Proposed fix: [vLLM] Chat completions 400 'As of transformers v4.44, default chat template is no longer allowed' for models whose tokenizer has no chat_template
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Recommended action: Pass --chat-template with the model's official Jinja template (or use /v1/completions for base models).
Option: Provide --chat-template [evidence: documented_workaround]
Applies when: Tokenizer without chat_template
Steps:
1. Obtain the model's official chat template .jinja
2. Start: vllm serve <model> --chat-template ./template.jinja
Expected: Chat completions render prompts and succeed.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
ee67b3d7-d170-408e-b668-399526ee9332
Proposed action
Recommended action: Pass --chat-template with the model's official Jinja template (or use /v1/completions for base models).
Option: Provide --chat-template [evidence: documented_workaround]
Applies when: Tokenizer without chat_template
Steps:
1. Obtain the model's official chat template .jinja
2. Start: vllm serve <model> --chat-template ./template.jinja
Expected: Chat completions render prompts and succeed.
Applicability
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Limitations
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Lifecycle
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Reported outcomes
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