feat(ci): extract task descriptions and embed in metrics artifact

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
feat(ci): add Libero train+eval smoke test (1 step, eval_freq=1)
2026-06-19 01:07:18 +00:00 · 2026-04-09 12:50:14 +02:00 · 2026-04-09 10:26:42 +02:00 · 2026-04-09 10:04:53 +02:00 · 2026-04-08 20:56:35 +02:00 · 2026-04-08 20:33:39 +02:00
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+# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Integration tests: build an isolated Docker image per benchmark and run a
+# 1-episode smoke eval. Each benchmark gets its own image so incompatible
+# dependency trees (e.g. hf-libero vs metaworld==3.0.0) can never collide.
+#
+# To add a new benchmark:
+#   1. Add docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.<name>  (install only lerobot[<name>])
+#   2. Copy one of the jobs below and adjust the image name and eval command.
+name: Benchmark Integration Tests
+
+on:
+  # Run manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  # Run every Monday at 02:00 UTC.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 2 * * 1"
+
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - feat/benchmark-ci
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "src/lerobot/envs/**"
+      - "src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval.py"
+      - "docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.*"
+      - ".github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "src/lerobot/envs/**"
+      - "src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval.py"
+      - "docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.*"
+      - ".github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml"
+      - "pyproject.toml"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  UV_VERSION: "0.8.0"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.12"
+
+# Cancel in-flight runs for the same branch/PR.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  # ── LIBERO ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # Isolated image: lerobot[libero] only (hf-libero, dm-control, mujoco chain)
+  libero-integration-test:
+    name: Libero — build image + 1-episode eval
+    runs-on:
+      group: aws-g6-4xlarge-plus
+    env:
+      HF_USER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LEROBOT_HF_USER }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          lfs: true
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+        with:
+          cache-binary: false
+
+      # Build the benchmark-specific image; layer cache lives in the runner's
+      # local Docker daemon — reused across re-runs on the same machine.
+      - name: Build Libero benchmark image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.libero
+          push: false
+          load: true
+          tags: lerobot-benchmark-libero:ci
+          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache-libero
+          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache-libero,mode=max
+
+      - name: Login to Hugging Face
+        if: env.HF_USER_TOKEN != ''
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm \
+            -e HF_HOME=/tmp/hf \
+            lerobot-benchmark-libero:ci \
+            bash -c "hf auth login --token '$HF_USER_TOKEN' --add-to-git-credential && hf auth whoami"
+
+      - name: Run Libero smoke eval (1 episode)
+        run: |
+          # Named container (no --rm) so we can docker cp artifacts out.
+          # Output to /tmp inside the container — user_lerobot cannot create
+          # root-level dirs like /artifacts.
+          docker run --name libero-eval --gpus all \
+            --shm-size=4g \
+            -e HF_HOME=/tmp/hf \
+            -e HF_USER_TOKEN="${HF_USER_TOKEN}" \
+            -e HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT=300 \
+            lerobot-benchmark-libero:ci \
+            bash -c "
+              hf auth login --token \"\$HF_USER_TOKEN\" --add-to-git-credential 2>/dev/null || true
+              lerobot-eval \
+                --policy.path=pepijn223/smolvla_libero \
+                --env.type=libero \
+                --env.task=libero_spatial \
+                --eval.batch_size=1 \
+                --eval.n_episodes=1 \
+                --eval.use_async_envs=false \
+                --policy.device=cuda \
+                '--env.camera_name_mapping={\"agentview_image\": \"camera1\", \"robot0_eye_in_hand_image\": \"camera2\"}' \
+                --policy.empty_cameras=1 \
+                --output_dir=/tmp/eval-artifacts
+              python3 /lerobot/scripts/ci/extract_task_descriptions.py \
+                --env libero --task libero_spatial \
+                --output /tmp/eval-artifacts/task_descriptions.json 2>/dev/null || true
+            "
+
+      - name: Copy Libero artifacts from container
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/libero-artifacts
+          docker cp libero-eval:/tmp/eval-artifacts/. /tmp/libero-artifacts/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker rm -f libero-eval || true
+
+      - name: Parse Libero eval metrics
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          python3 scripts/ci/parse_eval_metrics.py \
+            --artifacts-dir /tmp/libero-artifacts \
+            --env libero \
+            --task libero_spatial \
+            --policy pepijn223/smolvla_libero
+
+      - name: Upload Libero rollout video
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: libero-rollout-video
+          path: /tmp/libero-artifacts/videos/
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Upload Libero eval metrics
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: libero-metrics
+          path: /tmp/libero-artifacts/metrics.json
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      # ── LIBERO TRAIN+EVAL SMOKE ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+      # Train SmolVLA for 1 step (batch_size=1, dataset episode 0 only) then
+      # immediately runs eval inside the training loop (eval_freq=1, 1 episode).
+      # Tests the full train→eval-within-training pipeline end-to-end.
+      - name: Run Libero train+eval smoke (1 step, eval_freq=1)
+        run: |
+          docker run --name libero-train-smoke --gpus all \
+            --shm-size=4g \
+            -e HF_HOME=/tmp/hf \
+            -e HF_USER_TOKEN="${HF_USER_TOKEN}" \
+            -e HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT=300 \
+            lerobot-benchmark-libero:ci \
+            bash -c "
+              hf auth login --token \"\$HF_USER_TOKEN\" --add-to-git-credential 2>/dev/null || true
+              accelerate launch --num_processes=1 \$(which lerobot-train) \
+                --policy.path=lerobot/smolvla_base \
+                --policy.load_vlm_weights=true \
+                --policy.scheduler_decay_steps=25000 \
+                --policy.freeze_vision_encoder=false \
+                --policy.train_expert_only=false \
+                --dataset.repo_id=lerobot/libero \
+                --dataset.episodes=[0] \
+                --dataset.use_imagenet_stats=false \
+                --env.type=libero \
+                --env.task=libero_spatial \
+                '--env.camera_name_mapping={\"agentview_image\": \"camera1\", \"robot0_eye_in_hand_image\": \"camera2\"}' \
+                --policy.empty_cameras=1 \
+                --output_dir=/tmp/train-smoke \
+                --steps=1 \
+                --batch_size=1 \
+                --eval_freq=1 \
+                --eval.n_episodes=1 \
+                --eval.batch_size=1 \
+                --eval.use_async_envs=false \
+                --save_freq=1 \
+                --policy.push_to_hub=false \
+                '--rename_map={\"observation.images.image\": \"observation.images.camera1\", \"observation.images.image2\": \"observation.images.camera2\"}'
+            "
+
+      - name: Copy Libero train-smoke artifacts from container
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/libero-train-smoke-artifacts
+          docker cp libero-train-smoke:/tmp/train-smoke/. /tmp/libero-train-smoke-artifacts/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker rm -f libero-train-smoke || true
+
+      - name: Upload Libero train-smoke eval video
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: libero-train-smoke-video
