v0.8.10

Added

• 🔐 Custom OIDC logout endpoint. Administrators can now configure a custom OpenID Connect logout URL via OPENID_END_SESSION_ENDPOINT, enabling logout functionality for OIDC providers that require custom endpoints like AWS Cognito. Commit
• 🗄️ MariaDB Vector community support. Added MariaDB Vector as a new vector database backend, enabling deployments with VECTOR_DB=mariadb-vector; supports cosine and euclidean distance strategies with configurable HNSW indexing. #21931
• 📝 Task message truncation. Chat messages sent to task models for title and tag generation can now be truncated using a filter in the prompt template, reducing token usage and processing time for long conversations. #21499
• 🔄 General improvements. Various improvements were implemented across the application to enhance performance, stability, and security.
• 🌐 Translations for Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, and Malay were enhanced and expanded.

Fixed

• 🔗 Pipeline filter HTTP errors. Fixed a bug where HTTP errors in pipeline inlet/outlet filters would silently corrupt the user's chat payload; errors are now properly raised before parsing the response. #22445
• 📚 Knowledge file embedding updates. Fixed a bug where updating knowledge files left old embeddings in the database, causing search results to include duplicate and stale data. #20558
• 📁 Files list stability. Fixed the files list ordering to use created_at with id as secondary sort, ensuring consistent ordering and preventing page crashes when managing many files. #21879
• 📨 Teams webhook crash. Fixed a TypeError crash in the Teams webhook handler when user data is missing from the event payload. #22444
• 🛠️ Process shutdown handling. Fixed bare except clauses in the main process that prevented clean shutdown; replaced with proper exception handling. #22423
• 🐳 Docker deployment startup. Docker deployments now start correctly; the missing OpenTelemetry system metrics dependency was added. #22447, #22401
• 🛠️ Tool access for non-admin users. Fixed a NameError that prevented non-admin users from viewing tools; the missing has_access function is now properly imported. #22393
• 🔐 OAuth error handling. Fixed a bug where bare except clauses silently caught SystemExit and KeyboardInterrupt, preventing clean process shutdown during OAuth authentication. #22420
• 🛠️ Exception error messages. Fixed three locations where incorrect exception raising caused confusing TypeError messages instead of proper error descriptions, making debugging much easier. #22446
• 📄 YAML file processing. Fixed an error when uploading YAML files with Docling enabled; YAML and YML files are now properly recognized as text files and processed correctly. #22399, #22263
• 📅 Time range month names. Fixed month names in time range labels appearing in the wrong language when OS regional settings differ from browser language; month names now consistently display in English. #22454
• 🔐 OAuth error URL encoding. Fixed OAuth error messages with special characters causing malformed redirect URLs; error messages are now properly URL-encoded. #22415
• 🛠️ Internal tool method filtering. Tools no longer expose internal methods starting with underscore to the LLM, reducing clutter and improving accuracy. #22408
• 🔊 Azure TTS locale extraction. Fixed Azure text-to-speech using incomplete locale codes in SSML; now correctly uses full locale like "en-US" instead of just "en". #22443
• 🎤 Azure speech transcription errors. Improved Azure AI Speech error handling to display user-friendly messages instead of generic connection errors; empty transcripts, no language identified, and other Azure-specific errors now show clear descriptions. #20485
• 📊 Analytics group filtering. Fixed token usage analytics not being filtered by user group; the query now properly respects group filters like other analytics metrics. #22167
• 🔍 Web search favicon fallback. Fixed web search sources showing broken image icons when favicons couldn't be loaded from external sources; now falls back to the default Open WebUI favicon. #21897
• 🔄 Custom model fallback. Fixed custom model fallback not working when the base model is unavailable; the base model ID is now correctly retrieved from model info instead of empty params. #22456
• 🖼️ Pending message image display. Fixed images in queued messages appearing blank; image thumbnails are now properly displayed in the pending message queue. #22256
• 🛠️ File metadata sanitization. Fixed file uploads failing with JSON serialization errors when metadata contained non-serializable objects like callable functions; metadata is now sanitized before database insertion. #20561

v0.8.8

[0.8.8] - 2026-03-02

Added

• 📁 Open Terminal file moving. Users can now move files and folders between directories in the Open Terminal file browser by dragging and dropping them. Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit
• 📄 Open Terminal HTML file preview. Users can now preview HTML files directly in the Open Terminal file browser, with a rendered iframe view and source toggle, enabling iterative AI editing of HTML files. Commit, Commit
• 🌐 Open Terminal WebSocket proxy. Added a new WebSocket proxy endpoint for interactive terminal sessions, enabling real-time bidirectional terminal communication with the terminal server. Commit
• ⚙️ Open Terminal feature toggle. Administrators can now enable or disable the Interactive Terminal feature for Open Terminal via configuration on the terminal server, controlling access to terminal routes. Commit
• 🔄 General improvements. Various improvements were implemented across the application to enhance performance, stability, and security.
• 🌐 Translations for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Irish, and Catalan were enhanced and expanded.

