Inline completion fails with thinking models: "Model token limit (1024) exceeded before any response was generated"
Author: tomschelsenCreated Sep 17, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
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Describe the bug
Bug
Marimo logs:
[E ... ai:352] Error in AI inline completion: Model token limit (1024) exceeded before any response was generated. Increase the max_tokens model setting, or simplify the prompt to result in a shorter response that will fit within the limit.
This is not a context-window issue — the serving model's max_model_len is 262144.
Root cause
- Inline completion hardcodes its output budget and ignores
ai.max_tokens:INLINE_COMPLETION_MAX_TOKENS = 1024inmarimo/_server/api/endpoints/ai.py. - Lots of hybrid-thinking models default to thinking mode ON, which vLLM applies via the model chat template. The model spends the entire 1024-token budget on reasoning and emits no final code, so Pydantic AI raises the error above.
- Marimo currently has no way to disable thinking on these requests (
CustomProvider._default_thinkingreturnsNonefor OpenAI-compatible providers, andAnyProviderConfighas nochat_template_kwargs/enable_thinkingpassthrough).
Confirmed thinking is the cause: the same request with "chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": false} returns code and fits within 1024 tokens.
Expected behavior
Inline completion works with thinking models, or degrades gracefully instead of erroring.
Suggested fix
Either:
- Make inline completion thinking-aware — disable thinking for these requests (e.g. send
chat_template_kwargs={"enable_thinking": false}where supported, and/or suppress reasoning). Autocomplete should be fast and non-reasoning anyway, or: - Make
INLINE_COMPLETION_MAX_TOKENSconfigurable under[ai]rather than hardcoded to 1024.
Will you submit a PR?
- Yes
Environment
- marimo:
0.24.2 - model:
Qwen3.8-27B-FP8via vLLM (OpenAI-compatible provider) - vLLM:
v0.28.0
Code to reproduce
- Serve a thinking model with vLLM.
- Configure a custom OpenAI-compatible provider in marimo pointing at it.
- Type in a cell to trigger inline autocomplete.
- Observe the error in the terminal.
Source: marimo-team/marimo