diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/close-issue.yml
index f63860d14..276a217d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-issue.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@v5
         with:
-          exempt-issue-labels: "refactor,help wanted,good first issue,research,bug"
+          exempt-issue-labels: "refactor,help wanted,good first issue,research,bug,roadmap"
           days-before-issue-stale: 30
           days-before-issue-close: 14
           stale-issue-label: "stale"
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2eb60806a..6796b2941 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# date: Thu Nov 28 20:46:15 EET 2024
+# date: Tue Feb  4 13:04:05 EET 2025
 # this file is auto-generated by scripts/gen-authors.sh
 
 0cc4m <picard12@live.de>
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Adithya Balaji <adithya.b94@gmail.com>
 AdithyanI <adithyan.i4internet@gmail.com>
 Adrian <smith.adriane@gmail.com>
 Adrian Hesketh <a-h@users.noreply.github.com>
+Adrien Gallouët <adrien@gallouet.fr>
+Adrien Gallouët <angt@huggingface.co>
 Ahmad Tameem <113388789+Tameem-10xE@users.noreply.github.com>
 Ahmet Zeer <ahmed.zeer@std.yildiz.edu.tr>
 AidanBeltonS <87009434+AidanBeltonS@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ Ananta Bastola <anantarajbastola@gmail.com>
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 András Salamon <ott2@users.noreply.github.com>
 Andreas (Andi) Kunar <andreask@msn.com>
+Andreas Kieslinger <47689530+aendk@users.noreply.github.com>
 Andrei <abetlen@gmail.com>
 Andrew Canis <andrew.canis@gmail.com>
 Andrew Downing <andrew2085@gmail.com>
@@ -91,13 +94,17 @@ Ben Siraphob <bensiraphob@gmail.com>
 Ben Williams <ben@719ben.com>
 Benjamin Findley <39356821+Kartoffelsaft@users.noreply.github.com>
 Benjamin Lecaillon <84293038+blecaillon@users.noreply.github.com>
+Benson Wong <mostlygeek@gmail.com>
 Bernat Vadell <hounter.caza@gmail.com>
+Bernhard M. Wiedemann <githubbmwprimary@lsmod.de>
 Bert Wagner <github@bertwagner.com>
+Billel Mokeddem <billel.mokeddem.ml@gmail.com>
 Bingan <70050083+binganao@users.noreply.github.com>
 Bjarke Viksøe <164612031+bviksoe@users.noreply.github.com>
 Bodo Graumann <mail@bodograumann.de>
 Bono Lv <lvscar@users.noreply.github.com>
 Borislav Stanimirov <b.stanimirov@abv.bg>
+Borislav Stanimirov <b@ibob.bg>
 Branden Butler <bwtbutler@hotmail.com>
 Brandon Squizzato <35474886+bsquizz@users.noreply.github.com>
 Brian <mofosyne@gmail.com>
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ Casey Primozic <casey@cprimozic.net>
 Casey Primozic <me@ameo.link>
 CausalLM <148736309+CausalLM@users.noreply.github.com>
 Cebtenzzre <cebtenzzre@gmail.com>
+CentricStorm <CentricStorm@users.noreply.github.com>
 Chad Brewbaker <crb002@gmail.com>
 Changyeon Kim <cyzero.kim@samsung.com>
 Chao Jiang <jc19chaoj@zoho.com>
@@ -131,12 +139,15 @@ Chris Kuehl <ckuehl@ckuehl.me>
 Christian Demsar <christian@github.email.demsar.us>
 Christian Demsar <crasm@git.vczf.us>
 Christian Falch <875252+chrfalch@users.noreply.github.com>
+Christian Kastner <ckk@kvr.at>
 Christian Kögler <ck3d@gmx.de>
 Christian Köhnenkamp <cvk5@me.com>
 Christian Zhou-Zheng <59622928+christianazinn@users.noreply.github.com>
+Christopher Nielsen <62156882+mascguy@users.noreply.github.com>
 Clark Saben <76020733+csaben@users.noreply.github.com>
 Clint Herron <hanclinto@gmail.com>
 Conrad Kramer <conrad@conradkramer.com>
+Corentin REGAL <corentin.regal@gmail.com>
 CrispStrobe <154636388+CrispStrobe@users.noreply.github.com>
 Csaba Kecskemeti <csaba.kecskemeti@gmail.com>
 Cuong Trinh Manh <nguoithichkhampha@gmail.com>
@@ -176,6 +187,7 @@ Dibakar Gope <dibakar.gope@arm.com>
 Didzis Gosko <didzis@users.noreply.github.com>
 Diego Devesa <slarengh@gmail.com>
 Diogo Teles Sant'Anna <diogoteles@google.com>
+Djip007 <3705339+Djip007@users.noreply.github.com>
 Djip007 <djip.perois@free.fr>
 Don Mahurin <dmahurin@users.noreply.github.com>
 DooWoong Lee (David) <manics99@naver.com>
@@ -193,6 +205,7 @@ Edward Taylor <edeetee@gmail.com>
 Elaine <elaine.zosa@gmail.com>
 Elbios <141279586+Elbios@users.noreply.github.com>
 Elton Kola <eltonkola@gmail.com>
+Emreerdog <34742675+Emreerdog@users.noreply.github.com>
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 Equim <sayaka@ekyu.moe>
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@@ -233,6 +246,7 @@ Fred Douglas <43351173+fredlas@users.noreply.github.com>
 Frederik Vogel <Schaltfehler@users.noreply.github.com>
 Gabe Goodhart <gabe.l.hart@gmail.com>
 Gabe Goodhart <ghart@us.ibm.com>
+Gaetan Bisson <gaetan@fenua.org>
 GainLee <perfecter.gen@gmail.com>
 Galunid <karolek1231456@gmail.com>
 Gary Linscott <glinscott@gmail.com>
@@ -249,6 +263,7 @@ Guillaume "Vermeille" Sanchez <Guillaume.V.Sanchez@gmail.com>
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 Guoliang Hua <32868157+nbcsm@users.noreply.github.com>
 Guoteng <32697156+SolenoidWGT@users.noreply.github.com>
