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[Bugfix] nightly Docker images crash with ImportError: AnthropicOutputConfig since May 28#44795

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Fixes #44759

The nightly images have been broken since May 28 with this at startup:

ImportError: cannot import name 'AnthropicOutputConfig'
from 'vllm.entrypoints.anthropic.protocol'

The source on main is fine — both protocol.py and serving.py were updated
together in #42396. The issue is in the Dockerfile.

vllm-base was installing the wheel via --mount=type=bind,from=build, and
bind mounts aren't part of the BuildKit layer cache key. So on a warm Buildkite
agent the RUN uv pip install gets skipped entirely, leaving the pre-#42396
wheel sitting in the image even though the build stage produced a fresh one.
The image ends up tagged with a post-#42396 SHA but containing stale files.

Fix is to replace the bind mount with COPY --from=build so the wheel digest
is in the layer chain and a source change that rebuilds the wheel also
invalidates the install step.

Also adds a small no-GPU regression test that imports all 11 names serving.py
pulls from protocol.py so this class of breakage gets caught before it ships.

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Pull request overview

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Adds regression coverage to ensure Anthropic protocol symbols required by serving are present, and adjusts the Docker build to install wheels from a copied temp directory (with cleanup).

Changes:

  • Add tests asserting Anthropic protocol exports/imports used by vllm.entrypoints.anthropic.serving are available.
  • Add a sanity test for AnthropicOutputConfig instantiation/default fields.
  • Change Docker image build steps to COPY wheel artifacts into /tmp for installation, then remove the temp directories.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.

File Description
tests/entrypoints/anthropic/test_protocol_exports.py Adds regression tests to catch missing Anthropic protocol exports and basic config instantiation.
docker/Dockerfile Installs vLLM and EP kernels from wheels copied into /tmp, then removes the temp directories.

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from vllm.entrypoints.anthropic.protocol import (
AnthropicContentBlock,
AnthropicContextManagement,
AnthropicCountTokensRequest,
AnthropicCountTokensResponse,
AnthropicDelta,
AnthropicError,
AnthropicMessagesRequest,
AnthropicMessagesResponse,
AnthropicOutputConfig,
AnthropicStreamEvent,
AnthropicUsage,
)
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SERVING_PROTOCOL_EXPORTS = (
AnthropicContentBlock,
AnthropicContextManagement,
AnthropicCountTokensRequest,
AnthropicCountTokensResponse,
AnthropicDelta,
AnthropicError,
AnthropicMessagesRequest,
AnthropicMessagesResponse,
AnthropicOutputConfig,
AnthropicStreamEvent,
AnthropicUsage,
)


def test_serving_protocol_exports_are_importable():
for export in SERVING_PROTOCOL_EXPORTS:
assert export is not None
Comment on lines +45 to +48
def test_anthropic_output_config_instantiation():
config = AnthropicOutputConfig()
assert config.effort is None
assert config.format is None
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COPY --from=build /workspace/dist/*.whl /tmp/vllm-dist/
RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/uv/cache \
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--index-url ${PYTORCH_CUDA_INDEX_BASE_URL}/nightly/cu$(echo $CUDA_VERSION | cut -d. -f1,2 | tr -d '.') \
&& echo "Installing vLLM..." \
&& uv pip install --system dist/*.whl --verbose \
&& uv pip install --system /tmp/vllm-dist/*.whl --verbose \
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&& uv pip install --system /tmp/vllm-dist/*.whl --verbose \
--extra-index-url ${PYTORCH_CUDA_INDEX_BASE_URL}/cu$(echo $CUDA_VERSION | cut -d. -f1,2 | tr -d '.'); \
fi
fi \
&& rm -rf /tmp/vllm-dist
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COPY --from=build /tmp/ep_kernels_workspace/dist/*.whl /tmp/ep-kernels-dist/
RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/opt/uv/cache \
uv pip install --system /tmp/ep-kernels-dist/*.whl --verbose \
--extra-index-url ${PYTORCH_CUDA_INDEX_BASE_URL}/cu$(echo $CUDA_VERSION | cut -d. -f1,2 | tr -d '.') \
&& rm -rf /tmp/ep-kernels-dist
…project#44759)

The vllm-base stage installed the vllm wheel via --mount=type=bind,from=build
which is NOT part of the BuildKit layer cache key. On a warm Buildkite agent
the RUN was skipped, leaving a stale pre-vllm-project#42396 wheel installed, causing:

  ImportError: cannot import name 'AnthropicOutputConfig'
  from 'vllm.entrypoints.anthropic.protocol'

Fix: replace bind mount with COPY --from=build so the wheel digest enters the
layer chain and any wheel rebuild invalidates the install step.

Adds tests/entrypoints/anthropic/test_protocol_exports.py to catch future
export mismatches at the import level, no GPU required.

Fixes vllm-project#44759

Signed-off-by: achyuthan.s <113010327+Achyuthan-S@users.noreply.github.com>
@Achyuthan-S Achyuthan-S force-pushed the fix/anthropic-output-config-docker-nightly branch from 8f8064e to 3ce25f2 Compare June 7, 2026 15:44
Signed-off-by: achyuthan.s <113010327+Achyuthan-S@users.noreply.github.com>

style: apply ruff formatting to test_protocol_exports.py

Signed-off-by: Achyuthan S <achyuthan.sivasankar@gmail.com>
@Achyuthan-S Achyuthan-S force-pushed the fix/anthropic-output-config-docker-nightly branch from 3ce25f2 to f331c28 Compare June 7, 2026 15:48
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test-nonroot-entrypoint case8 fails locally on macOS due to /private/var
vs /var symlink resolution — confirmed pre-existing and unrelated to this PR.
All other pre-commit hooks pass.

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Rebased on latest main. Root cause confirmed: --mount=type=bind,from=build in the vllm-base stage isn't part of the BuildKit layer cache key, so the pre-#42396 wheel persists on warm agents. Fix is minimal — happy to adjust scope or add a test if that helps move this forward.

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COPY --from=base /workspace/torch_lib_versions.txt torch_lib_versions.txt
RUN --mount=type=bind,from=build,src=/workspace/dist,target=/vllm-workspace/dist \
--mount=type=cache,target=/opt/uv/cache \
COPY --from=build /workspace/dist/*.whl /tmp/vllm-dist/

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This file will be in the image forever even if you deleted it in later steps. Is there any other way that does not incur such overhead as well as avoids this caching problem?

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Good catch — you're right that COPY + rm still leaves the wheel in the layer.

Reworked in 46eefc7: build now writes wheel.sha256 / wheels.sha256, and vllm-base only copies those (few hundred bytes) and installs via the original bind mount. Wheel changes → checksum changes → install layer reruns, without putting the wheel in the image.

Also, pre-run-check needs a ready or verified label on my end — I've run pre-commit locally on the Dockerfile. Happy to tweak if you'd rather bust the cache another way.
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Signed-off-by: Achyuthan Sivasankar <achyuthan.sivasankar@gmail.com>
@Harry-Chen Harry-Chen added the ready ONLY add when PR is ready to merge/full CI is needed label Jun 13, 2026
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