Open WebUI

Recent Changes

• Update open-webui to 0.6.41

• Full Changelog

• Sign-in rate limiting was implemented to protect against brute force attacks, limiting login attempts to 15 per 3-minute window per email address using Redis with automatic fallback to in-memory storage when Redis is unavailable. Commit

• Administrators can now globally disable the folders feature and control user-level folder permissions through the admin panel, enabling minimalist interface configurations for deployments that don't require workspace organization features. #19529, #19210, #18459, #18299

• Group channels were introduced as a new channel type enabling membership-based collaboration spaces where users explicitly join as members rather than accessing through permissions, with support for public or private visibility, automatic member inclusion from specified user groups, member role tracking with invitation metadata, and post-creation member management allowing channel managers to add or remove members through the channel info modal. Commit, Commit

• Direct Message channels were introduced with a dedicated channel type selector and multi-user member selection interface, enabling private conversations between specific users without requiring full channel visibility. Commit

• Direct Message channels now support a complete user-to-user messaging system with member-based access control, automatic deduplication for one-on-one conversations, optional channel naming, and distinct visual presentation using participant avatars instead of channel icons. Commit

• Users can now hide Direct Message channels from their sidebar while preserving message history, with automatic reactivation when new messages arrive from other participants, providing a cleaner interface for managing active conversations. Commit

• A comprehensive user selection component was added to the channel creation modal, featuring search functionality, sortable user lists, pagination support, and multi-select checkboxes for building Direct Message participant lists. Commit

• Channel unread message count tracking was implemented with visual badge indicators in the sidebar, automatically updating counts in real-time and marking messages as read when users view channels, with join/leave functionality to manage membership status. Commit

• Message pinning functionality was added to channels, allowing users to pin important messages for easy reference with visual highlighting, a dedicated pinned messages modal accessible from the navbar, and complete backend support for tracking pinned status, pin timestamp, and the user who pinned each message. Commit, Commit

• Direct Message channels now display an active status indicator for one-on-one conversations, showing a green dot when the other participant is currently online or a gray dot when offline. Commit, Commit