[router] move tokenizer, reasoning, tool initialization to server (#9996)

sgl-router/src/core/worker.rs

@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ pub fn start_health_checker(
 
             // Periodically reset load counters to prevent drift
             // Only do this when we believe all workers should be idle
-            if check_count.is_multiple_of(LOAD_RESET_INTERVAL) {
+            if check_count % LOAD_RESET_INTERVAL == 0 {
                 let max_load = workers_to_check.iter().map(|w| w.load()).max().unwrap_or(0);
                 // Only reset if load appears to be very low (likely drift)
                 if max_load <= 2 {

sgl-router/src/routers/factory.rs

@@ -146,17 +146,29 @@ impl RouterFactory {
         // Create policy
         let policy = PolicyFactory::create_from_config(policy_config);
 
-        // Determine which tokenizer path to use
+        // Get tokenizer from context
-        // Priority: tokenizer_path > model_path
+        let tokenizer = ctx
-        let tokenizer_path = ctx
+            .tokenizer
-            .router_config
+            .as_ref()
-            .tokenizer_path
-            .clone()
-            .or_else(|| ctx.router_config.model_path.clone())
             .ok_or_else(|| {
-                "gRPC router requires either --tokenizer-path or --model-path to be specified"
+                "gRPC router requires tokenizer to be initialized in AppContext".to_string()
+            })?
+            .clone();
+
+        // Get reasoning parser factory from context
+        let reasoning_parser_factory = ctx
+            .reasoning_parser_factory
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                "gRPC router requires reasoning parser factory to be initialized in AppContext"
                     .to_string()
-            })?;
+            })?
+            .clone();
+
+        // Get tool parser registry from context
+        let tool_parser_registry = ctx.tool_parser_registry.ok_or_else(|| {
+            "gRPC router requires tool parser registry to be initialized in AppContext".to_string()
+        })?;
 
         // Create gRPC router
         let router = GrpcRouter::new(
@@ -169,7 +181,9 @@ impl RouterFactory {
             ctx.router_config.effective_retry_config(),
             ctx.router_config.effective_circuit_breaker_config(),
             ctx.router_config.health_check.clone(),
-            tokenizer_path,
+            tokenizer,
+            reasoning_parser_factory,
+            tool_parser_registry,
         )
         .await?;
 
@@ -193,17 +207,30 @@ impl RouterFactory {
         let decode_policy =
             PolicyFactory::create_from_config(decode_policy_config.unwrap_or(main_policy_config));
 
-        // Determine which tokenizer path to use
+        // Get tokenizer from context
-        // Priority: tokenizer_path > model_path
+        let tokenizer = ctx
-        let tokenizer_path = ctx
+            .tokenizer
-            .router_config
+            .as_ref()
-            .tokenizer_path
-            .clone()
-            .or_else(|| ctx.router_config.model_path.clone())
             .ok_or_else(|| {
-                "gRPC PD router requires either --tokenizer-path or --model-path to be specified"
+                "gRPC PD router requires tokenizer to be initialized in AppContext".to_string()
+            })?
+            .clone();
+
+        // Get reasoning parser factory from context
+        let reasoning_parser_factory = ctx
+            .reasoning_parser_factory
+            .as_ref()
+            .ok_or_else(|| {
+                "gRPC PD router requires reasoning parser factory to be initialized in AppContext"
                     .to_string()
-            })?;
+            })?
+            .clone();
+
+        // Get tool parser registry from context
+        let tool_parser_registry = ctx.tool_parser_registry.ok_or_else(|| {
+            "gRPC PD router requires tool parser registry to be initialized in AppContext"
+                .to_string()
+        })?;
 
