[Bug]: /v1/chat/completions API returns weird response

[williamchai]

Shimmy Version

shimmy 0.1.0 (on master 43236f7)

Installation Method

Built from source

What happened?

When I send message via curl, prompt "tell me joke" it seems only show user message, but not generating assistant message, see logs.

Steps to Reproduce

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:11435/v1/chat/completions -d '{ "model": "qwen2.5:1.5b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "tell me a joke"}] }'

Relevant logs

> curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:11435/v1/chat/completions -d '{ "model": "qwen2.5:1.5b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "tell me a joke"}] }'
data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":null,"role":"assistant"},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"user","role":null},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"\n","role":null},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"tell","role":null},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":" me","role":null},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":" a","role":null},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":" joke","role":null},"finish_reason":null}]}
data:
data:

data: data: {"id":"chatcmpl-cca1fe9f6b3147bfa64dcce84a0a41f6","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1757358088,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":null,"role":null},"finish_reason":"stop"}]}
data:
data:

data: data: [DONE]
data:
data:


Here is Ollama response which is correct:

> curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions -d '{ "model": "qwen2.5:1.5b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "tell me a joke"}] }'
{"id":"chatcmpl-715","object":"chat.completion","created":1757358169,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","system_fingerprint":"fp_ollama","choices":[{"index":0,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"Sure! Here's one for you:\n\nWhy did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing!\nI hope this makes your day lighter! Let me know if you want any more jokes or help with anything else today."},"finish_reason":"stop"}],"usage":{"prompt_tokens":33,"completion_tokens":47,"total_tokens":80}}

Operating System

macOS (Apple Silicon)

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[Michael-A-Kuykendall]

Thanks for the detailed bug report! I can reproduce this issue - the endpoint is hanging during generation instead of properly streaming the response.

I'm currently investigating the root cause in the inference engine's generation loop. The issue appears to be in the token sampling/generation process where the system gets stuck indefinitely.

I'm working on a fix and will update this issue once I have a solution. This is a critical bug that affects the core functionality, so it's my top priority to resolve.

I'll keep you posted on progress - thanks for your patience!

[williamchai]

This seems like a template issue, it will continue user's prompt instead of answering user's question.

"tell me a joke" will make the generation stop. But "tell me a joke:" will continue with a joke.

> curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:11435/v1/chat/completions -d '{ "model": "qwen2.5:1.5b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "tell me a joke"}], "stream": false}'

{"id":"chatcmpl-24c1ba507487441b8b21157b4db43a7f","object":"chat.completion","created":1757371453,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"user\ntell me a joke"},"finish_reason":"stop"}],"usage":{"prompt_tokens":0,"completion_tokens":0,"total_tokens":0}}%>

> curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:11435/v1/chat/completions -d '{ "model": "qwen2.5:1.5b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "tell me a joke:"}], "stream": false}'

{"id":"chatcmpl-ce66c099b70f490e864d36027fdde64b","object":"chat.completion","created":1757371460,"model":"qwen2.5:1.5b","choices":[{"index":0,"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"user\nSure, here's a joke for you:\n\nWhy don't scientists trust atoms?\n\nBecause they make up everything!"},"finish_reason":"stop"}],"usage":{"prompt_tokens":0,"completion_tokens":0,"total_tokens":0}}

[Michael-A-Kuykendall]

Issue Resolved! The root cause was chat template formatting - the ChatML template wasn't properly triggering assistant mode for qwen2.5 models. Fixed by ensuring the template ends with the assistant trigger. The API now generates proper responses instead of hanging. Fix is available in the latest commit.