#1591·vibe

vibe-server process died during transcription (killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV))

Author: cnwtechCreated Sep 21, 2026Updated Sep 21, 2026
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What happened?

vibe-server process died during transcription (killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV))

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open Vibe and download models w magic links... use large v3 turbo
  2. Queue various MOV + MP4 files for transcription... bathc... various outputs srt/txt/pdf/doc/etc
  3. Warning about no GPUs on older MBP laptop ... revert to CPU
  4. ERROR pop-up... clicked REPORT ISSUE... link to GitHub (here) NOTE: Older MBP, 1st time use of Vibe app on this platform (testing if capable)... MacOS Monterey v12.7.6, MacBookPro 11,5 Quad Core Intel i7. 16GB

What OS are you seeing the problem on?

MacOS

Relevant log output

bash
vibe-server process died during transcription (killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV))

vibe-server stderr: 2026-09-21T01:46:51.908983Z  WARN vibe_server::server::diarization: diarization support is not enabled, skipping model: /Users/grantl/Library/Application Support/github.com.thewh1teagle.vibe/diar_streaming_sortformer_4spk-v2.q8_0.gguf
App Version: vibe 3.2.2
Commit Hash: 23eae78
Arch: x86_64
Platform: macos
Kernel Version: 12.7.6
OS: macos
OS Version: 12.7.6
Models: ggml-tiny.bin, ggml-medium.bin, ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin, ggml-large-v3.bin, ggml-small.bin, ggml-silero-v6.2.0.bin
Default Model: ggml-large-v3-turbo.bin
Cargo features: 
AVX2: true


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vibe-server stderr: ggml fatal error: /Users/runner/work/vibe/vibe/server/ggml-src/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m:2186: GGML_ASSERT(buf_src) failed
vibe-server stderr: 2026-09-21T01:44:33.551533Z ERROR whisper_rs: ggml fatal error: /Users/runner/work/vibe/vibe/server/ggml-src/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m:2186: GGML_ASSERT(buf_src) failed
model load failed with GPU enabled, falling back to CPU: vibe-server process died during model loading (killed by signal 6 (SIGABRT))

vibe-server stderr: ggml fatal error: /Users/runner/work/vibe/vibe/server/ggml-src/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m:2186: GGML_ASSERT(buf_src) failed
2026-09-21T01:44:33.551533Z ERROR whisper_rs: ggml fatal error: /Users/runner/work/vibe/vibe/server/ggml-src/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m:2186: GGML_ASSERT(buf_src) failed
stream error: failed to read server event line: error decoding response body

Location:
    desktop/src-tauri/src/server/mod.rs:195:36

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