feat: Please stop connections to huggingface.co every few seconds. #5698

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2025-11-11T16:30:11-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-11 16:30:11 -06:00

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025).

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Problem Description

The problem is that huggingface and all the network entities in between me and huggingface know when i run openwebui, which is poor security and i can't believe i run openwebui for privacy and then i have this umbellical chord to huggingface and who knows what else.

Desired Solution you'd like

Stop pinging huggingface or reveal if there is an agreement to share traffic in the name of transparency, which nowadays is a rare good

Alternatives Considered

Alternative is stop using openwebui and move to a different, more private system

Additional Context

We are tired of our data treated as if they were a natural resource to exploit

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025). ### Check Existing Issues - [x] I have searched the existing issues and discussions. ### Problem Description The problem is that huggingface and all the network entities in between me and huggingface know when i run openwebui, which is poor security and i can't believe i run openwebui for privacy and then i have this umbellical chord to huggingface and who knows what else. ### Desired Solution you'd like Stop pinging huggingface or reveal if there is an agreement to share traffic in the name of transparency, which nowadays is a rare good ### Alternatives Considered Alternative is stop using openwebui and move to a different, more private system ### Additional Context We are tired of our data treated as if they were a natural resource to exploit

GiteaMirror closed this issue

2025-11-11 16:30:11 -06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-11 16:30:12 -06:00

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025):

Even using pihole and blasklisting huggingface.co is not enough because i expect more, isn't there more?

It would be great if there was a document were external connections are listed together with the reason like commercial agreement, analytics etc.

Don't you accept sponsorship? then why would you go this extra mile to share user data and ruin the experience of your users?

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025): Even using pihole and blasklisting huggingface.co is not enough because i expect more, isn't there more? It would be great if there was a document were external connections are listed together with the reason like commercial agreement, analytics etc. Don't you accept sponsorship? then why would you go this extra mile to share user data and ruin the experience of your users?

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-11 16:30:13 -06:00

@tjbck commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025):

OFFLINE_MODE env var is provided for this specific purpose.

@tjbck commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025): `OFFLINE_MODE` env var is provided for this specific purpose.