# Error while using TrainingArguments

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/error-while-using-trainingarguments/18843>\
**Category:** 🤗Transformers\
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/error-while-using-trainingarguments/18843 "2022-06-08T05:48:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mhdgholizadeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mhdgholizadeh](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/mhdgholizadeh)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/error-while-using-trainingarguments/18843/1 "2022-06-08T05:48:50Z")

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Hi,  
while, I am using  
training\_args = TrainingArguments(output\_dir=“test\_trainer”)

get the error  
AttributeError: module ‘torch.distributed’ has no attribute ‘is\_initialized’

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how can i solve this error?

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**Author:** ![sgugger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/sgugger/32/2291_2.png) [@sgugger](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/sgugger)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/error-while-using-trainingarguments/18843/2 "2022-06-08T11:37:14Z")

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You should upgrade your Transformers version 🙂

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**Author:** ![mhdgholizadeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mhdgholizadeh](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/mhdgholizadeh)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/error-while-using-trainingarguments/18843/3 "2022-06-11T20:25:13Z")

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Thanks very much