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## Warnings

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## Title

    [bitsandbytes] Warning "No prebuilt binary for CUDA X.Y, loading CUDA A.B instead" / BNB_CUDA_VERSION override silently pinning a wrong library

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Selection: exact match, else highest lower same-major, else lowest higher same-major; no cross-major fallback. Overrides bypass selection entirely with no fallback.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - value must be digits only (e.g. '124' for 12.4).
    
    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): get_cuda_bnb_library_path docstring and warnings describe selection, override, and digits-only validation.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes/833649043474794b8fe7a4136e0c40faf077b2e0/docs/source/errors.mdx (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): "Library not found: version mismatch" section documents automatic fallback and the override variable.
    
    Search phrasings: bitsandbytes BNB_CUDA_VERSION environment variable detected; bitsandbytes No prebuilt binary for CUDA loading instead
    
    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": "Log warning about fallback/override; with an override naming an absent version or a non-digit value, loading fails.",
      "context": "Product: bitsandbytes\nComponent: CUDA library version selection\nOperation: Running QLoRA on a newer CUDA toolkit than the wheel ships, or with a stale BNB_CUDA_VERSION env var\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: RuntimeError\nPackages: bitsandbytes main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: torch.version.cuda has no exact shipped match, or BNB_CUDA_VERSION/BNB_ROCM_VERSION is set (e.g. copied from an old tutorial).",
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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Unset BNB_CUDA_VERSION unless intentionally forcing; if set, use digits only (128 for 12.8) and a version that ships in the wheel.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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