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Reacted by Juan Calderon-Perez, Milan Cizek, Jan-Timo Hesse, KevinRossiTC, SFL79, Nicolas GESLIN, Chris, Joseph Balbona, Tim Wilson, Justin and 14 more
Event schema: timestamp, source(ui|api), model, tokens_in, tokens_out, latency_ms, status
UX: Both/UI/API toggle + sortable per-model table
Suggested rollout:
event schema + ingestion
aggregation endpoint
dashboard cards/charts
docs/migration notes
If maintainers agree, I can draft a concrete PR plan (API contract + test cases + docs checklist) so contributors can pick this up with less ambiguity.
If it's too complex for you, ask AI to do it. Give it the docs and tell it you want to track all requests in the inlet() filter.
(API-only requests don't reach the outlet(), so can only track the request itself)
And yes, it is not trivial.
Reacted by David Lingerfelt, Matthew Glover and Samir Moustafa
Been following this issue for a while as it's an extremely important enterprise feature. @tjbck Is this something the maintainers are planning to do in your roadmap?
Or, perhaps following @godlobster6 's suggestion, is there any agreed upon, pending plan for implementation, or are you looking for the community to go ahead and implement it how they see fit?
@Classic298 I don't see how you giving me the same link that you did before is going to be of any benefit.
I'm not coming here as a contributor. Just because I'm on github following this issue doesn't mean I have infinite time or infinite AI credits to work on something
Reacted by Juan Calderon-Perez
Reacted by Selene Blok, wibenson-sirclo, Classic298 and uhhfeef
@leon-fans it's already released and live. I was talking about the ability to run outlet() methods of a filter on all requests including api requests and that is already a thing now.
I am also running the latest open-webui docker image and token usage statistics for API Requests do not seem to be appearing. Can you please check for this issue? Thank you very much!
I specifically said what i said: "the ability to run outlet() methods of a filter on all requests including api requests and that is already a thing now."
Now the API have passthrough mode, when using this mode e.g. in /messages out /messages under anthropic protocol, API quota function is now completely impossible to implemented right?
Hi all — I've been following this thread and built something that covers most of what's being asked for here, so sharing in case it helps anyone who needs this now rather than waiting on the core roadmap. It's a pair of plugin Functions (no fork, no db migration, paste-into-Admin-Panel-and-enable): Quota Keeper.
To @Classic298's repeated (and correct) point that "a Filter can do this in a dozen lines" — yes, and this is that filter, just already written, with the rough edges handled (dedup by response id, stream topups, the orphan-adoption race, etc.). And to @zaakiy's very fair pushback that not everyone has the time/AI-credits to write their own — you shouldn't have to. This is paste-two-files-and-enable, no code to write.
Mapping to what people asked for:
API-only usage (the original ask): API calls that bypass the web UI and pure-passthrough routes (/api/v1/messages, /openai/responses) that never even trigger the Filter are metered via a small startup middleware that reads the usage object off the response. @KevinRossiTC's Both/UI/API split is there — every record is channel-tagged webui vs api.
Per-user / per-group quotas (@amirparsadd): per-user and per-group caps with a clear resolution order (user > max(group) > default > unlimited), enforced pre-request with a friendly block message. Daily/weekly/monthly periods.
Cost-based, not just tokens (@smorello87 — you called this the better-but-harder option): it converts tokens → USD via a pricing table that auto-refreshes from LiteLLM/models.dev (so no manual price maintenance — your OpenRouter/Bedrock script concern is handled by the upstream feed), with fuzzy model-id matching + per-model overrides/aliases/discount-multipliers. credits_per_usd lets you bill in abstract "credits" if you'd rather not expose dollars.
Per-user self dashboard (@jijunwu): each user gets their own /quota card (own usage only, server-enforced) — quota-remaining bar, today/7d/30d stats, per-model breakdown. There's a users-ranking table on the admin side if you want the leaderboard angle.
Read-only analytics without granting admin (@gaby): exactly the role split above — non-admins get the self-service card, no admin rights needed.
It's MIT, single-file-per-function, state lives in JSON under the data dir (never touches the OWUI db). README is in Chinese but the code/comments are English and it's a quick translate. Requires OWUI ≥ 0.10 for the Event function.
Happy to answer questions or take issues/PRs on the repo. And to be clear: I'd still love to see this land in core properly (the proposals from @godlobster6 / @SamirMoustafa are the right long-term shape) — this is just for people who can't wait.
