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## Title

    [Axolotl] FSDP1 removed: "The top-level `fsdp` list is no longer supported" / "fsdp_version: 1 is no longer supported, FSDP1 has been removed from Axolotl"

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): FSDP1 support was removed; fsdp_version defaults to 2 with renamed keys.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - is no longer supported, FSDP1 has been removed from Axolotl. Use fsdp_version: 2
    - is an FSDP1-only option and FSDP1 has been removed from Axolotl.
    
    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): FSDP1 rejection messages with migration link.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axolotl-ai-cloud/axolotl/f44f600989a7a369ea13129cbaf0d777220cd87a/docs/multi-gpu.qmd (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Migration section with FSDP1->FSDP2 config mapping.
    
    Search phrasings: axolotl FSDP1 has been removed fsdp_version 2; axolotl top-level fsdp list is no longer supported
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Config validation fails.",
      "context": "Product: Axolotl\nComponent: config schema validation (FSDP)\nOperation: Multi-GPU run with an FSDP1-era config (fsdp: [full_shard, auto_wrap], fsdp_sharding_strategy ...)\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError\nPackages: axolotl main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: fsdp: list, fsdp_version: 1, or FSDP1-only fsdp_config keys.",
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        "literal_error_text": "The top-level `fsdp` list is no longer supported, it configured FSDP1 sharding strategies. Use `fsdp_config` instead"
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## Support assessment

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        "title": "Proposed fix: [Axolotl] FSDP1 removed: \"The top-level `fsdp` list is no longer supported\" / \"fsdp_version: 1 is no longer supported, FSDP1 has been removed from Axolotl\"",
        "body": "Recommended action: Migrate per docs/multi-gpu.qmd: fsdp_sharding_strategy -> reshard_after_forward, fsdp_state_dict_type -> state_dict_type, fsdp_cpu_ram_efficient_loading -> cpu_ram_efficient_loading, drop prefetch/limit_all_gathers/use_orig_params.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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