diff --git a/serve/mlc_serve/engine/engine_common.py b/serve/mlc_serve/engine/engine_common.py
index 43e12290c0..488cfc1d1c 100644
--- a/serve/mlc_serve/engine/engine_common.py
+++ b/serve/mlc_serve/engine/engine_common.py
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ class EngineBase:
     max_num_batched_tokens: int
     max_decode_steps: int
     min_decode_steps: int
+    kv_cache_size: int
+    max_prompt_len: int
+    model_context_window_size: int
     queue_lock: Lock
     queue: Deque[RequestState]
     has_new_requests: Condition
@@ -285,6 +288,13 @@ def __init__(self, model_module: ModelModule):
         self.min_decode_steps = min(
             self.max_decode_steps - 1, model_module.engine_config.min_decode_steps
         )
+        self.kv_cache_size = self.cache_manager.get_kv_cache_size()
+        self.max_prompt_len = min(self.max_context_length, self.max_num_batched_tokens)
+
+        if self.model_artifact_config.sliding_window is not None:
+            self.model_context_window_size = self.model_artifact_config.sliding_window
+        else:
+            self.model_context_window_size = self.max_context_length
 
         self.queue_lock = Lock()
         self.queue = deque[RequestState]()
@@ -293,14 +303,17 @@ def __init__(self, model_module: ModelModule):
         self.current_batch = dict[RequestId, RequestState]()
 
     def check_prompt_too_long(self, prompt_len: int, num_sequences: int = 1) -> bool:
-        kv_cache_size = self.cache_manager.get_kv_cache_size()
-        max_prompt_len = min(self.max_context_length, self.max_num_batched_tokens)
-
         # We make sure that the KV cache will have enough free space for this request to proceed
         # decoding for at least self.max_decode_steps steps.
+        #
+        # For models using SWA, the number of consumed cache slots is upper bounded by the window
+        # size. This assumes that the model implementation does not store past KV tensors beyond
+        # the window into the cache.
+        num_kv_slots_needed = min(prompt_len, self.model_context_window_size)
         return (
-            prompt_len > max_prompt_len
-            or (kv_cache_size - prompt_len) < self.max_decode_steps * num_sequences
+            prompt_len > self.max_prompt_len
+            or (self.kv_cache_size - num_kv_slots_needed)
+            < self.max_decode_steps * num_sequences
         )
 
     def evict_request(self, cancell_callback: Callable[[RequestId], None]) -> int:
@@ -397,7 +410,9 @@ def try_grow_batch(self, num_new_batched_tokens) -> Optional[int]:
 
         # We make sure that the KV cache will have enough free space for this request to proceed
         # decoding for at least self.max_decode_steps steps.
-        if (self.cache_manager.get_free_space() - num_tokens) / (
+        # See the comment in check_prompt_too_long for the optimization involving the window size.
+        num_kv_slots_needed = min(num_tokens, self.model_context_window_size)
+        if (self.cache_manager.get_free_space() - num_kv_slots_needed) / (
             len(self.current_batch) + 1
         ) < self.max_decode_steps * state.num_sequences:
             LOG.debug(