issue: Web Search with BRAVE API does not work.

### Check Existing Issues

- [x] I have searched for any existing and/or related issues.
- [x] I have searched for any existing and/or related discussions.
- [x] I have also searched in the CLOSED issues AND CLOSED discussions and found no related items (your issue might already be addressed on the development branch!).
- [x] I am using the latest version of Open WebUI.

### Installation Method

Pip Install

### Open WebUI Version

0.6.41

### Ollama Version (if applicable)

0.12.10

### Operating System

Ubuntu Linux 22.04.5

### Browser (if applicable)

Chrome 142.0.7444.175 (Official Build) (64-bit)

### Confirmation

- [x] I have read and followed all instructions in `README.md`.
- [x] I am using the latest version of **both** Open WebUI and Ollama.
- [x] I have included the browser console logs.
- [x] I have included the Docker container logs.
- [x] I have **provided every relevant configuration, setting, and environment variable used in my setup.**
- [x] I have clearly **listed every relevant configuration, custom setting, environment variable, and command-line option that influences my setup** (such as Docker Compose overrides, .env values, browser settings, authentication configurations, etc).
- [x] I have documented **step-by-step reproduction instructions that are precise, sequential, and leave nothing to interpretation**. My steps:
- Start with the initial platform/version/OS and dependencies used,
- Specify exact install/launch/configure commands,
- List URLs visited, user input (incl. example values/emails/passwords if needed),
- Describe all options and toggles enabled or changed,
- Include any files or environmental changes,
- Identify the expected and actual result at each stage,
- Ensure any reasonably skilled user can follow and hit the same issue.


### Expected Behavior

Web search should provide results.

### Actual Behavior

It does not.

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Select any model, capable of web search (e.g. paid gpt-5.2 or free groq/compound)
2. Give a query like "Give me the list of fresh news using web search"
3. Observe that it fails with the error shown in the log section below:

