From 0b851cf55a3ab715550970756733501beb8282ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Classic298 <27028174+Classic298@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 19:52:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: offline model retrieval, re-raise to disable instead of
 returning useless fallback (#22106)

Co-authored-by: ahxxm <1286225+ahxxm@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
index 82896f00f..86b4acc06 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
@@ -1306,6 +1306,8 @@ def get_model_path(model: str, update_model: bool = False):
         return model_repo_path
     except Exception as e:
         log.exception(f"Cannot determine model snapshot path: {e}")
+        if OFFLINE_MODE:
+            raise
         return model