mermaid_cli/ollama/server.rs
1//! Local Ollama server lifecycle — detect a dead loopback server and start it.
2//!
3//! The product rule: the user should never have to leave mermaid to run
4//! `ollama serve`. When a request to a *local* Ollama URL is refused, we
5//! locate the binary, start `ollama serve` detached (it outlives mermaid and
6//! ignores the TUI's Ctrl+C), wait for the URL to become healthy, and let the
7//! caller retry. Remote URLs are never touched — you can't start a server on
8//! someone else's machine.
9//!
10//! Only *intent* paths auto-start (chat, model listing the user asked for,
11//! startup preflight). Diagnostics (`mermaid status` / `doctor`) observe
12//! without healing — see the `autostart` flag their `BackendConfig`s set.
13//! Runtime kill-switch: `MERMAID_OLLAMA_AUTOSTART=0` disables autostart
14//! process-wide (containers/CI where spawning a GPU server is unwanted);
15//! unit-test builds are hard-disabled so no test can ever spawn a real
16//! server through a default-config adapter.
17//!
18//! Concurrency: attempts are serialized process-wide behind a tokio `Mutex`,
19//! and a failed attempt is remembered for a short cooldown so concurrent
20//! callers (chat + model list on a cold boot) can't spawn-storm. A marker is
21//! armed at spawn time too, so a caller cancelled mid-wait (Esc during a
22//! turn) can't let the next caller double-spawn against a still-booting
23//! child. Holding the lock across awaits is deliberate; a cancelled caller
24//! drops its future, releases the lock, and leaves the spawned server
25//! running — the server is a system resource, not turn-scoped work.
26
27use std::path::PathBuf;
28use std::process::Stdio;
29use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
30
31use crate::utils::classify_host;
32
33/// How long a failed start attempt suppresses new attempts. Long enough that
34/// the retry storm of a single turn (chat + probes) collapses into one
35/// attempt, short enough that "I just installed Ollama, try again" works.
36const COOLDOWN: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
37/// How long a freshly spawned `ollama serve` gets to become reachable.
38/// Cold start (GPU discovery included) is typically 1–5s.
39const STARTUP_DEADLINE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
40const POLL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_millis(300);
41
42/// Why autostart couldn't produce a healthy server.
43#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
44pub enum AutostartError {
45 /// The URL isn't loopback — autostart doesn't apply. Callers should
46 /// surface their original connection error untouched.
47 NotLocal,
48 /// Autostart is switched off for this process (`MERMAID_OLLAMA_AUTOSTART=0`
49 /// or a unit-test build). Same pass-through contract as `NotLocal`.
50 Disabled,
51 /// No `ollama` binary on PATH or in the platform's default install
52 /// locations.
53 NotInstalled,
54 /// A start was attempted (or recently attempted) but the URL never became
55 /// reachable; carries the specific failure.
56 Unhealthy(String),
57}
58
59/// The [`LocalServerRecovery`] the model layer is handed when the user's config
60/// allows autostart.
61///
62/// This is the whole inversion: `ensure_running` — process discovery, spawning,
63/// health-polling — lives here, in the module that owns the Ollama process, and
64/// the wire adapter receives it as a capability instead of reaching up for it.
65/// An adapter constructed without one cannot start anything, which is what makes
66/// the enumeration verbs (`list`, `status`, `doctor`, `/model`) read-only by
67/// construction rather than by a `bool` they remember to pass.
68pub struct OllamaAutostart;
69
70#[async_trait::async_trait]
71impl crate::models::adapters::ollama::LocalServerRecovery for OllamaAutostart {
72 async fn ensure_running(
73 &self,
74 base_url: &str,
75 notify: Option<&(dyn for<'a> Fn(&'a str) + Sync)>,
76 ) -> std::result::Result<(), Option<String>> {
77 // `hint()` already encodes "nothing useful to say" as `None` for the
78 // pass-through cases (NotLocal / Disabled), so the mapping is total.
79 ensure_running(base_url, notify).await.map_err(|e| e.hint())
80 }
81}
82
83impl AutostartError {
84 /// Human hint to append to the caller's connection error, or `None` when
85 /// the error should pass through untouched (`NotLocal` / `Disabled`).
86 pub fn hint(&self) -> Option<String> {
87 match self {
88 AutostartError::NotLocal | AutostartError::Disabled => None,
89 AutostartError::NotInstalled => Some(
90 "Ollama doesn't appear to be installed (not on PATH or in the default \
91 install locations) — install it from https://ollama.com/download"
92 .to_string(),
93 ),
94 AutostartError::Unhealthy(detail) => Some(format!("auto-start failed: {detail}")),
95 }
96 }
97}
98
99/// Serialized attempt state: the last failed attempt and its error, kept for
100/// [`COOLDOWN`] so repeated connection failures don't re-spawn in a loop.
101struct AttemptState {
102 last_failure: Option<(Instant, AutostartError)>,
103}
104
105/// Process-wide single-flight + cooldown. Deliberately NOT keyed by URL:
106/// every Ollama adapter in this process derives its URL from the single
107/// `config.ollama.host:port`, so there is exactly one authority to guard. If
108/// mermaid ever grows multi-endpoint Ollama support, key this by authority.
109static STATE: std::sync::LazyLock<tokio::sync::Mutex<AttemptState>> =
110 std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| tokio::sync::Mutex::new(AttemptState { last_failure: None }));
111
112/// Runtime kill-switch (see module docs). `cfg!(test)` hard-disables in unit
113/// tests so a default-config adapter (`ollama_autostart: true` pointing at
114/// localhost) can never start a real server on a contributor machine.
115fn autostart_disabled() -> bool {
116 cfg!(test) || std::env::var_os("MERMAID_OLLAMA_AUTOSTART").is_some_and(|v| v == "0")
117}
118
119/// The single user-visible line surfaced at the moment a start is actually
120/// attempted. Owned here (next to the spawn) so every trigger path — TUI
121/// chat, headless `mermaid run`, CLI model list — shows identical wording,
122/// and so it can say the part users can't otherwise discover: the server is
123/// detached and deliberately outlives mermaid.
124pub const STARTING_NOTICE: &str =
125 "Starting the local Ollama server (it stays running after mermaid exits)…";
126
127/// Make sure a *local* Ollama server is listening at `base_url`, starting
128/// `ollama serve` if needed. `Ok(())` means the URL answered a health probe
129/// (whether it was already up or we just started it) and a retry is
130/// worthwhile.
131///
132/// `notify` is invoked with [`STARTING_NOTICE`] exactly once, at the moment
133/// a spawn is committed to — never for `NotLocal`/`Disabled`, never when the
134/// probe finds the server already healthy, never when the binary is missing.
135/// Callers route it to their user-visible surface (stream status line,
136/// stderr); the up-to-15s wait behind a generic spinner, the invisible
137/// detached process, and file-only tracing are otherwise all silent.
138pub async fn ensure_running(
139 base_url: &str,
140 notify: Option<&(dyn for<'a> Fn(&'a str) + Sync)>,
141) -> Result<(), AutostartError> {
142 let authority = authority_of(base_url).to_string();
143 if !classify_host(host_of(&authority)).is_loopback() {
144 return Err(AutostartError::NotLocal);
145 }
146 if autostart_disabled() {
147 return Err(AutostartError::Disabled);
148 }
149 let Ok(client) = reqwest::Client::builder()
150 .timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))
151 .build()
152 else {
153 return Err(AutostartError::Unhealthy(
154 "could not build a health-probe HTTP client".to_string(),
155 ));
156 };
157
158 let mut state = STATE.lock().await;
159 // Probe FIRST, cooldown second: another caller may have revived the
160 // server while we waited for the lock, and a server the user started by
161 // hand must be picked up instantly even inside the cooldown window.
162 if healthy(&client, base_url).await {
163 state.last_failure = None;
164 return Ok(());
165 }
166 if let Some((at, err)) = &state.last_failure
167 && at.elapsed() < COOLDOWN
168 {
169 return Err(err.clone());
170 }
171
172 let outcome = start_and_wait(&mut state, &client, base_url, &authority, notify).await;
173 state.last_failure = match &outcome {
174 Ok(()) => None,
175 Err(e) => Some((Instant::now(), e.clone())),
176 };
177 outcome
178}
179
180/// Locate the binary, spawn `ollama serve` detached, and poll `base_url`
181/// until it answers or the deadline passes.
182async fn start_and_wait(
183 state: &mut AttemptState,
184 client: &reqwest::Client,
185 base_url: &str,
186 authority: &str,
187 notify: Option<&(dyn for<'a> Fn(&'a str) + Sync)>,
188) -> Result<(), AutostartError> {
189 let Some(binary) = find_binary() else {
190 return Err(AutostartError::NotInstalled);
191 };
192 // The spawn is committed — this is the one moment the user hears about
193 // it (tracing below lands in the log file, invisible in normal use).
194 if let Some(notify) = notify {
195 notify(STARTING_NOTICE);
196 }
197 tracing::info!(
198 binary = %binary.display(),
199 authority,
200 "ollama is not running — starting `ollama serve`"
201 );
202 let mut child = spawn_serve(&binary, authority).map_err(|e| {
203 AutostartError::Unhealthy(format!(
204 "could not launch `{} serve`: {e}",
205 binary.display()
206 ))
207 })?;
208 // Arm the cooldown NOW, not only on failure: if our caller is cancelled
209 // mid-wait (future dropped, lock released), the next caller must see a
210 // recent attempt and wait out the boot instead of double-spawning a
211 // second `serve` that just loses the port bind. The health-probe-first
212 // order above still picks the booted server up instantly.
213 state.last_failure = Some((
214 Instant::now(),
215 AutostartError::Unhealthy(
216 "`ollama serve` was started moments ago and may still be coming up — retry shortly"
217 .to_string(),
218 ),
219 ));
220
221 let deadline = Instant::now() + STARTUP_DEADLINE;
222 loop {
223 if healthy(client, base_url).await {
224 tracing::info!(%base_url, "ollama serve is up");
225 return Ok(());
226 }
227 // A dead child means it will never become healthy — report the exit
228 // instead of polling out the full deadline (also reaps the process,
229 // so no zombie lingers on unix).
230 if let Ok(Some(status)) = child.try_wait() {
231 return Err(AutostartError::Unhealthy(format!(
232 "`ollama serve` exited immediately ({status}) — is another server \
233 holding the port, or is OLLAMA_HOST misconfigured?"
234 )));
235 }
236 if Instant::now() >= deadline {
237 return Err(AutostartError::Unhealthy(format!(
238 "started `ollama serve` but {base_url} was not reachable within {}s",
239 STARTUP_DEADLINE.as_secs()
240 )));
241 }
242 tokio::time::sleep(POLL_INTERVAL).await;
243 }
244}
245
246/// One cheap liveness probe: `GET /api/version` with the client's short
247/// timeout.
248async fn healthy(client: &reqwest::Client, base_url: &str) -> bool {
249 let url = format!("{}/api/version", base_url);
250 matches!(client.get(&url).send().await, Ok(r) if r.status().is_success())
251}
252
253/// Spawn `ollama serve` detached: null stdio, its own process group (so the
254/// TUI's Ctrl+C doesn't kill it), no console on Windows. The server
255/// deliberately outlives mermaid — it's a shared system service, and killing
256/// it on exit would break other Ollama clients.
257fn spawn_serve(binary: &std::path::Path, authority: &str) -> std::io::Result<std::process::Child> {
258 let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(binary);
259 cmd.arg("serve")
260 // Bind exactly where mermaid expects the server. An inherited
261 // OLLAMA_HOST pointing somewhere else (e.g. 0.0.0.0 for LAN
262 // exposure) would start a server we then can't reach at `base_url`;
263 // users who want a custom bind manage the server themselves and can
264 // set `auto_start = false`.
265 .env("OLLAMA_HOST", authority)
266 .stdin(Stdio::null())
267 .stdout(Stdio::null())
268 .stderr(Stdio::null());
269 #[cfg(unix)]
270 {
271 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
272 cmd.process_group(0);
273 }
274 #[cfg(windows)]
275 {
276 use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
277 // CREATE_NO_WINDOW, never DETACHED_PROCESS: the latter leaves a
278 // visible console window on Windows 11 (see utils::proc).
279 cmd.creation_flags(crate::utils::CREATE_NO_WINDOW | crate::utils::CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP);
280 }
281 cmd.spawn()
282}
283
284/// `ollama` from PATH, falling back to the platform installer's default
285/// locations (PATH edits don't reach already-running shells, and the macOS
286/// app bundle never touches PATH). Also the definition of "installed" used
287/// by `detector::is_installed`, so the startup preflight and the autostart
288/// can never disagree about whether Ollama exists.
289pub(crate) fn find_binary() -> Option<PathBuf> {
290 if let Ok(path) = which::which("ollama") {
291 return Some(path);
292 }
293 known_install_paths().into_iter().find(|p| p.is_file())
294}
295
296#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
297fn known_install_paths() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
298 let mut paths = Vec::new();
299 if let Some(base) = std::env::var_os("LOCALAPPDATA") {
300 paths.push(
301 PathBuf::from(base)
302 .join("Programs")
303 .join("Ollama")
304 .join("ollama.exe"),
305 );
306 }
307 if let Some(base) = std::env::var_os("ProgramFiles") {
308 paths.push(PathBuf::from(base).join("Ollama").join("ollama.exe"));
309 }
310 paths
311}
312
313#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
314fn known_install_paths() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
315 vec![
316 PathBuf::from("/opt/homebrew/bin/ollama"),
317 PathBuf::from("/usr/local/bin/ollama"),
318 PathBuf::from("/Applications/Ollama.app/Contents/Resources/ollama"),
319 ]
320}
321
322#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
323fn known_install_paths() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
324 vec![
325 PathBuf::from("/usr/local/bin/ollama"),
326 PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/ollama"),
327 ]
328}
329
330/// `http://localhost:11434` → `localhost:11434` (scheme and any path/query
331/// stripped). The adapter's `normalize_url` guarantees a scheme is present,
332/// but parse defensively.
333fn authority_of(base_url: &str) -> &str {
334 let rest = base_url
335 .split_once("://")
336 .map(|(_, rest)| rest)
337 .unwrap_or(base_url);
338 rest.split(['/', '?', '#']).next().unwrap_or(rest)
339}
340
341/// Host part of an authority: `localhost:11434` → `localhost`,
342/// `[::1]:11434` → `[::1]` (brackets kept; `classify_host` strips them).
343/// Note: whether `ollama serve` itself accepts a bracketed IPv6 OLLAMA_HOST
344/// is unverified — IPv6-loopback autostart is best-effort.
345fn host_of(authority: &str) -> &str {
346 if let Some(end) = authority.rfind(']') {
347 return &authority[..=end];
348 }
349 authority.split(':').next().unwrap_or(authority)
350}
351
352#[cfg(test)]
353mod tests {
354 use super::*;
355
356 #[test]
357 fn authority_strips_scheme_and_path() {
358 assert_eq!(authority_of("http://localhost:11434"), "localhost:11434");
359 assert_eq!(authority_of("http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1"), "127.0.0.1:11434");
360 assert_eq!(
361 authority_of("https://ollama.example.com/api?x=1"),
362 "ollama.example.com"
363 );
364 assert_eq!(authority_of("localhost:11434"), "localhost:11434");
365 }
366
367 #[test]
368 fn host_extracts_from_authority() {
369 assert_eq!(host_of("localhost:11434"), "localhost");
370 assert_eq!(host_of("127.0.0.1:8080"), "127.0.0.1");
371 assert_eq!(host_of("[::1]:11434"), "[::1]");
372 assert_eq!(host_of("localhost"), "localhost");
373 }
374
375 #[tokio::test]
376 async fn remote_urls_are_never_started() {
377 // The whole gate: autostart must refuse to act for a non-loopback
378 // URL — no spawn, no health probe against third parties. (LAN/private
379 // hosts count as remote too: mermaid can't start a server there.)
380 // Checked BEFORE the test-build kill-switch, so this asserts the real
381 // production gate order.
382 for url in [
383 "https://ollama.example.com",
384 "http://192.168.1.50:11434",
385 "http://10.0.0.7:11434",
386 ] {
387 match ensure_running(url, None).await {
388 Err(AutostartError::NotLocal) => {},
389 other => panic!("{url} must be NotLocal, got {other:?}"),
390 }
391 }
392 }
393
394 #[tokio::test]
395 async fn test_builds_never_spawn_even_for_loopback() {
396 // The cfg!(test) hard-off: a loopback URL in a unit-test build stops
397 // at Disabled before the lock/probe/spawn machinery. This is what
398 // makes default-config adapters (autostart=true, localhost:11434)
399 // safe in every present and future test on machines with Ollama
400 // installed.
401 match ensure_running("http://127.0.0.1:11434", None).await {
402 Err(AutostartError::Disabled) => {},
403 other => panic!("expected Disabled in test builds, got {other:?}"),
404 }
405 }
406
407 #[tokio::test]
408 async fn notice_fires_only_when_a_spawn_is_committed() {
409 // The gate paths that return before a spawn (NotLocal, Disabled)
410 // must NOT invoke `notify` — the notice's contract is "a start is
411 // actually happening", so a remote URL or a killed switch stays
412 // silent and no false "Starting…" line ever reaches the user.
413 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
414 let called = AtomicBool::new(false);
415 let notify = |_: &str| called.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
416 let _ = ensure_running("https://ollama.example.com", Some(¬ify)).await;
417 let _ = ensure_running("http://127.0.0.1:11434", Some(¬ify)).await;
418 assert!(
419 !called.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
420 "notify must not fire on NotLocal/Disabled paths"
421 );
422 }
423
424 #[test]
425 fn hints_are_actionable_and_passthrough_variants_are_silent() {
426 assert!(AutostartError::NotLocal.hint().is_none());
427 assert!(AutostartError::Disabled.hint().is_none());
428 let not_installed = AutostartError::NotInstalled.hint().expect("hint");
429 assert!(not_installed.contains("https://ollama.com/download"));
430 let unhealthy = AutostartError::Unhealthy("boom".into())
431 .hint()
432 .expect("hint");
433 assert!(unhealthy.contains("boom"));
434 }
435
436 #[test]
437 fn install_candidates_exist_per_platform() {
438 // Shape check only — never spawns. Windows may legitimately return an
439 // empty list if the env vars are unset; unix lists are static.
440 let paths = known_install_paths();
441 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
442 assert!(!paths.is_empty());
443 for p in paths {
444 assert!(p.to_string_lossy().to_lowercase().contains("ollama"));
445 }
446 }
447}