handler `<orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f7da0>` for item "items" and save args `<class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeSaveArgs'>` and restore args `<class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeRestoreArgs'>` to `_handler_registry`. I0419 00:19:41.764978 139870164690752 composite_checkpoint_handler.py:237] Deferred registration for item: "metrics". Adding handler `<orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f6c60>` for item "metrics" and save args `<class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonSaveArgs'>` and restore args `<class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonRestoreArgs'>` to `_handler_registry`. I0419 00:19:41.765014 139870164690752 composite_checkpoint_handler.py:505] Initialized registry DefaultCheckpointHandlerRegistry({('items', <class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeSaveArgs'>): <orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f7da0>, ('items', <class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeRestoreArgs'>): <orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.pytree_checkpoint_handler.PyTreeCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f7da0>, ('metrics', <class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonSaveArgs'>): <orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f6c60>, ('metrics', <class 'orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonRestoreArgs'>): <orbax.checkpoint._src.handlers.json_checkpoint_handler.JsonCheckpointHandler object at 0x7f344b7f6c60>}). I0419 00:19:41.765397 139870164690752 abstract_checkpointer.py:35] orbax-checkpoint version: 0.11.34 I0419 00:19:41.765467 139870164690752 async_checkpointer.py:192] [process=0][thread=MainThread] Using barrier_sync_fn: <function get_barrier_sync_fn.<locals>._fn at 0x7f2110286c00> timeout: 1200 secs and primary_host=0 for async checkpoint writes I0419 00:19:43.169146 139870164690752 checkpoint_manager.py:1812] Found 0 checkpoint steps in gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints I0419 00:19:44.042864 139870164690752 checkpoint_manager.py:929] [process=0][thread=MainThread] CheckpointManager created, primary_host=0, CheckpointManagerOptions=CheckpointManagerOptions(save_interval_steps=1, max_to_keep=None, keep_time_interval=None, keep_period=None, should_keep_fn=None, best_fn=None, best_mode='max', keep_checkpoints_without_metrics=True, step_prefix=None, step_format_fixed_length=None, step_name_format=None, create=True, cleanup_tmp_directories=False, save_on_steps=frozenset(), single_host_load_and_broadcast=False, todelete_subdir=None, todelete_full_path=None, enable_background_delete=False, read_only=False, enable_async_checkpointing=True, async_options=None, multiprocessing_options=MultiprocessingOptions(primary_host=0, active_processes=None, barrier_sync_key_prefix=None), should_save_fn=None, file_options=FileOptions(path_permission_mode=None), save_root_metadata=True, temporary_path_class=None, save_decision_policy=FixedIntervalPolicy(interval=10), preservation_policy=LatestN(n=None), prevent_write_metrics=False, enable_should_save_is_saving_in_progress_check=True, enable_per_process_directory_creation=False, lightweight_initialize=False), root_directory=gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints: <orbax.checkpoint.checkpoint_manager.CheckpointManager object at 0x7f344b7f5e20> I0419 00:19:44.043031 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:302] Checkpoint manager created! I0419 00:19:44.954543 139870164690752 nnx_wrappers.py:437] Unknown Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,2048]....................................... ('activation_batch', 'activation_norm_length', 'activation_embed'). I0419 00:19:44.954644 139870164690752 nnx_wrappers.py:437] Unknown Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,2048]....................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor'). I0419 00:19:45.334937 139870164690752 attentions.py:1088] attentions/inputs_q Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,2048]....................................... ('activation_batch', 'activation_attn_length', 'activation_attn_embed'). I0419 00:19:45.335027 139870164690752 attentions.py:1088] attentions/inputs_q Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,2048]....................