diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14e5f66e1..9d1759aef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ share/python-wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
+.rsyncignore
 
 # Django stuff
 *.log
diff --git a/apps/grpo/main_no_reward.py b/apps/grpo/main_no_reward.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93b69e03a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/grpo/main_no_reward.py
@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# Usage: python -m apps.grpo.main --config apps/grpo/qwen3_1_7b.yaml
+
+import asyncio
+import uuid
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any, Callable
+
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+import torchstore as ts
+from datasets import load_dataset
+from forge.actors.policy import Policy
+from forge.actors.replay_buffer import ReplayBuffer
+from forge.actors.trainer import RLTrainer
+from forge.cli.config import parse
+from forge.controller.actor import ForgeActor
+from forge.controller.provisioner import shutdown
+from forge.data.rewards import MathReward, ThinkingReward
+from forge.util.metric_logging import get_metric_logger
+from monarch.actor import endpoint
+from omegaconf import DictConfig
+from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import get_tokenizer
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Episode:
+    # TODO: add adtional layer for multi-turn
+    episode_id: str
+    request: str
+    policy_version: int
+    pad_id: int
+    request_len: int
+    response_len: int
+    target: Any | None = None
+    # processed data
+    response: str | None = None
+    request_tokens: list[int] | None = None
+    response_tokens: list[int] | None = None
+    ref_logprobs: torch.Tensor | None = None
+    reward: float | None = None
+    advantage: float | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def request_tensor(self):
+        tensor = torch.tensor(self.request_tokens, dtype=torch.long)
+        if tensor.shape[0] < self.request_len:  # left pad
+            diff = self.request_len - tensor.shape[0]
+            tensor = F.pad(tensor, (diff, 0), value=self.pad_id)
+        return tensor
+
+    @property
+    def response_tensor(self):
+        tensor = torch.tensor(self.response_tokens, dtype=torch.long)
+        if tensor.shape[0] < self.response_len:  # right pad
+            diff = self.response_len - tensor.shape[0]
+            tensor = F.pad(tensor, (0, diff), value=self.pad_id)
+        return tensor
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Group:
+    group_id: str
+    episodes: list[Episode]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def new_group(
+        cls,
+        group_id: int,
+        group_size: int,
+        request: str,
+        policy_version: int,
+        pad_id: int,
+        request_len: int,
+        response_len: int,
+        target: Any = None,
+    ):
+        episodes = []
+        for _ in range(group_size):
+            episodes.append(
+                Episode(
+                    episode_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+                    request=request,
+                    policy_version=policy_version,
+                    pad_id=pad_id,
+                    request_len=request_len,
+                    response_len=response_len,
+                    target=target,
+                )
+            )
+        return cls(str(group_id), episodes)
+
+
+def collate(batches: list[list[Episode]]):
+    inputs = []
+    targets = []
+    for batch in batches:
+        request = [e.request_tensor for e in batch]
+        request = torch.stack(request)  # [b x s]
+
+        response = [e.response_tensor for e in batch]
+        response = torch.stack(response)  # [b x s]
+
+        # mock out the ref logprobs for now
+        ref_logprobs = torch.zeros(len(batch), batch[0].response_len)  # [b x s]
+
+        advantages = [e.advantage for e in batch]
+        advantages = torch.tensor(advantages).unsqueeze(-1)  # [b x 1]
+
+        pad_id = batch[0].pad_id
+        mask = response != pad_id
+
+        input = {"tokens": torch.cat([request, response], dim=1)}
+        target = {
+            "response": response,
+            "ref_logprobs": ref_logprobs,
+            "advantages": advantages,
+            "padding_mask": mask,
+        }
+        inputs.append(input)
+        targets.append(target)
+    return inputs, targets
+
+
+def compute_logprobs(
+    logits: torch.Tensor, input_ids: torch.Tensor, temperature: float = 1.0
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    context_length = logits.shape[1] - input_ids.shape[1]
+    logits = logits[:, context_length - 1 : -1]
+    logprobs = torch.log_softmax(logits / temperature, dim=-1).to(input_ids.device)
+    logprobs = torch.gather(logprobs, 2, input_ids.unsqueeze(-1)).squeeze(-1)
+    return logprobs
+
+
+def simple_grpo_loss(
+    logits: torch.Tensor,
+    response: torch.Tensor,
+    ref_logprobs: torch.Tensor,
+    advantages: torch.Tensor,
+    padding_mask: torch.Tensor,
+    beta: float = 0.1,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    logprobs = compute_logprobs(logits, response)
+    # kl = torch.exp(ref_logprobs - logprobs) - (ref_logprobs - logprobs) - 1
+    per_token_policy_loss = torch.exp(logprobs - logprobs.detach()) * advantages
+    per_token_loss = -(per_token_policy_loss)
+    loss = (
+        ((per_token_loss * padding_mask).sum(dim=1))
+        / (padding_mask.sum(dim=1).clamp(min=1.0))
+    ).mean()
+    return loss
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RewardActor(ForgeActor):
+    """Reward actor that uses a list of scoring functions."""
