* feat(train): add JobConfig group, save_checkpoint_to_hub flag, Hub checkpoint helper
Introduce a JobConfig draccus group on TrainPipelineConfig (--job.target/image/
timeout/detach/tags) whose is_remote property gates remote dispatch, plus a
save_checkpoint_to_hub flag and validation. Add push_checkpoint_to_hub(), which
uploads a saved checkpoint directory to the model repo under checkpoints/<step>/
and creates the repo idempotently (private propagates from policy.private).
* feat(train): run training remotely on HF Jobs via --job.target
When --job.target names a GPU flavor, train() dispatches to lerobot.jobs.submit_to_hf
instead of training locally: it authenticates, ensures the dataset is on the Hub
(pushing a local-only one privately), serializes a pod-compatible train_config.json
(strips client-only fields, points at the model repo), submits via HfApi.run_job
with HF_TOKEN/WANDB_API_KEY secrets, then streams logs and finishes when the model
is pushed. Wires push_checkpoint_to_hub into the training loop behind
save_checkpoint_to_hub, and tags jobs/datasets/model with 'lerobot' + --job.tags.
* docs(train): document remote training on HF Jobs
* test(train): skip remote-dispatch tests without the dataset extra
The module imports lerobot.scripts.lerobot_train, which eagerly pulls in
lerobot.datasets (dataset extra). The base fast-test CI tier runs without
that extra, so collection failed there. Guard with pytest.importorskip,
matching the existing tests/scripts dataset-extra tests.
* refactor(jobs): hoist huggingface_hub imports to module level in hf.py
huggingface_hub is a core dependency, so the per-function dynamic imports
had no lazy-loading rationale. Move them to a single module-level import
and update test monkeypatch targets to lerobot.jobs.hf.* accordingly.
* refactor(jobs): build remote config dict via cfg.to_dict()
TrainPipelineConfig.to_dict() already returns the canonical draccus
encoding, so the StringIO + draccus.dump + json.loads round-trip was
redundant. Use it directly and drop the now-unused io/draccus imports.
* refactor(train): use module-level HfApi import in push_checkpoint_to_hub
huggingface_hub is a core dependency; the in-function import was
unnecessary. Move HfApi to a module-level import and point the test
monkeypatches at lerobot.common.train_utils.HfApi.
* refactor(configs): export JobConfig from the configs package
Re-export JobConfig in lerobot/configs/__init__.py so external callers
import it as `from lerobot.configs import JobConfig`, matching the other
config classes. Adapt the train script and test imports.
* refactor(jobs): check dataset presence with api.repo_exists
Replace the dataset_info try/except RepositoryNotFoundError dance with a
direct api.repo_exists(repo_id, repo_type="dataset") call, dropping the
httpx/RepositoryNotFoundError test scaffolding.
* chore(jobs): annotate ensure_dataset_available api param as HfApi
Add the missing HfApi type hint via a TYPE_CHECKING import.
* refactor(jobs): use HF_LEROBOT_HOME constant for the local cache root
Resolve the local dataset cache via lerobot.utils.constants.HF_LEROBOT_HOME
instead of re-reading the env var by hand, dropping the os/Path imports.
Tests now patch the imported constant and assert on a stable message
substring (the previous "neither" match only passed by accident, matching
the test name embedded in the pytest tmp_path).
* chore(jobs): guard LeRobotDataset import with require_package
Surface a clear "install lerobot[dataset]" error if the datasets extra
is missing, instead of a raw ImportError, before pushing a local dataset.
* docs(configs): clarify the is_remote_target/is_remote split
Add a comment explaining why JobConfig keeps both the staticmethod (tests
a raw target string from argv before a config exists) and the property
(accessor for an existing config instance).
* docs(train): note how to pin a pushed model version for inference
Document --policy.pretrained_revision alongside --policy.path so a
specific Hub-pushed checkpoint (once --save_checkpoint_to_hub has
committed several) can be selected for inference.
* test(jobs): skip dataset import guard in base-deps test
The fast test env installs base deps only, so require_package('datasets')
raised ImportError before the mocked lerobot.datasets import was reached.
Monkeypatch the guard to a no-op so the unit test exercises the upload logic.
