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Problem Description
When generating a response, chat UI displays gray placeholder with no progress indication for some time, especially when RAG is involved it may take long. User has no idea what is going on and hits Enter several times. If Knowledge base is linked to the model, it shows "Searching knowledge base" indication, if not - it displays nothing event if I start RAG manually with "#". And when search is completed, there is no more indication until the first chunk of response arrives. It's a bit annoying on slow hardware.
Desired Solution you'd like
Could be nice to have status indication like "Generating", similar to "Thinking", until the first chunk of response arrives.
Alternatives Considered
No response
Additional Context
No response
Originally created by @alexeyvolkoff on GitHub (Apr 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/12969
### Check Existing Issues
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### Problem Description
When generating a response, chat UI displays gray placeholder with no progress indication for some time, especially when RAG is involved it may take long. User has no idea what is going on and hits Enter several times. If Knowledge base is linked to the model, it shows "Searching knowledge base" indication, if not - it displays nothing event if I start RAG manually with "#". And when search is completed, there is no more indication until the first chunk of response arrives. It's a bit annoying on slow hardware.
### Desired Solution you'd like
Could be nice to have status indication like "Generating", similar to "Thinking", until the first chunk of response arrives.
### Alternatives Considered
_No response_
### Additional Context
_No response_
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Originally created by @alexeyvolkoff on GitHub (Apr 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/12969
Check Existing Issues
Problem Description
When generating a response, chat UI displays gray placeholder with no progress indication for some time, especially when RAG is involved it may take long. User has no idea what is going on and hits Enter several times. If Knowledge base is linked to the model, it shows "Searching knowledge base" indication, if not - it displays nothing event if I start RAG manually with "#". And when search is completed, there is no more indication until the first chunk of response arrives. It's a bit annoying on slow hardware.
Desired Solution you'd like
Could be nice to have status indication like "Generating", similar to "Thinking", until the first chunk of response arrives.
Alternatives Considered
No response
Additional Context
No response