[PR #18027] [CLOSED] Fix(RAG): Pass playwright_timeout to browser connect method #40275

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GiteaMirror · 2026-04-25T12:40:42-05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-04-25 12:40:42 -05:00

📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/18027
Author: @dmitrysrtx
Created: 10/3/2025
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: main ← Head: fix-playwright-timeout

📝 Commits (1)

94a8f62 Fix(RAG): Pass playwright_timeout to browser connect method

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+3 additions, -1 deletions)

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📝 backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py (+3 -1)

📄 Description

Description:

The application currently ignores the PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT environment variable when using the Playwright web loader. This causes web searches to fail with a Connection timed out error after exactly 30 seconds, which appears to be the hard-coded default timeout of the Playwright library's connect method.

Evidence:

The open-webui log consistently shows the process timing out after ~30 seconds, regardless of the PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT value set in the environment or the UI.

The corresponding browserless log shows that it receives the connection request and successfully launches a Chrome instance in under a second. It then waits idle for 30 seconds until the client disconnects.

This proves the server-side (browserless) is working correctly and the timeout is client-side (open-webui).

The Fix:

This commit resolves the issue by passing the self.playwright_timeout value to the p.chromium.connect() call in /backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py, ensuring the user-configured timeout is respected.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/18027 **Author:** [@dmitrysrtx](https://github.com/dmitrysrtx) **Created:** 10/3/2025 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `fix-playwright-timeout` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`94a8f62`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/94a8f62b2a29264994791ce826820f37214dd850) Fix(RAG): Pass playwright_timeout to browser connect method ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+3 additions, -1 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py` (+3 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description Description: The application currently ignores the PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT environment variable when using the Playwright web loader. This causes web searches to fail with a Connection timed out error after exactly 30 seconds, which appears to be the hard-coded default timeout of the Playwright library's connect method. Evidence: The open-webui log consistently shows the process timing out after ~30 seconds, regardless of the PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT value set in the environment or the UI. The corresponding browserless log shows that it receives the connection request and successfully launches a Chrome instance in under a second. It then waits idle for 30 seconds until the client disconnects. This proves the server-side (browserless) is working correctly and the timeout is client-side (open-webui). The Fix: This commit resolves the issue by passing the self.playwright_timeout value to the p.chromium.connect() call in /backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py, ensuring the user-configured timeout is respected. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#40275