OpenWebUI Error after Updating - Bad file '-': yalm: found invalid Unicode character.

[jagan]

Hi, I am unable to update my OpenWebUI since version 0.6.11
(it is 0.6.14 now).
I get the following in the logs during update:

Jun 11 15:16:10 => Copying static files
Jun 11 15:16:10 => Enabling local ollama
Jun 11 15:16:10 => Ensure directories
Jun 11 15:16:10 => Loading configuration
Jun 11 15:16:10 => Setting permissions
Jun 11 15:16:10 Error: bad file '-': yaml: found invalid Unicode character escape code
Jun 11 15:16:12 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080
Jun 11 15:16:22 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080
Jun 11 15:16:32 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080
Jun 11 15:16:40 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080
Jun 11 15:16:50 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080
Jun 11 15:17:00 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080
Jun 11 15:17:10 => Ensure directories
Jun 11 15:17:10 => Copying static files
Jun 11 15:17:10 => Loading configuration
Jun 11 15:17:10 => Enabling local ollama
Jun 11 15:17:10 => Setting permissions
Jun 11 15:17:11 Error: bad file '-': yaml: found invalid Unicode character escape code
Jun 11 15:17:12 => Healtheck error: Error: connect EHOSTUNREACH 172.18.18.231:8080

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I would be grateful for any assistance or pointers please.
Thank you!

[james]

Hello @jagan
Thanks for reporting. I am looking into it.

[james]

Hello @jagan
Can you please provide the content of your /app/data/env.sh file of the Open Web UI app where it is failing?

[james]

I'm installing the Open Web UI Cloudron Package Version 2.14.3 which has the version open-webui to 0.6.11 you mentioned and testing to upgrade to new newest version to see if I can reproduce your issue.

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2.14.8	6/12/2025, 3:24:14 PM	
2.14.7	6/12/2025, 3:20:36 PM	
2.14.6	6/12/2025, 3:13:52 PM	
2.14.3	6/12/2025, 2:53:06 PM

Could not reproduce the issue you described.
You need to provide your /app/data/env.sh.

[jagan]

@james
Thanks for having a look.
Here is the .env file

# Change this to false to disable local ollama and use your own
export LOCAL_OLLAMA_ENABLED=true

# When using remote ollama, change this to the ollama's base url
# export OLLAMA_BASE_URL="https://<remote-ollama>"

# When local ollama is enabled, this is location for the downloaded models.
# If the path is under /app/data, models will be backed up. Note that models
# can be very large. To skip backup of models, move the models to a volume (https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/)
export OLLAMA_MODELS=/app/data/ollama-home/models
# export OLLAMA_MODELS=/media/ollama-vol/models

[nebulon]

The error indicates a broken .yaml file containing unsupported unicode characters. Since the app package itself does not contain any .yaml files for configuration, this is quite strange. Maybe some ollama model files are corrupt? If you disable local ollama ( in that .env file) does the app start?

[jagan]

@nebulon said in OpenWebUI Error after Updating - Bad file '-': yalm: found invalid Unicode character.:

If you disable local ollama ( in that .env file) does the app start?

Sure, I will check!

[jagan]

I changed

export LOCAL_OLLAMA_ENABLED=true

to

export LOCAL_OLLAMA_ENABLED=false

And the application starts.

Shall I try updating it now?

[nebulon]

Yes, you could also clone the app to test the update.