The first server deployment downloaded only 1101 bytes (a redirect/error
page) and the entrypoint promoted it to ggml-large-v3.bin, after which
every restart skipped the download and the server ran without a valid
model. Now both fresh downloads and existing files are validated
(minimum 50 MB + the ggml magic bytes); invalid files are logged,
deleted, and re-downloaded, and a failed download dumps the first 400
bytes of what was actually received for diagnosis before exiting.
Validated locally: a poisoned model file is detected, removed, and a
valid one re-downloaded; inference served correctly afterwards.
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