NotImplementedError: Cannot convert a symbolic Tensor (2nd_target:0) to a numpy array

For me, the issue occurred when upgrading from numpy 1.19 to 1.20 and using ray's RLlib, which uses tensorflow 2.2 internally. Simply downgrading with

pip install numpy==1.19.5

solved the problem; the error did not occur anymore.

Update (comment by @codeananda): You can also update to a newer TensorFlow (2.6+) version now that resolves the problem (pip install -U tensorflow).

I found the solution to this problem:

It was because I mixed symbolic tensor with a non-symbolic type, such as a numpy. For example. It is NOT recommended to have something like this:

def my_mse_loss_b(b):
     def mseb(y_true, y_pred):
         ...
         a = np.ones_like(y_true) #numpy array here is not recommended
         return K.mean(K.square(y_pred - y_true)) + a
     return mseb

Instead, you should convert all to symbolic tensors like this:

def my_mse_loss_b(b):
     def mseb(y_true, y_pred):
         ...
         a = K.ones_like(y_true) #use Keras instead so they are all symbolic
         return K.mean(K.square(y_pred - y_true)) + a
     return mseb

Hope this help!

I faced the same error. When I tried passing my input layer to the Data augmentation Sequential layer. The error and my code is as shown below.
Error:
NotImplementedError: Cannot convert a symbolic Tensor (data_augmentation/random_rotation_5/rotation_matrix/strided_slice:0) to a numpy array. This error may indicate that you're trying to pass a Tensor to a NumPy call, which is not supported.

My code that generated the error:

#Create data augmentation layer using the Sequential model using horizontal flipping, rotations and zoom etc.
data_augmentation = Sequential([
    preprocessing.RandomFlip("horizontal"),
    preprocessing.RandomRotation(0.2),
    preprocessing.RandomZoom(0.2),
    preprocessing.RandomHeight(0.2),
    preprocessing.RandomWidth(0.2)
   # preprocessing.Rescale()
], name="data_augmentation")

# Setting up the input_shape and base model, and freezing the underlying base model layers.
input_shape = (224,224,3)
base_model = tf.keras.applications.EfficientNetB0(include_top=False)
base_model.trainable=False

#Create the input layers
inputs = tf.keras.Input(shape=input_shape, name="input_layer")

#Add in data augmentation Sequential model as a layer
x = data_augmentation(inputs) #This is the line of code that generated the error.

My solution to the generated Error: Solution 1: I was running on a lower version of Tensorflow version 2.4.0. So i uninstalled it and reinstalled it to get a higher version 2.6.0. The newer tensor flow version automatically uninstalls and reinstall numpy version (1.19.5) (if numpy is already installed in your local machine). This will automatically solve the bug. Enter the below commands in the terminal of your current conda environment:

pip uninstall tensorflow
pip install tensorflow

Solution 2: Its the simplest of all the suggested solutions I guess. Run your code in Google colab instead of your local machine. Colab will always have the latest packages preinstalled.

I tried to add a SimpleRNN layer to my model and I received a similar error (NotImplementedError: Cannot convert a symbolic Tensor (SimpleRNN-1/strided_slice:0) to a numpy array) with Python 3.9.5.

When I created another environment with Python 3.8.10 and all the other modules I needed, the issue was solved.

As others have indicated this is due to an incompatibility between specific tensorflow versions and specific numpy versions.

The following is my specific environment and the list of packages I have installed:

conda version 4.11.0

Commands to setup working environment:

conda activate base
conda create -y --name myenv python=3.9
conda activate myenv
conda install -y tensorflow=2.4
conda install -y numpy=1.19.2
conda install -y keras

System Information

System:    Kernel: 5.4.0-100-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una 
           base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20308 v: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 14 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 14 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Strawberry 4A v: 31900059Std serial: <filter> UEFI: LENOVO 
           v: 8ACN30WW date: 12/06/2013 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell 
           rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 18357 
           Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 4: 799 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0a16 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.6 
           compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
 

I ran into this issue while converting darknet weights to a TensorFlow model. I got rid of this issue when I created a new environment with Tensorflow v2.3 ( earlier it was Tensorflow v2.2) and NumPy comes preinstalled with it.

So maybe updating your TF version might solve this problem.

I had the same problem and resolved it.

To find the root cause, I created a new anaconda environment with python 3.8 and conda installed tensorflow (installs 2.4)

When I ran the keras LSTM code, it bugged out on

rnnmodel.add(LSTM(128, dropout=0.2, recurrent_dropout=0.2))

Fixed it by installing the latest tensorflow 2.8

pip uninstall tensorflow
pip install tensorflow

The following config works for me.

python=3.8

tensorflow=2.8.0

Go to the Anaconda Navigator Find your installed package (numpy) Click on the green hook left beside the package "mark for specific version installation" Select version, apply