Cloud recommendations promoted in model picker

hoyyeva

·Apr 15, 2026·#15593launch: always list cloud recommendations first

The ollama launch model picker now keeps cloud recommendations at the top of the list, regardless of what local models are installed.

When users had local models installed but no cloud models, the ollama launch model picker was burying cloud recommendations at the bottom of the list. This created confusion since cloud recommendations are meant to be primary suggestions for what to try next. The sort logic has been corrected so cloud recommendations always appear before local models, unless cloud is disabled on the server. The change affects the model picker shown when running ollama launch.

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Summary ollama launch was demoting cloud recommendations to the bottom of the model picker when the user had local models installed but no cloud models. The order now stays consistent — cloud recommendations first — regardless of installed inventory. The only time cloud models are hidden from the picker is when cloud is disabled on the server, which is already handled upstream in loadSelectableModels via filterCloudItems.

Change

Remove the onlyLocal branch in buildModelList's sort so cloud recommendations always sort before local recommendations.
Update the two tests that pinned the old "cloud at bottom when only-local" behavior.