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Newly Created Agents in You.com Use Web Search Even When Disabled

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Sagar Bala

There is a bug when creating a new agent in You.com. If I turn off the WEB SEARCH option during setup, the agent still performs web searches. This issue does not occur with previously created agents, which respect the WEB SEARCH setting and do not access the web if the option was disabled. The bug appears to affect only newly created agents, not the existing ones.

April 30, 2025

Sagar Bala

Charles (from You.com) The recent fixes have resolved the issue with the Web Search toggle when interacting directly with any model. However, the issue persists partially in the context of Agents.
Steps to Reproduce:
Create a new Agent.
In the Agent creation window, turn off the Web Search option.
Complete the Agent creation.
Interact with the Agent on the main chat interface.
Observed Behavior:
Despite disabling Web Search during Agent creation, the feature remains enabled when interacting with the Agent.
Workaround:
If Web Search is enabled during Agent creation, and then manually disabled from the main interaction page after creation, only then is the Web Search actually turned off for that Agent.
Expected Behavior:
Disabling the Web Search option during the Agent creation process should result in Web Search being disabled when interacting with the Agent post-creation.

Charles (from You.com)

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Apologies for the issue, Sagar -- we are working on a fix and hope to have it rolled out soon!

Jerry

Charles (from You.com) same issue here

Sagar Bala

It's not just limited to agents anymore now, even if I turn off WEB SEARCH for any model, it still performs web searches. The setting has no effect.

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