transformers v5 Trainer: tokenizer= is now processing_class=, no_cuda→use_cpu, per_gpu_*→per_device_*

Fix

v4	v5
`Trainer(tokenizer=tok)`	`Trainer(processing_class=tok)`
`trainer.train(model_path=...)`	`resume_from_checkpoint=...`
`no_cuda=True`	`use_cpu=True`
`per_gpu_train_batch_size` / `per_gpu_eval_batch_size`	`per_device_train_batch_size` / `per_device_eval_batch_size`
`warmup_ratio=0.1`	`warmup_steps=0.1` (floats now accepted)
`push_to_hub_token`	`hub_token`
`push_to_hub_model_id`, `push_to_hub_organization`	`hub_model_id`
`include_inputs_for_metrics`	`include_for_metrics`
`include_tokens_per_second`	`include_num_input_tokens_seen`
`fsdp_min_num_params`, `fsdp_transformer_layer_cls_to_wrap`	`fsdp_config`
`logging_dir`	env `TENSORBOARD_LOGGING_DIR`
`overwrite_output_dir`	removed (use `resume_from_checkpoint`)
`jit_mode_eval`	`use_torch_compile`
`use_mps_device`, `fp16_backend`, `half_precision_backend`	removed (auto / torch.amp)

# before
Trainer(model=m, args=TrainingArguments("out", no_cuda=True, warmup_ratio=0.1), tokenizer=tok)
# after
Trainer(model=m, args=TrainingArguments("out", use_cpu=True, warmup_steps=0.1), processing_class=tok)

New default: Trainer sets the model config use_cache=False; accelerate >= 1.1.0 is required.

Symptom

Training scripts written for transformers v4 fail on v5 with TypeError: ... unexpected keyword argument for Trainer(tokenizer=...) or for removed TrainingArguments fields.

Cause

transformers v5.0.0 (2026-01-26) removed deprecated and low-usage arguments, some without a deprecation cycle.

Verify

Instantiate TrainingArguments and Trainer with your config under v5 and run one step (max_steps=1).

Sources

https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/main/MIGRATION_GUIDE_V5.md

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transformers v5 Trainer: tokenizer= is now processing_class=, no_cuda→use_cpu, per_gpu_→per_device_

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Cause

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