bug: AI Model Launch Failure Due to Special Character Path Issue

[imtuyethan]

Cortex version

Jan v0.5.7 | Cortex v-

Describe the Bug

https://discord.com/channels/1107178041848909847/1300098068980568095

A known issue exists with the llama.cpp engine’s handling of special characters in file paths. This problem impacts the ability to launch AI models.

Steps to Reproduce

1.  Store the wizardcoder-python-13b model file in a directory containing special characters in the path.
2.  Attempt to launch the model using the llama.cpp engine within the Cortex interface.
3.  Observe an error indicating that the model does not exist, despite being present at the specified location.

Screenshots / Logs

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What is your OS?

• [X] MacOS
• [X] Windows
• [X] Linux

What engine are you running?

• [X] cortex.llamacpp (default)
• [ ] cortex.tensorrt-llm (Nvidia GPUs)
• [ ] cortex.onnx (NPUs, DirectML)

[gabrielle-ong]

Special character was due to the user's account name (after C:\Users[here])