diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/activation.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/activation.py
index 3d973393e..67bae9b52 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/activation.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/activation.py
@@ -171,6 +171,115 @@ class QuickGELU(CustomOp):
         return torch_npu.npu_fast_gelu(x)
 
 
+class XIELU(CustomOp):
+    """
+    Applies the xIELU activation function introduced in https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13010
+    If the user has installed the nickjbrowning/XIELU, we import xIELU CUDA
+    Otherwise, we emit a single warning and use xIELU Python
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        alpha_p_init: float = 0.8,
+        alpha_n_init: float = 0.8,
+        beta: float = 0.5,
+        eps: float = -1e-6,
+        dtype: torch.dtype = torch.bfloat16,
+        with_vector_loads: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.alpha_p = nn.Parameter(
+            torch.log(torch.exp(torch.tensor(alpha_p_init, dtype=dtype)) - 1).unsqueeze(
+                0
+            )
+        )
+        self.alpha_n = nn.Parameter(
+            torch.log(
+                torch.exp(torch.tensor(alpha_n_init - beta, dtype=dtype)) - 1
+            ).unsqueeze(0)
+        )
+        self.register_buffer("beta", torch.tensor(beta, dtype=dtype))
+        self.register_buffer("eps", torch.tensor(eps, dtype=dtype))
+        self.with_vector_loads = with_vector_loads
+        # Temporary until xIELU CUDA fully implemented
+        self._beta_scalar = float(self.beta.detach().cpu().float().item())
+        self._eps_scalar = float(self.eps.detach().cpu().float().item())
+
+        self._xielu_cuda_obj = None
+        try:
+            import xielu.ops  # noqa: F401
+
+            self._xielu_cuda_obj = torch.classes.xielu.XIELU()
+            msg = "Using experimental xIELU CUDA."
+            try:
+                from torch._dynamo import allow_in_graph
+
+                self._xielu_cuda_fn = allow_in_graph(self._xielu_cuda)
+                msg += " Enabled torch._dynamo for xIELU CUDA."
+            except Exception as err:
+                msg += (
+                    f" Could not enable torch._dynamo for xIELU ({err}) - "
+                    "this may result in slower performance."
+                )
+                self._xielu_cuda_fn = self._xielu_cuda
+            logger.warning_once(msg)
+        except Exception as err:
+            logger.warning_once(
+                "CUDA-fused xIELU not available (%s) –"
+                " falling back to a Python version.\n"
+                "For CUDA xIELU (experimental), `pip install git+https://github.com/nickjbrowning/XIELU`",
+                str(err),
+            )
+
+    def _xielu_python(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        alpha_p = nn.functional.softplus(self.alpha_p)
+        alpha_n = self.beta + nn.functional.softplus(self.alpha_n)
+        return torch.where(
+            x > 0,
+            alpha_p * x * x + self.beta * x,
+            (torch.expm1(torch.min(x, self.eps)) - x) * alpha_n + self.beta * x,
+        )
+
+    def _xielu_cuda(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """Firewall function to prevent torch.compile from seeing .item()"""
+        assert self._xielu_cuda_obj is not None, "XIELU CUDA object must not be None"
+        original_shape = x.shape
+        # CUDA kernel expects 3D tensors, reshape if needed
+        while x.dim() < 3:
+            x = x.unsqueeze(0)
+        if x.dim() > 3:
+            x = x.view(-1, 1, x.size(-1))
+        if original_shape != x.shape:
+            logger.warning_once(
+                "Warning: xIELU input tensor expects 3 dimensions"
+                " but got (shape: %s). Reshaping to (shape: %s).\n"
+                "Note: For SGLang this may be expected if sending"
+                "[B*S,D] instead of [B,S,D].",
+                original_shape,
+                x.shape,
+            )
+        result = self._xielu_cuda_obj.forward(
+            x,
+            self.alpha_p,
+            self.alpha_n,
+            # Temporary until xIELU CUDA fully implemented -> self.{beta,eps}.item()
+            self._beta_scalar,
+            self._eps_scalar,
+            self.with_vector_loads,
+        )
+        return result.view(original_shape)
+
+    def forward(self, input: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        if self._xielu_cuda_obj is not None and input.is_cuda:
+            if not torch._dynamo.is_compiling():
+                return self._xielu_cuda_fn(input)
+            else:
+                logger.warning_once(
+                    "torch._dynamo is compiling, using Python version of xIELU."
