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The parser now stops invoke, parameter, and partial-invoke name captures at the first >. This targets repeated regex work when argument values contain > and preserves the intended name boundary. The streaming parser still rescans the open block on each increment, so this change does not remove that behavior.

The supplied results report that the streaming regression test exceeds its 10-second limit before the change and completes after it. The non-streaming test reportedly passes both before and after. The full test-file run reportedly has 854 passes and four failures; the same four Qwen3Coder failures occur on unmodified main in that environment. Current review-finding counts were not supplied.

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The modified unit test file adds streaming and non-streaming MiniMax-M2 coverage for argument values containing > and ->. The streaming test checks exact value reconstruction and a 10-second time bound. No matching entry was found in the CI or manual-QA test lists. Coverage verdict: sufficient for the reported regression.

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  • tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/minimax_m2_parser.py — Verify that invoke and parameter names stop at the first > and that argument values containing > remain unchanged in streaming and non-streaming calls. The streaming parser continues to rescan buffered text.
  • tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py — Adds a streaming time-bound and value-preservation test, plus a non-streaming preservation test for > and ->. No matching CI or manual-QA test-list entry was found; this is a unit test file.

Description

Fixes #20955.

Motivation

MiniMaxM2ToolParser.parse_streaming_increment runs three regular
expressions over the whole open <minimax:tool_call> block on every
increment. All three capture the invoke or parameter name with a lazy
name=["']?(.*?)["']?\s*>. While an invoke or parameter is still open, which
is the normal state in the middle of a stream, every > inside the value is
another place where that lazy group can end. From each of those places the
body group scans to the end of the buffer before the match fails. Code
arguments are full of > (a > b, p->x, cmd > out.txt, HTML), so each
increment costs about (number of >) x (value length), and the whole stream
grows with the cube of the value length.

Measured on one streamed write_file call, four characters per increment,
with a value made of if (a > b) { p->x = q; } // ok lines:

value length before after
1024 chars 0.47 s / 0.38 s 0.03 s
2048 chars 3.1 s / 2.6 s 0.11 s
4096 chars 18.0 s / 18.1 s 0.39 s
16384 chars not run (minutes) 5.5 s

(Two runs before the fix. One mid-stream param_regex.findall on a
4189-character buffer took 25 ms before and 0.3 ms after.)

The tool parser runs in the post-processing step on the server event loop
(with the default num_postprocess_workers=0), so this time blocks every
other request on the server. About 1k tokens of code in one tool argument is
enough to stall the server for tens of seconds.

Root cause

tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/minimax_m2_parser.py:

  • self.invoke_regex (__init__) and self.param_regex (__init__) use
    name=["']?(.*?)["']?\s*>.
  • The partial-invoke pattern in parse_streaming_increment uses the same
    name group.

A name can never contain >, but (.*?) lets the regex engine try every
> in the value as the end of the name.

Fix

The name group becomes ([^>]*?) in all three patterns. A name now ends at
the first >, so each match attempt has one candidate end for the name.
The captured names and values are the same as before for every well-formed
call. Non-streaming parsing uses the same patterns and keeps its results.

The streaming parser still rescans the whole open block on every increment,
which is why 16k characters take 5.5 s with or without > in the value.
That rescan is a separate change. Open PR #19757 (duplicate call and resent
arguments, #19755) touches the same file and keeps the partial-invoke
pattern as it is, so the two changes may need a trivial rebase.

Test Coverage

New CPU-only tests in tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py,
class TestMiniMaxM2ToolParser:

  • test_parameter_value_with_angle_brackets_streams_in_linear_time streams
    a 4000-character value full of > four characters at a time, checks the
    final arguments, and bounds the time at 10 s (the same style as the GLM
    test_a_long_separator_run_streams_in_linear_time).
  • test_detect_and_parse_parameter_value_with_angle_brackets checks that a
    value with > and -> parses intact.

Results:

  • New streaming test on the code before the fix: fails on the 10 s bound (21.5 s).
    The non-streaming test passes before and after. It guards the parsed values.
  • Whole test_tool_parsers.py after the fix: 854 passed, 4 failed. The same 4
    TestQwen3Coder* cases also fail on unmodified main in the same environment
    (852 passed, 4 failed), so they come from the local test setup.