+Guspan Tanadi <36249910+guspan-tanadi@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -259,11 +274,13 @@ Haoxiang Fei <tonyfettes@tonyfettes.com>
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 HatsuneMikuUwU33 <173229399+HatsuneMikuUwU33@users.noreply.github.com>
+Haus1 <haus.xda@gmail.com>
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+HimariO <dsfhe49854@gmail.com>
 Hoang Nguyen <hugo53@users.noreply.github.com>
 Hong Bo PENG <penghb@cn.ibm.com>
 Hongyu Ouyang <96765450+casavaca@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -280,6 +297,7 @@ Icecream95 <the.real.icecream95@gmail.com>
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+Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys@redhat.com>
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@@ -289,12 +307,14 @@ Ivan <nekotekina@gmail.com>
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+JFLFY2255 <JFLFY2255@163.com>
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+Jafar Uruç <jafar.uruc@gmail.com>
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@@ -315,6 +335,7 @@ Jeffrey Morgan <jmorganca@gmail.com>
 Jeffrey Quesnelle <emozilla@nousresearch.com>
 Jeroen Mostert <jeroen.mostert@cm.com>
 Jesse Jojo Johnson <williamsaintgeorge@gmail.com>
+Jett Janiak <jettjaniak@gmail.com>
 Jeximo <jeximo@gmail.com>
 Jhen-Jie Hong <iainst0409@gmail.com>
 Jiahao Li <liplus17@163.com>
@@ -343,6 +364,7 @@ Josh Ramer <josh.ramer@icloud.com>
 Joyce <joycebrum@google.com>
 Juan Calderon-Perez <835733+gaby@users.noreply.github.com>
 Judd <foldl@users.noreply.github.com>
+Juk Armstrong <69222624+jukofyork@users.noreply.github.com>
 Julius Arkenberg <arki05@users.noreply.github.com>
 Jun Hee Yoo <contact.jhyoo@gmail.com>
 Jun Jie <71215065+junnjiee16@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -357,6 +379,7 @@ Justine Tunney <jtunney@mozilla.com>
 Juuso Alasuutari <juuso.alasuutari@gmail.com>
 KASR <karim.asrih@gmail.com>
 Kamil Tomšík <info@tomsik.cz>
+Karol Kontny <82021046+kkontny@users.noreply.github.com>
 Karsten Weiss <knweiss@gmail.com>
 Karthick <j.karthic2004@gmail.com>
 Karthik Kumar Viswanathan <195178+guilt@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -376,6 +399,7 @@ Kolen Cheung <ickc@users.noreply.github.com>
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 Kunshang Ji <kunshang.ji@intel.com>
+Kyle Bruene <KyleBruene@users.noreply.github.com>
 Kyle Liang <liangmanlai@gmail.com>
 Kyle Mistele <kyle@mistele.com>
 Kylin <56434533+KyL0N@users.noreply.github.com>
@@ -394,6 +418,7 @@ Liu Jia <jia3.liu@intel.com>
 LoganDark <github@logandark.mozmail.com>
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 LostRuins <39025047+LostRuins@users.noreply.github.com>
+LostRuins Concedo <39025047+LostRuins@users.noreply.github.com>
 Luciano <lucianostrika44@gmail.com>
 Luo Tian <lt@basecity.com>
 Lyle Dean <dean@lyle.dev>
@@ -423,6 +448,7 @@ MasterYi1024 <39848311+MasterYi1024@users.noreply.github.com>
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+Mathieu Baudier <mbaudier@argeo.org>
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@@ -444,6 +470,7 @@ Meng, Hengyu <hengyu.meng@intel.com>
 Mengqing Cao <cmq0113@163.com>
 Merrick Christensen <merrick.christensen@gmail.com>
 Michael Coppola <m18coppola@gmail.com>
+Michael Engel <mengel@redhat.com>
 Michael Francis <edude03@gmail.com>
 Michael Hueschen <m@mhueschen.dev>
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@@ -452,7 +479,9 @@ Michael Podvitskiy <podvitskiymichael@gmail.com>
 Michael Potter <NanoTekGuy@Gmail.com>
 Michael de Gans <michael.john.degans@gmail.com>
 Michaël de Vries <vriesdemichael@gmail.com>
+Michał Moskal <michal@moskal.me>
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+Michelle Tan <41475767+MichelleTanPY@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -477,6 +506,7 @@ Neo Zhang <14088817+arthw@users.noreply.github.com>
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+NeverLucky <92274250+nvrxq@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -484,11 +514,15 @@ Nicholai Tukanov <nicholaitukanov@gmail.com>
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+Nicolò Scipione <nicolo.scipione@codeplay.com>
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+Nikita Sarychev <42014488+sARY77@users.noreply.github.com>
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+Nikolaos Pothitos <pothitos@di.uoa.gr>
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+Nuno <rare-magma@posteo.eu>
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+Peter <peter277@users.noreply.github.com>
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+Reza Kakhki <rezakakhki.de@gmail.com>
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+Robert Ormandi <52251610+ormandi@users.noreply.github.com>
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+kallewoof <kalle.alm@gmail.com>
