[GH-ISSUE #14527] feat: Replacement for Bing Search #32819

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opened 2026-04-25 06:40:53 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @decent-engineer-decent-datascientist on GitHub (May 30, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/14527

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Problem Description

Microsoft has officially announced the retirement of its Bing Search APIs (including v7 and Custom Search) effective August 11, 2025. After this date, existing instances will be decommissioned, and the API will no longer be available for new or existing users. Microsoft's recommended alternative is "Grounding with Bing Search" as part of Azure AI Agents, which is a more integrated solution within their Azure AI ecosystem and may not be a direct, standalone API replacement suitable for all existing use cases.

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Integration of Grounding with Bing Search:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/agents/how-to/tools/bing-grounding?view=azure-python-preview&tabs=python&pivots=overview

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Additional Context

I'm not sure this will entirely be possible. The "BingSearchTool" and even the REST API documentation show utilization via an "agents" workflow. From a precursory glance, I can't find a quick way to integrate this in. Some analysis help would be appreciated, and if there's a solution I can take on the implementation work and open a PR.

Originally created by @decent-engineer-decent-datascientist on GitHub (May 30, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/14527 ### Check Existing Issues - [x] I have searched the existing issues and discussions. ### Problem Description Microsoft has officially announced the retirement of its Bing Search APIs (including v7 and Custom Search) effective August 11, 2025. After this date, existing instances will be decommissioned, and the API will no longer be available for new or existing users. Microsoft's recommended alternative is "Grounding with Bing Search" as part of Azure AI Agents, which is a more integrated solution within their Azure AI ecosystem and may not be a direct, standalone API replacement suitable for all existing use cases. ### Desired Solution you'd like Integration of Grounding with Bing Search: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/agents/how-to/tools/bing-grounding?view=azure-python-preview&tabs=python&pivots=overview ### Alternatives Considered _No response_ ### Additional Context I'm not sure this will entirely be possible. The "BingSearchTool" and even the REST API documentation show utilization via an "agents" workflow. From a precursory glance, I can't find a quick way to integrate this in. Some analysis help would be appreciated, and if there's a solution I can take on the implementation work and open a PR.
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@tjbck commented on GitHub (May 31, 2025):

Yeah seems like "Grounding with Bing Search" is only available as part of Azure AI Agents to vendor lock you into their Azure ecosystem, as far as I can tell our bing search support will just have be deprecated from our end as well.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2924919372 --> @tjbck commented on GitHub (May 31, 2025): Yeah seems like "Grounding with Bing Search" is only available as part of Azure AI Agents to vendor lock you into their Azure ecosystem, as far as I can tell our bing search support will just have be deprecated from our end as well.
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#32819