[GH-ISSUE #8802] OpenWebUI hangs when used with Ramalama #69870

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Originally created by @vpavlin on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/8802

Bug Report


Installation Method

Installed via Docker (ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main)

Environment

  • Open WebUI Version: v0.5.4

  • Ollama (if applicable):

  • Operating System: Debian 12

  • Browser (if applicable):
    Confirmation:

  • I have read and followed all the instructions provided in the README.md.

  • I am on 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 the exact steps to reproduce the bug in the "Steps to Reproduce" section below.

Expected Behavior:

When there is an error in reaching a backend, Open WebUI should still be loadable

Actual Behavior:

After an error being observed in Docker logs, the UI never loads again

Description

Bug Summary:
I've been playing around with https://github.com/containers/ramalama (cc @ericcurtin) and thought I'll try to use ramalama serve with Open WebUI (although probably not supported combo:) )

After configuring Ramalama as a backend (IIUC ramalama serve uses llama.cpp HTTP server, which should be compatible with Ollama API?) and hitting the Manage button, the Open WebUI freezes and never loads again. I have to restart the container to get it working.

Reproduction Details

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Run open-webui
  2. Run ramalama serve -d qwen2.5-coder:1.5b, this will start a container with API on port 8080
  3. Add the ramalama endpoint to OpenWebUI as Ollama instance
  4. Hit Manage button
  5. No error given, but UI is not loadable

Logs and Screenshots

Browser Console Logs:
Empty

Docker Container Logs:

...
Fetching 30 files: 100%|██████████| 30/30 [00:00<00:00, 52582.16it/s]
INFO:     Started server process [1]
INFO:     Waiting for application startup.
INFO:     Application startup complete.
INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:8080 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /admin/settings HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     ('192.168.0.122', 44770) - "WebSocket /ws/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=websocket" [accepted]
INFO:     connection open
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/auths/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/changelog HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/users/user/settings HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO  [open_webui.routers.openai] get_all_models()
INFO  [open_webui.routers.ollama] get_all_models()
INFO:     127.0.0.1:54776 - "GET /api/tags HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
ERROR [open_webui.routers.ollama] Connection error: 200, message='Attempt to decode JSON with unexpected mimetype: text/html; charset=utf-8', url='http://localhost:8080/api/tags'
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/models HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/configs/banners HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/tools/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44752 - "GET /api/v1/channels/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44752 - "GET /api/v1/auths/admin/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44784 - "GET /api/webhook HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44796 - "GET /api/v1/auths/admin/config/ldap/server HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /api/v1/chats/all/tags HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /api/v1/auths/admin/config/ldap HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44796 - "GET /api/v1/chats/pinned HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44796 - "GET /api/v1/folders/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /api/v1/chats/?page=1 HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/version/updates HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/chats/?page=2 HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /ollama/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK
INFO:     192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /openai/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK

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Originally created by @vpavlin on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/8802 # Bug Report --- ## Installation Method Installed via Docker (ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main) ## Environment - **Open WebUI Version:** v0.5.4 - **Ollama (if applicable):** - **Operating System:** Debian 12 - **Browser (if applicable):** **Confirmation:** - [x] I have read and followed all the instructions provided in the README.md. - [x] I am on the latest version of both Open WebUI and Ollama. - [x] I have included the browser console logs. - [x] I have included the Docker container logs. - [x] I have provided the exact steps to reproduce the bug in the "Steps to Reproduce" section below. ## Expected Behavior: When there is an error in reaching a backend, Open WebUI should still be loadable ## Actual Behavior: After an error being observed in Docker logs, the UI never loads again ## Description **Bug Summary:** I've been playing around with https://github.com/containers/ramalama (cc @ericcurtin) and thought I'll try to use `ramalama serve` with Open WebUI (although probably not supported combo:) ) After configuring Ramalama as a backend (IIUC `ramalama serve` uses `llama.cpp` HTTP server, which should be compatible with Ollama API?) and hitting the Manage button, the Open WebUI freezes and never loads again. I have to restart the container to get it working. ## Reproduction Details **Steps to Reproduce:** 1. Run open-webui 2. Run `ramalama serve -d qwen2.5-coder:1.5b`, this will start a container with API on port 8080 3. Add the ramalama endpoint to OpenWebUI as Ollama instance 4. Hit `Manage` button 5. No error given, but UI is not loadable ## Logs and Screenshots **Browser Console Logs:** Empty **Docker Container Logs:** ``` ... Fetching 30 files: 100%|██████████| 30/30 [00:00<00:00, 52582.16it/s] INFO: Started server process [1] INFO: Waiting for application startup. INFO: Application startup complete. INFO: Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:8080 (Press CTRL+C to quit) INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /admin/settings HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: ('192.168.0.122', 44770) - "WebSocket /ws/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=websocket" [accepted] INFO: connection open INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/auths/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/changelog HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/users/user/settings HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO [open_webui.routers.openai] get_all_models() INFO [open_webui.routers.ollama] get_all_models() INFO: 127.0.0.1:54776 - "GET /api/tags HTTP/1.1" 200 OK ERROR [open_webui.routers.ollama] Connection error: 200, message='Attempt to decode JSON with unexpected mimetype: text/html; charset=utf-8', url='http://localhost:8080/api/tags' INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/models HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/configs/banners HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/tools/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44752 - "GET /api/v1/channels/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44752 - "GET /api/v1/auths/admin/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44784 - "GET /api/webhook HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44796 - "GET /api/v1/auths/admin/config/ldap/server HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /api/v1/chats/all/tags HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /api/v1/auths/admin/config/ldap HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44796 - "GET /api/v1/chats/pinned HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44796 - "GET /api/v1/folders/ HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /api/v1/chats/?page=1 HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/version/updates HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /api/v1/chats/?page=2 HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44760 - "GET /ollama/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK INFO: 192.168.0.122:44774 - "GET /openai/config HTTP/1.1" 200 OK ``` **Screenshots/Screen Recordings (if applicable):** [Attach any relevant screenshots to help illustrate the issue] ## Additional Information [Include any additional details that may help in understanding and reproducing the issue. This could include specific configurations, error messages, or anything else relevant to the bug.] ## Note If the bug report is incomplete or does not follow the provided instructions, it may not be addressed. Please ensure that you have followed the steps outlined in the README.md and troubleshooting.md documents, and provide all necessary information for us to reproduce and address the issue. Thank you!
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@ericcurtin commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025):

