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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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### Fixed

- Say that the DeepSpeed preset names (`zero2`, `zero3`, `zero3_offload`) work only from a source checkout. They resolve to
`configs/deepspeed/<name>.json` beside the package or in the current directory, and neither the wheel nor the Docker image ships
that folder, so on a `pip install` the names fail with a configuration error (and the unset-`deepspeed_config` default is
`zero2`). The configuration and distributed-training references, the troubleshooting entry (its sample error is now the real
message), the enterprise guide, the user manuals, `config_template.yaml` and the field description now say so and point at a
JSON path; the template's `torchrun … forgelm` launch line is `-m forgelm`, the only form that runs the checkout. The
unverified "`zero3_offload` fits 70B on 8×24 GB" sentence is gone, and the `zero2` preset's own start-up failure is noted
(#410). Shipping the presets in the package, and a test that resolves one from an installed wheel, are code changes and stay
open on the issues (#110, #111, #115).
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Rewrite this as a user-facing changelog entry.

The entry begins with the instruction “Say that...” and lists edited files, template details, and issue bookkeeping. State the released behavior directly. Remove the file inventory and implementation details.

As per coding guidelines: Every changelog entry is user-facing.

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Rewrite the changelog entry to state directly that the DeepSpeed preset names
require a source checkout and are unavailable after pip installation, where the
default preset may fail with a configuration error. Remove the edited-file
inventory, template launch details, and issue bookkeeping; keep the entry
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Source: Coding guidelines

- Fix the KTO bullet on the Alignment overview user-manual page (English and Turkish): it named the
fields `(prompt, response, good?)`, but the KTO loader reads `prompt`, `completion` and a boolean
`label` (#965).
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# dare_seed: 42 # DARE: RNG seed for the random drop mask

# Distributed training (multi-GPU). Requires: pip install forgelm[distributed]
# Launch with: torchrun --nproc_per_node=N forgelm --config my_config.yaml
# Launch with: torchrun --nproc_per_node=N -m forgelm --config my_config.yaml
# distributed:
# strategy: "deepspeed" # "deepspeed" or "fsdp"
# deepspeed_config: "zero2" # preset: "zero2", "zero3", "zero3_offload" or path to JSON
# deepspeed_config: "ds.json" # path to a DeepSpeed JSON (the presets "zero2", "zero3", "zero3_offload" need a source checkout)
# # --- FSDP options (when strategy: "fsdp") ---
# # fsdp_strategy: "full_shard" # "full_shard", "shard_grad_op", "no_shard", "hybrid_shard"
# # fsdp_auto_wrap: true
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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: "deepspeed"
deepspeed_config: "zero2" # or "zero3", "zero3_offload"
deepspeed_config: "/etc/forgelm/ds_zero2.json" # your own DeepSpeed JSON; the zero2/zero3/zero3_offload preset names need a source checkout
```

```bash
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### DeepSpeed Config bulunamadı

```text
FileNotFoundError: DeepSpeed preset 'zero2' not found
DeepSpeed preset 'zero2' not found at <path>/configs/deepspeed/zero2.json
```

ForgeLM proje kökünden çalıştırdığınızdan emin olun ya da mutlak yol
kullanın:
Ön ayar adları yalnızca bir kaynak checkout'unda çözülür (paketin yanındaki ya da geçerli dizindeki bir
`configs/deepspeed/` dizini); `pip install` veya Docker imajı bunları içermez. ForgeLM proje kökünden çalıştırın ya da
bir DeepSpeed JSON dosyasının yolunu kullanın:

```yaml
distributed:
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### DeepSpeed Config Not Found

```text
FileNotFoundError: DeepSpeed preset 'zero2' not found
DeepSpeed preset 'zero2' not found at <path>/configs/deepspeed/zero2.json
```

Ensure you're running from the ForgeLM project root, or use an absolute path:
The preset names resolve only from a source checkout (a `configs/deepspeed/` directory beside the package or in the
current directory); a `pip install` or the Docker image does not contain them. Run from the ForgeLM project root, or
use the path of a DeepSpeed JSON file:

