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Title: Large memory use when loading large datasets to a ZFS pool
State: closed

### Describe the bug

When I load large parquet based datasets from the hub like `MLCommons/peoples_speech` using `load_dataset`, all my memory (500GB) is used and isn't released after loading, meaning that the process is terminated by the kernel if I try to load an additional dataset. This makes it impossible to train models using multiple large datasets.

### Steps to reproduce the bug

`uv run --with datasets==3.5.1 python`

```python
from datasets import load_dataset
load_dataset('MLCommons/peoples_speech', 'clean')
load_dataset('mozilla-foundation/common_voice_17_0', 'en')
```

### Expected behavior

I would expect that a lot less than 500GB of RAM would be required to load the dataset, or at least that the RAM usage would be cleared as soon as the dataset is loaded (and thus reside as a memory mapped file) such that other datasets can be loaded.

### Environment info

I am currently using the latest datasets==3.5.1 but I have had the same problem with multiple other versions.

Comments:
Hi ! datasets are memory mapped from disk, so they don't fill out your RAM. Not sure what's the source of your memory issue.

What kind of system are you using ? and what kind of disk ?

Well, the fact of the matter is that my RAM is getting filled out by running the given example, as shown in [this video](https://streamable.com/usb0ql).

My system is a GPU server running Ubuntu. The disk is a SATA SSD attached to the server using a backplane. It is formatted with ZFS, mounted in /cache, and my HF_HOME is set to /cache/hf

I really need this fixed, so I am more than willing to test out various suggestions you might have, or write a PR if we can figure out what is going on.

I'm not super familiar with ZFS, but it looks like it loads the data in memory when the files are memory mapped, which is an issue.

Maybe it's a caching mechanism ? Since `datasets` accesses every memory mapped file to read a small part (the metadata of the arrow record batches), maybe ZFS brings the whole files in memory for quicker subsequent reads. This is an antipattern when it comes to lazy loading datasets of that size though

This is the answer.

I tried changing my HF_HOME to an NFS share, and no RAM is then consumed loading the dataset.

I will try to see if I can find a way to configure the ZFS pool to not cache the files (disabling the ARC/primary cache didn't work), and if I do write the solution in this issue. If I can't I guess I have to reformat my cache drive.
Title: Networked Pull Through Cache
State: open
Labels: description: New feature or request
name: enhancement

### Feature request

Introduce a HF_DATASET_CACHE_NETWORK_LOCATION configuration (e.g. an environment variable) together with a companion network cache service.

Enable a three-tier cache lookup for datasets:

1. Local on-disk cache
2. Configurable network cache proxy
3. Official Hugging Face Hub

### Motivation

- Distributed training & ephemeral jobs: In high-performance or containerized clusters, relying solely on a local disk cache either becomes a streaming bottleneck or incurs a heavy cold-start penalty as each job must re-download datasets.
- Traffic & cost reduction: A pull-through network cache lets multiple consumers share a common cache layer, reducing duplicate downloads from the Hub and lowering egress costs.
- Better streaming adoption: By offloading repeat dataset pulls to a locally managed cache proxy, streaming workloads can achieve higher throughput and more predictable latency.
- Proven pattern: Similar proxy-cache solutions (e.g. Harbor’s Proxy Cache for Docker images) have demonstrated reliability and performance at scale: https://goharbor.io/docs/2.1.0/administration/configure-proxy-cache/

### Your contribution

I’m happy to draft the initial PR for adding HF_DATASET_CACHE_NETWORK_LOCATION support in datasets and sketch out a minimal cache-service prototype.

I have limited bandwidth so I would be looking for collaborators if anyone else is interested. 

Comments:
Title: Add try_original_type to DatasetDict.map
State: closed

This PR resolves #7472 for DatasetDict 

The previously merged PR #7483 added `try_original_type` to ArrowDataset, but DatasetDict misses `try_original_type`

Cc: @lhoestq 

Comments:
The docs for this PR live [here](https://moon-ci-docs.huggingface.co/docs/datasets/pr_7544). All of your documentation changes will be reflected on that endpoint. The docs are available until 30 days after the last update.

