From eeb1b840ee4cc7606630d55753c5a706c75b9a4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mia Garrard <mgarrard@meta.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:07:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove fall-back to list

Summary: Based on a recent discussion with the team, we decided to remove this special casing while we finalize GenerationNodes to make development a bit cleaner.

Reviewed By: lena-kashtelyan

Differential Revision: D55001898
---
 ax/modelbridge/generation_node.py                | 6 ++----
 ax/modelbridge/tests/test_generation_strategy.py | 2 ++
 tutorials/external_generation_node.ipynb         | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ax/modelbridge/generation_node.py b/ax/modelbridge/generation_node.py
index ecda4a9e6c5..289884908df 100644
--- a/ax/modelbridge/generation_node.py
+++ b/ax/modelbridge/generation_node.py
@@ -439,11 +439,9 @@ def should_transition_to_next_node(
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     "Cannot currently select between multiple nodes to transition to."
                 )
-            elif len(next_nodes) == 1:
-                return True, next_nodes[0]
             else:
-                # Will transition to the next node in the list.
-                return True, None
+                return True, next_nodes[0]
+
         return False, None
 
     def generator_run_limit(self, supress_generation_errors: bool = True) -> int:
diff --git a/ax/modelbridge/tests/test_generation_strategy.py b/ax/modelbridge/tests/test_generation_strategy.py
index 0fe769fc0c7..ca3ce27123b 100644
--- a/ax/modelbridge/tests/test_generation_strategy.py
+++ b/ax/modelbridge/tests/test_generation_strategy.py
@@ -1284,12 +1284,14 @@ def test_gs_with_nodes_and_blocking_criteria(self) -> None:
                     threshold=3,
                     block_gen_if_met=True,
                     block_transition_if_unmet=True,
+                    transition_to="GPEI_node",
                 ),
                 MinTrials(
                     threshold=2,
                     only_in_statuses=[TrialStatus.COMPLETED],
                     block_gen_if_met=False,
                     block_transition_if_unmet=True,
+                    transition_to="GPEI_node",
                 ),
             ],
         )
diff --git a/tutorials/external_generation_node.ipynb b/tutorials/external_generation_node.ipynb
index ecf19930490..c1aac0b259d 100644
--- a/tutorials/external_generation_node.ipynb
+++ b/tutorials/external_generation_node.ipynb
@@ -223,9 +223,11 @@
         "            model_specs=[ModelSpec(Models.SOBOL)],\n",
         "            transition_criteria=[\n",
         "                MaxTrials(\n",
-        "                    # This specifies the maximum number of trials to generate from this node.\n",
+        "                    # This specifies the maximum number of trials to generate from this node, \n",
+        "                    # and the next node in the strategy.\n",
         "                    threshold=5,\n",
         "                    block_transition_if_unmet=True,\n",
+        "                    transition_to=\"RandomForest\"\n",
         "                )\n",
         "            ],\n",
         "        ),\n",