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## Warnings

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## Title

    [NCCL multi-node] "Bootstrap : no socket interface found" / hangs at init - select interfaces with NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): NCCL auto-detects interfaces (IB first, then subnet of NCCL_COMM_ID, then others excluding docker/lo/virtual); UP interfaces that cannot talk between nodes cause failures or hangs (documented).
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - NET/Socket : No usable listening interface found
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/nccl/12df1a11afad322be5a204a2db890161cbf8131d/src/bootstrap.cc (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): WARN messages when no bootstrap interface found.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/nccl/12df1a11afad322be5a204a2db890161cbf8131d/src/misc/socket.cc (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): ncclFindInterfaces order and NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME override.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/nccl/12df1a11afad322be5a204a2db890161cbf8131d/docs/userguide/source/troubleshooting/networking_troubleshooting.rst (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Docs: UP but non-communicating interfaces cause init failures or hangs; use NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME.
    
    Search phrasings: NCCL Bootstrap no socket interface found; NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME multi node hang
    
    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": "Init fails with invalid usage/system error, or hangs when NCCL picks an UP but unroutable interface.",
      "context": "Product: NCCL / PyTorch distributed\nComponent: NCCL bootstrap networking\nOperation: Multi-node torchrun/DeepSpeed across containers/VMs with docker0/virtual or non-routable interfaces\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nPackages: torch main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: Auto-detection finds no usable interface (skips docker, lo, virtual) or picks the wrong one.",
      "environment": {
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "Bootstrap : no socket interface found"
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## Primary and recurrence sources

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## Support assessment

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