[fix] handle empty content list in system message (#10291)

Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <assistant@example.com>

docker/docker-npu/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # https://hub.docker.com/r/ascendai/cann/tags
 
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/ascend/cann:8.3.rc2-910b-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=quay.io/ascend/cann:8.5.1-910b-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 # Installation arguments
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ RUN pip config set global.index-url "${PIP_INDEX}" && \
 COPY . /app
 
 # Install torch-npu
-RUN pip uninstall -y torch torchvision torchaudio && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir "torch==2.7.1" "torch-npu==2.7.1" "torchvision==0.22.1" "torchaudio==2.7.1" --index-url "${PYTORCH_INDEX}" && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir -e . --no-build-isolation && \
+RUN source /usr/local/Ascend/ascend-toolkit/set_env.sh
+RUN pip uninstall -y torch torchvision torchaudio
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements/npu.txt --index-url "${PYTORCH_INDEX}"
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements/deepspeed.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e . --no-build-isolation && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements/metrics.txt --no-build-isolation
 
 # Set up volumes

docker/docker-npu/docker-compose.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: ./docker/docker-npu/Dockerfile
       context: ../..
       args:
-        BASE_IMAGE: quay.io/ascend/cann:8.3.rc2-a3-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
+        BASE_IMAGE: quay.io/ascend/cann:8.5.1-a3-ubuntu22.04-py3.11
         PIP_INDEX: https://pypi.org/simple
     container_name: llamafactory-a3
     image: llamafactory:npu-a3

examples/train_lora/qwen3_lora_sft_ray.yaml

@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ save_only_model: false
 report_to: none  # choices: [none, wandb, tensorboard, swanlab, mlflow]
 
 ### ray
-ray_run_name: qwen3_4b_sft_lora
-ray_storage_path: ./saves
 ray_num_workers: 4  # Number of GPUs to use.
-placement_strategy: PACK
-resources_per_worker:
-  GPU: 1
 # ray_init_kwargs:
 #   runtime_env:
 #     env_vars:

requirements/npu.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 torch==2.7.1
-torch-npu==2.7.1
+torch-npu==2.7.1.post2
 torchvision==0.22.1
 torchaudio==2.7.1

src/llamafactory/api/chat.py

@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ def _process_request(
 
     if request.messages[0].role == Role.SYSTEM:
         content = request.messages.pop(0).content
-        system = content[0].text if isinstance(content, list) else content
+        if isinstance(content, list):
+            system = content[0].text if content else ""
+        else:
+            system = content
     else:
         system = None
 

src/llamafactory/data/mm_plugin.py

@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ class MMPluginMixin:
         video_processor: BaseImageProcessor = getattr(
             processor, "video_processor", getattr(processor, "image_processor", None)
         )
-        feature_extractor: SequenceFeatureExtractor = getattr(processor, "feature_extractor", None)
+        feature_extractor: SequenceFeatureExtractor = getattr(processor, "feature_extractor", None) or getattr(
+            processor, "audio_processor", None
+        )
         if len(images) != 0 and self.image_token is None:
             raise ValueError(
                 "This model does not support image input. Please check whether the correct `template` is used."
@@ -390,7 +392,9 @@ class MMPluginMixin:
                 mm_inputs.update(video_processor(videos, return_tensors="pt"))
 
