Duplicate rule definitions in generated GBNF grammar with large tools list (harmony/gpt-oss) → "failed to parse grammar"

[AMV007]

Title

Duplicate rule definitions in generated GBNF grammar with large tools list (harmony/gpt-oss) → "failed to parse grammar"

Description

When sending a chat completion request with a large tools array (17 function definitions, none using $ref/$defs) to llama-server running gpt-oss-120b (harmony chat format, started with --jinja), the JSON-schema-to-grammar converter emits the same GBNF rule name with an identical body twice, and the server then fails with:

failed to parse grammar
Failed to initialize samplers: failed to parse grammar

returned as HTTP 400 to the client.

This is not the same as #21228 (MAX_REPETITION_THRESHOLD / $ref expansion) — there is no $ref or $defs anywhere in the schema, and the failure is a hard 400, not a silent fallback to unconstrained generation.

Environment

• llama.cpp build: b10069-178a6c449 (from system_fingerprint in a successful response on the same server)
• Model: ggml-org/gpt-oss-120b-GGUF (MXFP4 quant), harmony chat template
• Server started with --jinja -ngl 999
• Client: OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions, tools array with 17 function definitions (a coding-agent tool list — file read/write/edit/grep/glob/bash/etc.)

What I observed

Across repeated requests with the full 17-tool list, the generated grammar (visible via server stdout/stderr) contains duplicate ::= definitions for the same rule name. The specific rule that duplicates varies between requests — observed twice, in two different tools:

Run 1 (duplicate in the todowrite tool's array-of-objects property):

tool-todowrite-schema-todos-item-content-kv ::= "\"content\"" space ":" space string
tool-todowrite-schema-todos-item-content-kv ::= "\"content\"" space ":" space string

Run 2 (duplicate in the question tool's array-of-objects property):

tool-question-schema-questions-item-options-kv ::= "\"options\"" space ":" space tool-question-schema-questions-item-options
tool-question-schema-questions-item-question-kv ::= "\"question\"" space ":" space string
tool-question-schema-questions-item-options-kv ::= "\"options\"" space ":" space tool-question-schema-questions-item-options
tool-question-schema-questions-item-question-kv ::= "\"question\"" space ":" space string

Both times the server then fails to parse its own generated grammar:

E failed to parse grammar
E srv    send_error: task id = 0, error: Failed to initialize samplers: failed to parse grammar
E srv  process_sing: failed to launch slot with task, id_task = 0

Both todowrite and question define an array property whose items schema is a plain object with 3+ required string-typed properties (content/status/priority, and question/header/options respectively) — no $ref, no shared/reused schema object, no anyOf/oneOf.

What does NOT reproduce it

To isolate the trigger, I tried two smaller repros against the same running server/model:

1. A single synthetic tool with one array property whose items schema has 3 required string properties (structurally identical to the todowrite/question array-item shape) — succeeded (200 OK), no duplication.
2. Just the todowrite + question tools together (2 of the 17) — succeeded (200 OK), no duplication.

So the bug does not reproduce with 1 or 2 tools in isolation — it needs the full (or at least a much larger) combined tool list to trigger. This points at something scale-dependent in the rule-name cache/dedup logic (e.g. a hash collision, a vector reallocation, or an ordering bug that only surfaces once enough rules have been registered), rather than something wrong with any single tool's schema.

Reproduction

Minimizing further wasn't successful (see above), so here is the full request that reliably reproduces it on our setup. Save as repro.json and:

curl -s http://127.0.0.1:PORT/v1/chat/completions -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @repro.json

repro.json:

