diff --git a/docs/debugging.md b/docs/debugging.md
index f7758cbde5..4deb20bbac 100644
--- a/docs/debugging.md
+++ b/docs/debugging.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ When debugging issues with multi-dimensional parallelism (combinations of FSDP,
 Set consistent random seeds across all parallelism dimensions:
 
 ```bash
-CONFIG_FILE="./torchtitan/models/llama3/train_configs/debug_model.toml" ./run_train.sh --training.seed 42
+CONFIG_FILE="./torchtitan/models/llama3/train_configs/debug_model.toml" ./run_train.sh --debug.seed 42
 ```
 
 **Seed behavior with parallelism:**
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ CONFIG_FILE="./torchtitan/models/llama3/train_configs/debug_model.toml" ./run_tr
 Enable deterministic algorithms to ensure bit-for-bit reproducibility across runs:
 
 ```bash
-CONFIG_FILE="./torchtitan/models/llama3/train_configs/debug_model.toml" ./run_train.sh --training.deterministic
+CONFIG_FILE="./torchtitan/models/llama3/train_configs/debug_model.toml" ./run_train.sh --debug.deterministic
 ```
 
 **What it does:**
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ CONFIG_FILE="./torchtitan/models/llama3/train_configs/debug_model.toml" ./run_tr
 - Sets deterministic workspace configuration for CuBLAS operations
 - **Note:** This will significantly reduce training performance but ensures exact reproducibility
 
+Use `--debug.deterministic_warn_only` to only warn about (not stop running) kernel without deterministic implementation.
+
+### Activation Checkipointing Debugging ###
+
+The following debug configs are available for AC.
+
+`preserve_rng_state` - if deterministic output compared to non-checkpointed passes is required, set to true. Results in stashing and restoring the RNG state during each checkpoint, may be slower.
+
+`determinism_check` - A string specifying the determinism function
+
+`debug` - capture ac debug information. Will be slower.
+
+See https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/checkpoint.html for details.
 
 ### Seed-Checkpoint-based Reproducibility
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate/test_generate.py b/scripts/generate/test_generate.py
index 21322ba232..ec835b4166 100644
--- a/scripts/generate/test_generate.py
+++ b/scripts/generate/test_generate.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     RowwiseParallel,
 )
 from torchtitan.components.metrics import build_device_memory_monitor
-from torchtitan.config import ConfigManager
+from torchtitan.config import ConfigManager, Debug as DebugConfig
 from torchtitan.distributed import ParallelDims, utils as dist_utils
 from torchtitan.protocols.train_spec import get_train_spec
 from torchtitan.tools import utils
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ def test_generate(
         # sequences would require https://github.com/pytorch/torchtitan/pull/686
         apply_tp_minus_sp(model, parallel_dims.world_mesh["tp"])
 
-    dist_utils.set_determinism(world_mesh, device, seed, deterministic)
+    debug_config = DebugConfig(seed=seed, deterministic=deterministic)
+    dist_utils.set_determinism(world_mesh, device, debug_config)
 
     # materalize model
     model.to_empty(device=device_type)
diff --git a/torchtitan/config/__init__.py b/torchtitan/config/__init__.py
index ba2795a601..53f390149a 100644
--- a/torchtitan/config/__init__.py
+++ b/torchtitan/config/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     ActivationCheckpoint,
     Checkpoint,
     Comm,
+    Debug,
     FaultTolerance,
     Job,
     JobConfig,
@@ -49,4 +50,5 @@
     "Profiling",
     "Training",
     "Validation",
+    "Debug",
 ]
diff --git a/torchtitan/config/job_config.py b/torchtitan/config/job_config.py
index 7fe6802374..95588d2c3b 100644
--- a/torchtitan/config/job_config.py
+++ b/torchtitan/config/job_config.py
@@ -263,15 +263,6 @@ class Training:
     many temporary files.
     """
 
-    seed: int | None = None
-    """Choose the base RNG seed used for training"""
-
-    deterministic: bool = False
-    """Use deterministic algorithms wherever possible, may be slower"""
-
-    debug_moe_force_load_balance: bool = False
-    """If True, we force each experts to get the same amount of tokens via round-robin. This option is for debugging usage only."""
-
 
 @dataclass
 class Parallelism:
@@ -639,6 +630,26 @@ class ActivationCheckpoint:
     https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/126320#discussion_r1625104015
     """
 
+    preserve_rng_state: bool = False
+    """
+    If deterministic output compared to non-checkpointed passes is required, set
+    to true. Results in stashing and restoring the RNG state during each checkpoint,
+    may be slower. See https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/checkpoint.html
+    for details.
+    """
+
+    determinism_check: str = "default"
+    """
+    A string specifying the determinism function. See
+    https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/checkpoint.html for details.
+    """
+
+    debug: bool = False
+    """
+    Capture ac debug information. Will be slower. See
+    https://docs.pytorch.org/docs/stable/checkpoint.html for details.
+    """
+
 