+                )
+        return self._xielu_python(input)
+
+
 class ScaledActivation(nn.Module):
     """An activation function with post-scale parameters.
 
@@ -218,6 +327,7 @@ _ACTIVATION_REGISTRY = {
     "gelu_pytorch_tanh": nn.GELU(approximate="tanh"),
     "gelu_new": NewGELU(),
     "relu2": ReLU2(),
+    "xielu": XIELU(),
 }
 
 
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/models/apertus.py b/python/sglang/srt/models/apertus.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..161cf1062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/models/apertus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,686 @@
+# Copyright 2025 The SwissAI Initiative
+# Copyright 2023-2024 SGLang 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.
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Adapted from
+# https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/blob/c7f2cf2b7f67bce5842fedfdba508440fe257375/vllm/model_executor/models/llama.py#L1
+"""Inference-only Apertus model compatible with HuggingFace weights."""
+
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+from transformers import ApertusConfig
+
+from sglang.srt.distributed import (
+    get_pp_group,
+    get_tensor_model_parallel_rank,
+    get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size,
+)
+from sglang.srt.layers.activation import XIELU
+from sglang.srt.layers.layernorm import RMSNorm
+from sglang.srt.layers.linear import (
+    ColumnParallelLinear,
+    QKVParallelLinear,
+    RowParallelLinear,
+)
+from sglang.srt.layers.logits_processor import LogitsProcessor, LogitsProcessorOutput
+from sglang.srt.layers.pooler import Pooler, PoolingType
+from sglang.srt.layers.quantization.base_config import QuantizationConfig
+from sglang.srt.layers.radix_attention import RadixAttention
+from sglang.srt.layers.rotary_embedding import get_rope
+from sglang.srt.layers.utils import PPMissingLayer, get_layer_id
+from sglang.srt.layers.vocab_parallel_embedding import (
+    ParallelLMHead,
+    VocabParallelEmbedding,
+)
+from sglang.srt.managers.schedule_batch import global_server_args_dict
+from sglang.srt.model_executor.forward_batch_info import ForwardBatch, PPProxyTensors
+from sglang.srt.model_loader.weight_utils import (
+    default_weight_loader,
+    kv_cache_scales_loader,
+    maybe_remap_kv_scale_name,
+)
+from sglang.srt.utils import add_prefix, make_layers
+from sglang.utils import get_exception_traceback
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ApertusMLP(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        hidden_size: int,
+        intermediate_size: int,
+        hidden_act: str,
+        quant_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None,
+        bias: bool = False,
+        prefix: str = "",
+        reduce_results: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.up_proj = ColumnParallelLinear(
+            hidden_size,
+            intermediate_size,
+            bias=bias,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=add_prefix("up_proj", prefix),
+        )
+        self.down_proj = RowParallelLinear(
+            intermediate_size,
+            hidden_size,
+            bias=bias,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=add_prefix("down_proj", prefix),
+            reduce_results=reduce_results,
+        )
+        if hidden_act != "xielu":
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Unsupported activation: {hidden_act}. "
+                "Only xIELU is supported for now."