Fixed

• 🔧 Middleware variable shadowing. Fixed a variable shadowing issue in the middleware that could cause incorrect tool output processing during chat. #22145
• ⚡ ChatControls reactivity fix. Fixed a Svelte reactivity issue where the active tab state in the ChatControls panel was not properly saved when switching between chats. #22127
• 🔧 ChatControls TypeScript fix. Fixed a TypeScript syntax error in ChatControls.svelte where the module script block was missing lang="ts", causing esbuild to fail during vite dev. #22131
• 🔌 Open Terminal tools for direct connections. Fixed an issue where Open Terminal tools were not available to the model when the terminal was configured via direct connection settings, ensuring users can now interact with terminal files and operations through the AI. #22137
• 📜 Chat history pagination. Fixed an issue where older messages in long chats were not loaded when scrolling to the top. Commit, Commit
• 🔧 Terminal tool null parameter handling. Fixed a bug where null parameters in terminal tool calls were sent as the string "None" instead of being omitted, causing 422 validation errors from the open-terminal server. #22124, #22144

Changed

v0.8.0

[0.8.0] - 2026-02-12

Added

• 📊 Analytics dashboard. Administrators now have access to an Analytics dashboard showing model usage statistics, token consumption by model and user, user activity rankings, and time-series charts with hourly or daily granularity; clicking any model opens a detail view with feedback history, associated tags, and chat browser, and results can be filtered by user group. #21106, Commit, Commit
• 🎯 Experimental support for Skills. Open WebUI now supports the Skill standard — allowing users to create and manage reusable AI skills with detailed instructions, reference them in chats using the "$" command, or attach them to specific models for automatic context in conversations. #21312
• 🧪 Experimental support for Open Responses protocol. Connections can now be configured to use the experimental Open Responses protocol instead of Chat Completions, enabling native support for extended thinking, streaming reasoning tokens, and richer tool call handling for compatible providers. Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit, Commit
• 👥 Redesigned access control UI. The access control UI was redesigned with a more intuitive interface that makes it easier to add multiple groups at once. #21277
• 👤 Per-user resource sharing. Resources including knowledge bases, prompts, models, tools, channels, and base models can now be shared directly to individual users alongside the existing per-group sharing capability. #21277
• 📨 Message queuing. Messages can now be queued while a response is generating rather than being blocked, allowing you to continue your train of thought; queued messages are automatically combined and sent when generation completes, and can be edited, deleted, or sent immediately from the input area. Commit, Commit
• 💡 Active task sidebar indicator. Users can now see which chats have active tasks running directly in the sidebar. Commit
• 📝 Prompt version control. Prompts now include version control with full history tracking, allowing users to commit changes with messages, view past versions, compare differences between versions, and roll back to previous versions when needed. #20945
• 🏷️ Prompt tags. Prompts can now be organized with tags, and users can filter the prompt workspace by tag to quickly find related prompts across large collections. #20945
• 🐍 Native function calling code execution. Code execution now works with Native function calling mode, allowing models to autonomously run Python code for calculations, data analysis, and visualizations without requiring Default mode. #20592, Docs:#998
• 🚀 Async web search. Web search operations now run asynchronously in the background, allowing users to continue interacting with the application while searches complete. #20630
• ⚡ Search debouncing. Search operations across the application now respond more efficiently with debouncing that reduces unnecessary server requests while typing, improving responsiveness when searching users, groups, functions, tools, prompts, knowledge bases, notes, and when using the knowledge and prompts commands in chat. #20982, Commit, Commit, Commit
• 🤝 Shared chats management. Users can now view and manage all their shared chats from Settings, with options to copy share links or unshare conversations they no longer want public. Commit
• 📁 User file management. Users can now view, search, and delete all their uploaded files from Settings, providing centralized file management in one place. Commit, #21047
• 🗑️ Shift-click quick delete. Files in the File Manager can now be quickly deleted by holding Shift and clicking the delete button, bypassing the confirmation dialog for faster bulk cleanup. #21044
• ⌨️ Model selector shortcut. The model selector can now be opened with Ctrl+Shift+M keyboard shortcut. #21130
• 🧠 Smarter knowledge vs web search. Models now choose more intelligently between knowledge base search and web search rather than always trying knowledge first. #21115
• 🌍 Community model reviews. Users can now access community reviews for models directly from the model selector menu and are prompted to leave reviews after rating responses, with administrators able to disable this via the "Community Sharing" setting. Commit
• 📄 Prompts workspace pagination. The prompts workspace now includes pagination for large prompt collections, loading 30 prompts at a time with search, filtering, and sorting capabilities for improved performance and navigation. Commit
• 🎨 Action function HTML rendering. Action functions can now render rich HTML content directly in chat as embedded iframes, matching the capabilities that tools already had and eliminating the need for action authors to inject codeblocks. #21294, Commit
• 🔒 Password-masked valve fields. Tool and function developers can now mark sensitive fields as passwords, which are automatically masked in the settings UI to prevent shoulder surfing and accidental exposure. #20852, Commit
• 📋 Prompt quick copy. Prompts in the workspace now include a quick copy button for easily copying prompt content to the clipboard. Commit
• 🔔 Dismissible notification toasts. Notification toasts for new messages and other events now include a close button that appears on hover, allowing users to dismiss them immediately instead of waiting for auto-dismissal. #21056, Commit
• 🔔 Temporary chat notification privacy. Notifications from temporary chats now only appear on the device where the chat is running, preventing privacy leaks across logged-in sessions. #21292
• 💡 Null chat title fallback. Notifications without chat titles now display "New Chat" instead of showing null. #21292
• 🖼️ Concurrent image editing. Image editing operations with multiple images now complete faster by loading all images concurrently instead of sequentially. #20911
• 📧 USER_EMAIL template variable. Users can now reference their email address in prompts and system messages using the "{{USER_EMAIL}}" template variable. #20881
• 🔤 Alphabetical tool ordering. Tools and Functions in the Chat Controls sidebar now appear in alphabetical order, making it easier to locate specific tools when working with multiple integrations. #20871
• 👁️ Model list status filtering. Administrators can now filter the model list by status (enabled, disabled, visible, hidden) and bulk enable or disable all filtered models at once. [open-webui#20553](https://githu...

