No Clear Way to Enable file_search Tool via librechat.yml

[Balaji-Gopal]

What happened?

I’m trying to enable the file_search tool for assistants in LibreChat, but I’m unable to find any official support in the librechat.yml or documentation for enabling or configuring it at the system level.

The only section in the librechat.yml that mentions files is fileConfig, which sets limits for file uploads (like size, MIME types, avatar size, etc.). However, there is:

❌ No documented config to enable the file_search tool

❌ No option in fileConfig or assistant-specific YAML sections to directly activate or verify file_search

Same works in Playground

But Same does not work in Librechat

However, If documents and functions both are available, Assistant is only looking at functions, if functions are removed then only file search is working

Version Information

2b7a973

Steps to Reproduce

Attach a document to an assistant either via the UI or programmatically.

Enable the file_search tool in the assistant configuration (e.g., via the Provider Playground by setting "tools": ["file_search"]).

Launch LibreChat and start a new conversation with the configured assistant.

Observe that the File Search toggle is disabled (grayed out) in the chat interface

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

Relevant log output

There are no errors or logs, If documents and functions both are available, Assistant is only looking at functions, if functions are removed then only file search is working

Screenshots

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[berry-13]

update LibreChat to the latest version. I can see the feature is enabled now, the message you saw is from about a year and a half ago, and we've since added support for it