Perf: loading knowledge files in pages

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Changelog Entry

Description

Implemented a paging mechanism for displaying the files in the knowledge UI page. It dynamically loads batches of 100 files into the page per user request (scrolling to the end of the files list, similarly to the chat scroll mechanism). This should drastically improve loading the overview of a large knowledge

Added

Paging for file list component on knowledge overview page.

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Additional Information

Partially resolves #17998.

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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c6bf8331-c4b9-4e74-887d-936665cc1950

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[deliciousbob]

Good Morning @expruc, thx for this pull request, if you want me to test that, I would be happy to apply that to my Test-Env. Could you please share a docker slim image? Thx, best regards, Robert

[expruc]

Sure @deliciousbob https://github.com/expruc/open-webui/pkgs/container/open-webui/549638502?tag=perf-knowledge_files_loading-slim

[deliciousbob]

Hi @expruc, I've just tested it, and it works perfectly fine, lazy loading is causing the files in the collections to load much faster! Thx for the change, looking forward to the merge to production! :)

[tjbck]

#19278