diff --git a/tools/server/README.md b/tools/server/README.md
index bc1a4f8f7a..24984d8696 100644
--- a/tools/server/README.md
+++ b/tools/server/README.md
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | -------- | ----------- |
 | `-h, --help, --usage` | print usage and exit |
 | `--version` | show version and build info |
+| `-cl, --cache-list` | show list of models in cache |
 | `--completion-bash` | print source-able bash completion script for llama.cpp |
 | `--verbose-prompt` | print a verbose prompt before generation (default: false) |
-| `-t, --threads N` | number of threads to use during generation (default: -1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THREADS) |
+| `-t, --threads N` | number of CPU threads to use during generation (default: -1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THREADS) |
 | `-tb, --threads-batch N` | number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads) |
 | `-C, --cpu-mask M` | CPU affinity mask: arbitrarily long hex. Complements cpu-range (default: "") |
 | `-Cr, --cpu-range lo-hi` | range of CPUs for affinity. Complements --cpu-mask |
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--keep N` | number of tokens to keep from the initial prompt (default: 0, -1 = all) |
 | `--swa-full` | use full-size SWA cache (default: false)<br/>[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/13194#issuecomment-2868343055)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SWA_FULL) |
 | `--kv-unified, -kvu` | use single unified KV buffer for the KV cache of all sequences (default: false)<br/>[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/14363)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_KV_SPLIT) |
-| `-fa, --flash-attn` | enable Flash Attention (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_FLASH_ATTN) |
+| `-fa, --flash-attn [on\|off\|auto]` | set Flash Attention use ('on', 'off', or 'auto', default: 'auto')<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_FLASH_ATTN) |
 | `--no-perf` | disable internal libllama performance timings (default: false)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_PERF) |
 | `-e, --escape` | process escapes sequences (\n, \r, \t, \', \", \\) (default: true) |
 | `--no-escape` | do not process escape sequences |
@@ -61,11 +62,12 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--rope-freq-scale N` | RoPE frequency scaling factor, expands context by a factor of 1/N<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_ROPE_FREQ_SCALE) |
 | `--yarn-orig-ctx N` | YaRN: original context size of model (default: 0 = model training context size)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_ORIG_CTX) |
 | `--yarn-ext-factor N` | YaRN: extrapolation mix factor (default: -1.0, 0.0 = full interpolation)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_EXT_FACTOR) |
-| `--yarn-attn-factor N` | YaRN: scale sqrt(t) or attention magnitude (default: 1.0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_ATTN_FACTOR) |
-| `--yarn-beta-slow N` | YaRN: high correction dim or alpha (default: 1.0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_BETA_SLOW) |
-| `--yarn-beta-fast N` | YaRN: low correction dim or beta (default: 32.0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_BETA_FAST) |
+| `--yarn-attn-factor N` | YaRN: scale sqrt(t) or attention magnitude (default: -1.0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_ATTN_FACTOR) |
+| `--yarn-beta-slow N` | YaRN: high correction dim or alpha (default: -1.0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_BETA_SLOW) |
+| `--yarn-beta-fast N` | YaRN: low correction dim or beta (default: -1.0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_YARN_BETA_FAST) |
 | `-nkvo, --no-kv-offload` | disable KV offload<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_KV_OFFLOAD) |
 | `-nr, --no-repack` | disable weight repacking<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_REPACK) |
+| `--no-host` | bypass host buffer allowing extra buffers to be used<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_HOST) |
 | `-ctk, --cache-type-k TYPE` | KV cache data type for K<br/>allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1<br/>(default: f16)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_K) |
 | `-ctv, --cache-type-v TYPE` | KV cache data type for V<br/>allowed values: f32, f16, bf16, q8_0, q4_0, q4_1, iq4_nl, q5_0, q5_1<br/>(default: f16)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_TYPE_V) |
 | `-dt, --defrag-thold N` | KV cache defragmentation threshold (DEPRECATED)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DEFRAG_THOLD) |
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--override-tensor, -ot <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>,...` | override tensor buffer type |
 | `--cpu-moe, -cmoe` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE) |
