PennyLaneAI / PennyLaneAI/catalyst

[Bug] The dynamic one-shot transform does not preserve pytree output of QNodes

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Description

dev = qml.device("lightning.qubit", wires=1, shots=20)

@qml.qjit
@qml.qnode(dev, mcm_method="one-shot")
def func(x):
    qml.RX(x, wires=0)
    m_0 = catalyst.measure(0, postselect=1)
    return {"hi": qml.expval(qml.Z(0))}
>>> func(0.9)
array(1.)

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Research direction

Start with the provided Python reproducer using qml.qjit, a one-shot QNode, and a dictionary return value. Trace the dynamic one-shot transform and QNode output handling, then verify that func(0.9) preserves the {"hi": ...} pytree structure instead of returning a scalar array.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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