Keep Last N Checkpoints

src/f5_tts/configs/E2TTS_Base_train.yaml

@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ ckpts:
   logger: wandb  # wandb | tensorboard | None
   save_per_updates: 50000  # save checkpoint per updates
   last_per_updates: 5000  # save last checkpoint per updates
+  keep_last_n_checkpoints: -1  # -1 (default) to keep all checkpoints, 0 to not save intermediate checkpoints, positive N to keep last N checkpoints
   save_dir: ckpts/${model.name}_${model.mel_spec.mel_spec_type}_${model.tokenizer}_${datasets.name}

src/f5_tts/configs/E2TTS_Small_train.yaml

@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ ckpts:
   logger: wandb  # wandb | tensorboard | None
   save_per_updates: 50000  # save checkpoint per updates
   last_per_updates: 5000  # save last checkpoint per updates
+  keep_last_n_checkpoints: -1  # -1 (default) to keep all checkpoints, 0 to not save intermediate checkpoints, positive N to keep last N checkpoints
   save_dir: ckpts/${model.name}_${model.mel_spec.mel_spec_type}_${model.tokenizer}_${datasets.name}

src/f5_tts/configs/F5TTS_Base_train.yaml

@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ ckpts:
   logger: wandb  # wandb | tensorboard | None
   save_per_updates: 50000  # save checkpoint per updates
   last_per_updates: 5000  # save last checkpoint per updates
+  keep_last_n_checkpoints: -1  # -1 (default) to keep all checkpoints, 0 to not save intermediate checkpoints, positive N to keep last N checkpoints
   save_dir: ckpts/${model.name}_${model.mel_spec.mel_spec_type}_${model.tokenizer}_${datasets.name}

src/f5_tts/configs/F5TTS_Small_train.yaml

@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ ckpts:
   logger: wandb  # wandb | tensorboard | None
   save_per_updates: 50000  # save checkpoint per updates
   last_per_updates: 5000  # save last checkpoint per updates
+  keep_last_n_checkpoints: -1  # -1 (default) to keep all checkpoints, 0 to not save intermediate checkpoints, positive N to keep last N checkpoints
   save_dir: ckpts/${model.name}_${model.mel_spec.mel_spec_type}_${model.tokenizer}_${datasets.name}

src/f5_tts/model/trainer.py

@@ -50,7 +50,17 @@ def __init__(
         mel_spec_type: str = "vocos",  # "vocos" | "bigvgan"
         is_local_vocoder: bool = False,  # use local path vocoder
         local_vocoder_path: str = "",  # local vocoder path
+        keep_last_n_checkpoints: int
+        | None = -1,  # -1 (default) to keep all, 0 to not save intermediate ckpts, positive N to keep last N checkpoints
     ):
+        # Validate keep_last_n_checkpoints
+        if not isinstance(keep_last_n_checkpoints, int):
+            raise ValueError("keep_last_n_checkpoints must be an integer")
+        if keep_last_n_checkpoints < -1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "keep_last_n_checkpoints must be -1 (keep all), 0 (no intermediate checkpoints), or positive integer"
+            )
+
         ddp_kwargs = DistributedDataParallelKwargs(find_unused_parameters=True)
 
         if logger == "wandb" and not wandb.api.api_key:
@@ -134,6 +144,8 @@ def __init__(
             self.optimizer = AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=learning_rate)
         self.model, self.optimizer = self.accelerator.prepare(self.model, self.optimizer)
 
+        self.keep_last_n_checkpoints = keep_last_n_checkpoints if keep_last_n_checkpoints is not None else None
+
     @property
     def is_main(self):
         return self.accelerator.is_main_process
@@ -154,7 +166,26 @@ def save_checkpoint(self, update, last=False):
                 self.accelerator.save(checkpoint, f"{self.checkpoint_path}/model_last.pt")
                 print(f"Saved last checkpoint at update {update}")
             else:
+                # Skip saving intermediate checkpoints if keep_last_n_checkpoints is 0
+                if self.keep_last_n_checkpoints == 0:
+                    return
+
                 self.accelerator.save(checkpoint, f"{self.checkpoint_path}/model_{update}.pt")
+                # Implement rolling checkpoint system - only if keep_last_n_checkpoints is positive
+                if self.keep_last_n_checkpoints > 0:
+                    # Get all checkpoint files except model_last.pt
+                    checkpoints = [
+                        f
+                        for f in os.listdir(self.checkpoint_path)
+                        if f.startswith("model_") and f.endswith(".pt") and f != "model_last.pt"
+                    ]
+                    # Sort by step number
+                    checkpoints.sort(key=lambda x: int(x.split("_")[1].split(".")[0]))
+                    # Remove old checkpoints if we have more than keep_last_n_checkpoints
+                    while len(checkpoints) > self.keep_last_n_checkpoints:
+                        oldest_checkpoint = checkpoints.pop(0)
+                        os.remove(os.path.join(self.checkpoint_path, oldest_checkpoint))
+                        print(f"Removed old checkpoint: {oldest_checkpoint}")
 
     def load_checkpoint(self):
         if (

src/f5_tts/train/finetune_cli.py

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ def parse_args():
         action="store_true",
         help="Use 8-bit Adam optimizer from bitsandbytes",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--keep_last_n_checkpoints",
+        type=int,
+        default=-1,
+        help="-1 (default) to keep all checkpoints, 0 to not save intermediate checkpoints, positive N to keep last N checkpoints",
+    )
 