+
+    reward_functions: list[Callable]
+
+    @endpoint
+    async def evaluate_response(self, prompt: str, response: str, target: str) -> float:
+        total_rewards = 0.0
+        for reward_fn in self.reward_functions:
+            reward = reward_fn(prompt, response, target)
+            total_rewards += reward
+        return total_rewards / len(self.reward_functions)
+
+
+class ComputeAdvantages(ForgeActor):
+    """Compute advantages for GRPO using reward signals."""
+
+    @endpoint
+    async def compute(self, group: Group) -> list[float]:
+        # TODO: add batch processing
+        rewards = torch.tensor([[e.reward for e in group.episodes]])
+        mean = rewards.mean(1, keepdim=True)
+        std = rewards.std(1, keepdim=True)
+        advantages = (rewards - mean) / (std + 1e-4)
+        return advantages.squeeze(0).tolist()
+
+
+@dataclass
+class DatasetActor(ForgeActor):
+    """Actor wrapper for HuggingFace dataset to provide async interface."""
+
+    path: str = "openai/gsm8k"
+    revision: str = "main"
+    data_split: str = "train"
+    streaming: bool = True
+    model: str = "Qwen/Qwen3-1.7B"
+
+    @endpoint
+    def setup(self):
+        self._tokenizer = get_tokenizer(self.model)
+
+        def gsm8k_transform(sample):
+            system_prompt = """
+            Put all your scratchpad work between <think> and </think> tags.
+            Your final answer should be between <answer> and </answer> tags otherwise it will not be scored.
+            """
+            request: str = sample["question"]
+            as_chat = [
+                {"role": "system", "content": system_prompt},
+                {"role": "user", "content": request},
+            ]
+            formatted_request = self._tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
+                as_chat,
+                tokenize=False,
+                add_generation_prompt=True,
+            )
+            target: str = sample["answer"]
+            formatted_target = target.split("#### ")[1]
+            return {"request": formatted_request, "target": formatted_target}
+
+        ds = load_dataset(
+            self.path, self.revision, split=self.data_split, streaming=self.streaming
+        )
+        ds = ds.map(gsm8k_transform)
+        ds = ds.shuffle()
+        self._iterator = iter(ds)
+
+    @endpoint
+    async def sample(self) -> dict[str, str] | None:
+        try:
+            return next(self._iterator)
+        except StopIteration:
+            return None
+
+    @endpoint
+    async def pad_token(self):
+        return self._tokenizer.pad_token_id
+
+
+async def main(cfg: DictConfig):
+    """Main GRPO training loop with rollout and training processes."""
+    group_size = cfg.group_size
+    max_req_tokens = cfg.max_req_tokens
+    max_res_tokens = cfg.max_res_tokens
+    mlogger = get_metric_logger(
+        "wandb",
+        freq=1,
+        project="grpo-training",
+    )
+
+    # ---- Setup services ---- #
+    await ts.initialize(strategy=ts.ControllerStorageVolumes())
+    (
+        dataloader,
+        policy,
+        trainer,
+        replay_buffer,
+        compute_advantages,
+        # ref_model,
+        reward_actor,
+    ) = await asyncio.gather(
+        DatasetActor.options(**cfg.services.dataset).as_service(**cfg.dataset),
+        Policy.options(**cfg.services.policy).as_service(**cfg.policy),
+        RLTrainer.options(**cfg.services.trainer).as_service(
+            **cfg.trainer, loss=simple_grpo_loss
+        ),
+        ReplayBuffer.options(**cfg.services.replay_buffer).as_service(
+            **cfg.replay_buffer, collate=collate
+        ),
+        ComputeAdvantages.options(**cfg.services.compute_advantages).as_service(),
+        # ReferenceModel.options(**cfg.services.ref_model).as_service(**cfg.ref_model),
+        RewardActor.options(**cfg.services.reward_actor).as_service(
+            reward_functions=[MathReward(), ThinkingReward()]
+        ),
+    )
+    print("All services initialized successfully!")
