diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/test_vm.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/test_vm.conf
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+ZONE="us-central2-b"
+QR_NAME="v4-test-vm"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v4-8"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv4"
+IS_SPOT="true"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v4_test_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/v4_od_us.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/v4_od_us.conf
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+ZONE="us-central2-b"
+QR_NAME="v4-32-us-ondemand"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v4-32"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv4"
+IS_SPOT="false"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v4_od_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/v4_spot_us.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/v4_spot_us.conf
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+ZONE="us-central2-b"
+QR_NAME="v4-32-us-spot"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v4-32"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv4"
+IS_SPOT="true"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v4_spot_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/v5e_eu.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/v5e_eu.conf
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+ZONE="europe-west4-b"
+QR_NAME="v5e-64-eu-spot"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v5litepod-64"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv5-lite"
+IS_SPOT="true"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v5e_eu_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/v5e_us.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/v5e_us.conf
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+ZONE="us-central1-a"
+QR_NAME="v5e-64-us-spot"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v5litepod-64"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv5-lite"
+IS_SPOT="true"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v5e_us_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/v6e_eu.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/v6e_eu.conf
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+ZONE="europe-west4-a"
+QR_NAME="v6e-64-eu-spot"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v6e-64"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv6e"
+IS_SPOT="true"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v6e_eu_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/configs/v6e_us.conf b/tpu_orchestration/configs/v6e_us.conf
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+ZONE="us-east1-d"
+QR_NAME="v6e-64-us-spot"
+ACCEL_TYPE="v6e-64"
+RUNTIME_VERSION="v2-alpha-tpuv6e"
+IS_SPOT="true"
+RUN_ID="phantom_v6e_us_1"
+HF_REPO="velocitatem/capstone"
+TRAIN_CMD="python -m engine.train --sweep-agent --sweep-id lusiana/capstone/oasdorof"
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/tpu_startup.sh b/tpu_orchestration/tpu_startup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Idempotent startup script for TPU VMs using HF Buckets
+
+exec > >(tee -a /var/log/tpu_startup.log) 2>&1
+echo "Starting TPU setup..."
+
+# 1. Fetch metadata from GCP
+get_metadata() {
+    curl -s -H "Metadata-Flavor: Google" "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/attributes/$1"
+}
+
+export HF_TOKEN=$(get_metadata "HF_TOKEN")
+export WANDB_API_KEY=$(get_metadata "WANDB_API_KEY")
+export RUN_ID=$(get_metadata "RUN_ID")
+export HF_REPO=$(get_metadata "HF_REPO")
+export ACCEL_TYPE=$(get_metadata "ACCEL_TYPE")
+export GITHUB_REPO=$(get_metadata "GITHUB_REPO")
+export BRANCH=$(get_metadata "BRANCH")
+export TRAIN_CMD=$(get_metadata "TRAIN_CMD")
+
+export WORKER_ID=$(hostname)
+
+# 2. Install dependencies
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y git tmux jq curl build-essential wget
+
+# Install HF CLI
+curl -LsSf https://hf.co/cli/install.sh | bash
+
+# Install Miniconda to ensure modern Python (3.10+) on older TPU OS bases
+wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O /tmp/miniconda.sh
+bash /tmp/miniconda.sh -b -p /opt/conda
+rm /tmp/miniconda.sh
+export PATH="/opt/conda/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Create and activate conda environment
+conda create -n phantom python=3.11 -y
+source /opt/conda/bin/activate phantom
+
+# Install Python ML dependencies
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install "jax[tpu]" -f https://storage.googleapis.com/jax-releases/libtpu_releases.html
+pip install wandb orbax-checkpoint huggingface_hub
+
+# 3. Setup directories
+mkdir -p /app/data
+mkdir -p /app/checkpoints
+mkdir -p /app/logs
+mkdir -p /app/xla_cache/$ACCEL_TYPE
+
+export JAX_COMPILATION_CACHE_DIR="/app/xla_cache/${ACCEL_TYPE}"
+
+# 4. Clone repository
+if [ -d "/app/model" ]; then
+    rm -rf /app/model
+fi
+git clone --branch $BRANCH $GITHUB_REPO /app/model
+cd /app/model
+
+# Install project-specific dependencies if available
+if [ -f "requirements.txt" ]; then
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+fi
+
+# 5. Restore state from Hugging Face Buckets
+echo "Restoring state from hf://buckets/$HF_REPO..."
