[OMNIML-6027] [1/5] Add ensure_local_checkpoint to load models from local disk, and copy_non_model_files

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Type of change: new feature

Summary of the series

Every pipeline that quantizes, prunes, sparsifies or distills a Hugging Face model now starts the same way: make the checkpoint local, then load from it. ensure_local_checkpoint returns a local directory as-is and downloads a Hub model ID in full if it is not cached yet -- once, on rank 0 -- and the model, tokenizer and processor are then loaded from that local directory.

Before, a Hub ID went straight to from_pretrained, which fetched only the files loading needed, so every later step that needed the source as files found its own way back to it: hf_ptq through a hand-rolled cache lookup (_resolve_model_path, whose TRANSFORMERS_CACHE glob picked the lexicographically largest commit hash rather than refs/main) and a hardcoded download allowlist, regenerating tokenizer files along the way; the Megatron export by fetching only *.py for a Hub ID; other callers of export_hf_checkpoint not at all.

With the source on local disk, exports follow one rule: an export writes the model files -- weights in any format and the metadata describing them -- and carries every other source file (non-model files: tokenizer, processor, remote code, chat templates, README, ...) over verbatim, from local disk only.

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1. [OMNIML-6027] [1/5] Add ensure_local_checkpoint to load models from local disk, and copy_non_model_files #2607 — Add ensure_local_checkpoint to load models from local disk, and copy_non_model_files ← this PR
2. [OMNIML-6031] [2/5] HF exporters write off-index safetensors and non-model files #2608 — HF exporters write off-index safetensors and non-model files
3. [OMNIML-6028] [3/5] hf_ptq: load the model from local disk, downloading it first if needed #2609 — hf_ptq: load the model from local disk, downloading it first if needed
4. [5/5] megatron_bridge: load the HF model from local disk; Megatron export copies its non-model files #2610 — megatron_bridge: load the HF model from local disk; Megatron export copies its non-model files
5. [OMNIML-6029] [4/5] llm_sparsity: load the model from local disk, downloading it first if needed #2611 — llm_sparsity: load the model from local disk, downloading it first if needed

This PR [1/5]

Adds the two building blocks to modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py, re-exported from modelopt.torch.export. Nothing calls them yet; #2609–#2611 make ensure_local_checkpoint the first step of each pipeline.

• ensure_local_checkpoint(model_name_or_path, group=None) -> (hub_model_id, local_checkpoint_path) makes the whole checkpoint local before anything loads it: a local directory as-is, a Hub ID downloaded in full if not cached yet (guessing which files are redundant would risk dropping ones the checkpoint needs). Load the model, tokenizer and processor from local_checkpoint_path; hub_model_id is the Hub ID, or None for a local path, for records that must stay valid on other hosts.
  • Under torch.distributed, rank 0 of group resolves it and broadcasts the result -- or its error, so a failed download raises everywhere rather than stranding the waiting ranks. Rank 0 decides for local paths too, since ranks checking for themselves could disagree about a node-local directory. Without a group, every rank waits on a temporary gloo group whose 24 h timeout outlasts a large download; with one, the caller's group carries the wait. A rank that cannot see the resolved path raises, asking for shared storage.
  • snapshot_download silently returns a possibly incomplete cached snapshot when the Hub is unreachable. With HF_HUB_OFFLINE the cache is used quietly (the user's choice); with the Hub unexpectedly unreachable it is used with a warning, or the Hub's error is raised if nothing is cached. An input that is neither a local directory nor a Hub model ID the Hub can access -- a mistyped local path, say -- raises a ValueError saying so, chained to the Hub's error; a gated repo still raises GatedRepoError.
• copy_non_model_files(source, export_dir) copies every file of a local checkpoint, recursively, except weight files in any format, top-level export metadata (config.json, hf_quant_config.json, stale quant configs, .experiment.json), files the export already wrote, hidden directories (.git, .cache), and links that resolve outside the checkpoint or its Hub blobs/ (checked with the existing resolve_checkpoint_file). It never writes through a link already in the export, removes a partial copy when one fails, and skips export_dir when it lies inside the source (e.g. an earlier export). It returns /-separated paths on every platform.

What happens to the existing copy helpers. copy_non_model_files replaces both copy rules the series' callers use today. #2609 moves hf_ptq off copy_non_safetensor_files_from_ckpt. #2610 moves the Megatron export onto copy_non_model_files (dropping its Hub-fetching copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code branch), moves prune_minitron and export_distilled_megatron_to_hf off copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code, and deprecates copy_non_safetensor_files_from_ckpt. copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code stays for now: puzzletron's init_child_from_parent still uses it, and migrating puzzletron is out of scope for this series.

Also: module constants move to the top next to a note defining model versus non-model files; off_index_safetensors_files / copy_off_index_safetensors accept a None source and report what they copy; comments stop calling off-index weight files "sidecars".

