Merge tag 'v0.19.1' into v0.19.0

.buildkite/scripts/hardware_ci/run-cpu-test.sh

@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ echo "--- :docker: Building Docker image"
 docker build --progress plain --tag "$IMAGE_NAME" --target vllm-test -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu .
 
 # Run the image, setting --shm-size=4g for tensor parallel.
-docker run --rm --cpuset-cpus="$CORE_RANGE" --cpuset-mems="$NUMA_NODE" -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface --privileged=true -e HF_TOKEN -e VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE=16 -e VLLM_CPU_CI_ENV=1 -e VLLM_CPU_SIM_MULTI_NUMA=1 --shm-size=4g "$IMAGE_NAME" \
+docker run --rm --cpuset-cpus="$CORE_RANGE" --cpuset-mems="$NUMA_NODE" -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface --privileged=true -e HF_TOKEN -e VLLM_CPU_KVCACHE_SPACE=16 -e VLLM_CPU_CI_ENV=1 -e VLLM_CPU_SIM_MULTI_NUMA=1 -e VLLM_CPU_ATTN_SPLIT_KV=0 --shm-size=4g "$IMAGE_NAME" \
         timeout "$TIMEOUT_VAL" bash -c "set -euox pipefail; echo \"--- Print packages\"; pip list; echo \"--- Running tests\"; ${TEST_COMMAND}"

.buildkite/test_areas/kernels.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,20 @@ steps:
   - tests/kernels/test_top_k_per_row.py
   - tests/kernels/test_concat_mla_q.py
   commands:
-    - pytest -v -s kernels/core kernels/test_top_k_per_row.py kernels/test_concat_mla_q.py
+    - pytest -v -s kernels/core --ignore=kernels/core/test_minimax_reduce_rms.py kernels/test_top_k_per_row.py kernels/test_concat_mla_q.py
+
+- label: Kernels MiniMax Reduce RMS Test (2 GPUs)
+  timeout_in_minutes: 15
+  num_devices: 2
+  device: h100
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - csrc/minimax_reduce_rms_kernel.cu
+  - csrc/minimax_reduce_rms_kernel.h
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/mamba/linear_attn.py
+  - vllm/model_executor/layers/mamba/lamport_workspace.py
+  - tests/kernels/core/test_minimax_reduce_rms.py
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s kernels/core/test_minimax_reduce_rms.py
 
 - label: Kernels Attention Test %N
   timeout_in_minutes: 35

.buildkite/test_areas/models_basic.yaml

@@ -69,3 +69,18 @@ steps:
     - python3 examples/offline_inference/vision_language.py --model-type qwen2_5_vl
     # Whisper needs spawn method to avoid deadlock
     - VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn python3 examples/offline_inference/audio_language.py --model-type whisper
+
+- label: Transformers Backward Compatibility Models Test
+  working_dir: "/vllm-workspace/"
+  optional: true
+  soft_fail: true
+  commands:
+    - pip install transformers==4.57.5
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/test_initialization.py
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/test_transformers.py
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/multimodal/processing/
+    - pytest -v -s tests/models/multimodal/test_mapping.py
+    - python3 examples/offline_inference/basic/chat.py
+    - python3 examples/offline_inference/vision_language.py --model-type qwen2_5_vl
+    # Whisper needs spawn method to avoid deadlock
+    - VLLM_WORKER_MULTIPROC_METHOD=spawn python3 examples/offline_inference/audio_language.py --model-type whisper

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ set(VLLM_EXT_SRC
   "csrc/torch_bindings.cpp")
 
 if(VLLM_GPU_LANG STREQUAL "CUDA")
+  list(APPEND VLLM_EXT_SRC "csrc/minimax_reduce_rms_kernel.cu")
+
   SET(CUTLASS_ENABLE_HEADERS_ONLY ON CACHE BOOL "Enable only the header library")
 
