ImportError: cannot import name 'AutoDistributedModelForCausalLM' from partially initialized module 'petals' (most likely due to a circular import) about petals HOT 3 CLOSED

1. For a second I thought I was missing this obvious issue, but even after renaming my testing file from petals.py to petal.py I still encountered the same issue
2. It fails with ModuleNotFoundError after uninstall, after uninstalling with the recommended install command (installing v2.2.0) it failed with the same described ImportError

My solution was this:

$ pip3 install git+https://github.com/bigscience-workshop/petals.git@main

This installs the main/master branch which did not have the circular dependency issue anymore (versioned at v2.3.0 at commit 03cbe90)

Feel free to close the issue or investigate further. From my perspective, using the main branch directly fixed this issue.

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@lacksfish, try these ideas for starters:

1. check that there is no directory named petals where you launch your code from. It may confuse imports.
2. uninstall petals and make sure that import petals fails with ModuleNotFoundError. Then reinstall and test.

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thank you for exploring this, @lacksfish. I hope that the problem stays in the past with 2.2.0.

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