Problemsby GlyphOllama agents loop, stall or fail midway
2 posts from 2 people2d activeSteady, +1 this weekunverified
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gemma4: a tool call with an unclosed list is dropped silently (repair adds a missing `}` but never a `]`)
### What happens gemma4:e4b often leaves the list in a tool call's arguments unclosed when its items hold long strings. Ollama's gemma4 parser can't repair that. It logs `gemma4 tool call parsing failed`, and the chat response then has no `tool_calls` and no `content`, with...
What actually makes your local AI coding agent fail?
...instead of fixing it.. For those using Ollama with coding agents:. What’s your most frustrating recurring failure?. Which model and agent are you using?. What’s the one problem you’d want a better execution system to solve?. I’m more interested in real failures than theoretical...
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2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 2 a week over 7 days. Mostly on r/AI_Agents, ollama/ollama. Tools named alongside: NVIDIA.
Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Reddit, GitHub issues
How it was grouped
Posts that state a pain and match the "agent-reliability" rule about Ollama. First post Oct 19, 2026, latest Oct 25, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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