I specifically said what i said: "the ability to run outlet() methods of a filter on all requests including api requests and that is already a thing now."
not that the analytics page measures api calls
Yeah, but issues specifically regarding API Key usage being reflected in the "Usage" section have been marked as duplicated to this one, which looks like should have not been the case since they are different things.
I specifically said what i said: "the ability to run outlet() methods of a filter on all requests including api requests and that is already a thing now."
not that the analytics page measures api calls
Yeah, but issues specifically regarding API Key usage being reflected in the "Usage" section have been marked as duplicated to this one, which looks like should have not been the case since they are different things.
Yes, me too. I'm using a script filter within a function to extract the usage of each user accessing the model via the API, but I've encountered some issues. For example, over time, the data written to the SQLite database affects the web UI's API interface, causing the entire service to become unavailable. This design needs serious consideration.
Reading this thread end to end, the same structural discovery keeps resurfacing in different words: UI-side capture can't see API traffic.outlet() doesn't fire for API calls, filters only observe the inlet, passthrough bypasses both. Any analytics built at that layer will permanently undercount exactly the traffic @zaakiy is asking about — the API consumers spending the money.
The durable shape is to flip where the record is born: one usage record per call, written at the model boundary (the point where the response actually completes, including the terminal usage chunk for streams), with a provenance marker distinguishing measured usage from estimated. The analytics page then becomes a query over that store rather than an observer trying to watch calls go by — and UI vs API vs passthrough become filter dimensions on complete data instead of blind spots.
That also scopes the v1 @godlobster6 proposed more sharply: write the record first, dashboards second. @xyonium's Functions pair is a reasonable bridge for UI-path traffic today, but it structurally can't cover passthrough — the record has to live below the layer where the divergence happens, or the gap reopens with every new protocol surface (the Anthropic /messages passthrough being the latest example).
Just want to add this would be extremely helpful to have. Currently our company devs use openwebui almost exclusively via the API and opencode with local models, while others depts favor using the webpage. We really could use visibility into how the API is being used. Thank you!
28. Just want to add this would be extremely helpful to have. Currently our company devs use openwebui almost exclusively via the API and opencode with local models, while others depts favor using the webpage. We really could use visibility into how the API is being used. Thank you!
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KevinRossiTC commentedon Feb 27, 2026
I would love this also. Perhaps with a dropdown for Both / UI / API.
godlobster6 commentedon Mar 8, 2026
Great direction. To make this actionable and contributor-friendly, I suggest locking a minimal v1 scope:
Suggested rollout:
If maintainers agree, I can draft a concrete PR plan (API contract + test cases + docs checklist) so contributors can pick this up with less ambiguity.
zaakiy commentedon Mar 9, 2026
Not a maintainer but I'm happy with this.
Would like to stress the urgency because we don't know which users are causing the most usage ($$$).
zaakiy commentedon Mar 11, 2026
Correction: Would like to stress the urgency because we don't know which
usersAPI consumers are causing the most usage ($$$).Classic298 commentedon Mar 11, 2026
If you have the urgency, you can add a filter to track their usage for now.
zaakiy commentedon Mar 11, 2026
I don't see a way to do this @Classic298. Could you please elaborate?
I've already put the API user into a group
And I can confirm that the API user is definitely within this group even though no users are showing up in the Analytics view for this group
Classic298 commentedon Mar 11, 2026
@zaakiy a filter
https://docs.openwebui.com/features/extensibility/plugin/functions/filter
zaakiy commentedon Mar 15, 2026
That's too complex for me. Is it really that difficult to add API usage in the analytics dashboard?
In my opinion, this would have been the obvious thing to do in the first place.
Classic298 commentedon Mar 15, 2026
@zaakiy
If it's too complex for you, ask AI to do it. Give it the docs and tell it you want to track all requests in the inlet() filter.
(API-only requests don't reach the outlet(), so can only track the request itself)
And yes, it is not trivial.
SFL79 commentedon Mar 23, 2026
Been following this issue for a while as it's an extremely important enterprise feature.
@tjbck Is this something the maintainers are planning to do in your roadmap?
Or, perhaps following @godlobster6 's suggestion, is there any agreed upon, pending plan for implementation, or are you looking for the community to go ahead and implement it how they see fit?
zaakiy commentedon Mar 24, 2026
@Classic298 I honestly would not know where to begin how to ask AI this
Classic298 commentedon Mar 24, 2026
https://docs.openwebui.com/features/extensibility/plugin/functions/filter
zaakiy commentedon Mar 24, 2026
@Classic298 I don't see how you giving me the same link that you did before is going to be of any benefit.
