fix(speculative): read rope_theta from rope_parameters first - #2221
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A Transformers 5 config can carry BOTH a top-level rope_theta and a rope_parameters dict holding a different value: the real base lives in rope_parameters while the config class default (10000.0 for Qwen3) stays visible as the flat attribute. Reading the flat field first therefore picked up 10000.0 for a Qwen3-8B target whose actual base is 1000000. Worse, the training-side enforcement in HFDFlashModel.modify guarded on hasattr(base_config, "rope_theta"), which is False for a pure Transformers 5 config, so the "enforce the base model's RoPE" loop silently skipped every attribute and left the draft on the Qwen3Config default. DFlash injects the target's KV into every draft layer, so a draft built this way trains, exports and loads without complaint while its RoPE base is 100x off the target's -- there is no error at any stage, only degraded acceptance. Prefer rope_parameters in both the exporter's _get_rope_theta and the training-side enforcement, and keep the draft's own rope_parameters dict in sync with the flat field it is derived from (Qwen3Config populates the dict at construction, so setattr on the flat field alone leaves the rotary module reading a stale value). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: h-guo18 <67671475+h-guo18@users.noreply.github.com>
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In `@modelopt/torch/speculative/plugins/hf_dflash.py`:
- Around line 427-435: Update the RoPE attribute resolution in the DFlash
configuration logic around base_config to check rope_parameters first, then
rope_scaling, and finally the flat base_config field for each attribute,
matching _get_rope_theta exporter behavior. Preserve existing defaults when none
are present, and add a focused test covering a legacy configuration where
rope_scaling overrides a stale flat rope_theta.
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| base_rope_params = getattr(base_config, "rope_parameters", None) | ||
| if not isinstance(base_rope_params, dict): | ||
| base_rope_params = {} | ||
| for attr in ("rope_theta", "rope_type", "rope_interleaved"): | ||
| if not hasattr(base_config, attr): | ||
| if attr in base_rope_params: | ||
| base_val = base_rope_params[attr] | ||
| elif hasattr(base_config, attr): | ||
| base_val = getattr(base_config, attr) | ||
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Use the same rope_scaling fallback as the exporter.
Lines 427-435 skip base_config.rope_scaling when rope_parameters is absent. For a legacy configuration with rope_scaling["rope_theta"] and a stale flat rope_theta, DFlash training uses the flat value while _get_rope_theta exports the nested value. This makes the trained draft RoPE base differ from the exported draft RoPE base.
Check rope_parameters, then rope_scaling, then the flat field for each RoPE attribute. Add a focused DFlash test for this fallback.
Proposed fix
- base_rope_params = getattr(base_config, "rope_parameters", None)
- if not isinstance(base_rope_params, dict):
- base_rope_params = {}
+ base_rope_configs = tuple(
+ rope_config
+ for name in ("rope_parameters", "rope_scaling")
+ if isinstance((rope_config := getattr(base_config, name, None)), dict)
+ )
for attr in ("rope_theta", "rope_type", "rope_interleaved"):
- if attr in base_rope_params:
- base_val = base_rope_params[attr]
- elif hasattr(base_config, attr):
+ base_val = next(
+ (
+ rope_config[attr]
+ for rope_config in base_rope_configs
+ if rope_config.get(attr) is not None
+ ),
+ None,
+ )
+ if base_val is None and hasattr(base_config, attr):
base_val = getattr(base_config, attr)
- else:
+ if base_val is None:
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| base_rope_params = getattr(base_config, "rope_parameters", None) | |
| if not isinstance(base_rope_params, dict): | |
| base_rope_params = {} | |
| for attr in ("rope_theta", "rope_type", "rope_interleaved"): | |
| if not hasattr(base_config, attr): | |
| if attr in base_rope_params: | |
| base_val = base_rope_params[attr] | |
| elif hasattr(base_config, attr): | |
| base_val = getattr(base_config, attr) | |
| else: | |
| base_rope_configs = tuple( | |
| rope_config | |
| for name in ("rope_parameters", "rope_scaling") | |
| if isinstance((rope_config := getattr(base_config, name, None)), dict) | |
| ) | |
| for attr in ("rope_theta", "rope_type", "rope_interleaved"): | |
| base_val = next( | |
| ( | |
| rope_config[attr] | |
| for rope_config in base_rope_configs | |
| if rope_config.get(attr) is not None | |
| ), | |
| None, | |
| ) | |
| if base_val is None and hasattr(base_config, attr): | |
| base_val = getattr(base_config, attr) | |
| if base_val is None: | |
| continue |
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In `@modelopt/torch/speculative/plugins/hf_dflash.py` around lines 427 - 435,
Update the RoPE attribute resolution in the DFlash configuration logic around
base_config to check rope_parameters first, then rope_scaling, and finally the
flat base_config field for each attribute, matching _get_rope_theta exporter
behavior. Preserve existing defaults when none are present, and add a focused
test covering a legacy configuration where rope_scaling overrides a stale flat
rope_theta.
