[Bug]: LoHa output incompatible with ComfyUI — kernel size mismatch between hada_w1_a (1×1) and hada_w1_b (3×3)

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What happened?

LoHa output incompatible with ComfyUI — kernel size mismatch between hada_w1_a (1×1) and hada_w1_b (3×3)

Summary

When training a LoHa (LyCORIS) for SDXL using OneTrainer and then loading the resulting .safetensors in ComfyUI, the model fails with:

RuntimeError: self must be a matrix

The root cause is that OneTrainer saves LoHa convolution layer weights with inconsistent kernel sizes between hada_w1_a (1×1) and hada_w1_b (3×3). ComfyUI's LoHa loader expects both matrices to share the same kernel size, and its torch.mm() call cannot operate on the mismatched 4D tensors.

Environment

• OneTrainer: master branch, commit 4d239422 (ot_revision from safetensors metadata)
• ComfyUI: 0.28.0
• PyTorch: 2.9.1+cu130
• Python: 3.13.11
• Base model: SDXL 1.0 Base (sd_xl_base_1.0.safetensors)
• LoHa config:
  • peft_type: LOHA
  • lora_rank: 16
  • lora_alpha: 8.0
  • layer_filter_preset: attn-mlp
  • output_model_format: KOHYA_LORA
  • output_dtype: FLOAT_16
• Dataset: 482 images at 512×132 (EU4 event illustrations)
• Training: 11 epochs completed (~4900 steps), smooth loss converged at 0.115

Reproduction

1. Train a LoHa in OneTrainer with peft_type: LOHA on any SDXL base model
2. Copy the output .safetensors to ComfyUI's models/loras/ directory
3. In ComfyUI, create a workflow: Load Checkpoint → Load LoRA → KSampler
4. Set LoRA strength to 0.7
5. Run the KSampler

Expected: LoHa loads and applies correctly.

Actual: ComfyUI logs hundreds of lora key not loaded warnings, then crashes with RuntimeError: self must be a matrix.

Error Details

ComfyUI error location: comfy/weight_adapter/loha.py, line 263

m1 = torch.mm(
    comfy.model_management.cast_to_device(w1a, weight.device, intermediate_dtype),
    comfy.model_management.cast_to_device(w1b, weight.device, intermediate_dtype),
)

torch.mm() requires both inputs to be 2D matrices, but OneTrainer saves them as 4D tensors with mismatched kernel sizes.

Root Cause Analysis

Tensor shapes in the OneTrainer output

Inspected using safetensors.torch.safe_open:

Layer: unet.conv_in
  hada_w1_a: shape = torch.Size([320, 16, 1, 1])   # kernel = 1×1
  hada_w1_b: shape = torch.Size([16, 4, 3, 3])     # kernel = 3×3  ⚠️ mismatch

Layer: unet.down_blocks.0.resnets.0.conv1
  hada_w1_a: shape = torch.Size([320, 16, 1, 1])   # kernel = 1×1
  hada_w1_b: shape = torch.Size([16, 320, 3, 3])   # kernel = 3×3  ⚠️ mismatch

Layer: unet.down_blocks.0.attentions.0.transformer_blocks.0.attn1.to_q
  hada_w1_a: shape = torch.Size([out, 16, 1, 1])   # kernel = 1×1
  hada_w1_b: shape = torch.Size([16, in, 3, 3])    # kernel = 3×3  ⚠️ mismatch

What ComfyUI expects

Looking at comfy/weight_adapter/loha.py:

1. CP decomposition path (line 234-261): uses torch.einsum with 4D tensors — works with any kernel size, but requires t1/t2 tensors (CP decomposition) which OneTrainer does not save.

2. Standard LoHa path (line 262-278): uses torch.mm(w1a, w1b) — requires both tensors to be 2D matrices (or at least have matching shapes that can be flattened consistently).

Since OneTrainer does not save CP decomposition tensors (t1/t2), ComfyUI falls through to the standard path, where torch.mm() fails on the 4D mismatched tensors.

Statistics from a real training output

• Total LoHa layers in the safetensors: 794
• Sampled 50 layers: 48 with kernel mismatch, 2 with matching kernels
• Almost all conv layers have w1_a = 1×1 and w1_b = 3×3

This appears to be a fixed design choice in OneTrainer's LoHa implementation, not a per-layer configuration error.

ComfyUI Warning Logs (excerpt)

[WARNING] lora key not loaded: unet.up_blocks.0.attentions.2.transformer_blocks.8.attn2.to_out.0.hada_w2_a
[WARNING] lora key not loaded: unet.up_blocks.0.attentions.2.transformer_blocks.8.attn2.to_out.0.hada_w2_b
[WARNING] lora key not loaded: unet.up_blocks.0.attentions.2.transformer_blocks.8.attn2.to_q.alpha
[WARNING] lora key not loaded: unet.up_blocks.0.attentions.2.transformer_blocks.8.attn2.to_q.hada_w1_a
[WARNING] lora key not loaded: unet.up_blocks.0.attentions.2.transformer_blocks.8.attn2.to_q.hada_w1_b
... (hundreds more)

Metadata from the safetensors file

ss_base_model_version: sdxl_
modelspec.architecture: stable-diffusion-xl-v1-base/lora
modelspec.title: Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Base LoRA
ot_revision: 4d239422
ot_branch: master

The metadata correctly identifies this as an SDXL LoRA, so the issue is not a model type mismatch.

Workaround

Switch from LoHa to LoCon (peft_type: LOCON) in the training config. LoCon output is handled correctly by ComfyUI's native LoRA loader.

Suggested Fixes

Any of the following would resolve the incompatibility:

1. Match kernel sizes: Save both hada_w1_a and hada_w1_b with the same kernel size (either both 1×1 for linear-only, or both 3×3 for full conv), matching the convention used by the official LyCORIS project.

2. Flatten to 2D: Save hada_w1_a as [out, rank] and hada_w1_b as [rank, in * k * k] (or vice versa), so ComfyUI's torch.mm() path works directly.

3. Add CP decomposition tensors: Save t1/t2 tensors so ComfyUI uses the torch.einsum path instead of torch.mm().

4. Document the limitation: If this is an intentional design choice, add a note in the wiki's LoRA page stating that LoHa output requires a custom ComfyUI node (similar to how OFTv2 is documented as needing Koratahiu/ComfyUI-OFTv2).

References

• OneTrainer LoRA wiki: https://github.com/Nerogar/OneTrainer/wiki/LoRA
• ComfyUI LoHa implementation: comfy/weight_adapter/loha.py
• Official LyCORIS project: https://github.com/KohakuBlueleaf/LyCORIS
• ComfyUI version: 0.28.0, PyTorch 2.9.1+cu130

What did you expect would happen?

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Relevant log output

Generate and upload debug_report.log

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[dxqb]

my AI thinks your AI is making things up:

One part of the report I'd discount

The "hundreds of lora key not loaded" warnings are a separate symptom and the quoted keys (unet.up_blocks.0.attentions...hada_w1_a, dotted) don't match any
KOHYA output — kohya_flatten (modules/util/convert_lora_util.py:33) explicitly handles the hada_* factor prefixes and would emit
lora_unet_up_blocks_0_..._hada_w1_a. Combined with the impossible 3×3-on-to_q claim and layer_filter_preset: attn-mlp supposedly producing
conv_in/resnets.0.conv1 entries, that section of the report reads as LLM-reconstructed rather than observed. Worth asking the reporter for the actual
file's key list before treating key-naming as a second bug.

Could you please post what you have actually observed?
Anyway, the math/shape mismatch between OneTrainer and Comfy is real, but not a regression.
So did LoHa just never work?