Sure! I just committed the changes

@lhoestq 
Let me know if there are other things to do before merge or other places to add `try_original_type` argument
Title: The memory-disk mapping failure issue of the map function（resolved, but there are some suggestions.）
State: closed

### Describe the bug

## bug
When the map function processes a large dataset, it temporarily stores the data in a cache file on the disk. After the data is stored, the memory occupied by it is released. Therefore, when using the map function to process a large-scale dataset, only a dataset space of the size of `writer_batch_size` will be occupied in memory.

However, I found that the map function does not actually reduce memory usage when I used it. At first, I thought there was a bug in the program, causing a memory leak—meaning the memory was not released after the data was stored in the cache. But later, I used a Linux command to check for recently modified files during program execution and found that no new files were created or modified. This indicates that the program did not store the dataset in the disk cache.
## bug solved
After modifying the parameters of the map function multiple times, I discovered the `cache_file_name` parameter. By changing it, the cache file can be stored in the specified directory. After making this change, I noticed that the cache file appeared. Initially, I found this quite incredible, but then I wondered if the cache file might have failed to be stored in a certain folder. This could be related to the fact that I don't have root privileges.

So, I delved into the source code of the map function to find out where the cache file would be stored by default. Eventually, I found the function `def _get_cache_file_path(self, fingerprint):`, which automatically generates the storage path for the cache file. The output was as follows: `/tmp/hf_datasets-j5qco9ug/cache-f2830487643b9cc2.arrow`. My hypothesis was confirmed: the lack of root privileges indeed prevented the cache file from being stored, which in turn prevented the release of memory. Therefore, changing the storage location to a folder where I have write access resolved the issue.

### Steps to reproduce the bug

my code
`train_data = train_data.map(process_fun, remove_columns=['image_name', 'question_type', 'concern', 'question', 'candidate_answers', 'answer'])`

### Expected behavior

Although my bug has been resolved, it still took me nearly a week to search for relevant information and debug the program. However, if a warning or error message about insufficient cache file write permissions could be provided during program execution, I might have been able to identify the cause more quickly. Therefore, I hope this aspect can be improved. I am documenting this bug here so that friends who encounter similar issues can solve their problems in a timely manner.

### Environment info

python: 3.10.15
datasets: 3.5.0

Comments:
Title: support pyarrow 20
State: closed

fix

```
TypeError: ArrayExtensionArray.to_pylist() got an unexpected keyword argument 'maps_as_pydicts'
```

Comments:
The docs for this PR live [here](https://moon-ci-docs.huggingface.co/docs/datasets/pr_7540). All of your documentation changes will be reflected on that endpoint. The docs are available until 30 days after the last update.
Title: Fix IterableDataset state_dict shard_example_idx counting
State: closed

# Fix IterableDataset's state_dict shard_example_idx reporting

## Description

This PR fixes issue #7475 where the `shard_example_idx` value in `IterableDataset`'s `state_dict()` always equals the number of samples in a shard, even if only a few examples have been consumed.

The issue is in the `_iter_arrow` method of the `ArrowExamplesIterable` class where it updates the `shard_example_idx` state by the full length of the batch (`len(pa_table)`) even when we're only partway through processing the examples. 

## Changes

Modified the `_iter_arrow` method of `ArrowExamplesIterable` to:
1. Track the actual number of examples processed
2. Only increment the `shard_example_idx` by the number of examples actually yielded
3. Handle partial batches correctly

## How to Test

I've included a simple test case that demonstrates the fix:

```python
from datasets import Dataset

# Create a test dataset
ds = Dataset.from_dict({"a": range(6)}).to_iterable_dataset(num_shards=1)

# Iterate through part of the dataset
for idx, example in enumerate(ds):
    print(example)
    if idx == 2:  # Stop after 3 examples (0, 1, 2)
        state_dict = ds.state_dict()
        print("Checkpoint state_dict:", state_dict)
        break

# Before the fix, the output would show shard_example_idx: 6
# After the fix, it shows shard_example_idx: 3, correctly reflecting the 3 processed examples
```

## Implementation Details

1. Added logic to track the number of examples actually seen in the current shard
2. Modified the state update to only count examples actually yielded
3. Improved handling of partial batches and skipped examples

This fix ensures that checkpointing and resuming works correctly with exactly the expected number of examples, rather than skipping ahead to the end of the batch.

