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A chat_template_kwargs key the active chat template never reads is a silent no-op: the request succeeds and the control is dropped on the floor. This PR adds a guard that statically analyzes the resolved Jinja template and rejects unused controls with a clear ValueError (mapped to a structured 400 on the server), with TRTLLM_ALLOW_UNUSED_CHAT_TEMPLATE_KWARGS=1 as an escape hatch that downgrades the rejection to a once-per-(template, key) warning.

Details:

  • New tensorrt_llm/inputs/chat_template_guard.py: conservative AST analysis (fails open on syntax errors, includes/imports, or anything it cannot fully analyze), understands transformers' {% generation %} tag, always allows standard renderer parameters and special-token overrides.
  • Wired into both render entry points: inputs/utils.apply_chat_template (server path) and serve/chat_tokenization.render_chat_request_for_tokenizer (router/disaggregated tokenization path), so the router and the server agree on what a request means.
  • The router path now applies the same assistant-message normalization as the server (tool-call function.arguments parsed from JSON strings), so both paths tokenize identical text for the same request.
  • resolve_hf_chat_template resolves a named template selection against the tokenizer's template dict, so validation runs against the template that will actually render.

Test Coverage

  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py (cpu_only): guard semantics (referenced/unreferenced/self-defaulted variables, generation-tag templates, unparseable templates, escape hatch, cache isolation), wiring on both entry points, router/server tool-call tokenization parity, named-template selection.
  • tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_router.py: router tokenization rejects kwargs the template never reads; existing forwarding test extended to a template that reads its kwargs.

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  • Adds conservative AST validation for unused chat_template_kwargs.
  • Rejects unused keys by default.
  • Supports warning mode through TRTLLM_ALLOW_UNUSED_CHAT_TEMPLATE_KWARGS=1.
  • Fails open for unsupported or unparseable templates.
  • Resolves named tokenizer templates before validation.
  • Applies validation in server and router rendering paths.
  • Normalizes router tool-call arguments to match server tokenization.
  • The reported CI run failed. Test-fix follow-up is required.

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  • Added tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py.
  • Modified tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_router.py.
  • Tests cover validation modes, cache isolation, generation tags, malformed and named templates, renderer compatibility, server/router parity, and rejection behavior.
  • No test-list files changed, and no corresponding test-list registration is evidenced.
  • Coverage verdict: sufficient, with CI failure requiring follow-up.

Per-File QA Perspective

  • tensorrt_llm/inputs/chat_template_guard.py: Verify AST analysis, fail-open behavior, allowlisted keys, warning deduplication, and strict-mode precedence.
  • tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py: Verify named-template resolution and validation before rendering.
  • tensorrt_llm/serve/chat_tokenization.py: Verify template selection, validation timing, message handling, tool normalization, and option forwarding.
  • tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_router.py: Covers router rejection for unused template controls and related rendering behavior. No test-list registration is evidenced.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py: Covers guard semantics, cache behavior, named templates, malformed templates, renderer paths, and server/router parity. No test-list registration is evidenced.

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Adds static validation for chat-template controls. Integrates validation with named-template resolution, server rendering, and router rendering. Adds tests for strictness, warnings, generation tags, malformed templates, tool calls, message preservation, and named templates.

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Chat template validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Static chat-template analysis
tensorrt_llm/inputs/chat_template_guard.py
Adds cached Jinja variable analysis, generation-tag support, standard allowed controls, and strict or warning behavior for unused controls.
Template resolution and rendering integration
tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py, tensorrt_llm/serve/chat_tokenization.py
Resolves named tokenizer templates, validates controls against the resolved template, and normalizes router rendering inputs before applying the template.
Rendering and validation regression coverage
tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_chat_template_kwargs_guard.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_router.py
Covers validation modes, malformed and named templates, generation tags, server and router paths, tool calls, preserved message fields, and forwarded controls.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ChatRequest
  participant render_chat_request_for_tokenizer
  participant resolve_chat_template
  participant validate_chat_template_kwargs
  participant apply_chat_template
  ChatRequest->>render_chat_request_for_tokenizer: request and template controls
  render_chat_request_for_tokenizer->>resolve_chat_template: template selection and tools
  resolve_chat_template-->>render_chat_request_for_tokenizer: resolved template
  render_chat_request_for_tokenizer->>validate_chat_template_kwargs: resolved template and controls
  validate_chat_template_kwargs-->>render_chat_request_for_tokenizer: validation result
  render_chat_request_for_tokenizer->>apply_chat_template: normalized messages and rendering options
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Requests selecting a named tokenizer template through chat_template_kwargs can fail with a TypeError before rendering. Resolve and remove that selector before merging.