         if len(audios) != 0:
-            feature_extractor: SequenceFeatureExtractor = getattr(processor, "feature_extractor", None)
+            feature_extractor: SequenceFeatureExtractor = getattr(processor, "feature_extractor", None) or getattr(
+                processor, "audio_processor", None
+            )
             audios = self._regularize_audios(
                 audios,
                 sampling_rate=getattr(processor, "audio_sampling_rate", 16000),
@@ -1876,7 +1880,9 @@ class Qwen2OmniPlugin(Qwen2VLPlugin):
     ) -> dict[str, "torch.Tensor"]:
         image_processor: BaseImageProcessor = getattr(processor, "image_processor", None)
         video_processor: BaseVideoProcessor = getattr(processor, "video_processor", None)
-        feature_extractor: SequenceFeatureExtractor = getattr(processor, "feature_extractor", None)
+        feature_extractor: SequenceFeatureExtractor = getattr(processor, "feature_extractor", None) or getattr(
+            processor, "audio_processor", None
+        )
         mm_inputs = {}
         if len(images) != 0:
             images = self._regularize_images(
@@ -1981,6 +1987,7 @@ class Qwen2OmniPlugin(Qwen2VLPlugin):
                             f"Each {VIDEO_PLACEHOLDER} must be followed by an {AUDIO_PLACEHOLDER} when using audio in video."
                         )
 
+                    position_id_per_seconds: int = getattr(processor, "position_id_per_seconds", 25)
                     audio_t_index = torch.arange(audio_lengths[num_audio_tokens])
                     video_t_index = (
                         torch.arange(video_grid_thw[num_video_tokens][0])
@@ -1992,9 +1999,9 @@ class Qwen2OmniPlugin(Qwen2VLPlugin):
                         )
                         .flatten()
                         * mm_inputs["video_second_per_grid"][num_video_tokens]
-                        * 25  # FIXME hardcode of position_id_per_seconds=25
+                        * position_id_per_seconds
                     ).long()
-                    t_ntoken_per_chunk = 50  # FIXME hardcode: [25 * 2]
+                    t_ntoken_per_chunk = position_id_per_seconds * 2
                     video_chunk_indices = processor.get_chunked_index(video_t_index, t_ntoken_per_chunk)
                     audio_chunk_indices = processor.get_chunked_index(audio_t_index, t_ntoken_per_chunk)
                     placeholder_string = ""

src/llamafactory/data/template.py

@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ register_template(
 register_template(
     name="gpt_oss",
     format_user=StringFormatter(slots=["<|start|>user<|message|>{{content}}<|end|><|start|>assistant"]),
-    format_assistant=StringFormatter(slots=["{{content}}<|end|>"]),
+    format_assistant=StringFormatter(slots=["{{content}}"]),
     format_system=StringFormatter(slots=["<|start|>system<|message|>{{content}}<|end|>"]),
     default_system="You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.",
     thought_words=("<|channel|>analysis<|message|>", "<|end|><|start|>assistant<|channel|>final<|message|>"),

src/llamafactory/v1/core/utils/rendering.py

@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ class Renderer:
         self.processor = processor
 
     def render_messages(
-        self, messages: list[Message], tools: str | None = None, is_generate: bool = False
+        self,
+        messages: list[Message],
+        tools: str | None = None,
+        is_generate: bool = False,
+        enable_thinking: bool = False,
     ) -> ModelInput:
         """Apply template to messages and convert them to model input.
 
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ class Renderer:
             messages (list[Message]): The messages to render.
             tools (str | None, optional): The tools to use. Defaults to None.
             is_generate (bool, optional): Whether to render for generation. Defaults to False.
+            enable_thinking (bool, optional): Whether to enable thinking mode for generation. Defaults to False.
 
         Returns:
             ModelInput: The rendered model input.
@@ -108,7 +113,9 @@ class Renderer:
         else:
             from ...plugins.model_plugins.rendering import RenderingPlugin
 
-            return RenderingPlugin(self.template).render_messages(self.processor, messages, tools, is_generate)
+            return RenderingPlugin(self.template).render_messages(
+                self.processor, messages, tools, is_generate, enable_thinking
+            )
 
     def parse_message(self, generated_text: str) -> Message:
         """Parse a message in the template format.

src/llamafactory/v1/plugins/model_plugins/rendering.py

@@ -12,224 +12,45 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import json
-import re
+import importlib
 
