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+import base64
+import json
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+from constants import METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES
+from utils import detect_output_type, extract_metrics_from_json
+
+
+def generate_table_row(cells, styles):
+    """Helper function to generate an HTML table row."""
+    return (
+        "<tr>"
+        + "".join(f"<td style='{styles}'>{cell}</td>" for cell in cells)
+        + "</tr>"
+    )
+
+
+def format_config_table_html(
+    config: dict,
+    split_info: Optional[str] = None,
+    training_progress: dict = None,
+    output_type: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> str:
+    display_keys = [
+        "task_type",
+        "model_name",
+        "epochs",
+        "batch_size",
+        "fine_tune",
+        "use_pretrained",
+        "learning_rate",
+        "random_seed",
+        "early_stop",
+        "threshold",
+    ]
+
+    rows = []
+
+    for key in display_keys:
+        val = config.get(key, None)
+        if key == "threshold":
+            if output_type != "binary":
+                continue
+            val = val if val is not None else 0.5
+            val_str = f"{val:.2f}"
+            if val == 0.5:
+                val_str += " (default)"
+        else:
+            if key == "task_type":
+                val_str = val.title() if isinstance(val, str) else "N/A"
+            elif key == "batch_size":
+                if val is not None:
+                    val_str = int(val)
+                else:
+                    val = "auto"
+                    val_str = "auto"
+            resolved_val = None
+            if val is None or val == "auto":
+                if training_progress:
+                    resolved_val = training_progress.get("batch_size")
+                    val = (
+                        "Auto-selected batch size by Ludwig:<br>"
+                        f"<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
+                        f"{resolved_val if resolved_val else val}</span><br>"
+                        "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
+                        "Based on model architecture and training setup "
+                        "(e.g., fine-tuning).<br>"
+                        "See <a href='https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/trainer/"
+                        "#trainer-parameters' target='_blank'>"
+                        "Ludwig Trainer Parameters</a> for details."
+                        "</span>"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    val = (
+                        "Auto-selected by Ludwig<br>"
+                        "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
+                        "Automatically tuned based on architecture and dataset.<br>"
+                        "See <a href='https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/trainer/"
+                        "#trainer-parameters' target='_blank'>"
+                        "Ludwig Trainer Parameters</a> for details."
+                        "</span>"
+                    )
+            elif key == "learning_rate":
+                if val is not None and val != "auto":
+                    val_str = f"{val:.6f}"
+                else:
+                    if training_progress:
+                        resolved_val = training_progress.get("learning_rate")
+                        val_str = (
+                            "Auto-selected learning rate by Ludwig:<br>"
+                            f"<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
+                            f"{resolved_val if resolved_val else 'auto'}</span><br>"
+                            "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
+                            "Based on model architecture and training setup "
+                            "(e.g., fine-tuning).<br>"
+                            "</span>"
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        val_str = (
+                            "Auto-selected by Ludwig<br>"
+                            "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
+                            "Automatically tuned based on architecture and dataset.<br>"
+                            "See <a href='https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/trainer/"
+                            "#trainer-parameters' target='_blank'>"
+                            "Ludwig Trainer Parameters</a> for details."
+                            "</span>"
+                        )
+            elif key == "epochs":
+                if val is None:
+                    val_str = "N/A"
+                else:
+                    if (
+                        training_progress
+                        and "epoch" in training_progress
+                        and val > training_progress["epoch"]
+                    ):
+                        val_str = (
+                            f"Because of early stopping: the training "
+                            f"stopped at epoch {training_progress['epoch']}"
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        val_str = val
+            else:
+                val_str = val if val is not None else "N/A"
+            if val_str == "N/A" and key not in ["task_type"]:
+                continue
+        rows.append(
+            f"<tr>"
+            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; "
+            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>"
+            f"{key.replace('_', ' ').title()}</td>"
+            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; "
+            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>"
+            f"{val_str}</td>"
+            f"</tr>"
+        )
+
+    aug_cfg = config.get("augmentation")
+    if aug_cfg:
+        types = [str(a.get("type", "")) for a in aug_cfg]
+        aug_val = ", ".join(types)
+        rows.append(
+            f"<tr><td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; "
+            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>Augmentation</td>"
+            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; "
+            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>{aug_val}</td></tr>"
+        )
+
+    if split_info:
+        rows.append(
+            f"<tr><td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; "
+            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>Data Split</td>"
+            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; "
+            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>{split_info}</td></tr>"
+        )
+
+    html = f"""
+        <h2 style="text-align: center;">Model and Training Summary</h2>
+        <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
+          <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;">
+            <thead><tr>
+              <th style="padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Parameter</th>
+              <th style="padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Value</th>
+            </tr></thead>
+            <tbody>
+              {"".join(rows)}
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+        </div><br>
+        <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em;">
+          Model trained using <a href="https://ludwig.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ludwig</a>.
+          <a href="https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+            Ludwig documentation provides detailed information about default model and training parameters
+          </a>
+        </p><hr>
+        """
+    return html
+
+
+def get_html_template():
+    """
+    Returns the opening HTML, <head> (with CSS/JS), and opens <body> + .container.
+    Includes:
+      - Base styling for layout and tables
+      - Sortable table headers with 3-state arrows (none ⇅, asc ↑, desc ↓)
+      - A scroll helper class (.scroll-rows-30) that approximates ~30 visible rows
+      - A guarded script so initializing runs only once even if injected twice
+    """
+    return """
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Galaxy-Ludwig Report</title>
+  <style>
+    body {
+      font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 20px;
+      background-color: #f4f4f4;
+    }
+    .container {
+      max-width: 1200px;
+      margin: auto;
+      background: white;
+      padding: 20px;
+      box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+      overflow-x: auto;
+    }
+    h1 {
+      text-align: center;
+      color: #333;
+    }
+    h2 {
+      border-bottom: 2px solid #4CAF50;
+      color: #4CAF50;
+      padding-bottom: 5px;
+      margin-top: 28px;
+    }
+
+    /* baseline table setup */
+    table {
+      border-collapse: collapse;
+      margin: 20px 0;
+      width: 100%;
+      table-layout: fixed;
+      background: #fff;
+    }
+    table, th, td {
+      border: 1px solid #ddd;
+    }
+    th, td {
+      padding: 10px;
+      text-align: center;
+      vertical-align: middle;
+      word-break: break-word;
+      white-space: normal;
+      overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+    }
+    th {
+      background-color: #4CAF50;
+      color: white;
+    }
+
+    .plot {
+      text-align: center;
+      margin: 20px 0;
+    }
+    .plot img {
+      max-width: 100%;
+      height: auto;
+      border: 1px solid #ddd;
+    }
+
+    /* -------------------
+       sortable columns (3-state: none ⇅, asc ↑, desc ↓)
+       ------------------- */
+    table.performance-summary th.sortable {
+      cursor: pointer;
+      position: relative;
+      user-select: none;
+    }
+    /* default icon space */
+    table.performance-summary th.sortable::after {
+      content: '⇅';
+      position: absolute;
+      right: 12px;
+      top: 50%;
+      transform: translateY(-50%);
+      font-size: 0.8em;
+      color: #eaf5ea; /* light on green */
+      text-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
+    }
+    /* three states override the default */
+    table.performance-summary th.sortable.sorted-none::after { content: '⇅'; color: #eaf5ea; }
+    table.performance-summary th.sortable.sorted-asc::after  { content: '↑';  color: #ffffff; }
+    table.performance-summary th.sortable.sorted-desc::after { content: '↓';  color: #ffffff; }
+
+    /* show ~30 rows with a scrollbar (tweak if you want) */
+    .scroll-rows-30 {
+      max-height: 900px;       /* ~30 rows depending on row height */
+      overflow-y: auto;        /* vertical scrollbar ("sidebar") */
+      overflow-x: auto;
+    }
+
+    /* Tabs + Help button (used by build_tabbed_html) */
+    .tabs {
+      display: flex;
+      align-items: center;
+      border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;
+      margin-bottom: 1rem;
+      gap: 6px;
+      flex-wrap: wrap;
+    }
+    .tab {
+      padding: 10px 20px;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      border: 1px solid #ccc;
+      border-bottom: none;
+      background: #f9f9f9;
+      margin-right: 5px;
+      border-top-left-radius: 8px;
+      border-top-right-radius: 8px;
+    }
+    .tab.active {
+      background: white;
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+    .help-btn {
+      margin-left: auto;
+      padding: 6px 12px;
+      font-size: 0.9rem;
+      border: 1px solid #4CAF50;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+      background: #4CAF50;
+      color: white;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+    .tab-content {
+      display: none;
+      padding: 20px;
+      border: 1px solid #ccc;
+      border-top: none;
+      background: #fff;
+    }
+    .tab-content.active {
+      display: block;
+    }
+
+    /* Modal (used by get_metrics_help_modal) */
+    .modal {
+      display: none;
+      position: fixed;
+      z-index: 9999;
+      left: 0; top: 0;
+      width: 100%; height: 100%;
+      overflow: auto;
+      background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
+    }
+    .modal-content {
+      background-color: #fefefe;
+      margin: 8% auto;
+      padding: 20px;
+      border: 1px solid #888;
+      width: 90%;
+      max-width: 900px;
+      border-radius: 8px;
+    }
+    .modal .close {
+      color: #777;
+      float: right;
+      font-size: 28px;
+      font-weight: bold;
+      line-height: 1;
+      margin-left: 8px;
+    }
+    .modal .close:hover,
+    .modal .close:focus {
+      color: black;
+      text-decoration: none;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+    .metrics-guide h3 { margin-top: 20px; }
+    .metrics-guide p { margin: 6px 0; }
+    .metrics-guide ul { margin: 10px 0; padding-left: 20px; }
+  </style>
+
+  <script>
+    // Guard to avoid double-initialization if this block is included twice
+    (function(){
+      if (window.__perfSummarySortInit) return;
+      window.__perfSummarySortInit = true;
+
+      function initPerfSummarySorting() {
+        // Record original order for "back to original"
+        document.querySelectorAll('table.performance-summary tbody').forEach(tbody => {
+          Array.from(tbody.rows).forEach((row, i) => { row.dataset.originalOrder = i; });
+        });
+
+        const getText = td => (td?.innerText || '').trim();
+        const cmp = (idx, asc) => (a, b) => {
+          const v1 = getText(a.children[idx]);
+          const v2 = getText(b.children[idx]);
+          const n1 = parseFloat(v1), n2 = parseFloat(v2);
+          if (!isNaN(n1) && !isNaN(n2)) return asc ? n1 - n2 : n2 - n1; // numeric
+          return asc ? v1.localeCompare(v2) : v2.localeCompare(v1);       // lexical
+        };
+
+        document.querySelectorAll('table.performance-summary th.sortable').forEach(th => {
+          // initialize to "none"
+          th.classList.remove('sorted-asc','sorted-desc');
+          th.classList.add('sorted-none');
+
+          th.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            const table = th.closest('table');
+            const headerRow = th.parentNode;
+            const allTh = headerRow.querySelectorAll('th.sortable');
+            const tbody = table.querySelector('tbody');
+
+            // Determine current state BEFORE clearing
+            const isAsc  = th.classList.contains('sorted-asc');
+            const isDesc = th.classList.contains('sorted-desc');
+
+            // Reset all headers in this row
+            allTh.forEach(x => x.classList.remove('sorted-asc','sorted-desc','sorted-none'));
+
+            // Compute next state
+            let next;
+            if (!isAsc && !isDesc) {
+              next = 'asc';
+            } else if (isAsc) {
+              next = 'desc';
+            } else {
+              next = 'none';
+            }
+            th.classList.add('sorted-' + next);
+
+            // Sort rows according to the chosen state
+            const rows = Array.from(tbody.rows);
+            if (next === 'none') {
+              rows.sort((a, b) => (a.dataset.originalOrder - b.dataset.originalOrder));
+            } else {
+              const idx = Array.from(headerRow.children).indexOf(th);
+              rows.sort(cmp(idx, next === 'asc'));
+            }
+            rows.forEach(r => tbody.appendChild(r));
+          });
+        });
+      }
+
+      // Run after DOM is ready
+      if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
+        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', initPerfSummarySorting);
+      } else {
+        initPerfSummarySorting();
+      }
+    })();
+  </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <div class="container">
+"""
+
+
+def get_html_closing():
+    """Closes .container, body, and html."""
+    return """
+  </div>
+</body>
+</html>
+"""
+
+
+def encode_image_to_base64(image_path: str) -> str:
+    """Convert an image file to a base64 encoded string."""
+    with open(image_path, "rb") as img_file:
+        return base64.b64encode(img_file.read()).decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def json_to_nested_html_table(json_data, depth: int = 0) -> str:
+    """
+    Convert a JSON-able object to an HTML nested table.
+    Renders dicts as two-column tables (key/value) and lists as index/value rows.
+    """
+    # Base case: flat dict (no nested dict/list values)
+    if isinstance(json_data, dict) and all(
+        not isinstance(v, (dict, list)) for v in json_data.values()
+    ):
+        rows = [
+            f"<tr><th>{key}</th><td>{value}</td></tr>"
+            for key, value in json_data.items()
+        ]
+        return f"<table>{''.join(rows)}</table>"
+
+    # Base case: list of simple values
+    if isinstance(json_data, list) and all(
+        not isinstance(v, (dict, list)) for v in json_data
+    ):
+        rows = [
+            f"<tr><th>Index {i}</th><td>{value}</td></tr>"
+            for i, value in enumerate(json_data)
+        ]
+        return f"<table>{''.join(rows)}</table>"
+
+    # Recursive cases
+    if isinstance(json_data, dict):
+        rows = [
+            (
+                f"<tr><th style='text-align:left;padding-left:{depth * 20}px;'>{key}</th>"
+                f"<td>{json_to_nested_html_table(value, depth + 1)}</td></tr>"
+            )
+            for key, value in json_data.items()
+        ]
+        return f"<table>{''.join(rows)}</table>"
+
+    if isinstance(json_data, list):
+        rows = [
+            (
+                f"<tr><th style='text-align:left;padding-left:{depth * 20}px;'>[{i}]</th>"
+                f"<td>{json_to_nested_html_table(value, depth + 1)}</td></tr>"
+            )
+            for i, value in enumerate(json_data)
+        ]
+        return f"<table>{''.join(rows)}</table>"
+
+    # Primitive
+    return f"{json_data}"
+
+
+def json_to_html_table(json_data) -> str:
+    """
+    Convert JSON (dict or string) into a vertically oriented HTML table.
+    """
+    if isinstance(json_data, str):
+        json_data = json.loads(json_data)
+    return json_to_nested_html_table(json_data)
+
+
+def build_tabbed_html(metrics_html: str, train_val_html: str, test_html: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Build a 3-tab interface:
+      - Config and Results Summary
+      - Train/Validation Results
+      - Test Results
+    Includes a persistent "Help" button that toggles the metrics modal.
+    """
+    return f"""
+<div class="tabs">
+  <div class="tab active" onclick="showTab('metrics')">Config and Results Summary</div>
+  <div class="tab" onclick="showTab('trainval')">Train/Validation Results</div>
+  <div class="tab" onclick="showTab('test')">Test Results</div>
+  <button id="openMetricsHelp" class="help-btn" title="Open metrics help">Help</button>
+</div>
+
+<div id="metrics" class="tab-content active">
+  {metrics_html}
+</div>
+<div id="trainval" class="tab-content">
+  {train_val_html}
+</div>
+<div id="test" class="tab-content">
+  {test_html}
+</div>
+
+<script>
+  function showTab(id) {{
+    document.querySelectorAll('.tab-content').forEach(el => el.classList.remove('active'));
+    document.querySelectorAll('.tab').forEach(el => el.classList.remove('active'));
+    document.getElementById(id).classList.add('active');
+    // find tab with matching onclick target
+    document.querySelectorAll('.tab').forEach(t => {{
+      if (t.getAttribute('onclick') && t.getAttribute('onclick').includes(id)) {{
+        t.classList.add('active');
+      }}
+    }});
+  }}
+</script>
+"""
+
+
+def get_metrics_help_modal() -> str:
+    """
+    Returns a ready-to-use modal with a comprehensive metrics guide and
+    the small script that wires the "Help" button to open/close the modal.
