diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 40871e644..902fa9ccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -67,12 +67,21 @@ jobs:
             install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.8.0/local_installers/cuda_12.8.0_571.96_windows.exe
             cuda-version: '12.8'
             flags: ''
+            runner_dir: 'cuda_v12'
+          - os: windows
+            arch: amd64
+            preset: 'CUDA 13'
+            install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/13.0.0/local_installers/cuda_13.0.0_windows.exe
+            cuda-version: '13.0'
+            flags: ''
+            runner_dir: 'cuda_v13'
           - os: windows
             arch: amd64
             preset: 'ROCm 6'
             install: https://download.amd.com/developer/eula/rocm-hub/AMD-Software-PRO-Edition-24.Q4-WinSvr2022-For-HIP.exe
             rocm-version: '6.2'
             flags: '-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-parallel-jobs=4 -Wno-ignored-attributes -Wno-deprecated-pragma" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-parallel-jobs=4 -Wno-ignored-attributes -Wno-deprecated-pragma"'
+            runner_dir: ''
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'arm64' && format('{0}-{1}', matrix.os, matrix.arch) || matrix.os }}
     environment: release
     env:
@@ -138,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll'
           Enter-VsDevShell -VsInstallPath 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise' -SkipAutomaticLocation  -DevCmdArguments '-arch=x64 -no_logo'
-          cmake --preset "${{ matrix.preset }}" ${{ matrix.flags }}
+          cmake --preset "${{ matrix.preset }}" ${{ matrix.flags }} -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="${{ matrix.runner_dir }}"
           cmake --build --parallel --preset "${{ matrix.preset }}"
           cmake --install build --component "${{ startsWith(matrix.preset, 'CUDA ') && 'CUDA' || startsWith(matrix.preset, 'ROCm ') && 'HIP' || 'CPU' }}" --strip --parallel 8
         env:
@@ -232,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
             case "$COMPONENT" in
               bin/ollama)                echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/*.so*)          echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
-              lib/ollama/cuda_sbsa)      echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
+              lib/ollama/cuda_v*)        echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack5)  echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-jetpack5.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack6)  echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-jetpack6.tar.in ;;
               lib/ollama/rocm)           echo $COMPONENT >>ollama-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-rocm.tar.in ;;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 4d8cf773c..a10ad37a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - preset: CPU
           - preset: CUDA
-            container: nvidia/cuda:12.8.1-devel-ubuntu22.04
+            container: nvidia/cuda:13.0.0-devel-ubuntu22.04
             flags: '-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=87'
           - preset: ROCm
             container: rocm/dev-ubuntu-22.04:6.1.2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - preset: CPU
           - preset: CUDA
-            install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.8.0/local_installers/cuda_12.8.0_571.96_windows.exe
+            install: https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/13.0.0/local_installers/cuda_13.0.0_windows.exe
             flags: '-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=80'
           - preset: ROCm
             install: https://download.amd.com/developer/eula/rocm-hub/AMD-Software-PRO-Edition-24.Q4-WinSvr2022-For-HIP.exe
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
           $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
           if ("${{ steps.cache-install.outputs.cache-hit }}" -ne 'true') {
             Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "${{ matrix.install }}" -OutFile "install.exe"
-            Start-Process -FilePath .\install.exe -ArgumentList (@("-s", "cudart_12.8", "nvcc_12.8", "cublas_12.8", "cublas_dev_12.8")) -NoNewWindow -Wait
+            Start-Process -FilePath .\install.exe -ArgumentList (@("-s", "cudart_13.0", "nvcc_13.0", "cublas_13.0", "cublas_dev_13.0")) -NoNewWindow -Wait
           }
 
           $cudaPath = (Resolve-Path "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\*").path
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af93af460..8503aa80e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set(GGML_LLAMAFILE ON)
 set(GGML_CUDA_PEER_MAX_BATCH_SIZE 128)
 set(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS ON)
 set(GGML_CUDA_FA ON)
-set(GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE default)
+set(GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE size)
 
 if((CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES AND NOT CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES MATCHES "arm64")
     OR (NOT CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "arm|aarch64|ARM64|ARMv[0-9]+"))
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES MATCHES "x86_64")
 endif()
 
 set(OLLAMA_BUILD_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/ollama)
-set(OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/ollama)
+set(OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/ollama/${OLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR})
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY         ${OLLAMA_BUILD_DIR})
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG   ${OLLAMA_BUILD_DIR})
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
     add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ml/backend/ggml/ggml/src/ggml-cuda)
     install(TARGETS ggml-cuda
         RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
-            DIRECTORIES ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR} ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}
+            DIRECTORIES ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR} ${CUDAToolkit_BIN_DIR}/x64 ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}
             PRE_INCLUDE_REGEXES cublas cublasLt cudart
             PRE_EXCLUDE_REGEXES ".*"
         RUNTIME DESTINATION ${OLLAMA_INSTALL_DIR} COMPONENT CUDA
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 82da950bc..79fa2e7da 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
       "name": "CUDA",
       "inherits": [ "Default" ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "CUDA 11",
+      "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES": "50-virtual;60-virtual;61-virtual;70-virtual;75-virtual;80-virtual;86-virtual;87-virtual;89-virtual;90-virtual",
+        "CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS": "-Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -t 2"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "name": "CUDA 12",
       "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
@@ -26,6 +34,14 @@
         "CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS": "-Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets -t 2"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "name": "CUDA 13",
+      "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES": "75-virtual;80-virtual;86-virtual;87-virtual;89-virtual;90-virtual;90a-virtual;100-virtual;110-virtual;120-virtual;121-virtual",
+        "CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS": "-t 2"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "name": "JetPack 5",
       "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
@@ -76,11 +92,21 @@
       "configurePreset": "CUDA",
       "targets": [ "ggml-cuda" ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "CUDA 11",
+      "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
+      "configurePreset": "CUDA 11"
+    },
     {
       "name": "CUDA 12",
       "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
       "configurePreset": "CUDA 12"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "CUDA 13",
+      "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
+      "configurePreset": "CUDA 13"
+    },
     {
       "name": "JetPack 5",
       "inherits": [ "CUDA" ],
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 83e2f89e4..58b946592 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -50,15 +50,35 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
         && cmake --build --parallel --preset 'CPU' \
         && cmake --install build --component CPU --strip --parallel 8
 
+FROM base AS cuda-11
+ARG CUDA11VERSION=11.8
+RUN dnf install -y cuda-toolkit-${CUDA11VERSION//./-}
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/cuda-11/bin:$PATH
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
+    cmake --preset 'CUDA 11' -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="cuda_v11" \
+        && cmake --build --parallel --preset 'CUDA 11' \
+        && cmake --install build --component CUDA --strip --parallel 8
+
 FROM base AS cuda-12
 ARG CUDA12VERSION=12.8
 RUN dnf install -y cuda-toolkit-${CUDA12VERSION//./-}
 ENV PATH=/usr/local/cuda-12/bin:$PATH
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
-    cmake --preset 'CUDA 12' \
+    cmake --preset 'CUDA 12' -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="cuda_v12"\
         && cmake --build --parallel --preset 'CUDA 12' \
         && cmake --install build --component CUDA --strip --parallel 8
 
+
+FROM base AS cuda-13
+ARG CUDA13VERSION=13.0
+RUN dnf install -y cuda-toolkit-${CUDA13VERSION//./-}
+ENV PATH=/usr/local/cuda-13/bin:$PATH
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
+    cmake --preset 'CUDA 13' -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="cuda_v13" \
+        && cmake --build --parallel --preset 'CUDA 13' \
+        && cmake --install build --component CUDA --strip --parallel 8
+
+
 FROM base AS rocm-6
 ENV PATH=/opt/rocm/hcc/bin:/opt/rocm/hip/bin:/opt/rocm/bin:/opt/rocm/hcc/bin:$PATH
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.ccache \
@@ -110,11 +130,15 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
     go build -trimpath -buildmode=pie -o /bin/ollama .
 
 FROM --platform=linux/amd64 scratch AS amd64
-COPY --from=cuda-12 dist/lib/ollama /lib/ollama
+# COPY --from=cuda-11 dist/lib/ollama/ /lib/ollama/
+COPY --from=cuda-12 dist/lib/ollama /lib/ollama/
+COPY --from=cuda-13 dist/lib/ollama/ /lib/ollama/
 COPY --from=vulkan  dist/lib/ollama/vulkan  /lib/ollama/vulkan
 
 FROM --platform=linux/arm64 scratch AS arm64
-COPY --from=cuda-12 dist/lib/ollama /lib/ollama/cuda_sbsa
+# COPY --from=cuda-11 dist/lib/ollama/ /lib/ollama/
+COPY --from=cuda-12 dist/lib/ollama /lib/ollama/
+COPY --from=cuda-13 dist/lib/ollama/ /lib/ollama/
 COPY --from=jetpack-5 dist/lib/ollama /lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack5
 COPY --from=jetpack-6 dist/lib/ollama /lib/ollama/cuda_jetpack6
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26742e8a0..5962f5b28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ See the [API documentation](./docs/api.md) for all endpoints.
 - [Mayan EDMS](https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms) (Open source document management system to organize, tag, search, and automate your files with powerful Ollama driven workflows.)
