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[None][fix] MiniMax-M3: resolve an unprefilled prompt as outside reasoning - #20837

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In adaptive mode, the MiniMax-M3 chat template ends the prompt at the assistant header ]~b]ai without prefilling <mm:think> or </mm:think>, and the model emits its own tags. The server resolves the reasoning mode from the end of the rendered prompt, but returned nothing for such a prompt, so the request's own enable_thinking reached MiniMaxM3ReasoningParser. The template never reads that key. The Anthropic adapter sets it for thinking: {"type": "enabled"}, so the parser prepended <mm:think> to output that already opened with one, and the tag leaked into the thinking block.

This change adds BaseReasoningParser.resolve_unmarked_prompt, a hook the resolver calls for a prompt whose tail ends with neither marker. It returns None by default, which keeps every other parser's behaviour. MiniMaxM3ReasoningParser answers False when the tail ends with the template's ]~b]ai generation prompt, so an adaptive-mode prompt resolves to "starts outside reasoning". Any other unmarked tail, such as a custom template that prefills text after <mm:think>, stays unresolved and falls back to thinking_mode as before. The M3 parser now prefers the mode resolved from the rendered prompt over thinking_mode, which decides only when nothing was resolved. The server, the standalone renderer and the disaggregated relay already go through the resolver, so they pick this up unchanged. The public MiniMax-M3.1 template shares the header and the tags and prefills nothing in every mode, so the same hook covers it.

One consequence is worth a reviewer's eye. The renderer now records resolved_thinking={"minimax_m3": False} for an adaptive M3 prompt, so router token-id write-back is refused for minimax_m3 workers, which is correct because an id-only request would otherwise fall back to the stale request flag.

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  • tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py: M3 prompt-tail resolution: a prefilled opener or closer, the bare header (also after a prior turn rendered its own tags), and two unresolved tails, text prefilled after <mm:think> and a foreign header; the resolved mode wins over thinking_mode in both directions. minimax_m3 is removed from the list of parsers that never resolve from the prompt.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_reasoning_prompt_resolution.py: an adaptive-mode prompt with an injected enable_thinking or an explicit thinking_mode splits the model's own tags; text prefilled after <mm:think> with thinking_mode: enabled still splits on the model's close; the context worker relays resolved_thinking=False.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_core.py: a generic unmarked prompt records nothing; the M3 adaptive header records {"minimax_m3": False}.

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resolve_prefilled_thinking now delegates unmarked prompt tails to resolve_unmarked_prompt. The base hook returns None; MiniMax-M3 resolves its unmarked assistant generation header to thinking-off. A resolved prompt mode takes precedence over thinking_mode. Review findings and test execution results are unavailable.

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Three existing unit-test files changed. Reported cases cover prompt-tail resolution, mode precedence, adaptive-mode parsing, context-worker relay, and render-context recording. All three files appear in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml; no matching manual-QA list entries were found. Coverage verdict: sufficient based on the reported test cases; execution results are unavailable.

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  • tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py: Verify that marker-ended prompts retain their behavior. Verify that only MiniMax-M3 resolves the recognized unmarked assistant generation header to thinking-off.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py: Covers prompt-tail resolution and precedence between resolved prompt mode and thinking_mode. Listed in the CI test database at tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_reasoning_prompt_resolution.py: Covers adaptive-prompt parsing and context-worker relay. Listed in the CI test database at tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_core.py: Covers recording resolved thinking mode for an unmarked MiniMax-M3 prompt. Listed in the CI test database at tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.

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A MiniMax-M3 prompt in adaptive mode ends with neither think tag; it now
resolves to thinking off, and the resolved mode wins over the request's
thinking_mode. An injected enable_thinking (Anthropic thinking.enabled)
no longer makes the parser prepend a tag the template never prefilled.

Signed-off-by: Pranav Shrestha <254760092+pranav-nvidia@users.noreply.github.com>
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The parser factory now delegates prompts without reasoning markers to a parser-specific hook. MiniMax M3 resolves an unmarked prompt ending with its assistant header as thinking-off. A non-None enable_thinking value takes precedence over thinking_mode. Tests cover prompt resolution, output parsing, and context values.

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Reasoning mode resolution

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Parser fallback for unmarked prompts
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py
BaseReasoningParser adds a resolve_unmarked_prompt hook that returns None by default. When neither reasoning marker ends the prompt tail, the factory calls this hook.
MiniMax M3 mode selection and tests
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/reasoning_parser.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_reasoning_prompt_resolution.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_core.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/test_reasoning_parser.py
MiniMax M3 resolves unmarked prompts ending with its assistant header as thinking-off. A non-None enable_thinking value takes precedence over thinking_mode. Tests cover prompt-tail resolution, output splitting, and resolved-thinking context values.

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Change: Bug fix

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The tested adaptive prompt resolves as intended, and no actionable merge-blocking issue is established. Normal validation remains appropriate.

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- Around line 557-579: Update the standalone rendering-to-chat handoff so the
resolved MiniMax-M3 thinking mode is propagated to the parser arguments consumed
by the chat route, or have that route consume the standalone
reasoning_parser_kwargs metadata. Ensure MiniMaxM3ReasoningParser receives the
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The new fallback misclassifies custom prompts ending with <mm:think>Let me think. as outside reasoning. With thinking_mode="enabled", generated hidden</mm:think>visible becomes visible content hiddenvisible. The parent correctly separates it.
Restrict the fallback to recognized adaptive headers and add a regression test.

…tant header

`resolve_prefilled_thinking` refers a tail that ends with neither marker to
the parser's `resolve_unmarked_prompt`. MiniMax-M3 answers False only for the
template's `]~b]ai` generation prompt; a tail that prefills text after
`<mm:think>` stays unresolved, so `thinking_mode` decides as before.

Signed-off-by: Pranav Shrestha <254760092+pranav-nvidia@users.noreply.github.com>
…illed-thinking

Signed-off-by: Pranav Shrestha <254760092+pranav-nvidia@users.noreply.github.com>

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