{
  "model": "ggml-org/gpt-oss-120b-GGUF:gpt-oss-120b-MXFP4",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "call todowrite with one item, then call question with one question"
    }
  ],
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          "properties": {
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      "type": "function",
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            },
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          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "path": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Optional workspace-local path to the finalized plan file. Pass this when you saved the plan somewhere other than the provided plan file path."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "question",
        "description": "Use this tool when you need to ask the user questions during execution. This allows you to:\n1. Gather user preferences or requirements\n2. Clarify ambiguous instructions\n3. Get decisions on implementation choices as you work\n4. Offer choices to the user about what direction to take.\n\nUsage notes:\n- When `custom` is enabled (default), a \"Type your own answer\" option is added automatically; don't include \"Other\" or catch-all options\n- Answers are returned as arrays of labels; set `multiple: true` to allow selecting more than one\n- If you recommend a specific option, make that the first option in the list and add \"(Recommended)\" at the end of the label\n- Header must be 30 characters or less (maxLength: 30)",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "questions": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "question": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Complete question"
                  },
                  "header": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Very short label (max 30 chars)"
                  },
                  "options": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "label": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Display text (1-5 words, concise)"
                        },
                        "description": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Explanation of choice"
                        },
                        "labelKey": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Optional i18n key for the label; clients translate and still reply with `label`"
                        },
                        "descriptionKey": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Optional i18n key for the description"
                        },
                        "mode": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "description": "Optional agent/mode name to pre-select in the UI when this option is picked"
                        }
                      },
                      "required": [
                        "label",
                        "description"
                      ]
                    },
                    "description": "Available choices"
                  },
                  "multiple": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Allow selecting multiple choices"
                  },
                  "questionKey": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Optional i18n key for the question text; clients fall back to `question` when missing"
                  },
                  "headerKey": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Optional i18n key for the header; clients fall back to `header` when missing"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "question",
                  "header",
                  "options"
                ]
              },
              "description": "Questions to ask"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "questions"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "read",
        "description": "Read a file or directory from the local filesystem. If the path does not exist, an error is returned.\n\nUsage:\n- The filePath parameter should be an absolute path.\n- By default, this tool returns up to 2000 lines from the start of the file.\n- The offset parameter is the line number to start from (1-indexed).\n- To read later sections, call this tool again with a larger offset.\n- Use the grep tool to find specific content in large files or files with long lines.\n- If you are unsure of the correct file path, use the glob tool to look up filenames by glob pattern.\n- Contents are returned with each line prefixed by its line number as `<line>: <content>`. For example, if a file has contents \"foo\\n\", you will receive \"1: foo\\n\". For directories, entries are returned one per line (without line numbers) with a trailing `/` for subdirectories.\n- Any line longer than 2000 characters is truncated.\n- Call this tool in parallel when you know there are multiple files you want to read.\n- Avoid tiny repeated slices (30 line chunks). If you need more context, read a larger window.\n- This tool can read image files and PDFs and return them as file attachments.\n",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "filePath": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The absolute path to the file or directory to read"
            },
            "offset": {
              "minimum": 0,
              "type": "integer",
              "maximum": 1000000,
              "description": "The line number to start reading from (1-indexed)"
            },
            "limit": {
              "minimum": 0,
              "type": "integer",
              "maximum": 1000000,
              "description": "The maximum number of lines to read (defaults to 2000)"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "filePath"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "skill",
        "description": "Load a specialized skill when the task at hand matches one of the skills listed in the system prompt.\n\nUse this tool to inject the skill's instructions and resources into current conversation. The output may contain detailed workflow guidance as well as references to scripts, files, etc in the same directory as the skill.\n\nThe skill name must match one of the skills listed in your system prompt.\n\nLoad a specialized skill that provides domain-specific instructions and workflows.\n\nWhen you recognize that a task matches one of the available skills listed below, use this tool to load the full skill instructions.\n\nThe skill will inject detailed instructions, workflows, and access to bundled resources (scripts, references, templates) into the conversation context.\n\nTool output includes a `<skill_content name=\"...\">` block with the loaded content.\n\nThe following skills provide specialized sets of instructions for particular tasks\nInvoke this tool to load a skill when a task matches one of the available skills listed below:\n\n## Available Skills\n- **kilo-config**: Guide for Kilo configuration: config paths, kilo.json fields, commands, agents, skills, permissions, MCPs, providers, TUI settings, plus Agent Manager worktree setup/run scripts, workflows, and state. Use for Kilo config questions, locating loaded config, changing settings, or Agent Manager questions about run/setup scripts, worktree setup/workflows, apply/merge/PR/conflicts, missing sessions/worktrees, and agent-manager.json recovery.",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The name of the skill from available_skills"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "name"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "suggest",
