verbose=self.verbose,
                        )
        except OllamaEndpointNotFoundError:
            yield from self._legacy_stream(messages, stop, **kwargs)
    @deprecated("0.0.3", alternative="_stream")
    def _legacy_stream(
        self,
        messages: List[BaseMessage],
        stop: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> Iterator[ChatGenerationChunk]:
        prompt = self._format_messages_as_text(messages)
        for stream_resp in self._create_generate_stream(prompt, stop, **kwargs):
            if stream_resp:
                chunk = _stream_response_to_chat_generation_chunk(stream_resp)
                yield chunk
                if run_manager:
                    run_manager.on_llm_new_token(
                        chunk.text,
                        verbose=self.verbose,
                    )