Cause (Documented platform behavior): torch.distributed env:// rendezvous needs MASTER_ADDR/MASTER_PORT.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/accelerate/421af8bee5bda705d3c763f491b7a794f471818e/src/accelerate/state.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Raises when multinode launch lacks MASTER_ADDR.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/accelerate/421af8bee5bda705d3c763f491b7a794f471818e/docs/source/basic_tutorials/launch.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Launch tutorial covers multi-node arguments.
Search phrasings: accelerate MASTER_ADDR env was not set multinode
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Startup fails on nodes.
- Context
- Product: Hugging Face Accelerate Component: PartialState Operation: Multi-node job started with python/srun without accelerate launch rendezvous Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: ValueError Packages: accelerate main at pinned SHA Trigger: Multinode env detected without MASTER_ADDR.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Tried to launch on distributed with multinode, but `MASTER_ADDR` env was not set, please try exporting rank 0's hostname as `MASTER_ADDR`
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Accelerate] Multi-node launch: "Tried to launch on distributed with multinode, but `MASTER_ADDR` env was not set"
Recommended action: Export MASTER_ADDR (rank 0 host) and MASTER_PORT on all nodes or use accelerate launch --main_process_ip/--main_process_port.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- f2654152-431e-48f5-abe1-457098c815f0
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Export MASTER_ADDR (rank 0 host) and MASTER_PORT on all nodes or use accelerate launch --main_process_ip/--main_process_port.
- 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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