diff --git a/xllm/c_api/default.h b/xllm/c_api/default.h
index 4a40dc3f7..fdde1fbea 100644
--- a/xllm/c_api/default.h
+++ b/xllm/c_api/default.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const XLLM_RequestParams XLLM_LLM_REQUEST_PARAMS_DEFAULT = {
     .ttft_slo_ms = INT32_MAX,
     .tpot_slo_ms = INT32_MAX,
     .beam_width = 0,
+    .num_return_sequences = 0,
     .top_logprobs = 0,
     .top_k = -1,
     .top_p = 1.0,
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ const XLLM_RequestParams XLLM_REC_REQUEST_PARAMS_DEFAULT = {
     .ttft_slo_ms = INT32_MAX,
     .tpot_slo_ms = INT32_MAX,
     .beam_width = 128,
+    .num_return_sequences = 0,
     .top_logprobs = 0,
     .top_k = -1,
     .top_p = 1.0,
diff --git a/xllm/c_api/internal/helper.cpp b/xllm/c_api/internal/helper.cpp
index d7f16b35e..0383a13b3 100644
--- a/xllm/c_api/internal/helper.cpp
+++ b/xllm/c_api/internal/helper.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ void transfer_request_params(InferenceType inference_type,
   xllm_request_params->repetition_penalty =
       final_request_params.repetition_penalty;
   xllm_request_params->beam_width = final_request_params.beam_width;
+  xllm_request_params->num_return_sequences =
+      final_request_params.num_return_sequences;
   xllm_request_params->top_logprobs = final_request_params.top_logprobs;
   xllm_request_params->temperature = final_request_params.temperature;
   xllm_request_params->request_id = final_request_params.request_id;
diff --git a/xllm/c_api/types.h b/xllm/c_api/types.h
index e95f1b125..8c6b5c00f 100644
--- a/xllm/c_api/types.h
+++ b/xllm/c_api/types.h
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ typedef struct XLLM_CAPI_EXPORT XLLM_RequestParams {
   /** Beam search width (0 = disable beam search) */
   uint32_t beam_width;
 
+  /** Final number of beam search results to return (0 = use beam_width) */
+  uint32_t num_return_sequences;
+
   /** Number of top log probabilities to return */
   int64_t top_logprobs;
 
diff --git a/xllm/cc_api/internal.h b/xllm/cc_api/internal.h
index 4bfb49e78..292cc1e5f 100644
--- a/xllm/cc_api/internal.h
+++ b/xllm/cc_api/internal.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ RequestParams transfer_request_params(
   xllm_request_params.stop = request_params.stop;
   xllm_request_params.stop_token_ids = request_params.stop_token_ids;
   xllm_request_params.beam_width = request_params.beam_width;
+  xllm_request_params.num_return_sequences =
+      request_params.num_return_sequences;
   xllm_request_params.top_logprobs = request_params.top_logprobs;
 
   return xllm_request_params;
diff --git a/xllm/cc_api/types.h b/xllm/cc_api/types.h
index ae62ec916..5fd1a1bf1 100644
--- a/xllm/cc_api/types.h
+++ b/xllm/cc_api/types.h
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ struct XLLM_CAPI_EXPORT XLLM_RequestParams {
 
   int32_t beam_width = 0;
 
+  int32_t num_return_sequences = 0;
+
   // Number of top log probabilities to return. default = 0.
   int64_t top_logprobs = 0;
 
diff --git a/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_engine.cpp b/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_engine.cpp
index e9f02e989..861908462 100644
--- a/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_engine.cpp
+++ b/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_engine.cpp
@@ -675,7 +675,10 @@ ForwardOutput RecEngine::OneRecEnginePipeline::step(
     }
 
