diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 6fdd65e7..021d2c4e 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ title: FAQ * [How do I configure ClearML Server for subdomains and load balancers?](#subdomains) * [Can I add web login authentication to ClearML Server?](#web-auth) -* [Can I modify a non-responsive task settings?](#watchdog) +* [Can I modify non-responsive task settings?](#watchdog) **ClearML Server Troubleshooting** @@ -432,7 +432,11 @@ client.tasks.delete(task='123456789') **Can I change the random seed my experiment uses?** -Yes! By default, ClearML initializes Tasks with a default seed. You change that seed by calling the [make_deterministic](https://github.com/allegroai/clearml/blob/2f5b519cd8c4df9d3db397604f5b8097c23ccc40/trains/utilities/seed.py) method. +Yes! By default, ClearML initializes Tasks with an initial seed of `1337` to ensure reproducibility. To set a different +value for your task, use the [`Task.set_random_seed`](references/sdk/task.md#taskset_random_seed) class method and +provide the new seed value, **before initializing the task**. + +You can disable the deterministic behavior entirely by passing `Task.set_random_seed(None)`. diff --git a/docs/release_notes/ver_1_7.md b/docs/release_notes/ver_1_7.md index 119fe717..71192ca5 100644 --- a/docs/release_notes/ver_1_7.md +++ b/docs/release_notes/ver_1_7.md @@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ title: Version 1.7 * Fix table reporting - when using `logger.report_table(title, series, iteration, etc)`, the `series` arg does not appear in UI [ClearML GitHub issue 684](https://github.com/allegroai/clearml/issues/684) * Fix artifacts (and models) use task's original name and not new name * Fix very long filenames from s3 can't be downloaded (with `get_local_copy()`) -* Fix overwrite of existing output models on pipeline task with `monitor_models` [ClearML GitHub issue #758](https://github.com/allegroai/clearml/issues/758) \ No newline at end of file +* Fix overwrite of existing output models on pipeline task with `monitor_models` [ClearML GitHub issue #757](https://github.com/allegroai/clearml/issues/757) \ No newline at end of file