tidymodels · topepo · Oct 31, 2025 · Oct 22, 2025 · Oct 22, 2025 · Oct 22, 2025
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # parsnip (development version)
 
+* Enable generalized random forest (`grf`) models for classification, regression, and quantile regression modes. (#1288)
+
 * `surv_reg()` is now defunct and will error if called. Please use `survival_reg()` instead (#1206).
 
+
 # parsnip 1.3.3
 
 * Bug fix in how tunable parameters were configured for brulee neural networks. 

diff --git a/R/aaa_archive.R b/R/aaa_archive.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# no fmt
+# fmt: skip
 model_info_table <-
     tibble::tribble(
                       ~model,                 ~mode,            ~engine,            ~pkg,
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ model_info_table <-
                   "bag_tree",      "classification",            "rpart",      "baguette",
                       "bart",      "classification",           "dbarts",              NA,
                 "boost_tree",      "classification",             "C5.0",              NA,
+                "boost_tree",      "classification",         "catboost",        "bonsai",
                 "boost_tree",      "classification",              "h2o",          "agua",
                 "boost_tree",      "classification",          "h2o_gbm",          "agua",
                 "boost_tree",      "classification",         "lightgbm",        "bonsai",
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ model_info_table <-
                 "null_model",      "classification",          "parsnip",              NA,
                        "pls",      "classification",         "mixOmics",        "plsmod",
                "rand_forest",      "classification",            "aorsf",        "bonsai",
+               "rand_forest",      "classification",              "grf",              NA,
                "rand_forest",      "classification",              "h2o",          "agua",
                "rand_forest",      "classification",         "partykit",        "bonsai",
                "rand_forest",      "classification",     "randomForest",              NA,
@@ -82,11 +84,13 @@ model_info_table <-
                    "svm_rbf",      "classification",          "kernlab",              NA,
                    "svm_rbf",      "classification",        "liquidSVM",              NA,
                 "linear_reg", "quantile regression",         "quantreg",              NA,
+               "rand_forest", "quantile regression",              "grf",              NA,
                    "auto_ml",          "regression",              "h2o",          "agua",
                   "bag_mars",          "regression",            "earth",      "baguette",
                    "bag_mlp",          "regression",             "nnet",      "baguette",
                   "bag_tree",          "regression",            "rpart",      "baguette",
                       "bart",          "regression",           "dbarts",              NA,
+                "boost_tree",          "regression",         "catboost",        "bonsai",
                 "boost_tree",          "regression",              "h2o",          "agua",
                 "boost_tree",          "regression",          "h2o_gbm",          "agua",
                 "boost_tree",          "regression",         "lightgbm",        "bonsai",
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ model_info_table <-
                "poisson_reg",          "regression",       "stan_glmer", "multilevelmod",
                "poisson_reg",          "regression",         "zeroinfl",    "poissonreg",
                "rand_forest",          "regression",            "aorsf",        "bonsai",
+               "rand_forest",          "regression",              "grf",              NA,
                "rand_forest",          "regression",              "h2o",          "agua",
                "rand_forest",          "regression",         "partykit",        "bonsai",
                "rand_forest",          "regression",     "randomForest",              NA,
@@ -145,4 +150,3 @@ model_info_table <-
                    "svm_rbf",          "regression",          "kernlab",              NA,
                    "svm_rbf",          "regression",        "liquidSVM",              NA
       )
-
diff --git a/R/augment.R b/R/augment.R
@@ -86,15 +86,17 @@
 #'
 #' # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #'
-#' # Quantile regression example
-#' qr_form <-
-#'   linear_reg() |>
-#'   set_engine("quantreg") |>
-#'   set_mode("quantile regression", quantile_levels = c(0.25, 0.5, 0.75)) |>
-#'   fit(mpg ~ ., data = car_trn)
-#'
-#' augment(qr_form, car_tst)
-#' augment(qr_form, car_tst[, -1])
+#' if (rlang::is_installed("quantreg")) {
+#'   # Quantile regression example
+#'   qr_form <-
+#'     linear_reg() |>
+#'     set_engine("quantreg") |>
+#'     set_mode("quantile regression", quantile_levels = c(0.25, 0.5, 0.75)) |>
+#'     fit(mpg ~ ., data = car_trn)
+#'
+#'   augment(qr_form, car_tst)
+#'   augment(qr_form, car_tst[, -1])
+#' }
 #'
 augment.model_fit <- function(x, new_data, eval_time = NULL, ...) {
   new_data <- tibble::new_tibble(new_data)

diff --git a/R/fit.R b/R/fit.R
@@ -109,12 +109,13 @@
 #' @export
 #' @export fit.model_spec
 fit.model_spec <-
-  function(object,
-           formula,
-           data,
-           case_weights = NULL,
-           control = control_parsnip(),
-           ...
+  function(
+    object,
+    formula,
+    data,
+    case_weights = NULL,
+    control = control_parsnip(),
+    ...
   ) {
     if (object$mode == "unknown") {
       cli::cli_abort(
@@ -135,7 +136,6 @@ fit.model_spec <-
     }
     check_formula(formula)
 