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🟠 Major · Normalize named-template selection before validation and rendering. · utils.py:798-820

tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py:798-820
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Normalize named-template selection before validation and rendering.

When chat_template exists only in chat_template_kwargs, apply_chat_template passes None to resolve_hf_chat_template, which selects the tokenizer default instead of the named dictionary entry. Validation can therefore reject controls used by the selected template. The later tokenizer call also passes chat_template explicitly and through **chat_template_kwargs, which raises a duplicate-keyword TypeError.

Extract the nested selection into chat_template and remove it from the kwargs used for validation and rendering. Add a regression test that calls tensorrt_llm.inputs.utils.apply_chat_template with a dictionary tokenizer template and chat_template_kwargs={"chat_template": "controlled", ...}. The existing test covers render_chat_request_for_tokenizer, not this entrypoint. Direct server callers pass these fields separately and do not normalize the nested selection.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py` around lines 798 - 820, Normalize the named
template in apply_chat_template before validate_chat_template_kwargs and
tokenizer.apply_chat_template: extract chat_template from chat_template_kwargs
into the explicit chat_template variable, remove it from the kwargs passed to
validation and rendering, and preserve other template controls. Add a regression
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templates and a nested chat_template selection, rather than relying on
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In `@tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py`:
- Around line 798-820: Normalize the named template in apply_chat_template
before validate_chat_template_kwargs and tokenizer.apply_chat_template: extract
chat_template from chat_template_kwargs into the explicit chat_template
variable, remove it from the kwargs passed to validation and rendering, and
preserve other template controls. Add a regression test targeting
tensorrt_llm.inputs.utils.apply_chat_template with dictionary templates and a
nested chat_template selection, rather than relying on
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…er tool arguments

Signed-off-by: Brian Nguyen <brnguyen@nvidia.com>
The parse-only jinja2.Environment in _referenced_template_variables
triggered bandit B701 (jinja2_autoescape_false). It only parses templates
into an AST and never renders, so autoescape is immaterial to behavior;
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🟡 Minor · Extract the template selector before resolving and forwarding kwargs. · utils.py:798-820

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the template selector before resolving and forwarding kwargs.

When chat_template is omitted and chat_template_kwargs["chat_template"] names a tokenizer template, resolve_hf_chat_template selects the tokenizer default. The utility validates that default, then passes chat_template=hf_chat_template with the unchanged kwargs. Python raises a duplicate-keyword TypeError before the selected template renders.

Extract and remove chat_template from chat_template_kwargs before resolving and validating the template. Forward only the remaining kwargs to tokenizer.apply_chat_template.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py` around lines 798 - 820, Update the
chat-template preparation flow around validate_chat_template_kwargs and
resolve_hf_chat_template to extract and remove the chat_template selector from
chat_template_kwargs before resolving and validating the template. Use that
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In `@tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py`:
- Around line 653-655: Add test coverage for named dictionary templates in
apply_chat_template, passing an explicit template name and verifying the
selected template renders its referenced control while rejecting an unused
control. Keep existing string-template coverage unchanged and ensure the test
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In `@tensorrt_llm/inputs/utils.py`:
- Around line 798-820: Update the chat-template preparation flow around
validate_chat_template_kwargs and resolve_hf_chat_template to extract and remove
the chat_template selector from chat_template_kwargs before resolving and
validating the template. Use that selector when choosing the template, then pass
only the remaining kwargs to tokenizer.apply_chat_template so chat_template is
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