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vllm.entrypoints.scale_out.token_in_token_out.serving

Classes:

  • ServingTokens –

    Provides Tokens IN <> Tokens OUT functionality to vLLM API.

ServingTokens

Bases: GenerateBaseServing

Provides Tokens IN <> Tokens OUT functionality to vLLM API.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
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class ServingTokens(GenerateBaseServing):
    """Provides Tokens IN <> Tokens OUT functionality to vLLM API."""

    def __init__(
        self,
        engine_client: EngineClient,
        models: OpenAIServingModels,
        online_renderer: OnlineRenderer,
        *,
        online_derenderer: OnlineDerenderer,
        request_logger: RequestLogger | None,
        force_no_detokenize: bool = False,
        return_tokens_as_token_ids: bool = False,
        enable_prompt_tokens_details: bool = False,
        enable_log_outputs: bool = False,
    ):
        super().__init__(
            engine_client=engine_client,
            models=models,
            request_logger=request_logger,
            return_tokens_as_token_ids=return_tokens_as_token_ids,
        )
        self.online_renderer = online_renderer
        self.online_derenderer = online_derenderer
        self.enable_prompt_tokens_details = enable_prompt_tokens_details
        self.enable_log_outputs = enable_log_outputs
        self.force_no_detokenize = force_no_detokenize
        self.has_tokenizer = (
            not force_no_detokenize and self.renderer.tokenizer is not None
        )
        if force_no_detokenize:
            logger.info(
                "Tokens-only mode is enabled, skipping detokenization "
                "step for incoming requests."
            )

        # Mirrors ``OpenAIServingChat`` so we can apply server-side
        # ``max_tokens`` defaulting when the client omits it. Without this,
        # ``SamplingParams.max_tokens`` falls back to its dataclass default
        # of 16 and silently truncates every generation.
        self.default_sampling_params = self.model_config.get_diff_sampling_param()
        mc = self.model_config
        self.override_max_tokens = (
            self.default_sampling_params.get("max_tokens")
            if mc.generation_config not in ("auto", "vllm")
            else getattr(mc, "override_generation_config", {}).get("max_new_tokens")
        )

    def _validate_mm_cache_handles(
        self,
        mm_kwargs: dict[str, list[MultiModalKwargsItem | None]],
        mm_hashes: dict[str, list[str]],
    ) -> ErrorResponse | None:
        cache = self.online_renderer.renderer.mm_processor_cache
        if cache is None:
            return None
        try:
            for modality, items in mm_kwargs.items():
                for mm_hash, item in zip(mm_hashes[modality], items, strict=True):
                    if item is not None:
                        cache.validate_input_item(item, mm_hash)
        except ValueError as error:
            return self.create_error_response(error)
        return None

    async def serve_tokens(
        self,
        request: GenerateRequest,
        raw_request: Request | None = None,
    ) -> GenerateResponse | ErrorResponse | AsyncGenerator[str, None]:
        error_check_ret = await self._check_model(request)
        if error_check_ret is not None:
            logger.error("Error with model %s", error_check_ret)
            return error_check_ret

        self._preflight()

        lora_request = None
        lora_request = self._maybe_get_adapters(request, supports_default_mm_loras=True)

        model_name = self.models.model_name(lora_request)

        request_id = (
            f"generate-tokens-{self._base_request_id(raw_request, request.request_id)}"
        )

        request_metadata = RequestResponseMetadata(request_id=request_id)
        if raw_request:
            raw_request.state.request_metadata = request_metadata

        sampling_params = request.sampling_params
        max_num_seqs = self.engine_client.vllm_config.scheduler_config.max_num_seqs
        if sampling_params.n > max_num_seqs:
            return self.create_error_response(
                f"sampling_params.n must be at most the server's max_num_seqs "
                f"({max_num_seqs}), got {sampling_params.n}."
            )
        # The stream schema has no field for the scores.
        if request.stream and sampling_params.prompt_logprob_token_ids is not None:
            return self.create_error_response(
                "prompt_logprob_token_ids are not available when stream=true."
            )
        if self.force_no_detokenize and sampling_params.stop:
            # SamplingParams rejects stop with detokenize=False at request
            # validation, but this server forces detokenize=False afterwards,
            # so the combination must be rejected here or stop strings are
            # silently never applied.
            return self.create_error_response(
                "stop strings are not supported on a --tokens-only server "
                "because detokenization is disabled. Check stop strings on "
                "the coordinator, or use stop_token_ids."
            )
        if request.output_mode != "tokens" and not self.has_tokenizer:
            # The no-op detokenizer returns "", so without this check the
            # request would succeed with empty text.
            return self.create_error_response(
                f"output_mode={request.output_mode!r} requires a tokenizer, but "
                "this server does not load one (--tokens-only or "
                "--skip-tokenizer-init). Send the request to a server that "
                "loads a tokenizer, or use output_mode='tokens'."
            )
        # Built before generating so an invalid parse_context fails fast.
        derender_request: ChatCompletionRequest | None = None
        processors: list[ChatStreamProcessor] | None = None
        if request.output_mode == "derender":
            # TODO(#57442, #60915): reject the sampled-only and top-k logprob
            # flags here once either lands.
            history_tool_call_cnt = 0
            if self.online_derenderer.parser is not None:
                if request.parse_context is None:
                    return self.create_error_response(
                        "output_mode='derender' requires parse_context on a "
                        "server with a tool or reasoning parser. Use the one "
                        "returned by /render."
                    )
                history_tool_call_cnt = request.parse_context.history_tool_call_cnt
                try:
                    derender_request = request.parse_context.to_chat_request()
                except (ValueError, VLLMValidationError) as e:
                    return self.create_error_response(e)
            if request.stream:
                # One parser per choice, built here so a bad parse_context
                # fails fast.
                try:
                    processors = [
                        self.online_derenderer.make_stream_processor(
                            derender_request, history_tool_call_cnt
                        )
                        for _ in range(sampling_params.n)
                    ]
                except (ValueError, VLLMValidationError) as e:
                    return self.create_error_response(e)
        try:
            msgspec.msgpack.encode(
                (
                    sampling_params,
                    request.kv_transfer_params,
                    request.ec_transfer_params,
                )
            )
        except (OverflowError, TypeError, ValueError) as e:
            return self.create_error_response(e)