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor'). I0419 00:19:45.351174 139870164690752 attentions.py:1089] attentions/inputs_kv Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,2048]....................................... ('activation_batch', 'activation_attn_length', 'activation_attn_embed'). I0419 00:19:45.351234 139870164690752 attentions.py:1089] attentions/inputs_kv Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,2048]....................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor'). I0419 00:19:45.374916 139870164690752 attentions.py:1154] attentions/query Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('activation_kv_batch', 'activation_attn_length', 'activation_kv_heads', 'activation_kv_head_dim'). I0419 00:19:45.374979 139870164690752 attentions.py:1154] attentions/query Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None). I0419 00:19:45.391203 139870164690752 attentions.py:1155] attentions/key Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('activation_kv_batch', 'activation_attn_length', 'activation_kv_heads', 'activation_kv_head_dim'). I0419 00:19:45.391265 139870164690752 attentions.py:1155] attentions/key Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None). I0419 00:19:45.407403 139870164690752 attentions.py:1156] attentions/value Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('activation_kv_batch', 'activation_attn_length', 'activation_kv_heads', 'activation_kv_head_dim'). I0419 00:19:45.407464 139870164690752 attentions.py:1156] attentions/value Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None). I0419 00:19:45.432678 139870164690752 attentions.py:1197] attentions/out Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('activation_batch', 'activation_attn_length', 'activation_heads', 'activation_kv'). I0419 00:19:45.432749 139870164690752 attentions.py:1197] attentions/out Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,16,128]..................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None). I0419 00:19:45.453413 139870164690752 linears.py:525] linears/x Logical: bfloat16[8,2048,7168]....................................... ('activation_batch', 'activation_length', 'activation_mlp'). I0419 00:19:45.453473 139870164690752 linears.py:525] linears/x Physical: bfloat16[8,2048,7168]....................................... ('fsdp', None, 'tensor'). I0419 00:19:45.667032 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:578] checkpoint manager exists so trying to load this run's existing checkpoint I0419 00:19:45.667141 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:676] No existing checkpoints found, not restoring checkpoint. fsdp: 8 tensor: 4 I0419 00:19:47.101045 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/decoder_norm/scale Shape: float32[2048] Logical: P('norm',) Physical: ('tensor',) I0419 00:19:47.101169 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/mlp/wi_0/kernel Shape: float32[2048,16,7168] Logical: P('embed', 'layers', 'mlp') Physical: ('fsdp', None, 'tensor') I0419 00:19:47.101222 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/mlp/wi_1/kernel Shape: float32[2048,16,7168] Logical: P('embed', 'layers', 'mlp') Physical: ('fsdp', None, 'tensor') I0419 00:19:47.101278 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/mlp/wo/kernel Shape: float32[7168,16,2048] Logical: P('mlp', 'layers', 'embed') Physical: ('tensor', None, 'fsdp') I0419 00:19:47.101336 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/post_self_attention_layer_norm/scale Shape: float32[2048,16] Logical: P('norm', 'layers') Physical: ('tensor', None) I0419 00:19:47.101376 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/pre_self_attention_layer_norm/scale Shape: float32[2048,16] Logical: P('norm', 'layers') Physical: ('tensor', None) I0419 00:19:47.101435 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/self_attention/key/kernel Shape: float32[2048,16,16,128] Logical: P('embed', 'layers', 'kv_heads', 'kv_head_dim') Physical: ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None) I0419 00:19:47.101491 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/self_attention/out/kernel Shape: float32[16,16,128,2048] Logical: P('heads', 'layers', 'kv', 'embed') Physical: ('tensor', None, None, 'fsdp') I0419 00:19:47.101532 