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Training hangs after a few steps

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by reproducing the hang in the local script using ART 0.5.3 and vllm 0.10.0, then compare the behavior with issue #395. Trace the gather step where progress stops at 5/6 and verify completion without a silent hang; the payload names no files or tests.

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Description

bug

Encountering similar issues to #395 with the latest version of ART (0.5.3), vllm 0.10.0. Running within local script (outside of collab / notebook).

Training runs fine for 2 batches and then suddenly hangs in the gather step of the next batch
Gather step 2: 83%|████████▎ | 5/6

Without any error message nor anything, just hangs.

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