Research Log: LoRA Fine-tune Testing & Baseline Parameter Selection — Feb 15, 2026


1️⃣ LoRA Fine-tuned Model Testing

Today I tested the LoRA fine-tuned model, but the process did not go smoothly.

Because only partial base model parameters were configured in the config file, and inference-related settings were not fully specified, the result was:

  • Inference lasted approximately 5 hours
  • High resource consumption
  • Unsatisfactory final performance

The main issue stemmed from the evaluation side not imposing limits on timeout and maximum output length.


2️⃣ Baseline Model Re-evaluation

I then re-tested a baseline model with a known pass rate and compared different temperature settings:

  • temperature = 0.3
  • temperature = 0.4

Results:

  • At 0.3, the pass rate was approximately 10%
  • At 0.4, performance was less stable compared to 0.3

Therefore, subsequent evaluations will adopt temperature = 0.3 as the experimental standard.


3️⃣ Reflection

There are still concerns about whether the experiment will eventually produce meaningful results.

However, today’s progress includes:

  • Identifying and isolating configuration-related issues
  • Determining a more appropriate temperature through comparison
  • Keeping the evaluation pipeline logically consistent

Even without breakthrough results, the experiment continues in a structured and disciplined manner.