Issue 1092/fix jax callable param - #1222
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Non-trialwise parameters reach the vmapped single-trial callable as (1,)-shaped tensors (bambi emits those for intercept-only parameters, and PyMC adds the axis to a parameter fixed to a constant) and `in_axes=None` forwards them un-sliced. Arithmetic in the callable then yields a (1,) per-trial result, so the vmapped output is (n_obs, 1) while `LANLogpOp` declares `pt.vector()`. Nothing caught that. On the default backend the oversized array is written into a vector-typed storage cell and read back as uninitialised memory (measured: a total log-likelihood of 1.4e+307 on a 200-trial model). Under the JAX linker it broadcasts against the `ensure_positive_ndt` mask into (n_obs, n_obs), so `sampler="numpyro"` samples to completion and returns a log-likelihood of 2.4e+270; when a parameter is fixed it instead surfaces as a bare `AssertionError` in PyTensor's JAX `SpecifyShape` dispatch, which is what #1092 reports. Every jax-callable model with at least one non-trialwise parameter was affected, not only the fixed-parameter case. Squeeze unmapped inputs so every parameter arrives as a scalar --- the convention vmap already gives mapped parameters, the one the ONNX wrapper follows, and the one the docstrings already promised. Only a rank-1, length-1 input is scalarized, so an unmapped parameter of any other shape is passed through rather than silently flattened. BEHAVIOUR CHANGE for user-supplied JAX log-likelihoods: a callable that treats a non-trialwise parameter as an array --- `a[0]`, `a.shape[0]`, `len(a)`, `jnp.concatenate([a, ...])` --- must now use the parameter directly. Such callables previously worked only when HSSM happened to classify that parameter as non-trialwise; putting a formula on it already raised the same error before this change. They now fail immediately with an `IndexError`/`TypeError` at the first logp evaluation rather than running. ONNX-backed paths are unaffected (verified bit-identical logp before and after). Closes #1092
`LANLogpOp` declares a vector output but never checked what the wrapped JAX function actually returned, so a mismatch surfaced far from its cause: - default backend: the oversized array was written into a vector-typed storage cell, yielding garbage values (~1e306) rather than an error - JAX linker: a bare, message-less `AssertionError` inside PyTensor's `SpecifyShape` dispatch -- its ndim check is the only bare assert there; a size mismatch already raises a descriptive `ValueError` Check the output ndim on both paths and raise a `ValueError` naming the expected and actual shapes. The hint follows the direction of the mismatch: too many dimensions points at a per-trial value that is a length-1 array, too few at a function that reduced over trials. Results without an `ndim` attribute (a Python scalar, a list) fall back to `np.ndim` so they are checked too, rather than skipping the guard. On the JAX linker the check runs at trace time, so it costs nothing per call; in `perform` it is ~45 ns, about 0.002% of a realistic evaluation. `LANLogpVJPOp` deliberately gets no equivalent guard -- every VJP HSSM builds comes from `jax.vjp`, so cotangent shapes match the declared output types by construction. A comment records that. Also adds coverage for `extra_fields` in_axes alignment: `hssm.py` appends one entry per extra field to `params_is_trialwise`, so the zip over inputs and in_axes must consume both sequences exactly. Addresses the second half of #1092.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe JAX likelihood wrappers now scalarize unmapped singleton parameters and validate log-likelihood output dimensions. Tests cover parameter alignment, linker behavior, output-shape errors, and custom likelihood evaluation. ChangesJAX likelihood shape handling
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LikelihoodCallable->>VectorizedLogp: receive trial data and scalarized parameters
VectorizedLogp->>LANLogpOp: return one log-probability per trial
LANLogpOp->>Linker: validate output dimensions
Linker-->>LANLogpOp: return validated result or ValueError
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In `@src/hssm/distribution_utils/jax.py`:
- Around line 416-421: Update the callable shape-contract documentation near the
vmap handling to clarify that only unmapped inputs with shape (1,) are
scalarized; other unmapped inputs retain their array shapes. Keep the existing
statement that trialwise parameters are scalar after batching, while
distinguishing these from unmapped parameters preserved by
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| When `vmap` is `True`, the callable is a *single-trial* function: `data` | ||
| is one row, **every** parameter arrives as a 0-d scalar -- trialwise | ||
| ones because `vmap` slices off the batch axis, non-trialwise ones | ||
| because they are squeezed from the `(1,)` shape PyMC gives a scalar | ||
| random variable -- and the return value must be a scalar for that | ||
| trial. Do not index a parameter (`a[0]`, `len(a)`); use it directly. |
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Correct the callable shape contract.
Lines 416-421 state that every parameter arrives as a scalar. _scalarize_unmapped_inputs preserves unmapped inputs that are not rank-one and length-one. Document that only (1,) unmapped inputs are scalarized. State that other unmapped shapes remain arrays.
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- is one row, **every** parameter arrives as a 0-d scalar -- trialwise
- ones because `vmap` slices off the batch axis, non-trialwise ones
- because they are squeezed from the `(1,)` shape PyMC gives a scalar
- random variable -- and the return value must be a scalar for that
- trial. Do not index a parameter (`a[0]`, `len(a)`); use it directly.
+ is one row. Trialwise parameters arrive as 0-d scalars because `vmap`
+ slices off the batch axis. Unmapped `(1,)` parameters are also
+ scalarized. Other unmapped input shapes are passed through unchanged.
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| When `vmap` is `True`, the callable is a *single-trial* function: `data` | |
| is one row, **every** parameter arrives as a 0-d scalar -- trialwise | |
| ones because `vmap` slices off the batch axis, non-trialwise ones | |
| because they are squeezed from the `(1,)` shape PyMC gives a scalar | |
| random variable -- and the return value must be a scalar for that | |
| trial. Do not index a parameter (`a[0]`, `len(a)`); use it directly. | |
| When `vmap` is `True`, the callable is a *single-trial* function: `data` | |
| is one row. Trialwise parameters arrive as 0-d scalars because `vmap` | |
| slices off the batch axis. Unmapped `(1,)` parameters are also | |
| scalarized. Other unmapped input shapes are passed through unchanged. | |
| The return value must be a scalar for that trial. |
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In `@src/hssm/distribution_utils/jax.py` around lines 416 - 421, Update the
callable shape-contract documentation near the vmap handling to clarify that
only unmapped inputs with shape (1,) are scalarized; other unmapped inputs
retain their array shapes. Keep the existing statement that trialwise parameters
are scalar after batching, while distinguishing these from unmapped parameters
preserved by _scalarize_unmapped_inputs.
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