Your RunPod Checkpoints Disappeared When The Pod Stopped. Here Is Why.
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You ran a training job. It completed. You stopped the pod to save money. You came back and the checkpoints were gone. No error. No warning. Just an empty directory where the weights should be. This is one of the most common failures in rented GPU compute and it is entirely preventable. Why the checkpoints disappeared RunPod pods have two kinds of storage: Container storage: The root filesystem (/, /root, /tmp, /home). Fast. Exists only while the pod is running. When you stop or terminate the pod, everything on container storage is wiped. This is ephemeral storage. Network volume: Mounted at /w
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