From ac4f0d875a23ad85829b8e39ae15c7fb1c8b521d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: m-from-space <76992439+m-from-space@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:53:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update llama.py

Set a random initial seed if using -1 as the seed argument (like stated in the API reference)
---
 llama_cpp/llama.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama.py b/llama_cpp/llama.py
index 2e93670e6..2124fcdaa 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama.py
@@ -304,7 +304,11 @@ def __init__(
         self.n_threads_batch = n_threads_batch or multiprocessing.cpu_count()
 
         # Used by the sampler
-        self._seed = seed or llama_cpp.LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED
+        if seed == -1:
+            # set a random seed
+            self._seed = random.randint(0, 2 ** 32)
+        else:
+            self._seed = seed or llama_cpp.LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED
 
         # Context Params
         self.context_params = llama_cpp.llama_context_default_params()