v0.7.2

[0.7.2] - 2026-01-10

Fixed

• ⚡ Users no longer experience database connection timeouts under high concurrency due to connections being held during LLM calls, telemetry collection, and file status streaming. #20545, #20542, #20547
• 📝 Users can now create and save prompts in the workspace prompts editor without encountering errors. Commit
• 🎙️ Users can now use local Whisper for speech-to-text when STT_ENGINE is left empty (the default for local mode). #20534
• 📊 The Evaluations page now loads faster by eliminating duplicate API calls to the leaderboard and feedbacks endpoints. Commit
• 🌐 Fixed missing Settings tab i18n label keys. #20526

v0.6.43

[0.6.43] - 2025-12-22

Fixed

• 🐍 Python dependency installation issues were resolved by correcting pip dependency handling, preventing installation failures in certain environments and improving setup reliability. Commit
• 🎙️ Speech-to-Text default content type handling was fixed and refactored to ensure correct MIME type usage, improving compatibility across STT providers and preventing transcription errors caused by incorrect defaults. Commit
• 🖼️ Temporary chat image handling was fixed and refactored, ensuring images generated or edited in temporary chats are correctly processed, stored, and displayed without inconsistencies or missing references. Commit
• 🎨 Image action button fixed, restoring the ability to trigger image generation, editing, and related image actions from the chat UI. Commit

