Unable to conduct a search

[mandraid]

Describe the bug
Search is hung in Perplexica. It's stuck on Brainstorming.

To Reproduce
Do a search in Perplexica.

Expected behavior
Get results

Screenshots

Additional context
I used the docker deployment, where searxng is bundled with it.

[ItzCrazyKns]

Which LLM provider are you using?

[mandraid]

Sorry, forgot to mention that. Ollama, locally hosted.

[dkavraal]

Same result with the OpenAI-comptiable minimax provider and my reason (maybe related) :

Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<think>
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]: Th"... is not valid JSON
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at Object.<anonymous> (.next/server/chunks/607.js:31:15296)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at <unknown> (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:88253)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at Array.map (<anonymous>)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at k (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:87556)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at <unknown> (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:3678)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at bl.parseResponse (.next/server/chunks/607.js:20:31680)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at async q.generateObject (.next/server/chunks/136.js:1:3636)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at async h (.next/server/chunks/641.js:464:844)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]: ⨯ unhandledRejection:  SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<', "<think>
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]: Th"... is not valid JSON
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at Object.<anonymous> (.next/server/chunks/607.js:31:15296)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at <unknown> (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:88253)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at Array.map (<anonymous>)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at k (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:87556)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at <unknown> (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:3678)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at bl.parseResponse (.next/server/chunks/607.js:20:31680)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at async q.generateObject (.next/server/chunks/136.js:1:3636)
Jan 04 13:21:35 perplexica npm[21114]:     at async h (.next/server/chunks/641.js:464:844)

[adityaagarw]

If you are using a locally hosted model, please check your context window and if there is a context window overflow. It would get stuck on brainstorming if your context overflows.

[droidus]

How do I do that?

[itsLeon]

Got the same problem with a fresh install

2026-01-09 15:49:22 Error [ResponseError]: registry.ollama.ai/library/gemma3:12b does not support tools
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at F (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:75376)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async I (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:76878)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async O.processStreamableRequest (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:78371)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async A.streamText (.next/server/chunks/136.js:1:9497)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async i.research (.next/server/chunks/641.js:541:227)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async m.searchAsync (.next/server/app/api/chat/route.js:1:13218) {
2026-01-09 15:49:22 error: 'registry.ollama.ai/library/gemma3:12b does not support tools',
2026-01-09 15:49:22 status_code: 400
2026-01-09 15:49:22 }
2026-01-09 15:49:22 ⨯ unhandledRejection: Error [ResponseError]: registry.ollama.ai/library/gemma3:12b does not support tools
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at F (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:75376)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async I (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:76878)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async O.processStreamableRequest (.next/server/chunks/607.js:27:78371)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async A.streamText (.next/server/chunks/136.js:1:9497)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async i.research (.next/server/chunks/641.js:541:227)
2026-01-09 15:49:22 at async m.searchAsync (.next/server/app/api/chat/route.js:1:13218) {
2026-01-09 15:49:22 error: 'registry.ollama.ai/library/gemma3:12b does not support tools',
2026-01-09 15:49:22 status_code: 400
2026-01-09 15:49:22 }