* fix(jobs): address claude review findings on remote training
Resolve the claude[bot] review on #3856:
- Reject reward-model training under --job.target with a clear error instead
of crashing on a None policy inside build_remote_config_file.
- Support --policy.path remote runs: validate() no longer requires repo_id for
remote runs (it is auto-generated in submit_to_hf), and repo_id/push_to_hub
are now set after validate() resolves the policy.
- Narrow the bare `except Exception` in _tail_logs/_poll_until_done to
(OSError, httpx.HTTPError) so programming errors surface instead of being
silently retried or counted as job failures.
- Install the SIGINT detach handler only on the main thread.
- Generate model repo timestamps in UTC.
* docs(jobs): document the model-pushed marker contract and orphaned repos
Follow-up to the claude[bot] review on #3856 (non-blocking observations):
- Cross-reference the "Model pushed to <url>" log line between its producer
(PreTrainedPolicy.push_model_to_hub) and the remote-run consumer in
submit_to_hf, noting the contract is an early-finish optimization that
falls back to status polling if it drifts.
- Note in the HF Jobs guide that a failed remote run leaves its model repo
on the Hub (it is not auto-deleted) and how to remove it.
* feat(train): tag each pushed checkpoint with its step
Address review feedback on #3856: pushing a checkpoint to the Hub now
also creates a tag named after the checkpoint step, so a checkpoint can
be recovered with --policy.pretrained_revision=<step> instead of having
to look up its commit sha.
* fix(jobs): hoist ensure_dataset_available to a module-level import
Addresses Caroline's review comment on PR #3856: the local import of
ensure_dataset_available inside submit_to_hf was vestigial. dataset.py
does not import hf.py, so there is no circular-import risk and no extra
load cost (its heavy deps stay lazy), so make it a top-level import.
* refactor(configs): untangle config_path/resume resolution in validate()
Split the re-parse HACK block in TrainPipelineConfig.validate() into focused
helpers (_resolve_pretrained_from_cli, _resolve_resume_checkpoint) that handle
the policy path, reward-model path, and resume config_path as separate,
readable units. Behavior-preserving.
* feat(train): resume training from a Hub checkpoint
Allow --config_path to be a Hub repo id when resuming, not only a local path.
The latest checkpoint under checkpoints/<step>/ is downloaded into a fresh local
run dir and resumed from there (optimizer, scheduler, RNG and data order
restored as for a local resume). TrainPipelineConfig.from_pretrained falls back
to the latest checkpoint's train_config.json when a repo has no root config
(an interrupted run that only pushed checkpoints). The download is skipped when
dispatching remotely so the executor (local machine or HF Jobs pod) performs it.
- add find_latest_hub_checkpoint (utils/hub) and resolve_resume_checkpoint
(common/train_utils), the symmetric download counterpart to
push_checkpoint_to_hub
- unit tests for both helpers and the from_pretrained fallback
* feat(jobs): resume a run on HF Jobs from a checkpoint
When --resume is set with a remote --job.target, submit_to_hf resumes from the
checkpoint repo instead of staging a fresh config. A Hub config_path is resumed
in place (its checkpoint config already targets that repo); a local config_path
has its checkpoint uploaded to a new private repo first and the run is forced to
push back to it. The pod command carries --job.target=local so the checkpoint's
saved job.target can't make the pod re-dispatch itself, and the user's CLI
overrides are forwarded so a remote resume matches the same local command.
ensure_dataset_available is hoisted before the resume/fresh branch since it
applies to both.
* docs(train): document resuming from a Hub checkpoint, locally and on jobs
Show that --config_path accepts a Hub repo id for --resume, and that adding
--job.target resumes on HF Jobs (uploading a local checkpoint/dataset first).
* fix(jobs): default remote job timeout to 2d instead of the platform default
HF Jobs applies its own short 30-minute timeout when none is sent, which
silently kills long training runs. Pass an explicit, generous 2d cap by
default; users can still override --job.timeout to fail fast or extend it.
* fix(jobs): drop --dataset.root on resume + restore keyboard-control docs
Address the latest Claude review on #3856:
- _build_resume_job no longer forwards --dataset.root to the pod (a
host-local path it can't read); the fresh-run path already nulls it in
build_remote_config_file, so this makes resume consistent. Add a unit
test for _pod_forwarded_args covering the drop in both flag forms.
