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fix: accept torch tensors and numpy values in log_metrics and experiment - #1996
log_metrics() and experiment() now accept one-element torch tensors and
numpy values (metric values, step, and param values) and send them as plain
Python numbers via .item(). An array with more than one value raises TypeError: metric 'loss' must be a single value, got 3 values instead of the
JSON error.
.item() is used rather than pytorch_wrap's .numpy(), so tensors that need
grad, live on the GPU, or are bfloat16 all work. Only these two methods change;
the shared JSON encoder is untouched.
Fixes #ISSUE_NUMBER
Motivation and Context
viz.log_metrics({"loss": loss}, step=epoch) with the loss tensor from the
training loop crashed with Object of type Tensor is not JSON serializable,
while viz.line(Y=loss_tensor) already works. Logging a tensor is the most
common way to call this in PyTorch code.
How Has This Been Tested?
New unit tests in py/tests/unit/client_content.py: a loss tensor with
grad, an int tensor (stays int), a bfloat16 tensor, a tensor step, numpy
0-d and one-element arrays, numpy ints, tensor params, and multi-value
arrays rejected for metrics, step and params. All fail on dev and pass now.
Against a live server, before and after:
call
dev
this PR
log_metrics({"loss": loss}) (grad)
TypeError
stored 3.38
log_metrics({"correct": torch.tensor(7)})
TypeError
stored 7
log_metrics(..., step=torch.tensor(7))
TypeError
stored step 7
log_metrics({"loss": np.array(0.5)})
TypeError
stored 0.5
experiment(params={"lr": torch.tensor(1e-3)})
TypeError
stored
Types of changes
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New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
Support scalar PyTorch tensors and NumPy values in experiment logging while providing explicit validation for unsupported array inputs.
Bug Fixes:
Allow log_metrics() and experiment() to serialize single-value PyTorch tensors and NumPy values as plain Python scalars.
Reject multi-value arrays with clear single-value validation errors instead of JSON serialization failures.
Enhancements:
Handle masked values as missing and protect against lossy conversion of oversized NumPy long doubles.
Tests:
Add coverage for tensor and NumPy metrics, steps, parameters, tags, masked values, long doubles, and multi-value input validation.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Experiment parameters, tags, metrics, and steps accept single-value PyTorch tensors and NumPy values, including tensors that require gradients, bfloat16 tensors, NumPy scalars, and one-element arrays. Scalar inputs are converted to standard values; masked values become None.
Bug Fixes
Multi-value tensors and arrays raise a clear error when a single value is required. Finite NumPy values too large for standard floating-point conversion raise an error, while infinity remains supported.
A loss tensor from the training loop crashed log_metrics with
'Object of type Tensor is not JSON serializable'. One-element tensors and
numpy values are now sent as plain numbers, and an array with several
values gets a clear error.
experiment() and log_metrics() now convert one-element torch tensors and NumPy values—including metric values, steps, and parameters—into JSON-safe Python scalars via .item(), while rejecting multi-value inputs with clear TypeErrors; targeted unit tests cover supported tensor/NumPy types, type preservation, serialization, and validation.
Flow diagram for scalar normalization in experiment and log_metrics
flowchart LR
Input["Tensor or NumPy value"] --> Normalize[_plain_scalar]
Normalize --> Single{"Single value?"}
Single -->|Yes| Item["item()"]
Item --> Python["Plain Python scalar"]
Single -->|No| Error["TypeError"]
Python --> Send["_experiment_send"]
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Normalize scalar-like tensor and NumPy inputs to plain Python numbers before experiment and metric payloads are sent.
Added a shared scalar conversion helper that uses .item() for one-element values and preserves non-scalar inputs unchanged.
Rejects multi-value tensor/array inputs with contextual TypeErrors for metrics, steps, and params.
Applied conversion to experiment parameter values, metric values, and the optional step without changing the shared JSON encoder.
py/visdom/__init__.py
Added coverage for supported scalar inputs, Python type preservation, serialization, and invalid multi-value inputs.
Tests gradient-bearing, integer, bfloat16, and step tensors plus NumPy scalars and one-element arrays.
Tests tensor and NumPy experiment parameters and verifies resulting messages are JSON serializable.
Tests metric, step, and parameter arrays with multiple values are rejected with a single-value error.
