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Loss terms are disabled for the entire run when either schedule endpoint is zero. For example, start_pref_e=0 and limit_pref_e=1 never load energy labels or contribute energy loss. Keep terms active when either endpoint is nonzero, as in the TensorFlow and dpmodel implementations.

The newly active paths also need their inputs and reductions to agree with the other backends:

  • Request force labels for Paddle prefactor-force and generalized-force losses, and ignore those terms when force labels are absent.
  • Match Paddle MAE energy, relative-force and virial reductions to the PyTorch implementation when Huber is disabled, while preserving the existing Huber virial behavior.
  • Request spin energy coefficients when enabled, and honor repeated labels in the single-frame loader used by both PyTorch and Paddle.

Tests exercise both zero-endpoint directions, label requirements, loss values and gradients, missing labels, repeated fields and spin coefficients.

Validation:

  • GitHub validation: 106 PyTorch CUDA tests on an RTX 4060 and 55 Paddle/data-loader CPU tests passed. The GPU job loads the loss modules through a source-only adapter; it does not run the native DeePMD extension. On Ubuntu, the built and installed package passed 170 tests and the PyTorch and Paddle training tests.
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Loss terms now activate when either scheduled prefactor is nonzero, improving consistency across energy, force, spin, and density-of-states losses.
    • Corrected energy and force MAE calculations and expanded virial loss support.
    • Improved handling of missing force labels and repeated data in single-frame loading, including atom-prefactor data.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for scheduled loss weights, label requirements, error calculations, and single-frame data loading.

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Scheduled loss activation, selected Paddle energy-loss calculations, and label requirements have changed. Data loading now repeats non-frame-major data and optional missing-data defaults along the final axis.

Changes: Loss Schedule Behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Activation and label requirements
deepmd/pd/loss/ener.py, deepmd/pt/loss/dos.py, deepmd/pt/loss/ener.py, deepmd/pt/loss/ener_spin.py
Loss terms activate when either prefactor endpoint is nonzero, subject to existing inference behavior. Paddle force-label requirements include force, atom-prefactor force, relative force, and generalized force. Spin-loss label requirements include optional atomic atom_ener_coeff data when enabled.
Paddle energy-loss calculations
deepmd/pd/loss/ener.py
Energy and virial MAE calculations use 1/natoms scaling. Force MAE uses the mean absolute error. Atom-prefactor and generalized-force weighting and displayed metrics use combined label-availability flags. Unsupported virial loss types raise NotImplementedError.
Scheduled loss and gradient validation
source/tests/pd/test_loss_prefactor_schedule_paddle.py, source/tests/pt/test_loss_prefactor_schedule.py
Tests check scheduled loss values, gradients, and label requirements for energy, force, spin, and DOS terms.

Frame Data Repetition

Layer / File(s) Summary
Non-frame-major data repetition
deepmd/utils/data.py, source/tests/common/test_single_frame_repeat.py
Loaded non-frame-major data and optional missing-data defaults are repeated along the final axis when configured. Missing frame-major defaults remain unrepeated. Tests compare atom-prefactor values from single-frame and batch loading.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: njzjz, wanghan-iapcm, hydrogensulfate

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 755b8

No concrete merge-blocking issue remains identified in the loss schedules, Paddle calculations, or repeated-label loading. Merge after normal checks pass.

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- Around line 178-179: Update the `has_pf` and `has_gf` gating so
prefactor-force and generalized-force losses and their metrics are enabled only
when `find_force` and the corresponding auxiliary-label availability flag are
both true. Preserve the existing prefactor and inference conditions where
applicable, and ensure missing force labels cannot make zero placeholders
contribute as targets.
- Line 174: Update the energy MAE calculation enabled by self.has_e to average
residuals across the batch and apply the existing atom_norm normalization, so
the result is normalized by atom count and does not scale with batch size.
Preserve the current energy-schedule activation behavior.
- Line 178: The force-loss path controlled by self.has_pf can receive
incompatible prefactor and residual lengths for multi-atom batches. Update
prefactor preparation so the loader supplies one prefactor per force component
rather than relying on repeat=3, and add a regression test using loaded data
with a zero-to-nonzero prefactor-force schedule.
- Line 176: Update the Paddle virial-loss computation associated with self.has_v
to select the error operation using loss_func, matching the PyTorch
implementation so mae uses absolute virial error when the schedule activates.
Preserve the existing schedule and inference behavior that determines whether
virial loss is enabled.
- Line 175: Update the Paddle MAE force-loss branch so it computes the loss from
normalized diff_f when relative_f is enabled, rather than using raw forces;
preserve the existing force-schedule behavior represented by self.has_f.

Review comments at @deepmd/pt/loss/ener_spin.py:
- Line 125: Update EnergySpinLoss.label_requirement to register atom_ener_coeff
with the same default value of one used by the standard energy loss, so
coefficient-weighted training can load it when the energy schedule starts at
zero.

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@bingdongni bingdongni changed the title fix(loss): honor zero endpoints in prefactor schedules fix: honor loss schedules with a zero endpoint Nov 9, 2026
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- Around line 451-479: Update the virial-loss branch in the loss calculation so
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