In RamaLama we use llama-server from llama.cpp and/or vllm server. So to be compatible with ramalama is to be compatible with those.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2609375691 --> @ericcurtin commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025): In RamaLama we use llama-server from llama.cpp and/or vllm server. So to be compatible with ramalama is to be compatible with those.
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@vpavlin commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025):

Yeah, this is not that much about it not working with Ramalama, but more about trying to use non-Ollama API completely breaks the webui and it cannot be recovered from without restarting the service.

Making Ramalama/llama-server API actually work would be a separate endeavour:)

<!-- gh-comment-id:2609556912 --> @vpavlin commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025): Yeah, this is not that much about it not working with Ramalama, but more about trying to use non-Ollama API completely breaks the webui and it cannot be recovered from without restarting the service. Making Ramalama/llama-server API actually work would be a separate endeavour:)
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@ericcurtin commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025):

One feature that would help this is:

https://github.com/containers/ramalama/issues/598

in RamaLama, but Open WebUI should not require this, it should work with popular OpenAI API-compatible APIs like llama-server from llama.cpp and vllm also.

Unless of course Open WebUI group is happy to be an Ollama-specific tool. 😄

<!-- gh-comment-id:2609637406 --> @ericcurtin commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025): One feature that would help this is: https://github.com/containers/ramalama/issues/598 in RamaLama, but Open WebUI should not require this, it should work with popular OpenAI API-compatible APIs like llama-server from llama.cpp and vllm also. Unless of course Open WebUI group is happy to be an Ollama-specific tool. 😄
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@tjbck commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025):

They do not offer Ollama compatible API endpoints.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2610653347 --> @tjbck commented on GitHub (Jan 23, 2025): They do not offer Ollama compatible API endpoints.
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@vpavlin commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2025):

Correct, but then your software should report error, but not break completely;)

<!-- gh-comment-id:2615225929 --> @vpavlin commented on GitHub (Jan 27, 2025): Correct, but then your software should report error, but not break completely;)
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@ericcurtin commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2025):

@vpavlin @tjbck

I figured it out:

ramalama serve some_model

and

podman run -it --rm --network slirp4netns:allow_host_loopback=true -e OPENAI_API_BASE_URL=http://host.containers.internal:8080 -p 3000:8080 -v open-webui:/app/backend/data --name open-webui ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main

get open webui working just fine for me.

@tjbck you let me down the wrong track a little :)

I assumed you didn't support generic OpenAI endpoints when you said They do not offer Ollama compatible API endpoints so I avoided trying to debug our generic endpoint until today

<!-- gh-comment-id:2744173568 --> @ericcurtin commented on GitHub (Mar 21, 2025): @vpavlin @tjbck I figured it out: `ramalama serve some_model` and `podman run -it --rm --network slirp4netns:allow_host_loopback=true -e OPENAI_API_BASE_URL=http://host.containers.internal:8080 -p 3000:8080 -v open-webui:/app/backend/data --name open-webui ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main` get open webui working just fine for me. @tjbck you let me down the wrong track a little :) I assumed you didn't support generic OpenAI endpoints when you said `They do not offer Ollama compatible API endpoints` so I avoided trying to debug our generic endpoint until today
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#69870