-
     if (is_sparse_matrix(data)) {
       data <- sparsevctrs::coerce_to_sparse_tibble(data, rlang::caller_env(0))
     }
@@ -153,12 +153,14 @@ fit.model_spec <-
       eng_vals <- possible_engines(object)
       object$engine <- eng_vals[1]
       if (control$verbosity > 0) {
-       cli::cli_warn("Engine set to {.val {object$engine}}.")
+        cli::cli_warn("Engine set to {.val {object$engine}}.")
       }
     }
 
     if (all(c("x", "y") %in% names(dots))) {
-      cli::cli_abort("{.fn fit.model_spec} is for the formula methods. Use {.fn fit_xy} instead.")
+      cli::cli_abort(
+        "{.fn fit.model_spec} is for the formula methods. Use {.fn fit_xy} instead."
+      )
     }
     cl <- match.call(expand.dots = TRUE)
     # Create an environment with the evaluated argument objects. This will be
@@ -186,11 +188,12 @@ fit.model_spec <-
     fit_interface <-
       check_interface(eval_env$formula, eval_env$data, cl, object)
 
-    if (object$engine == "spark" && !inherits(eval_env$data, "tbl_spark"))
+    if (object$engine == "spark" && !inherits(eval_env$data, "tbl_spark")) {
       cli::cli_abort(
-          "spark objects can only be used with the formula interface to {.fn fit}
+        "spark objects can only be used with the formula interface to {.fn fit}
            with a spark data object."
-        )
+      )
+    }
 
     # populate `method` with the details for this model type
     object <- add_methods(object, engine = object$engine)
@@ -208,51 +211,49 @@ fit.model_spec <-
       switch(
         interfaces,
         # homogeneous combinations:
-        formula_formula =
-          form_form(
-            object = object,
-            control = control,
-            env = eval_env
-          ),
+        formula_formula = form_form(
+          object = object,
+          control = control,
+          env = eval_env
+        ),
 
         # heterogenous combinations
-        formula_matrix =
-          form_xy(
-            object = object,
-            control = control,
-            env = eval_env,
-            target = object$method$fit$interface,
-            ...
-          ),
-        formula_data.frame =
-          form_xy(
-            object = object,
-            control = control,
-            env = eval_env,
-            target = object$method$fit$interface,
-            ...
-          ),
+        formula_matrix = form_xy(
+          object = object,
+          control = control,
+          env = eval_env,
+          target = object$method$fit$interface,
+          ...
+        ),
+        formula_data.frame = form_xy(
+          object = object,
+          control = control,
+          env = eval_env,
+          target = object$method$fit$interface,
+          ...
+        ),
 
         cli::cli_abort("{.val {interfaces}} is unknown.")
       )
     res$censor_probs <- reverse_km(object, eval_env)
     model_classes <- class(res$fit)
     class(res) <- c(paste0("_", model_classes[1]), "model_fit")
     res
-}
+  }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #' @rdname fit
 #' @export
 #' @export fit_xy.model_spec
 fit_xy.model_spec <-
-  function(object,
-           x,
-           y,
-           case_weights = NULL,
-           control = control_parsnip(),
-           ...
+  function(
+    object,
+    x,
+    y,
+    case_weights = NULL,
+    control = control_parsnip(),
+    ...
   ) {
     if (object$mode == "unknown") {
       cli::cli_abort(
@@ -329,32 +330,32 @@ fit_xy.model_spec <-
       switch(
         interfaces,
         # homogeneous combinations:
-        matrix_matrix = , data.frame_matrix =
-          xy_xy(
-            object = object,
-            env = eval_env,
-            control = control,
-            target = "matrix",
-            ...
-          ),
-
-        data.frame_data.frame = , matrix_data.frame =
-          xy_xy(
-            object = object,
-            env = eval_env,
-            control = control,
-            target = "data.frame",
-            ...
-          ),
+        matrix_matrix = ,
+        data.frame_matrix = xy_xy(
+          object = object,
+          env = eval_env,
+          control = control,
+          target = "matrix",
+          ...
+        ),
+
+        data.frame_data.frame = ,
+        matrix_data.frame = xy_xy(
+          object = object,
+          env = eval_env,
+          control = control,
+          target = "data.frame",
+          ...
+        ),
 
