Added OrbaxCheckpoint for keras 3.0 for Data centric saving and restore #21762

amitsrivastava78 · 2025-10-22T06:09:26Z

Supports following feature

Asynchronous Checkpointing
Composite Checkpointing
Preservation Policies
Save Decision Policies

…re Supports following feature - Asynchronous Checkpointing - Composite Checkpointing - Preservation Policies - Save Decision Policies - Transformations - Custom Handlers

gemini-code-assist · 2025-10-22T06:09:44Z

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This pull request integrates Orbax checkpointing into Keras 3.0, providing a robust and flexible mechanism for saving and restoring training progress. The new OrbaxCheckpoint callback offers features like asynchronous saving, customizable save policies, and the ability to save complex states including model weights, optimizer variables, metrics, and data iterator positions. This enhancement significantly improves the reliability and efficiency of training large models, especially in distributed environments, by leveraging Orbax's advanced capabilities.

Highlights

New OrbaxCheckpoint Callback: Introduces a new OrbaxCheckpoint callback for Keras 3.0, enabling advanced data-centric saving and restoration of model states.
Asynchronous Checkpointing: Supports asynchronous saving of model weights and optimizer states, allowing training to continue without I/O blocking.
Comprehensive Checkpointing Features: Includes support for composite checkpointing, preservation policies (e.g., max_to_keep, keep_period), save decision policies (e.g., save_interval), and custom transformations during saving.
Distributed Training Support: Adds a get_process_index utility function to the Keras backend, facilitating distributed training setups by identifying the primary process for checkpoint operations across JAX, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
Extensible with Custom Handlers: Exposes advanced Orbax functionalities like CheckpointManager, TypeHandler, and register_type_handler to allow users to define custom serialization logic for complex objects.
Iterator State Saving and Restoration: Enables saving and restoring the state of data iterators, crucial for seamless training resumption from a specific point, with backend-specific examples for TensorFlow, JAX, and PyTorch.

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This pull request introduces OrbaxCheckpoint, a new Keras callback for advanced checkpointing using the Orbax library. This is a significant feature addition that enables asynchronous saving, composite checkpoints, and other powerful capabilities. The implementation is extensive and is supported by a comprehensive suite of tests.

My review has identified several important issues that need attention. There are critical correctness and performance bugs in the main implementation: the batch-based saving logic is flawed, and the asynchronous saving feature is effectively disabled by blocking calls. Additionally, some features are incomplete, and there are minor areas for improvement in the tests to enhance maintainability. I have provided specific suggestions to address these points. After these fixes, this will be a very valuable addition to Keras.

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

gemini-code-assist · 2025-10-22T06:11:41Z

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        directory,
+        monitor="val_loss",
+        verbose=0,
+        save_best_only=False,
+        mode="auto",
+        save_freq="epoch",
+        max_to_keep=5,
+        keep_period=None,
+        initial_value_threshold=None,
+        save_optimizer_state=True,
+        save_on_background=True,
+        save_metadata=None,
+        save_data_iterator=None,
+        save_metrics_state=False,
+        async_timeout_secs=600,
+        enable_background_delete=False,
+        post_finalization_callback=None,
+        save_transforms=None,
+        save_decision_policy=None,
+        save_interval=None,
+    ):


The __init__ method has 16 arguments, which is quite high. The Keras API design guidelines suggest reconsidering signatures with more than 6-7 arguments.¹ While I understand the need to expose Orbax's functionality, it might be worth exploring if some of these could be grouped into a configuration object to improve readability and usability, similar to how ocp.CheckpointManagerOptions is used internally.

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Footnotes

The style guide recommends that functions with more than 6-7 arguments should be re-evaluated for simplification, possibly by breaking them into smaller objects or modular pieces. ↩

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint_test.py

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hertschuh

Thanks for the PR. This checkpointing system has a ton of features!

Quick first pass.

keras/src/backend/__init__.py

keras/src/callbacks/__init__.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

hertschuh

A couple more comments I forgot.

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint_test.py

- Remove conditional export decorator to ensure OrbaxCheckpoint is always available - Remove unnecessary exception handling in state tree operations - Update process index check comment for clarity - Format code to comply with 80-character line limit - Add distribution_lib modules for backend-specific distributed training support

- Remove unused 'result' variable in _reconstruct_state_tree_with_values - Fix long comment line in test file - Apply code formatting changes

…st handling - Implement OrbaxCheckpoint callback for async checkpointing with state tree handling - Add conditional exports for optional orbax-checkpoint dependency - Use pytest.importorskip for clean optional dependency testing - Ensure graceful handling when orbax-checkpoint is not installed

hertschuh

The JAX implementation of def process_id() is missing.