 | `--n-cpu-moe, -ncmoe N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE) |
-| `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | number of layers to store in VRAM<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) |
+| `-ngl, --gpu-layers, --n-gpu-layers N` | max. number of layers to store in VRAM (default: -1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_GPU_LAYERS) |
 | `-sm, --split-mode {none,layer,row}` | how to split the model across multiple GPUs, one of:<br/>- none: use one GPU only<br/>- layer (default): split layers and KV across GPUs<br/>- row: split rows across GPUs<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SPLIT_MODE) |
 | `-ts, --tensor-split N0,N1,N2,...` | fraction of the model to offload to each GPU, comma-separated list of proportions, e.g. 3,1<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_TENSOR_SPLIT) |
 | `-mg, --main-gpu INDEX` | the GPU to use for the model (with split-mode = none), or for intermediate results and KV (with split-mode = row) (default: 0)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MAIN_GPU) |
@@ -90,8 +92,9 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--control-vector FNAME` | add a control vector<br/>note: this argument can be repeated to add multiple control vectors |
 | `--control-vector-scaled FNAME SCALE` | add a control vector with user defined scaling SCALE<br/>note: this argument can be repeated to add multiple scaled control vectors |
 | `--control-vector-layer-range START END` | layer range to apply the control vector(s) to, start and end inclusive |
-| `-m, --model FNAME` | model path (default: `models/$filename` with filename from `--hf-file` or `--model-url` if set, otherwise models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL) |
+| `-m, --model FNAME` | model path to load<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL) |
 | `-mu, --model-url MODEL_URL` | model download url (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODEL_URL) |
+| `-dr, --docker-repo [<repo>/]<model>[:quant]` | Docker Hub model repository. repo is optional, default to ai/. quant is optional, default to :latest.<br/>example: gemma3<br/>(default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_DOCKER_REPO) |
 | `-hf, -hfr, --hf-repo <user>/<model>[:quant]` | Hugging Face model repository; quant is optional, case-insensitive, default to Q4_K_M, or falls back to the first file in the repo if Q4_K_M doesn't exist.<br/>mmproj is also downloaded automatically if available. to disable, add --no-mmproj<br/>example: unsloth/phi-4-GGUF:q4_k_m<br/>(default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO) |
 | `-hfd, -hfrd, --hf-repo-draft <user>/<model>[:quant]` | Same as --hf-repo, but for the draft model (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HFD_REPO) |
 | `-hff, --hf-file FILE` | Hugging Face model file. If specified, it will override the quant in --hf-repo (default: unused)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_HF_FILE) |
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `-hft, --hf-token TOKEN` | Hugging Face access token (default: value from HF_TOKEN environment variable)<br/>(env: HF_TOKEN) |
 | `--log-disable` | Log disable |
 | `--log-file FNAME` | Log to file |
-| `--log-colors` | Enable colored logging<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_COLORS) |
+| `--log-colors [on\|off\|auto]` | Set colored logging ('on', 'off', or 'auto', default: 'auto')<br/>'auto' enables colors when output is to a terminal<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_COLORS) |
 | `-v, --verbose, --log-verbose` | Set verbosity level to infinity (i.e. log all messages, useful for debugging) |
 | `--offline` | Offline mode: forces use of cache, prevents network access<br/>(env: LLAMA_OFFLINE) |
 | `-lv, --verbosity, --log-verbosity N` | Set the verbosity threshold. Messages with a higher verbosity will be ignored.<br/>(env: LLAMA_LOG_VERBOSITY) |
@@ -151,7 +154,8 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 
 | Argument | Explanation |
 | -------- | ----------- |
-| `--swa-checkpoints N` | max number of SWA checkpoints per slot to create (default: 3)<br/>[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/15293)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_SWA_CHECKPOINTS) |
+| `--ctx-checkpoints, --swa-checkpoints N` | max number of context checkpoints to create per slot (default: 8)<br/>[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/15293)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CTX_CHECKPOINTS) |
+| `--cache-ram, -cram N` | set the maximum cache size in MiB (default: 8192, -1 - no limit, 0 - disable)<br/>[(more info)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/16391)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CACHE_RAM) |