         // Create gRPC PD router
         let router = GrpcPDRouter::new(
@@ -218,7 +245,9 @@ impl RouterFactory {
             ctx.router_config.effective_retry_config(),
             ctx.router_config.effective_circuit_breaker_config(),
             ctx.router_config.health_check.clone(),
-            tokenizer_path,
+            tokenizer,
+            reasoning_parser_factory,
+            tool_parser_registry,
         )
         .await?;
 

sgl-router/src/routers/grpc/pd_router.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::metrics::RouterMetrics;
 use crate::policies::LoadBalancingPolicy;
 use crate::reasoning_parser::ParserFactory;
 use crate::routers::{RouterTrait, WorkerManagement};
-use crate::tokenizer::{factory, traits::Tokenizer};
+use crate::tokenizer::traits::Tokenizer;
 use crate::tool_parser::ParserRegistry;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use axum::{
@@ -74,21 +74,13 @@ impl GrpcPDRouter {
         retry_config: RetryConfig,
         circuit_breaker_config: ConfigCircuitBreakerConfig,
         health_check_config: ConfigHealthCheckConfig,
-        tokenizer_path_or_model: String,
+        tokenizer: Arc<dyn Tokenizer>,
+        reasoning_parser_factory: ParserFactory,
+        tool_parser_registry: &'static ParserRegistry,
     ) -> Result<Self, String> {
         // Update metrics
         RouterMetrics::set_active_workers(prefill_urls.len() + decode_urls.len());
 
-        // Initialize tokenizer
-        let tokenizer = factory::create_tokenizer(&tokenizer_path_or_model)
-            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create tokenizer: {}", e))?;
-
-        // Initialize reasoning parser factory
-        let reasoning_parser_factory = ParserFactory::new();
-
-        // Get tool parser registry
-        let tool_parser_registry = ParserRegistry::new();
-
         // Convert config CircuitBreakerConfig to core CircuitBreakerConfig
         let core_cb_config = CircuitBreakerConfig {
             failure_threshold: circuit_breaker_config.failure_threshold,

sgl-router/src/routers/grpc/router.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::metrics::RouterMetrics;
 use crate::policies::LoadBalancingPolicy;
 use crate::reasoning_parser::ParserFactory;
 use crate::routers::{RouterTrait, WorkerManagement};
-use crate::tokenizer::{factory, traits::Tokenizer};
+use crate::tokenizer::traits::Tokenizer;
 use crate::tool_parser::ParserRegistry;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use axum::{
@@ -65,21 +65,13 @@ impl GrpcRouter {
         retry_config: RetryConfig,
         circuit_breaker_config: ConfigCircuitBreakerConfig,
         health_check_config: ConfigHealthCheckConfig,
-        tokenizer_path_or_model: String,
+        tokenizer: Arc<dyn Tokenizer>,
+        reasoning_parser_factory: ParserFactory,
+        tool_parser_registry: &'static ParserRegistry,
     ) -> Result<Self, String> {
         // Update metrics
         RouterMetrics::set_active_workers(worker_urls.len());
 
-        // Initialize tokenizer
-        let tokenizer = factory::create_tokenizer(&tokenizer_path_or_model)
-            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create tokenizer: {}", e))?;
-
-        // Initialize reasoning parser factory
-        let reasoning_parser_factory = ParserFactory::new();
-
-        // Get tool parser registry
-        let tool_parser_registry = ParserRegistry::new();
-
         // Convert config CircuitBreakerConfig to core CircuitBreakerConfig
         let core_cb_config = CircuitBreakerConfig {
             failure_threshold: circuit_breaker_config.failure_threshold,

sgl-router/src/server.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ use crate::logging::{self, LoggingConfig};
 use crate::metrics::{self, PrometheusConfig};
 use crate::middleware::TokenBucket;
 use crate::protocols::spec::{ChatCompletionRequest, CompletionRequest, GenerateRequest};
+use crate::reasoning_parser::ParserFactory;
 use crate::routers::{RouterFactory, RouterTrait};
 use crate::service_discovery::{start_service_discovery, ServiceDiscoveryConfig};
+use crate::tokenizer::{factory as tokenizer_factory, traits::Tokenizer};
+use crate::tool_parser::ParserRegistry;
 use axum::{
     extract::{Query, Request, State},
     http::StatusCode,
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ pub struct AppContext {
     pub client: Client,
     pub router_config: RouterConfig,
     pub rate_limiter: Arc<TokenBucket>,
-    // Future dependencies can be added here
+    pub tokenizer: Option<Arc<dyn Tokenizer>>,
+    pub reasoning_parser_factory: Option<ParserFactory>,
+    pub tool_parser_registry: Option<&'static ParserRegistry>,
 }
 
