[GH-ISSUE #12236] [Macos Tahoe]: Ollama settings block internet connection activity #70199

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opened 2026-05-04 20:38:33 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @Quadriphobs1 on GitHub (Sep 10, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/12236

What is the issue?

I just installed the latest macOS Tahoe and I notice I wasn't able to connect via other apps but using curl or dig or nslookup seems to work just fine.

When I restart I noticed the same thing however, Ollama was the only other app running so I close it and I was able to connect via my browser(safari) got me curious as to why Ollama might be cause.

After several chats with ChatGPT debugging it pointed out that Ollama might be binding to a local interface like lo0 and it might have changed the default route or dns resolver and the traffic get misdirected.

So when I run this command networksetup -getsecurewebproxy Wi-Fi and networksetup -getsecurewebproxy Wi-Fi off it shows

Enabled: Yes
Server: 127.0.0.1
Port: 9090
Authenticated Proxy Enabled: 0

In order for me to get other apps to connect to the internet I had to run networksetup -setwebproxystate Wi-Fi off and networksetup -setsecurewebproxystate Wi-Fi off which will sets them to off.

I also run sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder and sudo route -n flush to clear any dns and routing tables

And now whenever I do launchctl list | grep ollama it shows nothing.

I am not sure if this is something specifically wrong from ollama or from the macOS update, I thought I'd create a ticket here in case anyone else have this issue and wants a possible solution and if anyone have a likely solution for this that doesn't require flushing my dns routing table

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OS

Macos Tahoe

Ollama version

v0.11.10

Originally created by @Quadriphobs1 on GitHub (Sep 10, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/12236 ### What is the issue? I just installed the latest macOS Tahoe and I notice I wasn't able to connect via other apps but using `curl` or `dig` or `nslookup` seems to work just fine. When I restart I noticed the same thing however, Ollama was the only other app running so I close it and I was able to connect via my browser(safari) got me curious as to why Ollama might be cause. After several chats with ChatGPT debugging it pointed out that Ollama might be binding to a local interface like lo0 and it might have changed the default route or dns resolver and the traffic get misdirected. So when I run this command `networksetup -getsecurewebproxy Wi-Fi` and `networksetup -getsecurewebproxy Wi-Fi off` it shows ``` Enabled: Yes Server: 127.0.0.1 Port: 9090 Authenticated Proxy Enabled: 0 ``` In order for me to get other apps to connect to the internet I had to run `networksetup -setwebproxystate Wi-Fi off` and `networksetup -setsecurewebproxystate Wi-Fi off` which will sets them to `off`. I also run `sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder` and `sudo route -n flush` to clear any dns and routing tables And now whenever I do `launchctl list | grep ollama` it shows nothing. I am not sure if this is something specifically wrong from ollama or from the macOS update, I thought I'd create a ticket here in case anyone else have this issue and wants a possible solution and if anyone have a likely solution for this that doesn't require flushing my dns routing table ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### OS Macos Tahoe ### Ollama version v0.11.10
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-05-04 20:38:33 -05:00
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@Quadriphobs1 commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2025):

I made this gist for a possible solution

https://gist.github.com/Quadriphobs1/6b70b2b9395b3f1135f9a92e23bc132f

<!-- gh-comment-id:3272876932 --> @Quadriphobs1 commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2025): I made this gist for a possible solution https://gist.github.com/Quadriphobs1/6b70b2b9395b3f1135f9a92e23bc132f
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#70199