diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
+ "serde",
  "version_check",
  "zerocopy",
 ]
@@ -669,6 +670,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
+
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@@ -1473,8 +1480,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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  "byteorder",
- "candle-metal-kernels",
- "candle-ug",
+ "candle-metal-kernels 0.9.2",
+ "candle-ug 0.9.2",
  "float8 0.6.1",
  "gemm 0.19.0",
  "half",
@@ -1493,6 +1500,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "zip 7.4.0",
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+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ecb245093b0f791b89d3420c3df9c6d49c60ab63ba54db896bf8a3baf486706"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "candle-metal-kernels 0.11.0",
+ "candle-ug 0.11.0",
+ "float8 0.7.0",
+ "gemm 0.19.0",
+ "half",
+ "libc",
+ "libm",
+ "memmap2",
+ "num-traits",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "objc2-foundation 0.3.2",
+ "objc2-metal 0.3.2",
+ "rand 0.9.5",
+ "rand_distr 0.5.1",
+ "rayon",
+ "safetensors 0.8.0",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "tokenizers",
+ "yoke 0.8.3",
+ "zerocopy",
+ "zip 8.6.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "candle-metal-kernels"
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@@ -1508,20 +1545,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
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+[[package]]
+name = "candle-metal-kernels"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "242e83c6acf639bb273c929d73c67a882bb4dd08a140f121096e19ba2f213d3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "block2 0.6.2",
+ "half",
+ "objc2 0.6.5",
+ "objc2-foundation 0.3.2",
+ "objc2-metal 0.3.2",
+ "once_cell",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
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+version = "0.11.0"
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-checksum = "3045fa9e7aef8567d209a27d56b692f60b96f4d0569f4c3011f8ca6715c65e03"
+checksum = "eaa10b6ccc365b33210ce404fbf45e60d3e0bdac1004463cf1052e6ee1c1739a"
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- "candle-core",
- "candle-metal-kernels",
+ "candle-core 0.11.0",
+ "candle-metal-kernels 0.11.0",
  "half",
  "libc",
  "num-traits",
  "objc2-metal 0.3.2",
  "rayon",
- "safetensors 0.7.0",
+ "safetensors 0.8.0",
  "serde",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
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@@ -1536,6 +1589,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "ug-metal",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "candle-ug"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "257411c33abf7d898a31ac20d80813dfe96ff09e23a73039e22ab293aea9b871"
+dependencies = [
+ "ug",
+ "ug-metal",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "castaway"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dec551ab6e7578819132c713a93c022a05d60159dc86e7a7050223577484c55a"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustversion",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1805,6 +1877,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "compact_str"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9dfdd1c2274d9aa354115b09dc9a901d6c5576818cdf70d14cae2bdb47df00ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "castaway",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "itoa",
+ "rustversion",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1958,7 +2045,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-core",
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -1969,7 +2056,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-core",
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2030,7 +2117,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "sha2 0.11.1",
  "tempfile",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -2048,7 +2135,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -2069,7 +2156,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-http",
  "craft-ai-media",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2117,7 +2204,8 @@ dependencies = [
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 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "candle-core",
+ "candle-core 0.11.0",
+ "candle-core 0.9.2",
  "candle-nn",
  "craft-ai-core",
  "craft-ai-engine",
@@ -2160,7 +2248,7 @@ name = "craft-ai-http"
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 dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-core",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2171,7 +2259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -2198,7 +2286,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2208,7 +2296,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-core",
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2218,7 +2306,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-core",
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2228,7 +2316,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "craft-ai-core",
  "craft-ai-http",
  "serde_json",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3124,6 +3212,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 3.0.7",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dary_heap"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b1e3a325bc115f096c8b77bbf027a7c2592230e70be2d985be950d3d5e60ebe"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.11.1"
@@ -3147,6 +3244,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder"
+version = "0.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "507dfb09ea8b7fa618fcf76e953f4f5e192547945816d5358edffe39f6f94947"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_builder_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder_core"
+version = "0.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d5bcf7b024d6835cfb3d473887cd966994907effbe9227e8c8219824d06c4e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling 0.20.11",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder_macro"
+version = "0.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab63b0e2bf4d5928aff72e83a7dace85d7bba5fe12dcc3c5a572d78caffd3f3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_builder_core",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "2.1.1"
@@ -3682,6 +3810,12 @@ version = "3.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b5343afd4a8365a643ac588dab4cf234a190c7f6c88c9f6dd6ffe00837661b7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "esaxx-rs"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d817e038c30374a4bcb22f94d0a8a0e216958d4c3dcde369b1439fec4bdda6e6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "etcetera"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -3848,6 +3982,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2d1f04709a8ac06e8e8042875a3c466cc4832d3c1a18dbcb9dba3c6e83046bc"
 dependencies = [