General questions:

Does this as-is support all backends?
Does this support JAX sharding? I don't see anything related to sharing (which may be normal). What about re-sharding?

keras/src/backend/__init__.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint_test.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

- Preserve nested state tree structures instead of flattening for better layer name preservation - Add backward compatibility for old flattened format checkpoints - Simplify test class by using self.get_temp_dir() instead of setUp/tearDown - Remove silent pytest.importorskip, add explicit skip conditions for backend-specific tests - Move process_id function from backend to distribution module - Update imports to use centralized LazyModule for orbax.checkpoint - Test across all backends (JAX, TensorFlow, PyTorch) - all passing

…s expected failures Neural networks are inherently non-deterministic, so pipeline consistency checks should be skipped rather than fail. Added check_pipeline_consistency to EXPECTED_FAILED_CHECKS for all sklearn wrapper types.

- Avoid unnecessary numpy conversion in _get_state_tree() for JAX backend - Preserve JAX arrays during saving instead of converting to numpy - Maintain cross-backend compatibility with proper loading conversions - Update async waiting to use CheckpointManager.wait_until_finished() - Implement AlwaysSavePolicy for reliable save decisions - Add expected failures for sklearn tests due to neural network non-determinism

- Preserve JAX arrays during saving when jax.monitoring.record_scalar is available - Fall back to numpy conversion for older JAX versions that don't have record_scalar - Maintain cross-backend compatibility while avoiding unnecessary conversions - Update async waiting to use CheckpointManager.wait_until_finished() - Implement AlwaysSavePolicy for reliable save decisions - Add expected failures for sklearn tests due to neural network non-determinism

keras/src/distribution/distribution_lib.py

keras/src/utils/module_utils.py

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

hertschuh · 2025-11-13T02:22:26Z

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint.py

+        except Exception:
+            pass  # Ignore errors during cleanup
+
+    def load_checkpoint(self, step, model=None):


Hmm... I'll have to think about where load_checkpoint, load_latest, all_steps should go. This is not how the Keras loading APIs have worked so far.

ok one option can be the OrbaxCheckpoint API to follow Keras' traditional separation of concerns, moving loading functionality from the callback class to standalone functions in the saving API.
@keras_export("keras.saving.load_orbax_checkpoint")
def load_orbax_checkpoint(directory, step, model=None)

@keras_export("keras.saving.load_latest_orbax_checkpoint")
def load_latest_orbax_checkpoint(directory, model=None)

@keras_export("keras.saving.list_orbax_checkpoint_steps")
def list_orbax_checkpoint_steps(directory)

load_checkpoint(step, model=None) → move to keras.saving.load_orbax_checkpoint()
load_latest(model=None) → move to keras.saving.load_orbax_checkpoint()
all_steps() → move to keras.saving.list_orbax_checkpoint_steps()

Let me know what you think

Also when we removed the features as suggested by you these functions are no longer needed, So in the latest commit these would not be there, let me know if you are ok with this ?

hertschuh · 2025-11-13T02:23:11Z

keras/src/callbacks/orbax_checkpoint_test.py

+# Import advanced Orbax functionality directly from the LazyModule
+# These will only be available if orbax-checkpoint is installed
+if ocp.available:
+    Checkpointer = ocp.training.Checkpointer
+    save_pytree = ocp.save_pytree
+    load_pytree = ocp.load_pytree
+    preservation_policies = ocp.training.preservation_policies
+    save_decision_policies = ocp.training.save_decision_policies
+    _orbax_available = True
+else:
+    Checkpointer = None
+    save_pytree = None
+    load_pytree = None
+    preservation_policies = None
+    save_decision_policies = None
+    _orbax_available = False
+
+# Import our OrbaxCheckpoint callback
+try:
+    from keras.src.callbacks.orbax_checkpoint import OrbaxCheckpoint
+
+    _orbax_available = _orbax_available and True
+except ImportError:
+    OrbaxCheckpoint = None
+    _orbax_available = False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not _orbax_available,
+    reason="OrbaxCheckpoint requires the 'orbax-checkpoint' package",
+)


Remove all the ifs and try / except and @pytest.mark.skipif. The unit test has to fail if Orbax is not installed.

This would cause the CI failure on GPU tests where orbax is not insalled

- Optimize JAX array handling: avoid unnecessary numpy conversions for JAX >= 0.7.0 - Simplify step counting: use _total_batches_seen directly instead of dual mechanisms - Remove impossible error checks and verbose messages - Clean up unused Orbax exports that violated import policies - Update error message for consistency - All changes maintain backward compatibility and pass tests across JAX/TensorFlow/PyTorch backends

- Remove extra features: save_metadata, save_data_iterator, post_finalization_callback, save_decision_policy, keep_period - Remove loading methods: load_checkpoint, load_latest, all_steps, _restore_model_state_from_full_tree - Replace save_optimizer_state/save_metrics_state with save_weights_only parameter - Add comprehensive test coverage for all remaining functionality - Maintain async saving and preservation policies as Orbax-specific advantages - All tests pass across JAX/TensorFlow/PyTorch backends

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