[GH-ISSUE #773] audit: telemetry #12208

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opened 2026-04-19 19:05:12 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 4 comments
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Originally created by @user82622 on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/773

Many users assume this is a private alternative to the big cloud LLM's, the Ollama open webui seems to use lots of telemetry according to my network scans. There is not even an opt out option or any mentioning of this in the whole git or on the website. This is extremely misleading and dangerous cause the Open Webui is literally advertised as private!

Originally created by @user82622 on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/773 Many users assume this is a private alternative to the big cloud LLM's, the Ollama open webui seems to use lots of telemetry according to my network scans. There is not even an opt out option or any mentioning of this in the whole git or on the website. This is extremely misleading and dangerous cause the Open Webui is literally advertised as private!
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@justinh-rahb commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024):

Please share your network scans, we have a history of addressing these issues quickly; we do not wish to have unknown telemetry anymore than you do. These can be snuck in by any of our many hundreds of upstream dependency packages, at any time.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1950296665 --> @justinh-rahb commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024): Please share your network scans, we have a history of addressing these issues quickly; **we do not wish to have unknown telemetry anymore than you do**. These can be snuck in by any of our many hundreds of upstream dependency packages, at any time. - #462 - #687
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@justinh-rahb commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024):

From a cursory examination, I'm not finding anything fishy as of now.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1950318839 --> @justinh-rahb commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024): From a cursory examination, I'm not finding anything fishy as of now.
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@user82622 commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024):

yeah, i will have to do it properly tomorrow or so this looked fine to me too but i just did it with netstat inside the container. I cant remember what action in the UI i took that was spiking connections, let me further test and send you logs as soon as i have results again.

<!-- gh-comment-id:1950322462 --> @user82622 commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024): yeah, i will have to do it properly tomorrow or so this looked fine to me too but i just did it with netstat inside the container. I cant remember what action in the UI i took that was spiking connections, let me further test and send you logs as soon as i have results again.
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@tjbck commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024):

@user82622 much appreciated!

<!-- gh-comment-id:1950401126 --> @tjbck commented on GitHub (Feb 17, 2024): @user82622 much appreciated!
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#12208