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Stacked on #54884, which threads token-attributed DecodedText through the parser layer. This PR consumes that attribution to report usage.completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens from the Rust frontend.

Counting happens in UnifiedParserState: reasoning pieces carry the attributions of the tokens that produced them (marker spans are dropped with their tokens), so summing piece.attributions.len() over reasoning events yields exactly the tokens emitted to the client as reasoning — the parser-failure fallback to plain text stays correct with no special handling.

Event and usage plumbing

  • AssistantEvent::TextDelta and ChatEvent::BlockDelta gain token_count: usize, a per-delta, kind-agnostic count: reasoning deltas carry their attribution count; text and tool-call deltas carry 0 until the tool-parser migration makes text attribution available. The running total lives only in UnifiedParserState and converges into the final Done usage.
  • ChatTokenUsage { engine: TokenUsage, reasoning_tokens: usize } extends the engine-level vllm_llm::TokenUsage (untouched) on Done and CollectedAssistantMessage.
  • Server Usage gains completion_tokens_details: { reasoning_tokens }, always serialized: 0 when no reasoning parser is configured, matching the OpenAI API's zero-filled shape. ContinuousUsage sums reasoning-kind BlockDeltas for continuous_usage_stats chunks (starting at 0 on the role chunk) and converges onto the authoritative final usage.
  • include_reasoning=false still hides reasoning text and per-update metadata while the real count is reported — verified against the Python frontend, where count_reasoning_tokens runs unconditionally in both streaming and non-streaming paths.

Not in this PR: Harmony's token-native reasoning counting (separate lane), and tool-parser attribution migration (optional follow-up).

Test plan

  • cargo nextest run -p vllm-chat -p vllm-server: 687 passed — new chat-level tests pin per-delta counts on reasoning/text deltas and the final Done count (including parser-failure fallback); new server tests pin continuous-usage chunks (0 on the role chunk, running counts, convergence at final usage), counting under include_reasoning=false, and always-present zero details without reasoning. (The only other test in these crates, roundtrip_nemotron_v3, fails identically on clean main due to an HF model-download issue in this environment.)
  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets: clean.

This PR was implemented with AI assistance; I reviewed every changed line and ran the tests above.

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  • New Features

    • Chat usage reporting now includes reasoning-token counts, including when reasoning content is hidden.
    • Streaming usage updates track reasoning tokens as they are generated and reconcile them with final totals.
    • Generated content events report token counts when available, including reasoning output.
    • OpenAI-compatible usage responses include reasoning-token details consistently.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved token-usage accuracy across completed, interrupted, and fallback responses.

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Adds chat-level reasoning token usage, optional per-delta token counts, parser propagation, continuous OpenAI usage tracking, and serialized completion token details. Tests cover visible, hidden, disabled, finish-time, and fallback reasoning paths.

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Reasoning Token Usage

Layer / File(s) Summary
Chat usage and event contracts
rust/src/chat/src/event.rs, rust/src/chat/src/lib.rs, rust/src/chat/src/output/mod.rs, rust/src/chat/src/stream.rs
Adds ChatTokenUsage, makes delta token counts optional, changes terminal usage types, and re-exports the new usage type.
Output parser token propagation
rust/src/chat/src/output/default/unified.rs, rust/src/chat/src/output/harmony/*, rust/src/chat/src/output/structured.rs
Counts reasoning attributions, forwards optional per-delta counts, and emits ChatTokenUsage at completion. Tests cover finish and fallback behavior.
OpenAI streaming usage reporting
rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/chat_completions.rs, rust/src/server/src/routes/openai/utils/*, .buildkite/test_areas/rust_frontend.yaml, tests/entrypoints/openai/chat_completion/*
Accumulates reasoning counts during streaming, reconciles them with terminal usage, serializes completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens, and adds entrypoint coverage.
Chat stream integration validation
rust/src/chat/tests/chat.rs
Validates optional token counts on text and reasoning deltas and updated usage types.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 64836

This change exposes reasoning-token usage to chat clients, but some parser paths may report zero or authoritative-looking counts when the underlying attribution is incomplete. That can produce inaccurate usage reporting and should be resolved before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant UnifiedParser
  participant AssistantEvent
  participant ContinuousUsage
  participant Usage
  UnifiedParser->>AssistantEvent: emits reasoning TextDelta with token_count
  AssistantEvent->>ContinuousUsage: adds reasoning token count
  AssistantEvent->>ContinuousUsage: supplies terminal reasoning_tokens on Done
  ContinuousUsage->>Usage: builds streaming usage details
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In `@rust/src/chat/src/output/harmony/mod.rs`:
- Line 276: Update Harmony analysis-group handling to count the raw tokens
contributing to each reasoning block instead of setting token_count to zero;
propagate that count through AssistantEvent::TextDelta and accumulate it into
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✅ Triggered Buildkite CI #87152 for commit e719013f0825.

Count the tokens attributed to reasoning pieces as they flow through the
unified parser, and report them as usage.completion_tokens_details.
reasoning_tokens on every chat completion usage payload (0 when no
reasoning parser is configured, matching the OpenAI API's zero-filled
shape).

TextDelta and BlockDelta events carry a per-delta token_count from the
parser's token attribution; ContinuousUsage sums reasoning-kind deltas for
continuous_usage_stats chunks, and the terminal count converges onto the
authoritative final usage. include_reasoning=false still hides reasoning
text while the count is reported, matching the Python frontend.

Signed-off-by: Bugen Zhao <i@bugenzhao.com>
Use optional per-delta counts so reasoning carries attribution-derived values while visible text and Harmony output remain explicitly unmeasured. Preserve reasoning usage aggregation only for available reasoning counts.

Signed-off-by: Bugen Zhao <i@bugenzhao.com>
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events.push(AssistantEvent::TextDelta {
kind,
delta: piece.text,
token_count: Some(piece.attributions.len()),

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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cat -n rust/src/tokenizer/src/incremental/attribution.rs | sed -n '45,90p'

printf '%s\n' '--- output event contract and consumers ---'
rg -n -C 8 'token_count:|struct AssistantEvent|enum AssistantEvent|AssistantEvent::TextDelta' rust/src/chat rust/src/server rust/src | head -240

printf '%s\n' '--- unified output path ---'
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  rust/src/chat rust/src/server --glob '*.rs'

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Preserve unavailable token counts as None.

When DecodedText::unattributed produces a non-empty reasoning delta, piece.attributions.len() is zero because no attribution records exist. push_piece_delta must emit None, because AssistantEvent::TextDelta::token_count is only available for attributed tokens.

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In `@rust/src/chat/src/output/default/unified.rs` at line 244, Update
push_piece_delta so token_count is None when piece.attributions is empty,
including non-empty reasoning deltas from DecodedText::unattributed; otherwise
preserve the existing attributed-token count behavior.

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✅ Triggered Buildkite CI #87156 for commit d55270589035.

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✅ Triggered Buildkite CI #87158 for commit 648366122f2d.

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