[ci] fix: fix more ci by pin transformers version (#3582)

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.github/workflows/e2e_eval_aime24.yml

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test,gpu,math]
-          pip3 install math-verify
+          pip3 install math-verify transformers==4.56.2
       - name: Prepare aime24 dataset
         run: |
           ray stop --force

.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_megatron_vllm.yml

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   IMAGE: "verl-ci-cn-beijing.cr.volces.com/verlai/verl:app-verl0.5-transformers4.55.4-vllm0.10.0-mcore0.13.0-te2.2"
   DYNAMIC_RUNNER_ENDPOINT: "https://sd10g3clalm04ug7alq90.apigateway-cn-beijing.volceapi.com/runner"
+  TRANSFORMERS_VERSION: "4.56.2"
 
 jobs:
   setup:
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip3 install math-verify transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/gsm8k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/gsm8k
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip3 install math-verify transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/gsm8k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/gsm8k
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip3 install math-verify transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/gsm8k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/gsm8k
@@ -241,6 +245,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip3 install math-verify transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/gsm8k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/gsm8k

.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer_megatron_vllm_2.yml

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   IMAGE: "verl-ci-cn-beijing.cr.volces.com/verlai/verl:app-verl0.5-transformers4.55.4-vllm0.10.0-mcore0.13.0-te2.2"
   DYNAMIC_RUNNER_ENDPOINT: "https://sd10g3clalm04ug7alq90.apigateway-cn-beijing.volceapi.com/runner"
+  TRANSFORMERS_VERSION: "4.56.2"
 
 jobs:
   setup:
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip3 install transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/gsm8k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/gsm8k
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
           pip3 install mbridge
+          pip3 install transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/gsm8k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/gsm8k
@@ -186,6 +189,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test]
+          pip3 install transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare Geo3k dataset
         run: |
           python3 examples/data_preprocess/geo3k.py --local_dataset_path ${HOME}/models/hf_data/hiyouga/geometry3k/
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test,vllm]
+          pip3 install transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       - name: Prepare GSM8K dataset
         run: |
           ray stop --force
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install the current repository
         run: |
           pip3 install --no-deps -e .[test,gpu,vllm,geo,trl]
-          pip install "transformers[hf_xet]==4.54.0"
+          pip3 install transformers==$TRANSFORMERS_VERSION
       # Geo3k
       - name: Prepare GEO3K dataset
         run: |

.github/workflows/reward_model.yml

@@ -58,9 +58,32 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
+
+env:
+  IMAGE: "verl-ci-cn-beijing.cr.volces.com/verlai/verl:app-verl0.5-transformers4.55.4-sglang0.4.10.post2-mcore0.13.0-te2.2"
+  DYNAMIC_RUNNER_ENDPOINT: "https://sd10g3clalm04ug7alq90.apigateway-cn-beijing.volceapi.com/runner"
+  TRANSFORMERS_VERSION: "4.56.2"
+
+
 jobs:
+  setup:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'volcengine'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      runner-label: ${{ steps.create-runner.outputs.runner-label }}
+      mlp-task-id: ${{ steps.create-runner.outputs.mlp-task-id }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: create-runner
+        uses: volcengine/vemlp-github-runner@v1
+        with:
+          mode: "create"
+          faas-url: "${{ env.DYNAMIC_RUNNER_ENDPOINT }}"
+          mlp-image: "${{ env.IMAGE }}"
+
   reward_model:
-    runs-on: [L20x8]
+    needs: setup
+    runs-on: [ "${{ needs.setup.outputs.runner-label || 'L20x8' }}" ]
     timeout-minutes: 20 # Increase this timeout value as needed
     env:
       HTTP_PROXY: ${{ secrets.PROXY_HTTP }}
@@ -71,9 +94,6 @@ jobs:
       SGL_DISABLE_TP_MEMORY_INBALANCE_CHECK: "True"
       NCCL_SHM_DISABLE: "1"
       NCCL_P2P_DISABLE: "1"
-    container:
-      image: verlai/verl:app-verl0.5-transformers4.55.4-sglang0.4.10.post2-mcore0.13.0-te2.2
-      options: --gpus all --shm-size=10g
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
@@ -93,3 +113,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           unset http_proxy https_proxy HTTP_PROXY HTTPS_PROXY
           pytest -s -x tests/workers/reward_model/test_generative_reward_model.py
+
+  cleanup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      [
+        setup,
+        reward_model
+      ]
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+      - id: destroy-runner
+        uses: volcengine/vemlp-github-runner@v1
+        with:
+          mode: "destroy"
+          faas-url: "${{ env.DYNAMIC_RUNNER_ENDPOINT }}"
+          mlp-task-id: "${{ needs.setup.outputs.mlp-task-id }}"