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vLLM validates the request against the configured backend.\n\nFix status: documented_behavior\n\nOther error fragments:\n- Outlines structured outputs backend does not support json_object specifications\n- Outlines structured outputs backend does not support grammar specifications\n- LM Format Enforcer backend does not support speculative tokens\n\nEvidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vllm-project/vllm/e7900156e130c9880eb03b7c1f2df32820e7a2be/vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_lm_format_enforcer.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): LMFE rejects grammar specs and speculative tokens.\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vllm-project/vllm/e7900156e130c9880eb03b7c1f2df32820e7a2be/vllm/v1/structured_output/backend_outlines.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Outlines rejects json_object and grammar specs.\n\nSearch phrasings: vllm lm-format-enforcer does not support grammar; vllm outlines backend json_object not supported; 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