Merge pull request #4218 from dhiltgen/auto_parallel

Enable concurrency by default

envconfig/config.go

@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ func AsMap() map[string]EnvVar {
 		"OLLAMA_HOST":              {"OLLAMA_HOST", Host, "IP Address for the ollama server (default 127.0.0.1:11434)"},
 		"OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE":        {"OLLAMA_KEEP_ALIVE", KeepAlive, "The duration that models stay loaded in memory (default \"5m\")"},
 		"OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY":       {"OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY", LLMLibrary, "Set LLM library to bypass autodetection"},
-		"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS": {"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", MaxRunners, "Maximum number of loaded models (default 1)"},
+		"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS": {"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", MaxRunners, "Maximum number of loaded models per GPU (default auto)"},
 		"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE":         {"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE", MaxQueuedRequests, "Maximum number of queued requests"},
 		"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM":          {"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM", MaxVRAM, "Maximum VRAM"},
 		"OLLAMA_MODELS":            {"OLLAMA_MODELS", ModelsDir, "The path to the models directory"},
 		"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY":         {"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY", NoHistory, "Do not preserve readline history"},
 		"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE":           {"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE", NoPrune, "Do not prune model blobs on startup"},
-		"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL":      {"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL", NumParallel, "Maximum number of parallel requests (default 1)"},
+		"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL":      {"OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL", NumParallel, "Maximum number of parallel requests (default auto)"},
 		"OLLAMA_ORIGINS":           {"OLLAMA_ORIGINS", AllowOrigins, "A comma separated list of allowed origins"},
 		"OLLAMA_RUNNERS_DIR":       {"OLLAMA_RUNNERS_DIR", RunnersDir, "Location for runners"},
 		"OLLAMA_SCHED_SPREAD":      {"OLLAMA_SCHED_SPREAD", SchedSpread, "Always schedule model across all GPUs"},
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ func clean(key string) string {
 
 func init() {
 	// default values
-	NumParallel = 1
-	MaxRunners = 1
+	NumParallel = 0 // Autoselect
+	MaxRunners = 0  // Autoselect
 	MaxQueuedRequests = 512
 
 	LoadConfig()
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 
 	if onp := clean("OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL"); onp != "" {
 		val, err := strconv.Atoi(onp)
-		if err != nil || val <= 0 {
-			slog.Error("invalid setting must be greater than zero", "OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL", onp, "error", err)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("invalid setting, ignoring", "OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL", onp, "error", err)
 		} else {
 			NumParallel = val
 		}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 	if maxRunners != "" {
 		m, err := strconv.Atoi(maxRunners)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("invalid setting", "OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", maxRunners, "error", err)
+			slog.Error("invalid setting, ignoring", "OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", maxRunners, "error", err)
 		} else {
 			MaxRunners = m
 		}
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 	if onp := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE"); onp != "" {
 		p, err := strconv.Atoi(onp)
 		if err != nil || p <= 0 {
-			slog.Error("invalid setting", "OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE", onp, "error", err)
+			slog.Error("invalid setting, ignoring", "OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE", onp, "error", err)
 		} else {
 			MaxQueuedRequests = p
 		}

gpu/amd_windows.go

@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ func AMDGetGPUInfo() []RocmGPUInfo {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// TODO revisit this once ROCm v6 is available on windows.
-		// v5.7 only reports VRAM used by this process, so it's completely wrong and unusable
 		slog.Debug("amdgpu memory", "gpu", i, "total", format.HumanBytes2(totalMemory))
 		slog.Debug("amdgpu memory", "gpu", i, "available", format.HumanBytes2(freeMemory))
 		gpuInfo := RocmGPUInfo{
@@ -126,6 +124,9 @@ func AMDGetGPUInfo() []RocmGPUInfo {
 					TotalMemory: totalMemory,
 					FreeMemory:  freeMemory,
 				},
+				// Free memory reporting on Windows is not reliable until we bump to ROCm v6.2
+				UnreliableFreeMemory: true,
+
 				ID:             strconv.Itoa(i), // TODO this is probably wrong if we specify visible devices
 				DependencyPath: libDir,
 				MinimumMemory:  rocmMinimumMemory,

gpu/types.go

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ type GpuInfo struct {
 	// Extra environment variables specific to the GPU as list of [key,value]
 	EnvWorkarounds [][2]string `json:"envs,omitempty"`
 
