server: add exceed_context_size_error type (#15780)

* server: add exceed_context_size_error type

* change error code to 400

tools/server/server.cpp

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ enum error_type {
     ERROR_TYPE_PERMISSION,
     ERROR_TYPE_UNAVAILABLE, // custom error
     ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED, // custom error
+    ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE, // custom error
 };
 
 static bool server_task_type_need_embd(server_task_type task_type) {
@@ -1224,6 +1225,10 @@ static json format_error_response(const std::string & message, const enum error_
             type_str = "unavailable_error";
             code = 503;
             break;
+        case ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE:
+            type_str = "exceed_context_size_error";
+            code = 400;
+            break;
     }
     return json {
         {"code", code},
@@ -1237,12 +1242,21 @@ struct server_task_result_error : server_task_result {
     error_type err_type = ERROR_TYPE_SERVER;
     std::string err_msg;
 
+    // for ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE
+    int32_t n_prompt_tokens = 0;
+    int32_t n_ctx           = 0;
+
     virtual bool is_error() override {
         return true;
     }
 
     virtual json to_json() override {
-        return format_error_response(err_msg, err_type);
+        json res = format_error_response(err_msg, err_type);
+        if (err_type == ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE) {
+            res["n_prompt_tokens"] = n_prompt_tokens;
+            res["n_ctx"]           = n_ctx;
+        }
+        return res;
     }
 };
 
@@ -2605,16 +2619,22 @@ struct server_context {
     }
 
     void send_error(const server_slot & slot, const std::string & error, const enum error_type type = ERROR_TYPE_SERVER) {
-        send_error(slot.id_task, error, type);
+        send_error(slot.id_task, error, type, slot.n_prompt_tokens, slot.n_ctx);
     }
 
-    void send_error(const int id_task, const std::string & error, const enum error_type type = ERROR_TYPE_SERVER) {
+    void send_error(const int id_task, const std::string & error, const enum error_type type = ERROR_TYPE_SERVER, const int32_t n_prompt_tokens = 0, const int32_t n_ctx = 0) {
         SRV_ERR("task id = %d, error: %s\n", id_task, error.c_str());
 
+        if (type == ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE) {
+            GGML_ASSERT(n_ctx > 0 && n_prompt_tokens > 0);
+        }
+
         auto res = std::make_unique<server_task_result_error>();
-        res->id       = id_task;
-        res->err_type = type;
-        res->err_msg  = error;
+        res->id              = id_task;
+        res->err_type        = type;
+        res->err_msg         = error;
+        res->n_prompt_tokens = n_prompt_tokens;
+        res->n_ctx           = n_ctx;
 
         queue_results.send(std::move(res));
     }
@@ -3286,7 +3306,7 @@ struct server_context {
 
                             if (slot.n_prompt_tokens > slot.n_ctx) {
                                 slot.release();
-                                send_error(slot, "input is larger than the max context size. skipping", ERROR_TYPE_SERVER);
+                                send_error(slot, "input is larger than the max context size. skipping", ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE);
                                 continue;
                             }
                         } else {
@@ -3296,7 +3316,7 @@ struct server_context {
                                 //       context shift should be applied only during the generation phase
                                 if (slot.n_prompt_tokens >= slot.n_ctx) {
                                     slot.release();
-                                    send_error(slot, "the request exceeds the available context size. try increasing the context size or enable context shift", ERROR_TYPE_INVALID_REQUEST);
+                                    send_error(slot, "the request exceeds the available context size. try increasing the context size or enable context shift", ERROR_TYPE_EXCEED_CONTEXT_SIZE);
                                     continue;
                                 }
                             }

tools/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py

@@ -385,3 +385,20 @@ def test_logit_bias():
     output_text = res.choices[0].message.content
     assert output_text
     assert all(output_text.find(" " + tok + " ") == -1 for tok in exclude)
+
+def test_context_size_exceeded():
+    global server
+    server.start()
+    res = server.make_request("POST", "/chat/completions", data={
+        "messages": [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "Book"},
+            {"role": "user", "content": "What is the best book"},
+        ] * 100, # make the prompt too long
+    })
+    assert res.status_code == 400
+    assert "error" in res.body
+    assert res.body["error"]["type"] == "exceed_context_size_error"
+    assert res.body["error"]["n_prompt_tokens"] > 0
+    assert server.n_ctx is not None
+    assert server.n_slots is not None
+    assert res.body["error"]["n_ctx"] == server.n_ctx // server.n_slots