feat: update xgrammar==0.2.0 to use structural tags for strict tool calling + reasoning for more models#40894
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This pull request implements xgrammar's built-in tool calling support across several tool parsers, including DeepSeekV32, KimiK2, OpenAI, and Qwen3Coder, by adding structural tag generation logic. The AbstractToolParser was modified to incorporate these tags into the request adjustment process. Review feedback suggests refining the structured_outputs assignment to avoid overwriting existing configurations and correcting a method name reference in an error message.
| request.structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams( | ||
| structural_tag=json.dumps(structure_tag.model_dump()), | ||
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Overwriting request.structured_outputs with a new StructuredOutputsParams instance will discard any existing structured output settings (such as regex or json derived from response_format). It is safer to update the existing structured_outputs object if it is already present, or only create a new one if it is None. This ensures that other sampling parameters are preserved.
if request.structured_outputs is None:
request.structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams(
structural_tag=json.dumps(structure_tag.model_dump()),
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else:
request.structured_outputs.structural_tag = json.dumps(
structure_tag.model_dump())| self, request: ChatCompletionRequest | ||
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| "ToolParser.get_xgrammar_builtin_structural_tag is not implemented" |
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The error message refers to get_xgrammar_builtin_structural_tag, but the method name is actually get_structural_tag. This mismatch can be confusing for developers implementing new tool parsers.
| "ToolParser.get_xgrammar_builtin_structural_tag is not implemented" | |
| "ToolParser.get_structural_tag is not implemented" |
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Structural tag is one of the most powerful features from xgrammar, good to see it default in vllm! I just wonder - it seems not all model architectures that xgrammar has a structural tag template are included in this PR (e.g. glm47 is missing in particular), is there a specific reason for that? Or we can just incrementally add up the supported models? |
We can add incremental support afterward. |
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cc @sfeng33 and @chaunceyjiang I think the API surface for the tool parser looks good, unless you have opinion otherwise |
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- I'm curious if you have run these affected models e2e to test for correctness on the tag itself?
- If you set a non-xgrammar backend, would it break?
- These structural tag guided decoding would be applied to the whole model output, would it be compatible if there is also reasoning?
No specific reasons, others can be added incrementally later.
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Seems we also need to bump minimum requirement for xgrammar to 0.1.34 to have |
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This reverts commit db9ccc6.
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Thank you for making the changes, LGTM, I've retried the failing tests.
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Hey @Ubospica, can you please fix DCO on your commits? |
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We can manually approve the DCO, so I wouldn't worry about fixing it. It is easy to mess up commit history |
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The test failure in async-engine-inputs-utils-worker-config-cpu is related. |
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| class Qwen3CoderToolParser(ToolParser): | ||
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As a widely used tool parser, Qwen3Coder should still support supports_required_and_named = True at this stage.
Otherwise, tool_choice="required" no longer works correctly now.
I think this should continue to be properly supported at least before structural_tag is enabled by default.
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The strict structural-tag path in `ToolParser.adjust_request` (added in vllm-project#40894, gated by `VLLM_ENFORCE_STRICT_TOOL_CALLING`) installs `structural_tag` on a pre-existing `StructuredOutputsParams` via in-place attribute assignment and returns early without clearing `response_format`. The in-place set bypasses `StructuredOutputsParams.__post_init__`, leaving any prior mutually-exclusive constraint (`json`/`regex`/`choice`/`grammar`/ `json_object`, or one lowered from `response_format`) set alongside the new `structural_tag`. When the params are re-validated downstream this violates the one-constraint invariant, so a strict-mode request that also carries a structured-output constraint or a `response_format` fails: ValueError: You can only use one kind of structured outputs constraint but multiple are specified Rebuild `structured_outputs` with only the structural tag (preserving the whitespace / additional-properties knobs) and null `response_format`, mirroring what Step 2 of the same method already does for the JSON-schema path. Only the strict auto/required/named path is affected; `VLLM_ENFORCE_STRICT_TOOL_CALLING` is off by default. Every parser that installs a structural tag (DeepSeek-V4, Qwen3-Coder, and Kimi via vllm-project#43155) flows through this one base path. The interaction was raised in review on vllm-project#40894 and vllm-project#43155; the Kimi parser in vllm-project#43155 already performs this rebuild for its required/named path. Test plan (real requests, Kimi K2.6 NVFP4 TP=4, VLLM_ENFORCE_STRICT_TOOL_CALLING=1; stock vs this patch applied in place; POST /v1/chat/completions, stream=false, temperature=0; tool get_weather(city)): tool_choice extra constraint stock with patch auto response_format HTTP 400 HTTP 200 tool_call <- fixed auto structured_outputs HTTP 400 HTTP 200 tool_call <- fixed auto (none) HTTP 200 HTTP 200 tool_call (unchanged) required response_format HTTP 200 HTTP 200 tool_call (unchanged; required/named already rebuilds -> the bug is specific to the auto path) Verbatim (auto + response_format): REQUEST {"model":"moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6","tool_choice":"auto", "messages":[{"role":"user","content":"What is the weather in Paris? Call the tool."