+    """
+    modal_html = (
+        '<div id="metricsHelpModal" class="modal">'
+        '  <div class="modal-content">'
+        '    <span class="close">×</span>'
+        "    <h2>Model Evaluation Metrics — Help Guide</h2>"
+        '    <div class="metrics-guide">'
+        '      <h3>1) General Metrics (Regression and Classification)</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Loss (Regression & Classification):</strong> '
+        'Measures the difference between predicted and actual values, '
+        'optimized during training. Lower is better. '
+        'For regression, this is often Mean Squared Error (MSE) or '
+        'Mean Absolute Error (MAE). For classification, it\'s typically '
+        'cross-entropy or log loss.</p>'
+        '      <h3>2) Regression Metrics</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Mean Absolute Error (MAE):</strong> '
+        'Average of absolute differences between predicted and actual values, '
+        'in the same units as the target. Use for interpretable error measurement '
+        'when all errors are equally important. Less sensitive to outliers than MSE.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Mean Squared Error (MSE):</strong> '
+        'Average of squared differences between predicted and actual values. '
+        'Penalizes larger errors more heavily, useful when large deviations are critical. '
+        'Often used as the loss function in regression.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE):</strong> '
+        'Square root of MSE, in the same units as the target. '
+        'Balances interpretability and sensitivity to large errors. '
+        'Widely used for regression evaluation.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE):</strong> '
+        'Average absolute error as a percentage of actual values. '
+        'Scale-independent, ideal for comparing relative errors across datasets. '
+        'Avoid when actual values are near zero.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Root Mean Squared Percentage Error (RMSPE):</strong> '
+        'Square root of mean squared percentage error. Scale-independent, '
+        'penalizes larger relative errors more than MAPE. Use for forecasting '
+        'or when relative accuracy matters.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>R² Score:</strong> Proportion of variance in the target '
+        'explained by the model. Ranges from negative infinity to 1 (perfect prediction). '
+        'Use to assess model fit; negative values indicate poor performance '
+        'compared to predicting the mean.</p>'
+        '      <h3>3) Classification Metrics</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Accuracy:</strong> Proportion of correct predictions '
+        'among all predictions. Simple but misleading for imbalanced datasets, '
+        'where high accuracy may hide poor performance on minority classes.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Micro Accuracy:</strong> Sums true positives and true negatives '
+        'across all classes before computing accuracy. Suitable for multiclass or '
+        'multilabel problems with imbalanced data.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Token Accuracy:</strong> Measures how often predicted tokens '
+        '(e.g., in sequences) match true tokens. Common in NLP tasks like text generation '
+        'or token classification.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Precision:</strong> Proportion of positive predictions that are '
+        'correct (TP / (TP + FP)). Use when false positives are costly, e.g., spam detection.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Recall (Sensitivity):</strong> Proportion of actual positives '
+        'correctly predicted (TP / (TP + FN)). Use when missing positives is risky, '
+        'e.g., disease detection.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Specificity:</strong> True negative rate (TN / (TN + FP)). '
+        'Measures ability to identify negatives. Useful in medical testing to avoid '
+        'false alarms.</p>'
+        '      <h3>4) Classification: Macro, Micro, and Weighted Averages</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Macro Precision / Recall / F1:</strong> Averages the metric '
+        'across all classes, treating each equally. Best for balanced datasets where '
+        'all classes are equally important.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Micro Precision / Recall / F1:</strong> Aggregates true positives, '
+        'false positives, and false negatives across all classes before computing. '
+        'Ideal for imbalanced or multilabel classification.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Weighted Precision / Recall / F1:</strong> Averages metrics '
+        'across classes, weighted by the number of true instances per class. Balances '
+        'class importance based on frequency.</p>'
+        '      <h3>5) Classification: Average Precision (PR-AUC Variants)</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Average Precision Macro:</strong> Precision-Recall AUC averaged '
+        'equally across classes. Use for balanced multiclass problems.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Average Precision Micro:</strong> Global Precision-Recall AUC '
+        'using all instances. Best for imbalanced or multilabel classification.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Average Precision Samples:</strong> Precision-Recall AUC averaged '
+        'across individual samples. Ideal for multilabel tasks where samples have multiple '
+        'labels.</p>'
+        '      <h3>6) Classification: ROC-AUC Variants</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>ROC-AUC:</strong> Measures ability to distinguish between classes. '
+        'AUC = 1 is perfect; 0.5 is random guessing. Use for binary classification.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Macro ROC-AUC:</strong> Averages AUC across all classes equally. '
+        'Suitable for balanced multiclass problems.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Micro ROC-AUC:</strong> Computes AUC from aggregated predictions '
+        'across all classes. Useful for imbalanced or multilabel settings.</p>'
+        '      <h3>7) Classification: Confusion Matrix Stats (Per Class)</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>True Positives / Negatives (TP / TN):</strong> Correct predictions '
+        'for positives and negatives, respectively.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>False Positives / Negatives (FP / FN):</strong> Incorrect predictions '
+        '— false alarms and missed detections.</p>'
+        '      <h3>8) Classification: Ranking Metrics</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Hits at K:</strong> Measures whether the true label is among the '
+        'top-K predictions. Common in recommendation systems and retrieval tasks.</p>'
+        '      <h3>9) Other Metrics (Classification)</h3>'
+        '      <p><strong>Cohen\'s Kappa:</strong> Measures agreement between predicted and '
+        'actual labels, adjusted for chance. Useful for multiclass classification with '
+        'imbalanced data.</p>'
+        '      <p><strong>Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC):</strong> Balanced measure '
+        'using TP, TN, FP, and FN. Effective for imbalanced datasets.</p>'
+        '      <h3>10) Metric Recommendations</h3>'
+        '      <ul>'
+        '        <li><strong>Regression:</strong> Use <strong>RMSE</strong> or '
+        '<strong>MAE</strong> for general evaluation, <strong>MAPE</strong> for relative '
+        'errors, and <strong>R²</strong> to assess model fit. Use <strong>MSE</strong> or '
+        '<strong>RMSPE</strong> when large errors are critical.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Classification (Balanced Data):</strong> Use <strong>Accuracy</strong> '
+        'and <strong>F1</strong> for overall performance.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Classification (Imbalanced Data):</strong> Use <strong>Precision</strong>, '
+        '<strong>Recall</strong>, and <strong>ROC-AUC</strong> to focus on minority class '
+        'performance.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Multilabel or Imbalanced Classification:</strong> Use '
+        '<strong>Micro Precision/Recall/F1</strong> or <strong>Micro ROC-AUC</strong>.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Balanced Multiclass:</strong> Use <strong>Macro Precision/Recall/F1</strong> '
+        'or <strong>Macro ROC-AUC</strong>.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Class Frequency Matters:</strong> Use <strong>Weighted Precision/Recall/F1</strong> '
+        'to account for class imbalance.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Recommendation/Ranking:</strong> Use <strong>Hits at K</strong> for retrieval tasks.</li>'
+        '        <li><strong>Detailed Analysis:</strong> Use <strong>Confusion Matrix stats</strong> '
+        'for class-wise performance in classification.</li>'
+        '      </ul>'
+        '    </div>'
+        '  </div>'
+        '</div>'
+    )
+
+    modal_js = (
+        "<script>"
+        "document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {"
+        "  var modal = document.getElementById('metricsHelpModal');"
+        "  var openBtn = document.getElementById('openMetricsHelp');"
+        "  var closeBtn = modal ? modal.querySelector('.close') : null;"
+        "  if (openBtn && modal) {"
+        "    openBtn.addEventListener('click', function(){ modal.style.display = 'block'; });"
+        "  }"
+        "  if (closeBtn && modal) {"
+        "    closeBtn.addEventListener('click', function(){ modal.style.display = 'none'; });"
+        "  }"
+        "  window.addEventListener('click', function(ev){"
+        "    if (ev.target === modal) { modal.style.display = 'none'; }"
+        "  });"
+        "});"
+        "</script>"
+    )
+    return modal_html + modal_js
+
+# -----------------------------------------
+# MODEL PERFORMANCE (Train/Val/Test) TABLE
+# -----------------------------------------
+
+
+def format_stats_table_html(train_stats: dict, test_stats: dict, output_type: str) -> str:
+    """Formats a combined HTML table for training, validation, and test metrics."""
+    all_metrics = extract_metrics_from_json(train_stats, test_stats, output_type)
+    rows = []
+    for metric_key in sorted(all_metrics["training"].keys()):
+        if (
+            metric_key in all_metrics["validation"]
+            and metric_key in all_metrics["test"]
+        ):
+            display_name = METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(
+                metric_key,
+                metric_key.replace("_", " ").title(),
+            )
+            t = all_metrics["training"].get(metric_key)
+            v = all_metrics["validation"].get(metric_key)
+            te = all_metrics["test"].get(metric_key)
+            if all(x is not None for x in [t, v, te]):
+                rows.append([display_name, f"{t:.4f}", f"{v:.4f}", f"{te:.4f}"])
+
+    if not rows:
+        return "<table><tr><td>No metric values found.</td></tr></table>"
+
+    html = (
+        "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Model Performance Summary</h2>"
+        "<div style='display: flex; justify-content: center;'>"
+        "<table class='performance-summary' style='border-collapse: collapse;'>"
+        "<thead><tr>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;'>Metric</th>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Train</th>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Validation</th>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Test</th>"
+        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
+    )
+    for row in rows:
+        html += generate_table_row(
+            row,
+            "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;",
+        )
+    html += "</tbody></table></div><br>"
+    return html
+
+# -------------------------------------------
+# TRAIN/VALIDATION PERFORMANCE SUMMARY TABLE
+# -------------------------------------------
+
+
+def format_train_val_stats_table_html(train_stats: dict, test_stats: dict) -> str:
+    """Format train/validation metrics into an HTML table."""
+    all_metrics = extract_metrics_from_json(train_stats, test_stats, detect_output_type(test_stats))
+    rows = []
+    for metric_key in sorted(all_metrics["training"].keys()):
+        if metric_key in all_metrics["validation"]:
+            display_name = METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(
+                metric_key,
+                metric_key.replace("_", " ").title(),
+            )
+            t = all_metrics["training"].get(metric_key)
+            v = all_metrics["validation"].get(metric_key)
+            if t is not None and v is not None:
+                rows.append([display_name, f"{t:.4f}", f"{v:.4f}"])
+
+    if not rows:
+        return "<table><tr><td>No metric values found for Train/Validation.</td></tr></table>"
+
+    html = (
+        "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Train/Validation Performance Summary</h2>"
+        "<div style='display: flex; justify-content: center;'>"
+        "<table class='performance-summary' style='border-collapse: collapse;'>"
+        "<thead><tr>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;'>Metric</th>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Train</th>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Validation</th>"
+        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
+    )
+    for row in rows:
+        html += generate_table_row(
+            row,
+            "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;",
+        )
+    html += "</tbody></table></div><br>"
+    return html
+
+# -----------------------------------------
+# TEST‐ONLY PERFORMANCE SUMMARY TABLE
+# -----------------------------------------
+
+
+def format_test_merged_stats_table_html(
+    test_metrics: Dict[str, Any], output_type: str
+) -> str:
+    """Format test metrics into an HTML table."""
+    rows = []
+    for key in sorted(test_metrics.keys()):
+        display_name = METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(key, key.replace("_", " ").title())
+        value = test_metrics[key]
+        if value is not None:
+            rows.append([display_name, f"{value:.4f}"])
+
+    if not rows:
+        return "<table><tr><td>No test metric values found.</td></tr></table>"
+
+    html = (
+        "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Test Performance Summary</h2>"
+        "<div style='display: flex; justify-content: center;'>"
+        "<table class='performance-summary' style='border-collapse: collapse;'>"
+        "<thead><tr>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;'>Metric</th>"
+        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Test</th>"
+        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
+    )
+    for row in rows:
+        html += generate_table_row(
+            row,
+            "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;",
+        )
+    html += "</tbody></table></div><br>"
+    return html

--- a/image_learner.xml	Sat Oct 18 03:17:09 2025 +0000
+++ b/image_learner.xml	Fri Nov 21 15:58:13 2025 +0000
@@ -321,46 +321,6 @@
             <param name="input_csv" value="mnist_subset.csv" ftype="csv" />
             <param name="image_zip" value="mnist_subset.zip" ftype="zip" />
             <param name="model_name" value="resnet18" />
-            <output name="output_report">
-                <assert_contents>
-                    <has_text text="Results Summary" />
-                    <has_text text="Train/Validation Results" />
-                    <has_text text="Test Results" />
-                </assert_contents>
-            </output>
-
-            <output_collection name="output_pred_csv" type="list" >
-                <element name="predictions.csv" >
-                    <assert_contents>
-                        <has_n_columns n="1" />
-                    </assert_contents>
-                </element>
-            </output_collection>
-        </test>
-         <test expect_num_outputs="3">
-            <param name="input_csv" value="mnist_subset.csv" ftype="csv" />
-            <param name="image_zip" value="mnist_subset.zip" ftype="zip" />
-            <param name="model_name" value="vit_b_16" />
-            <output name="output_report">
-                <assert_contents>
-                    <has_text text="Results Summary" />
-                    <has_text text="Train/Validation Results" />
-                    <has_text text="Test Results" />
-                </assert_contents>
-            </output>
-
-            <output_collection name="output_pred_csv" type="list" >
-                <element name="predictions.csv" >
-                    <assert_contents>
-                        <has_n_columns n="1" />
-                    </assert_contents>
-                </element>
-            </output_collection>
-        </test>
-        <test expect_num_outputs="3">
-            <param name="input_csv" value="mnist_subset.csv" ftype="csv" />
-            <param name="image_zip" value="mnist_subset.zip" ftype="zip" />
-            <param name="model_name" value="resnet18" />
             <param name="augmentation" value="random_horizontal_flip,random_vertical_flip,random_rotate" />
             <output name="output_report">
                 <assert_contents>
@@ -494,25 +454,6 @@
             </output_collection>
         </test> -->
         <!-- Test 9: PoolFormerV2 model configuration - verifies custom_model parameter persists in config -->
-        <test expect_num_outputs="3">
-            <param name="input_csv" value="mnist_subset.csv" ftype="csv" />
-            <param name="image_zip" value="mnist_subset.zip" ftype="zip" />
-            <param name="model_name" value="poolformerv2_s12" />
-            <output name="output_report">
-                <assert_contents>
-                    <has_text text="Results Summary" />
-                    <has_text text="Train/Validation Results" />
-                    <has_text text="Test Results" />
-                </assert_contents>
-            </output>
-            <output_collection name="output_pred_csv" type="list" >
-                <element name="predictions.csv" >
-                    <assert_contents>
-                        <has_n_columns n="1" />
-                    </assert_contents>
-                </element>
-            </output_collection>
-        </test>
         <!-- Test 10: Multi-class classification with ROC curves - verifies robust ROC-AUC plot generation -->
         <!-- <test expect_num_outputs="3">
             <param name="input_csv" value="mnist_subset.csv" ftype="csv" />
@@ -537,6 +478,27 @@
                 </element>
             </output_collection>
         </test> -->
+        <test expect_num_outputs="3">
+            <param name="input_csv" value="mnist_subset_binary.csv" ftype="csv" />
+            <param name="image_zip" value="mnist_subset.zip" ftype="zip" />
+            <param name="model_name" value="resnet18" />
+            <param name="customize_defaults" value="true" />
+            <param name="threshold" value="0.6" />
+            <output name="output_report">
+                <assert_contents>
+                    <has_text text="Accuracy" />
+                    <has_text text="Precision" />
+                    <has_text text="Learning Curves Label Accuracy" />
+                </assert_contents>
+            </output>
+            <output_collection name="output_pred_csv" type="list" >
+                <element name="predictions.csv" >
+                    <assert_contents>
+                        <has_n_columns n="1" />
+                    </assert_contents>
+                </element>
+            </output_collection>
+        </test>
     </tests>
     <help>
         <![CDATA[

--- a/image_learner_cli.py	Sat Oct 18 03:17:09 2025 +0000
+++ b/image_learner_cli.py	Fri Nov 21 15:58:13 2025 +0000
@@ -1,45 +1,15 @@
 import argparse
-import json
 import logging
 import os
-import shutil
 import sys
-import tempfile
-import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Protocol, Tuple
 
 import matplotlib
-import numpy as np
-import pandas as pd
-import pandas.api.types as ptypes
-import yaml
-from constants import (
-    IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME,
-    LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-    METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES,
-    MODEL_ENCODER_TEMPLATES,
-    SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
-    TEMP_CONFIG_FILENAME,
-    TEMP_CSV_FILENAME,
-    TEMP_DIR_PREFIX,
-)
-from ludwig.globals import (
-    DESCRIPTION_FILE_NAME,
-    PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME,
-    TEST_STATISTICS_FILE_NAME,
-    TRAIN_SET_METADATA_FILE_NAME,
-)
-from ludwig.utils.data_utils import get_split_path
-from plotly_plots import build_classification_plots
-from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
-from utils import (
-    build_tabbed_html,
-    encode_image_to_base64,
-    get_html_closing,
-    get_html_template,
-    get_metrics_help_modal,
-)
+from constants import MODEL_ENCODER_TEMPLATES
+from image_workflow import ImageLearnerCLI
+from ludwig_backend import LudwigDirectBackend
+from split_data import SplitProbAction
+from utils import argument_checker, parse_learning_rate
 
 # Set matplotlib backend after imports
 matplotlib.use('Agg')
@@ -51,1839 +21,6 @@
 )
 logger = logging.getLogger("ImageLearner")
 
-# Optional MetaFormer configuration registry
-META_DEFAULT_CFGS: Dict[str, Any] = {}
-try:
-    from MetaFormer import default_cfgs as META_DEFAULT_CFGS  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
-except Exception as e:
-    logger.debug("MetaFormer default configs unavailable: %s", e)
-    META_DEFAULT_CFGS = {}
-
-# Try to import Ludwig visualization registry (may fail due to optional dependencies)
-# This must come AFTER logger is defined
-_ludwig_viz_available = False
-get_visualizations_registry = None
-try:
-    from ludwig.visualize import get_visualizations_registry
-    _ludwig_viz_available = True
-    logger.info("Ludwig visualizations available")
-except ImportError as e:
-    logger.warning(f"Ludwig visualizations not available: {e}. Will use fallback plots only.")
-except Exception as e:
-    logger.warning(f"Ludwig visualizations not available due to dependency issues: {e}. Will use fallback plots only.")
-
-# --- MetaFormer patching integration ---
-_metaformer_patch_ok = False
-try:
-    from MetaFormer.metaformer_stacked_cnn import patch_ludwig_stacked_cnn as _mf_patch
-    if _mf_patch():
-        _metaformer_patch_ok = True
-        logger.info("MetaFormer patching applied for Ludwig stacked_cnn encoder.")
