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Apr 10, 2026
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server : ignore --alias when using --models-preset (#21380)

I'm not sure what the purpose of keeping --alias was when using --models-preset, but the result is really weird, as shown in the following logs:

$ build/bin/llama-server --models-preset preset.ini --alias "Gemma 4 E4B UD Q8_K_XL"
...
init: using 31 threads for HTTP server
srv   load_models: Loaded 2 cached model presets
srv   load_models: Loaded 1 custom model presets from preset.ini
main: failed to initialize router models: alias 'Gemma 4 E4B UD Q8_K_XL' for model 'angt/test-split-model-stories260K:F32' conflicts with existing model name

So I propose to simply ignore --alias too in this case. With this commit, the server starts in routing mode correctly.

Signed-off-by: Adrien Gallouët angt@huggingface.co

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