```yaml
distributed:
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| Alan | Tip | Varsayılan | Açıklama |
|------|-----|-----------|----------|
| `strategy` | string | `null` | `"deepspeed"` veya `"fsdp"` (null = tek GPU) |
| `deepspeed_config` | string | `null` | Ön ayar (`"zero2"`, `"zero3"`, `"zero3_offload"`) veya JSON yolu |
| `deepspeed_config` | string | `null` | JSON yolu ya da yalnızca kaynak checkout'unda çözülen (pip veya Docker kurulumunda çözülmeyen) bir ön ayar adı (`"zero2"`, `"zero3"`, `"zero3_offload"`) |
| `fsdp_strategy` | string | `"full_shard"` | `"full_shard"`, `"shard_grad_op"`, `"hybrid_shard"`, `"no_shard"` |
| `fsdp_auto_wrap` | bool | `true` | Transformer katmanlarını otomatik sar |
| `fsdp_offload` | bool | `false` | Parametreleri CPU'ya taşı |
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| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `strategy` | string | `null` | `"deepspeed"` or `"fsdp"` (null = single GPU) |
| `deepspeed_config` | string | `null` | Preset (`"zero2"`, `"zero3"`, `"zero3_offload"`) or JSON path |
| `deepspeed_config` | string | `null` | JSON path, or a preset name (`"zero2"`, `"zero3"`, `"zero3_offload"`) that resolves only from a source checkout, not from a pip or Docker install |
| `fsdp_strategy` | string | `"full_shard"` | `"full_shard"`, `"shard_grad_op"`, `"hybrid_shard"`, `"no_shard"` |
| `fsdp_auto_wrap` | bool | `true` | Auto-wrap transformer layers |
| `fsdp_offload` | bool | `false` | Offload parameters to CPU |
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## DeepSpeed Yapılandırması

ForgeLM, üç yerleşik DeepSpeed ön ayarı sunar. `deepspeed_config` parametresine bu isimlerden birini veya kendi JSON dosyanızın yolunu verin.
Depo, `configs/deepspeed/` altında üç DeepSpeed ön ayarı barındırır. `deepspeed_config` parametresine bunların adlarından birini veya kendi JSON dosyanızın yolunu verin.

**Ön ayar adları yalnızca bir kaynak checkout'unda çalışır.** Kurulu paketin yanındaki ya da geçerli dizindeki
`configs/deepspeed/<ad>.json` dosyasına çözülürler. `pip install forgelm` wheel'i ve Docker imajı bu dosyaları içermez;
orada bir ön ayar adı yapılandırma hatasıyla (exit 1) başarısız olur. Deponun `configs/deepspeed/` klasöründeki JSON
dosyalarını kopyalayın ya da kendinizinkini yazın ve `deepspeed_config`'i onun yoluna ayarlayın.

**Bilinen sorun ([#410](https://github.com/HodeTech/ForgeLM/issues/410)):** `deepspeed_config` ayarlanmadığında da
kullanılan `zero2` ön ayarı `allgather_bucket_size` değerini `"auto"` yapar; transformers'ın DeepSpeed entegrasyonu bu
değeri doldurmaz, bu yüzden onunla bir ZeRO-2 koşusu durur. Düzelene kadar kendi ZeRO-2 JSON'unuzu kullanın.

