Forward unknown tool calls instead of dropping (#12226)

docs/references/environment_variables.md

@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ SGLang supports various environment variables that can be used to configure its
 
 ## General Configuration
 
-| Environment Variable                      | Description                                                                                                                      | Default Value |
+| Environment Variable                      | Description                                                                                                                      | Default Value                |
-|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
+|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
-| `SGLANG_USE_MODELSCOPE`                   | Enable using models from ModelScope                                                                                              | `false`       |
+| `SGLANG_USE_MODELSCOPE`                   | Enable using models from ModelScope                                                                                              | `false`                      |
-| `SGLANG_HOST_IP`                          | Host IP address for the server                                                                                                   | `0.0.0.0`     |
+| `SGLANG_HOST_IP`                          | Host IP address for the server                                                                                                   | `0.0.0.0`                    |
-| `SGLANG_PORT`                             | Port for the server                                                                                                              | auto-detected |
+| `SGLANG_PORT`                             | Port for the server                                                                                                              | auto-detected                |
-| `SGLANG_LOGGING_CONFIG_PATH`              | Custom logging configuration path                                                                                                | Not set       |
+| `SGLANG_LOGGING_CONFIG_PATH`              | Custom logging configuration path                                                                                                | Not set                      |
-| `SGLANG_DISABLE_REQUEST_LOGGING`          | Disable request logging                                                                                                          | `false`       |
+| `SGLANG_DISABLE_REQUEST_LOGGING`          | Disable request logging                                                                                                          | `false`                      |
-| `SGLANG_HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT`             | Timeout for health check in seconds                                                                                              | `20`          |
+| `SGLANG_HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT`             | Timeout for health check in seconds                                                                                              | `20`                         |
-| `SGLANG_EPLB_HEATMAP_COLLECTION_INTERVAL` | The interval of passes to collect the metric of selected count of physical experts on each layer and GPU rank. 0 means disabled. | `0`           |
+| `SGLANG_EPLB_HEATMAP_COLLECTION_INTERVAL` | The interval of passes to collect the metric of selected count of physical experts on each layer and GPU rank. 0 means disabled. | `0`                          |
+| `SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS`            | Forward unknown tool calls to clients instead of dropping them                                                                   | `false` (drop unknown tools) |
 
 ## Performance Tuning
 

python/sglang/srt/environ.py

@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ class Envs:
     SGLANG_DISABLE_OUTLINES_DISK_CACHE = EnvBool(True)
     SGLANG_GRAMMAR_TIMEOUT = EnvFloat(300)
 
+    # Tool Calling
+    SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS = EnvBool(False)
+
     # Hi-Cache
     SGLANG_HICACHE_HF3FS_CONFIG_PATH = EnvStr(None)
 

python/sglang/srt/function_call/base_format_detector.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from partial_json_parser.core.exceptions import MalformedJSON
 from partial_json_parser.core.options import Allow
 
 from sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.protocol import Tool
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
 from sglang.srt.function_call.core_types import (
     StreamingParseResult,
     ToolCallItem,
@@ -75,19 +76,21 @@ class BaseFormatDetector(ABC):
         results = []
         for act in action:
             name = act.get("name")
-            if name and name in tool_indices:
+            if not (name and name in tool_indices):
-                results.append(
-                    ToolCallItem(
-                        tool_index=-1,  # Caller should update this based on the actual tools array called
-                        name=name,
-                        parameters=json.dumps(
-                            act.get("parameters") or act.get("arguments", {}),
-                            ensure_ascii=False,
-                        ),
-                    )
-                )
-            else:
                 logger.warning(f"Model attempted to call undefined function: {name}")
+                if not envs.SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS.get():
+                    continue  # Skip unknown tools (default legacy behavior)
+
+            results.append(
+                ToolCallItem(
+                    tool_index=-1,  # Caller should update this based on the actual tools array called
+                    name=name,
+                    parameters=json.dumps(
+                        act.get("parameters") or act.get("arguments", {}),
+                        ensure_ascii=False,
+                    ),
+                )
+            )
 
         return results
 

python/sglang/srt/function_call/gpt_oss_detector.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 from sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.protocol import Tool
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
 from sglang.srt.function_call.base_format_detector import BaseFormatDetector
 from sglang.srt.function_call.core_types import (
     StreamingParseResult,
@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ class GptOssDetector(BaseFormatDetector):
         # Check if tool exists
         if function_name not in tool_indices:
             logger.debug(f"Function {function_name} not in available tools")
-            return None
+            if not envs.SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS.get():
+                return None  # Skip unknown tools (default legacy behavior)
 
         # Parse JSON arguments
         try:

python/sglang/srt/function_call/pythonic_detector.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import re
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 from sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.protocol import Tool
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
 from sglang.srt.function_call.base_format_detector import BaseFormatDetector
 from sglang.srt.function_call.core_types import (
     StreamingParseResult,
@@ -91,7 +92,9 @@ class PythonicDetector(BaseFormatDetector):
                     logger.warning(
                         f"Model attempted to call undefined function: {function_name}"
                     )
-                    continue
+                    if not envs.SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS.get():
+                        continue  # Skip unknown tools (default legacy behavior)
+
                 arguments = {}
                 for keyword in call.keywords:
                     arguments[keyword.arg] = self._get_parameter_value(keyword.value)

python/sglang/srt/function_call/qwen3_coder_detector.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import re
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
 
 from sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.protocol import Tool
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
 from sglang.srt.function_call.base_format_detector import BaseFormatDetector
 from sglang.srt.function_call.core_types import (
     StreamingParseResult,
@@ -120,45 +121,48 @@ class Qwen3CoderDetector(BaseFormatDetector):
                     function_name = function_match.group(1).strip()
 