 - [Serene Pub](https://github.com/doolijb/serene-pub) (Beginner friendly, open source AI Roleplaying App for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Search, download and use models with Ollama all inside the app.)
 - [Andes](https://github.com/aqerd/andes) (A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a local UI interface for Ollama models)
+- [Clueless](https://github.com/KashyapTan/clueless) (Open Source & Local Cluely: A desktop application LLM assistant to help you talk to anything on your screen using locally served Ollama models. Also undetectable to screenshare)
+- [ollama-co2](https://github.com/carbonatedWaterOrg/ollama-co2) (FastAPI web interface for monitoring and managing local and remote Ollama servers with real-time model monitoring and concurrent downloads)
 
 ### Cloud
 
diff --git a/discover/cuda_common.go b/discover/cuda_common.go
index b539f6b32..ca008af63 100644
--- a/discover/cuda_common.go
+++ b/discover/cuda_common.go
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ func cudaVariant(gpuInfo CudaGPUInfo) string {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return "sbsa"
 	}
 
-	// driver 12.0 has problems with the cuda v12 library, so run v11 on those older drivers
-	if gpuInfo.DriverMajor < 12 || (gpuInfo.DriverMajor == 12 && gpuInfo.DriverMinor == 0) {
-		// The detected driver is older than Feb 2023
-		slog.Warn("old CUDA driver detected - please upgrade to a newer driver", "version", fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d", gpuInfo.DriverMajor, gpuInfo.DriverMinor))
-		return "v11"
+	if gpuInfo.DriverMajor < 13 {
+		// The detected driver is older than 580 (Aug 2025)
+		// Warn if their CC is compatible with v13 and they should upgrade their driver to get better performance
+		if gpuInfo.computeMajor > 7 || (gpuInfo.computeMajor == 7 && gpuInfo.computeMinor >= 5) {
+			slog.Warn("old CUDA driver detected - please upgrade to a newer driver for best performance", "version", fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d", gpuInfo.DriverMajor, gpuInfo.DriverMinor))
+		}
+		return "v12"
 	}
-	return "v12"
+	return "v13"
 }
diff --git a/docs/linux.md b/docs/linux.md
index 9a156d1dc..ce5ed860b 100644
--- a/docs/linux.md
+++ b/docs/linux.md
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
 ## Manual install
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> If you are upgrading from a prior version, you should remove the old libraries with `sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/ollama` first.
+> If you are upgrading from a prior version, you **MUST** remove the old libraries with `sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/ollama` first.
 
 Download and extract the package:
 
 ```shell
 curl -LO https://ollama.com/download/ollama-linux-amd64.tgz
+sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/ollama
 sudo tar -C /usr -xzf ollama-linux-amd64.tgz
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index 6fdd3e85b..7647b12f9 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ If none of those resolve the problem, gather additional information and file an
 - Set `CUDA_ERROR_LEVEL=50` and try again to get more diagnostic logs
 - Check dmesg for any errors `sudo dmesg | grep -i nvrm` and `sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia`
 
+You may get more details for initialization failures by enabling debug prints in the uvm driver.  You should only use this temporarily while troubleshooting
+- `sudo rmmod nvidia_uvm` then `sudo modprobe nvidia_uvm uvm_debug_prints=1`
+
 
 ## AMD GPU Discovery
 
diff --git a/fs/ggml/ggml.go b/fs/ggml/ggml.go
index 3f4374cd0..6b582b499 100644
--- a/fs/ggml/ggml.go
+++ b/fs/ggml/ggml.go
@@ -57,10 +57,28 @@ func (kv KV) EmbeddingLength() uint64 {
 	return uint64(kv.Uint("embedding_length"))
 }
 
+func (kv KV) HeadCount() []uint64 {
+	headCountDefault := uint32(1)
+	headCount := kv.UintOrArrayValueAsArray("attention.head_count", headCountDefault)
+	if len(headCount) == 1 {
+		headCountDefault = headCount[0]
+	}
+	nLayers := int(kv.BlockCount())
+	if len(headCount) > nLayers {
+		slog.Warn("got more elements of attention.head_count than layers", "len(headCount)", len(headCount), "layers", nLayers)
+	}
+	out := make([]uint64, nLayers)
+	for i := range nLayers {
+		if i >= len(headCount) {
+			out[i] = uint64(headCountDefault)
+		} else {
+			out[i] = uint64(headCount[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func (kv KV) HeadCountMax() uint64 {
-	// TODO(drifkin): using the max value can cause an overestimation. In the
-	// future if array values become more popular, we can adapt the more invasive
-	// <https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/10225>
 	return uint64(kv.UintOrMaxArrayValue("attention.head_count", 1))
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +86,27 @@ func (kv KV) HeadCountMin() uint64 {
 	return uint64(kv.UintOrMinArrayValue("attention.head_count", 1))
 }
 
+func (kv KV) HeadCountKV() []uint64 {
+	headCountKVDefault := uint32(1)
+	headCountKV := kv.UintOrArrayValueAsArray("attention.head_count_kv", headCountKVDefault)
+	if len(headCountKV) == 1 {
+		headCountKVDefault = headCountKV[0]
+	}
+	nLayers := int(kv.BlockCount())
+	if len(headCountKV) > nLayers {
+		slog.Warn("got more elements of attention.head_count than layers", "len(headCountKV)", len(headCountKV), "layers", nLayers)
+	}
+	out := make([]uint64, nLayers)
+	for i := range nLayers {
+		if i >= len(headCountKV) {
+			out[i] = uint64(headCountKVDefault)
+		} else {
+			out[i] = uint64(headCountKV[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 func (kv KV) HeadCountKVMax() uint64 {
 	return uint64(kv.UintOrMaxArrayValue("attention.head_count_kv", 1))
 }
@@ -100,6 +139,26 @@ func (kv KV) ChatTemplate() string {
 	return kv.String("tokenizer.chat_template")
 }
 
+// ssm architecture parameters
+
+func (kv KV) SSMConvKernel() uint64 {
+	return uint64(kv.Uint("ssm.conv_kernel"))
+}
+
+func (kv KV) SSMInnerSize() uint64 {
+	return uint64(kv.Uint("ssm.inner_size"))
+}
+
+func (kv KV) SSMStateSize() uint64 {
+	return uint64(kv.Uint("ssm.state_size"))
+}
+
+func (kv KV) SSMGroupCount() uint64 {
+	return uint64(kv.Uint("ssm.group_count"))
+}
+
+// general types
+
 func (kv KV) String(key string, defaultValue ...string) string {
 	val, _ := keyValue(kv, key, append(defaultValue, "")...)
 	return val
@@ -131,22 +190,27 @@ func (kv KV) UintOrMinArrayValue(key string, defaultValue uint32) uint32 {
 }
 
 func (kv KV) UintOrArrayValue(key string, defaultValue uint32) (uint32, uint32) {
+	arrVal := kv.UintOrArrayValueAsArray(key, defaultValue)
+	return slices.Min(arrVal), slices.Max(arrVal)
+}
+
+func (kv KV) UintOrArrayValueAsArray(key string, defaultValue uint32) []uint32 {
 	if u32, ok := keyValue(kv, key, uint32(0)); ok {
-		return u32, u32
+		return []uint32{u32}
 	} else if u32s, ok := keyValue(kv, key, &array[uint32]{}); ok {
-		min := slices.Min(u32s.values)
-		max := slices.Max(u32s.values)
-		return min, max
+		return u32s.values
 	} else if i32s, ok := keyValue(kv, key, &array[int32]{}); ok {
-		min := slices.Min(i32s.values)
-		max := slices.Max(i32s.values)
-		if min < 0 || max < 0 {
-			slog.Warn("array values are unexpectedly negative", "key", key, "min", min, "max", max)
+		dst := make([]uint32, len(i32s.values))
+		for i, v := range i32s.values {
+			if v < 0 {
+				slog.Warn("array values are unexpectedly negative", "key", key, "i", i, "v", v)
+			}
+			dst[i] = uint32(v)
 		}
-		return uint32(min), uint32(max)
+		return dst
 	}
 
-	return defaultValue, defaultValue
+	return []uint32{defaultValue}
 }
 
 func (kv KV) Strings(key string, defaultValue ...[]string) []string {
@@ -486,7 +550,9 @@ func (f GGML) GraphSize(context, batch uint64, numParallel int, kvCacheType stri
 
 	embedding := f.KV().EmbeddingLength()
 	heads := f.KV().HeadCountMax()
+	headsArr := f.KV().HeadCount()
 	headsKV := f.KV().HeadCountKVMax()
+	headsKVArr := f.KV().HeadCountKV()
 	vocab := uint64(f.KV()["tokenizer.ggml.tokens"].(*array[string]).size)
 
 	embeddingHeads := f.KV().EmbeddingHeadCountMax()
@@ -496,12 +562,51 @@ func (f GGML) GraphSize(context, batch uint64, numParallel int, kvCacheType stri
 	layers := f.Tensors().GroupLayers()
 
 	bytesPerElement := kvCacheBytesPerElement(kvCacheType)
+
+	// Default for models unless special-cased below. These defaults mirror the
+	// cache usage in llama.cpp under the assumption that models without special
+	// cases below will use the llamarunner and caching will be handled by the
+	// llama.cpp layer.