- Restore the display-independent keyboard-control docs (n/r/q letter
equivalents + X11/Wayland/headless Tip) in il_robots.mdx that this
branch was stale on relative to main (#3875).
* fix(jobs): handle str-typed job stage from huggingface_hub
inspect_job's status.stage is an enum (with .value) in some
huggingface_hub versions and a plain str in others. The poller
assumed the enum shape, raising "'str' object has no attribute
'value'" on resume for users on the str-returning version.
Read it via getattr(..., "value", ...) so both shapes work, and
parametrize the poll test over enum and str stages so the str case
is actually exercised (the old mock only ever simulated the enum).
* refactor(jobs): use relative import for ensure_dataset_available
* refactor(train): hoist submit_to_hf import to module top
The `from lerobot.jobs import submit_to_hf` was a function-local import in
train(); it pulls no heavy/optional deps and has no circular-import risk, so
move it to the top-level import block.
* refactor(train): hoist _remote_target_in_argv imports to module top
Move `import sys` and `from lerobot.configs import JobConfig` out of the
function body and into the top-level import block.
* refactor(utils): use relative import for sibling constants in hub.py
`from lerobot.utils.constants import CHECKPOINTS_DIR` was the odd one out in
utils/ — sibling modules there are imported relatively (.constants, .errors,
.utils, ...). Match that convention.
* refactor(jobs): hoist LeRobotDataset import, guard dataset extra at package init
Move the `from lerobot.datasets import LeRobotDataset` import to the top of
dataset.py and relocate the `require_package("datasets", extra="dataset")`
guard to the jobs package __init__, per review feedback.
* test(jobs): skip test_hf if datasets extra is missing
lerobot.configs.train pulls in datasets at import time, so the module
fails to collect without lerobot[dataset]. Guard with importorskip,
matching the convention in tests/training/test_multi_gpu.py.
* test(jobs): skip test_dataset if datasets extra is missing
tests/jobs/test_dataset.py imports lerobot.jobs.dataset, which triggers
the require_package("datasets") guard in lerobot/jobs/__init__.py at
import time. Without lerobot[dataset] the module fails to collect in the
base CI tier. Guard with importorskip, same as test_hf.py.
* feat(depth): add depth quantization helpers and tests
* feat(video): add ffv1 to supported codecs
* feat(depth): persist depth metadata
* feat(depth): extend quantization tools to better fit the encoding/decoding pipeline
* feat(depth): plumb DepthEncoderConfig through LeRobotDataset and DatasetWriter
* feat(depth): wire StreamingVideoEncoder + writer to depth encoder
* feat(depth): wire DatasetReader to decode_depth_frames
* feat(cameras/realsense): expose async depth in metric meters
* feat(features): route 2D camera shapes to observation.depth.<key>
* feat(robots/so_follower): emit + populate depth keys when use_depth
* feat(record): plumb DepthEncoderConfig through lerobot-record
* feat(viz): render depth observations as rr.DepthImage in Viridis
* feat(depth maps writer): adding support for raw depth maps recording with image writer
* chore(format): format code
* feat(depth shape): ensuring depth maps shape is always including the channel
* feat(is_depth): simplifying is_depth nested name + legacy support
* fix(stop_event): fixing stop_event race condition in camera classes
* fix(plumbing): fixing missing parts in the depth maps pipeline
* chore(typos): fixing typos
* test(fix): fixing exisiting tests to still work with latest features
* tests(depth): adding new tests for depth integration validation
* feat(pix_fmt channels): use PyAv to check get pixel formats number of channels
* feat(refactor): refactor DepthEncoderConfig quantization pipeline, so that the methods do not live in the config class. Add pixel format - channels validation.Move the default pixel format for depth in the config file.
