Can sinter.Task tasks be saved in a file to be reused later on?

Can sinter.Task tasks be saved in a file to be reused later on? Ask Question Asked 5 months ago Modified 7 days ago Viewed 68 times 1 The idea is to have something similar to the save_resume_filepath argument in sinter.collect() but for the sinter.Task, i.e.: surface_code_tasks = [ sinter.Task( circuit = stim.Circuit.generated( "surface_code:rotated_memory_z", rounds=d * 3, distance=d, after_clifford_depolarization=noise, after_reset_flip_probability=noise, before_measure_flip_probability=noise, before_round_data_depolarization=noise, ), json_metadata={'d': d, 'r': d * 3, 'p': noise}, ) for d in [3, 5, 7] for noise in [0.008, 0.009, 0.01, 0.011, 0.012] ] with open("task_description.json", "w") as f: json.dump(task, f) I understand that surface_code_tasks is a list. From what I understand, to write it in a JSON format, it would have to be converted to a dict and then the last two lines of the snippet could be used. Is there any method worth attempting ? Using hard coded JSON parsing or pickle (though it doesn't sound recommended ? The reason why I am searching for this is because I am working on some code with a classmate who doesn't have a very powerful machine to run all these simulations, but needs them. We're already using that in sinter.collect() but the tasks take too long for him. Thank you ! error-correctionstimsinter Share Improve this question Follow asked Oct 8, 2025 at 14:22 aidegare 132 2 bronze badges Hi and welcome! The last part of your message seems to say that you want to avoid your friend the need to do "simulations". Building sinter.Task instances is not performing simulations, and so by saving the sinter.Task instances only, you will have to re-do simulations. Is that what you want? Also, if you want to save simulation results, save_resume_filepath is the way to go. –  Adrien Suau Commented Oct 8, 2025 at 17:37 1 Hello and thank you ! To clarify, my friend wants the code to add on the code himself and try things on his own. We are saving the simulations, but sinter.Task is what takes most of the computing time. From what I understand, sinter.Taskwraps the circuits we want to simulate, and which is then fed into sinter.collect. I am already saving the simulation results, but would like to save the wrapping of the circuits in the sinter.Task instance. In essence, save both the tasks and simulations. Does that clarify what I am looking for ? –  aidegare Commented Oct 9, 2025 at 14:34 Add a comment 1 Answer Sorted by: Highest score (default) Date modified (newest first) Date created (oldest first) 0 I believe to have found something worth the use for now, using pickle: import pickle surface_code_tasks = [ sinter.Task( circuit = stim.Circuit.generated( "surface_code:rotated_memory_z", rounds=d * 3, distance=d, after_clifford_depolarization=noise, after_reset_flip_probability=noise, before_measure_flip_probability=noise, before_round_data_depolarization=noise, ), json_metadata={'d': d, 'r': d * 3, 'p': noise}, ) for d in [3, 5, 7] for noise in [0.008, 0.009, 0.01, 0.011, 0.012] ] with open('task_description.pkl', 'wb') as f: pickle.dump(surface_code_tasks, f) It did seem online that pickle was not the safest option, but this is not the goal here, so works for my problem :) Share Improve this answer Follow answered Oct 10, 2025 at 11:47 aidegare 132 2 bronze badges Add a comment Your Answer Post Your Answer By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy. 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