-from ...utils.constants import IGNORE_INDEX
-from ...utils.helper import get_tokenizer
+from ...utils import logging
 from ...utils.plugin import BasePlugin
-from ...utils.types import Message, ModelInput, Processor, ToolCall
+from ...utils.types import Message, ModelInput, Processor
+
+
+logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 class RenderingPlugin(BasePlugin):
+    _attempted_template_imports: set[str] = set()
+
+    def _ensure_template_imported(self) -> None:
+        if self.name is None or self.name in self._attempted_template_imports:
+            return
+
+        full_module_name = f"{__package__}.templates.{self.name}"
+        self._attempted_template_imports.add(self.name)
+        try:
+            importlib.import_module(full_module_name)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning(f"[Template Registry] Failed to import {full_module_name}: {exc}")
+
+    def __getitem__(self, method_name: str):
+        self._ensure_template_imported()
+        return super().__getitem__(method_name)
+
     def render_messages(
         self,
         processor: Processor,
         messages: list[Message],
         tools: str | None = None,
         is_generate: bool = False,
+        enable_thinking: bool = False,
     ) -> ModelInput:
         """Render messages in the template format."""
-        return self["render_messages"](processor, messages, tools, is_generate)
+        return self["render_messages"](processor, messages, tools, is_generate, enable_thinking)
 