   # Set CUTLASS_REVISION. Used for FetchContent. Also fixes some bogus messages when building.

csrc/minimax_reduce_rms_kernel.h

+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cuda_bf16.h>
+#include <cuda_fp16.h>
+
+#include <torch/types.h>
+
+namespace vllm {
+namespace tensorrt_llm {
+
+template <typename DType>
+struct ElemsPerAccess;
+
+template <>
+struct ElemsPerAccess<half> {
+  static constexpr int value = 8;
+  using vec_type = float4;
+};
+
+template <>
+struct ElemsPerAccess<nv_bfloat16> {
+  static constexpr int value = 8;
+  using vec_type = float4;
+};
+
+template <>
+struct ElemsPerAccess<float> {
+  static constexpr int value = 4;
+  using vec_type = float4;
+};
+
+template <typename DType>
+static constexpr int kElemsPerAccess = ElemsPerAccess<DType>::value;
+
+struct MiniMaxReduceRMSParams {
+  int nranks{};
+  int rank{};
+  at::ScalarType dtype{at::ScalarType::Undefined};
+  int size_q{};
+  int hidden_dim{};
+  int size_k{};
+  int hidden_dim_k{};
+  int stride_q{};  // row stride for q input (elements); when > hidden_dim,
+                   // q is part of a wider qkv tensor
+  int stride_k{};  // row stride for k input (elements); when > hidden_dim_k,
+                   // k is part of a wider qkv tensor
+  int stride_q_out{};  // row stride for q output (elements); 0 = contiguous
+  int stride_k_out{};  // row stride for k output (elements); 0 = contiguous
+  void** workspace{};
+  void* allreduce_in{};
+  void* rms_norm_out{};
+  void* rms_gamma{};
+  void* allreduce_in_k{};
+  void* rms_norm_out_k{};
+  void* rms_gamma_k{};
+  float rms_eps{};
+  cudaStream_t stream{};
+};
+
+void minimax_reduce_rms_op(MiniMaxReduceRMSParams const& params);
+
+}  // namespace tensorrt_llm
+}  // namespace vllm

csrc/ops.h

@@ -392,3 +392,15 @@ int64_t qr_max_size();
 void dsv3_fused_a_gemm(torch::Tensor& output, torch::Tensor const& mat_a,
                        torch::Tensor const& mat_b);
 #endif
+
+#ifndef USE_ROCM
+torch::Tensor minimax_allreduce_rms(torch::Tensor const& input,
+                                    torch::Tensor const& norm_weight,
+                                    torch::Tensor workspace, int64_t const rank,
+                                    int64_t const nranks, double const eps);
+std::tuple<torch::Tensor, torch::Tensor> minimax_allreduce_rms_qk(
+    torch::Tensor qkv, torch::Tensor const& norm_weight_q,
+    torch::Tensor const& norm_weight_k, torch::Tensor workspace,
+    int64_t const q_size, int64_t const kv_size, int64_t const rank,
+    int64_t const nranks, double const eps);
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file

csrc/torch_bindings.cpp

@@ -668,6 +668,29 @@ TORCH_LIBRARY_EXPAND(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, ops) {
       "Tensor? b_qzeros, "
       "SymInt n, SymInt group_size, SymInt sm_count, SymInt sm_version, SymInt "
       "CUBLAS_M_THRESHOLD, bool has_zp, bool n32k16_reorder) -> Tensor");
+
+  ops.def(
+      "minimax_allreduce_rms("
+      "Tensor input,"
+      "Tensor norm_weight,"
+      "Tensor workspace,"
+      "int rank,"
+      "int nranks,"
+      "float eps) -> Tensor");
+  ops.impl("minimax_allreduce_rms", torch::kCUDA, &minimax_allreduce_rms);
+  ops.def(
+      "minimax_allreduce_rms_qk("
+      "Tensor qkv,"
+      "Tensor norm_weight_q,"
+      "Tensor norm_weight_k,"
+      "Tensor workspace,"
+      "int q_size,"
+      "int kv_size,"
+      "int rank,"
+      "int nranks,"
+      "float eps) -> (Tensor, Tensor)");
+  ops.impl("minimax_allreduce_rms_qk", torch::kCUDA, &minimax_allreduce_rms_qk);
+
   //  conditionally compiled so impl in source file
 #endif
 }