        "description": "Use this tool to suggest a local code review to the user after completing implementation work.\n\nThis tool is ONLY for suggesting code review. Do NOT use it to suggest running tests, committing, pushing, or any other action.\n\nGuidelines:\n- Before calling this tool, write the normal final response summarizing what changed, validation, and any caveats\n- Call this tool only after that final response text, as the final action in the turn\n- Never use this tool as a replacement for the final response summary\n- Only suggest review when you are at least 90% confident the user's request is fully addressed\n- Do not suggest review after every edit or partial implementation turn\n- Do not repeat a review suggestion when one has already been made in the current session\n- Keep the suggestion text concise and actionable\n- Provide 1-2 actions maximum\n- Make each action prompt self-contained so it can be injected as a synthetic user message\n- If you need a real answer from the user, use the `question` tool instead\n\nWhen to suggest a review:\n- Suggest review after completed, non-trivial file-changing work when another independent pass could meaningfully catch issues\n- Do not withhold review solely because the work was reactive, fixed CI/lint failures, touched docs/config, or happened around commit/push work\n\nDo NOT suggest a review when:\n- No files or implementation-relevant content changed\n- The changes are small or trivial, such as typo-only, comment-only, formatting-only, or tiny single-line tweaks\n- The coding session is fixing another local or remote code review\n- A local code review suggestion has already been made in the current session\n\nChoosing the right review prompt for the action prompt:\n- Use `/review uncommitted` as the action prompt for uncommitted working-tree changes (staged, unstaged, and untracked files)\n- Use `/review branch` as the action prompt for committed branch-level changes\n- Prefer `/review uncommitted` when the work you just did has not been committed yet\n",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "suggest": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Short suggestion text shown to the user"
            },
            "actions": {
              "minItems": 1,
              "maxItems": 2,
              "description": "Available actions the user can take",
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "label": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Button or option label (1-5 words)"
                  },
                  "description": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Brief explanation of what this action does"
                  },
                  "prompt": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Synthetic user prompt to inject when this action is accepted"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "label",
                  "prompt"
                ]
              }
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "suggest",
            "actions"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "task",
        "description": "Launch a new agent to handle complex, multistep tasks autonomously.\n\nWhen using the Task tool, you must specify a subagent_type parameter to select which agent type to use.\n\nWhen NOT to use the Task tool:\n- If you want to read a specific file path, use the Read or Glob tool instead of the Task tool, to find the match more quickly\n- If you are searching for a specific class definition like \"class Foo\", use the Grep tool instead, to find the match more quickly\n- If you are searching for code within a specific file or set of 2-3 files, use the Read tool instead of the Task tool, to find the match more quickly\n- If no available agent is a good fit for the task, use other tools directly\n\n\nUsage notes:\n1. Launch multiple agents concurrently whenever possible, to maximize performance; to do that, use a single message with multiple tool uses\n2. Once you have delegated work to an agent, do not duplicate that work yourself. Continue with non-overlapping tasks, or wait for the result. For background tasks, you will be notified automatically when the result is ready.\n3. When the agent is done, it will return a single message back to you. The result returned by the agent is not visible to the user. To show the user the result, you should send a text message back to the user with a concise summary of the result. The output includes a task_id you can reuse later to continue the same subagent session.\n4. Each agent invocation starts with a fresh context unless you provide task_id to resume the same subagent session (which continues with its previous messages and tool outputs). When starting fresh, your prompt should contain a highly detailed task description for the agent to perform autonomously and you should specify exactly what information the agent should return back to you in its final and only message to you.\n5. The agent's outputs should generally be trusted\n6. Clearly tell the agent whether you expect it to write code or just to do research (search, file reads, web fetches, etc.), since it is not aware of the user's intent. Tell it how to verify its work if possible (e.g., relevant test commands).\n7. If the agent description mentions that it should be used proactively, then you should try your best to use it without the user having to ask for it first. Use your judgement.\n\nAvailable agent types and the tools they have access to:\n- explore: Fast agent specialized for exploring codebases. Use this when you need to quickly find files by patterns (eg. \"src/components/**/*.tsx\"), search code for keywords (eg. \"API endpoints\"), or answer questions about the codebase (eg. \"how do API endpoints work?\"). When calling this agent, specify the desired thoroughness level: \"quick\" for basic searches, \"medium\" for moderate exploration, or \"very thorough\" for comprehensive analysis across multiple locations and naming conventions.\n- general: General-purpose agent for researching complex questions and executing multi-step tasks. Use this agent to execute multiple units of work in parallel.",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "description": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "A short (3-5 words) description of the task"
            },
            "prompt": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The task for the agent to perform"
            },