+            )
+        self.act_fn = XIELU()
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        x,
+        forward_batch=None,
+        use_reduce_scatter: bool = False,
+    ):
+        # note: with xielu, there's no gate_proj
+        x, _ = self.up_proj(x)
+        x = self.act_fn(x)
+        x, _ = self.down_proj(
+            x,
+            skip_all_reduce=use_reduce_scatter,
+        )
+        return x
+
+
+class ApertusAttention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: ApertusConfig,
+        hidden_size: int,
+        num_heads: int,
+        num_kv_heads: int,
+        layer_id: int = 0,
+        rope_theta: float = 10000,
+        rope_scaling: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        rope_is_neox_style: bool = True,
+        max_position_embeddings: int = 8192,
+        quant_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None,
+        prefix: str = "",
+        bias: bool = False,
+        bias_o_proj: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.layer_id = layer_id
+        self.hidden_size = hidden_size
+        tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+        self.total_num_heads = num_heads
+        assert self.total_num_heads % tp_size == 0
+        self.num_heads = self.total_num_heads // tp_size
+        self.total_num_kv_heads = num_kv_heads
+        if self.total_num_kv_heads >= tp_size:
+            # Number of KV heads is greater than TP size, so we partition
+            # the KV heads across multiple tensor parallel GPUs.
+            assert self.total_num_kv_heads % tp_size == 0
+        else:
+            # Number of KV heads is less than TP size, so we replicate
+            # the KV heads across multiple tensor parallel GPUs.
+            assert tp_size % self.total_num_kv_heads == 0
+        self.num_kv_heads = max(1, self.total_num_kv_heads // tp_size)
+        # MistralConfig has an optional head_dim introduced by Mistral-Nemo
+        self.head_dim = getattr(
+            config, "head_dim", self.hidden_size // self.total_num_heads
+        )
+        partial_rotary_factor = getattr(config, "partial_rotary_factor", 1)
+        self.rotary_dim = int(partial_rotary_factor * self.head_dim)
+        self.q_size = self.num_heads * self.head_dim
+        self.kv_size = self.num_kv_heads * self.head_dim
+        self.scaling = self.head_dim**-0.5
+        self.rope_theta = rope_theta
+        self.max_position_embeddings = max_position_embeddings
+
+        self.qkv_proj = QKVParallelLinear(
+            hidden_size,
+            self.head_dim,
+            self.total_num_heads,
+            self.total_num_kv_heads,
+            bias=bias,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=add_prefix("qkv_proj", prefix),
+        )
+        self.o_proj = RowParallelLinear(
+            self.total_num_heads * self.head_dim,
+            hidden_size,
+            bias=bias_o_proj,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=add_prefix("o_proj", prefix),
+        )
+
+        self.rotary_emb = get_rope(
+            self.head_dim,
+            rotary_dim=self.rotary_dim,
+            max_position=max_position_embeddings,
+            base=rope_theta,
+            rope_scaling=rope_scaling,
+            is_neox_style=rope_is_neox_style,
+        )
+        self.attn = RadixAttention(
+            self.num_heads,
+            self.head_dim,
+            self.scaling,
+            num_kv_heads=self.num_kv_heads,
+            layer_id=layer_id,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=add_prefix("attn", prefix),
+        )
+        self.q_norm = RMSNorm(self.head_dim, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
+        self.k_norm = RMSNorm(self.head_dim, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        positions: torch.Tensor,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+        qkv, _ = self.qkv_proj(hidden_states)
+        q, k, v = qkv.split([self.q_size, self.kv_size, self.kv_size], dim=-1)
+        q = self.q_norm(q.contiguous().view(-1, self.head_dim)).view_as(q)
+        k = self.k_norm(k.contiguous().view(-1, self.head_dim)).view_as(k)
+        q, k = self.rotary_emb(positions, q, k)
+        attn_output = self.attn(q, k, v, forward_batch)
+        output, _ = self.o_proj(attn_output)
+        return output
+
+
+class ApertusDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: ApertusConfig,
+        layer_id: int = 0,
+        quant_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None,
+        prefix: str = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.hidden_size = config.hidden_size
+        rope_theta = getattr(config, "rope_theta", 10000)
+        rope_scaling = getattr(config, "rope_scaling", None)