+          path: /tmp/libero-train-smoke-artifacts/eval/
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+  # ── METAWORLD ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  # Isolated image: lerobot[metaworld] only (metaworld==3.0.0, mujoco>=3 chain)
+  metaworld-integration-test:
+    name: MetaWorld — build image + 1-episode eval
+    runs-on:
+      group: aws-g6-4xlarge-plus
+    env:
+      HF_USER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LEROBOT_HF_USER }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          lfs: true
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+        with:
+          cache-binary: false
+
+      - name: Build MetaWorld benchmark image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.metaworld
+          push: false
+          load: true
+          tags: lerobot-benchmark-metaworld:ci
+          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache-metaworld
+          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache-metaworld,mode=max
+
+      - name: Run MetaWorld smoke eval (1 episode)
+        run: |
+          docker run --name metaworld-eval --gpus all \
+            --shm-size=4g \
+            -e HF_HOME=/tmp/hf \
+            -e HF_USER_TOKEN="${HF_USER_TOKEN}" \
+            -e HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT=300 \
+            lerobot-benchmark-metaworld:ci \
+            bash -c "
+              hf auth login --token \"\$HF_USER_TOKEN\" --add-to-git-credential 2>/dev/null || true
+              lerobot-eval \
+                --policy.path=pepijn223/smolvla_metaworld \
+                --env.type=metaworld \
+                --env.task=metaworld-push-v3 \
+                --eval.batch_size=1 \
+                --eval.n_episodes=1 \
+                --eval.use_async_envs=false \
+                --policy.device=cuda \
+                '--rename_map={\"observation.image\": \"observation.images.camera1\"}' \
+                --policy.empty_cameras=2 \
+                --output_dir=/tmp/eval-artifacts
+              python3 /lerobot/scripts/ci/extract_task_descriptions.py \
+                --env metaworld --task metaworld-push-v3 \
+                --output /tmp/eval-artifacts/task_descriptions.json 2>/dev/null || true
+            "
+
+      - name: Copy MetaWorld artifacts from container
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/metaworld-artifacts
+          docker cp metaworld-eval:/tmp/eval-artifacts/. /tmp/metaworld-artifacts/ 2>/dev/null || true
+          docker rm -f metaworld-eval || true
+
+      - name: Parse MetaWorld eval metrics
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          python3 scripts/ci/parse_eval_metrics.py \
+            --artifacts-dir /tmp/metaworld-artifacts \
+            --env metaworld \
+            --task metaworld-push-v3 \
+            --policy pepijn223/smolvla_metaworld
+
+      - name: Upload MetaWorld rollout video
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: metaworld-rollout-video
+          path: /tmp/metaworld-artifacts/videos/
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+      - name: Upload MetaWorld eval metrics
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: metaworld-metrics
+          path: /tmp/metaworld-artifacts/metrics.json
+          if-no-files-found: warn
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-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# This workflow enables interactive Claude Code reviews on PRs and issues via @claude mentions.
-name: Claude Code Assistant
-
-on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [created]
-  pull_request_review_comment:
-    types: [created]
-  pull_request_review:
-    types: [submitted]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
-  issues: write
-  id-token: write # Required for OIDC authentication
-  actions: read
-
-jobs:
-  claude:
-    if: |
-      github.repository == 'huggingface/lerobot' &&
-      (
-        (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
-        (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
-        (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude'))
-      )
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Authorize commenter
-        id: authorize
-        run: |
-          AUTHOR_ASSOCIATION="${{ github.event.comment.author_association || github.event.review.author_association }}"
-          if [[ "$AUTHOR_ASSOCIATION" == "OWNER" ]] || [[ "$AUTHOR_ASSOCIATION" == "MEMBER" ]] || [[ "$AUTHOR_ASSOCIATION" == "COLLABORATOR" ]]; then
-            echo "Authorized: $AUTHOR_ASSOCIATION"
-            exit 0
-          else
-            echo "Unauthorized: $AUTHOR_ASSOCIATION"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        if: success()
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Run Claude Code
-        if: success()
-        id: claude
-        # TODO(Steven): Update once https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/issues/1187 is shipped
-        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@1eddb334cfa79fdb21ecbe2180ca1a016e8e7d47  # v1.0.88
-        with:
-          anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
-          track_progress: true
-          claude_args: |
-            --model claude-opus-4-6
-            --effort max
-            --verbose
-            --append-system-prompt "
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-This file provides guidance to AI agents when working with code in this repository.
-
-## Project Overview
-
-LeRobot is a PyTorch-based library for real-world robotics, providing datasets, pretrained policies, and tools for training, evaluation, data collection, and robot control. It integrates with Hugging Face Hub for model/dataset sharing.
-
-## Tech Stack
-
-Python 3.12+ · PyTorch · Hugging Face (datasets, Hub, accelerate) · draccus (config/CLI) · Gymnasium (envs) · uv (package management)
-
-## Development Setup
-
-```bash
-uv sync --locked                            # Base dependencies
-uv sync --locked --extra test --extra dev   # Test + dev tools
-uv sync --locked --extra all                # Everything
-git lfs install && git lfs pull             # Test artifacts
-```
-
-## Key Commands
-
-```bash
-uv run pytest tests -svv --maxfail=10                 # All tests
-DEVICE=cuda make test-end-to-end                      # All E2E tests
-pre-commit run --all-files                           # Lint + format (ruff, typos, bandit, etc.)
-```
-
-## Architecture (`src/lerobot/`)
-
- **`scripts/`** — CLI entry points (`lerobot-train`, `lerobot-eval`, `lerobot-record`, etc.), mapped in `pyproject.toml [project.scripts]`.
- **`configs/`** — Dataclass configs parsed by draccus. `train.py` has `TrainPipelineConfig` (top-level). `policies.py` has `PreTrainedConfig` base. Polymorphism via `draccus.ChoiceRegistry` with `@register_subclass("name")` decorators.
- **`policies/`** — Each policy in its own subdir. All inherit `PreTrainedPolicy` (`nn.Module` + `HubMixin`) from `pretrained.py`. Factory with lazy imports in `factory.py`.
- **`processor/`** — Data transformation pipeline. `ProcessorStep` base with registry. `DataProcessorPipeline` / `PolicyProcessorPipeline` chain steps.
- **`datasets/`** — `LeRobotDataset` (episode-aware sampling + video decoding) and `LeRobotDatasetMetadata`.
- **`envs/`** — `EnvConfig` base in `configs.py`, factory in `factory.py`. Each env subclass defines `gym_kwargs` and `create_envs()`.
- **`robots/`, `motors/`, `cameras/`, `teleoperators/`** — Hardware abstraction layers.
- **`types.py`** and **`configs/types.py`** — Core type aliases and feature type definitions.
-
-## Repository Structure (outside `src/`)
-
- **`tests/`** — Pytest suite organized by module. Fixtures in `tests/fixtures/`, mocks in `tests/mocks/`. Hardware tests use skip decorators from `tests/utils.py`. E2E tests via `Makefile` write to `tests/outputs/`.
- **`.github/workflows/`** — CI: `quality.yml` (pre-commit), `fast_tests.yml` (base deps, every PR), `full_tests.yml` (all extras + E2E + GPU, post-approval), `latest_deps_tests.yml` (daily lockfile upgrade), `security.yml` (TruffleHog), `release.yml` (PyPI publish on tags).
- **`docs/source/`** — HF documentation (`.mdx` files). Per-policy READMEs, hardware guides, tutorials. Built separately via `docs-requirements.txt` and CI workflows.
