A: Added warning in case user is trying to import a chat with unknown model (#112)

R: QoL

Co-authored-by: Dmitri Nasonov <[email protected]>

Author: animalnots

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "better-chatgpt",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.25.0",
+  "version": "1.26.0",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "./",
   "main": "electron/index.cjs",
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
     {
       "name": "nm723",
       "url": "https://github.com/nm723"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "ReignOfComputer", 
+      "url": "https://github.com/ReignOfComputer" 
     }
   ],
   "description": "Play and chat smarter with BetterChatGPT - an amazing open-source web app with a better UI for exploring OpenAI's ChatGPT API!",

public/locales/en/import.json

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
       "successfulImport": "Successfully imported!",
       "nothingImported": "No data has been imported",
       "unrecognisedDataFormat": "Unrecognised data format. Supported formats are: BetterGPT export, OpenAI export, OpenAI Playground (JSON)",
-      "chatsImported": "{{imported}} chats were imported out of {{total}}."
+      "chatsImported": "{{imported}} chats were imported out of {{total}}.",
+      "unsupportedModels": "Unsupported model(s): {{models}} are not available. Add them in Settings → Custom Models before importing."
     },
     "reduceMessagesSuccess": "{{count}} messages were reduced.",
     "partialImportMessages": "expected {{total}} messages but found {{count}}"

src/components/ImportExportChat/ImportChat.tsx

@@ -13,6 +13,38 @@ import {
   validateExportV1,
 } from '@utils/import';
 
+import { modelOptions } from '@constants/modelLoader';
+
+// Helper to detect and warn about unknown model IDs referenced in imported chats
+const warnUnsupportedModels = (
+  chats: any[],
+  t: (key: string, opts?: any) => string
+) => {
+  const unsupportedModels = Array.from(
+    new Set(
+      chats
+        .map((c: any) => c?.config?.model)
+        .filter(
+          (id: string | undefined) =>
+            id && !modelOptions.includes(id) 
+        )
+    )
+  );
+
+  if (unsupportedModels.length > 0) {
+    toast.warning(
+      t('notifications.unsupportedModels', {
+        ns: 'import',
+        models: unsupportedModels.join(', '),
+      }) ||
+        `Unsupported model(s): ${unsupportedModels.join(', ')}. Please add them in Settings → Custom Models before importing.`,
+      { autoClose: 15000 }
+    );
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
 import { ChatInterface, Folder, FolderCollection } from '@type/chat';
 import { ExportBase } from '@type/export';
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify';
@@ -175,6 +207,9 @@ const ImportChat = () => {
                     };
                   }
                 } else {
+                  // Validate unsupported model IDs and inform user
+                  warnUnsupportedModels(chatsToImport, t);
+
                   return {
                     success: false,
                     message: t('notifications.invalidChatsDataFormat', {