server : clean up built-in template detection

common/common.cpp

@@ -1614,6 +1614,18 @@ std::string common_detokenize(llama_context * ctx, const std::vector<llama_token
 // Chat template utils
 //
 
+std::string common_get_builtin_chat_template(const struct llama_model * model) {
+    static const char * template_key = "tokenizer.chat_template";
+    // call with NULL buffer to get the total size of the string
+    int32_t res = llama_model_meta_val_str(model, template_key, NULL, 0);
+    if (res > 0) {
+        std::vector<char> model_template(res + 1, 0);
+        llama_model_meta_val_str(model, template_key, model_template.data(), model_template.size());
+        return std::string(model_template.data(), model_template.size() - 1);
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
 bool common_chat_verify_template(const std::string & tmpl) {
     llama_chat_message chat[] = {{"user", "test"}};
     int res = llama_chat_apply_template(nullptr, tmpl.c_str(), chat, 1, true, nullptr, 0);

common/common.h

@@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ struct common_chat_msg {
     std::string content;
 };
 
+// Get the built-in chat template for the model. Return empty string if not present.
+std::string common_get_builtin_chat_template(const struct llama_model * model);
+
 // Check if the template supplied via "--chat-template" is supported or not. Returns true if it's valid
 bool common_chat_verify_template(const std::string & tmpl);
 

examples/server/server.cpp

@@ -1623,17 +1623,10 @@ struct server_context {
         return true;
     }
 
-    bool validate_model_chat_template() const {
-        std::vector<char> model_template(2048, 0); // longest known template is about 1200 bytes
-        std::string template_key = "tokenizer.chat_template";
-        int32_t res = llama_model_meta_val_str(model, template_key.c_str(), model_template.data(), model_template.size());
-        if (res >= 0) {
-            llama_chat_message chat[] = {{"user", "test"}};
-            std::string tmpl = std::string(model_template.data(), model_template.size());
-            int32_t chat_res = llama_chat_apply_template(model, tmpl.c_str(), chat, 1, true, nullptr, 0);
-            return chat_res > 0;
-        }
-        return false;
+    bool validate_builtin_chat_template() const {
+        llama_chat_message chat[] = {{"user", "test"}};
+        int32_t chat_res = llama_chat_apply_template(model, nullptr, chat, 1, true, nullptr, 0);
+        return chat_res > 0;
     }
 
     void init() {
@@ -3484,7 +3477,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             { "default_generation_settings", ctx_server.default_generation_settings_for_props },
             { "total_slots",                 ctx_server.params_base.n_parallel },
             { "model_path",                  ctx_server.params_base.model },
-            { "chat_template",               llama_get_chat_template(ctx_server.model) },
+            { "chat_template",               common_get_builtin_chat_template(ctx_server.model) },
             { "build_info",                  build_info },
         };
 
@@ -4113,14 +4106,16 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // if a custom chat template is not supplied, we will use the one that comes with the model (if any)
     if (params.chat_template.empty()) {
-        if (!ctx_server.validate_model_chat_template()) {
+        if (!ctx_server.validate_builtin_chat_template()) {
             LOG_WRN("%s: The chat template that comes with this model is not yet supported, falling back to chatml. This may cause the model to output suboptimal responses\n", __func__);
             params.chat_template = "chatml";
         }
     }
 
     // print sample chat example to make it clear which template is used
-    LOG_INF("%s: chat template, built_in: %d, chat_example: '%s'\n", __func__, params.chat_template.empty(), common_chat_format_example(ctx_server.model, params.chat_template).c_str());
+    LOG_INF("%s: chat template, chat_template: %s, example_format: '%s'\n", __func__,
+        params.chat_template.empty() ? "(built-in)" : params.chat_template.c_str(),
+        common_chat_format_example(ctx_server.model, params.chat_template).c_str());
 
     ctx_server.queue_tasks.on_new_task(std::bind(
                 &server_context::process_single_task, &ctx_server, std::placeholders::_1));

examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py

@@ -100,6 +100,23 @@ def test_chat_completion_with_openai_library():
     assert match_regex("(Suddenly)+", res.choices[0].message.content)
 
 
+def test_chat_template():
+    global server
+    server.chat_template = "llama3"
+    server.debug = True  # to get the "__verbose" object in the response
+    server.start()
+    res = server.make_request("POST", "/chat/completions", data={
+        "max_tokens": 8,
+        "messages": [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "Book"},
+            {"role": "user", "content": "What is the best book"},
+        ]
+    })
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    assert "__verbose" in res.body
+    assert res.body["__verbose"]["prompt"] == "<s> <|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|>\n\nBook<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\nWhat is the best book<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\n\n"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("response_format,n_predicted,re_content", [
     ({"type": "json_object", "schema": {"const": "42"}}, 6, "\"42\""),
     ({"type": "json_object", "schema": {"items": [{"type": "integer"}]}}, 10, "[ -3000 ]"),

examples/server/tests/utils.py

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class ServerProcess:
     draft_min: int | None = None
     draft_max: int | None = None
     no_webui: bool | None = None
+    chat_template: str | None = None
 
     # session variables
     process: subprocess.Popen | None = None
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ def start(self, timeout_seconds: int = 10) -> None:
             server_args.extend(["--draft-min", self.draft_min])
         if self.no_webui:
             server_args.append("--no-webui")
+        if self.chat_template:
+            server_args.extend(["--chat-template", self.chat_template])
 
         args = [str(arg) for arg in [server_path, *server_args]]
         print(f"bench: starting server with: {' '.join(args)}")

examples/server/utils.hpp

@@ -382,19 +382,6 @@ inline std::string format_chat(const struct llama_model * model, const std::stri
     return formatted_chat;
 }
 
-static std::string llama_get_chat_template(const struct llama_model * model) {
-    std::string template_key = "tokenizer.chat_template";
-    // call with NULL buffer to get the total size of the string
-    int32_t res = llama_model_meta_val_str(model, template_key.c_str(), NULL, 0);
-    if (res < 2) {
-        return "";
-    } else {
-        std::vector<char> model_template(res + 1, 0);
-        llama_model_meta_val_str(model, template_key.c_str(), model_template.data(), model_template.size());
-        return std::string(model_template.data(), model_template.size() - 1);
-    }
-}
-
 //
 // base64 utils (TODO: move to common in the future)
 //