[PR #1269] [MERGED] Generalize `ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH` description #1254

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opened 2026-10-18 14:18:21 +00:00 by bsakaguchi · 0 comments

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/docs/pull/1269
Author: @thatrobotdev
Created: 5/28/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 5/28/2026
Merged by: @Classic298

Base: dev ← Head: fix-hybrid-search-description

📝 Commits (3)

fca2145 fix: add metadata fields and event_emitter custom types
d8c9f9d Merge pull request #1265 from Turrabo/fix/document-metadata-and-event-emitter-fields
f229df6 Generalize ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH description

📊 Changes

2 files changed (+52 additions, -2 deletions)

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📝 docs/features/extensibility/plugin/development/reserved-args.mdx (+51 -1)
📝 docs/reference/env-configuration.mdx (+1 -1)

📄 Description

Updates the ENV configuration description for ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH:

Change "ensemble search" to "hybrid search" to match env variable name
Generalize "ChromaDB" to "configured vector store" since hybrid search is not ChromaDB specific
Generalize sentence_transformers since hybrid search works on more than just the default sentence_transformers models.
Since reranking is optional (the code passes reranking_function=None when RERANKING_FUNCTION isn't configured), and it can be any encoder (not just sentence_transformers, generalizes reference.

Relevant code

github.com/open-webui/open-webui@3660bc00fd/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py (L527-L552)

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## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/docs/pull/1269 **Author:** [@thatrobotdev](https://github.com/thatrobotdev) **Created:** 5/28/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 5/28/2026 **Merged by:** [@Classic298](https://github.com/Classic298) **Base:** `dev` ← **Head:** `fix-hybrid-search-description` --- ### 📝 Commits (3) - [`fca2145`](https://github.com/open-webui/docs/commit/fca21455a1790d165d4aac60ef6ecd5c90cd17d0) fix: add __metadata__ fields and __event_emitter__ custom types - [`d8c9f9d`](https://github.com/open-webui/docs/commit/d8c9f9d0242dc52cf4200694264bd314365ee797) Merge pull request #1265 from Turrabo/fix/document-metadata-and-event-emitter-fields - [`f229df6`](https://github.com/open-webui/docs/commit/f229df6c7e88792b67cc391d622953d2f131730a) Generalize `ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH` description ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+52 additions, -2 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `docs/features/extensibility/plugin/development/reserved-args.mdx` (+51 -1) 📝 `docs/reference/env-configuration.mdx` (+1 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description Updates the ENV configuration description for `ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH`: - Change "ensemble search" to "hybrid search" to match env variable name - Generalize "ChromaDB" to "configured vector store" since hybrid search is not ChromaDB specific - Generalize `sentence_transformers` since hybrid search works on more than just the default `sentence_transformers` models. - Since reranking is optional (the code passes `reranking_function=None` when `RERANKING_FUNCTION` isn't configured), and it can be any encoder (not just `sentence_transformers`, generalizes reference. ## Relevant code https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/blob/3660bc00fd807deced3400a63bfa6db47811a3bb/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py#L527-L552 --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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2026-10-18 14:18:21 +00:00