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Closes #8479. Contributes to #8420 (fitted-model conversion) and unblocks the cuml.accel proxy in #8477, which is waiting on fitted-state synchronization.

What this does

Implements IsolationForest._attrs_to_cpu, so as_sklearn() and the InteropMixin sync path produce a fully functional fitted sklearn.ensemble.IsolationForest from a fitted cuML model.

The tree structure comes from treelite.sklearn.export_model on the model's existing Treelite bytes, following the same route RandomForest*._attrs_to_cpu already uses. The isolation-forest-specific part is the per-node sample counts, which sklearn's scoring requires and the Treelite export does not carry: every leaf value is depth + average_path_length(n_samples), so the integer count is recovered by inverting sklearn's own _average_path_length. Internal counts are bottom-up sums, and each tree's root count must equal max_samples_, which validates every inversion in the tree at once.

Per the review guidance on #8420, the inversion fails loudly instead of guessing: a value matching no integer count, or more than one within tolerance (adjacent counts separate by roughly 2 / n, so this can only happen for very large max_samples), raises a ValueError that names the problem.

Acceptance criteria from #8479

  • as_sklearn() succeeds on a fitted model: covered by test_as_sklearn_scoring_parity and siblings.
  • score_samples parity: max abs diff ~1.7e-7 on float32 fits, ~2e-16 on float64 fits.
  • Prediction agreement across default, max_features, contamination, and bootstrap configurations: 100% in all four parametrized cases.
  • Fitted attributes and sklearn fit caches populated: verified against the attribute set a native sklearn fit creates. _seeds and _n_samples are deliberately not set because cuML does not record per-tree sample indices, so estimators_samples_ raises instead of returning wrong indices; this is documented in the class docstring and asserted in tests.
  • Pickle round trip of the converted estimator: identical scores and predictions.
  • cuml.accel synchronization: test_sync_attrs_to_cpu_populates_target exercises the exact _sync_attrs_to_cpu path the proxy uses.
  • Ambiguous count reconstruction fails clearly: negative, no-match, and ambiguous values each raise with a distinct message (test_invert_average_path_length_fails_loudly).

The reverse fitted sklearn to cuML conversion and populating data_count in the Treelite export stay follow-up work, as agreed on #8420.

Verification

I do not have a local CUDA toolchain to compile the modified .pyx, so local validation extracts the exact helper and method source from the modified file, executes it against the current cuml-cu13==26.08.00a171 nightly on a GTX 1650 Ti (WSL2), and runs the full test_isolation_forest.py suite that way: 96 tests pass, including the 12 new conversion tests, with zero regressions. cython-lint is clean and ruff check / ruff format (0.14.3) pass on the test file; remaining ruff findings on the .pyx are pre-existing on main.

Edge cases validated on GPU: constant-input degenerate trees (exact parity), float64 fits (parity at machine precision), feature_names_in_ transfer from DataFrame fits, and exact count inversion up to n = 5000.

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  • New Features

    • Fitted cuML Isolation Forest models can now be converted into usable scikit-learn-compatible estimators.
    • Converted estimators retain reconstructed tree metadata and scoring information.
    • Converted models support scoring and pickle round trips, including float64 and constant-data scenarios.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved validation and error handling when reconstructing tree sample counts.
    • Conversion now clearly reports unsupported fitted scikit-learn imports and failed-fit scenarios.
    • Per-tree sample indices remain unavailable after conversion.

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Changes

Fitted cuML IsolationForest models now convert to sklearn estimators by reconstructing tree sample counts from Treelite average path lengths. The conversion restores fitted metadata and scoring behavior. Tests cover parity, serialization, synchronization, edge cases, and invalid reconstruction inputs.

IsolationForest conversion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tree sample-count reconstruction
python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx, python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py
The conversion inverts average path lengths, rebuilds internal sample counts, restores sklearn tree metadata, and validates invalid or ambiguous counts.
Fitted sklearn conversion
python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx, python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py
Fitted cuML models now populate sklearn-compatible attributes and estimators. Converted models do not provide estimators_samples_.
Conversion behavior validation
python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py
Tests validate scores, predictions, fitted attributes, float64 data, pickle round trips, constant data, synchronization, and fitted sklearn import rejection.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 407cd

This PR adds fitted IsolationForest conversion to scikit-learn with broad parity and synchronization tests. It is mergeable with owner awareness that an unresolved lint/SAST finding in the added tests may still block the configured checks.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: converting fitted cuML IsolationForest models to scikit-learn.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the implementation, acceptance criteria, testing, and documented follow-up work.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes and tests address all coding-related acceptance criteria in issue #8479, including conversion, parity, synchronization, pickling, and error handling.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within issue #8479; reverse conversion and Treelite data_count population are explicitly excluded follow-up work.
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python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx (3)

439-458: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Set max_features_ on the rebuilt sub-estimator.

ExtraTreeRegressor normally sets max_features_ during fit. Code that inspects the converted sub-estimators, including some sklearn utilities and check_is_fitted style introspection, can read it. Scoring does not need it, so this is a small completeness gap.

♻️ Proposed addition
     rebuilt = ExtraTreeRegressor(max_features=1.0, max_depth=max_depth)
     rebuilt.n_features_in_ = n_features
+    rebuilt.max_features_ = n_features
     rebuilt.n_outputs_ = 1
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In `@python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx` around lines 439 - 458, Set
the rebuilt ExtraTreeRegressor’s max_features_ attribute in
_isolation_tree_to_sklearn, using the same resolved feature-count value
represented by max_features=1.0 during fitting, while leaving the existing tree
reconstruction and scoring behavior unchanged.

