I have searched the existing issues and discussions.
Problem Description
I am not sure if this is a bug or is the intended behavior.
When I enable web search in any chat once, it will default to on for all new chats going forward until manually disabled by clicking the button.
This is especially bad when starting chats programmatically because there's no way to turn off web search if it happens to be on at that moment AFAICT.
Desired Solution you'd like
There needs to be more granular control over when it's enabled. These already exist:
On by default (currently called Always)
Keep the current setting (currently called Default)
One or both of these should exist:
Off by default (could be called Manual)
Allow setting web-search=false URL parameter to explicitly turn if off regardless of the user setting.
Alternatives Considered
I have User -> Settings -> Interface -> Web Search in Chat set to Default. It has only two values: Always and Default.
I tried setting web-search=false URL parameter (looks like it only has an effect when it's true.
Additional Context
No response
Originally created by @caferen on GitHub (May 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/13983
### Check Existing Issues
- [x] I have searched the existing issues and discussions.
### Problem Description
I am not sure if this is a bug or is the intended behavior.
When I enable web search in any chat once, it will default to on for all new chats going forward until manually disabled by clicking the button.
This is especially bad when starting chats programmatically because there's no way to turn off web search if it happens to be on at that moment AFAICT.
### Desired Solution you'd like
There needs to be more granular control over when it's enabled. These already exist:
- On by default (currently called Always)
- Keep the current setting (currently called Default)
One or both of these should exist:
- Off by default (could be called Manual)
- Allow setting `web-search=false` URL parameter to explicitly turn if off regardless of the user setting.
### Alternatives Considered
- I have User -> Settings -> Interface -> Web Search in Chat set to Default. It has only two values: Always and Default.
- I tried setting web-search=false URL parameter (looks like it only has an effect when it's true.
### Additional Context
_No response_
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Originally created by @caferen on GitHub (May 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/13983
Check Existing Issues
Problem Description
I am not sure if this is a bug or is the intended behavior.
When I enable web search in any chat once, it will default to on for all new chats going forward until manually disabled by clicking the button.
This is especially bad when starting chats programmatically because there's no way to turn off web search if it happens to be on at that moment AFAICT.
Desired Solution you'd like
There needs to be more granular control over when it's enabled. These already exist:
One or both of these should exist:
web-search=falseURL parameter to explicitly turn if off regardless of the user setting.Alternatives Considered
Additional Context
No response