Comments:
The docs for this PR live [here](https://moon-ci-docs.huggingface.co/docs/datasets/pr_7539). All of your documentation changes will be reflected on that endpoint. The docs are available until 30 days after the last update.

Hi ! FYI I made a PR to fix https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/7538 and it also fixed https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/7475, so if I'm not mistaken this PR is not needed anymore
Title: `IterableDataset` drops samples when resuming from a checkpoint
State: closed
Labels: description: Something isn't working
name: bug

When resuming from a checkpoint, `IterableDataset` will drop samples if `num_shards % world_size == 0` and the underlying example supports `iter_arrow` and needs to be formatted. 

In that case, the `FormattedExamplesIterable` fetches a batch of samples from the child iterable's `iter_arrow` and yields them one by one (after formatting). However, the child increments the `shard_example_idx` counter (in its `iter_arrow`) before returning the batch for the whole batch size, which leads to a portion of samples being skipped if the iteration (of the parent iterable) is stopped mid-batch. 

Perhaps one way to avoid this would be by signalling the child iterable which samples (within the chunk) are processed by the parent and which are not, so that it can adjust the `shard_example_idx` counter accordingly. This would also mean the chunk needs to be sliced when resuming, but this is straightforward to implement.

The following is a minimal reproducer of the bug:
```python
from datasets import Dataset
from datasets.distributed import split_dataset_by_node

ds = Dataset.from_dict({"n": list(range(24))})
ds = ds.to_iterable_dataset(num_shards=4)

world_size = 4
rank = 0    
ds_rank = split_dataset_by_node(ds, rank, world_size)

it = iter(ds_rank)
examples = []
for idx, example in enumerate(it):
    examples.append(example)
    if idx == 2:
        state_dict = ds_rank.state_dict()
        break

ds_rank.load_state_dict(state_dict)
it_resumed = iter(ds_rank)
examples_resumed = examples[:]

for example in it:
    examples.append(example)

for example in it_resumed:
    examples_resumed.append(example)

print("ORIGINAL ITER EXAMPLES:", examples)
print("RESUMED ITER EXAMPLES:", examples_resumed)
```

Comments:
Thanks for reporting ! I fixed the issue using RebatchedArrowExamplesIterable before the formatted iterable
Title: `datasets.map(..., num_proc=4)` multi-processing fails
State: open

The following code fails in python 3.11+ 

```python
tokenized_datasets = datasets.map(tokenize_function, batched=True, num_proc=4, remove_columns=["text"])  
```
Error log:
```bash
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/multiprocess/process.py", line 315, in _bootstrap
self.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/multiprocess/process.py", line 108, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/multiprocess/pool.py", line 114, in worker
task = get()
^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/multiprocess/queues.py", line 371, in get
return _ForkingPickler.loads(res)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/dill/_dill.py", line 327, in loads
return load(file, ignore, **kwds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/dill/_dill.py", line 313, in load
return Unpickler(file, ignore=ignore, **kwds).load()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/dill/_dill.py", line 525, in load
obj = StockUnpickler.load(self)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/dill/_dill.py", line 659, in _create_code
if len(args) == 16: return CodeType(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: code() argument 13 must be str, not int
```

After upgrading dill to the latest 0.4.0 with "pip install --upgrade dill", it can pass. So it seems that there is a compatibility issue between dill 0.3.4 and python 3.11+, because python 3.10 works fine. 


Is the dill deterministic issue mentioned in https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/blob/main/setup.py#L117) still valid? Any plan to unpin? 


Comments:
related: https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/7510

we need to do more tests to see if latest `dill` is deterministic
Title: TensorFlow RaggedTensor Support (batch-level)
State: open
Labels: description: New feature or request
name: enhancement

### Feature request

Hi,

Currently datasets does not support RaggedTensor output on batch-level.
When building a Object Detection Dataset (with TensorFlow) I need to enable RaggedTensors as that's how BBoxes & classes are expected from the Keras Model POV.

Currently there's a error thrown saying that "Nested Data is not supported".