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     else \
         BITSANDBYTES_VERSION="${BITSANDBYTES_VERSION_X86}"; \
     fi; \
-    uv pip install --system accelerate hf_transfer modelscope \
+    uv pip install --system accelerate modelscope \
         "bitsandbytes>=${BITSANDBYTES_VERSION}" "timm${TIMM_VERSION}" "runai-model-streamer[s3,gcs,azure]${RUNAI_MODEL_STREAMER_VERSION}"
 
 # ============================================================
@@ -772,9 +772,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install --system -e tests/vllm_test_utils
 
 # enable fast downloads from hf (for testing)
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv pip install --system hf_transfer
-ENV HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER 1
+ENV HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE 1
+
+# increase timeout for hf downloads (for testing)
+ENV HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT 60
 
 # Copy in the v1 package for testing (it isn't distributed yet)
 COPY vllm/v1 /usr/local/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/dist-packages/vllm/v1

docker/Dockerfile.cpu

@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ RUN \
     esac; \
     }; \
     remove_packages_not_supported_on_aarch64 && \
-    sed -i 's/^torch==.*/torch==2.10.0/g' requirements/cpu-test.in && \
+    sed -i 's/^torch==.*/torch==2.11.0/g' requirements/cpu-test.in && \
     sed -i 's/torchaudio.*/torchaudio/g' requirements/cpu-test.in && \
     sed -i 's/torchvision.*/torchvision/g' requirements/cpu-test.in && \
+    # Related issue: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/38800#issuecomment-4228314305
+    sed -i 's/^sentence-transformers.*/sentence-transformers==5.3.0/g' requirements/cpu-test.in && \
     uv pip compile requirements/cpu-test.in -o requirements/cpu-test.txt --index-strategy unsafe-best-match --torch-backend cpu
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
@@ -195,6 +197,12 @@ ADD ./.buildkite/ ./.buildkite/
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install -e tests/vllm_test_utils
 
+# enable fast downloads from hf (for testing)
+ENV HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE 1
+
+# increase timeout for hf downloads (for testing)
+ENV HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT 60
+
 ######################### RELEASE IMAGE #########################
 FROM base AS vllm-openai
 

docker/Dockerfile.nightly_torch

@@ -269,9 +269,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install --system -e tests/vllm_test_utils
 
 # enable fast downloads from hf (for testing)
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv pip install --system hf_transfer
-ENV HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER 1
+ENV HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE 1
+
+# increase timeout for hf downloads (for testing)
+ENV HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT 60
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install --system -r requirements/nightly_torch_test.txt

docker/Dockerfile.rocm

@@ -364,9 +364,10 @@ RUN cd /vllm-workspace \
     && python3 -m pip install pytest-shard
 
 # enable fast downloads from hf (for testing)
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
-    uv pip install --system hf_transfer
-ENV HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1
+ENV HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE=1
+
+# increase timeout for hf downloads (for testing)
+ENV HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT 60
 
 # install audio decode package `torchcodec` from source (required due to 
 # ROCm and torch version mismatch) for tests with datasets package

docs/getting_started/installation/gpu.rocm.inc.md

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ uv pip install vllm --extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/rocm/0.15.0/rocm700
         # Install dependencies
         pip install --upgrade numba \
             scipy \
-            huggingface-hub[cli,hf_transfer] \
+            huggingface-hub[cli] \
             setuptools_scm
         pip install -r requirements/rocm.txt
 