        engine_input: EngineInput
        if request.content_parts:
            tracker = AsyncMultiModalItemTracker(self.model_config)
            mm_parser = tracker.create_parser()
            for part in request.content_parts:
                ptype = part.get("type", "")
                url = part.get("url")
                uuid = part.get("uuid")
                if ptype == "image_url":
                    mm_parser.parse_image(url, uuid)
                elif ptype == "audio_url":
                    mm_parser.parse_audio(url, uuid)
                elif ptype == "video_url":
                    mm_parser.parse_video(url, uuid)
            mm_data, mm_uuids = await tracker.resolve_items()
            prompt = TokensPrompt(prompt_token_ids=request.token_ids)
            if request.cache_salt is not None:
                prompt["cache_salt"] = request.cache_salt
            if mm_data:
                prompt["multi_modal_data"] = mm_data
            if mm_uuids:
                prompt["multi_modal_uuids"] = mm_uuids
            (engine_input,) = await self.online_renderer.renderer.render_cmpl_async(
                [prompt]
            )
        elif features := request.features:
            # Convert PlaceholderRangeInfo → PlaceholderRange per modality.
            mm_placeholders: dict[str, list[PlaceholderRange]] = {
                modality: [
                    PlaceholderRange(offset=p.offset, length=p.length) for p in ranges
                ]
                for modality, ranges in features.mm_placeholders.items()
            }

            # Deserialize full tensor data and optional metadata-only data.
            # Metadata-only items are valid when ec_transfer_params is set.
            mm_kwargs = mm_kwargs_from_features(features)
            if error := self._validate_mm_cache_handles(mm_kwargs, features.mm_hashes):
                return error

            engine_input = mm_input(
                prompt_token_ids=request.token_ids,
                mm_kwargs=MultiModalKwargsItems(mm_kwargs),
                mm_hashes=features.mm_hashes,
                mm_placeholders=mm_placeholders,
                cache_salt=request.cache_salt,
            )
        else:
            (engine_input,) = await self.online_renderer.preprocess_completion(
                request,
                prompt_input=request.token_ids,
                prompt_embeds=None,
                skip_mm_cache=True,
            )

        # Offsets are relative to the decoder prompt, so they are not
        # meaningful for encoder-decoder models.
        request._response_mm_placeholders = (
            placeholder_ranges_from_engine_input(engine_input)
            if request.return_token_ids and not self.model_config.is_encoder_decoder
            else None
        )

        # Schedule the request and get the result generator.
        result_generator: AsyncGenerator[RequestOutput, None] | None = None

        # Pass disaggregated-serving parameters through to the engine.
        if request.kv_transfer_params is not None:
            extra = sampling_params.extra_args or {}
            extra["kv_transfer_params"] = request.kv_transfer_params
            sampling_params.extra_args = extra
        if request.ec_transfer_params is not None:
            extra = sampling_params.extra_args or {}
            extra["ec_transfer_params"] = request.ec_transfer_params
            sampling_params.extra_args = extra

        # Apply server-side ``max_tokens`` defaulting when the client did
        # not set it, matching the OpenAI-compat endpoints. ``SamplingParams``
        # defaults ``max_tokens`` to 16, which would otherwise silently cap
        # every generation that omits the field.
        if not request.is_sampling_param_provided("max_tokens"):
            sampling_params.max_tokens = get_max_tokens(
                max_model_len=self.model_config.max_model_len,
                max_tokens=None,
                input_length=self._extract_prompt_len(engine_input),
                default_sampling_params=self.default_sampling_params,
                override_max_tokens=self.override_max_tokens,
            )

        if self.force_no_detokenize:
            sampling_params.detokenize = False
        sampling_params.output_kind = (
            RequestOutputKind.DELTA if request.stream else RequestOutputKind.FINAL_ONLY
        )

        self._log_inputs(
            request_id,
            engine_input,
            params=sampling_params,
            lora_request=lora_request,
        )

        trace_headers = (
            None
            if raw_request is None
            else await self._get_trace_headers(raw_request.headers)
        )

