Merge branch 'upstream' into concedo_experimental

# Conflicts:
#	scripts/sync_vendor.py
#	src/llama-model-loader.cpp
#	tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
#	tests/test-chat-auto-parser.cpp
#	tests/test-chat.cpp
#	tools/cli/cli.cpp
#	tools/server/README.md

common/chat.cpp

@@ -2391,6 +2391,23 @@ static void func_args_not_string(json & messages) {
     }
 }
 
+// Trim leading/trailing whitespace from message contents before rendering. This
+// has to run on the messages (not on the rendered JSON) because templates with
+// string-only content caps concatenate typed content parts into a single string
+// during rendering, after which the per-part whitespace can no longer be reached.
+// Both the plain string content and the text of typed content parts are trimmed.
+static void trim_all_content(std::vector<common_chat_msg> & messages) {
+    for (auto & message : messages) {
+        message.content           = trim_whitespace(message.content);
+        message.reasoning_content = trim_whitespace(message.reasoning_content);
+        for (auto & part : message.content_parts) {
+            if (part.type == "text") {
+                part.text = trim_whitespace(part.text);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 }
 
 // MiniCPM5 format:
@@ -2647,7 +2664,16 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_templates_apply_jinja(const struct common_
         params.tools.is_array() && tmpls->template_tool_use ? *tmpls->template_tool_use : *tmpls->template_default;
     const auto & src             = tmpl.source();
     const auto & caps            = tmpl.original_caps();
-    params.messages              = render_message_to_json(inputs.messages, tmpl.original_caps());
+    std::vector<common_chat_msg>        trimmed_messages;
+    const std::vector<common_chat_msg> * messages_to_render = &inputs.messages;
+    if (src.find("You have access to the following functions in JSONSchema format") != std::string::npos) {
+        // StepFun: trim message contents (including typed content parts) before rendering,
+        // otherwise leftover whitespace drives the model into reasoning loops (issue #24181)
+        trimmed_messages   = inputs.messages;
+        workaround::trim_all_content(trimmed_messages);
+        messages_to_render = &trimmed_messages;
+    }
+    params.messages              = render_message_to_json(*messages_to_render, tmpl.original_caps());
     params.tool_choice           = inputs.tool_choice;
     params.reasoning_format      = inputs.reasoning_format;
     params.enable_thinking       = inputs.enable_thinking;