-except Exception as e:
-    logger.warning(f"MetaFormer stacked CNN not available: {e}")
-    _metaformer_patch_ok = False
-
-# Note: CAFormer models are now handled through MetaFormer framework
-
-
-def format_config_table_html(
-    config: dict,
-    split_info: Optional[str] = None,
-    training_progress: dict = None,
-    output_type: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> str:
-    display_keys = [
-        "task_type",
-        "model_name",
-        "epochs",
-        "batch_size",
-        "fine_tune",
-        "use_pretrained",
-        "learning_rate",
-        "random_seed",
-        "early_stop",
-        "threshold",
-    ]
-
-    rows = []
-
-    for key in display_keys:
-        val = config.get(key, None)
-        if key == "threshold":
-            if output_type != "binary":
-                continue
-            val = val if val is not None else 0.5
-            val_str = f"{val:.2f}"
-            if val == 0.5:
-                val_str += " (default)"
-        else:
-            if key == "task_type":
-                val_str = val.title() if isinstance(val, str) else "N/A"
-            elif key == "batch_size":
-                if val is not None:
-                    val_str = int(val)
-                else:
-                    val = "auto"
-                    val_str = "auto"
-            resolved_val = None
-            if val is None or val == "auto":
-                if training_progress:
-                    resolved_val = training_progress.get("batch_size")
-                    val = (
-                        "Auto-selected batch size by Ludwig:<br>"
-                        f"<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
-                        f"{resolved_val if resolved_val else val}</span><br>"
-                        "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
-                        "Based on model architecture and training setup "
-                        "(e.g., fine-tuning).<br>"
-                        "See <a href='https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/trainer/"
-                        "#trainer-parameters' target='_blank'>"
-                        "Ludwig Trainer Parameters</a> for details."
-                        "</span>"
-                    )
-                else:
-                    val = (
-                        "Auto-selected by Ludwig<br>"
-                        "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
-                        "Automatically tuned based on architecture and dataset.<br>"
-                        "See <a href='https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/trainer/"
-                        "#trainer-parameters' target='_blank'>"
-                        "Ludwig Trainer Parameters</a> for details."
-                        "</span>"
-                    )
-            elif key == "learning_rate":
-                if val is not None and val != "auto":
-                    val_str = f"{val:.6f}"
-                else:
-                    if training_progress:
-                        resolved_val = training_progress.get("learning_rate")
-                        val_str = (
-                            "Auto-selected learning rate by Ludwig:<br>"
-                            f"<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
-                            f"{resolved_val if resolved_val else 'auto'}</span><br>"
-                            "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
-                            "Based on model architecture and training setup "
-                            "(e.g., fine-tuning).<br>"
-                            "</span>"
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        val_str = (
-                            "Auto-selected by Ludwig<br>"
-                            "<span style='font-size: 0.85em;'>"
-                            "Automatically tuned based on architecture and dataset.<br>"
-                            "See <a href='https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/trainer/"
-                            "#trainer-parameters' target='_blank'>"
-                            "Ludwig Trainer Parameters</a> for details."
-                            "</span>"
-                        )
-            elif key == "epochs":
-                if val is None:
-                    val_str = "N/A"
-                else:
-                    if (
-                        training_progress
-                        and "epoch" in training_progress
-                        and val > training_progress["epoch"]
-                    ):
-                        val_str = (
-                            f"Because of early stopping: the training "
-                            f"stopped at epoch {training_progress['epoch']}"
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        val_str = val
-            else:
-                val_str = val if val is not None else "N/A"
-            if val_str == "N/A" and key not in ["task_type"]:
-                continue
-        rows.append(
-            f"<tr>"
-            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; "
-            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>"
-            f"{key.replace('_', ' ').title()}</td>"
-            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; "
-            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>"
-            f"{val_str}</td>"
-            f"</tr>"
-        )
-
-    aug_cfg = config.get("augmentation")
-    if aug_cfg:
-        types = [str(a.get("type", "")) for a in aug_cfg]
-        aug_val = ", ".join(types)
-        rows.append(
-            f"<tr><td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; "
-            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>Augmentation</td>"
-            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; "
-            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>{aug_val}</td></tr>"
-        )
-
-    if split_info:
-        rows.append(
-            f"<tr><td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; "
-            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>Data Split</td>"
-            f"<td style='padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; "
-            f"white-space: normal; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: anywhere;'>{split_info}</td></tr>"
-        )
-
-    html = f"""
-        <h2 style="text-align: center;">Model and Training Summary</h2>
-        <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
-          <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;">
-            <thead><tr>
-              <th style="padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Parameter</th>
-              <th style="padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Value</th>
-            </tr></thead>
-            <tbody>
-              {"".join(rows)}
-            </tbody>
-          </table>
-        </div><br>
-        <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em;">
-          Model trained using <a href="https://ludwig.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ludwig</a>.
-          <a href="https://ludwig.ai/latest/configuration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
-            Ludwig documentation provides detailed information about default model and training parameters
-          </a>
-        </p><hr>
-        """
-    return html
-
-
-def detect_output_type(test_stats):
-    """Detects if the output type is 'binary' or 'category' based on test statistics."""
-    label_stats = test_stats.get("label", {})
-    if "mean_squared_error" in label_stats:
-        return "regression"
-    per_class = label_stats.get("per_class_stats", {})
-    if len(per_class) == 2:
-        return "binary"
-    return "category"
-
-
-def extract_metrics_from_json(
-    train_stats: dict,
-    test_stats: dict,
-    output_type: str,
-) -> dict:
-    """Extracts relevant metrics from training and test statistics based on the output type."""
-    metrics = {"training": {}, "validation": {}, "test": {}}
-
-    def get_last_value(stats, key):
-        val = stats.get(key)
-        if isinstance(val, list) and val:
-            return val[-1]
-        elif isinstance(val, (int, float)):
-            return val
-        return None
-
-    for split in ["training", "validation"]:
-        split_stats = train_stats.get(split, {})
-        if not split_stats:
-            logging.warning(f"No statistics found for {split} split")
-            continue
-        label_stats = split_stats.get("label", {})
-        if not label_stats:
-            logging.warning(f"No label statistics found for {split} split")
-            continue
-        if output_type == "binary":
-            metrics[split] = {
-                "accuracy": get_last_value(label_stats, "accuracy"),
-                "loss": get_last_value(label_stats, "loss"),
-                "precision": get_last_value(label_stats, "precision"),
-                "recall": get_last_value(label_stats, "recall"),
-                "specificity": get_last_value(label_stats, "specificity"),
-                "roc_auc": get_last_value(label_stats, "roc_auc"),
-            }
-        elif output_type == "regression":
-            metrics[split] = {
-                "loss": get_last_value(label_stats, "loss"),
-                "mean_absolute_error": get_last_value(
-                    label_stats, "mean_absolute_error"
-                ),
-                "mean_absolute_percentage_error": get_last_value(
-                    label_stats, "mean_absolute_percentage_error"
-                ),
-                "mean_squared_error": get_last_value(label_stats, "mean_squared_error"),
-                "root_mean_squared_error": get_last_value(
-                    label_stats, "root_mean_squared_error"
-                ),
-                "root_mean_squared_percentage_error": get_last_value(
-                    label_stats, "root_mean_squared_percentage_error"
-                ),
-                "r2": get_last_value(label_stats, "r2"),
-            }
-        else:
-            metrics[split] = {
-                "accuracy": get_last_value(label_stats, "accuracy"),
-                "accuracy_micro": get_last_value(label_stats, "accuracy_micro"),
-                "loss": get_last_value(label_stats, "loss"),
-                "roc_auc": get_last_value(label_stats, "roc_auc"),
-                "hits_at_k": get_last_value(label_stats, "hits_at_k"),
-            }
-
-    # Test metrics: dynamic extraction according to exclusions
-    test_label_stats = test_stats.get("label", {})
-    if not test_label_stats:
-        logging.warning("No label statistics found for test split")
-    else:
-        combined_stats = test_stats.get("combined", {})
-        overall_stats = test_label_stats.get("overall_stats", {})
-
-        # Define exclusions
-        if output_type == "binary":
-            exclude = {"per_class_stats", "precision_recall_curve", "roc_curve"}
-        else:
-            exclude = {"per_class_stats", "confusion_matrix"}
-
-        # 1. Get all scalar test_label_stats not excluded
-        test_metrics = {}
-        for k, v in test_label_stats.items():
-            if k in exclude:
-                continue
-            if k == "overall_stats":
-                continue
-            if isinstance(v, (int, float, str, bool)):
-                test_metrics[k] = v
-
-        # 2. Add overall_stats (flattened)
-        for k, v in overall_stats.items():
-            test_metrics[k] = v
-
-        # 3. Optionally include combined/loss if present and not already
-        if "loss" in combined_stats and "loss" not in test_metrics:
-            test_metrics["loss"] = combined_stats["loss"]
-        metrics["test"] = test_metrics
-    return metrics
-
-
-def generate_table_row(cells, styles):
-    """Helper function to generate an HTML table row."""
-    return (
-        "<tr>"
-        + "".join(f"<td style='{styles}'>{cell}</td>" for cell in cells)
-        + "</tr>"
-    )
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------
-# 2) MODEL PERFORMANCE (Train/Val/Test) TABLE
-# -----------------------------------------
-def format_stats_table_html(train_stats: dict, test_stats: dict, output_type: str) -> str:
-    """Formats a combined HTML table for training, validation, and test metrics."""
-    all_metrics = extract_metrics_from_json(train_stats, test_stats, output_type)
-    rows = []
-    for metric_key in sorted(all_metrics["training"].keys()):
-        if (
-            metric_key in all_metrics["validation"]
-            and metric_key in all_metrics["test"]
-        ):
-            display_name = METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(
-                metric_key,
-                metric_key.replace("_", " ").title(),
-            )
-            t = all_metrics["training"].get(metric_key)
-            v = all_metrics["validation"].get(metric_key)
-            te = all_metrics["test"].get(metric_key)
-            if all(x is not None for x in [t, v, te]):
-                rows.append([display_name, f"{t:.4f}", f"{v:.4f}", f"{te:.4f}"])
-
-    if not rows:
-        return "<table><tr><td>No metric values found.</td></tr></table>"
-
-    html = (
-        "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Model Performance Summary</h2>"
-        "<div style='display: flex; justify-content: center;'>"
-        "<table class='performance-summary' style='border-collapse: collapse;'>"
-        "<thead><tr>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;'>Metric</th>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Train</th>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Validation</th>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Test</th>"
-        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
-    )
-    for row in rows:
-        html += generate_table_row(
-            row,
-            "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;",
-        )
-    html += "</tbody></table></div><br>"
-    return html
-
-
-# -------------------------------------------
-# 3) TRAIN/VALIDATION PERFORMANCE SUMMARY TABLE
-# -------------------------------------------
-def format_train_val_stats_table_html(train_stats: dict, test_stats: dict) -> str:
-    """Format train/validation metrics into an HTML table."""
-    all_metrics = extract_metrics_from_json(train_stats, test_stats, detect_output_type(test_stats))
-    rows = []
-    for metric_key in sorted(all_metrics["training"].keys()):
-        if metric_key in all_metrics["validation"]:
-            display_name = METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(
-                metric_key,
-                metric_key.replace("_", " ").title(),
-            )
-            t = all_metrics["training"].get(metric_key)
-            v = all_metrics["validation"].get(metric_key)
-            if t is not None and v is not None:
-                rows.append([display_name, f"{t:.4f}", f"{v:.4f}"])
-
-    if not rows:
-        return "<table><tr><td>No metric values found for Train/Validation.</td></tr></table>"
-
-    html = (
-        "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Train/Validation Performance Summary</h2>"
-        "<div style='display: flex; justify-content: center;'>"
-        "<table class='performance-summary' style='border-collapse: collapse;'>"
-        "<thead><tr>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;'>Metric</th>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Train</th>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Validation</th>"
-        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
-    )
-    for row in rows:
-        html += generate_table_row(
-            row,
-            "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;",
-        )
-    html += "</tbody></table></div><br>"
-    return html
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------
-# 4) TEST‐ONLY PERFORMANCE SUMMARY TABLE
-# -----------------------------------------
-def format_test_merged_stats_table_html(
-    test_metrics: Dict[str, Any], output_type: str
-) -> str:
-    """Format test metrics into an HTML table."""
-    rows = []
-    for key in sorted(test_metrics.keys()):
-        display_name = METRIC_DISPLAY_NAMES.get(key, key.replace("_", " ").title())
-        value = test_metrics[key]
-        if value is not None:
-            rows.append([display_name, f"{value:.4f}"])
-
-    if not rows:
-        return "<table><tr><td>No test metric values found.</td></tr></table>"
-
-    html = (
-        "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Test Performance Summary</h2>"
-        "<div style='display: flex; justify-content: center;'>"
-        "<table class='performance-summary' style='border-collapse: collapse;'>"
-        "<thead><tr>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;'>Metric</th>"
-        "<th class='sortable' style='padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;'>Test</th>"
-        "</tr></thead><tbody>"
-    )
-    for row in rows:
-        html += generate_table_row(
-            row,
-            "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;",
-        )
-    html += "</tbody></table></div><br>"
-    return html
-
-
-def split_data_0_2(
-    df: pd.DataFrame,
-    split_column: str,
-    validation_size: float = 0.1,
-    random_state: int = 42,
-    label_column: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> pd.DataFrame:
-    """Given a DataFrame whose split_column only contains {0,2}, re-assign a portion of the 0s to become 1s (validation)."""
-    out = df.copy()
-    out[split_column] = pd.to_numeric(out[split_column], errors="coerce").astype(int)
-
-    idx_train = out.index[out[split_column] == 0].tolist()
-
-    if not idx_train:
-        logger.info("No rows with split=0; nothing to do.")
-        return out
-    stratify_arr = None
-    if label_column and label_column in out.columns:
-        label_counts = out.loc[idx_train, label_column].value_counts()
-        if label_counts.size > 1:
-            # Force stratify even with fewer samples - adjust validation_size if needed
-            min_samples_per_class = label_counts.min()
-            if min_samples_per_class * validation_size < 1:
-                # Adjust validation_size to ensure at least 1 sample per class, but do not exceed original validation_size
-                adjusted_validation_size = min(
-                    validation_size, 1.0 / min_samples_per_class
-                )
-                if adjusted_validation_size != validation_size:
-                    validation_size = adjusted_validation_size
-                    logger.info(
-                        f"Adjusted validation_size to {validation_size:.3f} to ensure at least one sample per class in validation"
-                    )
-            stratify_arr = out.loc[idx_train, label_column]
-            logger.info("Using stratified split for validation set")
-        else:
-            logger.warning("Only one label class found; cannot stratify")
-    if validation_size <= 0:
-        logger.info("validation_size <= 0; keeping all as train.")
-        return out
-    if validation_size >= 1:
-        logger.info("validation_size >= 1; moving all train → validation.")
-        out.loc[idx_train, split_column] = 1
-        return out
-    # Always try stratified split first
-    try:
-        train_idx, val_idx = train_test_split(
-            idx_train,
-            test_size=validation_size,
-            random_state=random_state,
-            stratify=stratify_arr,
-        )
-        logger.info("Successfully applied stratified split")
-    except ValueError as e:
-        logger.warning(f"Stratified split failed ({e}); falling back to random split.")
-        train_idx, val_idx = train_test_split(
-            idx_train,
-            test_size=validation_size,
-            random_state=random_state,
-            stratify=None,
-        )
-    out.loc[train_idx, split_column] = 0
-    out.loc[val_idx, split_column] = 1
-    out[split_column] = out[split_column].astype(int)
-    return out
-
-
-def create_stratified_random_split(
-    df: pd.DataFrame,
-    split_column: str,
-    split_probabilities: list = [0.7, 0.1, 0.2],
-    random_state: int = 42,
-    label_column: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> pd.DataFrame:
-    """Create a stratified random split when no split column exists."""
-    out = df.copy()
-
-    # initialize split column
-    out[split_column] = 0
-
-    if not label_column or label_column not in out.columns:
-        logger.warning(
-            "No label column found; using random split without stratification"
-        )
-        # fall back to simple random assignment
-        indices = out.index.tolist()
-        np.random.seed(random_state)
-        np.random.shuffle(indices)
-
-        n_total = len(indices)
-        n_train = int(n_total * split_probabilities[0])
-        n_val = int(n_total * split_probabilities[1])
-
-        out.loc[indices[:n_train], split_column] = 0
-        out.loc[indices[n_train:n_train + n_val], split_column] = 1
-        out.loc[indices[n_train + n_val:], split_column] = 2
-
-        return out.astype({split_column: int})
-
-    # check if stratification is possible
-    label_counts = out[label_column].value_counts()
-    min_samples_per_class = label_counts.min()
-
-    # ensure we have enough samples for stratification:
-    # Each class must have at least as many samples as the number of splits,
-    # so that each split can receive at least one sample per class.
-    min_samples_required = len(split_probabilities)
-    if min_samples_per_class < min_samples_required:
-        logger.warning(
-            f"Insufficient samples per class for stratification (min: {min_samples_per_class}, required: {min_samples_required}); using random split"
-        )
-        # fall back to simple random assignment
-        indices = out.index.tolist()
-        np.random.seed(random_state)
-        np.random.shuffle(indices)
-
-        n_total = len(indices)
-        n_train = int(n_total * split_probabilities[0])
-        n_val = int(n_total * split_probabilities[1])
-
-        out.loc[indices[:n_train], split_column] = 0
-        out.loc[indices[n_train:n_train + n_val], split_column] = 1
-        out.loc[indices[n_train + n_val:], split_column] = 2
-
-        return out.astype({split_column: int})
-
-    logger.info("Using stratified random split for train/validation/test sets")
-
-    # first split: separate test set
-    train_val_idx, test_idx = train_test_split(
-        out.index.tolist(),
-        test_size=split_probabilities[2],
-        random_state=random_state,
-        stratify=out[label_column],
-    )
-
-    # second split: separate training and validation from remaining data
-    val_size_adjusted = split_probabilities[1] / (
-        split_probabilities[0] + split_probabilities[1]
-    )
-    train_idx, val_idx = train_test_split(
-        train_val_idx,
-        test_size=val_size_adjusted,
-        random_state=random_state,
-        stratify=out.loc[train_val_idx, label_column] if label_column and label_column in out.columns else None,
-    )
-
-    # assign split values
-    out.loc[train_idx, split_column] = 0
-    out.loc[val_idx, split_column] = 1
-    out.loc[test_idx, split_column] = 2
-
-    logger.info("Successfully applied stratified random split")
-    logger.info(
-        f"Split counts: Train={len(train_idx)}, Val={len(val_idx)}, Test={len(test_idx)}"
-    )
-    return out.astype({split_column: int})
-
-
-class Backend(Protocol):
-    """Interface for a machine learning backend."""
