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Summary

  • Automatically skip the full-dataset neighbor-statistics scan for fresh pt_expt DPA4/DPA4C energy models, using an explicit descriptor-family allowlist that can be extended for future families.
  • Decide per training task and require every component of a composition to use the supported graph route. Preserve existing behavior for other descriptors, non-energy/dense models, and checkpoint restoration (restored buffers can disable graph lowering).
  • Resolve DPA4 sel: auto / auto:<ratio> to the existing schema default of 256, without scanning data. The carry-all graph forward and DPA4 input statistics do not use this capacity. Keep numeric capacities unchanged and retain validation of auto syntax.
  • Keep input/output normalization statistics and the explicit --skip-neighbor-stat override unchanged; document dense-export and checkpoint boundaries.

Scope

This deliberately does not apply the allowlist to JAX. Its current DPA4 training path builds a bounded neighbor list from model.get_sel() before converting it to a graph, so it can still truncate neighbors. DPA4C is not currently registered in JAX.

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  • 45 focused entrypoint/config/shared-pipeline tests passed.
  • 4 existing graph routing, restored-disable-buffer, finite energy/force, and force-loss training tests passed.
  • 2 existing DPA4/DPA4C graph export tests passed.
  • Real CPU training smoke tests: one step each for DPA4 (sel: auto) and DPA4C, with the neighbor-statistics data opener patched to fail if called; both trained and wrote checkpoints successfully.
  • ruff check ., ruff format ., and git diff --check passed.
  • Python tests explicitly imported this checkout; existing CPU native operators were reused. No native code changed. CUDA was not available locally; GPU CI is requested separately.

No model merging or deployment is included.

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  • New Features

    • Eligible newly initialized graph-native DPA4 and DPA4C energy models can skip the full-dataset neighbor-statistics scan. Automatic selection uses a capacity of 256; numeric selections remain unchanged. Normalization statistics are still calculated, but skipped scans do not record a minimum neighbor distance.
    • Restarts and checkpoint-based initialization or fine-tuning continue to calculate neighbor statistics. Explicit dense-lower exports still require sufficient selection capacity.
  • Documentation

    • Updated advanced-training guidance to explain when scans are skipped and how selection settings behave.

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Walkthrough

The experimental PyTorch training entrypoint skips neighbor-stat collection for eligible graph-native models when no restore option is active. Configuration helpers normalize automatic selections to the DPA4 default capacity. Tests and documentation cover eligibility and scan conditions.

Changes: Graph-native neighbor-stat handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Eligibility and selection normalization
deepmd/pt_expt/model/graph_lower.py, deepmd/utils/argcheck.py, source/tests/pt_expt/model/test_graph_lower_config.py, source/tests/pt_expt/model/test_stat_free_graph_equivalence.py
Configuration checks identify eligible models and normalize string-valued selections to DEFAULT_DPA4_SEL. Tests cover eligibility boundaries, selection validation, and graph-training equivalence.
Training entrypoint integration
deepmd/pt_expt/entrypoints/main.py, source/tests/pt_expt/test_entrypoint.py, doc/train/training-advanced.md
The entrypoint skips neighbor-stat collection for eligible tasks without restore options and records no minimum neighbor distance. Other tasks retain the existing calculation path. Tests and documentation cover the behavior and its conditions.

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

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PTExptTrainEntrypoint
  participant model_config_skips_neighbor_stat
  participant resolve_stat_free_selections
  participant NeighborStatData
  PTExptTrainEntrypoint->>model_config_skips_neighbor_stat: Check task configuration
  alt Eligible and no restore option
    PTExptTrainEntrypoint->>resolve_stat_free_selections: Normalize selections
    resolve_stat_free_selections-->>PTExptTrainEntrypoint: Return updated configuration
    Note over PTExptTrainEntrypoint: Record no minimum neighbor distance
  else Statistics required
    PTExptTrainEntrypoint->>NeighborStatData: Calculate neighbor statistics
  end
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Possibly related PRs

  • deepmodeling/deepmd-kit#5565: Adds format conversion to the neighbor-stat and training-data factories; this change skips the neighbor-stat data path for eligible tasks.
  • deepmodeling/deepmd-kit#6096: Adds the shared get_neighbor_stat_data helper, which remains in use for tasks that require a scan.

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No concrete merge-blocking issue is established for the graph-native neighbor-statistics change. Normal validation remains appropriate before merging.

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source/tests/pt_expt/test_entrypoint.py: 1

181-183: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test automatic DPA4 selection in multi-task mode.

Add a fresh DPA4 task with sel: auto and assert that its selection becomes DEFAULT_DPA4_SEL. The current graph task uses a numeric selection, and models aliases config["model"]["model_dict"], so the final comparison cannot detect a missing update.

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Extend the multi-task entrypoint test with a fresh DPA4 task configured with
sel: auto, then assert that its selection is updated to DEFAULT_DPA4_SEL. Ensure
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task configured with sel: auto, then assert that its selection is updated to
DEFAULT_DPA4_SEL. Ensure the assertion checks the updated task value directly
rather than comparing models with config["model"]["model_dict"], which are
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This PR removes the mandatory full-dataset neighbor-statistics scan for freshly initialized pt_expt DPA4/DPA4C energy models, whose carry-all graph forward already sees every neighbor inside the cutoff. It adds two config-level helpers in deepmd/pt_expt/model/graph_lower.py - model_config_skips_neighbor_stat (an explicit descriptor-family allowlist with linear_ener composition handling, excluding non-native spin, use_srtab and non-energy fittings) and resolve_stat_free_selections (replacing sel: "auto" with the new DEFAULT_DPA4_SEL after validating the syntax) - and wires them into PTExptTrainEntrypoint.update_neighbor_stat per task, keeping the scan whenever restart/init_model/init_frz_model/finetune is set. The core routing is correct: normalization canonicalizes aliases before the predicate, the excluded configurations are either rejected by the backend or genuinely need the scan, and the graph training forward is sel-free.

The two comments below cover the two issues that most need addressing before merge: the skip path writes the expanded linear_ener composition (including a lora key the composition schema does not declare) back into the config, which makes the persisted out.json and checkpoint model_params unusable as training input for DPA4 + bridging_method runs; and the docstring's central safety claim - that the substituted capacity changes no weight or normalization statistic - has no test that builds or trains a model from the rewritten config.

Comment thread deepmd/pt_expt/model/graph_lower.py Resolved
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