     def parse_messages(self, generated_text: str) -> Message:
         """Parse messages in the template format."""
         return self["parse_messages"](generated_text)
-
-
-def _update_model_input(
-    processor: Processor,
-    input_ids: list[int],
-    labels: list[int],
-    loss_weights: list[int],
-    temp_str: str,
-    temp_weight: float,
-) -> str:
-    """Update model input with temporary string."""
-    if not temp_str:
-        return ""
-
-    tokenizer = get_tokenizer(processor)
-    temp_ids = tokenizer.encode(temp_str, add_special_tokens=False)
-    input_ids.extend(temp_ids)
-    loss_weights.extend([temp_weight] * len(temp_ids))
-    if temp_weight > 1e-6:
-        labels.extend(temp_ids)
-    else:
-        labels.extend([IGNORE_INDEX] * len(temp_ids))
-
-    return ""
-
-
-@RenderingPlugin("qwen3_nothink").register("render_messages")
-def render_qwen3_nothink_messages(
-    processor: Processor,
-    messages: list[Message],
-    tools: str | None = None,
-    is_generate: bool = False,
-) -> ModelInput:
-    """Render messages in the Qwen3 nothink template format.
-
-    See https://huggingface.co/spaces/huggingfacejs/chat-template-playground?modelId=Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
-    """
-    input_ids, labels, loss_weights = [], [], []
-    temp_str, temp_weight = "", 0.0
-    if tools:
-        temp_str += "<|im_start|>system\n"
-        if messages[0]["role"] == "system":
-            for content in messages[0]["content"]:
-                if content["type"] == "text":
-                    temp_str += content["value"]
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
-
-            temp_str += "\n\n"
-            temp_weight = messages[0].get("loss_weight", 0.0)
-
-        temp_str += (
-            "# Tools\n\nYou may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.\n\n"
-            "You are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:\n<tools>"
-        )
-        try:
-            tools = json.loads(tools)
-        except json.JSONDecodeError:
-            raise ValueError(f"Invalid tools format: {str(tools)}.")
-
-        if not isinstance(tools, list):
-            tools = [tools]
-
-        for tool in tools:
-            temp_str += "\n" + json.dumps(tool, ensure_ascii=False)
-
-        temp_str += (
-            "\n</tools>\n\nFor each function call, return a json object with function name "
-            'and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:\n<tool_call>\n{"name": '
-            '<function-name>, "arguments": <args-json-object>}\n</tool_call><|im_end|>\n'
-        )
-    elif messages[0]["role"] == "system":
-        temp_str += "<|im_start|>system\n"
-        for content in messages[0]["content"]:
-            if content["type"] == "text":
-                temp_str += content["value"]
-            else:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
-
-        temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
-        temp_weight = messages[0].get("loss_weight", 0.0)
-
-    temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
-
-    for turn_idx, message in enumerate(messages):
-        if message["role"] == "user" or (message["role"] == "system" and turn_idx != 0):
-            temp_str += "<|im_start|>" + message["role"] + "\n"
-            for content in message["content"]:
-                if content["type"] == "text":
-                    temp_str += content["value"]
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
-
-            temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
-            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 0.0)
-        elif message["role"] == "assistant":
-            temp_str += "<|im_start|>" + message["role"] + "\n"
-            for val_idx, content in enumerate(message["content"]):
-                if content["type"] == "text":
-                    temp_str += content["value"]
-                elif content["type"] == "reasoning":
-                    temp_str += "<thinking>\n" + content["value"] + "\n</thinking>\n\n"  # avoid using special tokens
-                elif content["type"] == "tool_call":
-                    if val_idx != 0 and message["content"][val_idx - 1]["type"] in ["text", "tool_call"]:
-                        temp_str += "\n"
-
-                    try:
-                        tool_call: ToolCall = json.loads(content["value"])
-                    except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                        raise ValueError(f"Invalid tool call format: {content['value']}.")
-
-                    temp_str += (
-                        '<tool_call>\n{"name": "'
-                        + tool_call["name"]
-                        + '", "arguments": '
-                        + json.dumps(tool_call["arguments"], ensure_ascii=False)
-                        + "}\n</tool_call>"
-                    )
-
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
-
-            temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
-            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 1.0)
-        elif message["role"] == "tool":
-            if turn_idx == 0 or messages[turn_idx - 1]["role"] != "tool":
-                temp_str += "<|im_start|>user"
-
-            temp_str += "\n<tool_response>\n"
-            for content in message["content"]:
-                if content["type"] == "text":
-                    temp_str += content["value"]
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
-
-            temp_str += "\n</tool_response>"
-            if turn_idx == len(messages) - 1 or messages[turn_idx + 1]["role"] != "tool":
-                temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
-
-            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 0.0)
-
-        temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
-
-    if is_generate:
-        temp_str += "<|im_start|>assistant\n"
-        temp_weight = 0.0
-
-    temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
-
-    attention_mask = [1] * len(input_ids)
-    return ModelInput(
-        input_ids=input_ids,
-        attention_mask=attention_mask,
-        labels=labels,
-        loss_weights=loss_weights,
-    )
-
-
-@RenderingPlugin("qwen3_nothink").register("parse_message")
-def parse_qwen3_nothink_message(generated_text: str) -> Message:
-    """Parse a message in the Qwen3 nothink template format. Supports interleaved reasoning and tool calls.
-
-    Args:
-        generated_text (str): The generated text in the Qwen3 nothink template format.
-
-    Returns:
-        Message: The parsed message.
-    """
-    pattern = re.compile(r"<(thinking|tool_call)>\s*(.*?)\s*</\1>\s*", re.DOTALL)
-    content = []
-    last_end = 0
-    for match in pattern.finditer(generated_text):
-        start, end = match.span()
-        if start > last_end:
-            text = generated_text[last_end:start].strip()
-            if text:
-                content.append({"type": "text", "value": text})
-
-        tag_type = match.group(1)
-        tag_value = match.group(2).strip()
-        if tag_type == "thinking":
-            content.append({"type": "reasoning", "value": tag_value.strip()})
-        elif tag_type == "tool_call":
-            try:
-                json.loads(tag_value.strip())
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                raise ValueError(f"Invalid tool call format: {tag_value.strip()}.")
-
-            content.append({"type": "tool_call", "value": tag_value.strip()})
-
-        last_end = end
-
-    if last_end < len(generated_text):
-        text = generated_text[last_end:].strip()
-        if text:
-            content.append({"type": "text", "value": text})
-
-    return Message(role="assistant", content=content)

src/llamafactory/v1/plugins/model_plugins/templates/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2025 the LlamaFactory team.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.

