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  "id": "pytorch/distributed-barrier-timeout",
  "signature": "RuntimeError: [torch.distributed] Barrier timeout after 600000 ms",
  "signature_zh": "运行时错误：[torch.distributed] 障碍同步超时，持续 600000 毫秒",
  "regex": "RuntimeError: \\[torch\\.distributed\\] Barrier timeout after \\d+ ms",
  "domain": "pytorch",
  "category": "network_error",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "A rank in a distributed training setup failed to reach the barrier within the timeout, usually due to a deadlock, a slow rank, or a network partition.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "分布式训练设置中的某个进程未能在超时时间内到达障碍同步点，通常是由于死锁、进程速度过慢或网络分区。",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "torch>=1.13.0",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "NCCL>=2.14",
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      "removed": null,
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      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "Simply increasing the timeout does not fix the root cause, such as a deadlock or imbalanced workload.",
      "fail_rate": 0.8,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "Killing and restarting all processes without addressing the imbalance or network issue will result in the same error.",
      "fail_rate": 0.9,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Check for uneven data loading across ranks. Use torch.utils.data.DistributedSampler with drop_last=True to ensure all ranks have the same number of batches.",
      "success_rate": 0.8,
      "how": "Check for uneven data loading across ranks. Use torch.utils.data.DistributedSampler with drop_last=True to ensure all ranks have the same number of batches.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Increase the NCCL timeout and add logging to identify which rank is slow.",
      "success_rate": 0.7,
      "how": "Increase the NCCL timeout and add logging to identify which rank is slow.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [
    "Check for uneven data loading across ranks. Use torch.utils.data.DistributedSampler with drop_last=True to ensure all ranks have the same number of batches.",
    "Increase the NCCL timeout and add logging to identify which rank is slow."
  ],
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    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": "https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/distributed.html",
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.88,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.8,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2023-05-20",
  "last_confirmed": "2024-06-01",
  "last_updated": "2024-06-01",
  "evidence_count": 1,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}