 | `--no-context-shift` | disables context shift on infinite text generation (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_CONTEXT_SHIFT) |
 | `--context-shift` | enables context shift on infinite text generation (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CONTEXT_SHIFT) |
 | `-r, --reverse-prompt PROMPT` | halt generation at PROMPT, return control in interactive mode<br/> |
@@ -165,6 +169,8 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--mmproj-url URL` | URL to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_URL) |
 | `--no-mmproj` | explicitly disable multimodal projector, useful when using -hf<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_MMPROJ) |
 | `--no-mmproj-offload` | do not offload multimodal projector to GPU<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD) |
+| `--image-min-tokens N` | minimum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MIN_TOKENS) |
+| `--image-max-tokens N` | maximum number of tokens each image can take, only used by vision models with dynamic resolution (default: read from model)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_IMAGE_MAX_TOKENS) |
 | `--override-tensor-draft, -otd <tensor name pattern>=<buffer type>,...` | override tensor buffer type for draft model |
 | `--cpu-moe-draft, -cmoed` | keep all Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights in the CPU for the draft model<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CPU_MOE_DRAFT) |
 | `--n-cpu-moe-draft, -ncmoed N` | keep the Mixture of Experts (MoE) weights of the first N layers in the CPU for the draft model<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_N_CPU_MOE_DRAFT) |
@@ -189,13 +195,16 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--slots` | enable slots monitoring endpoint (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_ENDPOINT_SLOTS) |
 | `--no-slots` | disables slots monitoring endpoint<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_ENDPOINT_SLOTS) |
 | `--slot-save-path PATH` | path to save slot kv cache (default: disabled) |
+| `--models-dir PATH` | directory containing models for the router server (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODELS_DIR) |
+| `--models-max N` | for router server, maximum number of models to load simultaneously (default: 4, 0 = unlimited)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_MODELS_MAX) |
+| `--no-models-autoload` | disables automatic loading of models (default: enabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_MODELS_AUTOLOAD) |
 | `--jinja` | use jinja template for chat (default: disabled)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_JINJA) |
-| `--reasoning-format FORMAT` | controls whether thought tags are allowed and/or extracted from the response, and in which format they're returned; one of:<br/>- none: leaves thoughts unparsed in `message.content`<br/>- deepseek: puts thoughts in `message.reasoning_content`<br/>- deepseek-legacy: keeps `<think>` tags in `message.content` while also populating `message.reasoning_content`<br/>(default: deepseek)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THINK) |
+| `--reasoning-format FORMAT` | controls whether thought tags are allowed and/or extracted from the response, and in which format they're returned; one of:<br/>- none: leaves thoughts unparsed in `message.content`<br/>- deepseek: puts thoughts in `message.reasoning_content`<br/>- deepseek-legacy: keeps `<think>` tags in `message.content` while also populating `message.reasoning_content`<br/>(default: auto)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THINK) |
 | `--reasoning-budget N` | controls the amount of thinking allowed; currently only one of: -1 for unrestricted thinking budget, or 0 to disable thinking (default: -1)<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_THINK_BUDGET) |
-| `--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE` | set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>bailing, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, exaone4, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, gpt-oss, granite, hunyuan-dense, hunyuan-moe, kimi-k2, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, seed_oss, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE) |
-| `--chat-template-file JINJA_TEMPLATE_FILE` | set custom jinja chat template file (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>bailing, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, exaone4, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, gpt-oss, granite, hunyuan-dense, hunyuan-moe, kimi-k2, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, seed_oss, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE_FILE) |