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… first >

The invoke and parameter patterns captured the name with a lazy (.*?).
While an invoke or parameter is still open, which is the normal state
in the middle of a stream, every > inside the value became a candidate
end for the name, and from each one the body group scanned to the end
of the buffer. Code arguments are full of > (a > b, p->x), so each
streaming increment cost about (number of >) x (value length) and a
4k-character argument took about 18 s of event-loop time.

A name never contains >, so the name group is now [^>]*? in the invoke,
parameter and partial-invoke patterns. The same 4k-character argument
streams in about 0.4 s. Parsed names and values are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: LeizhenZhang <zhangleizhen645@gmail.com>
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MiniMax-M2 parser regexes now stop invoke and parameter name captures at >, including during streaming. Tests check that streaming and one-shot parsing preserve arguments containing >.

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MiniMax-M2 tool parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Restrict name captures and test argument values
tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/minimax_m2_parser.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py
The complete and partial invoke patterns, and the parameter pattern, exclude > from name captures. Tests check streaming completion and preservation of argument values containing > and ->.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The parser change preserves argument values containing greater-than signs in the inspected path. No actionable merge risk remains beyond normal checks.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #20955 requires MiniMax-M2 streaming parsing to avoid repeated name-match candidates for > in argument values. The PR changes invoke_regex, param_regex, and the partial-invoke pattern to `…
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Issue #20955 requires MiniMax-M2 streaming parsing to avoid repeated name-match candidates for &gt; in argument values. The PR changes invoke_regex, param_regex, and the partial-invoke pattern to ([^&gt;]*?). This stops each name at the first &gt; and preserves value capture. The new streaming test sends a 4,000-character value in four-character increments, checks the time bound, and verifies the reconstructed JSON value. The non-streaming test verifies &gt; and -&gt; preservation.

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The source changes modify only the three MiniMax-M2 name patterns identified by issue #20955. The added tests cover the same parser performance and value-preservation behavior. The reviewed diff shows no unrelated changes.

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4326-4326: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Rename the test to match its bounded-time assertion.

The tests guidance does not prohibit every fixed time bound. It says not to require one without a stable hardware-specific baseline. The reported timings show that this bound detects the regression: 21.5 seconds before the parser fix versus 0.4 seconds after it.

The value-preservation assertions would pass before the fix because the old patterns still capture > characters in parameter values. Removing the time assertion would therefore leave the named performance regression undetected. Keep the assertion, but remove the unsupported linearity claim from the test name and docstring.

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-    def test_parameter_value_with_angle_brackets_streams_in_linear_time(
+    def test_parameter_value_with_angle_brackets_streams_within_time_bound(
             self, sample_tools):
-        """A long parameter value full of `>` characters, four per increment.
+        """A long parameter value streams within the time bound.
 
-        Code values such as `if (a > b) { p->x = q; }` hold many `>`. A
-        linear parse takes about a second here. A name pattern that may run
-        past `>` backtracks over every one of them on every increment and
-        takes tens of seconds, well past the bound.
+        Code values such as `if (a > b) { p->x = q; }` hold many `>`.
+        The bound guards against excessive regex work on each increment.
         """
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In the angle-bracket parameter-value test, keep the time-bound assertion but
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…st by its time bound

The test asserts a fixed time bound, so drop the linear-time claim from its
name and docstring. The bound and the value checks are unchanged.

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@coderabbitai Addressed in 104decc: the test is now test_parameter_value_with_angle_brackets_streams_within_time_bound, and its docstring describes the fixed time bound without claiming linear time. The 10 s bound and the argument-value checks are unchanged, so the test still fails on the original pattern (about 21 s before the fix). The renamed test is collected and passes, along with the other 23 MiniMax-M2 tests.

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@LeizhenZhang Thanks for the update. The revised test name and docstring address the concern: they describe the fixed time bound without claiming linear-time behavior. Your reported results retain regression coverage and argument-value checks.

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@mikeiovine @allisonlim-nv could one of you review this and start CI with /bot run? It is a three-pattern change in tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/minimax_m2_parser.py plus two CPU tests. A 4k-character streamed argument drops from about 18 s to 0.4 s of event-loop time, and the parsed output is identical. CodeRabbit's nitpick is addressed in 104decc. Thanks!

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