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Walkthrough
The client converts one-element tensor and NumPy-like values to Python scalars in metric logging and experiment parameters and tags. Masked values become None; multi-value inputs raise TypeError. Finite np.longdouble values that overflow conversion to float raise ValueError.
Changes: Scalar normalization
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Summary
Normalize and validate API values py/visdom/__init__.py, py/tests/unit/client_content.py
_plain_scalar converts one-element values to Python scalars and rejects multi-value inputs. log_metrics applies it to metric values and step; experiment applies it to parameter and tag values. Tests cover tensor and NumPy values, masked values, JSON serialization, and overflow handling.
No merge-blocking issue is established for the supported scalar inputs. Merge after normal checks.
Security architecture risk: Minimal · up to b3a40
The change adds local scalar conversion without changing request destinations, environment selection, server permissions or stored experiment schemas. Conversion failures occur before submission. No material security risk was identified in the changed path.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The newly accepted values are representations of payloads callers could already submit as native scalars. They use the same configured server and caller-selected environment, without adding credentials, privilege or destination selection. Any broader environment access remains governed by the pre-existing deployment and receiver policy.
Security Findings and Attack Paths
inferred — No introduced attack path was identified in the inspected submission flow. Duck-typed item and numel methods execute in the local caller process; the receiver receives serialized values, not those executable objects. This is not a conclusion that uninspected server surfaces are safe.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The local conversion is not a server-side authorization control. Requests continue through the existing JSON boundary, receiver action and mapping checks, authentication and readonly guards, and store terminal-state rejection.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — Conversion and JSON serialization failures occur before a POST, preventing receiver mutation from those failures. Accepted requests retain the existing live-state mutation followed by snapshot persistence and temporary-file replacement. A failure between memory mutation and disk completion remains a pre-existing recovery window; the PR adds no new cleanup or rollback mechanism.
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- Around line 548-562: Update _plain_scalar to convert a NumPy floating-point
scalar returned by item() into a native Python float before returning it, while
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Needs a human reviewer. The client converts one-element tensor and NumPy inputs into Python scalars before sending them, so a mistaken conversion could write an incorrect metric, step, or experiment parameter. Reverting would stop future conversions but would not undo values already recorded; those records are bounded and can be corrected or regenerated.
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- Line 719: Update the NumPy floating-point conversion in NanSafeEncoder to
detect when a finite value becomes non-finite after conversion to Python float,
and reject that value instead of allowing it to be serialized as null. Preserve
the existing conversion behavior for values that remain representable.
- Line 717: In _plain_scalar, check whether value is masked after validating it
contains one value and before calling item(); return None for masked values so
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Description
log_metrics()andexperiment()now accept one-element torch tensors andnumpy values (metric values,
step, and param values) and send them as plainPython numbers via
.item(). An array with more than one value raisesTypeError: metric 'loss' must be a single value, got 3 valuesinstead of theJSON error.
.item()is used rather thanpytorch_wrap's.numpy(), so tensors that needgrad, live on the GPU, or are bfloat16 all work. Only these two methods change;
the shared JSON encoder is untouched.
Fixes #ISSUE_NUMBER
Motivation and Context
viz.log_metrics({"loss": loss}, step=epoch)with the loss tensor from thetraining loop crashed with
Object of type Tensor is not JSON serializable,while
viz.line(Y=loss_tensor)already works. Logging a tensor is the mostcommon way to call this in PyTorch code.
How Has This Been Tested?
py/tests/unit/client_content.py: a loss tensor withgrad, an int tensor (stays
int), a bfloat16 tensor, a tensorstep, numpy0-d and one-element arrays, numpy ints, tensor params, and multi-value
arrays rejected for metrics, step and params. All fail on
devand pass now.log_metrics({"loss": loss})(grad)3.38log_metrics({"correct": torch.tensor(7)})7log_metrics(..., step=torch.tensor(7))7log_metrics({"loss": np.array(0.5)})0.5experiment(params={"lr": torch.tensor(1e-3)})Types of changes
Checklist:
FIX ISSUE #1995
Summary by Sourcery
Support scalar PyTorch tensors and NumPy values in experiment logging while providing explicit validation for unsupported array inputs.
Bug Fixes:
log_metrics()andexperiment()to serialize single-value PyTorch tensors and NumPy values as plain Python scalars.Enhancements:
Tests:
Summary by CodeRabbit
bfloat16tensors, NumPy scalars, and one-element arrays. Scalar inputs are converted to standard values; masked values becomeNone.