It'd be very helpful if this was fixed! :)

### Motivation

Enabling Object Detection pipelines for TensorFlow.

### Your contribution

With guidance I'd happily help making the PR.

The current implementation with DataCollator and later enforcing `np.array` is the problematic part (at the end of `np_get_batch` in `tf_utils.py`). As `numpy` don't support "Raggednes"

Comments:
Keras doesn't support other inputs other than tf.data.Dataset objects ? it's a bit painful to have to support and maintain this kind of integration

Is there a way to use a `datasets.Dataset` with outputs formatted as tensors / ragged tensors instead ? like in https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/use_with_tensorflow#dataset-format

I'll give it a try when I get the time. But quite sure I already tested the `with_format` approach.

Keras when using TF as backend converts the datasets into `tf.data.Dataset`, much like you do.

Hi @Lundez! Thanks for raising this — very valid point, especially for Object Detection use-cases.

You're right that np_get_batch currently enforces numpy batching, which breaks RaggedTensor support due to its inability to handle nested structures. This likely needs a redesign to allow TensorFlow-native batching in specific formats.

Before diving into a code change though, could you confirm:

Does `.with_format("tensorflow")` (without batching) return a `tf.data.Dataset` that works if batching is deferred to `model.fit()`?

Have you tried something like:

```python
tf_dataset = dataset.with_format("tensorflow").to_tf_dataset(
    columns=["image", "labels"],
    label_cols=None,
    batch_size=None  # No batching here
)
model.fit(tf_dataset.batch(BATCH_SIZE))  # Use RaggedTensor batching here
```

If this works, it might be worth updating the documentation rather than changing batching logic inside datasets itself.

That said, happy to explore changes if batching needs to be supported natively for RaggedTensor. Just flagging that it’d require some careful design due to existing numpy assumptions.

Hi, we've had to move on for now. 

We have actually also moved to dense tensors to make it possible to xla complie the training. 

But I'll check when I'm back from vacation which is far into the future. 

Thanks
Title: Add custom fingerprint support to `from_generator`
State: closed

This PR adds `dataset_id_suffix` parameter to 'Dataset.from_generator' function.

`Dataset.from_generator` function passes all of its arguments to `BuilderConfig.create_config_id`, including generator function itself. `BuilderConfig.create_config_id` function tries to hash all the args, which can take a large amount of time or even cause MemoryError if the dataset processed in a generator function is large enough.

This PR allows user to pass a custom fingerprint (`dataset_id_suffix`) to be used as a suffix in a dataset name instead of the one generated by hashing the args.

This PR is a possible solution of #7513 

Comments:
This is great !

What do you think of passing `config_id=` directly to the builder instead of just the suffix ? This would be a power user argument though, or for internal use. And in from_generator the new argument can be `fingerprint=` as in `Dataset.__init__()`

The `config_id` can be defined using something like `config_id = "default-fingerprint=" + fingerprint`

I feel ike this could make the Dataset API more coherent if we avoid introducing a new argument while we can juste use `fingerprint=`

@lhoestq could you please re-review the changes I made?

@lhoestq ping
I also added a simple test for the `fingerprint` parameter

@lhoestq could you please review the PR? I implemented the requested changes and added a test for the added `fingerprint` arg

The docs for this PR live [here](https://moon-ci-docs.huggingface.co/docs/datasets/pr_7533). All of your documentation changes will be reflected on that endpoint. The docs are available until 30 days after the last update.
Title: Document the HF_DATASETS_CACHE environment variable in the datasets cache documentation
State: closed


This pull request updates the Datasets documentation to include the `HF_DATASETS_CACHE` environment variable. While the current documentation only mentions `HF_HOME` for overriding the default cache directory, `HF_DATASETS_CACHE` is also a supported and useful option for specifying a custom cache location for datasets stored in Arrow format.

This addition is based on the discussion in (https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/7457), where users noted the absence of this variable in the documentation despite its functionality. The update adds a new section to `cache.mdx` that explains how to use `HF_DATASETS_CACHE` with an example.

This change aims to improve clarity and help users better manage their cache directories when working in shared environments or with limited local storage.

Closes #7457.

