# Copyright (c) 2022-2026, The Isaac Lab Project Developers (https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md). # All rights reserved. # # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause # Multi-GPU distributed training validation # # This workflow validates that multi-GPU training works correctly across: # - Physics backends: PhysX, Newton # - Rendering backends: none (physics-only), Isaac RTX, Newton Warp # # Runs on a dedicated multi-GPU runner (separate from standard CI) to minimize costs. # Only triggered on PRs that touch distributed training code paths. name: Multi-GPU Training Tests on: pull_request: paths: - "source/isaaclab/isaaclab/app/app_launcher.py" - "source/isaaclab_tasks/isaaclab_tasks/utils/sim_launcher.py" - "scripts/reinforcement_learning/**/train.py" - ".github/workflows/test-multi-gpu.yaml" workflow_dispatch: concurrency: group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }} cancel-in-progress: true jobs: test-multi-gpu: name: Multi-GPU (${{ matrix.physics }}, ${{ matrix.renderer }}) # Use dedicated multi-GPU runner to avoid blocking standard CI resources # Configure this label on a runner with 2+ GPUs (e.g., g5.12xlarge with 4x A10G) runs-on: [self-hosted, linux, x64, gpu, multi-gpu] timeout-minutes: 30 strategy: fail-fast: false matrix: include: # PhysX physics-only - physics: physx renderer: none task: Isaac-Cartpole-Direct-v0 extra_args: "" # PhysX + Isaac RTX renderer - physics: physx renderer: isaac-rtx task: Isaac-Cartpole-Camera-Presets-Direct-v0 extra_args: "" trainer: skrl # PhysX + Newton Warp renderer (hybrid) - physics: physx renderer: newton-warp task: Isaac-Cartpole-Camera-Presets-Direct-v0 extra_args: "env.tiled_camera.renderer_cfg=newton_renderer" trainer: skrl # Newton physics-only - physics: newton renderer: none task: Isaac-Cartpole-Direct-v0 extra_args: "+sim=newton" # Newton + Newton Warp renderer - physics: newton renderer: newton-warp task: Isaac-Cartpole-Camera-Presets-Direct-v0 extra_args: "+sim=newton env.tiled_camera.renderer_cfg=newton_renderer" trainer: skrl # Newton + Isaac RTX renderer (hybrid) - physics: newton renderer: isaac-rtx task: Isaac-Cartpole-Camera-Presets-Direct-v0 extra_args: "+sim=newton" trainer: skrl steps: - name: Checkout repository uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Set up Python uses: actions/setup-python@v5 with: python-version: "3.10" - name: Install Isaac Lab run: | ./isaaclab.sh --install - name: Verify multi-GPU availability run: | echo "=== GPU Info ===" nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index,name,memory.total --format=csv GPU_COUNT=$(python -c "import torch; print(torch.cuda.device_count())") echo "Detected $GPU_COUNT GPU(s)" if [ "$GPU_COUNT" -lt 2 ]; then echo "::error::At least 2 GPUs required for multi-GPU tests, found $GPU_COUNT" exit 1 fi - name: Run multi-GPU training (${{ matrix.physics }}, ${{ matrix.renderer }}) env: NCCL_DEBUG: WARN run: | TRAINER="${{ matrix.trainer || 'rsl_rl' }}" echo "==========================================" echo "Physics: ${{ matrix.physics }}" echo "Renderer: ${{ matrix.renderer }}" echo "Task: ${{ matrix.task }}" echo "Trainer: $TRAINER" echo "Extra args: ${{ matrix.extra_args }}" echo "==========================================" # Run 2-GPU distributed training for 3 iterations ./isaaclab.sh -p -m torch.distributed.run --nproc_per_node=2 \ scripts/reinforcement_learning/${TRAINER}/train.py \ --task=${{ matrix.task }} \ --headless \ --distributed \ --max_iterations=3 \ --num_envs=16 \ ${{ matrix.extra_args }} - name: Verify training completed run: | # Find the most recent log directory LATEST_LOG=$(ls -td logs/*/*/*/ 2>/dev/null | head -1) if [ -z "$LATEST_LOG" ]; then echo "::error::No training log directory found" exit 1 fi echo "Log directory: $LATEST_LOG" ls -la "$LATEST_LOG" # Check for model checkpoints MODELS=$(find "$LATEST_LOG" -name "*.pt" | wc -l) echo "Model checkpoints found: $MODELS" if [ "$MODELS" -lt 1 ]; then echo "::error::No model checkpoints found - training may have failed" exit 1 fi echo "✅ Multi-GPU training completed successfully (${{ matrix.physics }}, ${{ matrix.renderer }})"