{"record":{"id":"538090e10ddb85a9","repo":"oobabooga/textgen","slug":"server-process-terminated-unexpectedly-with-exit-c","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Server process terminated unexpectedly with exit code: {exit_code}","messagePattern":"Server process terminated unexpectedly with exit code: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"RuntimeError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"modules/llama_cpp_server.py","lineNumber":592,"sourceCode":"        # Start the server with pipes for output\n        self.process = subprocess.Popen(\n            cmd,\n            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,\n            bufsize=0,\n            env=env\n        )\n        bind_to_parent_lifetime(self.process.pid)\n        atexit.register(self.stop)\n\n        threading.Thread(target=filter_stderr_with_progress, args=(self.process.stderr,), daemon=True).start()\n\n        # Wait for server to be healthy\n        health_url = f\"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/health\"\n        while True:\n            # Check if process is still alive\n            exit_code = self.process.poll()\n            if exit_code is not None:\n                raise RuntimeError(f\"Server process terminated unexpectedly with exit code: {exit_code}\")\n\n            try:\n                response = self.session.get(health_url)\n                if response.status_code == 200:\n                    break\n            except Exception:\n                pass\n\n            time.sleep(1)\n\n        # Server is now healthy, get model info\n        self._get_vocabulary_size()\n        self._get_bos_token()\n        return self.port\n\n    def __enter__(self):\n        \"\"\"Support for context manager.\"\"\"\n        return self","sourceCodeStart":574,"sourceCodeEnd":610,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/oobabooga/textgen/blob/ed888c71f221df552750e1834b3654abab8ae345/modules/llama_cpp_server.py#L574-L610","documentation":"Error \"Server process terminated unexpectedly with exit code: {exit_code}\" thrown in oobabooga/textgen.","triggerScenarios":"Raised when the llama.cpp server subprocess exits unexpectedly during model load or generation. Triggers on crashes such as out-of-memory, incompatible GGUF/architecture, bad server flags, or missing GPU drivers; the exit code in the message identifies the failure.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Inspect the server log for the crash cause matching the reported exit code.","Verify the model file path, loader flags, and available VRAM/RAM, then restart the server."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"ed888c71f221df552750e1834b3654abab8ae345","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T05:24:21.000Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T17:31:12.345Z"}