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## Warnings

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## Title

    [bitsandbytes] "Method 'X' not available in CPU-only version of bitsandbytes" on a GPU machine

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): BNBNativeLibrary returns a throw-on-call stub for any symbol missing from the loaded library.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes/833649043474794b8fe7a4136e0c40faf077b2e0/bitsandbytes/cextension.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): __getattr__ returns throw_on_call raising the CPU-only message for missing symbols.
    
    Search phrasings: bitsandbytes not available in CPU-only version of bitsandbytes; bitsandbytes cpu-only version gpu machine
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Quantized forward/optimizer step raises that the method is not in the CPU-only build.",
      "context": "Product: bitsandbytes\nComponent: BNBNativeLibrary\nOperation: Calling 8-bit/4-bit kernels after the CPU library was loaded\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: RuntimeError\nPackages: bitsandbytes main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: The CPU native library was loaded (e.g. torch CPU wheel installed, or CUDA not detected by torch) so CUDA symbols are missing.",
      "environment": {
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "not available in CPU-only version of bitsandbytes. Reinstall with GPU support or use CUDA-enabled hardware."
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## Support assessment

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## Related contributions

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        "title": "Proposed fix: [bitsandbytes] \"Method 'X' not available in CPU-only version of bitsandbytes\" on a GPU machine",
        "body": "Recommended action: Check torch.cuda.is_available() and torch.version.cuda; install a CUDA-enabled PyTorch; rerun `python -m bitsandbytes`.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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          "proposed_action": "Recommended action: Check torch.cuda.is_available() and torch.version.cuda; install a CUDA-enabled PyTorch; rerun `python -m bitsandbytes`.",
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        "created_at": "2026-09-27T21:54:55.830Z"
      }
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