+# Download base data (shared across all)
+hf buckets sync hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/data/base /app/data || echo "No base data found or failed to sync."
+
+# Download worker-specific checkpoints and logs
+hf buckets sync hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/checkpoints/$WORKER_ID /app/checkpoints || echo "No checkpoint found."
+hf buckets sync hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/logs/$WORKER_ID /app/logs || echo "No logs found."
+
+# Download architecture-specific XLA cache
+hf buckets sync hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/xla/$ACCEL_TYPE /app/xla_cache/$ACCEL_TYPE || echo "No XLA cache found."
+
+# 6. Start Background Sync Loop
+cat << 'EOF' > /app/sync_loop.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+while true; do
+  sleep 120
+  echo "[$(date)] Background sync to HF Bucket..."
+  hf buckets sync /app/checkpoints hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/checkpoints/$WORKER_ID --quiet || true
+  hf buckets sync /app/logs hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/logs/$WORKER_ID --quiet || true
+  hf buckets sync /app/xla_cache/$ACCEL_TYPE hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/xla/$ACCEL_TYPE --quiet || true
+done
+EOF
+chmod +x /app/sync_loop.sh
+/app/sync_loop.sh &
+SYNC_PID=$!
+
+# 7. Execute Training
+echo "Starting training with command: $TRAIN_CMD"
+# Ensure we are in the correct directory and environment
+cd /app/model
+export PYTHONPATH="/app/model:$PYTHONPATH"
+
+if [ -n "$TRAIN_CMD" ]; then
+    eval "$TRAIN_CMD"
+    EXIT_CODE=$?
+else
+    echo "No TRAIN_CMD provided. Sleeping for testing purposes..."
+    # For testing: run a dummy process so the VM doesn't just idle immediately
+    sleep 3600
+    EXIT_CODE=0
+fi
+
+# 8. Cleanup and Final Sync
+echo "Training finished with exit code $EXIT_CODE. Stopping sync loop and performing final sync..."
+kill $SYNC_PID
+
+hf buckets sync /app/checkpoints hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/checkpoints/$WORKER_ID
+hf buckets sync /app/logs hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/logs/$WORKER_ID
+hf buckets sync /app/xla_cache/$ACCEL_TYPE hf://buckets/$HF_REPO/runs/$RUN_ID/xla/$ACCEL_TYPE
+
+exit $EXIT_CODE
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diff --git a/tpu_orchestration/watchdog.sh b/tpu_orchestration/watchdog.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Watchdog loop to ensure TPUs are re-queued when preempted
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <config_file>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+CONFIG_FILE=$1
+if [ ! -f "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Config file $CONFIG_FILE not found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Load config
+source "$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+# Make sure HF_TOKEN is available
+if [ -z "$HF_TOKEN" ]; then
+    echo "Error: HF_TOKEN environment variable must be set before running watchdog."
+    echo "export HF_TOKEN=..."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Make sure WANDB_API_KEY is available
+if [ -z "$WANDB_API_KEY" ]; then
+    echo "Warning: WANDB_API_KEY environment variable is not set. Wandb logging may fail."
+fi
+
+# Make sure GITHUB_REPO is set in config or env
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_REPO" ]; then
+    GITHUB_REPO="https://github.com/velocitatem/PHANTOM.git"
+    if [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+        GITHUB_REPO="https://velocitatem:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/velocitatem/PHANTOM.git"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Make sure BRANCH is set in config or env
+if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+    BRANCH="main"
+fi
+
+# Ensure PROJECT_ID is set
+if [ -z "$PROJECT_ID" ]; then
+    PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get-value project 2>/dev/null)
+    if [ -z "$PROJECT_ID" ]; then
+        PROJECT_ID="phantom-trc" # Fallback to the known project ID
+        echo "Warning: PROJECT_ID not set and gcloud not configured. Defaulting to $PROJECT_ID"
+    fi
+fi
+
+echo "Starting watchdog for $QR_NAME in $ZONE (Project: $PROJECT_ID)"
+echo "Accelerator: $ACCEL_TYPE"
+echo "Run ID: $RUN_ID"
+
+# Backoff tracking for IP quota errors
+RETRY_DELAY=60
+MAX_RETRY_DELAY=300
+
+while true; do
+  STATE=$(gcloud compute tpus queued-resources describe $QR_NAME --zone=$ZONE --project=$PROJECT_ID --format="value(state)" 2>/dev/null)
+  
+  if [ -z "$STATE" ] || [[ "$STATE" == *"SUSPENDED"* ]] || [[ "$STATE" == *"FAILED"* ]]; then
+    echo "[$(date)] Cluster '${STATE:-MISSING}' - cleaning IPs and re-queuing..."