 impl AppContext {
@@ -36,14 +41,45 @@ impl AppContext {
         client: Client,
         max_concurrent_requests: usize,
         rate_limit_tokens_per_second: Option<usize>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    ) -> Result<Self, String> {
         let rate_limit_tokens = rate_limit_tokens_per_second.unwrap_or(max_concurrent_requests);
         let rate_limiter = Arc::new(TokenBucket::new(max_concurrent_requests, rate_limit_tokens));
-        Self {
+
+        // Initialize gRPC-specific components only when in gRPC mode
+        let (tokenizer, reasoning_parser_factory, tool_parser_registry) =
+            if router_config.connection_mode == crate::config::ConnectionMode::Grpc {
+                // Get tokenizer path (required for gRPC mode)
+                let tokenizer_path = router_config
+                    .tokenizer_path
+                    .clone()
+                    .or_else(|| router_config.model_path.clone())
+                    .ok_or_else(|| {
+                        "gRPC mode requires either --tokenizer-path or --model-path to be specified"
+                            .to_string()
+                    })?;
+
+                // Initialize all gRPC components
+                let tokenizer = Some(
+                    tokenizer_factory::create_tokenizer(&tokenizer_path)
+                        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create tokenizer: {}", e))?,
+                );
+                let reasoning_parser_factory = Some(ParserFactory::new());
+                let tool_parser_registry = Some(ParserRegistry::new());
+
+                (tokenizer, reasoning_parser_factory, tool_parser_registry)
+            } else {
+                // HTTP mode doesn't need these components
+                (None, None, None)
+            };
+
+        Ok(Self {
             client,
             router_config,
             rate_limiter,
-        }
+            tokenizer,
+            reasoning_parser_factory,
+            tool_parser_registry,
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -291,7 +327,7 @@ pub async fn startup(config: ServerConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Err
         client.clone(),
         config.router_config.max_concurrent_requests,
         config.router_config.rate_limit_tokens_per_second,
-    ));
+    )?);
 
     // Create router with the context
     let router = RouterFactory::create_router(&app_context).await?;

sgl-router/tests/common/mod.rs

@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, OnceLock};
 
 /// Helper function to create AppContext for tests
 pub fn create_test_context(config: RouterConfig) -> Arc<AppContext> {
-    Arc::new(AppContext::new(
+    Arc::new(
-        config.clone(),
+        AppContext::new(
-        reqwest::Client::new(),
+            config.clone(),
-        config.max_concurrent_requests,
+            reqwest::Client::new(),
-        config.rate_limit_tokens_per_second,
+            config.max_concurrent_requests,
-    ))
+            config.rate_limit_tokens_per_second,
+        )
+        .expect("Failed to create AppContext in test"),
+    )
 }
 
 // Tokenizer download configuration

sgl-router/tests/common/test_app.rs

@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ pub fn create_test_app(
     router_config: &RouterConfig,
 ) -> Router {
     // Create AppContext
-    let app_context = Arc::new(AppContext::new(
+    let app_context = Arc::new(
-        router_config.clone(),
+        AppContext::new(
-        client,
+            router_config.clone(),
-        router_config.max_concurrent_requests,
+            client,
-        router_config.rate_limit_tokens_per_second,
+            router_config.max_concurrent_requests,
-    ));
+            router_config.rate_limit_tokens_per_second,
+        )
+        .expect("Failed to create AppContext in test"),
+    );
 
     // Create AppState with the test router and context
     let app_state = Arc::new(AppState {

sgl-router/tests/test_pd_routing.rs

@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ mod test_pd_routing {
 
             // Router creation will fail due to health checks, but config should be valid
             let app_context =
-                sglang_router_rs::server::AppContext::new(config, reqwest::Client::new(), 64, None);
+                sglang_router_rs::server::AppContext::new(config, reqwest::Client::new(), 64, None)
+                    .expect("Failed to create AppContext");
             let app_context = std::sync::Arc::new(app_context);
             let result = RouterFactory::create_router(&app_context).await;
             assert!(result.is_err());