- **`examples/`** — End-user tutorials and scripts organized by use case (dataset creation, training, hardware setup).
- **`docker/`** — Dockerfiles for user (`Dockerfile.user`) and CI (`Dockerfile.internal`).
- **`benchmarks/`** — Performance benchmarking scripts.
- **Root files**: `pyproject.toml` (single source of truth for deps, build, tool config), `Makefile` (E2E test targets), `uv.lock`, `CONTRIBUTING.md` & `README.md` (general information).
-
-## Notes
-
- **Mypy is gradual**: strict only for `lerobot.envs`, `lerobot.configs`, `lerobot.optim`, `lerobot.model`, `lerobot.cameras`, `lerobot.motors`, `lerobot.transport`. Add type annotations when modifying these modules.
- **Optional dependencies**: many policies, envs, and robots are behind extras (e.g., `lerobot[aloha]`). New imports for optional packages must be guarded or lazy. See `pyproject.toml [project.optional-dependencies]`.
- **Video decoding**: datasets can store observations as video files. `LeRobotDataset` handles frame extraction, but tests need ffmpeg installed.
- **Prioritize use of `uv run`** to execute Python commands (not raw `python` or `pip`).
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-AGENTS.md
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+# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Isolated benchmark image for LIBERO integration tests.
+# Installs only lerobot[libero] so its dep tree (hf-libero, dm-control, mujoco)
+# cannot conflict with other benchmarks.
+#
+# Build:  docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.libero -t lerobot-benchmark-libero .
+# Run:    docker run --gpus all --rm lerobot-benchmark-libero lerobot-eval ...
+
+ARG CUDA_VERSION=12.4.1
+ARG OS_VERSION=22.04
+FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-ubuntu${OS_VERSION}
+
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    MUJOCO_GL=egl \
+    PATH=/lerobot/.venv/bin:$PATH \
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 \
+    DEVICE=cuda
+
+# System deps — same set as Dockerfile.internal
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    software-properties-common build-essential git curl \
+    libglib2.0-0 libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa ffmpeg \
+    libusb-1.0-0-dev speech-dispatcher libgeos-dev portaudio19-dev \
+    cmake pkg-config ninja-build \
+    && add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+       python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
+       python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv \
+       python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
+    && curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh \
+    && mv /root/.local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv \
+    && useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash user_lerobot \
+    && usermod -aG sudo user_lerobot \
+    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /lerobot
+RUN chown -R user_lerobot:user_lerobot /lerobot
+USER user_lerobot
+
+ENV HOME=/home/user_lerobot \
+    HF_HOME=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/huggingface \
+    HF_LEROBOT_HOME=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/huggingface/lerobot \
+    TORCH_HOME=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/torch \
+    TRITON_CACHE_DIR=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/triton
+
+RUN uv venv --python python${PYTHON_VERSION}
+
+# Install only lerobot[libero] — completely isolated from metaworld's dep tree
+COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot setup.py pyproject.toml uv.lock README.md MANIFEST.in ./
+COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot src/ src/
+
+RUN uv sync --locked --extra libero --extra smolvla --no-cache
+
+# Pre-download lerobot/libero-assets from HF Hub so nothing is fetched at
+# runtime (which times out on CI). Point the libero config at the cached path.
+# libero/libero/__init__.py calls input() when ~/.libero/config.yaml is missing,
+# so we write the config before any libero import can happen.
+RUN LIBERO_DIR=$(python${PYTHON_VERSION} -c \
+      "import importlib.util, os; s=importlib.util.find_spec('libero'); \
+       print(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(s.origin), 'libero'))") && \
+    mkdir -p /home/user_lerobot/.libero && \
+    python${PYTHON_VERSION} -c "\
+from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download; \
+snapshot_download(repo_id='lerobot/libero-assets', repo_type='dataset', \
+                  local_dir='/home/user_lerobot/.libero/assets')" && \
+    printf "assets: /home/user_lerobot/.libero/assets\nbddl_files: ${LIBERO_DIR}/bddl_files\ndatasets: ${LIBERO_DIR}/../datasets\ninit_states: ${LIBERO_DIR}/init_files\n" \
+    > /home/user_lerobot/.libero/config.yaml
+
+RUN chmod +x /lerobot/.venv/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/triton/backends/nvidia/bin/ptxas
+
+COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot . .
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Isolated benchmark image for MetaWorld integration tests.
+# Installs only lerobot[metaworld] so its dep tree (metaworld==3.0.0, mujoco>=3)
+# cannot conflict with other benchmarks.
+#
+# Build:  docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.metaworld -t lerobot-benchmark-metaworld .
+# Run:    docker run --gpus all --rm lerobot-benchmark-metaworld lerobot-eval ...
+
+ARG CUDA_VERSION=12.4.1
+ARG OS_VERSION=22.04
+FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-ubuntu${OS_VERSION}
+
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    MUJOCO_GL=egl \
+    PATH=/lerobot/.venv/bin:$PATH \
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 \
+    DEVICE=cuda
+
+# System deps — same set as Dockerfile.internal
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    software-properties-common build-essential git curl \
+    libglib2.0-0 libgl1-mesa-glx libegl1-mesa ffmpeg \
+    libusb-1.0-0-dev speech-dispatcher libgeos-dev portaudio19-dev \
+    cmake pkg-config ninja-build \
+    && add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+       python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
+       python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv \
+       python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
+    && curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh \
+    && mv /root/.local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv \
+    && useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash user_lerobot \
+    && usermod -aG sudo user_lerobot \
+    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /lerobot
+RUN chown -R user_lerobot:user_lerobot /lerobot
+USER user_lerobot
+
+ENV HOME=/home/user_lerobot \
+    HF_HOME=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/huggingface \
+    HF_LEROBOT_HOME=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/huggingface/lerobot \
+    TORCH_HOME=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/torch \
+    TRITON_CACHE_DIR=/home/user_lerobot/.cache/triton
+
+RUN uv venv --python python${PYTHON_VERSION}
+
+# Install only lerobot[metaworld] — completely isolated from libero's dep tree
+COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot setup.py pyproject.toml uv.lock README.md MANIFEST.in ./
+COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot src/ src/
+
+RUN uv sync --locked --extra metaworld --extra smolvla --no-cache
+
+RUN chmod +x /lerobot/.venv/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/triton/backends/nvidia/bin/ptxas
+
+COPY --chown=user_lerobot:user_lerobot . .
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
    title: Control & Train Robots in Sim (LeIsaac)
  title: "Simulation"
 - sections:
+  - local: evaluation
+    title: Evaluation (lerobot-eval)
  - local: adding_benchmarks
    title: Adding a New Benchmark
  - local: libero
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@
  - local: notebooks
    title: Notebooks
  - local: feetech
-    title: Feetech Troubleshooting and Firmware Update
+    title: Updating Feetech Firmware
  - local: damiao
    title: Damiao Motors and CAN Bus
  title: "Resources"
@@ -122,15 +122,17 @@ Each `EnvConfig` subclass declares two dicts that tell the policy what to expect