+        if rope_scaling is not None and getattr(
+            config, "original_max_position_embeddings", None
+        ):
+            rope_scaling["original_max_position_embeddings"] = (
+                config.original_max_position_embeddings
+            )
+        rope_is_neox_style = getattr(config, "rope_is_neox_style", True)
+        max_position_embeddings = getattr(config, "max_position_embeddings", 8192)
+        # Support llamafy/Qwen-Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-llamafied with attention_bias
+        # Support internlm/internlm-7b with bias
+        attention_bias = getattr(config, "attention_bias", False) or getattr(
+            config, "bias", False
+        )
+        bias_o_proj = attention_bias
+        # support internlm/internlm3-8b with qkv_bias
+        if hasattr(config, "qkv_bias"):
+            attention_bias = config.qkv_bias
+        self.self_attn = ApertusAttention(
+            config=config,
+            hidden_size=self.hidden_size,
+            num_heads=config.num_attention_heads,
+            num_kv_heads=config.num_key_value_heads,
+            layer_id=layer_id,
+            rope_theta=rope_theta,
+            rope_scaling=rope_scaling,
+            rope_is_neox_style=rope_is_neox_style,
+            max_position_embeddings=max_position_embeddings,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            prefix=add_prefix("self_attn", prefix),
+            bias=attention_bias,
+            bias_o_proj=bias_o_proj,
+        )
+        self.mlp = ApertusMLP(
+            hidden_size=self.hidden_size,
+            intermediate_size=config.intermediate_size,
+            hidden_act=config.hidden_act,
+            quant_config=quant_config,
+            bias=getattr(config, "mlp_bias", False),
+            prefix=add_prefix("mlp", prefix),
+        )
+        self.attention_layernorm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
+        self.feedforward_layernorm = RMSNorm(
+            config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps
+        )
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        positions: torch.Tensor,
+        hidden_states: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+        residual: Optional[torch.Tensor],
+    ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        # Self Attention
+        if residual is None:
+            residual = hidden_states
+            hidden_states = self.attention_layernorm(hidden_states)
+        else:
+            hidden_states, residual = self.attention_layernorm(hidden_states, residual)
+        hidden_states = self.self_attn(
+            positions=positions,
+            hidden_states=hidden_states,
+            forward_batch=forward_batch,
+        )
+
+        # Fully Connected
+        hidden_states, residual = self.feedforward_layernorm(hidden_states, residual)
+        hidden_states = self.mlp(hidden_states)
+        return hidden_states, residual
+
+
+class ApertusModel(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: ApertusConfig,
+        quant_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None,
+        prefix: str = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.quant_config = quant_config
+        self.config = config
+        self.padding_idx = config.pad_token_id
+        self.vocab_size = config.vocab_size
+        self.org_vocab_size = config.vocab_size
+        self.pp_group = get_pp_group()
+        if self.pp_group.is_first_rank:
+            self.embed_tokens = VocabParallelEmbedding(
+                config.vocab_size,
+                config.hidden_size,
+                quant_config=quant_config,
+                prefix=add_prefix("embed_tokens", prefix),
+            )
+        else:
+            self.embed_tokens = PPMissingLayer()
+
+        self.layers, self.start_layer, self.end_layer = make_layers(
+            config.num_hidden_layers,
+            lambda idx, prefix: ApertusDecoderLayer(
+                config=config, quant_config=quant_config, layer_id=idx, prefix=prefix
+            ),
+            pp_rank=self.pp_group.rank_in_group,
+            pp_size=self.pp_group.world_size,
+            prefix="model.layers",
+        )
+
+        if self.pp_group.is_last_rank:
+            self.norm = RMSNorm(config.hidden_size, eps=config.rms_norm_eps)
+        else:
+            self.norm = PPMissingLayer(return_tuple=True)
+        self.layers_to_capture = []
+
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
+        positions: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+        input_embeds: torch.Tensor = None,
+        pp_proxy_tensors: Optional[PPProxyTensors] = None,
+    ) -> Union[torch.Tensor, Tuple[torch.Tensor, List[torch.Tensor]], PPProxyTensors]:
