Fix Common SillyTavern Errors

Find your error below. Most of them come from the AI provider, from SillyTavern not running, or from an update.

Too Many Requests (429)

You've hit your AI provider's limit. It happens most with free Gemini keys.

1. Wait. Per-minute limits reset within a minute, daily ones the next day.
2. In the sliders icon (AI Response Configuration), lower Context Size to about 100,000 to 200,000 tokens, or less. Each message sends the whole context, so a huge one uses up limits fast.
3. Lower Max Response Length to about 2,000.
4. Check your key in Google AI Studio for key or billing problems.
5. Switch to another provider for a while, such as an OpenRouter model.

To use a new key, paste it under the plug icon and click Connect. SillyTavern saves it.

Empty or blocked replies

The provider's safety filter stopped the reply, or the provider is down. Swipe or click Regenerate, reword your message, or try another model. If Google or OpenRouter is down, you'll have to wait.

127.0.0.1:8000 won't open

SillyTavern isn't running.

• On Android, open Termux and run cd ~/SillyTavern && bash start.sh.
• On Windows, double-click Start.bat and keep its window open.
• Type the address as http://127.0.0.1:8000, with http, not https.

SillyTavern keeps stopping on Android

Android closes background apps to save battery. Pull down the Termux notification and tap Acquire wakelock, and turn off battery optimization for Termux.

Termux: curl or bash not found

pkg update && pkg install -y curl bash

Then run the installer again.

Termux: "Unable to locate package"

Your package mirror is out of date. Pick another one:

termux-change-repo

If it still fails, make sure Termux came from F-Droid and not the Play Store.

Update fails: "local changes would be overwritten"

Set the changed files aside, then update:

cd ~/SillyTavern && git stash && git pull && bash start.sh

On a computer, run git stash && git pull inside the SillyTavern folder. Your chats in data/ aren't affected.

Won't start after an update

Reinstall and keep a backup of the old folder.

On Android, the installer's --fresh option moves your old folder to SillyTavern_backup_<date> and installs again:

curl -fsSL https://rolezy.com/sillytavern/install.sh | bash -s -- --fresh

On a computer, rename SillyTavern to SillyTavern-old, install again, and copy SillyTavern-old/data/default-user into the new SillyTavern/data/.

"Node.js version too old"

Install the current LTS from nodejs.org. On Android, run pkg upgrade, or run the Rolezy installer again.

Still stuck?

Post a screenshot of the error in the SillyTavern TH Discord, with your device and the guide you followed. If you'd rather not deal with installs at all, Rolezy Plus runs and updates SillyTavern for you.