+
+    # ---- Core RL loops ---- #
+    async def continuous_rollouts():
+        rollout_count = 0
+        pad_id = await dataloader.pad_token.choose()
+        while True:
+            sample = await dataloader.sample.choose()
+            if sample is None:
+                print("Dataloader is empty, exiting continuous rollout")
+                return
+            prompt, target = sample["request"], sample["target"]
+            responses = await policy.generate.choose(prompt)
+            # TODO: this shall be part of the responses metadata instead of a separate call
+            version = await policy.get_version.choose()
+            group = Group.new_group(
+                group_id=rollout_count,
+                group_size=group_size,
+                request=prompt,
+                policy_version=version,
+                pad_id=pad_id,
+                request_len=max_req_tokens,
+                response_len=max_res_tokens,
+                target=target,
+            )
+
+            input_ids = torch.ones(
+                (group_size, max_req_tokens + max_req_tokens),
+                dtype=torch.long,
+                device="cuda",
+            )
+            # Populate episode info and calculate rewards
+            for i, (episode, response) in enumerate(zip(group.episodes, responses)):
+                episode.request_tokens = response.prompt_ids
+                episode.response_tokens = response.token_ids
+                episode.response = response.text
+                input_ids[i, :max_req_tokens] = episode.request_tensor
+                input_ids[i, max_req_tokens:] = episode.response_tensor
+                episode.reward = await reward_actor.evaluate_response.choose(
+                    prompt=prompt, response=response.text, target=target
+                )
+
+            # Calculate reference logprobs
+            # ref_logits = await ref_model.forward.choose(input_ids)
+            # ref_logprobs = compute_logprobs(ref_logits, input_ids[:, max_req_tokens:])
+            # for i, episode in enumerate(group.episodes):
+            #     episode.ref_logprobs = ref_logprobs[i]
+            # del ref_logits, ref_logprobs, input_ids
+
+            # Calculate advantages and add to replay buffer
+            advantages = await compute_advantages.compute.choose(group)
+            for episode, advantage in zip(group.episodes, advantages):
+                episode.advantage = advantage
+                await replay_buffer.add.choose(episode)
+
+            # Log metrics
+            avg_response_len = (
+                sum(len(e.response_tokens) for e in group.episodes) / group_size
+            )
+            mlogger.log("avg_response_len/rollout", avg_response_len, rollout_count)
+            buffer_size = await replay_buffer._numel.choose()
+            mlogger.log("buffer_size/rollout", buffer_size, rollout_count)
+            avg_reward = sum(e.reward for e in group.episodes) / group_size
+            mlogger.log("avg_reward/rollout", avg_reward, rollout_count)
+
+            rollout_count += 1
+
+    async def continuous_training():
+        training_step = 0
+        while True:
+            batch = await replay_buffer.sample.choose(curr_policy_version=training_step)
+            if batch is None:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+            else:
+                inputs, targets = batch
+                loss = await trainer.train_step.choose(inputs, targets)
+                training_step += 1
+                mlogger.log("loss/training_step", loss, training_step)
+                await trainer.push_weights.call(training_step)
+                await policy.update_weights.call(training_step)
+
+    print("Starting GRPO training loops...")
+    # TODO: Start multiple rollouts once all serivces support it
+    rollout_task = asyncio.create_task(continuous_rollouts())
+    training_task = asyncio.create_task(continuous_training())
+
+    try:
+        await asyncio.gather(rollout_task, training_task)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("Training interrupted by user")
+        rollout_task.cancel()
+        training_task.cancel()
+    finally:
+        print("Shutting down...")
+        await asyncio.gather(
+            dataloader.shutdown(),
+            policy.shutdown(),
+            trainer.shutdown(),
+            replay_buffer.shutdown(),
+            compute_advantages.shutdown(),
+            # ref_model.shutdown(),
+            reward_actor.shutdown(),
+        )
+        # TODO - add a global shutdown that implicitly shuts down all services
+        # and remote allocations
+        await shutdown()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    @parse
+    def _main(cfg):
+        asyncio.run(main(cfg))
+
+    _main()  # @parse grabs the cfg from CLI
diff --git a/apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_moe.yaml b/apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_moe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..413a8b1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_moe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Grouped Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO)
+# >>> python -m apps.grpo.main --config apps/grpo/qwen3_8b.yaml
