Agent-generated images (Flux/DALL-E) are saved inside container instead of host system's images directory

[leondape]

What happened?

When agents generate images using any image generation tool (Flux, DALL-E), they're being saved to /app/client/public/images inside the container instead of the host system's images directory. This appears to be an issue with how agents handle image storage in general, not specific to any single tool.

• Probably images are lost when the container is removed/recreated
• Images are not accessible from the host system
• Affects all agent-based image generation tools

Expected behavior: All agent-generated images should be saved to the configured images directory on the host system, making them persistent and accessible outside the container.

This is set in api/config/paths.js and I'm not sure if that is actually what we want?

Version Information

52f146d

Steps to Reproduce

1. Deploy LibreChat using Docker
2. Use an agent with any image generation tool (can be reproduced with both):
   • Flux tool
   • DALL-E tool
3. Generate images with either tool
4. Check the image storage location:
   • Images are saved to /app/client/public/images inside the container
   • The host system's configured ./images directory remains empty
5. Restart or recreate the container

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[danny-avila]

This is intended. The default compose file then mounts the volume to persist the images to the right location on restart.

LibreChat/docker-compose.yml

Line 27 in 52f146d

- ./images:/app/client/public/images