+	//
+	// This also assumes that a layer without heads or headsKV set is recurrent
+	// which is usually the case. Some models (eg nemotronh) use "blocks" in
+	// place of layers where some are MLP blocks that don't have any cache.
+	// Models like this will need a special case below to be accurately
+	// estimated.
 	var kvTotal uint64
 	kv = make([]uint64, f.KV().BlockCount())
+	kvSizeAttn := uint64(0)
+	kvSizeRecurrent := uint64(0)
 	for i := range kv {
-		kv[i] = uint64(float64(context*(embeddingHeadsK+embeddingHeadsV)*headsKV) * bytesPerElement)
+		headsL := headsArr[i]
+		headsKVL := headsKVArr[i]
+		if headsL > 0 && headsKVL > 0 {
+			// full attention layer
+			// NOTE: Assumes uniform values for all attn layers
+			kv[i] = uint64(float64(context*(embeddingHeadsK+embeddingHeadsV)*headsKVL) * bytesPerElement)
+			kvSizeAttn += kv[i]
+		} else {
+			// recurrent layer
+			ssmDConv := f.KV().SSMConvKernel()
+			ssmDState := f.KV().SSMStateSize()
+			ssmDInner := f.KV().SSMInnerSize()
+			ssmNGroups := f.KV().SSMGroupCount()
+			nEmbdR := uint64(0)
+			if ssmDConv > 0 {
+				nEmbdR = (ssmDConv - 1) * (ssmDInner + 2*ssmNGroups*ssmDState)
+			}
+			nEmbdS := ssmDState * ssmDInner
+
+			// recurrent always uses F32 in llama.cpp backend
+			// https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/src/llama-model.cpp#L18644
+			bytesPerElementRecurrent := kvCacheBytesPerElement("f32")
+
+			kv[i] = (nEmbdR + nEmbdS) * uint64(bytesPerElementRecurrent)
+			kvSizeRecurrent += kv[i]
+		}
 		kvTotal += kv[i]
 	}
+	slog.Debug("default cache size estimate", "attention MiB", float32(kvSizeAttn)/(1024.*1024.), "attention bytes", kvSizeAttn, "recurrent MiB", float32(kvSizeRecurrent)/(1024.*1024.), "recurrent bytes", kvSizeRecurrent)
 
 	switch f.KV().Architecture() {
 	case "llama", "llama4":
@@ -759,12 +864,16 @@ func (llm GGML) VisionGraphSize() (weights, graphSize uint64) {
 
 // SupportsKVCacheType checks if the requested cache type is supported
 func (f GGML) SupportsKVCacheType(cacheType string) bool {
+	if cacheType == "" || cacheType == "f16" {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	if arch := f.KV().Architecture(); slices.Contains([]string{"gptoss", "gpt-oss"}, arch) {
 		// gpt-oss uses attention with sinks which does not support quantized cache types
-		slog.Warn("model only supports non-quantized cache types ", "mode", arch)
-		return cacheType == "f16"
+		slog.Warn("model only supports non-quantized cache types", "model", arch)
+		return false
 	}
-	return slices.Contains([]string{"f16", "q8_0", "q4_0"}, cacheType)
+	return slices.Contains([]string{"q8_0", "q4_0"}, cacheType)
 }
 
 // SupportsFlashAttention checks if the model supports flash attention
@@ -774,6 +883,10 @@ func (f GGML) SupportsFlashAttention() bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if arch := f.KV().Architecture(); slices.Contains([]string{"gemma2"}, arch) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	// Check head counts match and are non-zero
 	headCountK := f.KV().EmbeddingHeadCountK()
 	headCountV := f.KV().EmbeddingHeadCountV()
@@ -794,6 +907,8 @@ func kvCacheBytesPerElement(cacheType string) float64 {
 		return 1 // 1/2 of fp16
 	case "q4_0":
 		return 0.5 // 1/4 of fp16
+	case "f32":
+		return 4 // f32 (default for recurrent)
 	default:
 		return 2 // f16 (default)
 	}
diff --git a/harmony/harmonyparser.go b/harmony/harmonyparser.go
index a51819dda..3ec2c21f1 100644
--- a/harmony/harmonyparser.go
+++ b/harmony/harmonyparser.go
@@ -3,15 +3,29 @@ package harmony
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/logutil"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/template"
 )
 
 type harmonyParserState int
 
+func ShouldUseHarmony(modelFamily string, template *template.Template) bool {
+	if slices.Contains([]string{"gptoss", "gpt-oss"}, modelFamily) {
+		// heuristic to check whether the template expects to be parsed via harmony:
+		// search for harmony tags that are nearly always used
+		if template.Contains("<|start|>") && template.Contains("<|end|>") {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 const (
 	harmonyParserState_LookingForMessageStart harmonyParserState = iota
 	harmonyParserState_ParsingHeader
@@ -75,18 +89,28 @@ func (s *HarmonyParser) AddImplicitStart() {
 	s.acc.WriteString("<|start|>assistant")
 }
 
-func (s *HarmonyParser) AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(lastMessage *api.Message) {
-	if lastMessage != nil && lastMessage.Role == "assistant" {
-		// handle prefilling conditions
-		if lastMessage.Content != "" {
-			s.acc.WriteString("<|start|>assistant<|channel|>final<|message|>")
-			return
-		} else if lastMessage.Thinking != "" {
-			s.acc.WriteString("<|start|>assistant<|channel|>analysis<|message|>")
-			return
-		}
+func Prefill(lastMessage api.Message) string {
+	if lastMessage.Role != "assistant" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.TrimSpace(lastMessage.Content) != "":
+		return "<|start|>assistant<|channel|>final<|message|>"
+	case strings.TrimSpace(lastMessage.Thinking) != "":
+		return "<|start|>assistant<|channel|>analysis<|message|>"
+	default:
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+// AddImplicitStartOrPrefill adds an implicit start tag or prefill string if provided
+func (s *HarmonyParser) AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(prefillString string) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(prefillString) != "" {
+		s.acc.WriteString(prefillString)
+	} else {
+		s.AddImplicitStart()
 	}
-	s.AddImplicitStart()
 }
 
 func (s *HarmonyParser) AddContent(content string) []HarmonyEvent {
@@ -265,6 +289,7 @@ type HarmonyMessageHandler struct {
 	state           harmonyMessageState
 	HarmonyParser   *HarmonyParser
 	FunctionNameMap *FunctionNameMap
+	ToolParser      *HarmonyToolCallAccumulator
 }
 
 // NewHarmonyMessageHandler creates a new message handler
@@ -277,12 +302,16 @@ func NewHarmonyMessageHandler() *HarmonyMessageHandler {
 			HeaderEndTag:    "<|message|>",
 		},
 		FunctionNameMap: NewFunctionNameMap(),
+		ToolParser: &HarmonyToolCallAccumulator{
+			state:           harmonyToolCallState_Normal,
+			currentToolName: nil,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
 // AddContent processes the content and returns the content, thinking, and tool content.
