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Summary

  • add the DeePMD PyTorch-exportable backend (pytorch-exportable, with pt-expt as an alias)
  • decouple training checkpoints from deployment model formats and backends
  • support explicit pte and pt2 deployment formats for DPA4 and DPA4C
  • allow regular PyTorch training checkpoints to be graph-lowered with the PyTorch-exportable backend
  • automatically link and forward pt2 models to model-deviation tasks
  • preserve the existing TensorFlow/pb default and existing PyTorch/JAX behavior
  • document the DeePMD-kit 3.2 requirement

Configuration

Regular PyTorch training with PyTorch-exportable deployment:

"train_backend": "pytorch",
"model_devi_backend": "pytorch-exportable",
"model_format": "pt2"

PyTorch-exportable training and deployment (including DPA4C):

"train_backend": "pytorch-exportable",
"model_format": "pt2",
"dp_compress": true

The first workflow trains with dp --pt, keeps model.ckpt.pt for restart/reuse, freezes with dp --pt-expt, and deploys graph*.pt2 to model deviation. All new behavior is opt-in.

Fixes #1925.

Tests

  • ruff check dpgen/generator/run.py dpgen/generator/arginfo.py tests/generator/test_deepmd_backend.py
  • python -m unittest tests.generator.test_deepmd_backend -v (18 tests)
  • python -m compileall -q dpgen tests/generator/test_deepmd_backend.py
  • python -m dpgen.main -h
  • python -m dpgen.main run -h
  • python -m dpgen.main autotest -h

The legacy integration tests that require POSIX symlinks could not run to completion in the local Windows environment. GitHub Actions passed on Python 3.9 and 3.12 before the documentation-only cleanup; the latest revision is being rechecked.

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Walkthrough

The change adds DeePMD-kit backend and model-format support. It centralizes suffix and flag selection, validates backend combinations, updates training and deployment command generation, and adds documentation and tests.

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DeepMD backend support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend configuration contracts
doc/run/param.rst, dpgen/generator/arginfo.py
Documents DPA4 and DPA4C requirements, backend configurations, model formats, export settings, aliases, and checkpoint suffixes. Adds the optional model_devi_backend argument and updates model_format documentation.
Backend resolution and validation
dpgen/generator/run.py
Adds centralized backend metadata and helpers for aliases, CLI flags, model suffixes, checkpoint suffixes, and input suffixes. Validates backend combinations, formats, DeePMD-kit versions, initialization models, and compression settings.
Training commands and file flow
dpgen/generator/run.py, tests/generator/test_deepmd_backend.py
Updates training, initialization, finetuning, freezing, compression, restart detection, model-deviation forwarding, file forwarding, and post-training links. Adds coverage for supported configurations and error paths.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to ff667

The opt-in deployment-format changes have only localized follow-up needs for documentation, regression coverage, and environment-specific checks; no concrete correctness, security, availability, or readiness failure requires blocking the merge. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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  participant run_train_dp
  participant DeePMD_kit
  participant Training_files
  run_train_dp->>DeePMD_kit: Build backend-specific training command
  DeePMD_kit->>Training_files: Write checkpoint artifacts
  run_train_dp->>DeePMD_kit: Build deployment freeze or compression command
  DeePMD_kit->>Training_files: Write frozen model artifacts
  run_train_dp->>Training_files: Forward files using backend-specific suffixes
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157-205: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use NumPy-style docstrings for the new helpers.

Add Returns and Raises sections to the new helper docstrings. This keeps their validation contract explicit.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)
dpgen/generator/run.py (1)

157-220: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use NumPy-style docstrings for the new backend helpers.

Add Returns sections to each helper. Add Raises sections to _get_backend and _get_model_backend_config.

As per coding guidelines, dpgen/**/*.py requires “Use Numpy-style docstrings for functions and classes.”

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In `@dpgen/generator/run.py` around lines 157 - 220, Update the docstrings of
_get_backend, _get_train_backend_config, _get_model_backend_config,
_get_model_suffix, _get_checkpoint_suffix, _get_train_backend_flag, and
_get_model_backend_flag to use NumPy-style Returns sections describing their
return values; add NumPy-style Raises sections to _get_backend and
_get_model_backend_config documenting their ValueError conditions.

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42-64: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Test the deployment-backend default format.

Add a case with train_backend="pytorch" and model_devi_backend="pytorch-exportable" but no model_format. Assert .pte and --pt-expt. This protects the documented defaulting contract.

Proposed test
+    def test_deployment_backend_sets_default_model_format(self):
+        jdata = {
+            "train_backend": "pytorch",
+            "model_devi_backend": "pytorch-exportable",
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(_get_model_suffix(jdata), ".pte")
+        self.assertEqual(_get_model_backend_flag(jdata), "--pt-expt")

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coverage in the cases for _get_model_suffix and _get_checkpoint_suffix with a
pytorch train_backend and pytorch-exportable model_devi_backend that omits
model_format, asserting the default model suffix is .pte and checkpoint behavior
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In `@dpgen/generator/run.py`:
- Around line 157-220: Update the docstrings of _get_backend,
_get_train_backend_config, _get_model_backend_config, _get_model_suffix,
_get_checkpoint_suffix, _get_train_backend_flag, and _get_model_backend_flag to
use NumPy-style Returns sections describing their return values; add NumPy-style
Raises sections to _get_backend and _get_model_backend_config documenting their
ValueError conditions.

In `@tests/generator/test_deepmd_backend.py`:
- Around line 42-64: Extend the test coverage in the cases for _get_model_suffix
and _get_checkpoint_suffix with a pytorch train_backend and pytorch-exportable
model_devi_backend that omits model_format, asserting the default model suffix
is .pte and checkpoint behavior remains correct. Also update
test_pytorch_checkpoint_can_use_exportable_deployment to cover the
omitted-format configuration and assert _get_model_backend_flag returns
--pt-expt.

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