357-402: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cache the average path length lookups.

apl builds a new NumPy array and calls _average_path_length on every probe. The binary search runs about log2(n) probes per leaf, and _recover_node_sample_counts calls it for every leaf of every tree. For a 100-tree forest with max_samples=256 this creates on the order of 10^5 one-element array allocations per conversion.

A small memo cache removes the repeated work without changing behavior.

♻️ Proposed caching of `apl`
-    from sklearn.ensemble._iforest import _average_path_length
-
-    def apl(n):
-        return float(_average_path_length(np.asarray([n]))[0])
+    apl = _cached_average_path_length

Add at module scope:

import functools


`@functools.lru_cache`(maxsize=None)
def _cached_average_path_length(n):
    from sklearn.ensemble._iforest import _average_path_length

    return float(_average_path_length(np.asarray([n]))[0])
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In `@python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx` around lines 357 - 402, Cache
average path length computations used by _invert_average_path_length to avoid
rebuilding one-element arrays and calling _average_path_length repeatedly across
binary-search probes and leaves. Add a module-level memoized helper keyed by the
integer sample count, and have the local apl lookup reuse it without changing
validation or matching behavior.

675-675: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

max_depth ignores the user-supplied max_depth parameter.

cuML accepts an explicit max_depth, while sklearn's IsolationForest always derives it. Here the converted sub-estimators always receive ceil(log2(max(n_samples, 2))). When a user sets max_depth=3, the reconstructed ExtraTreeRegressor reports a max_depth that does not match the tree it carries.

The value is metadata only and does not change scoring, so this is a consistency gap rather than a scoring defect.

♻️ Proposed fix
-        max_depth = int(np.ceil(np.log2(max(n_samples, 2))))
+        max_depth = (
+            int(self.max_depth)
+            if self.max_depth is not None
+            else int(np.ceil(np.log2(max(n_samples, 2))))
+        )
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In `@python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx` at line 675, Use the
user-supplied max_depth when constructing converted sub-estimators, falling back
to ceil(log2(max(n_samples, 2))) only when max_depth is unset. Update the
max_depth assignment in the conversion logic so each reconstructed
ExtraTreeRegressor reports the depth matching its source configuration.
python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py (1)

345-348: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add input-type coverage for the conversion path.

All conversion tests pass NumPy arrays. The repository guidelines require tests across cuDF, pandas, and NumPy inputs. Add at least one conversion test that fits from a cuDF or pandas frame, then checks that as_sklearn() scores match.

As per coding guidelines: "Test different input types: cuDF, pandas, NumPy".

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In `@python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py` around lines 345 - 348, Add
input-type coverage to test_as_sklearn_scoring_parity by fitting the
cuIsolationForest model with a cuDF or pandas DataFrame, then converting via
as_sklearn() and asserting score parity with the cuML model while preserving the
existing NumPy coverage.

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Inline comments:
In `@python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx`:
- Around line 659-672: Update IsolationForest._attrs_to_cpu to check
_treelite_model_bytes before deserializing; if it is None, raise RuntimeError
with the message "Model has not been fitted. Call fit() first.". Preserve the
existing deserialization flow for fitted models.
- Line 369: Update the IsolationForest compatibility handling around
_average_path_length and _attrs_to_cpu to validate the installed scikit-learn
private scoring contract, requiring only attributes actually defined by that
version while allowing _sample_weight to be absent because _attrs_to_cpu
initializes it to None. Raise a clear compatibility error when
_average_path_length or the required scoring attributes change.

In `@python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py`:
- Around line 475-477: Update the comment above the
_invert_average_path_length(1.95) assertion to state that 1.95 lies between
_average_path_length(3) and _average_path_length(4), while leaving the test and
assertion unchanged.
- Around line 399-408: Update python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py lines
399-408: add strict=True to the zip call in the estimator loop and assign
estimators_samples_ access to _ while preserving the AttributeError assertion.
Update lines 411-423 by adding a brief-reason # noqa: S301 suppression to the
pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(sk_model)) line.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cuml/cuml/ensemble/isolation_forest.pyx`:
- Around line 439-458: Set the rebuilt ExtraTreeRegressor’s max_features_
attribute in _isolation_tree_to_sklearn, using the same resolved feature-count
value represented by max_features=1.0 during fitting, while leaving the existing
tree reconstruction and scoring behavior unchanged.
- Around line 357-402: Cache average path length computations used by
_invert_average_path_length to avoid rebuilding one-element arrays and calling
_average_path_length repeatedly across binary-search probes and leaves. Add a
module-level memoized helper keyed by the integer sample count, and have the
local apl lookup reuse it without changing validation or matching behavior.
- Line 675: Use the user-supplied max_depth when constructing converted
sub-estimators, falling back to ceil(log2(max(n_samples, 2))) only when
max_depth is unset. Update the max_depth assignment in the conversion logic so
each reconstructed ExtraTreeRegressor reports the depth matching its source
configuration.

In `@python/cuml/tests/test_isolation_forest.py`:
- Around line 345-348: Add input-type coverage to test_as_sklearn_scoring_parity
by fitting the cuIsolationForest model with a cuDF or pandas DataFrame, then
converting via as_sklearn() and asserting score parity with the cuML model while
preserving the existing NumPy coverage.
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A failed fit can leave n_features_in_ set, which makes the model look
fitted to InteropMixin, while no serialized forest exists. Raise the
same RuntimeError as the scoring methods instead of deserializing None.

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