Scheduled removal of `guided_*` config fields (#29326)

Signed-off-by: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>

docs/features/structured_outputs.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This document shows you some examples of the different options that are
 available to generate structured outputs.
 
 !!! warning
-    If you are still using the following deprecated API fields, please update your code to use `structured_outputs` as demonstrated in the rest of this document:
+    If you are still using the following deprecated API fields which were removed in v0.12.0, please update your code to use `structured_outputs` as demonstrated in the rest of this document:
 
     - `guided_json` -> `{"structured_outputs": {"json": ...}}` or `StructuredOutputsParams(json=...)`
     - `guided_regex` -> `{"structured_outputs": {"regex": ...}}` or `StructuredOutputsParams(regex=...)`

tests/v1/entrypoints/llm/test_struct_output_generate.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
 import json
-from dataclasses import fields
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ from vllm.outputs import RequestOutput
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.reasoning.abs_reasoning_parsers import ReasoningParserManager
 from vllm.sampling_params import (
-    GuidedDecodingParams,
     SamplingParams,
     StructuredOutputsParams,
 )
@@ -108,23 +106,6 @@ class CarDescription(BaseModel):
     car_type: CarType
 
 
-def test_guided_decoding_deprecated():
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="GuidedDecodingParams is deprecated.*"):
-        guided_decoding = GuidedDecodingParams(json_object=True)
-
-    structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams(json_object=True)
-    assert fields(guided_decoding) == fields(structured_outputs)
-
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="guided_decoding is deprecated.*"):
-        sp1 = SamplingParams(guided_decoding=guided_decoding)
-
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="guided_decoding is deprecated.*"):
-        sp2 = SamplingParams.from_optional(guided_decoding=guided_decoding)
-
-    assert sp1 == sp2
-    assert sp1.structured_outputs == guided_decoding
-
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model_name, backend, tokenizer_mode, speculative_config",
     PARAMS_MODELS_BACKENDS_TOKENIZER_MODE,
@@ -899,13 +880,11 @@ def test_structured_output_batched_with_non_structured_outputs_requests(
                 output_json = json.loads(generated_text)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("guided_decoding_backend", ["xgrammar"])
-def test_structured_output_with_structural_tag(
-    guided_decoding_backend: str,
-):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["xgrammar"])
+def test_structured_output_with_structural_tag(backend: str):
     llm = LLM(
         model="Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct",
-        guided_decoding_backend=guided_decoding_backend,
+        structured_outputs_config=StructuredOutputsConfig(backend=backend),
     )
 
     structural_tag_config = {
@@ -923,7 +902,7 @@ def test_structured_output_with_structural_tag(
     sampling_params = SamplingParams(
         temperature=0.0,
         max_tokens=500,
-        guided_decoding=StructuredOutputsParams(
+        structured_outputs=StructuredOutputsParams(
             structural_tag=json.dumps(structural_tag_config)
         ),
     )

vllm/engine/arg_utils.py

@@ -502,11 +502,6 @@ class EngineArgs:
     )
     reasoning_parser: str = StructuredOutputsConfig.reasoning_parser
     reasoning_parser_plugin: str | None = None
-    # Deprecated guided decoding fields
-    guided_decoding_backend: str | None = None
-    guided_decoding_disable_fallback: bool | None = None
-    guided_decoding_disable_any_whitespace: bool | None = None
-    guided_decoding_disable_additional_properties: bool | None = None
 
     logits_processor_pattern: str | None = ModelConfig.logits_processor_pattern
 
@@ -725,19 +720,6 @@ class EngineArgs:
             "--reasoning-parser-plugin",
             **structured_outputs_kwargs["reasoning_parser_plugin"],
         )
-        # Deprecated guided decoding arguments
-        for arg, type in [
-            ("--guided-decoding-backend", str),
-            ("--guided-decoding-disable-fallback", bool),
-            ("--guided-decoding-disable-any-whitespace", bool),
-            ("--guided-decoding-disable-additional-properties", bool),
-        ]:
-            structured_outputs_group.add_argument(
-                arg,
-                type=type,
-                help=(f"[DEPRECATED] {arg} will be removed in v0.12.0."),
-                deprecated=True,
-            )
 
         # Parallel arguments
         parallel_kwargs = get_kwargs(ParallelConfig)
@@ -1712,21 +1694,6 @@ class EngineArgs:
                 self.reasoning_parser_plugin
             )
 