+| `--chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE` | set custom jinja chat template (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>bailing, bailing-think, bailing2, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, exaone4, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, gpt-oss, granite, grok-2, hunyuan-dense, hunyuan-moe, kimi-k2, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, pangu-embedded, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, seed_oss, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE) |
+| `--chat-template-file JINJA_TEMPLATE_FILE` | set custom jinja chat template file (default: template taken from model's metadata)<br/>if suffix/prefix are specified, template will be disabled<br/>only commonly used templates are accepted (unless --jinja is set before this flag):<br/>list of built-in templates:<br/>bailing, bailing-think, bailing2, chatglm3, chatglm4, chatml, command-r, deepseek, deepseek2, deepseek3, exaone3, exaone4, falcon3, gemma, gigachat, glmedge, gpt-oss, granite, grok-2, hunyuan-dense, hunyuan-moe, kimi-k2, llama2, llama2-sys, llama2-sys-bos, llama2-sys-strip, llama3, llama4, megrez, minicpm, mistral-v1, mistral-v3, mistral-v3-tekken, mistral-v7, mistral-v7-tekken, monarch, openchat, orion, pangu-embedded, phi3, phi4, rwkv-world, seed_oss, smolvlm, vicuna, vicuna-orca, yandex, zephyr<br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_CHAT_TEMPLATE_FILE) |
 | `--no-prefill-assistant` | whether to prefill the assistant's response if the last message is an assistant message (default: prefill enabled)<br/>when this flag is set, if the last message is an assistant message then it will be treated as a full message and not prefilled<br/><br/>(env: LLAMA_ARG_NO_PREFILL_ASSISTANT) |
-| `-sps, --slot-prompt-similarity SIMILARITY` | how much the prompt of a request must match the prompt of a slot in order to use that slot (default: 0.50, 0.0 = disabled)<br/> |
+| `-sps, --slot-prompt-similarity SIMILARITY` | how much the prompt of a request must match the prompt of a slot in order to use that slot (default: 0.10, 0.0 = disabled)<br/> |
 | `--lora-init-without-apply` | load LoRA adapters without applying them (apply later via POST /lora-adapters) (default: disabled) |
 | `-td, --threads-draft N` | number of threads to use during generation (default: same as --threads) |
 | `-tbd, --threads-batch-draft N` | number of threads to use during batch and prompt processing (default: same as --threads-draft) |
@@ -209,15 +218,17 @@ The project is under active development, and we are [looking for feedback and co
 | `--spec-replace TARGET DRAFT` | translate the string in TARGET into DRAFT if the draft model and main model are not compatible |
 | `-mv, --model-vocoder FNAME` | vocoder model for audio generation (default: unused) |
 | `--tts-use-guide-tokens` | Use guide tokens to improve TTS word recall |
-| `--embd-bge-small-en-default` | use default bge-small-en-v1.5 model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
-| `--embd-e5-small-en-default` | use default e5-small-v2 model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
-| `--embd-gte-small-default` | use default gte-small model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--embd-gemma-default` | use default EmbeddingGemma model (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 | `--fim-qwen-1.5b-default` | use default Qwen 2.5 Coder 1.5B (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 | `--fim-qwen-3b-default` | use default Qwen 2.5 Coder 3B (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 | `--fim-qwen-7b-default` | use default Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 | `--fim-qwen-7b-spec` | use Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B + 0.5B draft for speculative decoding (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 | `--fim-qwen-14b-spec` | use Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B + 0.5B draft for speculative decoding (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 | `--fim-qwen-30b-default` | use default Qwen 3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--gpt-oss-20b-default` | use gpt-oss-20b (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--gpt-oss-120b-default` | use gpt-oss-120b (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--vision-gemma-4b-default` | use Gemma 3 4B QAT (note: can download weights from the internet) |
+| `--vision-gemma-12b-default` | use Gemma 3 12B QAT (note: can download weights from the internet) |
 
 
 Note: If both command line argument and environment variable are both set for the same param, the argument will take precedence over env var.
@@ -1424,6 +1435,8 @@ For **GET** endpoints (`/props`, `/metrics`, etc.) The router uses the `model` q
 GET /props?model=ggml-org%2Fgemma-3-4b-it-GGUF%3AQ4_K_M
 ```
 
+By default, the model will be loaded automatically if it's not loaded. To disable this, add `--no-models-autoload` when starting the server.
