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ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLO
YOLO(self, model: str | Path = "yolo26n.pt", task: str | None = None, verbose: bool = False)Bases: Model
YOLO (You Only Look Once) object detection model.
This class provides a unified interface for YOLO models, automatically switching to specialized model types (YOLOWorld or YOLOE) based on the model filename. It supports various computer vision tasks including object detection, segmentation, classification, pose estimation, and oriented bounding box detection.
This constructor initializes a YOLO model, automatically switching to specialized model types (YOLOWorld or YOLOE) based on the model filename.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model | `str | Path` | Model name or path to model file, i.e. 'yolo26n.pt', 'yolo26n.yaml'. |
task | str, optional | YOLO task specification, i.e. 'detect', 'segment', 'classify', 'pose', 'obb'. Defaults to auto-detection based on model. | None |
verbose | bool | Display model info on load. | False |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
model | The loaded YOLO model instance. | |
task | The task type (detect, segment, classify, pose, obb). | |
overrides | Configuration overrides for the model. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
task_map | Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes. |
Examples
Load a pretrained YOLO26n detection model
>>> model = YOLO("yolo26n.pt")
Load a pretrained YOLO26n segmentation model
>>> model = YOLO("yolo26n-seg.pt")
Initialize from a YAML configuration
>>> model = YOLO("yolo26n.yaml")Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
class YOLO(Model):
"""YOLO (You Only Look Once) object detection model.
This class provides a unified interface for YOLO models, automatically switching to specialized model types
(YOLOWorld or YOLOE) based on the model filename. It supports various computer vision tasks including object
detection, segmentation, classification, pose estimation, and oriented bounding box detection.
Attributes:
model: The loaded YOLO model instance.
task: The task type (detect, segment, classify, pose, obb).
overrides: Configuration overrides for the model.
Methods:
__init__: Initialize a YOLO model with automatic type detection.
task_map: Map tasks to their corresponding model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes.
Examples:
Load a pretrained YOLO26n detection model
>>> model = YOLO("yolo26n.pt")
Load a pretrained YOLO26n segmentation model
>>> model = YOLO("yolo26n-seg.pt")
Initialize from a YAML configuration
>>> model = YOLO("yolo26n.yaml")
"""
def __init__(self, model: str | Path = "yolo26n.pt", task: str | None = None, verbose: bool = False):
"""Initialize a YOLO model.
This constructor initializes a YOLO model, automatically switching to specialized model types (YOLOWorld or
YOLOE) based on the model filename.
Args:
model (str | Path): Model name or path to model file, i.e. 'yolo26n.pt', 'yolo26n.yaml'.
task (str, optional): YOLO task specification, i.e. 'detect', 'segment', 'classify', 'pose', 'obb'. Defaults
to auto-detection based on model.
verbose (bool): Display model info on load.
"""
path = Path(model if isinstance(model, (str, Path)) else "")
if "-world" in path.stem and path.suffix in {".pt", ".yaml", ".yml"}: # if YOLOWorld PyTorch model
new_instance = YOLOWorld(path, verbose=verbose)
self.__class__ = type(new_instance)
self.__dict__ = new_instance.__dict__
elif "yoloe" in path.stem and path.suffix in {".pt", ".yaml", ".yml"}: # if YOLOE PyTorch model
new_instance = YOLOE(path, task=task, verbose=verbose)
self.__class__ = type(new_instance)
self.__dict__ = new_instance.__dict__
else:
# Continue with default YOLO initialization
super().__init__(model=model, task=task, verbose=verbose)
if hasattr(self.model, "model") and "RTDETR" in self.model.model[-1]._get_name(): # if RTDETR head
from ultralytics import RTDETR
new_instance = RTDETR(self)
self.__class__ = type(new_instance)
self.__dict__ = new_instance.__dict__ ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLO.task_map
def task_map(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes.
