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Clean up for #19964.

Every caller renders through serve/render now, and nothing consults a switch for the pre-merge behavior.

• Remove TRTLLM_RENDER_LEGACY, legacy_render_enabled and RenderResources.legacy_view.
• Remove the router's own renderer (render_chat_request_for_tokenizer and tokenize_chat_request_for_serving in chat_tokenization.py), the router's legacy tokenization path and count_tokens' own estimate. The Harmony tokenization helpers stay.
• render_chat gets an estimate mode for the callers that only need a length (the router's routing ids, count_tokens): media is left out of the text, a model whose own processor builds the prompt is rendered from its text, the extension's preprocessing and refusals are skipped, a named tool_choice is not refused for Harmony, and Harmony messages it cannot convert fall back to the chat template. Chat-template checks still apply. A request the request model rejects has no estimate and the router routes it on no ids.
• The kwargs-guard tests that exercised the removed router renderer now go through the shared pipeline. A template named only inside chat_template_kwargs is judged as the server judges it, and a non-JSON tool-call argument is accepted only where the server accepts it (kimi_k3), so two tests that encoded the old router's behavior are replaced.

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• Removes the legacy renderer switch, legacy tokenization helpers, and RenderResources.legacy_view.
• Adds render_chat_for_length for length-only rendering. It omits media and does not use model-specific input processors. It preserves tool serialization and attempts Harmony conversion before falling back to the tokenizer template when conversion fails.
• Updates router handling to use shared rendering and per-call write-back decisions. Requests that cannot be rendered from the parsed request object route without prompt token IDs.
• Verify Harmony fallback conditions, tool-choice handling, and callers of removed APIs. Review finding counts and test execution results are unavailable.

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• Modifies test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py, test_render_callers.py, and test_render_core.py.
• The tests cover router/server rendering parity, template validation, length rendering, media omission, processor-backed models, tool choices, unrenderable messages, Harmony conversion failures, token counting, and write-back decisions.
• All three test files are listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml. No matching manual-QA list entries were found.
• Coverage verdict: sufficient based on the reported test coverage. Test execution results are unavailable.

Per-File QA Perspective

• tensorrt_llm/serve/chat_tokenization.py: Removes non-Harmony tokenization helpers. Verify callers use the shared rendering path.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py: Removes legacy renderer selection from token counting and multimodal encoding. Verify length-rendering fallback behavior.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/render/__init__.py: Exports render_chat_for_length and new render-error types, and removes legacy_render_enabled. Verify imports and public API callers.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/render/chat.py: Adds length-only rendering and removes legacy rendering. Verify media omission, tool-choice handling, and Harmony fallback.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/render/resources.py: Removes RenderResources.legacy_view. Verify callers use standard render resources.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/resource_governor.py: Always returns standard render resources. Verify resource initialization and routing.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/responses_utils.py: Removes legacy resource selection. Verify response token creation.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/router_utils.py: Uses shared rendering and per-call write-back decisions. Verify unrenderable requests and worker mismatches do not forward prompt IDs.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/render/prompt_types.py: Adds HarmonyConversionError and UnrenderableMessagesError. Verify fallback and routing behavior for these errors.
• tensorrt_llm/serve/harmony_adapter.py: Raises HarmonyConversionError for Harmony conversion failures. Verify callers handle this error as intended.
• tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py: Tests router/server parity and template validation. Listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.
• tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_callers.py: Tests router write-back decisions and caller behavior, including token counting. Listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.
• tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_core.py: Tests length rendering, tool handling, errors, and Harmony behavior. Listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.

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The change removes legacy chat-rendering and tokenization paths. The shared renderer adds text-only length rendering for eligible requests. Router token-ID forwarding now uses structured write-back decisions with local worker details.

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Unified chat rendering and routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Length-only rendering tensorrt_llm/serve/render/chat.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/render/prompt_types.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/render/__init__.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/harmony_adapter.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_core.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_callers.py	The shared renderer adds render_chat_for_length and distinct errors for Harmony conversion failures and unrenderable messages. Length rendering omits media and applies tool-choice handling to a request copy. Anthropic count-token handling uses this path when exact rendering is unsupported.
Router rendering and write-back decisions tensorrt_llm/serve/chat_tokenization.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/router_utils.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_callers.py	The router uses shared rendering instead of legacy tokenization. Write-back decisions return worker mismatch and prompt-text details locally. Tests cover routing without IDs when rendering fails and concurrent mismatch decisions.
Standard render-resource use tensorrt_llm/serve/render/resources.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/resource_governor.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/responses_utils.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_callers.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_core.py	The legacy environment switch and RenderResources.legacy_view are removed. Serving callers use standard render resources, and tests remove legacy-mode expectations.
Router and server rendering parity tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py	Tests compare shared-renderer output across router and server paths for tool calls, content parts, assistant fields, and template selection.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Refactor

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatRouter
  participant render_chat
  participant WorkerFingerprints
  ChatRouter->>render_chat: Render request or obtain length-only token IDs
  render_chat-->>ChatRouter: Return IDs or no IDs
  ChatRouter->>WorkerFingerprints: Check fingerprints and prompt-text needs
  WorkerFingerprints-->>ChatRouter: Return mismatch and prompt-text details
  ChatRouter->>ChatRouter: Forward IDs only when the decision allows it

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A narrow class of invalid Harmony requests can fail at the router instead of receiving the worker’s clear client error. Fix that fallback before merging; the remaining concerns are test gaps.

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Cover the no-estimate routing path.

The existing tests cover UnsupportedRenderError in render_chat, but not the router fallback. Add a test next to TestRouterWriteBack in tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_callers.py with an object-valued tool-call argument that requires the raw request body. Call router._routing_key_sync(request), then assert that it does not raise, request.prompt_token_ids is None, and the returned routing key is present.

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