 @dataclass
 class Compile:
@@ -887,6 +898,21 @@ def __post_init__(self):
         ), "validation steps must be positive or -1"
 
 
+@dataclass
+class Debug:
+    seed: int | None = None
+    """Choose the base RNG seed used for training"""
+
+    deterministic: bool = False
+    """Use deterministic algorithms wherever possible, may be slower"""
+
+    deterministic_warn_only: bool = False
+    """Only warns about ops without deterministic implementations rather than erroring out  """
+
+    moe_force_load_balance: bool = False
+    """If True, we force each experts to get the same amount of tokens via round-robin. This option is for debugging usage only."""
+
+
 @dataclass
 class JobConfig:
     """
@@ -912,6 +938,7 @@ class JobConfig:
     fault_tolerance: FaultTolerance = field(default_factory=FaultTolerance)
     experimental: Experimental = field(default_factory=Experimental)
     validation: Validation = field(default_factory=Validation)
+    debug: Debug = field(default_factory=Debug)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return asdict(self)
diff --git a/torchtitan/distributed/activation_checkpoint.py b/torchtitan/distributed/activation_checkpoint.py
index 57809c45f9..8359f71730 100644
--- a/torchtitan/distributed/activation_checkpoint.py
+++ b/torchtitan/distributed/activation_checkpoint.py
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ def _apply_layer_sac(module: nn.Module, ac_config: ACConfig) -> nn.Module:
     ac_freq = int(ac_config.selective_ac_option)
     if not ac_freq or _layer_sac_count % ac_freq == 0:
         return ptd_checkpoint_wrapper(
-            module, preserve_rng_state=False, early_stop=ac_config.early_stop
+            module,
+            preserve_rng_state=ac_config.preserve_rng_state,
+            determinism_check=ac_config.determinism_check,
+            early_stop=ac_config.early_stop,
+            debug=ac_config.debug,
         )
     else:
         return module
@@ -125,8 +129,10 @@ def selective_checkpointing_context_fn():
     return ptd_checkpoint_wrapper(
         module,
         context_fn=selective_checkpointing_context_fn,
-        preserve_rng_state=False,
+        preserve_rng_state=ac_config.preserve_rng_state,
+        determinism_check=ac_config.determinism_check,
         early_stop=ac_config.early_stop,
+        debug=ac_config.debug,
     )
 
 
@@ -141,7 +147,11 @@ def _apply_full_ac(module: nn.Module, ac_config: ACConfig) -> nn.Module:
         nn.Module: The module with full activation checkpointing applied.
     """
     return ptd_checkpoint_wrapper(
-        module, preserve_rng_state=False, early_stop=ac_config.early_stop
+        module,
+        preserve_rng_state=ac_config.preserve_rng_state,
+        determinism_check=ac_config.determinism_check,
+        early_stop=ac_config.early_stop,
+        debug=ac_config.debug,
     )
 
 
@@ -157,7 +167,7 @@ def _apply_op_sac_to_transformer_block_with_flex(
 
     Args:
         module (nn.Module): The transformer block to apply SAC to.
-        ac_config (ACConfig): The activation checkpointing config.
+        ac_config (ACConfig): The Activation Checkpoint config.
         base_fqn (str, optional): The base fqn of the module. Defaults to None.
         model_compile_enabled (bool): Whether model compilation is enabled.
             Defaults to False.
@@ -298,7 +308,6 @@ def apply_ac(
     Returns:
         None
     """
-
     if ac_config.mode == "memory_budget":
         assert model_compile_enabled, "Memory budget mode requires model to be compiled"
         if ac_config.visualize_memory_budget_pareto:
diff --git a/torchtitan/distributed/utils.py b/torchtitan/distributed/utils.py
index 93a96a4439..1d2c623e1b 100644
--- a/torchtitan/distributed/utils.py
+++ b/torchtitan/distributed/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from torch.distributed.device_mesh import DeviceMesh
 from torch.distributed.tensor import DTensor
 
-from torchtitan.config import Comm as CommConfig, TORCH_DTYPE_MAP
+from torchtitan.config import Comm as CommConfig, Debug as DebugConfig, TORCH_DTYPE_MAP
 from torchtitan.distributed.parallel_dims import ParallelDims
 from torchtitan.tools.logging import logger
 from torchtitan.tools.utils import device_module, device_type
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ def dist_mean(
 def set_determinism(
     world_mesh: DeviceMesh | None,
     device: torch.device,
-    seed: int | None = None,
-    deterministic: bool = False,
+    debug_config: DebugConfig,
     distinct_seed_mesh_dim: str = "pp",
 ) -> None:
     """
@@ -97,9 +96,12 @@ def set_determinism(
 
     Set Determinism flags for increased reproducibility with loss of performance.
     """
-    if deterministic:
+    if debug_config.deterministic:
         logger.info("Deterministic algorithm enabled (expect perf degradation).")
         torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(True)
+        torch.use_deterministic_algorithms(
+            True, warn_only=debug_config.deterministic_warn_only
+        )
         torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = True
         torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = False
         # env var for deterministic CuBLAS
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ def set_determinism(
 
