Ollama's OpenAI-compatible /v1 silently drops think: false
Developers found that Ollama's OpenAI-compatible /v1 endpoint silently drops the think: false flag for Qwen3-family models. The model then spends its entire num_predict budget on reasoning and returns empty content; the workaround is switching to the native /api/chat endpoint.
- /v1 drops think: false, so Qwen3 returns empty content
- The whole num_predict budget goes to internal reasoning
- Workaround is switching to the native /api/chat endpoint
- The switch requires code refactoring and different rate limits
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