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Related: Project-MONAI/MONAI#9025 (issue), Project-MONAI/MONAI#9143 (companion MONAI fix).

Description

models/search_code_18590.pt in pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation and multi_organ_segmentation
stores four numpy.ndarray entries (node_a, arch_code_a, arch_code_c, arch_code_a_max) —
the raw output of TopologySearch.decode() saved by scripts/search.py. Since PyTorch 2.6
torch.load defaults to weights_only=True, whose unpickler rejects
numpy.core.multiarray._reconstruct, so the bundles fail to load
(details and a no-exec inspection of the real file are in the issue thread).

  • scripts/search.py: convert the decoded codes with torch.as_tensor before torch.save,
    so newly produced search codes load under the safe default.
  • configs/inference.yaml / train.yaml: arch_code entries wrapped in numpy.asarray(...) and
    node_a in torch.as_tensor(...), so the configs work with the legacy numpy file, with a
    tensor-format file, and with MONAI versions before/after MONAI#9143.
  • configs/inference.yaml / train.yaml: arch_ckpt is now loaded with map_location='cpu'
    instead of torch.device('cuda'). The search code is a few hundred bytes of architecture
    metadata that is consumed on the host: TopologyConstruction moves arch_code to its own
    device, and node_a is only indexed in Python inside DiNTS.forward (torch.from_numpy
    always produced a CPU tensor there, so this keeps the previous behaviour). With a tensor-format
    file, map_location='cuda' would hand numpy.asarray a CUDA tensor (TypeError: can't convert cuda:0 device type tensor to numpy) and would also refuse to load on machines without CUDA.
  • configs/metadata.json: version + changelog bumped (0.5.3 -> 0.5.4, 0.0.6 -> 0.0.7).

Testing

  • CPU only — I don't have a CUDA machine. With a MONAI checkout that includes MONAI#9143, the
    modified inference.yaml builds the network from both the legacy numpy file and a tensor-format
    file (ConfigParser, with num_blocks / num_depths shrunk to match a small synthetic search
    code); node_a stays on CPU as before.
  • The map_location='cpu' change is reasoned from documented PyTorch behaviour, not exercised on
    a GPU here; a run of bundle inference on a CUDA machine (or the premerge CI) would be appreciated.
  • pre-commit run on the changed files passes (ruff / black / isort / pretty-format-json / check-yaml).

Action needed from maintainers

The currently hosted search_code_18590.pt (NVIDIA CDN / Hugging Face MONAI/<bundle>)
still contains numpy arrays, so torch.load in the configs keeps failing under the default
until the file is re-saved with tensors. A converter that re-saves and verifies the file
(convert_search_code.py) is attached to the issue thread; once re-uploaded, large_files.yml
(hash_val) should be updated — I don't have upload access to either host.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Multi-organ and pancreas CT segmentation can load architecture checkpoints on CPU, improving compatibility with systems that do not use CUDA for checkpoint loading.
    • Architecture search checkpoint values are converted to tensors when saved and to compatible array or tensor formats when loaded.
  • Documentation
    • Updated release metadata for both segmentation models.
  • Changes
    • The search-code checkpoint is no longer listed as a separately downloadable large file.

…ly=True)

The search_code_18590.pt files hold numpy arrays (raw TopologySearch.decode()
output), which the weights_only=True default of torch.load (PyTorch >= 2.6)
refuses. See Project-MONAI/MONAI#9025.

- scripts/search.py: save decode() results as tensors
- inference.yaml / train.yaml: wrap arch_code in numpy.asarray() and node_a in
  torch.as_tensor() so both the legacy (numpy) and the new (tensor) files work,
  with or without the companion MONAI fix (Project-MONAI/MONAI#9143)
- inference.yaml / train.yaml: load the search code with map_location='cpu'.
  It is architecture metadata consumed on the host (TopologyConstruction moves
  it to its own device; node_a is only indexed in DiNTS.forward), and with a
  tensor file map_location='cuda' would hand numpy.asarray a CUDA tensor
- bump versions / changelog: pancreas 0.5.4, multi_organ 0.0.7

Validated on CPU only (no CUDA machine available).

Signed-off-by: 12yuuuu <yu1inge2@gmail.com>
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The DiNTS training and inference configurations load architecture checkpoints on CPU and convert architecture values for configuration. The pancreas search script saves decoded architecture values as tensors. Both models’ metadata and large-file manifests are updated.

