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[Bugfix][EngineCore] Handle malformed ADD frames and input thread failures - #58481

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Summary

Fixes #58445.

An undecodable typed ADD request could raise outside the protected preprocessing path and terminate the EngineCore input socket thread. The core process would remain alive but stop accepting requests, while health checks could continue reporting success.

Changes

  • Catch and log failures while decoding typed ADD requests.
  • Drop only the malformed request and continue processing later requests.
  • Add an internal INPUT_THREAD_FAILED event for unexpected input socket thread failures.
  • Route input-thread failures through the existing EngineCore fatal-error path so clients and health checks can detect that the engine is unavailable.
  • Add regression tests for decoder recovery and input-thread failure propagation.

This is not a duplicate of #55771. That PR validates frontend prompt_token_ids; this change protects the EngineCore socket boundary even when malformed data reaches the engine.

Tests

.venv/bin/python -m pytest \
  tests/v1/engine/test_preprocess_error_handling.py \
  -k 'decode_error or input_socket_thread_failure' -v

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Drop undecodable ADD frames without stopping request processing, and propagate unexpected input socket thread failures to the engine fatal-error path.

Fixes vllm-project#58445

Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Signed-off-by: Hrithick Gokul Yeddula <gokulysai@gmail.com>

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@njhill Could you review this EngineCore fix for #58445? The change handles malformed ADD-frame decoding and propagates unexpected input-thread failures through the existing engine-dead path.

@WoosukKwon, a second review from you would also be appreciated.

Comment thread vllm/v1/engine/core.py
if request_type == EngineCoreRequestType.ADD:
req: EngineCoreRequest = add_request_decoder.decode(data_frames)
req = _decode_add_request(add_request_decoder, data_frames)
if req is None:

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Why is it necessary to add this edge case in here?

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@blueberry808 This is needed at the decoder boundary because add_request_decoder.decode(data_frames) runs before the existing preprocessing try block. A malformed typed ADD frame can raise msgspec.ValidationError there, which terminates the daemon input-socket thread; the core process then stays alive but stops accepting requests. _decode_add_request turns that failure into a logged drop, and if req is None: continue lets the thread process subsequent frames. The regression test uses the real MsgpackDecoder with an invalid float token ID, then verifies that the same decoder successfully handles the next valid frame. This protects the engine-core boundary even if frontend validation is bypassed or incomplete.

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Oh okay, thanks for clarifying that for me

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[Bug]: EngineCore input socket thread dies on an undecodable request and the core stays alive but stops accepting requests

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