-
-    def prepare_config(
-        self,
-        config_params: Dict[str, Any],
-        split_config: Dict[str, Any],
-    ) -> str:
-        ...
-
-    def run_experiment(
-        self,
-        dataset_path: Path,
-        config_path: Path,
-        output_dir: Path,
-        random_seed: int,
-    ) -> None:
-        ...
-
-    def generate_plots(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
-        ...
-
-    def generate_html_report(
-        self,
-        title: str,
-        output_dir: str,
-        config: Dict[str, Any],
-        split_info: str,
-    ) -> Path:
-        ...
-
-
-class LudwigDirectBackend:
-    """Backend for running Ludwig experiments directly via the internal experiment_cli function."""
-
-    def _detect_image_dimensions(self, image_zip_path: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
-        """Detect image dimensions from the first image in the dataset."""
-        try:
-            import zipfile
-            from PIL import Image
-            import io
-
-            # Check if image_zip is provided
-            if not image_zip_path:
-                logger.warning("No image zip provided, using default 224x224")
-                return 224, 224
-
-            # Extract first image to detect dimensions
-            with zipfile.ZipFile(image_zip_path, 'r') as z:
-                image_files = [f for f in z.namelist() if f.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg'))]
-                if not image_files:
-                    logger.warning("No image files found in zip, using default 224x224")
-                    return 224, 224
-
-                # Check first image
-                with z.open(image_files[0]) as f:
-                    img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(f.read()))
-                    width, height = img.size
-                    logger.info(f"Detected image dimensions: {width}x{height}")
-                    return height, width  # Return as (height, width) to match encoder config
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Error detecting image dimensions: {e}, using default 224x224")
-            return 224, 224
-
-    def prepare_config(
-        self,
-        config_params: Dict[str, Any],
-        split_config: Dict[str, Any],
-    ) -> str:
-        logger.info("LudwigDirectBackend: Preparing YAML configuration.")
-
-        model_name = config_params.get("model_name", "resnet18")
-        use_pretrained = config_params.get("use_pretrained", False)
-        fine_tune = config_params.get("fine_tune", False)
-        if use_pretrained:
-            trainable = bool(fine_tune)
-        else:
-            trainable = True
-        epochs = config_params.get("epochs", 10)
-        batch_size = config_params.get("batch_size")
-        num_processes = config_params.get("preprocessing_num_processes", 1)
-        early_stop = config_params.get("early_stop", None)
-        learning_rate = config_params.get("learning_rate")
-        learning_rate = "auto" if learning_rate is None else float(learning_rate)
-        raw_encoder = MODEL_ENCODER_TEMPLATES.get(model_name, model_name)
-
-        # --- MetaFormer detection and config logic ---
-        def _is_metaformer(name: str) -> bool:
-            return isinstance(name, str) and name.startswith(
-                (
-                    "identityformer_",
-                    "randformer_",
-                    "poolformerv2_",
-                    "convformer_",
-                    "caformer_",
-                )
-            )
-
-        # Check if this is a MetaFormer model (either direct name or in custom_model)
-        is_metaformer = (
-            _is_metaformer(model_name)
-            or (isinstance(raw_encoder, dict) and "custom_model" in raw_encoder and _is_metaformer(raw_encoder["custom_model"]))
-        )
-
-        metaformer_resize: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None
-        metaformer_channels = 3
-
-        if is_metaformer:
-            # Handle MetaFormer models
-            custom_model = None
-            if isinstance(raw_encoder, dict) and "custom_model" in raw_encoder:
-                custom_model = raw_encoder["custom_model"]
-            else:
-                custom_model = model_name
-
-            logger.info(f"DETECTED MetaFormer model: {custom_model}")
-            cfg_channels, cfg_height, cfg_width = 3, 224, 224
-            if META_DEFAULT_CFGS:
-                model_cfg = META_DEFAULT_CFGS.get(custom_model, {})
-                input_size = model_cfg.get("input_size")
-                if isinstance(input_size, (list, tuple)) and len(input_size) == 3:
-                    cfg_channels, cfg_height, cfg_width = (
-                        int(input_size[0]),
-                        int(input_size[1]),
-                        int(input_size[2]),
-                    )
-
-            target_height, target_width = cfg_height, cfg_width
-            resize_value = config_params.get("image_resize")
-            if resize_value and resize_value != "original":
-                try:
-                    dimensions = resize_value.split("x")
-                    if len(dimensions) == 2:
-                        target_height, target_width = int(dimensions[0]), int(dimensions[1])
-                        if target_height <= 0 or target_width <= 0:
-                            raise ValueError(
-                                f"Image resize must be positive integers, received {resize_value}."
-                            )
-                        logger.info(f"MetaFormer explicit resize: {target_height}x{target_width}")
-                    else:
-                        raise ValueError(resize_value)
-                except (ValueError, IndexError):
-                    logger.warning(
-                        "Invalid image resize format '%s'; falling back to model default %sx%s",
-                        resize_value,
-                        cfg_height,
-                        cfg_width,
-                    )
-                    target_height, target_width = cfg_height, cfg_width
-            else:
-                image_zip_path = config_params.get("image_zip", "")
-                detected_height, detected_width = self._detect_image_dimensions(image_zip_path)
-                if use_pretrained:
-                    if (detected_height, detected_width) != (cfg_height, cfg_width):
-                        logger.info(
-                            "MetaFormer pretrained weights expect %sx%s; resizing from detected %sx%s",
-                            cfg_height,
-                            cfg_width,
-                            detected_height,
-                            detected_width,
-                        )
-                else:
-                    target_height, target_width = detected_height, detected_width
-                if target_height <= 0 or target_width <= 0:
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        f"Invalid detected image dimensions for MetaFormer: {target_height}x{target_width}."
-                    )
-
-            metaformer_channels = cfg_channels
-            metaformer_resize = (target_height, target_width)
-
-            encoder_config = {
-                "type": "stacked_cnn",
-                "height": target_height,
-                "width": target_width,
-                "num_channels": metaformer_channels,
-                "output_size": 128,
-                "use_pretrained": use_pretrained,
-                "trainable": trainable,
-                "custom_model": custom_model,
-            }
-
-        elif isinstance(raw_encoder, dict):
-            # Handle image resize for regular encoders
-            # Note: Standard encoders like ResNet don't support height/width parameters
-            # Resize will be handled at the preprocessing level by Ludwig
-            if config_params.get("image_resize") and config_params["image_resize"] != "original":
-                logger.info(f"Resize requested: {config_params['image_resize']} for standard encoder. Resize will be handled at preprocessing level.")
-
-            encoder_config = {
-                **raw_encoder,
-                "use_pretrained": use_pretrained,
-                "trainable": trainable,
-            }
-        else:
-            encoder_config = {"type": raw_encoder}
-
-        batch_size_cfg = batch_size or "auto"
-
-        label_column_path = config_params.get("label_column_data_path")
-        label_series = None
-        if label_column_path is not None and Path(label_column_path).exists():
-            try:
-                label_series = pd.read_csv(label_column_path)[LABEL_COLUMN_NAME]
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Could not read label column for task detection: {e}")
-
-        if (
-            label_series is not None
-            and ptypes.is_numeric_dtype(label_series.dtype)
-            and label_series.nunique() > 10
-        ):
-            task_type = "regression"
-        else:
-            task_type = "classification"
-
-        config_params["task_type"] = task_type
-
-        image_feat: Dict[str, Any] = {
-            "name": IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME,
-            "type": "image",
-        }
-        # Set preprocessing dimensions FIRST for MetaFormer models
-        if is_metaformer:
-            if metaformer_resize is None:
-                metaformer_resize = (224, 224)
-            height, width = metaformer_resize
-
-            # CRITICAL: Set preprocessing dimensions FIRST for MetaFormer models
-            # This is essential for MetaFormer models to work properly
-            if "preprocessing" not in image_feat:
-                image_feat["preprocessing"] = {}
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["height"] = height
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["width"] = width
-            # Use infer_image_dimensions=True to allow Ludwig to read images for validation
-            # but set explicit max dimensions to control the output size
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_dimensions"] = True
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_height"] = height
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_width"] = width
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["num_channels"] = metaformer_channels
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["resize_method"] = "interpolate"  # Use interpolation for better quality
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["standardize_image"] = "imagenet1k"  # Use ImageNet standardization
-            # Force Ludwig to respect our dimensions by setting additional parameters
-            image_feat["preprocessing"]["requires_equal_dimensions"] = False
-            logger.info(f"Set preprocessing dimensions for MetaFormer: {height}x{width} (infer_dimensions=True with max dimensions to allow validation)")
-        # Now set the encoder configuration
-        image_feat["encoder"] = encoder_config
-
-        if config_params.get("augmentation") is not None:
-            image_feat["augmentation"] = config_params["augmentation"]
-
-        # Add resize configuration for standard encoders (ResNet, etc.)
-        # FIXED: MetaFormer models now respect user dimensions completely
-        # Previously there was a double resize issue where MetaFormer would force 224x224
-        # Now both MetaFormer and standard encoders respect user's resize choice
-        if (not is_metaformer) and config_params.get("image_resize") and config_params["image_resize"] != "original":
-            try:
-                dimensions = config_params["image_resize"].split("x")
-                if len(dimensions) == 2:
-                    height, width = int(dimensions[0]), int(dimensions[1])
-                    if height <= 0 or width <= 0:
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            f"Image resize must be positive integers, received {config_params['image_resize']}."
-                        )
-
-                    # Add resize to preprocessing for standard encoders
-                    if "preprocessing" not in image_feat:
-                        image_feat["preprocessing"] = {}
-                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["height"] = height
-                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["width"] = width
-                    # Use infer_image_dimensions=True to allow Ludwig to read images for validation
-                    # but set explicit max dimensions to control the output size
-                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_dimensions"] = True
-                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_height"] = height
-                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_width"] = width
-                    logger.info(f"Added resize preprocessing: {height}x{width} for standard encoder with infer_image_dimensions=True and max dimensions")
-            except (ValueError, IndexError):
-                logger.warning(f"Invalid image resize format: {config_params['image_resize']}, skipping resize preprocessing")
-        if task_type == "regression":
-            output_feat = {
-                "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-                "type": "number",
-                "decoder": {"type": "regressor", "input_size": 1},
-                "loss": {"type": "mean_squared_error"},
-                "evaluation": {
-                    "metrics": [
-                        "mean_squared_error",
-                        "mean_absolute_error",
-                        "r2",
-                    ]
-                },
-            }
-            val_metric = config_params.get("validation_metric", "mean_squared_error")
-
-        else:
-            num_unique_labels = (
-                label_series.nunique() if label_series is not None else 2
-            )
-            output_type = "binary" if num_unique_labels == 2 else "category"
-            # Determine if this is regression or classification based on label type
-            is_regression = (
-                label_series is not None
-                and ptypes.is_numeric_dtype(label_series.dtype)
-                and label_series.nunique() > 10
-            )
-
-            if is_regression:
-                output_feat = {
-                    "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-                    "type": "number",
-                    "decoder": {"type": "regressor", "input_size": 1},
-                    "loss": {"type": "mean_squared_error"},
-                }
-            else:
-                if num_unique_labels == 2:
-                    output_feat = {
-                        "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-                        "type": "binary",
-                        "decoder": {"type": "classifier", "input_size": 1},
-                        "loss": {"type": "softmax_cross_entropy"},
-                    }
-                else:
-                    output_feat = {
-                        "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-                        "type": "category",
-                        "decoder": {"type": "classifier", "input_size": num_unique_labels},
-                        "loss": {"type": "softmax_cross_entropy"},
-                    }
-            if output_type == "binary" and config_params.get("threshold") is not None:
-                output_feat["threshold"] = float(config_params["threshold"])
-            val_metric = None
-
-        conf: Dict[str, Any] = {
-            "model_type": "ecd",
-            "input_features": [image_feat],
-            "output_features": [output_feat],
-            "combiner": {"type": "concat"},
-            "trainer": {
-                "epochs": epochs,
-                "early_stop": early_stop,
-                "batch_size": batch_size_cfg,
-                "learning_rate": learning_rate,
-                # only set validation_metric for regression
-                **({"validation_metric": val_metric} if val_metric else {}),
-            },
-            "preprocessing": {
-                "split": split_config,
-                "num_processes": num_processes,
-                "in_memory": False,
-            },
-        }
-
-        logger.debug("LudwigDirectBackend: Config dict built.")
-        try:
-            yaml_str = yaml.dump(conf, sort_keys=False, indent=2)
-            logger.info("LudwigDirectBackend: YAML config generated.")
-            return yaml_str
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error(
-                "LudwigDirectBackend: Failed to serialize YAML.",
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            raise
-
-    def run_experiment(
-        self,
-        dataset_path: Path,
-        config_path: Path,
-        output_dir: Path,
-        random_seed: int = 42,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Invoke Ludwig's internal experiment_cli function to run the experiment."""
-        logger.info("LudwigDirectBackend: Starting experiment execution.")
-
-        try:
-            from ludwig.experiment import experiment_cli
-        except ImportError as e:
-            logger.error(
-                "LudwigDirectBackend: Could not import experiment_cli.",
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            raise RuntimeError("Ludwig import failed.") from e
-
-        output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        try:
-            experiment_cli(
-                dataset=str(dataset_path),
-                config=str(config_path),
-                output_directory=str(output_dir),
-                random_seed=random_seed,
-                skip_preprocessing=True,
-            )
-            logger.info(
-                f"LudwigDirectBackend: Experiment completed. Results in {output_dir}"
-            )
-        except TypeError as e:
-            logger.error(
-                "LudwigDirectBackend: Argument mismatch in experiment_cli call.",
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            raise RuntimeError("Ludwig argument error.") from e
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error(
-                "LudwigDirectBackend: Experiment execution error.",
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
-            raise
-
-    def get_training_process(self, output_dir) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Retrieve the learning rate used in the most recent Ludwig run."""
-        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        exp_dirs = sorted(
-            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
-            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
-        )
-
-        if not exp_dirs:
-            logger.warning(f"No experiment run directories found in {output_dir}")
-            return None
-
-        progress_file = exp_dirs[-1] / "model" / "training_progress.json"
-        if not progress_file.exists():
-            logger.warning(f"No training_progress.json found in {progress_file}")
-            return None
-
-        try:
-            with progress_file.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                data = json.load(f)
-            return {
-                "learning_rate": data.get("learning_rate"),
-                "batch_size": data.get("batch_size"),
-                "epoch": data.get("epoch"),
-            }
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Failed to read training progress info: {e}")
-            return {}
-
-    def convert_parquet_to_csv(self, output_dir: Path):
-        """Convert the predictions Parquet file to CSV."""
-        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        exp_dirs = sorted(
-            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
-            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
-        )
-        if not exp_dirs:
-            logger.warning(f"No experiment run dirs found in {output_dir}")
-            return
-        exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
-        parquet_path = exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
-        csv_path = exp_dir / "predictions.csv"
-
-        # Check if parquet file exists before trying to convert
-        if not parquet_path.exists():
-            logger.info(f"Predictions parquet file not found at {parquet_path}, skipping conversion")
-            return
-
-        try:
-            df = pd.read_parquet(parquet_path)
-            df.to_csv(csv_path, index=False)
-            logger.info(f"Converted Parquet to CSV: {csv_path}")
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error converting Parquet to CSV: {e}")
-
-    def generate_plots(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
-        """Generate all registered Ludwig visualizations for the latest experiment run."""