 // content and thinking are already fully parsed, but tool content still needs to be passed to the tool parser
-func (h *HarmonyMessageHandler) AddContent(content string, toolParser *HarmonyToolCallAccumulator) (string, string, string) {
+func (h *HarmonyMessageHandler) AddContent(content string) (string, string, string) {
 	contentSb := strings.Builder{}
 	thinkingSb := strings.Builder{}
 	toolContentSb := strings.Builder{}
@@ -299,14 +328,14 @@ func (h *HarmonyMessageHandler) AddContent(content string, toolParser *HarmonyTo
 					// event.Header.Recipient is the tool name, something like
 					// "browser.search" for a built-in, or "functions.calc" for a
 					// custom one
-					toolParser.SetToolName(event.Header.Recipient)
+					h.ToolParser.SetToolName(event.Header.Recipient)
 				} else {
 					h.state = harmonyMessageState_Thinking
 				}
 			case "commentary":
 				if event.Header.Recipient != "" {
 					h.state = harmonyMessageState_ToolCalling
-					toolParser.SetToolName(event.Header.Recipient)
+					h.ToolParser.SetToolName(event.Header.Recipient)
 				} else {
 					h.state = harmonyMessageState_Normal
 				}
@@ -329,13 +358,6 @@ func (h *HarmonyMessageHandler) AddContent(content string, toolParser *HarmonyTo
 	return contentSb.String(), thinkingSb.String(), toolContentSb.String()
 }
 
-func (h *HarmonyMessageHandler) CreateToolParser() *HarmonyToolCallAccumulator {
-	return &HarmonyToolCallAccumulator{
-		state:           harmonyToolCallState_Normal,
-		currentToolName: nil,
-	}
-}
-
 type harmonyToolCallState int
 
 const (
diff --git a/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go b/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go
index b988a018f..82bf5b2de 100644
--- a/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go
+++ b/harmony/harmonyparser_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package harmony
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -535,3 +536,202 @@ func TestFunctionConvertAndAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHarmonyMessageHandlerStreamingScenarios(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("thinking_then_content_streams", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		type step struct {
+			in           string
+			wantContent  string
+			wantThinking string
+		}
+		steps := []step{
+			{in: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Thinking...", wantThinking: "Thinking..."},
+			{in: "<|end|>", wantThinking: ""},
+			{in: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer", wantContent: "Answer"},
+			{in: "<|end|>", wantContent: ""},
+		}
+		for i, s := range steps {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(s.in)
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+			if content != s.wantContent || thinking != s.wantThinking {
+				t.Fatalf("step %d: got (content=%q thinking=%q), want (content=%q thinking=%q)", i, content, thinking, s.wantContent, s.wantThinking)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("content_streams_as_it_arrives", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		inputs := []string{
+			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Hello",
+			", world",
+			"!<|end|>",
+		}
+		var got []string
+		for _, in := range inputs {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in)
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+			if thinking != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected thinking %q", thinking)
+			}
+			if content != "" {
+				got = append(got, content)
+			}
+		}
+		want := []string{"Hello", ", world", "!"}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("content pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("thinking_streams_separately_from_content", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		inputs := []string{
+			"<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Thinking...",
+			"<|end|>",
+			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer",
+			"<|end|>",
+		}
+		var got []string
+		for _, in := range inputs {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in)
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+			if thinking != "" {
+				got = append(got, thinking)
+			}
+			if content != "" {
+				got = append(got, content)
+			}
+		}
+		want := []string{"Thinking...", "Answer"}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("content pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("partial_tags_buffer_until_complete", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		inputs := []string{
+			"<|chan",
+			"nel|>analysis<|mess",
+			"age|>Deep ",
+			"thought",
+			"<|end|>",
+			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Done",
+			"<|end|>",
+		}
+		var thinkingPieces []string
+		var contentPieces []string
+		for _, in := range inputs {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in)
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+			if thinking != "" {
+				thinkingPieces = append(thinkingPieces, thinking)
+			}
+			if content != "" {
+				contentPieces = append(contentPieces, content)
+			}
+		}
+		if want := []string{"Deep ", "thought"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(thinkingPieces, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("thinking pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", thinkingPieces, want)
+		}
+		if want := []string{"Done"}; !reflect.DeepEqual(contentPieces, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("content pieces mismatch: got %v want %v", contentPieces, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("simple_assistant_after_analysis", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		inputs := []string{
+			"<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Think",
+			"<|end|>",
+			"<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer",
+			"<|end|>",
+		}
+		var contentSb, thinkingSb strings.Builder
+		for _, in := range inputs {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in)
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+			contentSb.WriteString(content)
+			thinkingSb.WriteString(thinking)
+		}
+		if contentSb.String() != "Answer" {
+			t.Fatalf("content mismatch: got %q want %q", contentSb.String(), "Answer")
+		}
+		if thinkingSb.String() != "Think" {
+			t.Fatalf("thinking mismatch: got %q want %q", thinkingSb.String(), "Think")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("tool_call_parsed_and_returned_correctly", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		inputs := []string{
+			"<|channel|>commentary to=functions.calculate<|message|>{\"expression\":\"2+2\"}<|end|>",
+		}
+		for _, in := range inputs {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in)
+			if content != "" || thinking != "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+		}
+		name, args := tp.Drain()
+		if name == nil || *name != "functions.calculate" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool name: %v", name)
+		}
+		if got, want := args, "{\"expression\":\"2+2\"}"; got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool args: got %s want %s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("tool_call_across_chunks", func(t *testing.T) {
+		handler := NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		handler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
+		tp := handler.ToolParser
+		inputs := []string{
+			"<|channel|>commentary to=functions.calculate<|message|>{\"expression\":\"2+",
+			"2\"}",
+			"<|end|>",
+		}
+		for _, in := range inputs {
+			content, thinking, tool := handler.AddContent(in)
+			if content != "" || thinking != "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if tool != "" {
+				tp.Add(tool)
+			}
+		}
+		name, args := tp.Drain()
+		if name == nil || *name != "functions.calculate" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool name: %v", name)
+		}
+		if got, want := args, "{\"expression\":\"2+2\"}"; got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected tool args: got %s want %s", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/integration/api_test.go b/integration/api_test.go
index 0baba8827..c39192c99 100644
--- a/integration/api_test.go
+++ b/integration/api_test.go
@@ -410,3 +410,99 @@ func TestAPIEmbeddings(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("zero length embedding response")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAPIToolCalling(t *testing.T) {
+	initialTimeout := 60 * time.Second
+	streamTimeout := 30 * time.Second
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	client, _, cleanup := InitServerConnection(ctx, t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	modelName := "qwen3:0.6b"
+	if err := PullIfMissing(ctx, client, modelName); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pull failed %s", err)
+	}
+
+	tools := []api.Tool{
+		{
+			Type: "function",
+			Function: api.ToolFunction{
+				Name:        "get_weather",
+				Description: "Get the current weather in a given location",
+				Parameters: api.ToolFunctionParameters{
+					Type:     "object",
+					Required: []string{"location"},
+					Properties: map[string]api.ToolProperty{
+						"location": {
+							Type:        api.PropertyType{"string"},
+							Description: "The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	req := api.ChatRequest{
+		Model: modelName,
+		Messages: []api.Message{
+			{
+				Role:    "user",
+				Content: "Call get_weather with location set to San Francisco.",
+			},
+		},
+		Tools: tools,
+		Options: map[string]any{
+			"temperature": 0,
+		},
+	}
+
+	stallTimer := time.NewTimer(initialTimeout)
+	var gotToolCall bool
+	var lastToolCall api.ToolCall
+
+	fn := func(response api.ChatResponse) error {
+		if len(response.Message.ToolCalls) > 0 {
+			gotToolCall = true
+			lastToolCall = response.Message.ToolCalls[len(response.Message.ToolCalls)-1]
+		}
+		if !stallTimer.Reset(streamTimeout) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("stall was detected while streaming response, aborting")
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	stream := true
+	req.Stream = &stream
+	done := make(chan int)
+	var genErr error
+	go func() {
+		genErr = client.Chat(ctx, &req, fn)
+		done <- 0
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-stallTimer.C:
+		t.Errorf("tool-calling chat never started. Timed out after: %s", initialTimeout.String())
+	case <-done:
+		if genErr != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("chat failed: %v", genErr)
+		}
+
+		if !gotToolCall {
+			t.Fatalf("expected at least one tool call, got none")
+		}
+
+		if lastToolCall.Function.Name != "get_weather" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected tool called: got %q want %q", lastToolCall.Function.Name, "get_weather")
+		}
+
+		if _, ok := lastToolCall.Function.Arguments["location"]; !ok {
+			t.Errorf("expected tool arguments to include 'location', got: %s", lastToolCall.Function.Arguments.String())
+		}
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Error("outer test context done while waiting for tool-calling chat")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/integration/concurrency_test.go b/integration/concurrency_test.go
index 331bb6e75..3104eacca 100644
--- a/integration/concurrency_test.go
+++ b/integration/concurrency_test.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func TestMultiModelStress(t *testing.T) {
 	// The intent is to go 1 over what can fit so we force the scheduler to thrash
 	targetLoadCount := 0
 	slog.Info("Loading models to find how many can fit in VRAM before overflowing")
+chooseModels:
 	for i, model := range chosenModels {
 		req := &api.GenerateRequest{Model: model}
 		slog.Info("loading", "model", model)
@@ -142,6 +143,13 @@ func TestMultiModelStress(t *testing.T) {
 				slog.Info("found model load capacity", "target", targetLoadCount, "current", loaded, "chosen", chosenModels[:targetLoadCount])
 				break
 			}
+			// Effectively limit model count to 2 on CPU only systems to avoid thrashing and timeouts
+			for _, m := range models.Models {
+				if m.SizeVRAM == 0 {
+					slog.Info("model running on CPU", "name", m.Name, "target", targetLoadCount, "chosen", chosenModels[:targetLoadCount])
+					break chooseModels
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if targetLoadCount == len(chosenModels) {
diff --git a/integration/context_test.go b/integration/context_test.go
index 24c57dcf2..ca6f16087 100644