                     # Validate function name
-                    if function_name in self._tool_indices:
+                    is_valid = function_name in self._tool_indices
-                        self._current_function_name = function_name
+                    if not is_valid:
-                        self._function_name_sent = True
-
-                        # Initialize tool call tracking
-                        if self.current_tool_id == -1:
-                            self.current_tool_id = 0
-
-                        # Ensure tracking arrays are large enough
-                        while len(self.prev_tool_call_arr) <= self.current_tool_id:
-                            self.prev_tool_call_arr.append({})
-                        while len(self.streamed_args_for_tool) <= self.current_tool_id:
-                            self.streamed_args_for_tool.append("")
-
-                        # Store tool call info
-                        self.prev_tool_call_arr[self.current_tool_id] = {
-                            "name": function_name,
-                            "arguments": {},
-                        }
-
-                        # Send tool name with empty parameters
-                        calls.append(
-                            ToolCallItem(
-                                tool_index=self.current_tool_id,
-                                name=function_name,
-                                parameters="",
-                            )
-                        )
-
-                        # Remove the processed function declaration
-                        self._buf = self._buf[function_match.end() :]
-                        continue
-                    else:
-                        # Invalid function name, reset state
                         logger.warning(f"Invalid function name: {function_name}")
-                        self._reset_streaming_state()
+                        if not envs.SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS.get():
-                        normal += self._buf
+                            # Reset state and skip (default legacy behavior)
-                        self._buf = ""
+                            self._reset_streaming_state()
-                        break
+                            normal += self._buf
+                            self._buf = ""
+                            break
+
+                    # Process tool call (valid or unknown with env=TRUE)
+                    self._current_function_name = function_name
+                    self._function_name_sent = True
+
+                    # Initialize tool call tracking
+                    if self.current_tool_id == -1:
+                        self.current_tool_id = 0
+
+                    # Ensure tracking arrays are large enough
+                    while len(self.prev_tool_call_arr) <= self.current_tool_id:
+                        self.prev_tool_call_arr.append({})
+                    while len(self.streamed_args_for_tool) <= self.current_tool_id:
+                        self.streamed_args_for_tool.append("")
+
+                    # Store tool call info
+                    self.prev_tool_call_arr[self.current_tool_id] = {
+                        "name": function_name,
+                        "arguments": {},
+                    }
+
+                    # Send tool name with empty parameters
+                    calls.append(
+                        ToolCallItem(
+                            tool_index=self.current_tool_id,
+                            name=function_name,
+                            parameters="",
+                        )
+                    )
+
+                    # Remove the processed function declaration
+                    self._buf = self._buf[function_match.end() :]
+                    continue
                 else:
                     # Function name not complete yet, wait for more text
                     break

test/srt/function_call/test_unknown_tool_name.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import json
+import logging
+
+from sglang.srt.entrypoints.openai.protocol import Function, Tool
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
+from sglang.srt.function_call.base_format_detector import BaseFormatDetector
+from sglang.srt.function_call.core_types import StreamingParseResult
+
+
+class DummyDetector(BaseFormatDetector):
+    def has_tool_call(self, text: str) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    def detect_and_parse(self, text: str, tools):
+        action = json.loads(text)
+        return StreamingParseResult(
+            normal_text="", calls=self.parse_base_json(action, tools)
+        )
+
+
+def test_unknown_tool_name_dropped_default(caplog):
+    """Test that unknown tools are dropped by default (legacy behavior)."""
+    with envs.SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS.override(False):
+        tools = [
+            Tool(
+                function=Function(
+                    name="get_weather", parameters={"type": "object", "properties": {}}
+                )
+            )
+        ]
+        detector = DummyDetector()
+        with caplog.at_level(
+            logging.WARNING, logger="sglang.srt.function_call.base_format_detector"
+        ):
+            result = detector.detect_and_parse(
+                '{"name":"unknown_tool","parameters":{"city":"Paris"}}', tools
+            )
+        assert any(
+            "Model attempted to call undefined function: unknown_tool" in m
+            for m in caplog.messages
+        )
+        assert len(result.calls) == 0  # dropped in default mode
+
+
+def test_unknown_tool_name_forwarded(caplog):
+    """Test that unknown tools are forwarded when env var is True."""
+    with envs.SGLANG_FORWARD_UNKNOWN_TOOLS.override(True):
+        tools = [
+            Tool(
+                function=Function(
+                    name="get_weather", parameters={"type": "object", "properties": {}}
+                )
+            )
+        ]
+        detector = DummyDetector()
+        with caplog.at_level(
+            logging.WARNING, logger="sglang.srt.function_call.base_format_detector"
+        ):
+            result = detector.detect_and_parse(
+                '{"name":"unknown_tool","parameters":{"city":"Paris"}}', tools
+            )
+        assert any(
+            "Model attempted to call undefined function: unknown_tool" in m
+            for m in caplog.messages
+        )
+        assert len(result.calls) == 1
+        assert result.calls[0].name == "unknown_tool"
+        assert result.calls[0].tool_index == -1
+        assert json.loads(result.calls[0].parameters)["city"] == "Paris"