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Retry with host=...\nExpected: Chat calls succeed against the remote host.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"2fd3a328-685b-402f-af1f-1686ea83885f","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Upgrade autogen-ext to a release containing PR #5674 (milestone 0.4.8); on older versions avoid the host kwarg and configure the Ollama host via environment variable.\n\nFix: Upgrade autogen-ext [evidence: released_fix]\nApplies when: OllamaChatCompletionClient with host\nSteps:\n1. pip install -U 'autogen-ext[ollama]'\n2. 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