src/llamafactory/v1/plugins/model_plugins/templates/qwen3.py

@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+# Copyright 2025 the LlamaFactory team.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json
+import re
+
+from ....utils.constants import IGNORE_INDEX
+from ....utils.helper import get_tokenizer
+from ....utils.types import Message, ModelInput, Processor, ToolCall
+from ..rendering import RenderingPlugin
+
+
+def _update_model_input(
+    processor: Processor,
+    input_ids: list[int],
+    labels: list[int],
+    loss_weights: list[int],
+    temp_str: str,
+    temp_weight: float,
+) -> str:
+    """Update model input with temporary string."""
+    if not temp_str:
+        return ""
+
+    tokenizer = get_tokenizer(processor)
+    temp_ids = tokenizer.encode(temp_str, add_special_tokens=False)
+    input_ids.extend(temp_ids)
+    loss_weights.extend([temp_weight] * len(temp_ids))
+    if temp_weight > 1e-6:
+        labels.extend(temp_ids)
+    else:
+        labels.extend([IGNORE_INDEX] * len(temp_ids))
+
+    return ""
+
+
+def _concat_text_content(message: Message) -> str:
+    """Concatenate text fields in a message."""
+    message_text = ""
+    for content in message["content"]:
+        if content["type"] == "text":
+            message_text += content["value"]
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
+
+    return message_text
+
+
+def _get_last_query_index(messages: list[Message]) -> int:
+    """Find the last user query index, excluding wrapped tool responses."""
+    last_query_index = len(messages) - 1
+    for idx in range(len(messages) - 1, -1, -1):
+        message = messages[idx]
+        if message["role"] != "user":
+            continue
+
+        user_text = ""
+        is_plain_text = True
+        for content in message["content"]:
+            if content["type"] != "text":
+                is_plain_text = False
+                break
+            user_text += content["value"]
+
+        if not is_plain_text:
+            continue
+
+        if not (user_text.startswith("<tool_response>") and user_text.endswith("</tool_response>")):
+            last_query_index = idx
+            break
+
+    return last_query_index
+
+
+def _split_assistant_content(message: Message) -> tuple[str, str, list[ToolCall]]:
+    """Split assistant message into text, reasoning and tool calls."""
+    text_content = ""
+    reasoning_content = ""
+    tool_calls: list[ToolCall] = []
+
+    for content in message["content"]:
+        if content["type"] == "text":
+            text_content += content["value"]
+        elif content["type"] == "reasoning":
+            reasoning_content += content["value"]
+        elif content["type"] == "tool_call":
+            try:
+                tool_call: ToolCall = json.loads(content["value"])
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid tool call format: {content['value']}.")
+
+            tool_calls.append(tool_call)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
+
+    return text_content, reasoning_content, tool_calls
+
+
+@RenderingPlugin("qwen3").register("render_messages")
+def render_qwen3_messages(
+    processor: Processor,
+    messages: list[Message],
+    tools: str | None = None,
+    is_generate: bool = False,
+    enable_thinking: bool = False,
+) -> ModelInput:
+    """Render messages in the Qwen3 template format.
+
+    See https://huggingface.co/spaces/huggingfacejs/chat-template-playground?modelId=Qwen/Qwen3-8B
+    """
+    input_ids, labels, loss_weights = [], [], []
+    temp_str, temp_weight = "", 0.0
+    if tools:
+        temp_str += "<|im_start|>system\n"
+        if messages[0]["role"] == "system":
+            temp_str += _concat_text_content(messages[0]) + "\n\n"
+            temp_weight = messages[0].get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+
+        temp_str += (
+            "# Tools\n\nYou may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.\n\n"
+            "You are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:\n<tools>"
+        )
+        try:
+            tools = json.loads(tools)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid tools format: {str(tools)}.")
+
+        if not isinstance(tools, list):
+            tools = [tools]
+
+        for tool in tools:
+            temp_str += "\n" + json.dumps(tool, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+        temp_str += (
+            "\n</tools>\n\nFor each function call, return a json object with function name "
+            'and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:\n<tool_call>\n{"name": '
