RAG on Open WebUI returns irrelevant or missing context
LLM apps2 posts from 1 person1d active+22 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (new)Unverified
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2, newest firstfix(channels): decouple channel file attachments from RAG extension filters and ingestion pipeline### Summary File uploads in Open WebUI **Channels** (group chat rooms) currently fail or hang indefinitely when users attempt to send common non-RAG file formats (such as `.zip`, `.rar`, `.xml`, `.doc`, `.tar.gz`, raw data dumps, etc.). This occurs because channel attachments...open-webui/open-webui · claytontavaresdan3 repliesOpen ↗feat(rag): granular RAG profiles per Knowledge Base (custom chunk size, overlap, and embedding model)### Summary Currently, Open WebUI manages RAG settings as a **single global monolith** (`Admin Settings -> Documents` / `RAG`). Configuration values such as `CHUNK_SIZE`, `CHUNK_OVERLAP`, `CONTENT_EXTRACTION_ENGINE`, `RAG_EMBEDDING_ENGINE`, and `RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL` apply...open-webui/open-webui · claytontavaresdan1 repliesOpen ↗
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2 posts from 1 person in 1 place, about 2 a week over 1 days. Mostly on open-webui/open-webui.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "rag-retrieval" rule about Open WebUI. First post Oct 15, 2026, latest Oct 15, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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RAG on Open WebUI returns irrelevant or missing context (2 posts)