EleutherAI/lm-evaluation-harness

Ruler QA tasks do not work for `max_seq_lengths` < 4096

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#2,963 opened on May 9, 2025

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Description

when max_seq_lengths is set to 2048, the program will hang on a while true loop forever. 4096 or beyond works normally

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Investigate the while true loop that hangs when max seq lengths is set to 2048. Check for condition that never becomes false.
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python
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