server: add warning message for deprecated context field (#7878)

docs/api.md

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ Advanced parameters (optional):
 - `options`: additional model parameters listed in the documentation for the [Modelfile](./modelfile.md#valid-parameters-and-values) such as `temperature`
 - `system`: system message to (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
 - `template`: the prompt template to use (overrides what is defined in the `Modelfile`)
-- `context`: the context parameter returned from a previous request to `/generate`, this can be used to keep a short conversational memory
 - `stream`: if `false` the response will be returned as a single response object, rather than a stream of objects
 - `raw`: if `true` no formatting will be applied to the prompt. You may choose to use the `raw` parameter if you are specifying a full templated prompt in your request to the API
 - `keep_alive`: controls how long the model will stay loaded into memory following the request (default: `5m`)
+- `context` (deprecated): the context parameter returned from a previous request to `/generate`, this can be used to keep a short conversational memory
 
 #### JSON mode
 

server/routes.go

@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ func (s *Server) GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 
 		var b bytes.Buffer
 		if req.Context != nil {
+			slog.Warn("the context field is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Ollama")
 			s, err := r.Detokenize(c.Request.Context(), req.Context)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})