-        # Forward the deprecated CLI args to the StructuredOutputsConfig
-        so_config = self.structured_outputs_config
-        if self.guided_decoding_backend is not None:
-            so_config.guided_decoding_backend = self.guided_decoding_backend
-        if self.guided_decoding_disable_fallback is not None:
-            so_config.disable_fallback = self.guided_decoding_disable_fallback
-        if self.guided_decoding_disable_any_whitespace is not None:
-            so_config.disable_any_whitespace = (
-                self.guided_decoding_disable_any_whitespace
-            )
-        if self.guided_decoding_disable_additional_properties is not None:
-            so_config.disable_additional_properties = (
-                self.guided_decoding_disable_additional_properties
-            )
-
         observability_config = ObservabilityConfig(
             show_hidden_metrics_for_version=self.show_hidden_metrics_for_version,
             otlp_traces_endpoint=self.otlp_traces_endpoint,

vllm/entrypoints/openai/protocol.py

@@ -652,62 +652,6 @@ class ChatCompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
         default=None,
         description="Additional kwargs for structured outputs",
     )
-    guided_json: str | dict | BaseModel | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_json` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `json` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_regex: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_regex` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `regex` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_choice: list[str] | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_choice` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `choice` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_grammar: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_grammar` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `grammar` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    structural_tag: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`structural_tag` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `structural_tag` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_decoding_backend: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_decoding_backend` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please remove it from your request."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_whitespace_pattern: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_whitespace_pattern` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `whitespace_pattern` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
     priority: int = Field(
         default=0,
         description=(
@@ -841,20 +785,6 @@ class ChatCompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
         if prompt_logprobs is None and self.echo:
             prompt_logprobs = self.top_logprobs
 
-        # Forward deprecated guided_* parameters to structured_outputs
-        if self.structured_outputs is None:
-            kwargs = dict[str, Any](
-                json=self.guided_json,
-                regex=self.guided_regex,
-                choice=self.guided_choice,
-                grammar=self.guided_grammar,
-                whitespace_pattern=self.guided_whitespace_pattern,
-                structural_tag=self.structural_tag,
-            )
-            kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
-            if len(kwargs) > 0:
-                self.structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams(**kwargs)
-
         response_format = self.response_format
         if response_format is not None:
             # If structured outputs wasn't already enabled,
@@ -863,24 +793,23 @@ class ChatCompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
                 self.structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams()
 
             # Set structured output params for response format
-            if response_format is not None:
-                if response_format.type == "json_object":
-                    self.structured_outputs.json_object = True
-                elif response_format.type == "json_schema":
-                    json_schema = response_format.json_schema
-                    assert json_schema is not None
-                    self.structured_outputs.json = json_schema.json_schema
-                elif response_format.type == "structural_tag":
-                    structural_tag = response_format
-                    assert structural_tag is not None and isinstance(
-                        structural_tag,
-                        (
-                            LegacyStructuralTagResponseFormat,
-                            StructuralTagResponseFormat,
-                        ),
-                    )
-                    s_tag_obj = structural_tag.model_dump(by_alias=True)
-                    self.structured_outputs.structural_tag = json.dumps(s_tag_obj)
+            if response_format.type == "json_object":
+                self.structured_outputs.json_object = True
+            elif response_format.type == "json_schema":
+                json_schema = response_format.json_schema
+                assert json_schema is not None
+                self.structured_outputs.json = json_schema.json_schema
+            elif response_format.type == "structural_tag":
+                structural_tag = response_format
+                assert structural_tag is not None and isinstance(
+                    structural_tag,
+                    (
+                        LegacyStructuralTagResponseFormat,
+                        StructuralTagResponseFormat,
+                    ),
+                )
+                s_tag_obj = structural_tag.model_dump(by_alias=True)
+                self.structured_outputs.structural_tag = json.dumps(s_tag_obj)
 
         extra_args: dict[str, Any] = self.vllm_xargs if self.vllm_xargs else {}
         if self.kv_transfer_params:
@@ -1140,58 +1069,6 @@ class CompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
         default=None,
         description="Additional kwargs for structured outputs",
     )
-    guided_json: str | dict | BaseModel | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_json` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `json` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_regex: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_regex` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `regex` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_choice: list[str] | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_choice` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `choice` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_grammar: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_grammar` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `grammar` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
-    structural_tag: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=("If specified, the output will follow the structural tag schema."),
-    )
-    guided_decoding_backend: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_decoding_backend` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please remove it from your request."
-        ),
-    )
-    guided_whitespace_pattern: str | None = Field(
-        default=None,
-        description=(
-            "`guided_whitespace_pattern` is deprecated. "
-            "This will be removed in v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, whichever is soonest. "
-            "Please pass `whitespace_pattern` to `structured_outputs` instead."
-        ),
-    )
     priority: int = Field(
         default=0,
         description=(
@@ -1336,35 +1213,31 @@ class CompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
 
