[GH-ISSUE #12906] qwen3-vl:30b think: false not working #8554

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opened 2026-04-12 21:16:15 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
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Originally created by @Chleba on GitHub (Nov 1, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/12906

What is the issue?

curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{
"model": "qwen3-vl:30b",
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "why is the sky blue?"
}
], "think": false
}'

Setting think to false will not turn off the thinking of the model

Relevant log output


OS

Linux

GPU

Nvidia

CPU

AMD

Ollama version

0.12.9

Originally created by @Chleba on GitHub (Nov 1, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/12906 ### What is the issue? curl http://localhost:11434/api/chat -d '{ "model": "qwen3-vl:30b", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "why is the sky blue?" } ], "think": false }' Setting `think` to `false` will not turn off the thinking of the model ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### OS Linux ### GPU Nvidia ### CPU AMD ### Ollama version 0.12.9
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-04-12 21:16:15 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2025):

qwen3-vl is not a hybrid model, it has two variants - thinking and non-thinking. If you want non-thinking, use qwen3-vl:30b-a3b-instruct.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3476942309 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2025): qwen3-vl is not a hybrid model, it has two variants - thinking and non-thinking. If you want non-thinking, use [qwen3-vl:30b-a3b-instruct](https://ollama.com/library/qwen3-vl:30b-a3b-instruct).
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@pdevine commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2025):

Going to close this as answered.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3476966499 --> @pdevine commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2025): Going to close this as answered.
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@Chleba commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2025):

Thank You @rick-github.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3477893186 --> @Chleba commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2025): Thank You @rick-github.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#8554