OpenWebUI: return an account-bearing DB to login-less instead of a sign-in wall (#70) - #71
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…wall (v1.32.0) (#70) A pre-existing OpenWebUI DB kept auth on forever, so any new signup landed in 'pending' behind a sign-in wall, defeating chati's login-less default (which only applied to a fresh DB). ailocal now detects an account-bearing DB and returns it to login-less, automatically during 'upgrade webui' and on demand via a new 'ailocal reset webui'. Skipped when WEBUI_AUTH is set (real multi-user setups untouched) and non-destructive: the old DB moves to a timestamped login-reset-backup-* folder and 'ailocal restore' still applies. SearXNG web-search wiring unchanged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Yakko: closes the root cause behind #70, where a returning user gets stuck on OpenWebUI's "Account Activation Pending / Contact Admin" wall.
Why
chati runs OpenWebUI login-less by default, but that only applies to a FRESH DB. Once a DB has accounts, OpenWebUI keeps auth on forever and refuses to turn it back off, so a new signup lands in
pending. A real Mac instance hit exactly this: the old account stopped working, a new one was created, and it went straight to the pending wall withadmin@localhostas the only admin.What
ai_local/ailocalgains a login-less recovery path:webui_db_user_count/webui_db_has_accountsdetect an account-bearing DB (via python3 stdlib sqlite3, read-only, no systemsqlite3binary needed).reset_webui_loginlessmoves the DB (webui.db+-wal/-shm) to a timestampedlogin-reset-backup-*folder so the next start comes up login-less. Never deletes.upgrade webui, right after the existing snapshot, so an update clears the stale sign-in state (this is the "next update fixes it" behavior);ailocal reset webui.WEBUI_AUTHis set on, so intentional multi-user setups are never touched.Safety
Non-destructive by construction: the DB is moved, not removed, and
upgradealready snapshots viacreate_backup(soailocal restorealso brings the old state back). This honors the 12.06.2026 data-loss incident.Tests
tests/run_tests.sh: newtest_webui_loginless_resetbuilds fixture DBs (with accounts / empty user table / missing file) and checks detection through an internal__webui-accountshook, plus thatreset webuiis documented and rejects a bad target. Full suite: 128 passed, 0 failed.Versions bumped: repo 1.31.0 → 1.32.0, ailocal 3.2.0 → 3.3.0. README badge + CHANGELOG updated.
Generic (not macOS-specific), so it belongs in the base and both forks inherit it via
git merge upstream/main.