         # heterogenous combinations
-        matrix_formula = ,  data.frame_formula =
-          xy_form(
-            object = object,
-            env = eval_env,
-            control = control,
-            ...
-          ),
+        matrix_formula = ,
+        data.frame_formula = xy_form(
+          object = object,
+          env = eval_env,
+          control = control,
+          ...
+        ),
         cli::cli_abort("{.val {interfaces}} is unknown.")
       )
     res$censor_probs <- reverse_km(object, eval_env)
@@ -368,7 +369,9 @@ fit_xy.model_spec <-
 eval_mod <- function(e, capture = FALSE, catch = FALSE, envir = NULL, ...) {
   if (capture) {
     if (catch) {
-      junk <- capture.output(res <- try(eval_tidy(e, env = envir, ...), silent = TRUE))
+      junk <- capture.output(
+        res <- try(eval_tidy(e, env = envir, ...), silent = TRUE)
+      )
     } else {
       junk <- capture.output(res <- eval_tidy(e, env = envir, ...))
     }
@@ -391,13 +394,13 @@ check_interface <- function(formula, data, cl, model, call = caller_env()) {
   # Determine the `fit()` interface
   form_interface <- !is.null(formula) & !is.null(data)
 
-  if (form_interface)
+  if (form_interface) {
     return("formula")
+  }
   cli::cli_abort("Error when checking the interface.", call = call)
 }
 
 check_xy_interface <- function(x, y, cl, model, call = caller_env()) {
-
   sparse_ok <- allow_sparse(model)
   sparse_x <- inherits(x, "dgCMatrix")
   if (!sparse_ok & sparse_x) {

diff --git a/R/rand_forest.R b/R/rand_forest.R
@@ -34,12 +34,17 @@
 #' @export
 
 rand_forest <-
-  function(mode = "unknown", engine = "ranger", mtry = NULL, trees = NULL, min_n = NULL) {
-
+  function(
+    mode = "unknown",
+    engine = "ranger",
+    mtry = NULL,
+    trees = NULL,
+    min_n = NULL
+  ) {
     args <- list(
-      mtry   = enquo(mtry),
-      trees  = enquo(trees),
-      min_n  = enquo(min_n)
+      mtry = enquo(mtry),
+      trees = enquo(trees),
+      min_n = enquo(min_n)
     )
 
     new_model_spec(
@@ -60,15 +65,19 @@ rand_forest <-
 #' @rdname parsnip_update
 #' @export
 update.rand_forest <-
-  function(object,
-           parameters = NULL,
-           mtry = NULL, trees = NULL, min_n = NULL,
-           fresh = FALSE, ...) {
-
+  function(
+    object,
+    parameters = NULL,
+    mtry = NULL,
+    trees = NULL,
+    min_n = NULL,
+    fresh = FALSE,
+    ...
+  ) {
     args <- list(
-      mtry   = enquo(mtry),
-      trees  = enquo(trees),
-      min_n  = enquo(min_n)
+      mtry = enquo(mtry),
+      trees = enquo(trees),
+      min_n = enquo(min_n)
     )
 
     update_spec(
@@ -109,16 +118,17 @@ translate.rand_forest <- function(x, engine = x$engine, ...) {
 
     # See "Details" in ?ml_random_forest_classifier. `feature_subset_strategy`
     # should be character even if it contains a number.
-    if (any(names(arg_vals) == "feature_subset_strategy") &&
-        isTRUE(is.numeric(quo_get_expr(arg_vals$feature_subset_strategy)))) {
+    if (
+      any(names(arg_vals) == "feature_subset_strategy") &&
+        isTRUE(is.numeric(quo_get_expr(arg_vals$feature_subset_strategy)))
+    ) {
       arg_vals$feature_subset_strategy <-
         paste(quo_get_expr(arg_vals$feature_subset_strategy))
     }
   }
 
   # add checks to error trap or change things for this method
   if (engine == "ranger") {
-
     if (any(names(arg_vals) == "importance")) {
       if (isTRUE(is.logical(quo_get_expr(arg_vals$importance)))) {
         cli::cli_abort(
@@ -170,4 +180,3 @@ check_args.rand_forest <- function(object, call = rlang::caller_env()) {
   # move translate checks here?
   invisible(object)
 }
-