[#17740][fix] Emit response content that follows a completed tool call

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Description

Fixes #17740.

A streaming pass stops at the end of one tool call and leaves the eot_token,
plus anything after it, in _buffer for the next increment to pick up. Nothing
drains that buffer when the stream ends: neither apply_tool_parser in
postprocess_handlers.py nor _apply_tool_parser in responses_utils.py
invokes the parser again after the final chunk, and prev_tool_call_arr /
streamed_args_for_tool have no readers outside the parsers despite what their
comments claim.

Four ways that loses content, all reproducible on main today.

1. The reported failure. Qwen3 separates tool calls with "\n" and closes
them with "\n</tool_call>", so the end token begins with the separator. The
next increment read that leading "\n" as the separator introducing another
tool call and stayed in the tool call branch, where the closing markup never
parses as JSON. The buffer then grew without ever being emitted:

in='\n</tool_call>'    normal_text=''    calls=[(0, None, '{"city": "Paris"}')]
in=' It is sunny.'     normal_text=''    calls=[]
FINAL _buffer = '\n</tool_call> It is sunny.'

2. Anything sharing the final chunk with the closing markup.

Input arriving in one chunk	On main
<tool_call>\n{...}\n</tool_call> It is sunny.	trailing text lost
two complete <tool_call> blocks	second call never emitted
a complete call via BaseToolParser	name emitted, arguments never sent

3. A response that resumes on a new line. Prose after "\n</tool_call>\n"
opens with the separator exactly as a following call would, so it took the tool
call branch as well and never parsed as JSON. Raised in review by CodeRabbit;
confirmed lost across all four chunkings, character-by-character included.

4. Calls invoked with no arguments. The completion bookkeeping sits inside
if cur_arguments:, so {"name":"ping","arguments":{}} never closes out. Its
markup and the rest of the response stay in the buffer for good.

Fix

• Consume the eot_token as the markup it is once its call is parsed, holding
  the buffer while it is still arriving.
• Take the separator as introducing a call only when a call actually follows
  it: the bot_token, or the bare JSON this base class streams.
• Close a call out whenever its JSON is complete, not only when it carried
  arguments.
• Keep parsing while a pass still moves the parser forward.

This changes the root condition rather than compensating downstream. All four
symptoms are consequences of a finished call never being fully closed out.

"Moves forward" means the pass consumed buffer, or sent a tool name so the next
pass will stream that call's arguments. A pass that does neither has nothing
left to give, so streams with no tool call and the token-by-token accumulation
of a call do no extra parsing, measured at 0% additional parse passes for
character-by-character streaming.

test_parse_streaming_increment_complete_tool asserted that the arguments of a
one-chunk call were withheld. It now asserts they are delivered: the old
expectation encoded the loss in the table above.

Scope

Only Qwen3 reaches this code among the shipped parsers. It is the sole user of
the base streaming implementation and the sole super().parse_streaming_increment
caller, and the sole parser that overrides tool_call_separator. Every other
parser implements its own parse_streaming_increment; DeepSeekV4Parser
inherits DeepSeekV32Parser's.

Test Coverage

Nine new cases in tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py, each
verified to fail against the unmodified parser:

• test_streaming_emits_content_after_completed_tool_call (the reported repro)
• test_streaming_content_after_tool_call_with_split_end_token
• test_streaming_content_after_tool_call_character_by_character
• test_streaming_content_in_same_chunk_as_end_token
• test_streaming_whole_response_in_one_chunk
• test_streaming_two_tool_calls_in_one_chunk
• test_streaming_content_after_tool_call_on_its_own_line
• test_streaming_content_after_zero_argument_tool_call
• test_streaming_content_after_multiple_tool_calls

Both multi-call tests assert each call's reassembled argument payload, not just
the names, via a _arguments_by_tool_index helper.

tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py was run before and after; the
failure set is unchanged and the 9 new tests pass. The Qwen3 bare-JSON fallback
(NVBug 6240584) was separately checked to be byte-identical before and after.

Not covered locally: an end-to-end run against a served Qwen3 model.
Verification is at the parser level, with chunk boundaries down to
character-by-character.

PR Checklist

• PR title follows [JIRA/NVBUG/None][type] Summary
• Commits are signed off (DCO)
• New tests cover the change
• No API changes

Dev Engineer Review

• Updated base_tool_parser.py to consume eot_token and close calls when JSON is complete.
• Continued parsing while the buffer makes progress.
• Supports trailing content, subsequent tool calls, one-chunk arguments, and zero-argument calls.
• No public API, configuration, or test-list changes were introduced.
• The implementation addresses the Qwen3 separator and closing-token interaction.
• No correctness or performance regressions were identified from the reviewed changes.

QA Engineer Review

• Updated complete-call expectations in tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py.
• Added eight Qwen3 streaming regression tests for trailing content, split closing tokens, character-by-character streaming, same-chunk content, whole-response parsing, multiple tool calls, zero-argument calls, and buffer cleanup.
• No matching entries were identified in tests/integration/test_lists/.
• Verdict: needs follow-up.

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Walkthrough

The streaming tool parser now removes leftover end-of-tool tokens and continues processing buffered content after completed calls. It emits trailing text and additional calls from the same chunk, including zero-argument calls. Qwen3 tests cover these streaming cases.

Changes

Streaming parser continuation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Buffered tool-call continuation tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/base_tool_parser.py	The parser validates separator-based call detection, drains buffered content, removes completed end tokens, and preserves tool indexes for completed and active calls.
Qwen3 streaming regression coverage tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py	Tests cover reconstructed arguments, split end tokens, character-level streaming, trailing content, multiple calls, zero-argument calls, and buffer cleanup.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to fae13

The change ensures response text and completed tool calls are emitted correctly, including zero-argument calls, with targeted regression coverage; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17575: Extends the same streaming completion logic and related regression coverage.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17739: Modifies base parser streaming-buffer handling and Qwen3 content processing.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17748: Modifies separator and end-token handling in base_tool_parser.py.

Suggested reviewers: zhaoyuanh-nvidia, tongyuantongyu

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #17740 by draining buffers, completing calls, emitting trailing content, and covering the required streaming cases.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The parser changes and regression tests are directly related to the linked issue and stated streaming tool-parser objectives.
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Use the built-in generic type.

Replace List[Tool] with list[Tool] in this new signature.

As per coding guidelines, “prefer built-in generic types.” Based on learnings, this repository supports Python 3.10+ syntax.

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py`:
- Around line 773-894: Update test_streaming_two_tool_calls_in_one_chunk and
test_streaming_content_after_multiple_tool_calls to assert the parsed arguments
for both get_weather and search_web calls, not only their names. Validate each
call’s parameters against the expected location and query payloads while
preserving the existing name, normal_text, and buffer assertions.

Apply the same fix in `@tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_tool_parsers.py` around
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In `@tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/base_tool_parser.py`:
- Around line 161-162: Update the _parse_increment_once method signature to use
the built-in generic list[Tool] instead of typing.List[Tool], preserving the
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In `@tensorrt_llm/serve/tool_parser/base_tool_parser.py`:
- Around line 173-179: The leftover end-of-tool handling around
_starts_with_leftover_eot_token must consume separator whitespace after a
completed call only when it leads to another tool call, while preserving
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