Usage

from modelopt.torch.export import copy_non_model_files, ensure_local_checkpoint

hub_model_id, local_checkpoint_path = ensure_local_checkpoint("Qwen/Qwen3-8B")  # every rank calls it
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(local_checkpoint_path)
...
copy_non_model_files(local_checkpoint_path, export_dir)  # after the export wrote its own files

Testing

pytest tests/unit/torch/utils tests/unit/torch/export tests/examples/hf_ptq (GPU end-to-end and test_dataset_utils excluded): 684 passed. New tests cover the copy rule (weights, owned metadata, subdirectories, hidden dirs, links inside/outside/dangling, Hub blobs/), online/offline/unreachable/missing-repo resolution, and -- over two real gloo processes -- rank-0-only download, error propagation, an explicit group, a subgroup without global rank 0, and a local path hidden from one rank. The resolution paths were also checked live against the Hub. CPU only (torch 2.12, transformers 5.9, huggingface_hub 1.19); transformer_engine cannot be imported in this environment, so GPU and Megatron tests are left to CI.

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• New Features
  • Checkpoint exports can resolve local and Hub-hosted checkpoints, using cached snapshots when offline or Hub access is unavailable. Missing offline cache entries are reported as errors.
  • Exports can copy eligible non-model checkpoint files without overwriting existing export files. Hidden directories and unsafe or dangling links are excluded.
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Walkthrough

The checkpoint utilities classify weight files, resolve local and Hub checkpoints, coordinate resolution across distributed ranks, and copy eligible non-model files. The export package re-exports copy_non_model_files and ensure_local_checkpoint.

Changes

Checkpoint utilities

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Weight-file classification and off-index safetensors modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py	The module groups weight-file patterns and metadata limits with its constants. Off-index safetensors helpers accept None. The copy helper reports copied files.
Hub checkpoint resolution and distributed sharing modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py, tests/unit/torch/utils/test_hf_checkpoint_utils.py	Hub IDs resolve to local snapshots, with offline cache use and online cache fallback. Rank 0 shares the resolved path or error with group members. Each rank checks whether the path is visible. Tests cover local paths, cache behavior, missing repositories, and distributed resolution.
Non-model file copying and exports modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py, modelopt/torch/export/__init__.py, tests/unit/torch/utils/test_hf_checkpoint_utils.py	copy_non_model_files copies eligible files from local checkpoints and skips excluded or unsafe paths. The export package re-exports it and ensure_local_checkpoint. Tests cover exclusions, symlinks, and copy failures.

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Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant ensure_local_checkpoint
  participant ProcessGroup
  participant HuggingFaceHub
  Caller->>ensure_local_checkpoint: Provide checkpoint path or Hub ID
  ensure_local_checkpoint->>HuggingFaceHub: Rank 0 requests snapshot
  HuggingFaceHub-->>ensure_local_checkpoint: Return snapshot path or error
  ensure_local_checkpoint->>ProcessGroup: Broadcast path or error
  ProcessGroup-->>ensure_local_checkpoint: Deliver result to group members
  ensure_local_checkpoint-->>Caller: Return visible path or raise

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The new non-model file copy can still write outside the export directory when a folder inside the export is a symlink to somewhere else. The earlier issues with dangling links, an export nested in the source, and partial files left after a failed copy are now handled. Reject symlinked destination folders before merging.

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🟠 Major · Resolve the destination before checking and copying. · hf_checkpoint_utils.py:913-930

modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py:913-930
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Resolve the destination before checking and copying.

dst.exists() returns False for a dangling final symlink, but shutil.copy2(resolved, dst) follows that symlink and can create a file outside export_dir. The same unresolved destination path can escape through a symlinked parent. Resolve the destination, require it to remain under the resolved export root, and copy to the resolved path.

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     export_dir = Path(export_dir)
+    export_root = export_dir.resolve()
     copied = []
...
         dst = export_dir / rel
-        if dst.exists():
+        try:
+            resolved_dst = dst.resolve(strict=False)
+            resolved_dst.relative_to(export_root)
+        except (OSError, RuntimeError, ValueError) as error:
+            warnings.warn(f"Skipping {rel}: invalid destination: {error}")
+            continue
+        if resolved_dst.exists():
             continue
...
-            dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            shutil.copy2(resolved, dst)
+            resolved_dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            shutil.copy2(resolved, resolved_dst)

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Reject destination symlinks before copying.

If export_dir contains a dangling symlink with the same relative path as a source file, dst.exists() returns false. shutil.copy2 then follows that symlink and writes outside the export directory. Check the destination and its parent components for symlinks before copying. Do not rely on the source-path containment check to protect the destination. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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In the file-copy flow guarded by _matches_any_pattern, check each destination
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Remove incomplete destinations after a copy failure.

If shutil.copy2 writes part of a file and then raises OSError, the handler continues but leaves the partial file in the export. A later call skips it because dst.exists() is true. Copy through a temporary file and replace dst only after success, or remove the partial destination on failure. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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🟠 Major · Exclude an export directory inside the source directory. · hf_checkpoint_utils.py:902

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Exclude an export directory inside the source directory.

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Nudge: the code is correct and well tested, but copy_non_model_files is now a third "copy source files into the export" helper next to copy_non_safetensor_files_from_ckpt and copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code, and nothing says what happens to the old ones.

