[Fix] Prevalidate JSON Schema support per grammar backend (#37839)

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Justin Perlman
2026-09-16 13:10:15 -07:00
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parent 43390f63f5
commit 869674b3a7
4 changed files with 494 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
"""Detect JSON Schema constraints that grammar backends silently ignore."""
from collections.abc import Iterator
from typing import Any
class UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature(ValueError):
"""A schema uses constraints that the selected backend cannot preserve."""
_SINGLE_SUBSCHEMA_KEYWORDS = frozenset(
{
"additionalItems",
"additionalProperties",
"contains",
"contentSchema",
"else",
"if",
"items",
"not",
"propertyNames",
"then",
"unevaluatedItems",
"unevaluatedProperties",
}
)
_SUBSCHEMA_ARRAY_KEYWORDS = frozenset({"allOf", "anyOf", "oneOf", "prefixItems"})
_SUBSCHEMA_MAP_KEYWORDS = frozenset(
{"$defs", "definitions", "dependentSchemas", "patternProperties", "properties"}
)
_XGRAMMAR_UNSUPPORTED_KEYWORDS = frozenset(
{
"contains",
"dependentRequired",
"dependentSchemas",
"else",
"if",
"maxContains",
"minContains",
"multipleOf",
"not",
"then",
"uniqueItems",
}
)
_XGRAMMAR_STRING_FORMATS = frozenset(
{
"date",
"date-time",
"duration",
"email",
"hostname",
"ipv4",
"ipv6",
"json-pointer",
"relative-json-pointer",
"time",
"uri",
"uri-reference",
"uri-template",
"uuid",
}
)
# Outlines Core 0.1.x accepts schemas containing these assertion keywords but
# does not encode them in the generated regex.
_OUTLINES_UNSUPPORTED_KEYWORDS = frozenset(
{
"allOf",
"contains",
"dependentRequired",
"dependentSchemas",
"else",
"exclusiveMaximum",
"exclusiveMinimum",
"if",
"maxContains",
"maximum",
"minContains",
"minimum",
"multipleOf",
"not",
"oneOf",
"patternProperties",
"propertyNames",
"then",
"unevaluatedItems",
"unevaluatedProperties",
"uniqueItems",
}
)
def _escape_json_pointer(value: str) -> str:
return value.replace("~", "~0").replace("/", "~1")
def _iter_subschemas(
schema: Any, pointer: str = "#"
) -> Iterator[tuple[dict[str, Any], str]]:
"""Walk schema-bearing keywords without inspecting instance-valued data."""
if not isinstance(schema, dict):
return
yield schema, pointer
for keyword in _SINGLE_SUBSCHEMA_KEYWORDS:
child = schema.get(keyword)
if isinstance(child, (bool, dict)):
yield from _iter_subschemas(child, f"{pointer}/{keyword}")
elif keyword == "items" and isinstance(child, list):
for index, item in enumerate(child):
yield from _iter_subschemas(item, f"{pointer}/{keyword}/{index}")
for keyword in _SUBSCHEMA_ARRAY_KEYWORDS:
children = schema.get(keyword)
if isinstance(children, list):
for index, child in enumerate(children):
yield from _iter_subschemas(child, f"{pointer}/{keyword}/{index}")
for keyword in _SUBSCHEMA_MAP_KEYWORDS:
children = schema.get(keyword)
if isinstance(children, dict):
for name, child in children.items():
escaped_name = _escape_json_pointer(name)
yield from _iter_subschemas(
child, f"{pointer}/{keyword}/{escaped_name}"
)
dependencies = schema.get("dependencies")
if isinstance(dependencies, dict):
for name, child in dependencies.items():
if isinstance(child, (bool, dict)):
escaped_name = _escape_json_pointer(name)
yield from _iter_subschemas(
child, f"{pointer}/dependencies/{escaped_name}"
)
def _raise_unsupported(backend: str, pointer: str, reason: str) -> None:
raise UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature(
f"JSON Schema at {pointer} is not supported by {backend}: {reason}"
)
def _string_constraint_groups(schema: dict[str, Any]) -> list[str]:
groups = []
if "format" in schema:
groups.append("format")
if "pattern" in schema:
groups.append("pattern")
if "minLength" in schema or "maxLength" in schema:
groups.append("minLength/maxLength")
return groups
def _can_describe_string(schema: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
schema_type = schema.get("type")
return (
schema_type is None
or schema_type == "string"
or (isinstance(schema_type, list) and "string" in schema_type)
)
def validate_xgrammar_json_schema(schema: Any) -> None:
"""Reject constraints XGrammar 0.2.x accepts without fully enforcing."""