### Logs & Screenshots

```
2025-12-17 09:45:56.859 | ERROR    | open_webui.utils.middleware:chat_web_search_handler:606 - 'JSONResponse' object is not subscriptable
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/tigran/.local/bin/open-webui", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(app())
    │   │    └ <typer.main.Typer object at 0x7f5e7fc00860>
    │   └ <built-in function exit>
    └ <module 'sys' (built-in)>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/main.py", line 309, in __call__
    return get_command(self)(*args, **kwargs)
           │           │      │       └ {}
           │           │      └ ()
           │           └ <typer.main.Typer object at 0x7f5e7fc00860>
           └ <function get_command at 0x7f5e7f235760>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1442, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           │    │     │       └ {}
           │    │     └ ()
           │    └ <function TyperGroup.main at 0x7f5e7f233f60>
           └ <TyperGroup >
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/core.py", line 723, in main
    return _main(
           └ <function _main at 0x7f5e7f232fc0>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/core.py", line 193, in _main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         │    │      └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7ea728d0>
         │    └ <function Group.invoke at 0x7f5e7f965580>
         └ <TyperGroup >
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1830, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
           │               │       │       │      └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
           │               │       │       └ <function Command.invoke at 0x7f5e7f964360>
           │               │       └ <TyperCommand serve>
           │               └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
           └ <function Group.invoke.<locals>._process_result at 0x7f5e7e82aa20>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1226, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           │   │      │    │           │   └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
           │   │      │    │           └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
           │   │      │    └ <function serve at 0x7f5e7e82a840>
           │   │      └ <TyperCommand serve>
           │   └ <function Context.invoke at 0x7f5e7f95b560>
           └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 794, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
           │         │       └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
           │         └ ()
           └ <function serve at 0x7f5e7e82a840>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/main.py", line 692, in wrapper
    return callback(**use_params)
           │          └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
           └ <function serve at 0x7f5e7e933240>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/__init__.py", line 78, in serve
    uvicorn.run(
    │       └ <function run at 0x7f5e7eabf420>
    └ <module 'uvicorn' from '/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/__init__.py'>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/main.py", line 593, in run
    server.run()
    │      └ <function Server.run at 0x7f5e7eabeca0>
    └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x7f5cd64b3e90>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 67, in run
    return asyncio_run(self.serve(sockets=sockets), loop_factory=self.config.get_loop_factory())
           │           │    │             │                      │    │      └ <function Config.get_loop_factory at 0x7f5e7ea5b380>
           │           │    │             │                      │    └ <uvicorn.config.Config object at 0x7f5e7f552840>
           │           │    │             │                      └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x7f5cd64b3e90>
           │           │    │             └ None
           │           │    └ <function Server.serve at 0x7f5e7eabed40>
           │           └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x7f5cd64b3e90>
           └ <function run at 0x7f5e7eb5e480>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 194, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           │      │   └ <coroutine object Server.serve at 0x7f5e7e9cf680>
           │      └ <function Runner.run at 0x7f5e7eb75760>
           └ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x7f5cd65a0b00>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 118, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           │    │     │                  └ <Task pending name='Task-1' coro=<Server.serve() running at /home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/server.p...
           │    │     └ <method 'run_until_complete' of 'uvloop.loop.Loop' objects>
           │    └ <uvloop.Loop running=True closed=False debug=False>
           └ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x7f5cd65a0b00>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/main.py", line 1624, in process_chat
    form_data, metadata, events = await process_chat_payload(
    │          │                        └ <function process_chat_payload at 0x7f5d02b18900>
    │          └ {'user_id': 'cdb67ffa-03ad-442d-a4ca-e63eeb133b06', 'chat_id': '04bc37cc-5014-4f2b-a41d-f89971656a7e', 'message_id': '37ed5d0...
    └ {'stream': True, 'model': 'gpt-oss:120b-cloud', 'messages': [{'role': 'system', 'content': 'User Context:\n\n'}, {'role': 'us...
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/utils/middleware.py", line 1269, in process_chat_payload
    form_data = await chat_web_search_handler(
                      └ <function chat_web_search_handler at 0x7f5d02b18540>
> File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/utils/middleware.py", line 587, in chat_web_search_handler
    response = res["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
               └ <starlette.responses.JSONResponse object at 0x7f5ccff8e3c0>

TypeError: 'JSONResponse' object is not subscriptable
Fetching pages: 100%|#########################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################| 1/1 [00:00<00:00, 22.05it/s]
2025-12-17 09:45:57.457 | INFO     | open_webui.routers.retrieval:save_docs_to_vector_db:1375 - generating embeddings for web-search-84d7a10bcabee0c53086c09473f82067891d8a611849ec663da9
2025-12-17 09:45:57.459 | ERROR    | open_webui.routers.retrieval:save_docs_to_vector_db:1435 - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/threading.py", line 1030, in _bootstrap
    self._bootstrap_inner()
    │    └ <function Thread._bootstrap_inner at 0x7f5e7fd9de40>
    └ <WorkerThread(AnyIO worker thread, started 140036593935936)>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/threading.py", line 1073, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
    │    └ <function WorkerThread.run at 0x7f5cd60f34c0>
    └ <WorkerThread(AnyIO worker thread, started 140036593935936)>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/anyio/_backends/_asyncio.py", line 967, in run
    result = context.run(func, *args)
             │       │   │      └ ()
             │       │   └ functools.partial(<function save_docs_to_vector_db at 0x7f5d38898d60>, <starlette.requests.Request object at 0x7f5cccce1250>,...
             │       └ <method 'run' of '_contextvars.Context' objects>
             └ <_contextvars.Context object at 0x7f5ccceb4ec0>
> File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py", line 1407, in save_docs_to_vector_db
    embeddings = asyncio.run(
                 │       └ <function run at 0x7f5e7eb5e480>
                 └ <module 'asyncio' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/__init__.py'>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 194, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           │      │   └ <coroutine object get_embedding_function.<locals>.async_embedding_function at 0x7f5cd60724d0>
           │      └ <function Runner.run at 0x7f5e7eb75760>
           └ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x7f5cccce0d70>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 118, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           │    │                        └ <Task finished name='Task-43251' coro=<get_embedding_function.<locals>.async_embedding_function() done, defined at /home/tigr...
           │    └ None
           └ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x7f5cccce0d70>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/base_events.py", line 687, in run_until_complete
    return future.result()
           │      └ <method 'result' of '_asyncio.Task' objects>
           └ <Task finished name='Task-43251' coro=<get_embedding_function.<locals>.async_embedding_function() done, defined at /home/tigr...
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 790, in async_embedding_function
    return await asyncio.to_thread(
                 │       └ <function to_thread at 0x7f5e7eb89e40>