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 kiltyj <kiltyj@gmail.com>
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+krystiancha <krystian@krystianch.com>
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 le.chang <cljs118@126.com>
 leejet <leejet714@gmail.com>
 leo-pony <nengjunma@outlook.com>
+lexasub <lexakopp2212@gmail.com>
+lhez <quic_lih@quicinc.com>
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+mahorozte <41834471+mahorozte@users.noreply.github.com>
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+matt23654 <matthew.webber@protonmail.com>
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 opparco <parco.opaai@gmail.com>
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+peidaqi <peidaqi@gmail.com>
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 postmasters <namnguyen@google.com>
 pudepiedj <pudepiedj@gmail.com>
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+qingy1337 <qxli2@students.everettcc.edu>
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 rankaiyx <rankaiyx@rankaiyx.com>
+redbeard <bharrington@alticon.net>
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 unbounded <haakon@likedan.net>
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+uvos <philipp@uvos.xyz>
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+谢乃闻 <sienaiwun@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f306d199..d68330d2a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ Instructions for adding support for new models: [HOWTO-add-model.md](docs/develo
 - Rust (more features): [edgenai/llama_cpp-rs](https://github.com/edgenai/llama_cpp-rs)
 - Rust (nicer API): [mdrokz/rust-llama.cpp](https://github.com/mdrokz/rust-llama.cpp)
 - Rust (more direct bindings): [utilityai/llama-cpp-rs](https://github.com/utilityai/llama-cpp-rs)
+- Rust (automated build from crates.io): [ShelbyJenkins/llm_client](https://github.com/ShelbyJenkins/llm_client)
 - C#/.NET: [SciSharp/LLamaSharp](https://github.com/SciSharp/LLamaSharp)
 - C#/VB.NET (more features - community license): [LM-Kit.NET](https://docs.lm-kit.com/lm-kit-net/index.html)
 - Scala 3: [donderom/llm4s](https://github.com/donderom/llm4s)
diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index dd0cc51d9..7f2b8e31c 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -1465,15 +1465,28 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
         {"--list-devices"},
         "print list of available devices and exit",
         [](common_params &) {
-            printf("Available devices:\n");
+            std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> rpc_devices;
+            std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> all_devices;
             for (size_t i = 0; i < ggml_backend_dev_count(); ++i) {
                 auto * dev = ggml_backend_dev_get(i);
                 if (ggml_backend_dev_type(dev) == GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU) {
-                    size_t free, total;
-                    ggml_backend_dev_memory(dev, &free, &total);
-                    printf("  %s: %s (%zu MiB, %zu MiB free)\n", ggml_backend_dev_name(dev), ggml_backend_dev_description(dev), total / 1024 / 1024, free / 1024 / 1024);
+                    ggml_backend_reg_t reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(dev);
+                    if (ggml_backend_reg_name(reg) == std::string("RPC")) {
+                        rpc_devices.push_back(dev);
+                    } else {
+                        all_devices.push_back(dev);
+                    }
                 }
             }
+            // insert RPC devices in front
+            all_devices.insert(all_devices.begin(), rpc_devices.begin(), rpc_devices.end());
+            printf("Available devices:\n");
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < all_devices.size(); ++i) {
+                auto * dev = all_devices[i];
+                size_t free, total;
+                ggml_backend_dev_memory(dev, &free, &total);
+                printf("  %s: %s (%zu MiB, %zu MiB free)\n", ggml_backend_dev_name(dev), ggml_backend_dev_description(dev), total / 1024 / 1024, free / 1024 / 1024);
+            }
             exit(0);
         }
     ));
diff --git a/common/chat.cpp b/common/chat.cpp
index f87583d85..4a113c0ca 100644
--- a/common/chat.cpp
+++ b/common/chat.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static common_chat_params common_chat_params_init_command_r7b(const common_chat_
     return data;
 }
 static common_chat_msg common_chat_parse_command_r7b(const std::string & input) {
-    static std::regex response_regex("<\\|START_RESPONSE\\|>(.*?)<\\|END_RESPONSE\\|>");
+    static std::regex response_regex("<\\|START_RESPONSE\\|>([\\s\\S\\n\\r]*?)<\\|END_RESPONSE\\|>");
     static std::regex thought_action_regex("<\\|START_THINKING\\|>([\\s\\S\\n\\r]*?)<\\|END_THINKING\\|><\\|START_ACTION\\|>([\\s\\S\\n\\r]*?)<\\|END_ACTION\\|>");
     std::smatch match;
 
diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 8d6e8b0cb..4f7d5a5b4 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1932,11 +1932,19 @@ std::string common_chat_format_example(const common_chat_templates & tmpl, bool
     return common_chat_apply_template(tmpl, msgs, true, use_jinja);
 }
 
+#define CHATML_TEMPLATE_SRC \
+    "{%- for message in messages -%}\n" \
+    "  {{- '<|im_start|>' + message.role + '\n' + message.content + '<|im_end|>\n' -}}\n" \
+    "{%- endfor -%}\n" \
+    "{%- if add_generation_prompt -%}\n" \
+    "  {{- '<|im_start|>assistant\n' -}}\n" \
+    "{%- endif -%}"
+
 common_chat_templates common_chat_templates_from_model(const struct llama_model * model, const std::string & chat_template_override)
 {
-    auto vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model);
-    std::string default_template_src = chat_template_override;
-    std::string template_tool_use_src = chat_template_override;
+    std::string default_template_src;
+    std::string template_tool_use_src;
+
     bool has_explicit_template = !chat_template_override.empty();
     if (chat_template_override.empty()) {
         auto str = llama_model_chat_template(model, /* name */ nullptr);
@@ -1949,21 +1957,21 @@ common_chat_templates common_chat_templates_from_model(const struct llama_model
             template_tool_use_src = str;
             has_explicit_template = true;
         }
+    } else {
+        default_template_src = chat_template_override;
     }
     if (default_template_src.empty() || default_template_src == "chatml") {
         if (!template_tool_use_src.empty()) {
             default_template_src = template_tool_use_src;
         } else {
-            default_template_src = R"(
-                {%- for message in messages -%}
-                    {{- "<|im_start|>" + message.role + "\n" + message.content + "<|im_end|>\n" -}}
-                {%- endfor -%}
-                {%- if add_generation_prompt -%}
-                    {{- "<|im_start|>assistant\n" -}}
-                {%- endif -%}
-            )";
+            default_template_src = CHATML_TEMPLATE_SRC;
         }
     }
+    std::string token_bos;
+    std::string token_eos;
+    // TODO: update logic that adds BOS and EOS tokens to the tokenized prompt, in favour of the template.
+#if 0
+    auto vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model);
     const auto get_token = [&](llama_token token, const char * name, const char * jinja_variable_name) {
         if (token == LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL) {
             if (default_template_src.find(jinja_variable_name) != std::string::npos
@@ -1975,15 +1983,25 @@ common_chat_templates common_chat_templates_from_model(const struct llama_model
             return common_token_to_piece(vocab, token, true);
         }
     };
-    auto token_bos = get_token(llama_vocab_bos(vocab), "BOS", "bos_token");
-    auto token_eos = get_token(llama_vocab_eos(vocab), "EOS", "eos_token");
-    return {
-        has_explicit_template,
-        std::make_unique<minja::chat_template>(default_template_src, token_bos, token_eos),
-        template_tool_use_src.empty()
-            ? nullptr
-            : std::make_unique<minja::chat_template>(template_tool_use_src, token_bos, token_eos)
-    };
+    token_bos = get_token(llama_vocab_bos(vocab), "BOS", "bos_token");
+    token_eos = get_token(llama_vocab_eos(vocab), "EOS", "eos_token");
+#endif
+    try {
+        return {
+            has_explicit_template,
+            std::make_unique<minja::chat_template>(default_template_src, token_bos, token_eos),
+            template_tool_use_src.empty()
+                ? nullptr
+                : std::make_unique<minja::chat_template>(template_tool_use_src, token_bos, token_eos),
+        };
+    } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s: failed to parse chat template: %s\n", __func__, e.what());
+        return {
+            has_explicit_template,
+            std::make_unique<minja::chat_template>(CHATML_TEMPLATE_SRC, token_bos, token_eos),
+            nullptr,
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift b/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift
index 371917b2e..55c31166c 100644
--- a/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift
+++ b/examples/batched.swift/Sources/main.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ defer {
     llama_model_free(model)
 }
 
+guard let vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model) else {
+    print("Failed to get vocab")
+    exit(1)
+}
+
 var tokens = tokenize(text: prompt, add_bos: true)
 
 let n_kv_req = UInt32(tokens.count) + UInt32((n_len - Int(tokens.count)) * n_parallel)
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ context_params.n_batch = UInt32(max(n_len, n_parallel))
 context_params.n_threads = 8
 context_params.n_threads_batch = 8
 
-let context = llama_new_context_with_model(model, context_params)
+let context = llama_init_from_model(model, context_params)
 guard context != nil else {
     print("Failed to initialize context")
     exit(1)
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ while n_cur <= n_len {
         let new_token_id = llama_sampler_sample(smpl, context, i_batch[i])
 
         // is it an end of stream? -> mark the stream as finished
-        if llama_vocab_is_eog(model, new_token_id) || n_cur == n_len {
+        if llama_vocab_is_eog(vocab, new_token_id) || n_cur == n_len {
             i_batch[i] = -1
             // print("")
             if n_parallel > 1 {
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ private func tokenize(text: String, add_bos: Bool) -> [llama_token] {
     let utf8Count = text.utf8.count
     let n_tokens = utf8Count + (add_bos ? 1 : 0)
     let tokens = UnsafeMutablePointer<llama_token>.allocate(capacity: n_tokens)
-    let tokenCount = llama_tokenize(model, text, Int32(utf8Count), tokens, Int32(n_tokens), add_bos, /*special tokens*/ false)
+    let tokenCount = llama_tokenize(vocab, text, Int32(utf8Count), tokens, Int32(n_tokens), add_bos, /*special tokens*/ false)
     var swiftTokens: [llama_token] = []
     for i in 0 ..< tokenCount {
         swiftTokens.append(tokens[Int(i)])
@@ -218,12 +223,12 @@ private func tokenize(text: String, add_bos: Bool) -> [llama_token] {
 
 private func token_to_piece(token: llama_token, buffer: inout [CChar]) -> String? {
     var result = [CChar](repeating: 0, count: 8)
-    let nTokens = llama_token_to_piece(model, token, &result, Int32(result.count), 0, false)
+    let nTokens = llama_token_to_piece(vocab, token, &result, Int32(result.count), 0, false)
     if nTokens < 0 {
         let actualTokensCount = -Int(nTokens)
         result = .init(repeating: 0, count: actualTokensCount)
         let check = llama_token_to_piece(
-            model,
+            vocab,
             token,
             &result,
             Int32(result.count),
diff --git a/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift b/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift
index 477c3e6f2..ee7141a66 100644
--- a/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift
+++ b/examples/llama.swiftui/llama.cpp.swift/LibLlama.swift
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func llama_batch_add(_ batch: inout llama_batch, _ id: llama_token, _ pos: llama
 actor LlamaContext {
     private var model: OpaquePointer
     private var context: OpaquePointer
+    private var vocab: OpaquePointer
     private var sampling: UnsafeMutablePointer<llama_sampler>
     private var batch: llama_batch
     private var tokens_list: [llama_token]
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
         self.sampling = llama_sampler_chain_init(sparams)
         llama_sampler_chain_add(self.sampling, llama_sampler_init_temp(0.4))
         llama_sampler_chain_add(self.sampling, llama_sampler_init_dist(1234))
+        vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model)
     }
 
     deinit {
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
         ctx_params.n_threads       = Int32(n_threads)
         ctx_params.n_threads_batch = Int32(n_threads)
 
