Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm · error · Error

Ollama::getChatCompletion text response was empty.

Error message

Ollama::getChatCompletion text response was empty.

What it means

Response guard in OllamaAILLM.getChatCompletion: the call returned successfully but content was empty or zero-length, meaning Ollama produced no text (e.g. wrong endpoint response or empty generation) and there is nothing to return to the caller.

Solutions

1. Retry the request.
2. Check the Ollama model and prompt; the model may have produced no output.
3. Review Ollama server logs.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown when Ollama returns an empty text response.

Common situations: Model produced no content or response parsing failed.

AI-assisted analysis of Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm@3aec848f28 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7c04d00cd4455b93. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at server/utils/AiProviders/ollama/index.js:305

          return {
            content,
            usage: {
              prompt_tokens: res.prompt_eval_count,
              completion_tokens: res.eval_count,
              total_tokens: res.prompt_eval_count + res.eval_count,
              duration: res.eval_duration / 1e9,
            },
          };
        })
        .catch((e) => {
          throw new Error(
            `Ollama::getChatCompletion failed to communicate with Ollama. ${this.#errorHandler(e).message}`
          );
        })
    );

    if (!result.output.content || !result.output.content.length)
      throw new Error(`Ollama::getChatCompletion text response was empty.`);

    return {
      textResponse: result.output.content,
      metrics: {
        prompt_tokens: result.output.usage.prompt_tokens,
        completion_tokens: result.output.usage.completion_tokens,
        total_tokens: result.output.usage.total_tokens,
        outputTps:
          result.output.usage.completion_tokens / result.output.usage.duration,
        duration: result.output.usage.duration,
        model: this.model,
        provider: this.className,
        timestamp: new Date(),
      },
    };
  }

  async streamGetChatCompletion(messages = null, { temperature = 0.7 }) {

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