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[GH-ISSUE #12504] issue: Web Search doesn't work since yesterday update v0.6.1 #55294
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Originally created by @matthew777777 on GitHub (Apr 6, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/12504
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Open WebUI Version
v0.6.1
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Operating System
Mac OS
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README.md.Expected Behavior
Web Search was working on 0.6 before update from yesterday.
Actual Behavior
When using search it should work but it there an issue.
It seems that embedding_function is None, and the code tries to call .encode() on it — but you can’t call a method on None.
Steps to Reproduce
Run open web ui with uv with python3.11 or pip and set up google pse or use duckduckgo and it will fail.
Logs & Screenshots
, World | Latest News & Updates | BBC News web-search-f8be51190f325e8a64c55e0867d3acb39a0392c12e819f0b2ddf - {}
2025-04-06 11:22:07.063 | INFO | open_webui.routers.retrieval:save_docs_to_vector_db:894 - adding to collection web-search-f8be51190f325e8a64c55e0867d3acb39a0392c12e819f0b2ddf - {}
2025-04-06 11:22:07.063 | ERROR | open_webui.routers.retrieval:save_docs_to_vector_db:935 - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode' - {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.11.11-macos-aarch64-none/lib/python3.11/threading.py", line 1002, in _bootstrap
self._bootstrap_inner()
│ └ <function Thread._bootstrap_inner at 0x100982d40>
└ <WorkerThread(AnyIO worker thread, started 13347024896)>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.11.11-macos-aarch64-none/lib/python3.11/threading.py", line 1045, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
│ └ <function WorkerThread.run at 0x31870aa20>
└ <WorkerThread(AnyIO worker thread, started 13347024896)>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 967, in run
result = context.run(func, *args)
│ │ │ └ ()
│ │ └ functools.partial(<function save_docs_to_vector_db at 0x301607f60>, <starlette.requests.Request object at 0x31a7d24d0>, [Docu...
│ └ <method 'run' of '_contextvars.Context' objects>
└ <_contextvars.Context object at 0x318259a80>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
2025-04-06 11:22:07.068 | ERROR | open_webui.routers.retrieval:process_web_search:1513 - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode' - {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/bin/open-webui", line 12, in
sys.exit(app())
│ │ └ <typer.main.Typer object at 0x10099e350>
│ └
└ <module 'sys' (built-in)>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/typer/main.py", line 322, in call
return get_command(self)(*args, **kwargs)
│ │ │ └ {}
│ │ └ ()
│ └ <typer.main.Typer object at 0x10099e350>
└ <function get_command at 0x101557740>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1161, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
│ │ │ └ {}
│ │ └ ()
│ └ <function TyperGroup.main at 0x101555bc0>
└
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/typer/core.py", line 740, in main
return _main(
└ <function _main at 0x101554e00>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/typer/core.py", line 195, in _main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
│ │ └ <click.core.Context object at 0x102c9f690>
│ └ <function MultiCommand.invoke at 0x100c91300>
└
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1697, in invoke
return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
│ │ │ │ └ <click.core.Context object at 0x101337990>
│ │ │ └ <function Command.invoke at 0x100c90cc0>
│ │ └
│ └ <click.core.Context object at 0x101337990>
└ <function MultiCommand.invoke.._process_result at 0x1019f2980>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1443, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
│ │ │ │ │ └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
│ │ │ │ └ <click.core.Context object at 0x101337990>
│ │ │ └ <function serve at 0x1019f2840>
│ │ └
│ └ <function Context.invoke at 0x100c07600>
└ <click.core.Context object at 0x101337990>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 788, in invoke
return __callback(args, **kwargs)
│ └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
└ ()
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/typer/main.py", line 697, in wrapper
return callback(**use_params)
│ └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
└ <function serve at 0x101859120>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/init.py", line 77, in serve
uvicorn.run(open_webui.main.app, host=host, port=port, forwarded_allow_ips="")
│ │ │ │ │ │ └ 8080
│ │ │ │ │ └ '0.0.0.0'
│ │ │ │ └ <fastapi.applications.FastAPI object at 0x301f461d0>
│ │ │ └ <module 'open_webui.main' from '/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packag...
