[Bugfix] Fix Gemma4 reasoning + tool call streaming bugs#2
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Fixes two coupled bugs that caused Gemma4 streaming tool calls to be
silently dropped and the raw <|tool_call>...<tool_call|> text to leak
to downstream consumers (e.g. Telegram messages from an OpenClaw agent).
Reproduces with --stream-interval 20 (or any value greater than or
equal to the length of the tool call in tokens), which batches all
generated tokens into a single SSE chunk.
Bug 1 - is_reasoning_end returns False when <|tool_response> precedes
<|tool_call> in the same delta (vllm/reasoning/gemma4_reasoning_parser.py):
is_reasoning_end searches the token list from the end. It hit
<|tool_response> first and returned False, preventing
state.reasoning_ended from ever being set. The reasoning parser
therefore returned the raw tool-call text as content and it leaked
downstream. Fix: change <|tool_response> from return False to continue
so the search reaches the preceding <|tool_call> token.
Bug 2 - _extract_streaming Case 2 skipped when start and end tokens
arrive together (vllm/tool_parsers/gemma4_tool_parser.py):
Multiple coupled fixes to the streaming tool-call parser to make
single-delta batched chunks work end-to-end:
* Case 2: do not require start_count > end_count - initialise tool
state whenever a new start token appears so _handle_tool_call_end
can emit it correctly. Loop N times for N>1 tool calls in one delta.
* _handle_tool_call_end: iterate over every match up to current_tool_id
and handle each according to its individual streaming state
(prev_tool_call_arr[idx]). Emits name+args for never-streamed calls
and the remaining arg diff for partially-streamed ones; this is what
satisfies the auto_tools_called check in serving.py so finish_reason
is correctly set to \"tool_calls\".
* _extract_content_outside_tool_calls: new helper that walks delta_text
and collects text spans outside <|tool_call>...<tool_call|> pairs,
respecting whether the delta begins inside an active tool call.
Replaces the brittle leading/trailing slicing in Case 3 and Case 4,
which previously could (a) leak raw argument fragments into content
when the delta started inside an ongoing call, (b) lose inter-call
text between multiple tool calls in one delta, and (c) duplicate
inter-call text when an end token preceded a new start token.
* extract_tool_calls_streaming: reset streaming state when
previous_text == \"\" so per-request state does not leak across
sequential requests on a reused parser instance.
Test plan:
VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED=1 .venv/bin/python -m pytest \\
tests/tool_parsers/test_gemma4_tool_parser.py \\
tests/reasoning/test_gemma4_reasoning_parser.py -q
# 87 passed
New unit tests:
* test_complete_tool_call_in_single_delta - entire <|tool_call>...
<tool_call|> as a single chunk; asserts name+args+finish_reason
* test_multiple_tool_calls_in_single_delta - N>1 calls in one chunk
* test_streaming_mixed_partial_and_complete_in_one_delta - partial
call finishing alongside a new complete call in one delta
* test_streaming_inter_call_text_preserved_in_single_delta - plain
text between two tool calls in one delta is preserved
* test_streaming_no_arg_fragment_leak_when_started_inside - delta
beginning inside a tool call does not leak arg fragments as content
* test_streaming_end_then_start_no_duplication - end-then-start in
the same delta does not duplicate the inter-call text
* test_gemma4_tool_response_does_not_block_reasoning_end -
<|tool_call> followed by <|tool_response> still makes
is_reasoning_end return True
…in same delta DelegatingParser.parse_delta() overwrote delta_message with the tool call result when reasoning ended in the same streaming delta that contained the tool call start. The reasoning field extracted by extract_reasoning_streaming() was silently dropped. Reproduces with --stream-interval 20 (or any batch size >= the combined reasoning + tool call token count): the entire <|channel>thought\n...<channel|><|tool_call>...<tool_call|> sequence arrives in one SSE chunk, reasoning is extracted then immediately discarded when _extract_tool_calls_streaming() replaces delta_message. Fix: save delta_message.reasoning before calling _extract_tool_calls_streaming and restore it onto the result. Closes vllm-project#39885 Test plan: .venv/bin/python -m pytest \ tests/reasoning/test_gemma4_reasoning_with_tool_call.py \ tests/reasoning/test_gemma4_reasoning_parser.py \ tests/tool_parsers/test_gemma4_tool_parser.py -q # 90 passed New tests (tests/reasoning/test_gemma4_reasoning_with_tool_call.py): * test_reasoning_then_tool_call_token_by_token * test_reasoning_then_tool_call_single_delta ← was failing before fix * test_reasoning_only_no_tool_call Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When a second generation turn starts after a completed tool call+response exchange, is_reasoning_end(prompt_token_ids) incorrectly returned True because the backward search skipped past <|tool_response> (via continue) and found the prior turn's <|tool_call> token, triggering reasoning_ended=True from the very start of the new turn. With reasoning_ended=True pre-set, all new-turn deltas went directly to the tool parser's extract_tool_calls_streaming(). Since <|tool_call> hadn't appeared yet, the tool parser emitted the <|channel>thought... tokens as content, leaking raw thinking tokens into the response (issue vllm-project#39885). Fix: distinguish between - <|tool_response> as a bare stop token appended to a delta (old behaviour: keep searching backward to find the preceding <|tool_call>) - <|tool_response> paired with a following <tool_response|> end marker in the prompt (completed exchange — model is in a fresh state and may generate new reasoning) Track whether <tool_response|> was seen while searching backward; if so, return False when <|tool_response> is encountered instead of continuing. Add test_reasoning_after_tool_response to verify the fix. Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…is empty
When the model generates <|channel>thought\n<channel|> with no actual
reasoning inside (the 'thought\n' role label is the entire content),
the prefix-stripping logic was returning DeltaMessage(reasoning='')
instead of None. The client received {"reasoning_content": ""} in
the SSE stream, which caused the harness to mis-render a stale
'thought\n<channel|>' thinking box — specifically when the response
contained only a tool call.
Fixes: streaming path (extract_reasoning_streaming) returns None (or
forwards post-channel content without a reasoning field) when the
stripped reasoning is empty. Non-streaming path (extract_reasoning)
likewise maps empty string to None via `or None`.
Adds test_empty_thinking_block_tool_call_no_reasoning_leak covering
both token-by-token and single-delta delivery of the empty-thinking +
tool-call pattern. Updates THOUGHT_PREFIX_ONLY expected value from
'' to None.
Co-authored-by: Claude
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Superseded by upstream PR vllm-project#42875, which now carries all four fixes from this branch:
Verified the four commits are content-equivalent (or superseded) via git patch-id; Gemma4 suite passes (92 passed). Closing in favor of upstream. |
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Summary
Four coupled bugfixes for Gemma4 reasoning + tool call streaming:
Tool calls lost in single delta — when stream_interval is large or speculative decoding bursts many tokens, an entire tool call arrives in one delta and gets silently dropped. Accumulates all phases into one DeltaMessage.
Reasoning lost when reasoning ends and tool call starts in same delta — DelegatingParser.parse_delta() overwrote delta_message with the tool call result, dropping reasoning extracted by the reasoning parser.
Multi-turn reasoning leak after tool response — after a completed tool call+response, is_reasoning_end(prompt_token_ids) incorrectly found the prior turn's tool call token instead of the current prompt, triggering reasoning_ended=True prematurely.
Empty reasoning_content suppression — when the model generates a thought block with no actual reasoning inside, return None instead of empty string to avoid sending {"reasoning_content": ""} to clients.
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