examples/tool_chat_template_gemma4.jinja

+{%- macro format_parameters(properties, required) -%}
+    {%- set standard_keys = ['description', 'type', 'properties', 'required', 'nullable'] -%}
+    {%- set ns = namespace(found_first=false) -%}
+    {%- for key, value in properties | dictsort -%}
+        {%- set add_comma = false -%}
+        {%- if key not in standard_keys -%}
+            {%- if ns.found_first %},{% endif -%}
+            {%- set ns.found_first = true -%}
+            {{ key }}:{
+            {%- if value['description'] -%}
+                description:<|"|>{{ value['description'] }}<|"|>
+                {%- set add_comma = true -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+            {%- if value['nullable'] %}
+                {%- if add_comma %},{%- else -%} {%- set add_comma = true -%} {% endif -%}
+                nullable:true
+            {%- endif -%}
+            {%- if value['type'] | upper == 'STRING' -%}
+                {%- if value['enum'] -%}
+                    {%- if add_comma %},{%- else -%} {%- set add_comma = true -%} {% endif -%}
+                    enum:{{ format_argument(value['enum']) }}
+                {%- endif -%}
+            {%- elif value['type'] | upper == 'OBJECT' -%}
+                ,properties:{
+                {%- if value['properties'] is defined and value['properties'] is mapping -%}
+                    {{- format_parameters(value['properties'], value['required'] | default([])) -}}
+                {%- elif value is mapping -%}
+                    {{- format_parameters(value, value['required'] | default([])) -}}
+                {%- endif -%}
+                }
+                {%- if value['required'] -%}
+                    ,required:[
+                    {%- for item in value['required'] | default([]) -%}
+                        <|"|>{{- item -}}<|"|>
+                        {%- if not loop.last %},{% endif -%}
+                    {%- endfor -%}
+                    ]
+                {%- endif -%}
+            {%- elif value['type'] | upper == 'ARRAY' -%}
+                {%- if value['items'] is mapping and value['items'] -%}
+                    ,items:{
+                    {%- set ns_items = namespace(found_first=false) -%}
+                    {%- for item_key, item_value in value['items'] | dictsort -%}
+                        {%- if item_value is not none -%}
+                            {%- if ns_items.found_first %},{% endif -%}
+                            {%- set ns_items.found_first = true -%}
+                            {%- if item_key == 'properties' -%}
+                                properties:{
+                                {%- if item_value is mapping -%}
+                                    {{- format_parameters(item_value, value['items']['required'] | default([])) -}}
+                                {%- endif -%}
+                                }
+                            {%- elif item_key == 'required' -%}
+                                required:[
+                                {%- for req_item in item_value -%}
+                                    <|"|>{{- req_item -}}<|"|>
+                                    {%- if not loop.last %},{% endif -%}
+                                {%- endfor -%}
+                                ]
+                            {%- elif item_key == 'type' -%}
+                                {%- if item_value is string -%}
+                                    type:{{ format_argument(item_value | upper) }}
+                                {%- else -%}
+                                    type:{{ format_argument(item_value | map('upper') | list) }}
+                                {%- endif -%}
+                            {%- else -%}
+                                {{ item_key }}:{{ format_argument(item_value) }}
+                            {%- endif -%}
+                        {%- endif -%}
+                    {%- endfor -%}
+                    }
+                {%- endif -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+            {%- if add_comma %},{%- else -%} {%- set add_comma = true -%} {% endif -%}
+            type:<|"|>{{ value['type'] | upper }}<|"|>}
+        {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endfor -%}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+{%- macro format_function_declaration(tool_data) -%}
+    declaration:{{- tool_data['function']['name'] -}}{description:<|"|>{{- tool_data['function']['description'] -}}<|"|>
+    {%- set params = tool_data['function']['parameters'] -%}
+    {%- if params -%}
+        ,parameters:{
+        {%- if params['properties'] -%}
+            properties:{ {{- format_parameters(params['properties'], params['required']) -}} },
+        {%- endif -%}
+        {%- if params['required'] -%}
+            required:[
+            {%- for item in params['required'] -%}
+                <|"|>{{- item -}}<|"|>
+                {{- ',' if not loop.last -}}
+            {%- endfor -%}
+            ],
+        {%- endif -%}
+        {%- if params['type'] -%}
+            type:<|"|>{{- params['type'] | upper -}}<|"|>}
+        {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- if 'response' in tool_data['function'] -%}
+        {%- set response_declaration = tool_data['function']['response'] -%}
+        ,response:{
+        {%- if response_declaration['description'] -%}
+            description:<|"|>{{- response_declaration['description'] -}}<|"|>,
+        {%- endif -%}
