Model Whitelists do not persist through Container restart #640

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2025-11-11T14:28:01-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-11 14:28:01 -06:00

Originally created by @lewismacnow on GitHub (Apr 12, 2024).

Bug Report

Description

Model Whitelists do not persist through Container restart

Bug Summary:
When the docker container is restarted, the Model Whitelist value is cleared and must be re-entered.
This is despite having storage used in the container - /app/backend/data
Everything else that would be expected to restart, does persist.

Steps to Reproduce:

Whitelist model(s)
docker restart {container}
Observe whitelist is empty

Expected Behavior:
Model Whitelist should persist

Actual Behavior:
Whitelist is lost

Environment

Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04

Reproduction Details

Confirmation:

[Y] I have read and followed all the instructions provided in the README.md.
[Y] I am on the latest version of both Open WebUI and Ollama.
[N] I have included the browser console logs.
[N] I have included the Docker container logs.

Installation Method

sudo docker run -d -p 13000:8080 --network=host -v open-webui:/app/backend/data -e OLLAMA_BASE_URL={redacted} --name open-webui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main

Originally created by @lewismacnow on GitHub (Apr 12, 2024). # Bug Report ## Description Model Whitelists do not persist through Container restart **Bug Summary:** When the docker container is restarted, the Model Whitelist value is cleared and must be re-entered. This is despite having storage used in the container - /app/backend/data Everything else that would be expected to restart, does persist. **Steps to Reproduce:** 1. Whitelist model(s) 2. docker restart {container} 3. Observe whitelist is empty **Expected Behavior:** Model Whitelist should persist **Actual Behavior:** Whitelist is lost ## Environment - **Operating System:** Ubuntu 20.04 ## Reproduction Details **Confirmation:** - [Y] I have read and followed all the instructions provided in the README.md. - [Y] I am on the latest version of both Open WebUI and Ollama. - [N] I have included the browser console logs. - [N] I have included the Docker container logs. ## Installation Method sudo docker run -d -p 13000:8080 --network=host -v open-webui:/app/backend/data -e OLLAMA_BASE_URL={redacted} --name open-webui --restart always ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main

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