[GH-ISSUE #6090] Ollama seems to not work with long system prompts #65844

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2026-05-03T22:52:37-05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-05-03 22:52:37 -05:00

Originally created by @austin-starks on GitHub (Jul 31, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/6090

What is the issue?

I typed up the full problem here (with examples)

TL;DR, if I try to run Ollama with a very long system prompt, it seems to completely ignore it. Happy to provide as much detail as you need to fix this.

OS

macOS

GPU

Apple

CPU

Apple

Ollama version

0.2.8

Originally created by @austin-starks on GitHub (Jul 31, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/6090 ### What is the issue? [I typed up the full problem here (with examples)](https://www.reddit.com/r/ollama/comments/1egddvv/getting_ollama_to_work_with_very_long_system/) TL;DR, if I try to run Ollama with a very long system prompt, it seems to completely ignore it. Happy to provide as much detail as you need to fix this. ### OS macOS ### GPU Apple ### CPU Apple ### Ollama version 0.2.8

GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-05-03 22:52:37 -05:00

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GiteaMirror commented

2026-05-03 22:52:41 -05:00

@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2024):

Did you try increasing the context window? "options": { "num_ctx": 8192}

@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2024): Did you try increasing the context window? `"options": { "num_ctx": 8192}`

GiteaMirror commented

2026-05-03 22:52:41 -05:00

@austin-starks commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2024):

Nope! It works now. Thank you !

@austin-starks commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2024): Nope! It works now. Thank you !

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Reference: github-starred/ollama#65844