fix condition where torch_dtype auto collides with model_kwargs.

src/transformers/pipelines/__init__.py

@@ -1005,13 +1005,21 @@ def pipeline(
         model_kwargs["device_map"] = device_map
     if torch_dtype is not None:
         if "torch_dtype" in model_kwargs:
-            raise ValueError(
-                'You cannot use both `pipeline(... torch_dtype=..., model_kwargs={"torch_dtype":...})` as those'
-                " arguments might conflict, use only one.)"
-            )
-        if isinstance(torch_dtype, str) and hasattr(torch, torch_dtype):
-            torch_dtype = getattr(torch, torch_dtype)
-        model_kwargs["torch_dtype"] = torch_dtype
+            # If the user did not explicitly provide `torch_dtype` (i.e. the function default "auto" is still
+            # present) but a value is supplied inside `model_kwargs`, we silently defer to the latter instead of
+            # raising. This prevents false positives like providing `torch_dtype` only via `model_kwargs` while the
+            # top-level argument keeps its default value "auto".
+            if torch_dtype == "auto":
+                torch_dtype = None
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    'You cannot use both `pipeline(... torch_dtype=..., model_kwargs={"torch_dtype":...})` as those'
+                    " arguments might conflict, use only one.)"
+                )
+        if torch_dtype is not None:
+            if isinstance(torch_dtype, str) and hasattr(torch, torch_dtype):
+                torch_dtype = getattr(torch, torch_dtype)
+            model_kwargs["torch_dtype"] = torch_dtype
 
     model_name = model if isinstance(model, str) else None
 

tests/pipelines/test_pipelines_image_text_to_text.py

@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ def test_small_model_pt_token(self):
             [
                 {
                     "input_text": "<image> What this is? Assistant: This is",
-                    "generated_text": "<image> What this is? Assistant: This is a photo of two cats lying on a pink blanket. The cats are sleeping and appear to be comfortable",
+                    "generated_text": "<image> What this is? Assistant: This is a photo of two cats lying on a pink blanket. The cats are facing the camera, and they",
                 },
                 {
                     "input_text": "<image> What this is? Assistant: This is",
-                    "generated_text": "<image> What this is? Assistant: This is a photo of two cats lying on a pink blanket. The cats are sleeping and appear to be comfortable",
+                    "generated_text": "<image> What this is? Assistant: This is a photo of two cats lying on a pink blanket. The cats are facing the camera, and they",
                 },
             ],
         )

tests/pipelines/test_pipelines_text_generation.py

@@ -441,11 +441,11 @@ def test_small_model_pt_bloom_accelerate(self):
             [{"generated_text": ("This is a test test test test test test")}],
         )
 
-        # torch_dtype will be automatically set to float32 if not provided - check: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/20602
+        # torch_dtype will be automatically set to torch.bfloat16 if not provided - check: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/38882
         pipe = pipeline(
             model="hf-internal-testing/tiny-random-bloom", device_map="auto", max_new_tokens=5, do_sample=False
         )
-        self.assertEqual(pipe.model.lm_head.weight.dtype, torch.float32)
+        self.assertEqual(pipe.model.lm_head.weight.dtype, torch.bfloat16)
         out = pipe("This is a test")
         self.assertEqual(
             out,