+        {%- if response_declaration['type'] | upper == 'OBJECT' -%}
+            type:<|"|>{{- response_declaration['type'] | upper -}}<|"|>}
+        {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    }
+{%- endmacro -%}
+{%- macro format_argument(argument, escape_keys=True) -%}
+    {%- if argument is string -%}
+        {{- '<|"|>' + argument + '<|"|>' -}}
+    {%- elif argument is boolean -%}
+        {{- 'true' if argument else 'false' -}}
+    {%- elif argument is mapping -%}
+        {{- '{' -}}
+        {%- set ns = namespace(found_first=false) -%}
+        {%- for key, value in argument | dictsort -%}
+            {%- if ns.found_first %},{% endif -%}
+            {%- set ns.found_first = true -%}
+            {%- if escape_keys -%}
+                {{- '<|"|>' + key + '<|"|>' -}}
+            {%- else -%}
+                {{- key -}}
+            {%- endif -%}
+            :{{- format_argument(value, escape_keys=escape_keys) -}}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+        {{- '}' -}}
+    {%- elif argument is sequence -%}
+        {{- '[' -}}
+        {%- for item in argument -%}
+            {{- format_argument(item, escape_keys=escape_keys) -}}
+            {%- if not loop.last %},{% endif -%}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+        {{- ']' -}}
+    {%- else -%}
+        {{- argument -}}
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+{%- macro strip_thinking(text) -%}
+    {%- set ns = namespace(result='') -%}
+    {%- for part in text.split('<channel|>') -%}
+        {%- if '<|channel>' in part -%}
+            {%- set ns.result = ns.result + part.split('<|channel>')[0] -%}
+        {%- else -%}
+            {%- set ns.result = ns.result + part -%}
+        {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endfor -%}
+    {{- ns.result | trim -}}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{%- macro format_tool_response_block(tool_name, response) -%}
+    {{- '<|tool_response>' -}}
+    {%- if response is mapping -%}
+        {{- 'response:' + tool_name + '{' -}}
+        {%- for key, value in response | dictsort -%}
+            {{- key -}}:{{- format_argument(value, escape_keys=False) -}}
+            {%- if not loop.last %},{% endif -%}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+        {{- '}' -}}
+    {%- else -%}
+        {{- 'response:' + tool_name + '{value:' + format_argument(response, escape_keys=False) + '}' -}}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {{- '<tool_response|>' -}}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{%- set ns = namespace(prev_message_type=None) -%}
+{%- set loop_messages = messages -%}
+{{ bos_token }}
+{%- if (enable_thinking is defined and enable_thinking) or tools or messages[0]['role'] in ['system', 'developer'] -%}
+    {{- '<|turn>system\n' -}}
+
+    {%- if enable_thinking is defined and enable_thinking -%}
+        {{- '<|think|>' -}}
+        {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'think' -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {%- if messages[0]['role'] in ['system', 'developer'] -%}
+        {{- messages[0]['content'] | trim -}}
+        {%- set loop_messages = messages[1:] -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {%- if tools -%}
+        {%- for tool in tools %}
+            {{- '<|tool>' -}}
+            {{- format_function_declaration(tool) | trim -}}
+            {{- '<tool|>' -}}
+        {%- endfor %}
+        {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'tool' -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {{- '<turn|>\n' -}}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{%- set ns_turn = namespace(last_user_idx=-1) -%}
+{%- for i in range(loop_messages | length) -%}
+    {%- if loop_messages[i]['role'] == 'user' -%}
+        {%- set ns_turn.last_user_idx = i -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- for message in loop_messages -%}
+    {%- if message['role'] != 'tool' -%}
+    {%- set ns.prev_message_type = None -%}
+    {%- set role = 'model' if message['role'] == 'assistant' else message['role'] -%}
+    {#- OpenAI may emit multiple assistant messages in one tool loop (user → asst → tool → asst → tool).
+        Only the first of those should open <|turn>model; later ones continue the same model turn. -#}
+    {%- set prev_nt = namespace(role=None, found=false) -%}
+    {%- if loop.index0 > 0 -%}
+        {%- for j in range(loop.index0 - 1, -1, -1) -%}
+            {%- if not prev_nt.found -%}
+                {%- if loop_messages[j]['role'] != 'tool' -%}
+                    {%- set prev_nt.role = loop_messages[j]['role'] -%}
+                    {%- set prev_nt.found = true -%}
+                {%- endif -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- set continue_same_model_turn = (role == 'model' and prev_nt.role == 'assistant') -%}
+    {%- if not continue_same_model_turn -%}
+        {{- '<|turn>' + role + '\n' }}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {%- if message.get('reasoning') and loop.index0 > ns_turn.last_user_idx and message.get('tool_calls') -%}
+        {{- '<|channel>thought\n' + message['reasoning'] + '\n<channel|>'}}
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+            {%- if message['tool_calls'] -%}
+                {%- for tool_call in message['tool_calls'] -%}
+                    {%- set function = tool_call['function'] -%}
+                    {{- '<|tool_call>call:' + function['name'] + '{' -}}
+                    {%- if function['arguments'] is mapping -%}
