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Substage does not run properly with local LLMs on my Mac. I used the settings to add Qween via Ollama. This model works well via the Ollama interface. However when I ask substage to do something, I get the following error message: "could not connect to the server"

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Posted by jmfontana ·
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  • lskinransup

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    Jun 1

    I had a similar problem fixed by using exactly the same name for the model as Ollama does.

  • jmfontana

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    May 23

    OK, after I changed the localhost things seemed to work but now I’m constantly getting error messages saying “The request timed out”.

    Here’s a sample of the log file:

    [2026-05-23T11:59:51Z] INFO: PROMPT: Find duplicates in any of the subfolders., MODEL: Gemma 4 [2026-05-23T12:00:51Z] ERROR: AI request error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo={_kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, NSUnderlyingError=0xb792ce820 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1001 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4}}, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=LocalDataTask <B42C3D12-E9EB-47EE-A221-B64071871746>.<19>, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=( "LocalDataTask <B42C3D12-E9EB-47EE-A221-B64071871746>.<19>" ), NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out., NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions, NSErrorFailingURLKey=http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4} [2026-05-23T12:00:51Z] ERROR: ERROR: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo={_kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, NSUnderlyingError=0xb792ce820 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1001 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4}}, _NSURLErrorFailingURLSessionTaskErrorKey=LocalDataTask <B42C3D12-E9EB-47EE-A221-B64071871746>.<19>, _NSURLErrorRelatedURLSessionTaskErrorKey=( "LocalDataTask <B42C3D12-E9EB-47EE-A221-B64071871746>.<19>" ), NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out., NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions, NSErrorFailingURLKey=http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4}

    • lskinransup

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      Jun 1

      I also am getting timeouts for most of my local model requests, even when the request is successful.

  • joethephish

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    May 21

    Every case I’ve seen this going wrong has been relating to the model settings not being set up correctly: please double check the base URL - for Ollama that’s usually

    http://localhost:11434 if you’re running it on the same computer.

    • jmfontana

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      May 21

      Perfect. Yes. Changing the local host to http://localhost:11434 did the trick. Thanks.