* fix(pre-commit): fixing mutable defautl value
* fix(info): fixing info metadata update when is_depth_map was set
* tests(typos): fixing typos in tests
* fix(realsense): fixing typo in realsense serial number
* fix(normalization): restricting 255 normalization to non depth/uint8 images only
* fix(typo): fixing typo
* fix(TIFF): add missing quantization and cleanup for TIFF files
* feat(batched dequantization): optimizing dequantize_depth for torch based batched dequantization
* feat(tools): adding depth support in LeRobotDataset edition tools
* test(aggregate): extending aggregation tests to depth frames
* test(cleaning): cleaning up tests
* fix(from_video_info): fixing early validation issue in from_video_info
* fix(typo): fixing typo
* fix(is_depth): adding missing doctrings and is_depth arguments in video decoding functions
Co-authored-by: Wensi (Vince) Ai <59036629+wensi-ai@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(depth units): fixing depth units output for the realsense cameras
* feat(output unit): adding support for output unit specification at dataset reading/training time
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* test(depth): cleaning up depth tests
* test(depth encoding): updating and cleaning video/depth encoding tests
* chore(format): formatting code
* docs(depth): improving depth maps docs
* test(fix): fixing depth tests
* test(dataset tools): adding missing tests for new dataset edition tools features
* chore(format): formatting code
* fix(pyav check): fixing PyAV option validation for integer codec options by normalizing
numeric values before calling `is_integer()`
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* docs(mermaid): fixing mermaid diagram
* fix(rebase): rebase follow up corrections
* feat(dataset tools): adding missing docstrings and features for depth fill support in dataset edition tools
* docs(docstring): updating docstrings
* docs(dataset tools): updating docs
* fix(save images): fixing image saving in dataset tools
* fix(update video info): fixing update video info logic to match the recording and editing use cases
* test(reencode): fixing reencoding monkeypatch
* fix(review): add Claude review
* chore(format): format code
* fix(update video info): ditching the differentiated approahces for video info update - video info are always updated unless for preserved keys.
* chore(rebase): fixing rebase merge conflicts
* test(visualization): fixing visualization tests
* feat(docstrings): adding explicit docstring for encoding parameters. Docstrigns will now show up as description in the CLI --help.
* feat(mm as default): adding a global DEFAULT_DEPTH_UNIT variable setting mm as default depth unit
* fix(RGB <-> camera): renaming camera_encoder to rgb_encoder for clarity
* chore(TODO): removing deprecated TODO
* doc(write_u16_plane): improving docstrings for write_u16_plane
* feat(units): adding constants for depth frames units (m and mm)
* fix(spam): replacing spamming warning but a debug log
* feat(leagcy metadata): adding automatic metadata update for legacy 'video.is_depth_map' feature
* fix(copy&reindex): fixing metadat reshaping for single channel frames
* fix(ImageNet): excluding dpeth frames from ImageNet stats
* fix(PyAV container seek): fixing initial PyAV container seek to be robust againsy codec choice
* feat(lerobot-dataset-viz): adding support for depth in lerobot-dataset-viz
* fix(compress): removing rerun compression for DepthImages
* fix(signle channel squeeze): fixing single channel squeezing
* chore(format): format code
* fix(streaming): adding support for dequantization in streaming_dataset.py
* refactor(read depth): factorizing depth reading methods for realsense camera and adding support for depth-only usage
* chore(renaming): fixing missed RGBEncoderConfig renamings
* docs(renaming): reflecting renamings in a clearer way in the docs
* chore(annotation): excluding depth from the annotation pipeline
* feat(robots): adding depth support in compatible follower robots
* feat(LeSadKiwi): excluding LeKiwi from depth support (for now)
* chore(fail): removing misplaced file
* chore(fail): removing misplaced file
* fix(remove ffv1): removing ffv1 as it does not support MP4
* docs(cheat sheet): adding depth and video encoding to the cheat sheet
* fix(lossless): tuning depth encoding parameters for lossless depth storage
* test(fix): fixing failing tests
* depth(ZMQ): excluding ZMQ from depth support
* Revert "depth(ZMQ): excluding ZMQ from depth support"
This reverts commit b95cf4e4c2.
