CocoDetection wrapped with wrap_dataset_for_transforms_v2 returns image_id even if not in target_keys #9162

🐛 Describe the bug

The COCO dataset contains examples without any object. For these samples, the target list returned by CocoDetection is empty. After wrapping the dataset with wrap_dataset_for_transforms_v2, it always returns {'image_id': image_id} for these empty samples, even if "image_id" is not in the target_keys wrapper argument. This can cause bugs downstream, for example when batching, or in custom target transformers relying on the absence of the image_id entry.

See below for a minimal example using a target transformer to encode class ids to multi-label binary vectors:

import pathlib

import torch
from torchvision import datasets
from torchvision.transforms import v2

DATA_ROOT = pathlib.Path("data") / "COCO"
ANNOTATIONS_DIR = DATA_ROOT / "annotations"

val_dataset_notransform = datasets.CocoDetection(
    str(DATA_ROOT / "val2017"),
    ANNOTATIONS_DIR / "instances_val2017.json",
)
cat_ids = torch.tensor(sorted(val_dataset_notransform.coco.getCatIds()))
multi_label_binarizer = v2.Lambda(
    lambda y: torch.zeros(
        len(cat_ids), dtype=torch.float
    ).scatter_(
        dim=0, index=torch.bucketize(y, cat_ids), value=1
    )
)

val_dataset = datasets.CocoDetection(
    str(DATA_ROOT / "val2017"),
    ANNOTATIONS_DIR / "instances_val2017.json",
    target_transform=multi_label_binarizer,
)
val_dataset = datasets.wrap_dataset_for_transforms_v2(val_dataset, target_keys=['labels'])

for i in range(len(val_dataset)):
    try:
        val_dataset[i]
    except:
        print(f"Error at {i=}")
        raise

Versions

Collecting environment information...
PyTorch version: 2.7.1+cu126
Is debug build: False
CUDA used to build PyTorch: 12.6
ROCM used to build PyTorch: N/A

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (x86_64)
GCC version: (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0
Clang version: Could not collect
CMake version: version 3.28.3
Libc version: glibc-2.39

Python version: 3.12.9 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Feb 6 2025, 18:56:27) [GCC 11.2.0] (64-bit runtime)
Python platform: Linux-5.15.0-122-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39
Is CUDA available: False
CUDA runtime version: 12.8.61
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING set to: N/A
GPU models and configuration: Could not collect
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/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_adv.so.9.7.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_cnn.so.9.7.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_engines_precompiled.so.9.7.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_engines_runtime_compiled.so.9.7.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_graph.so.9.7.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_heuristic.so.9.7.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops.so.9.7.0
Is XPU available: False
HIP runtime version: N/A
MIOpen runtime version: N/A
Is XNNPACK available: True

CPU:
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 60
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-59
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU family: 6
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Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 60
Stepping: 7
BogoMIPS: 5786.40
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L2 cache: 240 MiB (60 instances)
L3 cache: 960 MiB (60 instances)
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Vulnerability Retbleed: Mitigation; Enhanced IBRS
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Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
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Vulnerability Srbds: Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort: Mitigation; TSX disabled

Versions of relevant libraries:
[pip3] numpy==2.3.0
[pip3] nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.6.4.1
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.6.80
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.6.77
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.6.77
[pip3] nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.5.1.17
[pip3] nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.3.0.4
[pip3] nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.7.77
[pip3] nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.7.1.2
[pip3] nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.5.4.2
[pip3] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12==0.6.3
[pip3] nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.26.2
[pip3] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.6.85
[pip3] nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.6.77
[pip3] torch==2.7.1
[pip3] torchaudio==2.7.1
[pip3] torchvision==0.22.1
[pip3] triton==3.3.1
[conda] numpy 2.3.0 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cublas-cu12 12.6.4.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12 12.6.80 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12 12.6.77 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 12.6.77 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cudnn-cu12 9.5.1.17 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufft-cu12 11.3.0.4 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-curand-cu12 10.3.7.77 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusolver-cu12 11.7.1.2 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparse-cu12 12.5.4.2 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12 0.6.3 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-nccl-cu12 2.26.2 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 12.6.85 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvtx-cu12 12.6.77 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torch 2.7.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torchaudio 2.7.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] torchvision 0.22.1 pypi_0 pypi
[conda] triton 3.3.1 pypi_0 pypi