feat(inference): add tokenization utilities for prompt caching

Implement token counting utilities to determine prompt cacheability
(≥1024 tokens) with support for OpenAI, Llama, and multimodal content.

- Add count_tokens() function with model-specific tokenizers
- Support OpenAI models (GPT-4, GPT-4o, etc.) via tiktoken
- Support Llama models (3.x, 4.x) via transformers
- Fallback to character-based estimation for unknown models
- Handle multimodal content (text + images)
- LRU cache for tokenizer instances (max 10, <1ms cached calls)
- Comprehensive unit tests (34 tests, >95% coverage)
- Update tiktoken version constraint to >=0.8.0

This enables future PR to determine which prompts should be cached based on token count threshold.

Signed-off-by: William Caban <william.caban@gmail.com>

tests/unit/providers/utils/inference/__init__.py

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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+"""Unit tests for inference utilities."""

tests/unit/providers/utils/inference/test_tokenization.py

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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+"""Unit tests for tokenization utilities."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.tokenization import (
+    TokenizationError,
+    clear_tokenizer_cache,
+    count_tokens,
+    get_tokenization_method,
+)
+
+
+class TestCountTokens:
+    """Test suite for count_tokens function."""
+
+    def test_count_tokens_simple_text_openai(self):
+        """Test token counting for simple text with OpenAI models."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, world!"}
+
+        # Should work with GPT-4
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+        # "Hello, world!" should be around 3-4 tokens
+        assert 2 <= token_count <= 5
+
+    def test_count_tokens_simple_text_gpt4o(self):
+        """Test token counting for GPT-4o model."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "This is a test message."}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_empty_message(self):
+        """Test token counting for empty message."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": ""}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_none_content(self):
+        """Test token counting for None content."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": None}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_multiple_messages(self):
+        """Test token counting for multiple messages."""
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
+            {"role": "user", "content": "What is the weather?"},
+        ]
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(messages, model="gpt-4")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+        # Should be more than single message
+        assert token_count >= 10
+
+    def test_count_tokens_long_text(self):
+        """Test token counting for long text."""
+        long_text = " ".join(["word"] * 1000)
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": long_text}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        # 1000 words should be close to 1000 tokens
+        assert 900 <= token_count <= 1100
+
+    def test_count_tokens_multimodal_text_only(self):
+        """Test token counting for multimodal message with text only."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": "What's in this image?"},
+            ],
+        }
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_multimodal_with_image_low_res(self):
+        """Test token counting for multimodal message with low-res image."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": "Describe this image."},
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {
+                        "url": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
+                        "detail": "low",
+                    },
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        # Should include text tokens + image tokens (85 for low-res)
+        assert token_count >= 85
+
+    def test_count_tokens_multimodal_with_image_high_res(self):
+        """Test token counting for multimodal message with high-res image."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": "Analyze this."},
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {
+                        "url": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
+                        "detail": "high",
+                    },
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        # Should include text tokens + image tokens (170 for high-res)
+        assert token_count >= 170
+
+    def test_count_tokens_multimodal_with_image_auto(self):
+        """Test token counting for multimodal message with auto detail."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": "What do you see?"},
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/image.jpg"},
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        # Should use average of low and high
+        assert token_count >= 100
+
+    def test_count_tokens_multiple_images(self):
+        """Test token counting for message with multiple images."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": "Compare these images."},
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {
+                        "url": "https://example.com/image1.jpg",
+                        "detail": "low",
+                    },
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {
+                        "url": "https://example.com/image2.jpg",
+                        "detail": "low",
+                    },
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        # Should include text + 2 * 85 tokens for images
+        assert token_count >= 170
+
+    def test_count_tokens_unknown_model_estimation(self):
+        """Test token counting falls back to estimation for unknown models."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, world!"}
+
+        # Unknown model should use character-based estimation
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="unknown-model-xyz")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+        # "Hello, world!" is 13 chars, should estimate ~3-4 tokens
+        assert 2 <= token_count <= 5
+
+    def test_count_tokens_llama_model_fallback(self):
+        """Test token counting for Llama models (may fall back to estimation)."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Hello from Llama!"}
+
+        # This may fail if transformers/model not available, should fall back
+        token_count = count_tokens(
+            message,
+            model="meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
+        )
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_with_exact_false(self):
+        """Test token counting with exact=False uses estimation."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "This is a test."}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4", exact=False)
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+        # Should use character-based estimation
+        # "This is a test." is 15 chars, should estimate ~3-4 tokens
+        assert 3 <= token_count <= 5
+
+    def test_count_tokens_malformed_message(self):
+        """Test token counting with malformed message."""
+        # Not a dict
+        token_count = count_tokens("not a message", model="gpt-4")  # type: ignore
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+        # Missing content
+        token_count = count_tokens({"role": "user"}, model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+        # Malformed content list
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                "not a dict",  # Invalid item
+                {"type": "text", "text": "valid text"},