-        let context = llama_new_context_with_model(model, ctx_params)
+        let context = llama_init_from_model(model, ctx_params)
         guard let context else {
             print("Could not load context!")
             throw LlamaError.couldNotInitializeContext
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
 
         new_token_id = llama_sampler_sample(sampling, context, batch.n_tokens - 1)
 
-        if llama_vocab_is_eog(model, new_token_id) || n_cur == n_len {
+        if llama_vocab_is_eog(vocab, new_token_id) || n_cur == n_len {
             print("\n")
             is_done = true
             let new_token_str = String(cString: temporary_invalid_cchars + [0])
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
         let utf8Count = text.utf8.count
         let n_tokens = utf8Count + (add_bos ? 1 : 0) + 1
         let tokens = UnsafeMutablePointer<llama_token>.allocate(capacity: n_tokens)
-        let tokenCount = llama_tokenize(model, text, Int32(utf8Count), tokens, Int32(n_tokens), add_bos, false)
+        let tokenCount = llama_tokenize(vocab, text, Int32(utf8Count), tokens, Int32(n_tokens), add_bos, false)
 
         var swiftTokens: [llama_token] = []
         for i in 0..<tokenCount {
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
         defer {
             result.deallocate()
         }
-        let nTokens = llama_token_to_piece(model, token, result, 8, 0, false)
+        let nTokens = llama_token_to_piece(vocab, token, result, 8, 0, false)
 
         if nTokens < 0 {
             let newResult = UnsafeMutablePointer<Int8>.allocate(capacity: Int(-nTokens))
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ actor LlamaContext {
             defer {
                 newResult.deallocate()
             }
-            let nNewTokens = llama_token_to_piece(model, token, newResult, -nTokens, 0, false)
+            let nNewTokens = llama_token_to_piece(vocab, token, newResult, -nTokens, 0, false)
             let bufferPointer = UnsafeBufferPointer(start: newResult, count: Int(nNewTokens))
             return Array(bufferPointer)
         } else {
diff --git a/examples/server/public/index.html.gz b/examples/server/public/index.html.gz
index 3a2529aa2..e876776e8 100644
Binary files a/examples/server/public/index.html.gz and b/examples/server/public/index.html.gz differ
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 3ceba0558..be1a27c20 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -3353,6 +3353,8 @@ static void log_server_request(const httplib::Request & req, const httplib::Resp
         return;
     }
 
+    // reminder: this function is not covered by httplib's exception handler; if someone does more complicated stuff, think about wrapping it in try-catch
+
     LOG_INF("request: %s %s %s %d\n", req.method.c_str(), req.path.c_str(), req.remote_addr.c_str(), res.status);
 
     LOG_DBG("request:  %s\n", req.body.c_str());
@@ -3439,9 +3441,13 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             message = "Unknown Exception";
         }
 
-        json formatted_error = format_error_response(message, ERROR_TYPE_SERVER);
-        LOG_WRN("got exception: %s\n", formatted_error.dump().c_str());
-        res_error(res, formatted_error);
+        try {
+            json formatted_error = format_error_response(message, ERROR_TYPE_SERVER);
+            LOG_WRN("got exception: %s\n", formatted_error.dump().c_str());
+            res_error(res, formatted_error);
+        } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+            LOG_ERR("got another exception: %s | while hanlding exception: %s\n", e.what(), message.c_str());
+        }
     });
 
     svr->set_error_handler([&res_error](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py
index f5d8b0572..f23d5cff4 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py
+++ b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_chat_completion.py
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ def create_server():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model,system_prompt,user_prompt,max_tokens,re_content,n_prompt,n_predicted,finish_reason,jinja,chat_template",
     [
+        (None, "Book", "Hey", 8, "But she couldn't", 69, 8, "length", False, None),
+        (None, "Book", "Hey", 8, "But she couldn't", 69, 8, "length", True, None),
         (None, "Book", "What is the best book", 8, "(Suddenly)+|\\{ \" Sarax.", 77, 8, "length", False, None),
-        (None, "Book", "What is the best book", 8, "(Suddenly)+|\\{ \" Sarax.", 77, 8, "length", True, None),
-        (None, "Book", "What is the best book", 8, "^ blue", 23, 8, "length", True, "This is not a chat template, it is"),
+        (None, "Book", "What is the best book", 8, "(Suddenly)+|\\{ \" Sarax.", 77, 8, "length", True,  None),
+        (None, "Book", "What is the best book", 8, "(Suddenly)+|\\{ \" Sarax.", 77, 8, "length", True, 'chatml'),
+        (None, "Book", "What is the best book", 8, "^ blue",                    23, 8, "length", True, "This is not a chat template, it is"),
         ("codellama70b", "You are a coding assistant.", "Write the fibonacci function in c++.", 128, "(Aside|she|felter|alonger)+", 104, 64, "length", False, None),
         ("codellama70b", "You are a coding assistant.", "Write the fibonacci function in c++.", 128, "(Aside|she|felter|alonger)+", 104, 64, "length", True, None),
     ]
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_tool_call.py b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_tool_call.py
index e6ed9c9be..4a551404f 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/unit/test_tool_call.py
+++ b/examples/server/tests/unit/test_tool_call.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ WEATHER_TOOL = {
 
