# Orbax and MaxText Removed the Checkpoint Frequency Guesswork, Mostly

- slug: orbax-and-maxtext-removed-the-checkpoint-frequency-guesswork-mostly
- date: 2026-04-05
- category: Agentics

The checkpoint_period knob was always a guess. Orbax and MaxText just removed it — but PyTorch got there first, twenty months ago.

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