* fix(image transforms): excluding depth frames from images transforms
* fix(typo): typo
* fix(stats): fixing stats computation for depth frames
* fix(TIFF vs. pytorch): adding an extra uint16 to float32 conversion for depth maps stored as raw TIFF images
* fix(typos): fixing typos
* test(dtype): fixing stats computation typing tests
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Co-authored-by: Wensi (Vince) Ai <59036629+wensi-ai@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Steven Palma <imstevenpmwork@ieee.org>
Co-authored-by: Wensi Ai <wsai@stanford.edu>
* feat(edit-dataset): add `concatenate_videos` opt-out to merge
When merging datasets, source mp4s are concatenated into shards capped at
`video_files_size_in_mb` (default 200 MB). This is great for dataloader
throughput but destroys per-episode (or per-source) video boundaries,
which is undesirable when you want to inspect, ship, or reuse the
individual mp4s.
Add a `concatenate_videos: bool = True` knob plumbed through
`MergeConfig` → `merge_datasets` → `aggregate_datasets` → `aggregate_videos`.
When False, each source mp4 is copied 1:1 to its own destination mp4 with
no re-muxing, so the merge preserves source video boundaries.
Usage:
lerobot-edit-dataset \
--new_repo_id user/merged \
--operation.type=merge \
--operation.repo_ids "['user/a', 'user/b']" \
--operation.concatenate_videos=false
Defaults are unchanged; the dataloader path is unaffected because the
`episodes.parquet` `from_timestamp`/`to_timestamp` index keeps working
regardless of whether each mp4 holds one or many episodes.
* feat(edit-dataset): extend concatenate opt-out to data files
Following review, add a concatenate_data flag mirroring concatenate_videos,
threaded through MergeConfig, merge_datasets, aggregate_datasets, aggregate_data
and append_or_create_parquet_file. Metadata index files still always concatenate.
Also trim the verbose docstrings and comments since the names are
self-explanatory, and extend the existing merge test to cover data files.
Steerable annotation pipeline (lerobot-annotate) that populates the language_persistent and language_events columns introduced in PR 1 (#3467) directly into data/chunk-*/file-*.parquet.
This is PR 2 of the three-PR plan:
PR 1 (Add extensive language support #3467): schema + DSL + rendering, base of this PR
PR 2 (this PR): annotation pipeline writing into PR 1's columns
PR 3: model with language prediction and runtime
A VLM (Qwen-VL family, served on vLLM) watches each episode's video and emits grounded language annotations: subtasks, plans, memory, task rephrasings, interjections + speech, and per-camera VQA. The pipeline is built for production annotation at scale — single-camera grounding, embedded-frame inputs, a describe-then-segment grounding flow, and a deterministic full-episode coverage guarantee — informed by Scale's dense-captioning findings (representation > sampling, rules > reasoning, model capacity is the biggest lever, two-pass systems compound errors)
* fix(root): adding proper support for the root and new_root arguments
* feat(roots): adding a roots agrument for the merge operation
* chore(clean): cleaning up code
* chore(doctrings): updating doctrings with new features
* fix(repo_id): setting repo_id to None when not needed
* fix(roots/repo_ids): making mypy happy by using repo_ids and roots for merge operation
* fix(path): fixing path related issues
* fix(repo_id): fixing issues related to repo_id
* chore(doctrings): updating docstrings + fix typo
* chore(clean): cleaning code
* fix(split new_repo_id): reverting new_repo_id addition for split operation
* docs(dosctrings): completing docstrings
* fix(repo_ids/roots): improving checks for repo_ids/roots lengths
* fix(repo_ids): making repo_ids optional in MergeConfig but raise if not given
* fix(docstrings): fixing docstrings for split operation
* fix(hints): updating get_output_path hints to accept paths as strings too
* fix(y/N prompts): removing y/N prompts in lerobot_edit_dataset
* fix(merge repo_id): fixing merge operation to use new_repo_id instead of repo_id
* fix(typo): fixing typo in doctrings
* Add New featrue to lerobot_edit_datset.py that show dataset information.
* Fix to draccus error when happen give only --operation.type=info
* Updating test and documents regarding lerobot-edit-dataset info function.
* Updating documents regarding lerobot-edit-dataset extract function. option name in document is mistake.
* feat(datasets): Update to align formatting with pre-commit.(#2917)
Update to align formatting by pre-commit.
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- Add `tests/scripts/save_policy_to_safetensor.py` to generate test artifacts
- Add `test_backward_compatibility to test generated outputs from the policies against artifacts
Nicolas Rabault