feat(rl): consolidate HIL-SERL checkpoint into HF-style components

Make  and  s, add abstract
 /  for algorithm-owned tensors (critics,
target nets, ), and persist them as a sibling
component next to . Replace the pickled
 side-file with an enriched
carrying both  and , so resume restores actor +
critics + target nets + temperature + optimizers + RNG + counters from
plain HF-standard files.

tests/rl/test_sac_algorithm.py

@@ -515,3 +515,88 @@ def test_make_algorithm_builds_sac():
     algorithm = make_algorithm(cfg=algo_config, policy=policy)
     assert isinstance(algorithm, SACAlgorithm)
     assert algorithm.config.utd_ratio == 2
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# state_dict / load_state_dict (algorithm-side resume)
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+def test_state_dict_contains_algorithm_owned_tensors():
+    """state_dict should pack critics, target networks, and log_alpha (no encoder bloat)."""
+    algorithm, _ = _make_algorithm()
+    sd = algorithm.state_dict()
+
+    assert "log_alpha" in sd
+    assert any(k.startswith("critic_ensemble.") for k in sd)
+    assert any(k.startswith("critic_target.") for k in sd)
+    # encoder weights live on the policy and must not be duplicated here.
+    assert not any(".encoder." in k for k in sd)
+
+
+def test_state_dict_includes_discrete_critic_target_when_present():
+    algorithm, _ = _make_algorithm(num_discrete_actions=3, action_dim=6)
+    sd = algorithm.state_dict()
+    assert any(k.startswith("discrete_critic_target.") for k in sd)
+
+
+def test_load_state_dict_round_trip_restores_critics_and_log_alpha():
+    """state_dict -> load_state_dict on a fresh algorithm restores all bytes exactly."""
+    sac_cfg = _make_sac_config(num_discrete_actions=3, action_dim=6)
+    src_policy = GaussianActorPolicy(config=sac_cfg)
+    src = SACAlgorithm(policy=src_policy, config=SACAlgorithmConfig.from_policy_config(sac_cfg))
+    src.make_optimizers_and_scheduler()
+    # Train a few steps so weights diverge from init (action_dim=7 = 6 continuous + 1 discrete).
+    src.update(_batch_iterator(action_dim=7))
+    src.update(_batch_iterator(action_dim=7))
+
+    dst_policy = GaussianActorPolicy(config=sac_cfg)
+    dst = SACAlgorithm(policy=dst_policy, config=SACAlgorithmConfig.from_policy_config(sac_cfg))
+    dst.make_optimizers_and_scheduler()
+
+    src_sd = src.state_dict()
+    dst.load_state_dict(src_sd)
+    dst_sd = dst.state_dict()
+
+    assert set(dst_sd) == set(src_sd)
+    for key in src_sd:
+        assert torch.allclose(src_sd[key].cpu(), dst_sd[key].cpu()), f"{key} mismatch after round-trip"
+
+
+def test_load_state_dict_preserves_log_alpha_parameter_identity():
+    """The temperature optimizer holds a reference to log_alpha; identity must survive load."""
+    algorithm, _ = _make_algorithm()
+    log_alpha_id_before = id(algorithm.log_alpha)
+    optimizer_param_id = id(algorithm.optimizers["temperature"].param_groups[0]["params"][0])
+    assert log_alpha_id_before == optimizer_param_id
+
+    new_state = algorithm.state_dict()
+    new_state["log_alpha"] = torch.tensor([0.42])
+    algorithm.load_state_dict(new_state)
+
+    assert id(algorithm.log_alpha) == log_alpha_id_before
+    assert id(algorithm.optimizers["temperature"].param_groups[0]["params"][0]) == log_alpha_id_before
+    assert torch.allclose(algorithm.log_alpha.detach().cpu(), torch.tensor([0.42]))
+
+
+def test_save_pretrained_round_trip_via_disk(tmp_path):
+    """End-to-end: save_pretrained -> from_pretrained restores tensors and config."""
+    sac_cfg = _make_sac_config()
+    src_policy = GaussianActorPolicy(config=sac_cfg)
+    src = SACAlgorithm(policy=src_policy, config=SACAlgorithmConfig.from_policy_config(sac_cfg))
+    src.make_optimizers_and_scheduler()
+    src.update(_batch_iterator())
+
+    save_dir = tmp_path / "algorithm"
+    src.save_pretrained(save_dir)
+    assert (save_dir / "model.safetensors").is_file()
+    assert (save_dir / "config.json").is_file()
+
+    dst_policy = GaussianActorPolicy(config=sac_cfg)
+    dst = SACAlgorithm.from_pretrained(save_dir, policy=dst_policy)
+
+    src_sd = src.state_dict()
+    dst_sd = dst.state_dict()
+    assert set(src_sd) == set(dst_sd)
+    for key in src_sd:
+        assert torch.allclose(src_sd[key].cpu(), dst_sd[key].cpu()), f"{key} mismatch after disk round-trip"