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Optionally --chat-template with a tool-use template\nExpected: tool_choice=auto requests succeed and return tool_calls\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"e05761de-0aa7-4d6a-a6af-0efdbcd8a4eb","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Restart vLLM with --enable-auto-tool-choice --tool-call-parser and, if needed, a tool-compatible --chat-template.\n\nOption: Enable auto tool choice with the right parser [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: vLLM serving tool-capable models\nSteps:\n1. vllm serve MODEL --enable-auto-tool-choice --tool-call-parser hermes (or model-specific parser)\n2. 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