fix(pt): declare the DPA-4 neighbor-list dependency and name it on failure by iProzd · Pull Request #6037 · deepmodeling/deepmd-kit

iProzd · 2026-09-21T17:27:33Z

The DPA-4 / SeZM descriptor needs a neighbor-list backend at runtime, and nothing in the project
metadata declares one.

vesin appears nowhere in pyproject.toml.
The nvalchemi extra pulls nvalchemi-toolkit, which provides the nvalchemi import used by
deepmd/pt/nvalchemi. The neighbor list imports nvalchemiops, which comes from a different
distribution, nvalchemi-toolkit-ops.

So a plain install builds a model and then stops at:

RuntimeError: SeZM neighbor-list construction requires either 'nvalchemiops' or 'vesin',
but neither is importable.

pip check stays clean throughout, because the requirement is never declared. The message also names
import names, which are not what a user installs.

Change

A dpa4 extra covering what the descriptor needs at runtime:
```
dpa4 = [
    "e3nn",          # S2 grid projections
    "vesin[torch]",  # O(N) neighbor list
]
```
vesin declares Provides-Extra: torch pulling vesin-torch, so vesin[torch] is the whole
requirement. This matches the hint build_neighbor_graph_vesin already gives when the backend is
missing.
The RuntimeError now gives the commands that resolve it, including the alternative backend and
the extra.

Deliberately not included

nvalchemi-toolkit-ops is not in the extra. It is an alternative neighbor-list backend rather
than an addition, and requiring it would tie the extra to CUDA and to python<3.15. It is offered in
the error message instead, so a user who wants it knows the name.

The existing nvalchemi extra is untouched: it serves deepmd/pt/nvalchemi, which imports the full
toolkit, and repurposing it would break that.

Tests

source/tests/pt/test_neighbor_backend_missing.py checks that the error names pip-installable
distributions rather than import names, that it points at the extra, and that the dpa4 extra covers
both dependencies while nvalchemi still refers to the full toolkit. All three fail without the
change and pass with it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added a dpa4 installation option with the dependencies required for DPA-4 / SeZM runtime support.
- Improved missing-neighbor-backend errors with supported package names and installation commands.
Bug Fixes
- Clarified guidance when no compatible neighbor-list backend is available.
Tests
- Added coverage for backend error messages and dependency configuration.

…ilure The DPA-4 / SeZM descriptor needs a neighbor-list backend at runtime, and nothing declared one. `vesin` appears nowhere in the project metadata, and the `nvalchemi` extra pulls `nvalchemi-toolkit` for `deepmd.pt.nvalchemi`, which is a different distribution from the `nvalchemi-toolkit-ops` that provides the `nvalchemiops` import the neighbor list uses. A plain install therefore builds a model and then stops at RuntimeError: SeZM neighbor-list construction requires either 'nvalchemiops' or 'vesin', but neither is importable. `pip check` stays clean throughout, because the requirement is never declared. The message also names import names, which are not what a user installs. Add a `dpa4` extra covering what the descriptor needs at runtime -- `e3nn` for the S2 grid projections and `vesin[torch]` for the neighbor list -- and give the error the pip commands that resolve it. `nvalchemi-toolkit-ops` is deliberately not in the extra: it is an alternative neighbor-list backend rather than an addition, and requiring it would tie the extra to CUDA and to `python<3.15`. It is offered in the error message instead. The existing `nvalchemi` extra is untouched.

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The change adds a dpa4 dependency extra, expands missing-neighbor-backend installation guidance, and adds tests for the error message and optional-dependency declarations.

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DPA-4 backend support

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Backend dependency and error contract `pyproject.toml`, `deepmd/pt/model/model/sezm_model.py`	The `dpa4` extra declares `e3nn` and `vesin[torch]`. The missing-backend error lists installation commands for the supported backend packages.
Missing-backend validation `source/tests/pt/test_neighbor_backend_missing.py`	Tests verify the error message and the `dpa4` and `nvalchemi` optional-dependency declarations.

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The new backend tests cannot run in the supported Python 3.10 CI environment. Add the version-qualified TOML dependency and fallback before merging.

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+import pathlib
+import tomllib


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Support Python 3.10 in this test.

The project supports Python 3.10, and CI runs this suite on Python 3.10. tomllib is unavailable there, so collection fails before the test runs. The existing tomli declaration is build-only. Add tomli as a Python-version-qualified dependency of the test extra, then use the fallback below. Adding it only to source/tests/pt/requirements.txt does not fix CI because that file is not installed by the workflow.

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The dependency extra and the revised missing-backend error itself look consistent with the stated runtime contract; this request is specifically for the supported-version test breakage.

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