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Copilot AI commented Sep 11, 2025

Fixes the issue where stream_options.include_usage was ignored in streaming chat completions requests, making the server always include usage information in the final chunk regardless of the client's preference.

Problem

When sending a streaming chat completions request with stream_options.include_usage, the parameter was completely ignored:

curl http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
 -X POST \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{
   "model": "ai/smollm2",
   "messages": [
     {
       "role": "user",
       "content": "Capital of Romania?"
     }
   ], 
   "stream": true,
   "stream_options": {
     "include_usage": true
   }
 }'

The server would always include usage information in the final streaming chunk, regardless of whether include_usage was true, false, or not provided.

Solution

This PR implements proper handling of stream_options.include_usage according to the OpenAI API specification:

  1. Added stream_options field to the slot_params structure to store stream options from the request
  2. Parse stream_options in params_from_json_cmpl() to extract the options from the request JSON
  3. Modified to_json_oaicompat_chat_stream() to conditionally include usage information only when include_usage is explicitly set to true

Behavior Changes

  • stream_options.include_usage = true: Usage information is included in a final chunk with empty choices array
  • stream_options.include_usage = false: No usage information is included in the stream
  • No stream_options provided: No usage information is included (backward compatible)

Example Usage

To include usage information:

{
  "stream": true,
  "stream_options": {"include_usage": true}
}

Response includes final chunk:

data: {"choices": [], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 5, "total_tokens": 15}}

To exclude usage information:

{
  "stream": true,
  "stream_options": {"include_usage": false}
}

No usage chunk is sent.

Backward Compatibility

This change is fully backward compatible. Existing clients that don't specify stream_options will continue to work as before (no usage information in streaming responses).

Testing

  • Added comprehensive test cases covering all scenarios
  • Updated existing streaming tests to reflect the new behavior
  • Verified the implementation compiles and follows project code style guidelines

The exact curl command from the original issue now works correctly! 🚀


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] When we send a request like this to llama-server "include_usage" seems to be ignored, implement "include_usage": ``` $ curl http://localhost:8080/engines/v1/chat/completions \ -X POST \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "ai/sm... Implement stream_options.include_usage for OpenAI-compatible chat completions streaming Sep 11, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from ericcurtin September 11, 2025 11:57
Copilot finished work on behalf of ericcurtin September 11, 2025 11:57
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