Repository: ollama/ollama
Pull request: server: reuse original download URL for images

This changes the registry client to reuse the original download URL it gets on the first redirect response for all subsequent requests, preventing thundering herd issues when hot new LLMs are released.

Changed files:
filename: server/download.go
patch: @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"math"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -141,6 +142,32 @@ func (b *blobDownload) Run(ctx context.Context, requestURL *url.URL, opts *regis
 	b.err = b.run(ctx, requestURL, opts)
 }
 
+func newBackoff(maxBackoff time.Duration) func(ctx context.Context) error {
+	var n int
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
+		n++
+
+		// n^2 backoff timer is a little smoother than the
+		// common choice of 2^n.
+		d := min(time.Duration(n*n)*10*time.Millisecond, maxBackoff)
+		// Randomize the delay between 0.5-1.5 x msec, in order
+		// to prevent accidental "thundering herd" problems.
+		d = time.Duration(float64(d) * (rand.Float64() + 0.5))
+		t := time.NewTimer(d)
+		defer t.Stop()
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		case <-t.C:
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (b *blobDownload) run(ctx context.Context, requestURL *url.URL, opts *registryOptions) error {
 	defer blobDownloadManager.Delete(b.Digest)
 	ctx, b.CancelFunc = context.WithCancel(ctx)
@@ -153,6 +180,52 @@ func (b *blobDownload) run(ctx context.Context, requestURL *url.URL, opts *regis
 
 	_ = file.Truncate(b.Total)
 
+	directURL, err := func() (*url.URL, error) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		backoff := newBackoff(10 * time.Second)
+		for {
+			// shallow clone opts to be used in the closure
+			// without affecting the outer opts.
+			newOpts := new(registryOptions)
+			*newOpts = *opts
+
+			newOpts.CheckRedirect = func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+				if len(via) > 10 {
+					return errors.New("maxium redirects exceeded (10) for directURL")
+				}
+
+				// if the hostname is the same, allow the redirect
+				if req.URL.Hostname() == requestURL.Hostname() {
+					return nil
+				}
+
+				// stop at the first redirect that is not
+				// the same hostname as the original
+				// request.
+				return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+			}
+
+			resp, err := makeRequestWithRetry(ctx, http.MethodGet, requestURL, nil, nil, newOpts)
+			if err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("failed to get direct URL; backing off and retrying", "err", err)
+				if err := backoff(ctx); err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusTemporaryRedirect {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code %d", resp.StatusCode)
+			}
+			return resp.Location()
+		}
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	g, inner := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	g.SetLimit(numDownloadParts)
 	for i := range b.Parts {
@@ -165,7 +238,7 @@ func (b *blobDownload) run(ctx context.Context, requestURL *url.URL, opts *regis
 			var err error
 			for try := 0; try < maxRetries; try++ {
 				w := io.NewOffsetWriter(file, part.StartsAt())
-				err = b.downloadChunk(inner, requestURL, w, part, opts)
+				err = b.downloadChunk(inner, directURL, w, part, opts)
 				switch {
 				case errors.Is(err, context.Canceled), errors.Is(err, syscall.ENOSPC):
 					// return immediately if the context is canceled or the device is out of space

filename: server/images.go
patch: @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ type registryOptions struct {
 	Username string
 	Password string
 	Token    string
+
+	CheckRedirect func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error
 }
 
 type Model struct {
@@ -1131,7 +1133,9 @@ func makeRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, requestURL *url.URL, header
 		req.ContentLength = contentLength
 	}
 
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := (&http.Client{
+		CheckRedirect: regOpts.CheckRedirect,
+	}).Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}