Ollama Model Loads Time Out After the 0.32.10 Upgrade: The Load Mode Change and the Fix

If your Ollama install started timing out right after an upgrade, you're probably staring at this after five patient minutes: Load failed ... timed out waiting for llama-server to start Nothing in that error says why. The model never finished loading. It's a regression that showed up in 0.32.10 and is still around as of 0.33.x. Here's what's going...