         FlexAttentionWrapper._compiled_flex_attn = torch.compile(flex_attention)
 
+    seed = debug_config.seed
     if not world_mesh:
         if seed is not None:
             torch.manual_seed(seed)
diff --git a/torchtitan/experiments/forge/engine.py b/torchtitan/experiments/forge/engine.py
index d832c39696..2f1887b2d7 100644
--- a/torchtitan/experiments/forge/engine.py
+++ b/torchtitan/experiments/forge/engine.py
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ def __init__(self, job_config: ForgeJobConfig):
         dist_utils.set_determinism(
             world_mesh,
             self.device,
-            job_config.training.seed,
-            job_config.training.deterministic,
+            job_config.debug,
         )
         self.train_spec = get_train_spec(job_config.model.name)
 
diff --git a/torchtitan/experiments/forge/job_config.py b/torchtitan/experiments/forge/job_config.py
index b1c014cc1d..efc6e6c074 100644
--- a/torchtitan/experiments/forge/job_config.py
+++ b/torchtitan/experiments/forge/job_config.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     Checkpoint,
     Comm,
     Compile,
+    Debug,
     Job,
     LRScheduler,
     MemoryEstimation,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class ForgeJobConfig:
     # fault_tolerance: FaultTolerance = field(default_factory=FaultTolerance)
     # experimental: Experimental = field(default_factory=Experimental)
     # validation: Validation = field(default_factory=Validation)
+    debug: Debug = field(default_factory=Debug)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         return asdict(self)
diff --git a/torchtitan/models/attention.py b/torchtitan/models/attention.py
index fe0de3354d..85115fef2b 100644
--- a/torchtitan/models/attention.py
+++ b/torchtitan/models/attention.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
                 SDPBackend.CUDNN_ATTENTION,
                 SDPBackend.FLASH_ATTENTION,
                 SDPBackend.EFFICIENT_ATTENTION,
+                SDPBackend.MATH,
             ]
 
     def forward(
diff --git a/torchtitan/models/deepseek_v3/model/args.py b/torchtitan/models/deepseek_v3/model/args.py
index 3bac6e82f1..0328c52334 100644
--- a/torchtitan/models/deepseek_v3/model/args.py
+++ b/torchtitan/models/deepseek_v3/model/args.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def update_from_config(self, job_config: JobConfig, **kwargs) -> None:
             )
 
         self.moe_args._debug_force_load_balance = (
-            job_config.training.debug_moe_force_load_balance
+            job_config.debug.moe_force_load_balance
         )
 
     def get_nparams_and_flops(
diff --git a/torchtitan/models/flux/train.py b/torchtitan/models/flux/train.py
index 69d5b7dfbf..3fa2389335 100644
--- a/torchtitan/models/flux/train.py
+++ b/torchtitan/models/flux/train.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self, job_config: JobConfig):
         dist_utils.set_determinism(
             self.parallel_dims.world_mesh,
             self.device,
-            job_config.training.seed,
-            job_config.training.deterministic,
+            job_config.debug,
             distinct_seed_mesh_dim="dp_shard",
         )
 
diff --git a/torchtitan/models/llama4/model/args.py b/torchtitan/models/llama4/model/args.py
index faeb60aadf..53043a1d02 100644
--- a/torchtitan/models/llama4/model/args.py
+++ b/torchtitan/models/llama4/model/args.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def update_from_config(self, job_config: JobConfig, **kwargs) -> None:
             )
 
         self.moe_args._debug_force_load_balance = (
-            job_config.training.debug_moe_force_load_balance
+            job_config.debug.moe_force_load_balance
         )
 
     def get_nparams_and_flops(
diff --git a/torchtitan/models/qwen3/model/args.py b/torchtitan/models/qwen3/model/args.py
index 5fd98fdce7..5660ba9c9c 100644
--- a/torchtitan/models/qwen3/model/args.py
+++ b/torchtitan/models/qwen3/model/args.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def update_from_config(self, job_config: JobConfig, **kwargs) -> None:
         self.max_seq_len = seq_len
 
         self.moe_args._debug_force_load_balance = (
-            job_config.training.debug_moe_force_load_balance
+            job_config.debug.moe_force_load_balance
         )
 
     def get_nparams_and_flops(
diff --git a/torchtitan/train.py b/torchtitan/train.py
index 2efd7931ed..7a7e3fb516 100644
--- a/torchtitan/train.py
+++ b/torchtitan/train.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Generator, Iterable, Optional
 
 import torch
+
 from torch.distributed.elastic.multiprocessing.errors import record
 
 import torchtitan.protocols.train_spec as train_spec_module
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@ def __init__(self, job_config: JobConfig):
         dist_utils.set_determinism(
             world_mesh,
             self.device,
-            job_config.training.seed,
-            job_config.training.deterministic,
+            job_config.debug,
         )
         self.train_spec = train_spec_module.get_train_spec(job_config.model.name)