[Core] Return final response for aborted requests from AsyncLLM.generate (#22283)

Signed-off-by: Nick Hill <nhill@redhat.com>

tests/v1/engine/test_async_llm.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from vllm.assets.image import ImageAsset
 from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
 from vllm.inputs import PromptType
+from vllm.outputs import RequestOutput
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.sampling_params import RequestOutputKind
 from vllm.utils import set_default_torch_num_threads
@@ -398,3 +399,89 @@ async def test_check_health(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
 
         # Test 3: Verify healthy engine still works after mock
         await engine.check_health()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "output_kind", [RequestOutputKind.DELTA, RequestOutputKind.FINAL_ONLY])
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_abort_final_output(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    output_kind: RequestOutputKind,
+):
+    """Test that abort() returns a final output with correct information."""
+
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m, ExitStack() as after:
+        m.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "1")
+
+        with set_default_torch_num_threads(1):
+            engine = AsyncLLM.from_engine_args(TEXT_ENGINE_ARGS)
+        after.callback(engine.shutdown)
+
+        request_id = "test-abort-final-output"
+
+        # Start a long-running request
+        sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+            max_tokens=3000,  # Long enough to allow abort
+            ignore_eos=True,
+            output_kind=output_kind,
+            temperature=0.5,
+            seed=42,
+        )
+
+        outputs: list[RequestOutput] = []
+        generated = asyncio.create_task(
+            collect_outputs(engine, request_id, TEXT_PROMPT, sampling_params,
+                            outputs))
+
+        # Let it generate some tokens
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+
+        # Abort the request
+        await engine.abort(request_id)
+
+        # Wait for generation to complete and return final output
+        final_output = await generated
+
+        # Verify we got a final output
+        assert final_output is not None
+        assert final_output.finished
+        assert len(final_output.outputs) == 1
+
+        assert final_output.outputs[0].finish_reason == "abort"
+        assert final_output.outputs[0].stop_reason is None
+
+        # Verify num_cached_tokens is set correctly
+        assert hasattr(final_output, 'num_cached_tokens')
+        assert final_output.num_cached_tokens >= 0
+
+        # If we got intermediate outputs, verify they are consistent
+        if output_kind == RequestOutputKind.DELTA:
+            # For DELTA, sum all intermediate tokens should <= final tokens
+            token_count = sum(
+                len(output.outputs[0].token_ids) for output in outputs)
+            assert token_count > 0
+            assert len(final_output.outputs[0].token_ids) == 0
+        else:
+            # For FINAL_ONLY, we should only get the final output
+            assert len(outputs) == 0
+            assert len(final_output.outputs[0].token_ids) > 0
+
+        assert not engine.output_processor.has_unfinished_requests()
+
+
+async def collect_outputs(
+    engine: AsyncLLM,
+    request_id: str,
+    prompt: PromptType,
+    sampling_params: SamplingParams,
+    outputs_list: list[RequestOutput],
+) -> Optional[RequestOutput]:
+    """Helper to collect outputs and return the final one."""
+    final_output: Optional[RequestOutput] = None
+    async for output in engine.generate(request_id=request_id,
+                                        prompt=prompt,
+                                        sampling_params=sampling_params):
+        if not output.finished:
+            outputs_list.append(output)
+        final_output = output
+    return final_output

vllm/v1/engine/output_processor.py

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class RequestState:
         self.max_tokens_param = max_tokens_param
         self.is_prefilling = True
         self.queue = queue
+        self.num_cached_tokens = 0
 
         self.stats = RequestStateStats(
             arrival_time=arrival_time) if log_stats else None
@@ -167,7 +168,6 @@ class RequestState:
         finish_reason: Optional[FinishReason],
         stop_reason: Union[int, str, None],
         kv_transfer_params: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        num_cached_tokens: int = 0,
     ) -> Optional[Union[RequestOutput, PoolingRequestOutput]]:
 
         finished = finish_reason is not None
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class RequestState:
                 return None
 
         return self._new_request_output(request_id, outputs, finished,
-                                        kv_transfer_params, num_cached_tokens)
+                                        kv_transfer_params)
 
     def _new_request_output(
         self,
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ class RequestState:
         outputs: Union[list[CompletionOutput], list[PoolingOutput]],
         finished: bool,
         kv_transfer_params: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
-        num_cached_tokens: int = 0,
     ) -> Union[RequestOutput, PoolingRequestOutput]:
 
-        if isinstance(outputs[0], PoolingOutput):
+        first_output = outputs[0]
+        if isinstance(first_output, PoolingOutput):
             assert len(outputs) == 1
             return PoolingRequestOutput(
                 request_id=request_id,
-                outputs=outputs[0],
+                outputs=first_output,
                 prompt_token_ids=self.prompt_token_ids,
                 finished=finished,
             )
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class RequestState:
             outputs=cast(list[CompletionOutput], outputs),
             finished=finished,
             kv_transfer_params=kv_transfer_params,
-            num_cached_tokens=num_cached_tokens,
+            num_cached_tokens=self.num_cached_tokens,
         )
 
     def _new_completion_output(
@@ -308,11 +308,18 @@ class OutputProcessor:
             if req_state is not None:
                 self.lora_states.abort_request(req_state)
                 request_ids_to_abort.append(request_id)
-            else:
+                # Produce final abort output.
-                parent = self.parent_requests.pop(request_id, None)
+                if req_state.queue is not None and (
-                if parent and parent.child_requests:
+                        request_output := req_state.make_request_output(
-                    self.abort_requests(parent.child_requests)
+                            [], None, FinishReason.ABORT, None, None)):
-                    request_ids_to_abort.extend(parent.child_requests)
+                    req_state.queue.put(request_output)
+            elif parent := self.parent_requests.get(request_id):
+                # Abort children prior to removing the parent.
+                if parent.child_requests:
+                    child_reqs = list(parent.child_requests)
+                    child_reqs = self.abort_requests(child_reqs)
+                    request_ids_to_abort.extend(child_reqs)
+                self.parent_requests.pop(request_id, None)
         return request_ids_to_abort
 
     def add_request(
@@ -390,7 +397,7 @@ class OutputProcessor:
             finish_reason = engine_core_output.finish_reason
             stop_reason = engine_core_output.stop_reason
             kv_transfer_params = engine_core_output.kv_transfer_params
-            num_cached_tokens = engine_core_output.num_cached_tokens
+            req_state.num_cached_tokens = engine_core_output.num_cached_tokens
             req_state.is_prefilling = False
 
             if pooling_output is None:
@@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ class OutputProcessor:
             # 4) Create and handle RequestOutput objects.
             if request_output := req_state.make_request_output(
                     new_token_ids, pooling_output, finish_reason, stop_reason,
-                    kv_transfer_params, num_cached_tokens):
+                    kv_transfer_params):
                 if req_state.queue is not None:
                     # AsyncLLM: put into queue for handling by generate().
                     req_state.queue.put(request_output)