fix: preserve dates for chat imports

Co-Authored-By: conql <49243542+conql@users.noreply.github.com>

backend/open_webui/models/chats.py

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class ChatImportForm(ChatForm):
     meta: Optional[dict] = {}
     pinned: Optional[bool] = False
     folder_id: Optional[str] = None
+    created_at: Optional[int] = None
+    updated_at: Optional[int] = None
 
 
 class ChatTitleMessagesForm(BaseModel):
@@ -147,8 +149,16 @@ class ChatTable:
                     "meta": form_data.meta,
                     "pinned": form_data.pinned,
                     "folder_id": form_data.folder_id,
-                    "created_at": int(time.time()),
-                    "updated_at": int(time.time()),
+                    "created_at": (
+                        form_data.created_at
+                        if form_data.created_at
+                        else int(time.time())
+                    ),
+                    "updated_at": (
+                        form_data.updated_at
+                        if form_data.updated_at
+                        else int(time.time())
+                    ),
                 }
             )
 

src/lib/apis/chats/index.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ export const importChat = async (
 	chat: object,
 	meta: object | null,
 	pinned?: boolean,
-	folderId?: string | null
+	folderId?: string | null,
+	createdAt: number | null = null,
+	updatedAt: number | null = null
 ) => {
 	let error = null;
 
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ export const importChat = async (
 			chat: chat,
 			meta: meta ?? {},
 			pinned: pinned,
-			folder_id: folderId
+			folder_id: folderId,
+			created_at: createdAt ?? null,
+			updated_at: updatedAt ?? null
 		})
 	})
 		.then(async (res) => {

src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte

@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@
 
 	import { generateChatCompletion } from '$lib/apis/ollama';
 	import {
-		addTagById,
 		createNewChat,
-		deleteTagById,
-		deleteTagsById,
 		getAllTags,
 		getChatById,
 		getChatList,

src/lib/components/chat/Settings/Chats.svelte

@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 
 	import {
 		archiveAllChats,
-		createNewChat,
 		deleteAllChats,
 		getAllChats,
-		getAllUserChats,
-		getChatList
+		getChatList,
+		importChat
 	} from '$lib/apis/chats';
 	import { getImportOrigin, convertOpenAIChats } from '$lib/utils';
 	import { onMount, getContext } from 'svelte';
@@ -58,10 +57,18 @@
 			console.log(chat);
 
 			if (chat.chat) {
-				await createNewChat(localStorage.token, chat.chat);
+				await importChat(
+					localStorage.token,
+					chat.chat,
+					chat.meta ?? {},
+					false,
+					null,
+					chat?.created_at ?? null,
+					chat?.updated_at ?? null
+				);
 			} else {
-				await createNewChat(localStorage.token, chat);
-			}
+				// Legacy format
+				await importChat(localStorage.token, chat, {}, false, null);
 		}
 
 		currentChatPage.set(1);

src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar.svelte

@@ -29,14 +29,10 @@
 	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
 
 	import {
-		deleteChatById,
 		getChatList,
 		getAllTags,
-		getChatListBySearchText,
-		createNewChat,
 		getPinnedChatList,
 		toggleChatPinnedStatusById,
-		getChatPinnedStatusById,
 		getChatById,
 		updateChatFolderIdById,
 		importChat
@@ -202,7 +198,15 @@
 		for (const item of items) {
 			console.log(item);
 			if (item.chat) {
-				await importChat(localStorage.token, item.chat, item?.meta ?? {}, pinned, folderId);
+				await importChat(
+					localStorage.token,
+					item.chat,
+					item?.meta ?? {},
+					pinned,
+					folderId,
+					item?.created_at ?? null,
+					item?.updated_at ?? null
+				);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -735,7 +739,15 @@
 							return null;
 						});
 						if (!chat && item) {
-							chat = await importChat(localStorage.token, item.chat, item?.meta ?? {});
+							chat = await importChat(
+								localStorage.token,
+								item.chat,
+								item?.meta ?? {},
+								false,
+								null,
+								item?.created_at ?? null,
+								item?.updated_at ?? null
+							);
 						}
 
 						if (chat) {
@@ -793,7 +805,15 @@
 										return null;
 									});
 									if (!chat && item) {
-										chat = await importChat(localStorage.token, item.chat, item?.meta ?? {});
+										chat = await importChat(
+											localStorage.token,
+											item.chat,
+											item?.meta ?? {},
+											false,
+											null,
+											item?.created_at ?? null,
+											item?.updated_at ?? null
+										);
 									}
 
 									if (chat) {

src/lib/components/layout/Sidebar/RecursiveFolder.svelte

@@ -132,7 +132,18 @@
 								return null;
 							});
 							if (!chat && item) {
-								chat = await importChat(localStorage.token, item.chat, item?.meta ?? {});
+								chat = await importChat(
+									localStorage.token,
+									item.chat,
+									item?.meta ?? {},
+									false,
+									null,
+									item?.created_at ?? null,
+									item?.updated_at ?? null
+								).catch((error) => {
+									toast.error(`${error}`);
+									return null;
+								});
 							}
 
 							// Move the chat