[https://nvbugs/6708111][fix] Load Nemotron-H saved by transformers>=5.13 by aswinvisva · Pull Request #19168 · NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM

aswinvisva · 2026-09-14T22:31:29Z

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Adds Nemotron-H compatibility for checkpoint configuration, speculative MTP loading, and tokenizer fallback.
Converts modern layer names to legacy names and restores hybrid_override_pattern when required.
Preserves unrelated configurations and re-raises unsupported failures.
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Adds tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_nemotron_h_layer_vocabulary.py.
Covers checkpoint loading, layer-name conversion, pattern restoration, hybrid detection, failure propagation, MTP conversion, and unrelated configurations.
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config_utils.py: Verify Nemotron-H configuration fallback, legacy layer-name conversion, vocabulary matching, and hybrid_override_pattern restoration.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/utils.py: Verify MTP layer types are normalized when copied or expanded from a packed pattern.
tensorrt_llm/tokenizer/tokenizer.py: Verify layers_block_type validation errors trigger the PreTrainedTokenizerFast fallback.
tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_nemotron_h_layer_vocabulary.py: Covers the new compatibility and error paths. No matching CI or manual-QA test-list entry was found.

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transformers 5.13 renamed the Nemotron-H per-layer vocabulary (mamba -> linear_attention, attention -> full_attention) and made hybrid_override_pattern a derived property that save_pretrained no longer serializes, so checkpoint exported from ModelOpt using a newer transformers fails to load under the pinned transformers==5.5.4, on both the model-config and the tokenizer path.

This restores the legacy spelling and rebuilds the config after AutoConfig has already failed, which regenerates hybrid_override_pattern needed by is_nemotron_hybrid.

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The change adds Nemotron-H layer-type compatibility helpers, applies vocabulary normalization during configuration and speculative MTP merging, expands tokenizer fallback handling, and adds compatibility tests.

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Nemotron-H compatibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configuration loading and vocabulary normalization `tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config_utils.py`, `tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_nemotron_h_layer_vocabulary.py`	The new helpers convert modern and legacy Nemotron-H layer names. Failed configuration loads retry with converted names when applicable. Tests cover conversion, matching, hybrid detection, and failure propagation.
Speculative and tokenizer integration `tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/utils.py`, `tensorrt_llm/tokenizer/tokenizer.py`	Speculative MTP layer types are matched to the target model vocabulary. Tokenizer fallback also handles `layers_block_type` validation errors.

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The compatibility implementation is covered in part, but several new fallback paths are not directly protected against regressions. This is mergeable with owner awareness, though adding the focused tests would improve confidence.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/utils.py`:
- Line 267: Extend the Nemotron-H vocabulary tests with an MTP merge regression
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_merge_mtp_fields_from_speculative_model into a legacy target, then asserts both
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Approving — the comments below are optional touch-ups, not blockers.

The retry-only-after-failure structure is the right call — a transformers that parses the checkpoint natively never reaches the rewrite, so this can't regress a working config. Two gaps worth closing:

The tokenizer path has no test. It's the path in the traceback on https://nvbugs/6708111, and it's the most fragile part of the change: the guard is a substring match on an exception message, so an upstream wording change silently turns the fallback off and the failure reappears looking unrelated. A test that raises a ValueError mentioning layers_block_type from a patched AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained and asserts _fallback_to_fast_tokenizer is reached would pin it.

The description omits the speculative/MTP change. It covers the config and tokenizer paths but not _merge_mtp_fields_from_speculative_model in tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/utils.py, which is where the second helper is consumed. Worth a sentence, since that's the path a reader chasing an MTP-layer-count bug later would need to find.

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