 ### Checklist

-| File                                     | Required | Why                                                          |
-| ---------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `src/lerobot/envs/<benchmark>.py`        | Yes      | Wraps the simulator as a standard gym.Env                    |
-| `src/lerobot/envs/configs.py`            | Yes      | Registers your benchmark and its `create_envs()` for the CLI |
-| `src/lerobot/processor/env_processor.py` | Optional | Custom observation/action transforms                         |
-| `src/lerobot/envs/utils.py`              | Optional | Only if you need new raw observation keys                    |
-| `pyproject.toml`                         | Yes      | Declares benchmark-specific dependencies                     |
-| `docs/source/<benchmark>.mdx`            | Yes      | User-facing documentation page                               |
-| `docs/source/_toctree.yml`               | Yes      | Adds your page to the docs sidebar                           |
+| File                                      | Required | Why                                                          |
+| ----------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `src/lerobot/envs/<benchmark>.py`         | Yes      | Wraps the simulator as a standard gym.Env                    |
+| `src/lerobot/envs/configs.py`             | Yes      | Registers your benchmark and its `create_envs()` for the CLI |
+| `src/lerobot/processor/env_processor.py`  | Optional | Custom observation/action transforms                         |
+| `src/lerobot/envs/utils.py`               | Optional | Only if you need new raw observation keys                    |
+| `pyproject.toml`                          | Yes      | Declares benchmark-specific dependencies                     |
+| `docs/source/<benchmark>.mdx`             | Yes      | User-facing documentation page                               |
+| `docs/source/_toctree.yml`                | Yes      | Adds your page to the docs sidebar                           |
+| `docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.<benchmark>` | Yes      | Isolated Docker image for CI smoke tests                     |
+| `.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml`   | Yes      | CI job that builds the image and runs a 1-episode smoke eval |

 ### 1. The gym.Env wrapper (`src/lerobot/envs/<benchmark>.py`)

@@ -295,6 +297,78 @@ Add your benchmark to the "Benchmarks" section:
  title: "Benchmarks"
 ```

+### 7. CI smoke test (`docker/` + `.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml`)
+
+Each benchmark must have an isolated Docker image and a CI job that runs a 1-episode eval. This catches install-time regressions (broken transitive deps, import errors, interactive prompts) before they reach users.
+
+**Create `docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.<benchmark>`** — copy an existing one and change only the extra name:
+
+```dockerfile
+# Isolated benchmark image — installs lerobot[<benchmark>] only.
+# Build: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.<benchmark> -t lerobot-benchmark-<benchmark> .
+ARG CUDA_VERSION=12.4.1
+ARG OS_VERSION=22.04
+FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-base-ubuntu${OS_VERSION}
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+# ... (same system deps as Dockerfile.benchmark.libero) ...
+RUN uv sync --locked --extra <benchmark> --no-cache
+```
+
+Each benchmark gets its own image so its dependency tree (pinned simulator packages, specific mujoco/scipy versions) cannot conflict with other benchmarks.
+
+**Add a job to `.github/workflows/benchmark_tests.yml`** — copy an existing job block and adjust:
+
+```yaml
+<benchmark>-integration-test:
+  name: <Benchmark> — build image + 1-episode eval
+  runs-on:
+    group: aws-g6-4xlarge-plus
+  env:
+    HF_USER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LEROBOT_HF_USER }}
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+        lfs: true
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+      with:
+        cache-binary: false
+    - name: Build <Benchmark> image
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6 # zizmor: ignore[unpinned-uses]
+      with:
+        context: .
+        file: docker/Dockerfile.benchmark.<benchmark>
+        push: false
+        load: true
+        tags: lerobot-benchmark-<benchmark>:ci
+        cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache-<benchmark>
+        cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache-<benchmark>,mode=max
+    - name: Run <Benchmark> smoke eval (1 episode)
+      run: |
+        docker run --rm --gpus all \
+          --shm-size=4g \
+          -e HF_HOME=/tmp/hf \
+          -e HF_USER_TOKEN="${HF_USER_TOKEN}" \
+          lerobot-benchmark-<benchmark>:ci \
+          bash -c "
+            hf auth login --token \"\$HF_USER_TOKEN\" --add-to-git-credential 2>/dev/null || true
+            lerobot-eval \
+              --policy.path=<hub_policy_path> \
+              --env.type=<benchmark> \
+              --env.task=<task> \
+              --eval.batch_size=1 \
+              --eval.n_episodes=1 \
+              --eval.use_async_envs=false \
+              --policy.device=cuda
+          "
+```
+
+**Tips:**
+
+- If the benchmark library prompts for user input on import (like LIBERO asking for a dataset folder), pass the relevant env var in the `docker run` command (e.g. `-e LIBERO_DATA_FOLDER=/tmp/libero_data`).
+- The job is scoped to only trigger on changes to `src/lerobot/envs/**`, `src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_eval.py`, and the Dockerfiles — it won't run on unrelated PRs.
+
 ## Verifying your integration

 After completing the steps above, confirm that everything works:
@@ -303,6 +377,7 @@ After completing the steps above, confirm that everything works:
 2. **Smoke test env creation** — call `make_env()` with your config in Python, check that the returned dict has the expected `{suite: {task_id: VectorEnv}}` shape, and that `reset()` returns observations with the right keys.
 3. **Run a full eval** — `lerobot-eval --env.type=<name> --env.task=<task> --eval.n_episodes=1 --policy.path=<any_compatible_policy>` to exercise the full pipeline end-to-end. (`batch_size` defaults to auto-tuning based on CPU cores; pass `--eval.batch_size=1` to force a single environment.)
 4. **Check success detection** — verify that `info["is_success"]` flips to `True` when the task is actually completed. This is what the eval loop uses to compute success rates.
+5. **Add CI smoke test** — follow step 7 above to add a Dockerfile and CI job. This ensures the install stays green as dependencies evolve.

 ## Writing a benchmark doc page

@@ -313,7 +388,7 @@ Each benchmark `.mdx` page should include:
 - **Overview image or GIF.**
 - **Available tasks** — table of task suites with counts and brief descriptions.
 - **Installation** — `pip install -e ".[<benchmark>]"` plus any extra steps (env vars, system packages).
- **Evaluation** — recommended `lerobot-eval` command with `n_episodes` for reproducible results. `batch_size` defaults to auto; only specify it if needed. Include single-task and multi-task examples if applicable.
+- **Evaluation** — recommended `lerobot-eval` command with `n_episodes` for reproducible results. `batch_size` defaults to auto; only specify it if needed. Include single-task and multi-task examples if applicable. See the [Evaluation guide](evaluation) for details.
 - **Policy inputs and outputs** — observation keys with shapes, action space description.
 - **Recommended evaluation episodes** — how many episodes per task is standard.
 - **Training** — example `lerobot-train` command.
@@ -88,34 +88,15 @@ policy_preprocessor = NormalizerProcessorStep(stats=dataset_stats)

 The same policy can work with different environment processors, and the same environment processor can work with different policies:

-````python
-# Use SmolVLA policy with LIBERO environment
-# Use SmolVLA policy with LIBERO environment
-libero_preprocessor, libero_postprocessor = make_env_pre_post_processors(
-    env_cfg=libero_cfg,
-    policy_cfg=smolvla_cfg,
-)
-smolvla_preprocessor, smolvla_postprocessor = make_pre_post_processors(smolvla_cfg)
-# Or use ACT policy with the same LIBERO environment
-libero_preprocessor, libero_postprocessor = make_env_pre_post_processors(
-    env_cfg=libero_cfg,
-    policy_cfg=act_cfg,
-)
-act_preprocessor, act_postprocessor = make_pre_post_processors(act_cfg)
 ```python
 # Use SmolVLA policy with LIBERO environment
-libero_preprocessor, libero_postprocessor = make_env_pre_post_processors(
-    env_cfg=libero_cfg,
-    policy_cfg=smolvla_cfg,
-)
+libero_preprocessor, libero_postprocessor = make_env_pre_post_processors(libero_cfg)
 smolvla_preprocessor, smolvla_postprocessor = make_pre_post_processors(smolvla_cfg)