+	// Set to true if we can NOT reliably discover FreeMemory.  A value of true indicates
+	// the FreeMemory is best effort, and may over or under report actual memory usage
+	// False indicates FreeMemory can generally be trusted on this GPU
+	UnreliableFreeMemory bool
+
 	// GPU information
 	ID      string `json:"gpu_id"`  // string to use for selection of this specific GPU
 	Name    string `json:"name"`    // user friendly name if available

llm/server.go

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func LoadModel(model string, maxArraySize int) (*GGML, error) {
 
 // NewLlamaServer will run a server for the given GPUs
 // The gpu list must be a single family.
-func NewLlamaServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *GGML, adapters, projectors []string, opts api.Options) (LlamaServer, error) {
+func NewLlamaServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *GGML, adapters, projectors []string, opts api.Options, numParallel int) (LlamaServer, error) {
 	var err error
 	var cpuRunner string
 	var estimate MemoryEstimate
@@ -218,8 +218,10 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *GGML, adapters, pr
 
 	// Windows CUDA should not use mmap for best performance
 	// Linux  with a model larger than free space, mmap leads to thrashing
+	// For CPU loads we want the memory to be allocated, not FS cache
 	if (runtime.GOOS == "windows" && gpus[0].Library == "cuda" && opts.UseMMap == api.TriStateUndefined) ||
 		(runtime.GOOS == "linux" && systemFreeMemory < estimate.TotalSize && opts.UseMMap == api.TriStateUndefined) ||
+		(gpus[0].Library == "cpu" && opts.UseMMap == api.TriStateUndefined) ||
 		opts.UseMMap == api.TriStateFalse {
 		params = append(params, "--no-mmap")
 	}
@@ -232,15 +234,6 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *GGML, adapters, pr
 		params = append(params, "--numa")
 	}
 
-	numParallel := envconfig.NumParallel
-
-	// TODO (jmorganca): multimodal models don't support parallel yet
-	// see https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/4165
-	if len(projectors) > 0 {
-		numParallel = 1
-		slog.Warn("multimodal models don't support parallel requests yet")
-	}
-
 	params = append(params, "--parallel", fmt.Sprintf("%d", numParallel))
 
 	if estimate.TensorSplit != "" {

server/routes.go

@@ -1237,6 +1237,11 @@ func (s *Server) ProcessHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		models = append(models, mr)
 	}
 
+	slices.SortStableFunc(models, func(i, j api.ProcessModelResponse) int {
+		// longest duration remaining listed first
+		return cmp.Compare(j.ExpiresAt.Unix(), i.ExpiresAt.Unix())
+	})
+
 	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, api.ProcessResponse{Models: models})
 }
 

server/sched.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type LlmRequest struct {
 	ctx             context.Context //nolint:containedctx
 	model           *Model
 	opts            api.Options
+	origNumCTX      int // Track the initial ctx request
 	sessionDuration time.Duration
 	successCh       chan *runnerRef
 	errCh           chan error
@@ -38,13 +39,23 @@ type Scheduler struct {
 	loaded   map[string]*runnerRef
 	loadedMu sync.Mutex
 
-	loadFn       func(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList)
-	newServerFn  func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options) (llm.LlamaServer, error)
+	loadFn       func(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, numParallel int)
+	newServerFn  func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options, numParallel int) (llm.LlamaServer, error)
 	getGpuFn     func() gpu.GpuInfoList
 	getCpuFn     func() gpu.GpuInfoList
 	reschedDelay time.Duration
 }
 
+// Default automatic value for number of models we allow per GPU
+// Model will still need to fit in VRAM, but loading many small models
+// on a large GPU can cause stalling
+var defaultModelsPerGPU = 3
+
+// Default automatic value for parallel setting
+// Model will still need to fit in VRAM.  If this setting wont fit
+// we'll back off down to 1 to try to get it to fit
+var defaultParallel = 4
+
 var ErrMaxQueue = fmt.Errorf("server busy, please try again.  maximum pending requests exceeded")
 
 func InitScheduler(ctx context.Context) *Scheduler {
@@ -65,13 +76,10 @@ func InitScheduler(ctx context.Context) *Scheduler {
 
