Merge pull request #24483 from open-webui/dev

0.9.4

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.9.4] - 2026-05-09
+
+### Fixed
+
+- 📜 **Chat scroll position on load.** Opening a chat conversation now reliably scrolls to the bottom of the message history, fixing a regression caused by `content-visibility: auto` where estimated element sizes prevented the initial scroll from reaching the true bottom.
+
 ## [0.9.3] - 2026-05-09
 
 ### Added

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "open-webui",
-	"version": "0.9.3",
+	"version": "0.9.4",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "open-webui",
-			"version": "0.9.3",
+			"version": "0.9.4",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@azure/msal-browser": "^4.5.0",
 				"@codemirror/lang-javascript": "^6.2.2",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "open-webui",
-	"version": "0.9.3",
+	"version": "0.9.4",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "npm run pyodide:fetch && vite dev --host",

src/lib/components/chat/Chat.svelte

@@ -1463,6 +1463,29 @@
 				top: messagesContainerElement.scrollHeight,
 				behavior
 			});
+
+			// content-visibility: auto causes the initial scrollHeight to be based on
+			// estimated sizes (contain-intrinsic-size). After we scroll, previously
+			// off-screen messages become visible and the browser resolves their actual
+			// heights, which shifts scrollHeight. Re-layouts can cascade across frames
+			// (new sizes reveal more content, triggering further size resolution), so
+			// we re-scroll across two animation frames to land at the true bottom.
+			requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+				if (messagesContainerElement) {
+					messagesContainerElement.scrollTo({
+						top: messagesContainerElement.scrollHeight,
+						behavior
+					});
+					requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+						if (messagesContainerElement) {
+							messagesContainerElement.scrollTo({
+								top: messagesContainerElement.scrollHeight,
+								behavior
+							});
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			});
 		}
 	};
 

src/lib/components/chat/Messages.svelte

@@ -140,7 +140,16 @@
 
 	const scrollToBottom = () => {
 		const element = document.getElementById('messages-container');
-		element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;
+		if (element) {
+			element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;
+
+			// Follow-up scroll to account for content-visibility: auto re-layouts
+			requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+				if (element) {
+					element.scrollTop = element.scrollHeight;
+				}
+			});
+		}
 	};
 
 	export const scrollToTop = async () => {