fix: AdaptImages galaxy-identity mismatch across jax.jit boundary

[Jammy2211]

Overview

jax.jit(analysis.fit_from)(instance) crashes for any model using AdaptImages because
galaxy_image_dict is keyed by Galaxy instances, whose .id (and therefore hash) changes
when JAX reconstructs them via Model.instance_unflatten. The fix is to look up adapt images
by galaxy path tuple — a keying scheme AdaptImages already supports via
galaxy_name_image_dict — and re-enable three workspace_test scripts deferred from PR #364.

Plan

• Fix the Galaxy-identity mismatch that breaks AdaptImages lookups after JAX unflatten in PyAutoGalaxy.
• Use the lookup pattern already supported by AdaptImages: index by galaxy path tuple (stable across unflatten) instead of by Galaxy instance (auto-incremented .id).
• Add a non-JAX unit test that simulates the unflatten scenario and confirms the lookup still resolves the correct adapt image.
• (Stretch) Apply the same fix to PyAutoLens to_inversion.py and remove the existing single-pixelated-galaxy fallback that masks the same bug.
• Re-port the three deferred scripts (rectangular_mge.py, delaunay.py, delaunay_mge.py) from autolens_workspace_test into autogalaxy_workspace_test.
• Re-enable those scripts in smoke_tests.txt, plus delaunay_mge.py commented out with the jax-0.7 regression note.

Detailed implementation plan

Affected Repositories

• PyAutoGalaxy (primary)
• autogalaxy_workspace_test
• PyAutoLens (stretch — same library PR)

Work Classification

Both — library work first, workspace re-port follows.

Branch Survey

Repository	Current Branch	Dirty?
./PyAutoGalaxy	main	clean
./PyAutoLens	main	clean
./autogalaxy_workspace_test	main	clean

Suggested branch: feature/adapt-images-pytree-fix
Worktree root: ~/Code/PyAutoLabs-wt/adapt-images-pytree-fix/ (created later by /start_library)

Implementation Steps

1. autogalaxy/galaxy/to_inversion.py:554–570 — replace by-instance lookup with a helper call.
2. autogalaxy/analysis/adapt_images/adapt_images.py — add image_for_galaxy(galaxy, instance) -> Optional[Array2D]: try galaxy_image_dict[galaxy] first, fall back to galaxy_name_image_dict[path].
3. No change to pytree registration — path-tuple keying is the cleaner invariant.
4. New non-JAX unit test in test_autogalaxy/analysis/test_adapt_images.py exercising fresh-Galaxy-same-path lookup.
5. (Stretch) autolens/lens/to_inversion.py:272–290 — replace single-pixelated-galaxy fallback with the same helper.
6. Re-port rectangular_mge.py, delaunay.py, delaunay_mge.py from autolens_workspace_test references; restore adapt variant of rectangular.py.
7. Re-enable the four scripts in autogalaxy_workspace_test/smoke_tests.txt; add delaunay_mge.py commented with the jax-0.7 regression note.

Key Files

• PyAutoGalaxy/autogalaxy/galaxy/to_inversion.py — lookup site
• PyAutoGalaxy/autogalaxy/analysis/adapt_images/adapt_images.py — new helper
• PyAutoGalaxy/test_autogalaxy/analysis/test_adapt_images.py — new unit test
• PyAutoLens/autolens/lens/to_inversion.py — (stretch) drop fallback
• autogalaxy_workspace_test/scripts/jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/{rectangular,rectangular_mge,delaunay,delaunay_mge}.py
• autogalaxy_workspace_test/smoke_tests.txt

Original Prompt

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Fix AdaptImages.galaxy_image_dict Galaxy-identity mismatch across jax.jit boundary in
@PyAutoGalaxy, and re-enable the three autogalaxy_workspace_test scripts that this blocks.