     timer.reset();
-    batches[0].process_sample_output(decode_output.sample_output, false);
+    batches[0].process_sample_output(
+        decode_output.sample_output,
+        false,
+        /*force_requested_beam_result_size=*/i + 1 == kRecDecodeSteps);
     COUNTER_ADD(rec_sampling_latency_microseconds,
                 timer.elapsed_microseconds());
   }
diff --git a/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_master.cpp b/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_master.cpp
index fafb3ff16..3dc4ef02c 100644
--- a/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_master.cpp
+++ b/xllm/core/distributed_runtime/rec_master.cpp
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Request> RecMaster::build_request_common(
   sampling_param.top_logprobs = sp.top_logprobs;
   sampling_param.is_embeddings = sp.is_embeddings;
   sampling_param.beam_width = sp.beam_width;
+  sampling_param.num_return_sequences = sp.num_return_sequences;
   if (best_of > sp.n) {
     sampling_param.logprobs = true;
   }
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.cpp b/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.cpp
index bda79bc0d..e2691374e 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.cpp
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.cpp
@@ -619,7 +619,8 @@ void Batch::process_beam_sequence_group(const ForwardOutput& output) {
 }
 
 void Batch::process_sample_output(const SampleOutput& sample_output,
-                                  bool replace_fake_token) {
+                                  bool replace_fake_token,
+                                  bool force_requested_beam_result_size) {
   if (sample_output.embeddings.defined()) {
     const int64_t num_seqs = sample_output.embeddings.size(0);
     int64_t output_idx = 0;
@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@ void Batch::process_sample_output(const SampleOutput& sample_output,
   }
 
   if (!FLAGS_enable_schedule_overlap || replace_fake_token) {
-    process_beam_search();
+    process_beam_search(force_requested_beam_result_size);
   }
 }
 
@@ -721,9 +722,9 @@ void Batch::append_token_for_sequence(Sequence* seq,
   }
 }
 
-void Batch::process_beam_search() {
+void Batch::process_beam_search(bool force_requested_result_size) {
   for (auto* sequence_group : sequence_groups_) {
-    sequence_group->process_beam_search();
+    sequence_group->process_beam_search(force_requested_result_size);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.h b/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.h
index a14167b37..1843bb3c4 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.h
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/batch/batch.h
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ class Batch {
   // The boolean parameter `replace_fake_token` indicates
   // whether the current stage is the second stage.
   void process_sample_output(const SampleOutput& sample_output,
-                             bool replace_fake_token);
+                             bool replace_fake_token,
+                             bool force_requested_beam_result_size = false);
 
   void process_sample_output(const RawForwardOutput& raw_output,
                              bool replace_fake_token);
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ class Batch {
                                  int token_idx,
                                  bool replace_fake_token);
 
-  void process_beam_search();
+  void process_beam_search(bool force_requested_result_size = false);
   bool has_partial_finished_beam_group() const;
 
   std::unordered_map<uint32_t, uint32_t> cal_seq_exchange_index(
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.cpp b/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.cpp
index 00f3e6be7..835bf8252 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.cpp
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ RequestParams::RequestParams(const proto::CompletionRequest& request,
   if (request.has_beam_width()) {
     beam_width = request.beam_width();
   }
+  if (request.has_num_return_sequences()) {
+    num_return_sequences = request.num_return_sequences();
+  }
   if (request.has_add_special_tokens()) {
     add_special_tokens = request.add_special_tokens();
   } else {
@@ -414,6 +417,9 @@ void init_from_chat_request(RequestParams& params, const ChatRequest& request) {
   if (request.has_beam_width()) {
     params.beam_width = request.beam_width();
   }
+  if (request.has_num_return_sequences()) {
+    params.num_return_sequences = request.num_return_sequences();
+  }
 
   if (request.has_add_special_tokens()) {
     params.add_special_tokens = request.add_special_tokens();
@@ -576,6 +582,24 @@ bool RequestParams::verify_params(OutputCallback callback) const {
     return false;
   }
 
+  if (num_return_sequences > 0) {
+    if (beam_width <= 0) {
+      CALLBACK_WITH_ERROR(StatusCode::INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+                          "num_return_sequences requires beam_width > 0",
+                          service_request_id,
+                          source_xservice_addr);
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (num_return_sequences < beam_width) {
+      CALLBACK_WITH_ERROR(
+          StatusCode::INVALID_ARGUMENT,
+          "num_return_sequences must be greater than or equal to beam_width",
+          service_request_id,
+          source_xservice_addr);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (logprobs) {
     if (echo) {
       CALLBACK_WITH_ERROR(StatusCode::INVALID_ARGUMENT,
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.h b/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.h
index 4b249f62d..189638c83 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.h
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/request/request_params.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct RequestParams {
 
