Less flaky `test_assisted_decoding_matches_greedy_search` (#23451)

* fix

* fix

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Co-authored-by: ydshieh <ydshieh@users.noreply.github.com>

tests/generation/test_utils.py

@@ -1477,46 +1477,57 @@ class GenerationTesterMixin:
             ):
                 return
 
-            # enable cache
-            config, input_ids, attention_mask, max_length = self._get_input_ids_and_config(batch_size=1)
+            # This for loop is a naive and temporary effort to make the test less flaky.
+            failed = 0
+            for i in range(10):
+                # enable cache
+                config, input_ids, attention_mask, max_length = self._get_input_ids_and_config(batch_size=1)
+
+                # NOTE: assisted generation only works with cache on at the moment.
+                if not hasattr(config, "use_cache"):
+                    return
+
+                config.use_cache = True
+                config.is_decoder = True
+                model = model_class(config).to(torch_device).eval()
+                output_greedy = model.generate(
+                    input_ids,
+                    attention_mask=attention_mask,
+                    max_length=max_length,
+                    num_beams=1,
+                    do_sample=False,
+                    output_scores=True,
+                    output_hidden_states=True,
+                    output_attentions=True,
+                    return_dict_in_generate=True,
+                )
+                # Note: with assisted generate, if the same model is used as assistant, then all assistant tokens will
+                # be correct
+                output_assisted = model.generate(
+                    input_ids,
+                    attention_mask=attention_mask,
+                    max_length=max_length,
+                    num_beams=1,
+                    do_sample=False,
+                    assistant_model=model,
+                    output_scores=True,
+                    output_hidden_states=True,
+                    output_attentions=True,
+                    return_dict_in_generate=True,
+                )
 
-            # NOTE: assisted generation only works with cache on at the moment.
-            if not hasattr(config, "use_cache"):
-                return
+                try:
+                    self.assertListEqual(output_greedy.sequences.tolist(), output_assisted.sequences.tolist())
 
-            config.use_cache = True
-            config.is_decoder = True
-            model = model_class(config).to(torch_device).eval()
-            output_greedy = model.generate(
-                input_ids,
-                attention_mask=attention_mask,
-                max_length=max_length,
-                num_beams=1,
-                do_sample=False,
-                output_scores=True,
-                output_hidden_states=True,
-                output_attentions=True,
-                return_dict_in_generate=True,
-            )
-            # Note: with assisted generate, if the same model is used as assistant, then all assistant tokens will
-            # be correct
-            output_assisted = model.generate(
-                input_ids,
-                attention_mask=attention_mask,
-                max_length=max_length,
-                num_beams=1,
-                do_sample=False,
-                assistant_model=model,
-                output_scores=True,
-                output_hidden_states=True,
-                output_attentions=True,
-                return_dict_in_generate=True,
-            )
+                    for output in (output_greedy, output_assisted):
+                        self._check_outputs(output, input_ids, model.config, use_cache=True)
+                except AssertionError:
+                    failed += 1
+                    if failed > 1:
+                        self.assertListEqual(output_greedy.sequences.tolist(), output_assisted.sequences.tolist())
 
-            self.assertListEqual(output_greedy.sequences.tolist(), output_assisted.sequences.tolist())
-
-            for output in (output_greedy, output_assisted):
-                self._check_outputs(output, input_ids, model.config, use_cache=True)
+                        for output in (output_greedy, output_assisted):
+                            self._check_outputs(output, input_ids, model.config, use_cache=True)
 
     def test_assisted_decoding_sample(self):
         # Seeded assisted decoding will not match sample for the same seed, as the forward pass does not return the