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Description
Adding user headers to external web search provider if ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is enabled. Headers are generated using a utility class that uses the same mechanism that the Audit Logger uses to get user info. When external web search providers or observability tools need to know the user name, id, or email, this PR adds that functionality
Added
inject_user_headers function to wrap any request and dynamically add headers when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is enabled
Changed
Small change to web retrieval external.py to add additional headers if required
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/17378
**Author:** [@thomascooper](https://github.com/thomascooper)
**Created:** 9/11/2025
**Status:** 🔄 Open
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `dev`
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### 📝 Commits (1)
- [`4ed8c7d`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/4ed8c7d310dfde04e6b15b580c67f43e6ab55319) adding a helper class to attach user external web search requests
### 📊 Changes
**2 files changed** (+83 additions, -4 deletions)
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📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/external.py` (+7 -4)
➕ `backend/open_webui/utils/user_context.py` (+76 -0)
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### 📄 Description
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# Changelog Entry
### Description
- Adding user headers to external web search provider if ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is enabled. Headers are generated using a utility class that uses the same mechanism that the Audit Logger uses to get user info. When external web search providers or observability tools need to know the user name, id, or email, this PR adds that functionality
### Added
- inject_user_headers function to wrap any request and dynamically add headers when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is enabled
### Changed
- Small change to web retrieval external.py to add additional headers if required
### Contributor License Agreement
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/17378
Author: @thomascooper
Created: 9/11/2025
Status: 🔄 Open
Base:
dev← Head:dev📝 Commits (1)
4ed8c7dadding a helper class to attach user external web search requests📊 Changes
2 files changed (+83 additions, -4 deletions)
View changed files
📝
backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/external.py(+7 -4)➕
backend/open_webui/utils/user_context.py(+76 -0)📄 Description
Pull Request Checklist
devbranch.Changelog Entry
Description
Added
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Contributor License Agreement
By submitting this pull request, I confirm that I have read and fully agree to the Contributor License Agreement (CLA), and I am providing my contributions under its terms.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.