I'm not coming here as a contributor. Just because I'm on github following this issue doesn't mean I have infinite time or infinite AI credits to work on something
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TGtongga commentedon Aug 18, 2026
I am also running the latest open-webui docker image and token usage statistics for API Requests do not seem to be appearing. Can you please check for this issue? Thank you very much!
leon-fans commentedon Aug 21, 2026
Is there any update regarding this isusse?
Classic298 commentedon Aug 21, 2026
I specifically said what i said: "the ability to run outlet() methods of a filter on all requests including api requests and that is already a thing now."
not that the analytics page measures api calls
Classic298 commentedon Aug 21, 2026
Specifically, tim, above, even wrote that this needs to be targeted in the future
xyonium commentedon Aug 21, 2026
Now the API have passthrough mode, when using this mode e.g. in /messages out /messages under anthropic protocol, API quota function is now completely impossible to implemented right?
xyonium commentedon Aug 22, 2026
Hi all — I've been following this thread and built something that covers most of what's being asked for here, so sharing in case it helps anyone who needs this now rather than waiting on the core roadmap. It's a pair of plugin Functions (no fork, no db migration, paste-into-Admin-Panel-and-enable): Quota Keeper.
To @Classic298's repeated (and correct) point that "a Filter can do this in a dozen lines" — yes, and this is that filter, just already written, with the rough edges handled (dedup by response id, stream topups, the orphan-adoption race, etc.). And to @zaakiy's very fair pushback that not everyone has the time/AI-credits to write their own — you shouldn't have to. This is paste-two-files-and-enable, no code to write.
Mapping to what people asked for:
/api/v1/messages,/openai/responses) that never even trigger the Filter are metered via a small startup middleware that reads theusageobject off the response. @KevinRossiTC's Both/UI/API split is there — every record is channel-taggedwebuivsapi.credits_per_usdlets you bill in abstract "credits" if you'd rather not expose dollars./quotacard (own usage only, server-enforced) — quota-remaining bar, today/7d/30d stats, per-model breakdown. There's a users-ranking table on the admin side if you want the leaderboard angle.It's MIT, single-file-per-function, state lives in JSON under the data dir (never touches the OWUI db). README is in Chinese but the code/comments are English and it's a quick translate. Requires OWUI ≥ 0.10 for the Event function.
Happy to answer questions or take issues/PRs on the repo. And to be clear: I'd still love to see this land in core properly (the proposals from @godlobster6 / @SamirMoustafa are the right long-term shape) — this is just for people who can't wait.
paucabrerah commentedon Aug 23, 2026
Yeah, but issues specifically regarding API Key usage being reflected in the "Usage" section have been marked as duplicated to this one, which looks like should have not been the case since they are different things.
Classic298 commentedon Aug 23, 2026
No it's not different things. This is the aggregate for analytics.
leon-fans commentedon Aug 31, 2026
Yes, me too. I'm using a script filter within a function to extract the usage of each user accessing the model via the API, but I've encountered some issues. For example, over time, the data written to the SQLite database affects the web UI's API interface, causing the entire service to become unavailable. This design needs serious consideration.
iwasinnam2 commentedon Sep 24, 2026
Reading this thread end to end, the same structural discovery keeps resurfacing in different words: UI-side capture can't see API traffic.
outlet()doesn't fire for API calls, filters only observe the inlet, passthrough bypasses both. Any analytics built at that layer will permanently undercount exactly the traffic @zaakiy is asking about — the API consumers spending the money.The durable shape is to flip where the record is born: one usage record per call, written at the model boundary (the point where the response actually completes, including the terminal usage chunk for streams), with a provenance marker distinguishing measured usage from estimated. The analytics page then becomes a query over that store rather than an observer trying to watch calls go by — and UI vs API vs passthrough become filter dimensions on complete data instead of blind spots.
That also scopes the v1 @godlobster6 proposed more sharply: write the record first, dashboards second. @xyonium's Functions pair is a reasonable bridge for UI-path traffic today, but it structurally can't cover passthrough — the record has to live below the layer where the divergence happens, or the gap reopens with every new protocol surface (the Anthropic
/messagespassthrough being the latest example).PR-JF commentedon Oct 14, 2026
Just want to add this would be extremely helpful to have. Currently our company devs use openwebui almost exclusively via the API and opencode with local models, while others depts favor using the webpage. We really could use visibility into how the API is being used. Thank you!
gaby commentedon Oct 15, 2026
@iwasinnam2 No way I'm clicking that link.
iwasinnam2 commentedon Oct 15, 2026
@gaby Thanks for informing me.
Eee622 commentedon Oct 24, 2026