Addresses #742, environment variable setup issue (#753)

Author: insop

apps/grpo/llama3_8b.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ compile: true # Enable torch.compile for trainer/ref_model, and CUDA graphs for
 metric_logging:
   wandb:
     project: grpo-training
-    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
   console:
     logging_mode: global_reduce

apps/grpo/qwen3_1_7b.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rollout_threads: 1   # Recommended to set equal to generator.num_replicas
 metric_logging:
   wandb:
     project: grpo-training
-    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
   console:
     logging_mode: global_reduce

apps/grpo/qwen3_8b.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ compile: true # Enable torch.compile for trainer/ref_model, and CUDA graphs for
 metric_logging:
   wandb:
     project: grpo-training
-    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
   console:
     logging_mode: global_reduce

apps/sft/llama3_8b.yaml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ activation_checkpoint:
 metric_logging:
   wandb:
     project: sft-training
-    group: sft_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: sft_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
 
 

apps/sft/qwen3_8b.yaml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ activation_checkpoint:
 metric_logging:
   wandb:
     project: sft-training
-    group: sft_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: sft_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
 
 # profiling:

experimental/slurm/qwen3_30b_a3b.yaml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ metric_logging:
   wandb:
     entity: torchforge
     project: grpo-training
-    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
   console:
     logging_mode: global_reduce

experimental/slurm/qwen3_32b.yaml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ metric_logging:
   wandb:
     entity: agentic-models
     project: grpo-training
-    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
   console:
     logging_mode: global_reduce

experimental/slurm/qwen3_8b.yaml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ metric_logging:
   wandb:
     entity: torchforge
     project: grpo-training
-    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    group: grpo_exp_${oc.env:USER,default_user}
     logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
   console:
     logging_mode: global_reduce