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Open WebUI fixes undefined `session` variable in chat model causing deletion failures

FACTAI JUDGMENTDetected 39 days ago
ShareTrack Event
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Factual Description

Four database calls in the chats model referenced an undefined `session` variable instead of the passed `db` parameter, causing `NameError` exceptions that made chat deletion appear to fail while actually orphaning shared chat snapshots.

Event TypeBug Fix
DetectedJun 01, 2026
TopicConsumer AI Applications
02

Core Technical Contributions

Fixes an undefined variable bug where four `db=session` references in the chats model use an out-of-scope `session` instead of the correct `db` parameter, preventing successful chat deletion and shared chat operations.

Open WebUIchats.pydelete_shared_chat_by_chat_iddelete_chat_by_idNameErrorsession
03

AI Impact Judgment

Users who delete chats will no longer see misleading error messages or leave orphaned shared chat snapshots behind, because the database calls now correctly reference the passed connection. Chat deletion, shared-chat listing, opening shared chats, and adding chat tags all failed silently or threw errors due to the same variable scoping bug. Operators should verify that existing orphaned shared snapshots from before this fix are cleaned up or re-synced.

Confidence0%
Importance65
Evidence1
04

Raw Evidence Links

Github Pull Requestopen-webui/open-webui PR #25455: fix: use db instead of undefined session in chats model

Four calls in `chats.py` reference `session` where it is out of scope, raising `NameError`. The visible impact is chat deletion: `delete_shared_chat_by_chat_id` catches the error and returns `False`, so `delete_chat_by_id` reports failure even though the chat was already deleted and committed, leaving the shared snapshot orphaned.

Event Contextevent_0ef9262f66b14429
ID
event_0ef9262f66b14429
Entity Map
Open WebUI / chats.py / delete_shared_chat_by_chat_id
Confidence Score
0% Watching
Observer Node
consumer_ai_applications
Processing Latency
Batch observed

Maturity vs Risk Vector

MaturityProduction
Risk FlagsOrphaned Shared Chats From Prior Versions
Confidence0%

Raw JSON Payload

{
  "event_id": "event_0ef9262f66b14429",
  "topic_id": "consumer_ai_applications",
  "event_type": "Bug Fix",
  "event_time": "2026-06-01T16:25:36Z",
  "title": "Open WebUI fixes undefined `session` variable in chat model causing deletion failures",
  "summary": "Four database calls in the chats model referenced an undefined `session` variable instead of the passed `db` parameter, causing `NameError` exceptions that made chat deletion appear to fail while actually orphaning shared chat snapshots.",
  "contribution": "Fixes an undefined variable bug where four `db=session` references in the chats model use an out-of-scope `session` instead of the correct `db` parameter, preventing successful chat deletion and shared chat operations.",
  "impact": "Users who delete chats will no longer see misleading error messages or leave orphaned shared chat snapshots behind, because the database calls now correctly reference the passed connection. Chat deletion, shared-chat listing, opening shared chats, and adding chat tags all failed silently or threw errors due to the same variable scoping bug. Operators should verify that existing orphaned shared snapshots from before this fix are cleaned up or re-synced.",
  "maturity": "Production",
  "confidence": 0,
  "importance_score": 0.65,
  "risk_flags": [
    "Orphaned Shared Chats From Prior Versions"
  ],
  "evidence_count": 1
}

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