Repository: ggml-org/llama.cpp
Pull request: common : gpt-oss handle builtins and unsolicited tool calls

## Overview

Add parsing rules for builtin functions and unsolicited tool calls. This will prevent the parsing from failing and instead returns empty content since there is no good way to handle this edge case.

ref: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/issues/20650#issuecomment-4150001519

## Additional information

Occasionally, gpt-oss will try to invoke a builtin function even if it isn't enabled in the system prompt. An easy test is to enable the builtin python tool and confirm that it returns an empty string:

```json
{
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Can you run print('hello') in python."
    }
  ],
  "stream": false,
  "chat_template_kwargs": {"builtin_tools": ["python"]}
}
```
```
{
  "choices": [
    {
      "finish_reason": "stop",
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "",
        "reasoning_content": "User asks: \"Can you run print('hello') in python.\" They want to see output. As ChatGPT, we can execute python code using tool. So we should run print('hello') and show output. Provide result."
      }
    }
  ],
  "model": "gpt-oss-120b-F16.gguf",
  "id": "chatcmpl-VtCPiEeOxStFwd66nQiR9YWAXj6nfbOE",
  "__verbose": {
    "content": "
analysis
User asks: \"Can you run print('hello') in python.\" They want to see output. As ChatGPT, we can execute python code using tool. So we should run print('hello') and show output. Provide result.

assistant
commentary to=python code
print('hello')",
  }
}
```

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Changed files:
filename: common/chat.cpp
patch: @@ -989,6 +989,10 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_gpt_oss(const common_chat_temp
         auto analysis = p.ref("analysis");
         auto preamble = p.rule("preamble", p.literal("
commentary
") + p.content(content) + end);
         auto final_msg = p.rule("final", p.literal("
final
") + p.content(content));
+
+        // Consume any unsolicited tool calls, e.g. builtin functions
+        auto unsolicited = p.rule("unsolicited", p.atomic(p.optional(channel) + p.literal(" to=") + content + end));
+
         auto any = p.rule("any", preamble | analysis);
 
         if (has_response_format) {
@@ -1032,7 +1036,7 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_gpt_oss(const common_chat_temp
             return p.zero_or_more(start + any) + start + (tool_call | final_msg);
         }
 
-        return p.zero_or_more(start + any) + start + final_msg;
+        return p.zero_or_more(start + any) + start + (final_msg | unsolicited);
     });
 
     data.parser = parser.save();

filename: tests/test-chat.cpp
patch: @@ -3077,6 +3077,27 @@ static void test_template_output_peg_parsers(bool detailed_debug) {
             .expect_reasoning("I need to output the invoice details in JSON")
             .expect_content(R"({"amount": 123.45, "date": "2025-12-03"})")
             .run();
+
+
+        // Unsolicited tool calls. There is no good way to handle these, so we return empty content.
+
+        // Builtin function - recipient in role
+        tst.test(
+               "
analysis
I will execute python to say hello
"
+               "
assistant to=container.exec
commentary
python3 -c 'print(\"hello\")'")
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .expect_reasoning("I will execute python to say hello")
+            .expect_content("")
+            .run();
+
+        // Builtin function - recipient in channel
+        tst.test(
+               "
analysis
I will execute python to say hello
"
+               "
assistant
commentary to=python 
code
print(\"hello\")")
+            .reasoning_format(COMMON_REASONING_FORMAT_AUTO)
+            .expect_reasoning("I will execute python to say hello")
+            .expect_content("")
+            .run();
     }
 
     {