diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer.yml
index da9629a56b4..965712ab883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_ppo_trainer.yml
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ray stop --force
           ENGINE=sglang bash tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh
+      - name: Running GSM8K E2E training tests on sglang async
+        run: |
+          ray stop --force
+          ENGINE=sglang ROLLOUT_MODE=async bash tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh
+      - name: Running GSM8K E2E training tests on vllm async
+        run: |
+          ray stop --force
+          export VLLM_USE_V1=1
+          ray start --head
+          ENGINE=vllm ROLLOUT_MODE=async bash tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh
 
   e2e_ppo_trainer_sglang_multiturn_with_tool:
     runs-on: [L20x8]
diff --git a/tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh b/tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh
index 6d1d6ac69dc..c3b311029bb 100644
--- a/tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh
+++ b/tests/special_e2e/ppo_trainer/run_function_reward.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ MAX_RESPONSE_LEN=${MAX_RESPONSE_LEN:-512}
 
 ENGINE=${ENGINE:-vllm}
 ROLLOUT_MODE=${ROLLOUT_MODE:-sync}
+
+RETURN_RAW_CHAT="False"
+if [ "$ROLLOUT_MODE" = "async" ]; then
+    RETURN_RAW_CHAT="True"
+fi
+
 GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION=${GPU_MEMORY_UTILIZATION:-0.8}
 ACTOR_FSDP_PARAM_OFFLOAD=${ACTOR_FSDP_PARAM_OFFLOAD:-False}
 ACTOR_FSDP_OPTIMIZER_OFFLOAD=${ACTOR_FSDP_OPTIMIZER_OFFLOAD:-False}
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ python3 -m verl.trainer.main_ppo \
     data.train_batch_size="${train_prompt_bsz}" \
     data.max_prompt_length="${MAX_PROMPT_LEN}" \
     data.max_response_length="${MAX_RESPONSE_LEN}" \
+    data.return_raw_chat=${RETURN_RAW_CHAT} \
     actor_rollout_ref.model.path="${MODEL_PATH}" \
     actor_rollout_ref.model.use_shm=${USE_SHM} \
     actor_rollout_ref.model.lora_rank=${LORA_RANK} \
diff --git a/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/async_sglang_server.py b/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/async_sglang_server.py
index b0d5470302e..153fb167f89 100644
--- a/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/async_sglang_server.py
+++ b/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/async_sglang_server.py
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@
 class AsyncSglangServer(AsyncServerBase):
     def __init__(self, config: DictConfig, dp_size: int, dp_rank: int, wg_prefix: str):
         super().__init__()
-        self.config = config
-        rollout_config = config.get("rollout", {})
-        self._tp_size = rollout_config.get("tensor_model_parallel_size", 1)
+        self.config = config.actor_rollout_ref
+        self._tp_size = self.config.rollout.get("tensor_model_parallel_size", 1)
         self._dp_size = dp_size
         self._dp_rank = dp_rank
         self.wg_prefix = wg_prefix
diff --git a/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/sglang_rollout.py b/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/sglang_rollout.py
index 4e9c58eb714..fa06ffdc4e8 100644
--- a/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/sglang_rollout.py
+++ b/verl/workers/rollout/sglang_rollout/sglang_rollout.py
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ async def chat_completion(self, json_request):
             request_id=str(uuid4()),
             state=AsyncRolloutRequestStateEnum.PENDING,
             messages=[Message.model_validate(msg) for msg in json_request["messages"]],
-            tools=_tool_schemas,
+            tool_schemas=_tool_schemas,
             tools_kwargs=_tools_kwargs,
             input_ids=_input_ids,
             prompt_ids=_input_ids,
@@ -1099,8 +1099,12 @@ async def chat_completion(self, json_request):
             prompt_loss_mask=[0] * len(_input_ids),
             response_loss_mask=[],
             reward_scores={},
+            max_prompt_len=self.config.prompt_length,
             max_response_len=self.config.response_length,
             max_model_len=min(self.config.max_model_len, self.config.prompt_length + self.config.response_length),
+            use_inference_chat_template=self.config.multi_turn.use_inference_chat_template,
+            enable_tokenization_sanity_check=self.config.multi_turn.enable_tokenization_sanity_check,
+            tokenizer=self.tokenizer,
         )
 
         # json_request already contains sampling_params