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  "id": "pytorch/nccl-timeout-barrier",
  "signature": "RuntimeError: [torch.distributed] Barrier timeout after 600000 ms. NCCL communicator was aborted on rank 2. Original reason for failure was: watchdog callback timed out.",
  "signature_zh": "RuntimeError: [torch.distributed] 屏障超时 600000 毫秒后。NCCL 通信器在 rank 2 上被中止。原始失败原因：看门狗回调超时。",
  "regex": "RuntimeError: \\[torch\\.distributed\\] Barrier timeout after \\d+ ms\\. NCCL communicator was aborted on rank \\d+",
  "domain": "pytorch",
  "category": "network_error",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "A distributed barrier timed out because one or more ranks (e.g., rank 2) stalled due to NCCL watchdog timeout, often caused by hardware failures, network congestion, or GPU compute hung.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "分布式屏障超时，因为一个或多个 rank（例如 rank 2）因 NCCL 看门狗超时而停滞，通常由硬件故障、网络拥塞或 GPU 计算挂起引起。",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "torch>=1.11",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "torch>=2.0",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "NCCL 2.12+",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "CUDA 11.x+",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "NVIDIA A100/H100",
      "introduced": null,
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      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Increasing barrier timeout to 1200 seconds via torch.distributed.init_process_group(timeout=timedelta(seconds=1200))",
      "why_fails": "A hung rank will eventually hit the watchdog timeout regardless of barrier timeout; the root cause is not duration but a hang.",
      "fail_rate": 0.7,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Restarting only the failed rank 2 without resetting NCCL communicator",
      "why_fails": "NCCL communicator state is global; restarting one rank leaves the group in an inconsistent state, causing further errors.",
      "fail_rate": 0.9,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Set NCCL timeout in environment: export NCCL_TIMEOUT=600 (seconds); and ensure all GPUs are healthy with nvidia-smi -pm 1",
      "success_rate": 0.8,
      "how": "Set NCCL timeout in environment: export NCCL_TIMEOUT=600 (seconds); and ensure all GPUs are healthy with nvidia-smi -pm 1",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Reduce network load by using NCCL_IB_DISABLE=1 and NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME=eth0 to force TCP instead of InfiniBand",
      "success_rate": 0.7,
      "how": "Reduce network load by using NCCL_IB_DISABLE=1 and NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME=eth0 to force TCP instead of InfiniBand",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Run with torch.distributed.run --nproc_per_node=N with NCCL_DEBUG=INFO to identify the hanging rank and check its GPU memory or process status",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "Run with torch.distributed.run --nproc_per_node=N with NCCL_DEBUG=INFO to identify the hanging rank and check its GPU memory or process status",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [
    "Set NCCL timeout in environment: export NCCL_TIMEOUT=600 (seconds); and ensure all GPUs are healthy with nvidia-smi -pm 1",
    "Reduce network load by using NCCL_IB_DISABLE=1 and NCCL_SOCKET_IFNAME=eth0 to force TCP instead of InfiniBand",
    "Run with torch.distributed.run --nproc_per_node=N with NCCL_DEBUG=INFO to identify the hanging rank and check its GPU memory or process status"
  ],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": "https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/distributed.html#troubleshooting",
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": "NCCL_ERROR_TIMEOUT",
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.86,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.75,
  "resolvable": "partial",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-15",
  "last_confirmed": "2024-06-01",
  "last_updated": "2024-06-01",
  "evidence_count": 1,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}