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What does this PR do?
Type of change: Bug fix
A DFlash draft can silently train and export with a RoPE base 100x off its target's.
A Transformers 5 config carries the model's real RoPE base inside a
rope_parametersdict, while the config class default may still be visible as a top-level
rope_theta(10000.0 for
Qwen3Config). Two places read the flat field first:_get_rope_thetainhf_spec_export.pyreturned the flatrope_thetabefore looking at
rope_parameters.HFDFlashModel.modifyguarded on
hasattr(base_config, "rope_theta"). For a pure Transformers 5 config thatis False, so the loop
continued on every attribute and the draft kept theQwen3Configdefault. The block's own comment says the base's value is enforced, butin practice nothing was.
DFlash injects the target's KV into every draft layer, so the draft's RoPE base must match
the target's for the injected positions to align. Nothing errors when it doesn't: training
converges, export succeeds, and the checkpoint loads — only acceptance length suffers.
Observed on a Qwen3-8B target whose real base is
1000000: the trained/exported drafts allcarried
rope_theta: 10000.0.This PR prefers
rope_parametersin both places, and keeps the draft's ownrope_parametersdict in sync with the flat field it is derived from —Qwen3Configpopulates that dict at construction, so a later
setattron the flat field alone wouldleave the rotary module reading a stale value.
Usage
No API change. Existing training/export commands pick the fix up automatically:
Important
This only affects newly trained drafts. A DFlash-family draft (DFlash, Domino,
DSpark) already trained against a Transformers 5 target has weights fitted to the wrong
base and must be retrained and re-exported to benefit.
Testing
tests/unit/torch/export/test_hf_spec_rope_export.py:rope_parameterswins when both fields disagree, the flat field still works for legacyconfigs, and the caller's default is returned when neither is present.
_get_rope_thetachange makestest_get_rope_theta_prefers_rope_parameters_over_flat_fieldfail; restoring it passes.pytest tests/unit/torch/export/test_hf_spec_rope_export.py→ 11 passed.pre-commit run --files <changed files>→ all hooks pass (ruff, ruff-format, mypy,bandit, license, rst).
tests/unit/torch/speculative/plugins/test_hf_dflash.pyand its Domino/DSparksiblings fail to collect in my environment with
RuntimeError: operator torchvision::nms does not exist. This reproduces identically ona clean
main, so it is a pre-existing environment issue unrelated to this change.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
of the two fields resolves exactly as before. Drafts trained before this fix keep working
(their exported
rope_thetastill matches their weights); they simply do not gain thecorrected base without a retrain.
CONTRIBUTING.md: N/AAdditional Information
The two reads were independently wrong, so fixing only the exporter would still leave the
draft trained on the wrong base — the training-side
hasattrguard is the one thatsilently disabled the existing enforcement.
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