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+# Qwen3 0.6B Fine-Tuning with BDN Weight Loading
+
+This example fine-tunes the Qwen3 0.6B model using PyTorch on Baseten, with model weights loaded through [BDN](https://docs.baseten.co/training/concepts/storage#load-weights-and-data-with-bdn) instead of downloaded in the training script. BDN also supports loading training data from S3 (`s3://`), GCS (`gs://`), and R2 (`r2://`).
+
+**Resources:** 1 node, 1x H100 GPU
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. [Create a Baseten account](https://baseten.co/signup) if you don't already have one.
+2. Install the Truss CLI:
+   ```bash
+   # pip
+   pip install -U truss
+   # or uv
+   uv add truss
+   ```
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Initialize the example, navigate into the directory, and push the training job:
+
+```bash
+truss train init --examples qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights
+cd qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights
+truss train push config.py
+```
diff --git a/examples/qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights/training/config.py b/examples/qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights/training/config.py
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+from truss_train import (
+    TrainingProject,
+    TrainingJob,
+    Image,
+    Compute,
+    Runtime,
+    WeightsSource,
+    CacheConfig,
+    CheckpointingConfig,
+)
+from truss.base.truss_config import AcceleratorSpec
+
+BASE_IMAGE = "pytorch/pytorch:2.7.0-cuda12.8-cudnn9-runtime"
+
+training_runtime = Runtime(
+    start_commands=[
+        "pip install transformers datasets accelerate",
+        "python train.py",
+    ],
+    cache_config=CacheConfig(enabled=True),
+    checkpointing_config=CheckpointingConfig(enabled=True),
+)
+
+training_compute = Compute(
+    accelerator=AcceleratorSpec(accelerator="H100", count=1),
+)
+
+training_job = TrainingJob(
+    image=Image(base_image=BASE_IMAGE),
+    compute=training_compute,
+    runtime=training_runtime,
+    weights=[
+        # Model weights from Hugging Face, delivered through BDN.
+        # Available at mount_location before your training script starts.
+        WeightsSource(
+            source="hf://Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B",
+            mount_location="/app/models/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B",
+        ),
+        # Training data from S3, also delivered through BDN.
+        # Replace with your own bucket and path.
+        # For private buckets, add auth — see:
+        # https://docs.baseten.co/development/model/bdn#aws-s3
+        #
+        # WeightsSource(
+        #     source="s3://my-bucket/training-data",
+        #     mount_location="/app/data/training-data",
+        #     auth={
+        #         "auth_method": "CUSTOM_SECRET",
+        #         "auth_secret_name": "aws_credentials",
+        #     },
+        # ),
+    ],
+)
+
+training_project = TrainingProject(
+    name="qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights",
+    job=training_job,
+)
diff --git a/examples/qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights/training/train.py b/examples/qwen3-0.6b-bdn-weights/training/train.py
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+"""Fine-tune Qwen3-0.6B using BDN-mounted weights.
+
+Model weights are pre-loaded at /app/models/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B via BDN.
+No download code needed — just load from the mount path.
+"""
+
+import os
+import math
+import torch
+import torch.optim as optim
+from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader, random_split
+from transformers import (
+    AutoTokenizer,
+    AutoModelForCausalLM,
+    get_cosine_schedule_with_warmup,
+)
+from datasets import load_dataset
+
+# BDN mount path — weights are already here when the container starts.
+MODEL_PATH = "/app/models/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B"
+OUTPUT_DIR = os.environ.get("BT_CHECKPOINT_DIR", "/tmp/training_checkpoints")
+
+BATCH_SIZE = 1
+GRAD_ACCUM_STEPS = 1
+NUM_EPOCHS = 1
+MAX_STEPS = 20
+MAX_LENGTH = 2048
+LEARNING_RATE = 2e-5
+WEIGHT_DECAY = 0.1
+WARMUP_STEPS = 5
+EVAL_STEPS = 10
+VAL_SET_RATIO = 0.05
+SAVE_EVERY_STEPS = 10
+
+
+def messages_to_text(messages):
+    chunks = []
+    for m in messages:
+        role = m.get("role", "user")
+        content = m.get("content", "")
+        chunks.append(f"{role}: {content}")
+    return "\n".join(chunks)
+
+
+class ChatDataset(Dataset):
+    def __init__(self, tokenizer, split="train", max_length=2048):
+        ds = load_dataset("winglian/pirate-ultrachat-10k", split=split)
+        ds = ds.filter(
+            lambda x: x.get("messages") is not None and len(x["messages"]) > 0
+        )
+        self.ds = ds
+        self.tokenizer = tokenizer
+        self.max_length = max_length
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.ds)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, idx):
+        ex = self.ds[int(idx)]
+        text = messages_to_text(ex["messages"])
