Ollama model reported “not found” during Codebase Indexing even though it’s available #10863

Problem (one or two sentences)

Codebase Indexing shows “Ollama model not found: nomic-embed-text” even though the model is present and embeddings work via the Ollama API, so indexing never starts.

Context (who is affected and when)

Anyone using Ollama for embeddings through a forwarded/local URL sees this when trying to start Codebase Indexing.

Reproduction steps

Open Roo Code → Codebase Indexing
Provider: Ollama
Base URL: forwarded/local Ollama URL
Model: nomic-embed-text:latest
Dimension: 768
Qdrant URL: forwarded/local Qdrant URL
Observe: error “Ollama model not found: nomic-embed-text”
Expected result
If /api/tags returns the model and embeddings work, Roo Code should accept the model and allow indexing to start.

Actual result
Roo Code rejects the model as missing and blocks indexing.

Variations tried (optional)
None.

App Version
3.41.3 (23717fb)

API Provider (optional)
Ollama

Model Used (optional)
nomic-embed-text:latest

Relevant logs or errors (optional)
Error – Ollama model not found: nomic-embed-text

Reproduction steps

Open Roo Code → Codebase Indexing.
Set Embedder Provider to Ollama.
Enter the forwarded/local Ollama Base URL (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:11436/).
Set Model to nomic-embed-text:latest.
Set Dimension to 768.
Set Qdrant URL to the forwarded/local endpoint (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:16333/).
Observe error: “Ollama model not found: nomic-embed-text” and indexing cannot start.

Expected result

Roo Code accepts nomic-embed-text:latest when it’s returned by the Ollama API and allows Codebase Indexing to start.

Actual result

Roo Code shows “Ollama model not found: nomic-embed-text” and blocks indexing from starting.

Variations tried (optional)

No response

App Version

3.41.3 (23717fb)

API Provider (optional)

Ollama

Model Used (optional)

nomic-embed-text:latest

Roo Code Task Links (optional)

No response

Relevant logs or errors (optional)

Error – Ollama model not found: nomic-embed-text