+            '<function-name>, "arguments": <args-json-object>}\n</tool_call><|im_end|>\n'
+        )
+    elif messages[0]["role"] == "system":
+        temp_str += "<|im_start|>system\n" + _concat_text_content(messages[0]) + "<|im_end|>\n"
+        temp_weight = messages[0].get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+
+    temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
+    last_query_index = _get_last_query_index(messages)
+
+    for turn_idx, message in enumerate(messages):
+        if message["role"] == "user" or (message["role"] == "system" and turn_idx != 0):
+            temp_str += "<|im_start|>" + message["role"] + "\n" + _concat_text_content(message) + "<|im_end|>\n"
+            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+        elif message["role"] == "assistant":
+            temp_str += "<|im_start|>" + message["role"] + "\n"
+
+            text_content, reasoning_content, tool_calls = _split_assistant_content(message)
+            if turn_idx > last_query_index and (turn_idx == len(messages) - 1 or reasoning_content):
+                temp_str += "<think>\n" + reasoning_content.strip("\n") + "\n</think>\n\n" + text_content.lstrip("\n")
+            else:
+                temp_str += text_content
+
+            for tool_call_idx, tool_call in enumerate(tool_calls):
+                if (tool_call_idx == 0 and text_content) or tool_call_idx > 0:
+                    temp_str += "\n"
+
+                arguments = tool_call.get("arguments")
+                if isinstance(arguments, str):
+                    arguments_str = arguments
+                else:
+                    arguments_str = json.dumps(arguments, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+                temp_str += (
+                    '<tool_call>\n{"name": "'
+                    + tool_call["name"]
+                    + '", "arguments": '
+                    + arguments_str
+                    + "}\n</tool_call>"
+                )
+
+            temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
+            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 1.0)
+        elif message["role"] == "tool":
+            if turn_idx == 0 or messages[turn_idx - 1]["role"] != "tool":
+                temp_str += "<|im_start|>user"
+
+            temp_str += "\n<tool_response>\n" + _concat_text_content(message) + "\n</tool_response>"
+            if turn_idx == len(messages) - 1 or messages[turn_idx + 1]["role"] != "tool":
+                temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
+
+            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+
+        temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
+
+    if is_generate:
+        temp_str += "<|im_start|>assistant\n"
+        temp_weight = 0.0
+        if enable_thinking is False:
+            temp_str += "<think>\n\n</think>\n\n"
+
+    temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
+
+    attention_mask = [1] * len(input_ids)
+    return ModelInput(
+        input_ids=input_ids,
+        attention_mask=attention_mask,
+        labels=labels,
+        loss_weights=loss_weights,
+    )
+
+
+@RenderingPlugin("qwen3").register("parse_message")
+def parse_qwen3_message(generated_text: str) -> Message:
+    """Parse a message in the Qwen3 template format. Supports interleaved reasoning and tool calls.
+
+    Args:
+        generated_text (str): The generated text in the Qwen3 template format.
+
+    Returns:
+        Message: The parsed message.
+    """
+    pattern = re.compile(r"<(think|tool_call)>\s*(.*?)\s*</\1>\s*", re.DOTALL)
+    content = []
+    last_end = 0
+
+    for match in pattern.finditer(generated_text):
+        start, end = match.span()
+        if start > last_end:
+            text = generated_text[last_end:start].strip()
+            if text:
+                content.append({"type": "text", "value": text})
+
+        tag_type = match.group(1)
+        tag_value = match.group(2).strip()
+        if tag_type == "think":
+            content.append({"type": "reasoning", "value": tag_value.strip()})
+        elif tag_type == "tool_call":
+            try:
+                json.loads(tag_value.strip())
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid tool call format: {tag_value.strip()}.")
+
+            content.append({"type": "tool_call", "value": tag_value.strip()})
+
+        last_end = end
+
+    if last_end < len(generated_text):
+        text = generated_text[last_end:].strip()
+        if text:
+            content.append({"type": "text", "value": text})
+
+    return Message(role="assistant", content=content)

