[Tool Parser] Qwen3Coder: stop string streaming at next <parameter=> boundary

[ec-jt]

Summary

This PR fixes a malformed-stream boundary bug in Qwen3CoderToolParser for stream:true tool calls.

When a string parameter is missing </parameter> and the next parameter starts immediately, the parser could treat the next <parameter=...> token as part of the previous string value.

The fix makes the streaming string path treat the next parameter start token as a hard boundary.

Root cause

In the string-streaming branch, boundary detection handled:

• </parameter>
• </function>
• </tool_call>

but not <parameter=.

So malformed output like:

<parameter=city>
Dallas
<parameter=state>
TX

could leak "<parameter=state>..." into city.

Fix

In vllm/tool_parsers/qwen3coder_tool_parser.py:

• Include self.parameter_prefix (<parameter=) in boundary candidate detection for streaming string values.
• Include self.parameter_prefix in partial-boundary holdback logic so partial <parameter= fragments are not emitted as string content.

Scope (intentionally minimal)

• Single file: vllm/tool_parsers/qwen3coder_tool_parser.py
• Single commit on top of main

Validation

• Full pre-commit hook chain passed on commit (ruff, mypy-local, repo checks).

Notes

• Previous PR with broader history was closed to keep this one clean and reviewable.

[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request refactors the streaming tool call parsing for Qwen3CoderToolParser to correctly handle malformed streams where a parameter's closing tag is missing. The changes introduce a new state for streaming string values and add logic to treat the start of a new parameter as a boundary, which resolves the described bug. The implementation is comprehensive, adding several helper methods and improving state management for streaming. However, I've identified a critical regression in the non-streaming parsing logic caused by a change in a regular expression. Please see my detailed comment.

[gemini-code-assist]

The change to tool_call_parameter_regex seems to introduce a regression in parsing non-streaming tool calls. By removing </parameter> as a delimiter, the regex will now incorrectly include any text between a valid </parameter> tag and the next structural boundary (<parameter=, </function>, or end of string) as part of the parameter's value.

For example, with the model output ...<parameter=p1>value</parameter> garbage<parameter=p2>...:

• The old regex would correctly parse the value of p1 as "value".
• The new regex will parse the value as "value</parameter> garbage". The subsequent re.sub in _parse_xml_function_call will not remove this, as it only handles </parameter> at the very end of the string.

This could lead to corrupted parameter values. While the intent is to allow </parameter> within string content, this change has a significant side effect. Consider reverting this regex and handling the case of </parameter> inside string values specifically within the streaming logic, to avoid affecting the non-streaming path.

Suggested change

	r"<parameter=(.*?)(?:(?=<parameter=)|(?=</function>)|$)",
	r"<parameter=(.*?)(?:</parameter>|(?=<parameter=)|(?=</function>)|$)",

[mergify]

This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be
merged. Please rebase the PR, @ec-jt.

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