+                        {%- set ns_args = namespace(found_first=false) -%}
+                        {%- for key, value in function['arguments'] | dictsort -%}
+                            {%- if ns_args.found_first %},{% endif -%}
+                            {%- set ns_args.found_first = true -%}
+                            {{- key -}}:{{- format_argument(value, escape_keys=False) -}}
+                        {%- endfor -%}
+                    {%- elif function['arguments'] is string -%}
+                        {{- function['arguments'] -}}
+                    {%- endif -%}
+                    {{- '}<tool_call|>' -}}
+                {%- endfor -%}
+                {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'tool_call' -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+
+            {%- set ns_tr_out = namespace(flag=false) -%}
+            {%- if message.get('tool_responses') -%}
+                {#- Legacy: tool_responses embedded on the assistant message -#}
+                {%- for tool_response in message['tool_responses'] -%}
+                    {{- format_tool_response_block(tool_response['name'] | default('unknown'), tool_response['response']) -}}
+                    {%- set ns_tr_out.flag = true -%}
+                    {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'tool_response' -%}
+                {%- endfor -%}
+            {%- elif message.get('tool_calls') -%}
+                {#- OpenAI Chat Completions: consecutive following messages with role "tool" (no break/continue; range scan) -#}
+                {%- set ns_tool_scan = namespace(stopped=false) -%}
+                {%- for k in range(loop.index0 + 1, loop_messages | length) -%}
+                    {%- if ns_tool_scan.stopped -%}
+                    {%- elif loop_messages[k]['role'] != 'tool' -%}
+                        {%- set ns_tool_scan.stopped = true -%}
+                    {%- else -%}
+                        {%- set follow = loop_messages[k] -%}
+                        {%- set ns_tname = namespace(name=follow.get('name') | default('unknown')) -%}
+                        {%- for tc in message['tool_calls'] -%}
+                            {%- if tc.get('id') == follow.get('tool_call_id') -%}
+                                {%- set ns_tname.name = tc['function']['name'] -%}
+                            {%- endif -%}
+                        {%- endfor -%}
+                        {%- set tool_body = follow.get('content') -%}
+                        {%- if tool_body is string -%}
+                            {{- format_tool_response_block(ns_tname.name, tool_body) -}}
+                        {%- elif tool_body is sequence and tool_body is not string -%}
+                            {%- set ns_txt = namespace(s='') -%}
+                            {%- for part in tool_body -%}
+                                {%- if part.get('type') == 'text' -%}
+                                    {%- set ns_txt.s = ns_txt.s + (part.get('text') | default('')) -%}
+                                {%- endif -%}
+                            {%- endfor -%}
+                            {{- format_tool_response_block(ns_tname.name, ns_txt.s) -}}
+                        {%- else -%}
+                            {{- format_tool_response_block(ns_tname.name, tool_body) -}}
+                        {%- endif -%}
+                        {%- set ns_tr_out.flag = true -%}
+                        {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'tool_response' -%}
+                    {%- endif -%}
+                {%- endfor -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+
+            {%- if message['content'] is string -%}
+                {%- if role == 'model' -%}
+                    {{- strip_thinking(message['content']) -}}
+                {%- else -%}
+                    {{- message['content'] | trim -}}
+                {%- endif -%}
+            {%- elif message['content'] is sequence -%}
+                {%- for item in message['content'] -%}
+                    {%- if item['type'] == 'text' -%}
+                        {%- if role == 'model' -%}
+                            {{- strip_thinking(item['text']) -}}
+                        {%- else -%}
+                            {{- item['text'] | trim -}}
+                        {%- endif -%}
+                    {%- elif item['type'] == 'image' -%}
+                        {{- '\n\n<|image|>\n\n' -}}
+                        {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'image' -%}
+                    {%- elif item['type'] == 'audio' -%}
+                        {{- '<|audio|>' -}}
+                        {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'audio' -%}
+                    {%- elif item['type'] == 'video' -%}
+                        {{- '\n\n<|video|>\n\n' -}}
+                        {%- set ns.prev_message_type = 'video' -%}
+                    {%- endif -%}
+                {%- endfor -%}
+            {%- endif -%}
+
+        {%- if not (ns_tr_out.flag and not message.get('content')) -%}
+            {{- '<turn|>\n' -}}
+        {%- endif -%}
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endfor -%}
+
+{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}
+    {%- if ns.prev_message_type != 'tool_response' -%}
+        {{- '<|turn>model\n' -}}
+    {%- endif -%}
+    {%- if not enable_thinking | default(false) -%}
+        {{- '<|channel>thought\n<channel|>' -}}
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endif -%}