 
 def do_test_completion_with_required_tool_tiny(template_name: str, tool: dict, argument_key: str | None):
-    n_predict = 512
     global server
+    n_predict = 512
     # server = ServerPreset.stories15m_moe()
     server.jinja = True
     server.n_predict = n_predict
@@ -139,29 +139,49 @@ def test_completion_with_required_tool_tiny_slow(template_name: str, tool: dict,
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("tool,argument_key,hf_repo,template_override", [
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
+    # Note: gemma-2-2b-it knows itself as "model", not "assistant", so we don't test the ill-suited chatml on it.
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M",              None),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M",              None),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      None),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      None),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        None),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        None),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        "chatml"),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", ("NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B", "tool_use")),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", ("NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B", "tool_use")),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",   ("NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B", "tool_use")),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",   ("NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B", "tool_use")),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",   "chatml"),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
-    (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q8_0",       ("meetkai/functionary-medium-v3.2", None)),
-    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q8_0",       ("meetkai/functionary-medium-v3.2", None)),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
+    (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q4_K_M",       ("meetkai/functionary-medium-v3.2", None)),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q4_K_M",       ("meetkai/functionary-medium-v3.2", None)),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q4_K_M",       "chatml"),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
     (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
+    (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
     # TODO: fix these
     # (TEST_TOOL,    "success",  "bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
     # (PYTHON_TOOL,  "code",     "bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
 ])
-def test_completion_with_required_tool_real_model(tool: dict, argument_key: str | None, hf_repo: str, template_override: Tuple[str, str | None] | None):
+def test_completion_with_required_tool_real_model(tool: dict, argument_key: str | None, hf_repo: str, template_override: str | Tuple[str, str | None] | None):
+    global server
     n_predict = 512
     server.n_slots = 1
     server.jinja = True
@@ -169,10 +189,12 @@ def test_completion_with_required_tool_real_model(tool: dict, argument_key: str
     server.n_predict = n_predict
     server.model_hf_repo = hf_repo
     server.model_hf_file = None
-    if template_override:
+    if isinstance(template_override, tuple):
         (template_hf_repo, template_variant) = template_override
         server.chat_template_file = f"../../../models/templates/{template_hf_repo.replace('/', '-') + ('-' + template_variant if template_variant else '')}.jinja"
         assert os.path.exists(server.chat_template_file), f"Template file {server.chat_template_file} does not exist. Run `python scripts/get_chat_template.py {template_hf_repo} {template_variant} > {server.chat_template_file}` to download the template."
+    elif isinstance(template_override, str):
+        server.chat_template = template_override
     server.start(timeout_seconds=TIMEOUT_SERVER_START)
     res = server.make_request("POST", "/chat/completions", data={
         "max_tokens": n_predict,
@@ -251,33 +273,55 @@ def test_completion_without_tool_call_slow(template_name: str, n_predict: int, t
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("hf_repo,template_override", [
+    ("bartowski/c4ai-command-r7b-12-2024-GGUF:Q4_K_M",   ("CohereForAI/c4ai-command-r7b-12-2024", "tool_use")),
     ("bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
-    ("bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M",              None),
+    ("bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
     ("bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      None),
+    ("bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     ("bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        None),
-    ("bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", ("NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B", "tool_use")),
-    ("bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",   ("NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B", "tool_use")),
+    ("bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        "chatml"),
+
+    ("bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",    ("NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B", "tool_use")),
+    ("bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",    "chatml"),
+
+    ("bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B", "tool_use")),
+    ("bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     ("bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
+    ("bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
     ("bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q8_0",       ("meetkai/functionary-medium-v3.2", None)),
+    ("bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q8_0",       "chatml"),
+
     ("bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
+    ("bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
+    # Note: gemma-2-2b-it knows itself as "model", not "assistant", so we don't test the ill-suited chatml on it.
+    ("bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M",              None),
+
     # ("bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", ("meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
     # ("bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
 ])
-def test_weather_tool_call(hf_repo: str, template_override: Tuple[str, str | None] | None):
+def test_weather(hf_repo: str, template_override: Tuple[str, str | None] | None):
     global server
+    n_predict = 512
     server.n_slots = 1
     server.jinja = True
     server.n_ctx = 8192
-    server.n_predict = 512
+    server.n_predict = n_predict
     server.model_hf_repo = hf_repo
     server.model_hf_file = None
-    if template_override:
+    if isinstance(template_override, tuple):
         (template_hf_repo, template_variant) = template_override
         server.chat_template_file = f"../../../models/templates/{template_hf_repo.replace('/', '-') + ('-' + template_variant if template_variant else '')}.jinja"
         assert os.path.exists(server.chat_template_file), f"Template file {server.chat_template_file} does not exist. Run `python scripts/get_chat_template.py {template_hf_repo} {template_variant} > {server.chat_template_file}` to download the template."
+    elif isinstance(template_override, str):
+        server.chat_template = template_override
     server.start(timeout_seconds=TIMEOUT_SERVER_START)
     res = server.make_request("POST", "/chat/completions", data={
-        "max_tokens": 256,
+        "max_tokens": n_predict,
         "messages": [
             {"role": "user", "content": "What is the weather in Istanbul?"},
         ],
@@ -298,19 +342,39 @@ def test_weather_tool_call(hf_repo: str, template_override: Tuple[str, str | Non
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("expected_arguments_override,hf_repo,template_override", [
-    (None,                 "bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M",              None),
     (None,                 "bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      None),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Phi-3.5-mini-instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     (None,                 "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q8_0",       ("meetkai-functionary-medium-v3.2", None)),
-    ('{"code":"print("}',  "bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
-    (None,                 "bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama-Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/functionary-small-v3.2-GGUF:Q8_0",       "chatml"),
+
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
+    ('{"code":"print("}',  "bartowski/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
+    ('{"code":"print("}',  "bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama-Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     ('{"code":"print("}',  "bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("meta-llama-Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct", None)),
+    ('{"code":"print("}',  "bartowski/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     (None,                 "bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        None),
-    (None,                 "bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B", "tool_use")),
-    (None,                 "bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",   ("NousResearch-Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B", "tool_use")),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M",        "chatml"),
+
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",    ("NousResearch/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B", "tool_use")),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Hermes-2-Pro-Llama-3-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",    "chatml"),
+
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      ("NousResearch-Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B", "tool_use")),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF:Q4_K_M",      "chatml"),
+
     (None,                 "bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
+    (None,                 "bartowski/Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-GGUF:Q4_K_M", "chatml"),
+
+    # Note: gemma-2-2b-it knows itself as "model", not "assistant", so we don't test the ill-suited chatml on it.
+    (None,                 "bartowski/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M",              None),
+
     # (None,                 "bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B-GGUF:Q4_K_M", None),
 ])
-def test_hello_world_tool_call(expected_arguments_override: str | None, hf_repo: str, template_override: Tuple[str, str | None] | None):
+def test_hello_world_tool_call(expected_arguments_override: str | None, hf_repo: str, template_override: str | Tuple[str, str | None] | None):
     global server
     server.n_slots = 1
     server.jinja = True
@@ -318,10 +382,12 @@ def test_hello_world_tool_call(expected_arguments_override: str | None, hf_repo:
     server.n_predict = 128
     server.model_hf_repo = hf_repo
     server.model_hf_file = None
-    if template_override:
+    if isinstance(template_override, tuple):
         (template_hf_repo, template_variant) = template_override
         server.chat_template_file = f"../../../models/templates/{template_hf_repo.replace('/', '-') + ('-' + template_variant if template_variant else '')}.jinja"
         assert os.path.exists(server.chat_template_file), f"Template file {server.chat_template_file} does not exist. Run `python scripts/get_chat_template.py {template_hf_repo} {template_variant} > {server.chat_template_file}` to download the template."
+    elif isinstance(template_override, str):
+        server.chat_template = template_override
     server.start(timeout_seconds=TIMEOUT_SERVER_START)
     res = server.make_request("POST", "/chat/completions", data={
         "max_tokens": 256,
diff --git a/examples/server/webui/index.html b/examples/server/webui/index.html
index 882570c81..1ad85e739 100644
--- a/examples/server/webui/index.html
+++ b/examples/server/webui/index.html
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
             placeholder="Type a message (Shift+Enter to add a new line)"
             v-model="inputMsg"
             @keydown.enter.exact.prevent="sendMessage"
-            :disabled="isGenerating"
             id="msg-input"
             dir="auto"
           ></textarea>
diff --git a/examples/server/webui/src/main.js b/examples/server/webui/src/main.js
index 90f4ca368..50197a355 100644
--- a/examples/server/webui/src/main.js
+++ b/examples/server/webui/src/main.js
@@ -468,7 +468,10 @@ const mainApp = createApp({
       URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
     },
     async sendMessage() {
-      if (!this.inputMsg) return;
+      // prevent sending empty message
+      // also allow typing the message while generating, but does not allow sending it (to match UX/UI behavior of other chat apps)
+      if (!this.inputMsg || this.isGenerating) return;
+
       const currConvId = this.viewingConvId;
 