 # Or use ACT policy with the same LIBERO environment
-libero_preprocessor, libero_postprocessor = make_env_pre_post_processors(
-    env_cfg=libero_cfg,
-    policy_cfg=act_cfg,
-)
+libero_preprocessor, libero_postprocessor = make_env_pre_post_processors(libero_cfg)
 act_preprocessor, act_postprocessor = make_pre_post_processors(act_cfg)
+```

 ### 3. **Easier Experimentation**

@@ -145,7 +126,7 @@ class LiberoVelocityProcessorStep(ObservationProcessorStep):
        state = torch.cat([eef_pos, eef_axisangle, eef_vel,
                          gripper_pos, gripper_vel], dim=-1)  # 14D
        return state
-````
+```

 ### 4. **Cleaner Environment Code**

@@ -342,7 +323,7 @@ class MyEnvProcessorStep(ObservationProcessorStep):
        return processed
 ```

-### 2. Update Your `EnvConfig` Subclass
+### 2. Update the Factory

 ```python
 # In src/lerobot/envs/factory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+# Evaluation
+
+`lerobot-eval` runs a trained policy on a simulation benchmark and reports success rate, reward, and (optionally) episode videos. It handles environment creation, batched rollouts, and metric aggregation automatically.
+
+## Quick start
+
+Evaluate a Hub-hosted policy on LIBERO:
+
+```bash
+lerobot-eval \
+    --policy.path=pepijn223/smolvla_libero \
+    --env.type=libero \
+    --env.task=libero_spatial \
+    --eval.n_episodes=10 \
+    --policy.device=cuda
+```
+
+Evaluate a local checkpoint:
+
+```bash
+lerobot-eval \
+    --policy.path=outputs/train/act_pusht/checkpoints/005000/pretrained_model \
+    --env.type=pusht \
+    --eval.n_episodes=10
+```
+
+`batch_size` defaults to **auto** (based on CPU cores). The script picks the right number of parallel environments for your machine.
+
+## Key flags
+
+| Flag                    | Default        | Description                                                                           |
+| ----------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `--policy.path`         | required       | Hub repo ID or local path to a pretrained model                                       |
+| `--env.type`            | required       | Benchmark name (`pusht`, `libero`, `metaworld`, etc.)                                 |
+| `--env.task`            | varies         | Task or suite name (e.g. `libero_spatial`, `libero_10`)                               |
+| `--eval.n_episodes`     | `50`           | Total episodes to run (across all tasks)                                              |
+| `--eval.batch_size`     | `0` (auto)     | Number of parallel environments. `0` = auto-tune from CPU cores                       |
+| `--eval.use_async_envs` | `true`         | Use `AsyncVectorEnv` (parallel stepping). Auto-downgrades to sync when `batch_size=1` |
+| `--policy.device`       | `cuda`         | Inference device                                                                      |
+| `--policy.use_amp`      | `false`        | Mixed-precision inference (saves VRAM, faster on Ampere+)                             |
+| `--seed`                | `1000`         | Random seed for reproducibility                                                       |
+| `--output_dir`          | auto-generated | Where to write results and videos                                                     |
+
+### Environment-specific flags
+
+Some benchmarks accept additional flags through `--env.*`:
+
+```bash
+# LIBERO: map simulator camera names to policy feature names
+--env.camera_name_mapping='{"agentview_image": "camera1", "robot0_eye_in_hand_image": "camera2"}'
+
+# Fill unused camera slots with zeros
+--policy.empty_cameras=1
+```
+
+See each benchmark's documentation ([LIBERO](libero), [Meta-World](metaworld)) for benchmark-specific flags.
+
+## How batch_size works
+
+`batch_size` controls how many environments run in parallel within a single `VectorEnv`:
+
+| `batch_size`  | Behavior                                                             |
+| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `0` (default) | Auto-tune: `floor(cpu_cores × 0.7)`, capped by `n_episodes` and `64` |
+| `1`           | Single environment, synchronous. Useful for debugging                |
+| `N`           | N environments step in parallel via `AsyncVectorEnv`                 |
+
+When `batch_size > 1` and `use_async_envs=true`, each environment runs in its own subprocess via Gymnasium's `AsyncVectorEnv`. This parallelizes the simulation stepping (the main bottleneck), while the policy runs a single batched forward pass on GPU.
+
+**Example:** On a 16-core machine with `n_episodes=100`:
+
+- Auto batch_size = `floor(16 × 0.7)` = `11`
+- 11 environments step simultaneously → ~11× faster than sequential
+
+## Performance
+
+### AsyncVectorEnv (default)
+
+`AsyncVectorEnv` spawns one subprocess per environment. Each subprocess has its own simulator instance. While the policy computes actions on GPU, all environments step in parallel on CPU:
+
+```
+GPU:  [inference]....[inference]....[inference]....
+CPU:  [step × N]....................[step × N]......
+      ↑ parallel                   ↑ parallel
+```
+
+For GPU-based simulators (LIBERO, Meta-World), the environments use **lazy initialization**: the GPU/EGL context is created inside the worker subprocess on first `reset()`, not in the parent process. This avoids `EGL_BAD_CONTEXT` crashes from inheriting stale GPU handles across `fork()`.
+
+### Lazy task loading
+
+For multi-task benchmarks (e.g. LIBERO with 10 tasks), environments are wrapped in `_LazyAsyncVectorEnv` which defers worker creation until the task is actually evaluated. This keeps peak process count = `batch_size` instead of `n_tasks × batch_size`. After each task completes, workers are closed to free resources.
+
+### Tuning for speed
+
+| Situation                      | Recommendation                                        |
+| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| Slow eval, low GPU utilization | Increase `batch_size` (or leave at auto)              |
+| Out of memory (system RAM)     | Decrease `batch_size`                                 |
+| Out of GPU memory              | Decrease `batch_size`, or use `--policy.use_amp=true` |
+| Debugging / single-stepping    | `--eval.batch_size=1 --eval.use_async_envs=false`     |
+
+## Output
+
+Results are written to `output_dir` (default: `outputs/eval/<date>/<time>_<job_name>/`):
+
+- `eval_info.json` — full metrics: per-episode, per-task, per-group, and overall aggregates
+- `videos/` — episode recordings (when `--eval.n_episodes_to_render > 0`)
+
+### Metrics
+
+| Metric           | Description                                                          |
+| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `pc_success`     | Success rate (%). Based on `info["is_success"]` from the environment |
+| `avg_sum_reward` | Mean cumulative reward per episode                                   |
+| `avg_max_reward` | Mean peak reward per episode                                         |
+| `n_episodes`     | Total episodes evaluated                                             |
+| `eval_s`         | Total wall-clock time                                                |
+| `eval_ep_s`      | Mean wall-clock time per episode                                     |
+
+## Multi-task evaluation
+
+For benchmarks with multiple tasks (LIBERO suites, Meta-World MT50), `lerobot-eval` automatically:
+
+1. Creates environments for all tasks in the selected suite(s)
+2. Evaluates each task sequentially (one task's workers at a time)
+3. Aggregates metrics per-task, per-group (suite), and overall
+
+```bash
+# Evaluate all 10 tasks in libero_spatial
+lerobot-eval \
+    --policy.path=pepijn223/smolvla_libero \
+    --env.type=libero \
+    --env.task=libero_spatial \
+    --eval.n_episodes=10
+
+# Evaluate multiple suites
+lerobot-eval \
+    --policy.path=pepijn223/smolvla_libero \
+    --env.type=libero \
+    --env.task="libero_spatial,libero_object" \
+    --eval.n_episodes=10
+```
+
+## API usage
+
+You can call the eval functions directly from Python:
+
+```python
+from lerobot.envs.factory import make_env
+from lerobot.policies.factory import make_policy
+from lerobot.scripts.lerobot_eval import eval_policy
+
+envs = make_env(env_cfg, n_envs=10)
+policy = make_policy(cfg=policy_cfg, env_cfg=env_cfg)
+
+metrics = eval_policy(
+    env=envs["libero_spatial"][0],
+    policy=policy,
+    n_episodes=10,
+)
+print(metrics["pc_success"])
+```
@@ -1,60 +1,27 @@
-# Feetech Troubleshooting and Motor Firmware Update
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### Position Overflow
-
-If during calibration you encounter an error like this:
-
-```bash
-ValueError: Magnitude 2816 exceeds 2047 (max for sign_bit_index=11)
-```
-
-Or
-
-```bash
-RuntimeError: Some motors have invalid position readings {'wrist_roll': 6015}, which can lead to incorrect homing offsets.
-```
-
-The firmware may be overflowing and returning incorrect position readings (usually they should sit within [0, 4095]).
-
-**Quick fix:** Try to disconnect the robot's AC power and USB cable, move it to the middle of its range of motion, then reconnect and rerun the calibration script. This should give you correct position readings again.
-
-If the issue persists, you can try to reset the positions of the motors:
-
-1. Complete the first 4 steps of the motor firmware update process
-2. Select the _Programming_ tab
-3. Move all joints to the middle of their range
-4. Click _Offset_
-   <img
-     src="https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggingface/documentation-images/resolve/main/lerobot/feetech-reset-offset.png"
-     alt="Feetech Offset Position"
-   />
-
-## Feetech Motor Firmware Update
+# Feetech Motor Firmware Update

