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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Accelerate] Multi-node launch: "Tried to launch on distributed with multinode, but `MASTER_ADDR` env was not set"

## Body

    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.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "Startup fails on nodes.",
      "context": "Product: Hugging Face Accelerate\nComponent: PartialState\nOperation: Multi-node job started with python/srun without accelerate launch rendezvous\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError\nPackages: accelerate main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: Multinode env detected without MASTER_ADDR.",
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      "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`"
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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Export MASTER_ADDR (rank 0 host) and MASTER_PORT on all nodes or use accelerate launch --main_process_ip/--main_process_port.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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