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fix(protocols): route batched generate requests on their token ids - #2158

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Description

Problem

GenerateRequest::routing_tokens() only returns token ids for the InputIds::Single form. A /generate request with batched input_ids (InputIds::Batch) returns None, so the HTTP router falls back to extract_text_for_routing(), which renders the token ids as decimal strings. Token-based routing policies (cache-aware token tree, prefix_hash token hashing) then route on a string rendering instead of the actual tokens and lose their affinity signal.

Solution

Return the first sequence's tokens for a non-empty batch. A batch is dispatched to a single worker, so the first sequence is the best available affinity signal, and any token-based signal beats a decimal-string rendering. An empty batch, or a batch whose first sequence is empty, still returns None and keeps the existing text fallback. Requests with text set are unchanged.

Changes

  • crates/protocols/src/generate.rs: routing_tokens() now handles InputIds::Batch by returning the first non-empty sequence.
  • Tests: added routing_tokens_from_batch_first_sequence; replaced routing_tokens_none_for_batch_and_empty with routing_tokens_none_for_empty_inputs (empty batch, batch with empty first sequence, no input).

Test Plan

  • cargo +nightly fmt --all --check — clean
  • cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings — clean (Finished dev profile ... in 17m 23s, exit 0; --all-features not used because it pulls opencv, which does not build locally)
  • cargo test -p openai-protocol — all green, including the new cases:
    test generate::tests::routing_tokens_from_single_input_ids ... ok
    test generate::tests::routing_tokens_from_batch_first_sequence ... ok
    test generate::tests::routing_tokens_none_for_empty_inputs ... ok
    test generate::tests::routing_tokens_text_takes_priority ... ok
    
  • cargo test -p smg (lib + all integration binaries) — exit 0, zero failures (lib: 1543 passed; 0 failed; 5 ignored)
  • cargo build -p smg-python && cargo build -p smg-golang — both build
Checklist
  • cargo +nightly fmt passes
  • cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings passes
  • (Optional) Documentation updated
  • (Optional) Please join us on Slack #sig-smg to discuss, review, and merge PRs

routing_tokens() only handled InputIds::Single, so /generate requests
with batched input_ids fell back to the decimal-string rendering and
token-based routing policies lost their signal. Return the first
sequence of a non-empty batch: the batch is dispatched to a single
worker, and any token signal beats a string rendering of the ids.
Empty batches and batches with an empty first sequence still fall
back to text routing.

Signed-off-by: Simo Lin <25425177+slin1237@users.noreply.github.com>
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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved routing behavior for batched inputs by using the first non-empty sequence.
    • Empty batches and batches with an empty first sequence now return no routing tokens.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for batched routing and empty-input scenarios.

Walkthrough

routing_tokens now supports batched input_ids by using the first sequence as the routing signal. Empty batches and batches beginning with an empty sequence return no routing tokens. Tests cover these cases.

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Routing token handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Batched routing behavior and validation
crates/protocols/src/generate.rs
routing_tokens now handles batched input IDs and preserves text-priority behavior. Tests cover valid batches, empty batches, and batches whose first sequence is empty.

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The PR routes non-empty batched requests using the first sequence’s actual token IDs while preserving existing fallbacks and text precedence. The localized change has passing checks and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal review.

Possibly related PRs

  • smg-project/smg#2148: Both changes modify routing-token handling for batched or empty token inputs.

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Clean, well-scoped fix. The routing_tokens() batch handling is correct — first-sequence affinity is the right signal for a batch dispatched to a single worker, and the empty-batch / empty-first-sequence edge cases properly fall through to None. Tests cover all branches. LGTM.

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crates/protocols/src/generate.rs (1)

348-361: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

🟡 Nit Add assertions for the batch fallback contract.

The new test proves only that routing_tokens() returns None. It does not prove that extract_text_for_routing() still supplies the existing fallback, or that text still takes priority when InputIds::Batch is present. Add assertions for both empty-input cases and a batch variant of the text-priority test from Lines 339-345.

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         assert_eq!(r.routing_tokens(), None);
+        assert_eq!(r.extract_text_for_routing(), "");

         let mut r = req();
         r.input_ids = Some(InputIds::Batch(vec![vec![], vec![1]]));
         assert_eq!(r.routing_tokens(), None);
+        assert_eq!(r.extract_text_for_routing(), "1");
+
+    #[test]
+    fn routing_tokens_text_takes_priority_for_batch() {
+        let mut r = req();
+        r.text = Some("hello".to_string());
+        r.input_ids = Some(InputIds::Batch(vec![vec![1, 2]]));
+        assert_eq!(r.routing_tokens(), None);
+        assert_eq!(r.extract_text_for_routing(), "hello");
+    }
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In `@crates/protocols/src/generate.rs` around lines 348 - 361, Add regression
assertions around routing_tokens_none_for_empty_inputs and
extract_text_for_routing: verify the existing fallback for both empty batch
cases, including an empty first sequence and an empty batch. Add a batch-input
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In `@crates/protocols/src/generate.rs`:
- Around line 348-361: Add regression assertions around
routing_tokens_none_for_empty_inputs and extract_text_for_routing: verify the
existing fallback for both empty batch cases, including an empty first sequence
and an empty batch. Add a batch-input variant of the text-priority test to
confirm extract_text_for_routing uses text when both text and InputIds::Batch
are present.

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Heads-up: this PR and #2160 edit the same match in routing_tokens() and will conflict on whichever merges second. Verified resolution for the combined state (both semantics compose — token ids win over text for the batch form too, consistent with #2160's invariant):

// Token ids win over text: they key routing on what the backend KV
// cache keys on. Empty ids fall back to text.
match &self.input_ids {
    Some(InputIds::Single(ids)) if !ids.is_empty() => Some(ids),
    // A batch is dispatched to a single worker; the first sequence is
    // the best available affinity signal.
    Some(InputIds::Batch(seqs)) => seqs
        .first()
        .map(Vec::as_slice)
        .filter(|ids| !ids.is_empty()),
    _ => None,
}

Note the batch arm drops the text == None guard it has on this branch — after #2160, batched input_ids should also beat text, or single and batch requests would follow different priority rules. Combined state verified: cargo test -p openai-protocol green, smg builds clean.

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