+        if self.pp_group.is_first_rank:
+            if input_embeds is None:
+                hidden_states = self.embed_tokens(input_ids)
+            else:
+                hidden_states = input_embeds
+            residual = None
+        else:
+            assert pp_proxy_tensors is not None
+            # FIXME(@ying): reduce the number of proxy tensors by not fusing layer norms
+            hidden_states = pp_proxy_tensors["hidden_states"]
+            residual = pp_proxy_tensors["residual"]
+            deferred_norm = None
+
+        aux_hidden_states = []
+        for i in range(self.start_layer, self.end_layer):
+            if i in self.layers_to_capture:
+                aux_hidden_states.append(hidden_states + residual)
+            layer = self.layers[i]
+            hidden_states, residual = layer(
+                positions,
+                hidden_states,
+                forward_batch,
+                residual,
+            )
+
+        if not self.pp_group.is_last_rank:
+            return PPProxyTensors(
+                {
+                    "hidden_states": hidden_states,
+                    "residual": residual,
+                }
+            )
+        else:
+            hidden_states, _ = self.norm(hidden_states, residual)
+
+        if len(aux_hidden_states) == 0:
+            return hidden_states
+
+        return hidden_states, aux_hidden_states
+
+    # If this function is called, it should always initialize KV cache scale
+    # factors (or else raise an exception). Thus, handled exceptions should
+    # make sure to leave KV cache scale factors in a known good (dummy) state
+    def load_kv_cache_scales(self, quantization_param_path: str) -> None:
+        tp_size = get_tensor_model_parallel_world_size()
+        tp_rank = get_tensor_model_parallel_rank()
+        for layer_idx, scaling_factor in kv_cache_scales_loader(
+            quantization_param_path,
+            tp_rank,
+            tp_size,
+            self.config.num_hidden_layers,
+            self.config.__class__.model_type,
+        ):
+            if not isinstance(self.layers[layer_idx], nn.Identity):
+                layer_self_attn = self.layers[layer_idx].self_attn
+
+            if hasattr(layer_self_attn.attn, "k_scale"):
+                layer_self_attn.attn.k_scale = scaling_factor
+                layer_self_attn.attn.v_scale = scaling_factor
+            else:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "Self attention has no KV cache scaling " "factor attribute!"
+                )
+
+
+class ApertusForCausalLM(nn.Module):
+    # LoRA specific attributes
+    embedding_modules = {
+        "embed_tokens": "input_embeddings",
+        "lm_head": "output_embeddings",
+    }
+    embedding_padding_modules = ["lm_head"]
+    # BitandBytes specific attributes
+    default_bitsandbytes_target_modules = [
+        ".down_proj.",
+        ".up_proj.",
+        ".q_proj.",
+        ".k_proj.",
+        ".v_proj.",
+        ".o_proj.",
+    ]
+    # in TP, these weights are partitioned along the column dimension (dim=-1)
+    column_parallel_weights_modules = [".down_proj.", ".o_proj."]
+    bitsandbytes_stacked_params_mapping = {
+        # shard_name, weight_name, index
+        ".q_proj": (".qkv_proj", 0),
+        ".k_proj": (".qkv_proj", 1),
+        ".v_proj": (".qkv_proj", 2),
+    }
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        config: ApertusConfig,
+        quant_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None,
+        prefix: str = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.pp_group = get_pp_group()
+        self.config = config
+        self.quant_config = quant_config
+        self.model = self._init_model(config, quant_config, add_prefix("model", prefix))
+        if self.config.tie_word_embeddings:
+            self.lm_head = self.model.embed_tokens
+        else:
+            self.lm_head = ParallelLMHead(
+                config.vocab_size,
+                config.hidden_size,
+                quant_config=quant_config,
+                prefix=add_prefix("lm_head", prefix),
+                use_attn_tp_group=global_server_args_dict["enable_dp_lm_head"],
+            )
+        self.logits_processor = LogitsProcessor(config)
+        self.pooler = Pooler(pooling_type=PoolingType.LAST, normalize=True)
+        self.stacked_params_mapping = [
+            # (param_name, shard_name, shard_id)
+            (".qkv_proj", ".q_proj", "q"),
+            (".qkv_proj", ".k_proj", "k"),
+            (".qkv_proj", ".v_proj", "v"),
+        ]
+
+        self.capture_aux_hidden_states = False
+
+    def _init_model(
+        self,
+        config: ApertusConfig,
+        quant_config: Optional[QuantizationConfig] = None,
