Marketplace agents do not persist in Model dropdown after logout/login

[usnavy13]

What happened?

• After adding an agent from the Marketplace and using it in chat, the agent disappears from the Model dropdown after logout/browser close and re-login.

• Expected: Once added, the agent should persist in the Model dropdown across sessions.

• Impact: Users must re-add the same agent every session.

• The dropdown queried agents with EDIT permission when Marketplace is enabled, excluding public agents the user can view but not edit.

Version Information

ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat-dev latest 2dd6f9487e85 6 hours ago 1.57GB
ghcr.io/danny-avila/librechat-rag-api-dev-lite latest bb5e7a783224 9 days ago 1.67GB

Steps to Reproduce

As the user of an agent you don't have edit permissions, and as a non admin

1. Add an agent from the Marketplace.
2. Use it in a chat (works as expected).
3. Log out or close the browser.
4. Log back in.
5. Open the Model dropdown.
6. Observe the agent is missing.

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome

Relevant log output

None

Screenshots

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[JordiHigueraDT]

This is the expected behavior. Agents in the Endpoint dropdown are only the models which are considered “yours” where you have Owner and Editor Permissions.

This is made this way to avoid having +1000 Agents in that list for large deployments and keep it clean.

A good next step we wanted to implement was to include the “favorite” Agents in that list.

[usnavy13]

Ah I see, so users have to constantly go back to the marketplace since there would be no option to delete after first view. A way to manage that list or fav/unfav would be more user friendly.

[usnavy13]

@JordiHigueraDT
Thanks for the context, I explored a lightweight “favorites” approach that preserves that cleanliness while solving the persistence issue:
#9488

• How it works:

  • Favorite any agent from the Marketplace (star icon) or directly in the Model dropdown.
  • Favorited agents persist per user across sessions and logins.
  • The dropdown still shows your Owner/Editor agents by default, and now also includes your favorited agents (even if you don’t have EDIT permissions). Favorites are ordered first within the agents submenu and remain fully searchable.
  • Unfavoriting is the “remove” action, so users can curate the list without clutter.

• Why this approach:

  • Keeps the dropdown small and user-managed instead of showing all public agents.
  • Respects ACLs/permissions and doesn’t change marketplace visibility or edit flows.
  • Minimal code surface: a small per-user favorites list, a couple of API endpoints, and low-touch UI updates (star buttons).
  • No migration required; the user document has an optional personalization.favoriteAgents field with defaults.

Overall, this lets users keep a concise, personalized set of agents handy without re-adding them every session.

[JordiHigueraDT]

That would be amazing!