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Fixes #616.

Problem

Both symptoms in the issue reproduce on master, using tests/poscars/conf.5.dump as the source:

# last frame truncated mid-write
IndexError: too many indices for array: array is 1-dimensional, but 2 were indexed
# a "#####" comment line inside an ATOMS block
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '#####'

Neither message points at the frame that is actually damaged.

Causes

  1. split_traj measured the gap between the first two ITEM: TIMESTEP markers and reused that length for every frame. A truncated final frame — or a single extra line anywhere in the file — shifted every later frame out of alignment, so intact frames were corrupted too, not just the damaged one.
  2. Every block consumer parses its lines as numbers, so a blank or # line inside a section aborted the whole read.
  3. A frame missing a section, or short on atom lines, produced a ragged array several calls deeper, in get_atype / safe_get_posi.

Changes

  • split_traj slices each frame at its own marker, so frame lengths may differ.

  • _get_block drops blank and # lines from the block it returns, which covers get_atype, safe_get_posi, get_dumpbox, get_natoms, and get_spin at once.

  • system_data checks each frame for its three required sections, a parsable atom count, three box-bound lines, and exactly that many atom lines with the column count the header declares. Frames that fail are reported and skipped:

    UserWarning: incomplete frame 4 in the dump file (0 atom lines for 2 atoms); it is ignored
    

    This mirrors how vasp/outcar already handles a damaged ionic step (_IncompleteForceTableError). A file with no usable frame raises no complete frame found in the dump file, and a file with no marker at all raises not a LAMMPS dump file instead of TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable.

The issue also asks for velocities and a reorder=False option. Those are feature requests rather than the reported crash, so they are left out of this PR.

Validation

  • tests/test_lammps_dump_incomplete.py, 6 new cases: unchanged behaviour on an intact file, truncated last frame, truncated middle frame (asserting later frames keep their exact coordinates), comment lines, no usable frame, and not-a-dump-file. 5 of the 6 fail on master — the sixth is the no-regression baseline.
  • python -m unittest discover — 2236 passed, 28 skipped.
  • ruff format / ruff check clean.

Note for reviewers

#1041 also touches dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py, but only load_file and the new _iter_frames / _normalize_frame_indices helpers. This PR touches _get_block, split_traj, and system_data, so the two are independent in content; whichever merges second may need a trivial context rebase.

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  • New Features
    • Added streaming iteration over LAMMPS trajectory frames.
    • Added validated frame selection by index, including support for custom ordering and duplicate selections.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved LAMMPS dump parsing when files contain blank lines, comments, trailing annotations, or concatenated sections.
    • Incomplete or truncated frames are skipped with a warning while preserving subsequent complete frames.
    • Atom data is safely limited to valid declared rows.
    • Clear errors are reported when no complete frames or valid dump structure are available.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for incomplete frames, irregular formatting, invalid files, and complete trajectory preservation.

A trajectory from an interrupted run, or one carrying `#` comment lines,
failed with an error that pointed nowhere near the cause:

    ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '#####'
    IndexError: too many indices for array: array is 1-dimensional

Three causes:

- `split_traj` sized every frame from the gap between the first two
  `ITEM: TIMESTEP` markers. A truncated final frame, or one extra line
  anywhere in the file, shifted every later frame out of alignment. Frames
  are now sliced at their own markers.
- Block readers parsed each line as numbers, so a blank or `#` line inside
  a section aborted the whole read. `_get_block` now drops them.
- A frame missing a section, or short on atom lines, surfaced as a ragged
  array deep in the coordinate reader. Such frames are now reported and
  skipped, mirroring how `vasp/outcar` handles a damaged ionic step, and a
  file with no usable frame raises a message that says so.

Fixes deepmodeling#616.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The LAMMPS dump reader now uses strict headers, streams frames, validates atom and box records, skips incomplete frames with warnings, and supports validated f_idx selection. Tests cover malformed frames, comments, trailing text, frame alignment, and invalid input.