for subschema, pointer in _iter_subschemas(schema):
unsupported = sorted(_XGRAMMAR_UNSUPPORTED_KEYWORDS.intersection(subschema))
if unsupported:
_raise_unsupported(
"xgrammar",
pointer,
f"keyword(s) {', '.join(unsupported)} would be ignored",
)
if _can_describe_string(subschema) and "format" in subschema:
format_name = subschema["format"]
if (
not isinstance(format_name, str)
or format_name not in _XGRAMMAR_STRING_FORMATS
):
_raise_unsupported(
"xgrammar",
pointer,
f"string format {format_name!r} is not implemented",
)
groups = (
_string_constraint_groups(subschema)
if _can_describe_string(subschema)
else []
)
if len(groups) > 1:
_raise_unsupported(
"xgrammar",
pointer,
f"constraints {', '.join(groups)} cannot be enforced together",
)
def validate_outlines_json_schema(schema: Any) -> None:
"""Reject constraints Outlines Core 0.1.x accepts without preserving."""
for subschema, pointer in _iter_subschemas(schema):
unsupported = sorted(_OUTLINES_UNSUPPORTED_KEYWORDS.intersection(subschema))
if unsupported:
_raise_unsupported(
"outlines",
pointer,
f"keyword(s) {', '.join(unsupported)} would be ignored or weakened",
)
groups = (
_string_constraint_groups(subschema)
if _can_describe_string(subschema)
else []
)
if len(groups) > 1:
_raise_unsupported(
"outlines",
pointer,
f"constraints {', '.join(groups)} cannot be enforced together",
)
if "properties" in subschema:
ignored_object_constraints = sorted(
{"additionalProperties", "maxProperties", "minProperties"}.intersection(
subschema
)
)
if ignored_object_constraints:
_raise_unsupported(
"outlines",
pointer,
"properties cannot be combined with "
+ ", ".join(ignored_object_constraints),
)
if "prefixItems" in subschema:
ignored_array_constraints = sorted(
{"maxItems", "minItems"}.intersection(subschema)
)
if ignored_array_constraints:
_raise_unsupported(
"outlines",
pointer,
"prefixItems cannot be combined with "
+ ", ".join(ignored_array_constraints),
)
if "required" in subschema and "properties" not in subschema:
_raise_unsupported(
"outlines",
pointer,
"required is only enforced when properties is present",
)
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ from sglang.srt.constrained.base_grammar_backend import (
BaseGrammarObject,
InvalidGrammarObject,
)
from sglang.srt.constrained.json_schema_validation import (
validate_outlines_json_schema,
)
from sglang.srt.constrained.outlines_jump_forward import OutlinesJumpForwardMap
try:
@@ -165,11 +168,16 @@ class OutlinesGrammarBackend(BaseGrammarBackend):
def dispatch_json(self, key_string: str):
try:
validate_outlines_json_schema(json.loads(key_string))
regex = build_regex_from_object(
key_string,
whitespace_pattern=self.whitespace_pattern,
)
except (NotImplementedError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, ValueError) as e:
except (
NotImplementedError,
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError,
ValueError,
) as e:
logger.error(f"Hit invalid json_schema: {key_string=}, {e=}")
return InvalidGrammarObject(str(e))
return self._compile_regex(regex)
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ from sglang.srt.constrained.base_grammar_backend import (
GrammarStats,
InvalidGrammarObject,
)
from sglang.srt.constrained.json_schema_validation import (
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature,
validate_xgrammar_json_schema,
)
from sglang.srt.constrained.utils import is_legacy_structural_tag
from sglang.srt.utils import is_hip
from sglang.srt.utils.common import is_pin_memory_available
@@ -339,11 +343,20 @@ class XGrammarGrammarBackend(BaseGrammarBackend):
# Note: This builtin JSON grammar includes *all* valid JSON (including, for example, arrays at the root)
ctx = self.grammar_compiler.compile_builtin_json_grammar()
else:
# Inspect the decoded schema for semantic loss, then give the
# original string to XGrammar to preserve its parser behavior.
schema = json.loads(key_string)
validate_xgrammar_json_schema(schema)
ctx = self.grammar_compiler.compile_json_schema(
schema=key_string, any_whitespace=self.any_whitespace
)
except (RuntimeError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
except (
RuntimeError,
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature,
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError,
UnicodeDecodeError,
) as e:
logger.error(f"Hit invalid json_schema: {key_string=}, {e=}")
return InvalidGrammarObject(str(e))
return self._from_context(ctx, key_string, GrammarStats(dispatch_type="json"))
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
"""Unit tests for backend-specific JSON Schema prevalidation."""