        # Extract data_parallel_rank from header (router can inject it)
        data_parallel_rank = self._get_data_parallel_rank(raw_request)
        session_id = self._get_session_id_from_headers(raw_request)

        result_generator = self.engine_client.generate(
            engine_input,
            sampling_params,
            request_id,
            lora_request=lora_request,
            trace_headers=trace_headers,
            priority=request.priority,
            data_parallel_rank=data_parallel_rank,
            session_id=session_id,
            reasoning_ended=request.reasoning_ended,
            reasoning_parser_kwargs=(
                request.reasoning_parser_kwargs.model_dump()
                if request.reasoning_parser_kwargs is not None
                else None
            ),
        )

        assert result_generator is not None

        if request.stream:
            return self.serve_tokens_stream_generator(
                request,
                result_generator,
                request_id,
                model_name,
                request_metadata,
                processors=processors,
            )

        return await self.serve_tokens_full_generator(
            request,
            result_generator,
            request_id,
            model_name,
            request_metadata,
            derender_request=derender_request,
        )

    async def serve_tokens_full_generator(
        self,
        request: GenerateRequest,
        result_generator: AsyncGenerator[RequestOutput, None],
        request_id: str,
        model_name: str,
        request_metadata: RequestResponseMetadata,
        derender_request: ChatCompletionRequest | None = None,
    ) -> ErrorResponse | GenerateResponse:
        created_time = int(time.time())
        final_res: RequestOutput | None = None
        sampling_params: SamplingParams = request.sampling_params
        derender_mode = request.output_mode == "derender"
        text_mode = request.output_mode == "text" or derender_mode
        tokenizer = self._logprobs_tokenizer(text_mode)
        num_logprobs, top_limit = self._logprob_settings(sampling_params, derender_mode)

        try:
            async for res in result_generator:
                final_res = res
        except asyncio.CancelledError:
            return self.create_error_response("Client disconnected")

        assert final_res is not None

        tokens_choices: list[GenerateTokensChoice] = []
        text_choices: list[GenerateTextChoice] = []
        derender_choice_fields: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
        num_generated_tokens = 0
        for output in final_res.outputs:
            self._raise_if_error(output.finish_reason, request_id)

            token_ids = output.token_ids
            out_logprobs = output.logprobs

            # This is top_logprobs in completions API
            if num_logprobs is not None:
                assert out_logprobs is not None, "Did not output logprobs"
                logprobs: GenerateLogProbs | ChatCompletionLogProbs | None
                if text_mode:
                    logprobs = self._create_text_logprobs(
                        token_ids=token_ids,
                        top_logprobs=out_logprobs,
                        tokenizer=tokenizer,
                        top_limit=top_limit,
                    )
                else:
                    logprobs = self._create_tokens_logprobs(
                        token_ids=token_ids,
                        top_logprobs=out_logprobs,
                    )
            else:
                logprobs = None

            routed_experts_b64 = (
                numpy2base64(output.routed_experts)
                if output.routed_experts is not None
                else None
            )

            sampling_mask = None
            if output.sampling_mask is not None:
                sampling_mask = output.sampling_mask.token_ids

            choice_fields: dict[str, Any] = dict(
                index=output.index,
                logprobs=logprobs,
                finish_reason=output.finish_reason if output.finish_reason else "stop",
                stop_reason=output.stop_reason,
                token_ids=as_list(output.token_ids),
                routed_experts=routed_experts_b64,
                sampling_mask=sampling_mask,
                weight_versions=output.weight_versions,
            )
            if derender_mode:
                derender_choice_fields.append(choice_fields)
            elif text_mode:
                text_choices.append(
                    GenerateTextChoice(text=output.text, **choice_fields)
                )
            else:
                tokens_choices.append(GenerateTokensChoice(**choice_fields))
            num_generated_tokens += len(output.token_ids)

        derender_choices: list[GenerateDerenderChoice] = []
        if derender_mode:
            history_tool_call_cnt = (
                request.parse_context.history_tool_call_cnt
                if request.parse_context is not None
                else 0
            )
            try:
                parsed = await self.online_derenderer.derender_text_choices(
                    final_res.outputs,
                    derender_request,
                    history_tool_call_cnt,
                    final_res.prompt_token_ids,
                )
            except (ValueError, VLLMValidationError) as e:
                return self.create_error_response(e)
            # Like coupled chat, hide per-token metadata when a parser hides
            # the reasoning: logprobs, token IDs or sampling masks would leak it.
            hide_metadata = (
                derender_request is not None and not derender_request.include_reasoning
            )
            for (message, finish_reason), fields in zip(
                parsed, derender_choice_fields, strict=True
            ):
                fields["finish_reason"] = finish_reason
                if hide_metadata:
                    fields["logprobs"] = None
                    fields["token_ids"] = None
                    fields["sampling_mask"] = None
                derender_choices.append(
                    GenerateDerenderChoice(message=message, **fields)
                )

        response_fields = self._build_response_fields(
            request,
            final_res,
            request_id,
            model_name,
            created_time,
            num_generated_tokens,
            request_metadata,
        )
        response: (
            GenerateTokensResponse | GenerateTextResponse | GenerateDerenderResponse
        )
        if derender_mode:
            response = GenerateDerenderResponse(
                choices=derender_choices, **response_fields
            )
        elif text_mode:
            response = GenerateTextResponse(choices=text_choices, **response_fields)
        else:
            response = GenerateTokensResponse(choices=tokens_choices, **response_fields)

