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Fix QLoRA NNX issues#4480

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Fix QLoRA NNX issues#4480
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Summary

Fix QLoRA IndivisibleError and parameter missing issues for NNX.

Root Cause Analysis & Resolution

See analysis in the PR description or referenced commits:

  • Increase model size in lora_utils_test.py to avoid IndivisibleError on FSDP.
  • Monkeypatch qwix LoraProvider.dot_general to find parameter names before quantization.
  • Refactor NNXDecoder to support dynamic graph init with scan_layers=False.
  • Add assertions to verify quantization in tests.

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Fix the Errors:
1. DeepSeek Unscanned Checkpoint Mismatch:
   When restoring unscanned DeepSeek checkpoints, loading failed with:
   'ValueError: Checkpoint structure mismatch: 374 of 377 model parameter paths were not found... Example missing paths: decoder.dense_layer_0...'
   Cause: _init_sequential_deepseek registered layers as singular 'dense_layer' and 'moe_layer', producing PyTree paths like 'decoder.dense_layer_0'. However, Linen checkpoints and MaxText converter scripts format layer keys as plural ('decoder.dense_layers_0', 'decoder.moe_layers_0').

2. Generic Unscanned Model Checkpoint Mismatch (GPT-OSS, Llama4, etc.):
   When restoring unscanned generic models, loading failed with:
   'ValueError: Checkpoint structure mismatch: 456 of 459 model parameter paths were not found... Example missing paths: decoder.layers.0...'
   Cause: _init_sequential_generic used _create_and_register_layer which appended to self.layers initialized as nnx.List([]). In Flax NNX, tracking submodules in an nnx.List container forces state PyTree extraction to use list-index paths ('decoder.layers.0') instead of named attribute paths ('decoder.layers_0'), breaking compatibility with on-disk Linen checkpoints.

Summary of Fixes:
- Updated _init_sequential_deepseek to use plural prefixes ('dense_layers', 'moe_layers').
- Used _create_and_register_named_layer in sequential initialization (_init_sequential_deepseek, _init_sequential_generic) so submodules register exclusively under named string attributes ('layers_0', 'layers_1').
- Replaced nnx.List with a plain Python list for self.layers and updated the forward pass to retrieve named attributes via getattr(self, f'layers_{lyr}').
- Sequential Layer Naming & Flax 0.12.0 Compatibility (nnx_decoders.py):
   - Fixed DeepSeek sequential layer retrieval in _apply_sequential_layers to look up 'dense_layers_{i}' and 'moe_layers_{i}' attributes when scan_layers=False.
   - Removed self.layers.append(layer) in _init_gemma4_small_layers to prevent Flax 0.12.0 from raising a static container attribute ValueError on unannotated Python lists.
- MaxEngine KV-Cache Stacking & Sharding (maxengine.py):
   - Updated self.prefill_kv_cache_shardings, _maybe_stack_prefill_result_cache, and _maybe_unstack_prefill_result_cache to handle named per-layer keys ('layers_0', 'layers_1') in addition to stacked 'layers' keys when scan_layers=False. Unstacks KV cache matching decode_state['cache'] keys to prevent PyTree structure mismatches during engine insert.
- LoRA Module Regex Pattern Matching (lora_utils.py & lora_utils_test.py):
   - Updated _get_lora_module_path regex replacement to r'layers(?:_[0-9]+|/[0-9]+)?/' so LoRA target verification matches named attributes ('decoder/layers_0/...') as well as indexed ('decoder/layers/0/...') and scanned ('decoder/layers/...') paths.
   - Updated expected regex string assertions in test_get_lora_module_path.
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❌ Patch coverage is 74.64789% with 18 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Files with missing lines Patch % Lines
src/maxtext/layers/nnx_decoders.py 70.73% 8 Missing and 4 partials ⚠️
src/maxtext/utils/lora_utils.py 80.00% 4 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️

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- Increase model size in lora_utils_test.py to avoid IndivisibleError on FSDP.
- Monkeypatch qwix LoraProvider.dot_general to find parameter names before quantization.
- Refactor NNXDecoder to support dynamic graph init with scan_layers=False.
- Add assertions to verify quantization in tests.

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