From 5c4ff32efcdb7fb504ae9473be167fe45188f33c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manan17 <shahmanan170602@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:57:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] gpt comments

---
 studio/backend/utils/hardware/hardware.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/studio/backend/utils/hardware/hardware.py b/studio/backend/utils/hardware/hardware.py
index d4d326be4d..8f0545893a 100644
--- a/studio/backend/utils/hardware/hardware.py
+++ b/studio/backend/utils/hardware/hardware.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def detect_hardware() -> DeviceType:
       3. CPU   (fallback)
     """
     global DEVICE, CHAT_ONLY
+    CHAT_ONLY = True  # reset — only CUDA sets it to False
 
     # --- CUDA: try PyTorch ---
     if _has_torch():