Originally created by @frenzybiscuit on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025).
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I am using the latest version of Open WebUI.
Installation Method
Docker
Open WebUI Version
0.6.18
Ollama Version (if applicable)
No response
Operating System
Debian 12
Browser (if applicable)
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Confirmation
I have read and followed all instructions in README.md.
I am using the latest version of both Open WebUI and Ollama.
I have included the browser console logs.
I have included the Docker container logs.
I have provided every relevant configuration, setting, and environment variable used in my setup.
I have clearly listed every relevant configuration, custom setting, environment variable, and command-line option that influences my setup (such as Docker Compose overrides, .env values, browser settings, authentication configurations, etc).
I have documented step-by-step reproduction instructions that are precise, sequential, and leave nothing to interpretation. My steps:
Start with the initial platform/version/OS and dependencies used,
Specify exact install/launch/configure commands,
List URLs visited, user input (incl. example values/emails/passwords if needed),
Describe all options and toggles enabled or changed,
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Ensure any reasonably skilled user can follow and hit the same issue.
Steps to Reproduce
Install on Docker with the cuda image
Use a nvidia GPU (2080ti)
Set chunk size 1000, chunk overlap 100
Set embedding model nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1
Set hybrid search reranking engine to BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3
Set top k to 8
Set top k reranker to 3
set relevance threshold to 0.3
set weight of BM25 to 0.5
Logs & Screenshots
see below
Additional Information
I have tried to reset the vector/knowledge storage already, along with reindex.
This problem probably stems from Nomic's embedding model. Some issues have been reported (in different places, here are some when loading multiple files https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/14502 ), and it seems to be related to a certain “difficulty” some Nomic models have in managing encoding when using multithreading.
As when uploadig multiple files or hybrid search, both run multi threads.
@rgaricano commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025):
This problem probably stems from Nomic's embedding model. Some issues have been reported (in different places, here are some when loading multiple files https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/14502 ), and it seems to be related to a certain “difficulty” some Nomic models have in managing encoding when using multithreading.
As when uploadig multiple files or hybrid search, both run multi threads.
I also cant use Qwen3 (either reranker or embedding model) with sentencetransformers.
I managed to find models that do work, but I'd prefer something larger / more recent.
Is there a list of compatible models somewhere?
@frenzybiscuit commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):
I also cant use Qwen3 (either reranker or embedding model) with sentencetransformers.
I managed to find models that do work, but I'd prefer something larger / more recent.
Is there a list of compatible models somewhere?
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Originally created by @frenzybiscuit on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025).
Check Existing Issues
Installation Method
Docker
Open WebUI Version
0.6.18
Ollama Version (if applicable)
No response
Operating System
Debian 12
Browser (if applicable)
No response
Confirmation
README.md.Steps to Reproduce
Install on Docker with the cuda image
Use a nvidia GPU (2080ti)
Set chunk size 1000, chunk overlap 100
Set embedding model nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1
Set hybrid search reranking engine to BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3
Set top k to 8
Set top k reranker to 3
set relevance threshold to 0.3
set weight of BM25 to 0.5
Logs & Screenshots
see below
Additional Information
I have tried to reset the vector/knowledge storage already, along with reindex.
Expected Behavior
Works as expected
Actual Behavior
Errors out with the following:
@rgaricano commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025):
This problem probably stems from Nomic's embedding model. Some issues have been reported (in different places, here are some when loading multiple files https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/discussions/14502 ), and it seems to be related to a certain “difficulty” some Nomic models have in managing encoding when using multithreading.
As when uploadig multiple files or hybrid search, both run multi threads.
@frenzybiscuit commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):
I also cant use Qwen3 (either reranker or embedding model) with sentencetransformers.
I managed to find models that do work, but I'd prefer something larger / more recent.
Is there a list of compatible models somewhere?
@tjbck commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):
Model implementation issue.
@rgaricano commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):
embebb that I'm using, working fine:
Alibaba-NLP/gte-multilingual-basererank:
BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3