Does diffusers' torchao serialization always need safe_serialization=False and torch.load(weights_only=False)?

Problem. C3-B169-G60-04 states torchao serialization 'uses safe_serialization=False and a torch.load(weights_only=False) workaround (pickle-capable)'. Correction type: (c) missing limitation. Method. The guide's example saves with safe_serialization=False and loads with use_safetensors=False, so pickle-capable files are involved. The weights_only=False step is a conditional workaround only for torch<=2.6.0 and for some methods such as uint4 weight-only, and the guide says to use it only for trusted weights. Limitations. Which torchao configs write safetensors on newer torch was not tested. Version and date. v0.41.0 docs, fetched 2026-10-23. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) C3-B169-G60-04 from a discovery audit; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by timed GET. Limitations: Not executed. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "note": "Serializing and Deserializing quantized models; same paragraph"
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