jithinraj
diff --git a/‎llama_cpp/llama.py
Lines changed: 6 additions & 6 deletions b/‎llama_cpp/llama.py
Lines changed: 6 additions & 6 deletions
diff --git a/‎llama_cpp/server/app.py
Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion b/‎llama_cpp/server/app.py
Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ def _create_completion(
         self,
         prompt: Union[str, List[int]],
         suffix: Optional[str] = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 16,
+        max_tokens: Optional[int] = 16,
         temperature: float = 0.8,
         top_p: float = 0.95,
         logprobs: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ def _create_completion(
                 f"Requested tokens ({len(prompt_tokens)}) exceed context window of {llama_cpp.llama_n_ctx(self.ctx)}"
             )
 
-        if max_tokens <= 0:
+        if max_tokens is None or max_tokens <= 0:
             # Unlimited, depending on n_ctx.
             max_tokens = self._n_ctx - len(prompt_tokens)
 
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ def create_completion(
         self,
         prompt: Union[str, List[int]],
         suffix: Optional[str] = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 128,
+        max_tokens: Optional[int] = 16,
         temperature: float = 0.8,
         top_p: float = 0.95,
         logprobs: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ def create_completion(
         Args:
             prompt: The prompt to generate text from.
             suffix: A suffix to append to the generated text. If None, no suffix is appended.
-            max_tokens: The maximum number of tokens to generate. If max_tokens <= 0, the maximum number of tokens to 
8000
generate is unlimited and depends on n_ctx.
+            max_tokens: The maximum number of tokens to generate. If max_tokens <= 0 or None, the maximum number of tokens to generate is unlimited and depends on n_ctx.
             temperature: The temperature to use for sampling.
             top_p: The top-p value to use for sampling.
             logprobs: The number of logprobs to return. If None, no logprobs are returned.
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ def create_chat_completion(
         stop: Optional[Union[str, List[str]]] = [],
         seed: Optional[int] = None,
         response_format: Optional[ChatCompletionRequestResponseFormat] = None,
-        max_tokens: int = 256,
+        max_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
         presence_penalty: float = 0.0,
         frequency_penalty: float = 0.0,
         repeat_penalty: float = 1.1,
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ def create_chat_completion(
             top_k: The top-k value to use for sampling.
             stream: Whether to stream the results.
             stop: A list of strings to stop generation when encountered.
-            max_tokens: The maximum number of tokens to generate. If max_tokens <= 0, the maximum number of tokens to generate is unlimited and depends on n_ctx.
+            max_tokens: The maximum number of tokens to generate. If max_tokens <= 0 or None, the maximum number of tokens to generate is unlimited and depends on n_ctx.
             repeat_penalty: The penalty to apply to repeated tokens.
 
         Returns:
 
@@ -783,7 +783,9 @@ class CreateChatCompletionRequest(BaseModel):
         default=None,
         description="A tool to apply to the generated completions.",
     ) # TODO: verify
-    max_tokens: int = max_tokens_field
+    max_tokens: Optional[int] = Field(
+        default=None, description="The maximum number of tokens to generate. Defaults to inf"
+    )
     temperature: float = temperature_field
     top_p: float = top_p_field
     stop: Optional[List[str]] = stop_field