it doesn't load the image and video genration models even though it shows they are installed

[phantomderp13]

Hey, like the title says the models are installed and LU shows they are installed but doesn't find them for some reason, the models selection window is stuck at loading and i have no idea how can I fix this. Help would be appreciated!

[PurpleDoubleD]

hey, thanks for reporting this! i can see the models are on disk but comfyui isn't finding them in its model list.

a few quick questions so i can narrow it down:

did you install comfyui through the app (onboarding wizard), or do you have a separate comfyui installation running on your own? (like through stability matrix, comfyui manager, or a manual install)

if you have your own comfyui running — is it on the default port 8188? you can check/change the port in settings > comfyui > port

in settings > comfyui — does the path shown there actually match where your comfyui is installed? for example if the app says C:\ComfyUI but your models are in D:\StabilityMatrix\ComfyUI, it would explain why it downloads files to the wrong place

have you tried closing the app completely and reopening it? sometimes comfyui needs a fresh start to scan new model files

also — in settings > comfyui, what does the status show? green "running" or red "stopped"?

[phantomderp13]

Hey,

• i installed comfyui through the onboarding wizard
• the path of comfyui is correct
• the port is correct and it shows running in the settings
• i tried closing and reopening the app and it still doesn't show

the models do appear in the folder

[PurpleDoubleD]

hey, thanks a lot for reporting this, your screenshots actually helped us track down a pretty nasty bug that we couldn't reproduce on our own machines (because it depends on timing/disk speed).

what happened: when comfyui starts, it responds to health checks ("i'm running") before it's actually done scanning the model folders. our app asked "what models do you have?", got back an empty list, and then never asked again. that's why it was stuck at "loading..." forever even though everything was installed correctly.

we fixed three things:

the app now forces comfyui to rescan its model directories before every query, so it doesn't matter if the cache is stale
if 0 models come back, it now retries every 3 seconds for up to 36 seconds instead of giving up immediately. and if it still finds nothing after that, it shows a clear error message telling you what to check
after downloading new models, comfyui gets a refresh signal so they show up in the create view without needing a restart
the update goes live in about 1-2 hours. let us know if it fixes things on your end!

[phantomderp13]

Hmmm, so it's kinda interesting why did the refresh button not work? Because it would seem this solves the problem and it didn't do anything.
Also thank you for responding and fixing the issue so quick!

[Draekzy]

I'm having a similar issue, i've installed a bunch of models both inside comfyui itself and using the LU app and though it shows them installed, they never appear. If i click on the list of models uptop (after clicking the create tab) LU crashes (the window disappears but i have to manually close the program in the taskbar and in the hidden icons area).

UPon reloading, it never finds the models (though if i try to download it, once i click the download arrow it shows installed in the downloads section but never in the installed section).

Furthermore, i cant seem to download anything from the text section. none of the buttons work. I"ve completely uninstalled LU, ComfyUI and Ollama and reinstalled but nothing changes.

This is on 2.3.7 version fwiw. Let me know if i can provide anything to make it clearer! (for the record, i just installed it, downloaded a bunch of models and this is the fight i've been fighting for only a day now)

[Draekzy]

I think i realize whats going on with my models. Its not showing any of the uncensored ones but if i download and install a normal model (hence the comfyUI ones) they show up (eventually) in the list. I have no idea what the trigger is, its usually after about 5 minutes of the app running that they show up and its still not ALL of the models (I have almost 200 gigs of models installed for testing, all 20 gigs or under) and none of them but 3 are showing up

[Draekzy]

One more update, i installed a couple mainstream text llm and they never showed up in LU. I'll try installing one in comfyui

So i just used the inspect command and it seems like its constantly trying to connect to localhost on 8188. Whether this is right or not im not sure but its not working either way

[Draekzy]

Further up in the log, is more errors related to models loading i believe still trying to use port 8188

[Draekzy]

Ok, last one, its entirely related to the connection refused issue. It shows it trying to load the models but even when disabling all my security stuff or attempting to forward ports, it still refuses connection and im out of ideas at this point. ah well.

[phantomderp13]

@Draekzy do your chat models appear in ollama itself?
you can open ollama alone to see