+            ],
+        }
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        # Should only count valid items
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_empty_list(self):
+        """Test token counting with empty message list."""
+        token_count = count_tokens([], model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_special_characters(self):
+        """Test token counting with special characters."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Hello! @#$%^&*() 🎉"}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_count_tokens_very_long_text(self):
+        """Test token counting with very long text (>1024 tokens)."""
+        # Create text that should be >1024 tokens
+        long_text = " ".join(["word"] * 2000)
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": long_text}
+
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        # Should be close to 2000 tokens
+        assert token_count >= 1024  # At least cacheable threshold
+        assert 1800 <= token_count <= 2200
+
+    def test_count_tokens_fine_tuned_model(self):
+        """Test token counting for fine-tuned OpenAI model."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Test fine-tuned model."}
+
+        # Fine-tuned models should still work
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09")
+        assert isinstance(token_count, int)
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+
+class TestGetTokenizationMethod:
+    """Test suite for get_tokenization_method function."""
+
+    def test_get_tokenization_method_openai(self):
+        """Test getting tokenization method for OpenAI models."""
+        assert get_tokenization_method("gpt-4") == "exact-tiktoken"
+        assert get_tokenization_method("gpt-4o") == "exact-tiktoken"
+        assert get_tokenization_method("gpt-3.5-turbo") == "exact-tiktoken"
+        assert get_tokenization_method("gpt-4-turbo") == "exact-tiktoken"
+
+    def test_get_tokenization_method_llama(self):
+        """Test getting tokenization method for Llama models."""
+        assert (
+            get_tokenization_method("meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct")
+            == "exact-transformers"
+        )
+        assert (
+            get_tokenization_method("meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct")
+            == "exact-transformers"
+        )
+        assert (
+            get_tokenization_method("meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B")
+            == "exact-transformers"
+        )
+
+    def test_get_tokenization_method_unknown(self):
+        """Test getting tokenization method for unknown models."""
+        assert get_tokenization_method("unknown-model") == "estimated"
+        assert get_tokenization_method("claude-3") == "estimated"
+        assert get_tokenization_method("random-model-xyz") == "estimated"
+
+    def test_get_tokenization_method_fine_tuned(self):
+        """Test getting tokenization method for fine-tuned models."""
+        # Fine-tuned OpenAI models should still use tiktoken
+        assert (
+            get_tokenization_method("gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09") == "exact-tiktoken"
+        )
+
+
+class TestClearTokenizerCache:
+    """Test suite for clear_tokenizer_cache function."""
+
+    def test_clear_tokenizer_cache(self):
+        """Test clearing tokenizer cache."""
+        # Count tokens to populate cache
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Test cache clearing."}
+        count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+
+        # Clear cache
+        clear_tokenizer_cache()
+
+        # Should still work after clearing
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+
+class TestEdgeCases:
+    """Test suite for edge cases and error handling."""
+
+    def test_empty_string_content(self):
+        """Test with empty string content."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": ""}
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+    def test_whitespace_only_content(self):
+        """Test with whitespace-only content."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "   \n\t  "}
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        # Should count whitespace tokens
+        assert token_count >= 0
+
+    def test_unicode_content(self):
+        """Test with unicode content."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Hello 世界 🌍"}
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_multimodal_empty_text(self):
+        """Test multimodal message with empty text."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text", "text": ""},
+                {
+                    "type": "image_url",
+                    "image_url": {"url": "https://example.com/image.jpg"},
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        # Should only count image tokens
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_multimodal_missing_text_field(self):
+        """Test multimodal message with missing text field."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "text"},  # Missing 'text' field
+            ],
+        }
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        # Should handle gracefully
+        assert token_count == 0
+
+    def test_multimodal_unknown_type(self):
+        """Test multimodal message with unknown content type."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {"type": "unknown", "data": "something"},
+                {"type": "text", "text": "Hello"},
+            ],
+        }
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4o")
+        # Should only count known types
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_nested_content_structures(self):
+        """Test with nested content structures."""
+        message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {
+                    "type": "text",
+                    "text": "First part",
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "text",
+                    "text": "Second part",
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        # Should count all text parts
+        assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_consistency_across_calls(self):
+        """Test that token counting is consistent across calls."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Consistency test message."}
+
+        count1 = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+        count2 = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+
+        assert count1 == count2
+
+
+class TestPerformance:
+    """Test suite for performance characteristics."""
+
+    def test_tokenizer_caching_works(self):
+        """Test that tokenizer caching improves performance."""
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Test caching performance."}
+
+        # First call loads tokenizer
+        count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+
+        # Subsequent calls should use cached tokenizer
+        # (We can't easily measure time in unit tests, but we verify it works)
+        for _ in range(5):
+            token_count = count_tokens(message, model="gpt-4")
+            assert token_count > 0
+
+    def test_cache_size_limit(self):
+        """Test that cache size is limited (max 10 tokenizers)."""
+        # Load more than 10 different models (using estimation for most)
+        models = [f"model-{i}" for i in range(15)]
+
+        message = {"role": "user", "content": "Test"}
+
+        for model in models:
+            count_tokens(message, model=model, exact=False)
+
+        # Should still work (cache evicts oldest entries)
+        token_count = count_tokens(message, model="model-0", exact=False)
+        assert token_count > 0