requirements/common.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requests >= 2.26.0
 tqdm
 blake3
 py-cpuinfo
-transformers >= 4.56.0, < 5
+transformers >= 4.56.0, != 5.0.*, != 5.1.*, != 5.2.*, != 5.3.*, != 5.4.*, != 5.5.0
 tokenizers >= 0.21.1  # Required for fast incremental detokenization.
 protobuf >= 5.29.6, !=6.30.*, !=6.31.*, !=6.32.*, !=6.33.0.*, !=6.33.1.*, !=6.33.2.*, !=6.33.3.*, !=6.33.4.* # Required by LlamaTokenizer, gRPC. CVE-2026-0994
 fastapi[standard] >= 0.115.0 # Required by FastAPI's form models in the OpenAI API server's audio transcriptions endpoint.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pyyaml
 six>=1.16.0; python_version > '3.11' # transitive dependency of pandas that needs to be the latest version for python 3.12
 setuptools>=77.0.3,<81.0.0; python_version > '3.11' # Setuptools is used by triton, we need to ensure a modern version is installed for 3.12+ so that it does not try to import distutils, which was removed in 3.12
 einops # Required for Qwen2-VL.
-compressed-tensors == 0.14.0.1 # required for compressed-tensors
+compressed-tensors == 0.15.0.1 # required for compressed-tensors
 depyf==0.20.0 # required for profiling and debugging with compilation config
 cloudpickle # allows pickling lambda functions in model_executor/models/registry.py
 watchfiles # required for http server to monitor the updates of TLS files

