diff --git a/backend/open_webui/config.py b/backend/open_webui/config.py
index 5a9844c067..7b8054d56e 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/config.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/config.py
@@ -2625,6 +2625,12 @@ RAG_FULL_CONTEXT = PersistentConfig(
     os.getenv("RAG_FULL_CONTEXT", "False").lower() == "true",
 )
 
+RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD = PersistentConfig(
+    "RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD",
+    "rag.token_threshold",
+    int(os.environ.get("RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD", "0")),
+)
+
 RAG_FILE_MAX_COUNT = PersistentConfig(
     "RAG_FILE_MAX_COUNT",
     "rag.file.max_count",
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/main.py b/backend/open_webui/main.py
index af8e670a53..4d6f9c3866 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/main.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ from open_webui.config import (
     RAG_TEMPLATE,
     DEFAULT_RAG_TEMPLATE,
     RAG_FULL_CONTEXT,
+    RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD,
     BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL,
     RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
     RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL_AUTO_UPDATE,
@@ -840,6 +841,7 @@ app.state.config.FILE_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_HEIGHT = FILE_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_HEIGHT
 
 
 app.state.config.RAG_FULL_CONTEXT = RAG_FULL_CONTEXT
+app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD = RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD
 app.state.config.BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL = BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL
 app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH = ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH
 app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH_ENRICHED_TEXTS = (
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
index b041a00471..f099a062fd 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/utils.py
@@ -1025,9 +1025,15 @@ async def get_sources_from_items(
                     "metadatas": [[{"url": item.get("url"), "name": item.get("url")}]],
                 }
         elif item.get("type") == "file":
+            file_bypassed_rag = False
+            if item.get("id"):
+                file_object = Files.get_file_by_id(item.get("id"))
+                if file_object and file_object.meta:
+                    file_bypassed_rag = file_object.meta.get("bypass_rag", False)
             if (
                 item.get("context") == "full"
                 or request.app.state.config.BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL
+                or file_bypassed_rag
             ):
                 if item.get("file", {}).get("data", {}).get("content", ""):
                     # Manual Full Mode Toggle
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
index 6080337250..97fb3aef93 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ async def get_rag_config(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
         "TOP_K": request.app.state.config.TOP_K,
         "BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL": request.app.state.config.BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL,
         "RAG_FULL_CONTEXT": request.app.state.config.RAG_FULL_CONTEXT,
+        "RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD": request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD,
         # Hybrid search settings
         "ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH": request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH,
         "ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH_ENRICHED_TEXTS": request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH_ENRICHED_TEXTS,
@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@ class ConfigForm(BaseModel):
     TOP_K: Optional[int] = None
     BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL: Optional[bool] = None
     RAG_FULL_CONTEXT: Optional[bool] = None
+    RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD: Optional[int] = None
 
     # Hybrid search settings
     ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH: Optional[bool] = None
@@ -707,6 +709,11 @@ async def update_rag_config(
         if form_data.RAG_FULL_CONTEXT is not None
         else request.app.state.config.RAG_FULL_CONTEXT
     )
+    request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD = (
+        form_data.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD
+        if form_data.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD is not None
+        else request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD
+    )
 
     # Hybrid search settings
     request.app.state.config.ENABLE_RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH = (
@@ -1591,7 +1598,37 @@ def process_file(
             hash = calculate_sha256_string(text_content)
             Files.update_file_hash_by_id(file.id, hash)
 
-            if request.app.state.config.BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL:
+            should_bypass = request.app.state.config.BYPASS_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL
+            token_count = 0
+
+            if not should_bypass and request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD > 0:
+                try:
+                    encoding = tiktoken.get_encoding(
+                        str(request.app.state.config.TIKTOKEN_ENCODING_NAME)
+                    )
+                    token_count = len(encoding.encode(text_content))
+
+                    if token_count <= request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD:
+                        should_bypass = True
+                        log.info(
+                            f"File '{file.filename}': {token_count} tokens "
+                            f"(<= {request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD}), bypassing RAG"
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        log.info(
+                            f"File '{file.filename}': {token_count} tokens "
+                            f"(> {request.app.state.config.RAG_TOKEN_THRESHOLD}), using RAG"
+                        )
+                except Exception as e:
+                    log.warning(f"Error counting tokens: {e}")
+
+            if should_bypass:
+                Files.update_file_data_by_id(file.id, {"status": "completed"})
+
+                Files.update_file_metadata_by_id(
+                    file.id,
+                    {"bypass_rag": True}
+                )
                 Files.update_file_data_by_id(file.id, {"status": "completed"})
                 return {
                     "status": True,