+    
+    # Clean all orphaned RESERVED IPs in parallel to free quota
+    gcloud compute addresses list --project=$PROJECT_ID \
+      --filter="status=RESERVED AND name~'^tpu-.*'" \
+      --format="value(name,region)" 2>/dev/null | \
+      while IFS=$'\t' read -r n r; do 
+        [ -n "$n" ] && [ -n "$r" ] && gcloud compute addresses delete "$n" --region="$r" --project=$PROJECT_ID --quiet 2>/dev/null &
+      done
+    wait
+    
+    # Delete QR and any orphaned VM
+    gcloud compute tpus queued-resources delete $QR_NAME --zone=$ZONE --project=$PROJECT_ID --quiet --force 2>/dev/null
+    VM_STATE=$(gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm describe $QR_NAME --zone=$ZONE --project=$PROJECT_ID --format="value(state)" 2>/dev/null)
+    [ -n "$VM_STATE" ] && gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm delete $QR_NAME --zone=$ZONE --project=$PROJECT_ID --quiet 2>/dev/null
+    
+    sleep 5
+    
+    # Create new QR
+    SPOT_FLAG=""
+    if [ "$IS_SPOT" = "true" ]; then
+        SPOT_FLAG="--spot"
+    fi
+    
+    # Prepare metadata
+    METADATA="HF_TOKEN=$HF_TOKEN,RUN_ID=$RUN_ID,HF_REPO=$HF_REPO,ACCEL_TYPE=$ACCEL_TYPE,GITHUB_REPO=$GITHUB_REPO,BRANCH=$BRANCH"
+    if [ -n "$WANDB_API_KEY" ]; then
+        METADATA="$METADATA,WANDB_API_KEY=$WANDB_API_KEY"
+    fi
+    if [ -n "$TRAIN_CMD" ]; then
+        METADATA="$METADATA,TRAIN_CMD=$TRAIN_CMD"
+    fi
+
+    # Determine runtime version
+    RT_VERSION=${RUNTIME_VERSION:-"v2-alpha-tpuv4"}
+
+    gcloud compute tpus queued-resources create $QR_NAME \
+      --project=$PROJECT_ID \
+      --node-id=$QR_NAME \
+      --zone=$ZONE \
+      --accelerator-type=$ACCEL_TYPE \
+      --runtime-version=$RT_VERSION \
+      $SPOT_FLAG \
+      --metadata-from-file startup-script=$(dirname $0)/tpu_startup.sh \
+      --metadata "$METADATA" 2>&1 | tee /tmp/tpu_create_${QR_NAME}.log
+      
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "[$(date)] Successfully queued $QR_NAME."
+        RETRY_DELAY=60
+    elif grep -q "IN_USE_ADDRESSES" /tmp/tpu_create_${QR_NAME}.log 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo "[$(date)] IP quota hit - backing off ${RETRY_DELAY}s"
+        sleep $RETRY_DELAY
+        RETRY_DELAY=$((RETRY_DELAY * 2))
+        [ $RETRY_DELAY -gt $MAX_RETRY_DELAY ] && RETRY_DELAY=$MAX_RETRY_DELAY
+        continue
+    else
+        echo "[$(date)] Failed to queue $QR_NAME."
+        RETRY_DELAY=60
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "[$(date)] Cluster state is $STATE. Checking again in 60s..."
+  fi
+  sleep 60
+done