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A finished training run always gives you a LoRA adapter, a small set of weight deltas on top of the base model. Merging is optional: it combines the adapter with its base model into a full, standalone checkpoint, useful when you want to deploy it like any other model with no adapter-loading step. You don’t have to merge to download the adapter, save it as a usable model, or use it as the starting point for another training run.

Download the Adapter

Open the completed job under Train → Jobs. The Actions panel splits into two independent things: the LoRA Adapter, ready immediately, and the Merged Model, built only if you ask for it.
The Actions panel on a completed training job, with a Download Adapter (.zip) button under LoRA Adapter, a Merge Model button under Merged Model, and an empty Export History

A completed job's Actions panel: Download Adapter under LoRA Adapter, Merge Model under Merged Model, Export History still empty

Nothing here requires the other. Download the adapter, push it to your Models list, or start a new training run from it, all without ever clicking Merge Model.

Merging into a full checkpoint

Merge when you want a single, self-contained checkpoint with no separate adapter file, for example to hand off, benchmark alongside non-LoRA models, or deploy somewhere that expects one set of weights.

1. Click Merge Model

Under Merged Model, click Merge Model. The panel shows “Merging in progress…”, and a new Export History entry appears with a Preparing badge. This usually takes a couple of minutes.
The Actions panel with Merging in progress under Merged Model, and one Export History entry showing a Preparing badge

A merge running: the Merged Model action shows 'Merging in progress…' and Export History tracks it as Preparing

2. Name it and push to BenchGen

When the merge is ready, click Save on Platform on the Export History entry. Enter the name it should appear under (for example Qwen3-0.6B_math), then click Push to BenchGen.
The Name this model on BenchGen dialog with a text field pre-filled 'Qwen3-0.6B_math', and Cancel / Push to BenchGen buttons

The naming dialog before pushing a merged model to BenchGen

3. Confirm it’s saved

The Export History entry updates to Ready and Pushed, with its own Download and Save on Platform buttons, download pulls the merged checkpoint to your own computer at any point, whether or not you’ve pushed it.
An Export History entry named Qwen3-0.6B_math, marked Ready and Pushed, with Download and Saved on Platform buttons

The Export History entry once the merge is Ready and Pushed, with Download and Save on Platform actions

4. Use the model

The saved model now appears in Models as a deployed, ready endpoint, with its model name, Endpoint URL, access Token, and format (for example SAFETENSORS).
A model card for Qwen3-0.6B_math, showing Deployed and ready status, its endpoint details, file size, and SAFETENSORS format

The merged, pushed model's card, deployed and ready with its endpoint details

Downloading to your own computer

Both artifacts can be pulled down locally at any time, independently of whether you’ve saved either to your Models list:

Using the adapter without merging

Save it to run in benchmarks

Saving the adapter to your Models list registers it like any other model, so it becomes selectable as a Trained model when you evaluate it against a benchmark in Eval, no merge required.

Continue training from it

Starting a new training job, the Platform tab in the Base Model picker lists your previous runs, adapter included. Pick one to build the next round directly on top of it.
The adapter-only “Save on Platform” action is newer than the screenshot above, if your Actions panel already shows a Save on Platform button directly under LoRA Adapter, use that; otherwise, download the adapter with the button shown and re-upload it as a model the same way you would upload any model.

Next Steps

Fine-tune a Model

Start a new run, optionally continuing from this one’s adapter or merged output.

Evaluate an inference model

Benchmark the saved model against an environment and read the scores.
Last modified on September 3, 2026