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fix: replace assert with proper exceptions in SamplingParams validation - #44799

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Purpose

Fixes #44798

Replace 4 assert statements in SamplingParams that are used for user input validation with proper TypeError/ValueError exceptions.

Problem

assert statements are removed when Python runs with -O (optimize) flag. Since SamplingParams is in the critical path of every request, this means input validation can silently disappear in production.

Changes

Location Before After
_verify_args():566 assert isinstance(self.stop_token_ids, list) raise TypeError(...)
_verify_args():571 assert isinstance(self.stop, list) raise TypeError(...)
_verify_args():579 assert isinstance(self.bad_words, list) raise TypeError(...)
update_from_generation_config():616 assert self.stop_token_ids is not None raise ValueError(...)

All other validations in the same _verify_args() method already use raise ValueError/raise VLLMValidationError, so this change makes the code consistent with the existing pattern.

Impact

  • No behavioral change for correct inputs
  • Better error messages for malformed inputs (TypeError with descriptive message instead of bare AssertionError)
  • Safe under python -O — validation is no longer stripped by the optimizer

Testing

  • Syntax verified
  • No remaining assert statements in the file
  • Error messages follow the same format as existing validations in the method

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Replace 4 assert statements used for input validation in
SamplingParams with proper TypeError/ValueError exceptions:

- assert isinstance(self.stop_token_ids, list) -> TypeError
- assert isinstance(self.stop, list) -> TypeError
- assert isinstance(self.bad_words, list) -> TypeError
- assert self.stop_token_ids is not None -> ValueError

assert statements are removed when Python runs with the -O
(optimize) flag, which means these validation checks silently
disappear in optimized production deployments. This can allow
malformed inputs to slip through and cause hard-to-debug failures
deeper in the engine.

Signed-off-by: jianyexi <jianyxi@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Hi maintainers, could you please add the ready or verified label to this PR? The pre-run-check CI gate is currently failing because I don't have 4+ merged PRs yet, and the label is required to proceed. The ReadTheDocs and pre-commit checks are also blocked as a result. Thank you!

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[Bug]: SamplingParams uses assert for input validation — silently skipped under python -O

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