        # Log complete response if output logging is enabled
        if self.enable_log_outputs and self.request_logger:
            for choice in response.choices:
                # Get the corresponding output token IDs
                output_token_ids = None
                if choice.index < len(final_res.outputs):
                    output_token_ids = final_res.outputs[choice.index].token_ids

                if output_token_ids:
                    # Log token_ids only.
                    self.request_logger.log_outputs(
                        request_id=request_id,
                        outputs="",
                        output_token_ids=output_token_ids,
                        finish_reason=choice.finish_reason,
                        is_streaming=False,
                        delta=False,
                    )

        return response

    def _build_response_fields(
        self,
        request: GenerateRequest,
        final_res: RequestOutput,
        request_id: str,
        model_name: str,
        created_time: int,
        num_generated_tokens: int,
        request_metadata: RequestResponseMetadata,
    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
        """Build the fields shared by every non-streaming response level."""
        assert final_res.prompt_token_ids is not None
        num_prompt_tokens = len(final_res.prompt_token_ids)
        if final_res.encoder_prompt_token_ids is not None:
            num_prompt_tokens += len(final_res.encoder_prompt_token_ids)

        usage = UsageInfo(
            prompt_tokens=num_prompt_tokens,
            completion_tokens=num_generated_tokens,
            total_tokens=num_prompt_tokens + num_generated_tokens,
        )
        if (
            self.enable_prompt_tokens_details
            and final_res.num_cached_tokens is not None
        ):
            # This info is not available at the /coordinator level
            usage.prompt_tokens_details = PromptTokenUsageInfo(
                cached_tokens=final_res.num_cached_tokens
            )

        request_metadata.final_usage_info = usage

        per_request_metrics = None
        if request.sampling_params.n == 1:
            spec_stats = build_spec_decoding_metrics(final_res)
            if spec_stats is not None:
                per_request_metrics = PerRequestMetrics(speculative_decoding=spec_stats)
        return dict(
            request_id=request_id,
            created=created_time,
            model=model_name,
            usage=usage,
            prompt_logprobs=clamp_prompt_logprobs(final_res.prompt_logprobs),
            prompt_token_id_logprobs=(
                numpy2base64(final_res.prompt_token_id_logprobs)
                if final_res.prompt_token_id_logprobs is not None
                else None
            ),
            prompt_token_ids=(
                final_res.prompt_token_ids if request.return_token_ids else None
            ),
            mm_placeholders=request._response_mm_placeholders,
            metrics=per_request_metrics,
            kv_transfer_params=final_res.kv_transfer_params,
            ec_transfer_params=final_res.ec_transfer_params,
        )

    async def serve_tokens_stream_generator(
        self,
        request: GenerateRequest,
        result_generator: AsyncGenerator[RequestOutput, None],
        request_id: str,
        model_name: str,
        request_metadata: RequestResponseMetadata,
        processors: list[ChatStreamProcessor] | None = None,
    ) -> AsyncGenerator[str, None]:
        num_prompt_tokens = 0
        first_iteration = True
        prompt_token_ids: list[int] | None = None
        num_cached_tokens = None
        sampling_params: SamplingParams = request.sampling_params
        # With n > 1, the first output may not include every choice yet.
        num_generated_tokens = [0] * sampling_params.n
        last_res: RequestOutput | None = None
        derender_mode = request.output_mode == "derender"
        assert derender_mode == (processors is not None)
        text_mode = request.output_mode == "text" or derender_mode
        tokenizer = self._logprobs_tokenizer(text_mode)
        num_logprobs, top_limit = self._logprob_settings(sampling_params, derender_mode)
        response_cls = _STREAM_RESPONSE_CLS[request.output_mode]
        role_sent = [False] * sampling_params.n
        finish_reason_sent = [False] * sampling_params.n

        include_usage, include_continuous_usage = should_include_usage(
            request.stream_options, False
        )

        try:
            async for res in result_generator:
                last_res = res
                if first_iteration:
                    if res.prompt_token_ids is not None:
                        num_prompt_tokens = len(res.prompt_token_ids)
                        if request.return_token_ids:
                            prompt_token_ids = res.prompt_token_ids
                    if res.encoder_prompt_token_ids is not None:
                        num_prompt_tokens += len(res.encoder_prompt_token_ids)
                    num_cached_tokens = res.num_cached_tokens
                    first_iteration = False

                for output in res.outputs:
                    i = output.index
                    delta_token_ids = output.token_ids
                    num_generated_tokens[i] += len(delta_token_ids)

                    finish_reason = output.finish_reason
                    self._raise_if_error(finish_reason, request_id)

