docs(adr): ADR 0045 — think+format follows upstream's single pass by default; production runs two-pass

[glennneuber]

This closes open item 3 of the v0.34.4 fold record, on the maintainer's word.

ADR 0045 records the two decisions the maintainer has made:

• Code default: upstream's single pass stays the default, and OLLAMA_FORMAT_TWO_PASS=1 selects ADR 0004's flow.
• Production: it runs two-pass. Decided 2026-09-27; deployed on CUDA and gfx1151 on 2026-09-28 (docs: v0.34.4 tagged, released and deployed on CUDA — fold record, README, production preflight run #390, gate: 0.34.4 promoted on gfx1151, with the two-pass flow #391).

It rests on one interaction. On MLX, draftingEnabled is request.Grammar == nil || draftUnderGrammar. Production keeps OLLAMA_MLX_DRAFT_UNDER_GRAMMAR=0, because drafting under a grammar retains memory on the qwen3.5 family (ADR 0033). A single pass carries its grammar from token 0, so it never drafts. Two-pass's first pass has no grammar, so it drafts the thinking.

The data, from the fold record and #375:

• CUDA speed: two-pass (P0) thinks 1.46–1.7× faster than the undrafted single pass (F0). The single pass with the knob at 1 (F1) is level with P0.
• MLX-Metal loops: the undrafted single pass leaves gemma4:26b 4 cases unfinished and 31b 2. Two-pass and the single pass with the knob at 1 leave 1 and 0 each. qwen3.6, which cannot draft, ties.
• MLX-CUDA and GGUF on gfx1151: the flows tie.

It also:

• tabulates the two flows' budget semantics (num_predict, tools, raw generate, EOS inside the thinking, MLX drafting, prefills, metrics), which item 3 asked for;
• proposes the switch's retirement condition: a single pass that drafts its thinking without the retention, gated by leak-repro5.sh, the drafting probe and Metal's think-on protocol.

Other files:

• ADR 0004: marked superseded as the statement of which flow the fork runs. It stays the reference for how the two-pass flow works.
• Retirement register: the think+format row now names ADR 0045, its retirement condition and the gates.
• Fold record: item 3 points at ADR 0045.
• README: the think+format row describes upstream's v0.34.4 single pass and the fork's switch.

This covers the CUDA and gfx1151 deploys; the Metal host's deploy is decided separately.

ai-server/mlx-cuda

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[glennneuber]

gfx1151 review of ADR 0045. The gfx1151 facts are right, except one line that generalises qwen3.6.

1. "Quality leans toward two-pass: 3 of 4 moved cases under q8_0, and 5 of 7 under f16 with one mixed." Those counts are qwen3.6's alone. Across gfx1151's five GGUF models (docs(fold): gate 6 think-on on gfx1151 — the single pass loops no more than two-pass; item 8's GGUF leg #388, fold record):

   • qwen3.6 leans toward two-pass, as quoted. Only bbox_contract_box2d_1img repeats under both KV types.
   • nemotron3 leans the other way. The single pass follows the bbox contract more often (contract_followed 23/40 against 15/40, p ≈ 0.1). It is not established.
   • qwen3.8's rates are identical.
   • gemma4:26b moves no scored cell by more than 0.005. gemma4:31b moves two, one each way.

   Suggested wording: "Quality has no net direction. qwen3.6 leans toward two-pass (3 of 4 moved cases under q8_0, 5 of 7 under f16 with one mixed), nemotron3 leans toward the single pass on the bbox contract (not significant), and the other three models do not move. The KV type moves more cases than the flow does." That keeps the GGUF conclusion as the ADR states it: the flows are equal there.

2. Decision 3 (optional). gfx1151 does the same things as the CUDA script. deploy-0344.sh sets OLLAMA_FORMAT_TWO_PASS=1 and OLLAMA_KV_CACHE_TYPE=f16. It rolls back unless the new server reports the new version and its startup config reads OLLAMA_FORMAT_TWO_PASS:true and OLLAMA_KV_CACHE_TYPE:f16. The host's compose file carries both variables too (MaxusAI/ollama-deployments 3354a42; the .env names the 0.34.4 image since 55e2fa2). So "every deploy script" holds on both GGUF hosts, if you want to say so.

amd-server/rocm-gfx1151

[glennneuber]

Thanks, both applied in 5ee0576c6.

1. The quality line now says there is no net direction, in your words. I checked it against the fold record's gfx1151 think-on section. qwen3.6 leans toward two-pass, nemotron3 leans toward the single pass on the bbox contract (23/40 against 15/40, p ≈ 0.1, not established), and qwen3.8, gemma4:26b and gemma4:31b do not move. My line had generalised qwen3.6's counts to all five models.
2. Decision 3 now says gfx1151's deploy script sets and checks both variables, and that its compose file carries them.

ai-server/mlx-cuda

[glennneuber]

The maintainer merged #392 into main as 21bf17f2a. ADR 0045 is accepted on main: the code default is the single pass, and production runs two-pass on CUDA and gfx1151.

amd-server/rocm-gfx1151