 // context must be canceled to decrement ref count and release the runner
 func (s *Scheduler) GetRunner(c context.Context, model *Model, opts api.Options, sessionDuration time.Duration) (chan *runnerRef, chan error) {
-	// allocate a large enough kv cache for all parallel requests
 	if opts.NumCtx < 4 {
 		opts.NumCtx = 4
 	}
 
-	opts.NumCtx *= envconfig.NumParallel
-
 	req := &LlmRequest{
 		ctx:             c,
 		model:           model,
@@ -110,11 +118,25 @@ func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {
 		case pending := <-s.pendingReqCh:
 			// Block other requests until we get this pending request running
 			pending.schedAttempts++
+			if pending.origNumCTX == 0 {
+				pending.origNumCTX = pending.opts.NumCtx
+			}
 
 			if pending.ctx.Err() != nil {
 				slog.Debug("pending request cancelled or timed out, skipping scheduling")
 				continue
 			}
+			numParallel := envconfig.NumParallel
+			// TODO (jmorganca): multimodal models don't support parallel yet
+			// see https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/4165
+			if len(pending.model.ProjectorPaths) > 0 && numParallel != 1 {
+				numParallel = 1
+				slog.Warn("multimodal models don't support parallel requests yet")
+			}
+			// Keep NumCtx and numParallel in sync
+			if numParallel > 1 {
+				pending.opts.NumCtx = pending.origNumCTX * numParallel
+			}
 
 			for {
 				var runnerToExpire *runnerRef
@@ -143,6 +165,26 @@ func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {
 						gpus = s.getGpuFn()
 					}
 
+					if envconfig.MaxRunners <= 0 {
+						// No user specified MaxRunners, so figure out what automatic setting to use
+						// If all GPUs have reliable free memory reporting, defaultModelsPerGPU * the number of GPUs
+						// if any GPU has unreliable free memory reporting, 1x the number of GPUs
+						allReliable := true
+						for _, gpu := range gpus {
+							if gpu.UnreliableFreeMemory {
+								allReliable = false
+								break
+							}
+						}
+						if allReliable {
+							envconfig.MaxRunners = defaultModelsPerGPU * len(gpus)
+							slog.Debug("updating default concurrency", "OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", envconfig.MaxRunners, "gpu_count", len(gpus))
+						} else {
+							slog.Info("one or more GPUs detected that are unable to accurately report free memory - disabling default concurrency")
+							envconfig.MaxRunners = len(gpus)
+						}
+					}
+
 					// Load model for fitting
 					ggml, err := llm.LoadModel(pending.model.ModelPath, 0)
 					if err != nil {
@@ -152,26 +194,32 @@ func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {
 
 					// Evaluate if the model will fit in the available system memory, or if we should unload a model first
 					if len(gpus) == 1 && gpus[0].Library == "cpu" {
+						// simplifying assumption of defaultParallel when in CPU mode
+						if numParallel <= 0 {
+							numParallel = defaultParallel
+							pending.opts.NumCtx = pending.origNumCTX * numParallel
+						}
+
 						if loadedCount == 0 {
 							slog.Debug("cpu mode with first model, loading")
-							s.loadFn(pending, ggml, gpus)
+							s.loadFn(pending, ggml, gpus, numParallel)
 							break
 						}
 						runnerToExpire = s.maybeFindCPURunnerToUnload(pending, ggml, gpus)
 						if runnerToExpire == nil {
 							slog.Debug("cpu mode with available system memory or first model, loading")
-							s.loadFn(pending, ggml, gpus)
+							s.loadFn(pending, ggml, gpus, numParallel)
 							break
 						}
 						// else we need to expire a runner
 					} else if loadedCount == 0 {
 						// No models loaded. Load the model but prefer the best fit.
 						slog.Debug("loading first model", "model", pending.model.ModelPath)
-						g := pickBestFitGPUs(pending, ggml, gpus)
+						g := pickBestFitGPUs(pending, ggml, gpus, &numParallel)
 						if g != nil {
 							gpus = g
 						}
-						s.loadFn(pending, ggml, gpus)
+						s.loadFn(pending, ggml, gpus, numParallel)
 						break
 					}
 
