[GH-ISSUE #16719] feat: support instructed reranking models like qwen3-reranker #18019

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opened 2026-04-19 23:55:06 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ivanbaldo on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/16719

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Problem Description

External API and internal classic rerankers like BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3 work, but there are also instructed rerankers like Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B that have good performance and would be a nice addition to OpenWebUI to be able to use them in the RAG context.
It could be expected that more instructed rerankers will be available in the future by other providers, etc.

Desired Solution you'd like

Didn't analyze carefully what's needed, but I guess something similar to RAG_EMBEDDING_CONTENT_PREFIX, RAG_EMBEDDING_PREFIX_FIELD_NAME and RAG_EMBEDDING_QUERY_PREFIX or similar, or maybe just a template would do?

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Originally created by @ivanbaldo on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/16719 ### Check Existing Issues - [x] I have searched the existing issues and discussions. ### Problem Description External API and internal classic rerankers like `BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3` work, but there are also instructed rerankers like `Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B` that have good performance and would be a nice addition to OpenWebUI to be able to use them in the RAG context. It could be expected that more instructed rerankers will be available in the future by other providers, etc. ### Desired Solution you'd like Didn't analyze carefully what's needed, but I guess something similar to `RAG_EMBEDDING_CONTENT_PREFIX`, `RAG_EMBEDDING_PREFIX_FIELD_NAME` and `RAG_EMBEDDING_QUERY_PREFIX` or similar, or maybe just a template would do? ### Alternatives Considered _No response_ ### Additional Context _No response_
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@rgaricano commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025):

You can use it, but this model have some issues: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/16027

https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B/discussions/8

<!-- gh-comment-id:3198564321 --> @rgaricano commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025): You can use it, but this model have some issues: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/16027 https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B/discussions/8
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@ivanbaldo commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025):

Actually I am using vLLM so I am not hitting #16027.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3198594296 --> @ivanbaldo commented on GitHub (Aug 18, 2025): Actually I am using vLLM so I am not hitting #16027.
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#18019