IronMonitor 7.0.14

Recover from empty Ollama assistant responses with one bounded retry that preserves the conversation, available tools, and existing monitoring evidence. The retry increases the output allowance and, for thinking-only responses, discovers supported controls through /api/show instead of guessing model capabilities. Private thinking is removed from subsequent tool-call history. Persistent empty replies identify the model and completion reason.

This addresses the empty-answer path reported with gemma4:e2b on macOS. HTTP regression fixtures cover empty responses after a successful tool, boolean and named thinking controls, missing metadata, and bounded repeated failure. The fix is platform independent; UI layout is unchanged.

Close IronMonitor before upgrading:

cargo install ironmonitor --version 7.0.14 --locked --force
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Select Ollama and your installed gemma4:e2b model in the AI page. Source release with the verified crate archive and SHA-256 checksum attached.