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[https://nvbugs/6613027][fix] Responses API: pass image input to multimodal models - #20231
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…imodal models /v1/responses never delivered an image to the model. A typed message item kept only the text of its content parts, so input_image was dropped and the model answered as if it had seen the image. An untyped message item, the shape the OpenAI SDK sends, reached the chat parser with input_text and input_image parts it does not know, so the request failed with "Unknown part type: input_text", even for plain text. The multimodal data the chat parser did build was discarded as well: the request was always submitted as token ids. Responses content parts are now converted to chat parts, input_text to text and input_image to image_url, in their original order; text-only content still collapses to one string. An image given only by file_id and input_file content are rejected with a 400 instead of being dropped. A request that carries media is rendered to a text prompt and submitted with its multi_modal_data, as the chat completions route does, and the server's media IO configuration applies to it. Signed-off-by: JunyiXu-nv <219237550+JunyiXu-nv@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughResponses preprocessing now converts supported image and text parts into chat content and builds multimodal prompt inputs. The Responses endpoint passes multimodal configuration to preprocessing. Tests and documentation cover image input and rejected file content. ChangesResponses API image input
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant OpenAIServer
participant request_preprocess
participant _create_input_tokens
OpenAIServer->>request_preprocess: pass multimodal server configuration
request_preprocess->>_create_input_tokens: create prompt inputs
_create_input_tokens-->>request_preprocess: return tokenized text or multimodal prompt inputs
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165-175: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUse an image-dependent oracle for
test_responses_image_input.The test uses an external
seashore.pngpath and has no expected response fixture. It checks only non-empty output and token usage. Addingwith_image.output_text != text_only.output_textwould not reliably detect a dropped payload because placeholder tokens can change the prompt and produce different generic output.Add two same-size fixtures, such as solid red and solid blue squares. Ask the same question for both:
Answer with one word: red or blue.Assert that each response contains its fixture's color. A dropped payload then receives no pixel distinction and cannot satisfy both assertions reliably.Suggested fix
- image_url = str(llm_models_root() / "multimodals" / "test_data" / - "seashore.png") + image_cases = [ + ("red_square.png", "red", "blue"), + ("blue_square.png", "blue", "red"), + ] question = { "type": "input_text", - "text": "Describe the natural environment in the image." + "text": "Is this a solid red or blue square? Answer with one word." } - image = {"type": "input_image", "image_url": image_url, "detail": "auto"} def user_item(*parts): item = {"role": "user", "content": list(parts)} if typed: item["type"] = "message" return item - with_image = client.responses.create(model=model_name, - input=[user_item(question, image)], - max_output_tokens=16, - temperature=0.0) - text_only = client.responses.create(model=model_name, - input=[user_item(question)], - max_output_tokens=16, - temperature=0.0) + for filename, expected, other in image_cases: + image_url = str(llm_models_root() / "multimodals" / "test_data" / + filename) + image = { + "type": "input_image", + "image_url": image_url, + "detail": "auto", + } + with_image = client.responses.create( + model=model_name, + input=[user_item(question, image)], + max_output_tokens=16, + temperature=0.0, + ) - assert with_image.output_text - assert with_image.usage.input_tokens > text_only.usage.input_tokens + output = with_image.output_text.casefold() + assert expected in output + assert other not in output🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 165-175: Update test_responses_image_input to use same-size red
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HEAD, so it does not provide a diff to verify the reported implementation changes. The supplied change summary reports conversion of Responses API image and text parts, multimodal request submission, and updated documentation. Source-level correctness and test execution results cannot be verified from the available diff.QA Engineer Review
The supplied change summary reports changes to three test files:
test_responses_input_preprocess.py,test_chat_template_dispatch.py, and_test_openai_chat_multimodal.py. It describes coverage for input conversion and rejection, text-only and multimodal token preparation, and typed and untyped image requests. The preprocessing test is listed intests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml; the image integration test was not found in the inspected CI or manual-QA lists. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up because the worktree contains no test diff, and no test results were supplied.Per-File QA Perspective
docs/source/commands/trtllm-serve/trtllm-serve.rst— The supplied summary reports documentation for multimodal Responses API image input and unsupportedfile_idandinput_filecases. The inspected worktree has no diff to verify those changes.tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py— The supplied summary reports passingmultimodal_server_configto Responses preprocessing. Verify this behavior against the intended branch; the inspected worktree has no diff.tensorrt_llm/serve/responses_utils.py— The supplied summary reports image-part conversion and multimodal prompt construction. Verify supported input shapes and rejection behavior; the inspected worktree has no diff.tests/unittest/inputs/test_chat_template_dispatch.py— The supplied summary reports separate text-only and multimodal token-preparation tests. Its test-list status was not established.tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/_test_openai_chat_multimodal.py— The supplied summary reports typed and untyped image-request tests. The image test was not found in the inspected CI or manual-QA lists.tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_responses_input_preprocess.py— The supplied summary reports conversion and rejection tests. This file is listed intests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.Description
Fixes https://nvbugs/6613027:
/v1/responsesnever delivered an image to the model.{"type": "message", ...}, the shape Codex CLI sends) kept only the text of their content parts, so aninput_imagewas dropped silently. The request returned 200 and the model answered as if it had seen the image.{"role": "user", "content": [...]}, the shape the OpenAI SDK sends) reached the chat parser withinput_text/input_imageparts it does not know, so the request failed with400 Unknown part type: input_text, even for plain text._create_input_tokensgatheredmm_data, butrequest_preprocessdropped it (input_tokens, _ = ...) and the request was always submitted as token ids.Changes in
tensorrt_llm/serve/responses_utils.py:input_texttotext,input_imagetoimage_url(URL string, or the chat-style{"url": ...}object;detailis kept), in their original order. Text-only content still collapses to one string, so text requests render exactly as before. Media parts already in chat form, includinginput_audio, which has the same shape in both APIs, pass through.input_imagegiven only byfile_id, andinput_filecontent, are rejected with a 400 instead of being dropped, since this server has no Files API.multi_modal_data(andmm_item_order), as the chat completions route does, so the model's input processor expands the image placeholders. Text-only requests are still rendered straight to token ids.multimodal_server_config(--media_io_kwargs) now applies to Responses requests, as it does to chat completions.A text-only model that receives an image fails the same way it does on chat completions (
400 Unknown modality: image) instead of silently answering.docs/source/commands/trtllm-serve/trtllm-serve.rstnow lists the Responses API as supported for multimodal models and shows theinput_imageshape.Not in this PR:
usage.output_tokens_details.reasoning_tokensis still reported as 0, which the bug also mentions.Test Coverage
tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_responses_input_preprocess.py(CPU-Generic-x86-1, CPU-Generic-arm-1): conversion of typed and untyped items with images, the text-only untyped case, the URL object form, chat-style passthrough, rejection offile_idimages andinput_file, and a fullResponsesRequestvalidation round trip with and withoutdetail.tests/unittest/inputs/test_chat_template_dispatch.py(CPU-Generic):_create_input_tokensreturns token ids for text-only input, and an untokenized prompt carryingmulti_modal_dataandmm_item_orderwhen media is present.tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/_test_openai_chat_multimodal.py::test_responses_image_input[message|untyped](A10-PyTorch, throughtest_e2e.py::test_openai_chat_multimodal_example, Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct): an image sent to/v1/responsesraisesusage.input_tokensabove the same request without it.pydantic/openaivalidation. On main, untyped items are rejected by the chat parser and typed items lose the image; on this branch, both reach the chat parser astext+image_url.PR Checklist
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