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Llama 4 not working

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, python
Domain
ai-infra-agents, backend

Research direction

The issue indicates llama.cpp needs an update to support the 'llama4' architecture. Check the llama-cpp-python bindings for the version of llama.cpp they link to or embed. Look at the setup.py or any version pinning files. Update the submodule or dependency reference to the specified release (b5074) or newer, then rebuild and test the bindings. The work is done when the model loads without the unknown architecture error.

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Description

llama_model_load: error loading model: error loading model architecture: unknown model architecture: 'llama4'
llama_model_load_from_file_impl: failed to load model

Please update to a newer version of llama.cpp:

https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b5074

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