diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
index 6f71e11d3..7c010a16a 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ async def process_web_search(
             trust_env=request.app.state.config.RAG_WEB_SEARCH_TRUST_ENV,
         )
         docs = await loader.aload()
+        urls = [doc.metadata["source"] for doc in docs] # only keep URLs which could be retrieved
 
         if request.app.state.config.BYPASS_WEB_SEARCH_EMBEDDING_AND_RETRIEVAL:
             return {