       StorageUtils.appendMsg(currConvId, {
diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c069e420..75b5ea3b4 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -274,22 +274,25 @@ endif()
 
 # Generate version info based on git commit.
 
-find_program(GIT_EXE NAMES git git.exe REQUIRED NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
-execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXE} rev-list --count HEAD
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GGML_BUILD_NUMBER
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-)
+if(NOT DEFINED GGML_BUILD_NUMBER)
+    find_program(GIT_EXE NAMES git git.exe REQUIRED NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXE} rev-list --count HEAD
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GGML_BUILD_NUMBER
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
 
-if(GGML_BUILD_NUMBER EQUAL 1)
-    message(WARNING "GGML build version fixed at 1 likely due to a shallow clone.")
+    if(GGML_BUILD_NUMBER EQUAL 1)
+        message(WARNING "GGML build version fixed at 1 likely due to a shallow clone.")
+    endif()
+
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXE} rev-parse --short HEAD
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GGML_BUILD_COMMIT
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    )
 endif()
 
-execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXE} rev-parse --short HEAD
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GGML_BUILD_COMMIT
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-)
 
 # Capture variables prefixed with GGML_.
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt
index eb03e10fa..f4a468363 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ endif()
 
 message(STATUS "HIP and hipBLAS found")
 
+# Workaround old compilers
+set(CMAKE_HIP_FLAGS "${CMAKE_HIP_FLAGS} --gpu-max-threads-per-block=1024")
+
 file(GLOB   GGML_HEADERS_ROCM "../ggml-cuda/*.cuh")
 list(APPEND GGML_HEADERS_ROCM "../../include/ggml-cuda.h")
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
index 76f8e4291..9605914ff 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.m
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 #define GGML_METAL_MAX_COMMAND_BUFFERS 8
 