 This tutorial guides you through updating the firmware of Feetech motors using the official Feetech software.

-### Prerequisites
+## Prerequisites

 - Windows computer (Feetech software is only available for Windows)
 - Feetech motor control board
 - USB cable to connect the control board to your computer
 - Feetech motors connected to the control board

-### Step 1: Download Feetech Software
+## Step 1: Download Feetech Software

 1. Visit the official Feetech software download page: [https://www.feetechrc.com/software.html](https://www.feetechrc.com/software.html)
 2. Download the latest version of the Feetech debugging software (FD)
 3. Install the software on your Windows computer

-### Step 2: Hardware Setup
+## Step 2: Hardware Setup

 1. Connect your Feetech motors to the motor control board
 2. Connect the motor control board to your Windows computer via USB cable
 3. Ensure power is supplied to the motors

-### Step 3: Configure Connection
+## Step 3: Configure Connection

 1. Launch the Feetech debugging software
 2. Select the correct COM port from the port dropdown menu
@@ -62,13 +29,13 @@ This tutorial guides you through updating the firmware of Feetech motors using t
 3. Set the appropriate baud rate (typically 1000000 for most Feetech motors)
 4. Click "Open" to establish communication with the control board

-### Step 4: Scan for Motors
+## Step 4: Scan for Motors

 1. Once connected, click the "Search" button to detect all connected motors
 2. The software will automatically discover and list all motors on the bus
 3. Each motor will appear with its ID number

-### Step 5: Update Firmware
+## Step 5: Update Firmware

 For each motor you want to update:

@@ -79,12 +46,12 @@ For each motor you want to update:
 4. **Click on Upgrade button**:
   - The update progress will be displayed

-### Step 6: Verify Update
+## Step 6: Verify Update

 1. After the update completes, the software should automatically refresh the motor information
 2. Verify that the firmware version has been updated to the expected version

-### Important Notes
+## Important Notes

 ⚠️ **Warning**: Do not disconnect power or USB during firmware updates, it will potentially brick the motor.

@@ -94,7 +61,7 @@ For debugging purposes only, you can use the open-source Feetech Debug Tool:

 - **Repository**: [FT_SCServo_Debug_Qt](https://github.com/CarolinePascal/FT_SCServo_Debug_Qt/tree/fix/port-search-timer)

-#### Installation Instructions
+### Installation Instructions

 Follow the instructions in the repository to install the tool, for Ubuntu you can directly install it, for MacOS you need to build it from source.

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 Meta-World is an open-source simulation benchmark for **multi-task and meta reinforcement learning** in continuous-control robotic manipulation. It bundles 50 diverse manipulation tasks using everyday objects and a common tabletop Sawyer arm, providing a standardized playground to test whether algorithms can learn many different tasks and generalize quickly to new ones.