--- a/integration/context_test.go
+++ b/integration/context_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestLongInputContext(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := PullIfMissing(ctx, client, req.Model); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("PullIfMissing failed: %v", err)
 	}
-	DoGenerate(ctx, t, client, req, []string{"russia", "germany", "france", "england", "austria", "prussia", "individuals", "coalition", "conflict"}, 120*time.Second, 10*time.Second)
+	DoGenerate(ctx, t, client, req, []string{"russia", "germany", "france", "england", "austria", "prussia", "europe", "individuals", "coalition", "conflict"}, 120*time.Second, 10*time.Second)
 }
 
 func TestContextExhaustion(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/integration/embed_test.go b/integration/embed_test.go
index 09369dbb4..eb00f4ba6 100644
--- a/integration/embed_test.go
+++ b/integration/embed_test.go
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ func TestAllMiniLMEmbeddings(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cleanup()
 
 	req := api.EmbeddingRequest{
-		Model:  "all-minilm",
-		Prompt: "why is the sky blue?",
+		Model:     "all-minilm",
+		Prompt:    "why is the sky blue?",
+		KeepAlive: &api.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
 	}
 
 	res, err := embeddingTestHelper(ctx, client, t, req)
diff --git a/integration/utils_test.go b/integration/utils_test.go
index 2bb6a1570..ec74b2e3d 100644
--- a/integration/utils_test.go
+++ b/integration/utils_test.go
@@ -502,6 +502,22 @@ func DoGenerate(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *api.Client, genReq ap
 		done <- 0
 	}()
 
+	var response string
+	verify := func() {
+		// Verify the response contains the expected data
+		response = buf.String()
+		atLeastOne := false
+		for _, resp := range anyResp {
+			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(response), resp) {
+				atLeastOne = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !atLeastOne {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: none of %v found in %s", genReq.Model, anyResp, response)
+		}
+	}
+
 	select {
 	case <-stallTimer.C:
 		if buf.Len() == 0 {
@@ -517,21 +533,14 @@ func DoGenerate(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *api.Client, genReq ap
 		if genErr != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%s failed with %s request prompt %s", genErr, genReq.Model, genReq.Prompt)
 		}
-		// Verify the response contains the expected data
-		response := buf.String()
-		atLeastOne := false
-		for _, resp := range anyResp {
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(response), resp) {
-				atLeastOne = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if !atLeastOne {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: none of %v found in %s", genReq.Model, anyResp, response)
-		}
+		verify()
 		slog.Info("test pass", "model", genReq.Model, "prompt", genReq.Prompt, "contains", anyResp, "response", response)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Error("outer test context done while waiting for generate")
+		// On slow systems, we might timeout before some models finish rambling, so check what we have so far to see
+		// if it's considered a pass - the stallTimer will detect hangs, but we want to consider slow systems a pass
+		// if they are still generating valid responses
+		slog.Warn("outer test context done while waiting for generate")
+		verify()
 	}
 	return context
 }
@@ -599,6 +608,22 @@ func DoChat(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *api.Client, req api.ChatR
 		done <- 0
 	}()
 
+	var response string
+	verify := func() {
+		// Verify the response contains the expected data
+		response = buf.String()
+		atLeastOne := false
+		for _, resp := range anyResp {
+			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(response), resp) {
+				atLeastOne = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !atLeastOne {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: none of %v found in \"%s\" -- request was:%v", req.Model, anyResp, response, req.Messages)
+		}
+	}
+
 	select {
 	case <-stallTimer.C:
 		if buf.Len() == 0 {
@@ -614,23 +639,14 @@ func DoChat(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *api.Client, req api.ChatR
 		if genErr != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("%s failed with %s request prompt %v", genErr, req.Model, req.Messages)
 		}
-
-		// Verify the response contains the expected data
-		response := buf.String()
-		atLeastOne := false
-		for _, resp := range anyResp {
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(response), resp) {
-				atLeastOne = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if !atLeastOne {
-			t.Fatalf("%s: none of %v found in \"%s\" -- request was:%v", req.Model, anyResp, response, req.Messages)
-		}
-
+		verify()
 		slog.Info("test pass", "model", req.Model, "messages", req.Messages, "contains", anyResp, "response", response)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Error("outer test context done while waiting for generate")
+		// On slow systems, we might timeout before some models finish rambling, so check what we have so far to see
+		// if it's considered a pass - the stallTimer will detect hangs, but we want to consider slow systems a pass
+		// if they are still generating valid responses
+		slog.Warn("outer test context done while waiting for chat")
+		verify()
 	}
 	return &api.Message{Role: role, Content: buf.String()}
 }
diff --git a/llm/memory.go b/llm/memory.go
index ce128eb58..7a87b28fe 100644
--- a/llm/memory.go
+++ b/llm/memory.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func estimateGPULayers(gpus []discover.GpuInfo, f *ggml.GGML, projectors []strin
 	var kvct string
 	if useFlashAttention {
 		requested := strings.ToLower(envconfig.KvCacheType())
-		if requested != "" && f.SupportsKVCacheType(requested) {
+		if f.SupportsKVCacheType(requested) {
 			kvct = requested
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/llm/server.go b/llm/server.go
index e7e8b4da8..09987f6f6 100644
--- a/llm/server.go
+++ b/llm/server.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/logutil"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/ml"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/model"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 )
 
 type filteredEnv []string
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus discover.GpuInfoList, modelPath string, f *ggml.GGML, a
 		opts.NumCtx = int(trainCtx)
 	}
 
+	opts.NumBatch = min(opts.NumBatch, opts.NumCtx)
+
 	loadRequest := LoadRequest{LoraPath: adapters, KvSize: opts.NumCtx * numParallel, BatchSize: opts.NumBatch, Parallel: numParallel, MultiUserCache: envconfig.MultiUserCache()}
 
 	defaultThreads := discover.GetSystemInfo().GetOptimalThreadCount()
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus discover.GpuInfoList, modelPath string, f *ggml.GGML, a
 
 		// Flash Attention also supports kv cache quantization
 		// Enable if the requested and kv cache type is supported by the model
-		if kvct != "" && f.SupportsKVCacheType(kvct) {
+		if f.SupportsKVCacheType(kvct) {
 			loadRequest.KvCacheType = kvct
 		} else {
 			slog.Warn("kv cache type not supported by model", "type", kvct)
@@ -1348,7 +1351,9 @@ type CompletionRequest struct {
 	Images  []ImageData
 	Options *api.Options
 
-	Grammar string // set before sending the request to the subprocess
+	Grammar       string // set before sending the request to the subprocess
+	ParserType    parser.TokenParserType
+	PrefillString string
 }
 
 // DoneReason represents the reason why a completion response is done
@@ -1375,13 +1380,15 @@ func (d DoneReason) String() string {
 }
 
 type CompletionResponse struct {
-	Content            string        `json:"content"`
-	DoneReason         DoneReason    `json:"done_reason"`
-	Done               bool          `json:"done"`
-	PromptEvalCount    int           `json:"prompt_eval_count"`
-	PromptEvalDuration time.Duration `json:"prompt_eval_duration"`
-	EvalCount          int           `json:"eval_count"`
-	EvalDuration       time.Duration `json:"eval_duration"`
+	Content            string         `json:"content"`
+	Thinking           string         `json:"thinking"`
+	ToolCalls          []api.ToolCall `json:"tool_calls"`
+	DoneReason         DoneReason     `json:"done_reason"`
+	Done               bool           `json:"done"`
+	PromptEvalCount    int            `json:"prompt_eval_count"`
+	PromptEvalDuration time.Duration  `json:"prompt_eval_duration"`
+	EvalCount          int            `json:"eval_count"`
+	EvalDuration       time.Duration  `json:"eval_duration"`
 }
 
 func (s *llmServer) Completion(ctx context.Context, req CompletionRequest, fn func(CompletionResponse)) error {
@@ -1499,7 +1506,8 @@ func (s *llmServer) Completion(ctx context.Context, req CompletionRequest, fn fu
 				return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling llm prediction response: %v", err)
 			}
 			switch {
-			case strings.TrimSpace(c.Content) == lastToken:
+			// TODO(parthsareen): token repeat limit is now handled in the runner, this currently support legacy model and can be removed in the future
+			case strings.TrimSpace(c.Content) == lastToken && c.Content != "":
 				tokenRepeat++
 			default:
 				lastToken = strings.TrimSpace(c.Content)
@@ -1512,16 +1520,14 @@ func (s *llmServer) Completion(ctx context.Context, req CompletionRequest, fn fu
 				return ctx.Err()
 			}
 
-			if c.Content != "" {
-				fn(CompletionResponse{
-					Content: c.Content,
-				})
-			}
-
 			if c.Done {
 				fn(c)
 				return nil
 			}
+
+			if c.Content != "" || c.Thinking != "" || len(c.ToolCalls) > 0 {
+				fn(c)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/parser/token_parser.go b/parser/token_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..812458299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/token_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/api"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/harmony"
+)
+
+type TokenParserType int
+
+const (
+	TokenParserTypeDefault TokenParserType = iota
+	TokenParserTypeHarmony
+)
+
+type TokenParser struct {
+	messageHandler MessageHandler
+	parserEngine   ParserInternals
+	toolParser     ToolParser
+	lastToken      string
+	tokenRepeat    int
+	repeatLimit    int
+}
+
+const defaultTokenRepeatLimit = 30
+
+type MessageHandler interface {
+	AddContent(token string) (content, thinking string, toolContent string)
+}
+
+type ParserInternals interface {
+	AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(prefillString string)
+}
+
+type ToolParser interface {
+	Add(token string)
+	Drain() (toolName *string, toolContent string)
+}
+
+// Default implementation for the TokenParser interface as a no-op passthrough
+type defaultMessageHandler struct{}
+
+func (defaultMessageHandler) AddContent(token string) (string, string, string) {
+	return token, "", ""
+}
+
+type defaultEngine struct{}
+
+func (defaultEngine) AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(prefillString string) {}
+
+type defaultToolParser struct{}
+
+func (defaultToolParser) Add(token string) {}
+
+func (defaultToolParser) Drain() (*string, string) { return nil, "" }
+
+func NewTokenParser(parserType TokenParserType, prefillString string) TokenParser {
+	switch parserType {
+	case TokenParserTypeHarmony:
+		harmonyMessageHandler := harmony.NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
+		harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(prefillString)
+		return TokenParser{
+			messageHandler: harmonyMessageHandler,
+			parserEngine:   harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser,
+			toolParser:     harmonyMessageHandler.ToolParser,
+			repeatLimit:    defaultTokenRepeatLimit,
+		}
+
+	default:
+		return TokenParser{
+			messageHandler: defaultMessageHandler{},
+			parserEngine:   defaultEngine{},
+			toolParser:     defaultToolParser{},
+			repeatLimit:    30,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *TokenParser) AddContent(token string) (string, string, error) {
+	if p.repeatLimitReached(token) {
+		return "", "", errors.New("token repeat limit reached")
+	}
+	content, thinking, toolContent := p.messageHandler.AddContent(token)
+	p.toolParser.Add(toolContent)
+	return content, thinking, nil
+}
+
+// repeatLimitReached updates repeat counters and returns true if the repeat limit is reached.