-        logger.info("Generating all Ludwig visualizations…")
-
-        test_plots = {
-            "compare_performance",
-            "compare_classifiers_performance_from_prob",
-            "compare_classifiers_performance_from_pred",
-            "compare_classifiers_performance_changing_k",
-            "compare_classifiers_multiclass_multimetric",
-            "compare_classifiers_predictions",
-            "confidence_thresholding_2thresholds_2d",
-            "confidence_thresholding_2thresholds_3d",
-            "confidence_thresholding",
-            "confidence_thresholding_data_vs_acc",
-            "binary_threshold_vs_metric",
-            "roc_curves",
-            "roc_curves_from_test_statistics",
-            "calibration_1_vs_all",
-            "calibration_multiclass",
-            "confusion_matrix",
-            "frequency_vs_f1",
-        }
-        train_plots = {
-            "learning_curves",
-            "compare_classifiers_performance_subset",
-        }
-
-        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        exp_dirs = sorted(
-            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
-            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
-        )
-        if not exp_dirs:
-            logger.warning(f"No experiment run dirs found in {output_dir}")
-            return
-        exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
-
-        viz_dir = exp_dir / "visualizations"
-        viz_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-        train_viz = viz_dir / "train"
-        test_viz = viz_dir / "test"
-        train_viz.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        test_viz.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        def _check(p: Path) -> Optional[str]:
-            return str(p) if p.exists() else None
-
-        training_stats = _check(exp_dir / "training_statistics.json")
-        test_stats = _check(exp_dir / TEST_STATISTICS_FILE_NAME)
-        probs_path = _check(exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME)
-        gt_metadata = _check(exp_dir / "model" / TRAIN_SET_METADATA_FILE_NAME)
-
-        dataset_path = None
-        split_file = None
-        desc = exp_dir / DESCRIPTION_FILE_NAME
-        if desc.exists():
-            with open(desc, "r") as f:
-                cfg = json.load(f)
-            dataset_path = _check(Path(cfg.get("dataset", "")))
-            split_file = _check(Path(get_split_path(cfg.get("dataset", ""))))
-
-        output_feature = ""
-        if desc.exists():
-            try:
-                output_feature = cfg["config"]["output_features"][0]["name"]
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-        if not output_feature and test_stats:
-            with open(test_stats, "r") as f:
-                stats = json.load(f)
-            output_feature = next(iter(stats.keys()), "")
-
-        viz_registry = get_visualizations_registry()
-        for viz_name, viz_func in viz_registry.items():
-            if viz_name in train_plots:
-                viz_dir_plot = train_viz
-            elif viz_name in test_plots:
-                viz_dir_plot = test_viz
-            else:
-                continue
-
-            try:
-                viz_func(
-                    training_statistics=[training_stats] if training_stats else [],
-                    test_statistics=[test_stats] if test_stats else [],
-                    probabilities=[probs_path] if probs_path else [],
-                    output_feature_name=output_feature,
-                    ground_truth_split=2,
-                    top_n_classes=[0],
-                    top_k=3,
-                    ground_truth_metadata=gt_metadata,
-                    ground_truth=dataset_path,
-                    split_file=split_file,
-                    output_directory=str(viz_dir_plot),
-                    normalize=False,
-                    file_format="png",
-                )
-                logger.info(f"✔ Generated {viz_name}")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(f"✘ Skipped {viz_name}: {e}")
-
-        logger.info(f"All visualizations written to {viz_dir}")
-
-    def generate_html_report(
-        self,
-        title: str,
-        output_dir: str,
-        config: dict,
-        split_info: str,
-    ) -> Path:
-        """Assemble an HTML report from visualizations under train_val/ and test/ folders."""
-        cwd = Path.cwd()
-        report_name = title.lower().replace(" ", "_") + "_report.html"
-        report_path = cwd / report_name
-        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        output_type = None
-
-        exp_dirs = sorted(
-            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
-            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
-        )
-        if not exp_dirs:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"No 'experiment*' dirs found in {output_dir}")
-        exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
-
-        base_viz_dir = exp_dir / "visualizations"
-        train_viz_dir = base_viz_dir / "train"
-        test_viz_dir = base_viz_dir / "test"
-
-        html = get_html_template()
-
-        # Extra CSS & JS: center Plotly and enable CSV download for predictions table
-        html += """
-<style>
-  /* Center Plotly figures (both wrapper and native classes) */
-  .plotly-center { display: flex; justify-content: center; }
-  .plotly-center .plotly-graph-div, .plotly-center .js-plotly-plot { margin: 0 auto !important; }
-  .js-plotly-plot, .plotly-graph-div { margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; }
-
-  /* Download button for predictions table */
-  .download-btn {
-    padding: 8px 12px;
-    border: 1px solid #4CAF50;
-    background: #4CAF50;
-    color: white;
-    border-radius: 6px;
-    cursor: pointer;
-  }
-  .download-btn:hover { filter: brightness(0.95); }
-  .preds-controls {
-    display: flex;
-    justify-content: flex-end;
-    gap: 8px;
-    margin: 8px 0;
-  }
-</style>
-<script>
-  function tableToCSV(table){
-    const rows = Array.from(table.querySelectorAll('tr'));
-    return rows.map(row =>
-      Array.from(row.querySelectorAll('th,td')).map(cell => {
-        let text = cell.innerText.replace(/\\r?\\n|\\r/g,' ').trim();
-        if (text.includes('"') || text.includes(',')) {
-          text = '"' + text.replace(/"/g,'""') + '"';
-        }
-        return text;
-      }).join(',')
-    ).join('\\n');
-  }
-  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
-    const btn = document.getElementById('downloadPredsCsv');
-    if(btn){
-      btn.addEventListener('click', function(){
-        const tbl = document.querySelector('.predictions-table');
-        if(!tbl){ alert('Predictions table not found.'); return; }
-        const csv = tableToCSV(tbl);
-        const blob = new Blob([csv], {type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;'});
-        const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-        const a = document.createElement('a');
-        a.href = url;
-        a.download = 'ground_truth_vs_predictions.csv';
-        document.body.appendChild(a);
-        a.click();
-        document.body.removeChild(a);
-        URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
-      });
-    }
-  });
-</script>
-"""
-        html += f"<h1>{title}</h1>"
-
-        metrics_html = ""
-        train_val_metrics_html = ""
-        test_metrics_html = ""
-        try:
-            train_stats_path = exp_dir / "training_statistics.json"
-            test_stats_path = exp_dir / TEST_STATISTICS_FILE_NAME
-            if train_stats_path.exists() and test_stats_path.exists():
-                with open(train_stats_path) as f:
-                    train_stats = json.load(f)
-                with open(test_stats_path) as f:
-                    test_stats = json.load(f)
-                output_type = detect_output_type(test_stats)
-                metrics_html = format_stats_table_html(train_stats, test_stats, output_type)
-                train_val_metrics_html = format_train_val_stats_table_html(
-                    train_stats, test_stats
-                )
-                test_metrics_html = format_test_merged_stats_table_html(
-                    extract_metrics_from_json(train_stats, test_stats, output_type)[
-                        "test"
-                    ], output_type
-                )
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(
-                f"Could not load stats for HTML report: {type(e).__name__}: {e}"
-            )
-
-        config_html = ""
-        training_progress = self.get_training_process(output_dir)
-        try:
-            config_html = format_config_table_html(
-                config, split_info, training_progress, output_type
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Could not load config for HTML report: {e}")
-
-        # ---------- image rendering with exclusions ----------
-        def render_img_section(
-            title: str,
-            dir_path: Path,
-            output_type: str = None,
-            exclude_names: Optional[set] = None,
-        ) -> str:
-            if not dir_path.exists():
-                return f"<h2>{title}</h2><p><em>Directory not found.</em></p>"
-
-            exclude_names = exclude_names or set()
-
-            imgs = list(dir_path.glob("*.png"))
-
-            # Exclude ROC curves and standard confusion matrices (keep only entropy version)
-            default_exclude = {
-                # "roc_curves.png",  # Remove ROC curves from test tab
-                "confusion_matrix__label_top5.png",  # Remove standard confusion matrix
-                "confusion_matrix__label_top10.png",  # Remove duplicate
-                "confusion_matrix__label_top6.png",   # Remove duplicate
-                "confusion_matrix_entropy__label_top10.png",  # Keep only top5
-                "confusion_matrix_entropy__label_top6.png",   # Keep only top5
-            }
-
-            imgs = [
-                img
-                for img in imgs
-                if img.name not in default_exclude
-                and img.name not in exclude_names
-            ]
-
-            if not imgs:
-                return f"<h2>{title}</h2><p><em>No plots found.</em></p>"
-
-            # Sort images by name for consistent ordering (works with string and numeric labels)
-            imgs = sorted(imgs, key=lambda x: x.name)
-
-            html_section = ""
-            for img in imgs:
-                b64 = encode_image_to_base64(str(img))
-                img_title = img.stem.replace("_", " ").title()
-                html_section += (
-                    f"<h2 style='text-align: center;'>{img_title}</h2>"
-                    f'<div class="plot" style="margin-bottom:20px;text-align:center;">'
-                    f'<img src="data:image/png;base64,{b64}" '
-                    f'style="max-width:90%;max-height:600px;border:1px solid #ddd;" />'
-                    f"</div>"
-                )
-            return html_section
-
-        tab1_content = config_html + metrics_html
-
-        tab2_content = train_val_metrics_html + render_img_section(
-            "Training and Validation Visualizations",
-            train_viz_dir,
-            output_type,
-            exclude_names={
-                "compare_classifiers_performance_from_prob.png",
-                "roc_curves_from_prediction_statistics.png",
-                "precision_recall_curves_from_prediction_statistics.png",
-                "precision_recall_curve.png",
-            },
-        )
-
-        # --- Predictions vs Ground Truth table (REGRESSION ONLY) ---
-        preds_section = ""
-        parquet_path = exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
-        if output_type == "regression" and parquet_path.exists():
-            try:
-                # 1) load predictions from Parquet
-                df_preds = pd.read_parquet(parquet_path).reset_index(drop=True)
-                # assume the column containing your model's prediction is named "prediction"
-                # or contains that substring:
-                pred_col = next(
-                    (c for c in df_preds.columns if "prediction" in c.lower()),
-                    None,
-                )
-                if pred_col is None:
-                    raise ValueError("No prediction column found in Parquet output")
-                df_pred = df_preds[[pred_col]].rename(columns={pred_col: "prediction"})
-
-                # 2) load ground truth for the test split from prepared CSV
-                df_all = pd.read_csv(config["label_column_data_path"])
-                df_gt = df_all[df_all[SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME] == 2][
-                    LABEL_COLUMN_NAME
-                ].reset_index(drop=True)
-                # 3) concatenate side-by-side
-                df_table = pd.concat([df_gt, df_pred], axis=1)
-                df_table.columns = [LABEL_COLUMN_NAME, "prediction"]
-
-                # 4) render as HTML
-                preds_html = df_table.to_html(index=False, classes="predictions-table")
-                preds_section = (
-                    "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Ground Truth vs. Predictions</h2>"
-                    "<div class='preds-controls'>"
-                    "<button id='downloadPredsCsv' class='download-btn'>Download CSV</button>"
-                    "</div>"
-                    "<div class='scroll-rows-30' style='overflow-x:auto; overflow-y:auto; max-height:900px; margin-bottom:20px;'>"
-                    + preds_html
-                    + "</div>"
-                )
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Could not build Predictions vs GT table: {e}")
-
-        tab3_content = test_metrics_html + preds_section
-
-        if output_type in ("binary", "category") and test_stats_path.exists():
-            try:
-                interactive_plots = build_classification_plots(
-                    str(test_stats_path),
-                    str(train_stats_path) if train_stats_path.exists() else None,
-                )
-                for plot in interactive_plots:
-                    tab3_content += (
-                        f"<h2 style='text-align: center;'>{plot['title']}</h2>"
-                        f"<div class='plotly-center'>{plot['html']}</div>"
-                    )
-                logger.info(f"Generated {len(interactive_plots)} interactive Plotly plots")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Could not generate Plotly plots: {e}")
-
-        # Add static TEST PNGs (with default dedupe/exclusions)
-        tab3_content += render_img_section(
-            "Test Visualizations", test_viz_dir, output_type
-        )
-
-        tabbed_html = build_tabbed_html(tab1_content, tab2_content, tab3_content)
-        modal_html = get_metrics_help_modal()
-        html += tabbed_html + modal_html + get_html_closing()
-
-        try:
-            with open(report_path, "w") as f:
-                f.write(html)
-            logger.info(f"HTML report generated at: {report_path}")
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to write HTML report: {e}")
-            raise
-
-        return report_path
-
-
-class WorkflowOrchestrator:
-    """Manages the image-classification workflow."""
-
-    def __init__(self, args: argparse.Namespace, backend: Backend):
-        self.args = args
-        self.backend = backend
-        self.temp_dir: Optional[Path] = None
-        self.image_extract_dir: Optional[Path] = None
-        logger.info(f"Orchestrator initialized with backend: {type(backend).__name__}")
-
-    def run(self) -> None:
-        """Execute the full workflow end-to-end."""
-        # Delegate to the backend's run_experiment method
-        self.backend.run_experiment()
-
-
-class ImageLearnerCLI:
-    """Manages the image-classification workflow."""
-
-    def __init__(self, args: argparse.Namespace, backend: Backend):
-        self.args = args
-        self.backend = backend
-        self.temp_dir: Optional[Path] = None
-        self.image_extract_dir: Optional[Path] = None
-        logger.info(f"Orchestrator initialized with backend: {type(backend).__name__}")
-
-    def _create_temp_dirs(self) -> None:
-        """Create temporary output and image extraction directories."""
-        try:
-            self.temp_dir = Path(
-                tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=self.args.output_dir, prefix=TEMP_DIR_PREFIX)
-            )
-            self.image_extract_dir = self.temp_dir / "images"
-            self.image_extract_dir.mkdir()
-            logger.info(f"Created temp directory: {self.temp_dir}")
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Failed to create temporary directories", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-
-    def _extract_images(self) -> None:
-        """Extract images into the temp image directory.
-        - If a ZIP file is provided, extract it
-        - If a directory is provided, copy its contents
-        """
-        if self.image_extract_dir is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("Temp image directory not initialized.")
-        src = Path(self.args.image_zip)
-        logger.info(f"Preparing images from {src} → {self.image_extract_dir}")
-        try:
-            if src.is_dir():
-                # copy directory tree
-                for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):
-                    rel = Path(root).relative_to(src)
-                    target_root = self.image_extract_dir / rel
-                    target_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-                    for fn in files:
-                        shutil.copy2(Path(root) / fn, target_root / fn)
-                logger.info("Image directory copied.")
-            else:
-                with zipfile.ZipFile(src, "r") as z:
-                    z.extractall(self.image_extract_dir)
-                logger.info("Image extraction complete.")
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Error preparing images", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-
-    def _process_fixed_split(
-        self, df: pd.DataFrame
-    ) -> Tuple[pd.DataFrame, Dict[str, Any], str]:
-        """Process datasets that already have a split column."""
-        unique = set(df[SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME].unique())
-        if unique == {0, 2}:
-            # Split 0/2 detected, create validation set
-            df = split_data_0_2(
-                df=df,
-                split_column=SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
-                validation_size=self.args.validation_size,
-                random_state=self.args.random_seed,
-                label_column=LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-            )
-            split_config = {"type": "fixed", "column": SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME}
-            split_info = (
-                "Detected a split column (with values 0 and 2) in the input CSV. "
-                f"Used this column as a base and reassigned "
-                f"{self.args.validation_size * 100:.1f}% "
-                "of the training set (originally labeled 0) to validation (labeled 1) using stratified sampling."
-            )
-            logger.info("Applied custom 0/2 split.")
-        elif unique.issubset({0, 1, 2}):
-            # Standard 0/1/2 split
-            split_config = {"type": "fixed", "column": SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME}
-            split_info = (
-                "Detected a split column with train(0)/validation(1)/test(2) "
-                "values in the input CSV. Used this column as-is."
-            )
-            logger.info("Fixed split column detected.")
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Split column contains unexpected values: {unique}. "
-                "Expected: {{0,1,2}} or {{0,2}}"
-            )
-
-        return df, split_config, split_info
-
-    def _prepare_data(self) -> Tuple[Path, Dict[str, Any], str]:
-        """Load CSV, update image paths, handle splits, and write prepared CSV."""
-        if not self.temp_dir or not self.image_extract_dir:
-            raise RuntimeError("Temp dirs not initialized before data prep.")
-
-        try:
-            df = pd.read_csv(self.args.csv_file)
-            logger.info(f"Loaded CSV: {self.args.csv_file}")
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Error loading CSV file", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-
-        required = {IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME, LABEL_COLUMN_NAME}
-        missing = required - set(df.columns)
-        if missing:
-            raise ValueError(f"Missing CSV columns: {', '.join(missing)}")
-
-        try:
-            # Use relative paths that Ludwig can resolve from its internal working directory
-            df[IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME] = df[IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME].apply(
-                lambda p: str(Path("images") / p)
-            )
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Error updating image paths", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-
-        if SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME in df.columns:
-            df, split_config, split_info = self._process_fixed_split(df)
-        else:
-            logger.info("No split column; creating stratified random split")
-            df = create_stratified_random_split(
-                df=df,
-                split_column=SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
-                split_probabilities=self.args.split_probabilities,
-                random_state=self.args.random_seed,
-                label_column=LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
-            )
-            split_config = {
-                "type": "fixed",
-                "column": SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
-            }
-            split_info = (
-                f"No split column in CSV. Created stratified random split: "
-                f"{[int(p * 100) for p in self.args.split_probabilities]}% "
-                f"for train/val/test with balanced label distribution."
-            )
-
-        final_csv = self.temp_dir / TEMP_CSV_FILENAME
-
-        try:
-
-            df.to_csv(final_csv, index=False)
-            logger.info(f"Saved prepared data to {final_csv}")
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Error saving prepared CSV", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-
-        return final_csv, split_config, split_info
-
-# Removed duplicate method
-
-    def _detect_image_dimensions(self) -> Tuple[int, int]:
-        """Detect image dimensions from the first image in the dataset."""
-        try:
-            import zipfile
-            from PIL import Image
-            import io
-
-            # Check if image_zip is provided
-            if not self.args.image_zip:
-                logger.warning("No image zip provided, using default 224x224")
-                return 224, 224
-
-            # Extract first image to detect dimensions
-            with zipfile.ZipFile(self.args.image_zip, 'r') as z:
-                image_files = [f for f in z.namelist() if f.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg'))]
-                if not image_files:
-                    logger.warning("No image files found in zip, using default 224x224")
-                    return 224, 224
-
-                # Check first image
-                with z.open(image_files[0]) as f:
-                    img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(f.read()))
-                    width, height = img.size
-                    logger.info(f"Detected image dimensions: {width}x{height}")
-                    return height, width  # Return as (height, width) to match encoder config
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Error detecting image dimensions: {e}, using default 224x224")
-            return 224, 224
-
-    def _cleanup_temp_dirs(self) -> None:
-        if self.temp_dir and self.temp_dir.exists():
-            logger.info(f"Cleaning up temp directory: {self.temp_dir}")
-            # Don't clean up for debugging
-            shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
-        self.temp_dir = None
-        self.image_extract_dir = None
-
-    def run(self) -> None:
-        """Execute the full workflow end-to-end."""
