fix: SDXL DoRA LoRA fails with enable_partial_loading=true

invokeai/backend/model_manager/load/model_cache/torch_module_autocast/custom_modules/custom_module_mixin.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def _aggregate_patch_parameters(
             if isinstance(param, torch.nn.Parameter) and type(param.data) is torch.Tensor:
                 pass
             elif type(param) is torch.Tensor:
+                # Plain tensor (e.g. after cast_to_device moved a Parameter to another device).
                 pass
             elif type(param) is GGMLTensor:
                 # Move to device and dequantize here. Doing it in the patch layer can result in redundant casts /

tests/backend/model_manager/load/model_cache/torch_module_autocast/custom_modules/test_all_custom_modules.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 )
 from invokeai.backend.patches.layer_patcher import LayerPatcher
 from invokeai.backend.patches.layers.base_layer_patch import BaseLayerPatch
+from invokeai.backend.patches.layers.dora_layer import DoRALayer
 from invokeai.backend.patches.layers.flux_control_lora_layer import FluxControlLoRALayer
 from invokeai.backend.patches.layers.lokr_layer import LoKRLayer
 from invokeai.backend.patches.layers.lora_layer import LoRALayer
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ def test_inference_autocast_from_cpu_to_device(device: str, layer_under_test: La
         "concatenated_lora",
         "flux_control_lora",
         "single_lokr",
+        "single_dora",
     ]
 )
 def patch_under_test(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> PatchUnderTest:
@@ -432,6 +434,20 @@ def patch_under_test(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> PatchUnderTest:
         )
         input = torch.randn(1, in_features)
         return ([(lokr_layer, 0.7)], input)
+    elif layer_type == "single_dora":
+        # Regression coverage for #8624: DoRA + partial-loading + CPU->device autocast.
+        # Scaled down so the patched weight stays well-conditioned for allclose comparisons.
+        # dora_scale has shape (1, in_features) to broadcast against direction_norm in
+        # DoRALayer.get_weight — see dora_layer.py:74-82.
+        dora_layer = DoRALayer(
+            up=torch.randn(out_features, rank) * 0.01,
+            down=torch.randn(rank, in_features) * 0.01,
+            dora_scale=torch.ones(1, in_features),
+            alpha=1.0,
+            bias=torch.randn(out_features) * 0.01,
+        )
+        input = torch.randn(1, in_features)
+        return ([(dora_layer, 0.7)], input)
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unsupported layer_type: {layer_type}")
 
@@ -676,3 +692,45 @@ def test_conv2d_mixed_dtype_sidecar_parameter_patch(dtype: torch.dtype):
 
     assert output.dtype == input.dtype
     assert output.shape == (2, 16, 3, 3)
+
+
+@torch.no_grad()
+def test_aggregate_patch_parameters_preserves_plain_tensor_with_dora():
+    """Regression test for #8624: when partial-loading autocasts a CPU Parameter onto the
+    compute device, cast_to_device returns a plain torch.Tensor (not a Parameter). The
+    aggregator must treat that as a real tensor and not substitute a meta-device dummy —
+    otherwise DoRA's quantization guard falsely triggers on non-quantized base models.
+
+    This test is CPU-only and simulates the hand-off by constructing a plain torch.Tensor
+    directly; the equivalent CUDA/MPS E2E flow is exercised by the "single_dora" variant
+    of test_linear_sidecar_patches_with_autocast_from_cpu_to_device.
+    """
+    layer = wrap_single_custom_layer(torch.nn.Linear(32, 64))
+
+    rank = 4
+    dora_patch = DoRALayer(
+        up=torch.randn(64, rank) * 0.01,
+        down=torch.randn(rank, 32) * 0.01,
+        dora_scale=torch.ones(1, 32),
+        alpha=1.0,
+        bias=None,
+    )
+
+    # Plain torch.Tensor — the shape _cast_weight_bias_for_input hands into
+    # _aggregate_patch_parameters after autocasting a Parameter across devices.
+    plain_weight = torch.randn(64, 32)
+    assert type(plain_weight) is torch.Tensor
+
+    orig_params = {"weight": plain_weight}
+    params = layer._aggregate_patch_parameters(
+        patches_and_weights=[(dora_patch, 1.0)],
+        orig_params=orig_params,
+        device=torch.device("cpu"),
+    )
+
+    # Pre-fix, orig_params["weight"] would have been replaced by a meta-device dummy,
+    # causing DoRALayer.get_parameters to raise "not compatible with DoRA patches".
+    assert orig_params["weight"].device.type == "cpu"
+    assert params["weight"].shape == (64, 32)
+    assert params["weight"].device.type == "cpu"
+    assert not torch.isnan(params["weight"]).any()