PSA on Laguna S-2.1 - Use the updated chat template and GGUF

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Summary

Laguna S-2.1 model has been updated with a fix for yarn_attn_factor (corrected to 1.0) and an improved chat template that fixes broken thinking, preserves thinking, and enables tool calling. Users are advised to use the updated GGUF from the official repo.

Link to their official GGUF repo: https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-S-2.1-GGUF/tree/main All the GGUFs received this fix 5ish hours ago - correct yarn_attn_factor to 1.0 (llama.cpp derives mscale) And the chat template fixes a lot of broken thinking, preserve thinking, and tool calling Chat template: https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-S-2.1-GGUF/blob/main/chat_template.jinja So far the model seems to be doing MUCH better.
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