Summary

Improvements

• Revamps the user interface for the Datasets, Chat, and Search pages. Completely new search interaction; configuration interaction for the knowledge base and chat.
• Search and Chat: Introduces document-level metadata filtering, allowing automatic or manual filtering during chats or searches.
• Search: Supports creating search apps tailored to various business scenarios
• Chat: Supports comparing answer performance of up to three chat model settings on a single Chat page.
• Agent:
• Implements a toggle in the Agent component to enable or disable citation.
• Introduces a drag-and-drop method for creating components.
• Documentation: Corrects inaccuracies in the API reference.

New Agent templates

• Report Agent: A template for generating summary reports in internal question-answering scenarios, supporting the display of tables and formulae. #9427 (The template is now in active use at a research institution.)

Fixed issues

• The timeout mechanism introduced in v0.20.0 caused tasks like GraphRAG to halt.
• Predefined opening greeting in the Agent component was missing during conversations.
• An automatic line break issue in the prompt editor.
• A memory leak issue caused by PyPDF. #9469

What's Changed

• Doc: updated supported model name by @writinwaters in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9343
• Feat: New search page components and features by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9344
• Feat: Modify the agent list return field name [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9373
• Support Russian in UI by @rjohny55 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9362
• Support Russian in UI Update config.ts by @rjohny55 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9361
• Feat: Run eslint when the project is running to standardize everyone's code [#9377] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9379
• Fix: Replace StrEnum with strenum in code_exec.py by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9376
• Agent plans tasks by referring to its own prompt. by @TeslaZY in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9315
• Fix broken data stream when writing image file by @mustangxu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9354
• Fix "no tc element at grid_offset" by @mustangxu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9375
• Feat: add full list of supported AWS Bedrock regions by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9378
• Fix: Remove default dataset_ids from Chat class initialization by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9381
• Fix: Update test assertions and add GraphRAG config in dataset tests by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9386
• Fix: handle missing dataset_ids when creating chat assistant by @jiasu-hezhip in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9324
• Support the case of one cell split by multiple columns. by @HaiyangPeng in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9225
• docs(sandbox): update /etc/hosts entry to include required services by @BDanial in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9144
• Feat: added functionality to choose all datasets if no id is provided by @Drasek in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9184
• Feat: Allow chat to use meta data [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9393
• Python SDK: add meta_fields to Document class by @shasha79 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9387
• Fix: Update test assertions and simplify test cases by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9400
• Refa: list canvas by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9341
• Refa: migrate chat models to LiteLLM by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9394
• Feat: add full list of supported AWS Bedrock regions by @rjohny55 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9395
• feat(next-search): Added AI summary functionality [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9402
• Fix:HTTP request component failed to retrieve the corresponding value by @Woody-Hu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9399
• Add fallback to use 'calamine' parse engine in excel_parser.py by @mustangxu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9374
• Fix: Before executing the SQL, remove tags in the format [ID: number] to avoid execution errors. by @goodboyasia in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9326
• Feat: add meta data filter. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9405
• Fix:TypeError: OllamaCV.chat() got an unexpected keyword argument 'stop' by @Woody-Hu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9363
• Fix "File contains no valid workbook part" by @mustangxu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9360
• Fix: Patch LiteLLM by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9416
• Fix: remove doc error. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9413
• Feat: Added meta data to the chat configuration page [#8531] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9417
• Fix:valueERROR when file is optional but not exist value by @Popmio in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9414
• Refa: Update LLM stream response type to Generator by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9420
• Fix: citation issue. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9424
• Fix KeyError in session listing endpoint when accessing conversation reference by @Mckennasora in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9419
• Feat: allows setting multiple types of default models in service config by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9404
• Feat: Fixed the issue where some fields in the chat configuration could not be displayed [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9430
• Refactor:Improve the float compare for LocalAIRerank by @Woody-Hu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9428
• Docs: Update HTTP API reference with new response fields by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9434
• Fix: no doc hits after meta data filter. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9435
• Add issue template for agent scenario feature request by @yingfeng in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9437
• Fix typo in issue template by @yingfeng in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9444
• Feat: Show multiple chat boxes [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9443
• Fix: update broken create agent session due to v0.20.0 changes by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9445
• Refa: split services about llm. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9450
• Docs: Update HTTP API reference with simplified response format and parameters by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9454
• Trival. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9460
• Feat: Display a separate chat multi-model comparison page [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9461
• Fix: KB folder may not there while creating virtual file by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9431