- Paper: [Meta-World: A Benchmark and Evaluation for Multi-Task and Meta Reinforcement Learning paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.10897)
+- Paper: [Meta-World: A Benchmark and Evaluation for Multi-Task and Meta Reinforcement Learning](https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.10897)
 - GitHub: [Farama-Foundation/Metaworld](https://github.com/Farama-Foundation/Metaworld)
 - Project website: [metaworld.farama.org](https://metaworld.farama.org)

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Extract natural-language task descriptions for a benchmark suite.
+
+Runs inside the benchmark Docker container (where the env library is installed)
+immediately after lerobot-eval, writing a JSON file that parse_eval_metrics.py
+picks up and embeds in metrics.json.
+
+Output format: {"<suite>_<task_idx>": "<nl instruction>", ...}
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/ci/extract_task_descriptions.py \\
+        --env libero --task libero_spatial \\
+        --output /tmp/eval-artifacts/task_descriptions.json
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _libero_descriptions(task_suite: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    from libero.libero import benchmark  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+
+    suite_dict = benchmark.get_benchmark_dict()
+    if task_suite not in suite_dict:
+        print(
+            f"[extract_task_descriptions] Unknown LIBERO suite '{task_suite}'. "
+            f"Available: {list(suite_dict.keys())}",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+        return {}
+    suite = suite_dict[task_suite]()
+    return {f"{task_suite}_{i}": suite.get_task(i).language for i in range(suite.n_tasks)}
+
+
+def _metaworld_descriptions(task_name: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+    # MetaWorld tasks don't expose a separate NL description attribute;
+    # use a cleaned version of the task name as the description.
+    label = task_name.removeprefix("metaworld-").replace("-", " ").strip()
+    return {f"{task_name}_0": label}
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--env", required=True, help="Environment family (libero, metaworld, ...)")
+    parser.add_argument("--task", required=True, help="Task/suite name (e.g. libero_spatial)")
+    parser.add_argument("--output", required=True, help="Path to write task_descriptions.json")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    descriptions: dict[str, str] = {}
+    try:
+        if args.env == "libero":
+            descriptions = _libero_descriptions(args.task)
+        elif args.env == "metaworld":
+            descriptions = _metaworld_descriptions(args.task)
+        else:
+            print(
+                f"[extract_task_descriptions] No description extractor for env '{args.env}'.",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f"[extract_task_descriptions] Warning: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    out_path = Path(args.output)
+    out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    out_path.write_text(json.dumps(descriptions, indent=2))
+    print(f"[extract_task_descriptions] {len(descriptions)} descriptions → {out_path}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright 2025 The HuggingFace Inc. team. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Parse lerobot-eval output into a small metrics.json artifact.
+
+Reads eval_info.json written by lerobot-eval --output_dir and extracts the
+key metrics needed by the health dashboard. Handles both single-task and
+multi-task eval output formats.
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/ci/parse_eval_metrics.py \\
+        --artifacts-dir /tmp/libero-artifacts \\
+        --env libero \\
+        --task libero_spatial \\
+        --policy pepijn223/smolvla_libero
+
+Writes <artifacts-dir>/metrics.json. The CI workflow then uploads this file
+as a GitHub Actions artifact named "<env>-metrics".
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import math
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _extract_metrics(info: dict) -> tuple[float | None, int | None, float | None, float | None]:
+    """Extract (pc_success, n_episodes, avg_sum_reward, eval_s) from eval_info.json.
+
+    Handles two output shapes:
+      - Single-task: {"aggregated": {"pc_success": 80.0, ...}}
+      - Multi-task:  {"overall": {"pc_success": 80.0, "n_episodes": 5, ...}}
+    """
+    for key in ("aggregated", "overall"):
+        if key not in info:
+            continue
+        agg = info[key]
+        pc = agg.get("pc_success")
+        n = agg.get("n_episodes")
+        reward = agg.get("avg_sum_reward")
+        eval_s = agg.get("eval_s")
+        if pc is not None and not math.isnan(pc):
+            return (
+                float(pc),
+                int(n) if n is not None else None,
+                float(reward) if reward is not None else None,
+                float(eval_s) if eval_s is not None else None,
+            )
+
+    return None, None, None, None
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--artifacts-dir", required=True, help="Path to the mounted artifacts volume")
+    parser.add_argument("--env", required=True, help="Environment name (e.g. libero)")
+    parser.add_argument("--task", required=True, help="Task name (e.g. libero_spatial)")
+    parser.add_argument("--policy", required=True, help="Policy hub path (e.g. pepijn223/smolvla_libero)")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    artifacts_dir = Path(args.artifacts_dir)
+    eval_info_path = artifacts_dir / "eval_info.json"
+
+    pc_success: float | None = None
+    n_episodes: int | None = None
+    avg_sum_reward: float | None = None
+    eval_s: float | None = None
+
+    if eval_info_path.exists():
+        try:
+            info = json.loads(eval_info_path.read_text())
+            pc_success, n_episodes, avg_sum_reward, eval_s = _extract_metrics(info)
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, KeyError, TypeError) as exc:
+            print(f"[parse_eval_metrics] Warning: could not parse eval_info.json: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+    else:
+        print(
+            f"[parse_eval_metrics] Warning: {eval_info_path} not found — eval may have failed.",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+
+    task_descriptions: dict[str, str] = {}
+    task_desc_path = artifacts_dir / "task_descriptions.json"
+    if task_desc_path.exists():
+        try:
+            task_descriptions = json.loads(task_desc_path.read_text())
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+            print(
+                f"[parse_eval_metrics] Warning: could not parse task_descriptions.json: {exc}",
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+
+    metrics = {
+        "env": args.env,
+        "task": args.task,
+        "policy": args.policy,
+        "pc_success": pc_success,
+        "n_episodes": n_episodes,
+        "avg_sum_reward": avg_sum_reward,
+        "eval_s": eval_s,
+        "task_descriptions": task_descriptions,
+    }
+
+    out_path = artifacts_dir / "metrics.json"
+    out_path.write_text(json.dumps(metrics, indent=2))
+    print(f"[parse_eval_metrics] Written: {out_path}")
+    print(json.dumps(metrics, indent=2))
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
@@ -180,16 +180,6 @@ class LeRobotDatasetMetadata:
        self.episodes = load_episodes(self.root)
        self.stats = load_stats(self.root)

-    def ensure_readable(self) -> None:
-        """Guarantee metadata is fully loaded for read operations.
-
-        Idempotent — when metadata is already in memory this is a single
-        ``is None`` check.  Call this before transitioning from write to
-        read mode on the same instance.
-        """
-        if self.episodes is None:
-            self._load_metadata()
-
    def _pull_from_repo(
        self,
        allow_patterns: list[str] | str | None = None,
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
    def _ensure_reader(self) -> DatasetReader:
        """Lazily create the reader on first access."""
        if self.reader is None:
-            self.meta.ensure_readable()
            self.reader = DatasetReader(
                meta=self.meta,
                root=self.root,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class EnvConfig(draccus.ChoiceRegistry, abc.ABC):
    def create_envs(
        self,
        n_envs: int,
-        use_async_envs: bool = False,
+        use_async_envs: bool = True,
    ) -> dict[str, dict[int, gym.vector.VectorEnv]]:
        """Create {suite: {task_id: VectorEnv}}.