Comments:
The docs for this PR live [here](https://moon-ci-docs.huggingface.co/docs/datasets/pr_7532). All of your documentation changes will be reflected on that endpoint. The docs are available until 30 days after the last update.

Your clarification in your comment at https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/7480#issuecomment-2833640084 sounds great, would you like to update this PR to include it ?

Hi @lhoestq, I’ve updated the documentation to reflect the clarifications discussed in #7480. Let me know if anything else is needed!
Title: How to solve "Spaces stuck in Building" problems
State: closed

### Describe the bug

Public spaces may stuck in Building after restarting, error log as follows:

build error
Unexpected job error

ERROR: failed to push spaces-registry.huggingface.tech/spaces/*:cpu-*-*: unexpected status from HEAD request to https://spaces-registry.huggingface.tech/v2/spaces/*/manifests/cpu-*-*: 401 Unauthorized

### Steps to reproduce the bug

Restart space / Factory rebuild cannot avoid it

### Expected behavior

Fix this problem

### Environment info

no requirements.txt can still happen
python gradio spaces

Comments:
I'm facing the same issue—Space stuck in "Building" even after restart and Factory rebuild. Any fix?


> I'm facing the same issue—Space stuck in "Building" even after restart and Factory rebuild. Any fix?

Also see https://github.com/huggingface/huggingface_hub/issues/3019

I'm facing the same issue. The build fails with the same error, and restarting won't help. Is there a fix or ETA? 

Same error happens today, Nov 10th.
Title: audio folder builder cannot detect custom split name
State: open

### Describe the bug

when using audio folder builder (`load_dataset("audiofolder", data_dir="/path/to/folder")`), it cannot detect custom split name other than train/validation/test

### Steps to reproduce the bug

i have the following folder structure
```
my_dataset/
├── train/
│   ├── lorem.wav
│   ├── …
│   └── metadata.csv
├── test/
│   ├── ipsum.wav
│   ├── …
│   └── metadata.csv
├── validation/
│   ├── dolor.wav
│   ├── …
│   └── metadata.csv
└── custom/
    ├── sit.wav
    ├── …
    └── metadata.csv
```
using `ds = load_dataset("audiofolder", data_dir="/path/to/my_dataset")`

### Expected behavior

i got `ds` with only 3 splits train/validation/test, whenever i rename train/validation/test folder it also disappear if i re-create `ds`

### Environment info

- `datasets` version: 3.5.0
- Platform: Windows-11-10.0.26100-SP0
- Python version: 3.12.8
- `huggingface_hub` version: 0.30.2
- PyArrow version: 18.1.0
- Pandas version: 2.2.3
- `fsspec` version: 2024.9.0

Comments:
Title: Data Studio Error: Convert JSONL incorrectly
State: open

### Describe the bug

Hi there,

I uploaded a dataset here https://huggingface.co/datasets/V-STaR-Bench/V-STaR, but I found that Data Studio incorrectly convert the "bboxes" value for the whole dataset. Therefore, anyone who downloaded the dataset via the API would get the wrong "bboxes" value in the data file.

Could you help me address the issue?

Many thanks,



### Steps to reproduce the bug

The JSONL file of [V_STaR_test_release.jsonl](https://huggingface.co/datasets/V-STaR-Bench/V-STaR/blob/main/V_STaR_test_release.jsonl) has the correct values of every "bboxes" for each sample.

But in the Data Studio, we can see that the values of "bboxes" have changed, and load the dataset via API will also get the wrong values.

### Expected behavior

Fix the bug to correctly download my dataset.

### Environment info

- `datasets` version: 2.16.1
- Platform: Linux-5.14.0-427.22.1.el9_4.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.34
- Python version: 3.10.16
- `huggingface_hub` version: 0.29.3
- PyArrow version: 19.0.0
- Pandas version: 2.2.3
- `fsspec` version: 2023.10.0

Comments:
Hi ! Your JSONL file is incompatible with Arrow / Parquet. Indeed in Arrow / Parquet every dict should have the same keys, while in your dataset the bboxes have varying keys.

This causes the Data Studio to treat the bboxes as if each row was missing the keys from other rows.

Feel free to take a look at the docs on object segmentation to see how to format a dataset with bboxes: https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/object_detection