From d47c8eb956a72ebc7c1f582718758697aef62118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oobabooga <112222186+oobabooga@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 06:56:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove quotes from LLM-generated websearch query (closes
 #7045).

Fix by @Quiet-Joker
---
 modules/chat.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/chat.py b/modules/chat.py
index f1ea16f1..14f2a4f7 100644
--- a/modules/chat.py
+++ b/modules/chat.py
@@ -604,7 +604,12 @@ def generate_search_query(user_message, state):
 
     query = ""
     for reply in generate_reply(formatted_prompt, search_state, stopping_strings=[], is_chat=True):
-        query = reply.strip()
+        query = reply
+
+    # Strip and remove surrounding quotes if present
+    query = query.strip()
+    if len(query) >= 2 and query.startswith('"') and query.endswith('"'):
+        query = query[1:-1]
 
     return query