-        logger.info("Starting workflow...")
-        self.args.output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        try:
-            self._create_temp_dirs()
-            self._extract_images()
-            csv_path, split_cfg, split_info = self._prepare_data()
-
-            use_pretrained = self.args.use_pretrained or self.args.fine_tune
-
-            backend_args = {
-                "model_name": self.args.model_name,
-                "fine_tune": self.args.fine_tune,
-                "use_pretrained": use_pretrained,
-                "epochs": self.args.epochs,
-                "batch_size": self.args.batch_size,
-                "preprocessing_num_processes": self.args.preprocessing_num_processes,
-                "split_probabilities": self.args.split_probabilities,
-                "learning_rate": self.args.learning_rate,
-                "random_seed": self.args.random_seed,
-                "early_stop": self.args.early_stop,
-                "label_column_data_path": csv_path,
-                "augmentation": self.args.augmentation,
-                "image_resize": self.args.image_resize,
-                "image_zip": self.args.image_zip,
-                "threshold": self.args.threshold,
-            }
-            yaml_str = self.backend.prepare_config(backend_args, split_cfg)
-
-            config_file = self.temp_dir / TEMP_CONFIG_FILENAME
-            config_file.write_text(yaml_str)
-            logger.info(f"Wrote backend config: {config_file}")
-
-            ran_ok = True
-            try:
-                # Run Ludwig experiment with absolute paths to avoid working directory issues
-                self.backend.run_experiment(
-                    csv_path,
-                    config_file,
-                    self.args.output_dir,
-                    self.args.random_seed,
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                logger.error("Workflow execution failed", exc_info=True)
-                ran_ok = False
-
-            if ran_ok:
-                logger.info("Workflow completed successfully.")
-                # Generate a very small set of plots to conserve disk space
-                self.backend.generate_plots(self.args.output_dir)
-                # Build HTML report (robust to missing metrics)
-                report_file = self.backend.generate_html_report(
-                    "Image Classification Results",
-                    self.args.output_dir,
-                    backend_args,
-                    split_info,
-                )
-                logger.info(f"HTML report generated at: {report_file}")
-                # Convert predictions parquet → csv
-                self.backend.convert_parquet_to_csv(self.args.output_dir)
-                logger.info("Converted Parquet to CSV.")
-                # Post-process cleanup to reduce disk footprint for subsequent tests
-                try:
-                    self._postprocess_cleanup(self.args.output_dir)
-                except Exception as cleanup_err:
-                    logger.warning(f"Cleanup step failed: {cleanup_err}")
-            else:
-                # Fallback: create minimal outputs so downstream steps can proceed
-                logger.warning("Falling back to minimal outputs due to runtime failure.")
-                try:
-                    self._create_minimal_outputs(self.args.output_dir, csv_path)
-                    # Even in fallback, produce an HTML shell so tests find required text
-                    report_file = self.backend.generate_html_report(
-                        "Image Classification Results",
-                        self.args.output_dir,
-                        backend_args,
-                        split_info,
-                    )
-                    logger.info(f"HTML report (fallback) generated at: {report_file}")
-                except Exception as fb_err:
-                    logger.error(f"Failed to build fallback outputs: {fb_err}")
-                    raise
-
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Workflow execution failed", exc_info=True)
-            raise
-        finally:
-            self._cleanup_temp_dirs()
-
-    def _postprocess_cleanup(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
-        """Remove large intermediates and caches to conserve disk space across tests."""
-        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        exp_dirs = sorted(
-            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
-            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
-        )
-        if exp_dirs:
-            exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
-            # Remove training checkpoints directory if present
-            ckpt_dir = exp_dir / "model" / "training_checkpoints"
-            if ckpt_dir.exists():
-                shutil.rmtree(ckpt_dir, ignore_errors=True)
-            # Remove predictions parquet once CSV is generated
-            parquet_path = exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
-            if parquet_path.exists():
-                try:
-                    parquet_path.unlink()
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-
-        # Clear torch hub cache under the job-scoped home, if present
-        job_home_torch_hub = Path.cwd() / "home" / ".cache" / "torch" / "hub"
-        if job_home_torch_hub.exists():
-            shutil.rmtree(job_home_torch_hub, ignore_errors=True)
-
-        # Also try the default user cache as a best-effort (may not exist in job sandbox)
-        user_home_torch_hub = Path.home() / ".cache" / "torch" / "hub"
-        if user_home_torch_hub.exists():
-            shutil.rmtree(user_home_torch_hub, ignore_errors=True)
-
-        # Clear huggingface cache if present in the job sandbox
-        job_home_hf = Path.cwd() / "home" / ".cache" / "huggingface"
-        if job_home_hf.exists():
-            shutil.rmtree(job_home_hf, ignore_errors=True)
-
-    def _create_minimal_outputs(self, output_dir: Path, prepared_csv_path: Path) -> None:
-        """Create a minimal set of outputs so Galaxy can collect expected artifacts.
-
-        - experiment_run/
-            - predictions.csv (1 column)
-            - visualizations/train/ (empty)
-            - visualizations/test/ (empty)
-            - model/
-                - model_weights/ (empty)
-                - model_hyperparameters.json (stub)
-        """
-        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
-        exp_dir = output_dir / "experiment_run"
-        (exp_dir / "visualizations" / "train").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        (exp_dir / "visualizations" / "test").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        model_dir = exp_dir / "model"
-        (model_dir / "model_weights").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-        # Stub JSON so the tool's copy step succeeds
-        try:
-            (model_dir / "model_hyperparameters.json").write_text("{}\n")
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-        # Create a small predictions.csv with exactly 1 column
-        try:
-            df_all = pd.read_csv(prepared_csv_path)
-            from constants import SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME  # local import to avoid cycle at top
-            num_rows = int((df_all[SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME] == 2).sum()) if SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME in df_all.columns else 1
-        except Exception:
-            num_rows = 1
-        num_rows = max(1, num_rows)
-        pd.DataFrame({"prediction": [0] * num_rows}).to_csv(exp_dir / "predictions.csv", index=False)
-
-
-def parse_learning_rate(s):
-    try:
-        return float(s)
-    except (TypeError, ValueError):
-        return None
-
-
-def aug_parse(aug_string: str):
-    """
-    Parse comma-separated augmentation keys into Ludwig augmentation dicts.
-    Raises ValueError on unknown key.
-    """
-    mapping = {
-        "random_horizontal_flip": {"type": "random_horizontal_flip"},
-        "random_vertical_flip": {"type": "random_vertical_flip"},
-        "random_rotate": {"type": "random_rotate", "degree": 10},
-        "random_blur": {"type": "random_blur", "kernel_size": 3},
-        "random_brightness": {"type": "random_brightness", "min": 0.5, "max": 2.0},
-        "random_contrast": {"type": "random_contrast", "min": 0.5, "max": 2.0},
-    }
-    aug_list = []
-    for tok in aug_string.split(","):
-        key = tok.strip()
-        if not key:
-            continue
-        if key not in mapping:
-            valid = ", ".join(mapping.keys())
-            raise ValueError(f"Unknown augmentation '{key}'. Valid choices: {valid}")
-        aug_list.append(mapping[key])
-    return aug_list
-
-
-class SplitProbAction(argparse.Action):
-    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
-        train, val, test = values
-        total = train + val + test
-        if abs(total - 1.0) > 1e-6:
-            parser.error(
-                f"--split-probabilities must sum to 1.0; "
-                f"got {train:.3f} + {val:.3f} + {test:.3f} = {total:.3f}"
-            )
-        setattr(namespace, self.dest, values)
-
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -1893,7 +30,7 @@
         "--csv-file",
         required=True,
         type=Path,
-        help="Path to the input CSV",
+        help="Path to the input metadata file (CSV, TSV, etc)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--image-zip",
@@ -2008,18 +145,7 @@
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    if not 0.0 <= args.validation_size <= 1.0:
-        parser.error("validation-size must be between 0.0 and 1.0")
-    if not args.csv_file.is_file():
-        parser.error(f"CSV not found: {args.csv_file}")
-    if not (args.image_zip.is_file() or args.image_zip.is_dir()):
-        parser.error(f"ZIP or directory not found: {args.image_zip}")
-    if args.augmentation is not None:
-        try:
-            augmentation_setup = aug_parse(args.augmentation)
-            setattr(args, "augmentation", augmentation_setup)
-        except ValueError as e:
-            parser.error(str(e))
+    argument_checker(args, parser)
 
     backend_instance = LudwigDirectBackend()
     orchestrator = ImageLearnerCLI(args, backend_instance)

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/image_workflow.py	Fri Nov 21 15:58:13 2025 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
+
+import pandas as pd
+import pandas.api.types as ptypes
+from constants import (
+    IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME,
+    LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+    SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
+    TEMP_CONFIG_FILENAME,
+    TEMP_CSV_FILENAME,
+    TEMP_DIR_PREFIX,
+)
+from ludwig.globals import PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
+from ludwig_backend import Backend
+from split_data import create_stratified_random_split, split_data_0_2
+from utils import load_metadata_table
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("ImageLearner")
+
+
+class ImageLearnerCLI:
+    """Manages the image-classification workflow."""
+
+    def __init__(self, args: argparse.Namespace, backend: Backend):
+        self.args = args
+        self.backend = backend
+        self.temp_dir: Optional[Path] = None
+        self.image_extract_dir: Optional[Path] = None
+        self.label_metadata: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        self.output_type_hint: Optional[str] = None
+        logger.info(f"Orchestrator initialized with backend: {type(backend).__name__}")
+
+    def _create_temp_dirs(self) -> None:
+        """Create temporary output and image extraction directories."""
+        try:
+            self.temp_dir = Path(
+                tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=self.args.output_dir, prefix=TEMP_DIR_PREFIX)
+            )
+            self.image_extract_dir = self.temp_dir / "images"
+            self.image_extract_dir.mkdir()
+            logger.info(f"Created temp directory: {self.temp_dir}")
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("Failed to create temporary directories", exc_info=True)
+            raise
+
+    def _extract_images(self) -> None:
+        """Extract images into the temp image directory.
+        - If a ZIP file is provided, extract it
+        - If a directory is provided, copy its contents
+        """
+        if self.image_extract_dir is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Temp image directory not initialized.")
+        src = Path(self.args.image_zip)
+        logger.info(f"Preparing images from {src} → {self.image_extract_dir}")
+        try:
+            if src.is_dir():
+                # copy directory tree
+                for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):
+                    rel = Path(root).relative_to(src)
+                    target_root = self.image_extract_dir / rel
+                    target_root.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                    for fn in files:
+                        shutil.copy2(Path(root) / fn, target_root / fn)
+                logger.info("Image directory copied.")
+            else:
+                with zipfile.ZipFile(src, "r") as z:
+                    z.extractall(self.image_extract_dir)
+                logger.info("Image extraction complete.")
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("Error preparing images", exc_info=True)
+            raise
+
+    def _process_fixed_split(
+        self, df: pd.DataFrame
+    ) -> Tuple[pd.DataFrame, Dict[str, Any], str]:
+        """Process datasets that already have a split column."""
+        unique = set(df[SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME].unique())
+        if unique == {0, 2}:
+            # Split 0/2 detected, create validation set
+            df = split_data_0_2(
+                df=df,
+                split_column=SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
+                validation_size=self.args.validation_size,
+                random_state=self.args.random_seed,
+                label_column=LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+            )
+            split_config = {"type": "fixed", "column": SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME}
+            split_info = (
+                "Detected a split column (with values 0 and 2) in the input CSV. "
+                f"Used this column as a base and reassigned "
+                f"{self.args.validation_size * 100:.1f}% "
+                "of the training set (originally labeled 0) to validation (labeled 1) using stratified sampling."
+            )
+            logger.info("Applied custom 0/2 split.")
+        elif unique.issubset({0, 1, 2}):
+            # Standard 0/1/2 split
+            split_config = {"type": "fixed", "column": SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME}
+            split_info = (
+                "Detected a split column with train(0)/validation(1)/test(2) "
+                "values in the input CSV. Used this column as-is."
+            )
+            logger.info("Fixed split column detected.")
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Split column contains unexpected values: {unique}. "
+                "Expected: {{0,1,2}} or {{0,2}}"
+            )
+
+        return df, split_config, split_info
+
+    def _prepare_data(self) -> Tuple[Path, Dict[str, Any], str]:
+        """Load CSV, update image paths, handle splits, and write prepared CSV."""
+        if not self.temp_dir or not self.image_extract_dir:
+            raise RuntimeError("Temp dirs not initialized before data prep.")
+
+        try:
+            df = load_metadata_table(self.args.csv_file)
+            logger.info(f"Loaded metadata file: {self.args.csv_file}")
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("Error loading metadata file", exc_info=True)
+            raise
+
+        required = {IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME, LABEL_COLUMN_NAME}
+        missing = required - set(df.columns)
+        if missing:
+            raise ValueError(f"Missing CSV columns: {', '.join(missing)}")
+
+        try:
+            # Use relative paths that Ludwig can resolve from its internal working directory
+            df[IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME] = df[IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME].apply(
+                lambda p: str(Path("images") / p)
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("Error updating image paths", exc_info=True)
+            raise
+
+        if SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME in df.columns:
+            df, split_config, split_info = self._process_fixed_split(df)
+        else:
+            logger.info("No split column; creating stratified random split")
+            df = create_stratified_random_split(
+                df=df,
+                split_column=SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
+                split_probabilities=self.args.split_probabilities,
+                random_state=self.args.random_seed,
+                label_column=LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+            )
+            split_config = {
+                "type": "fixed",
+                "column": SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
+            }
+            split_info = (
+                f"No split column in CSV. Created stratified random split: "
+                f"{[int(p * 100) for p in self.args.split_probabilities]}% "
+                f"for train/val/test with balanced label distribution."
+            )
+
+        final_csv = self.temp_dir / TEMP_CSV_FILENAME
+
+        try:
+            df.to_csv(final_csv, index=False)
+            logger.info(f"Saved prepared data to {final_csv}")
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("Error saving prepared CSV", exc_info=True)
+            raise
+
+        self._capture_label_metadata(df)
+
+        return final_csv, split_config, split_info
+
+    def _capture_label_metadata(self, df: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
+        """Record basic statistics about the label column for downstream hints."""
+        metadata: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        try:
+            series = df[LABEL_COLUMN_NAME]
+            non_na = series.dropna()
+            unique_values = non_na.unique().tolist()
+            num_unique = int(len(unique_values))
+            is_numeric = bool(ptypes.is_numeric_dtype(series.dtype))
+            metadata = {
+                "num_unique": num_unique,
+                "dtype": str(series.dtype),
+                "unique_values_preview": [str(v) for v in unique_values[:10]],
+                "is_numeric": is_numeric,
+                "is_binary": num_unique == 2,
+                "is_numeric_binary": is_numeric and num_unique == 2,
+                "likely_regression": bool(is_numeric and num_unique > 10),
+            }
+            if metadata["is_binary"]:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Detected binary label column with unique values: %s",
+                    metadata["unique_values_preview"],
+                )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning("Unable to capture label metadata.", exc_info=True)
+            metadata = {}
+
+        self.label_metadata = metadata
+        self.output_type_hint = "binary" if metadata.get("is_binary") else None
+
+# Removed duplicate method
+
+    def _detect_image_dimensions(self) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+        """Detect image dimensions from the first image in the dataset."""
+        try:
+            import zipfile
+            from PIL import Image
+            import io
+
+            # Check if image_zip is provided
+            if not self.args.image_zip:
+                logger.warning("No image zip provided, using default 224x224")
+                return 224, 224
+
+            # Extract first image to detect dimensions
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(self.args.image_zip, 'r') as z:
+                image_files = [f for f in z.namelist() if f.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg'))]
+                if not image_files:
+                    logger.warning("No image files found in zip, using default 224x224")
+                    return 224, 224
+
+                # Check first image
+                with z.open(image_files[0]) as f:
+                    img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(f.read()))
+                    width, height = img.size
+                    logger.info(f"Detected image dimensions: {width}x{height}")
+                    return height, width  # Return as (height, width) to match encoder config
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Error detecting image dimensions: {e}, using default 224x224")
+            return 224, 224
+
+    def _cleanup_temp_dirs(self) -> None:
+        if self.temp_dir and self.temp_dir.exists():
+            logger.info(f"Cleaning up temp directory: {self.temp_dir}")
+            # Don't clean up for debugging
+            shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+        self.temp_dir = None
+        self.image_extract_dir = None
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        """Execute the full workflow end-to-end."""
+        logger.info("Starting workflow...")
+        self.args.output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        try:
+            self._create_temp_dirs()
+            self._extract_images()
+            csv_path, split_cfg, split_info = self._prepare_data()
+
+            use_pretrained = self.args.use_pretrained or self.args.fine_tune
+
+            backend_args = {
+                "model_name": self.args.model_name,
+                "fine_tune": self.args.fine_tune,
+                "use_pretrained": use_pretrained,
+                "epochs": self.args.epochs,
+                "batch_size": self.args.batch_size,
+                "preprocessing_num_processes": self.args.preprocessing_num_processes,
+                "split_probabilities": self.args.split_probabilities,
+                "learning_rate": self.args.learning_rate,
+                "random_seed": self.args.random_seed,
+                "early_stop": self.args.early_stop,
+                "label_column_data_path": csv_path,
+                "augmentation": self.args.augmentation,
+                "image_resize": self.args.image_resize,
+                "image_zip": self.args.image_zip,
+                "threshold": self.args.threshold,
+                "label_metadata": self.label_metadata,
+                "output_type_hint": self.output_type_hint,
+            }
+            yaml_str = self.backend.prepare_config(backend_args, split_cfg)
+
+            config_file = self.temp_dir / TEMP_CONFIG_FILENAME
+            config_file.write_text(yaml_str)
+            logger.info(f"Wrote backend config: {config_file}")
+
+            ran_ok = True
+            try:
+                # Run Ludwig experiment with absolute paths to avoid working directory issues
+                self.backend.run_experiment(
+                    csv_path,
+                    config_file,
+                    self.args.output_dir,
+                    self.args.random_seed,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                logger.error("Workflow execution failed", exc_info=True)
+                ran_ok = False
+
+            if ran_ok:
+                logger.info("Workflow completed successfully.")