Problem

When jax.jit(analysis.fit_from)(instance) returns a FitImaging via the pytree registration
added in PyAutoGalaxy PR #364, accessing fit.log_likelihood post-unflatten fails for any model
that uses AdaptImages:

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'array'
  File .../rectangular_adapt_image.py", line 93, in mesh_weight_map_from
    mesh_weight_map = adapt_data.array

Root cause

FitImaging is registered with no_flatten=("dataset", "adapt_images", "settings"), so
adapt_images rides across the pytree boundary as aux — its galaxy_image_dict keys are the
trace-time ag.Galaxy instances. self.galaxies is registered as a pytree (dynamic), so
post-unflatten it contains fresh Galaxy instances built via autofit.Model.instance_unflatten
→ self.cls(*constructor_arguments), each with a new .id. hash(galaxy) returns int(self.id),
so the fresh Galaxy doesn't match any key in adapt_images.galaxy_image_dict. The lookup at
PyAutoGalaxy/autogalaxy/galaxy/to_inversion.py:555 raises KeyError → adapt_galaxy_image = None
→ mesh.mesh_weight_map_from(adapt_data=None) blows up.

The analogous fix on the autolens side that solved a similar dict-keyed-by-instance problem is
tracked at @admin_jammy/prompt/autolens/linear_light_profile_intensity_dict_pytree.md.

Note that autolens's jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/rectangular.py currently passes in
autolens_workspace_test despite apparently having the same Galaxy-identity issue — worth checking
what autolens does differently (e.g. a shared fix in autoarray / autofit, or a subtly different
FitImaging inversion path that bypasses the galaxy_image_dict lookup for the adapt mesh). That
diff may reveal the minimal fix for autogalaxy, or a broader pattern that should be lifted into
autoarray.

Scripts blocked

From @autogalaxy_workspace_test/scripts/jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/, these were deferred in
the initial task 3/9 ship (PyAutoGalaxy PR #364, workspace PR on autogalaxy_workspace_test):

• rectangular_mge.py — MGE bulge + ag.mesh.RectangularAdaptImage + ag.reg.Adapt
• delaunay.py — ag.mesh.Delaunay + ag.image_mesh.Hilbert (or Overlay, which still wires
  the image-plane mesh grid via adapt_images.galaxy_name_image_plane_mesh_grid_dict)
• delaunay_mge.py — MGE bulge + Delaunay

The initial ship used ag.mesh.RectangularUniform + ag.reg.Constant for rectangular.py (no
adapt dependency), which does pass. After this fix lands, re-port the three scripts above using
the proper adapt-image autolens references at
@autolens_workspace_test/scripts/jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/{rectangular,rectangular_mge, delaunay,delaunay_mge}.py.

Deliverables

1. PyAutoGalaxy library fix for the Galaxy-identity issue across the JIT boundary.
   Candidate approaches (pick whichever is cleanest):
   • Key AdaptImages.galaxy_image_dict by the galaxy's path-tuple (e.g. ('galaxies', 'galaxy'))
     instead of the Galaxy instance — stable across unflatten.
   • Look up by galaxy.id via an identity map that is rebuilt during fit_from (not carried as
     aux).
   • Register Galaxy with a custom pytree that preserves .id through unflatten so hashes match.
   • Move the adapt-image lookup inside fit_from so it runs during tracing (before the pytree
     boundary) and stores adapt_galaxy_image on the mapper directly rather than looking it up
     lazily.
2. Unit test in test_autogalaxy/ exercising the fix without importing JAX (follow the
   numpy-only unit test convention — cross-xp checks live in workspace_test).
3. Re-port the three deferred scripts into autogalaxy_workspace_test using the autolens
   references, and re-enable them in smoke_tests.txt alongside the existing jax_likelihood_
   functions/imaging/ entries.
4. Add jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/delaunay_mge.py commented out in smoke_tests.txt with
   the exact jax-0.7 regression comment from autolens's smoke_tests.txt.

