Fine-Tuning Job Failed: Reading the Validation Error
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A fine-tuning job that fails almost always fails at file validation, before a single gradient step. The message names a line number and a field, and the fault is nearly always one of six things: invalid JSON on one line, a missing or misnamed key, an unexpected role, an empty assistant message, an example over the per-example token limit, or too few examples. Where jobs actually fail Stage Description Upload File too large, wrong purpose or MIME type, or a truncated upload. Fails in seconds.…
1Key Takeaways
- A fine-tuning job that fails almost always fails at file validation, before a single gradient step.
- The message names a line number and a field, and the fault is nearly always one of six things: invalid JSON on one line, a missing or misnamed key, an unexpected role, an empty assistant message, an example over the per-example token limit, or too few examples.
- Where jobs actually fail Stage Description Upload File too large, wrong purpose or MIME type, or a truncated upload.
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3Why it matters
Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that a fine-tuning job that fails almost always fails at file validation, before a single gradient step.
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