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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on DGX Spark
Serving DeepSeek V4.1 Flash from DGX Spark-class machines to Open WebUI through LiteLLM, with measurements of its long planning loops.
Field guide · October 2026 · one deployment, small samples
PROJECT PREVIEW / DEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH ON DGX SPARK

PROJECT RECORD
A field guide to the stack, a reproducible way to measure the model's commitment-deferral loop, which settings change it, and a LiteLLM hook that restores earlier reasoning between tool calls. Recommendations are grouped as must, should, consider and avoid.
What it includes
- Replay and one-token exit-probe measurements with charts and tables.
- Recommendations grouped as must, should, consider and avoid.
- The loopguard LiteLLM callback, its tests and the measurement scripts.