From: marcoStocchi <redacted>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:52:20 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: cli: fix crash on wrong server base url (#25497)
X-Git-Tag: upstream/0.0.10438~482
X-Git-Url: https://git.djapps.eu/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b9691bcd5c61d3ffb9bcf5bafb1c20a4d47cf08;p=pkg%2Fggml%2Fsources%2Fllama.cpp

cli: fix crash on wrong server base url (#25497)

* llama-cli: fix crash on wrong server base url by catching exceptions and graceful exit

* review: leaner catch group: json error and standard exception
---

diff --git a/tools/cli/cli-context.cpp b/tools/cli/cli-context.cpp
index 74d60eb19..0de8f6902 100644
--- a/tools/cli/cli-context.cpp
+++ b/tools/cli/cli-context.cpp
@@ -153,9 +153,19 @@ bool cli_context::init() {
 
     if (use_external_server) {
         spinner.reset();
-        if (!list_and_ask_models()) {
+        try {
+            if (!list_and_ask_models()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } catch (const json::parse_error & e) {
+            ui::show_error(e.what());
+            ui::show_message("This might be caused by an incorrect server-base endpoint URL");
+            return false;
+        } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+            ui::show_error(e.what());
             return false;
         }
+
         // restore the spinner for the next step
         spinner.emplace("Waiting for server...");
     }