+        enc = self.tokenizer(
+            text,
+            truncation=True,
+            padding="max_length",
+            max_length=self.max_length,
+            return_tensors="pt",
+        )
+        input_ids = enc["input_ids"].squeeze(0)
+        attention_mask = enc["attention_mask"].squeeze(0)
+        labels = input_ids.clone()
+        labels[attention_mask == 0] = -100
+        return {
+            "input_ids": input_ids,
+            "attention_mask": attention_mask,
+            "labels": labels,
+        }
+
+
+def get_device(model):
+    return next(model.parameters()).device
+
+
+def validate(model, dataloader):
+    model.eval()
+    total_loss = 0.0
+    total_count = 0
+    device = get_device(model)
+    with torch.no_grad():
+        for batch in dataloader:
+            input_ids = batch["input_ids"].to(device)
+            attention_mask = batch["attention_mask"].to(device)
+            labels = batch["labels"].to(device)
+            outputs = model(
+                input_ids=input_ids, attention_mask=attention_mask, labels=labels
+            )
+            total_loss += outputs.loss.item()
+            total_count += 1
+    avg_loss = total_loss / max(total_count, 1)
+    print(f"Validation loss: {avg_loss:.4f}")
+    model.train()
+
+
+def main():
+    use_cuda = torch.cuda.is_available()
+
+    # Verify BDN mount
+    print(f"Loading model from BDN mount: {MODEL_PATH}")
+    assert os.path.exists(MODEL_PATH), f"BDN mount not found at {MODEL_PATH}"
+    print(f"  Files: {os.listdir(MODEL_PATH)}")
+
+    # Load from the BDN mount path — no download happens here.
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(MODEL_PATH, trust_remote_code=True)
+    if tokenizer.pad_token is None:
+        tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
+
+    model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+        MODEL_PATH,
+        trust_remote_code=True,
+        torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
+        device_map="auto" if use_cuda else None,
+    )
+
+    # Dataset
+    full_dataset = ChatDataset(tokenizer, max_length=MAX_LENGTH)
+    val_size = max(int(len(full_dataset) * VAL_SET_RATIO), 1)
+    train_size = len(full_dataset) - val_size
+    print(f"Dataset: {len(full_dataset)} total | {train_size} train | {val_size} val")
+
+    train_dataset, val_dataset = random_split(full_dataset, [train_size, val_size])
+    train_loader = DataLoader(train_dataset, batch_size=BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)
+    val_loader = DataLoader(val_dataset, batch_size=BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=False)
+
+    # Optimizer and scheduler
+    optimizer = optim.AdamW(
+        model.parameters(), lr=LEARNING_RATE, weight_decay=WEIGHT_DECAY
+    )
+    steps_per_epoch = math.ceil(len(train_loader) / GRAD_ACCUM_STEPS)
+    total_steps = min(MAX_STEPS, steps_per_epoch * NUM_EPOCHS)
+    scheduler = get_cosine_schedule_with_warmup(
+        optimizer,
+        num_warmup_steps=min(WARMUP_STEPS, total_steps),
+        num_training_steps=total_steps,
+    )
+
+    # Train
+    model.train()
+    step = 0
+    optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
+
+    for epoch in range(NUM_EPOCHS):
+        for batch_idx, batch in enumerate(train_loader):
+            if step >= MAX_STEPS:
+                break
+
+            device = get_device(model)
+            input_ids = batch["input_ids"].to(device)
+            attention_mask = batch["attention_mask"].to(device)
+            labels = batch["labels"].to(device)
+
+            with torch.cuda.amp.autocast(enabled=use_cuda, dtype=torch.bfloat16):
+                outputs = model(
+                    input_ids=input_ids,
+                    attention_mask=attention_mask,
+                    labels=labels,
+                )
+                loss = outputs.loss / GRAD_ACCUM_STEPS
+
+            loss.backward()
+
+            if (batch_idx + 1) % GRAD_ACCUM_STEPS == 0:
+                optimizer.step()
+                optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
+                scheduler.step()
+                print(f"Step {step} | Loss: {(loss.item() * GRAD_ACCUM_STEPS):.4f}")
+
+                if step > 0 and step % EVAL_STEPS == 0:
+                    validate(model, val_loader)
+
+                if step > 0 and step % SAVE_EVERY_STEPS == 0:
+                    save_path = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, f"checkpoint-{step}")
+                    os.makedirs(save_path, exist_ok=True)
+                    model.save_pretrained(save_path)
+                    tokenizer.save_pretrained(save_path)
+                    print(f"Saved checkpoint to {save_path}")
+
+                step += 1
+
+        if step >= MAX_STEPS:
+            break
+
+    # Final save
+    os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+    model.save_pretrained(OUTPUT_DIR)
+    tokenizer.save_pretrained(OUTPUT_DIR)
+    print(f"Training complete. Model saved to {OUTPUT_DIR}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()