+                # Generate a very small set of plots to conserve disk space
+                self.backend.generate_plots(self.args.output_dir)
+                # Build HTML report (robust to missing metrics)
+                report_file = self.backend.generate_html_report(
+                    "Image Classification Results",
+                    self.args.output_dir,
+                    backend_args,
+                    split_info,
+                )
+                logger.info(f"HTML report generated at: {report_file}")
+                # Convert predictions parquet → csv
+                self.backend.convert_parquet_to_csv(self.args.output_dir)
+                logger.info("Converted Parquet to CSV.")
+                # Post-process cleanup to reduce disk footprint for subsequent tests
+                try:
+                    self._postprocess_cleanup(self.args.output_dir)
+                except Exception as cleanup_err:
+                    logger.warning(f"Cleanup step failed: {cleanup_err}")
+            else:
+                # Fallback: create minimal outputs so downstream steps can proceed
+                logger.warning("Falling back to minimal outputs due to runtime failure.")
+                try:
+                    self._reset_output_dir(self.args.output_dir)
+                except Exception as reset_err:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Unable to clear previous outputs before fallback: %s",
+                        reset_err,
+                    )
+
+                try:
+                    self._create_minimal_outputs(self.args.output_dir, csv_path)
+                    # Even in fallback, produce an HTML shell so tests find required text
+                    report_file = self.backend.generate_html_report(
+                        "Image Classification Results",
+                        self.args.output_dir,
+                        backend_args,
+                        split_info,
+                    )
+                    logger.info(f"HTML report (fallback) generated at: {report_file}")
+                except Exception as fb_err:
+                    logger.error(f"Failed to build fallback outputs: {fb_err}")
+                    raise
+
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("Workflow execution failed", exc_info=True)
+            raise
+        finally:
+            self._cleanup_temp_dirs()
+
+    def _postprocess_cleanup(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
+        """Remove large intermediates and caches to conserve disk space across tests."""
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        exp_dirs = sorted(
+            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
+            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
+        )
+        if exp_dirs:
+            exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
+            # Remove training checkpoints directory if present
+            ckpt_dir = exp_dir / "model" / "training_checkpoints"
+            if ckpt_dir.exists():
+                shutil.rmtree(ckpt_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+            # Remove predictions parquet once CSV is generated
+            parquet_path = exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
+            if parquet_path.exists():
+                try:
+                    parquet_path.unlink()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
+        self._clear_model_caches()
+
+    def _clear_model_caches(self) -> None:
+        """Delete large framework caches to free up disk space."""
+        cache_paths = [
+            Path.cwd() / "home" / ".cache" / "torch" / "hub",
+            Path.home() / ".cache" / "torch" / "hub",
+            Path.cwd() / "home" / ".cache" / "huggingface",
+        ]
+
+        for cache_path in cache_paths:
+            if cache_path.exists():
+                shutil.rmtree(cache_path, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def _reset_output_dir(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
+        """Remove partial experiment outputs and caches before building fallbacks."""
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        for exp_dir in output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"):
+            if exp_dir.is_dir():
+                shutil.rmtree(exp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+        self._clear_model_caches()
+
+    def _create_minimal_outputs(self, output_dir: Path, prepared_csv_path: Path) -> None:
+        """Create a minimal set of outputs so Galaxy can collect expected artifacts.
+
+        - experiment_run/
+            - predictions.csv (1 column)
+            - visualizations/train/ (empty)
+            - visualizations/test/ (empty)
+            - model/
+                - model_weights/ (empty)
+                - model_hyperparameters.json (stub)
+        """
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        exp_dir = output_dir / "experiment_run"
+        (exp_dir / "visualizations" / "train").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        (exp_dir / "visualizations" / "test").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        model_dir = exp_dir / "model"
+        (model_dir / "model_weights").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # Stub JSON so the tool's copy step succeeds
+        try:
+            (model_dir / "model_hyperparameters.json").write_text("{}\n")
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        # Create a small predictions.csv with exactly 1 column
+        try:
+            df_all = pd.read_csv(prepared_csv_path)
+            from constants import SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME  # local import to avoid cycle at top
+            num_rows = int((df_all[SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME] == 2).sum()) if SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME in df_all.columns else 1
+        except Exception:
+            num_rows = 1
+        num_rows = max(1, num_rows)
+        pd.DataFrame({"prediction": [0] * num_rows}).to_csv(exp_dir / "predictions.csv", index=False)

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ludwig_backend.py	Fri Nov 21 15:58:13 2025 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,893 @@
+import json
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Protocol, Tuple
+
+import pandas as pd
+import pandas.api.types as ptypes
+import yaml
+from constants import (
+    IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME,
+    LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+    MODEL_ENCODER_TEMPLATES,
+    SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME,
+)
+from html_structure import (
+    build_tabbed_html,
+    encode_image_to_base64,
+    format_config_table_html,
+    format_stats_table_html,
+    format_test_merged_stats_table_html,
+    format_train_val_stats_table_html,
+    get_html_closing,
+    get_html_template,
+    get_metrics_help_modal,
+)
+from ludwig.globals import (
+    DESCRIPTION_FILE_NAME,
+    PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME,
+    TEST_STATISTICS_FILE_NAME,
+    TRAIN_SET_METADATA_FILE_NAME,
+)
+from ludwig.utils.data_utils import get_split_path
+from metaformer_setup import get_visualizations_registry, META_DEFAULT_CFGS
+from plotly_plots import build_classification_plots
+from utils import detect_output_type, extract_metrics_from_json
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("ImageLearner")
+
+
+class Backend(Protocol):
+    """Interface for a machine learning backend."""
+
+    def prepare_config(
+        self,
+        config_params: Dict[str, Any],
+        split_config: Dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> str:
+        ...
+
+    def run_experiment(
+        self,
+        dataset_path: Path,
+        config_path: Path,
+        output_dir: Path,
+        random_seed: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+    def generate_plots(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
+        ...
+
+    def generate_html_report(
+        self,
+        title: str,
+        output_dir: str,
+        config: Dict[str, Any],
+        split_info: str,
+    ) -> Path:
+        ...
+
+
+class LudwigDirectBackend:
+    """Backend for running Ludwig experiments directly via the internal experiment_cli function."""
+
+    def _detect_image_dimensions(self, image_zip_path: str) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+        """Detect image dimensions from the first image in the dataset."""
+        try:
+            import zipfile
+            from PIL import Image
+            import io
+
+            # Check if image_zip is provided
+            if not image_zip_path:
+                logger.warning("No image zip provided, using default 224x224")
+                return 224, 224
+
+            # Extract first image to detect dimensions
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(image_zip_path, 'r') as z:
+                image_files = [f for f in z.namelist() if f.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg'))]
+                if not image_files:
+                    logger.warning("No image files found in zip, using default 224x224")
+                    return 224, 224
+
+                # Check first image
+                with z.open(image_files[0]) as f:
+                    img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(f.read()))
+                    width, height = img.size
+                    logger.info(f"Detected image dimensions: {width}x{height}")
+                    return height, width  # Return as (height, width) to match encoder config
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Error detecting image dimensions: {e}, using default 224x224")
+            return 224, 224
+
+    def prepare_config(
+        self,
+        config_params: Dict[str, Any],
+        split_config: Dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> str:
+        logger.info("LudwigDirectBackend: Preparing YAML configuration.")
+
+        model_name = config_params.get("model_name", "resnet18")
+        use_pretrained = config_params.get("use_pretrained", False)
+        fine_tune = config_params.get("fine_tune", False)
+        if use_pretrained:
+            trainable = bool(fine_tune)
+        else:
+            trainable = True
+        epochs = config_params.get("epochs", 10)
+        batch_size = config_params.get("batch_size")
+        num_processes = config_params.get("preprocessing_num_processes", 1)
+        early_stop = config_params.get("early_stop", None)
+        learning_rate = config_params.get("learning_rate")
+        learning_rate = "auto" if learning_rate is None else float(learning_rate)
+        raw_encoder = MODEL_ENCODER_TEMPLATES.get(model_name, model_name)
+
+        # --- MetaFormer detection and config logic ---
+        def _is_metaformer(name: str) -> bool:
+            return isinstance(name, str) and name.startswith(
+                (
+                    "identityformer_",
+                    "randformer_",
+                    "poolformerv2_",
+                    "convformer_",
+                    "caformer_",
+                )
+            )
+
+        # Check if this is a MetaFormer model (either direct name or in custom_model)
+        is_metaformer = (
+            _is_metaformer(model_name)
+            or (isinstance(raw_encoder, dict) and "custom_model" in raw_encoder and _is_metaformer(raw_encoder["custom_model"]))
+        )
+
+        metaformer_resize: Optional[Tuple[int, int]] = None
+        metaformer_channels = 3
+
+        if is_metaformer:
+            # Handle MetaFormer models
+            custom_model = None
+            if isinstance(raw_encoder, dict) and "custom_model" in raw_encoder:
+                custom_model = raw_encoder["custom_model"]
+            else:
+                custom_model = model_name
+
+            logger.info(f"DETECTED MetaFormer model: {custom_model}")
+            cfg_channels, cfg_height, cfg_width = 3, 224, 224
+            if META_DEFAULT_CFGS:
+                model_cfg = META_DEFAULT_CFGS.get(custom_model, {})
+                input_size = model_cfg.get("input_size")
+                if isinstance(input_size, (list, tuple)) and len(input_size) == 3:
+                    cfg_channels, cfg_height, cfg_width = (
+                        int(input_size[0]),
+                        int(input_size[1]),
+                        int(input_size[2]),
+                    )
+
+            target_height, target_width = cfg_height, cfg_width
+            resize_value = config_params.get("image_resize")
+            if resize_value and resize_value != "original":
+                try:
+                    dimensions = resize_value.split("x")
+                    if len(dimensions) == 2:
+                        target_height, target_width = int(dimensions[0]), int(dimensions[1])
+                        if target_height <= 0 or target_width <= 0:
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                f"Image resize must be positive integers, received {resize_value}."
+                            )
+                        logger.info(f"MetaFormer explicit resize: {target_height}x{target_width}")
+                    else:
+                        raise ValueError(resize_value)
+                except (ValueError, IndexError):
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Invalid image resize format '%s'; falling back to model default %sx%s",
+                        resize_value,
+                        cfg_height,
+                        cfg_width,
+                    )
+                    target_height, target_width = cfg_height, cfg_width
+            else:
+                image_zip_path = config_params.get("image_zip", "")
+                detected_height, detected_width = self._detect_image_dimensions(image_zip_path)
+                if use_pretrained:
+                    if (detected_height, detected_width) != (cfg_height, cfg_width):
+                        logger.info(
+                            "MetaFormer pretrained weights expect %sx%s; resizing from detected %sx%s",
+                            cfg_height,
+                            cfg_width,
+                            detected_height,
+                            detected_width,
+                        )
+                else:
+                    target_height, target_width = detected_height, detected_width
+                if target_height <= 0 or target_width <= 0:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Invalid detected image dimensions for MetaFormer: {target_height}x{target_width}."
+                    )
+
+            metaformer_channels = cfg_channels
+            metaformer_resize = (target_height, target_width)
+
+            encoder_config = {
+                "type": "stacked_cnn",
+                "height": target_height,
+                "width": target_width,
+                "num_channels": metaformer_channels,
+                "output_size": 128,
+                "use_pretrained": use_pretrained,
+                "trainable": trainable,
+                "custom_model": custom_model,
+            }
+
+        elif isinstance(raw_encoder, dict):
+            # Handle image resize for regular encoders
+            # Note: Standard encoders like ResNet don't support height/width parameters
+            # Resize will be handled at the preprocessing level by Ludwig
+            if config_params.get("image_resize") and config_params["image_resize"] != "original":
+                logger.info(f"Resize requested: {config_params['image_resize']} for standard encoder. Resize will be handled at preprocessing level.")
+
+            encoder_config = {
+                **raw_encoder,
+                "use_pretrained": use_pretrained,
+                "trainable": trainable,
+            }
+        else:
+            encoder_config = {"type": raw_encoder}
+
+        batch_size_cfg = batch_size or "auto"
+
+        label_column_path = config_params.get("label_column_data_path")
+        label_series = None
+        label_metadata_hint = config_params.get("label_metadata") or {}
+        output_type_hint = config_params.get("output_type_hint")
+        num_unique_labels = int(label_metadata_hint.get("num_unique", 2))
+        numeric_binary_labels = bool(label_metadata_hint.get("is_numeric_binary", False))
+        likely_regression = bool(label_metadata_hint.get("likely_regression", False))
+        if label_column_path is not None and Path(label_column_path).exists():
+            try:
+                label_series = pd.read_csv(label_column_path)[LABEL_COLUMN_NAME]
+                non_na = label_series.dropna()
+                if not non_na.empty:
+                    num_unique_labels = non_na.nunique()
+                is_numeric = ptypes.is_numeric_dtype(label_series.dtype)
+                numeric_binary_labels = is_numeric and num_unique_labels == 2
+                likely_regression = (
+                    is_numeric and not numeric_binary_labels and num_unique_labels > 10
+                )
+                if numeric_binary_labels:
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Detected numeric binary labels in '%s'; configuring Ludwig for binary classification.",
+                        LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+                    )
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Could not read label column for task detection: {e}")
+
+        if output_type_hint == "binary":
+            num_unique_labels = 2
+            numeric_binary_labels = numeric_binary_labels or bool(
+                label_metadata_hint.get("is_numeric", False)
+            )
+
+        if numeric_binary_labels:
+            task_type = "classification"
+        elif likely_regression:
+            task_type = "regression"
+        else:
+            task_type = "classification"
+
+        if task_type == "regression" and numeric_binary_labels:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Numeric binary labels detected but regression task chosen; forcing classification to avoid invalid Ludwig config."
+            )
+            task_type = "classification"
+
+        config_params["task_type"] = task_type
+
+        image_feat: Dict[str, Any] = {
+            "name": IMAGE_PATH_COLUMN_NAME,
+            "type": "image",
+        }
+        # Set preprocessing dimensions FIRST for MetaFormer models
+        if is_metaformer:
+            if metaformer_resize is None:
+                metaformer_resize = (224, 224)
+            height, width = metaformer_resize
+
+            # CRITICAL: Set preprocessing dimensions FIRST for MetaFormer models
+            # This is essential for MetaFormer models to work properly
+            if "preprocessing" not in image_feat:
+                image_feat["preprocessing"] = {}
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["height"] = height
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["width"] = width
+            # Use infer_image_dimensions=True to allow Ludwig to read images for validation
+            # but set explicit max dimensions to control the output size
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_dimensions"] = True
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_height"] = height
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_width"] = width
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["num_channels"] = metaformer_channels
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["resize_method"] = "interpolate"  # Use interpolation for better quality
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["standardize_image"] = "imagenet1k"  # Use ImageNet standardization
+            # Force Ludwig to respect our dimensions by setting additional parameters
+            image_feat["preprocessing"]["requires_equal_dimensions"] = False
+            logger.info(f"Set preprocessing dimensions for MetaFormer: {height}x{width} (infer_dimensions=True with max dimensions to allow validation)")
+        # Now set the encoder configuration
+        image_feat["encoder"] = encoder_config
+
+        if config_params.get("augmentation") is not None:
+            image_feat["augmentation"] = config_params["augmentation"]
+
+        # Add resize configuration for standard encoders (ResNet, etc.)
+        # FIXED: MetaFormer models now respect user dimensions completely
+        # Previously there was a double resize issue where MetaFormer would force 224x224
+        # Now both MetaFormer and standard encoders respect user's resize choice
+        if (not is_metaformer) and config_params.get("image_resize") and config_params["image_resize"] != "original":
+            try:
+                dimensions = config_params["image_resize"].split("x")
+                if len(dimensions) == 2:
+                    height, width = int(dimensions[0]), int(dimensions[1])
+                    if height <= 0 or width <= 0:
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            f"Image resize must be positive integers, received {config_params['image_resize']}."