}], "tools":[{"type":"function","function":{"name":"get_weather","parameters": {"type":"object","properties":{"city":{"type":"string"}},"required":["city"]}}}], "response_format":{"type":"json_schema","json_schema":{"name":"answer","schema": {"type":"object","properties":{"answer":{"type":"string"}},"required":["answer"]}}}} STOCK HTTP 400 {"error":{"message":"1 validation error for StructuredOutputsParams ... You can only use one kind of structured outputs constraint but multiple are specified: {'json': {...}, ..., 'structural_tag': '...'}"}} PATCH HTTP 200 {"finish_reason":"tool_calls","message":{"tool_calls":[{"function": {"name":"get_weather","arguments":"{\"city\":\"Paris\"}"}}]}} Unit regression test: tests/tool_use/test_strict_tool_calling_adjust_request.py asserts adjust_request rebuilds to a single structural_tag constraint, nulls response_format, and preserves user whitespace knobs (fails on the pre-fix code). Signed-off-by: Ace Eldeib <aeldeib@coreweave.com>
ToolParser.adjust_request's strict structural-tag path (added in vllm-project#40894, gated by VLLM_ENFORCE_STRICT_TOOL_CALLING) installs structural_tag on a pre-existing StructuredOutputsParams via in-place attribute assignment and returns without nulling response_format. The in-place set bypasses StructuredOutputsParams.__post_init__, so the params keep a prior mutually-exclusive constraint (json/regex/choice/grammar/json_object, or one lowered from response_format) next to the new structural_tag. On the next re-validation this trips the one-constraint invariant, so a strict-mode request that also carries a structured-output constraint or a response_format fails with: ValueError: You can only use one kind of structured outputs constraint but multiple are specified This affects any parser that installs a structural tag -- currently DeepSeek-V4 and Qwen3-Coder via get_structural_tag. The env var is off by default, and a request with no pre-existing constraint is unaffected. Fix: rebuild structured_outputs with only the structural tag (preserving the whitespace / additional-properties knobs) and null response_format, mirroring Step 2 of the same method. This "tool constraint wins, response_format dropped" resolution already exists in Step 2, the DeepSeek-V3.2 override (vllm-project#41178), and for required/auto in vllm-project#32006 / vllm-project#39969; the in-place-vs-rebuild trade-off was discussed on vllm-project#40894 and vllm-project#43155 (whose Kimi path already rebuilds). Repro / regression test (CPU, no model required): pytest tests/tool_use/test_strict_tool_calling_adjust_request.py The added tests enable strict mode, give a parser a structural tag, and send tools together with a response_format or a structured_outputs.json constraint (tool_choice auto and required). On the pre-fix code adjust_request leaves two constraints, and to_sampling_params raises the ValueError above; with this change structured_outputs holds only the structural tag, response_format is None, and the user's whitespace knobs are preserved. The conflict tests fail without this patch and pass with it; the no-pre-existing-constraint case passes either way. Equivalently over HTTP: with strict mode on, a tool_choice="auto" request that also sets response_format returns HTTP 400 (the error above) before this change and a normal tool call after; a required-tool request is unaffected because that path already rebuilds. Signed-off-by: Ace Eldeib <aeldeib@coreweave.com>
ToolParser.adjust_request's strict structural-tag path (added in vllm-project#40894, gated by VLLM_ENFORCE_STRICT_TOOL_CALLING) installs structural_tag on a pre-existing StructuredOutputsParams via in-place attribute assignment and returns without nulling response_format. The in-place set bypasses StructuredOutputsParams.__post_init__, so the params keep a prior mutually-exclusive constraint (json/regex/choice/grammar/json_object, or one lowered from response_format) next to the new structural_tag. On the next re-validation this trips the one-constraint invariant, so a strict-mode request that also carries a structured-output constraint or a response_format fails with: ValueError: You can only use one kind of structured outputs constraint but multiple are specified This affects any parser that installs a structural tag -- currently DeepSeek-V4 and Qwen3-Coder via get_structural_tag. The env var is off by default, and a request with no pre-existing constraint is unaffected. Fix: rebuild structured_outputs with only the structural tag (preserving the whitespace / additional-properties knobs) and null response_format, mirroring Step 2 of the same method. This "tool constraint wins, response_format dropped" resolution already exists in Step 2 and the DeepSeek-V3.2 override (vllm-project#41178), and is the intent of the open auto-path fix vllm-project#39969; the in-place-vs-rebuild trade-off was discussed on vllm-project#40894 and vllm-project#43155 (whose Kimi path already rebuilds). Repro / regression test (CPU, no model required): pytest tests/tool_use/test_strict_tool_calling_adjust_request.py The added tests enable strict mode, give a parser a structural tag, and send tools together with a response_format or a structured_outputs.json constraint (tool_choice auto and required). On the pre-fix code adjust_request leaves two constraints, and to_sampling_params raises the ValueError above; with this change structured_outputs holds only the structural tag, response_format is None, and the user's whitespace knobs are preserved. The conflict tests fail without this patch and pass with it; the no-pre-existing-constraint case passes either way. Equivalently over HTTP: with strict mode on, a tool_choice="auto" request that also sets response_format returns HTTP 400 (the error above) before this change and a normal tool call after; a required-tool request is unaffected because that path already rebuilds. Signed-off-by: Ace Eldeib <aeldeib@coreweave.com>
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Purpose
This PR updates the version of
xgrammartov0.2.0to utilize the latest feature ofxgrammar: built-instructural_tagsto provide structured generation for more models' tool calling.Test Plan
The tests are added in the
tests/tool_parsers/test_qwen3coder_tool_parser.py, which can be run withpytest.Test Result
The tests are passed.
Evaluation of the improvement of the model structural tags on function-calling tasks. The results are as follows:
The scripts are here: correctness eval.
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