Users can configure Embedding Batch Size in Admin Settings > Documents to control RAM/VRAM usage
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## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/20103
**Author:** [@majiayu000](https://github.com/majiayu000)
**Created:** 12/22/2025
**Status:** ❌ Closed
**Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `fix/embedding-batch-size-20053`
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### 📝 Commits (9)
- [`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)
- [`b440a95`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/b440a951a5fd369f4d4bc60679349d0ab753d812) fix: pass batch_size to sentence-transformers encode method
### 📊 Changes
**3 files changed** (+101 additions, -1 deletions)
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📝 `backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py` (+3 -1)
➕ `backend/open_webui/test/retrieval/__init__.py` (+0 -0)
➕ `backend/open_webui/test/retrieval/test_utils.py` (+98 -0)
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### 📄 Description
# Pull Request Checklist
- [x] **Target branch:** Verify that the pull request targets the `dev` branch.
- [x] **Description:** Provided below.
- [x] **Testing:** Manually tested with large documents.
- [x] **Agentic AI Code:** This PR has gone through human review and manual testing.
- [x] **Code review:** Self-reviewed.
# Changelog Entry
### Description
- Pass `batch_size` parameter to `embedding_function.encode()` for SentenceTransformers
- Allow users to control memory usage by configuring Embedding Batch Size in Admin Settings
### Fixed
- Fixed high memory usage when embedding large documents by respecting the batch_size setting (#20053)
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### Additional Information
- Fixes #20053
- Users can configure Embedding Batch Size in Admin Settings > Documents to control RAM/VRAM usage
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/20103
Author: @majiayu000
Created: 12/22/2025
Status: ❌ Closed
Base:
dev← Head:fix/embedding-batch-size-20053📝 Commits (9)
fe6783cMerge pull request #19030 from open-webui/devfc05e0aMerge pull request #19405 from open-webui/deve3faec6Merge pull request #19416 from open-webui/dev9899293Merge pull request #19448 from open-webui/dev140605eMerge pull request #19462 from open-webui/dev6f1486fMerge pull request #19466 from open-webui/devd95f533Merge pull request #19729 from open-webui/deva7271530.6.43 (#20093)b440a95fix: pass batch_size to sentence-transformers encode method📊 Changes
3 files changed (+101 additions, -1 deletions)
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backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py(+3 -1)➕
backend/open_webui/test/retrieval/__init__.py(+0 -0)➕
backend/open_webui/test/retrieval/test_utils.py(+98 -0)📄 Description
Pull Request Checklist
devbranch.Changelog Entry
Description
batch_sizeparameter toembedding_function.encode()for SentenceTransformersFixed
Additional Information
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