Stateful Checkpoint for Keras

statefulcheckpoint.py

import json
import socket
from keras.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint

class StatefulCheckpoint(ModelCheckpoint):
  """Save extra checkpoint data to resume training."""
  def __init__(self, weight_file, state_file=None, **kwargs):
    """Save the state (epoch etc.) along side weights."""
    super().__init__(weight_file, **kwargs)
    self.state_f = state_file
    self.hostname = socket.gethostname()
    self.state = dict()
    if self.state_f:
      # Load the last state if any
      try:
        with open(self.state_f, 'r') as f:
          self.state = json.load(f)
        self.best = self.state['best']
      except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-except
        print("Skipping last state:", e)

  def on_train_begin(self, logs=None):
    prefix = "Resuming" if self.state else "Starting"
    print("{} training on {}".format(prefix, self.hostname))

  def on_epoch_end(self, epoch, logs=None):
    """Saves training state as well as weights."""
    super().on_epoch_end(epoch, logs)
    if self.state_f:
      state = {'epoch': epoch+1, 'best': self.best,
               'hostname': self.hostname}
      state.update(logs)
      state.update(self.params)
      with open(self.state_f, 'w') as f:
        json.dump(state, f)

  def get_last_epoch(self, initial_epoch=0):
    """Return last saved epoch if any, or return default argument."""
    return self.state.get('epoch', initial_epoch)

  def on_train_end(self, logs=None):
    print("Training ending on {}".format(self.hostname))