@@ -186,10 +234,10 @@ func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {
 
 						// Update free memory from currently loaded models
 						s.updateFreeSpace(availGpus)
-						fitGpus := pickBestFitGPUs(pending, ggml, availGpus)
+						fitGpus := pickBestFitGPUs(pending, ggml, availGpus, &numParallel)
 						if fitGpus != nil {
 							slog.Debug("new model fits with existing models, loading")
-							s.loadFn(pending, ggml, fitGpus)
+							s.loadFn(pending, ggml, fitGpus, numParallel)
 							break
 						}
 
@@ -350,8 +398,11 @@ func (pending *LlmRequest) useLoadedRunner(runner *runnerRef, finished chan *Llm
 	}()
 }
 
-func (s *Scheduler) load(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList) {
-	llama, err := s.newServerFn(gpus, req.model.ModelPath, ggml, req.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.ProjectorPaths, req.opts)
+func (s *Scheduler) load(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, numParallel int) {
+	if numParallel < 1 {
+		numParallel = 1
+	}
+	llama, err := s.newServerFn(gpus, req.model.ModelPath, ggml, req.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.ProjectorPaths, req.opts, numParallel)
 	if err != nil {
 		// some older models are not compatible with newer versions of llama.cpp
 		// show a generalized compatibility error until there is a better way to
@@ -375,6 +426,7 @@ func (s *Scheduler) load(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList)
 		loading:         true,
 		refCount:        1,
 	}
+	runner.numParallel = numParallel
 	runner.refMu.Lock()
 
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
@@ -483,8 +535,9 @@ type runnerRef struct {
 	expireTimer     *time.Timer
 	expiresAt       time.Time
 
-	model     *Model
-	modelPath string
+	model       *Model
+	modelPath   string
+	numParallel int
 	*api.Options
 }
 
@@ -525,6 +578,9 @@ func (runner *runnerRef) needsReload(ctx context.Context, req *LlmRequest) bool
 		optsNew.NumGPU = -1
 	}
 
+	// Normalize the NumCtx for parallelism
+	optsExisting.NumCtx = optsExisting.NumCtx / runner.numParallel
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(runner.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.AdapterPaths) || // have the adapters changed?
@@ -611,22 +667,38 @@ func (a ByDuration) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 // pickBestFitGPUs will try to find the optimal placement of the model in the available GPUs where the model fully fits
 // If the model can not be fit fully within the available GPU(s) nil is returned
-func pickBestFitGPUs(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList) gpu.GpuInfoList {
+// If numParallel is <= 0, this will attempt try to optimize parallism based on available VRAM, and adjust
+// opts.NumCtx accordingly
+func pickBestFitGPUs(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, numParallel *int) gpu.GpuInfoList {
 	var estimatedVRAM uint64
+
+	var numParallelToTry []int
+	if *numParallel <= 0 {
+		// If no specific parallel setting was provided, try larger then smaller, always end with 1
+		numParallelToTry = append(numParallelToTry, defaultParallel, 1)
+	} else {
+		numParallelToTry = []int{*numParallel}
+	}
+
 	for _, gl := range gpus.ByLibrary() {
 		var ok bool
 		sgl := append(make(gpu.GpuInfoList, 0, len(gl)), gl...)
 
 		// TODO - potentially sort by performance capability, existing models loaded, etc.
+		// TODO - Eliminate any GPUs that already have envconfig.MaxRunners loaded on them
 		// Note: at present, this will favor more VRAM over faster GPU speed in mixed setups
 		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(gpu.ByFreeMemory(sgl)))
 
 		// First attempt to fit the model into a single GPU
-		if !envconfig.SchedSpread {
-			for _, g := range sgl {
-				if ok, estimatedVRAM = llm.PredictServerFit([]gpu.GpuInfo{g}, ggml, req.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.ProjectorPaths, req.opts); ok {
-					slog.Debug("new model will fit in available VRAM in single GPU, loading", "model", req.model.ModelPath, "gpu", g.ID, "available", g.FreeMemory, "required", format.HumanBytes2(estimatedVRAM))
-					return []gpu.GpuInfo{g}
+		for _, p := range numParallelToTry {
+			req.opts.NumCtx = req.origNumCTX * p
+			if !envconfig.SchedSpread {
+				for _, g := range sgl {
+					if ok, estimatedVRAM = llm.PredictServerFit([]gpu.GpuInfo{g}, ggml, req.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.ProjectorPaths, req.opts); ok {
+						slog.Info("new model will fit in available VRAM in single GPU, loading", "model", req.model.ModelPath, "gpu", g.ID, "parallel", p, "available", g.FreeMemory, "required", format.HumanBytes2(estimatedVRAM))
+						*numParallel = p
+						return []gpu.GpuInfo{g}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -636,9 +708,13 @@ func pickBestFitGPUs(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList) gpu.
 		// - try subsets of GPUs instead of just falling back to 1 or all in a family
 
