Ensure correct device is used for autocast when mps is selected as Fabric accelerator

src/lightning/fabric/connector.py

@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def _check_and_init_precision(self) -> Precision:
                 if self._precision_input == "16-mixed"
                 else "Using bfloat16 Automatic Mixed Precision (AMP)"
             )
-            device = "cpu" if self._accelerator_flag == "cpu" else "cuda"
+            device = self._accelerator_flag if self._accelerator_flag in ("cpu", "mps") else "cuda"
             return MixedPrecision(precision=self._precision_input, device=device)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
         raise RuntimeError("No precision set")

tests/tests_fabric/test_connector.py

@@ -405,6 +405,13 @@ def test_unsupported_strategy_types_on_cpu_and_fallback():
     assert isinstance(connector.strategy, DDPStrategy)
 
 
+@RunIf(mps=True)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("precision", ["16-mixed", "bf16-mixed"])
+def test_mps_enabled_with_float16_or_bfloat16_precision(precision):
+    connector = _Connector(accelerator="mps", precision=precision)
+    assert connector.precision.device == "mps"
+
+
 def test_invalid_accelerator_choice():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="You selected an invalid accelerator name: `accelerator='cocofruit'`"):
         _Connector(accelerator="cocofruit")

tests/tests_fabric/test_fabric.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import os
+import warnings
 from contextlib import nullcontext
 from re import escape
 from unittest import mock
@@ -735,6 +736,22 @@ def test_autocast():
     fabric._precision.forward_context().__exit__.assert_called()
 
 
+@RunIf(mps=True)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("precision", ["16-mixed", "bf16-mixed"])
+def test_autocast_does_not_use_cuda_on_mps(precision):
+    """Ensure Fabric.autocast on MPS does not fall back to CUDA when using (bf)16-mixed precision."""
+    fabric = Fabric(accelerator="mps", precision=precision)
+    fabric.launch()
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        with fabric.autocast():
+            pass
+
+    for warning in w:
+        assert "device_type of 'cuda'" not in str(warning.message)
+
+
 def test_no_backward_sync():
     """Test that `Fabric.no_backward_sync()` validates the strategy and model is compatible."""
     fabric = Fabric(devices=1)