[PR #13045] [CLOSED] **perf** | Multi-thread web searching #61938

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GiteaMirror · 2026-05-06T05:42:53-05:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/13045
Author: @TomBayne
Created: 4/18/2025
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: dev ← Head: dev

📝 Commits (2)

982c36b Attempt to multi-thread web search
f7559e7 Accidentally left batch size too high.

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+321 additions, -208 deletions)

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📝 backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py (+321 -208)

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Changelog Entry

Description

Multi-threaded web search to improve performance. Probably could squeeze more performance out of this.
During my tests, significantly reduced search time on a Raspberry Pi 5 server.

Changed

Web search runs across multiple threads.

Additional Information

Settings: 10 Web Searches, 10 Concurrent
Test Query: 'Who is the current US president?'
Test A (Multi-threaded) : 1m 22s
Test B (Old Code) : 4m 23s
Test C (Multi-threaded) : 1m 40s
Test D (Old Code): 2m 23s

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## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/13045 **Author:** [@TomBayne](https://github.com/TomBayne) **Created:** 4/18/2025 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `dev` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`982c36b`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/982c36b98398d74d0e16b1b9ee49c14750b489e4) Attempt to multi-thread web search - [`f7559e7`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/f7559e764ae50cf6519f7c9b1e4623e0b99cf8e1) Accidentally left batch size too high. ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+321 additions, -208 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py` (+321 -208) </details> ### 📄 Description # Pull Request Checklist **Before submitting, make sure you've checked the following:** - [x] **Target branch:** Please verify that the pull request targets the `dev` branch. - [x] **Description:** Provide a concise description of the changes made in this pull request. - [x] **Changelog:** Ensure a changelog entry following the format of [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) is added at the bottom of the PR description. - [x] **Documentation:** Have you updated relevant documentation [Open WebUI Docs](https://github.com/open-webui/docs), or other documentation sources? - [x] **Dependencies:** Are there any new dependencies? Have you updated the dependency versions in the documentation? - [x] **Testing:** Have you written and run sufficient tests to validate the changes? - [x] **Code review:** Have you performed a self-review of your code, addressing any coding standard issues and ensuring adherence to the project's coding standards? - [x] **Prefix:** To clearly categorize this pull request, prefix the pull request title using one of the following: - **BREAKING CHANGE**: Significant changes that may affect compatibility - **build**: Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies - **ci**: Changes to our continuous integration processes or workflows - **chore**: Refactor, cleanup, or other non-functional code changes - **docs**: Documentation update or addition - **feat**: Introduces a new feature or enhancement to the codebase - **fix**: Bug fix or error correction - **i18n**: Internationalization or localization changes - **perf**: Performance improvement - **refactor**: Code restructuring for better maintainability, readability, or scalability - **style**: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc.) - **test**: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests - **WIP**: Work in progress, a temporary label for incomplete or ongoing work # Changelog Entry ### Description - Multi-threaded web search to improve performance. Probably could squeeze more performance out of this. - During my tests, significantly reduced search time on a Raspberry Pi 5 server. ### Changed - Web search runs across multiple threads. --- ### Additional Information Settings: 10 Web Searches, 10 Concurrent Test Query: 'Who is the current US president?' Test A (Multi-threaded) : 1m 22s Test B (Old Code) : 4m 23s Test C (Multi-threaded) : 1m 40s Test D (Old Code): 2m 23s --- <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#61938