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## Title

    [Axolotl] "attn_implementation: flash_attention_2 is set, but no flash-attn build is available in this environment"

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Axolotl validates availability of the flash-attn package or a prebuilt kernels-hub binary.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/f44f600989a7a369ea13129cbaf0d777220cd87a/src/axolotl/utils/schemas/validation.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Raises with install/sdpa guidance when no flash-attn build is available.
    
    Search phrasings: axolotl no flash-attn build is available in this environment; axolotl attn_implementation flash_attention_2 not installed
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Config validation fails at startup.",
      "context": "Product: Axolotl\nComponent: attention backend validation\nOperation: Training with flash attention on an image without a matching flash-attn wheel\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError\nPackages: axolotl main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: flash-attn not installed and no Hub kernel for the installed torch.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "flash-attn build is available in this environment: the flash-attn package is not installed and the kernels hub has no prebuilt binary for torch"
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## Support assessment

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