│ │ └ <module 'open_webui' from '/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/op...
│ └ <function run at 0x101858680>
└ <module 'uvicorn' from '/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvico...
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/main.py", line 579, in run
server.run()
│ └ <function Server.run at 0x1018589a0>
└ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x318016850>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 66, in run
return asyncio.run(self.serve(sockets=sockets))
│ │ │ │ └ None
│ │ │ └ <function Server.serve at 0x101858a40>
│ │ └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x318016850>
│ └ <function run at 0x101635760>
└ <module 'asyncio' from '/Users/monikamalinowska/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.11.11-macos-aarch64-none/lib/python3.11/asyn...
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.11.11-macos-aarch64-none/lib/python3.11/asyncio/runners.py", line 190, in run
return runner.run(main)
│ │ └ <coroutine object Server.serve at 0x1016ea020>
│ └ <function Runner.run at 0x101659c60>
└ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x317c0b890>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.11.11-macos-aarch64-none/lib/python3.11/asyncio/runners.py", line 118, in run
return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
│ │ │ └ <Task pending name='Task-1' coro=<Server.serve() running at /Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG...
│ │ └ <cyfunction Loop.run_until_complete at 0x3180568e0>
│ └ <uvloop.Loop running=True closed=False debug=False>
└ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x317c0b890>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/middleware/base.py", line 141, in coro
await self.app(scope, receive_or_disconnect, send_no_error)
│ │ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..send_no_error at 0x31a7cca40>
│ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ │ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
│ └ <starlette.middleware.exceptions.ExceptionMiddleware object at 0x317d04c90>
└ <open_webui.main.RedirectMiddleware object at 0x317558190>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/middleware/exceptions.py", line 62, in call
await wrap_app_handling_exceptions(self.app, conn)(scope, receive, send)
│ │ │ │ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..send_no_error at 0x31a7cca40>
│ │ │ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ │ │ │ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
│ │ │ └ <starlette.requests.Request object at 0x31a7d07d0>
│ │ └ <fastapi.routing.APIRouter object at 0x303cbff90>
│ └ <starlette.middleware.exceptions.ExceptionMiddleware object at 0x317d04c90>
└ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions at 0x110640c20>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/_exception_handler.py", line 42, in wrapped_app
await app(scope, receive, sender)
│ │ │ └ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions..wrapped_app..sender at 0x31a7cc860>
│ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
└ <fastapi.routing.APIRouter object at 0x303cbff90>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 715, in call
await self.middleware_stack(scope, receive, send)
│ │ │ │ └ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions..wrapped_app..sender at 0x31a7cc860>
│ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ │ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
│ └ <bound method Router.app of <fastapi.routing.APIRouter object at 0x303cbff90>>
└ <fastapi.routing.APIRouter object at 0x303cbff90>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 735, in app
await route.handle(scope, receive, send)
│ │ │ │ └ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions..wrapped_app..sender at 0x31a7cc860>
│ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ │ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
│ └ <function Route.handle at 0x110642160>
└ APIRoute(path='/api/chat/completions', name='chat_completion', methods=['POST'])
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 288, in handle
await self.app(scope, receive, send)
│ │ │ │ └ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions..wrapped_app..sender at 0x31a7cc860>
│ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ │ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
│ └ <function request_response..app at 0x317e72020>
└ APIRoute(path='/api/chat/completions', name='chat_completion', methods=['POST'])
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 76, in app
await wrap_app_handling_exceptions(app, request)(scope, receive, send)
│ │ │ │ │ └ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions..wrapped_app..sender at 0x31a7cc860>
│ │ │ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ │ │ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
│ │ └ <starlette.requests.Request object at 0x31a7d24d0>
│ └ <function request_response..app..app at 0x31a7ccfe0>
└ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions at 0x110640c20>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/_exception_handler.py", line 42, in wrapped_app
await app(scope, receive, sender)
│ │ │ └ <function wrap_app_handling_exceptions..wrapped_app..sender at 0x31a7cce00>
│ │ └ <function BaseHTTPMiddleware.call..call_next..receive_or_disconnect at 0x31a7ce200>
│ └ {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8080), 'cl...
