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fix(vllm): support legacy generate session API - #15008

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Overview:

Fix vLLM XPU runtime compatibility after #14428 began forwarding session_id to AsyncLLM.generate().

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#14428 added request-native session ID forwarding to vLLM to support the newer vLLM API introduced by vllm-project/vllm#48048. However, Dynamo's XPU runtime currently uses vLLM 0.27.1, whose AsyncLLM.generate() does not accept the session_id keyword argument.

As a result, XPU serve tests fail with:

TypeError: AsyncLLM.generate() got an unexpected keyword argument 'session_id'

This change inspects the installed engine's generate signature and forwards session_id only when the engine supports it. This preserves session ID propagation for newer vLLM versions while restoring compatibility with the existing XPU runtime.

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  • components/src/dynamo/vllm/handlers.py
    • _engine_generate_session_kwargs
    • BaseWorkerHandler.generate_tokens

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Related: #14428

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    • Improved compatibility with different vLLM engine interfaces during token generation.
    • Session information is now passed only when supported, preventing failures with engines that reject unknown parameters.

Signed-off-by: wenxin.zhang <wenxin.zhang@intel.com>
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The vLLM handler now inspects engine_client.generate before passing session_id. Token generation uses the compatibility helper to retain supported session arguments and omit unsupported ones.

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vLLM session compatibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Signature-aware token generation
components/src/dynamo/vllm/handlers.py
_engine_generate_session_kwargs checks whether generate accepts session_id or arbitrary keyword arguments. generate_tokens uses the helper before calling the engine. Signature-inspection failures retain session_id; unsupported signatures omit it.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 47298

The compatibility fix is low risk, but coverage should verify that legacy engines work without session_id.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 1 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the vLLM compatibility fix for legacy generate session APIs.
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In `@components/src/dynamo/vllm/handlers.py`:
- Around line 3275-3281: Add a handler test for generate_tokens using a fake
engine whose generate signature omits session_id, and assert generation succeeds
without that unsupported keyword being passed. Update the relevant fake generate
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Previously reported defects still present:

  • Original discussion: The legacy generate signature coverage defect remains present: the PR changes generate_tokens to omit session_id only when the engine signature rejects it, but the nearest handler tests still use fake generate functions that accept session_id, so they would not fail if the unsupported keyword were still forwarded.

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def _engine_generate_session_kwargs(
engine_client: Any, session_id: str | None
) -> dict[str, str | None]:
"""Return session_id only when the installed vLLM engine accepts it."""

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This private helper's docstring restates behavior already expressed by its name and signature inspection; it records no non-obvious compatibility constraint or rationale.

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Remove the redundant docstring.

trace_headers=trace_headers,
priority=priority,
session_id=session_id,
**_engine_generate_session_kwargs(self.engine_client, session_id),

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This compatibility guard only covers BaseWorkerHandler.generate_tokens. DecodeWorkerHandler.generate routes use_vllm_tokenizer=True requests through _generate_text_mode, which still calls engine_client.generate(..., session_id=session_id) directly, and PrefillWorkerHandler._generate_token_mode does the same. Both paths therefore still raise TypeError on the stated legacy vLLM engine, leaving supported text-mode decode and prefill requests broken.

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Apply _engine_generate_session_kwargs to every remaining direct engine_client.generate call that forwards session_id, including text-mode decode and prefill generation.

trace_headers=trace_headers,
priority=priority,
session_id=session_id,
**_engine_generate_session_kwargs(self.engine_client, session_id),

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This compatibility helper is applied only to the BaseWorkerHandler token path. Legacy vLLM still receives session_id unconditionally from DecodeWorkerHandler's supported text-mode path and PrefillWorkerHandler's supported disaggregated prefill path, so an XPU vLLM 0.27.1 worker raises TypeError for those requests even after this fix. Apply the same conditional expansion at both direct engine_client.generate call sites.

🤖 AI Fix

Use _engine_generate_session_kwargs(self.engine_client, session_id) for every direct vLLM generate invocation that forwards session_id, including decode text mode and prefill mode.

trace_headers=trace_headers,
priority=priority,
session_id=session_id,
**_engine_generate_session_kwargs(self.engine_client, session_id),

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This compatibility wrapper is only used by generate_tokens. The direct AsyncLLM.generate calls in DecodeWorkerHandler._generate_text_mode and PrefillWorkerHandler._generate_token_mode still pass session_id=session_id; on the supported XPU vLLM 0.27.1 signature, both paths raise TypeError before producing output, including when no session ID was supplied.

🤖 AI Fix

Apply _engine_generate_session_kwargs to every remaining direct engine_client.generate call that forwards session_id.

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/ok to test 15b9429

Signed-off-by: Wenxin Zhang <wenxin.zhang@intel.com>
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/ok to test 461e6c1

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