  "half",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand 0.9.5",
+ "rand_distr 0.5.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5420,6 +5557,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 3.0.7",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "macro_rules_attribute"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3ae8f6d608c795738406608304d30a2dfbdc8e58e44f7ba43236da5208ded3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "macro_rules_attribute-proc_macro",
+ "pastey 0.2.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "macro_rules_attribute-proc_macro"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc04a4c58212d57930a24bf47d3fa87485264a3a054e9c10e042eb373573ad3c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "malloc_buf"
 version = "0.0.6"
@@ -5552,6 +5705,28 @@ version = "0.3.0"
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 checksum = "4a0b3262dc837d2513fe2ef31ff8461352ef932dcca31ba0c0abe33547cf6b9b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "monostate"
+version = "0.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3341a273f6c9d5bef1908f17b7267bbab0e95c9bf69a0d4dcf8e9e1b2c76ef67"
+dependencies = [
+ "monostate-impl",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "monostate-impl"
+version = "0.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4db6d5580af57bf992f59068d4ea26fd518574ff48d7639b255a36f9de6e7e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "moxcms"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -6290,6 +6465,28 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cfe21416a02c693fb9f980befcb230ecc70b0b3d1cc4abf88b9675c4c1457f0c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "onig"
+version = "6.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0cc3cbf698f9438986c11a880c90a6d04b9de27575afd28bbf45b154b6c709e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "onig_sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "onig_sys"
+version = "69.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e68317604e77e53b85896388e1a803c1d21b74c899ec9e5e1112db90735edd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "onnx-ir"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -7229,6 +7426,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-cond"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2964d0cf57a3e7a06e8183d14a8b527195c706b7983549cd5462d5aa3747438f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "rayon",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -8119,6 +8327,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spm_precompiled"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5851699c4033c63636f7ea4cf7b7c1f1bf06d0cc03cfb42e711de5a5c46cf326"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "nom 7.1.3",
+ "serde",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -8461,6 +8681,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokenizers"
+version = "0.22.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b238e22d44a15349529690fb07bd645cf58149a1b1e44d6cb5bd1641ff1a6223"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "compact_str",
+ "dary_heap",
+ "derive_builder",
+ "esaxx-rs",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "log",
+ "macro_rules_attribute",
+ "monostate",
+ "onig",
+ "paste",
+ "rand 0.9.5",
+ "rayon",
+ "rayon-cond",
+ "regex",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "spm_precompiled",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "unicode-normalization-alignments",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "unicode_categories",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.53.2"
@@ -8552,7 +8805,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
  "tar",
- "ureq 3.4.2",
+ "ureq 3.5.0",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -8974,6 +9227,15 @@ version = "1.0.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d245f478577f809a851594d02313b640fb437e0bb33866753cff937863096954"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization-alignments"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43f613e4fa046e69818dd287fdc4bc78175ff20331479dab6e1b0f98d57062de"
+dependencies = [
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-properties"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -9004,6 +9266,12 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode_categories"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39ec24b3121d976906ece63c9daad25b85969647682eee313cb5779fdd69e14e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "universal-hash"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -9061,9 +9329,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq"
-version = "3.4.2"
+version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a7ac20be9b7726e0bbdbf974c059676d9acb1cd414961f570a4e8231cacd7fc"
+checksum = "cde93ff05758a36a851a398a772b0b79a82fbe3c186a46f2696baaeaf84c966b"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.23.1",
  "log",
@@ -9078,9 +9346,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq-proto"
-version = "0.6.4"
+version = "0.6.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f86fd172ccca569e458f61b6bdd6220965a9ef36e672a6852953b51a0e1583be"
+checksum = "841583fc36089d7d59419568ae157f43a5a03a2e5a81ba87c77d1596ef46e922"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.23.1",
  "http",
@@ -9135,9 +9403,9 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.28.0"
+version = "1.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7cc1186384beb7dd8eedea376413fd654937285ea6c9cfbb928dc3043ea4b606"
+checksum = "4a0e2d11620c50695fe12bbbfde96b3477fe606e7284c22d505c12ce51214514"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "js-sys",
@@ -10349,6 +10617,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "typed-path",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zip"
+version = "8.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d04a6b5381502aa6087c94c669499eb1602eb9c5e8198e534de571f7154809b"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "indexmap",
+ "memchr",
+ "typed-path",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
 version = "9.0.5"
diff --git a/crates/ai-engine-candle/Cargo.toml b/crates/ai-engine-candle/Cargo.toml
--- a/crates/ai-engine-candle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ai-engine-candle/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ png = "0.18"
 # PNG stays on the png crate above so one decoder path is not swapped for another.
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg"] }
 # default-features = false keeps Oniguruma (a C library) out; the build stays pure Rust.
-candle-core = { version = "=0.9.2", default-features = false }
-candle-nn = { version = "=0.9.2", default-features = false }
+candle-core = { version = "=0.11.0", default-features = false }
+candle-nn = { version = "=0.11.0", default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 candle-core = { version = "=0.9.2", default-features = false, features = ["metal"] }