+
+# Global configuration
+group_size: 2
+batch_size: 4
+max_req_tokens: 512
+max_res_tokens: 512
+model: "Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B"
+off_by_n: 1 # Off by one by default
+
+# Dataset configuration
+dataset:
+  path: "openai/gsm8k"
+  revision: "main"
+  data_split: "train"
+  streaming: true
+  model: ${model}
+
+# Policy configuration
+policy:
+  engine_config:
+    model: ${model}
+    tensor_parallel_size: 8
+    pipeline_parallel_size: 1
+    enable_expert_parallel: true
+    enforce_eager: false
+  sampling_config:
+    n: ${group_size}
+    max_tokens: ${max_res_tokens}
+    temperature: 1.0
+    top_p: 1.0
+
+# Trainer configuration
+trainer:
+  model:
+    name: qwen3
+    # TODO: check titan trainer
+    flavor: 30B-A3B
+    hf_assets_path: hf://${model}
+  optimizer:
+    name: AdamW
+    lr: 1e-5
+    eps: 1e-8
+  lr_scheduler:
+    warmup_steps: 1
+  training:
+    local_batch_size: ${batch_size}
+    seq_len: 2048
+    max_norm: 1.0
+    steps: 1000000
+    dtype: bfloat16
+  compile:
+    enable: false
+  parallelism:
+    data_parallel_replicate_degree: 1
+    data_parallel_shard_degree: -1
+    tensor_parallel_degree: 1
+    pipeline_parallel_degree: 1
+    context_parallel_degree: 1
+    expert_parallel_degree: 8
+    disable_loss_parallel: true
+  checkpoint:
+    enable: true
+    initial_load_path: hf://${model}
+    initial_load_in_hf: true
+    last_save_in_hf: true
+    interval: 500
+    async_mode: "disabled"
+  activation_checkpoint:
+    mode: selective
+    selective_ac_option: op
+
+# Replay buffer configuration
+replay_buffer:
+  batch_size: ${batch_size}
+  max_policy_age: ${off_by_n}
+  # TODO: check if we need to change this
+  dp_size: 8
+
+# All resource allocations
+services:
+  dataset:
+    procs: 1
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: false
+  policy:
+    procs: ${policy.engine_config.tensor_parallel_size}
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: true
+  trainer:
+    procs: 8
+    hosts: 1
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: true
+  replay_buffer:
+    procs: 1
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: false
+  compute_advantages:
+    procs: 1
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: false
+  reward_actor:
+    procs: 1
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: false
diff --git a/apps/vllm/main.py b/apps/vllm/main.py
index 6ba1bbbaf..e4d482f60 100644
--- a/apps/vllm/main.py
+++ b/apps/vllm/main.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async def run(cfg: DictConfig):
     import time
 
     print("Requesting generation...")
-    n = 100
+    n = 5
     start = time.time()
     response_outputs: list[Completion] = await asyncio.gather(
         *[policy.generate.choose(prompt=prompt) for _ in range(n)]
diff --git a/apps/vllm/qwen2_5_32b.yaml b/apps/vllm/qwen2_5_32b.yaml
index a7f799bce..8cc9efd79 100644
--- a/apps/vllm/qwen2_5_32b.yaml
+++ b/apps/vllm/qwen2_5_32b.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ policy:
 services:
   policy:
     procs: 4
-    hosts: 1
+    # hosts: 1
     num_replicas: 1
     with_gpus: true
 
diff --git a/apps/vllm/qwen3_30b_moe.yaml b/apps/vllm/qwen3_30b_moe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c03aa3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/vllm/qwen3_30b_moe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+policy:
+  engine_config:
+    model: "Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B"
+    tensor_parallel_size: 8
+    pipeline_parallel_size: 1
+    enable_expert_parallel: true
+    enforce_eager: true
+  sampling_config:
+    n: 2
+    guided_decoding: false
+    max_tokens: 512
+
+services:
+  policy:
+    procs: ${policy.engine_config.tensor_parallel_size}
+    num_replicas: 1
+    with_gpus: true
+
+
+# Optional, otherwise argparse fallback kicks in
+prompt: "Tell me a joke"
diff --git a/src/forge/controller/actor.py b/src/forge/controller/actor.py
index 3cc1e6a48..fb8466c28 100644
--- a/src/forge/controller/actor.py
+++ b/src/forge/controller/actor.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ async def as_actor(cls: Type[T], *args, **actor_kwargs) -> T:
         """
         logger.info("Spawning single actor %s", cls.__name__)
         actor = await cls.launch(*args, **actor_kwargs)
+        logger.info("Successfully spawned single actor %s", cls.__name__)
         return actor
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py b/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py
index 26d51ea5c..7691fd444 100644
--- a/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py
+++ b/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ def bootstrap(gpu_ids: list[str]):
                     os.environ["HYPERACTOR_MESSAGE_DELIVERY_TIMEOUT_SECS"] = "600"
                     os.environ["HYPERACTOR_CODE_MAX_FRAME_LENGTH"] = "1073741824"
 
+                    os.environ["VLLM_LOG_LEVEL"] = "DEBUG"
+                    os.environ["NCCL_DEBUG"] = "INFO"
+                    os.environ["NCCL_DEBUG_SUBSYS"] = "INIT"
+
                 gpu_ids = gpu_manager.get_gpus(num_procs)
                 procs = host_mesh.spawn_procs(
                     per_host={"gpus": num_procs},