PyTorch builds are slow or flaky
DevOps and infra8 posts from 1 person4d active+33 posts in the last 7 days, 4 the 7 days before (steady)Unverified
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8, newest firstDISABLED test_ddp_zero_overlap_use_gpu_True_use_interleaved_hook_True_gradient_as_bucket_view_True_static_graph_True_shard_buckets_False (__main__.TestZeroRedundancyOptimizerDistributed)Platforms: linux This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_ddp_zero_overlap_use_gpu_True_use_interleaved_hook_True_gradient_as_bucket_view_True_static_graph_True_shard_buckets_False&suite=TestZeroRedundan...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]2 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED MULTIPLE There are multiple flaky tests in distributed/optim/test_zero_redundancy_optimizer.pyThere are multiple flaky tests in distributed/optim/test_zero_redundancy_optimizer.py. Please investigate and fix the flakiness. disable the following tests: Here is an example for...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]2 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED test_nested_compile_in_backend_preserves_user_objects_cuda (__main__.TestStreamsCUDA)Platforms: linux This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_nested_compile_in_backend_preserves_user_objects_cuda&suite=TestStreamsCUDA&limit=100) and the most recent trunk [workflow...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]1 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED test_copy_transpose_tiled_batched_layout_batch_first_cuda_bfloat16 (__main__.TestTorchDeviceTypeCUDA)Platforms: inductor This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_copy_transpose_tiled_batched_layout_batch_first_cuda_bfloat16&suite=TestTorchDeviceTypeCUDA&limit=100) and the most recent trunk [workflow...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]1 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED test_compile_backward_bmm_cuda_float32 (__main__.TestNestedTensorOpInfoCUDA)Platforms: linux, slow This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_compile_backward_bmm_cuda_float32&suite=TestNestedTensorOpInfoCUDA&limit=100) and the most recent trunk [workflow...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]1 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED test_copy_transpose_tiled_batched_layout_padded_src_batch_cuda_float64 (__main__.TestTorchDeviceTypeCUDA)Platforms: inductor This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_copy_transpose_tiled_batched_layout_padded_src_batch_cuda_float64&suite=TestTorchDeviceTypeCUDA&limit=100) and the most recent trunk...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]1 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED test_opcheck_customopdef (__main__.TestGenerateOpcheckTests)Platforms: dynamo This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_opcheck_customopdef&suite=TestGenerateOpcheckTests&limit=100) and the most recent trunk [workflow...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]1 repliesOpen ↗DISABLED test_opcheck_unbacked_stride_cpu (__main__.TestCustomOpTestingCPU)Platforms: dynamo This test was disabled because it is failing in CI. See [recent examples](https://hud.pytorch.org/flakytest?name=test_opcheck_unbacked_stride_cpu&suite=TestCustomOpTestingCPU&limit=100) and the most recent trunk [workflow...pytorch/pytorch · pytorch-bot[bot]1 repliesOpen ↗
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Posts that state a pain and match the "ci-slow" rule about PyTorch. First post Sep 30, 2026, latest Oct 16, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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PyTorch builds are slow or flaky (5 posts)