issue: chromadb attempt to write a read only database error upon upgrading to 0.6.32 from 0.6.30 (docker)

[flan7]

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Installation Method

Docker

Open WebUI Version

v0.6.32

Ollama Version (if applicable)

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Operating System

Truenas SCALE

Browser (if applicable)

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Expected Behavior

The web ui is accessible normally

Actual Behavior

500 server error when accessing web ui and errors in the log

Steps to Reproduce

Run the docker on truenas on version 0.6.30

update to version 0.6.32

try to access web ui

downgrade to resolve the issue

Logs & Screenshots

INFO  [open_webui.env] 'ENABLE_LDAP' loaded from the latest database entry
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
uvicorn.main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1462, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1383, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1246, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 814, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/main.py", line 413, in main
run(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/main.py", line 580, in run
server.run()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 67, in run
return asyncio.run(self.serve(sockets=sockets))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/asyncio/runners.py", line 190, in run
return runner.run(main)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/asyncio/runners.py", line 118, in run
return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "uvloop/loop.pyx", line 1518, in uvloop.loop.Loop.run_until_complete
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 71, in serve
await self._serve(sockets)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 78, in _serve
config.load()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/config.py", line 436, in load
self.loaded_app = import_from_string(self.app)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uvicorn/importer.py", line 19, in import_from_string
module = importlib.import_module(module_str)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/app/backend/open_webui/main.py", line 69, in <module>
from open_webui.routers import (
File "/app/backend/open_webui/routers/images.py", line 24, in <module>
from open_webui.routers.files import upload_file_handler
File "/app/backend/open_webui/routers/files.py", line 27, in <module>
from open_webui.retrieval.vector.factory import VECTOR_DB_CLIENT
File "/app/backend/open_webui/retrieval/vector/factory.py", line 74, in <module>
VECTOR_DB_CLIENT = Vector.get_vector(VECTOR_DB)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/backend/open_webui/retrieval/vector/factory.py", line 65, in get_vector
return ChromaClient()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/backend/open_webui/retrieval/vector/dbs/chroma.py", line 57, in __init__
self.client = chromadb.PersistentClient(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chromadb/__init__.py", line 167, in PersistentClient
return ClientCreator(tenant=tenant, database=database, settings=settings)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chromadb/api/client.py", line 65, in __init__
super().__init__(settings=settings)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chromadb/api/shared_system_client.py", line 19, in __init__
SharedSystemClient._create_system_if_not_exists(self._identifier, settings)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chromadb/api/shared_system_client.py", line 32, in _create_system_if_not_exists
new_system.start()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chromadb/config.py", line 471, in start
component.start()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/chromadb/api/rust.py", line 112, in start
self.bindings = chromadb_rust_bindings.Bindings(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
chromadb.errors.InternalError: error returned from database: (code: 8) attempt to write a readonly database

Additional Information

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[Raboo]

Hmm, i have the same issue. If I open the sqlite file directly there is no problem writing to it...

[Raboo]

ok, before my container was running as a unprivileged user (uid 568). The updated container is running as root. So I simply chown root:root and it worked.

[Betsuchan]

just run using admin privileges. i solved it.