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LAMMPS dump robustness

Layer / File(s) Summary
Strict frame extraction
dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py
The reader filters blank and comment lines, recognizes valid ITEM: headers, streams frames, supports timestep-based splitting, and clamps atom payloads per frame.
Frame validation and loading
dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py
The reader validates atom records, box bounds, required sections, and frame completeness. It skips incomplete frames with warnings and raises explicit errors when no complete frame remains.
Incomplete dump regression coverage
tests/test_lammps_dump_incomplete.py
Tests cover complete and truncated frames, comments, blank lines, trailing text, item-like comments, malformed box bounds, frame alignment, warnings, and invalid input errors.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to aa949

Malformed non-numeric BOX BOUNDS rows can still be accepted as complete frames, allowing corrupted data into parsed results. This bounded correctness risk should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DumpFile
  participant load_file
  participant _iter_frames
  participant system_data
  DumpFile->>load_file: provide LAMMPS dump and optional f_idx
  load_file->>_iter_frames: stream and select frames
  _iter_frames->>_iter_frames: detect valid timestep headers
  _iter_frames->>system_data: provide candidate frames
  system_data->>system_data: validate and discard incomplete frames
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Pull request overview

This PR improves robustness of the lammps/dump reader in dpdata so that damaged trajectories (e.g., truncated frames or stray # comment lines) don’t corrupt later frames and instead produce clear warnings/errors while loading the usable frames.

Changes:

  • Update split_traj to slice each frame by its own ITEM: TIMESTEP boundary (no fixed frame length assumption).
  • Filter blank / # comment lines out of parsed blocks via _get_block, and validate frames up-front so incomplete frames are warned-and-skipped.
  • Add a focused unittest module covering truncated frames, comment lines, and “not-a-dump-file” / “no usable frame” errors.

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File Description
dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py Makes frame splitting and frame validation more tolerant to truncated frames and comment lines; adds clearer error paths.
tests/test_lammps_dump_incomplete.py Adds regression tests for incomplete/commented dump frames and expected warnings/errors.
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dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py:44

  • _get_block doesn’t handle the “key not found” case: if no ITEM: {key} marker exists, idx falls through as len(lines)-1, yielding an empty block and using the last line as the returned header. That can produce misleading downstream errors or incorrect parsing for damaged frames. Consider explicitly detecting a missing marker and raising a clear error instead of silently returning an empty block.
def _get_block(lines, key):
    for idx in range(len(lines)):
        if ("ITEM: " + key) in lines[idx]:
            break
    idx_s = idx + 1

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Comment thread dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py Resolved
Distinguish a blank line from EOF so post-processed dump frames continue loading.

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68-89: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider extending comment/blank-line coverage beyond the ATOMS block.

Both tests only insert the stray line after ITEM: ATOMS. Since _get_block's filtering is centralized and applies to every block, adding a case with a stray comment/blank inside BOX BOUNDS or NUMBER OF ATOMS would strengthen regression coverage for the same fix.

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Requesting changes because this branch conflicts with current master, whose LAMMPS dump loader now has streaming frame iteration and explicit f_idx selection. Resolving the conflict by taking this patch wholesale would overwrite that newer behavior. Please rebase and adapt the comment filtering and incomplete-frame validation to the current _iter_frames and split_traj implementation, then rerun the LAMMPS dump tests.

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Supplemental line-specific finding for the requested rebase. This identifies the concrete regression that must be preserved while reconciling this branch with the current loader.

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Comment thread dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py Resolved
Count only nonblank, non-comment atom payload rows before truncating a frame, preserving annotated dumps while excluding ordinary non-ITEM run trailers from the final frame. Leave short payloads intact for the incomplete-frame validator.\n\nCoding-Agent: Codex\nCodex-Version: codex-cli 0.144.6\nModel: gpt-5.6-sol\nReasoning-Effort: xhigh
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In `@dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py`:
- Around line 357-360: Update the ATOMS-header detection in
dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py lines 357-360 to accept only non-comment lines
whose content starts with “ITEM: ATOMS”; update the frame-boundary detection at
lines 449-452 to use the same non-comment, starts-with “ITEM: TIMESTEP” rule.
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Recognize structural ITEM headers only on non-comment lines that begin with ITEM:. Apply the rule consistently during sampled loading, block extraction, validation, payload clamping, and frame splitting, with regressions for ITEM-like comments.\n\nCoding-Agent: Codex\nCodex-Version: codex-cli 0.144.6\nModel: gpt-5.6-sol\nReasoning-Effort: xhigh
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Pre-apply the resolved LAMMPS dump parser so the upstream merge can recognize the overlapping deepmodeling#1041 changes.

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Resolve dpdata/formats/lammps/dump.py by preserving deepmodeling#1041 sparse frame loading together with deepmodeling#1045 incomplete/commented-frame handling.

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Validate required atom fields before counting ATOMS payload rows so a truncated frame followed by normal LAMMPS trailer text is skipped instead of parsed as complete. Add a regression for the truncated-final-frame plus trailer case.

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Validate numeric BOX BOUNDS rows before accepting the frame.

Lines 453-455 accept any three non-comment lines as box bounds. A frame with three non-numeric bound rows passes _describe_incomplete_frame() and is not skipped as malformed.

Validate the expected numeric bound values and add a regression test for malformed box bounds.

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