server : clarify /slots endpoint, add is_processing

Author: ngxson

examples/server/README.md

@@ -692,7 +692,10 @@ Given a ChatML-formatted json description in `messages`, it returns the predicte
 
 ### GET `/slots`: Returns the current slots processing state
 
-This endpoint can be disabled with `--no-slots`
+> [!WARNING]
+> This endpoint is intended for debugging and may be modified in future versions. For security reasons, we strongly advise against enabling it in production environments.
+
+This endpoint is disabled by default and can be enabled with `--slots`
 
 If query param `?fail_on_no_slot=1` is set, this endpoint will respond with status code 503 if there is no available slots.
 
@@ -709,6 +712,7 @@ Example:
         "grammar": "",
         "id": 0,
         "ignore_eos": false,
+        "is_processing": false,
         "logit_bias": [],
         "min_p": 0.05000000074505806,
         "mirostat": 0,
@@ -741,7 +745,6 @@ Example:
             "temperature"
         ],
         "seed": 42,
-        "state": 1,
         "stop": [
             "\n"
         ],
@@ -755,10 +758,6 @@ Example:
 ]
 ```
 
-Possible values for `slot[i].state` are:
-- `0`: SLOT_STATE_IDLE
-- `1`: SLOT_STATE_PROCESSING
-
 ### GET `/metrics`: Prometheus compatible metrics exporter
 
 This endpoint is only accessible if `--metrics` is set.

examples/server/server.cpp

@@ -1566,11 +1566,11 @@ struct server_context {
 
                     for (server_slot & slot : slots) {
                         json slot_data = get_formated_generation(slot);
-                        slot_data["id"]         = slot.id;
-                        slot_data["id_task"]    = slot.id_task;
-                        slot_data["state"]      = slot.state;
-                        slot_data["prompt"]     = common_detokenize(ctx, slot.prompt_tokens);
-                        slot_data["next_token"] = {
+                        slot_data["id"]            = slot.id;
+                        slot_data["id_task"]       = slot.id_task;
+                        slot_data["is_processing"] = slot.is_processing();
+                        slot_data["prompt"]        = common_detokenize(ctx, slot.prompt_tokens);
+                        slot_data["next_token"]    = {
                             {"has_next_token", slot.has_next_token},
                             {"has_new_line",   slot.has_new_line},
                             {"n_remain",       slot.n_remaining},
@@ -1581,10 +1581,10 @@ struct server_context {
                             {"stopping_word",  slot.stopping_word},
                         };
 
-                        if (slot_data["state"] == SLOT_STATE_IDLE) {
-                            n_idle_slots++;
-                        } else {
+                        if (slot.is_processing()) {
                             n_processing_slots++;
+                        } else {
+                            n_idle_slots++;
                         }
 
                         slots_data.push_back(slot_data);

examples/server/tests/features/steps/steps.py

@@ -1354,8 +1354,8 @@ async def wait_for_slots_status(context,
                 if status_code == 503 and status_code == expected_http_status_code:
                     return
                 if status_code == 200 and status_code == expected_http_status_code:
-                    n_slots_idle = sum(1 if slot["state"] == 0 else 0 for slot in slots)
-                    n_slots_processing = sum(1 if slot["state"] != 0 else 0 for slot in slots)
+                    n_slots_idle = sum(1 if not slot["is_processing"] else 0 for slot in slots)
+                    n_slots_processing = sum(1 if slot["is_processing"] else 0 for slot in slots)
                     if ((slots_idle is None or slots_idle == n_slots_idle)
                         and (slots_processing is None or slots_processing == n_slots_processing)):
                         return