### Ön Ayarlar (Presets)

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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: "deepspeed"
deepspeed_config: "zero2" # Ön ayar adı
# deepspeed_config: "./my_ds_config.json" # Veya özel dosya yolu
deepspeed_config: "./my_ds_config.json" # Kendi JSON'unuzun yolu (her kurulumda çalışır)
# deepspeed_config: "zero2" # Ön ayar adı: yalnızca kaynak checkout'u
```

### ZeRO Aşama Karşılaştırması
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## DeepSpeed Configuration

ForgeLM provides three built-in DeepSpeed presets. Set `deepspeed_config` to one of these names, or provide a path to your own JSON file.
The repository ships three DeepSpeed presets under `configs/deepspeed/`. Set `deepspeed_config` to one of their names, or provide a path to your own JSON file.

**The preset names work only from a source checkout.** They resolve to `configs/deepspeed/<name>.json` beside the
installed package or in the current directory. A `pip install forgelm` wheel and the Docker image do not contain those
files, so there a preset name fails with a configuration error (exit 1). Copy the JSON files from the repository's
`configs/deepspeed/` folder, or write your own, and set `deepspeed_config` to its path.

**Known issue ([#410](https://github.com/HodeTech/ForgeLM/issues/410)):** the `zero2` preset, which is also used when
`deepspeed_config` is unset, sets `allgather_bucket_size` to `"auto"`, a value transformers' DeepSpeed integration does
not fill in, so a ZeRO-2 run with it aborts. Use your own ZeRO-2 JSON until that is fixed.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Keep active examples consistent with the zero2 warning.

The Quick Start example still sets deepspeed_config: "zero2", although the same page says that this preset can abort. The Turkish reference and both troubleshooting examples contain the same active configuration. Replace those values with a custom JSON path such as ./my_ds_config.json.

Keep the source-checkout path in the “config not found” troubleshooting example because it documents a valid source-checkout workflow.

Issue #410 supports describing this as a reported problem. Unless supported Transformers versions establish the failure, use wording such as “is reported not to fill in” and “may abort” instead of stating the failure as universal.

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Update the active Quick Start, Turkish reference, and troubleshooting examples
that set deepspeed_config to "zero2" to use a custom JSON path, while preserving
the source-checkout path in the “config not found” example. In the warning,
describe the issue as reported and say a run may abort rather than presenting
the failure as universal.

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### Presets

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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: "deepspeed"
deepspeed_config: "zero2" # Preset name
# deepspeed_config: "./my_ds_config.json" # Or custom path
deepspeed_config: "./my_ds_config.json" # Path to your own JSON (works on every install)
# deepspeed_config: "zero2" # Preset name: source checkout only
```

### ZeRO Stage Comparison
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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: null # null (single-GPU, no distributed wrapping) | deepspeed | fsdp
deepspeed_config: null # path to a DeepSpeed JSON, or preset name: zero2 | zero3 | zero3_offload
deepspeed_config: null # path to a DeepSpeed JSON (preset names zero2 | zero3 | zero3_offload need a source checkout)
fsdp_strategy: "full_shard" # full_shard | shard_grad_op | no_shard | hybrid_shard
fsdp_auto_wrap: true # auto-wrap transformer layers (recommended)
fsdp_offload: false # offload FSDP parameters to CPU between forward/backward
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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: "deepspeed"
deepspeed_config: "zero2" # preset name (or a filesystem path to a DeepSpeed JSON)
deepspeed_config: "./ds_zero2.json" # a filesystem path to a DeepSpeed JSON (preset names such as "zero2" need a source checkout)