+func (p *TokenParser) repeatLimitReached(token string) bool {
+	if p == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(token)
+	if trimmed == p.lastToken {
+		p.tokenRepeat++
+	} else {
+		p.tokenRepeat = 0
+	}
+	p.lastToken = trimmed
+
+	return p.tokenRepeat >= p.repeatLimit
+}
+
+// TODO: update to work with multiple toolcalls - unmarshalling should also happen on parser level
+func (p *TokenParser) Drain() []api.ToolCall {
+	toolName, toolContent := p.toolParser.Drain()
+	if toolName != nil {
+		*toolName = strings.TrimPrefix(*toolName, "functions.")
+		var args api.ToolCallFunctionArguments
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolContent), &args); err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return []api.ToolCall{
+			{
+				Function: api.ToolCallFunction{
+					Name:      *toolName,
+					Arguments: args,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/runner/ollamarunner/cache.go b/runner/ollamarunner/cache.go
index 955ef9b3d..f558f7b87 100644
--- a/runner/ollamarunner/cache.go
+++ b/runner/ollamarunner/cache.go
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ type InputCache struct {
 func NewInputCache(model model.Model, kvCacheType string, kvSize int32, numSlots int, batchSize int, multiUserCache bool) (*InputCache, error) {
 	numCtx := kvSize / int32(numSlots)
 
-	if numCtx < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("must have at least one kv cache entry per parallel sequence (kv: %v parallel: %v)", kvSize, numSlots)
+	if int(numCtx) < batchSize {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("kv size must be at least as large as batch size * parallel (kv: %v batch: %v parallel: %v)", kvSize, batchSize, numSlots)
 	}
 
 	slots := make([]InputCacheSlot, numSlots)
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@ func kvCacheTypeFromStr(s string) ml.DType {
 }
 
 func (c *InputCache) Close() {
-	if c == nil {
-		return
+	if c != nil && c.cache != nil {
+		c.cache.Close()
 	}
-
-	c.cache.Close()
 }
 
 // Locking: Operations on InputCacheSlot (including finding one
diff --git a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
index df3ce1d9f..201d55a16 100644
--- a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
+++ b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/ml"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/model"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/model/input"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/runner/common"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/sample"
 
@@ -781,6 +782,8 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	tokenParser := parser.NewTokenParser(req.ParserType, req.PrefillString)
+
 	if req.Options == nil {
 		opts := api.DefaultOptions()
 		req.Options = &opts
@@ -871,8 +874,18 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		case content, ok := <-seq.responses:
 			if ok {
+				var thinking string
+				var err error
+				content, thinking, err = tokenParser.AddContent(content)
+				if err != nil {
+					http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+					close(seq.quit)
+					return
+				}
+
 				if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&llm.CompletionResponse{
-					Content: content,
+					Content:  content,
+					Thinking: thinking,
 				}); err != nil {
 					http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to encode response: %v", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 					close(seq.quit)
@@ -881,7 +894,9 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 				flusher.Flush()
 			} else {
+				toolCalls := tokenParser.Drain()
 				if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&llm.CompletionResponse{
+					ToolCalls:          toolCalls,
 					Done:               true,
 					DoneReason:         seq.doneReason,
 					PromptEvalCount:    seq.numPromptInputs,
diff --git a/scripts/build_windows.ps1 b/scripts/build_windows.ps1
index 057b64c90..ff853b5a3 100644
--- a/scripts/build_windows.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build_windows.ps1
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function checkEnv() {
 }
 
 
-function buildOllama() {
+function buildCPU() {
     mkdir -Force -path "${script:DIST_DIR}\"
     if ($script:ARCH -ne "arm64") {
         Remove-Item -ea 0 -recurse -force -path "${script:SRC_DIR}\dist\windows-${script:ARCH}"
@@ -90,20 +90,72 @@ function buildOllama() {
         if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
         & cmake --install build --component CPU --strip
         if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+    }
+}
 
+function buildCUDA11() {
+    # CUDA v11 claims to be compatible with MSVC 2022, but the latest updates are no longer compatible
+    # 19.40 is the last compiler version that works, but recent udpates are 19.43
+    # So this pins to MSVC 2019 for best compatibility
+    mkdir -Force -path "${script:DIST_DIR}\"
+    if ($script:ARCH -ne "arm64") {
         $hashEnv = @{}
         Get-ChildItem env: | foreach { $hashEnv[$_.Name] = $_.Value }
-        if ("$script:CUDA_DIRS".Contains("v12")) {
-            $hashEnv.Keys | foreach { if ($_.Contains("CUDA_PATH_V12")) { $v12="$_" }}
-            $env:CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$hashEnv[$v12]
-            write-host "Building CUDA v12 backend libraries"
-            & cmake --fresh --preset "CUDA 12" --install-prefix $script:DIST_DIR
+        if ("$script:CUDA_DIRS".Contains("v11")) {
+            $hashEnv.Keys | foreach { if ($_.Contains("CUDA_PATH_V11")) { $x=$hashEnv[$_]; if (test-path -literalpath "$x\bin\nvcc.exe" ) { $cuda=$x}  }}
+            write-host "Building CUDA v11 backend libraries $cuda"
+            $env:CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$cuda
+            & cmake --fresh --preset "CUDA 11" -T cuda="$cuda" -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER="$cuda\bin\nvcc.exe" -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" --install-prefix $script:DIST_DIR -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="cuda_v11"
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+            & cmake --build --preset "CUDA 11"  --config Release --parallel $script:JOBS
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+            & cmake --install build --component "CUDA" --strip
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function buildCUDA12() {
+    mkdir -Force -path "${script:DIST_DIR}\"
+    if ($script:ARCH -ne "arm64") {
+        $hashEnv = @{}
+        Get-ChildItem env: | foreach { $hashEnv[$_.Name] = $_.Value }
+        if ("$script:CUDA_DIRS".Contains("v12.8")) {
+            $hashEnv.Keys | foreach { if ($_.Contains("CUDA_PATH_V12_8")) { $x=$hashEnv[$_]; if (test-path -literalpath "$x\bin\nvcc.exe" ) { $cuda=$x}  }}
+            write-host "Building CUDA v12 backend libraries $cuda"
+            $env:CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$cuda
+            & cmake --fresh --preset "CUDA 12" -T cuda="$cuda" --install-prefix $script:DIST_DIR -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="cuda_v12"
             if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
             & cmake --build --preset "CUDA 12"  --config Release --parallel $script:JOBS
             if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
             & cmake --install build --component "CUDA" --strip
             if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
         }
+    }
+}
+
+function buildCUDA13() {
+    mkdir -Force -path "${script:DIST_DIR}\"
+    if ($script:ARCH -ne "arm64") {
+        $hashEnv = @{}
+        Get-ChildItem env: | foreach { $hashEnv[$_.Name] = $_.Value }
+        if ("$script:CUDA_DIRS".Contains("v13")) {
+            $hashEnv.Keys | foreach { if ($_.Contains("CUDA_PATH_V13")) { $x=$hashEnv[$_]; if (test-path -literalpath "$x\bin\nvcc.exe" ) { $cuda=$x}  }}
+            $env:CUDAToolkit_ROOT=$cuda
+            write-host "Building CUDA v13 backend libraries $cuda"
+            & cmake --fresh --preset "CUDA 13" -T cuda="$cuda" --install-prefix $script:DIST_DIR -DOLLAMA_RUNNER_DIR="cuda_v13"
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+            & cmake --build --preset "CUDA 13"  --config Release --parallel $script:JOBS
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+            & cmake --install build --component "CUDA" --strip
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function buildROCm() {
+    mkdir -Force -path "${script:DIST_DIR}\"
+    if ($script:ARCH -ne "arm64") {
         if ($env:HIP_PATH) {
             write-host "Building ROCm backend libraries"
             if (-Not (get-command -ErrorAction silent ninja)) {
@@ -138,6 +190,10 @@ function buildOllama() {
             if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
         }
     }
+}
+
+function buildOllama() {
+    mkdir -Force -path "${script:DIST_DIR}\"
     write-host "Building ollama CLI"
     & go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X=github.com/ollama/ollama/version.Version=$script:VERSION -X=github.com/ollama/ollama/server.mode=release" .
     if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit($LASTEXITCODE)}
@@ -245,6 +301,10 @@ function distZip() {
 checkEnv
 try {
     if ($($args.count) -eq 0) {
+        buildCPU
+        buildCUDA12
+        buildCUDA13
+        buildROCm
         buildOllama
         buildApp
         gatherDependencies
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index e6e4e2c47..ac4df4a46 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/llm"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/logutil"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/openai"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/internal/client/ollama"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server/internal/registry"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/template"
@@ -46,18 +47,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/version"
 )
 
-func shouldUseHarmony(model *Model) bool {
-	if slices.Contains([]string{"gptoss", "gpt-oss"}, model.Config.ModelFamily) {
-		// heuristic to check whether the template expects to be parsed via harmony:
-		// search for harmony tags that are nearly always used
-		if model.Template.Contains("<|start|>") && model.Template.Contains("<|end|>") {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 func experimentEnabled(name string) bool {
 	return slices.Contains(strings.Split(os.Getenv("OLLAMA_EXPERIMENT"), ","), name)
 }
@@ -207,13 +196,17 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	useHarmony := shouldUseHarmony(m) && !req.Raw
-	var harmonyMessageHandler *harmony.HarmonyMessageHandler
-	var harmonyToolParser *harmony.HarmonyToolCallAccumulator
+	useHarmony := harmony.ShouldUseHarmony(m.Config.ModelFamily, m.Template) && !req.Raw
+	var parserType parser.TokenParserType
 	if useHarmony {
-		harmonyMessageHandler = harmony.NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStart()
-		harmonyToolParser = harmonyMessageHandler.CreateToolParser()
+		parserType = parser.TokenParserTypeHarmony
+	} else {
+		parserType = parser.TokenParserTypeDefault
+	}
+	var functionNameMap *harmony.FunctionNameMap
+
+	if useHarmony {
+		functionNameMap = harmony.NewFunctionNameMap()
 	}
 
 	// Validate Think value: string values currently only allowed for gptoss models
@@ -357,16 +350,19 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		var sb strings.Builder
 		defer close(ch)
 		if err := r.Completion(c.Request.Context(), llm.CompletionRequest{
-			Prompt:  prompt,
-			Images:  images,
-			Format:  req.Format,
-			Options: opts,
+			Prompt:     prompt,
+			Images:     images,
+			Format:     req.Format,
+			Options:    opts,
+			ParserType: parserType,
 		}, func(cr llm.CompletionResponse) {
 			res := api.GenerateResponse{
 				Model:     req.Model,
 				CreatedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
 				Response:  cr.Content,
 				Done:      cr.Done,
+				Thinking:  cr.Thinking,
+				ToolCalls: cr.ToolCalls,
 				Metrics: api.Metrics{
 					PromptEvalCount:    cr.PromptEvalCount,
 					PromptEvalDuration: cr.PromptEvalDuration,
@@ -375,12 +371,22 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 				},
 			}
 
+			if res.Done {
+				res.DoneReason = cr.DoneReason.String()
+				res.TotalDuration = time.Since(checkpointStart)
+				res.LoadDuration = checkpointLoaded.Sub(checkpointStart)
+			}
+
 			if useHarmony {
-				content, thinking, toolContent := harmonyMessageHandler.AddContent(cr.Content, harmonyToolParser)
-				res.Response = content
-				res.Thinking = thinking
-				harmonyToolParser.Add(toolContent)
-			} else if thinkingState != nil {
+				for i, tool := range res.ToolCalls {
+					res.ToolCalls[i].Function.Name = functionNameMap.OriginalFromConverted(tool.Function.Name)
+				}
+				if res.Response != "" || res.Thinking != "" || len(res.ToolCalls) > 0 || res.Done {
+					ch <- res
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if thinkingState != nil {
 				thinking, content := thinkingState.AddContent(cr.Content)
 				res.Thinking = thinking
 				res.Response = content
@@ -391,30 +397,6 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 			}
 
 			if cr.Done {
-				if useHarmony {
-					toolName, toolContent := harmonyToolParser.Drain()
-					if toolName != nil {
-						*toolName = strings.TrimPrefix(*toolName, "functions.")
-						var args api.ToolCallFunctionArguments
-						if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolContent), &args); err != nil {
-							errStr := fmt.Sprintf("error parsing tool call: raw='%s', err=%s", toolContent, err.Error())
-							ch <- gin.H{"error": errStr}
-							return
-						}
-
-						res.ToolCalls = append(res.ToolCalls, api.ToolCall{
-							Function: api.ToolCallFunction{
-								Name:      *toolName,
-								Arguments: args,
-							},
-						})
-					}
-				}
-
-				res.DoneReason = cr.DoneReason.String()
-				res.TotalDuration = time.Since(checkpointStart)
-				res.LoadDuration = checkpointLoaded.Sub(checkpointStart)
-
 				if !req.Raw {
 					tokens, err := r.Tokenize(c.Request.Context(), prompt+sb.String())
 					if err != nil {
@@ -1616,27 +1598,27 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	msgs = filterThinkTags(msgs, m)
 
-	var harmonyMessageHandler *harmony.HarmonyMessageHandler
-	var harmonyToolParser *harmony.HarmonyToolCallAccumulator
-
-	useHarmony := shouldUseHarmony(m)
+	useHarmony := harmony.ShouldUseHarmony(m.Config.ModelFamily, m.Template)
+	var parserType parser.TokenParserType
+	if useHarmony {
+		parserType = parser.TokenParserTypeHarmony
+	} else {
+		parserType = parser.TokenParserTypeDefault
+	}
 
 	processedTools := req.Tools
+	var functionNameMap *harmony.FunctionNameMap
+	var prefillString string
+	// TODO(parthsareen): this can be abstracted to not be model specific and potentially moved to the runner
 	if useHarmony {
-		harmonyMessageHandler = harmony.NewHarmonyMessageHandler()
-		var lastMessage *api.Message
-		if len(msgs) > 0 {
-			lastMessage = &msgs[len(msgs)-1]
-		}
-		harmonyMessageHandler.HarmonyParser.AddImplicitStartOrPrefill(lastMessage)
-		harmonyToolParser = harmonyMessageHandler.CreateToolParser()
-
+		prefillString = harmony.Prefill(msgs[len(msgs)-1])
+		functionNameMap = harmony.NewFunctionNameMap()
 		// make a copy of tools to pass to the chat prompt. Function names may be
 		// renamed to be valid Harmony function names.
 		processedTools = make([]api.Tool, len(req.Tools))
 		copy(processedTools, req.Tools)
 		for i, tool := range processedTools {
-			processedTools[i].Function.Name = harmonyMessageHandler.FunctionNameMap.ConvertAndAdd(tool.Function.Name)
+			processedTools[i].Function.Name = functionNameMap.ConvertAndAdd(tool.Function.Name)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1689,15 +1671,17 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		defer close(ch)
 
 		if err := r.Completion(c.Request.Context(), llm.CompletionRequest{
-			Prompt:  prompt,
-			Images:  images,
-			Format:  req.Format,
-			Options: opts,
+			Prompt:        prompt,
+			Images:        images,
+			Format:        req.Format,
+			Options:       opts,
+			ParserType:    parserType,
+			PrefillString: prefillString,
 		}, func(r llm.CompletionResponse) {
 			res := api.ChatResponse{
 				Model:     req.Model,
 				CreatedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
-				Message:   api.Message{Role: "assistant", Content: r.Content},
+				Message:   api.Message{Role: "assistant", Content: r.Content, Thinking: r.Thinking, ToolCalls: r.ToolCalls},
 				Done:      r.Done,
 				Metrics: api.Metrics{
 					PromptEvalCount:    r.PromptEvalCount,
@@ -1713,31 +1697,13 @@ func (s *Server) ChatHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 			}
 
 			if useHarmony {
-				content, thinking, toolContent := harmonyMessageHandler.AddContent(r.Content, harmonyToolParser)
-				res.Message.Content = content
-				res.Message.Thinking = thinking
-				harmonyToolParser.Add(toolContent)
-
-				if r.Done {
-					toolName, toolContent := harmonyToolParser.Drain()
-					if toolName != nil {
-						*toolName = strings.TrimPrefix(*toolName, "functions.")