src/llamafactory/v1/plugins/model_plugins/templates/qwen3_nothink.py

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+# Copyright 2025 the LlamaFactory team.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json
+import re
+
+from ....utils.constants import IGNORE_INDEX
+from ....utils.helper import get_tokenizer
+from ....utils.types import Message, ModelInput, Processor, ToolCall
+from ..rendering import RenderingPlugin
+
+
+def _update_model_input(
+    processor: Processor,
+    input_ids: list[int],
+    labels: list[int],
+    loss_weights: list[int],
+    temp_str: str,
+    temp_weight: float,
+) -> str:
+    """Update model input with temporary string."""
+    if not temp_str:
+        return ""
+
+    tokenizer = get_tokenizer(processor)
+    temp_ids = tokenizer.encode(temp_str, add_special_tokens=False)
+    input_ids.extend(temp_ids)
+    loss_weights.extend([temp_weight] * len(temp_ids))
+    if temp_weight > 1e-6:
+        labels.extend(temp_ids)
+    else:
+        labels.extend([IGNORE_INDEX] * len(temp_ids))
+
+    return ""
+
+
+def _concat_text_content(message: Message) -> str:
+    """Concatenate text fields in a message."""
+    message_text = ""
+    for content in message["content"]:
+        if content["type"] == "text":
+            message_text += content["value"]
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
+
+    return message_text
+
+
+@RenderingPlugin("qwen3_nothink").register("render_messages")
+def render_qwen3_nothink_messages(
+    processor: Processor,
+    messages: list[Message],
+    tools: str | None = None,
+    is_generate: bool = False,
+    enable_thinking: bool = False,
+) -> ModelInput:
+    """Render messages in the Qwen3 nothink template format.
+
+    See https://huggingface.co/spaces/huggingfacejs/chat-template-playground?modelId=Qwen/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507
+    """
+    input_ids, labels, loss_weights = [], [], []
+    temp_str, temp_weight = "", 0.0
+    if tools:
+        temp_str += "<|im_start|>system\n"
+        if messages[0]["role"] == "system":
+            temp_str += _concat_text_content(messages[0]) + "\n\n"
+            temp_weight = messages[0].get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+
+        temp_str += (
+            "# Tools\n\nYou may call one or more functions to assist with the user query.\n\n"
+            "You are provided with function signatures within <tools></tools> XML tags:\n<tools>"
+        )
+
+        try:
+            tools = json.loads(tools)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid tools format: {str(tools)}.")
+
+        if not isinstance(tools, list):
+            tools = [tools]
+
+        for tool in tools:
+            temp_str += "\n" + json.dumps(tool, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+        temp_str += (
+            "\n</tools>\n\nFor each function call, return a json object with function name "
+            'and arguments within <tool_call></tool_call> XML tags:\n<tool_call>\n{"name": '
+            '<function-name>, "arguments": <args-json-object>}\n</tool_call><|im_end|>\n'
+        )
+    elif messages[0]["role"] == "system":
+        temp_str += "<|im_start|>system\n" + _concat_text_content(messages[0]) + "<|im_end|>\n"
+        temp_weight = messages[0].get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+
+    temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
+
+    for turn_idx, message in enumerate(messages):
+        if message["role"] == "user" or (message["role"] == "system" and turn_idx != 0):
+            temp_str += "<|im_start|>" + message["role"] + "\n" + _concat_text_content(message) + "<|im_end|>\n"
+            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+        elif message["role"] == "assistant":
+            temp_str += "<|im_start|>" + message["role"] + "\n"
+            for val_idx, content in enumerate(message["content"]):
+                if content["type"] == "text":
+                    temp_str += content["value"]
+                elif content["type"] == "reasoning":