            "subagent_type": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The type of specialized agent to use for this task"
            },
            "task_id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "This should only be set if you mean to resume a previous task (you can pass a prior task_id and the task will continue the same subagent session as before instead of creating a fresh one)"
            },
            "command": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The command that triggered this task"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "description",
            "prompt",
            "subagent_type"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "todowrite",
        "description": "Create and maintain a structured task list for the current coding session. Tracks progress, organizes multi-step work, and surfaces status to the user.\n\n## When to use\nUse proactively when:\n- The task requires 3+ distinct steps or actions (not just 3 tool calls for a single conceptual step)\n- The work is non-trivial and benefits from planning\n- The user provides multiple tasks (numbered or comma-separated) or explicitly asks for a todo list\n- New instructions arrive - capture them as todos\n- You start a task - mark it `in_progress` (only one at a time) before working\n- You finish a task - mark it `completed` and add any follow-ups discovered during the work\n\n## When NOT to use\nSkip when:\n- The work is a single, straightforward task (or <3 trivial steps)\n- The request is purely informational or conversational\n- Tracking adds no organizational value\n\n## States\n- `pending` - not started\n- `in_progress` - actively working (exactly ONE at a time)\n- `completed` - finished successfully\n- `cancelled` - no longer needed\n\n## Rules\n- Update status in real time; don't batch completions\n- Mark `completed` only after the required work is actually done, including any required verification. Never based on intent.\n- Keep exactly one `in_progress` while work remains\n- If blocked or partial, keep it `in_progress` and add a follow-up todo describing the blocker\n- Preserve user-provided commands verbatim (flags, args, order)\n- Items should be specific and actionable; break large work into smaller steps\n\n## Examples\n\nUse it:\n- \"Add a dark mode toggle and run the tests\" -> multi-step feature + explicit verification\n- \"Rename getCwd -> getCurrentWorkingDirectory across the repo\" -> grep reveals 15 occurrences in 8 files\n- \"Implement registration, catalog, cart, checkout\" -> multiple complex features\n\nSkip it:\n- \"How do I print Hello World in Python?\" -> informational\n- \"Add a comment to calculateTotal\" -> single edit\n- \"Run npm install and tell me what happened\" -> one command\n\nWhen in doubt, use it.\n",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "todos": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "content": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Brief description of the task"
                  },
                  "status": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Current status of the task: pending, in_progress, completed, cancelled"
                  },
                  "priority": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Priority level of the task: high, medium, low"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "content",
                  "status",
                  "priority"
                ]
              },
              "description": "The updated todo list"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "todos"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "webfetch",
        "description": "- Fetches content from a specified URL\n- Takes a URL and optional format as input\n- Fetches the URL content, converts to requested format (markdown by default)\n- Returns the content in the specified format\n- Use this tool when you need to retrieve and analyze web content\n\nUsage notes:\n  - IMPORTANT: if another tool is present that offers better web fetching capabilities, is more targeted to the task, or has fewer restrictions, prefer using that tool instead of this one.\n  - The URL must be a fully-formed valid URL\n  - HTTP URLs will be automatically upgraded to HTTPS\n  - Format options: \"markdown\" (default), \"text\", or \"html\"\n  - This tool is read-only and does not modify any files\n  - Results may be summarized if the content is very large\n",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "url": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The URL to fetch content from"
            },
            "format": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "text",
                "markdown",
                "html"
              ],
              "description": "The format to return the content in (text, markdown, or html). Defaults to markdown.",
              "default": "markdown"
            },
            "timeout": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Optional timeout in seconds (max 120)"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "url"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "function",
      "function": {
        "name": "write",
        "description": "Writes a file to the local filesystem.\n\nUsage:\n- This tool will overwrite the existing file if there is one at the provided path.\n- If this is an existing file, you MUST use the Read tool first to read the file's contents. This tool will fail if you did not read the file first.\n- ALWAYS prefer editing existing files in the codebase. NEVER write new files unless explicitly required.\n- NEVER proactively create documentation files (*.md) or README files. Only create documentation files if explicitly requested by the User.\n- Only use emojis if the user explicitly requests it. Avoid writing emojis to files unless asked.\n",
        "parameters": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "content": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The content to write to the file"
            },
            "filePath": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The absolute path to the file to write (must be absolute, not relative)"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "content",
            "filePath"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Expected behavior

The generated grammar should not contain duplicate rule definitions, and the request should either succeed or fail with a clear, actionable error — not a bare "failed to parse grammar" with no indication of which rule/schema caused it.

[aldehir]

I could not reproduce duplicate rule generation.

            "prompt": {
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 100000,
              "type": "string"
            }

This is not the same as #21228 (MAX_REPETITION_THRESHOLD / $ref expansion) — there is no $ref or $defs anywhere in the schema, and the failure is a hard 400, not a silent fallback to unconstrained generation.

Incorrect, the schema clearly violates the max.