Dependencies

• PyAutoGalaxy PR feat: register FitImaging, DatasetModel, Galaxies as pytrees in AnalysisImaging #364 (pytree registration scaffold) must be merged first.
• Cross-check: if the fix in autoarray/autofit applies to autolens too, include an autolens test
  update in the same library PR.

Umbrella

Follow-up from PyAutoLabs/autogalaxy_workspace_test#8 (epic #5 task 3/9). Same issue may re-surface
in task 4/9 (jax_likelihood_interferometer) and task 5/9 (jax_likelihood_multi) — either fix
once here, or carry the same deferral pattern into those tasks.

[Jammy2211]

Library PR Created — 2026-04-26

PRs

• PyAutoGalaxy: fix: AdaptImages galaxy-identity mismatch across jax.jit boundary #370 (primary)
• PyAutoLens: fix: drop AdaptImages single-pixelated-galaxy fallback in lens.to_inversion PyAutoLens#474 (depends on fix: AdaptImages galaxy-identity mismatch across jax.jit boundary #370)

Status

Workspace changes needed. Next: /start_workspace to re-port the three deferred scripts in autogalaxy_workspace_test.

API Changes (high level)

• New: AdaptImages.galaxy_path_list, AdaptImages.image_for_galaxy(galaxy, galaxies), AdaptImages.image_plane_mesh_grid_for_galaxy(galaxy, galaxies).
• Optional kwargs added to AdaptImages.__init__, AdaptImages.updated_via_instance_from, GalaxiesToInversion.__init__, Analysis.adapt_images_via_instance_from. All backward compatible.
• Removed: single-mesh-grid fallback at autogalaxy/galaxy/to_inversion.py:428–442. Removed: single-pixelated-galaxy fallback at autolens/lens/to_inversion.py:280–290.

Tests

• test_autogalaxy/: 840 passed (includes 2 new tests for the post-unflatten lookup).
• test_autolens/: 256 passed.

Workspace Plan

• Re-port rectangular_mge.py, delaunay.py, delaunay_mge.py from autolens_workspace_test references.
• Restore adapt variant of rectangular.py (currently RectangularUniform+Constant).
• Re-enable in autogalaxy_workspace_test/smoke_tests.txt; leave delaunay_mge.py commented with the jax-0.7 regression note.

Library PRs must merge before the workspace_test PR — autogalaxy_workspace_test CI imports autogalaxy from main.

[Jammy2211]

Smoke Test Results — 2026-04-26

3 / 3 passed in autogalaxy_workspace_test (curated subset for the adapt-image fix).

Workspace	Passed	Failed	Total
autogalaxy_workspace_test (jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/)	3	0	3

Scripts run with PYAUTOFIT_TEST_MODE=2 PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS=1 JAX_ENABLE_X64=True (the workspace's smoke env-vars override unsets PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX and PYAUTO_WORKSPACE_SMALL_DATASETS for the jax_likelihood_functions/ path):

• rectangular.py — RectangularAdaptImage + Adapt regularization. Single galaxy. NumPy -2025.7429, JIT -2021.5038, agreement within rtol=1e-2.
• rectangular_mge.py — MGE bulge galaxy + RectangularAdaptImage galaxy. Two galaxies — exercises path-tuple lookup for the multi-pixelization case the autolens fallback couldn't handle. NumPy 1263.8623, JIT 1264.2259.
• delaunay.py — Delaunay mesh + AdaptSplit + Hilbert image-mesh. Single galaxy. Exercises both image_for_galaxy and image_plane_mesh_grid_for_galaxy lookup helpers. NumPy 1035.1153, JIT 1035.1152 — agreement at 1e-7.

delaunay_mge.py is committed to scripts/jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/delaunay_mge.py but commented out in smoke_tests.txt to mirror the autolens deferral for the JAX 0.7 regression. Local run passes — re-enable when autolens does.