+                    temp_str += "<thinking>\n" + content["value"] + "\n</thinking>\n\n"  # avoid using special tokens
+                elif content["type"] == "tool_call":
+                    if val_idx != 0 and message["content"][val_idx - 1]["type"] in ["text", "tool_call"]:
+                        temp_str += "\n"
+
+                    try:
+                        tool_call: ToolCall = json.loads(content["value"])
+                    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                        raise ValueError(f"Invalid tool call format: {content['value']}.")
+
+                    temp_str += (
+                        '<tool_call>\n{"name": "'
+                        + tool_call["name"]
+                        + '", "arguments": '
+                        + json.dumps(tool_call["arguments"], ensure_ascii=False)
+                        + "}\n</tool_call>"
+                    )
+
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported content type: {content['type']}")
+
+            temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
+            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 1.0)
+        elif message["role"] == "tool":
+            if turn_idx == 0 or messages[turn_idx - 1]["role"] != "tool":
+                temp_str += "<|im_start|>user"
+
+            temp_str += "\n<tool_response>\n" + _concat_text_content(message) + "\n</tool_response>"
+            if turn_idx == len(messages) - 1 or messages[turn_idx + 1]["role"] != "tool":
+                temp_str += "<|im_end|>\n"
+
+            temp_weight = message.get("loss_weight", 0.0)
+
+        temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
+
+    if is_generate:
+        temp_str += "<|im_start|>assistant\n"
+        temp_weight = 0.0
+        if enable_thinking:
+            raise ValueError("The qwen3_nothink template does not support thinking mode.")
+
+    temp_str = _update_model_input(processor, input_ids, labels, loss_weights, temp_str, temp_weight)
+
+    attention_mask = [1] * len(input_ids)
+    return ModelInput(
+        input_ids=input_ids,
+        attention_mask=attention_mask,
+        labels=labels,
+        loss_weights=loss_weights,
+    )
+
+
+@RenderingPlugin("qwen3_nothink").register("parse_message")
+def parse_qwen3_nothink_message(generated_text: str) -> Message:
+    """Parse a message in the Qwen3 nothink template format. Supports interleaved reasoning and tool calls.
+
+    Args:
+        generated_text (str): The generated text in the Qwen3 nothink template format.
+
+    Returns:
+        Message: The parsed message.
+    """
+    pattern = re.compile(r"<(thinking|tool_call)>\s*(.*?)\s*</\1>\s*", re.DOTALL)
+    content = []
+    last_end = 0
+
+    for match in pattern.finditer(generated_text):
+        start, end = match.span()
+        if start > last_end:
+            text = generated_text[last_end:start].strip()
+            if text:
+                content.append({"type": "text", "value": text})
+
+        tag_type = match.group(1)
+        tag_value = match.group(2).strip()
+        if tag_type == "thinking":
+            content.append({"type": "reasoning", "value": tag_value.strip()})
+        elif tag_type == "tool_call":
+            try:
+                json.loads(tag_value.strip())
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid tool call format: {tag_value.strip()}.")
+
+            content.append({"type": "tool_call", "value": tag_value.strip()})
+
+        last_end = end
+
+    if last_end < len(generated_text):
+        text = generated_text[last_end:].strip()
+        if text:
+            content.append({"type": "text", "value": text})
+
+    return Message(role="assistant", content=content)

src/llamafactory/v1/utils/types.py

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class DistributedConfig(TypedDict, total=False):
 
 
 class Content(TypedDict):
-    type: Literal["text", "reasoning", "tool_call", "image_url"]
+    type: Literal["text", "reasoning", "tool_call", "image_url", "video_url", "audio_url"]
     """Type of the content."""
     value: str
     """Value of the content."""