[AlexanderFengler]

Closes #1494

• The vector initval jitter (initval_jitter, applied once in __init__) drew from NumPy's unseeded global RNG; sample() reuses the stored initvals, so random_seed never reached it and any model with a group term gave a different posterior in every new process.
• The jitter now comes from a fixed-seed np.random.Generator. Seeding at build time (not re-jittering from random_seed at sample time) keeps initval_jitter's meaning and what model.initvals returns, which sample(), vi() and users read; all chains already share that one start.
• New test runs a seeded v ~ 1 + x + (1|subject) fit in two concurrent subprocesses (PYTHONHASHSEED=0) and compares posterior hashes (~9 s); it fails on main.
• Independent of Keep list_params order for the family's auxiliary parameters #1493 (free-RV order vs hash seed): together they make seeded hierarchical fits reproducible across processes.
• Changelog item 24 under 0.5.1, after Keep list_params order for the family's auxiliary parameters #1493's item 23 (set_floatX("float32") leaves JAX matmuls at TF32 on Ampere+ GPUs, so LAN fits can fail to converge #1463 and CPN input contract: pass the observed choice to the choice-probability network #1324 also claim 23).
• Merge order: Keep list_params order for the family's auxiliary parameters #1493's item 23 ends by telling users to seed np.random or set initval_jitter=0 for group-term models. Whichever of the two PRs merges second drops those two sentences.

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Initialization jitter now uses a local NumPy generator seeded with 0. A new test runs the same hierarchical model in two fresh processes and compares posterior hashes.

Changes: Cross-process reproducibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Deterministic jitter and reproducibility check src/hssm/base.py, tests/test_initvals.py, docs/changelog.md	The jitter routines use a generator seeded with 0 instead of NumPy’s global RNG. Existing jitter exclusions, magnitude, and dtype handling remain. A subprocess test compares sorted posterior-variable hashes from two runs with the same PYTHONHASHSEED. The changelog documents the change.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: cpaniaguam, digicosmos86

Merge Risk: Low · up to 7e4ea

The reproducibility test may leave fitting processes running after a timeout. This is a localized test-runner risk that can be addressed before or shortly after merge.

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title "Seed the initval jitter so seeded fits reproduce across processes" matches the main change. The PR makes vector initval jitter use a fixed-seed NumPy Generator (seeded with 0) at model-buil…
Linked Issues check		[#1494] The issue requires that sample(random_seed=...) give the same posterior across processes for group-term models, with initval_jitter keeping its meaning. The diff to src/hssm/base.py meet…
Out of Scope Changes check		All changes between merge base a0f7e62 and head 7e4ea46 serve #1494. The base.py diff changes only the jitter RNG source and threads the generator through the two private helpers. The `tests/test_in…

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The title "Seed the initval jitter so seeded fits reproduce across processes" matches the main change. The PR makes vector initval jitter use a fixed-seed NumPy Generator (seeded with 0) at model-build time instead of the unseeded global NumPy RNG, so seeded fits reproduce across processes. The title is specific, concise, and within the changeset scope. The changelog and test additions support the same goal.

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[#1494] The issue requires that sample(random_seed=...) give the same posterior across processes for group-term models, with initval_jitter keeping its meaning. The diff to src/hssm/base.py meets this. _jitter_initvals now creates rng = np.random.default_rng(0) and passes it to __jitter_initvals_vector_only and __jitter_initvals_all. Both routines call rng.uniform(-jitter_epsilon, jitter_epsilon, shape).astype(np.float32) in place of np.random.uniform. The jitter magnitude, the float32 cast, and the dtype restore are unchanged. The jitter is therefore fixed at build time, self._initvals holds the same values in every process, and sample() reuses them. The new test test_seeded_hierarchical_sample_reproducible_across_processes in tests/test_initvals.py runs a seeded v ~ 1 + x + (1|subject) fit in two subprocesses with PYTHONHASHSEED=0 and compares posterior hashes. This covers the issue scenario. Limits: I did not run the test. The PR states it fails on main. The diff shows no other np.random use on the initval path, but I did not read all of base.py, so I did not confirm that no other unseeded source affects the posterior.

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All changes between merge base a0f7e62 and head 7e4ea46 serve #1494. The base.py diff changes only the jitter RNG source and threads the generator through the two private helpers. The tests/test_initvals.py diff adds the os, subprocess, and sys imports and a subprocess-based reproducibility test. Both support the fix. The changelog entry (item 24 under 0.5.1, per the raw summary) documents the same behavior. No unrelated source, API, or configuration change appears in the summarized changes. The PR does not change the free-RV order work in #1493, which the PR describes as separate.

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Clean up both fit subprocesses when communication fails.

If communicate(timeout=600) expires, Python raises without killing the child. The other fit can remain active too. The test also has a 600-second pytest timeout and a failure retry, so unfinished fits can consume resources during the retry. Kill and drain both processes on failure. Set the communication timeout below the pytest limit. (docs.python.org)

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Update the test’s `procs` communication flow so its timeout is shorter than the
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