diff --git a/apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_a3b.yaml b/apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_a3b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf155c2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_a3b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+# Grouped Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) for Qwen3 30B-A3B
+# >>> python -m apps.grpo.main --config apps/grpo/qwen3_30b_a3b.yaml
+
+# Global configuration
+group_size: 4  # Reduced for initial testing to avoid OOM
+local_batch_size: 1 # per-device batch size (reduced for 30B MoE model to avoid OOM)
+max_req_tokens: 512  # Reduced for initial testing
+max_res_tokens: 512  # Reduced for initial testing
+model: "Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B"
+off_by_n: 1 # Off by one by default
+
+# GPU allocation for single-node (8 GPUs total):
+# - Trainer: 4 GPUs (EP=4 for MoE experts)
+# - Policy: 2 GPUs (EP=2 for MoE experts)
+# - Ref Model: 2 GPUs (EP=2 for MoE experts)
+
+# Main loop configuration
+rollout_threads: 1   # Recommended to set equal to policy.num_replicas
+
+# Observability configuration
+metric_logging:
+  wandb:
+    project: grpo-training
+    group: qwen3_30b_a3b_exp_${oc.env:USER}
+    logging_mode: global_reduce # global_reduce, per_rank_reduce, per_rank_no_reduce
+  console:
+    logging_mode: global_reduce
+
+# Dataset configuration
+dataset:
+  path: "openai/gsm8k"
+  revision: "main"
+  data_split: "train"
+  streaming: true
+  model: ${model}
+
+# Policy configuration (uses vLLM for generation)
+policy:
+  engine_args:  # https://docs.vllm.ai/en/v0.10.0/api/vllm/engine/arg_utils.html#vllm.engine.arg_utils.EngineArgs
+    model: ${model}
+    tensor_parallel_size: 2  # 2 GPUs for policy
+    pipeline_parallel_size: 1
+    enable_expert_parallel: true  # Enable expert parallelism for MoE
+    enforce_eager: false
+  sampling_params:  # https://docs.vllm.ai/en/v0.10.0/api/vllm/sampling_params.html#vllm.sampling_params.SamplingParams
+    n: ${group_size}
+    max_tokens: ${max_res_tokens}
+    temperature: 1.0
+    top_p: 1.0
+
+# Trainer configuration
+trainer:
+  model:
+    name: qwen3
+    flavor: 30B-A3B
+    hf_assets_path: hf://${model}
+  optimizer:
+    name: AdamW
+    lr: 8e-5
+    eps: 1e-8
+  lr_scheduler:
+    warmup_steps: 100
+    decay_ratio: 0.8
+    decay_type: "linear"
+    min_lr_factor: 0.0
+  training:
+    local_batch_size: ${local_batch_size}
+    seq_len: ${sum:${max_req_tokens},${max_res_tokens}}  # seq_len >= max_req_tokens + max_res_tokens
+    max_norm: 1.0
+    steps: 1000000
+    dtype: bfloat16
+    gc_freq: 1
+  compile:
+    enable: false
+    components: ["model", "loss"]
+  parallelism:
+    data_parallel_replicate_degree: 1
+    data_parallel_shard_degree: 4  # Must satisfy: dp_replicate * dp_shard * cp * tp * pp = world_size (4)
+    tensor_parallel_degree: 1
+    pipeline_parallel_degree: 1
+    context_parallel_degree: 1
+    expert_parallel_degree: 4  # EP borrows from dp_shard for MoE
+    expert_tensor_parallel_degree: 1
+    disable_loss_parallel: true
+  checkpoint:
+    enable: true
+    folder: ./checkpoint              # The folder to save checkpoints to.
+    initial_load_path: hf://${model}
+    initial_load_in_hf: true          # If true, interpret initial_load_path as a HuggingFace model repo
+    last_save_in_hf: true
+    interval: 500
+    async_mode: "disabled"
+  activation_checkpoint:
+    mode: selective
+    selective_ac_option: op
+  quantize:
+    linear:
+      float8:
+        enable_fsdp_float8_all_gather: false
+        precompute_float8_dynamic_scale_for_fsdp: false
+        recipe_name: "rowwise"
+        filter_fqns: ["output", "router.gate"]
+    grouped_mm:
+      float8:
+        fqns: ["experts"]
+  comm:
+    trace_buf_size: 0
+
+# Replay buffer configuration
+replay_buffer:
+  batch_size: ${local_batch_size}
+  max_policy_age: ${off_by_n}
+  dp_size: 4  # Total DP degree: dp_replicate * dp_shard = 1 * 4 = 4
+
+# Reference model configuration
+ref_model:
+  model:
+    name: qwen3
+    flavor: 30B-A3B
+    hf_assets_path: hf://${model}
+  training:
+    seq_len: ${trainer.training.seq_len}
+    dtype: bfloat16
+    gc_freq: 1
+  compile:
+    enable: false
+  parallelism:
+    data_parallel_replicate_degree: 1
+    data_parallel_shard_degree: 1  # Must satisfy: dp_replicate * dp_shard * cp * tp * pp = world_size (2)
+    tensor_parallel_degree: 2
+    pipeline_parallel_degree: 1
+    context_parallel_degree: 1
+    expert_parallel_degree: 2  # EP borrows from dp_shard for MoE
+    expert_tensor_parallel_degree: 1
+  checkpoint:
+    enable: true
+    initial_load_path: hf://${model}
+    initial_load_in_hf: true
+  quantize:
+    linear:
+      float8:
+        enable_fsdp_float8_all_gather: false
+        precompute_float8_dynamic_scale_for_fsdp: false
+        recipe_name: "rowwise"
+        filter_fqns: ["output", "router.gate"]
+    grouped_mm:
+      float8:
+        fqns: ["experts"]
+  comm:
+    trace_buf_size: 0
+
+# All resource allocations
+services:
+  policy:
+    procs: 2  # 2 GPUs for policy with expert parallelism
+    num_replicas: 1
+    mesh_name: policy
+    with_gpus: true
+  ref_model:
+    procs: 2  # 2 GPUs for reference model with expert parallelism
+    num_replicas: 1
+    mesh_name: ref_model
+    with_gpus: true
+  reward_actor:
+    procs: 1
+    num_replicas: 1
+    mesh_name: reward_actor
+    with_gpus: false
+
+actors:
+  dataset:
+    procs: 1
+    with_gpus: false
+    mesh_name: dataset
+  trainer:
+    procs: 4  # 4 GPUs for trainer with expert parallelism
+    with_gpus: true
+    mesh_name: trainer
+  replay_buffer:
+    procs: 1
+    with_gpus: false
+    mesh_name: replay_buffer
+  compute_advantages:
+    procs: 1
+    with_gpus: false
+    mesh_name: compute_advantages
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8460b5b78..9ad7363b7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # PyTorch
     "torch==2.9.0",
     "torchdata>=0.8.0",
-    "torchtitan==0.2.0",
+    "torchtitan==0.1.0.dev20251029",
     "torchmonarch==0.1.2",
     "torchstore==0.1.2",
     # vLLM
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ members = [
 name = "pytorch-cu128"
 url  = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128"
 