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
@property
def task_map(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
"""Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes."""
return {
"classify": {
"model": ClassificationModel,
"trainer": yolo.classify.ClassificationTrainer,
"validator": yolo.classify.ClassificationValidator,
"predictor": yolo.classify.ClassificationPredictor,
},
"detect": {
"model": DetectionModel,
"trainer": yolo.detect.DetectionTrainer,
"validator": yolo.detect.DetectionValidator,
"predictor": yolo.detect.DetectionPredictor,
},
"segment": {
"model": SegmentationModel,
"trainer": yolo.segment.SegmentationTrainer,
"validator": yolo.segment.SegmentationValidator,
"predictor": yolo.segment.SegmentationPredictor,
},
"pose": {
"model": PoseModel,
"trainer": yolo.pose.PoseTrainer,
"validator": yolo.pose.PoseValidator,
"predictor": yolo.pose.PosePredictor,
},
"obb": {
"model": OBBModel,
"trainer": yolo.obb.OBBTrainer,
"validator": yolo.obb.OBBValidator,
"predictor": yolo.obb.OBBPredictor,
},
"semantic": {
"model": SemanticSegmentationModel,
"trainer": yolo.semantic.SemanticSegmentationTrainer,
"validator": yolo.semantic.SemanticSegmentationValidator,
"predictor": yolo.semantic.SemanticSegmentationPredictor,
},
} ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOWorld
YOLOWorld(self, model: str | Path = "yolov8s-world.pt", verbose: bool = False) -> NoneBases: Model
YOLO-World object detection model.
YOLO-World is an open-vocabulary object detection model that can detect objects based on text descriptions without requiring training on specific classes. It extends the YOLO architecture to support real-time open-vocabulary detection.
Loads a YOLOv8-World model for object detection. If no custom class names are provided, it assigns default COCO class names.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model | `str | Path` | Path to the pre-trained model file. Supports *.pt and *.yaml formats. |
verbose | bool | If True, prints additional information during initialization. | False |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
model | The loaded YOLO-World model instance. | |
task | Always set to 'detect' for object detection. | |
overrides | Configuration overrides for the model. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
task_map | Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes. |
set_classes | Set the model's class names for detection. |
Examples
Load a YOLOv8-World model
>>> model = YOLOWorld("yolov8s-world.pt")
Set custom classes for detection
>>> model.set_classes(["person", "car", "bicycle"])Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
class YOLOWorld(Model):
"""YOLO-World object detection model.
YOLO-World is an open-vocabulary object detection model that can detect objects based on text descriptions without
requiring training on specific classes. It extends the YOLO architecture to support real-time open-vocabulary
detection.
Attributes:
model: The loaded YOLO-World model instance.
task: Always set to 'detect' for object detection.
overrides: Configuration overrides for the model.
Methods:
__init__: Initialize YOLOv8-World model with a pre-trained model file.
task_map: Map tasks to their corresponding model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes.
set_classes: Set the model's class names for detection.
Examples:
Load a YOLOv8-World model
>>> model = YOLOWorld("yolov8s-world.pt")
Set custom classes for detection
>>> model.set_classes(["person", "car", "bicycle"])
"""
def __init__(self, model: str | Path = "yolov8s-world.pt", verbose: bool = False) -> None:
"""Initialize YOLOv8-World model with a pre-trained model file.
Loads a YOLOv8-World model for object detection. If no custom class names are provided, it assigns default COCO
class names.
Args:
model (str | Path): Path to the pre-trained model file. Supports *.pt and *.yaml formats.
verbose (bool): If True, prints additional information during initialization.
"""
super().__init__(model=model, task="detect", verbose=verbose)
# Assign default COCO class names when there are no custom names
if not hasattr(self.model, "names"):
self.model.names = YAML.load(ROOT / "cfg/datasets/coco8.yaml").get("names") ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOWorld.task_map
def task_map(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes.
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
@property
def task_map(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
"""Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes."""
return {
"detect": {
"model": WorldModel,
"validator": yolo.detect.DetectionValidator,
"predictor": yolo.detect.DetectionPredictor,
"trainer": yolo.world.WorldTrainer,
}
} ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOWorld.set_classes
def set_classes(self, classes: list[str]) -> NoneSet the model's class names for detection.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
classes | list[str] | A list of categories i.e. ["person"]. | required |
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def set_classes(self, classes: list[str]) -> None:
"""Set the model's class names for detection.
Args:
classes (list[str]): A list of categories i.e. ["person"].
"""
self.model.set_classes(classes)
# Remove background if it's given
background = " "
if background in classes:
classes.remove(background)
self.model.names = classes
# Reset method class names
if self.predictor:
self.predictor.model.names = classes ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE
YOLOE(self, model: str | Path = "yoloe-11s-seg.pt", task: str | None = None, verbose: bool = False) -> NoneBases: Model
YOLOE object detection and segmentation model.
