Route string/bool values to Pluto config, handle unmapped types

pluto/compat/wandb.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 """
 
 import atexit
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import threading
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Distinct from None so config dedup can tell "never logged" from "logged None".
+_MISSING = object()
+
 _original_wandb_init = None
 _original_wandb_log = None
 _original_wandb_finish = None
@@ -91,6 +95,13 @@ def __init__(self, wandb_run, pluto_run, pluto_module, wandb_disabled=False):
         self._fallback_step = 0  # Used when wandb is disabled (_step won't increment)
         self._closed = False
         self._close_lock = threading.Lock()
+        # Keys we've already warned about being unforwardable to Pluto, so a
+        # value logged every step warns once rather than spamming the logs.
+        self._unforwardable_warned: set = set()
+        # Last config values we synced to Pluto, keyed by log key. Lets us skip
+        # redundant update_config() calls when a str/bool/config value is logged
+        # unchanged every step (a common pattern: phase/status/checkpoint paths).
+        self._last_logged_config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
         if self._pluto_run:
             atexit.register(self._atexit_cleanup_pluto)
@@ -158,7 +169,26 @@ def _do_finish():
             logger.debug(f'pluto.compat.wandb: Pluto finish timed out after {timeout}s')
 
     def log(self, data: Dict[str, Any], step=None, commit=None, **kwargs):
-        """Log metrics to both wandb and Pluto."""
+        """Log metrics to both wandb and Pluto.
+
+        Value routing for the Pluto side:
+        - int/float and any scalar exposing .item() (numpy/torch/etc.)
+          -> Pluto metrics (time-series), matching Pluto core's own log()
+        - wandb media (Image/Video/Audio/Histogram/Table), and lists
+          thereof -> converted Pluto media
+        - str and bool -> Pluto config (latest-wins). Pluto has no
+          string/bool time-series metric, so these mirror wandb's
+          summary/overview placement and stay queryable via
+          get_run().config.
+        - anything else with no metric/media mapping -> preserved as
+          config if it survives update_config's normalization (incl.
+          OmegaConf), otherwise dropped and reported to Sentry telemetry
+          once per key (a maintainer-coverage signal, not a user-facing
+          warning). See _handle_unforwardable.
+
+        str/bool/config values are deduped against the last synced value, so
+        logging an unchanged value every step doesn't spam update_config.
+        """
         # Determine the step to use for Pluto.
         # When step is explicit, use it. Otherwise:
         # - Normal mode: read wandb's _step before log() increments it
@@ -186,11 +216,29 @@ def log(self, data: Dict[str, Any], step=None, commit=None, **kwargs):
                 # Pluto.log() natively supports lists, so we just need
                 # to convert each element and pass the list through.
                 pluto_data: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+                # String values have no time-series metric equivalent in
+                # Pluto (op._process_log_item_sync only keeps int/float/
+                # tensor/File/Data). wandb puts loose strings in the run
+                # summary/overview; the closest Pluto analogue is config,
+                # which is latest-wins and queryable via get_run().config.
+                # This is what lets e.g. a resume skill read back the most
+                # recent checkpoint/r2_path for a run.
+                pluto_config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
                 for key, value in data.items():
-                    if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+                    if isinstance(value, bool):
+                        # bool is a subclass of int, but Pluto drops bool
+                        # metrics — surface it as config so it isn't lost.
+                        # Skip if unchanged since last log (avoid redundant
+                        # config writes when logged every step).
+                        if self._last_logged_config.get(key, _MISSING) != value:
+                            pluto_config[key] = value
+                    elif isinstance(value, (int, float)):
                         pluto_data[key] = value
-                    elif _is_torch_tensor_scalar(value):
-                        pluto_data[key] = value.item()
+                    elif (num := _as_scalar_number(value)) is not None:
+                        pluto_data[key] = num
+                    elif isinstance(value, str):
+                        if self._last_logged_config.get(key, _MISSING) != value:
+                            pluto_config[key] = value
                     elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
                         # List of wandb media — convert each element.
                         converted_items = []
@@ -200,22 +248,102 @@ def log(self, data: Dict[str, Any], step=None, commit=None, **kwargs):
                                 converted_items.append(c)
                         if converted_items:
                             pluto_data[key] = converted_items
+                        else:
+                            # Not a media list (e.g. list of primitives) —
+                            # preserve as config if possible, else warn.
+                            self._handle_unforwardable(key, value, pluto_config)
                     else:
                         # Try to convert wandb data types to pluto equivalents
                         converted = _convert_wandb_to_pluto(key, value, self._pluto)
                         if converted is not None:
                             pluto_data[key] = converted
-
+                        else:
+                            # No metric/media mapping — last-resort handling
+                            # so the value is never silently dropped.
+                            self._handle_unforwardable(key, value, pluto_config)
+
+                # Metrics and config are sent in independent try blocks: a
+                # failure logging metrics must NOT skip the config update (or
+                # vice versa) — str/bool from the same wandb.log() call live in
+                # config and would otherwise be silently lost.
                 if pluto_data:
-                    log_kwargs = {}
-                    if actual_step is not None:
-                        log_kwargs['step'] = actual_step
-                    self._pluto_run.log(pluto_data, **log_kwargs)
+                    try:
+                        log_kwargs = {}
+                        if actual_step is not None:
+                            log_kwargs['step'] = actual_step
+                        self._pluto_run.log(pluto_data, **log_kwargs)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.debug(
+                            f'pluto.compat.wandb: Failed to log metrics to Pluto: {e}'
+                        )
+
+                if pluto_config:
+                    try:
+                        self._pluto_run.update_config(pluto_config)
+                        # Only remember as synced once the update succeeds.
+                        self._last_logged_config.update(pluto_config)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.debug(
+                            f'pluto.compat.wandb: Failed to sync config to Pluto: {e}'
+                        )
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.debug(f'pluto.compat.wandb: Failed to log metrics to Pluto: {e}')
+                logger.debug(f'pluto.compat.wandb: Failed to prepare Pluto data: {e}')
 
