Fixing Tool-Call Loops in Local Models
Look_0ver_There · reddit · 2026-07-12
While using Qwen3.6-27B locally, the author repeatedly faced tool-call failures and looping issues, undermining its viability as a "local frontier model" for coding tasks. As a workaround, they wrote an extension for the Pi coding agent to: - Monitor the JSON stream to detect loops - Determine if the user's goal has been achieved - Automatically inject prompts to make the model continue if it halts prematurely before the task is finished This allows the author to handle large tasks without constantly babysitting the model, pulling the workflow back on track when it derails. The author is curious about how others typically handle these reliability issues with local models.
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