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[Bugfix] glm47 tool parser: tolerate missing opening <arg_value> tag - #51364

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Purpose

Fixes #49248.

GLM-4.7-family models sporadically drop the opening <arg_value> tag under concurrent load while the argument value and the closing </arg_value> tag stay intact:

<tool_call>search<arg_key>query</arg_key>how many vacation days left</arg_value></tool_call>

_ARG_RE / _PARTIAL_ARG_RE in vllm/parser/glm47_moe.py required the opening tag, so such recoverable calls silently parsed to arguments: "{}". The client then fails tool-schema validation, the broken {} call gets rendered back into chat history, and the agent loop degrades.

This makes the opening <arg_value> optional ((?:<arg_value>)?) in both regexes. The closing </arg_value> still delimits the value, so:

  • Well-formed output is byte-identical (the optional group matches the tag when present).
  • The malformed-but-recoverable call now yields the intended arguments instead of {}.
  • Streaming stays monotonic — an early empty value only advances the safe prefix to the open quote ({"city": "), which is a clean prefix of the later {"city": "Beijing"} under the engine's _safe_arg_prefix diff logic, so no delta corruption.

The model-side token skip is a model quirk vLLM cannot prevent, but the parser turning a fully recoverable call into {} with no diagnostic makes it much worse than it needs to be.

Test Plan

Added regression tests in tests/tool_parsers/test_glm47_moe_tool_parser.py:

  • test_missing_opening_arg_value_tag (non-streaming)
  • test_missing_opening_arg_value_tag_with_newline (structural whitespace stripped)
  • test_missing_opening_arg_value_tag_multiple_args (malformed + well-formed args mixed)
  • test_missing_opening_arg_value_tag (streaming counterpart)
pytest tests/tool_parsers/test_glm47_moe_tool_parser.py

Test Result

All existing glm47 parser tests continue to pass and the new cases cover the missing-tag recovery for both the non-streaming and streaming paths. Well-formed inputs are unchanged.

Note: this overlaps with the existing #49249; this PR additionally covers the structural-whitespace, multi-arg, and streaming cases.

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GLM-4.7-family models sporadically drop the opening <arg_value> tag under
load while the argument value and the closing </arg_value> tag stay intact,
e.g. `<arg_key>query</arg_key>value</arg_value>`. The glm47 arg regexes
required the opening tag, so such recoverable calls silently parsed to `{}`,
which then failed client-side tool schema validation and degraded agent loops.

Make the opening <arg_value> optional in both the full and partial arg
regexes. The closing </arg_value> still delimits the value, so well-formed
output is byte-identical and streaming remains monotonic (verified against the
engine's _safe_arg_prefix diff logic). Adds regression tests for the
non-streaming and streaming paths.

Fixes vllm-project#49248

Signed-off-by: ighutake-debug <ishanvgf@gmail.com>
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ighutake-debug force-pushed the fix/glm47-missing-arg-value-tag branch from e35d118 to 96760ef Compare September 2, 2026 02:15
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Closing — no longer pursuing this contribution. Thanks for the review consideration.

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[Bug]: glm47 tool parser silently returns empty arguments when the model omits the opening <arg_value> tag

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