         return result
 
+    def _handle_unforwardable(self, key, value, pluto_config: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Last-resort handling for a value with no metric/media mapping.
+
+        Pluto only stores numbers (metrics), media/structured data, and
+        config — so values outside those (dicts, None, raw/multi-element
+        tensors, numpy arrays, unconvertible wandb media like Html/Object3D,
+        custom objects) have nowhere to go. Rather than dropping them
+        silently — which is what made missing data so hard to diagnose —
+        we:
+
+        1. Preserve the value as config if it survives update_config's own
+           normalization (mirrors how wandb keeps loose values in the run
+           summary). This covers nested dicts/lists of primitives, None, and
+           OmegaConf DictConfig/ListConfig nodes (which to_native_config
+           deep-converts). Skipped if unchanged since the last log.
+        2. Otherwise drop the Pluto copy (it still reached W&B) and report
+           it as a maintainer-coverage signal via Sentry telemetry — once
+           per key. This is a gap in OUR type handling, not a user error,
+           so we deliberately do NOT emit a user-facing warning: people
+           migrating away from wandb shouldn't be nagged about types only
+           we can fix. The local log stays at debug for self-host
+           debugging.
+        """
+        storable, native = _config_storable_value(value)
+        if storable:
+            if self._last_logged_config.get(key, _MISSING) != native:
+                pluto_config[key] = native
+            return
+        if key in self._unforwardable_warned:
+            return
+        self._unforwardable_warned.add(key)
+        type_name = type(value).__name__
+        # Quiet locally (debug only) — not a user-actionable problem.
+        logger.debug(
+            'pluto.compat.wandb: not forwarding %r to Pluto — type %s has no '
+            'metric/media/config mapping (still logged to W&B).',
+            key,
+            type_name,
+        )
+        # Alert us (the maintainers) so we can add coverage for the type.
+        # Message is keyed on the type (not the run-specific key) so Sentry
+        # groups all occurrences of the same unhandled type together.
+        try:
+            from pluto import sentry
+
+            sentry.capture_message(
+                f'wandb compat: unforwardable Pluto log value of type '
+                f'{type_name!r} (no metric/media/config mapping)',
+                level='warning',
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
     def finish(self, exit_code=None, quiet=None):
         """Finish both wandb and Pluto runs."""
         with self._close_lock:
@@ -498,14 +626,56 @@ def _resolve_wandb_to_pluto_run(wandb_run_id, project):
     return None
 
 
-def _is_torch_tensor_scalar(value):
-    """Check if value is a scalar torch tensor."""
+def _as_scalar_number(value):
+    """Return value as a python int/float if it's a scalar number, else None.
+
+    Mirrors Pluto's own log() (op._process_log_item_sync), which forwards
+    anything exposing a callable ``.item()``. The shim previously only
+    accepted plain int/float and torch scalar tensors, so a value logged as
+    a numpy scalar (``np.int64``), a 0-d numpy array, or a non-torch 0-d
+    tensor was dropped here even though Pluto core would have kept it — e.g.
+    an ``epoch`` that is ``np.int64`` rather than a plain ``int``.
+
+    bool and str are excluded (Pluto drops bool metrics; str routes to
+    config). ``.item()`` on a multi-element array/tensor raises — we treat
+    that as "not a scalar" and return None, same as Pluto would fail it.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, (bool, str)):
+        return None
+    item = getattr(value, 'item', None)
+    if not callable(item):
+        return None
+    try:
+        result = item()
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+    if isinstance(result, bool) or not isinstance(result, (int, float)):
+        return None
+    return result
+
+
+def _config_storable_value(value):
+    """Return ``(storable, native)`` for the config fallback.
+
+    Mirrors what ``update_config`` actually does — normalize via
+    ``to_native_config`` (which deep-converts OmegaConf ``DictConfig`` /
+    ``ListConfig`` to native containers), then check JSON-serializability.
+    Keeping the gate in lockstep with ``update_config`` means a logged
+    ``DictConfig`` is correctly stored as config, even though plain
+    ``json.dumps`` would reject it. Tensors / ndarrays / custom objects still
+    fail (``to_native_config`` leaves them as-is) and fall through to the
+    Sentry path.
+
+    Returns ``(True, native_value)`` when storable, else ``(False, None)``.
+    """
     try:
-        import torch
+        from pluto.util import to_native_config
 
-        return isinstance(value, torch.Tensor) and value.dim() == 0
-    except ImportError:
-        return False
+        native = to_native_config(value)
+        json.dumps(native)
+        return True, native
+    except Exception:
+        return False, None
 
 
 def _is_torch_distributed() -> bool: