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Ollama keep_alive: My Model Reloaded 214 Times in One Day
Community description: I logged 1,180 Ollama requests for 24 hours and found 214 cold model loads. Why keep_alive didn't fix it, and what finally did.
Dev.to | Sep 15, 2026 | jidonglab
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Ollama unloads a model after 5 minutes idle by default. Why does Ollama reload my model on every request? Because Ollama's default keep_alive is 5 minutes.
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