[Serving][Feature] Add explicit request cancellation and abort API endpoints - #55521
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WalkthroughThe change adds vLLM request-cancellation endpoints for single, batch, and legacy abort requests. It updates engine request tracking and abort results, registers the new router, defines response models, and adds endpoint tests. ChangesRequest Cancellation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new API can cancel all active requests from malformed input and potentially without authentication, so these paths should be corrected before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant cancel_request
participant AsyncLLM
participant OutputProcessor
Client->>cancel_request: POST or DELETE request
cancel_request->>AsyncLLM: has_request(request_id)
AsyncLLM->>OutputProcessor: has_request(request_id)
cancel_request->>AsyncLLM: abort(request_id)
AsyncLLM->>OutputProcessor: abort request
AsyncLLM-->>cancel_request: cancelled request IDs
cancel_request-->>Client: cancellation response
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In `@tests/entrypoints/serve/test_cancel.py`:
- Around line 108-111: Update AuthenticationMiddleware to include the
/abort_requests route in its protected paths, and extend
test_abort_requests_with_ids or the related tests to verify an unauthenticated
POST /abort_requests returns 401 while preserving authenticated abort behavior.
In `@vllm/engine/protocol.py`:
- Line 123: Update the EngineClient.abort() protocol return type to non-optional
list[str] and ensure cancel_request() does not treat None as successful
cancellation; if None remains possible, return 404 Not Found instead of 200 OK.
Add a router test covering an engine without has_request whose abort() returns
None.
In `@vllm/entrypoints/serve/cancel/api_router.py`:
- Around line 127-128: Update the request-body parsing flow around
raw_request.json so nonempty malformed JSON returns a 400 Bad Request before the
all-request fallback. Preserve the existing behavior for requests with no body
and valid empty-list bodies, which intentionally cancel all active requests.
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| def test_abort_requests_with_ids(client, mock_engine): | ||
| resp = client.post( | ||
| "/abort_requests", | ||
| json={"request_ids": ["cmpl-123"]}, |
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printf '%s\n' '--- authentication prefix and integration ---'
rg -n -C 5 'GUARDED_PREFIX|AuthenticationMiddleware|api_tokens|add_middleware' vllm tests/entrypoints/serve -g '*.py'
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Broken Authentication (CWE-306): Missing Authentication for Critical Function
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Protect /abort_requests with API-key authentication.
AuthenticationMiddleware guards only ("/v1", "/v2", "/inference", "/cohere"), so this route bypasses authentication. An unauthenticated request with an empty or missing request_ids can abort all in-flight requests. Guard this route and assert that an unauthenticated POST /abort_requests returns 401.
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In `@tests/entrypoints/serve/test_cancel.py` around lines 108 - 111, Update
AuthenticationMiddleware to include the /abort_requests route in its protected
paths, and extend test_abort_requests_with_ids or the related tests to verify an
unauthenticated POST /abort_requests returns 401 while preserving authenticated
abort behavior.
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| async def abort(self, request_id: str | Iterable[str]) -> None: | ||
| async def abort( | ||
| self, request_id: str | Iterable[str], internal: bool = False | ||
| ) -> list[str] | None: |
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Use a non-optional abort result type.
AsyncLLM.abort() returns list[str], but EngineClient.abort() permits None. cancel_request() treats None as success and returns 200 OK. Change the protocol to return list[str], or handle None as 404 Not Found. Add a router test for an engine without has_request whose abort() returns None.
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In `@vllm/engine/protocol.py` at line 123, Update the EngineClient.abort()
protocol return type to non-optional list[str] and ensure cancel_request() does
not treat None as successful cancellation; if None remains possible, return 404
Not Found instead of 200 OK. Add a router test covering an engine without
has_request whose abort() returns None.
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| with contextlib.suppress(Exception): | ||
| body = await raw_request.json() |
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Reject malformed JSON before the all-request fallback.
Lines 127-128 suppress a JSON parse error and leave body as {}. A nonempty malformed body then reaches the empty-or-missing branch and cancels every active request. Return 400 Bad Request for nonempty invalid JSON. Preserve the no-body and empty-list behavior for intentional all-request aborts.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@vllm/entrypoints/serve/cancel/api_router.py` around lines 127 - 128, Update
the request-body parsing flow around raw_request.json so nonempty malformed JSON
returns a 400 Bad Request before the all-request fallback. Preserve the existing
behavior for requests with no body and valid empty-list bodies, which
intentionally cancel all active requests.
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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli.
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Purpose
Adds explicit, authenticated HTTP endpoints for request cancellation in vLLM serving, enabling orchestrators, API gateways, and agentic workflows (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, Open WebUI) to programmatically abort specific in-flight requests by ID.
Currently, the only way for an HTTP client to cancel an ongoing generation in vLLM is to abruptly close the TCP connection (
listen_for_disconnect). There is no official REST API endpoint to cancel a request by itsrequest_id(e.g.chatcmpl-...,cmpl-..., or client-provided ID). Furthermore, while vLLM documentation (docs/usage/security.mdanddocs/training/async_rl.md) references aPOST /abort_requestsendpoint, it was previously only exposed when--tokens-only(scale-out) orVLLM_SERVER_DEV_MODE=1(dev RLHF) was enabled. Community discussions and issues such as #20798 and #10087 have raised the need for server-side cancellation.This PR adds:
POST /v1/requests/{request_id}/cancel: Cancel an in-flight request by ID. Returns200 OKon success, or404 Not Foundif the request is not active / already completed.DELETE /v1/requests/{request_id}: Standard RESTful alias for single-request cancellation.POST /v1/requests/cancel: Batch cancellation endpoint accepting{"request_ids": ["..."]}.POST /abort_requests: Top-level operational abort endpoint accepting{"request_ids": [...]}or{}to abort all in-flight requests without pausing the scheduler.Test Plan
Added unit tests in
tests/entrypoints/serve/test_cancel.pycovering:POSTDELETE/abort_requestswith explicit IDs/abort_requestswith empty body (abort all)Commands Run
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