mudler/LocalAI · error

error: Also failed to init model as transcriber

Error message

error: Also failed to init model as transcriber

What it means

whisper initialization as a transcriber also failed after the primary init path failed. Guard: treat this as a fatal LoadModel error, free partial state, and report both failure reasons.

Source

Thrown at backend/go/whisper/cpp/gowhisper.cpp:84

  default: /* Potential future-proofing */
    level_str = "?????";
    break;
  }

  fprintf(stderr, "[%-5s] ", level_str);
  fputs(log, stderr);
  fflush(stderr);
}

int load_model(const char *const model_path) {
  whisper_log_set(ggml_log_cb, nullptr);
  ggml_backend_load_all();

  struct whisper_context_params cparams = whisper_context_default_params();

  ctx = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(model_path, cparams);
  if (ctx == nullptr) {
    fprintf(stderr, "error: Also failed to init model as transcriber\n");
    return 1;
  }

  return 0;
}

int load_model_vad(const char *const model_path) {
  whisper_log_set(ggml_log_cb, nullptr);
  ggml_backend_load_all();

  struct whisper_vad_context_params vcparams =
      whisper_vad_default_context_params();

  // XXX: Overridden to false in upstream due to performance?
  // vcparams.use_gpu = true;

  vctx = whisper_vad_init_from_file_with_params(model_path, vcparams);
  if (vctx == nullptr) {

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Solutions

1. Verify the model file is a valid whisper GGML/GGUF model compatible with transcription.
2. Try a different whisper model variant; some builds only support VAD.
3. Check memory availability during model init.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at backend/go/whisper/cpp/gowhisper.cpp:84 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of mudler/LocalAI@44413a9d06 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0fd7bbb69855466e. Report an issue: GitHub.