ollama - 💡(How to fix) Fix `ollama launch claude-desktop` shows only "Legacy Model"; no Ollama Cloud models are discovered [1 participants]

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Code Example

export OLLAMA_API_KEY="<redacted>"
ollama launch claude-desktop

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Legacy Model

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What is the issue?

Summary

After configuring Claude Desktop with ollama launch claude-desktop, Claude Desktop switches into the third-party inference / Ollama profile, but the model picker only shows Legacy Model. No Ollama Cloud models are listed or selectable.

Restoring Claude Desktop with ollama launch claude-desktop --restore --yes works and returns the app to the usual Claude profile. Running ollama launch claude-desktop again reproduces the issue.

Expected behavior

After running:

export OLLAMA_API_KEY="<redacted>"
ollama launch claude-desktop

Claude Desktop should start and automatically discover/show the available Ollama Cloud models in the model picker.

Actual behavior

Claude Desktop starts, but the model selector only shows:

Legacy Model

There are no other models listed and nothing useful can be selected.

Environment

  • OS: macOS
  • Ollama version: 0.23.1
  • Claude Desktop version: 2.1.119
  • Architecture: Apple Silicon (M4)

Additional notes

  • ollama launch claude-desktop --restore --yes succeeds.
  • The issue is reproducible after restoring and launching again.
  • The behavior looks like model discovery is failing and Claude Desktop falls back to Legacy Model.

I found at least one other public report that appears to describe the same symptom: https://note.com/minamotomasaru/n/n5fbc3f2876b7

Relevant log output

OS

macOS

GPU

Apple

CPU

Apple

Ollama version

0.23.1

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Expected behavior

After running:

export OLLAMA_API_KEY="<redacted>"
ollama launch claude-desktop

Claude Desktop should start and automatically discover/show the available Ollama Cloud models in the model picker.

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