YOLOE is an enhanced YOLO model that supports both object detection and instance segmentation tasks with improved performance and additional features like visual and text positional embeddings.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
model | `str | Path` | Path to the pre-trained model file. Supports *.pt and *.yaml formats. |
task | str, optional | Task type for the model. Auto-detected if None. | None |
verbose | bool | If True, prints additional information during initialization. | False |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
model | The loaded YOLOE model instance. | |
task | The task type (detect or segment). | |
overrides | Configuration overrides for the model. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
task_map | Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes. |
get_text_pe | Get text positional embeddings for the given texts. |
get_visual_pe | Get visual positional embeddings for the given image and visual features. |
get_vocab | Get vocabulary for the given class names. |
predict | Run prediction on images, videos, directories, streams, etc. |
set_classes | Set the model's class names and embeddings for detection. |
set_vocab | Set vocabulary and class names for the YOLOE model. |
val | Validate the model using text or visual prompts. |
Examples
Load a YOLOE detection model
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
Set vocabulary and class names
>>> model.set_vocab(["person", "car", "dog"], ["person", "car", "dog"])
Predict with visual prompts
>>> prompts = {"bboxes": [[10, 20, 100, 200]], "cls": ["person"]}
>>> results = model.predict("image.jpg", visual_prompts=prompts)Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
class YOLOE(Model):
"""YOLOE object detection and segmentation model.
YOLOE is an enhanced YOLO model that supports both object detection and instance segmentation tasks with improved
performance and additional features like visual and text positional embeddings.
Attributes:
model: The loaded YOLOE model instance.
task: The task type (detect or segment).
overrides: Configuration overrides for the model.
Methods:
__init__: Initialize YOLOE model with a pre-trained model file.
task_map: Map tasks to their corresponding model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes.
get_text_pe: Get text positional embeddings for the given texts.
get_visual_pe: Get visual positional embeddings for the given image and visual features.
set_vocab: Set vocabulary and class names for the YOLOE model.
get_vocab: Get vocabulary for the given class names.
set_classes: Set the model's class names and embeddings for detection.
val: Validate the model using text or visual prompts.
predict: Run prediction on images, videos, directories, streams, etc.
Examples:
Load a YOLOE detection model
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
Set vocabulary and class names
>>> model.set_vocab(["person", "car", "dog"], ["person", "car", "dog"])
Predict with visual prompts
>>> prompts = {"bboxes": [[10, 20, 100, 200]], "cls": ["person"]}
>>> results = model.predict("image.jpg", visual_prompts=prompts)
"""
def __init__(self, model: str | Path = "yoloe-11s-seg.pt", task: str | None = None, verbose: bool = False) -> None:
"""Initialize YOLOE model with a pre-trained model file.
Args:
model (str | Path): Path to the pre-trained model file. Supports *.pt and *.yaml formats.
task (str, optional): Task type for the model. Auto-detected if None.
verbose (bool): If True, prints additional information during initialization.
"""
super().__init__(model=model, task=task, verbose=verbose) ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.task_map
def task_map(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes.
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
@property
def task_map(self) -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
"""Map head to model, trainer, validator, and predictor classes."""
return {
"detect": {
"model": YOLOEModel,
"validator": yolo.yoloe.YOLOEDetectValidator,
"predictor": yolo.detect.DetectionPredictor,
"trainer": yolo.yoloe.YOLOETrainer,
},
"segment": {
"model": YOLOESegModel,
"validator": yolo.yoloe.YOLOESegValidator,
"predictor": yolo.segment.SegmentationPredictor,
"trainer": yolo.yoloe.YOLOESegTrainer,
},
} ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.get_text_pe
def get_text_pe(self, texts)Get text positional embeddings for the given texts.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
texts | required |
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def get_text_pe(self, texts):
"""Get text positional embeddings for the given texts."""
assert isinstance(self.model, YOLOEModel)
return self.model.get_text_pe(texts) ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.get_visual_pe
def get_visual_pe(self, img, visual)Get visual positional embeddings for the given image and visual features.
This method extracts positional embeddings from visual features based on the input image. It requires that the model is an instance of YOLOEModel.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
img | torch.Tensor | Input image tensor. | required |
visual | torch.Tensor | Visual features extracted from the image. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
torch.Tensor | Visual positional embeddings. |
Examples
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
>>> img = torch.rand(1, 3, 640, 640)
>>> visual_features = torch.rand(1, 1, 80, 80)
>>> pe = model.get_visual_pe(img, visual_features)Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def get_visual_pe(self, img, visual):
"""Get visual positional embeddings for the given image and visual features.
This method extracts positional embeddings from visual features based on the input image. It requires that the
model is an instance of YOLOEModel.
Args:
img (torch.Tensor): Input image tensor.
visual (torch.Tensor): Visual features extracted from the image.
