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feat: add NaN/Inf detection in learning pipeline#21

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Summary

  • Adds _check_nan() utility function to learning_aids.py
  • Guards all 5 learning functions (DQN, DDQN, DDPG, TD3, RDDPG) with NaN/Inf checks after loss.backward()
  • Raises RuntimeError with step context if NaN detected, enabling crash dumps in the diagnostics system

Test plan

  • 5 new unit tests for _check_nan (float NaN, float Inf, normal float, tensor NaN, normal tensor)
  • 223 existing GSP-RL tests pass with no regressions

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jdbloom and others added 3 commits April 9, 2026 14:28
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
learn_attention was the only learn function missing the NaN/Inf
detection guard added in the previous commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Convergence tests were nondeterministic — no torch/numpy/env seeds were
set, so CI results depended on random initialization. Add deterministic
seeding (SEED=42) for torch, numpy, and gymnasium env resets.

Lower Pendulum improvement threshold from 50% to 20% — 100 episodes is
tight for continuous control and 20% improvement over random already
demonstrates learning.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@jdbloom jdbloom merged commit f4eeb52 into main Apr 10, 2026
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