 		// Now try all the GPUs
-		if ok, estimatedVRAM = llm.PredictServerFit(sgl, ggml, req.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.ProjectorPaths, req.opts); ok {
-			slog.Debug("new model will fit in available VRAM, loading", "model", req.model.ModelPath, "library", sgl[0].Library, "required", format.HumanBytes2(estimatedVRAM))
-			return sgl
+		for _, p := range numParallelToTry {
+			req.opts.NumCtx = req.origNumCTX * p
+			if ok, estimatedVRAM = llm.PredictServerFit(sgl, ggml, req.model.AdapterPaths, req.model.ProjectorPaths, req.opts); ok {
+				slog.Info("new model will fit in available VRAM, loading", "model", req.model.ModelPath, "library", sgl[0].Library, "parallel", p, "required", format.HumanBytes2(estimatedVRAM))
+				*numParallel = p
+				return sgl
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil

server/sched_test.go

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 		sessionDuration: 2,
 	}
 	// Fail to load model first
-	s.newServerFn = func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
+	s.newServerFn = func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options, numParallel int) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("something failed to load model blah")
 	}
 	gpus := gpu.GpuInfoList{}
-	s.load(req, ggml, gpus)
+	s.load(req, ggml, gpus, 0)
 	require.Empty(t, req.successCh)
 	require.Len(t, req.errCh, 1)
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "this model may be incompatible")
 
 	server := &mockLlm{estimatedVRAM: 10, estimatedVRAMByGPU: map[string]uint64{}}
-	s.newServerFn = func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
+	s.newServerFn = func(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options, numParallel int) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
 		return server, nil
 	}
-	s.load(req, ggml, gpus)
+	s.load(req, ggml, gpus, 0)
 	select {
 	case err := <-req.errCh:
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req.model.ModelPath = "dummy_model_path"
 	server.waitResp = fmt.Errorf("wait failure")
-	s.load(req, ggml, gpus)
+	s.load(req, ggml, gpus, 0)
 	select {
 	case err := <-req.errCh:
 		require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "wait failure")
 	case resp := <-req.successCh:
-		t.Errorf("unexpected success %v", resp)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected success %v", resp)
 	}
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
 	runner := s.loaded["dummy_model_path"]
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type bundle struct {
 	ggml    *llm.GGML
 }
 
-func (scenario *bundle) newServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
+func (scenario *bundle) newServer(gpus gpu.GpuInfoList, model string, ggml *llm.GGML, adapters []string, projectors []string, opts api.Options, numParallel int) (llm.LlamaServer, error) {
 	return scenario.srv, nil
 }
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario1a.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 
 	// Same runner as first request due to not needing a reload
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario1b.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 
 	// Trigger a reload
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario2a.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 
 	envconfig.MaxRunners = 1
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario3a.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
 	require.Len(t, s.loaded, 1)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario3b.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
 	require.Len(t, s.loaded, 2)
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario3c.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
 	require.Len(t, s.loaded, 3)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func TestRequests(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, scenario3d.req.errCh)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
 	require.Len(t, s.loaded, 2)
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func TestGetRunner(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
 		require.Empty(t, errCh1a)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	scenario1a.ctxDone()
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ func TestPrematureExpired(t *testing.T) {
 		slog.Info("sending premature expired event now")
 		s.expiredCh <- resp // Shouldn't happen in real life, but make sure its safe
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	time.Sleep(scenario1a.req.sessionDuration)
 	scenario1a.ctxDone()
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ func TestUseLoadedRunner(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	finished := make(chan *LlmRequest)
 	llm1 := &mockLlm{estimatedVRAMByGPU: map[string]uint64{}}
-	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1, sessionDuration: 1}
+	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1, sessionDuration: 1, numParallel: 1}
 	req.useLoadedRunner(r1, finished)
 	require.Equal(t, uint(1), r1.refCount)
 	require.Equal(t, time.Duration(2), r1.sessionDuration)
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func TestUseLoadedRunner(t *testing.T) {
 	case success := <-req.successCh:
 		require.Equal(t, r1, success)
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		t.Errorf("timeout")
+		t.Fatal("timeout")
 	}
 	done()
 	fin := <-finished
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ func TestUpdateFreeSpace(t *testing.T) {
 	gpus[1].FreeMemory = 1900
 	llm1 := &mockLlm{estimatedVRAMByGPU: map[string]uint64{"1": 50, "2": 50}}
 	llm2 := &mockLlm{estimatedVRAMByGPU: map[string]uint64{"1": 125, "2": 75}}
-	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1, gpus: gpus}
-	r2 := &runnerRef{llama: llm2, gpus: gpus}
+	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1, gpus: gpus, numParallel: 1}
+	r2 := &runnerRef{llama: llm2, gpus: gpus, numParallel: 1}
 
