webui: load the model selected via ?model= when ?load=true - #26707
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Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in.
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I think it should be gated by an extra GET parameter, for example |
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I had hesitated to do this in PR #26709, but since we'll have a guard preventing unloading a working model, it's better to do it after all. And doing it via gating is a better solution. |
Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own.
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Makes sense -- gated behind |
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Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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…26707) * webui: load the model selected via ?model= Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in. * webui: gate the load behind ?load=true Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own. * webui: name the chat URL params Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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…26707) * webui: load the model selected via ?model= Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in. * webui: gate the load behind ?load=true Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own. * webui: name the chat URL params Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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…26707) * webui: load the model selected via ?model= Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in. * webui: gate the load behind ?load=true Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own. * webui: name the chat URL params Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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…26707) * webui: load the model selected via ?model= Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in. * webui: gate the load behind ?load=true Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own. * webui: name the chat URL params Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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…26707) * webui: load the model selected via ?model= Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in. * webui: gate the load behind ?load=true Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own. * webui: name the chat URL params Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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…26707) * webui: load the model selected via ?model= Opening the WebUI with ?model= selects the model but doesn't load it. The load only starts when you send your first message, so you wait for it then. This loads it as soon as the page opens, while you're still typing your prompt. It's what the model dropdown already does, and it isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads. This is the path the Llama macOS app uses to open the WebUI, so it's a common way in. * webui: gate the load behind ?load=true Loading on landing is opt-in, so a plain ?model= link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own. * webui: name the chat URL params Collects the query params the chat routes read into a URL_PARAMS constant, instead of repeating the literals across three files. NEW_CHAT_PARAM folds into it.
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Opening the WebUI with
?model=selects the model but doesn't load it, so the load only starts when you send your first message.With
?model=xxx&load=trueit now loads as soon as the page opens.Opt-in, so a plain
?model=link behaves as before and doesn't allocate memory on its own.It isn't awaited, so the UI still works while the model loads.