Returns:
(torch.Tensor): Visual positional embeddings.
Examples:
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
>>> img = torch.rand(1, 3, 640, 640)
>>> visual_features = torch.rand(1, 1, 80, 80)
>>> pe = model.get_visual_pe(img, visual_features)
"""
assert isinstance(self.model, YOLOEModel)
return self.model.get_visual_pe(img, visual) ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.get_vocab
def get_vocab(self, names)Get vocabulary for the given class names.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
names | required |
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def get_vocab(self, names):
"""Get vocabulary for the given class names."""
assert isinstance(self.model, YOLOEModel)
return self.model.get_vocab(names) ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.predict
def predict(
self,
source=None,
stream: bool = False,
visual_prompts: dict[str, list] = {},
refer_image=None,
predictor=yolo.yoloe.YOLOEVPDetectPredictor,
**kwargs,
)Run prediction on images, videos, directories, streams, etc.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
source | `str | int | PIL.Image |
stream | bool | Whether to stream the prediction results. If True, results are yielded as a generator as they are computed. | False |
visual_prompts | dict[str, list] | Dictionary containing visual prompts for the model. Must include 'bboxes' and 'cls' keys when non-empty. | {} |
refer_image | `str | PIL.Image | np.ndarray, optional` |
predictor | callable | Custom predictor class for visual prompt predictions. Defaults to YOLOEVPDetectPredictor. | yolo.yoloe.YOLOEVPDetectPredictor |
**kwargs | Any | Additional keyword arguments passed to the predictor. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| `list | generator` |
Examples
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
>>> results = model.predict("path/to/image.jpg")
>>> # With visual prompts
>>> prompts = {"bboxes": [[10, 20, 100, 200]], "cls": ["person"]}
>>> results = model.predict("path/to/image.jpg", visual_prompts=prompts)Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def predict(
self,
source=None,
stream: bool = False,
visual_prompts: dict[str, list] = {},
refer_image=None,
predictor=yolo.yoloe.YOLOEVPDetectPredictor,
**kwargs,
):
"""Run prediction on images, videos, directories, streams, etc.
Args:
source (str | int | PIL.Image | np.ndarray, optional): Source for prediction. Accepts image paths, directory
paths, URL/YouTube streams, PIL images, numpy arrays, or webcam indices.
stream (bool): Whether to stream the prediction results. If True, results are yielded as a generator as they
are computed.
visual_prompts (dict[str, list]): Dictionary containing visual prompts for the model. Must include 'bboxes'
and 'cls' keys when non-empty.
refer_image (str | PIL.Image | np.ndarray, optional): Reference image for visual prompts.
predictor (callable): Custom predictor class for visual prompt predictions. Defaults to
YOLOEVPDetectPredictor.
**kwargs (Any): Additional keyword arguments passed to the predictor.
Returns:
(list | generator): List of Results objects or generator of Results objects if stream=True.
Examples:
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
>>> results = model.predict("path/to/image.jpg")
>>> # With visual prompts
>>> prompts = {"bboxes": [[10, 20, 100, 200]], "cls": ["person"]}
>>> results = model.predict("path/to/image.jpg", visual_prompts=prompts)
"""
if len(visual_prompts):
assert "bboxes" in visual_prompts and "cls" in visual_prompts, (
f"Expected 'bboxes' and 'cls' in visual prompts, but got {visual_prompts.keys()}"
)
assert len(visual_prompts["bboxes"]) == len(visual_prompts["cls"]), (
f"Expected equal number of bounding boxes and classes, but got {len(visual_prompts['bboxes'])} and "
f"{len(visual_prompts['cls'])} respectively"
)
if type(self.predictor) is not predictor:
self.predictor = predictor(
overrides={
"task": self.model.task,
"mode": "predict",
"save": False,
"verbose": refer_image is None,
"batch": 1,
"device": kwargs.get("device", None),
"half": kwargs.get("half", False),
"imgsz": kwargs.get("imgsz", self.overrides.get("imgsz", 640)),
},
_callbacks=self.callbacks,
)
num_cls = (
max(len(set(c)) for c in visual_prompts["cls"])
if isinstance(source, list) and refer_image is None # means multiple images
else len(set(visual_prompts["cls"]))
)
self.model.model[-1].nc = num_cls
self.model.names = [f"object{i}" for i in range(num_cls)]
self.predictor.set_prompts(visual_prompts.copy())
self.predictor.setup_model(model=self.model)
if refer_image is None and source is not None:
dataset = load_inference_source(source)
if dataset.mode in {"video", "stream"}:
# NOTE: set the first frame as refer image for videos/streams inference
refer_image = next(iter(dataset))[1][0]
if refer_image is not None:
vpe = self.predictor.get_vpe(refer_image)
self.model.set_classes(self.model.names, vpe)
self.task = "segment" if isinstance(self.predictor, yolo.segment.SegmentationPredictor) else "detect"
self.predictor = None # reset predictor
elif isinstance(self.predictor, yolo.yoloe.YOLOEVPDetectPredictor):
self.predictor = None # reset predictor if no visual prompts
self.overrides["agnostic_nms"] = True # use agnostic nms for YOLOE default
return super().predict(source, stream, **kwargs) ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.set_classes
def set_classes(self, classes: list[str], embeddings: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> NoneSet the model's class names and embeddings for detection.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
classes | list[str] | A list of categories i.e. ["person"]. | required |
embeddings | torch.Tensor, optional | Embeddings corresponding to the classes. | None |
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def set_classes(self, classes: list[str], embeddings: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> None:
"""Set the model's class names and embeddings for detection.
