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Loading from a checkpoint does not work properly in distributed training
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Description
### Bug description
I train my model on multiple GPUs and save it with the `checkpoint callback` and `save_hyperparameters()`.
I get a directory which looks like this, so this part seems to work flawlessly:
```
/epoch=5
--/checkpoint
----mp_rank_00_model_states.pt
----zero_pp_rank_0_mp_rank_00_optim_states.pt
----zero_pp_rank_1_mp_rank_00_optim_states.pt
...
```
When I try to load the checkpoint with `MyModel.load_from_checkpoint()` on any of these files I only get errors. The tutorials only point me to some apparently outdated examples with a .ckpt file, which does not exist in these log directories.
Loading from the model directory does not help either.
When I load mp_rank_00_model_states.pt I get:
```
File "/.../projects/classifier_lightning/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lightning/pytorch/core/saving.py", line 180, in _load_state
keys = obj.load_state_dict(checkpoint["state_dict"], strict=strict)
KeyError: 'state_dict'
```
When i load the other other files I get a lightning version error, even though it runs on the same environment.
So - how do I load my model from a checkpoint?
### What version are you seeing the problem on?
v2.2
### How to reproduce the bug
_No response_
### Error messages and logs
```
# Error messages and logs here please
```
### Environment
Current environment
```
#- Lightning Component (e.g. Trainer, LightningModule, LightningApp, LightningWork, LightningFlow):
#- PyTorch Lightning Version (e.g., 1.5.0):
#- Lightning App Version (e.g., 0.5.2):
#- PyTorch Version (e.g., 2.0):
#- Python version (e.g., 3.9):
#- OS (e.g., Linux):
#- CUDA/cuDNN version:
#- GPU models and configuration:
#- How you installed Lightning(`conda`, `pip`, source):
#- Running environment of LightningApp (e.g. local, cloud):
```
### More info
_No response_
cc @justusschock @lantiga
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Research direction
Start with MyModel.load_from_checkpoint() and the checkpoint-loading path in lightning/pytorch/core/saving.py, especially the _load_state failure at line 180. Compare the checkpoint callback output files under checkpoint with the expected .ckpt structure, and determine the documented or supported loading workflow for distributed-training checkpoints.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, pytorch
- Domain
- distributed-systems, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100