└ <function request_response..app..app at 0x31a7ccfe0>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/routing.py", line 73, in app
response = await f(request)
│ └ <starlette.requests.Request object at 0x31a7d24d0>
└ <function get_request_handler..app at 0x317cf4a40>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fastapi/routing.py", line 301, in app
raw_response = await run_endpoint_function(
└ <function run_endpoint_function at 0x110643f60>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fastapi/routing.py", line 212, in run_endpoint_function
return await dependant.call(**values)
│ │ └ {'user': UserModel(id='36b87bdd-b950-4ccb-abb4-fd37b9c5e1a1', name='Matthew', email='new.matthew@tutanota.com', role='admin',...
│ └ <function chat_completion at 0x317ee19e0>
└ Dependant(path_params=[], query_params=[], header_params=[], cookie_params=[], body_params=[ModelField(field_info=Body(Pydant...
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/main.py", line 1105, in chat_completion
form_data, metadata, events = await process_chat_payload(
│ │ └ <function process_chat_payload at 0x303b5c180>
│ └ {'user_id': '36b87bdd-b950-4ccb-abb4-fd37b9c5e1a1', 'chat_id': '84440fb8-9736-4376-b978-5a7f6404cc70', 'message_id': 'dc209e2...
└ {'stream': True, 'model': 'llama3.2:latest', 'messages': [{'role': 'system', 'content': 'Perform the task to the best of your...
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/utils/middleware.py", line 785, in process_chat_payload
form_data = await chat_web_search_handler(
└ <function chat_web_search_handler at 0x303bba700>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/utils/middleware.py", line 388, in chat_web_search_handler
results = await process_web_search(
└ <function process_web_search at 0x30164db20>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
2025-04-06 11:22:07.078 | ERROR | open_webui.utils.middleware:chat_web_search_handler:423 - 400: [ERROR: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'] - {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py", line 1497, in process_web_search
await run_in_threadpool(
└ <function run_in_threadpool at 0x11001b9c0>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/starlette/concurrency.py", line 37, in run_in_threadpool
return await anyio.to_thread.run_sync(func)
│ │ │ └ functools.partial(<function save_docs_to_vector_db at 0x301607f60>, <starlette.requests.Request object at 0x31a7d24d0>, [Docu...
│ │ └ <function run_sync at 0x1018b1f80>
│ └ <module 'anyio.to_thread' from '/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packag...
└ <module 'anyio' from '/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/anyio/_...
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/anyio/to_thread.py", line 56, in run_sync
return await get_async_backend().run_sync_in_worker_thread(
└ <function get_async_backend at 0x1018b1080>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 2470, in run_sync_in_worker_thread
return await future
└ <Future finished exception=AttributeError("'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'")>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 967, in run
result = context.run(func, *args)
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py", line 936, in save_docs_to_vector_db
raise e
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py", line 912, in save_docs_to_vector_db
embeddings = embedding_function(
└ <function get_embedding_function.. at 0x31a811800>
File "/Users/monikamalinowska/.cache/uv/archive-v0/xficOnuRC9iZH1NvQTQG0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 359, in
return lambda query, prefix=None, user=None: embedding_function.encode(
│ └ None
└ ['World | Latest News & Updates | BBC NewsSkip to contentBritish Broadcasting CorporationHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultu...
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
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@dl4rce commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2025):
Same issue here.
@spammenotinoz commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2025):
Check your embeddings config