                    # Terminal outputs are always emitted so the client sees
                    # the finish reason, e.g. an abort, which has no new
                    # tokens. Text mode also emits text held back for stop
                    # string matching, which can arrive without token IDs.
                    # Like coupled chat, derender keeps stepping the parser
                    # once it has seen tokens.
                    if not (
                        delta_token_ids
                        or finish_reason is not None
                        or (text_mode and output.text)
                        or (processors is not None and processors[i].num_output_tokens)
                    ):
                        continue

                    delta: DeltaMessage | None = None
                    hide_metadata = False
                    if processors is not None:
                        if finish_reason_sent[i]:
                            continue
                        processor = processors[i]
                        delta, finish_reason = processor.step(
                            output.text,
                            as_list(delta_token_ids),
                            finish_reason,
                            res.prompt_token_ids,
                        )
                        finish_reason_sent[i] = finish_reason is not None
                        hide_metadata = processor.hide_metadata

                    if num_logprobs is not None and not hide_metadata:
                        out_logprobs = output.logprobs
                        assert out_logprobs is not None, "Did not output logprobs"
                        logprobs: GenerateLogProbs | ChatCompletionLogProbs | None
                        if text_mode:
                            logprobs = self._create_text_logprobs(
                                token_ids=delta_token_ids,
                                top_logprobs=out_logprobs,
                                tokenizer=tokenizer,
                                top_limit=top_limit,
                            )
                        else:
                            logprobs = self._create_tokens_logprobs(
                                token_ids=delta_token_ids,
                                top_logprobs=out_logprobs,
                            )
                    else:
                        logprobs = None

                    routed_experts_b64 = (
                        numpy2base64(output.routed_experts)
                        if output.routed_experts is not None
                        else None
                    )

                    sampling_mask = None
                    if output.sampling_mask is not None:
                        sampling_mask = output.sampling_mask.token_ids
                    token_ids_out: list[int] | None = as_list(delta_token_ids)
                    if hide_metadata:
                        token_ids_out = None
                        sampling_mask = None

                    if derender_mode and (
                        delta is None
                        and finish_reason is None
                        and not (logprobs and logprobs.content)
                        and not token_ids_out
                    ):
                        continue

                    choice_fields: dict[str, Any] = dict(
                        index=i,
                        logprobs=logprobs,
                        finish_reason=finish_reason,
                        stop_reason=output.stop_reason,
                        token_ids=token_ids_out,
                        routed_experts=routed_experts_b64,
                        sampling_mask=sampling_mask,
                        weight_versions=output.weight_versions,
                    )
                    choice: GenerateStreamChoiceBase
                    if derender_mode:
                        delta = delta or DeltaMessage()
                        if not role_sent[i]:
                            delta.role = "assistant"
                            role_sent[i] = True
                        choice = GenerateDerenderStreamChoice(
                            delta=delta, **choice_fields
                        )
                    elif text_mode:
                        choice = GenerateTextStreamChoice(
                            text=output.text, **choice_fields
                        )
                    else:
                        choice = GenerateTokensStreamChoice(**choice_fields)
                    chunk = response_cls(request_id=request_id, choices=[choice])

                    if prompt_token_ids is not None:
                        chunk.prompt_token_ids = prompt_token_ids
                        chunk.mm_placeholders = request._response_mm_placeholders
                        prompt_token_ids = None
                    if include_continuous_usage:
                        chunk.usage = UsageInfo(
                            prompt_tokens=num_prompt_tokens,
                            completion_tokens=num_generated_tokens[i],
                            total_tokens=(num_prompt_tokens + num_generated_tokens[i]),
                        )

                    # Omit fields that are absent from token-bearing chunks.
                    exclude = {
                        name
                        for name in ("prompt_token_ids", "mm_placeholders", "metrics")
                        if getattr(chunk, name) is None
                    }
                    yield f"data: {chunk.model_dump_json(exclude=exclude)}\n\n"

            total_completion_tokens = sum(num_generated_tokens)
            final_usage_info = UsageInfo(
                prompt_tokens=num_prompt_tokens,
                completion_tokens=total_completion_tokens,
                total_tokens=num_prompt_tokens + total_completion_tokens,
            )

            if self.enable_prompt_tokens_details and num_cached_tokens is not None:
                final_usage_info.prompt_tokens_details = PromptTokenUsageInfo(
                    cached_tokens=num_cached_tokens
                )

            if include_usage:
                per_request_metrics = None
                if sampling_params.n == 1:
                    spec_stats = build_spec_decoding_metrics(last_res)
                    if spec_stats is not None:
                        per_request_metrics = PerRequestMetrics(
                            speculative_decoding=spec_stats
                        )
                final_chunk = response_cls(
                    request_id=request_id,
                    choices=[],
                    usage=final_usage_info,
                    metrics=per_request_metrics,
                )
                yield f"data: {final_chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_none=True)}\n\n"

            request_metadata.final_usage_info = final_usage_info

        except GenerationError as e:
            yield (
                f"data: {self._convert_generation_error_to_streaming_response(e)}\n\n"
            )
        except Exception as e:
            logger.exception("Error in token generation stream.")
            # Stop the engine decoding for a stream nobody reads without
            # delaying the error event or being cancelled by a disconnect.
            task = asyncio.create_task(
                _close_result_generator(result_generator, request_id)
            )
            _background_tasks.add(task)
            task.add_done_callback(_background_tasks.discard)
            data = self.create_streaming_error_response(e)
            yield f"data: {data}\n\n"
        yield "data: [DONE]\n\n"

