When using local aliases like Cooper, Iron, or Steel (which are Qwen-based architectures), the select_chat_template failed to identify them because the alias names didn't contain 'qwen'. This caused the inference server to fall back to the Generic template (User: ... \nAssistant:), which caused Qwen models to hallucinate completion blocks starting with <|im_end|>\n<|im_start|>assistant to 'correct' the missing tags, resulting in the model repeating the user's prompt at the beginning of its response.
Evandro Fonseca Junior
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