+
 ### GET `/models`: List available models
 
 Listing all models in cache. The model metadata will also include a field to indicate the status of the model:
diff --git a/tools/server/server-models.cpp b/tools/server/server-models.cpp
index 67f84a508f..6ab0a9c226 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-models.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-models.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ void server_models::load(const std::string & name, const std::vector<std::string
     }
 
     // start a thread to manage the child process
+    // captured variables are guaranteed to be destroyed only after the thread is joined
     inst.th = std::thread([this, name, child_proc = inst.subproc, port = inst.meta.port]() {
         // read stdout/stderr and forward to main server log
         FILE * p_stdout_stderr = subprocess_stdout(child_proc.get());
@@ -437,9 +438,17 @@ void server_models::load(const std::string & name, const std::vector<std::string
         SRV_INF("instance name=%s exited with status %d\n", name.c_str(), exit_code);
     });
 
-    // clean up old thread if exists
-    if (mapping[name].th.joinable()) {
-        mapping[name].th.join();
+    // clean up old process/thread if exists
+    {
+        auto & old_instance = mapping[name];
+        // old process should have exited already, but just in case, we clean it up here
+        if (subprocess_alive(old_instance.subproc.get())) {
+            SRV_WRN("old process for model name=%s is still alive, this is unexpected\n", name.c_str());
+            subprocess_terminate(old_instance.subproc.get()); // force kill
+        }
+        if (old_instance.th.joinable()) {
+            old_instance.th.join();
+        }
     }
 
     mapping[name] = std::move(inst);
@@ -586,27 +595,31 @@ void server_models::setup_child_server(const common_params & base_params, int ro
     if (result.error() != httplib::Error::Success) {
         auto err_str = httplib::to_string(result.error());
         SRV_ERR("failed to notify router server: %s\n", err_str.c_str());
-        // TODO: maybe force shutdown here?
+        exit(1); // force exit
     }
 
     // setup thread for monitoring stdin
-    // when EOF is detected, that means the router server requested shutdown, or the parent process died
     std::thread([shutdown_handler]() {
         // wait for EOF on stdin
         SRV_INF("%s", "child server monitoring thread started, waiting for EOF on stdin...\n");
+        bool eof = false;
         while (true) {
             std::string line;
             if (!std::getline(std::cin, line)) {
-                break; // EOF detected
+                // EOF detected, that means the router server is unexpectedly exit or killed
+                eof = true;
+                break;
             }
             if (line.find(CMD_EXIT) != std::string::npos) {
                 SRV_INF("%s", "exit command received, exiting...\n");
                 shutdown_handler(0);
+                break;
             }
         }
-        // EOF meaning router server is unexpectedly exit or killed
-        SRV_INF("%s", "EOF on stdin detected, forcing shutdown...\n");
-        exit(1);
+        if (eof) {
+            SRV_INF("%s", "EOF on stdin detected, forcing shutdown...\n");
+            exit(1);
+        }
     }).detach();
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/server/server.cpp b/tools/server/server.cpp
index efd9aee83f..6869c7826d 100644
--- a/tools/server/server.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server.cpp
@@ -5146,7 +5146,6 @@ public:
         if (!router_validate_model(name, error_res)) {
             return std::unique_ptr<server_http_res>(std::move(error_res));
         }
-        models->ensure_model_loaded(name);
         return models->proxy_request(req, method, name, false);
     };
 
@@ -5158,7 +5157,6 @@ public:
         if (!router_validate_model(name, error_res)) {
             return std::unique_ptr<server_http_res>(std::move(error_res));
         }
-        models->ensure_model_loaded(name);
         return models->proxy_request(req, method, name, true); // update last usage for POST request only
     };
 
@@ -5713,7 +5711,10 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv, char ** envp) {
         routes.models.reset(new server_models(params, argc, argv, envp));
 
         // proxy handlers
+        // note: routes.get_health stays the same
+        routes.get_metrics           = routes.proxy_get;
         routes.post_props            = routes.proxy_post;
+        routes.get_api_show          = routes.proxy_get;
         routes.post_completions      = routes.proxy_post;
         routes.post_completions_oai  = routes.proxy_post;
         routes.post_chat_completions = routes.proxy_post;