    @staticmethod
    def _logprob_settings(
        sampling_params: SamplingParams, derender_mode: bool
    ) -> tuple[int | None, int | None]:
        """Logprob count to gate on and the `top_logprobs` cut.

        The derender level returns chat logprobs, so it honors
        logprob_token_ids and applies the chat top_logprobs cut.
        """
        if derender_mode:
            return sampling_params.num_logprobs, chat_top_logprobs_limit(
                sampling_params.logprobs, bool(sampling_params.logprob_token_ids)
            )
        return sampling_params.logprobs, None

    def _logprobs_tokenizer(self, text_mode: bool) -> TokenizerLike | None:
        """Tokenizer that resolves logprob tokens, or None for placeholders.

        ``--return-tokens-as-token-ids`` keeps placeholders at every level, as
        it does on ``/v1/completions``.
        """
        if not text_mode or self.return_tokens_as_token_ids:
            return None
        return self.renderer.tokenizer

    def _create_text_logprobs(
        self,
        token_ids: GenericSequence[int],
        top_logprobs: GenericSequence[dict[int, Logprob] | None],
        tokenizer: TokenizerLike | None = None,
        top_limit: int | None = None,
    ) -> ChatCompletionLogProbs:
        """Create OpenAI style logprobs for the `text` and `derender` levels.

        With a `tokenizer` the tokens are decoded strings and carry `bytes`.
        Without one (`--return-tokens-as-token-ids`) they are `token_id:N`
        placeholders. `top_logprobs` keeps the first `top_limit` candidates
        the engine returned (the sampled token first, then the top k) or all
        of them when `top_limit` is None, as in tokens mode.
        """
        logprobs_content: list[ChatCompletionLogProbsContent] = []

        for i, token_id in enumerate(token_ids):
            step_top_logprobs = top_logprobs[i]
            if step_top_logprobs is None or step_top_logprobs.get(token_id) is None:
                token, token_bytes = _logprob_token(token_id, None, tokenizer)
                logprobs_content.append(
                    ChatCompletionLogProbsContent(token=token, bytes=token_bytes)
                )
            else:
                step_token = step_top_logprobs[token_id]
                token, token_bytes = _logprob_token(token_id, step_token, tokenizer)

                logprobs_content.append(
                    ChatCompletionLogProbsContent(
                        token=token,
                        logprob=_clamp_logprob(step_token.logprob),
                        bytes=token_bytes,
                        top_logprobs=[
                            _top_logprob(top_id, logprob, tokenizer)
                            for top_id, logprob in itertools.islice(
                                step_top_logprobs.items(), top_limit
                            )
                        ],
                    )
                )

        return ChatCompletionLogProbs(content=logprobs_content)

    def _create_tokens_logprobs(
        self,
        token_ids: GenericSequence[int],
        top_logprobs: GenericSequence[dict[int, Logprob] | None],
    ) -> GenerateLogProbs:
        """Create generate-shaped logprobs (integer token ids, no tokenizer).

        ``top_logprobs`` carries every candidate the engine returned for the
        position: the sampled token first, then the top k, so k entries when the
        sampled token is in the top k and k + 1 when it is not. It is not cut to
        the requested count: `/v1/chat/completions` and
        `/v1/completions` cut differently, and derender applies each endpoint's
        cut the way the coupled server does.

        The engine reports rank 0 for a sampled token whose logprob is NaN; that
        is not a rank, so it is sent as ``None`` (the logprob is clamped).
        """
        logprobs_content: list[GenerateLogProbsContent] = []

        for i, token_id in enumerate(token_ids):
            step_top_logprobs = top_logprobs[i]
            if step_top_logprobs is None or step_top_logprobs.get(token_id) is None:
                # Same sentinel the OpenAI shapes use when the sampled token
                # has no entry in the engine's top-k map.
                logprobs_content.append(
                    GenerateLogProbsContent(token_id=token_id, logprob=-9999.0)
                )
            else:
                step_token = step_top_logprobs[token_id]

                logprobs_content.append(
                    GenerateLogProbsContent(
                        token_id=token_id,
                        logprob=_clamp_logprob(step_token.logprob),
                        rank=step_token.rank or None,
                        top_logprobs=[
                            GenerateLogProb(
                                token_id=top_token_id,
                                logprob=_clamp_logprob(top_logprob.logprob),
                                rank=top_logprob.rank or None,
                            )
                            for top_token_id, top_logprob in step_top_logprobs.items()
                        ],
                    )
                )

        return GenerateLogProbs(content=logprobs_content)