@@ -109,17 +109,12 @@ class EnvConfig(draccus.ChoiceRegistry, abc.ABC):
        def _make_one():
            return gym.make(self.gym_id, disable_env_checker=self.disable_env_checker, **self.gym_kwargs)

-        extra_kwargs: dict = {}
-        if env_cls is gym.vector.AsyncVectorEnv:
-            extra_kwargs["context"] = "forkserver"
        try:
            from gymnasium.vector import AutoresetMode

-            vec = env_cls(
-                [_make_one for _ in range(n_envs)], autoreset_mode=AutoresetMode.SAME_STEP, **extra_kwargs
-            )
+            vec = env_cls([_make_one for _ in range(n_envs)], autoreset_mode=AutoresetMode.SAME_STEP)
        except ImportError:
-            vec = env_cls([_make_one for _ in range(n_envs)], **extra_kwargs)
+            vec = env_cls([_make_one for _ in range(n_envs)])
        return {self.type: {0: vec}}

    def get_env_processors(self):
@@ -417,7 +412,7 @@ class LiberoEnv(EnvConfig):
            kwargs["task_ids"] = self.task_ids
        return kwargs

-    def create_envs(self, n_envs: int, use_async_envs: bool = False):
+    def create_envs(self, n_envs: int, use_async_envs: bool = True):
        from lerobot.envs.libero import create_libero_envs

        if self.task is None:
@@ -486,7 +481,7 @@ class MetaworldEnv(EnvConfig):
            "render_mode": self.render_mode,
        }

-    def create_envs(self, n_envs: int, use_async_envs: bool = False):
+    def create_envs(self, n_envs: int, use_async_envs: bool = True):
        from lerobot.envs.metaworld import create_metaworld_envs

        if self.task is None:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def make_env_pre_post_processors(
 def make_env(
    cfg: EnvConfig | str,
    n_envs: int = 1,
-    use_async_envs: bool = False,
+    use_async_envs: bool = True,
    hub_cache_dir: str | None = None,
    trust_remote_code: bool = False,
 ) -> dict[str, dict[int, gym.vector.VectorEnv]]:
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from torch import Tensor

 from lerobot.configs.types import FeatureType, PolicyFeature
 from lerobot.envs.configs import EnvConfig
+from lerobot.types import RobotObservation
 from lerobot.utils.constants import OBS_ENV_STATE, OBS_IMAGE, OBS_IMAGES, OBS_STATE, OBS_STR
 from lerobot.utils.utils import get_channel_first_image_shape

@@ -205,6 +206,28 @@ def check_env_attributes_and_types(env: gym.vector.VectorEnv) -> None:
            )


+def add_envs_task(env: gym.vector.VectorEnv, observation: RobotObservation) -> RobotObservation:
+    """Adds task feature to the observation dict with respect to the first environment attribute."""
+    if _sub_env_has_attr(env, "task_description"):
+        task_result = list(env.call("task_description"))
+
+        if not all(isinstance(item, str) for item in task_result):
+            raise TypeError("All items in task_description result must be strings")
+
+        observation["task"] = task_result
+    elif _sub_env_has_attr(env, "task"):
+        task_result = list(env.call("task"))
+
+        if not all(isinstance(item, str) for item in task_result):
+            raise TypeError("All items in task result must be strings")
+
+        observation["task"] = task_result
+    else:
+        num_envs = observation[list(observation.keys())[0]].shape[0]
+        observation["task"] = ["" for _ in range(num_envs)]
+    return observation
+
+
 def _close_single_env(env: Any) -> None:
    try:
        env.close()
@@ -777,16 +777,6 @@ class SerialMotorsBus(MotorsBusBase):

        self.reset_calibration(motor_names)
        actual_positions = self.sync_read("Present_Position", motor_names, normalize=False)
-
-        if any(pos < 0 or pos > 4095 for pos in actual_positions.values()):
-            invalid_positions = {m: p for m, p in actual_positions.items() if p < 0 or p > 4095}
-
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                f"Some motors have invalid position readings {invalid_positions}, which can lead to incorrect homing offsets.\n"
-                "Try to disconnect the robot's AC power and USB cable, move it to the middle of its range of motion, then reconnect.\n"
-                "If the problem persists, check the documentation: https://huggingface.co/docs/lerobot/feetech"
-            )
-
        homing_offsets = self._get_half_turn_homings(actual_positions)
        for motor, offset in homing_offsets.items():
            self.write("Homing_Offset", motor, offset)
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ def rollout(
        # env.call() works with both SyncVectorEnv and AsyncVectorEnv.
        try:
            observation["task"] = list(env.call("task_description"))
-        except (AttributeError, NotImplementedError):
+        except Exception:
            try:
                observation["task"] = list(env.call("task"))
-            except (AttributeError, NotImplementedError):
+            except Exception:
                observation["task"] = [""] * env.num_envs

        # Apply environment-specific preprocessing (e.g., LiberoProcessorStep for LIBERO)
@@ -535,31 +535,6 @@ def test_getitem_works_after_finalize(tmp_path):
    assert "task" in item


-def test_getitem_after_finalize_with_delta_timestamps(tmp_path):
-    """After finalize(), dataset[0] works when delta_timestamps require episode metadata.
-
-    Regression test for https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/pull/3305.
-    The create -> write -> finalize -> read path left meta.episodes as None
-    because the write path flushes episodes to disk without updating them
-    in memory.  Features that access meta.episodes (video decoding,
-    delta_timestamps) would crash with a TypeError.
-    """
-    dataset = LeRobotDataset.create(
-        repo_id=DUMMY_REPO_ID, fps=DEFAULT_FPS, features=SIMPLE_FEATURES, root=tmp_path / "ds"
-    )
-    for _ in range(5):
-        dataset.add_frame(_make_frame())
-    dataset.save_episode()
-    dataset.finalize()
-
-    # Set delta_timestamps so get_item() accesses meta.episodes via _get_query_indices
-    dataset.delta_timestamps = {"state": [0.0]}
-
-    item = dataset[0]
-    assert "state" in item
-    assert "state_is_pad" in item
-
-
 # ── Property delegation ──────────────────────────────────────────────


@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from lerobot.datasets.factory import make_dataset
 from lerobot.datasets.feature_utils import dataset_to_policy_features
 from lerobot.datasets.utils import cycle
 from lerobot.envs.factory import make_env, make_env_config
-from lerobot.envs.utils import close_envs, preprocess_observation
+from lerobot.envs.utils import preprocess_observation
 from lerobot.optim.factory import make_optimizer_and_scheduler
 from lerobot.policies.act.configuration_act import ACTConfig
 from lerobot.policies.act.modeling_act import ACTTemporalEnsembler
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ def test_policy(ds_repo_id, env_name, env_kwargs, policy_name, policy_kwargs):
    # Test step through policy
    env.step(action)

-    close_envs(envs)
-

 # TODO(rcadene, aliberts): This test is quite end-to-end. Move this test in test_optimizer?
 def test_act_backbone_lr():