From 0456858992909ca0b821ec1b2ca40fa633113224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rockerBOO <rockerboo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:47:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix validate_every_n_steps always running first step

---
 train_network.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/train_network.py b/train_network.py
index 605dbc60..75e36dca 100644
--- a/train_network.py
+++ b/train_network.py
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ class NetworkTrainer:
                 # VALIDATION PER STEP
                 should_validate_step = (
                     args.validate_every_n_steps is not None 
+                    and global_step != 0 # Skip first step
                     and global_step % args.validate_every_n_steps == 0
                 )
                 if validation_steps > 0 and should_validate_step: