# TextGen WebUI: Guardrails and Fix Patterns
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A stabilization guide for **oobabooga/text-generation-webui** (TextGen WebUI).
This tool is popular for local or Docker-based inference but often drifts under plugins, extensions, or mixed model backends.
Use this page to detect and repair instability without changing infra.
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## Open these first
* Architecture & recovery: [RAG Architecture & Recovery](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/rag-architecture-and-recovery.md)
* Retrieval knobs: [Retrieval Playbook](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-playbook.md)
* Trace schema: [retrieval-traceability.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-traceability.md)
* Ordering & warm-up fixes: [bootstrap-ordering.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/bootstrap-ordering.md), [deployment-deadlock.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/deployment-deadlock.md), [predeploy-collapse.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/predeploy-collapse.md)
* Embedding check: [embedding-vs-semantic.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/embedding-vs-semantic.md)
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## Core acceptance
* ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
* Coverage ≥ 0.70 to target snippet
* λ remains convergent across 3 paraphrases and 2 seeds
* Stable across UI plugins (no flip-flops when toggling extensions)
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## Typical WebUI breakpoints and fix
| Symptom | Likely cause | Fix |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Runs fine in notebook, but WebUI returns divergent outputs | Extension modifies prompt schema | [data-contracts.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/data-contracts.md), [retrieval-traceability.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-traceability.md) |
| Citations missing when using API mode | WebUI truncates field names | [retrieval-traceability.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-traceability.md) |
| ΔS > 0.60 only when multiple users connect | Concurrency split in worker threads | [context-drift.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/context-drift.md), [entropy-collapse.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/entropy-collapse.md) |
| JSON schema output fails with extensions | UI prompt injection / malformed tools | [prompt-injection.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/prompt-injection.md), [logic-collapse.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/logic-collapse.md) |
| First run after model load unstable | Race in init hooks | [bootstrap-ordering.md](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/bootstrap-ordering.md) |
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## Fix in 60 seconds
1. **Warm-up**: Always run a dummy inference after model load. Log `INDEX_HASH`.
2. **Schema lock**: Enforce `snippet_id`, `tokens`, `offsets` in every response.
3. **λ probe**: Run 3 paraphrases, 2 seeds. Clamp with BBAM if divergent.
4. **Trace logging**: Save ΔS and λ per extension toggle.
5. **Verify**: Replay dataset with and without extensions enabled. ΔS ≤ 0.45 required.
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## Copy-paste diagnostic prompt
```txt
I am running text-generation-webui with {extensions_list}.
Question: "{user_question}"
Please return:
- ΔS vs retrieved snippet
- λ across paraphrases
- Citations preserved? (yes/no)
- If ΔS ≥ 0.60, point to minimal WFGY module to apply
```
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### 🔗 Quick-Start Downloads (60 sec)
| Tool | Link | 3-Step Setup |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **WFGY 1.0 PDF** | [Engine Paper](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/I_am_not_lizardman/WFGY_All_Principles_Return_to_One_v1.0_PSBigBig_Public.pdf) | 1️⃣ Download · 2️⃣ Upload to your LLM · 3️⃣ Ask “Answer using WFGY + \” |
| **TXT OS (plain-text OS)** | [TXTOS.txt](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/OS/TXTOS.txt) | 1️⃣ Download · 2️⃣ Paste into any LLM chat · 3️⃣ Type “hello world” — OS boots instantly |
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### Explore More
| Layer | Page | What it’s for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ⭐ Proof | [WFGY Recognition Map](/recognition/README.md) | External citations, integrations, and ecosystem proof |
| ⚙️ Engine | [WFGY 1.0](/legacy/README.md) | Original PDF tension engine and early logic sketch (legacy reference) |
| ⚙️ Engine | [WFGY 2.0](/core/README.md) | Production tension kernel for RAG and agent systems |
| ⚙️ Engine | [WFGY 3.0](/TensionUniverse/EventHorizon/README.md) | TXT based Singularity tension engine (131 S class set) |
| 🗺️ Map | [Problem Map 1.0](/ProblemMap/README.md) | Flagship 16 problem RAG failure taxonomy and fix map |
| 🗺️ Map | [Problem Map 2.0](/ProblemMap/wfgy-rag-16-problem-map-global-debug-card.md) | Global Debug Card for RAG and agent pipeline diagnosis |
| 🗺️ Map | [Problem Map 3.0](/ProblemMap/wfgy-ai-problem-map-troubleshooting-atlas.md) | Global AI troubleshooting atlas and failure pattern map |
| 🧰 App | [TXT OS](/OS/README.md) | .txt semantic OS with fast bootstrap |
| 🧰 App | [Blah Blah Blah](/OS/BlahBlahBlah/README.md) | Abstract and paradox Q&A built on TXT OS |
| 🧰 App | [Blur Blur Blur](/OS/BlurBlurBlur/README.md) | Text to image generation with semantic control |
| 🏡 Onboarding | [Starter Village](/StarterVillage/README.md) | Guided entry point for new users |
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