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Ollama v0.32.1 Improves Gemma 4 Tool Calling and Fixes MLX Cache Leak

Published: 16 July 2026 Last checked: 17 July 2026 Source: primary

Summary

Ollama released version 0.32.1 with improvements to Gemma 4 tool calling and multi-turn reasoning, including more reliable tool-response continuations. The update also fixes a recurrent MLX model cache leak that could increase memory use across requests and improves cache snapshot performance.

Why this matters

This patch resolves a memory leak in MLX caching that could affect long-running inference sessions and improves tool-calling reliability for Gemma 4 users.

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Sources

ollama/ollama v0.32.1 (GitHub — Ollama)
ollama/ollama v0.32.1 (GitHub — Ollama)

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