+        prefix: str = "",
+    ):
+        return ApertusModel(config, quant_config=quant_config, prefix=prefix)
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def forward(
+        self,
+        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
+        positions: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+        input_embeds: torch.Tensor = None,
+        get_embedding: bool = False,
+        pp_proxy_tensors: Optional[PPProxyTensors] = None,
+    ) -> LogitsProcessorOutput:
+        hidden_states = self.model(
+            input_ids,
+            positions,
+            forward_batch,
+            input_embeds,
+            pp_proxy_tensors=pp_proxy_tensors,
+        )
+
+        aux_hidden_states = None
+        if self.capture_aux_hidden_states:
+            hidden_states, aux_hidden_states = hidden_states
+
+        if self.pp_group.is_last_rank:
+            if not get_embedding:
+                return self.logits_processor(
+                    input_ids,
+                    hidden_states,
+                    self.lm_head,
+                    forward_batch,
+                    aux_hidden_states,
+                )
+            else:
+                return self.pooler(hidden_states, forward_batch)
+        else:
+            return hidden_states
+
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def forward_split_prefill(
+        self,
+        input_ids: torch.Tensor,
+        positions: torch.Tensor,
+        forward_batch: ForwardBatch,
+        split_interval: Tuple[int, int],  # [start, end) 0-based
+        input_embeds: torch.Tensor = None,
+    ) -> Optional[LogitsProcessorOutput]:
+        start, end = split_interval
+        # embed
+        if start == 0:
+            if input_embeds is None:
+                forward_batch.hidden_states = self.model.embed_tokens(input_ids)
+            else:
+                forward_batch.hidden_states = input_embeds
+        # decoder layer
+        for i in range(start, end):
+            layer = self.model.layers[i]
+            forward_batch.hidden_states, forward_batch.residual = layer(
+                positions,
+                forward_batch.hidden_states,
+                forward_batch,
+                forward_batch.residual,
+            )
+
+        if end == self.model.config.num_hidden_layers:
+            # norm
+            hidden_states, _ = self.model.norm(
+                forward_batch.hidden_states, forward_batch.residual
+            )
+            forward_batch.hidden_states = hidden_states
+            # logits process
+            result = self.logits_processor(
+                input_ids, forward_batch.hidden_states, self.lm_head, forward_batch
+            )
+        else:
+            result = None
+
+        return result
+
+    @property
+    def start_layer(self):
+        return self.model.start_layer
+
+    @property
+    def end_layer(self):
+        return self.model.end_layer
+
+    def get_input_embeddings(self) -> nn.Embedding:
+        return self.model.embed_tokens
+
+    def get_module_name_from_weight_name(self, name):
+        for param_name, weight_name, shard_id, num_shard in self.stacked_params_mapping:
+            if weight_name in name:
+                return (
+                    name.replace(weight_name, param_name)[: -len(".weight")],
+                    num_shard,
+                )
+        return name[: -len(".weight")], 1
+
+    def get_num_params(self):
+        params_dict = dict(self.named_parameters())
+        return len(params_dict)
+
+    def load_weights(self, weights: Iterable[Tuple[str, torch.Tensor]]):
+        stacked_params_mapping = [
+            # (param_name, shard_name, shard_id)
+            (".qkv_proj", ".q_proj", "q"),
+            (".qkv_proj", ".k_proj", "k"),
+            (".qkv_proj", ".v_proj", "v"),
+        ]
+
+        params_dict = dict(self.named_parameters())
+
+        for name, buffer in self.named_buffers():
+            if name.endswith(".beta") or name.endswith(".eps"):
+                params_dict[name] = buffer
+
+        for name, loaded_weight in weights:
+            layer_id = get_layer_id(name)
+            if (
+                layer_id is not None
+                and hasattr(self.model, "start_layer")
+                and (
+                    layer_id < self.model.start_layer
+                    or layer_id >= self.model.end_layer
+                )
+            ):
+                continue
+            if "rotary_emb.inv_freq" in name or "projector" in name:
+                continue
+            if "rotary_emb.cos_cached" in name or "rotary_emb.sin_cached" in name:
+                # Models trained using ColossalAI may include these tensors in
+                # the checkpoint. Skip them.