   // beam search
   int32_t beam_width = 0;
+  int32_t num_return_sequences = 0;
 
   bool add_special_tokens = false;
 
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.cpp b/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.cpp
index cbdea80e3..21894187b 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.cpp
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void SequencesGroup::generate_outputs_parallel(
   }
 }
 
-void SequencesGroup::process_beam_search() {
+void SequencesGroup::process_beam_search(bool force_requested_result_size) {
   if (!check_beam_search()) {
     return;
   }
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ void SequencesGroup::process_beam_search() {
   }
 
   const size_t beam_width = sequence_params_.sampling_param->beam_width;
+  const int32_t requested_num_return_sequences =
+      sequence_params_.sampling_param->num_return_sequences > 0
+          ? sequence_params_.sampling_param->num_return_sequences
+          : sequence_params_.sampling_param->beam_width;
+  const size_t requested_result_size =
+      static_cast<size_t>(requested_num_return_sequences);
   const size_t topk =
       std::max<size_t>(1, sequence_params_.sampling_param->top_logprobs);
 
@@ -261,7 +267,9 @@ void SequencesGroup::process_beam_search() {
     build_source_info(sequences_[seq_index].get());
   }
 
-  SimpleTopKOptimizerBeamCandidate topk_optimizer(beam_width);
+  const size_t target_result_size =
+      force_requested_result_size ? requested_result_size : beam_width;
+  SimpleTopKOptimizerBeamCandidate topk_optimizer(target_result_size);
   auto add_self_candidate = [&](size_t seq_index, Sequence* seq) {
     BeamCandidate candidate;
     candidate.source_index = seq_index;
@@ -324,15 +332,22 @@ void SequencesGroup::process_beam_search() {
     return;
   }
 
-  const size_t result_size = std::min(beam_width, candidates.size());
+  const size_t result_size = std::min(target_result_size, candidates.size());
   CHECK(!sequences_.empty());
 
-  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Sequence>> replacement_sequences(result_size);
+  const size_t existing_size = sequences_.size();
+  const size_t existing_result_size = std::min(result_size, existing_size);
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Sequence>> replacement_sequences(
+      existing_result_size);
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Sequence>> tail_sequences;
+  if (result_size > existing_size) {
+    tail_sequences.reserve(result_size - existing_size);
+  }
   for (size_t i = 0; i < result_size; ++i) {
     const BeamCandidate& candidate = candidates[i];
     const BeamSourceInfo& source_info = source_infos[candidate.source_index];
     const bool need_replace =
-        i >= sequences_.size() || sequences_[i] == nullptr ||
+        i >= existing_size || sequences_[i] == nullptr ||
         sequences_[i]->num_prompt_tokens() != source_info.suffix_start_idx ||
         sequences_[i]->num_tokens() - source_info.suffix_start_idx !=
             source_info.generated_token_ids.size();
@@ -342,19 +357,28 @@ void SequencesGroup::process_beam_search() {
 
     CHECK_LT(candidate.source_index, sequences_.size());
     CHECK(sequences_[candidate.source_index] != nullptr);
-    replacement_sequences[i] =
-        std::make_unique<Sequence>(*sequences_[candidate.source_index]);
+    if (i < existing_size) {
+      replacement_sequences[i] =
+          std::make_unique<Sequence>(*sequences_[candidate.source_index]);
+    } else {
+      tail_sequences.emplace_back(
+          std::make_unique<Sequence>(*sequences_[candidate.source_index]));
+    }
   }
 
-  if (sequences_.size() < result_size) {
-    sequences_.resize(result_size);
+  if (existing_size < result_size) {
+    sequences_.reserve(result_size);
+    for (auto& tail_sequence : tail_sequences) {
+      sequences_.emplace_back(std::move(tail_sequence));
+    }
   }
 
   std::unordered_set<size_t> reused_src;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < result_size; ++i) {
     const BeamCandidate& candidate = candidates[i];
     const BeamSourceInfo& source_info = source_infos[candidate.source_index];
-    if (replacement_sequences[i] != nullptr) {
+    if (i < replacement_sequences.size() &&
+        replacement_sequences[i] != nullptr) {
       sequences_[i] = std::move(replacement_sequences[i]);
     }
     auto& next_seq = sequences_[i];
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.h b/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.h
index c6227221a..934e7101e 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.h
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/request/sequences_group.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class SequencesGroup {
                         const Tokenizer& tokenizer,
                         ThreadPool* thread_pool = nullptr);
 
