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+import pytest
+import os
+from trainers import get_trainer
+from utils.metrics import Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1Score
+from datasets.transformations import get_transforms
+from datasets.dataset import get_dataset
+from models import get_model
+import torch
+import yaml
+
+CONFIG_TEST = {}
+
+with open("./config/config_test.yaml", 'r') as file:
+    CONFIG_TEST = yaml.safe_load(file)
+
+def test_checkpoint_functionality():
+    device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+
+    transforms = get_transforms(CONFIG_TEST)
+    data = get_dataset(
+        name=CONFIG_TEST['data']['name'],
+        root_dir=CONFIG_TEST['data']['dataset_path'],
+        train=True,
+        transform=transforms
+    )
+
+    # Split the data
+    train_size = int(0.64 * len(data))  # 80% for training, of which 80% is train and 20% is val
+    test_size = len(data) - train_size
+    data_train, data_test = torch.utils.data.random_split(data, [train_size, test_size], generator=torch.Generator().manual_seed(42))
+
+    train_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(data_train, batch_size=CONFIG_TEST['training']['batch_size'], shuffle=True)
+    test_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(data_test, batch_size=CONFIG_TEST['training']['batch_size'], shuffle=False)
+
+    model = get_model(CONFIG_TEST['model']['name'], CONFIG_TEST['model']['num_classes'], CONFIG_TEST['model']['pretrained']).to(device)
+    
+    criterion = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
+    optimizer = torch.optim.Adam
+    optimizer_params = {'lr': CONFIG_TEST['training']['learning_rate']}
+    metrics = [Accuracy(), Precision(), Recall(), F1Score()]
+
+    trainer = get_trainer(CONFIG_TEST['trainer'], model=model, device=device)
+    
+    checkpoint_dir = "./outputs/checkpoints/"
+    os.makedirs(checkpoint_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    
+    # Build and train partially
+    trainer.build(
+        criterion=criterion,
+        optimizer_class=optimizer,
+        optimizer_params=optimizer_params,
+        metrics=metrics
+    )
+    trainer.train(
+        train_loader=train_loader,
+        num_epochs=6,  # Train less epochs initially
+        checkpoint_dir=checkpoint_dir,
+        verbose=False
+    )
+
+    checkpoint_path = os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, 'checkpoint_epoch_5.pth')
+    assert os.path.exists(checkpoint_dir), "Checkpoint file was not created."
+
+    # Modify the model (to simulate that loading is necessary)
+    for param in model.parameters():
+        param.data.zero_()
+
+    # Load the checkpoint
+    trainer.load_checkpoint(checkpoint_path)
+
+    # Continue training
+    trainer.train(
+        train_loader=train_loader,
+        num_epochs=2,  # Complete the training
+        checkpoint_dir=checkpoint_dir,
+        verbose=False
+    )
+
+    # Evaluation to ensure no degradation or improvement
+    _, metrics_results = trainer.evaluate(test_loader, verbose=False)
+    assert all([v >= 0 for v in metrics_results.values()]), "Metrics after resuming are not valid."
+
+test_checkpoint_functionality()