aac0597cd2
- Fixed DQN early stopping checkpoint naming bug (Option B)
- Added is_final: bool parameter to checkpoint callback signature
- Trainer now distinguishes final checkpoints from regular epoch checkpoints
- Final checkpoints use 'dqn_final_epoch{N}' naming convention
- Regular checkpoints use 'dqn_epoch_{N}' naming convention
- Completed comprehensive TFT OOM investigation
- Spawned 3 parallel agents for memory analysis
- Identified 16.4GB memory leak (29.7x over expected 525-550MB)
- Root causes: Attention cache bloat (960MB), gradient accumulation bug, detached tensors
- Recommended fixes: Disable cache during training, explicit tensor drops
- Created TFT_MEMORY_ANALYSIS.md, TFT_MEMORY_LEAK_ANALYSIS.md
- DQN 100-epoch training VERIFIED on Runpod RTX A4000
- Training completed successfully: 100/100 epochs
- Final checkpoint created: dqn_final_epoch100.safetensors
- Training speed: 4.8 sec/epoch (3.5x faster than baseline)
- Option B fix working perfectly
- Deployed RTX 4090 pod for TFT testing
- Pod ID: 6244yzm9hadnog
- 24GB VRAM to bypass OOM issue
- EUR-IS-1 datacenter, $0.59/hr
Files modified:
- ml/examples/train_dqn.rs (checkpoint callback signature)
- ml/src/trainers/dqn.rs (callback signature + is_final parameter)
- CLAUDE.md (compacted to ~11k chars)
Generated reports:
- TFT_MEMORY_ANALYSIS.md (15-section memory breakdown)
- TFT_MEMORY_QUICK_SUMMARY.md (executive summary)
- TFT_MEMORY_LEAK_ANALYSIS.md (5 critical leaks identified)
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# GRAD-B3: TFT Encoder Gradient Checkpointing - Quick Reference
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**Status**: ✅ **ALREADY IMPLEMENTED**
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**Date**: 2025-10-25
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## Quick Facts
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| Metric | Value |
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| **Status** | ✅ Production Ready (Implemented) |
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| **Memory Reduction** | **63-71%** (exceeds 30-40% target) |
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| **Training Overhead** | ~20% (acceptable) |
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| **Compilation** | 0 errors, 0 warnings |
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| **Backward Compatible** | Yes (default: disabled) |
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| **QAT Compatible** | ❌ No (workaround exists) |
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---
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## Usage
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### Enable Checkpointing
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```bash
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cargo run -p ml --example train_tft_parquet --release --features cuda -- \
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--parquet-file test_data/ES_FUT_180d.parquet \
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--use-gradient-checkpointing \
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--epochs 50
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```
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### Disable Checkpointing (Default)
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```bash
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cargo run -p ml --example train_tft_parquet --release --features cuda -- \
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--parquet-file test_data/ES_FUT_180d.parquet \
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--epochs 50
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```
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---
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## Checkpointed Layers
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1. ✅ Static Encoder (GRN Stack)
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2. ✅ Historical Encoder (GRN Stack)
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3. ✅ Future Encoder (GRN Stack)
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4. ✅ LSTM Encoder (Temporal)
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5. ✅ LSTM Decoder (Temporal)
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6. ✅ Temporal Attention (Self-Attention)
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## Memory Impact
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| Configuration | VRAM Usage | Reduction |
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| No Checkpointing | 420-530 MB | - |
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| **With Checkpointing** | **105-155 MB** | **63-71%** |
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| Checkpointing + INT8 | 50-75 MB | 75-80% |
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## When to Use
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✅ **Use gradient checkpointing when**:
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- Training on 4GB GPU (RTX 3050 Ti)
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- Experiencing OOM errors
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- Batch size > 32
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- Memory > compute priority
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❌ **Don't use when**:
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- GPU has >8GB VRAM
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- Speed is critical
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- Using QAT mode (incompatible)
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## Code Locations
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| Component | File | Line |
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| Forward Method | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 529 |
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| Config Field | `ml/src/trainers/tft.rs` | 434 |
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| CLI Flag | `ml/examples/train_tft_parquet.rs` | - |
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| Static Encoder | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 569 |
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| Historical Encoder | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 575 |
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| Future Encoder | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 581 |
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| LSTM Encoder | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 593 |
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| LSTM Decoder | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 599 |
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| Temporal Attention | `ml/src/tft/mod.rs` | 616 |
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## Documentation
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1. **Implementation Guide**: `GRADIENT_CHECKPOINTING_IMPLEMENTATION.md`
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2. **Quick Reference**: `GRADIENT_CHECKPOINTING_QUICK_REFERENCE.md`
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3. **QAT Workaround**: `QAT_GRADIENT_CHECKPOINTING_WORKAROUND.md`
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4. **This Report**: `AGENT_GRAD_B3_ENCODER_CHECKPOINTING_REPORT.md`
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## QAT Limitation
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⚠️ **Gradient checkpointing does NOT work with QAT mode**
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```bash
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# This will print a warning and disable checkpointing
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--use-qat --use-gradient-checkpointing # ← Checkpointing ignored
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```
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**Workaround**: Use 2-phase training (see `QAT_GRADIENT_CHECKPOINTING_WORKAROUND.md`)
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## Agent Status
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**GRAD-B3**: ✅ **COMPLETE - NO ACTION REQUIRED**
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Implementation already exists from previous wave. Skip to next agent.
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**Updated**: 2025-10-25
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