training:
gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
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gradient_accumulation_steps: 8
```

The `zero3_offload` preset fits 70B on 8×24 GB by offloading optimiser state and parameters to CPU. ZeRO-Infinity's NVMe offload isn't a built-in preset — point `deepspeed_config` at a custom DeepSpeed JSON with `offload_param`/`offload_optimizer` set to `device: nvme` for that case.
The `zero3_offload` preset offloads optimiser state and parameters to CPU, trading speed for GPU memory; whether a given model fits depends on your GPU memory and CPU RAM. The preset names `zero2`, `zero3` and `zero3_offload` resolve only from a source checkout (the JSON files live in the repository's `configs/deepspeed/` folder, not in the pip wheel or the Docker image), and the `zero2` preset is currently broken ([#410](https://github.com/HodeTech/ForgeLM/issues/410)), so give `deepspeed_config` the path of a JSON file you control. ZeRO-Infinity's NVMe offload isn't a preset — point `deepspeed_config` at a custom DeepSpeed JSON with `offload_param`/`offload_optimizer` set to `device: nvme` for that case.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a JSON path in the active ZeRO-3 example.

This paragraph says that preset files are absent from pip wheels and Docker images. Line 92 still enables zero3_offload by preset name. Users following this example after a pip install or in Docker receive ConfigError. Use a JSON path in the active example and keep the preset as a source-checkout-only commented alternative. Apply the same change to the Turkish mirror.

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Context: ...tom DeepSpeed JSON with offload_param/offload_optimizer set to device: nvme for that case.

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Update the active ZeRO-3 example to pass a JSON file path to `deepspeed_config`
instead of the `zero3_offload` preset; retain the preset only as a commented
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| Model | GPUs | ZeRO-3 + offload? |
|---|---|---|
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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: null # null (tek GPU, dağıtık sarmalama yok) | deepspeed | fsdp
deepspeed_config: null # bir DeepSpeed JSON'a yol, veya preset adı: zero2 | zero3 | zero3_offload
deepspeed_config: null # bir DeepSpeed JSON'a yol (preset adları zero2 | zero3 | zero3_offload kaynak checkout'u ister)
fsdp_strategy: "full_shard" # full_shard | shard_grad_op | no_shard | hybrid_shard
fsdp_auto_wrap: true # transformer katmanlarını otomatik sarmala (önerilir)
fsdp_offload: false # forward/backward arasında FSDP parametrelerini CPU'ya offload et
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```yaml
distributed:
strategy: "deepspeed"
deepspeed_config: "zero2" # preset adı (veya bir DeepSpeed JSON dosya yolu)
deepspeed_config: "./ds_zero2.json" # bir DeepSpeed JSON dosya yolu ("zero2" gibi preset adları kaynak checkout'u ister)

training:
gradient_accumulation_steps: 4
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gradient_accumulation_steps: 8
```

`zero3_offload` preset'i, optimizer state ve parametreleri CPU'ya boşaltarak 70B'i 8×24 GB'a sığdırır. ZeRO-Infinity'nin NVMe offload'u hazır bir preset değildir — bunun için `deepspeed_config`'i, `offload_param`/`offload_optimizer` alanları `device: nvme` olarak ayarlanmış özel bir DeepSpeed JSON dosyasına yönlendirin.
`zero3_offload` preset'i optimizer state ve parametreleri CPU'ya boşaltır, hızdan GPU belleği kazandırır; belirli bir modelin sığıp sığmayacağı GPU belleğinize ve CPU RAM'inize bağlıdır. `zero2`, `zero3` ve `zero3_offload` preset adları yalnızca kaynak checkout'unda çözülür (JSON dosyaları pip wheel'inde ya da Docker imajında değil, deponun `configs/deepspeed/` klasöründedir) ve `zero2` preset'i şu an bozuktur ([#410](https://github.com/HodeTech/ForgeLM/issues/410)); bu yüzden `deepspeed_config`'e kontrolünüzdeki bir JSON dosyasının yolunu verin. ZeRO-Infinity'nin NVMe offload'u bir preset değildir — bunun için `deepspeed_config`'i, `offload_param`/`offload_optimizer` alanları `device: nvme` olarak ayarlanmış özel bir DeepSpeed JSON dosyasına yönlendirin.

| Model | GPU | ZeRO-3 + offload? |
|---|---|---|
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)
deepspeed_config: Optional[str] = Field(
default=None,
description="DeepSpeed config: filesystem path to a DS JSON OR preset name (`zero2`, `zero3`, `zero3_offload`).",
description="DeepSpeed config: filesystem path to a DS JSON. The preset names (`zero2`, `zero3`, `zero3_offload`) resolve only from a source checkout, not a pip or Docker install.",
)
fsdp_strategy: Literal["full_shard", "shard_grad_op", "no_shard", "hybrid_shard"] = Field(
default="full_shard",
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