requirements/kv_connectors.txt

 lmcache >= 0.3.9
 nixl >= 0.7.1, < 0.10.0 # Required for disaggregated prefill
+nixl-cu12 >= 0.7.1, < 0.10.0
+nixl-cu13 >= 0.7.1, < 0.10.0
 mooncake-transfer-engine >= 0.3.8

requirements/nightly_torch_test.txt

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ opencv-python-headless >= 4.13.0 # required for video test
 datamodel_code_generator # required for minicpm3 test
 lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11 # required for model evaluation test
 mteb[bm25s]>=2, <3 # required for mteb test
-transformers==4.57.5
-tokenizers==0.22.0
+transformers==5.5.3
+tokenizers==0.22.2
 schemathesis>=3.39.15 # Required for openai schema test.
 # quantization
 bitsandbytes>=0.49.2

requirements/rocm-test.in

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ opencv-python-headless>=4.13.0 # required for video test
 datamodel_code_generator # required for minicpm3 test
 lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11 # required for model evaluation test
 mteb[bm25s]>=2, <3 # required for mteb test
-transformers==4.57.5
-tokenizers==0.22.0
+transformers==5.5.3
+tokenizers==0.22.2
 schemathesis>=3.39.15 # Required for openai schema test
 # quantization
 bitsandbytes==0.49.2
@@ -80,4 +80,3 @@ plotly # required for perf comparison html report
 rapidfuzz
 torchgeo==0.7.0
 multiprocess==0.70.16
-huggingface-hub==0.36.2

requirements/rocm-test.txt

@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ filelock==3.25.2
     #   python-discovery
     #   ray
     #   torch
-    #   transformers
     #   virtualenv
 fiona==1.10.1
     # via torchgeo
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ h5py==3.16.0
     # via terratorch
 harfile==0.4.0
     # via schemathesis
-hf-xet==1.4.2
+hf-xet==1.4.3
     # via huggingface-hub
 hiredis==3.3.1
     # via tensorizer
@@ -332,11 +331,11 @@ httpx==0.27.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements/rocm-test.in
     #   diffusers
+    #   huggingface-hub
     #   perceptron
     #   schemathesis
-huggingface-hub==0.36.2
+huggingface-hub==1.10.2
     # via
-    #   -r requirements/rocm-test.in
     #   accelerate
     #   datasets
     #   diffusers
@@ -970,7 +969,6 @@ requests==2.32.5
     #   google-api-core
     #   google-cloud-storage
     #   gpt-oss
-    #   huggingface-hub
     #   lightly
     #   lm-eval
     #   mistral-common
@@ -983,7 +981,6 @@ requests==2.32.5
     #   starlette-testclient
     #   tacoreader
     #   tiktoken
-    #   transformers
     #   wandb
 resampy==0.4.3
     # via -r requirements/rocm-test.in
@@ -1191,7 +1188,7 @@ timm==1.0.17
     #   segmentation-models-pytorch
     #   terratorch
     #   torchgeo
-tokenizers==0.22.0
+tokenizers==0.22.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/common.txt
     #   -r requirements/rocm-test.in
@@ -1230,7 +1227,7 @@ tqdm==4.67.3
     #   tacoreader
     #   terratorch
     #   transformers
-transformers==4.57.5
+transformers==5.5.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/common.txt
     #   -r requirements/rocm-test.in
@@ -1252,7 +1249,9 @@ typepy==1.3.4
 typer==0.24.1
     # via
     #   fastsafetensors
+    #   huggingface-hub
     #   perceptron
+    #   transformers
 typeshed-client==2.9.0
     # via jsonargparse
 typing-extensions==4.15.0

requirements/test.in

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ httpx
 librosa # required for audio tests
 vector_quantize_pytorch # required for minicpmo_26 test
 vocos # required for minicpmo_26 test
-peft>=0.15.0 # required for phi-4-mm test
+peft>=0.18.1 # required for phi-4-mm test
 pqdm
 ray[cgraph,default]>=2.48.0 # Ray Compiled Graph, required by pipeline parallelism tests
 resampy # required for audio tests
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ opencv-python-headless >= 4.13.0 # required for video test
 datamodel_code_generator # required for minicpm3 test
 lm-eval[api]>=0.4.11 # required for model evaluation test
 mteb[bm25s]>=2, <3 # required for mteb test
-transformers==4.57.5
-tokenizers==0.22.0
+transformers==5.5.3
+tokenizers==0.22.2
 schemathesis>=3.39.15 # Required for openai schema test.
 # quantization
 bitsandbytes==0.49.2