-						*toolName = harmonyMessageHandler.FunctionNameMap.OriginalFromConverted(*toolName)
-						var args api.ToolCallFunctionArguments
-						if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolContent), &args); err != nil {
-							errStr := fmt.Sprintf("error parsing tool call: raw='%s', err=%s", toolContent, err.Error())
-							ch <- gin.H{"error": errStr}
-							return
-						}
-						res.Message.ToolCalls = []api.ToolCall{{Function: api.ToolCallFunction{Name: *toolName, Arguments: args}}}
-					}
+				for i, tool := range res.Message.ToolCalls {
+					res.Message.ToolCalls[i].Function.Name = functionNameMap.OriginalFromConverted(tool.Function.Name)
 				}
-
 				// only send messages with meaningful content (empty messages confuse clients)
 				if res.Message.Content != "" || res.Message.Thinking != "" || len(res.Message.ToolCalls) > 0 || res.Done {
 					ch <- res
 				}
-
 				return
 			}
 
diff --git a/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go b/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go
index b1ede4e39..bcb020886 100644
--- a/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go
+++ b/server/routes_harmony_streaming_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "content streams as it arrives",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|message|>Hello", Done: false},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "Hello", Done: false},
 					wantContent: "Hello",
 				},
 				{
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 					wantContent: ", world",
 				},
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "!<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "!", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 					wantContent: "!",
 				},
 			},
@@ -135,20 +134,15 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "thinking streams separately from content",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Thinking...", Done: false},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "Thinking...", Done: false},
 					wantThinking: "Thinking...",
 				},
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|end|>", Done: false},
-					// No output expected - just closes the analysis message and resets state to normal
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "Answer", Done: false},
+					wantContent: "Answer",
 				},
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer", Done: false},
-					wantContent: "Answer", // After message end, state is reset to normal
-				},
-				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
-					// No output expected - just closes the assistant message
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -156,24 +150,16 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "partial tags buffer until complete",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|chan", Done: false},
-					// No output - partial tag
-				},
-				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "nel|>analysis<|mess", Done: false},
-					// No output - still building tags
-				},
-				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "age|>Deep ", Done: false},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "Deep ", Done: false},
 					wantThinking: "Deep ",
 				},
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "thought<|end|>", Done: false},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "thought", Done: false},
 					wantThinking: "thought",
 				},
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Done<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
-					wantContent: "Done", // After message end, state is reset to normal
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "Done", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					wantContent: "Done",
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -181,7 +167,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "simple assistant after analysis",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>Think<|end|><|start|>assistant<|message|>Answer<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:        llm.CompletionResponse{Thinking: "Think", Content: "Answer", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 					wantContent:  "Answer",
 					wantThinking: "Think",
 				},
@@ -191,7 +177,7 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "tool call parsed and returned correctly",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>commentary to=functions.get_weather<|message|>{\"location\":\"San Francisco\"}<|end|><|start|>assistant<|message|>The weather is sunny<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+					input:       llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "The weather is sunny", ToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{{Function: api.ToolCallFunction{Name: "get_weather", Arguments: api.ToolCallFunctionArguments{"location": "San Francisco"}}}}, Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 					wantContent: "The weather is sunny",
 					wantToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{
 						{
@@ -210,15 +196,10 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingRealtime(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "tool call with streaming JSON across chunks",
 			steps: []step{
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "<|channel|>commentary to=functions.calculate<|message|>{\"expr", Done: false},
-					// No output yet - incomplete JSON
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Done: false},
 				},
 				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "ession\":\"2+", Done: false},
-					// Still no output - incomplete JSON
-				},
-				{
-					input: llm.CompletionResponse{Content: "2\"}", Done: true},
+					input: llm.CompletionResponse{ToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{{Function: api.ToolCallFunction{Name: "calculate", Arguments: api.ToolCallFunctionArguments{"expression": "2+2"}}}}, Done: true},
 					wantToolCalls: []api.ToolCall{
 						{
 							Function: api.ToolCallFunction{
@@ -400,9 +381,9 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
 
 	mockResponses := []llm.CompletionResponse{
-		{Content: "<|message|>First ", Done: false},
+		{Content: "First ", Done: false},
 		{Content: "chunk ", Done: false},
-		{Content: "here<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
+		{Content: "here", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
 	}
 
 	mock := mockRunner{
@@ -507,189 +488,3 @@ func TestChatHarmonyParserStreamingSimple(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected at least 2 content chunks for streaming, got %d", contentChunks)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestChatHarmonyParserStreaming(t *testing.T) {
-	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
-
-	type expectedChunk struct {
-		afterResponse int    // Which mock response this chunk should appear after
-		content       string // Expected content in this chunk
-		thinking      string // Expected thinking in this chunk
-	}
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name           string
-		mockResponses  []llm.CompletionResponse
-		expectedChunks []expectedChunk
-		wantContent    string
-		wantThinking   string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "simple message without thinking",
-			mockResponses: []llm.CompletionResponse{
-				{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>Hello, ", Done: false},
-				{Content: "how can I help?", Done: false},
-				{Content: "<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
-			},
-			expectedChunks: []expectedChunk{
-				{afterResponse: 1, content: "Hello, "},
-				{afterResponse: 2, content: "how can I help?"},
-			},
-			wantContent: "Hello, how can I help?",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "message with analysis channel for thinking",
-			mockResponses: []llm.CompletionResponse{
-				{Content: "<|channel|>analysis<|message|>", Done: false},
-				{Content: "Let me think ", Done: false},
-				{Content: "about this problem...", Done: false},
-				{Content: "<|end|>", Done: false},
-				{Content: "<|start|>assistant<|message|>", Done: false},
-				{Content: "The answer ", Done: false},
-				{Content: "is 42", Done: false},
-				{Content: "<|end|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
-			},
-			expectedChunks: []expectedChunk{
-				{afterResponse: 2, thinking: "Let me think "},
-				{afterResponse: 3, thinking: "about this problem..."},
-				{afterResponse: 6, content: "The answer "},
-				{afterResponse: 7, content: "is 42"},
-			},
-			wantContent:  "The answer is 42",
-			wantThinking: "Let me think about this problem...",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "streaming with partial tags across boundaries",
-			mockResponses: []llm.CompletionResponse{
-				{Content: "<|chan", Done: false},
-				{Content: "nel|>analy", Done: false},
-				{Content: "sis<|mess", Done: false},
-				{Content: "age|>Think", Done: false},
-				{Content: "ing deeply...<|end|>", Done: false},
-				{Content: "<|start|>assi", Done: false},
-				{Content: "stant<|message|>Result ", Done: false},
-				{Content: "computed<|e", Done: false},
-				{Content: "nd|>", Done: true, DoneReason: llm.DoneReasonStop},
-			},
-			expectedChunks: []expectedChunk{
-				{afterResponse: 4, thinking: "Think"},
-				{afterResponse: 5, thinking: "ing deeply..."},
-				{afterResponse: 7, content: "Result "},
-				{afterResponse: 8, content: "computed"},
-			},
-			wantContent:  "Result computed",
-			wantThinking: "Thinking deeply...",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Channel to synchronize mock responses with chunk verification
-			responsesSent := make(chan int, len(tc.mockResponses))
-
-			mock := mockRunner{
-				CompletionFn: func(ctx context.Context, r llm.CompletionRequest, fn func(llm.CompletionResponse)) error {
-					// Send mock responses one at a time, notifying when each is sent
-					for i, resp := range tc.mockResponses {
-						fn(resp)
-						responsesSent <- i + 1
-					}
-					close(responsesSent)
-					return nil
-				},
-			}
-
-			s := Server{
-				sched: &Scheduler{
-					pendingReqCh:  make(chan *LlmRequest, 1),
-					finishedReqCh: make(chan *LlmRequest, 1),
-					expiredCh:     make(chan *runnerRef, 1),
-					unloadedCh:    make(chan any, 1),
-					loaded:        make(map[string]*runnerRef),
-					newServerFn:   newMockServer(&mock),
-					getGpuFn:      discover.GetGPUInfo,
-					getCpuFn:      discover.GetCPUInfo,
-					reschedDelay:  250 * time.Millisecond,
-					loadFn: func(req *LlmRequest, _ *ggml.GGML, _ discover.GpuInfoList, _ bool) bool {
-						req.successCh <- &runnerRef{
-							llama: &mock,
-						}
-						return false
-					},
-				},
-			}
-
-			go s.sched.Run(t.Context())
-
-			// Create a minimal model
-			_, digest := createHarmonyTestModel(t)
-
-			// Create model with passthrough template
-			stream := false
-			w := createRequest(t, s.CreateHandler, api.CreateRequest{
-				Model:    "harmony-test",
-				Files:    map[string]string{"file.gguf": digest},
-				Template: `<|start|><|end|>{{ with .Tools }}{{ end }}{{ .Prompt }}`,
-				Stream:   &stream,
-			})
-
-			if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-				t.Fatalf("failed to create model: %d", w.Code)
-			}
-
-			// Test chat endpoint with streaming
-			streamTrue := true
-			w = createRequest(t, s.ChatHandler, api.ChatRequest{
-				Model:    "harmony-test",
-				Messages: []api.Message{{Role: "user", Content: "Hello"}},
-				Stream:   &streamTrue,
-				Tools:    getTestTools(),
-			})
-
-			if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
-				t.Fatalf("chat request failed: %d - %s", w.Code, w.Body.String())
-			}
-
-			// Parse streaming response
-			var chunks []api.ChatResponse
-			var content, thinking strings.Builder
-
-			decoder := json.NewDecoder(w.Body)
-			for decoder.More() {
-				var chunk api.ChatResponse
-				if err := decoder.Decode(&chunk); err != nil {
-					t.Fatalf("failed to decode chunk: %v", err)
-				}
-				chunks = append(chunks, chunk)
-
-				// Accumulate content and thinking from each chunk
-				content.WriteString(chunk.Message.Content)
-				thinking.WriteString(chunk.Message.Thinking)
-
-				// Debug output
-				t.Logf("Chunk %d: content=%q thinking=%q done=%v", len(chunks), chunk.Message.Content, chunk.Message.Thinking, chunk.Done)
-			}
-
-			// Verify we got streaming chunks
-			if len(chunks) == 0 {
-				t.Fatal("expected streaming chunks, got none")
-			}
-
-			gotContent := content.String()
-			gotThinking := thinking.String()
-
-			if gotContent != tc.wantContent {
-				t.Errorf("content mismatch: got %q, want %q", gotContent, tc.wantContent)
-			}
-			if gotThinking != tc.wantThinking {
-				t.Errorf("thinking mismatch: got %q, want %q", gotThinking, tc.wantThinking)
-			}
-
-			// Verify last chunk has done=true
-			lastChunk := chunks[len(chunks)-1]
-			if !lastChunk.Done {
-				t.Error("expected last chunk to have done=true")
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}