Open WebUI 0.12.0 is available as a stable release and PyPI artifact; release notes list versioned Skills, long-run compaction, experimental Tool Search, hybrid retrieval and access-control fixes.
Open WebUI 0.12 adds versioned Skills and encrypted collaboration
2026-10-11Verified announcementTRIAL
Open WebUI 0.12 brought versioned Skills, long-tool-chain compaction and hybrid retrieval into stable. Version 0.12.3 adds temporary end-to-end encrypted chat, lighter Redis streaming, workspace search and narrower Google Drive authorization, while fixing OAuth MCP and tool-server recovery. Preselected Skills now inject full instructions on every turn, which can materially increase prompt size.
Availability: stable GitHub release and public PyPI 0.12.0 artifacts; Tool Search remains experimental
What this means for you
For self-hosted teams, 0.12.3 changes collaboration privacy, Redis load and Skill token cost at once. Encrypted chat still requires HTTPS, WebSockets and disabled server-side WebSocket logging, so validate it in staging first.
Evidence & related material
Open WebUI 0.12.3 shipped encrypted collaboration, Redis streaming improvements and permission fixes.
Subsequent changes
Open WebUI 0.12.3 adds encrypted collaboration and Redis improvements
Technical details & scores
| Availability | stable GitHub release and public PyPI 0.12.0 artifacts; Tool Search remains experimental |
|---|---|
| Skills | multi-file Skills with import/export and version history |
| Long Runs | mid-run compaction for native tool-call chains and deferred tool loading |
| Retrieval | native Milvus hybrid BM25 and vector search |
| Security | MFA and access-control fixes; some security details are temporarily withheld |
| Time Basis | GitHub release 2026-10-10T21:13:24Z; PyPI artifacts begin 2026-10-10T21:08:24Z |
Technical impact 3
Engineering value 4
Adoption signal 3
Maturity 3
Verification cost 3
Risk 3