• Test: Update error message assertions for chunk update tests by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9468
• feat(next-search): Implements document preview functionality [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9465
• Docs: Deprecated 'Create session with agent' by @writinwaters in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9464
• fix 'KeyError: "There is no item named 'word/NULL' in the archive"' by @mustangxu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9455
• Agent template: report agent using knowledge base by @TeslaZY in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9427
• Fix: PyPDF's Manipulated FlateDecode streams can exhaust RAM by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9469
• Update cv_model.py by @Woody-Hu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9472
• Feat: Send data to compare the performance of different models' answers [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9477
• fix: preserve correct MIME & unify data URL handling for vision inputs (relates [#9248]) by @RuyXu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9474
• Feat:Can directly generate an agent node by dragging and dropping the connecting line (#9226) by @FatMii in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9357
• Feat: Upload files in the chat box [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9483
• Feat: add citation option to agent and enlarge the timeouts. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9484
• Feat: Delete or filter conversations [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9491
• Fix:HTTPs component re.error: bad escape \u by @xiaoyu0701 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9480
• Refactor:Standardize image conf and add private registry support by @tcodehuber in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9496
• Fix: unexpected truncated Excel files by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9500
• Feat: Add metadata configuration for new chats [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9502
• Feat: conversation completion can specify different model by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9485
• Docs: Miscellaneous updates. by @writinwaters in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9506
• Feat: add SMTP support for user invitation emails by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9479
• feat(search): Added app embedding functionality and optimized search page [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9499
• Fix the bug in enablePrologue under agent task mode by @TeslaZY in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9487
• Refactor: Use Input Length In DefaultRerank by @Woody-Hu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9516
• Feat: Fixed the chat model setting echo issue by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9521
• Env: Update dependencies for proxy support by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9519
• Feat: embedded search by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9501
• Fix: save team's canvas issue. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9518
• Fix (search): Optimize the search page functionality and UI [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9525
• Fix: Gemini parameters error by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9520
• Feat: Displays the embedded page of the chat module [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9532
• Feat: add dialog chatbots info by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9530
• Fix: search service reference by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9533
• Refa: refine search app by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9536
• feat(search): Optimized search functionality and user interface [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9535
• Feat: Allow agent operators to select speech-to-text models [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9534
• Fix: ensure update_progress loop always waits between iterations by @zxc11086 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9528
• Feature (agent): Allow Retrieval kb_ids param use kb_id,and allow list kb_name or kb_id by @huang-aoqin in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9531
• Feat: Support metadata auto filer for Search. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9524
• Refactor:Improve VoyageRerank not texts handling by @Woody-Hu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9539
• Docs: Updated v0.20.2 release notes by @writinwaters in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9553
• Refa: OpenAI whisper-1 by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9552
• Fix: Fixed the issue where clicking the SQL tool test button did not request the interface [#9541] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9542
• Feat: add meta filter to search app. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9554
• Docs: Update version references to v0.20.2 in READMEs and docs by @asiroliu in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9559
• Fix(search): Search application list supports renaming function [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9555
• Docs: Updated workarounds for uploading file to an agent by @writinwaters in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9561
• Feat: Switch the root route to the new page [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9560
• Refa: create new name for duplicated dialog name by @yongtenglei in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9558
• Fix: Fixed an issue where renaming a chat would create a new chat [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9563
• Fix: no effect on retrieval_test in term of metadata filter. by @KevinHuSh in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9566
• Fix: Reset all data except the first one on the chat page shared with others [#3221] by @cike8899 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9567
• Fix (next search): Optimize the search problem interface and related functions [#3221] by @dcc123456 in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9569

New Contributors

• @rjohny55 made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9362
• @jiasu-hezhip made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9324
• @BDanial made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9144
• @Drasek made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9184
• @shasha79 made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9387
• @goodboyasia made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9326
• @Popmio made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9414
• @Mckennasora made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9419
• @RuyXu made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9474
• @xiaoyu0701 made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9480
• @tcodehuber made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9496
• @zxc11086 made their first contribution in https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/9528

Full Changelog: https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/compare/v0.20.1...v0.20.2