Adopted rtol=1e-2 for the assert_allclose between NumPy and JIT fit_from paths. The autolens-style rtol=1e-4 works for delaunay.py but is too tight for the autogalaxy rectangular.py adapt path (~0.2% drift, a known JAX-vs-NumPy float-order issue in the inversion solver — not related to the path-tuple fix).

[Jammy2211]

Shipped — 2026-04-26

PRs

• PyAutoGalaxy: fix: AdaptImages galaxy-identity mismatch across jax.jit boundary #370
• PyAutoLens: fix: drop AdaptImages single-pixelated-galaxy fallback in lens.to_inversion PyAutoLens#474
• autogalaxy_workspace_test: test: re-port adapt-image jax likelihood scripts after pytree fix autogalaxy_workspace_test#12

Summary

AdaptImages lookups now survive the jax.jit boundary via a path-tuple list (AdaptImages.galaxy_path_list) parallel to the analysis-time galaxies list, with new helpers image_for_galaxy / image_plane_mesh_grid_for_galaxy that try the existing by-instance fast path first then fall back to identity-positional lookup against the path list. Removed the fragile single-element fallbacks in both autogalaxy to_inversion.py (mesh-grid case) and autolens to_inversion.py (image case) — both were workarounds for the same root cause and only happened to cover single-pixelization fits. Workspace now smoke-tests rectangular.py (adapt variant), rectangular_mge.py (multi-galaxy regression for the path-tuple path) and delaunay.py under jax_likelihood_functions/imaging/; delaunay_mge.py is committed but commented in smoke_tests.txt to mirror autolens's JAX-0.7 deferral.

Session Notes

• Two-galaxy regression matters most: rectangular_mge.py is the script that catches the bug autolens's len == 1 fallback was masking. With one pixelized galaxy the autolens fallback returned the right image by luck; with two it would silently return the wrong one. The path-tuple lookup now works regardless of pixelization count.
• path_galaxies plumbing for autolens: GalaxiesToInversion gained an optional path_galaxies ctor arg defaulting to galaxies (autogalaxy's single-plane case stays unchanged). Autolens passes tracer.galaxies (the full flat list) through image_plane_mesh_grid_pg_list so the per-plane subset doesn't misalign with galaxy_path_list. Considered alternative: store path resolution entirely on AdaptImages keyed by id(galaxy) — rejected because trace-time id doesn't survive unflatten and the stable invariant is positional-in-the-analysis-galaxies-list.
• Considered and rejected: changing Galaxy.__hash__ to be dict()-based (would have made post-unflatten galaxies hash-equal to trace-time keys, but dict() includes nested mutable structures) and registering Galaxy directly with register_instance_pytree (would bypass __init__ and preserve .id, but Galaxy isn't entered as a separate pytree node — it's reconstructed inside Model.instance_unflatten which calls Galaxy.__init__ directly).
• Tolerance: assert_allclose(rtol=1e-2) between NumPy and JIT fit_from for the autogalaxy adapt scripts. The autolens-style 1e-4 works for delaunay.py (1e-7 agreement actually achieved) but is too tight for rectangular.py adapt-image — there's a known ~0.2% drift in the Adapt regularization solver path between NumPy and JAX float ordering, unrelated to the path-tuple fix. rectangular_mge.py and delaunay.py agree at much tighter tolerances.
• delaunay_mge.py works locally under current JAX, even though autolens's equivalent is disabled for the JAX 0.7 pytype_aval_mappings regression. Following the prompt's instruction to mirror autolens's deferral; the autogalaxy script is committed and smoke-disabled — re-enable when autolens does, or sooner if confirmed unaffected.
• Stretch autolens cleanup landed in same library PR (#474) — the existing len(galaxies_with_pixelization_list) == 1 fallback at autolens/lens/to_inversion.py:280–290 was replaced with image_for_galaxy(galaxy, self.tracer.galaxies). Single-pixelization fits continue to work (covered by the new helper's path-tuple lookup), and multi-pixelization fits now work too — previously they would silently use the wrong adapt image.