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Hi @aimagee
This error happens because you are using a raw base model gemma-4-12b which does not contain a built-in chat template config.Please switch to the instruction-tuned gemma-4-12b-it model .
https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-12B-it/tree/main
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Hi @aimagee
This error happens because you are using a raw base model gemma-4-12b which does not contain a built-in chat template config.Please switch to the instruction-tuned gemma-4-12b-it model .
https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-4-12B-it/tree/main
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@pannaga10 Thanks your reply, what are the differences between gemma-4-12B and gemma-4-12B-it, and is model.safetensors file the same?

Gemma-4-12B is the base pre-trained model, while gemma-4-12B-it is the instruction-tuned variant fine-tuned to follow user instructions hold conversations, and support system prompts, thinking mode, and function calling. Please use the base model for text completion/few-shot learning, and the -it version for a conversational assistant experience.

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I get it, thanks you very much @pannaga10