[PR #24257] fix(web): guard xml_element_contents_to_string against None #66422

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opened 2026-05-06 12:46:47 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 0 comments
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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/24257
Author: @PHclaw
Created: 4/30/2026
Status: 🔄 Open

Base: devHead: fix/yandex-xml-none-check


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1 file changed (+3 additions, -1 deletions)

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📝 backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/yandex.py (+3 -1)

📄 Description

Summary

Fixes #24243

Bug

In backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/yandex.py, the xml_element_contents_to_string() helper receives element: Element but is called with the result of group.find('doc/url'), group.find('doc/title'), or group.find('doc/passages/passage'), any of which may return None when the corresponding XML node is absent.

When element is None, accessing element.text raises:

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text'

This crashes the entire search function, which then silently returns [], so users see "No results found" even though the Yandex API returned valid results.

Stack trace from the issue:

ERROR | open_webui.retrieval.web.yandex:search_yandex:117 - Error in search: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text'
ERROR | open_webui.utils.middleware:chat_web_search_handler:1651 - 404: [ERROR: No results found from web search]

Fix

Guard against None at the top of the helper:

def xml_element_contents_to_string(element: Element | None) -> str:
    if element is None:
        return ''
    buffer = [element.text if element.text else '']
    ...

The function already handles the case of element.text being None (using ''), so this change is consistent with the existing pattern.

Impact

  • Search now returns partial results instead of crashing when individual XML nodes are missing
  • No behavior change for well-formed Yandex API responses
  • The search_yandex function already has try/except and returns [] on error, so this is a defensive improvement

🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/24257 **Author:** [@PHclaw](https://github.com/PHclaw) **Created:** 4/30/2026 **Status:** 🔄 Open **Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `fix/yandex-xml-none-check` --- ### 📝 Commits (10+) - [`fe6783c`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/fe6783c16699911c7be17392596d579333fb110c) Merge pull request #19030 from open-webui/dev - [`fc05e0a`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/fc05e0a6c5d39da60b603b4d520f800d6e36f748) Merge pull request #19405 from open-webui/dev - [`e3faec6`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/e3faec62c58e3a83d89aa3df539feacefa125e0c) Merge pull request #19416 from open-webui/dev - [`9899293`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/9899293f050ad50ae12024cbebee7e018acd851e) Merge pull request #19448 from open-webui/dev - [`140605e`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/140605e660b8186a7d5c79fb3be6ffb147a2f498) Merge pull request #19462 from open-webui/dev - [`6f1486f`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/6f1486ffd0cb288d0e21f41845361924e0d742b3) Merge pull request #19466 from open-webui/dev - [`d95f533`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/d95f533214e3fe5beb5e41ec1f349940bc4c7043) Merge pull request #19729 from open-webui/dev - [`a727153`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/a7271532f8a38da46785afcaa7e65f9a45e7d753) 0.6.43 (#20093) - [`6adde20`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/6adde203cd292a9e3af9c64a2ae36b603fed096a) Merge pull request #20394 from open-webui/dev - [`f9b0534`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/f9b0534e0c442631d1cb7205169588b9b6204179) Merge pull request #20522 from open-webui/dev ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+3 additions, -1 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/yandex.py` (+3 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description ## Summary Fixes #24243 ## Bug In `backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/yandex.py`, the `xml_element_contents_to_string()` helper receives `element: Element` but is called with the result of `group.find('doc/url')`, `group.find('doc/title')`, or `group.find('doc/passages/passage')`, any of which may return `None` when the corresponding XML node is absent. When `element is None`, accessing `element.text` raises: ``` AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text' ``` This crashes the entire search function, which then silently returns `[]`, so users see "No results found" even though the Yandex API returned valid results. Stack trace from the issue: ``` ERROR | open_webui.retrieval.web.yandex:search_yandex:117 - Error in search: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'text' ERROR | open_webui.utils.middleware:chat_web_search_handler:1651 - 404: [ERROR: No results found from web search] ``` ## Fix Guard against `None` at the top of the helper: ```python def xml_element_contents_to_string(element: Element | None) -> str: if element is None: return '' buffer = [element.text if element.text else ''] ... ``` The function already handles the case of `element.text` being `None` (using `''`), so this change is consistent with the existing pattern. ## Impact - Search now returns partial results instead of crashing when individual XML nodes are missing - No behavior change for well-formed Yandex API responses - The `search_yandex` function already has `try/except` and returns `[]` on error, so this is a defensive improvement --- <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#66422