         echo_without_generation = self.echo and self.max_tokens == 0
 
-        guided_json_object = None
-        if self.response_format is not None:
-            if self.response_format.type == "json_object":
-                guided_json_object = True
-            elif self.response_format.type == "json_schema":
-                json_schema = self.response_format.json_schema
+        response_format = self.response_format
+        if response_format is not None:
+            # If structured outputs wasn't already enabled,
+            # we must enable it for these features to work
+            if self.structured_outputs is None:
+                self.structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams()
+
+            # Set structured output params for response format
+            if response_format.type == "json_object":
+                self.structured_outputs.json_object = True
+            elif response_format.type == "json_schema":
+                json_schema = response_format.json_schema
                 assert json_schema is not None
-                self.guided_json = json_schema.json_schema
-            elif self.response_format.type == "structural_tag":
-                structural_tag = self.response_format
+                self.structured_outputs.json = json_schema.json_schema
+            elif response_format.type == "structural_tag":
+                structural_tag = response_format
                 assert structural_tag is not None and isinstance(
-                    structural_tag, StructuralTagResponseFormat
+                    structural_tag,
+                    (
+                        LegacyStructuralTagResponseFormat,
+                        StructuralTagResponseFormat,
+                    ),
                 )
                 s_tag_obj = structural_tag.model_dump(by_alias=True)
-                self.structural_tag = json.dumps(s_tag_obj)
-
-        # Forward deprecated guided_* parameters to structured_outputs
-        if self.structured_outputs is None:
-            kwargs = dict[str, Any](
-                json=self.guided_json,
-                json_object=guided_json_object,
-                regex=self.guided_regex,
-                choice=self.guided_choice,
-                grammar=self.guided_grammar,
-                whitespace_pattern=self.guided_whitespace_pattern,
-            )
-            kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
-            if len(kwargs) > 0:
-                self.structured_outputs = StructuredOutputsParams(**kwargs)
+                self.structured_outputs.structural_tag = json.dumps(s_tag_obj)
 
         extra_args: dict[str, Any] = self.vllm_xargs if self.vllm_xargs else {}
         if self.kv_transfer_params:

vllm/sampling_params.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 """Sampling parameters for text generation."""
 
 import copy
-import warnings
 from dataclasses import field
 from enum import Enum, IntEnum
 from functools import cached_property
@@ -100,19 +99,6 @@ class StructuredOutputsParams:
         )
 
 
-@dataclass
-class GuidedDecodingParams(StructuredOutputsParams):
-    def __post_init__(self):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "GuidedDecodingParams is deprecated. This will be removed in "
-            "v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, which ever is soonest. Please use "
-            "StructuredOutputsParams instead.",
-            DeprecationWarning,
-            stacklevel=2,
-        )
-        return super().__post_init__()
-
-
 class RequestOutputKind(Enum):
     # Return entire output so far in every RequestOutput
     CUMULATIVE = 0
@@ -234,8 +220,6 @@ class SamplingParams(
     # Fields used to construct logits processors
     structured_outputs: StructuredOutputsParams | None = None
     """Parameters for configuring structured outputs."""
-    guided_decoding: GuidedDecodingParams | None = None
-    """Deprecated alias for structured_outputs."""
     logit_bias: dict[int, float] | None = None
     """If provided, the engine will construct a logits processor that applies
     these logit biases."""
@@ -283,7 +267,6 @@ class SamplingParams(
         truncate_prompt_tokens: Annotated[int, msgspec.Meta(ge=-1)] | None = None,
         output_kind: RequestOutputKind = RequestOutputKind.CUMULATIVE,
         structured_outputs: StructuredOutputsParams | None = None,
-        guided_decoding: GuidedDecodingParams | None = None,
         logit_bias: dict[int, float] | dict[str, float] | None = None,
         allowed_token_ids: list[int] | None = None,
         extra_args: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
@@ -295,16 +278,6 @@ class SamplingParams(
                 int(token): min(100.0, max(-100.0, bias))
                 for token, bias in logit_bias.items()
             }
-        if guided_decoding is not None:
-            warnings.warn(
-                "guided_decoding is deprecated. This will be removed in "
-                "v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, which ever is soonest. Please use "
-                "structured_outputs instead.",
-                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
-            )
-            structured_outputs = guided_decoding
-            guided_decoding = None
 
         return SamplingParams(
             n=1 if n is None else n,
@@ -387,17 +360,6 @@ class SamplingParams(
         # eos_token_id is added to this by the engine
         self._all_stop_token_ids.update(self.stop_token_ids)
 
-        if self.guided_decoding is not None:
-            warnings.warn(
-                "guided_decoding is deprecated. This will be removed in "
-                "v0.12.0 or v1.0.0, which ever is soonest. Please use "
-                "structured_outputs instead.",
-                DeprecationWarning,
-                stacklevel=2,
-            )
-            self.structured_outputs = self.guided_decoding
-            self.guided_decoding = None
-
         if self.skip_reading_prefix_cache is None:
             # If prefix caching is enabled,
             # the output of prompt logprobs may less than n_prompt_tokens,