Cause (Documented platform behavior): DeepSpeed enforces train_batch = micro_batch * grad_acc * world_size.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepspeedai/DeepSpeed/aa49eaab50a3392bfc4d8eb1e9f0c0f9a1c79a02/deepspeed/runtime/config.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): _batch_assertion asserts the batch equation with this message.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/transformers/07338b6c74a578868368e6e549dea83414e4b8cb/docs/source/en/deepspeed.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Transformers docs: set batch size/grad accumulation to "auto".
Search phrasings: Check batch related parameters train_batch_size is not equal to micro_batch_per_gpu * gradient_acc_step * world_size
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- initialize fails on all ranks.
- Context
- Product: DeepSpeed Component: DeepSpeedConfig batch validation Operation: deepspeed.initialize with a hand-written ds_config after changing GPU count Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: AssertionError Packages: deepspeed master at pinned SHA, transformers main at pinned SHA Trigger: Explicit train_batch_size inconsistent with micro batch x grad accumulation x world size (often after moving to a different number of GPUs).
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Check batch related parameters. train_batch_size is not equal to micro_batch_per_gpu * gradient_acc_step * world_size
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [DeepSpeed] AssertionError "Check batch related parameters. train_batch_size is not equal to micro_batch_per_gpu * gradient_acc_step * world_size"
Recommended action: Specify only two of the three (DeepSpeed derives the third) or, with HF Trainer/Accelerate, set them to "auto".
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- c01926f1-e1af-40b2-9ea9-8ac3bf4da3de
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Specify only two of the three (DeepSpeed derives the third) or, with HF Trainer/Accelerate, set them to "auto".
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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