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DiNTS checkpoint handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Save architecture values as tensors
models/pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation/scripts/search.py
The search script converts node_a, arch_code_a, arch_code_a_max, and arch_code_c to tensors before saving the architecture checkpoint.
Load and configure architecture checkpoints
models/multi_organ_segmentation/configs/{train,inference}.yaml, models/multi_organ_segmentation/configs/metadata.json, models/multi_organ_segmentation/large_files.yml, models/pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation/configs/{train,inference}.yaml, models/pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation/configs/metadata.json, models/pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation/large_files.yml
Training and inference configurations load checkpoints on CPU and convert architecture-code values to NumPy arrays. Inference configurations use torch.as_tensor for node_a. Both metadata versions and changelogs are updated, and the search_code_18590.pt entries are removed from the large-file manifests.

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Change: Bug fix

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The bundled checkpoints appear compatible with the updated configurations, and no actionable merge-blocking issue was found. Normal validation remains appropriate before merging.

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arch_ckpt_path: "$@bundle_root + '/models/search_code_18590.pt'"
arch_ckpt: "$torch.load(@arch_ckpt_path, map_location=torch.device('cuda'))"
arch_ckpt: "$torch.load(@arch_ckpt_path, map_location='cpu')"

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Publish tensor-format search-code artifacts for all four loaders.

With PyTorch 2.6+, these calls default to weights_only=True. The restricted loader rejects the existing NumPy-format checkpoints before numpy.asarray or torch.as_tensor can run. Re-save and publish the tensor-format checkpoints, then update their large_files.yml hashes. (docs.pytorch.org)

  • models/multi_organ_segmentation/configs/inference.yaml#L9-L9: Ensure this loader's checkpoint is tensor-format and its artifact hash is updated.
  • models/multi_organ_segmentation/configs/train.yaml#L12-L12: Ensure this loader's checkpoint is tensor-format and its artifact hash is updated.
  • models/pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation/configs/inference.yaml#L9-L9: Ensure this loader's checkpoint is tensor-format and its artifact hash is updated.
  • models/pancreas_ct_dints_segmentation/configs/train.yaml#L12-L12: Ensure this loader's checkpoint is tensor-format and its artifact hash is updated.
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Thanks for flagging this. Agreed, the existing NumPy-format checkpoints fail during torch.load, before the downstream conversions can run.

This is already documented under “Action needed from maintainers” in the PR description. The conversion script (convert_search_code.py) is attached to the linked issue, but I don’t have upload access to the official artifact hosts.

Could a maintainer help publish the tensor-format checkpoints for both bundles and update the corresponding large_files.yml hashes? The changes in this PR prepare the loaders for those files and ensure future search outputs are saved as tensors.

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@12yuuuu, thanks for clarifying. The remaining work requires a maintainer with upload access to the official artifact hosts.

A maintainer needs to:

  • Publish tensor-format search-code checkpoints for both bundles using the attached convert_search_code.py.
  • Update the corresponding large_files.yml hashes.
  • Verify that the published checkpoints load with torch.load(..., weights_only=True) and work with all four configs.

The loader changes and tensor-format search outputs prepare the code for this migration. This finding remains open until the published artifacts and hashes are updated and verified.

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Hi @12yuuuu since these files are only about 4kB could you please re-encode them as PyTorch contents and upload them directly into a models directory for each affected model? You can then remove the reference to them from the large_files.yml file. This would avoid needing to download them at all, the large files yaml file is for very large files which aren't normally allowed by Github here. With this you can make fewer changes to the code here, but perhaps fixing search.py to save tensors instead of Numpy would be good to implement. Thanks!

Per review: search_code_18590.pt is only ~4 kB per bundle, so commit it
under models/<bundle>/models/ re-encoded as a tensor checkpoint (values and
dtypes unchanged, verified against the hosted originals with
torch.load(weights_only=True) and numpy.array_equal) and drop the entries
from large_files.yml. Update the bundle changelogs accordingly.

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Hi @ericspod, done:

  • Both search codes are added to the repo as tensors (models/<bundle>/models/search_code_18590.pt), converted from the original files with values unchanged.
  • Their entries are removed from large_files.yml.
  • search.py now saves tensors.

The other config changes are kept because released MONAI still uses torch.from_numpy until MONAI#9143 is merged. I can remove them if not needed. Tested on CPU only.

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