+                continue
+            if name.startswith("model.vision_tower") and name not in params_dict:
+                continue
+            if self.config.tie_word_embeddings and "lm_head.weight" in name:
+                continue
+            # Handle FP8 kv-scale remapping
+            if "scale" in name:
+                name = maybe_remap_kv_scale_name(name, params_dict)
+                if name is None:
+                    continue
+
+            for param_name, weight_name, shard_id in stacked_params_mapping:
+                if weight_name not in name:
+                    continue
+                name = name.replace(weight_name, param_name)
+                # Skip loading extra bias for GPTQ models.
+                if name.endswith(".bias") and name not in params_dict:
+                    continue
+                if name not in params_dict:
+                    continue
+                param = params_dict[name]
+                weight_loader = param.weight_loader
+                weight_loader(param, loaded_weight, shard_id)
+                break
+            else:
+                # Skip loading extra bias for GPTQ models.
+                if name.endswith(".bias") and name not in params_dict:
+                    continue
+                # Skip loading kv_scale from ckpts towards new design.
+                if name.endswith(".kv_scale") and name not in params_dict:
+                    continue
+                if name in params_dict.keys():
+                    param = params_dict[name]
+                    weight_loader = getattr(
+                        param, "weight_loader", default_weight_loader
+                    )
+                    weight_loader(param, loaded_weight)
+                else:
+                    logger.warning(f"Parameter {name} not found in params_dict")
+
+    def get_embed_and_head(self):
+        return self.model.embed_tokens.weight, self.lm_head.weight
+
+    def set_embed_and_head(self, embed, head):
+        del self.model.embed_tokens.weight
+        del self.lm_head.weight
+        self.model.embed_tokens.weight = embed
+        self.lm_head.weight = head
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+        torch.cuda.synchronize()
+
+    def get_embed(self):
+        return self.model.embed_tokens.weight
+
+    def set_embed(self, embed):
+        # NOTE: If draft hidden size != target hidden size, the embed weight cannot be shared for EAGLE3
+        if (
+            hasattr(self.config, "target_hidden_size")
+            and self.config.target_hidden_size != self.config.hidden_size
+        ):
+            return
+        del self.model.embed_tokens.weight
+        self.model.embed_tokens.weight = embed
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+        torch.cuda.synchronize()
+
+    def load_kv_cache_scales(self, quantization_param_path: str) -> None:
+        self.model.load_kv_cache_scales(quantization_param_path)
+
+    def set_eagle3_layers_to_capture(self, layer_ids: Optional[List[int]] = None):
+        if not self.pp_group.is_last_rank:
+            return
+
+        if layer_ids is None:
+            self.capture_aux_hidden_states = True
+            num_layers = self.config.num_hidden_layers
+            self.model.layers_to_capture = [2, num_layers // 2, num_layers - 3]
+        else:
+            self.capture_aux_hidden_states = True
+            # we plus 1 here because in sglang, for the ith layer, it takes the output
+            # of the (i-1)th layer as aux hidden state
+            self.model.layers_to_capture = [val + 1 for val in layer_ids]
+
+
+EntryClass = [ApertusForCausalLM]
diff --git a/test/srt/models/test_generation_models.py b/test/srt/models/test_generation_models.py
index a9d8fe0df..b652d8d17 100644
--- a/test/srt/models/test_generation_models.py
+++ b/test/srt/models/test_generation_models.py
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ ALL_MODELS = [
         trust_remote_code=True,
         skip_long_prompt=True,
     ),
+    ModelCase(
+        "swiss-ai/Apertus-8B",
+        trust_remote_code=True,
+        skip_long_prompt=True,
+    ),
 ]
 
 TORCH_DTYPES = [torch.float16]