                 └ <module 'asyncio' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/__init__.py'>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/threads.py", line 25, in to_thread
    return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func_call)
                 │    │                     └ functools.partial(<built-in method run of _contextvars.Context object at 0x7f5cccb60640>, <function get_embedding_function.<l...
                 │    └ <function BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor at 0x7f5e7eb6fc40>
                 └ <_UnixSelectorEventLoop running=False closed=True debug=False>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             │        │            └ None
             │        └ None
             └ None
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 792, in <lambda>
    lambda query, prefix=None: embedding_function.encode(
           │                   └ None
           └ ['Just a moment...Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue']

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
2025-12-17 09:45:58.675 | ERROR    | open_webui.retrieval.utils:get_sources_from_items:1169 - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/tigran/.local/bin/open-webui", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(app())
    │   │    └ <typer.main.Typer object at 0x7f5e7fc00860>
    │   └ <built-in function exit>
    └ <module 'sys' (built-in)>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/main.py", line 309, in __call__
    return get_command(self)(*args, **kwargs)
           │           │      │       └ {}
           │           │      └ ()
           │           └ <typer.main.Typer object at 0x7f5e7fc00860>
           └ <function get_command at 0x7f5e7f235760>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1442, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           │    │     │       └ {}
           │    │     └ ()
           │    └ <function TyperGroup.main at 0x7f5e7f233f60>
           └ <TyperGroup >
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/core.py", line 723, in main
    return _main(
           └ <function _main at 0x7f5e7f232fc0>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/core.py", line 193, in _main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         │    │      └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7ea728d0>
         │    └ <function Group.invoke at 0x7f5e7f965580>
         └ <TyperGroup >
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1830, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
           │               │       │       │      └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
           │               │       │       └ <function Command.invoke at 0x7f5e7f964360>
           │               │       └ <TyperCommand serve>
           │               └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
           └ <function Group.invoke.<locals>._process_result at 0x7f5e7e82aa20>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1226, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           │   │      │    │           │   └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
           │   │      │    │           └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
           │   │      │    └ <function serve at 0x7f5e7e82a840>
           │   │      └ <TyperCommand serve>
           │   └ <function Context.invoke at 0x7f5e7f95b560>
           └ <click.core.Context object at 0x7f5e7fc10da0>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/click/core.py", line 794, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
           │         │       └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
           │         └ ()
           └ <function serve at 0x7f5e7e82a840>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/typer/main.py", line 692, in wrapper
    return callback(**use_params)
           │          └ {'host': '0.0.0.0', 'port': 8080}
           └ <function serve at 0x7f5e7e933240>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/__init__.py", line 78, in serve
    uvicorn.run(
    │       └ <function run at 0x7f5e7eabf420>
    └ <module 'uvicorn' from '/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/__init__.py'>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/main.py", line 593, in run
    server.run()
    │      └ <function Server.run at 0x7f5e7eabeca0>
    └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x7f5cd64b3e90>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/server.py", line 67, in run
    return asyncio_run(self.serve(sockets=sockets), loop_factory=self.config.get_loop_factory())
           │           │    │             │                      │    │      └ <function Config.get_loop_factory at 0x7f5e7ea5b380>
           │           │    │             │                      │    └ <uvicorn.config.Config object at 0x7f5e7f552840>
           │           │    │             │                      └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x7f5cd64b3e90>
           │           │    │             └ None
           │           │    └ <function Server.serve at 0x7f5e7eabed40>
           │           └ <uvicorn.server.Server object at 0x7f5cd64b3e90>
           └ <function run at 0x7f5e7eb5e480>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 194, in run
    return runner.run(main)
           │      │   └ <coroutine object Server.serve at 0x7f5e7e9cf680>
           │      └ <function Runner.run at 0x7f5e7eb75760>
           └ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x7f5cd65a0b00>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/runners.py", line 118, in run
    return self._loop.run_until_complete(task)
           │    │     │                  └ <Task pending name='Task-1' coro=<Server.serve() running at /home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uvicorn/server.p...
           │    │     └ <method 'run_until_complete' of 'uvloop.loop.Loop' objects>
           │    └ <uvloop.Loop running=True closed=False debug=False>
           └ <asyncio.runners.Runner object at 0x7f5cd65a0b00>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/main.py", line 1624, in process_chat
    form_data, metadata, events = await process_chat_payload(
    │          │                        └ <function process_chat_payload at 0x7f5d02b18900>
    │          └ {'user_id': 'cdb67ffa-03ad-442d-a4ca-e63eeb133b06', 'chat_id': '04bc37cc-5014-4f2b-a41d-f89971656a7e', 'message_id': '37ed5d0...
    └ {'stream': True, 'model': 'gpt-oss:120b-cloud', 'messages': [{'role': 'system', 'content': 'User Context:\n\n'}, {'role': 'us...
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/utils/middleware.py", line 1506, in process_chat_payload
    form_data, flags = await chat_completion_files_handler(
    │                        └ <function chat_completion_files_handler at 0x7f5d02b187c0>
    └ {'stream': True, 'model': 'gpt-oss:120b-cloud', 'messages': [{'role': 'system', 'content': 'User Context:\n\n'}, {'role': 'us...
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/utils/middleware.py", line 989, in chat_completion_files_handler
    sources = await get_sources_from_items(
                    └ <function get_sources_from_items at 0x7f5d3889a020>
> File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 1162, in get_sources_from_items
    query_result = await query_collection(
                         └ <function query_collection at 0x7f5d38899760>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 427, in query_collection
    query_embeddings = await embedding_function(
                             └ <function chat_completion_files_handler.<locals>.<lambda> at 0x7f5cccdf7920>
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 790, in async_embedding_function
    return await asyncio.to_thread(
                 │       └ <function to_thread at 0x7f5e7eb89e40>
                 └ <module 'asyncio' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/__init__.py'>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/threads.py", line 25, in to_thread
    return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func_call)
                 │    │                     └ functools.partial(<built-in method run of _contextvars.Context object at 0x7f5cd655dcc0>, <function get_embedding_function.<l...
                 │    └ <method 'run_in_executor' of 'uvloop.loop.Loop' objects>
                 └ <uvloop.Loop running=True closed=False debug=False>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             │        │            └ None
             │        └ None
             └ None
  File "/home/tigran/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py", line 792, in <lambda>
    lambda query, prefix=None: embedding_function.encode(
           │                   └ None
           └ ['Дай мне список самых свежих новостей, со ссылками на источники. Используй веб поиск.']

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'


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