+# pytorch nightly
+[[tool.uv.index]]
+name = "pytorch-nightly-cu128"
+url = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu128"
+
 # vllm
 [[tool.uv.index]]
 name = "vllm-forge"
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ url = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/preview/forge"
 
 [tool.uv.sources]
 torch = { index = "pytorch-cu128" }
+torchtitan = { index = "pytorch-nightly-cu128" }
 vllm = { index = "vllm-forge" }
 
 [tool.uv]
diff --git a/src/forge/actors/reference_model.py b/src/forge/actors/reference_model.py
index 02a6e1410..973220f6a 100644
--- a/src/forge/actors/reference_model.py
+++ b/src/forge/actors/reference_model.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     Compile,
     Model,
     Parallelism,
+    Quantize,
     Training,
 )
 from torchtitan.experiments.forge.engine import ForgeEngine
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ class ReferenceModel(ForgeActor):
         (TP, PP, CP, DP)
         checkpoint (Checkpoint): Checkpoint loading configuration
         compile (Compile): Torch compilation settings
+        quantize (Quantize): Quantization settings (float8, etc.)
         comm (Comm): Communication backend configuration
         training (Training): Training-related settings (dtype, garbage
         collection, etc.)
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ class ReferenceModel(ForgeActor):
     parallelism: Parallelism = field(default_factory=Parallelism)
     checkpoint: Checkpoint = field(default_factory=Checkpoint)
     compile: Compile = field(default_factory=Compile)
+    quantize: Quantize = field(default_factory=Quantize)
     comm: Comm = field(default_factory=Comm)
     training: Training = field(
         default_factory=Training