modified: backend/open_webui/internal/db.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def handle_peewee_migration(DATABASE_URL):
except Exception as e:
log.error(f"Failed to initialize the database connection: {e}")
+ log.warning("Hint: If your database password contains special characters, you may need to URL-encode it.")
raise
finally:
# Properly closing the database connection