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/self_attention/query/kernel Shape: float32[2048,16,16,128] Logical: P('embed', 'layers', 'q_heads', 'kv') Physical: ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None) I0419 00:19:47.101570 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/layers/self_attention/value/kernel Shape: float32[2048,16,16,128] Logical: P('embed', 'layers', 'kv_heads', 'kv_head_dim') Physical: ('fsdp', None, 'tensor', None) I0419 00:19:47.101618 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/decoder/logits_dense/kernel Shape: float32[2048,32000] Logical: P('embed_vocab', 'vocab') Physical: ('fsdp', 'tensor') I0419 00:19:47.101665 139870164690752 maxtext_utils.py:1827] params/params/token_embedder/embedding Shape: float32[32000,2048] Logical: P('vocab', 'embed_vocab') Physical: ('tensor', 'fsdp') I0419 00:19:47.591997 139870164690752 train.py:157] train/xent Logical: float32[8,2048]............................................. ('activation_embed_and_logits_batch', 'activation_length'). I0419 00:19:47.592092 139870164690752 train.py:157] train/xent Physical: float32[8,2048]............................................. ('fsdp', None). I0419 00:19:47.607369 139870164690752 train.py:164] train/z_loss Logical: float32[8,2048]............................................. ('activation_embed_and_logits_batch', 'activation_length'). I0419 00:19:47.607430 139870164690752 train.py:164] train/z_loss Physical: float32[8,2048]............................................. ('fsdp', None). I0419 00:20:02.733687 139870164690752 max_utils.py:791] Total memory size: 0.9 GB, Output size: 0.4 GB, Temp size: 0.5 GB, Argument size: 0.4 GB, Host temp size: 0.0 GB. I0419 00:20:02.741709 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:301] number parameters: 1.104 billion I0419 00:20:04.271446 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:794] Waiting for step 0 to finish before checkpoint... I0419 00:20:18.420612 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:798] Waited 14.14914321899414 seconds for step 0 to finish before starting checkpointing. I0419 00:20:18.423332 139870164690752 checkpoint_manager.py:2009] [process=0][thread=MainThread][wait_until_finished] No Save Finalize thread to wait for. Returning. I0419 00:20:18.425452 139870164690752 checkpoint_manager.py:1512] [process=0] Saving checkpoint at step 0 I0419 00:20:18.426996 139870164690752 event_tracking.py:70] [process=0] [async] Started save checkpoint @ gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints/0. I0419 00:20:19.127028 139870164690752 signaling_client.py:364] Using JaxDistributedSignalingClient I0419 00:20:19.142987 139870164690752 jax_array_handlers.py:360] Scheduling D2H of 39 prioritized jax.Array. I0419 00:20:19.143057 139870164690752 replica_slices.py:424] Transferring arrays to host memory with options: use_replica_parallel=True, min_slice_bytes_for_replica_parallel=None, max_replicas_for_replica_parallel=None, enable_pinned_host_transfer=False I0419 00:20:19.397565 139742408759040 atomicity.py:140] Creating tmp directory gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints/0 I0419 00:20:19.400232 139870164690752 base_pytree_checkpoint_handler.py:154] [process=0][thread=MainThread] Initiated "orbax.checkpoint._src.serialization.jax_array_handlers.ArrayHandler".serialize. Time taken: 0.258073s I0419 00:20:19.401052 139870164690752 base_pytree_checkpoint_handler.py:130] [process=0] /jax/orbax/write/blocking_gbytes_per_sec: 5.833 GiB/s (total gbytes: 1.5 GiB) (time elapsed: 0.26446032524108887 s) (per-host) I0419 00:20:19.401160 139870164690752 base_pytree_checkpoint_handler.py:768] [process=0][thread=MainThread] Initiated Pytree async_save. Time taken: 0.264588s (batch_requests_ready=0.002219s, total_serialization_initiated=0.261599s, others=0.000770s) I0419 00:20:19.401243 139870164690752 composite_checkpoint_handler.py:715] [process=0][thread=MainThread] Initiated CompositeCheckpointHandler.async_save. Time taken: 0.268863s (all_items=0.000018s, per_item={'items': '0.00001812'}, temp_paths=0.268845) I0419 00:20:19.401983 139870164690752 event_tracking.py:125] [process=0] [async] Finished blocking save in 0.98 seconds. Continuing save @ gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints/0. I0419 00:20:19.402340 139741364877056 async_checkpointer.py:76] [process=0][thread=async_save] Background