AttributeError: module 'tensorflow' has no attribute 'compat' when loading tf.compat.v1.train.SessionRunHook

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Answer 1

Special note for Conda users:

When one enters conda install tensorflow it installs 2.1.0 but it brings with it tensorflow-estimator 2.2.0. To fix this problem simply run conda install tensorflow-estimator==2.1.0 after installing tensorflow 2.1.0 in Conda.

This advice is valid until conda switches to TF 2.2.0 (or better yet to 2.3.0)

credits to this TF github thread

UPDATE: as of 10-Dec-2020 Conda has TF 2.3.0 for Windows and 2.2.0 for Linux. Check here to see current state of TF support in Conda.