Args:
classes (list[str]): A list of categories i.e. ["person"].
embeddings (torch.Tensor, optional): Embeddings corresponding to the classes.
"""
# Verify no background class is present
assert " " not in classes
assert isinstance(self.model, YOLOEModel)
if sorted(list(self.model.names.values())) != sorted(classes):
if embeddings is None:
embeddings = self.get_text_pe(classes) # generate text embeddings if not provided
self.model.set_classes(classes, embeddings)
# Reset method class names
if self.predictor:
self.predictor.model.names = self.model.names ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.set_vocab
def set_vocab(self, vocab: list[str], names: list[str]) -> NoneSet vocabulary and class names for the YOLOE model.
This method configures the vocabulary and class names used by the model for text processing and classification tasks. The model must be an instance of YOLOEModel.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
vocab | list[str] | Vocabulary list containing tokens or words used by the model for text processing. | required |
names | list[str] | List of class names that the model can detect or classify. | required |
Examples
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
>>> model.set_vocab(["person", "car", "dog"], ["person", "car", "dog"])Raises
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
AssertionError | If the model is not an instance of YOLOEModel. |
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def set_vocab(self, vocab: list[str], names: list[str]) -> None:
"""Set vocabulary and class names for the YOLOE model.
This method configures the vocabulary and class names used by the model for text processing and classification
tasks. The model must be an instance of YOLOEModel.
Args:
vocab (list[str]): Vocabulary list containing tokens or words used by the model for text processing.
names (list[str]): List of class names that the model can detect or classify.
Raises:
AssertionError: If the model is not an instance of YOLOEModel.
Examples:
>>> model = YOLOE("yoloe-11s-seg.pt")
>>> model.set_vocab(["person", "car", "dog"], ["person", "car", "dog"])
"""
assert isinstance(self.model, YOLOEModel)
self.model.set_vocab(vocab, names=names) ultralytics.models.yolo.model.YOLOE.val
def val(self, validator = None, load_vp: bool = False, refer_data: str | None = None, **kwargs)Validate the model using text or visual prompts.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
validator | callable, optional | A callable validator function. If None, a default validator is loaded. | None |
load_vp | bool | Whether to load visual prompts. If False, text prompts are used. | False |
refer_data | str, optional | Path to the reference data for visual prompts. | None |
**kwargs | Any | Additional keyword arguments to override default settings. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
dict | Validation statistics containing metrics computed during validation. |
Source code in ultralytics/models/yolo/model.py
def val(
self,
validator=None,
load_vp: bool = False,
refer_data: str | None = None,
**kwargs,
):
"""Validate the model using text or visual prompts.
Args:
validator (callable, optional): A callable validator function. If None, a default validator is loaded.
load_vp (bool): Whether to load visual prompts. If False, text prompts are used.
refer_data (str, optional): Path to the reference data for visual prompts.
**kwargs (Any): Additional keyword arguments to override default settings.
Returns:
(dict): Validation statistics containing metrics computed during validation.
"""
custom = {"rect": not load_vp} # method defaults
args = {**self.overrides, **custom, **kwargs, "mode": "val"} # highest priority args on the right
validator = (validator or self._smart_load("validator"))(args=args, _callbacks=self.callbacks)
validator(model=self.model, load_vp=load_vp, refer_data=refer_data)
self.metrics = validator.metrics
return validator.metrics