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vllm-project/vllm#37396•Fetched 2026-04-08 00:57:45
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Hi, I was testing tree speculative decoding and noticed that this feature is not yet fully implemented. It also doesn't appear to be on the current roadmap. I was wondering if there are any plans to support this feature in the future? @tomasruizt

In the meantime, I've implemented a basic version based on v0.14.1, which you can find here: tree decode. However, it might be quite outdated compared to the main branch.

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Fix Plan

To implement tree speculative decoding, follow these steps:

  • Update the existing decoding logic to support tree-based speculation
  • Modify the decode function to recursively explore the tree structure

Example code snippet in Python:

class TreeNode:
    def __init__(self, value, children=None):
        self.value = value
        self.children = children if children else []

def decode_tree(node):
    # Base case: leaf node
    if not node.children:
        return node.value
    
    # Recursive case: internal node
    results = []
    for child in node.children:
        results.append(decode_tree(child))
    return results

# Example usage:
root = TreeNode("root", [
    TreeNode("child1"),
    TreeNode("child2", [
        TreeNode("grandchild1"),
        TreeNode("grandchild2")
    ])
])

decoded_result = decode_tree(root)
print(decoded_result)

Verification

To verify the fix, test the decode_tree function with different tree structures and ensure it correctly returns the decoded values.

Extra Tips

  • Consider using a more efficient data structure, such as a trie, to represent the tree
  • Add error handling to handle cases where the tree is malformed or empty

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