adding a test for the fsdp checkpoint path

tests/policies/test_policies.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import torch
 
 pytest.importorskip("datasets", reason="datasets is required (install lerobot[dataset])")
 
+from huggingface_hub.constants import SAFETENSORS_SINGLE_FILE
 from packaging import version
 from safetensors.torch import load_file
 
@@ -300,6 +301,29 @@ def test_save_and_load_pretrained(dummy_dataset_metadata, tmp_path, policy_name:
     torch.testing.assert_close(list(policy.parameters()), list(loaded_policy.parameters()), rtol=0, atol=0)
 
 
+def test_save_pretrained_with_state_dict(dummy_dataset_metadata, tmp_path):
+    """Exercise the FSDP checkpoint path: save_pretrained with a pre-gathered state_dict."""
+    policy_cls = get_policy_class("act")
+    policy_cfg = make_policy_config("act")
+    features = dataset_to_policy_features(dummy_dataset_metadata.features)
+    policy_cfg.output_features = {key: ft for key, ft in features.items() if ft.type is FeatureType.ACTION}
+    policy_cfg.input_features = {
+        key: ft for key, ft in features.items() if key not in policy_cfg.output_features
+    }
+    policy = policy_cls(policy_cfg)
+    policy.to(policy_cfg.device)
+
+    save_dir = tmp_path / "fsdp_state_dict"
+    policy.save_pretrained(save_dir, state_dict=policy.state_dict())
+
+    # A single, unsharded safetensors file (no sharded set + index).
+    assert (save_dir / SAFETENSORS_SINGLE_FILE).is_file()
+    assert not (save_dir / f"{SAFETENSORS_SINGLE_FILE}.index.json").exists()
+
+    loaded_policy = policy_cls.from_pretrained(save_dir, config=policy_cfg)
+    torch.testing.assert_close(list(policy.parameters()), list(loaded_policy.parameters()), rtol=0, atol=0)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("multikey", [True, False])
 def test_multikey_construction(multikey: bool):
     """