 	s := InitScheduler(ctx)
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ func TestFindRunnerToUnload(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, done := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
 	defer done()
 
-	r1 := &runnerRef{refCount: 1, sessionDuration: 1}
-	r2 := &runnerRef{sessionDuration: 2}
+	r1 := &runnerRef{refCount: 1, sessionDuration: 1, numParallel: 1}
+	r2 := &runnerRef{sessionDuration: 2, numParallel: 1}
 
 	s := InitScheduler(ctx)
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
@@ -536,9 +536,13 @@ func TestNeedsReload(t *testing.T) {
 	llm := &mockLlm{estimatedVRAMByGPU: map[string]uint64{}}
 	do := api.DefaultOptions()
 	runner := &runnerRef{
-		model:   &Model{AdapterPaths: []string{"adapter1"}, ProjectorPaths: []string{"projector1"}},
-		Options: &do,
-		llama:   llm,
+		model: &Model{
+			AdapterPaths:   []string{"adapter1"},
+			ProjectorPaths: []string{"projector1"},
+		},
+		Options:     &do,
+		llama:       llm,
+		numParallel: 1,
 	}
 	req := &LlmRequest{
 		model: &Model{
@@ -581,8 +585,8 @@ func TestUnloadAllRunners(t *testing.T) {
 	s := InitScheduler(ctx)
 	s.unloadAllRunners()
 
-	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1}
-	r2 := &runnerRef{llama: llm2}
+	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1, numParallel: 1}
+	r2 := &runnerRef{llama: llm2, numParallel: 1}
 
 	s.loadedMu.Lock()
 	s.loaded["a"] = r1
@@ -596,14 +600,32 @@ func TestUnloadAllRunners(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestUnload(t *testing.T) {
 	llm1 := &mockLlm{estimatedVRAMByGPU: map[string]uint64{}}
-	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1}
-	r2 := &runnerRef{model: &Model{AdapterPaths: []string{"A"}}}
+	r1 := &runnerRef{llama: llm1, numParallel: 1}
+	r2 := &runnerRef{model: &Model{AdapterPaths: []string{"A"}}, numParallel: 1}
 	r1.unload()
 	require.True(t, llm1.closeCalled)
 	r2.unload()
 	require.Nil(t, r2.model)
 }
 
+func TestAlreadyCanceled(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, done := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 500*time.Millisecond)
+	defer done()
+	dctx, done2 := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	done2()
+	scenario1a := newScenario(t, dctx, "ollama-model-1", 10)
+	scenario1a.req.sessionDuration = 0
+	s := InitScheduler(ctx)
+	slog.Info("scenario1a")
+	s.pendingReqCh <- scenario1a.req
+	require.Len(t, s.pendingReqCh, 1)
+	s.Run(ctx)
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	require.Empty(t, s.pendingReqCh)
+	require.Empty(t, scenario1a.req.errCh)
+	require.Empty(t, scenario1a.req.successCh)
+}
+
 type mockLlm struct {
 	pingResp           error
 	waitResp           error