_build_response_fields(request, final_res, request_id, model_name, created_time, num_generated_tokens, request_metadata)

Build the fields shared by every non-streaming response level.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
def _build_response_fields(
    self,
    request: GenerateRequest,
    final_res: RequestOutput,
    request_id: str,
    model_name: str,
    created_time: int,
    num_generated_tokens: int,
    request_metadata: RequestResponseMetadata,
) -> dict[str, Any]:
    """Build the fields shared by every non-streaming response level."""
    assert final_res.prompt_token_ids is not None
    num_prompt_tokens = len(final_res.prompt_token_ids)
    if final_res.encoder_prompt_token_ids is not None:
        num_prompt_tokens += len(final_res.encoder_prompt_token_ids)

    usage = UsageInfo(
        prompt_tokens=num_prompt_tokens,
        completion_tokens=num_generated_tokens,
        total_tokens=num_prompt_tokens + num_generated_tokens,
    )
    if (
        self.enable_prompt_tokens_details
        and final_res.num_cached_tokens is not None
    ):
        # This info is not available at the /coordinator level
        usage.prompt_tokens_details = PromptTokenUsageInfo(
            cached_tokens=final_res.num_cached_tokens
        )

    request_metadata.final_usage_info = usage

    per_request_metrics = None
    if request.sampling_params.n == 1:
        spec_stats = build_spec_decoding_metrics(final_res)
        if spec_stats is not None:
            per_request_metrics = PerRequestMetrics(speculative_decoding=spec_stats)
    return dict(
        request_id=request_id,
        created=created_time,
        model=model_name,
        usage=usage,
        prompt_logprobs=clamp_prompt_logprobs(final_res.prompt_logprobs),
        prompt_token_id_logprobs=(
            numpy2base64(final_res.prompt_token_id_logprobs)
            if final_res.prompt_token_id_logprobs is not None
            else None
        ),
        prompt_token_ids=(
            final_res.prompt_token_ids if request.return_token_ids else None
        ),
        mm_placeholders=request._response_mm_placeholders,
        metrics=per_request_metrics,
        kv_transfer_params=final_res.kv_transfer_params,
        ec_transfer_params=final_res.ec_transfer_params,
    )

_create_text_logprobs(token_ids, top_logprobs, tokenizer=None, top_limit=None)

Create OpenAI style logprobs for the text and derender levels.

With a tokenizer the tokens are decoded strings and carry bytes. Without one (--return-tokens-as-token-ids) they are token_id:N placeholders. top_logprobs keeps the first top_limit candidates the engine returned (the sampled token first, then the top k) or all of them when top_limit is None, as in tokens mode.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
def _create_text_logprobs(
    self,
    token_ids: GenericSequence[int],
    top_logprobs: GenericSequence[dict[int, Logprob] | None],
    tokenizer: TokenizerLike | None = None,
    top_limit: int | None = None,
) -> ChatCompletionLogProbs:
    """Create OpenAI style logprobs for the `text` and `derender` levels.

    With a `tokenizer` the tokens are decoded strings and carry `bytes`.
    Without one (`--return-tokens-as-token-ids`) they are `token_id:N`
    placeholders. `top_logprobs` keeps the first `top_limit` candidates
    the engine returned (the sampled token first, then the top k) or all
    of them when `top_limit` is None, as in tokens mode.
    """
    logprobs_content: list[ChatCompletionLogProbsContent] = []

    for i, token_id in enumerate(token_ids):
        step_top_logprobs = top_logprobs[i]
        if step_top_logprobs is None or step_top_logprobs.get(token_id) is None:
            token, token_bytes = _logprob_token(token_id, None, tokenizer)
            logprobs_content.append(
                ChatCompletionLogProbsContent(token=token, bytes=token_bytes)
            )
        else:
            step_token = step_top_logprobs[token_id]
            token, token_bytes = _logprob_token(token_id, step_token, tokenizer)

            logprobs_content.append(
                ChatCompletionLogProbsContent(
                    token=token,
                    logprob=_clamp_logprob(step_token.logprob),
                    bytes=token_bytes,
                    top_logprobs=[
                        _top_logprob(top_id, logprob, tokenizer)
                        for top_id, logprob in itertools.islice(
                            step_top_logprobs.items(), top_limit
                        )
                    ],
                )
            )

    return ChatCompletionLogProbs(content=logprobs_content)

_create_tokens_logprobs(token_ids, top_logprobs)

Create generate-shaped logprobs (integer token ids, no tokenizer).

top_logprobs carries every candidate the engine returned for the position: the sampled token first, then the top k, so k entries when the sampled token is in the top k and k + 1 when it is not. It is not cut to the requested count: /v1/chat/completions and /v1/completions cut differently, and derender applies each endpoint's cut the way the coupled server does.

The engine reports rank 0 for a sampled token whose logprob is NaN; that is not a rank, so it is sent as None (the logprob is clamped).

