feat: Support the Structural Tag in guided decoding

cpp/include/tensorrt_llm/executor/executor.h

@@ -483,6 +483,9 @@ class GuidedDecodingParams
         /// @brief The generated text is amenable to the user-specified extended Backus-Naur form (EBNF) grammar.
         /// EBNF grammar is widely-used to express context-free grammars.
         kEBNF_GRAMMAR = 3,
+
+        /// @brief The generated text is amenable to the XGrammar structural tag.
+        kSTRUCTURAL_TAG = 4,
     };
 
     explicit GuidedDecodingParams(GuideType guideType, std::optional<std::string> guide = std::nullopt);

cpp/tensorrt_llm/pybind/executor/request.cpp

@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ void initRequestBindings(pybind11::module_& m)
         .value("JSON", tle::GuidedDecodingParams::GuideType::kJSON)
         .value("JSON_SCHEMA", tle::GuidedDecodingParams::GuideType::kJSON_SCHEMA)
         .value("REGEX", tle::GuidedDecodingParams::GuideType::kREGEX)
-        .value("EBNF_GRAMMAR", tle::GuidedDecodingParams::GuideType::kEBNF_GRAMMAR);
+        .value("EBNF_GRAMMAR", tle::GuidedDecodingParams::GuideType::kEBNF_GRAMMAR)
+        .value("STRUCTURAL_TAG", tle::GuidedDecodingParams::GuideType::kSTRUCTURAL_TAG);
 
     auto guidedDecodingParamsGetstate
         = [](tle::GuidedDecodingParams const& self) { return py::make_tuple(self.getGuideType(), self.getGuide()); };

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/_util.py

@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ def create_py_executor_instance(dist,
         if spec_config is not None:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Guided decoding is not supported with speculative decoding.")
+        if pytorch_backend_config.enable_overlap_scheduler:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Guided decoding is not supported with overlap scheduler.")
 
     logger.info(
         f"max_seq_len={executor_config.max_seq_len}, max_num_requests={executor_config.max_batch_size}, max_num_tokens={executor_config.max_num_tokens}"

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/guided_decoder.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import itertools
+import json
 import math
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -82,6 +83,18 @@ def build(self, scheduled_requests: ScheduledRequests,
                             grammar = xgrammar.Grammar.from_ebnf(guide)
                             compiled_grammar = self.xgrammar_compiler.compile_grammar(
                                 grammar)
+                        case GuidedDecodingParams.GuideType.STRUCTURAL_TAG:
+                            structural_tag_parameters = json.loads(guide)
+                            structures = structural_tag_parameters["structures"]
+                            structures = [
+                                xgrammar.StructuralTagItem(
+                                    begin=s["begin"],
+                                    schema=json.dumps(s["schema"]),
+                                    end=s["end"]) for s in structures
+                            ]
+                            triggers = structural_tag_parameters["triggers"]
+                            compiled_grammar = self.xgrammar_compiler.compile_structural_tag(
+                                structures, triggers)
                         case _:
                             raise ValueError(
                                 f"Unrecognized guide type: {guide_type}.")

tensorrt_llm/sampling_params.py

@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ class GuidedDecodingParams:
         regex (str, optional): The generated text is amenable to the user-specified regular expression. Defaults to None.
         grammar (str, optional): The generated text is amenable to the user-specified extended Backus-Naur form (EBNF) grammar. Defaults to None.
         json_object (bool): If True, the generated text is amenable to json format. Defaults to False.
+        structural_tag (str, optional): The generated text is amenable to the user-specified structural tag. Defaults to None.
     """
     json: Optional[Union[str, BaseModel, dict]] = None
     regex: Optional[str] = None
     grammar: Optional[str] = None
     json_object: bool = False
+    structural_tag: Optional[str] = None
 
     def _validate(self):
         num_guides = 0
@@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ def _get_guided_decoding_params(self) -> tllme.GuidedDecodingParams:
                 tllme.GuidedDecodingParams.GuideType.JSON)
         elif self.guided_decoding.json is not None:
             json_schema = self.guided_decoding.json
-            if isinstance(json, BaseModel):
+            if isinstance(json_schema, BaseModel):
                 json_schema = json_schema.model_json_schema()
             if isinstance(json_schema, dict):
                 json_schema = json.dumps(json_schema)
@@ -465,5 +467,9 @@ def _get_guided_decoding_params(self) -> tllme.GuidedDecodingParams:
             return tllme.GuidedDecodingParams(
                 tllme.GuidedDecodingParams.GuideType.EBNF_GRAMMAR,
                 self.guided_decoding.grammar)
+        elif self.guided_decoding.structural_tag is not None:
+            return tllme.GuidedDecodingParams(
+                tllme.GuidedDecodingParams.GuideType.STRUCTURAL_TAG,
+                self.guided_decoding.structural_tag)
         else:
             return None

tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_protocol.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import Annotated, Required, TypedDict
 
 from tensorrt_llm.llmapi import DisaggregatedParams as LlmDisaggregatedParams
-from tensorrt_llm.llmapi import SamplingParams
+from tensorrt_llm.llmapi import GuidedDecodingParams, SamplingParams
 
 
 class OpenAIBaseModel(BaseModel):
@@ -44,9 +44,17 @@ class ModelList(OpenAIBaseModel):
     data: List[ModelCard] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
 