save thread started. Deadline for this save operation is 2026-04-19 00:40:19.402297 I0419 00:20:19.417606 139870164690752 checkpoint_manager.py:1560] [process=0][thread=MainThread][step=0] Starting CheckpointManager Save Finalize thread=save_finalize I0419 00:20:19.417875 139742417151744 async_checkpointer.py:280] [process=0][thread=save_finalize] Waiting for background save thread=async_save. I0419 00:20:19.418016 139870164690752 standard_logger.py:34] {'step': 0, 'event_type': 'save', 'directory': 'gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints', 'reached_preemption': False, 'preemption_received_at': None, 'synchronous': False, 'wait_for_prev_start_time': 1776558018.423315, 'wait_for_prev_duration_secs': 5.8650970458984375e-05, 'time_between_consecutive_saves_sec': None, 'checkpointer_blocking_start_time': 1776558018.4254906, 'checkpointer_blocking_duration_secs': 0.977003812789917, 'get_old_steps_start_time': 1776558019.4025195, 'get_old_steps_duration_secs': 2.86102294921875e-05, 'checkpoint_manager_blocking_start_time': 1776558018.4211788, 'checkpoint_manager_blocking_duration_secs': 0.9967994689941406} I0419 00:20:19.418118 139870164690752 checkpointing.py:409] Started an asynchronous checkpoint save for step 0 I0419 00:20:19.418167 139870164690752 max_utils.py:750] Memstats: After params initialized: I0419 00:20:19.418214 139870164690752 max_utils.py:756] Using (GB) 0.43 / 31.25 (1.376000%) on TPU_0(process=0,(0,0,0,0)) I0419 00:20:19.418247 139870164690752 max_utils.py:756] Using (GB) 0.43 / 31.25 (1.376000%) on TPU_1(process=0,(1,0,0,0)) I0419 00:20:19.418274 139870164690752 max_utils.py:756] Using (GB) 0.43 / 31.25 (1.376000%) on TPU_4(process=0,(0,1,0,0)) I0419 00:20:19.418298 139870164690752 max_utils.py:756] Using (GB) 0.43 / 31.25 (1.376000%) on TPU_5(process=0,(1,1,0,0)) I0419 00:20:19.771278 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 0, seconds: 1.182, TFLOP/s/device: 2.873, Tokens/s/device: 433.056, total_weights: 16384, loss: 10.862, lm_loss: 10.862, perplexity: 52153.723 I0419 00:20:19.774299 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:281] To see full metrics 'tensorboard --logdir=gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/tensorboard/' I0419 00:20:20.154483 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 1, seconds: 15.498, TFLOP/s/device: 0.219, Tokens/s/device: 33.036, total_weights: 16384, loss: 10.862, lm_loss: 10.862, perplexity: 52153.723 I0419 00:20:20.211452 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 2, seconds: 0.384, TFLOP/s/device: 8.848, Tokens/s/device: 1333.708, total_weights: 16384, loss: 9.763, lm_loss: 9.763, perplexity: 17373.129 I0419 00:20:20.269959 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 3, seconds: 0.009, TFLOP/s/device: 384.208, Tokens/s/device: 57912.001, total_weights: 16384, loss: 8.823, lm_loss: 8.823, perplexity: 6791.817 I0419 00:20:21.419551 139741911570176 atomicity.py:140] Creating tmp directory gs://lance-maxtext/linen_ckpt_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007/linen_xpk_feat_nnx_post_train_fixes_20260418_235007_09_pdb_lt_1/checkpoints/0/items I0419 00:20:21.571717 139740853491456 checkpoint.py:188] Wrote Metadata={'item_handlers': None, 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139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 4, seconds: 0.058, TFLOP/s/device: 58.945, Tokens/s/device: 8884.878, total_weights: 16384, loss: 7.947, lm_loss: 7.947, perplexity: 2828.417 I0419 00:20:34.816510 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 5, seconds: 0.059, TFLOP/s/device: 57.990, Tokens/s/device: 8740.930, total_weights: 16384, loss: 7.212, lm_loss: 7.212, perplexity: 1355.339 I0419 00:20:34.873698 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 6, seconds: 14.537, TFLOP/s/device: 0.234, Tokens/s/device: 35.220, total_weights: 16384, loss: 6.652, lm_loss: 6.652, perplexity: 774.659 I0419 00:20:34.932271 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 7, seconds: 0.007, TFLOP/s/device: 510.411, Tokens/s/device: 76934.636, total_weights: 16384, loss: 6.269, lm_loss: 6.269, perplexity: 527.696 I0419 00:20:34.990733 139870164690752 metric_logger.py:196] completed step: 8, seconds: 0.058, TFLOP/s/device: 58.745, Tokens/s/device: 8854.761, 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