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
def _create_tokens_logprobs(
    self,
    token_ids: GenericSequence[int],
    top_logprobs: GenericSequence[dict[int, Logprob] | None],
) -> GenerateLogProbs:
    """Create generate-shaped logprobs (integer token ids, no tokenizer).

    ``top_logprobs`` carries every candidate the engine returned for the
    position: the sampled token first, then the top k, so k entries when the
    sampled token is in the top k and k + 1 when it is not. It is not cut to
    the requested count: `/v1/chat/completions` and
    `/v1/completions` cut differently, and derender applies each endpoint's
    cut the way the coupled server does.

    The engine reports rank 0 for a sampled token whose logprob is NaN; that
    is not a rank, so it is sent as ``None`` (the logprob is clamped).
    """
    logprobs_content: list[GenerateLogProbsContent] = []

    for i, token_id in enumerate(token_ids):
        step_top_logprobs = top_logprobs[i]
        if step_top_logprobs is None or step_top_logprobs.get(token_id) is None:
            # Same sentinel the OpenAI shapes use when the sampled token
            # has no entry in the engine's top-k map.
            logprobs_content.append(
                GenerateLogProbsContent(token_id=token_id, logprob=-9999.0)
            )
        else:
            step_token = step_top_logprobs[token_id]

            logprobs_content.append(
                GenerateLogProbsContent(
                    token_id=token_id,
                    logprob=_clamp_logprob(step_token.logprob),
                    rank=step_token.rank or None,
                    top_logprobs=[
                        GenerateLogProb(
                            token_id=top_token_id,
                            logprob=_clamp_logprob(top_logprob.logprob),
                            rank=top_logprob.rank or None,
                        )
                        for top_token_id, top_logprob in step_top_logprobs.items()
                    ],
                )
            )

    return GenerateLogProbs(content=logprobs_content)

_logprob_settings(sampling_params, derender_mode) staticmethod

Logprob count to gate on and the top_logprobs cut.

The derender level returns chat logprobs, so it honors logprob_token_ids and applies the chat top_logprobs cut.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
@staticmethod
def _logprob_settings(
    sampling_params: SamplingParams, derender_mode: bool
) -> tuple[int | None, int | None]:
    """Logprob count to gate on and the `top_logprobs` cut.

    The derender level returns chat logprobs, so it honors
    logprob_token_ids and applies the chat top_logprobs cut.
    """
    if derender_mode:
        return sampling_params.num_logprobs, chat_top_logprobs_limit(
            sampling_params.logprobs, bool(sampling_params.logprob_token_ids)
        )
    return sampling_params.logprobs, None

_logprobs_tokenizer(text_mode)

Tokenizer that resolves logprob tokens, or None for placeholders.

--return-tokens-as-token-ids keeps placeholders at every level, as it does on /v1/completions.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
def _logprobs_tokenizer(self, text_mode: bool) -> TokenizerLike | None:
    """Tokenizer that resolves logprob tokens, or None for placeholders.

    ``--return-tokens-as-token-ids`` keeps placeholders at every level, as
    it does on ``/v1/completions``.
    """
    if not text_mode or self.return_tokens_as_token_ids:
        return None
    return self.renderer.tokenizer

_clamp_logprob(logprob)

The OpenAI shapes' floor for a logprob: -inf and NaN become -9999.0.

max(nan, -9999.0) is NaN in Python, so NaN needs its own check; NaN would otherwise fail JSONResponse or reach the client as null.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
def _clamp_logprob(logprob: float) -> float:
    """The OpenAI shapes' floor for a logprob: ``-inf`` and NaN become ``-9999.0``.

    ``max(nan, -9999.0)`` is NaN in Python, so NaN needs its own check; NaN
    would otherwise fail ``JSONResponse`` or reach the client as ``null``.
    """
    return -9999.0 if math.isnan(logprob) else max(logprob, -9999.0)

_close_result_generator(result_generator, request_id) async

Close generate() so it aborts this request by its internal ID.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
async def _close_result_generator(
    result_generator: AsyncGenerator[RequestOutput, None], request_id: str
) -> None:
    """Close `generate()` so it aborts this request by its internal ID."""
    try:
        await result_generator.aclose()
    except Exception:
        logger.exception("Failed to abort request %s.", request_id)

_logprob_token(token_id, logprob, tokenizer)

Token string and UTF-8 bytes for one logprob entry.

Without a tokenizer the token is a token_id:N placeholder with no bytes.

Source code in vllm/entrypoints/scale_out/token_in_token_out/serving.py
def _logprob_token(
    token_id: int, logprob: Logprob | None, tokenizer: TokenizerLike | None
) -> tuple[str, list[int] | None]:
    """Token string and UTF-8 bytes for one logprob entry.

    Without a tokenizer the token is a ``token_id:N`` placeholder with no bytes.
    """
    if tokenizer is None:
        return format_token_id_placeholder(token_id), None
    token = (
        tokenizer.decode([token_id])
        if logprob is None
        else GenerateBaseServing._get_decoded_token(logprob, token_id, tokenizer)
    )
    return token, list(token.encode("utf-8", errors="replace"))