     return parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -158,6 +164,7 @@ def main():
         log_samples=args.log_samples,
         last_per_updates=args.last_per_updates,
         bnb_optimizer=args.bnb_optimizer,
+        keep_last_n_checkpoints=args.keep_last_n_checkpoints,
     )
 
     train_dataset = load_dataset(args.dataset_name, tokenizer, mel_spec_kwargs=mel_spec_kwargs)

src/f5_tts/train/finetune_gradio.py

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def save_settings(
     mixed_precision,
     logger,
     ch_8bit_adam,
+    keep_last_n_checkpoints,
 ):
     path_project = os.path.join(path_project_ckpts, project_name)
     os.makedirs(path_project, exist_ok=True)
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ def save_settings(
         "mixed_precision": mixed_precision,
         "logger": logger,
         "bnb_optimizer": ch_8bit_adam,
+        "keep_last_n_checkpoints": keep_last_n_checkpoints,
     }
     with open(file_setting, "w") as f:
         json.dump(settings, f, indent=4)
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ def load_settings(project_name):
             "mixed_precision": "none",
             "logger": "wandb",
             "bnb_optimizer": False,
+            "keep_last_n_checkpoints": -1,  # Default to keep all checkpoints
         }
         return (
             settings["exp_name"],
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ def load_settings(project_name):
             settings["mixed_precision"],
             settings["logger"],
             settings["bnb_optimizer"],
+            settings["keep_last_n_checkpoints"],
         )
 
     with open(file_setting, "r") as f:
@@ -154,6 +158,8 @@ def load_settings(project_name):
             settings["logger"] = "wandb"
         if "bnb_optimizer" not in settings:
             settings["bnb_optimizer"] = False
+        if "keep_last_n_checkpoints" not in settings:
+            settings["keep_last_n_checkpoints"] = -1  # Default to keep all checkpoints
         if "last_per_updates" not in settings:  # patch for backward compatibility, with before f992c4e
             settings["last_per_updates"] = settings["last_per_steps"] // settings["grad_accumulation_steps"]
     return (
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ def load_settings(project_name):
         settings["mixed_precision"],
         settings["logger"],
         settings["bnb_optimizer"],
+        settings["keep_last_n_checkpoints"],
     )
 
 
@@ -390,6 +397,7 @@ def start_training(
     stream=False,
     logger="wandb",
     ch_8bit_adam=False,
+    keep_last_n_checkpoints=-1,
 ):
     global training_process, tts_api, stop_signal
 
@@ -451,7 +459,8 @@ def start_training(
         f"--num_warmup_updates {num_warmup_updates} "
         f"--save_per_updates {save_per_updates} "
         f"--last_per_updates {last_per_updates} "
-        f"--dataset_name {dataset_name}"
+        f"--dataset_name {dataset_name} "
+        f"--keep_last_n_checkpoints {keep_last_n_checkpoints}"
     )
 
     if finetune:
@@ -492,6 +501,7 @@ def start_training(
         mixed_precision,
         logger,
         ch_8bit_adam,
+        keep_last_n_checkpoints,
     )
 
     try:
@@ -1564,6 +1574,13 @@ def get_audio_select(file_sample):
             with gr.Row():
                 save_per_updates = gr.Number(label="Save per Updates", value=300)
                 last_per_updates = gr.Number(label="Last per Updates", value=100)
+                keep_last_n_checkpoints = gr.Number(
+                    label="Keep Last N Checkpoints",
+                    value=-1,
+                    step=1,
+                    precision=0,
+                    info="-1: Keep all checkpoints, 0: Only save final model_last.pt, N>0: Keep last N checkpoints",
+                )
 
             with gr.Row():
                 ch_8bit_adam = gr.Checkbox(label="Use 8-bit Adam optimizer")
@@ -1592,6 +1609,7 @@ def get_audio_select(file_sample):
                     mixed_precisionv,
                     cd_loggerv,
                     ch_8bit_adamv,
+                    keep_last_n_checkpointsv,
                 ) = load_settings(projects_selelect)
                 exp_name.value = exp_namev
                 learning_rate.value = learning_ratev
@@ -1611,6 +1629,7 @@ def get_audio_select(file_sample):
                 mixed_precision.value = mixed_precisionv
                 cd_logger.value = cd_loggerv
                 ch_8bit_adam.value = ch_8bit_adamv
+                keep_last_n_checkpoints.value = keep_last_n_checkpointsv
 
             ch_stream = gr.Checkbox(label="Stream Output Experiment", value=True)
             txt_info_train = gr.Text(label="Info", value="")
@@ -1670,6 +1689,7 @@ def get_audio_select(file_sample):
                     ch_stream,
                     cd_logger,
                     ch_8bit_adam,
+                    keep_last_n_checkpoints,
                 ],
                 outputs=[txt_info_train, start_button, stop_button],
             )

src/f5_tts/train/train.py

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def main(cfg):
         mel_spec_type=mel_spec_type,
         is_local_vocoder=cfg.model.vocoder.is_local,
         local_vocoder_path=cfg.model.vocoder.local_path,
+        keep_last_n_checkpoints=getattr(cfg.ckpts, "keep_last_n_checkpoints", None),
     )
 
     train_dataset = load_dataset(cfg.datasets.name, tokenizer, mel_spec_kwargs=cfg.model.mel_spec)