From d8ee920f342517e50dd2811d5a3f2e52044a8e0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kavya Mali <111480325+kavya2904@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:14:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update launch_utils.py

Lines 380-382

    if args.reinstall_torch or not is_installed("torch") or not is_installed("torchvision"):
        run(f'"{python}" -m {torch_command}', "Installing torch and torchvision", "Couldn't install torch", live=True)
        startup_timer.record("install torch")

have been replaced with:

    if args.reinstall_torch or not is_installed("torch") or not is_installed("torchvision"):
    # Skipping automatic torch install; using manually installed torch 1.12.1 + cu113
     print("Skipping torch installation. Using existing torch 1.12.1 + cu113.")
    startup_timer.record("install torch")
, which forces A1111 to use the legacy pytorch installed in venv.
---
 modules/launch_utils.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/launch_utils.py b/modules/launch_utils.py
index 20c7dc127..1463900a6 100644
--- a/modules/launch_utils.py
+++ b/modules/launch_utils.py
@@ -378,9 +378,11 @@ def prepare_environment():
     print(f"Commit hash: {commit}")
 
     if args.reinstall_torch or not is_installed("torch") or not is_installed("torchvision"):
-        run(f'"{python}" -m {torch_command}', "Installing torch and torchvision", "Couldn't install torch", live=True)
-        startup_timer.record("install torch")
+    # Skipping automatic torch install; using manually installed torch 1.12.1 + cu113
+     print("Skipping torch installation. Using existing torch 1.12.1 + cu113.")
+    startup_timer.record("install torch")
 
+    
     if args.use_ipex:
         args.skip_torch_cuda_test = True
     if not args.skip_torch_cuda_test and not check_run_python("import torch; assert torch.cuda.is_available()"):
@@ -480,3 +482,4 @@ def dump_sysinfo():
         file.write(text)
 
     return filename
+