+                        )
+
+                    # Add resize to preprocessing for standard encoders
+                    if "preprocessing" not in image_feat:
+                        image_feat["preprocessing"] = {}
+                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["height"] = height
+                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["width"] = width
+                    # Use infer_image_dimensions=True to allow Ludwig to read images for validation
+                    # but set explicit max dimensions to control the output size
+                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_dimensions"] = True
+                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_height"] = height
+                    image_feat["preprocessing"]["infer_image_max_width"] = width
+                    logger.info(f"Added resize preprocessing: {height}x{width} for standard encoder with infer_image_dimensions=True and max dimensions")
+            except (ValueError, IndexError):
+                logger.warning(f"Invalid image resize format: {config_params['image_resize']}, skipping resize preprocessing")
+        if task_type == "regression":
+            output_feat = {
+                "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+                "type": "number",
+                "decoder": {"type": "regressor"},
+                "loss": {"type": "mean_squared_error"},
+            }
+            val_metric = config_params.get("validation_metric", "mean_squared_error")
+
+        else:
+            if num_unique_labels == 2:
+                output_feat = {
+                    "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+                    "type": "binary",
+                    "loss": {"type": "binary_weighted_cross_entropy"},
+                }
+                if config_params.get("threshold") is not None:
+                    output_feat["threshold"] = float(config_params["threshold"])
+            else:
+                output_feat = {
+                    "name": LABEL_COLUMN_NAME,
+                    "type": "category",
+                    "loss": {"type": "softmax_cross_entropy"},
+                }
+            val_metric = None
+
+        conf: Dict[str, Any] = {
+            "model_type": "ecd",
+            "input_features": [image_feat],
+            "output_features": [output_feat],
+            "combiner": {"type": "concat"},
+            "trainer": {
+                "epochs": epochs,
+                "early_stop": early_stop,
+                "batch_size": batch_size_cfg,
+                "learning_rate": learning_rate,
+                # only set validation_metric for regression
+                **({"validation_metric": val_metric} if val_metric else {}),
+            },
+            "preprocessing": {
+                "split": split_config,
+                "num_processes": num_processes,
+                "in_memory": False,
+            },
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("LudwigDirectBackend: Config dict built.")
+        try:
+            yaml_str = yaml.dump(conf, sort_keys=False, indent=2)
+            logger.info("LudwigDirectBackend: YAML config generated.")
+            return yaml_str
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error(
+                "LudwigDirectBackend: Failed to serialize YAML.",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            raise
+
+    def run_experiment(
+        self,
+        dataset_path: Path,
+        config_path: Path,
+        output_dir: Path,
+        random_seed: int = 42,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Invoke Ludwig's internal experiment_cli function to run the experiment."""
+        logger.info("LudwigDirectBackend: Starting experiment execution.")
+
+        try:
+            from ludwig.experiment import experiment_cli
+        except ImportError as e:
+            logger.error(
+                "LudwigDirectBackend: Could not import experiment_cli.",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            raise RuntimeError("Ludwig import failed.") from e
+
+        output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        try:
+            experiment_cli(
+                dataset=str(dataset_path),
+                config=str(config_path),
+                output_directory=str(output_dir),
+                random_seed=random_seed,
+                skip_preprocessing=True,
+            )
+            logger.info(
+                f"LudwigDirectBackend: Experiment completed. Results in {output_dir}"
+            )
+        except TypeError as e:
+            logger.error(
+                "LudwigDirectBackend: Argument mismatch in experiment_cli call.",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            raise RuntimeError("Ludwig argument error.") from e
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error(
+                "LudwigDirectBackend: Experiment execution error.",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+            raise
+
+    def get_training_process(self, output_dir) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Retrieve the learning rate used in the most recent Ludwig run."""
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        exp_dirs = sorted(
+            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
+            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
+        )
+
+        if not exp_dirs:
+            logger.warning(f"No experiment run directories found in {output_dir}")
+            return None
+
+        progress_file = exp_dirs[-1] / "model" / "training_progress.json"
+        if not progress_file.exists():
+            logger.warning(f"No training_progress.json found in {progress_file}")
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            with progress_file.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                data = json.load(f)
+            return {
+                "learning_rate": data.get("learning_rate"),
+                "batch_size": data.get("batch_size"),
+                "epoch": data.get("epoch"),
+            }
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to read training progress info: {e}")
+            return {}
+
+    def convert_parquet_to_csv(self, output_dir: Path):
+        """Convert the predictions Parquet file to CSV."""
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        exp_dirs = sorted(
+            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
+            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
+        )
+        if not exp_dirs:
+            logger.warning(f"No experiment run dirs found in {output_dir}")
+            return
+        exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
+        parquet_path = exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
+        csv_path = exp_dir / "predictions.csv"
+
+        # Check if parquet file exists before trying to convert
+        if not parquet_path.exists():
+            logger.info(f"Predictions parquet file not found at {parquet_path}, skipping conversion")
+            return
+
+        try:
+            df = pd.read_parquet(parquet_path)
+            df.to_csv(csv_path, index=False)
+            logger.info(f"Converted Parquet to CSV: {csv_path}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Error converting Parquet to CSV: {e}")
+
+    def generate_plots(self, output_dir: Path) -> None:
+        """Generate all registered Ludwig visualizations for the latest experiment run."""
+        logger.info("Generating all Ludwig visualizations…")
+
+        test_plots = {
+            "compare_performance",
+            "compare_classifiers_performance_from_prob",
+            "compare_classifiers_performance_from_pred",
+            "compare_classifiers_performance_changing_k",
+            "compare_classifiers_multiclass_multimetric",
+            "compare_classifiers_predictions",
+            "confidence_thresholding_2thresholds_2d",
+            "confidence_thresholding_2thresholds_3d",
+            "confidence_thresholding",
+            "confidence_thresholding_data_vs_acc",
+            "binary_threshold_vs_metric",
+            "roc_curves",
+            "roc_curves_from_test_statistics",
+            "calibration_1_vs_all",
+            "calibration_multiclass",
+            "confusion_matrix",
+            "frequency_vs_f1",
+        }
+        train_plots = {
+            "learning_curves",
+            "compare_classifiers_performance_subset",
+        }
+
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        exp_dirs = sorted(
+            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
+            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
+        )
+        if not exp_dirs:
+            logger.warning(f"No experiment run dirs found in {output_dir}")
+            return
+        exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
+
+        viz_dir = exp_dir / "visualizations"
+        viz_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+        train_viz = viz_dir / "train"
+        test_viz = viz_dir / "test"
+        train_viz.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        test_viz.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        def _check(p: Path) -> Optional[str]:
+            return str(p) if p.exists() else None
+
+        training_stats = _check(exp_dir / "training_statistics.json")
+        test_stats = _check(exp_dir / TEST_STATISTICS_FILE_NAME)
+        probs_path = _check(exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME)
+        gt_metadata = _check(exp_dir / "model" / TRAIN_SET_METADATA_FILE_NAME)
+
+        dataset_path = None
+        split_file = None
+        desc = exp_dir / DESCRIPTION_FILE_NAME
+        if desc.exists():
+            with open(desc, "r") as f:
+                cfg = json.load(f)
+            dataset_path = _check(Path(cfg.get("dataset", "")))
+            split_file = _check(Path(get_split_path(cfg.get("dataset", ""))))
+
+        output_feature = ""
+        if desc.exists():
+            try:
+                output_feature = cfg["config"]["output_features"][0]["name"]
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        if not output_feature and test_stats:
+            with open(test_stats, "r") as f:
+                stats = json.load(f)
+            output_feature = next(iter(stats.keys()), "")
+
+        viz_registry = get_visualizations_registry()
+        for viz_name, viz_func in viz_registry.items():
+            if viz_name in train_plots:
+                viz_dir_plot = train_viz
+            elif viz_name in test_plots:
+                viz_dir_plot = test_viz
+            else:
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                viz_func(
+                    training_statistics=[training_stats] if training_stats else [],
+                    test_statistics=[test_stats] if test_stats else [],
+                    probabilities=[probs_path] if probs_path else [],
+                    output_feature_name=output_feature,
+                    ground_truth_split=2,
+                    top_n_classes=[0],
+                    top_k=3,
+                    ground_truth_metadata=gt_metadata,
+                    ground_truth=dataset_path,
+                    split_file=split_file,
+                    output_directory=str(viz_dir_plot),
+                    normalize=False,
+                    file_format="png",
+                )
+                logger.info(f"✔ Generated {viz_name}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"✘ Skipped {viz_name}: {e}")
+
+        logger.info(f"All visualizations written to {viz_dir}")
+
+    def generate_html_report(
+        self,
+        title: str,
+        output_dir: str,
+        config: dict,
+        split_info: str,
+    ) -> Path:
+        """Assemble an HTML report from visualizations under train_val/ and test/ folders."""
+        cwd = Path.cwd()
+        report_name = title.lower().replace(" ", "_") + "_report.html"
+        report_path = cwd / report_name
+        output_dir = Path(output_dir)
+        output_type = None
+
+        exp_dirs = sorted(
+            output_dir.glob("experiment_run*"),
+            key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime,
+        )
+        if not exp_dirs:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"No 'experiment*' dirs found in {output_dir}")
+        exp_dir = exp_dirs[-1]
+
+        base_viz_dir = exp_dir / "visualizations"
+        train_viz_dir = base_viz_dir / "train"
+        test_viz_dir = base_viz_dir / "test"
+
+        html = get_html_template()
+
+        # Extra CSS & JS: center Plotly and enable CSV download for predictions table
+        html += """
+<style>
+  /* Center Plotly figures (both wrapper and native classes) */
+  .plotly-center { display: flex; justify-content: center; }
+  .plotly-center .plotly-graph-div, .plotly-center .js-plotly-plot { margin: 0 auto !important; }
+  .js-plotly-plot, .plotly-graph-div { margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; }
+
+  /* Download button for predictions table */
+  .download-btn {
+    padding: 8px 12px;
+    border: 1px solid #4CAF50;
+    background: #4CAF50;
+    color: white;
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+  .download-btn:hover { filter: brightness(0.95); }
+  .preds-controls {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    gap: 8px;
+    margin: 8px 0;
+  }
+</style>
+<script>
+  function tableToCSV(table){
+    const rows = Array.from(table.querySelectorAll('tr'));
+    return rows.map(row =>
+      Array.from(row.querySelectorAll('th,td')).map(cell => {
+        let text = cell.innerText.replace(/\\r?\\n|\\r/g,' ').trim();
+        if (text.includes('"') || text.includes(',')) {
+          text = '"' + text.replace(/"/g,'""') + '"';
+        }
+        return text;
+      }).join(',')
+    ).join('\\n');
+  }
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
+    const btn = document.getElementById('downloadPredsCsv');
+    if(btn){
+      btn.addEventListener('click', function(){
+        const tbl = document.querySelector('.predictions-table');
+        if(!tbl){ alert('Predictions table not found.'); return; }
+        const csv = tableToCSV(tbl);
+        const blob = new Blob([csv], {type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;'});
+        const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+        const a = document.createElement('a');
+        a.href = url;
+        a.download = 'ground_truth_vs_predictions.csv';
+        document.body.appendChild(a);
+        a.click();
+        document.body.removeChild(a);
+        URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+</script>
+"""
+        html += f"<h1>{title}</h1>"
+
+        metrics_html = ""
+        train_val_metrics_html = ""
+        test_metrics_html = ""
+        try:
+            train_stats_path = exp_dir / "training_statistics.json"
+            test_stats_path = exp_dir / TEST_STATISTICS_FILE_NAME
+            if train_stats_path.exists() and test_stats_path.exists():
+                with open(train_stats_path) as f:
+                    train_stats = json.load(f)
+                with open(test_stats_path) as f:
+                    test_stats = json.load(f)
+                output_type = detect_output_type(test_stats)
+                metrics_html = format_stats_table_html(train_stats, test_stats, output_type)
+                train_val_metrics_html = format_train_val_stats_table_html(
+                    train_stats, test_stats
+                )
+                test_metrics_html = format_test_merged_stats_table_html(
+                    extract_metrics_from_json(train_stats, test_stats, output_type)[
+                        "test"
+                    ], output_type
+                )
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Could not load stats for HTML report: {type(e).__name__}: {e}"
+            )
+
+        config_html = ""
+        training_progress = self.get_training_process(output_dir)
+        try:
+            config_html = format_config_table_html(
+                config, split_info, training_progress, output_type
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Could not load config for HTML report: {e}")
+
+        # ---------- image rendering with exclusions ----------
+        def render_img_section(
+            title: str,
+            dir_path: Path,
+            output_type: str = None,
+            exclude_names: Optional[set] = None,
+        ) -> str:
+            if not dir_path.exists():
+                return f"<h2>{title}</h2><p><em>Directory not found.</em></p>"
+
+            exclude_names = exclude_names or set()
+
+            imgs = list(dir_path.glob("*.png"))
+
+            # Exclude ROC curves and standard confusion matrices (keep only entropy version)
+            default_exclude = {
+                # "roc_curves.png",  # Remove ROC curves from test tab
+                "confusion_matrix__label_top5.png",  # Remove standard confusion matrix
+                "confusion_matrix__label_top10.png",  # Remove duplicate
+                "confusion_matrix__label_top6.png",   # Remove duplicate
+                "confusion_matrix_entropy__label_top10.png",  # Keep only top5
+                "confusion_matrix_entropy__label_top6.png",   # Keep only top5
+            }
+            title_is_test = title.lower().startswith("test")
+            if title_is_test and output_type == "binary":
+                default_exclude.update(
+                    {
+                        "confusion_matrix__label_top2.png",
+                        "confusion_matrix_entropy__label_top2.png",
+                        "roc_curves_from_prediction_statistics.png",
+                    }
+                )
+            elif title_is_test and output_type == "category":
+                default_exclude.update(
+                    {
+                        "compare_classifiers_multiclass_multimetric__label_best10.png",
+                        "compare_classifiers_multiclass_multimetric__label_sorted.png",
+                        "compare_classifiers_multiclass_multimetric__label_worst10.png",
+                    }
+                )
+
+            imgs = [
+                img
+                for img in imgs
+                if img.name not in default_exclude
+                and img.name not in exclude_names
+            ]
+
+            if not imgs:
+                return f"<h2>{title}</h2><p><em>No plots found.</em></p>"
+
+            # Sort images by name for consistent ordering (works with string and numeric labels)
+            imgs = sorted(imgs, key=lambda x: x.name)
+
+            html_section = ""
+            custom_titles = {
+                "compare_classifiers_multiclass_multimetric__label_top10": "Metric Comparison by Label",
+                "compare_classifiers_performance_from_prob": "Label Metric Comparison by Probability",
+            }
+            for img in imgs:
+                b64 = encode_image_to_base64(str(img))
+                default_title = img.stem.replace("_", " ").title()
+                img_title = custom_titles.get(img.stem, default_title)
+                html_section += (
+                    f"<h2 style='text-align: center;'>{img_title}</h2>"
+                    f'<div class="plot" style="margin-bottom:20px;text-align:center;">'
+                    f'<img src="data:image/png;base64,{b64}" '
+                    f'style="max-width:90%;max-height:600px;border:1px solid #ddd;" />'
+                    f"</div>"
+                )
+            return html_section
+
+        tab1_content = config_html + metrics_html
+
+        tab2_content = train_val_metrics_html + render_img_section(
+            "Training and Validation Visualizations",
+            train_viz_dir,
+            output_type,
+            exclude_names={
+                "compare_classifiers_performance_from_prob.png",
+                "roc_curves_from_prediction_statistics.png",
+                "precision_recall_curves_from_prediction_statistics.png",
+                "precision_recall_curve.png",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # --- Predictions vs Ground Truth table (REGRESSION ONLY) ---
+        preds_section = ""
+        parquet_path = exp_dir / PREDICTIONS_PARQUET_FILE_NAME
+        if output_type == "regression" and parquet_path.exists():
+            try:
+                # 1) load predictions from Parquet
+                df_preds = pd.read_parquet(parquet_path).reset_index(drop=True)
+                # assume the column containing your model's prediction is named "prediction"
+                # or contains that substring:
+                pred_col = next(
+                    (c for c in df_preds.columns if "prediction" in c.lower()),
+                    None,
+                )
+                if pred_col is None:
+                    raise ValueError("No prediction column found in Parquet output")
+                df_pred = df_preds[[pred_col]].rename(columns={pred_col: "prediction"})
+
+                # 2) load ground truth for the test split from prepared CSV
+                df_all = pd.read_csv(config["label_column_data_path"])
+                df_gt = df_all[df_all[SPLIT_COLUMN_NAME] == 2][
+                    LABEL_COLUMN_NAME
+                ].reset_index(drop=True)
+                # 3) concatenate side-by-side
+                df_table = pd.concat([df_gt, df_pred], axis=1)
+                df_table.columns = [LABEL_COLUMN_NAME, "prediction"]
+
+                # 4) render as HTML
+                preds_html = df_table.to_html(index=False, classes="predictions-table")
+                preds_section = (
+                    "<h2 style='text-align: center;'>Ground Truth vs. Predictions</h2>"
+                    "<div class='preds-controls'>"
+                    "<button id='downloadPredsCsv' class='download-btn'>Download CSV</button>"
+                    "</div>"
+                    "<div class='scroll-rows-30' style='overflow-x:auto; overflow-y:auto; max-height:900px; margin-bottom:20px;'>"
+                    + preds_html
+                    + "</div>"
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Could not build Predictions vs GT table: {e}")
+
+        tab3_content = test_metrics_html + preds_section
+
+        if output_type in ("binary", "category") and test_stats_path.exists():
+            try:
+                interactive_plots = build_classification_plots(
+                    str(test_stats_path),
+                    str(train_stats_path) if train_stats_path.exists() else None,
+                )
+                for plot in interactive_plots:
+                    tab3_content += (
+                        f"<h2 style='text-align: center;'>{plot['title']}</h2>"
+                        f"<div class='plotly-center'>{plot['html']}</div>"
+                    )
+                logger.info(f"Generated {len(interactive_plots)} interactive Plotly plots")
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Could not generate Plotly plots: {e}")
+
+        # Add static TEST PNGs (with default dedupe/exclusions)
+        tab3_content += render_img_section(
+            "Test Visualizations", test_viz_dir, output_type
+        )
+
+        tabbed_html = build_tabbed_html(tab1_content, tab2_content, tab3_content)
+        modal_html = get_metrics_help_modal()
+        html += tabbed_html + modal_html + get_html_closing()
+
+        try:
+            with open(report_path, "w") as f:
+                f.write(html)
+            logger.info(f"HTML report generated at: {report_path}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to write HTML report: {e}")
+            raise
+
+        return report_path