 // create residency sets only on macOS >= 15.0
-#if TARGET_OS_OSX && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 150000
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 150000 || \
+    TARGET_OS_IOS && __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 180000 || \
+    TARGET_OS_TV && __TV_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 180000 || \
+    TARGET_OS_VISION && __VISION_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 200000
 #define GGML_METAL_HAS_RESIDENCY_SETS 1
 #endif
 
@@ -1071,7 +1074,7 @@ static bool ggml_backend_metal_buffer_rset_init(
     }
 
 #if defined(GGML_METAL_HAS_RESIDENCY_SETS)
-    if (@available(macOS 15.0, *)) {
+    if (@available(macOS 15.0, iOS 18.0, tvOS 18.0, visionOS 2.0, *)) {
         MTLResidencySetDescriptor * desc = [[MTLResidencySetDescriptor alloc] init];
         desc.label = @"ggml_backend_metal";
         desc.initialCapacity = ctx->n_buffers;
@@ -1106,7 +1109,7 @@ static bool ggml_backend_metal_buffer_rset_init(
 // rset free
 static void ggml_backend_metal_buffer_rset_free(struct ggml_backend_metal_buffer_context * ctx) {
 #if defined(GGML_METAL_HAS_RESIDENCY_SETS)
-    if (@available(macOS 15.0, *)) {
+    if (@available(macOS 15.0, iOS 18.0, tvOS 18.0, visionOS 2.0, *)) {
         if (ctx->rset) {
             [ctx->rset endResidency];
             [ctx->rset removeAllAllocations];
diff --git a/scripts/sync-ggml.last b/scripts/sync-ggml.last
index 34f1cbf69..26a105f64 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-ggml.last
+++ b/scripts/sync-ggml.last
@@ -1 +1 @@
-498e0ecd2c4f9379439fd413805af10e8e9ff349
+694244a6e40dc255f6bb4376fb17431c06633e6c
diff --git a/tests/test-chat.cpp b/tests/test-chat.cpp
index 9956c1f1f..50bd40738 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void test_template(const common_chat_template & tmpl, const std::vector<s
 static void test_template_output_parsers() {
     json text_message {
         { "role",    "assistant"     },
-        { "content", "Hello, world!" },
+        { "content", "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?" },
     };
     json tool_calls = json::array({{
         { "type", "function" },
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
     common_chat_inputs inputs_no_tools;
     inputs_no_tools.messages = {
-        { { "role", "user" }, { "content", "Hey" } }
+        { { "role", "user" }, { "content", "Hey\nThere" } }
     };
 
     common_chat_inputs inputs_tools = inputs_no_tools;
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
                       "    {\"tool_call_id\": \"0\", \"tool_name\": \"special_function\", \"parameters\": {\"arg1\": 1}}\n"
                       "]<|END_ACTION|>");
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools,
-                      "<|START_RESPONSE|>Hello, world!<|END_RESPONSE|>",
+                      "<|START_RESPONSE|>Hello, world!\n"
+                      "What's up?<|END_RESPONSE|>",
                       /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
     }
     {
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
         assert_msg_equals(msg_from_json(text_message),
                           common_chat_parse("{\n"
-                                            "  \"response\": \"Hello, world!\"\n"
+                                            "  \"response\": \"Hello, world!\\nWhat's up?\"\n"
                                             "}",
                                             common_chat_params_init(tmpl, inputs_tools).format));
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message_with_id, tools,
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
         assert_equals(COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_MISTRAL_NEMO, common_chat_params_init(tmpl, inputs_tools).format);
 
-        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
+        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(
             tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message_with_id, tools,
             "[TOOL_CALLS][{\"name\": \"special_function\", \"arguments\": {\"arg1\": 1}, \"id\": \"123456789\"}]");
@@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
                 inputs_tools)
                 .format);
 
-        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
+        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message, tools,
                       "<tool_call>\n"
                       "{\"name\": \"special_function\", \"arguments\": {\"arg1\": 1}}\n"
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
         assert_equals(COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_LLAMA_3_X, common_chat_params_init(tmpl, inputs_tools).format);
 
-        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
+        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message, tools,
                       "{\"name\": \"special_function\", \"parameters\": {\"arg1\": 1}}");
     }
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
         assert_equals(COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FUNCTIONARY_V3_1_LLAMA_3_1,
                       common_chat_params_init(tmpl, inputs_tools).format);
 
-        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
+        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message, tools,
                       "<function=special_function>{\"arg1\": 1}</function>");
     }
@@ -542,7 +543,8 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, {},
                       "all\n"
-                      "Hello, world!",
+                      "Hello, world!\n"
+                      "What's up?",
                       /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message, tools,
                       "special_function\n"
@@ -555,7 +557,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
         assert_equals(COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_FIREFUNCTION_V2, common_chat_params_init(tmpl, inputs_tools).format);
 
-        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
+        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message, tools,
                       " functools[{\"name\": \"special_function\", \"arguments\": {\"arg1\": 1}}]");
     }
@@ -566,7 +568,7 @@ static void test_template_output_parsers() {
 
         assert_equals(COMMON_CHAT_FORMAT_DEEPSEEK_R1, common_chat_params_init(tmpl, inputs_tools).format);
 
-        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
+        test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, text_message, tools, "Hello, world!\nWhat's up?", /* expect_grammar_triggered= */ false);
         test_template(tmpl, end_tokens, tool_call_message, tools,
                       "<｜tool▁calls▁begin｜><｜tool▁call▁begin｜>function<｜tool▁sep｜>special_function\n"
                       "```json\n"