openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Small Local Ollama Models Respond with "NO"

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Local Models Reply With "NO RESPONE"

Root Cause

Local Models Reply With "NO RESPONE"

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Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

Local Models Reply With "NO RESPONE"

Steps to reproduce

After upgrading from 2026.4.15 to 2026.5.12, smaller local Ollama models only respond with "NO" or "NO REPLY", when being asked to do simple tool calls like "list folders in /.openclaw/skills/. Additionationally when asking agents simple questions like "who are you?" Agent responds with generic replies such as "I am a LLM developed by....x" or "I am a large language model". Run the same question through a Ollama cloud model and the agent will reply with by reading the IDENTITY.MD files, user.MD and is generally aware. Before 2026.5.12, local models like qwen3.5-0.8b were 10x more capable than any of the 9 or 14b models. Agent has full tool access.

Expected behavior

Agent replies with basic tools calls.

Actual behavior

<img width="1643" height="366" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/82e9314b-30bc-4fb8-929b-e0cf0fe50c1d" />

OpenClaw version

2026.5.12

Operating system

Debian

Install method

npm global

Model

qwen3.5:latest

Provider / routing chain

openclaw ollama qwen3.5:latest

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

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Agent replies with basic tools calls.

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