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opened on Nov 24, 2025

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The output of python collect_env.py 
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        System Info
==============================
OS                           : Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (x86_64)
GCC version                  : (Ubuntu 10.5.0-1ubuntu1~20.04) 10.5.0
Clang version                : Could not collect
CMake version                : version 3.27.7
Libc version                 : glibc-2.31

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       PyTorch Info
==============================
PyTorch version              : 2.9.0+cu128
Is debug build               : False
CUDA used to build PyTorch   : 12.8
ROCM used to build PyTorch   : N/A

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      Python Environment
==============================
Python version               : 3.12.12 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Oct 21 2025, 20:16:04) [GCC 11.2.0] (64-bit runtime)
Python platform              : Linux-5.15.0-1048-aws-x86_64-with-glibc2.31

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       CUDA / GPU Info
==============================
Is CUDA available            : True
CUDA runtime version         : 12.1.105
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING set to   : 
GPU models and configuration : GPU 0: NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3
Nvidia driver version        : 575.57.08
cuDNN version                : Could not collect
HIP runtime version          : N/A
MIOpen runtime version       : N/A
Is XNNPACK available         : True

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          CPU Info
==============================
Architecture:                       x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                     32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:                         Little Endian
Address sizes:                      48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
CPU(s):                             96
On-line CPU(s) list:                0-95
Thread(s) per core:                 1
Core(s) per socket:                 48
Socket(s):                          2
NUMA node(s):                       2
Vendor ID:                          AuthenticAMD
CPU family:                         25
Model:                              1
Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor
Stepping:                           1
CPU MHz:                            3491.190
BogoMIPS:                           5299.99
Hypervisor vendor:                  KVM
Virtualization type:                full
L1d cache:                          3 MiB
L1i cache:                          3 MiB
L2 cache:                           48 MiB
L3 cache:                           384 MiB
NUMA node0 CPU(s):                  0-47
NUMA node1 CPU(s):                  48-95
Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:        Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf:                 Not affected
Vulnerability Mds:                  Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown:             Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data:      Not affected
Vulnerability Retbleed:             Not affected
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow: Mitigation; safe RET
Vulnerability Spec store bypass:    Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Vulnerability Spectre v1:           Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2:           Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected
Vulnerability Srbds:                Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:      Not affected
Flags:                              fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch topoext perfctr_core invpcid_single ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 invpcid rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 clzero xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd arat npt nrip_save vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid

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Versions of relevant libraries
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[pip3] flashinfer-python==0.5.2
[pip3] mypy_extensions==1.1.0
[pip3] numpy==2.2.6
[pip3] nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.8.4.1
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.8.90
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.8.93
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.8.90
[pip3] nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.10.2.21
[pip3] nvidia-cudnn-frontend==1.16.0
[pip3] nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.3.3.83
[pip3] nvidia-cufile-cu12==1.13.1.3
[pip3] nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.9.90
[pip3] nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.7.3.90
[pip3] nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.5.8.93
[pip3] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12==0.7.1
[pip3] nvidia-cutlass-dsl==4.3.0
[pip3] nvidia-ml-py==13.580.82
[pip3] nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.27.5
[pip3] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.8.93
[pip3] nvidia-nvshmem-cu12==3.3.20
[pip3] nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.8.90
[pip3] pyzmq==27.1.0
[pip3] torch==2.9.0
[pip3] torchaudio==2.9.0
[pip3] torchvision==0.24.0
[pip3] transformers==4.57.2
[pip3] triton==3.5.0
[conda] flashinfer-python         0.5.2                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] numpy                     2.2.6                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cublas-cu12        12.8.4.1                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12    12.8.90                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12    12.8.93                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12  12.8.90                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cudnn-cu12         9.10.2.21                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cudnn-frontend     1.16.0                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufft-cu12         11.3.3.83                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufile-cu12        1.13.1.3                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-curand-cu12        10.3.9.90                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusolver-cu12      11.7.3.90                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparse-cu12      12.5.8.93                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12    0.7.1                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cutlass-dsl        4.3.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-ml-py              13.580.82                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nccl-cu12          2.27.5                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12     12.8.93                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvshmem-cu12       3.3.20                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvtx-cu12          12.8.90                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] pyzmq                     27.1.0          py312hcf8288c_1  
[conda] torch                     2.9.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torchaudio                2.9.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torchvision               0.24.0                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] transformers              4.57.2                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] triton                    3.5.0                    pypi_0    pypi

==============================
         vLLM Info
==============================
ROCM Version                 : Could not collect
vLLM Version                 : 0.11.2
vLLM Build Flags:
  CUDA Archs: Not Set; ROCm: Disabled
GPU Topology:
        GPU0    CPU Affinity    NUMA Affinity   GPU NUMA ID
GPU0     X      0-10    0               N/A

Legend:

  X    = Self
  SYS  = Connection traversing PCIe as well as the SMP interconnect between NUMA nodes (e.g., QPI/UPI)
  NODE = Connection traversing PCIe as well as the interconnect between PCIe Host Bridges within a NUMA node
  PHB  = Connection traversing PCIe as well as a PCIe Host Bridge (typically the CPU)
  PXB  = Connection traversing multiple PCIe bridges (without traversing the PCIe Host Bridge)
  PIX  = Connection traversing at most a single PCIe bridge
  NV#  = Connection traversing a bonded set of # NVLinks

==============================
     Environment Variables
==============================
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/fsx/qgallouedec/miniconda3/envs/trl/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nvidia/nvjitlink/lib:/fsx/qgallouedec/miniconda3/envs/trl/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nvidia/nvjitlink/lib:/opt/amazon/efa/lib:/opt/amazon/openmpi/lib:/opt/aws-ofi-nccl/lib:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/lib:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/lib64:/usr/local/cuda-12.1:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/extras/CUPTI/lib64:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/fsx/qgallouedec/miniconda3/envs/trl/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nvidia/nvjitlink/lib:/opt/amazon/efa/lib:/opt/amazon/openmpi/lib:/opt/aws-ofi-nccl/lib:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/lib:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/lib64:/usr/local/cuda-12.1:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/:/usr/local/cuda-12.1/extras/CUPTI/lib64:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib::/opt/amazon/openmpi/lib:/opt/amazon/efa/lib:/opt/amazon/openmpi/lib:/opt/amazon/efa/lib
VLLM_LOGGING_LEVEL=ERROR
PYTORCH_NVML_BASED_CUDA_CHECK=1
TORCHINDUCTOR_COMPILE_THREADS=1

🐛 Describe the bug

When using the sleep mode level 2, the model produces gibberish completions:

from vllm import LLM

llm = LLM(model="openai/gpt-oss-20b", enable_sleep_mode=True)

llm.sleep(level=2)
llm.wake_up()

prompts = [[{"role": "user", "content": "Where is the Machu Picchu located?"}]]
outputs = llm.chat(prompts)
print(repr(outputs[0].outputs[0].text))
'ocado \'" chemical optimal UriWord Beef nwanyị Mehmet性质Usuarioಡೆಯ profanity դեպիSleep Columbia'

notes:

  • with sleep level = 1, there is no such issue: 
    'analysisUser asks location. Need to answer: Machu Picchu located'
  • the same issue occurs with version 0.10.2, 0.11.0, 0.11.1 and 0.11.2
  • the same issue occurs with transformers 4.57.0 and 5.0.0.dev0
  • the same issue occurs with models Qwen3 and GPT-OSS, so I guess it affects all models.
  • model_impl="transformers" doesn't solve the issue

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