+class StructuralTag(OpenAIBaseModel):
+    begin: str
+    schema_: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = Field(alias="schema")
+    end: str
+
+
 class ResponseFormat(OpenAIBaseModel):
-    # type must be "json_object" or "text"
-    type: Literal["text", "json_object"]
+    # type must be "json_object" or "text" or "structural_tag"
+    type: Literal["text", "json_object", "structural_tag"]
+    structures: Optional[List[StructuralTag]] = None
+    triggers: Optional[List[str]] = None
 
 
 class DisaggregatedParams(OpenAIBaseModel):
@@ -121,6 +129,23 @@ class CompletionStreamResponse(OpenAIBaseModel):
     usage: Optional[UsageInfo] = Field(default=None)
 
 
+def _response_format_to_guided_decoding_params(
+    response_format: Optional[ResponseFormat]
+) -> Optional[GuidedDecodingParams]:
+    if response_format is None:
+        return None
+    elif response_format.type == "text":
+        return None
+    elif response_format.type == "json_object":
+        return GuidedDecodingParams(json_object=True)
+    elif response_format.type == "structural_tag":
+        return GuidedDecodingParams(
+            structural_tag=response_format.model_dump_json(by_alias=True,
+                                                           exclude_none=True))
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported response format: {response_format.type}")
+
+
 class CompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
     # Ordered by official OpenAI API documentation
     # https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/completions/create
@@ -170,10 +195,10 @@ class CompletionRequest(OpenAIBaseModel):
     )
     response_format: Optional[ResponseFormat] = Field(
         default=None,
-        description=(
-            "Similar to chat completion, this parameter specifies the format of "
-            "output. Only {'type': 'json_object'} or {'type': 'text' } is "
-            "supported."),
+        description=
+        ("Similar to chat completion, this parameter specifies the format of "
+         "output. {'type': 'json_object'}, {'type': 'text' }, {'type': 'structural_tag'} are "
+         "supported."),
     )
 
     disaggregated_params: Optional[DisaggregatedParams] = Field(
@@ -211,6 +236,8 @@ def to_sampling_params(self) -> SamplingParams:
             spaces_between_special_tokens=self.spaces_between_special_tokens,
             truncate_prompt_tokens=self.truncate_prompt_tokens,
             return_context_logits=self.return_context_logits,
+            guided_decoding=_response_format_to_guided_decoding_params(
+                self.response_format),
 
             # completion-extra-params
             add_special_tokens=self.add_special_tokens,
@@ -255,13 +282,6 @@ def verify_multi_responses(cls, data):
             raise ValueError("best_of should not be smaller than n")
         return data
 
-    @model_validator(mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def check_response_format(cls, data):
-        if data.get("response_format"):
-            raise ValueError("response_format is not supported")
-        return data
-
     @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def check_suffix(cls, data):
@@ -520,6 +540,8 @@ def to_sampling_params(self) -> SamplingParams:
             skip_special_tokens=self.skip_special_tokens,
             spaces_between_special_tokens=self.spaces_between_special_tokens,
             truncate_prompt_tokens=self.truncate_prompt_tokens,
+            guided_decoding=_response_format_to_guided_decoding_params(
+                self.response_format),
 
             # chat-completion-extra-params
             add_special_tokens=self.add_special_tokens,
@@ -582,13 +604,6 @@ def verify_logit_processor(cls, data):
             raise ValueError("logit bias is not supported")
         return data
 
-    @model_validator(mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def check_response_format(cls, data):
-        if data.get("response_format"):
-            raise ValueError("response_format is not supported")
-        return data
-
     @model_validator(mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def check_suffix(cls, data):

tests/integration/defs/test_e2e.py

@@ -1121,6 +1121,15 @@ def test_openai_chat_multimodal_example(llm_root, llm_venv):
          str(test_root / "_test_openai_chat_multimodal.py")])
 
 
+def test_openai_chat_structural_tag_example(llm_venv):
+    test_root = unittest_path() / "llmapi" / "apps"
+
+    llm_venv.run_cmd([
+        "-m", "pytest",
+        str(test_root / "_test_openai_chat_structural_tag.py")
+    ])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skip_less_device(2)
 @pytest.mark.skip_less_device_memory(40000)
 def test_openai_multi_chat_example(llm_root, llm_venv):

tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ l0_a10:
   - disaggregated/test_disaggregated.py::test_disaggregated_overlap[TinyLlama-1.1B-Chat-v1.0]
   - stress_test/stress_test.py::test_run_stress_test[llama-v3-8b-instruct-hf_tp1-stress_time_300s_timeout_450s-MAX_UTILIZATION-pytorch-stress-test]
   - stress_test/stress_test.py::test_run_stress_test[llama-v3-8b-instruct-hf_tp1-stress_time_300s_timeout_450s-GUARANTEED_NO_EVICT-pytorch-stress-test]
+  - test_e2e.py::test_openai_chat_structural_tag_example
 - condition:
     ranges:
       system_gpu_count:

tests/unittest/api_stability/references/guided_decoding_params.yaml

@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ methods:
       regex:
         annotation: Optional[str]
         default: null
+      structural_tag:
+        annotation: Optional[str]
+        default: null
     return_annotation: None
 properties: {}