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• Explain in the PR body whether #2608–#2611 move copy_non_safetensor_files_from_ckpt (used in unified_export_megatron.py and examples/hf_ptq/example_utils.py) and the Hub-fetching branch of copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code onto copy_non_model_files and then delete them. If they don't, explain why both copy rules need to exist.
• Confirm a typo'd local path should end in HFValidationError. Today a path like ./ckpt that doesn't exist is treated as a Hub ID, and the error never says the local path was missing. A one-line hint in _make_local would help.

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• About 306 core-logic lines, under the 500-line budget. No licensing changes and no edits to existing tests.
• I checked these and they behave correctly:
  • Every rank gets rank 0's error, so none is left waiting.
  • The gloo group is torn down in finally.
  • group_src is supported on the torch>=2.8 floor.
  • A gated repo (GatedRepoError is a subclass of RepositoryNotFoundError) still raises rather than quietly using the cache.
  • Links are contained by the existing resolve_checkpoint_file.
• The new modelopt.torch.utils.mlflow import loads only stdlib and yaml, so it adds no heavy dependency.
• Tests cover the copy rules, online/offline/unreachable Hub cases, and two-process gloo runs. I read them but didn't run them.

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Addressed the review-body findings in c120a1e:

• @coderabbitai, destination symlinks: copy_non_model_files now skips a destination that is already a link in the export (dst.exists() or dst.is_symlink()), so a dangling link is never written through. Parent directories aren't checked: the export creates them, and a symlinked parent in the export is the owner's own choice.
• @coderabbitai, partial copies: a failed copy now removes its partial destination before warning, so a rerun copies the file again.
• @coderabbitai, export inside the source: export_dir is now skipped when it lies inside the source. Small correction: this never looped, because sorted(source_dir.rglob("*")) lists the files before the first copy. The real case was an earlier export nested in the checkpoint being copied into the new one; that's now skipped.
• @cjluo-nv bot, the old copy helpers: the PR description now has a "What happens to the existing copy helpers" paragraph. [OMNIML-6028] [3/5] hf_ptq: load the model from local disk, downloading it first if needed #2609 and [5/5] megatron_bridge: load the HF model from local disk; Megatron export copies its non-model files #2610 move every caller onto copy_non_model_files except puzzletron, and [5/5] megatron_bridge: load the HF model from local disk; Megatron export copies its non-model files #2610 deprecates copy_non_safetensor_files_from_ckpt. copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code stays for puzzletron.
• @cjluo-nv bot, mistyped local path: ensure_local_checkpoint now raises ValueError: '<path>' is not a local directory, and is not a model ID the Hugging Face Hub can access., chained to the Hub's error. A gated repo still raises GatedRepoError.

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- Line 931: Before creating or copying to dst, check every destination parent
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@shengliangxu Thanks for the fixes and guidance. I inspected the implementation and regression tests.

• Destination links, including dangling links, are skipped.
• Failed copies remove partial destination files.
• Files under a nested export_dir are excluded.
• Missing paths raise a chained ValueError. Gated repositories retain GatedRepoError.

You are correct about the nested export. sorted(source_dir.rglob("*")) builds the file list before copying, so my copy-loop claim was incorrect. The valid concern was copying existing nested-export content.

I accept the owner-controlled destination-parent contract. The reported review-body findings are addressed. I did not run the tests.

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Learning: In modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py, copy_non_model_files treats symlinked destination parent directories as an owner-controlled choice. It skips existing destination files and destination symlinks, including dangling links, but is not required to reject symlinked destination parents.

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Learning: In modelopt/torch/utils/plugins/hf_checkpoint_utils.py, copy_non_model_files uses sorted(source_dir.rglob("*")), which materializes the source file list before copying. A nested export does not cause a copy loop. The relevant concern is copying existing content under the nested export_dir, which the helper excludes.

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Learning: For the checkpoint-copy helper migration in NVIDIA/Model-Optimizer, PRs #2609 and #2610 move callers to copy_non_model_files except puzzletron. Puzzletron continues using copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code. PR #2610 deprecates copy_non_safetensor_files_from_ckpt.

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Approving: every earlier concern is fixed in the current diff and has a test, or the author justified leaving it as is. About 321 core-logic lines, under the 500-line budget.

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• ✔️ 8 previous concerns addressed, including the explanation of the old copy helpers' fate (#2609/#2610 migrate callers; copy_hf_ckpt_remote_code stays for puzzletron) and the mistyped-local-path ValueError. The other fixes cover the dangling export link, partial-copy cleanup, the nested-export skip and the test imports.
• The author declined to reject symlinked parent directories in the export, and CodeRabbit withdrew the finding. The rationale holds: the caller owns export_dir, and source-side links stay confined by resolve_checkpoint_file.
• Under torch.distributed, the other ranks see rank 0's error as a RuntimeError holding its message, so a GatedRepoError changes type there. Minor, doesn't block.
• The new import of modelopt.torch.utils.mlflow.EXPERIMENT_JSON links this PR to #2544's module surface.
• No licensing changes and no existing tests changed. Tests read, not run.