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Description
This commit adds the missing User Info Headers to external reranker when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is activated.
Breaking Changes
None
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/15615
**Author:** [@athoik](https://github.com/athoik)
**Created:** 7/9/2025
**Status:** ❌ Closed
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `dev`
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### 📝 Commits (2)
- [`0668cb7`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/0668cb7f35ea6df9f9c104cfd634757798347ebe) feat: Add User Info Headers to External Rerank Model Retrieval
- [`56021e8`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/56021e853c70e45a56ef209463c3c9833e6f62cb) fix: quote non ASCII usernames
### 📊 Changes
**3 files changed** (+22 additions, -1 deletions)
<details>
<summary>View changed files</summary>
📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/models/external.py` (+13 -1)
📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py` (+8 -0)
📝 `backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py` (+1 -0)
</details>
### 📄 Description
This commit adds the missing User Info Headers to external reranker when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is activated.
Closes #15572
Co-authored-by: rgaricano
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# Changelog Entry
### Description
This commit adds the missing User Info Headers to external reranker when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is activated.
### Breaking Changes
None
---
### Screenshots or Videos


### Contributor License Agreement
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/15615
Author: @athoik
Created: 7/9/2025
Status: ❌ Closed
Base:
dev← Head:dev📝 Commits (2)
0668cb7feat: Add User Info Headers to External Rerank Model Retrieval56021e8fix: quote non ASCII usernames📊 Changes
3 files changed (+22 additions, -1 deletions)
View changed files
📝
backend/open_webui/retrieval/models/external.py(+13 -1)📝
backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py(+8 -0)📝
backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py(+1 -0)📄 Description
This commit adds the missing User Info Headers to external reranker when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is activated.
Closes #15572
Co-authored-by: rgaricano
Pull Request Checklist
Note to first-time contributors: Please open a discussion post in Discussions and describe your changes before submitting a pull request.
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devbranch.Changelog Entry
Description
This commit adds the missing User Info Headers to external reranker when ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS is activated.
Breaking Changes
None
Screenshots or Videos
Contributor License Agreement
By submitting this pull request, I confirm that I have read and fully agree to the Contributor License Agreement (CLA), and I am providing my contributions under its terms.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.