diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml
index 826dfc70b552f..8ddbf2a5ddb8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
       - ".github/workflows/ci-app-tests.yml"
       - "src/lightning_app/**"
       - "tests/tests_app/**"
-      - "examples/app_*"  # some tests_app tests call examples files
+      - "examples/app_*/**"  # some tests_app tests call examples files
       - "requirements/app/**"
       - "setup.py"
       - ".actions/**"
diff --git a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py
index 5feed8a8864c3..e6764ee8fafae 100644
--- a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py
+++ b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 
 class LightningTrainerDistributed(L.LightningWork):
-    @staticmethod
-    def run():
+    def run(self):
         model = BoringModel()
         trainer = L.Trainer(max_epochs=10, strategy="ddp")
         trainer.fit(model)
diff --git a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pt_multinode.py b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pt_multinode.py
index 585b85540bf61..86bd7da10c6ff 100644
--- a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pt_multinode.py
+++ b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hello_components/pt_multinode.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ def distributed_train(local_rank: int, main_address: str, main_port: int, num_no
     # 2. PREPARE DISTRIBUTED MODEL
     model = torch.nn.Linear(32, 2)
     device = torch.device(f"cuda:{local_rank}") if torch.cuda.is_available() else torch.device("cpu")
-    device_ids = device if torch.cuda.is_available() else None
-    model = DistributedDataParallel(model, device_ids=device_ids).to(device)
+    model = DistributedDataParallel(model, device_ids=[local_rank]).to(device)
 
     # 3. SETUP LOSS AND OPTIMIZER
     criterion = torch.nn.MSELoss()
diff --git a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hero_components.rst b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hero_components.rst
index 81fecc9461403..396cd96ed0d26 100644
--- a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hero_components.rst
+++ b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/hero_components.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. lit_tabs::
    :titles: Hello world; Hello GPU world; PyTorch & ⚡⚡⚡ Trainer (1+ cloud GPUs); Train PyTorch (cloud GPU); Train PyTorch (32 cloud GPUs); Deploy a model on cloud GPUs; Run a model script;  XGBoost; Streamlit demo
    :code_files: /levels/basic/hello_components/hello_world.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/hello_world_gpu.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/train_pytorch.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pt_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/deploy_model.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/run_ptl_script.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/xgboost.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/streamlit_demo.py
-   :highlights: 7; 10, 11; 10-12, 17, 18; 4, 8, 12, 18-19, 26; 5, 10, 22, 28, 32, 42, 58-60; 3, 11-12, 25, 29; 7, 10; 15, 21; 9, 15, 24
+   :highlights: 7; 10, 11; 9-11, 16, 17; 4, 8, 12, 18-19, 26; 5, 10, 22, 27, 31, 41, 57-59; 3, 11-12, 25, 29; 7, 10; 15, 21; 9, 15, 24
    :enable_run: true
    :tab_rows: 3
    :height: 620px
diff --git a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/real_lightning_component_implementations.rst b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/real_lightning_component_implementations.rst
index da413f459234a..268517463c612 100644
--- a/docs/source-app/levels/basic/real_lightning_component_implementations.rst
+++ b/docs/source-app/levels/basic/real_lightning_component_implementations.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ or cloud GPUs without code changes.
 .. lit_tabs::
    :descriptions: import Lightning; We're using a demo LightningModule; Move your training code here (usually your main.py); Pass your component to the multi-node executor (it works on CPU or single GPUs also); Select the number of machines (nodes). Here we choose 2.; Choose from over 15+ machine types. This one has 4 v100 GPUs.; Initialize the App object that executes the component logic.
    :code_files: /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py;  /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py; /levels/basic/hello_components/pl_multinode.py;
-   :highlights: 2; 4; 10-12; 15-18; 17; 18; 20
+   :highlights: 2; 4; 9-11; 14-17; 16; 17; 19
    :enable_run: true
    :tab_rows: 5
    :height: 420px
diff --git a/examples/app_multi_node/train_lt.py b/examples/app_multi_node/train_lt.py
index c9e2f62392a56..4abe375c89b9b 100644
--- a/examples/app_multi_node/train_lt.py
+++ b/examples/app_multi_node/train_lt.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# app.py
 import lightning as L
 from lightning.app.components import LightningTrainerMultiNode
 from lightning.pytorch.demos.boring_classes import BoringModel
@@ -6,18 +7,14 @@
 class LightningTrainerDistributed(L.LightningWork):
     def run(self):
         model = BoringModel()
-        trainer = L.Trainer(
-            max_steps=1000,
-            strategy="ddp",
-        )
+        trainer = L.Trainer(max_epochs=10, strategy="ddp")
         trainer.fit(model)
 
