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[GH-ISSUE #3459] Add Auto-Update switch to Windows client #27893

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opened 2026-04-22 05:32:34 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 05:32:34 -05:00
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Originally created by @sebastianlau on GitHub (Apr 2, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/3459

Originally assigned to: @dhiltgen on GitHub.

What are you trying to do?

It would be good to be able to disable auto-updates for the Windows client

How should we solve this?

An environment variable, empty file for persistence -- checkbox in the taskbar as a stretch goal

What is the impact of not solving this?

Currently I am renaming ollama app.exe to ollama app.exe.disable and manually starting ollama via cmd and ollama serve (not great for restarts)

Anything else?

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Originally created by @sebastianlau on GitHub (Apr 2, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/3459 Originally assigned to: @dhiltgen on GitHub. ### What are you trying to do? It would be good to be able to disable auto-updates for the Windows client ### How should we solve this? An environment variable, empty file for persistence -- checkbox in the taskbar as a stretch goal ### What is the impact of not solving this? Currently I am renaming **ollama app.exe** to **ollama app.exe.disable** and manually starting ollama via cmd and **ollama serve** (not great for restarts) ### Anything else? _No response_
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GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 05:32:37 -05:00
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@dhiltgen commented on GitHub (May 5, 2024):

@sebastianlau the windows tray app does not automatically upgrade, but it does detect an upgrade is available, and download it to get ready. Once downloaded, it will report that an upgrade is available with a pop-up banner, and if you click on that banner (or select the menu item to upgrade) it will perform the upgrade. If you don't click on the banner or menu item, the system will leave the upgrade staged, but not perform the upgrade.

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Are you seeing different behavior?

<!-- gh-comment-id:2094899902 --> @dhiltgen commented on GitHub (May 5, 2024): @sebastianlau the windows tray app does not automatically upgrade, but it does detect an upgrade is available, and download it to get ready. Once downloaded, it will report that an upgrade is available with a pop-up banner, and if you click on that banner (or select the menu item to upgrade) it will perform the upgrade. If you don't click on the banner or menu item, the system will leave the upgrade staged, but not perform the upgrade. <img width="410" alt="image" src="https://github.com/ollama/ollama/assets/4033016/2c3eab33-cb64-4f0d-9b1f-7c70b943cd1a"> <img width="263" alt="image" src="https://github.com/ollama/ollama/assets/4033016/b9b1a303-3fb6-44f3-82fc-f5e6861197f1"> Are you seeing different behavior?
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 05:32:37 -05:00
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@omarshehab221 commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2025):

@dhiltgen but the fact that downloads the update by itself consumes bandwidth.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2589700354 --> @omarshehab221 commented on GitHub (Jan 14, 2025): @dhiltgen but the fact that downloads the update by itself consumes bandwidth.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 05:32:37 -05:00
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@s4w3d0ff commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025):

IMO it should NOT download anything until a user clicks the update option. Ollama should not be assuming that it has free rein over the users network and do what it wants whenever it wants... At the very least there should be an option to keep this from happening.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3259910531 --> @s4w3d0ff commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2025): IMO it should NOT download anything until a user clicks the update option. Ollama should not be assuming that it has free rein over the users network and do what it wants whenever it wants... At the very least there should be an option to keep this from happening.
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