From 4fcc994be1e0929f6d78e51f5924ddb98c859e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lianmin Zheng <lianminzheng@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:36:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support priority request header override (#30811)

Co-authored-by: Abhishek Parmar <abhishek@orng.net>
---
 .../sglang/srt/entrypoints/request_headers.py |  1 +
 test/registered/cpu/test_request_headers.py   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/entrypoints/request_headers.py b/python/sglang/srt/entrypoints/request_headers.py
index a709bf648..20a45a12b 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/entrypoints/request_headers.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/entrypoints/request_headers.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ _HEADER_OVERRIDES = {
     "x-override-conversation-id": ("conversation_id", str),
     "x-override-routed-dp-rank": ("routed_dp_rank", int),
     "x-override-disagg-prefill-dp-rank": ("disagg_prefill_dp_rank", int),
+    "x-override-priority": ("priority", int),
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/registered/cpu/test_request_headers.py b/test/registered/cpu/test_request_headers.py
index b70daff8b..cd27cc68f 100644
--- a/test/registered/cpu/test_request_headers.py
+++ b/test/registered/cpu/test_request_headers.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def _obj():
         conversation_id=None,
         routed_dp_rank=None,
         disagg_prefill_dp_rank=None,
+        priority=None,
     )
 
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ class TestApplyRoutingHeaders(unittest.TestCase):
                     "x-override-conversation-id": "c1",
                     "x-override-routed-dp-rank": "3",
                     "x-override-disagg-prefill-dp-rank": "5",
+                    "x-override-priority": "7",
                 }
             ),
         )
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class TestApplyRoutingHeaders(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(obj.conversation_id, "c1")
         self.assertEqual(obj.routed_dp_rank, 3)
         self.assertEqual(obj.disagg_prefill_dp_rank, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.priority, 7)
 
     def test_absent_headers_leave_obj_unchanged(self):
         obj = _obj()
@@ -76,6 +79,31 @@ class TestApplyRoutingHeaders(unittest.TestCase):
                 obj, Headers({"x-override-bootstrap-port": "not-an-int"})
             )
 
+    def test_priority_header_overrides_body_value(self):
+        # The scheduler reads obj.priority, so the header value must be the one
+        # that ends up on the object even when the body already set a priority.
+        obj = _obj()
+        obj.priority = 1
+        apply_header_overrides(obj, Headers({"x-override-priority": "5"}))
+        self.assertEqual(obj.priority, 5)
+
+    def test_negative_priority_header_is_applied(self):
+        obj = _obj()
+        obj.priority = 1
+        apply_header_overrides(obj, Headers({"x-override-priority": "-3"}))
+        self.assertEqual(obj.priority, -3)
+
+    def test_priority_body_value_preserved_when_header_absent(self):
+        obj = _obj()
+        obj.priority = 2
+        apply_header_overrides(obj, Headers({}))
+        self.assertEqual(obj.priority, 2)
+
+    def test_invalid_priority_fails_loud(self):
+        obj = _obj()
+        with self.assertRaises(HTTPException):
+            apply_header_overrides(obj, Headers({"x-override-priority": "high"}))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()