import unittest
from unittest.mock import MagicMock
from sglang.srt.constrained.base_grammar_backend import InvalidGrammarObject
from sglang.srt.constrained.json_schema_validation import (
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature,
validate_outlines_json_schema,
validate_xgrammar_json_schema,
)
from sglang.srt.constrained.outlines_backend import OutlinesGrammarBackend
from sglang.srt.constrained.xgrammar_backend import XGrammarGrammarBackend
from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
register_cpu_ci(1.0, "base-a-test-cpu")
class TestXGrammarJSONSchemaValidation(unittest.TestCase):
def test_accepts_supported_schema(self):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema(
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string", "minLength": 1},
"created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
"score": {"type": "number", "minimum": 0},
},
"required": ["name"],
"additionalProperties": False,
}
)
def test_rejects_every_silently_ignored_keyword(self):
for keyword in (
"contains",
"dependentRequired",
"dependentSchemas",
"else",
"if",
"maxContains",
"minContains",
"multipleOf",
"not",
"then",
"uniqueItems",
):
with self.subTest(keyword=keyword):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature, rf"keyword\(s\) {keyword}"
):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema({keyword: {}})
def test_rejects_unknown_format(self):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature, "format 'regex' is not implemented"
):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema({"type": "string", "format": "regex"})
def test_accepts_non_string_format(self):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema({"type": "integer", "format": "int64"})
validate_xgrammar_json_schema({"type": "number", "format": "double"})
validate_xgrammar_json_schema({"type": ["integer", "null"], "format": "int64"})
def test_checks_format_when_schema_can_describe_string(self):
for schema in (
{"format": "markdown"},
{"type": ["string", "null"], "format": "markdown"},
):
with self.subTest(schema=schema):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature,
"format 'markdown' is not implemented",
):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema(schema)
def test_rejects_lossy_string_constraint_combinations(self):
cases = (
{"type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-z]+$", "minLength": 2},
{"type": "string", "format": "uuid", "maxLength": 36},
{"type": "string", "format": "uuid", "pattern": "^a"},
)
for schema in cases:
with self.subTest(schema=schema):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature, "cannot be enforced together"
):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema(schema)
def test_checks_nested_schema_without_walking_instance_data(self):
schema = {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"nested": {"type": "array", "items": {"multipleOf": 2}},
},
"const": {"multipleOf": 2},
"default": {"multipleOf": 2},
"enum": [{"multipleOf": 2}],
"examples": [{"multipleOf": 2}],
}
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature, "#/properties/nested/items"
):
validate_xgrammar_json_schema(schema)
validate_xgrammar_json_schema(
{
"const": {"multipleOf": 2},
"default": {"multipleOf": 2},
"enum": [{"multipleOf": 2}],
"examples": [{"multipleOf": 2}],
}
)
class TestOutlinesJSONSchemaValidation(unittest.TestCase):
def test_accepts_supported_schema(self):
validate_outlines_json_schema(
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string", "pattern": "^[a-z]+$"},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"type": "string"},
"minItems": 1,
},
},
"required": ["name"],
}
)
def test_rejects_constraints_outlines_silently_weakens(self):
cases = (
{"type": "number", "minimum": 0},
{"type": "array", "uniqueItems": True},
{"type": "object", "patternProperties": {"^x": {}}},
{"allOf": [{"type": "string"}, {"minLength": 2}]},
{"oneOf": [{"type": "number"}, {"minimum": 0}]},
)
for schema in cases:
with self.subTest(schema=schema):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature, "not supported by outlines"
):
validate_outlines_json_schema(schema)
def test_rejects_constraints_shadowed_by_outlines_dispatch_order(self):
cases = (
{
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[a-z]+$",
"minLength": 2,
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {"name": {"type": "string"}},
"additionalProperties": False,
},
{
"type": "array",
"prefixItems": [{"type": "string"}],
"minItems": 2,
},
{"type": "object", "required": ["name"]},
)
for schema in cases:
with self.subTest(schema=schema):
with self.assertRaises(UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature):
validate_outlines_json_schema(schema)
def test_accepts_non_string_format_and_string_keywords(self):
validate_outlines_json_schema(
{
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64",
"pattern": "ignored-for-integers",
"minLength": 1,
}
)
def test_escapes_nested_json_pointer(self):
with self.assertRaisesRegex(
UnsupportedJSONSchemaFeature, r"#/properties/a~1b~0c"
):
validate_outlines_json_schema(
{"properties": {"a/b~c": {"type": "integer", "multipleOf": 2}}}
)
class TestBackendJSONSchemaPrevalidation(unittest.TestCase):
def test_xgrammar_rejects_before_compilation(self):
backend = object.__new__(XGrammarGrammarBackend)
backend.grammar_compiler = MagicMock()
result = backend.dispatch_json(
'{"type":"string","pattern":"^[a-z]+$","minLength":2}'
)
self.assertIsInstance(result, InvalidGrammarObject)
backend.grammar_compiler.compile_json_schema.assert_not_called()
def test_outlines_rejects_before_regex_compilation(self):
backend = object.__new__(OutlinesGrammarBackend)
backend._compile_regex = MagicMock()
result = backend.dispatch_json('{"type":"number","minimum":0}')
self.assertIsInstance(result, InvalidGrammarObject)
backend._compile_regex.assert_not_called()
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()