 
-# Run over 2 nodes of 4 x V100
-app = L.LightningApp(
-    LightningTrainerMultiNode(
-        LightningTrainerDistributed,
-        num_nodes=2,
-        cloud_compute=L.CloudCompute("gpu-fast-multi"),  # 4 x V100
-    )
+# 8 GPU: (2 nodes of 4 x v100)
+component = LightningTrainerMultiNode(
+    LightningTrainerDistributed,
+    num_nodes=4,
+    cloud_compute=L.CloudCompute("gpu-fast-multi"),  # 4 x v100
 )
+app = L.LightningApp(component)
diff --git a/examples/app_multi_node/train_pytorch.py b/examples/app_multi_node/train_pytorch.py
index 9ce662fa40009..9599bce5bbd85 100644
--- a/examples/app_multi_node/train_pytorch.py
+++ b/examples/app_multi_node/train_pytorch.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# app.py
+# ! pip install torch
 import torch
 from torch.nn.parallel.distributed import DistributedDataParallel
 
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 def distributed_train(local_rank: int, main_address: str, main_port: int, num_nodes: int, node_rank: int, nprocs: int):
-    # 1. Setting distributed environment
+    # 1. SET UP DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT
     global_rank = local_rank + node_rank * nprocs
     world_size = num_nodes * nprocs
 
@@ -18,52 +20,42 @@ def distributed_train(local_rank: int, main_address: str, main_port: int, num_no
             init_method=f"tcp://{main_address}:{main_port}",
         )
 
-    # 2. Prepare the model
-    model = torch.nn.Sequential(
-        torch.nn.Linear(1, 1),
-        torch.nn.ReLU(),
-        torch.nn.Linear(1, 1),
-    )
-
-    # 3. Setup distributed training
+    # 2. PREPARE DISTRIBUTED MODEL
+    model = torch.nn.Linear(32, 2)
     device = torch.device(f"cuda:{local_rank}") if torch.cuda.is_available() else torch.device("cpu")
-    model = DistributedDataParallel(model.to(device), device_ids=[local_rank] if torch.cuda.is_available() else None)
+    model = DistributedDataParallel(model, device_ids=[local_rank]).to(device)
 
-    # 4. Prepare loss and optimizer
+    # 3. SETUP LOSS AND OPTIMIZER
     criterion = torch.nn.MSELoss()
     optimizer = torch.optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=0.01)
 
-    # 5. Train the model for 1000 steps.
-    for step in range(1000):
+    # 4.TRAIN THE MODEL FOR 50 STEPS
+    for step in range(50):
         model.zero_grad()
-        x = torch.tensor([0.8]).to(device)
-        target = torch.tensor([1.0]).to(device)
+        x = torch.randn(64, 32).to(device)
         output = model(x)
-        loss = criterion(output, target)
+        loss = criterion(output, torch.ones_like(output))
         print(f"global_rank: {global_rank} step: {step} loss: {loss}")
         loss.backward()
         optimizer.step()
 
+    # 5. VERIFY ALL COPIES OF THE MODEL HAVE THE SAME WEIGTHS AT END OF TRAINING
+    weight = model.module.weight.clone()
+    torch.distributed.all_reduce(weight)
+    assert torch.equal(model.module.weight, weight / world_size)
+
+    print("Multi Node Distributed Training Done!")
+
 
 class PyTorchDistributed(L.LightningWork):
-    def run(
-        self,
-        main_address: str,
-        main_port: int,
-        num_nodes: int,
-        node_rank: int,
-    ):
+    def run(self, main_address: str, main_port: int, num_nodes: int, node_rank: int):
         nprocs = torch.cuda.device_count() if torch.cuda.is_available() else 1
         torch.multiprocessing.spawn(
             distributed_train, args=(main_address, main_port, num_nodes, node_rank, nprocs), nprocs=nprocs
         )
 
 
-# Run over 2 nodes of 4 x V100
-app = L.LightningApp(
-    MultiNode(
-        PyTorchDistributed,
-        num_nodes=2,
-        cloud_compute=L.CloudCompute("gpu-fast-multi"),  # 4 x V100
-    )
-)
+# 32 GPUs: (8 nodes x 4 v 100)
+compute = L.CloudCompute("gpu-fast-multi")  # 4xV100
+component = MultiNode(PyTorchDistributed, num_nodes=2, cloud_compute=compute)
+app = L.LightningApp(component)