-  void process_beam_search();
+  void process_beam_search(bool force_requested_result_size = false);
 
   bool check_beam_search() {
     return sequence_params_.sampling_param->beam_width > 1;
diff --git a/xllm/core/framework/sampling/sampling_params.h b/xllm/core/framework/sampling/sampling_params.h
index 0799e79f0..6fc0df13b 100644
--- a/xllm/core/framework/sampling/sampling_params.h
+++ b/xllm/core/framework/sampling/sampling_params.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct RequestSamplingParam {
   bool do_sample = false;
   bool is_embeddings = false;
   int32_t beam_width = 0;
+  int32_t num_return_sequences = 0;
 };
 
 struct SamplingParameters {
diff --git a/xllm/proto/chat.proto b/xllm/proto/chat.proto
index 61b6167a5..b948365c6 100644
--- a/xllm/proto/chat.proto
+++ b/xllm/proto/chat.proto
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ message ChatMessage {
 }
 
 
-// Next Id: 30
+// Next Id: 45
 message ChatRequest {
   // ID of the model to use. You can use the ListModels endpoint to list available models.
   string model = 1;
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ message ChatRequest {
 
   optional int32 beam_width = 33;
 
+  // Final number of beam results to return. Defaults to beam_width when unset.
+  optional int32 num_return_sequences = 45;
+
   optional bool add_special_tokens = 34;
 
   optional google.protobuf.Struct chat_template_kwargs = 35;
diff --git a/xllm/proto/completion.proto b/xllm/proto/completion.proto
index 3ed0a83cb..329fd8265 100644
--- a/xllm/proto/completion.proto
+++ b/xllm/proto/completion.proto
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package xllm.proto;
 import "common.proto";
 import "rec.proto";
 
-// Next ID: 26
+// Next ID: 41
 message CompletionRequest {
   // ID of the model to use. (required)
   // You can use the ListModels endpoint to list available models.
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ message CompletionRequest {
 
   optional int32 beam_width = 29;
 
+  // Final number of beam results to return. Defaults to beam_width when unset.
+  optional int32 num_return_sequences = 41;
+
   optional bool add_special_tokens = 30;
   // tensor for rec embedding.
   repeated InferInputTensor input_tensors = 31;
diff --git a/xllm/proto/multimodal.proto b/xllm/proto/multimodal.proto
index e5c3f888a..724e28409 100644
--- a/xllm/proto/multimodal.proto
+++ b/xllm/proto/multimodal.proto
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ message MMChatMessage {
   optional string tool_call_id = 4;
 }
 
-// Next Id: 27
+// Next Id: 43
 message MMChatRequest {
 
   // ID of the model to use. You can use the ListModels endpoint to list available models.
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ message MMChatRequest {
 
   optional int32 beam_width = 32;
 
+  // Final number of beam results to return. Defaults to beam_width when unset.
+  optional int32 num_return_sequences = 42;
+
   optional bool add_special_tokens = 33;
 
   optional google.protobuf.Struct chat_template_kwargs = 34;
diff --git a/xllm/pybind/bind.cpp b/xllm/pybind/bind.cpp
index e404f274d..0b22113e9 100644
--- a/xllm/pybind/bind.cpp
+++ b/xllm/pybind/bind.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(xllm_export, m) {
       .def_readwrite("stop", &RequestParams::stop)
       .def_readwrite("stop_token_ids", &RequestParams::stop_token_ids)
       .def_readwrite("beam_width", &RequestParams::beam_width)
+      .def_readwrite("num_return_sequences",
+                     &RequestParams::num_return_sequences)
       .def_readwrite("add_special_tokens", &RequestParams::add_special_tokens)
       .def_readwrite("is_sample_request", &RequestParams::is_sample_request)
       .def_readwrite("sample_slots", &RequestParams::sample_slots);