v0.6.41

[0.6.41] - 2025-12-02

Added

• 🚦 Sign-in rate limiting was implemented to protect against brute force attacks, limiting login attempts to 15 per 3-minute window per email address using Redis with automatic fallback to in-memory storage when Redis is unavailable. Commit
• 📂 Administrators can now globally disable the folders feature and control user-level folder permissions through the admin panel, enabling minimalist interface configurations for deployments that don't require workspace organization features. #19529, #19210, #18459, #18299
• 👥 Group channels were introduced as a new channel type enabling membership-based collaboration spaces where users explicitly join as members rather than accessing through permissions, with support for public or private visibility, automatic member inclusion from specified user groups, member role tracking with invitation metadata, and post-creation member management allowing channel managers to add or remove members through the channel info modal. Commit, Commit
• 💬 Direct Message channels were introduced with a dedicated channel type selector and multi-user member selection interface, enabling private conversations between specific users without requiring full channel visibility. Commit
• 📨 Direct Message channels now support a complete user-to-user messaging system with member-based access control, automatic deduplication for one-on-one conversations, optional channel naming, and distinct visual presentation using participant avatars instead of channel icons. Commit
• 🙈 Users can now hide Direct Message channels from their sidebar while preserving message history, with automatic reactivation when new messages arrive from other participants, providing a cleaner interface for managing active conversations. Commit
• ☑️ A comprehensive user selection component was added to the channel creation modal, featuring search functionality, sortable user lists, pagination support, and multi-select checkboxes for building Direct Message participant lists. Commit
• 🔴 Channel unread message count tracking was implemented with visual badge indicators in the sidebar, automatically updating counts in real-time and marking messages as read when users view channels, with join/leave functionality to manage membership status. Commit
• 📌 Message pinning functionality was added to channels, allowing users to pin important messages for easy reference with visual highlighting, a dedicated pinned messages modal accessible from the navbar, and complete backend support for tracking pinned status, pin timestamp, and the user who pinned each message. Commit, Commit
• 🟢 Direct Message channels now display an active status indicator for one-on-one conversations, showing a green dot when the other participant is currently online or a gray dot when offline. Commit, Commit
• 🆔 Users can now start Direct Message conversations directly from user profile previews by clicking the "Message" button, enabling quick access to private messaging without navigating away from the current channel. Commit
• ⚡ Channel messages now appear instantly when sent using optimistic UI rendering, displaying with a pending state while the server confirms delivery, providing a more responsive messaging experience. Commit
• 👍 Channel message reactions now display the names of users who reacted when hovering over the emoji, showing up to three names with a count for additional reactors. Commit
• 🛠️ Channel creators can now edit and delete their own group and DM channels without requiring administrator privileges, enabling users to manage the channels they create independently. Commit
• 🔌 A new API endpoint was added to directly get or create a Direct Message channel with a specific user by their ID, streamlining programmatic DM channel creation for integrations and frontend workflows. Commit
• 💭 Users can now set a custom status with an emoji and message that displays in profile previews, the sidebar user menu, and Direct Message channel items in the sidebar, with the ability to clear status at any time, providing visibility into availability or current focus similar to team communication platforms. Commit, Commit
• 📤 A group export API endpoint was added, enabling administrators to export complete group data including member lists for backup and migration purposes. Commit
• 📡 A new API endpoint was added to retrieve all users belonging to a specific group, enabling programmatic access to group membership information for administrative workflows. Commit
• 👁️ The admin user list now displays an active status indicator next to each user, showing a visual green dot for users who have been active within the last three minutes. Commit
• 🔑 The admin user edit modal now displays OAuth identity information with a per-provider breakdown, showing each linked identity provider and its associated subject identifier separately. #19573
• 🧩 OAuth role claim parsing now respects the "OAUTH_ROLES_SEPARATOR" configuration, enabling proper parsing of roles returned as comma-separated strings and providing consistent behavior with group claim handling. #19514
• 🎛️ Channel feature access can now be controlled through both the "USER_PERMISSIONS_FEATURES_CHANNELS" environment variable and group permission toggles in the admin panel, allowing administrators to restrict channel functionality for specific users or groups while defaulting to enabled for all users. Commit
• 🎨 The model editor interface was refined with access control settings moved to a dedicated modal, group member counts now displayed when configuring permissions, reorganized layout with improved visual hierarchy, and redesigned prompt suggestions cards with tooltips for field guidance. Commit, Commit
• 🏗️ Knowledge base file management was rebuilt with a dedicated database table replacing the previous JSON array storage, enabling pagination support for large knowledge bases, significantly faster file listing performance, and more reliable file-knowledge base relationship tracking. Commit
• ☁️ Azure Document Intelligence model selection was added, allowing administrators to specify which model to use for document processing via the "DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_MODEL" environment variable or admin UI setting, with "prebuilt-layout" as the default. #19692, Docs:#872
• 🚀 Milvus multitenancy vector database performance was improved by removing manual flush calls after upsert operations, eliminating rate limit errors and reducing load on etcd and MinIO/S3 storage by allowing Milvus to manage segment persistence automatically via its WAL and auto-flush policies. #19680
• ✨ Various improvements were implemented across the frontend and backend to enhance performance, stability, and security.
• 🌍 Translations for German, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Catalan, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese were enhanced and expanded.

Fixed

• 🔄 Tool call response token duplication was fixed by removing redundant message history additions in non-native function calling mode, resolving an issue where tool results were included twice in the context and caus...

v0.6.40

[0.6.40] - 2025-11-25

Fixed

• 🗄️ A critical PostgreSQL user listing performance issue was resolved by removing a redundant count operation that caused severe database slowdowns and potential timeouts when viewing user lists in admin panels.

v0.6.36

[0.6.36] - 2025-11-07

Added

• 🔐 OAuth group parsing now supports configurable separators via the "OAUTH_GROUPS_SEPARATOR" environment variable, enabling proper handling of semicolon-separated group claims from providers like CILogon. #18987, #18979

Fixed

• 🛠️ Tool calling functionality is restored by correcting asynchronous function handling in tool parameter updates. #18981
• 🖼️ The ComfyUI image edit workflow editor modal now opens correctly when clicking the Edit button. #18978
• 🔥 Firecrawl import errors are resolved by implementing lazy loading and using the correct class name. #18973
• 🔌 Socket.IO CORS warning is resolved by properly configuring CORS origins for Socket.IO connections. Commit